Programa de TV: Without a Trace - 5x22
Two months of divorce proceedings, your parents are yelling at each other on the stand...
So how're you holding up?
I'm okay.
Alex,I need you to tell me about your parents' fights.
All parents fight, what's the big deal?
My parents still love each other.
Listen,Alex, you know,sometimes we're so used to things being one way, like our parents being in love, that we can't even think about it being any other way; it's terrifying.
So we bend our idea of what love is,even if it feels wrong, just to keep things from changing.
Alex,does your dad hit your mom?
I don't want to talk about this.
I know you don't, but I can make it stop.
All you've got to do is tell the truth.
He hits her with a rolled-up magazine.
If she fights,he belts her.
It's getting worse and worse.
Okay.
That's all you've got to say.
Hey,what you did just now was very,very brave.
I'm going to call you in a few days, just to check up on you,all right?
Justin.
Can you take Alex back to his mom,please?
Sure.
And we'll need an order to vacate.
It's already in the folder.
Thanks.
MARTIN: Hey.
Justice Christopher Manning, 36,divorce court, went out to lunch yesterday, didn't come back to work.
Who called it in?
Court security.
His clerk notified them when he missed a trial this morning.
Does the judge have any family?
He's single.
Father deceased, mother retired, he's got a sister by the name of Nora.
Okay,this week alone, he dealt with spousal abuse, child endangerment-- he makes 35 rulings a month, millions of dollars on settlements.
Makes him a pretty good target for an angry spouse.
Well,we're running one down as we speak.
The last thing he did before he went missing was order a violent husband to vacate the home.
Is there any chance he got fed up and just went on permanent vacation?
MAN: You're a bitch!
What,and miss all this drama?
I wanted to clerk for him since my second year of law school.
MARTIN: Why him?
His opinions on the Family Law Act and Uniform Child Custody alone...
Look,he's not like other divorce judges.
How so?
Judge Manning actually invests in each case, especially in the kids.
I assume he's made some enemies over the years.
Well,sure.
You take away people's future incomes for alimony, they're likely to hate your guts.
What about Paul Rosen, the man that he ordered to vacate the family home yesterday?
Yeah,a guy beats his wife then coerces the kid to keep quiet.
Do you think he'd come after the judge?
Him,I don't know.
But I did see somebody else come after him.
JUSTIN: You've got depositions for Fritz v.
Dillon at 4:00.
MANNING: I'm going to grab lunch and run errands.
I'll see you back here at 4:00.
MAN: Hey,Manning.
You son of a bitch.
You know what you did to me?
Excuse me?
Oh,you don't remember me now?
You messed up the whole trial,you moron.
We had evidence.
But you still believed some 'roid monkey gym trainer...
Your Honor?
That's all right,Justin.
Sir,you had your day in court; it's over now.
My day in court?
Man...
I lost everything that I had!
I ought to kick your balls in right here.
Are you threatening me?
Your Honor, I'm getting security.
No,it's all right,Justin.
We're done here.
What?
What're you looking at?
Do you remember the man's name?
I don't remember him being involved in any case, but then I'm not always in the courtroom.
MARTIN: What about what the guy said, has the judge been making mistakes?
No.
No way.
You sound pretty sure about that.
Well,yeah,I am; I spend more time with him than anyone.
Look,we work 85 hours a week and the guy never misses a step.
Hmm.
All right,thanks.
Okay,bye.
That was the judge's neighborhood patrolman.
He says he saw the guy in the sketch there last night.
Did he get a name or a license plate?
No.
Apparently he was just parked outside of the judge's house in a maroon-colored Infiniti.
When he saw the patrolman,he took off.
Boy,whoever this guy is, he's not the husband in any of the judge's last 15 cases.
There's a whole lot more.
Violent husbands with large settlements on top.
You're a doll.
There's plenty more where that came from.
Spade.
What happened to Paul Rosen?
He checked into the W last night, pay-per-view and room service alibi amount.
Did he say why?
No,that's it; thanks a lot.
Okay,bye.
That was Judge Manning's broker.
She said Manning cashed out a $10,000 CD two days ago; he called in the middle of the night to say he needed the money as soon as the market opened.
Agent Malone.
Hmm?
Judge Manning's sister is here.
Okay.
I've never seen him before.
You say he threatened Chris?
You think he did something to him?
Um,it's a possibility.
You know,your brother's job makes him an easy mark for a lot of angry people.
I hate that job.
Chris is such a sweetheart.
All he wants to do is help people.
This is what he gets in return?
Some jerk chasing after him?
Ms.
Manning,do you know if your brother is going through any kind of financial trouble?
Not that I know of,why?
He cashed a $10,000 investment CD two days ago.
Do you have any idea why?
He did go on a shopping spree.
Really.
What kind of shopping spree?
Barney's,Hermes,Prada, but it wasn't for him.
Then who was it for?
I went over there the other day to return his boom box.
Nora.
What are you doing here?
I thought you were at work.
No,no,I took the morning off.
I see that.
I just came to drop your boom box off.
Uh...
thanks.
So,who's the lucky girl?
Uh,it's just a girl.
Can I meet her?
We're kind of busy right now.
I can wait.
No,you can't,let's go.
I've got plenty of time.
Nora,I will drop this sheet.
Please don't do that.
So,did you get a good look at this woman?
No,every time I asked Chris about it,he got all secretive.
Maybe she was married.
That would be a first for Chris.
Honestly,with Chris's issues, I was just happy to see somebody put a smile on his face like that.
What issues?
When I was 11,Chris was 16, our parents got divorced.
Chris bore the brunt of it.
Once he got in the way and my dad beat him down with a candlestick.
I just don't think that Chris has faith in relationships.
Check this out.
There's only two women in his phone records: his mother and his sister.
But in the last two weeks, he's gotten 35 calls from a pre-paid cell phone.
Could be his new girlfriend calling.
Or maybe it's one of the wives in his cases.
Might explain the secrecy.
Picking up women in divorce court.
Hey,didn't the guy who threatened him at the courthouse mention a trainer?
Yeah,why?
All right,I just found a case file where the wife's assets include a chain of fitness centers.
Um,let's see here.
Several of the employees were deposed.
