Homicide: Life on the Street s06e14 Episode Script
Lies and Other Truths
- You believe this idiot? - Do you want me to drive? No, thanks.
You had some wine at lunch.
So? You had some wine, too.
- Oh, this is - Jerry! - Why don't you just calm down? - I'm calm.
I'm calm.
- Take that, fool! - What are you doing? God! This guy's crazy! - Hey, Tony.
- Hi.
- What's going on? - Got a signal-32.
I have two bodies.
Dominick Chewning is in the State Road Management vehicle.
And a Jerry Dietz who's in the Taurus.
Who left in the ambo? That would be Ava Dietz, Jerry Dietz's wife.
She's critical.
Couldn't Traffic handle this? Why call us? Usually, we do, but we have a witness who says the driver of the truck forced the car off the road.
- Thanks.
- Thanks.
If it is a murder, the driver of the truck is dead.
Who do we arrest? If it's a homicide, he's a murderer.
Fellow in the truck was thrown through the windshield.
He had a fractured skull, a broken right leg, and he probably had major internal injuries.
What about the other guy, Dietz? Brought back memories of Jayne Mansfield, let's say.
Voluptuous starlet, decapitated in a car accident? - Dietz was decapitated? - Yep.
Take a look for yourself.
- Ouch.
- All right, guys, I'm out of here.
Later I'll give you more blow-by-blow.
- Thanks, Doc.
- All right.
This is Paul Sanders.
He saw the accident.
What can you tell us, Mr Sanders? I could see 'em comin' from way up the highway.
Looked like they were tryin' to kill one another.
Drivin' crazy up the highway, and comin' at me.
I got up on the wall.
They were comin' at me so fast, I did a Greg Louganis.
A forward dive with a single twist.
- That's a very nice suit.
- Thanks.
Got it on sale at Syms.
- Hugo Boss.
Double-breasted.
- Snazzy.
How about responsible? Today the judge is making a ruling.
This is my last chance to make a good impression.
Scratch snazzy, then.
Reliable.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Funny thing is I don't know if I want to win this case.
What do you mean? They ask you enough questions, you start to doubt yourself.
Maybe he's happier with his mom, one home.
I dunno what's best for the kid.
Yeah, but Daniel's got two parents that care for him.
Whether he brushes his teeth at your house or her house, you're still gonna love him.
Don't worry about it.
I'm gonna need that pep talk when this is all over.
- You gonna be around later? - I'll take you to dinner.
Either way.
- Congratulations or commiserations.
- You got a deal.
Wear that suit, you can't lose.
I've worked murders all over this city, and never had one in Fort Holabird.
It used to be a prison.
This is where John Dean did time for his Watergate gig.
- Really? What was it before that? - Something armed services.
Army, navy, air force, marine, what? What am I? The Maryland Historical Society? - Hey, what did you dig up, Rogers? - One deceased white male.
40s.
Shot? Stabbed? Strangled? None of the above.
Apparently, he was buried alive.
Buried alive? An anonymous 911 call told us there was a body buried under the Fort Holabird parade grounds.
Got here.
Looked like a fresh grave.
Dug it up.
And found? A wooden coffin in splinters, some hi-tech cellphone, a water bottle, flashlight, an air tube for breathing.
Whoever buried him wanted to keep him alive.
But the coffin collapsed, and the grave became real.
- So what's it look like? - Asphyxiation.
His mouth and throat are filled with dirt.
Was he alive when he was buried? Probably.
Won't know for sure till I get him on the table.
What about the anonymous 911 call? Did they leave any more information? Like, say, the victim's name? His name is Ashley Ashford Akton of Chattanooga.
Who are you? I'm his wife, Delphine Akton.
Mrs Akton, when was the last time you heard from your husband? Two hours ago.
He phoned me from his grave.
We have a body buried alive under the parade grounds at Fort Holabird? - Mm-hm.
- A murder? Even though the victim got into the coffin himself, and he carried water, a cellphone and a tube for breathing, the lid of the coffin was tampered with, causing it to collapse.
Our only witness is a little slow.
She said she saw five men arrive in a BGE truck.
She can't give a description of any of the guys.
BGE have no record of a truck near Fort Holabird last night.
Check on CIC alumni organisations.
CI what? Fort Holabird was a spy school.
During the early years of the Cold War, it was the most renowned training centre for secret operations in the world.
So we'll do some research.
And what did the wife say? We got her waiting in the Box.
She's been cooperative, but hasn't given up much.
Did her husband call her from the coffin? Did the wife call 911? No.
It was anonymous.
Ballard, Gharty, find out who called 911.
Also, check the victim's cellphone records.
He may have called someone else.
- Like the killer maybe? - Oh, no, no, no.
It'd be too easy that way.
I think this case is a murder.
Truck driver killed Dietz.
The truck driver is deceased, so we get an automatic clearance.
You're saying that based on one witness's testimony.
The two people who know what happened are dead.
- What about the wife? - If she remembers anything.
- May I help you? - Detective Munch and Kellerman.
We'd like to ask Mrs Dietz a few questions.
I'm Lynne Judson, the Dietz family attorney.
- What's the prognosis? - She's still in shock.
Concussion.
She's also paralysed from the neck down, and the doctors don't know whether or not it's permanent or temporary.
Lynne? Who's there? It's the police, Ava.
They want to ask you a few questions.
All right.
- Mrs Dietz, what happened? - He kept ramming into us.
The driver of the truck was deliberately hitting your car? My husband he accidentally cut him off.
Then Hmm It was like the driver wanted to kill us.
I'm gonna have to ask you all to come back later, Detectives.
I called home to talk to Ash.
When the answering machine picked up, I checked the messages.
I'm at the fort, under the parade grounds! That's when I heard Ash's voice.
- Quite terrified.
- Call the police! You didn't feel it necessary to call the police? You have to understand my husband.
Help! I've been betrayed! I'm trying very hard to do that, Mrs Akton.
Ashley flitted from one eccentricity to another.
Being buried alive.
Ash's father and his uncle were grand adventurers.
They received military instruction at Fort Holabird.
Ash was quite obsessed with the history.
- He had been to Fort Holabird before? - Oh, yes.
Many times.
And who did he do his adventuring with? He couldn't have done that alone.
No.
He had all sorts of compatriots, sycophants, lackeys.
Do you know the names of any of these lackeys? I have no idea.
He was as secretive as he was incompetent.
- Hey, twerps! - Yo, Seattle.
- Akton's cellphone.
- Oh.
