03x06 - Eminent Domain

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Previously on AMC's The k*lling...

It's not her. It's not Kallie.

[ She screams ]

I don't pry into their lives. Beacon is a safe space.

k*lling my daddy, my mama.

My brother and sister, they forgave me.

I want to see him.

Who?

My dad.

He's forgiving you.

Guard!

What if...

Ray Seward didn't k*ll his wife?

Yeah.

DA thought so, the 12 members of the jury did, too.

How are we doing on Mills?

Cut him loose six hours ago.

[ Cellphone ringing ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Telephone rings ]

Uh, I-I need help.

I, um-- I need to talk to somebody. I--
Man: - I know my rights.

Somebody shut that guy up.

Uh, no, he's got my daughter's cellphone.

Ma'am.

He's got my daughter's cellphone, and he's taken her somewhere.

Emmes: You are gonna need to slow down.

Okay, Joe Mills. Joe-- Joe Mills.

You guys are looking for him.

He's the--

Okay. Grab a seat, okay?

Somebody will be out to take your statement.

Okay, no, no.

I got a card, okay? I got a card. Um...

Um, uh, the-- the-- the Detective-- she gave me a card, and she told me to call her if I had anything--

Ma'am.

No, Sarah Linden.

Ma'am!

No, Sarah--

Are you under the influence of alcohol or any other substances this evening?

W-what? No, no. What?

Am I-- no, no, you're-- if you can just let me talk to Sarah Linden, she knows me.

She knows me. Just get her.

Christ, lady.

Just get Sarah Linden--
Detective Sarah Linden.

Listen to me.

Please just--

I'm trying to be nice here, but my bullshit needs have already been met tonight.

So you are gonna need to sit down, as instructed, all right?

He took my daughter!

I want to talk to Sarah Linden!

Sarah Linden!
[ Alarm rings ]

Let me talk to Sarah Linden right now!

Give me-- No, get off of me! Sarah Linden!

H-he was quiet the whole ride there... till we parked, and then he, um-- he-- he tells me to get in the back.

And that's where they like to do it sometimes, you know?

But he didn't get in the backseat with me.

He stayed up front.

I thought--

I thought he was one of those guys who likes to watch, but... he just wanted to talk.

About what?

Uh, he said that he'd save me.

What did he mean, he'd save you?

That I--
I'd finally see.

See what?

That's when he got in the back of the car, and-- and-- a-and I-I asked him why am I sitting on, uh-- on plastic, but, uh, he was so fast.

He was so fast.

Stay with me, Angie.

I-I-- I couldn't--
I didn't see.

I-- I didn't see.

Angie.
[ Panting ]

Angie, just look at me.

Look at me.

[ Whimpering ] Breathe.

It's okay.

Okay?

I got you.

Do you recognize any of these men?

I told you I don't.

No, I-I think these-- th-these guys, they're d-- they're different.

It's a six-minute drive to the park.

Six minutes. Now think, Angie.

I-I told you I-I couldn't see, because it was really dark.

Just look at it again, okay?

I couldn't really see his face.

How can you be sure it's not one of these guys?

Linden.

I couldn't see his face.

Just-- just look again.

No, I already did!

[ Beeping ]

How can you be sure?

How can you be sure it's not one of them?

Because I s-- he looked at me.

I know his eyes.

I saw his eyes in the rear view, looking at me like-- like I wasn't even there.

[ Door opens ]

I think you're gonna need to leave now.

I just-- save the speech. We're leaving.

Everything's gonna be okay, An.

H-he got the left one.

What if someone wants to marry me?

D-do you think it matters?

No.

What the hell, Linden?

What the hell are you doing?

If you keep that up, anything she says is gonna be inadmissible.

Get the sketch artist here.

I want him in the room as soon as she wakes up, getting the ID.

What ID? There's no ID.

Girl looked straight at Mills, didn't bat an eye.

That doesn't mean anything.

You think she's lying?

I think maybe she's scared.

These girls don't trust anybody, let alone cops.

Skinner's got every badge out gunning for Mills.

Everybody thinks he's good for it, except for the girl who actually saw the k*ller.

