03x15 - School's Out

[bunniefuu]

Ma'am, do you really think
that maybe giving up my child

was throwing away my life?

She's got new parents.

Woman 1: She may not
even know that she's adopted.

My clients, the Lewis family,

asked me to locate and contact

their daughter
Melissa's birth parents.

You know about my
kid I had when I was 16?

Gave her up for adoption?
She wants to see me.

Hi. Um, I'm Melissa.

I know.

[A singing " all I see"]

♪ Oh-oh-oh

♪ oh-oh yeah oh-oh

♪ boy all I see is you and me

♪ and all I do is think of you

♪ yo I remember when we
met the whole scene was set ♪

♪ backstage rockin'
black shades ♪

♪ told you not to be
afraid we touched ♪

♪ that's when your
smile turned to a blush ♪

♪ felt the crush begin to rush
'cause your style was plush ♪

♪ had to get to know you
next then I got your number ♪

♪ seventeen and under
maybe just a little younger ♪

♪ had to get to know you
'cause there's things I wanna ♪

♪ show you forget
them other brothers ♪

♪ they know lines that they
told you now you actin' all shy ♪

♪ huh I wonder why
every time I looked at you ♪

♪ you turned and
dropped your eye ♪

♪ we faced up began to
lace you up with lines ♪

♪ fragrance by Anne klein
had me losing my mind ♪

♪ what's your zodiac sign?
My perfect match it varies ♪

♪ I'm compatible to
everything from Leo to aries ♪

♪ now it's all about us
we hooked like drugs ♪

♪ was on my way to being a
thug till you showed me love ♪

♪ boy all I see is you and me

♪ and all I do is
think ♪ oh yeah

♪ I'm glad I made my move
I'm glad I stepped to you ♪

♪ enough respect due my
whole crew accepted you ♪

♪ even my ex called you
cute she wasn't insecure ♪

♪ feeling she got a little hurt
but she was being mature ♪

♪ gave her blessings said she
learned some valuable lessons ♪

♪ now she use me as a
reference she's my best friend ♪

♪ don't even stress it 'cause
all I see is you and me ♪

♪ like latifah you a queen
let's bring some unity ♪

♪ ain't no reason to fight
you know we keepin' it tight ♪

♪ whether walkin'
or holdin' hands ♪

♪ or sharin' a seat on a bike

♪ always on my mind
with your Gucci design ♪

♪ feel free to drop a line yeah
that would suit me it's true ♪

♪ now it's just me and
you we hooked like drugs ♪

♪ was on my way to being a
thug till you showed me love ♪

♪ boy all I see is you and
me ♪ said I want you yeah... ♪

[Theme music]

[Upbeat music]

[Indistinct chatter]

Give me the bag! Give me
the bag, you stupid woman!

- Give me the bag!
- Let go!

- Hey!
- Let go!

[Groans]

Hey, where do you
think you're going, huh?

Forgive me, father,
for I have sinned.

That's obvious, my son,
but this isn't confession.

Well, maybe I could
confess, you know?

I'll work it out with the
lord, instead of the state.

Oh, I don't know about
the lord, but the state

would certainly frown on that.

Anyway, how long since
your last confession?

- Four months.
- How long?

- Well, it's been a while, okay?
- Yeah, I thought so.

I've had impure thoughts
about weather women on TV.

I welched on debts,
I stole, I do drugs.

Well, your soul's
in grave danger.

Now listen, I'll say
all the hail Marys

and our fathers you want.
I'll even light candles for ya.

That will work, but after you
come clean with the law, okay?

Well, I'm afraid I
can't do that, priest.

- Come on!
- Don't make me hit you!

I don't wanna hit a father.

Well, that'd put
your soul in even

graver danger now, wouldn't it?

I'm gonna have to
take that risk on you.

[Grunts]

Not as much danger as your face.

[Groans]

Come on.

[Upbeat music]

Detective moreno,
I'm Jennifer Lewis.

- Melissa's mom.
- Ah...

- She's been kidnapped.
- Oh, my god!

I probably shouldn't
have come, but...

- When?
- Late yesterday.

We've been up all
night with our lawyer.