It is a custom-made, high-speed model, sold at the Silent Service spy store on Eastern Avenue.
- Come on.
Let's get out of here.
- Great work.
Mr Chewning, the driver of the truck, committed the ultimate sin.
He wasn't wearing his seat belt.
Cause of death was a torn aorta, which caused massive internal bleeding.
- Any alcohol or drugs in his system? - No.
He was clean.
What about our boy Dietz? Besides the decapitation, Mr Dietz also had major internal injuries, and a blood alcohol level of.
09.
So that's still below the legal limit.
He wasn't drunk.
Well, for a man his size, 220Ib, .
09's right at the line.
I don't suppose you could tell us which one caused the crash.
If I could, I wouldn't be cutting bodies for a living.
- I'd have a psychic hot line! - Gee's gonna love this.
Ready? - I'll catch up to you.
- Yeah, OK.
- See ya, Munch.
- See ya.
You free for lunch later? Yeah.
Much later.
What do you have in mind? Lunch.
At the Waterfront.
I don't know if that's such a good idea, you going to a bar and all.
I think I'll be fine.
You weren't so fine the last time we were there.
Meldrick got suspended.
Georgia Rae Mahoney's suing me.
I got screwed up.
I'm OK now.
OK.
3:00? - I'll be waiting.
- OK.
Excuse us.
May I help you? Yeah, I'm Detective Bayliss, and this is Detective Pembleton, Baltimore Homicide.
Nelson Broyles.
- Is that real dynamite there? - Yes, it is.
- What's it used for? - To induce reluctant tongues to waggle.
This technique was very popular with the East Germans in the '50s.
If their captive wouldn't talk, they would strap him into this vest with his thumbs holding down the detonation buttons.
He'd eventually grow too weary to keep his fingers on the buttons And he'd blow himself up.
Is there something you needed, Detectives? Yeah.
I just needed to know if you sell this model phone.
Oh, yes.
We call it the Mumbly.
Do you know who might have purchased this particular phone? I er only knew him by his code name.
Well, what was his code name? Johnny B Goode.
Can you tell us more about Johnny B Goode? Johnny B Goode demanded the best.
That phone alone is $3,000, plus a maintenance contract, monitoring service.
Monitoring service? We monitor all ingoing and outgoing calls.
Did your monitors hear what happened last night? Of course.
Goode was suffocating.
That's why I called 911.
You called 911? Why didn't you leave your name? That would have been a breach of our customer's privacy.
We'll need a copy of the audiotape of that cellphone call.
I am sorry.
That would be against our confidentiality clause.
I'll be back with a subpoena.
All right, we have case number 98-21-47.
Would anyone like to take a shot as to cause of death? Yes.
Traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhaging? Continue.
From initial observation, there appears to be transverse linear bruising behind his left ear.
Very good hypothesis.
Aaron, prepare the body for autopsy.
Julianna? Hey, Jesse! Wow! What brings you down to the depths? I thought I'd check up on our award-winning Chief Medical Examiner.
Everyone, I would like you to meet Jesse Randolph, assistant to the director of the State of Maryland, Department of Health and Human Services.
Affectionately known as our boss.
- Hey, Scheiner.
How's it swingin'? - Not so great.
You wanna see a few autopsies? - You got a minute? - Absolutely.
Sure.
I hear the portable X-ray machines arrived this week.
Oh, they did, they did.
Many thanks to the state for allocating the necessary funds.
- We try to take care of our own.
- So what's up? We were doing a review of some cases, and noticed something with case number 98-21-32.
- 21-32? 21-32? - The Dietz accident? The passenger car and the State Road Management vehicle.
- Right.
What about it? - The blood alcohol level.
It said.
09.
Dietz probably had a few glasses of wine.
Why? We have some other information that says that the level should've been higher.
Is it possible for blood alcohol to have dropped in the time between the accident and the autopsy? Yeah, it's possible, but Could you double-check the results? Run the tests again? - Yeah.
Sure.
No problem.
- Thanks.
'Breathing tube A-OK.
Flashlight, water supply A-OK.
'The next 12 hours will be a piece o' cake.
' Maybe this was just some middle-aged fraternity ritual gone wrong.
Why haven't his compatriots come forward? We need to find the four mystery men that did the burying.
What about the CIC alumni groups? I did find a few groups that are still active in the area, but none of them have heard of Ashley Akton.
What about the call to his wife? Did Akton give any names? This is the last thing we heard before he died.
'Oh, God! I'm at the fort, under the parade grounds! 'Call the police! I've been betrayed! ' Question being who betrayed him and why? This case is connected to Fort Holabird.
I've got a contact with inside information.
Sam it's El Diago.
El Diago, they haven't hanged you yet, thanks to God.
You before me, Ilya Ivanovich! These are two of my detectives, Pembleton and Bayliss.
This is Sam Dunn, otherwise known as Ilya Ivanovich Poliafkov.
What can you tell us about our murder victim, Mr Dunn? Ah, yes, your man in the box.
Let's get a whiskey.
I will give you a crash course in what the Russians refer to as zhazdushchiy.
What you night call wannabes.
Wannabes? Wannabe spies.
The wannabes are drawn to the skills that were once taught at Holabird.
Lock-picking, tapping, bugging, surveillance.
Then, of course, there was brain surgery, methods of interrogation.
Why torture and terrorise when you can mind-bend? So these wannabes are what? They're waiting for the next Cold War? They wish the Cold War had never ended.
Why not enlist in the CIA? Make the fantasy a reality? Check his background.
I will guarantee you will find a string of failures.
Denied applications for CIA, NSA, FBI.
Possibly even local law enforcement.
Well, what about these other wannabes? Akton's compatriots? They probably had fathers at Holabird as well.
He may have known some of them from childhood, from school.
Then it also follows that these fellow wannabes would also have applied to the CIA, the NSA.
But these agencies must get thousands of applications a year.
They're not gonna keep around Sam how about making a few calls? El Diago, I can refuse you nothing.
- Dr Cox? - Yeah.
Lynne Judson, attorney for the Dietz family.
I'm here to pick up a copy of the autopsy report.
The autopsy report? We have pending litigation against the State of Maryland.
I'm sorry, Ms Judson, but it's not ready yet.
We're waiting for more lab results.
We're double-checking some data.
Jerry Dietz's head was cut off, and I need to prove that the man driving that truck was grossly negligent.
The State is seeking sovereign immunity.
It's bad enough Ava may never walk again.
- Who's Ava? - Mrs Dietz.
CAT scan showed swelling around the spinal cord.