That doesn't bother you?

[ Sighs ]

Do you think we're chasing the wrong guy?

Let me ask you this.

If it's the same guy that's cutting up these girls that de-capped Trisha Seward three years ago, then how come we got no connection between Mills and Seward?

Detective Linden.

Mrs. Linden.

Skinner thought you could use some help.

Great. Let us know when it gets here.

[ Cellphone rings ]
Oh, she's funny.

When did that happen?

I have to take this.

Hurry back.

Linden.

Geez, lighten up.

You didn't used to be so serious... or so homeless.

What's with the snuggie? You have a fire or something?

You have a talk with the vet tech yet?

Homeboy swears up and down he doesn't know who brought Angie in.

You buying that?

No reason not to.

Clinic's a dead drop-- gangbanger off the books ER.

Doorbell keeps it anonymous.

Body comes in, cash goes on the counter.

Whoever brought the body in hits the bell on the way out.

Vet tech waits a few, and then...

What about Mills?

Still looking for his cab.

Switchboard's getting lit up with bad IDs and psych cases.

Unis kicked down a door in Alki, almost capped a music teacher.

What did, uh, four-fifths of a hand job have to say?

She finger Mills?

She at least knuckle him?

[ Both laugh ]

There he is. That's my partner.

Oh, you're bad. That's real bad.

Get me a room. I'm on my way.

Danette Leeds got herself arrested.

So?

Stay here with Angie. Get a description.

See if you can get a sketch artist in.

You want me to come with you?

No. I'm fine.

Looks like you're sleeping on the couch.

I need a coffee to go with this. You?

I'm buying.

No, I'm good.

Yo, vintage playa.

You got a smoke?

Don't mind if I do. Thank you, sir.

You can uncuff her.

Did you find him?

No, not yet.

Yeah, well, I tried to tell them, but they wouldn't listen to me.

Joe's up there.

Joe Mills, room 106. You look at room 106?

I barely got out of there with my life. He's crazy.

He's gone.

What?

Well, what about his mother's place?

You check there?

We will find him.

And if Kallie's with him--

If? What are you talking about, if?

He had her phone. He had Kallie's phone.

She would never go anywhere without--

Lower your voice.

Do you think I'm making this up?

This is my daughter out there, God knows where.

She-- look, she's probably in some basement somewhere, but she's alive, and she's call--

[ Sighs ]

It's a shame you didn't think of giving us this information sooner.

Why are you just sitting there?

You should be out there, looking for her.

We're sitting here because when I asked you where Joe Mills was, you lied.

You won't be charged.

But it'll take a while to process you out.

Any idea where Joe would go next?

It was always just me and her.

You have no idea what it's like to have a kid and be alone and have everything riding on you.

I gave her this shirt for her birthday.

She didn't like it too much.

She said it looked like an old-lady shirt.

When she was a little girl, she was so small, just so...

She used to just fit right here.

When I'd take her to the river, she'd only go in if I held her.

She was scared, and so I'd just hold her right here, and we'd wade together.

I think it was the sound of the water that scared her.

But I'd say to her, "Just cover your ears, baby. Just cover your ears."

But she'd just... hold on to me like...

And then one day, she just-- she didn't say nothing.

She just stood right up, and she walked right over to the water, and she walked right in.

But she came back. She always came back.

She runs off all the time, but she always comes back.

She's out there, and Joe's got her.

You find her. Find my little girl.

Please. Please.

[ Fabric tearing ]

[ Sighs ] What are you doing?

[ Sighs ]

Becker'll be by any minute for cell check.

He catches you messing with the property, he's gonna b*at your ass again.

Alton: Not tonight.

They already missed 5:00 AM.

They missed 4:30.

And they missed 4:00.

Alton.

You need to think clearly right now.

What you think I been doing, Ray?

Thinking is all I do.

Thinking is all I got left.

I been thinking, Ray.

Come on out where I can see you.

Been here for three years, Ray.

For the first time tonight, I woke up and didn't know where I was.

Honest to God, I had no idea.

They only coming if you call them.

Alton.

[ Choking ]

There.

