01x04 - A Taste of Indianapolis

[bunniefuu]

[typewriter clacking]

[Tony Kiritsis]
I have just taken a prisoner.

I got a 12-gauge
sawed-off shotgun

wrapped around a man's neck.

- Fred, there's a call for you.
- No, I've gotta get on the air.

It's Tony Kiritsis.

Hello, Tony.
You are live and on the air.

Well, I didn't take d*ck here
to be a buffoon.

I took him for vengeance.

[Ben] The moment
we are in the story,

we lose our way as journalists.

I will hold the line.

That's the funny thing
about lines.

They're always moving.

I want an apology
from M.L. Hall himself.

Bill, maybe you could get him
on the f*cking phone.

He's not here.

In the office?

In the state.

[M.L. Hall]
I'm not apologizing.

[hangs up]

[Tony] I chose you
for a reason.

You chose me?

I knew that for people

to really understand
my situation...

[crowd]
Tony! Tony! Tony!

[Tony] ...I needed you.

[drums music]

[Ginny] I have an exclusive.

Eight years ago,

Tony imprisoned his sister
in her home.

I think you've got
your first story.

[McNally] You run that story,

we're gonna get a repeat
of what we had tonight,

and this time,
we will not be so lucky.

I'm sorry.
We're k*lling the story.

[Ben] And the story we're
putting together on Meridian,

you gonna k*ll that too?

I'm just trying
to do what's right.

How's that line holding now?

[Ralph Bass] I think
this story got away from you.

I write the news.

I'm the lead reporter
on this story.

[Ralph]
Fred, you are the story.

[typewriter clacking]

[tuning radio]

[reel-to-reel machine clicks]

[main show theme begins]

[upbeat jazz music]

[reel-to-reel clicks]

[upbeat jazz music]

- [tuning radio]
- [telephone ringing]

[upbeat jazz music]

[disconnected tone beeping]

[upbeat jazz music]

The usual, d*ck?

[men laughing]

[Bill Hall] 5'6".

[Jack Hall] No way.

[Bill] I swear. 5'6" even!

Can he even
ride a roller coaster?

[laughing]

"You must be this tall
to kidnap Dicky Hall!"

[brothers laughing]

Fix your collar, d*ck.

You look like a singing waiter.

What kind of man lets himself
get taken hostage?

[Tony] f*ck!

Oh, sh*t!

[radio playing quietly]

[front door opens]

[door closes]

[floorboards creak]

Go to bed.

We'll discuss it later.

[rock music playing faintly]

[exhaling wearily]

[phone rings]

Fred Heckman.

[McNally] I was hoping
you wouldn't pick up.

One of us should be rested.

[Fred] Well, that's not
happening tonight.

Well, makes sense.
You were a naval cryptologist.

Of course you can't sleep
when there's a puzzle to solve.

[Fred] How are our friends
in C-308?

[McNally] Tony's up
and moving around.

I guess
he couldn't sleep either.

He put d*ck in the bathroom.

Well, that's better

than keeping him
wired to the shotgun.

Well, hostage-takers
who use blindfolds

have a higher rate
of k*lling their captives.

If they can't
look 'em in the eye,

they cease to exist.

To that end, I was hoping
that you and Mrs. Heckman

could broker a call
to Mrs. Hall today.

I really don't wanna drag her
any further into this.

Tony romanticizes
wives and children.

Ibby reminds him
that d*ck's a family man.

Makes him look him in the eye.

I will ask her.

Thank you.

I got in touch
with Tony's brother, Jimmie.

He was traveling,
but he's on his way now.

Today's mission
is reminding Tony

that he's got
something to live for.

Where are we
with this immunity deal?

We can leave that
to the lawyers.

We're just buying d*ck
one hour at a time.

Good luck with the broadcast.

You've got an audience of one.

[Fred] Thanks a lot.

[sighing and hanging up]

[soft music]

How'd you sleep, baby?

The top story has not changed.

We will lead with
a reset on Kiritsis.

Next... Indiana Senate
rejected a proposal

to repeal capital punishment,

State Bill 84.

Ginny, you wanna write that up?

And... Ginny?

S.B. 84, on it.

[Fred] Thank you.

Uh... national seems
a little bit lighter today.

Uh, there is
a hot-air balloonist

attempting to fly
from California to Florida.

Are we gonna talk about
what happened last night?

We can. Later.

Well, I just think the staff
would feel a lot better

if we could just...

[Fred] Well, I have to be
on the air in ten minutes,

so... later.

Let's finish up with a...

with a minute
on the hot-air balloonist.

Uh, Franco, anything else
from the sports desk?

Games were won,
games were lost.

[Fred] Okay.

Could be the last day
of our lives, d*ck, so...

let's enjoy ourselves.

Go ahead. Eat up.

WIBC had a 24-hour telethon.