I'm sorry.
I can only state the medical facts as to cause of death.
You can reach me at this number.
- Great.
- Thank you.
A loving and attentive mother who, from the day of his birth, has shaped her life around her son's every need.
Or a rookie homicide detective, who spends his days and probably most nights chasing killers.
If Daniel were your child, whom would you choose? Thank you, Mr Zaymore.
This hearing is concluded.
I'll review the testimony given and the evidence presented and will be back with a ruling in half an hour.
Julianna, what did you find out? Hey, Jesse.
Where is it? There you go.
Blood alcohol still says.
09.
Yeah, that was my finding.
Even given the timetable, I don't believe it could be any higher.
We need the level to be higher.
.
11 or even.
10.
It's one or two infinitesimal numbers.
I'm sure you can What are you asking? We like you, Julianna.
You've done wonders in making this one of the top-notch forensic facilities, but there's a lot at stake with the Dietz case.
All we're asking for is a minute change that, based on your expertise, no one will question.
And if I don't make that change? That's a conversation we don't want to have.
Here.
Yeah I'll give it another pass.
Maybe I Maybe I didn't fully factor in the timeframe.
I've been busy.
Yeah, you have.
Are we any closer to finding Akton's associates? Yeah, Akton was rejected by the FBI in 1973 and again in 1974 and 1975.
He was also turned down by various police departments in Kentucky, Tennessee and Maryland.
So Sam was right? He went to the University of Southern Maryland, class of '72.
- We're cross-checking his classmates - So far I'm coming up dry.
Wait a minute, you guys.
Three of Akton's classmates who applied to the FBI the same year Akton did, two were rejected.
One took the training programme and then dropped out.
Frederick Napes, Jerome Optner and a-ha Nelson Broyles.
- Nelson Broyles? - Uh-huh.
Who is Nelson Broyles? Nelson Broyles, he's the owner of the Silent Service spy shop.
He made the 911 call.
- All right, pick up Mr Broyles.
- Wait a second.
Our witness said that four men buried Akton.
Now, Gee, we might be missing out on a real grand opportunity to put these guys all away at once.
- I don't get it.
- We have that cellphone, right? - It's in Evidence Control.
- It was monitored by the spy shop.
I make a bogus call off that phone to Danvers, and I talk about the imminent arrest of the four participants in Akton's death.
Then Broyles will monitor the call and he'll panic.
Unless he suspects a trick.
This guy is no real spy, so he's gonna panic either way.
- He phones the other guilty parties.
- And we get a hat trick plus one.
- By spreading disinformation? - It's a classic spy technique, Frank.
Give it a try.
But one way or another, I want to see a classic homicide technique.
Nelson Broyles in the Box.
Your boss want you to change the blood alcohol levels in the Dietz case? Yep.
First I thought it was just a periodic review.
Later I found out there was a major lawsuit in the works.
Well, they want to prove Dietz was drunk.
Muddy the waters.
Get themselves off the hook for liability.
Dietz was drinking.
He just wasn't drunk.
- Who do you think caused the crash? - That's still inconclusive.
Traffic's conducting their own investigation, analysing skid marks, damage to the vehicles.
Even if it's called a murder, it's still only gonna matter on paper.
No.
No, it matters to Ava Dietz.
It affects her lawsuit.
So does her husband's blood alcohol level.
There's a lot of money at stake here, Mike.
They are really putting on the pressure.
You're not gonna change the results, are you? I don't know.
I worked really hard to get where I am.
Medical school, internships, residency.
And, my God, thousands of autopsies.
I mean, I could lose everything.
You should go to the press discreetly.
- Leak the report.
- Leak it? They find out, I still lose my job.
Play your cards right, you'll stay insulated.
Look at Gee.
That guy's made plenty of quiet phone calls in his day.
He's still running the squad.
We're talking about a couple of numbers.
If I factor in his weight, four drinks puts him over the limit.
It's possible.
No, it's crap.
You're not a person who follows orders and says, "What choice did I have?" If I want to keep my job, maybe that's who I'm gonna have to be.
Oh He's probably back there flippin' a coin.
Heads for Mom, tails for Dad.
I screwed up in there.
I froze.
I didn't say what I should have.
I mean, I'm out there every day.
I see how life works.
These kids, 14, 15, gettin' shot at, shooting at each other, the mothers show up sometimes to bail them out, but the father, he's never in sight.
I mean, I was 12, 13 on the street, causing my share of trouble.
- My pop - Your father was an alcoholic.
I know.
He drank a little too much.
But he was there for me.
He knew right from wrong.
Today, if I'm a cop instead of a criminal, he gets the credit.
- That's what I want to be for Daniel.
- I can't do that? Maybe you can.
I don't know, Janine.
I want him turning out OK.
If him staying with you will make that happen, I have to respect that.
It doesn't matter where he brushes his teeth.
I'm not gonna love him any less.
The judge is back in.
We're ready.
When did the third man enter the shop? The first two 10 minutes before that.
- So far nobody's left? - Nah.
After the third guy got here, they put out the closed sign.
OK, let's do it.
Hey! Hey! Baltimore Police! Put your hands over your head! You gentlemen mind identifying yourselves? Er I'm Frederick Mapes.
- This is Millard Pruit, Jerome Optner.
- We've broken no laws here.
We just want to ask you some questions about Ashley Akton.
What happened with Ash was totally accidental.
You accidentally buried him alive? Our organisation is called the Sons of the Silent Service.
- Ash was on a training mission.
- Being buried alive? Like he would've been by the East Germans in the '50s.
- But something went wrong.
- Very wrong.
Someone switched the caskets.
Ash insisted we leave.
He wanted to fly without a safety net.
We argued but, ultimately, the decision was made to honour his wishes.
Uh-huh.
And who insisted that you leave? Nelson Broyles? Where is Broyles? Er he left.
No.
We had a uniform posted outside.
No one left.
- We have to tell you all our secrets? - Yes! All your secrets! There's an underground passageway out the back.
We want to cooperate any way we can, Detective.
Good.
That's good, because until I know the truth, you're all under arrest.
- What? - But we haven't done anything.
- Come on.
- Wait a minute.
Please! 'Reminder, there will be a staff physicians' meeting at 3:00pm.
'Staff physicians' meeting at 3:00pm.
' - Hey, Al.
You got a minute? - Dr Cox, come on in.
- Mind if I close the door? - Go ahead.
What can I do for you? - I need your advice.
- Yeah.
Anything.
The Dietz case.
The accident with the State Road Management truck.