Any dirt on the husband?
Actually,the wife had a lover she was putting up in an apartment above one of her gyms.
You got a name?
Uh,yeah.
Uh,Sidney Watts.
Sidney Watts.
Sam,we've got a match.
DANNY: Judge Christopher Manning.
Sorry,doesn't ring a bell.
Well,he presided over your girlfriend's divorce.
Does that ring a bell?
Yeah,okay,I remember.
Little dorky guy.
Why would I want to hurt him?
Because he stopped your cash flow.
I have a career.
I'm a writer.
You haven't published anything since '96.
So I'm misunderstood.
No,you're a kept man.
I know Ms.
Landrys put you up for the last two years, well,until Judge Manning ended that.
Debbie got robbed.
Yeah,and that pissed you off.
No?
Then why'd you go down to the courthouse four days ago and threaten him?
Sid,he's a judge and that's a felony.
I just wanted to vent, but then the guy got me riled up, so I followed him when he left.
He drove for a while.
Not until we got off the bridge did I notice where we were.
She got into his car and they drove away.
I followed him back to his house, took a few more pictures, and...
that was it.
No,that's not it.
You were going to use those pictures to blackmail him.
I thought about it.
Yeah,well, let me tell you what I think.
I think you were going to blackmail him.
I think you went to his house, I think he didn't want to pay you, and I think you killed him.
Look,he said he was going to deliver yesterday and he never showed, so I sat outside of his house until one of those rent-a-cops ran me off.
I swear to you,that was it.
Where are the photos,Sid?
In my phone.
Hey,relax,Sid,you could write about this in the joint.
VIVIAN: Look,it'll only take a second.
Our witness said that it looked as if they knew each other.
He picked up a hooker?
We're still trying to locate her,but I thought that they could have met here.
Have you seen her before?
BAILIFF: All rise!
The case of Bach v.
Wu.??
Will you excuse me?
Later,guys,later.
Later.
VIVIAN: And all the security cameras.
I want to see everything he did before he came in here.
Okay.
Okay.
Hey.
You okay?
I'm fine,thank you.
Judge's clerk.
We're looking for his family.
Did we I.D.
the shooter?
Not yet.
Uh,he didn't have a wallet on him, but we found a parking stub in his pocket.
How'd he get a gun in here?
Apparently he took it from a court officer in the bathroom.
You know,I think he was after Manning.
What makes you say that?
The way he came in.
You say that he hesitated when he saw the wrong judge.
My guess is this guy didn't know that Manning was missing.
And if he came in here to kill him, I don't think he planned on leaving alive.
We found the shooter's car.
It's registered to a Tristan McNeal.
JACK: Thank you.
Hey.
How's Viv?
Typical Viv.
She insisted on wrapping up the entire courtroom scene herself.
Is that the shooter?
Tristan McNeal,as in McNeal and Kent Investments, as in trust fund baby.
Trust fund,huh?
What's his connection to Judge Manning?
We don't know yet.
We showed his picture to Manning's sister, but she didn't recognize him.
Have we called the shooter's family?
Not yet,but the family lawyer called to express condolences for the clerk-- oh,and to reiterate Tristan's bipolar disorder.
Yeah,well, I'm sure that made Justin's family feel much better.
Danny,Sam.
NYPD fou this note taped to a mirror in Tristan's house.
Listen to this: "Mia,how could you betray me? "
I loved you and you slept with that judge. "
By the time you read this, he and I will both be dead. "
I hope it haunts you.
Tristan."
Maybe Mia is the woman Manning had in his apartment.
Or it could be the prostitute he picked up.
Or it could be they're the same person.
Wow,Wall Street heir and state judge fall for the same prostitute.
That sounds sleazy enough to be true.
Want to find out?
Yes,I do.
All right.
Come on,Dick Tracy.
Just look at the picture, all right?
Honey,you don't need that ho.
Cherokee's got you covered.
Hey,Martin.
I think our girl is right over there.
Mia?
Mia.
Baby,I'm Diamond.
You got the wrong girl.
No,I got the right girl.
Take a look at this picture.
That's you.
See that guy right there?
He's a judge and he's missing and you're the prime suspect.
Girl,you're going to be on the news.
So are you if you don't...
Where you going?
Where do you think you're going?
I'm a cop,okay, so make this look good, choirboy.
What did you just say to me?
Huh?
What'd you say to me,huh?
Do you know who you're messing with?
Now,who are you?
Lisa Robles; I work vice.
I'm with the 115.
We got a pimp cutting up girls and you probably just blew my cover.
If you're a cop, why didn't you arrest the judge for solicitation?
I've known Chris for a long time, since he was public defender.
I see him once every couple years.
Is that what you call it?
It's not like that.
Then what is it like?
I don't have to talk to you.
You got questions, you call my captain.
Hey,we've got pictures tying you with a missing judge, and his clerk just got shot dead in his courtroom.
Now,do you want to help us out or do we need to call IA?
He needed a favor.
Thanks.
Okay,now are you going to tell me what the hell is going on here?
Lisa,uh,I need your help.
I'm in some trouble.
Trouble,what kind of trouble?
It's...
it's better if you don't know.
Really.
That sounds reassuring.
You're still at the 115th,right?
Yeah.
I,uh...
I need to get into the third floor.
All I need is your key pass for a minute.
Do you know they log all those entries and exits?
I know they do,I...
I'm sorry.
I just...
Lisa,I'm...
I'm begging you.
I don't know where else to turn.
Okay,but this makes us even.
Why would you put your career on the line for him?
I owed him.
When I was younger,he defended me on a burglary charge.
He got my record expunged.
He pulled strings for me at the academy.
He changed my life.
What's on the third floor?
Payroll department, parking enforcement, evidence room.
All right,Diamond, get your ass out of here.
As soon as you can.
Okay,thanks.
Okay,that was the 115th precinct.
Two days ago,the DA threw a fit over some missing evidence.
They're faxing over the report now.
Did he say what it was?
A DVD from a sexual assault case showing a series of different men raping women that are roofied.
Nate Raygreen, partner of Tristan McNeal, aka Liquid Halo.
What's Liquid Halo?
An underground club they run together.
Guests find out the time and the place at the last minute off a listserv.