That's the hard part.

You did good. Hard part's over.

N-now just let it go, kid.

It's nothing worth holding on to.

Late.

I know. Sorry. Baby was teething.

Relax. Becker's not here.

Where is he?

Said he had to take care of something, so he left.

So who's on the block?

You are, Supernanny.

Wake them up.

[ Sighs ]

[ Buzzer, door opens ]

0600, gentlemen. Rise and shine.

Roll call in 15. Let's go.

Up, up, up.

Hey.
[ Snaps fingers ]

Come on, let's go. Up, up.

[ Groans ]

You're up early.

[ Clatter ]

This is Baker 04. I got a Code Six.

Request med assist, C-block, cell 209.
[ Alarm blaring ]

Willet: Copy, 04 Baker. Be advised, CERT team inbound.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

Man: Let's go. Open it up!

Man #2: Prepare for lockdown!

Let's go! Go!

Sarah: Our victim hasn't positively ID'd Joe Mills yet.

We'll go back to the hospital in a couple of hours, have another talk.

She saw the guy. She's got to give us something.

What about the motel?

We combed every inch of that flea bag.

No witnesses saw him come in or out, paid in cash.

Maybe he fled in his cab.

He'll have to use a credit card at some point.

Yeah, and we're not getting hits on either.

And Mills hasn't crossed the border, so either he's holed up somewhere, dead, or the guy's a damn ghost.

Tess: What part of this is hard for you to understand?

I'm talking about the welfare of a child here.

Adrian has made tremendous progress since coming to live with us.

I will not have that jeopardized by you.

All right, let me just stop you there for a second.

Look, Detective Linden was wrong talking to the boy without your permission.

She came to his school, for God's sakes!

And it won't happen again. I guarantee it.

I'm sorry to have put Adrian in that situation.

You told him he could see his father.

Look, the thing is, you talking to him has set Adrian off.

He's regressed a little, and he's sleeping in the closet again.

Again? What do you mean?

He won't sleep in his bed.

Every morning, we find him curled up in his closet.

It took us months to break him of that behavior.

You have no idea what a setback that is.

Was he sleeping in the closet when he first came to live with you?

The social workers said he's been doing it for years, even when he lived with his mother.

Excuse me.

Where are you going?

W-where is she going?

Sarah.

I'm sorry. I am.

I'm sorry to have upset your son. It won't happen again.

So, Adrian's foster parents said that he's been sleeping in the closet-- an old behavior of his.

He was doing it when he got to them.

Holder: W-what are we doing here?

Unless you got a body back there--

You got somewhere else to be?

Joe Mills is in the wind.

You want to go back to the hospital and babysit Angie with Reddick, be my guest.

Oh, no way. [ Scoffs ] Wow.

So, when you said the Seward file was in storage, you meant your backseat.

That's great.

Oh, wait, let me--

Yo, don't get handsy.

I got a girlfriend, okay?

That one there-- Adrian's bedroom.

We always assumed Adrian was in his bed the night his mom was m*rder*d.

Look. His bed was made.

So you're saying if he wasn't sleeping in his bed--

He was sleeping in the closet.

Yeah, but there's no closet in his bedroom.

[ Siren wails ]

Damn.

We need to go back there.

[ Engine turns over ]

[ Clicking ]

Just want to point out this is a Class-A felony.

Easy, yo. That Kn*fe cost me a 50-spot.

It's defective.

Yeah, so, I was thinking, I mean, it's the same with all these girls.

Like, either they're not seeing, or they're not saying.

So?

So maybe we're looking at this whole thing inside-out.

It's not about what these girls see.

It's about what he sees.

What's he looking for?

How does he choose?

See, we've been going at it all Copernicus, when we need to be Galileo on this bitch, you feel me?

See, Copernicus, he was, you know, like, looking at the Sun doing its thing from this middle place, like he was the middle.

But then Galileo was all like, "Nah, man, that's conceited."

And then Copernicus started fronting, like-- what?

What's wrong with your face, Linden?

Don't stroke out on me.

You know, hire-backs ain't on the health plan.

There we go.