- Traffic is still investigating that one.
- Yeah, well I was asked or encouraged, rather, to change Dietz's blood alcohol level, so that it would appear he was DWI.
Who asked you to make that change? The state.
My boss.
- The director? - Well, not directly.
That's why I'm asking for your help.
I wanna leak the story.
So who do you know in the media? These are never easy decisions.
It's evident that both parties have a great deal to offer their son.
However, given the boy's age, taking into account the lifestyle and personalities of both parents, I've decided to rule in favour of Mrs Falsone.
Daniel will continue to reside with his mother, spending every other weekend with Mr Falsone.
Paul Daniel can stay with you this week.
- That's OK.
- No, really.
He'll stay with you, then with me.
What does the judge know? Lots of people work it that way.
We can give it a try at least.
- OK, Janine - Wait a minute.
- OK, we'll give it a try.
- OK.
- Hey! - I need to speak with you.
About? I got a call from the "Baltimore Sun" regarding the Dietz case.
- Really? - Yeah.
They had knowledge of Dietz's blood alcohol level at the time of the accident.
- There's been a leak.
- Not from here.
Where else would it come from? Look, Ava Dietz's husband is dead, and she may be paralysed for the rest of her life.
You are asking me to lie, Jesse, and for what? To save the state a couple of lousy bucks? How can you, in all good conscience, accuse me of doing something wrong? I'm doing my job.
So am I.
You should go see the director.
Sounds like I'm being sent to the principal's office.
Hi.
I'm Julianna Cox.
I'm here to see the director.
He's expecting you.
Hi.
I've been waiting a long time.
He just called.
He's been delayed in a meeting.
- He did ask me to give you a message.
- OK.
He says you're fired.
Thanks.
Where's Nelson Broyles? Well, his description's on the wire, and we got uniforms from every district on a manhunt.
So the rest of these nut-jobs are giving him up? Yeah, but Danvers says, given that Akton was a willing participant, we need a confession to bring a case against Broyles.
Nobody move, or I'll blow up the entire building! Detective Bayliss.
I understand you've been looking for me.
- Hey.
- Hey.
You know, when I first came here to Baltimore, I fired this Dr Rivlin for falsifying a report.
This job isn't about doing favours.
This job is about finding truth.
And you were right, Kellerman.
It's a lot easier living with that than it is being somebody's pawn.
So that's it? You're out? You know, they say you can't fight City Hall.
Well, if so, then the State of Maryland is Mike Tyson.
And yeah, yeah.
I don't have the heft to go nine rounds.
- So what are you gonna do now? - Leave.
Night, Dr Cox.
See you in the morning.
- All right, Scheiner.
You take it easy.
- Thank you.
- He doesn't know, does he? - No.
They'll find out tomorrow.
I can't stand all that sentimental goodbye crap anyway.
You want to get a drink? You do remember how this vest functions, Detective Bayliss? If my thumbs release the two detonation buttons they're holding down, the dynamite explodes.
- What is it you want, Mr Broyles? - Don't take me for a fool! Nobody wants to do that.
To think I had anything to do with Akton's death! I'm innocent! Mr Tutti Frutti, you tell 'em.
No need for code names.
They know who we are.
- You've betrayed the Silent Sons? - For God's sake Don't come any closer! No! None of you understand.
If it wasn't for the skill and the courage of intelligence operatives, the Cold War would have turned hot! The A-bomb would have dropped.
They saved the world from annihilation.
Ashley Akton's father, your father, among others.
What do you know about my father? About your father? Well, your father, he trained at Holabird.
He had skill, courage.
Do you? The Silent Sons carry on the traits of honour! Is it honourable to blow up 50 innocent people as a mass murderer? Better dead than a captive! What did they teach at Fort Holabird? What did they say was the true torture? Not being buried alive.
That's just small potatoes.
Not being strapped into a dynamite vest.
No one wants you to surrender.
We want to interview you.
I mean, surely you can resist simple law enforcement techniques? Of course.
Of course.
Then let's go.
The vest cut-off switch is under my left arm.
I got it, I got it.
I'll take care of it.
My mind has been trained to resist the most powerful brainwashing techniques known to the military.
You're not gonna get any confession out of me.
All right, I confess.
I confess.
I killed Akton.
I confess.
I switched the coffins.
I killed Akton.
I switched the coffins.
Why? Akton was a dilettante and a drunk.
He couldn't be trusted.
He revealed our secrets to outsiders.
- And for that he had to die? - We're still at war, Detective.
They may not report it in the newspapers or on the TV but we are still very much at war.
A war against our own complacency.
True espionage, good spydom, must be preserved at all costs.
Akton knew what the rules were.
If you wanted Akton dead, why did you call 911? - I don't know.
- You had second thoughts, didn't you? Lacked the courage of your own convictions.
You're not a spy.
You're a failure.
You're not the man that your father was.
Here Go ahead.
- Right there.
- Where? Right there.
That's great.
- The human mind is a very fragile thing.
- That's the truth.
You really used those brainwashing techniques? The basis for brainwashing is deprivation of sleep.
Deny the mind rest, it will bend.
Did you ever meet anybody that you couldn't brainwash? There was only one man.
His determination was inhuman.
- Who was it? - Al Giardello.
Whoa! Wait a second! Wait a second! Gee, were you a prisoner of war? I'd rather not talk about it.
I was still with KGB on loan to Hanoi.
I tried mind-bending El Diago for over four months.
He convinced me to defect.
You talked Dunn out of being a communist agent? Me and $300,000.
Hey! Seems like old times seeing you two drinking together.
Munch, can I get a Wild Turkey? Mm-hm.
Jim Beam? - Please.
- Coming up.
You sure about leaving? You're not gonna fight this? Thanks.
No.
Nah.
I need a change.
I've been working around the dead for so long, it might be nice to smell something in the air other than formaldehyde! Maybe I'll travel.
Isn't that what you're supposed to do when you're fired? 'The State of Maryland has made a settlement 'for a sum of $45 million in the Dietz accident case.
' $45 million? That's good for Mrs Dietz.
'The Dietz family attorney, Lynne Judson, 'says she is satisfied with the surprise outcome.
' 'Thank you, Dawn.
And now ' You did good.
Yeah, I did.
You want another? No.
I'm about ready to go.
But if you leave town, what happens to us? Much to my dismay, there never was an us.
You stay out of trouble, OK? Hey, where's Julianna going? The night is young.
She had to leave.
I'll take another.