It's all very hip and exclusive.
Wonder why I've never been invited.
All right,check this out.
Two weeks ago,Tristan was pulled over by NYPD after he was caught dumping a woman out front of St.
Mary's ER.
What was her condition?
Dead on arrival.
They found large amounts of Rohypnol in her system and it appeared she'd been raped.
Now,the case expanded when they found that now missing DVD in Tristan's car.
Is there any evidence that Judge Manning knew Raygreen?
No,not yet,but,um, I got an I.D.
on the woman he was fighting Tristan over.
Meet Mia Jones.
She was helping them to organize these Liquid Halo parties.
We just don't know if she had anything to do with the rapes.
How does a guy go from being a well-respected judge to stealing evidence in a rape case?
Well,he seems to be a very private person, so maybe there's just a side of him that you just, you don't know.
He's private like he keeps his own counsel, not like he's a closet rapist.
Then why would he steal key evidence in a sexual assault case?
I have no idea.
But my brother would never in a million years harm a woman.
Have you ever seen these guys?
No.
I-I don't think so.
What about her?
Because we're thinking this is the girl that was at the apartment.
Her name is Mia Jones.
Oh,my God.
No wonder he didn't want me to see her.
I haven't seen Mia since I was 11 years old.
I never thought I'd see her again.
Mia.
Mia.
What's going on?
My parents are splitting up.
They got into this huge fight, and my mom's making me move to Germany to live with some weird cousin.
Germany?
No way,that's,like, halfway around the world.
I know.
Why can't you stay with your dad?
'Cause he doesn't want me.
NORA: Chris?
Hi,Nora.
Hey,just go back inside.
I'll be in in a sec.
Chris,come to California with me.
Tonight?
You don't even have to pack.
All you need is a bathing suit and a towel.
We can get all that when we get there.
But we don't have any money; we don't have a place to live.
So we'll live on the beach.
Who cares if we're poor for a while?
At least we'll be together.
That's all that matters,right?
Mia,I can't leave Nora; she's 11 years old.
Chris,please.
We can move to California when we're older.
You won't know me when we're older.
If you loved me, you would do this.
I do love you.
We just need a better plan.
WOMAN: Mia!
Get your butt in this car.
Come on.
Mrs.
Jones,wait!
Please don't take her!
She doesn't want to go!
Mrs.
Jones,please!
She wants to stay with me!
Mia wants to stay with whoever keeps her the warmest.
That is not you,kid.
You're a child.
Chris was devastated.
He truly loved her,but what was he supposed to do?
He was 16.
Did they keep in touch?
Random collect phone calls, sporadic letters.
He had no idea how to reach her, so he had to wait for her to reach out.
And when she did,she didn't spare him any details.
Details about what?
Her life.
She and her mother were basically homeless in Berlin, and then her mom ran off with some guy and left Mia alone.
It broke Chris's heart to know that she was living that way.
Did they ever see each other again before now?
Once.
When he was in law school, she turned up in New Haven.
How'd that go?
He wouldn't talk about it.
But he was depressed for months.
I take it you're not too thrilled about Mia coming back into your brother's life.
I don't know what kind of person Mia has become, but I know the hold that she has on Chris, and that scares me to death.
One boyfriend shoots up a courthouse, the other steals evidence, all in the name of love.
Yeah,well,O'Neal was an easy mark.
I want to know what kind of magic she was using on Judge Manning.
Sounds like he still carries a lot of guilt from not going with her to California.
Maybe she used that against him.
That was 20 years ago.
You mix love with a healthy dose of guilt, it can last a lifetime.
Mia Jones' apartment was ransacked, and there's no sign of her.
We get a bead on Raygreen?
VIVIAN: Not yet.
He probably went underground after Tristan's rampage.
Raygreen is a thug.
He has civil assault charges and three extortion charges against him.
He's also a businessman, and those parties generate a lot of cash.
He has an investment to protect.
Once Manning served his purpose, he went from being an asset to a liability.
Guys,the Liquid Halo listserv is back online.
I traced the IP address to an apartment building in Bushwick.
I guess Ray's ready to party.
Where's Raygreen?
I don't,I don't know.
don't shoot me.
I know he lives here.
Now,where'd he go?
I don't know; I've been sleeping.
Could you stop pointing that thing at me?
You shut up and sit down.
What's your name?
Brooke.
Brooke.
All right,Brooke,what's your relationship with Raygreen?
He's my boss.
I help him promote parties, send out e-mails.
That's it?
We also have sex from time to time.
Oh,good for you.
When's the last time you saw him?
Earlier today.
Was he with Mia Jones or Chris Manning?
I don't know them.
Hey,Jack,it looks like Ray's a bit of a movie buff.
And there's a lot more of these in the other room.
I swear to God,I've never looked at this before.
It doesn't matter.
You're still an accomplice.
You want to protect Ray, that's cool.
But you're going to go down with him.
This guy Chris, he's like a judge,right?
He's not like a judge, he is a judge.
Mia brought him around once to meet with Ray and Tristan.
I thought he was just a money guy, investing in the parties.
Until today.
You order food?
No.
Oh,great,this guy.
Where's Mia?
That's a good question.
CHRIS: Don't screw with me.
Where is she?
I don't know,man.
Maybe she joined the circus.
If you find out, let me know.
You lied to me about that DVD.
Busted.
Sorry about that,man.
What can I say?
You sick bastard, I saw what you did to those women.
Take a walk,Brooke.
I saw a movie,walked around the Whitney for an hour, and when I came back, they were gone.
Any idea where?
I don't know.
But I don't think you're going to find that judge.
You care to expand on that?
I screwed up some graphics once, and Ray said that he was going to cut me up and spread my body across the five boroughs.
How many DVDs did you find?
DANNY: Yeah,at least 15 different women.
Mm!
Have you been able to pick up Ray's cell phone?
Yeah,are you sure he didn't leave it in his apartment?
I'm positive.
Why?
Because his phone's bouncing off a signal tower right near you guys.
Danny,he could still be in the building.
All right,got it.
Jack...
Ray's cell phone puts him nearby.
Viv thinks he could be hiding in the building.
Brooke,I'm going to need to use your cell phone.