Ten bucks for the mug.


a baseball hat,

but I got a big head.

"One size fits most."

That's how much
I love Fred Heckman.

[upbeat music]

[Jerry] Fred!

The morning wire
has Tony up top.

IBC has not seen this much heat

since we tied up
Indiana Bell phone lines

with the "Sugar Daddy" contest.
Remember?

I got fined for that, too.

Oh, you know, d*ck Hall's
doing great, by the way.

Still at the end
of a shotgun, but...

Pam's buried
in last-minute buy-ins.

Garfinkles wants in
on the V.D.P.

That's the Valentine's
Day promo.

Uh, Fred.
Uh, Tony's on line three.

What's his mood?

- Fussy.
- Great.

Great.

[Fred] Hiya, Tony.

Hey, Fred!

Hey, uh...
[Jerry drops the phone]

...uh, maybe you and I, uh,
can fix this thing today, huh?

Hopefully.
- Uh, yeah, listen.

You know, I've never
been one for sports,

but I need to be able
to talk to my barber,

so I listen
to Franco in the Morning,

and today,
every question was about me.

Well, listen,
if they got questions,

I got answers.

Why don't you let me,
uh, take some calls?

Oh. Uh...

...uh, certainly.
I'm sure we could...

we could find the time
to work something out for you.

Sure.
- Yeah?

Well, why don't you
put me on now?

What do you got next?

Bird Talk?
Nobody listens to that.

Uh, well, you know,

Tony, I think
with a call-in kind of thing,

it might be better to...

to record it,
uh, beforehand.

[Tony] Well, why don't you
let me set the record straight?

[clicking phone]

Mr. Kiritsis?

Uh, this is Jerry Morris,
uh, IBC Station Manager.

Look. We'd love to have you
on the air.

Why don't we put a call out,
and we'll have you on

by the 9:00 hour,
how's that sound?

That... that's perfect.

It'll give me a chance
to make some tea.

My voice is damn near shot.

Are you out of your mind?

Are you outta your mind?

What if someone calls him crazy?

- Hello? Hello?
- We'll screen 'em beforehand.

Yesterday you were worried
about $300 a curseword,

now you're desperate
to put this guy on live?

If anybody says anything
they shouldn't,

we'll cut it off.
- Jerry? Hello?

We don't have
a dump button, Jerry!

Fine. I'll put him on
with Franco.

Hello?

Uh, hey, Tony.
Sorry about that.

- Hey.
- Yeah. Uh, listen.

Uh, why don't you and I
take some calls? Uh...

Yeah, great.

[Fred] But I need you to, uh,

I need you to promise me
a couple things.

Uh, number one, I need you
to remain calm at all times,

and, uh... and really, really
refrain from the profanity.

I'll do my best.

That's all
we're asking for, Tony.

Yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay, uh, we'll be
in touch with the details.

Yeah. Call me back.
Call me back.

Get ready, m*therf*cker.

[Jerry] That went rather well.

[Fred] We have had quite a
morning here at the station.

At the request
of Mr. Tony Kiritsis,

we're gonna open the phone lines
to discuss his situation.

As long as we can
all remain calm and civil,

we will answer some calls

right after
these important announcements.

[jingle playing] ♪ WI, WIBC ♪

Hey, Tony. You there?

[Tony] Ready, Freddy.

[Fred] I just need you
to stick to the facts.

Can you do that for me, pal?

[Tony] Of course, Fred.
That's all I do.

Okay.

Then, uh...
then here we go.

Okay, caller.
You are on the air.

[woman] Oh! Hi.
Am I talking to Tony?

Yes, ma'am. I'm here.

It's Frances Greer.

Do you remember me, Tony?

Yeah! Hi, Frances!
How you doing?

I remember you!

How do you two know one other?

[Frances] Oh, uh,
Tony worked with my husband

at the car dealership.

[Tony]
What's your question, honey?

[Frances] Well, so, the Halls,
they cheated you

out of a deal for
your land, right?

That's correct.

[Frances] But you're still
going to pay your loan back?

[Tony] All I want
is a fair shake.

[Fred] Oh, okay. Thank you
for your call, Frances.

[Frances] It sounds to me
like you don't owe them.

They owe you.

You think?

Well, uh, regarding
the Eisner-Osco deal...

[Frances]
You're being honorable, Tony,

but when have bankers
been honorable?

They owe you the profit

you would've made
from the steakhouse.

Get what you're owed, Tony.

Well, thank you, Frances.

That's very helpful.
I'm gonna get what I'm owed.

Thank you.
I hadn't thought about that.

[Fred] Uh... okay. Uh...

I think we're ready here.

Caller, go ahead.

[man]
Meridian boarded up my house

when I fell behind
on my mortgage.

They literally came

and nailed boards
over my windows,

but when I paid off my debt,

they wouldn't fix the windows.