Uh, the kidnappers
said no police,

but I just didn't
know what else to do.

No, you did the right thing.

Could they be
watching your place?

We have a private
entrance through a walkway.

I thought she was
going to boarding school.

She was, but her dad's been sick

and she wanted to be near him.

Jennifer: Has he called again?

- Who's this?
- Detective Nina moreno.

My husband Frederick,
and his son Donald.

The man said no police.

You one of those
special task-force types?

- Um, actually, i'm...
- Uh, I'm sorry...

Uh, I haven't explained
the situation to Donald.

- I'm Melissa's birth mother.
- Oh, yeah.

You're the one Melissa made
all that ruckus about meeting.

- Should you be in on this?
- Yes.

I'll talk to the chauffeur.
What about ransom?

- Five million.
- Everything he has.

Moreno: How does he
wanna make the trade?

He hasn't said.

Wants old bills,
hundreds, fifties, twenties.

- Out of sequence.
- Okay, anything else?

The main thing was no police.

Look, I know this
means a lot to you,

but maybe you
shouldn't be involved.

Look, I've worked
these cases before.

Our chances are he won't hurt
Melissa unless he's cornered

or thinks he won't
get his money.

Chances?

- That doesn't guarantee.
- Look, there are no guarantees.

Moreno: That's exactly
why we should be involved.

Now let me talk to my
lieutenant, we'll make some

plans, meanwhile just stall him
by getting the money together.

I thought you didn't
negotiate with t*rrorists.

- Shouldn't we just tell him no?
- No.

What you shouldn't
do is make him angry.

That would be a mistake.

[Instrumental music]

[Siren wailing]

I need a phone trap,
recording devices

and the guys checking out leads.

Alright, I can call in
major crimes or the feds.

- If you need me to.
- Okay, whatever it takes, lieu.

I just want Melissa safe
and I wanna get that b*stard.

I know how awful this
can be, Nina, look...

Why don't you take
a couple of hours,

go home, and then come back?

I'll just sit and
worry myself nuts.

Are the parents alright
with you being on this?

Well, they asked me.
At least, the mother...

Mrs. Lewis did. Her
husband's real sick.

Listen to me, Nina, no
matter how you feel about this,

legally Melissa is Lewis' child.

Alright?

Now, I'm gonna give
you two days on this.

And if we can't
produce anything,

I'm gonna have
to take it higher.

I already asked jc to
talk to the chauffeur.

Use the guys any way you want.

Okay. Thanks, lieu.

It's all a blur, and I walked
up to the guy at the roadblock,

he said it'd be a
couple of minutes.

I turn around to
get back in my car

and he whacked me from behind.

You have any idea who it was?

Just seemed big,
wearing that mask.

I was so scared, I damn
near messed myself.

- Did he say anything?
- "Get in the street, you pig."

What about a voice?
Anything distinctive?

Scary as hell.

Any strangers hanging around
the school or the house here?

Nothing comes to mind.

And you'd bring Melissa home

the same way every day?

Pretty much, yeah.

Guess that was
kind of dumb, huh?

Yeah. Don't blame yourself.

Listen, I'll be in
touch, alright?

Moreno: Okay, thanks, jc.

No. Just, uh, canvass
the crime scene, okay?

[Sighs]

Hey, look...

We are gonna find her.

How do you know?

Because we're
doing everything right.

We're setting a net and
he's going to fall in it.

Oh, god, I just hope he doesn't
panic and do something stupid.

My god, how do you
kidnap a little girl?

What do you tell yourself?

Torres: That you need
the money. Even deserve it.

Is, uh, Cooper gonna
call the feds on this one?

Oh, only if it drags
out or goes out of state.

I'm gonna go back to the house.

We'll check on the
father's businesses,

Melissa's school,

anybody who ever
had a grievance.

Okay, and if you get anything

on that phone trap,
be ready to move.

[Instrumental music]

Moreno: Anyone you can think of?
- No one I know would do this.

Is that what you're thinking,
that it's someone I know?

These people don't
come from nowhere.

Do you have any enemies at work?

I'm a clothing manufacturer.

People get hired
and fired all the time.

We're always making tough deals.

It's for efficiency and survival

in a cutthroat business.