[ Car alarm blaring in distance ]

No one's lived here since the m*rder.

[ Blaring stops ]

Mayor Richmond's waterfront.

Eminent domain.

We found Trisha Seward's body here.

And I found Adrian hiding there... in that closet.

Holder: And what are we doing now, Linden?

We playing hide and seek?

Stars.

He put stars on the ceiling... because he slept here.

Go to the front door. Step into the hallway.

Now walk in.

Stop.

If Adrian was sleeping here that night, he saw the k*ller.

I'm telling you, there is a direct view from the closet to the exact spot Trisha Seward was k*lled.

Skinner: How long are they gonna run this crap, huh?

Hey.

Adrian saw the k*ller.

Did he, now?

Funny he never mentioned it three years ago when we talked to him for five-- or was it six hours?

He's remembering. We have a new drawing.

Oh, yeah?

Tell me something, Sarah.

Did he tell you what he saw when you visited him on the school playground?

No, I need to speak to him again.

[ Sighs ]

All right, in my office.

Excuse us, Detective.

What, you want me to...

You know what?

This is what I want.

I want you out on the street, acting like you're an actual m*rder cop.

Yeah, I want you down there, looking around, creeping around, doing whatever shady thing it is that you do, and seeing, for once, if somebody could put an actual eyeball on this Joe Mills scumbag!

That's what I want.

Sarah, we both know talking to Adrian is not gonna happen, not after this morning.

What about Seward?

Yeah, well, if you want to go back to that prison, you don't need my permission.

No, I'm not asking you for permission.

This is our case.

We are both responsible if that man--

What?

If what, Sarah?

[ Sighs ]

You know, you asked me for some time on this Seward thing, and I gave it to you.

I indulged your theory.

But if we're gonna be honest here, you're exactly where we started with this.

That is not true.

You have nothing connecting Trisha Seward's m*rder to these girls.

What?

It's the same wound, it's the same w*apon type, it is the same trophy-taking behavior!

That is not enough!

[ Sighs ]

This job is not for human beings.

I mean, you do it right, it eats your life.

But sometimes, you got to step back, and you got to ask yourself, "Am I too close?"

I'm fine.

It was three years ago, and I dealt with it.

If it's a doctor's permission you need, that could probably be arranged.

Hey. I was there, you know.

Don't treat me like I wasn't.

It didn't just happen to you.

Listen, you're a good cop.

You got instincts.

But there's a difference between following your instincts and an obsession.

I'm following evidence.

I'm following evidence.

The k*ller is active now because it's the same k*ller.

Jimmy, it's the same case.

I need you on Joe Mills. Is that clear?

Where was Becker last night?

Why do you care?

He hasn't been around today.

I assume he's on suspension, pending an investigation.

You could've called out.

You could've done something for him.

Alton was your friend. He liked you, Ray.

Why didn't you help him?

I did.

I want a visitation.

Twitch: ...such a big deal out of it, Lyric.

Step off.

Yeah, look, we're just talking.

Danette: Hey, uh...

Can-- I need to talk to you.

Can you just stop for a second, please?

[ Indistinct talking ]

Are you gonna cry?

I'm working right now.

You can't go.

Is she gonna cry?

Is she really gonna cry?

Hey!

Run to mommy.

[ Horn honking ]

Hey, uh...

Trigger, uh, have you seen Kallie around?

It's b*llet.

Right. Uh, sorry.

Um, it's just she hasn't been around for a while, and I...

I haven't seen her.

Well, if you do, can you just tell her that I was looking and that she should come home?

You're her friend, right?

What?

I'm, like, driving around, and I don't know--

I don't know where she might go, so I was thinking that maybe you would?

Close eight!

What did I tell you?

Most famous man in Washington State.

[ Laughs ]

This d*ck-wit didn't believe me.

[ Sighs ]

Dad.

I didn't think you'd want to see me.

I didn't.

Something happened-- changed my mind.

You got that present I sent you?

Hmm?

Not easy getting a thing like that up here, I tell you.

Had to pull in a favor, you know what I mean?

[ Chuckles softly ]

Figured you'd pass it along to that prick Becker.