Way down south where I'll make my stop They do a dance down there Called the Georgia Slop They all hang out at Peg Leg Lee's And they don't give a hoot About no police
You had some wine at lunch.
So? You had some wine, too.
- Oh, this is - Jerry! - Why don't you just calm down? - I'm calm.
I'm calm.
- Take that, fool! - What are you doing? God! This guy's crazy! - Hey, Tony.
- Hi.
- What's going on? - Got a signal-32.
I have two bodies.
Dominick Chewning is in the State Road Management vehicle.
And a Jerry Dietz who's in the Taurus.
Who left in the ambo? That would be Ava Dietz, Jerry Dietz's wife.
She's critical.
Couldn't Traffic handle this? Why call us? Usually, we do, but we have a witness who says the driver of the truck forced the car off the road.
- Thanks.
- Thanks.
If it is a murder, the driver of the truck is dead.
Who do we arrest? If it's a homicide, he's a murderer.
Fellow in the truck was thrown through the windshield.
He had a fractured skull, a broken right leg, and he probably had major internal injuries.
What about the other guy, Dietz? Brought back memories of Jayne Mansfield, let's say.
Voluptuous starlet, decapitated in a car accident? - Dietz was decapitated? - Yep.
Take a look for yourself.
- Ouch.
- All right, guys, I'm out of here.
Later I'll give you more blow-by-blow.
- Thanks, Doc.
- All right.
This is Paul Sanders.
He saw the accident.
What can you tell us, Mr Sanders? I could see 'em comin' from way up the highway.
Looked like they were tryin' to kill one another.
Drivin' crazy up the highway, and comin' at me.
I got up on the wall.
They were comin' at me so fast, I did a Greg Louganis.
A forward dive with a single twist.
- That's a very nice suit.
- Thanks.
Got it on sale at Syms.
- Hugo Boss.
Double-breasted.
- Snazzy.
How about responsible? Today the judge is making a ruling.
This is my last chance to make a good impression.
Scratch snazzy, then.
Reliable.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Funny thing is I don't know if I want to win this case.
What do you mean? They ask you enough questions, you start to doubt yourself.
Maybe he's happier with his mom, one home.
I dunno what's best for the kid.
Yeah, but Daniel's got two parents that care for him.
Whether he brushes his teeth at your house or her house, you're still gonna love him.
Don't worry about it.
I'm gonna need that pep talk when this is all over.
- You gonna be around later? - I'll take you to dinner.
Either way.
- Congratulations or commiserations.
- You got a deal.
Wear that suit, you can't lose.
I've worked murders all over this city, and never had one in Fort Holabird.
It used to be a prison.
This is where John Dean did time for his Watergate gig.
- Really? What was it before that? - Something armed services.
Army, navy, air force, marine, what? What am I? The Maryland Historical Society? - Hey, what did you dig up, Rogers? - One deceased white male.
40s.
Shot? Stabbed? Strangled? None of the above.
Apparently, he was buried alive.
Buried alive? An anonymous 911 call told us there was a body buried under the Fort Holabird parade grounds.
Got here.
Looked like a fresh grave.
Dug it up.
And found? A wooden coffin in splinters, some hi-tech cellphone, a water bottle, flashlight, an air tube for breathing.
Whoever buried him wanted to keep him alive.
But the coffin collapsed, and the grave became real.
- So what's it look like? - Asphyxiation.
His mouth and throat are filled with dirt.
Was he alive when he was buried? Probably.
Won't know for sure till I get him on the table.
What about the anonymous 911 call? Did they leave any more information? Like, say, the victim's name? His name is Ashley Ashford Akton of Chattanooga.
Who are you? I'm his wife, Delphine Akton.
Mrs Akton, when was the last time you heard from your husband? Two hours ago.
He phoned me from his grave.
We have a body buried alive under the parade grounds at Fort Holabird? - Mm-hm.
- A murder? Even though the victim got into the coffin himself, and he carried water, a cellphone and a tube for breathing, the lid of the coffin was tampered with, causing it to collapse.
Our only witness is a little slow.
She said she saw five men arrive in a BGE truck.
She can't give a description of any of the guys.
BGE have no record of a truck near Fort Holabird last night.
Check on CIC alumni organisations.
CI what? Fort Holabird was a spy school.
During the early years of the Cold War, it was the most renowned training centre for secret operations in the world.
So we'll do some research.
And what did the wife say? We got her waiting in the Box.
She's been cooperative, but hasn't given up much.
Did her husband call her from the coffin? Did the wife call 911? No.
It was anonymous.
Ballard, Gharty, find out who called 911.
Also, check the victim's cellphone records.
He may have called someone else.
- Like the killer maybe? - Oh, no, no, no.
It'd be too easy that way.
I think this case is a murder.
Truck driver killed Dietz.
The truck driver is deceased, so we get an automatic clearance.
You're saying that based on one witness's testimony.
The two people who know what happened are dead.
- What about the wife? - If she remembers anything.
- May I help you? - Detective Munch and Kellerman.
We'd like to ask Mrs Dietz a few questions.
I'm Lynne Judson, the Dietz family attorney.
- What's the prognosis? - She's still in shock.
Concussion.
She's also paralysed from the neck down, and the doctors don't know whether or not it's permanent or temporary.
Lynne? Who's there? It's the police, Ava.
They want to ask you a few questions.
All right.
- Mrs Dietz, what happened? - He kept ramming into us.
The driver of the truck was deliberately hitting your car? My husband he accidentally cut him off.
Then Hmm It was like the driver wanted to kill us.
I'm gonna have to ask you all to come back later, Detectives.
I called home to talk to Ash.
When the answering machine picked up, I checked the messages.
I'm at the fort, under the parade grounds! That's when I heard Ash's voice.
- Quite terrified.
- Call the police! You didn't feel it necessary to call the police? You have to understand my husband.
Help! I've been betrayed! I'm trying very hard to do that, Mrs Akton.
Ashley flitted from one eccentricity to another.
Being buried alive.
Ash's father and his uncle were grand adventurers.
They received military instruction at Fort Holabird.
Ash was quite obsessed with the history.
- He had been to Fort Holabird before? - Oh, yes.
Many times.
And who did he do his adventuring with? He couldn't have done that alone.
No.
He had all sorts of compatriots, sycophants, lackeys.
Do you know the names of any of these lackeys? I have no idea.
He was as secretive as he was incompetent.
- Hey, twerps! - Yo, Seattle.
- Akton's cellphone.
- Oh.
It is a custom-made, high-speed model, sold at the Silent Service spy store on Eastern Avenue.
- Come on.