They say they're
a family company, Tony,

but they're...

[woman]
Crooks! Crooks, that's all.

[phones ringing]

Ever since we went
off the gold standard...

[man]
Nixon was framed,

and they're trying
to frame you too, Tony.

[Tony] Best president

in the history
of this country.

[Fred] Judy,
what is going on in there?

Can we get some...
- Trying to get a fair shake!

...less provocative people
calling in?

These are
the least provocative calls.

Everybody else
wants him to k*ll d*ck.

[Tony]
What's your question, honey?

- Uh, okay, um...
- [phones ringing]

I believe we have time
for one more call.

Uh, caller, go ahead,
you're on the air.

[woman]
I just wanted to say, um,

my husband got laid off
from the Carrier plant in '73,

and we were a year behind
on our payments to Meridian,

and... and my husband
had a nervous breakdown.

I came home, and I found him.

Thankfully, he was all right,
but I almost lost him.

Well, I'm very sorry
to hear that, ma'am.

[woman]
And even at our lowest,

Meridian gave us 30 days,
or they'd foreclose.

Tony, I'd like to set up
a legal fund for you.

I really would.

Thank you, ma'am,
but you keep your money.

I'm gonna get
what's owed to me.

Just like the people said.

[woman] I hope you do.

We're all behind ya.

Well, why don't we, uh,
leave it right there?

That's the end
of the hour for me.

Thank you for your calls.

Tony, thank you for your time.

{Tony] Thank you, Fred.

This is WIBC Radio.
I'm Fred Heckman.

Next up is Ben Hairston.
Stay tuned.

Over and out.

♪ WIBC ♪

Well, we learned a lot.

[McNally] The negotiation
committee's meeting.

Well done on the call-in.
That could've gone very badly.

Give Tony another couple hours,
he'll be signing autographs.

Well, it's human nature
to admire Tony.

A power fantasy for people

who wouldn't be able
to do it themselves.

Who hasn't imagined
k*lling their boss?

[Jerry laughs]

Yeah, I love hot sandwiches.

[Ruckelshaus]
How is that relevant?

Let's make this fast.
I gotta get back to Crestwood.

Uh, Mr. Heckman,
I don't think you...

[McNally] Yes, yes.
Fred is off the record.

[Martz] Before we start,

I'd like to get clear on
what we're talking about here.

Well, you and your
surfboarding boss

are going to offer
my client immunity.

Are you really his lawyers?

Oh, what would you
mean by that?

- I think you know what I mean.
- I don't.

[Martz] Christ, John,

your client's
got a g*n to a man's head.

I want to know if
you're gonna help us end this.

[Ruckelshaus]
How dare you, sir?

The right to fair
and zealous counsel

is inalienable,

regardless of what Mr. Kiritsis
may or may not have done.

If you think for one second
that his lawyers

are gonna act as anything
other than honest counsel,

think again!

If you truly want to end this,

you will grant my client
complete criminal immunity.

All right. D.A. Kelley...

Who is currently slathered
in suntan oil.

He's at a conference!

- Allegedly.
- [Gallagher laughs]

Kelley has authorized us

to negotiate an immunity deal
for Mr. Kiritsis.

The whole kit and kaboodle?

Full immunity.

There's no precedent
for this, correct?

I mean, during Attica,

Rockefeller was never gonna
accept the demands for amnesty.

[Ruckelshaus] That's because
they'd already k*lled a guard.

Mr. Kiritsis hasn't
hijacked a plane.

He hasn't shot a police officer.

He's proceeded
with remarkable caution.

Well, aren't you worried about
the precedent that this sets?

I mean, are we really saying

that someone could just
take somebody hostage,

and wire their apartment
to blow to smithereens,

and they just walk away
scot-free?

It's common for criminals to...

- Alleged criminals!
- ...strike plea deals

utilized at
the government's discretion

to avert greater wrongs,

in this case,
the death of Mr. Hall.

The priority is getting
the hostage out safely.

- Exactly.
- Yes.

And you're okay with this?

Don't look at me.
These aren't my monkeys.

We've got one shot
at this, gentlemen,

so whatever deal you work out,

Tony needs to feel
like it's his choice.

Okay. I'll call Tony.

You guys get going
on the particulars.

We'll start
red-lining the document.

Sorry, what document?

The document I sent over
last night, yes?

Uh... Tony's demands?

[jazz music]

[upbeat jazz music]

They offering immunity?

[Fred] I was off the record.

[Ben] Uh...

[Fred] Yeah, I know that look.

[Ben] Yeah?

Follow your instincts.

And if I do figure it out,

who decides if it airs,
you or McNally?

All right, then.

Mr. Heckman? My name
is Ben Hairston from WIBC.

I don't have time for this.

As an active member
of the negotiating committee,

what can you tell us about...