But nobody's ever threatened me,

if that's what you mean, anyway,

I've been sick and I
haven't been around much.

I have to lie down.

[Telephone ringing]

[Intense music]

Jennifer: What do we do?

[Telephone ringing]

Moreno: Okay, you
answer the phone.

Now, just keep him
on as long as possible,

but try not to be
too obvious, okay?

- Are you ready, stu?
- Yeah.

[Telephone ringing]

[Panting] Hello?

Man 1: Hello again, Mr. Lewis.

Where's my daughter?

This discussion is
about the money.

Frederick: You'll get
it when I see Melissa.

Man 1: Money first.

I can't get it, the actual
cash, till tomorrow.

[Banging]

Then you will see her
when it is in my pocket,

delivered by you personally.

Unless you want her
piece by piece. [Chuckles]

I could mail her to
you that way if you like.

No human being could do that.

Man 1: What about
the human beings

that run sweatshops?

Grind people to the
bone for nothing?

Frederick: Are you my employee?

Man 1: Do you hear an accent?

Please.

This is just a
redistribution of wealth.

Frederick: A socialist?
- Don't patronize me!

You millionaire pig,
I've got your daughter,

and your money is the only thing
keeping her alive. You got that?

- Yes. I've got it. Man


Yes... ah...

- Frederick!
- Oh!

[Breathing heavily]

He's sick.

You've kidnapped my daughter

and you've made
my husband very sick.

I don't care what I made him.

Money tomorrow at


[Sniffles] Call 911.

[Indistinct radio chatter]

You sure you don't
wanna go with him?

Of course I do,

but someone needs
to stay and do this.

When all is said and done,
the children are more important.

She's a good kid, huh?

She's great. Strong.

Oh, god, I can't bear to think
about what she's going through.

You should try not to.

So the call came from
a cloned cell phone.

- Subscriber check is worthless.
- Anything on the location?

Just came from northern
Manhattan. Not much help.

Jennifer: So what can we do?
- Just get the ransom together.

I'm against accepting
this guy's demands.

Look, you piss this guy off,
he's gonna k*ll your sister.

- You'd really give it to him?
- Yeah.

We'd really give it to him.

We have to be prepared to
do that, now the important thing

is getting Melissa back.

Look, I'm sorry, alright,
but I spoke to my sister,

my real sister, and
she feels the same way.

- And where is she?
- California.

You start giving
in to these jerks,

and they start multiplying.

It's like giving
them permission.

We'll get the money together.

All of it.

Torres: You've been
director here for six years?

Woman 2: We have never
dealt with anything like this before.

And you've known the
limo driver for a while?

Yes, Tom's been picking
up Melissa for years.

Mrs. Lewis usually
drops her in the morning.

So you don't think
he could be involved?

[Sighs] Not unless he flipped.

We watch these
people very carefully.

Kidnapper knew exactly
what route they'd travel.

If you're saying you think
it's someone from here,

I'd say you're wrong.

Do you know how
much Mr. Lewis is worth?

- Excuse me?
- I mean...

Does the school
have that information?

Just in a general way.

Social security numbers,
sometimes a credit report.

But we don't require tax returns

unless it's a
scholarship situation.

I see.

Hello, Sarah, Mr. B.

I would've introduced
you, but I assume

you don't want
the faculty to know.

It is best if we keep this

on the down low.

We may have to speak
to them another time.

Think of anything else, you
be sure to give us a call, okay?

- Certainly.
- Thanks for your time.

Thank you.

[Instrumental music]

Melissa: Why did
you give me away?

[Sighs]

Moreno: Oh, Melissa.

I didn't know what else to do.

I was just a kid.

I was scared and alone.

- Do you understand that?
- No.

Moreno: I wish I could
have been there for you.

I wanted to be.

I have to go. I, I have to pack.

This is for you.

I hear you're going
away to school.

I'll make some friends.
It'll be good for me.

- But why...
- My dad's really sick.

They think I don't
know how bad it is.

Melissa...

If you have anymore questions,

anything you wanna
know, I'm right here.

Okay?

Nice meeting you.

[Door shuts]

Williams: We can get the
money by noon tomorrow.