Let's get out of here.
- Great work.
Mr Chewning, the driver of the truck, committed the ultimate sin.
He wasn't wearing his seat belt.
Cause of death was a torn aorta, which caused massive internal bleeding.
- Any alcohol or drugs in his system? - No.
He was clean.
What about our boy Dietz? Besides the decapitation, Mr Dietz also had major internal injuries, and a blood alcohol level of.
09.
So that's still below the legal limit.
He wasn't drunk.
Well, for a man his size, 220Ib, .
09's right at the line.
I don't suppose you could tell us which one caused the crash.
If I could, I wouldn't be cutting bodies for a living.
- I'd have a psychic hot line! - Gee's gonna love this.
Ready? - I'll catch up to you.
- Yeah, OK.
- See ya, Munch.
- See ya.
You free for lunch later? Yeah.
Much later.
What do you have in mind? Lunch.
At the Waterfront.
I don't know if that's such a good idea, you going to a bar and all.
I think I'll be fine.
You weren't so fine the last time we were there.
Meldrick got suspended.
Georgia Rae Mahoney's suing me.
I got screwed up.
I'm OK now.
OK.
3:00? - I'll be waiting.
- OK.
Excuse us.
May I help you? Yeah, I'm Detective Bayliss, and this is Detective Pembleton, Baltimore Homicide.
Nelson Broyles.
- Is that real dynamite there? - Yes, it is.
- What's it used for? - To induce reluctant tongues to waggle.
This technique was very popular with the East Germans in the '50s.
If their captive wouldn't talk, they would strap him into this vest with his thumbs holding down the detonation buttons.
He'd eventually grow too weary to keep his fingers on the buttons And he'd blow himself up.
Is there something you needed, Detectives? Yeah.
I just needed to know if you sell this model phone.
Oh, yes.
We call it the Mumbly.
Do you know who might have purchased this particular phone? I er only knew him by his code name.
Well, what was his code name? Johnny B Goode.
Can you tell us more about Johnny B Goode? Johnny B Goode demanded the best.
That phone alone is $3,000, plus a maintenance contract, monitoring service.
Monitoring service? We monitor all ingoing and outgoing calls.
Did your monitors hear what happened last night? Of course.
Goode was suffocating.
That's why I called 911.
You called 911? Why didn't you leave your name? That would have been a breach of our customer's privacy.
We'll need a copy of the audiotape of that cellphone call.
I am sorry.
That would be against our confidentiality clause.
I'll be back with a subpoena.
All right, we have case number 98-21-47.
Would anyone like to take a shot as to cause of death? Yes.
Traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhaging? Continue.
From initial observation, there appears to be transverse linear bruising behind his left ear.
Very good hypothesis.
Aaron, prepare the body for autopsy.
Julianna? Hey, Jesse! Wow! What brings you down to the depths? I thought I'd check up on our award-winning Chief Medical Examiner.
Everyone, I would like you to meet Jesse Randolph, assistant to the director of the State of Maryland, Department of Health and Human Services.
Affectionately known as our boss.
- Hey, Scheiner.
How's it swingin'? - Not so great.
You wanna see a few autopsies? - You got a minute? - Absolutely.
Sure.
I hear the portable X-ray machines arrived this week.
Oh, they did, they did.
Many thanks to the state for allocating the necessary funds.
- We try to take care of our own.
- So what's up? We were doing a review of some cases, and noticed something with case number 98-21-32.
- 21-32? 21-32? - The Dietz accident? The passenger car and the State Road Management vehicle.
- Right.
What about it? - The blood alcohol level.
It said.
09.
Dietz probably had a few glasses of wine.
Why? We have some other information that says that the level should've been higher.
Is it possible for blood alcohol to have dropped in the time between the accident and the autopsy? Yeah, it's possible, but Could you double-check the results? Run the tests again? - Yeah.
Sure.
No problem.
- Thanks.
'Breathing tube A-OK.
Flashlight, water supply A-OK.
'The next 12 hours will be a piece o' cake.
' Maybe this was just some middle-aged fraternity ritual gone wrong.
Why haven't his compatriots come forward? We need to find the four mystery men that did the burying.
What about the CIC alumni groups? I did find a few groups that are still active in the area, but none of them have heard of Ashley Akton.
What about the call to his wife? Did Akton give any names? This is the last thing we heard before he died.
'Oh, God! I'm at the fort, under the parade grounds! 'Call the police! I've been betrayed! ' Question being who betrayed him and why? This case is connected to Fort Holabird.
I've got a contact with inside information.
Sam it's El Diago.
El Diago, they haven't hanged you yet, thanks to God.
You before me, Ilya Ivanovich! These are two of my detectives, Pembleton and Bayliss.
This is Sam Dunn, otherwise known as Ilya Ivanovich Poliafkov.
What can you tell us about our murder victim, Mr Dunn? Ah, yes, your man in the box.
Let's get a whiskey.
I will give you a crash course in what the Russians refer to as zhazdushchiy.
What you night call wannabes.
Wannabes? Wannabe spies.
The wannabes are drawn to the skills that were once taught at Holabird.
Lock-picking, tapping, bugging, surveillance.
Then, of course, there was brain surgery, methods of interrogation.
Why torture and terrorise when you can mind-bend? So these wannabes are what? They're waiting for the next Cold War? They wish the Cold War had never ended.
Why not enlist in the CIA? Make the fantasy a reality? Check his background.
I will guarantee you will find a string of failures.
Denied applications for CIA, NSA, FBI.
Possibly even local law enforcement.
Well, what about these other wannabes? Akton's compatriots? They probably had fathers at Holabird as well.
He may have known some of them from childhood, from school.
Then it also follows that these fellow wannabes would also have applied to the CIA, the NSA.
But these agencies must get thousands of applications a year.
They're not gonna keep around Sam how about making a few calls? El Diago, I can refuse you nothing.
- Dr Cox? - Yeah.
Lynne Judson, attorney for the Dietz family.
I'm here to pick up a copy of the autopsy report.
The autopsy report? We have pending litigation against the State of Maryland.
I'm sorry, Ms Judson, but it's not ready yet.
We're waiting for more lab results.
We're double-checking some data.
Jerry Dietz's head was cut off, and I need to prove that the man driving that truck was grossly negligent.
The State is seeking sovereign immunity.
It's bad enough Ava may never walk again.
- Who's Ava? - Mrs Dietz.
CAT scan showed swelling around the spinal cord.
I'm sorry.
I can only state the medical facts as to cause of death.