Stop it!
What is it you're doing?

Well, if you're not
a journalist, you're a source!

Look, I made a judgment call
last night, okay?

That's what I get paid to do.

I won't apologize

for prioritizing
a man's life over a story.

[Ben] Last chance.

Mr. Heckman,
what can you tell us

about immunity negotiations?

No comment.

[slamming]

[typewriter clacking]

[Ginny]
And how do you spell that?

S-N-I... D-E-R.

Uh, I will ask him.

Yeah, you got it. Fred?

Uh, one of the Purdue students

who was suspended
for the sit-in,

he's open to an interview

as long as you call him
before 6:00.

Ah. Okay, thank you.

Uh, Fred?

[Ben] Mr. Heckman?

Ben Hairston.

Oh! Right. Uh, yes.
Nice to meet you.

You were the guy that did
the stint in Anchorage?

No.

Uh... okay.

Uh, well, come on in anyway.

If President Hovde calls,
uh, you let me know?

[Ginny] Yep.

Eight months at the Observer,
six months in Kansas City.

My broad array of experience

has prepared me
to fit into any newsroom.

Yeah, I know Goodman
at the Observer.

I'm surprised
you lasted eight months.

He's one of those rarified dicks

that you hope never has
to save you from drowning.

Uh, well,
let's just say that I...

kept a spare life vest
in my desk drawer.

Say, that Purdue student
earlier,

were they part of the group

that was arrested
for protesting the R.O.T.C.?

No comment.
How'd you land an interview

with the head of a Maoist
Communist brigade in Chicago?

Oh, well, have you ever
met a Maoist Communist?

The trouble's
not getting the interview.

It's getting those fellas
to shut up.

I get people to talk

because I work the phones
like no one else,

and I won't settle
until I get the story right.

I think you're overqualified.

I mean, why would
you want to go

from writing 10,000-word exposés

to writing 500 words of copy?

I believe
to be a great reporter,

you have to question authority

and never take "no"
for an answer,

and for someone...

like myself...

All I care about
is getting the story right...

and k*lling to get it
before anyone else.

At the Black student rally
last night,

a Purdue faculty member

was passing around
a petition to boycott

if any of the sit-in students
were expelled.



I have a line
on three of those professors.

When can you start?

[door slamming]

[upbeat music]

[Tony]
Uh, it's gotta be absolute.

[Ruckelshaus] Well,
we're working on it, Tony.

You hear that, d*ck?

They're giving me immunity.

[Tony chuckles]

Turn that frown
upside-down, pal.

You put a clause in there
about, uh, no psychiatrists?

[Ruckelshaus]
Affirmative. No shrinks.

Hey, how's d*ck?

[Tony] How's d*ck?

Same as the last 90 times
everyone asked.

First time in his life
he didn't sleep on satin sheets.

Tell 'em how you're doing, Dic!

[d*ck] I'm doing fine.

[Tony] Little Lord Fauntleroy's
being bitchy.

[d*ck] I got food and water.

I'm fine.

[Tony] Basically,
a catered affair up here.

[Ruckelshaus]
Well, that's good to hear.

- Yeah.
- And how are you?

Are you getting rest?
Are you...

[Tony] Oh, f*ck, no.
Don't matter.

Tell 'em to hurry up.

[Ruckelshaus] All right.
I'm doing the best I can.

[Tony] Yeah, I know.

[Ruckelshaus]
All right. Stay in touch.

[TV playing quietly]

[Tony]
Let me ask you a question.

What's the worst part
about eating at a steakhouse?

[d*ck] I don't know.

Well, guess.

I mean, if-if...
you're really asking...

It's the judgment.

You can't get a nice steak

without some waiter
looking down his nose at you

for not wearing a g*dd*mn tie.

Well...

None of that at Magdelena's.

Do some math for me.

I want you to figure out
how much I would've made

if you and M.L.
hadn't screwed me over.

Figure, uh...

Magdelena's does three years
of business, right?

You got a...
filet mignon's nine bucks.

Uh, uh, appetizer's four.

Bottle of wine's 12.

That comes
to about 45 bucks a table.

Uh, 20 tables.

Three turnovers a night,
six days a week.

That'll get you gross,

and then you gotta
subtract materials,

and, uh, payroll
for a dozen employees,

state and federal tax.

That'll get you net.

So does a madman ask for net?

Or does he ask for gross?

He asks for gross.

[Tony] That's right.

You figure out a number,

and we'll see
how much to ask your family for.

What do you think
your life's worth?

You can't put a number
on a life.

[Tony] Well... [laughing]

You're an actuary, d*ck.

Putting a number on a human life
is your job!

[Gallagher on TV]
We have confirmed

that Mr. Hall
made it through the night.

Oh!

[Gallagher]
There's no indication

that he's being mistreated.