Doesn't mean he'll
let her go, does it?

- You shouldn't think like that.
- Well, what if I'm right?

What if he takes the money
and he kills her anyway?

Well, he didn't
k*ll the chauffeur.

He just wants some
money, Jennifer,

not a lethal injection.

[Telephone ringing]

Man 2: Okay, he's on.

[Telephone ringing]

- Hello.
- You got the money?

Jennifer: Not till tomorrow.
My husband's in the hospital.

There's a lot of
things to take care of.

If you really care
about your daughter,

there's only one thing
to take care of, me.

[Chuckles] So I really scared
him into the hospital, huh?

Yes, you did.

And I need his
signature on the securities

so that we can
release some cash.

I know you won't hurt Melissa.

I know deep down
you're a good man.

Man 1: Don't play that
sympathy crap with me.

Jennifer: It's nothing
to be ashamed of.

What would you know about it,

you pampered sl*t?

You married the old
man for his money, right?

I love him. And you
can have the money.

Man 1: A little metamorphosis.

The ugly caterpillar
emerges from its chrysalis

and flies away,
free and beautiful.

I want the money by 10 A.M.

And if I even smell
a cop, she's history.

- Let me talk to
her. Man 1: Sorry.

[Line disconnects]

Same site. Nothing specific.

You're gonna be
okay, Mrs. Lewis?

Torres: Look, it's gotta be
somebody who knows him,

knows that he's rich, watched
the kid, figured out the moves.

Not a pro. A pro wouldn't
let the driver loose.

Yeah, well, he
was enough of a pro

not to leave anything
else in the car.

Forensics only found
generic fibers and shoe marks.

Let's face it, people all
over know this guy is rich,

the factory, the
school, the bank,

accountants,
attorneys, everyone.

Yeah, yeah, so we talk to them.

We have, but we can't
talk to every person

whoever ran a sewing
machine for Lewis.

You will if you have to. This is
Nina's kid we're talking about.

And we got less than 24
hours to cough up $5 million.

Five million bucks, I'd
retire to South America.

Torres: Listen, I
gotta be with Nina.

To get out of the country,
you'd need a passport.

- Right?
- Yeah.

If you're like me, you
either don't have one,

or if you do, it
needs to be renewed.

Good, Tommy. Alright.

Go back six months and check
the renewals against everyone

that Lewis worked with
and school personnel.

I'll check out the
family while I'm at it.

Good.

That upscale school
of yours, it's a sham.

It's nothing but a
ruling-class breeding ground.

Any of you have
even the faintest idea

of what your financial excesses
appear to real working people?

You know, your
ski weeks in Europe

and your cruises
and your safaris...

You want a car? Sure, kid.

Here's a, a Mercedes
or a range rover

or a suburban.

So what if most
people can't even afford

to get their mufflers fixed?

What do you care?

Well...

This will make 'em care.

This will put a little
cash back into the pocket

of the drones,

unless they decide not to pay.

[Gasps] Who knows, Melissa?

Maybe you're just
another commodity to them

and they can buy a new one

more cheaply than it
would cost to get you back.

[Chuckles]

[Glass shatters]

Moreno: I don't know how
she keeps herself together.

I mean, first Melissa, now
her husband may not make it.

And with Mr. Personality
over there as her stepson...

Hey, how are you
keeping it together, huh?

Oh...

If I lose focus,
Eddie, I may lose her.

I already feel guilty
enough as it is.

What are you talking
about? Come on.

If I hadn't given her up...

Look, this has nothing
to do with what happened.

[Telephone ringing]

[Intense music]

[Indistinct chatter]

Hello?

Man 1: Did you fix it
up with the money?

It'll be picked up tomorrow
when the bank opens.

Man 1: Put it in
two plain black bags.

Jennifer: Done. How's Melissa?

Man 1: Oh, missing
her mother's cooking.

Let me speak to her. Please.

[Chuckles] I like
it when you beg.

Jennifer: Then I'm begging.

I just wanna hear
that she's alright.

I'm beginning to like you.

How's your husband?

Jennifer: Better.

Did you hear that?
Your dad's okay.

Wanna say goodnight to your mom?

Just say hello.