You give him my regards.
[ Chuckles ]

You look old.

Well, kind of comes on you all at once in here.

When you were born, you were such a puny little sh*t, they put you in that incubator thing for extra long.

Your mother cried all night, thought you were gonna die.

Not me. I knew you'd fight.

Know why? Because you're mine.

My son.

What are you doing?

We starved... when you left.

You know that?

And you brought me here to cry about it?

Huh? Why?

You think maybe you're here because you didn't have a father, right?

No role model?

Who was that supposed to be? You?

Hey, I taught you a couple of things.

Yeah, like what? How to-- how to drink and steal?

How to leave.

I taught you how to be a man. Don't you forget that.

[ Sighs ]

This was a bad idea.

I got to go.

Hey. No. Come on. Come on. Come on.

Sit down. Oh.

No, stay a bit. Hey, listen.

I--
[ Clears throat ]

I'm proud of you. That's all.

For what?

For doing your time with your mouth shut.

For going out like a man.

Dying in a jumpsuit doesn't make you a man.

Open eight!

You and Kallie used to come here?

Yeah, and up on that bridge.

She used to stare down at the water.

Said she liked the way it looked or something.

I used to take her here when she was a kid.

Yeah. I know.

She said you tried to teach her how to play hide and seek, but she could never figure it out.

[ Chuckles ]
No, she never could.

I'd close my eyes and count to five, but when I opened them, she'd be standing right in front of me.

She'll be all right.

Yeah.

[ Clears throat ]

[ Sniffles ]

Yeah? What?

Does the name Joe Mills mean anything to you?

Hmm. Let me guess.

You want me to finger this guy for something?

Let's say I throw this dirtbag under the bus.

What's in it for me?

Nothing.

Then I don't know him.

Sorry.

Your son saw the k*ller.

He was sleeping in the closet across from the front door.

He did that a lot.

I saw the pasted-on stars on the ceiling, the ones that glow, in kids' bedrooms.

His mother must have put them there.

I put them there.

He didn't like to sleep in his bedroom.

[ Chuckles softly ]

Why?

[ Chuckles ]

How would I know?

I know you didn't k*ll your wife.

I need to talk to Adrian. I need to know what he saw.

Please, I need your help.

[ Voice breaking ] And you came to this realization, what...

Three years after the fact?!

[ Sniffles ]

And just 12 days before I hang?!

Jesus!

Guard!

Don't come back here.

[ Buzzer ]

[ Buzzer ]

[ Siren wailing ]

[ Sighs ]

You all right?

[ Voice breaking ]
He does this.

I don't know why.

I don't know why I always let him hurt me.

Want to keep me warm?

I'm freezing.

Aren't you?

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Don't lie.

[ Sighs ]

I know you, B.

[ Sighs ]

I saw Kallie's mom.

You think Kallie's coming back?

Hey, look at me.

You don't have to be tough all the time, you know?

What?

You think I don't see you.

But I do.

He's out there on those streets.

Probably driven by him a hundred times.

Never gonna get him, are we?

It's like he's on a... crusade, a-a mission.

He's out to save them, Angie said.

It's not just any girl.

It's the lost ones.

Sarah: He's the shepherd, they're his flock.

He puts them in the backseat.

He can see them that way, in the mirror, but they can just see his eyes... just looking at them... like a confession.

Theirs or his?

Skinner: Look, I don't want to see your useless face until you get her back, you understand?!

What's up?

Ah, they took the girl down to radiology, didn't come back.

Must have walked right out the front door.

We had one witness-- one.

Now Angie Gower's gone.

I want her found, and I want her found tonight.

Come on!

What are we, the Keystone Kops?!

[ Sighs ]

Beacon Home?

She went there once for help. Maybe she'll go back.

[ Horns honking ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Did Pastor Mike say how long he'd be?

Nope.

Let him know we're here and it's urgent.

He's working the dinnertime shift right now, so I can't promise anything.

Yeah, well, we're gonna need to see him right away, so just make sure he gets the message.

The shepherd and his flock?

I'm sorry to keep you waiting.