You can reach me at this number.
- Great.
- Thank you.
A loving and attentive mother who, from the day of his birth, has shaped her life around her son's every need.
Or a rookie homicide detective, who spends his days and probably most nights chasing killers.
If Daniel were your child, whom would you choose? Thank you, Mr Zaymore.
This hearing is concluded.
I'll review the testimony given and the evidence presented and will be back with a ruling in half an hour.
Julianna, what did you find out? Hey, Jesse.
Where is it? There you go.
Blood alcohol still says.
09.
Yeah, that was my finding.
Even given the timetable, I don't believe it could be any higher.
We need the level to be higher.
.
11 or even.
10.
It's one or two infinitesimal numbers.
I'm sure you can What are you asking? We like you, Julianna.
You've done wonders in making this one of the top-notch forensic facilities, but there's a lot at stake with the Dietz case.
All we're asking for is a minute change that, based on your expertise, no one will question.
And if I don't make that change? That's a conversation we don't want to have.
Here.
Yeah I'll give it another pass.
Maybe I Maybe I didn't fully factor in the timeframe.
I've been busy.
Yeah, you have.
Are we any closer to finding Akton's associates? Yeah, Akton was rejected by the FBI in 1973 and again in 1974 and 1975.
He was also turned down by various police departments in Kentucky, Tennessee and Maryland.
So Sam was right? He went to the University of Southern Maryland, class of '72.
- We're cross-checking his classmates - So far I'm coming up dry.
Wait a minute, you guys.
Three of Akton's classmates who applied to the FBI the same year Akton did, two were rejected.
One took the training programme and then dropped out.
Frederick Napes, Jerome Optner and a-ha Nelson Broyles.
- Nelson Broyles? - Uh-huh.
Who is Nelson Broyles? Nelson Broyles, he's the owner of the Silent Service spy shop.
He made the 911 call.
- All right, pick up Mr Broyles.
- Wait a second.
Our witness said that four men buried Akton.
Now, Gee, we might be missing out on a real grand opportunity to put these guys all away at once.
- I don't get it.
- We have that cellphone, right? - It's in Evidence Control.
- It was monitored by the spy shop.
I make a bogus call off that phone to Danvers, and I talk about the imminent arrest of the four participants in Akton's death.
Then Broyles will monitor the call and he'll panic.
Unless he suspects a trick.
This guy is no real spy, so he's gonna panic either way.
- He phones the other guilty parties.
- And we get a hat trick plus one.
- By spreading disinformation? - It's a classic spy technique, Frank.
Give it a try.
But one way or another, I want to see a classic homicide technique.
Nelson Broyles in the Box.
Your boss want you to change the blood alcohol levels in the Dietz case? Yep.
First I thought it was just a periodic review.
Later I found out there was a major lawsuit in the works.
Well, they want to prove Dietz was drunk.
Muddy the waters.
Get themselves off the hook for liability.
Dietz was drinking.
He just wasn't drunk.
- Who do you think caused the crash? - That's still inconclusive.
Traffic's conducting their own investigation, analysing skid marks, damage to the vehicles.
Even if it's called a murder, it's still only gonna matter on paper.
No.
No, it matters to Ava Dietz.
It affects her lawsuit.
So does her husband's blood alcohol level.
There's a lot of money at stake here, Mike.
They are really putting on the pressure.
You're not gonna change the results, are you? I don't know.
I worked really hard to get where I am.
Medical school, internships, residency.
And, my God, thousands of autopsies.
I mean, I could lose everything.
You should go to the press discreetly.
- Leak the report.
- Leak it? They find out, I still lose my job.
Play your cards right, you'll stay insulated.
Look at Gee.
That guy's made plenty of quiet phone calls in his day.
He's still running the squad.
We're talking about a couple of numbers.
If I factor in his weight, four drinks puts him over the limit.
It's possible.
No, it's crap.
You're not a person who follows orders and says, "What choice did I have?" If I want to keep my job, maybe that's who I'm gonna have to be.
Oh He's probably back there flippin' a coin.
Heads for Mom, tails for Dad.
I screwed up in there.
I froze.
I didn't say what I should have.
I mean, I'm out there every day.
I see how life works.
These kids, 14, 15, gettin' shot at, shooting at each other, the mothers show up sometimes to bail them out, but the father, he's never in sight.
I mean, I was 12, 13 on the street, causing my share of trouble.
- My pop - Your father was an alcoholic.
I know.
He drank a little too much.
But he was there for me.
He knew right from wrong.
Today, if I'm a cop instead of a criminal, he gets the credit.
- That's what I want to be for Daniel.
- I can't do that? Maybe you can.
I don't know, Janine.
I want him turning out OK.
If him staying with you will make that happen, I have to respect that.
It doesn't matter where he brushes his teeth.
I'm not gonna love him any less.
The judge is back in.
We're ready.
When did the third man enter the shop? The first two 10 minutes before that.
- So far nobody's left? - Nah.
After the third guy got here, they put out the closed sign.
OK, let's do it.
Hey! Hey! Baltimore Police! Put your hands over your head! You gentlemen mind identifying yourselves? Er I'm Frederick Mapes.
- This is Millard Pruit, Jerome Optner.
- We've broken no laws here.
We just want to ask you some questions about Ashley Akton.
What happened with Ash was totally accidental.
You accidentally buried him alive? Our organisation is called the Sons of the Silent Service.
- Ash was on a training mission.
- Being buried alive? Like he would've been by the East Germans in the '50s.
- But something went wrong.
- Very wrong.
Someone switched the caskets.
Ash insisted we leave.
He wanted to fly without a safety net.
We argued but, ultimately, the decision was made to honour his wishes.
Uh-huh.
And who insisted that you leave? Nelson Broyles? Where is Broyles? Er he left.
No.
We had a uniform posted outside.
No one left.
- We have to tell you all our secrets? - Yes! All your secrets! There's an underground passageway out the back.
We want to cooperate any way we can, Detective.
Good.
That's good, because until I know the truth, you're all under arrest.
- What? - But we haven't done anything.
- Come on.
- Wait a minute.
Please! 'Reminder, there will be a staff physicians' meeting at 3:00pm.
'Staff physicians' meeting at 3:00pm.
' - Hey, Al.
You got a minute? - Dr Cox, come on in.
- Mind if I close the door? - Go ahead.
What can I do for you? - I need your advice.
- Yeah.
Anything.
The Dietz case.
The accident with the State Road Management truck.
- Traffic is still investigating that one.