- Hi, mommy.
- Hi, sweetie.

- How are you?
Melissa: I miss you...

Man 1: That's enough.
- Let go of me, mister!

- Shut up.
- Melissa!

Melissa: Ah!
- Melissa, just do as he says!

Ah. Ah! Ah...

Man 1: Don't do this!

[Indistinct chatter on phone]

[Rattling]

There's no way out!

[Glass shatters]

Now I'm going to punish you.

[Banging]

[Grunts] Get off of me!

Get off of me! I hate you!

Stop it! [Whimpering]

Melissa: Get off!
They're gonna find you.

[Sobbing]

[Jennifer sobbing]

[Siren wailing]

He's gonna k*ll
her. I just know it.

He wants the money, Jennifer.

It's the key to
keeping her alive.

That's easy for you to say.

Yo, there's a little girl's life

at stake, so why
don't you k*ll it?

The money's meaningless.

I don't see you putting up any.

You want it? You got
it! Every cent I have!

[Cell phone ringing]

Torres.

Yeah, jc?

Oh, really?

Oh, no, no, you
handle them over there

and I'll take care
of things here.

You got a minute?

One of our detectives
called and said

that you renewed
your passport recently.

[Scoffs] Is that a crime?

You going somewhere?

I do a lot of traveling.
I always have.

Like I said, are you
goingsomewhere?

I was thinking of
going to Paris in April.

Maybe Prague.

You don't really think I
had anything to do with this?

Whoever wrote that ransom note

knew exactly how much
your father was worth.

Well, so does she! So does
his lawyer, for god's sakes.

I don't... I don't believe this.

- Where do you live?
- I live here.

So then you wouldn't mind us
taking a looking at your room...

Uh, you wanna look at
my room, you get a warrant,

because I have every
right to kick you out of here.

Hey, just so you know,

you are not kicking
me out of anywhere.

And if I want to, I'll
check your socks,

your underwear, piece by piece.

[Gerald levert singing
"a song for you"]

♪ I've been so many places

♪ in my life and time

♪ I've sung a lot of songs

♪ lord knows I've made
some bad rhymes ♪

♪ I've acted out
my life in stages ♪

♪ with 10,000 people
watching yeah ♪

♪ but we're alone now

♪ and I'm singing
this song to you ♪

♪ I know your image of me

♪ is what I hope to be

♪ I treated you unkindly

♪ oh can't you see? Yes I did ♪

♪ there's no one
more important to me ♪

♪ mm-mm

♪ baby can't you
see through me? ♪

♪ Can't you see through me?

♪ 'Cause we're alone now

♪ and I'm singing
this song to you ♪

♪ said I acted out
my life in stages ♪

♪ with 10,000
people watchin'... ♪♪

[Knocking on door]

Man 3: Who is it?
- Police.

- Yes?
- Mr. Butler.

I'm detective
Williams. Uh, burglary.

Well, I haven't been burgled.

Oh, you might, there's
been a few robberies

up in this building,
up on the second floor.

- See anything?
- No, I've been home all day.

Uh, except for
one trip to school.

- I'm a teacher.
- Ah.

Another high-paying
job like mine, huh?

[Chuckles] Yeah.

Um, any, uh, description of
the perp, as they saying on TV?

Ah, just a tall guy, ski mask...

Well, i'm... I'm tall, but,
you know, no ski mask.

[Chuckles]

Oh, I see you're taking
a little trip, there, huh?

Yeah. Going to
Costa Rica next week.

Couple of days
between semesters.

That must be expensive.

Nah. I'm putting it on plastic.

Bird-watching
makes it worthwhile.

Hm, bird-watching?

- Uh..
- Anything else, detective?

I don't know. No.

Just, uh, if you hear or see
anything, please give me a call.

- Take care of those kids.
- Sure.

[Dramatic music]

Workers with recent passports

have all traveled
and come back, lieu.

What about the
ones that were fired?

The ones I talked to
didn't have it together

to do this, but they
did seem kind of angry

over wages and
working conditions.

Cooper: Alright, I want
you to check them out again.

We know the guy's pissed off.

Jc, what about the school?

There's a couple
of teachers that went

on sabbatical to France.