[Tony] Uh, mistreated?

I basically rolled out
the red carpet for him.

Uh, no. We do not
have any timetable

for Mr. Hall's release,

but we will update you all...

What about Mr. Kiritsis?

Nobody's asking about him!

He had to pull out a shotgun
for anyone to notice!

- [d*ck] Hey, Tony?
- What?

People do care
about you, Tony.

[Tony] Oh yeah?

[Gallagher]
Any other questions?

[reporters all talking at once]

[Tony]
Pick a high number, d*ck.

Your life's
gotta be worth a lot.

[chuckling]

Oh, sh*t.

[TV news]
...Gallagher giving an update

on the ongoing hostage crisis...

[Tony] Don't scratch that menu!

[knocking]

They're asking for you
in the conference room.

Midday meeting's not till noon.

Sorry.

[Jerry] Oh, afternoon, Fred.

[Fred] What's going on?

Uh, look. Uh...

if the past 24 hours
have shown us anything,

it's that you are one of a kind.

Uh, your work is good.
Your numbers are good.

You are the face of IBC.

Yeah, but, uh... ahem.

Everyone seems to think...

...that, uh...

Well, Ben, you-you had a...

a really great way
of phrasing it.

[Ben] Um...

You're not a neutral observer
anymore, Fred.

I mean, you've been put
in an impossible situation,

and we can all respect that,

but our first responsibility
here has to be to the news,

and we think that it would be

in the best interest
of the station

for you to step down
as News Director

until this is all over.

[Jerry]
It's just a temporary measure

to avoid
any whiff of impropriety.

You're still the anchor.

You're still the voice of IBC.

Ahem. You just won't be...
included in the news meetings.

Who's gonna replace me?

I will be
Acting News Director.

Huh. What if I say no?

What if I say
let me keep doing my job

or you can explain to everybody
why you fired Fred Heckman

in the middle
of the biggest news story

in the history of Indianapolis?

Then we walk.

Just trying to avert disaster
here, Fred.

Any whiff of impropriety...

You all agree to this?

Well, we discussed it,
and we thought that...

I would like to hear it
from my staff.

[Paul] Sorry, Fred.

It's what's best
for the station.

Ginny?

I think that the old you

would say
that if a man with a g*n

wants to tell us what to report,

he should come here himself.

[Franco] You know
what I always say?

When you go to the track,

you put the money
you're gonna bet with

in your right pocket,

nothing in your left pocket,

and if at the end of the races,
both pockets are empty,

you break even.

[Jerry] Yeah.

Uh, Mr. Fairbanks,
who is your biggest fan,

also agrees.

There's just
so much scrutiny now

that any whiff of impropriety,

Will you stop saying
"whiff of impropriety," please?

You understand why
it has to be like this.

I would've
appreciated the opportunity

to make this decision myself.

I'm sorry, Fred.

It's time for us
to have the midday meeting.

[sighing]

[suspicious music]

[suspicious music]

Thanks, Ricky.

[McNally] Mr. Kiritsis?

Ah.

Special Agent Cormac McNally.
We spoke on the phone.

How's he doing?

He's about to be much better.

Yeah.

[Tony]
I got a friend of a friend,

he's clearing
$800,000 a year,

and he's gonna
open up the bar.

He figures that'll be
about one, one point...

[knocking at door]

That's lamb moussaka.

Can you smell that?

I'd swear I'd died
and gone to Heaven,

but you're still here.

[knocking at door]

[Jimmie] Tony?

It's me!

[Tony] Jimmie?

How you doing, aderfe mou?

[Tony] I'm good, Jimmie!

Sorry about all this!

I hate
that you had to come up here.

No. No, I'm-I'm...

Hey, I'm sorry
it took me so long.

No, you got
the campaign, and...

Aw, sh*t, the campaign.

How are the buttons moving?

Yeah, don't worry
about me, Tone.

Hey, ah...

how you set for food?

Thought a taste of home
might do you good.

[suspenseful music]

You put sugar in the kima?

Yeah!

Just like Mom.

They didn't put you up to this?

This isn't some kind of trap?

No, Tone! 'Course not.

All right.

[Jimmie] Yeah?

[Tony] Hang on!

Oh, okay.

I'm putting the food down.

[blowing candle out]

It's okay?

Yeah. Jimmie,
Wait, hang on!

[Jimmie] Yeah?

[Tony] My hands
are sweaty, Jimmie.

[Jimmie] Ah. Okay.

You go share that with
the boys downstairs, Jimmie.

Tell 'em I can't come out
until I...

until I get what I'm owed.

[Jimmie] Oh yeah?

[Tony] Yeah.

Okay, Tone.

[Barb] Hey. You're home early.

Is everything okay?

[Fred] Yeah, status quo.
Have you seen my gloves?

[Barb] Um, they should be
in the trunk.