Freeze!
What are you going to do,Ray?
Jump out the window?
Where's Chris Manning?
Who?
The judge.
Last time anybody saw him alive, you were about to cut his throat.
I didn't touch him.
We found your home movies.
Where's the judge?!
All those raped girls and a dead judge...
The state's gonna put your ass to sleep,Ray.
Look,I didn't kill him.
He came after me.
He lost his mind.
You can kill me if you want to.
That DVD is going back to the police.
And what about Mia?
You really want to mess around with her life?
I tell you what.
I bet you $1,000 that I find her before the cops find me.
You stay the hell away from her.
You give me that DVD, or I swear to you I will cut her in half.
You raped those women.
There's no way I can cover that up.
Brother,you're way beyond a cover-up.
What are you talking about?
Tristan found out that you were nailing Mia.
He lost what little there's left of his mind, shot up your courtroom, killed some dude.
Who?
Some kid,some clerk.
Oh,God.
Justin.
Yeah,that's him.
Justin.
His death's on you.
And unless you want me to add Mia to the body count, you're going to give me that DVD like we agreed.
Okay,okay.
It's in my car.
Thank you.
Turn around!
Look,he gave me the DVD, and then he left.
Did you tell him where he could find Mia?
I don't know where she is.
That's classic Mia-- disappear for three weeks, call me from the train station to pick her up.
Yeah,where'd the train come from, Ray?
Wherever the red line comes from.
I didn't ask.
She'd just lie.
I think you sent her to seduce the judge.
You got what you wanted, and you killed her.
Man,you got it all backwards.
When Tristan got pinched, she came to me, told me she had a judge who could fix everything.
All she wanted was 30% of the Liquid Halo parties.
It sounded reasonable to me.
30%?
I would say that's motive.
If anyone killed that judge, it was Mia.
She was using him like a rented mule.
He just stopped being useful.
And why would I believe you?
I got the video to prove it.
Mia,if the OD'd girl is on a DVD doing drugs at a party that you put on, they'll charge you with involuntary manslaughter.
But it was an accident.
It doesn't matter.
Someone died.
Don't you have any connections or something?
I mean,isn't there somebody that you can talk to?
I'm a divorce judge.
I haven't even been in the criminal courts for years.
I'll set you up with a lawyer,okay?
I know a guy.
He's a pit bull.
But he might lose,and then I'm going to go to prison.
Mia,you can't ignore this.
You have to face this.
In other words,you're not going to help me.
Of course.
What did I expect?
Hey,sorry I dragged you into this,Chris.
I'll figure it out.
Just forget it.
That's-That's not fair,Mia.
Mia,where you...
where you going?
I'm going to Tristan's.
We kind of have some things to figure out.
Can we talk about this?
You know what,Chris?
You know,I always used to wonder what it would be like if we had gone to California.
Would we live on some cliff in Malibu?
Would we be happy?
In my mind,we always were.
But I'll never know that, 'cause you didn't fight for me.
Nobody's ever fought for me.
Mia,wait.
No,just...
This is my problem.
I will handle it myself.
Will you just stop a second?
What,Chris?
You don't have to leave.
Yes,I do.
Why?
Because we're never going to work out.
Look at you.
You have this...
whole life, and I'm just...
I don't know what I am.
Just let me go.
Mia, I will figure something out.
Just don't...
You don't have to leave.
Just...
I promise you I'll figure something out,okay?
Okay.
Well,this is enough to put Chris away for conspiracy to cover up the rapes.
And she had it in her back pocket, in case he got cold feet.
Raygreen mentioned picking up Mia from the train station, so I started to look for relatives she might have off the red line.
Turns out,she has an aunt in New Haven.
SAMANTHA: Didn't Chris's sister say he went to visit Mia in New Haven?
Yeah.
And if he went there to confront her, I don't think she's the type to be backed into a corner.
Judge,FBI.
Chris?
Hey,you okay?
You hurt?
No.
I need you to put the gun down.
I said,put the gun down now.
Listen,my partner's going to check on Mia.
If you move,I'll have to shoot you,do you understand?
Yeah.
Okay.
She's dead.
Listen,we can sort this thing out.
Just tell us what happened.
I don't know.
Was it self-defense?
Just take us through it.
She...
she disappeared.
And then I...
I found her.
Mia!
You should have knocked.
I almost shot you.
Where the hell have you been?!
I thought something happened to you!
Everything just...
kind of went crazy.
I got scared.
I should've called you.
Where are you going?
Greece,maybe.
I don't know,Chris.
I really just have to get out of here.
No,no,Mia,honey, you can't leave.
Those guys you're in business with are animals.
We have to go to the police.
That's not going to happen,okay?
I did not just go through all of this to turn myself in.
Well,what...
what exactly did you go through?
I am not going to fight with you.
I really have to get out of here.
So...
that's it?
I mean,I'm very grateful.
I really am.
You're an amazing guy.
What the hell am I supposed to do now?!
Just stroll back into work and tell everyone I was in the Hamptons?!
Don't yell at me.
You let this happen, and you got exactly what you wanted.
No,Mia,I wanted you.
You wanted to sleep with me,feel like a man.
Mia,I love you.
I thought you loved me.
I thought that's what we were doing.
I was trying to help you.
Oh,right...
'cause I'm so damaged.
What did you think,you were...
you were going to save me?
Sorry.
Not interested.
Well,what about Justin?
Who the hell's Justin?
Justin Hobart!
He was my clerk.
27 years old,a smart kid.
He's dead now because of what I did for you!
Wow!
Look at you.
You're whimpering like a little boy who just got his heart broken by a pretty girl.
This stuff happens all the time.
This is not that big of a deal.
You know, I-I'd send you a postcard, but I think it might upset you.
Good-bye,Chris.
Don't walk away from me.
Don't walk away from me!
Hey,this is over,okay?
We're not 16 years old here anymore!
You have to move on!
I just...
I just wanted to take care of her, and,uh...
I-I don't know.
I don't know how this happened.
Okay,listen,I want all of us to walk out of here together.
It's over now.
No one else needs to get hurt,okay?
I want you to put the gun on the floor, nice and slow.
I want you to put the gun down.
Okay,that's good.