There's another weird

science teacher
named Mr. Butler,

he's going
bird-watching next week.

- Weird how?
- I don't know.

He doesn't really seem
like he wants to teach.

Washed out of grad school, lost
a couple of private-sector jobs.

Cooper: Where was
the last place he worked?

Place called Bridger chemicals.

Okay, McNamara, torres, I
want you to check that out.

Jc, I want you back at the
Lewis' for when this goes down.

Eddie, well, how do you
like the brother on this?

Truth is, I could
see him doing it.

Setting it up with the
chauffeur, the whole nine.

Yeah, but do you
think he's behind it?

People waiting around for
somebody to die so they can get

their money? I guess getting
a job would be too much to ask.

Uh, sounds to me like
the menendez brothers.

Williams: I'll keep
an eye on him.

Good. Alright.

She's always been so eager.

Uh, the more
difficult the challenge,

the more determined she is.

Moreno: That comes
from good parenting.

Good genes, too.

[Sighs] I'm sorry.

- For what?
- For involving you in this.

I didn't think about how
painful this would be for you.

What about your pain?

I'm her mother.

I've been with her every
day since she's been born.

I am so grateful she got you.

A day never went by
that I didn't think about her.

What she was doing,
how she was feeling,

who her friends were...

There's always been an
empty place inside me over that.

I can't imagine.

To think of this happening,

without me knowing
and helping...

I'm so grateful you
came to get me.

And we're gonna get her back.

McNamara: I see. No
forwarding address, huh?

- Thanks again.
- Okay. Thanks.

[Indistinct chatter]

McNamara: Bridger
chemicals went out of business

a year and a half ago.

Oh, great.

Alright, what about the
lawyers, accountants and them?

Clean. They're all
getting rich together.

[Sighs] Check out
the office workers?

There's nothing suspicious
as far as I can see.

Alright, well, we gotta check
the money people again.

Who knows, somebody looking at
those numbers, they get greedy...

With all due respect, lieu, but
a lot of people knew this guy

was rich. I mean, uh, we
can't check everyone in the city.

Oh, really, McNamara? What,
you got something else to do?

This is Nina's little girl.

You never know, somebody
sitting at a dead-end job,

they see a way out...

It could be anybody.

[Dramatic music]

Melissa: Hi, mommy.
Jennifer: Hi, sweetie.

- How are you?
Melissa: I miss you.

Man 1: That's enough.
Melissa: Let go of me, mister!

Man 1: Shut up!
Jennifer: Melissa! Melissa!

- Just do as he says.
- Alright, stop the tape.

- Why does she call him mister?
- I've taught her to be polite.

No. You don't use good
manners with a kidnapper.

She's about to give him a
name. Then he slaps her.

Maybe it's somebody
that she knows.

Just doesn't know
the first name.

[Telephone ringing]

[Intense music]

[Telephone ringing]

- Get it.
- Hello?

Man 1: And how are
we this lovely morning?

How's Melissa?

She looks like
five million bucks.

- Is it ready?
- Just like you said.

- Can we talk about this?
Man 1: Who the hell are you?

Frederick Lewis' son.

Now, isn't it enough you've
put my father in the hospital?

Man 1: No. It isn't enough.

In fact, it's about five
million shy of enough.

Well, maybe we could work
out some kind of deal here.

Man 1: Aw, what's
the matter, weasel?

You afraid you're
gonna have to get a job?

- It builds character.
- Well, maybe you should try it.

Hey, I have tried it,

and I am tired of
snot-nosed punks

who haven't the
faintest idea of what it's...

Put your stepmother
back on the phone.

Although, I guess she's
more like your sister, isn't she?

[Sighs]

[Sighs] Yes?

Be ready to go
the next time I call.

It's that teacher.
Get me the school.

Get me the school right
away. It's the teacher.

That's Mr. Butler.
I'm sure of it. Listen.

"Snot-nosed punks?" He's
talking about the students.

That's the reason why
Melissa called him "mister."

Mr. Butler, the science teacher?

Yes, all that crap about,

about butterflies and chrysalis?

I went to his
apartment yesterday.

He has butterflies
all over the wall.