[Fred] Well,
they should be in my pockets,

but they're not, and it...

[sighing] Sorry.

I-I already looked in there.

I heard you come in last night.

Yeah, I couldn't sleep.

Yeah, I wasn't sleeping either.

I need you
to talk to Ibby again.

I'm not her friend, Fred.

I'm just the woman who's...

[sighing]

She's a very private person,

and I don't know

that I'm comfortable
intruding on her again.

We are right
at the finish line here, Barb,

and McNally says...

McNally says what?

If you need me to do it,
I'll do it.

Thank you.

[snipping]

Oh...

[blowing]

[woman] I always heard

you weren't supposed
to prune in the winter.

Um... it's easier to reshape
when the stems are bare.

That way, she won't waste energy
growing new leaves.

[chuckles] How interesting.

[Barb] The new fence
is awfully tall!

You said it would have
a trellis for the top two feet.

Oh, Barb...
good fences make good neighbors.

I'm worried
about six feet of shade

starving my roses.

Well, you'll still
get plenty of good sun.

Yes, but just not
eight hours of direct light,

which the roses need
to survive.

Well, then I will pray
for a miracle

that there will be
enough light to go around.

Always a pleasure.

[call ringing]

[Ibby] Yes. What? Hello?

Hi, Ibby. It's Barb.

Uh, Barbara Heckman.

I, um, I wanted to see
how you were doing.

Well, Jenny has a Cheerio
stuck in her ear,

there's a photographer outside
who, for whatever reason,

keeps telling me
to flash him a smile,

and an hour ago,
someone called the house

and told me they hoped d*ck
gets his head blown off.

How are you?

That's awful, Ibby.
I'm sorry.

You don't have to keep
telling me you're sorry.

Look, I was wondering

if you were up
for another call with d*ck.

If that's all right.

So you're in charge
of handling me, is that it?

No, I just...
you know, if you needed...

Oh, Barb, I...
I don't need support

or casseroles
or prying eyes.

I need this to be done.

You can tell that to Fred
and the cops

and whoever else
keeps trotting you out.

I really have to go.

Thanks for the call.

- [Ibby sighs]
- [click]

[suspenseful music]

- [banging]
- [gasping] Jesus.

Woo!

[jazz music]

[indistinct chatter]

[Jimmie] Hey. Hi there.
Jimmie for Sheriff.

Yeah, take a pen here.
Jimmie for Sheriff.

Please, can you tell anyone
you know in Plainview?

Oh! And get some moussaka,
'cause it's gonna go bad.

We don't want that.

Excuse me, sir.
Are you Jimmie Kiritsis?

I am.

Do you have any comment
on reports

that your brother once held
his own sister hostage?

What's that?

There's a report
tomorrow morning

running in the Indy Star.

Do you have any comment
about when your brother

held your sister Effie
hostage for money?

[Jimmie's breath catches]

That's a family matter!

That has nothin' to do
with any of this!

You all want to make
my brother out to be evil,

but Tony is a good man
who was pushed too far.

Now, and stories
sayin' otherwise,

well, they're
complete fabrications.

That's right, Jimmie!
That's right!

[Jimmie] ...a situation that you
don't know anything about.

Aah, f*ck you!

[Jimmie] You're turning
people against each other.

You're taking something
that's just not true,

flat-out lies,
and I won't have it!

[sighing]

[coin dropping]

[buttons clicking]

[phone ringing]

[Tony] Hello?

Tony, it's me.

[Tony] Jimmie, I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.

I know you wanna be Sheriff,

and that this is...
this is gonna hurt your chances.

No, it's okay, Tony.

[Tony speaking in Greek]

[speaking in Greek]

[conversation continues
in Greek]

[speaking in Greek]

[Jimmie] Okay, listen to me.

No clouds, okay?

Huh? No clouds.

[speaking in Greek]

Tony. Tone... Tony?
Listen to me.

[speaking in Greek]

...but Tony is a good man
who was pushed too far.

Listen, Tony...

[reporter] Do you have
any comment about when

your brother held
your sister Effie

hostage for money?

You all wanna
make my brother...

Tony? Okay, listen to me.

It's gonna be okay.

No clouds, okay?

Tony. Tone... Tony?

[speaking in Greek]

No clouds.

Jimmie, they're playing dirty.

Tony, listen to me.

No, no, no, no.

It's gonna be okay.

No, it's not. Jimmie...

They're playing dirty.
[sniffles]

[Jimmie] It's gonna be okay.

No, it's not.

Listen, you tell Fred Heckman
I have some final thoughts.

Adio.

[radio] ...for the 5:00 hour,
I'm Ben Hairston.

Our top story remains

the crisis unfolding
in Crestwood apartments,

a tense situation
with a flurry of activity

without developments
that are concrete.

This is a part of the problem...