Now let me see your hands.
Get on the ground on your knees.
Get up.
So how're you holding up?
I'm okay.
Alex,I need you to tell me about your parents' fights.
All parents fight, what's the big deal?
My parents still love each other.
Listen,Alex, you know,sometimes we're so used to things being one way, like our parents being in love, that we can't even think about it being any other way; it's terrifying.
So we bend our idea of what love is,even if it feels wrong, just to keep things from changing.
Alex,does your dad hit your mom?
I don't want to talk about this.
I know you don't, but I can make it stop.
All you've got to do is tell the truth.
He hits her with a rolled-up magazine.
If she fights,he belts her.
It's getting worse and worse.
Okay.
That's all you've got to say.
Hey,what you did just now was very,very brave.
I'm going to call you in a few days, just to check up on you,all right?
Justin.
Can you take Alex back to his mom,please?
Sure.
And we'll need an order to vacate.
It's already in the folder.
Thanks.
MARTIN: Hey.
Justice Christopher Manning, 36,divorce court, went out to lunch yesterday, didn't come back to work.
Who called it in?
Court security.
His clerk notified them when he missed a trial this morning.
Does the judge have any family?
He's single.
Father deceased, mother retired, he's got a sister by the name of Nora.
Okay,this week alone, he dealt with spousal abuse, child endangerment-- he makes 35 rulings a month, millions of dollars on settlements.
Makes him a pretty good target for an angry spouse.
Well,we're running one down as we speak.
The last thing he did before he went missing was order a violent husband to vacate the home.
Is there any chance he got fed up and just went on permanent vacation?
MAN: You're a bitch!
What,and miss all this drama?
I wanted to clerk for him since my second year of law school.
MARTIN: Why him?
His opinions on the Family Law Act and Uniform Child Custody alone...
Look,he's not like other divorce judges.
How so?
Judge Manning actually invests in each case, especially in the kids.
I assume he's made some enemies over the years.
Well,sure.
You take away people's future incomes for alimony, they're likely to hate your guts.
What about Paul Rosen, the man that he ordered to vacate the family home yesterday?
Yeah,a guy beats his wife then coerces the kid to keep quiet.
Do you think he'd come after the judge?
Him,I don't know.
But I did see somebody else come after him.
JUSTIN: You've got depositions for Fritz v.
Dillon at 4:00.
MANNING: I'm going to grab lunch and run errands.
I'll see you back here at 4:00.
MAN: Hey,Manning.
You son of a bitch.
You know what you did to me?
Excuse me?
Oh,you don't remember me now?
You messed up the whole trial,you moron.
We had evidence.
But you still believed some 'roid monkey gym trainer...
Your Honor?
That's all right,Justin.
Sir,you had your day in court; it's over now.
My day in court?
Man...
I lost everything that I had!
I ought to kick your balls in right here.
Are you threatening me?
Your Honor, I'm getting security.
No,it's all right,Justin.
We're done here.
What?
What're you looking at?
Do you remember the man's name?
I don't remember him being involved in any case, but then I'm not always in the courtroom.
MARTIN: What about what the guy said, has the judge been making mistakes?
No.
No way.
You sound pretty sure about that.
Well,yeah,I am; I spend more time with him than anyone.
Look,we work 85 hours a week and the guy never misses a step.
Hmm.
All right,thanks.
Okay,bye.
That was the judge's neighborhood patrolman.
He says he saw the guy in the sketch there last night.
Did he get a name or a license plate?
No.
Apparently he was just parked outside of the judge's house in a maroon-colored Infiniti.
When he saw the patrolman,he took off.
Boy,whoever this guy is, he's not the husband in any of the judge's last 15 cases.
There's a whole lot more.
Violent husbands with large settlements on top.
You're a doll.
There's plenty more where that came from.
Spade.
What happened to Paul Rosen?
He checked into the W last night, pay-per-view and room service alibi amount.
Did he say why?
No,that's it; thanks a lot.
Okay,bye.
That was Judge Manning's broker.
She said Manning cashed out a $10,000 CD two days ago; he called in the middle of the night to say he needed the money as soon as the market opened.
Agent Malone.
Hmm?
Judge Manning's sister is here.
Okay.
I've never seen him before.
You say he threatened Chris?
You think he did something to him?
Um,it's a possibility.
You know,your brother's job makes him an easy mark for a lot of angry people.
I hate that job.
Chris is such a sweetheart.
All he wants to do is help people.
This is what he gets in return?
Some jerk chasing after him?
Ms.
Manning,do you know if your brother is going through any kind of financial trouble?
Not that I know of,why?
He cashed a $10,000 investment CD two days ago.
Do you have any idea why?
He did go on a shopping spree.
Really.
What kind of shopping spree?
Barney's,Hermes,Prada, but it wasn't for him.
Then who was it for?
I went over there the other day to return his boom box.
Nora.
What are you doing here?
I thought you were at work.
No,no,I took the morning off.
I see that.
I just came to drop your boom box off.
Uh...
thanks.
So,who's the lucky girl?
Uh,it's just a girl.
Can I meet her?
We're kind of busy right now.
I can wait.
No,you can't,let's go.
I've got plenty of time.
Nora,I will drop this sheet.
Please don't do that.
So,did you get a good look at this woman?
No,every time I asked Chris about it,he got all secretive.
Maybe she was married.
That would be a first for Chris.
Honestly,with Chris's issues, I was just happy to see somebody put a smile on his face like that.
What issues?
When I was 11,Chris was 16, our parents got divorced.
Chris bore the brunt of it.
Once he got in the way and my dad beat him down with a candlestick.
I just don't think that Chris has faith in relationships.
Check this out.
There's only two women in his phone records: his mother and his sister.
But in the last two weeks, he's gotten 35 calls from a pre-paid cell phone.
Could be his new girlfriend calling.
Or maybe it's one of the wives in his cases.
Might explain the secrecy.
Picking up women in divorce court.
Hey,didn't the guy who threatened him at the courthouse mention a trainer?
Yeah,why?
All right,I just found a case file where the wife's assets include a chain of fitness centers.
Um,let's see here.
Several of the employees were deposed.
Any dirt on the husband?
Actually,the wife had a lover she was putting up in an apartment above one of her gyms.