Man 3: Here.
- Yes.

This is detective Williams.

Uh, is, uh, Mr. Butler
teaching today?

No. Thank you.

Williams: I knew I had a
weird vibe about that guy.

[Cell phone dialing]

- Yo, ed. Torres:
Yeah. What's up?

- It's that teacher, Mr. Butler.
- You positive?

- Just about. No, no, no.
- We'll pick him up.

Williams: He's not at work and
he's not gonna be at his home.

Now check it out. Send
some cars to his house.

- Just in case.
- We're on it.

Uh, tell me what you found
out about the place he worked.

- It's shut down.
- Where was it?

What's the address to
that Bridger chemical place?

Uh, 114th.

It's from the same
area he was calling from.

Okay, look, why don't
you go check it out?

The drop's going down.
I'll keep you posted. Alright?

- Alright.
- Hey, where we going?

Come on, man. Give me the keys.

[Dramatic music]

Wouldn't want you
undernourished.

You're crazy.

Maybe. Maybe it's the...

Maybe it's the sanest
thing I've ever done.

- They're gonna get you.
- They're not gonna get me.

To get me, they're
gonna have to hurt you.

And they're not gonna do that.

And if they hurt me,
they'll never find you.

They're gonna find...

[Groaning]

[Music continues]

[Telephone ringing]

- Hello.
- Take the money and leave.

Jennifer: Where am
I supposed to go?

Out the front door
and to your car.

Go alone. You're being watched.

I wanna talk to Melissa again.

Just follow instructions.
The car, now.

[Music continues]

[Engine revving]

[Siren wailing]

Okay, now just do what he says,

but try not to be too
obvious in letting us know.

Oh, so many things
could go wrong.

Yeah, for him,
too, we'll be able

to track you from the wire.

Uh, you're not gonna
do anything that's...

We won't do anything

to put Melissa in danger.

You know that.

- I better go.
- Hm.

If anything should
happen to me...

It won't.

You'd be a great mother, Nina.

I really mean that.

[Instrumental music]

[Sighs]

Let's go.

[Dramatic music]

[Cell phone ringing]

- Yeah? Butler: Are
we having fun yet?

What do I do?

Take the tracking devices out

of the bags, throw
'em on the sidewalk.

- Uh, but I don't have any...
- Ah, just do it!

[Butler scoffs]

How dumb do you think I am?

- Okay, done.
- Now...

Drive down park Avenue

and don't say anything
more unless I tell you to.

- Got it? Jennifer: Got it.

[Engine starts]

[Music continues]

[Beeps]

Okay, she's still got
the one on her body.

- Heading towards midtown.
- To what? Port authority?

Penn station?

That doesn't fit. I mean,
he wouldn't book now.

He knows we're
still looking for him.

So?

It's a diversion. He's
moving her around.

Now, his whole life is uptown.

His place, the
school, his old job.

He's gonna try to make
the switch up there.

[Cell phone ringing] Williams.

Torres: Yo, there's
nothing at the warehouse.

Williams: Alright, the mother's
bringing the money to him.

- Now.
- So what do we do?

I think you should go hang

by the north end of the park.

Nina thinks he'll return there.

Torres: We're on
it. Williams: Alright.

[Method man singing "extortion"]

♪ Time to let

♪ even wanna understand

♪ what I'm saying? Time to
hit 'em with the third degree ♪

♪ yeah you know the
qbc man drop the g ♪

♪ yo look into the eyes

♪ true lies your
whole click despise ♪

♪ especially me h-a-v-o-c

♪ don't want you chick 'cause
she's burnin' third degree ♪

♪ plus you snitchin' you
ain't got no ties on me ♪

♪ I keep it strong while
you scream word is bond ♪

♪ lyin' through your teeth
swearin' on your firstborn ♪

♪ your word is weak
go hold a wake in this ♪

♪ hit you up quick strictly
sh*t that I'm living in ♪

♪ you walk a line that's thin

♪ you religious well you sin

♪ with the mob
infamous till the end ♪

♪ I hold a nine ruger
with a infa-spot this ♪

♪ red dot right at your
face so set sail or rocket ♪

♪ and kept drivin' pull
off like the indy 5 g ♪

♪ in a four time Ford truck

♪ with speed like
the motion picture ♪

♪ this gone with the
wind my crime work ♪

♪ ninja-style it was did and
got away with escaped it ♪

♪ the Jakes from tracin'