[bottles rattling]

Grab one of that sh*t.

[Fred] Hey!

What are you doing?

It's the most trusted
man on the radio!

What do you think
you're doing, huh?

What's wrong with you?

Stealing from people
during a hostage crisis?

Come on! People's lives
are at stake here.

Do you not understand that,

or are you
too g*dd*mn stupid?

You're Ritchie's dad, right?

How do you know him?

I-I don't, really.
I just... I know Amy.

Jesus. Give... Give me this.

Get outta here! Go home.

You're needed downstairs.

Yeah.

[TV] 44-year-old
Anthony Kiritsis

shackled a sawed-off shotgun
with tape and wire

to the back of Meridian
president Richard Hall's head,

marched him through
the streets of downtown

past police officers
and onlookers, and then...

[turns TV off]

[radio plays quietly]

[turns radio off]

[Jack Hall]
Dicky boy missed his chance!

[Bill Hall] A swing and a miss!

Fred, this is Jimmie Kiritsis.

Oh, hi. Nice to meet you.

Hey. Oh, Tony just loves you,
Mr. Heckman.

Thanks for
what you've been doing.

Tell Fred what you told me.

All right. Well...

you see, Tony's, um...

he's getting cloudy.

I'm sorry, cloudy?

[Jimmie] Since he was a kid,
he gets these moods

where it's like
clouds gathering, you know?

And he withdraws.

[sighs] Used to be

he wouldn't leave his room
for weeks.

He says he wants
to go on the air

and share some final thoughts.

Despondency is death, Fred.

You've gotta keep him up.

Uh... yeah, sure. Sure.

[McNally] Whatever happens,
keep him happy.

- Yeah, right.
- Focus on the good things.

All right, yeah.

[McNally] Ask him
about Jimmie and the food.

Ask him about the steakhouse.

Okay. Okay.

And don't lean
too hard on the table.

It's pretty flimsy.

Okay. Jesus.

[O'Brien] Okay. He's ready.

[Ben] ...will impact Mr.
Kiritsis's demand for immunity,

but as the crisis ticks
into its 33rd hour,

just how remains to be seen.

We're going to go now
to Fred Heckman,

who's standing by. Fred?

Thank you, Ben.

Uh, this is Fred Heckman.

I've just, uh... I've just
heard from Tony Kiritsis,

who has a... a request.

He wants to share
some, uh... thoughts.

Uh, Tony, are you...
are you there?

[clicking switch]

[Tony] You know,
the saddest thing is...

I honestly thought

that if people knew

what this man
and his family did to me,

if only they knew...

they'd demand it be made right.

But I was wrong.

[Fred] Hold on
a minute there, Tony.

I mean, you and I were
both listening when, uh,

when people were calling in

and telling you
how much they were behind you.

[Tony] So what?

You know, a lot of people said
a lot of nice things about me,

but that saddens me, 'cause...

I'm gonna be a marked man
for the rest of my days,

if I live another week
or a hundred years.

I saw out front, I saw on TV,

they got a stand that says,
"I heart d*ck" shirts.

[chuckling bitterly]

People just waiting
to see me die!

[Fred] Now, now, Tony,

I'm gonna have
to fact-check you there.

I am a journalist here.

The reason you saw all those
"I heart d*ck" shirts

is simply because
the "Free Tony" shirts

had all sold out by breakfast.

Your lawyers are working
as we speak

on your
immunity agreement, okay?

You know what it's like
to be onstage.

I'm f*ck' naked up here.

You know, everyone wants
to see you dance.

I've been dancing
for my whole life,

and I'm done. I'm done.

What... now, what about
your brother Jimmie, Tony?

What about your brother?

What did it... what did it
feel like to see him?

[Tony] Well, you know, I was
the best man at his wedding,

and what have I
given him in thanks?

Nothin'.

Been a f*cking liability.

[Fred]
Oh, hold on a minute, Tony.

Now, I've just spoken
to Jimmie, just now,

and let me tell you,
there is not a man alive

who is more proud
of his little brother

than your brother Jimmie, okay?

He was telling me

how he can't wait
to take his kids

to the Magdalena's Steakhouse.

Ah, that's
a f*cking pipe dream.

[Fred] There are
so many people here,

me, Jimmie,
all your supporters,

all of us,

who all want you
to hold on to hope.

Oh, sh*t.
You know what you...

Hope is bullshit. sh*t!

I learned... I learned that,
I learned that lesson

like the way I learned
every other lesson in my life.

I learned them the hard way.

I was 20 years old
when I watched my mother die,

and I stood above her casket,

and I made a blood oath
on her grave

that I would
look after my family,

even though
they cheated and lied to me,

and I spent
the next 20 years praying,

and that got me nowhere.

Fred, I don't wanna die.

Partly because I've never lived,

but also just 'cause I know
nothing comes afterwards.