You got a name?
Uh,yeah.
Uh,Sidney Watts.
Sidney Watts.
Sam,we've got a match.
DANNY: Judge Christopher Manning.
Sorry,doesn't ring a bell.
Well,he presided over your girlfriend's divorce.
Does that ring a bell?
Yeah,okay,I remember.
Little dorky guy.
Why would I want to hurt him?
Because he stopped your cash flow.
I have a career.
I'm a writer.
You haven't published anything since '96.
So I'm misunderstood.
No,you're a kept man.
I know Ms.
Landrys put you up for the last two years, well,until Judge Manning ended that.
Debbie got robbed.
Yeah,and that pissed you off.
No?
Then why'd you go down to the courthouse four days ago and threaten him?
Sid,he's a judge and that's a felony.
I just wanted to vent, but then the guy got me riled up, so I followed him when he left.
He drove for a while.
Not until we got off the bridge did I notice where we were.
She got into his car and they drove away.
I followed him back to his house, took a few more pictures, and...
that was it.
No,that's not it.
You were going to use those pictures to blackmail him.
I thought about it.
Yeah,well, let me tell you what I think.
I think you were going to blackmail him.
I think you went to his house, I think he didn't want to pay you, and I think you killed him.
Look,he said he was going to deliver yesterday and he never showed, so I sat outside of his house until one of those rent-a-cops ran me off.
I swear to you,that was it.
Where are the photos,Sid?
In my phone.
Hey,relax,Sid,you could write about this in the joint.
VIVIAN: Look,it'll only take a second.
Our witness said that it looked as if they knew each other.
He picked up a hooker?
We're still trying to locate her,but I thought that they could have met here.
Have you seen her before?
BAILIFF: All rise!
The case of Bach v.
Wu.??
Will you excuse me?
Later,guys,later.
Later.
VIVIAN: And all the security cameras.
I want to see everything he did before he came in here.
Okay.
Okay.
Hey.
You okay?
I'm fine,thank you.
Judge's clerk.
We're looking for his family.
Did we I.D.
the shooter?
Not yet.
Uh,he didn't have a wallet on him, but we found a parking stub in his pocket.
How'd he get a gun in here?
Apparently he took it from a court officer in the bathroom.
You know,I think he was after Manning.
What makes you say that?
The way he came in.
You say that he hesitated when he saw the wrong judge.
My guess is this guy didn't know that Manning was missing.
And if he came in here to kill him, I don't think he planned on leaving alive.
We found the shooter's car.
It's registered to a Tristan McNeal.
JACK: Thank you.
Hey.
How's Viv?
Typical Viv.
She insisted on wrapping up the entire courtroom scene herself.
Is that the shooter?
Tristan McNeal,as in McNeal and Kent Investments, as in trust fund baby.
Trust fund,huh?
What's his connection to Judge Manning?
We don't know yet.
We showed his picture to Manning's sister, but she didn't recognize him.
Have we called the shooter's family?
Not yet,but the family lawyer called to express condolences for the clerk-- oh,and to reiterate Tristan's bipolar disorder.
Yeah,well, I'm sure that made Justin's family feel much better.
Danny,Sam.
NYPD fou this note taped to a mirror in Tristan's house.
Listen to this: "Mia,how could you betray me? "
I loved you and you slept with that judge. "
By the time you read this, he and I will both be dead. "
I hope it haunts you.
Tristan."
Maybe Mia is the woman Manning had in his apartment.
Or it could be the prostitute he picked up.
Or it could be they're the same person.
Wow,Wall Street heir and state judge fall for the same prostitute.
That sounds sleazy enough to be true.
Want to find out?
Yes,I do.
All right.
Come on,Dick Tracy.
Just look at the picture, all right?
Honey,you don't need that ho.
Cherokee's got you covered.
Hey,Martin.
I think our girl is right over there.
Mia?
Mia.
Baby,I'm Diamond.
You got the wrong girl.
No,I got the right girl.
Take a look at this picture.
That's you.
See that guy right there?
He's a judge and he's missing and you're the prime suspect.
Girl,you're going to be on the news.
So are you if you don't...
Where you going?
Where do you think you're going?
I'm a cop,okay, so make this look good, choirboy.
What did you just say to me?
Huh?
What'd you say to me,huh?
Do you know who you're messing with?
Now,who are you?
Lisa Robles; I work vice.
I'm with the 115.
We got a pimp cutting up girls and you probably just blew my cover.
If you're a cop, why didn't you arrest the judge for solicitation?
I've known Chris for a long time, since he was public defender.
I see him once every couple years.
Is that what you call it?
It's not like that.
Then what is it like?
I don't have to talk to you.
You got questions, you call my captain.
Hey,we've got pictures tying you with a missing judge, and his clerk just got shot dead in his courtroom.
Now,do you want to help us out or do we need to call IA?
He needed a favor.
Thanks.
Okay,now are you going to tell me what the hell is going on here?
Lisa,uh,I need your help.
I'm in some trouble.
Trouble,what kind of trouble?
It's...
it's better if you don't know.
Really.
That sounds reassuring.
You're still at the 115th,right?
Yeah.
I,uh...
I need to get into the third floor.
All I need is your key pass for a minute.
Do you know they log all those entries and exits?
I know they do,I...
I'm sorry.
I just...
Lisa,I'm...
I'm begging you.
I don't know where else to turn.
Okay,but this makes us even.
Why would you put your career on the line for him?
I owed him.
When I was younger,he defended me on a burglary charge.
He got my record expunged.
He pulled strings for me at the academy.
He changed my life.
What's on the third floor?
Payroll department, parking enforcement, evidence room.
All right,Diamond, get your ass out of here.
As soon as you can.
Okay,thanks.
Okay,that was the 115th precinct.
Two days ago,the DA threw a fit over some missing evidence.
They're faxing over the report now.
Did he say what it was?
A DVD from a sexual assault case showing a series of different men raping women that are roofied.
Nate Raygreen, partner of Tristan McNeal, aka Liquid Halo.
What's Liquid Halo?
An underground club they run together.
Guests find out the time and the place at the last minute off a listserv.
It's all very hip and exclusive.