♪ anything that
lead to the source ♪

♪ you know the boss
of the mob killin' ♪

♪ it's like a unsolved mystery

♪ puzzlin' nobody
knows it's all history ♪

♪ madness amongst me

♪ I frequently
have to get lovely ♪

♪ never fails it's
always something ♪

♪ no rest daily
gotta rock my vest ♪

♪ I'll sh**t at your best
man yeah your mvp ♪

♪ you played the front line
got struck down immediately ♪

♪ I wave a mobb deep
flag you hear the sound ♪

♪ as it slaps when heavy load
my military hold ammunition ♪

♪ far from animation it's
real live you think not? ♪

♪ My crew changing New
York who takin' your spot ♪

♪ I put the green light
on your whole click ♪

♪ runnin' through the
hoe-house wildin' extorting ♪

♪ extortion extortion
♪ hit that up hit that up

♪ extortion extortion
♪ hit that up hit that up ♪

Butler: That's far enough.

Where are you?

Right here.

Melissa!

- Where's Melissa?
- Don't move!

Good.

Now put down the money

and move back against
that wall over there and sit.

- When I get Melissa.
- You'll see her when I'm safe.

- Good and safe.
- We had a deal.

And your part was
not to alert the cops.

We'll see how you did.

I'll be in touch.

Please just leave her with me.

When I have counted the money

and I am safe,

I will let you know
where to find her.

You never had any
intention of giving her back.

Everybody needs insurance.

Hey! Stay back there!

How could you do this?

Grow up.

Or better yet...

Try living on a
teacher's salary.

Looks good.

You're supposed
to care about kids.

I used to, until I had
to teach 'em. [Chuckles]

- Give me back Melissa!
- Damn you!

[g*nshots]

Let's go!

[Dramatic music]

[g*nshots]

Stop, Butler!

[g*nsh*t]

This is your last warning!

[g*nshots]

[Groans]

[Siren wailing]

It wasn't quite
worth it, was it?

- I just wanted to...
- Where is she?

Where is she?

You'll never know, will you?

Ah...

[Siren wailing]

- Oh, god.
- She's gone.

Well, well, have
you seen Melissa?

- No.
- Oh..

Anything at the chemical plant?

- No one was there.
- Ah...

- Are you sure?
- The place is trashed.

Been some homeless people
passing through, I guess.

No signs of life unless
you count the rats.

- I wanna go back.
- We already checked, mama.

Then we'll check again,
Eddie, and we'll check again...

You gotta slow yourself down.

You're not gonna
make any difference.

I gotta find her, Eddie!

She's my baby.

I'll take you, come on.

[Tires screeching]

[Dramatic music]

Uh, you go upstairs. I'm
gonna poke around down here.

- Already been up there.
- Then go again, Eddie.

For me?

Yeah.

[Music continues]

[Clattering]

Who's there?

[Sighs]

[Thudding]

[Thudding]

Melissa!

Moreno: Eddie, down here!

[Clanking]

[Clanks]

Eddie, she's here!

[Gasps]

Oh, Melissa.

Oh, please be alright.

Oh, oh, please be okay.

Baby, please be okay.

- Nina?
- Oh...

Nina?

[Sobbing]

Where is my mommy?

[Sobbing]

[Sobbing]

♪ I know your image of me

♪ is what I hope to be

♪ I treated you unkindly

♪ love can't you
see? Yes I did ♪

♪ there's no one
more important to me ♪

♪ mm-mm

♪ baby can't you
see through me? ♪

♪ Can't you see through me?

♪ 'Cause we're
alone now and I'm ♪

♪ singing this song to you

♪ you taught me
precious secrets ♪

♪ of a true love

♪ holding nothing

♪ you came out in front

♪ when I was I
was I was hiding ♪

♪ yes you did

♪ now I'm so much
better yes I am ♪

♪ and if my words don't don't
don't don't come together ♪♪

[Wolf howling]

[Instrumental music]