Just one long dark.

Well, Tony, I-I...
I understand you. I-I...

I know what
you're going through here.

You don't know
what it feels like, Fred.

No, you don't.

You got it so good.

You know, you do the news
and everyone loves ya,

and then you go home
every night happy.

You don't know
anything about me, Tony.

Exactly!

You talk to me
in the same calm voice

that you do everyone else,

then, once I'm gone,
you're gonna be,

you're gonna go on
to your next story,

and then you just, you go home
to your wife and kids.

You'll never know what it's like
to be without hope.

To be without hope!

I lost a daughter, Tony.

I didn't know that, Fred.

Yeah, well...

I know that you...
you don't abandon hope

without hope
abandoning you first,

that's for sure.

My wife, uh...

...throughout
her whole pregnancy,

was knitting...
knitting a blanket.

Forest-green yarn with a...

with a moss-green stitch on it.

Beautiful.

Pretty much the only sound
you heard in our house

for nine months

was the clacking
of knitting needles.

We had hope.

[deep breath]

We had hope
coming out of our ears.

[Fred takes
a deep, shaky breath]

Patricia was 11 weeks old
and two days,

and we buried her
in that blanket.

So I thought
there's either no God,

or there is a God,
and he chose to do this.

And I'd rather believe
in no God,

so I stopped going to church,
I stopped praying,

I stopped doing pretty much
of everything. We both did.

And if you would've told me

there was someone
I could've pulled a g*n on

and gotten my revenge,

I promise you, boy,
I would've taken it.

But instead...

[Fred breathes deeply]

Instead,

I talk to little Patricia.
I talk to her.

I-I...

...talk to her all the time,
every day.

Until soon, I realized,
what I realized was...

I was... I was praying to her.

I knew... I knew she was
out there somewhere,

and so, then, my prayers...

they grew. They grew larger.

Until after a while,

I realized that I was...
I was praying to God, Tony.

My little girl had
led me right back to God.

Now, I'm not trying
to just tell you that, uh,

that my journey
and your journey are the same,

but I am telling you

that I understand
what it feels like

to feel so cold

that you'll never
feel warm again.

But you will, Tony.
You will.

I talk to my mother...
Magdelena.

She's an angel,
just like your little girl.

[Fred] Yes, sir.

They're both up there, Tony.

They're both up there
looking down on us.

What do you think your mom...

What do you think
your mom wants?

She'd want me to live. Yeah.

[Fred] I think so, too.

I think so, too,

so why don't you and I
work together on this?

Make sure
we get through this thing

safe and sound, huh? How's that?

Yeah. Let me call you back.

Let me call you back,
all right?

All right, Tony. You call me.

Yeah, okay.

Thank you, Fred. Okay.

[hanging up]

Uh, this is Fred Heckman,
WIBC News... 1070.

Back to you, Ben.

[click]

Uh, that was...

[clicks switch]

[exhales]

Uh... that was

Fred Heckman
and Tony Kiritsis.

We'll be back.

♪ Ten, seven, and oh
WIBC ♪

[♪]

I'm sorry.

We don't talk about her.

We have never
talked about her, Fred.

And now you have...

...to an entire city.

["Mighty Quinn"
by Manfred Mann begins]

♪ Come all without
Come all within ♪

♪ You'll not see nothing
like the Mighty Quinn ♪

♪ Come all without
Come all within ♪

♪ You'll not see nothing
like the Mighty Quinn ♪

[upbeat music]

- ♪ Everybody's building ♪
- Your ride's here.

♪ Ships and boats ♪

♪ Some are building monuments ♪

♪ Others jotting down notes ♪

♪ Everybody's in despair ♪

♪ Every girl and boy ♪

♪ But when Quinn
the Eskimo gets here ♪

♪ Everybody's
gonna jump for joy ♪

♪ Come all without
Come all within ♪

♪ You'll not see nothing
like the Mighty Quinn ♪

[upbeat music]

♪ I like to go
just like the rest ♪

♪ I like my sugar sweet ♪

♪ But jumping queues
and makin' haste ♪

♪ Just ain't my cup of meat ♪

♪ Everyone's beneath the trees
Feedin' pigeons on a limb ♪

♪ But when
Quinn the Eskimo gets here ♪

♪ All the pigeons
gonna run to him ♪

♪ Come all without
Come all within ♪

♪ You'll not see nothing
like the mighty Quinn ♪

♪ Come all without
Come all within ♪

♪ You'll not see nothing
like the mighty Quinn ♪

♪ Come all without
Just sing a song ♪

♪ Come all within
Everybody ♪

♪ You'll not see nothing
like the mighty Quinn ♪

♪ I wanna hear you sing ♪

♪ Come all without
Come all within ♪

♪ You'll not see nothing
like the mighty Quinn ♪

♪ Come all without... ♪