Wonder why I've never been invited.
All right,check this out.
Two weeks ago,Tristan was pulled over by NYPD after he was caught dumping a woman out front of St.
Mary's ER.
What was her condition?
Dead on arrival.
They found large amounts of Rohypnol in her system and it appeared she'd been raped.
Now,the case expanded when they found that now missing DVD in Tristan's car.
Is there any evidence that Judge Manning knew Raygreen?
No,not yet,but,um, I got an I.D.
on the woman he was fighting Tristan over.
Meet Mia Jones.
She was helping them to organize these Liquid Halo parties.
We just don't know if she had anything to do with the rapes.
How does a guy go from being a well-respected judge to stealing evidence in a rape case?
Well,he seems to be a very private person, so maybe there's just a side of him that you just, you don't know.
He's private like he keeps his own counsel, not like he's a closet rapist.
Then why would he steal key evidence in a sexual assault case?
I have no idea.
But my brother would never in a million years harm a woman.
Have you ever seen these guys?
No.
I-I don't think so.
What about her?
Because we're thinking this is the girl that was at the apartment.
Her name is Mia Jones.
Oh,my God.
No wonder he didn't want me to see her.
I haven't seen Mia since I was 11 years old.
I never thought I'd see her again.
Mia.
Mia.
What's going on?
My parents are splitting up.
They got into this huge fight, and my mom's making me move to Germany to live with some weird cousin.
Germany?
No way,that's,like, halfway around the world.
I know.
Why can't you stay with your dad?
'Cause he doesn't want me.
NORA: Chris?
Hi,Nora.
Hey,just go back inside.
I'll be in in a sec.
Chris,come to California with me.
Tonight?
You don't even have to pack.
All you need is a bathing suit and a towel.
We can get all that when we get there.
But we don't have any money; we don't have a place to live.
So we'll live on the beach.
Who cares if we're poor for a while?
At least we'll be together.
That's all that matters,right?
Mia,I can't leave Nora; she's 11 years old.
Chris,please.
We can move to California when we're older.
You won't know me when we're older.
If you loved me, you would do this.
I do love you.
We just need a better plan.
WOMAN: Mia!
Get your butt in this car.
Come on.
Mrs.
Jones,wait!
Please don't take her!
She doesn't want to go!
Mrs.
Jones,please!
She wants to stay with me!
Mia wants to stay with whoever keeps her the warmest.
That is not you,kid.
You're a child.
Chris was devastated.
He truly loved her,but what was he supposed to do?
He was 16.
Did they keep in touch?
Random collect phone calls, sporadic letters.
He had no idea how to reach her, so he had to wait for her to reach out.
And when she did,she didn't spare him any details.
Details about what?
Her life.
She and her mother were basically homeless in Berlin, and then her mom ran off with some guy and left Mia alone.
It broke Chris's heart to know that she was living that way.
Did they ever see each other again before now?
Once.
When he was in law school, she turned up in New Haven.
How'd that go?
He wouldn't talk about it.
But he was depressed for months.
I take it you're not too thrilled about Mia coming back into your brother's life.
I don't know what kind of person Mia has become, but I know the hold that she has on Chris, and that scares me to death.
One boyfriend shoots up a courthouse, the other steals evidence, all in the name of love.
Yeah,well,O'Neal was an easy mark.
I want to know what kind of magic she was using on Judge Manning.
Sounds like he still carries a lot of guilt from not going with her to California.
Maybe she used that against him.
That was 20 years ago.
You mix love with a healthy dose of guilt, it can last a lifetime.
Mia Jones' apartment was ransacked, and there's no sign of her.
We get a bead on Raygreen?
VIVIAN: Not yet.
He probably went underground after Tristan's rampage.
Raygreen is a thug.
He has civil assault charges and three extortion charges against him.
He's also a businessman, and those parties generate a lot of cash.
He has an investment to protect.
Once Manning served his purpose, he went from being an asset to a liability.
Guys,the Liquid Halo listserv is back online.
I traced the IP address to an apartment building in Bushwick.
I guess Ray's ready to party.
Where's Raygreen?
I don't,I don't know.
don't shoot me.
I know he lives here.
Now,where'd he go?
I don't know; I've been sleeping.
Could you stop pointing that thing at me?
You shut up and sit down.
What's your name?
Brooke.
Brooke.
All right,Brooke,what's your relationship with Raygreen?
He's my boss.
I help him promote parties, send out e-mails.
That's it?
We also have sex from time to time.
Oh,good for you.
When's the last time you saw him?
Earlier today.
Was he with Mia Jones or Chris Manning?
I don't know them.
Hey,Jack,it looks like Ray's a bit of a movie buff.
And there's a lot more of these in the other room.
I swear to God,I've never looked at this before.
It doesn't matter.
You're still an accomplice.
You want to protect Ray, that's cool.
But you're going to go down with him.
This guy Chris, he's like a judge,right?
He's not like a judge, he is a judge.
Mia brought him around once to meet with Ray and Tristan.
I thought he was just a money guy, investing in the parties.
Until today.
You order food?
No.
Oh,great,this guy.
Where's Mia?
That's a good question.
CHRIS: Don't screw with me.
Where is she?
I don't know,man.
Maybe she joined the circus.
If you find out, let me know.
You lied to me about that DVD.
Busted.
Sorry about that,man.
What can I say?
You sick bastard, I saw what you did to those women.
Take a walk,Brooke.
I saw a movie,walked around the Whitney for an hour, and when I came back, they were gone.
Any idea where?
I don't know.
But I don't think you're going to find that judge.
You care to expand on that?
I screwed up some graphics once, and Ray said that he was going to cut me up and spread my body across the five boroughs.
How many DVDs did you find?
DANNY: Yeah,at least 15 different women.
Mm!
Have you been able to pick up Ray's cell phone?
Yeah,are you sure he didn't leave it in his apartment?
I'm positive.
Why?
Because his phone's bouncing off a signal tower right near you guys.
Danny,he could still be in the building.
All right,got it.
Jack...
Ray's cell phone puts him nearby.
Viv thinks he could be hiding in the building.
Brooke,I'm going to need to use your cell phone.
Freeze!
What are you going to do,Ray?
Jump out the window?