- Yeah, well I was asked or encouraged, rather, to change Dietz's blood alcohol level, so that it would appear he was DWI.
Who asked you to make that change? The state.
My boss.
- The director? - Well, not directly.
That's why I'm asking for your help.
I wanna leak the story.
So who do you know in the media? These are never easy decisions.
It's evident that both parties have a great deal to offer their son.
However, given the boy's age, taking into account the lifestyle and personalities of both parents, I've decided to rule in favour of Mrs Falsone.
Daniel will continue to reside with his mother, spending every other weekend with Mr Falsone.
Paul Daniel can stay with you this week.
- That's OK.
- No, really.
He'll stay with you, then with me.
What does the judge know? Lots of people work it that way.
We can give it a try at least.
- OK, Janine - Wait a minute.
- OK, we'll give it a try.
- OK.
- Hey! - I need to speak with you.
About? I got a call from the "Baltimore Sun" regarding the Dietz case.
- Really? - Yeah.
They had knowledge of Dietz's blood alcohol level at the time of the accident.
- There's been a leak.
- Not from here.
Where else would it come from? Look, Ava Dietz's husband is dead, and she may be paralysed for the rest of her life.
You are asking me to lie, Jesse, and for what? To save the state a couple of lousy bucks? How can you, in all good conscience, accuse me of doing something wrong? I'm doing my job.
So am I.
You should go see the director.
Sounds like I'm being sent to the principal's office.
Hi.
I'm Julianna Cox.
I'm here to see the director.
He's expecting you.
Hi.
I've been waiting a long time.
He just called.
He's been delayed in a meeting.
- He did ask me to give you a message.
- OK.
He says you're fired.
Thanks.
Where's Nelson Broyles? Well, his description's on the wire, and we got uniforms from every district on a manhunt.
So the rest of these nut-jobs are giving him up? Yeah, but Danvers says, given that Akton was a willing participant, we need a confession to bring a case against Broyles.
Nobody move, or I'll blow up the entire building! Detective Bayliss.
I understand you've been looking for me.
- Hey.
- Hey.
You know, when I first came here to Baltimore, I fired this Dr Rivlin for falsifying a report.
This job isn't about doing favours.
This job is about finding truth.
And you were right, Kellerman.
It's a lot easier living with that than it is being somebody's pawn.
So that's it? You're out? You know, they say you can't fight City Hall.
Well, if so, then the State of Maryland is Mike Tyson.
And yeah, yeah.
I don't have the heft to go nine rounds.
- So what are you gonna do now? - Leave.
Night, Dr Cox.
See you in the morning.
- All right, Scheiner.
You take it easy.
- Thank you.
- He doesn't know, does he? - No.
They'll find out tomorrow.
I can't stand all that sentimental goodbye crap anyway.
You want to get a drink? You do remember how this vest functions, Detective Bayliss? If my thumbs release the two detonation buttons they're holding down, the dynamite explodes.
- What is it you want, Mr Broyles? - Don't take me for a fool! Nobody wants to do that.
To think I had anything to do with Akton's death! I'm innocent! Mr Tutti Frutti, you tell 'em.
No need for code names.
They know who we are.
- You've betrayed the Silent Sons? - For God's sake Don't come any closer! No! None of you understand.
If it wasn't for the skill and the courage of intelligence operatives, the Cold War would have turned hot! The A-bomb would have dropped.
They saved the world from annihilation.
Ashley Akton's father, your father, among others.
What do you know about my father? About your father? Well, your father, he trained at Holabird.
He had skill, courage.
Do you? The Silent Sons carry on the traits of honour! Is it honourable to blow up 50 innocent people as a mass murderer? Better dead than a captive! What did they teach at Fort Holabird? What did they say was the true torture? Not being buried alive.
That's just small potatoes.
Not being strapped into a dynamite vest.
No one wants you to surrender.
We want to interview you.
I mean, surely you can resist simple law enforcement techniques? Of course.
Of course.
Then let's go.
The vest cut-off switch is under my left arm.
I got it, I got it.
I'll take care of it.
My mind has been trained to resist the most powerful brainwashing techniques known to the military.
You're not gonna get any confession out of me.
All right, I confess.
I confess.
I killed Akton.
I confess.
I switched the coffins.
I killed Akton.
I switched the coffins.
Why? Akton was a dilettante and a drunk.
He couldn't be trusted.
He revealed our secrets to outsiders.
- And for that he had to die? - We're still at war, Detective.
They may not report it in the newspapers or on the TV but we are still very much at war.
A war against our own complacency.
True espionage, good spydom, must be preserved at all costs.
Akton knew what the rules were.
If you wanted Akton dead, why did you call 911? - I don't know.
- You had second thoughts, didn't you? Lacked the courage of your own convictions.
You're not a spy.
You're a failure.
You're not the man that your father was.
Here Go ahead.
- Right there.
- Where? Right there.
That's great.
- The human mind is a very fragile thing.
- That's the truth.
You really used those brainwashing techniques? The basis for brainwashing is deprivation of sleep.
Deny the mind rest, it will bend.
Did you ever meet anybody that you couldn't brainwash? There was only one man.
His determination was inhuman.
- Who was it? - Al Giardello.
Whoa! Wait a second! Wait a second! Gee, were you a prisoner of war? I'd rather not talk about it.
I was still with KGB on loan to Hanoi.
I tried mind-bending El Diago for over four months.
He convinced me to defect.
You talked Dunn out of being a communist agent? Me and $300,000.
Hey! Seems like old times seeing you two drinking together.
Munch, can I get a Wild Turkey? Mm-hm.
Jim Beam? - Please.
- Coming up.
You sure about leaving? You're not gonna fight this? Thanks.
No.
Nah.
I need a change.
I've been working around the dead for so long, it might be nice to smell something in the air other than formaldehyde! Maybe I'll travel.
Isn't that what you're supposed to do when you're fired? 'The State of Maryland has made a settlement 'for a sum of $45 million in the Dietz accident case.
' $45 million? That's good for Mrs Dietz.
'The Dietz family attorney, Lynne Judson, 'says she is satisfied with the surprise outcome.
' 'Thank you, Dawn.
And now ' You did good.
Yeah, I did.
You want another? No.
I'm about ready to go.
But if you leave town, what happens to us? Much to my dismay, there never was an us.
You stay out of trouble, OK? Hey, where's Julianna going? The night is young.
She had to leave.
I'll take another.
Way down south where I'll make my stop They do a dance down there Called the Georgia Slop They all hang out at Peg Leg Lee's And they don't give a hoot About no police