Where's Chris Manning?
Who?
The judge.
Last time anybody saw him alive, you were about to cut his throat.
I didn't touch him.
We found your home movies.
Where's the judge?!
All those raped girls and a dead judge...
The state's gonna put your ass to sleep,Ray.
Look,I didn't kill him.
He came after me.
He lost his mind.
You can kill me if you want to.
That DVD is going back to the police.
And what about Mia?
You really want to mess around with her life?
I tell you what.
I bet you $1,000 that I find her before the cops find me.
You stay the hell away from her.
You give me that DVD, or I swear to you I will cut her in half.
You raped those women.
There's no way I can cover that up.
Brother,you're way beyond a cover-up.
What are you talking about?
Tristan found out that you were nailing Mia.
He lost what little there's left of his mind, shot up your courtroom, killed some dude.
Who?
Some kid,some clerk.
Oh,God.
Justin.
Yeah,that's him.
Justin.
His death's on you.
And unless you want me to add Mia to the body count, you're going to give me that DVD like we agreed.
Okay,okay.
It's in my car.
Thank you.
Turn around!
Look,he gave me the DVD, and then he left.
Did you tell him where he could find Mia?
I don't know where she is.
That's classic Mia-- disappear for three weeks, call me from the train station to pick her up.
Yeah,where'd the train come from, Ray?
Wherever the red line comes from.
I didn't ask.
She'd just lie.
I think you sent her to seduce the judge.
You got what you wanted, and you killed her.
Man,you got it all backwards.
When Tristan got pinched, she came to me, told me she had a judge who could fix everything.
All she wanted was 30% of the Liquid Halo parties.
It sounded reasonable to me.
30%?
I would say that's motive.
If anyone killed that judge, it was Mia.
She was using him like a rented mule.
He just stopped being useful.
And why would I believe you?
I got the video to prove it.
Mia,if the OD'd girl is on a DVD doing drugs at a party that you put on, they'll charge you with involuntary manslaughter.
But it was an accident.
It doesn't matter.
Someone died.
Don't you have any connections or something?
I mean,isn't there somebody that you can talk to?
I'm a divorce judge.
I haven't even been in the criminal courts for years.
I'll set you up with a lawyer,okay?
I know a guy.
He's a pit bull.
But he might lose,and then I'm going to go to prison.
Mia,you can't ignore this.
You have to face this.
In other words,you're not going to help me.
Of course.
What did I expect?
Hey,sorry I dragged you into this,Chris.
I'll figure it out.
Just forget it.
That's-That's not fair,Mia.
Mia,where you...
where you going?
I'm going to Tristan's.
We kind of have some things to figure out.
Can we talk about this?
You know what,Chris?
You know,I always used to wonder what it would be like if we had gone to California.
Would we live on some cliff in Malibu?
Would we be happy?
In my mind,we always were.
But I'll never know that, 'cause you didn't fight for me.
Nobody's ever fought for me.
Mia,wait.
No,just...
This is my problem.
I will handle it myself.
Will you just stop a second?
What,Chris?
You don't have to leave.
Yes,I do.
Why?
Because we're never going to work out.
Look at you.
You have this...
whole life, and I'm just...
I don't know what I am.
Just let me go.
Mia, I will figure something out.
Just don't...
You don't have to leave.
Just...
I promise you I'll figure something out,okay?
Okay.
Well,this is enough to put Chris away for conspiracy to cover up the rapes.
And she had it in her back pocket, in case he got cold feet.
Raygreen mentioned picking up Mia from the train station, so I started to look for relatives she might have off the red line.
Turns out,she has an aunt in New Haven.
SAMANTHA: Didn't Chris's sister say he went to visit Mia in New Haven?
Yeah.
And if he went there to confront her, I don't think she's the type to be backed into a corner.
Judge,FBI.
Chris?
Hey,you okay?
You hurt?
No.
I need you to put the gun down.
I said,put the gun down now.
Listen,my partner's going to check on Mia.
If you move,I'll have to shoot you,do you understand?
Yeah.
Okay.
She's dead.
Listen,we can sort this thing out.
Just tell us what happened.
I don't know.
Was it self-defense?
Just take us through it.
She...
she disappeared.
And then I...
I found her.
Mia!
You should have knocked.
I almost shot you.
Where the hell have you been?!
I thought something happened to you!
Everything just...
kind of went crazy.
I got scared.
I should've called you.
Where are you going?
Greece,maybe.
I don't know,Chris.
I really just have to get out of here.
No,no,Mia,honey, you can't leave.
Those guys you're in business with are animals.
We have to go to the police.
That's not going to happen,okay?
I did not just go through all of this to turn myself in.
Well,what...
what exactly did you go through?
I am not going to fight with you.
I really have to get out of here.
So...
that's it?
I mean,I'm very grateful.
I really am.
You're an amazing guy.
What the hell am I supposed to do now?!
Just stroll back into work and tell everyone I was in the Hamptons?!
Don't yell at me.
You let this happen, and you got exactly what you wanted.
No,Mia,I wanted you.
You wanted to sleep with me,feel like a man.
Mia,I love you.
I thought you loved me.
I thought that's what we were doing.
I was trying to help you.
Oh,right...
'cause I'm so damaged.
What did you think,you were...
you were going to save me?
Sorry.
Not interested.
Well,what about Justin?
Who the hell's Justin?
Justin Hobart!
He was my clerk.
27 years old,a smart kid.
He's dead now because of what I did for you!
Wow!
Look at you.
You're whimpering like a little boy who just got his heart broken by a pretty girl.
This stuff happens all the time.
This is not that big of a deal.
You know, I-I'd send you a postcard, but I think it might upset you.
Good-bye,Chris.
Don't walk away from me.
Don't walk away from me!
Hey,this is over,okay?
We're not 16 years old here anymore!
You have to move on!
I just...
I just wanted to take care of her, and,uh...
I-I don't know.
I don't know how this happened.
Okay,listen,I want all of us to walk out of here together.
It's over now.
No one else needs to get hurt,okay?
I want you to put the gun on the floor, nice and slow.
I want you to put the gun down.
Okay,that's good.
Now let me see your hands.
Get on the ground on your knees.
Get up.