Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) s08e16 Episode Script

male announcer: IN NEW YORK CITY'S WAR ON CRIME, THE WORST CRIMINAL OFFENDERS ARE PURSUED BY THE DETECTIVES OF THE MAJOR CASE SQUAD.
THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.
- ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, CONTINENTAL IS A WHORE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, CONTINENTAL IS A WHORE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, CONTINENTAL IS A WHORE - THEY'RE READY FOR YOU.
- I'D RATHER MEE THOSE PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
WHO'S HERE? - THE TEAM FROM TREASURY, THE PRESIDENT'S DEPUTY WALL STREET CZAR, FCC, FDIC - JUST WHAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS-- GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS NO BUSINESS WOULD HIRE MAKING BANKING DECISIONS.
- NOBODY HERE THINKS THIS IS YOUR FAULT, SIR.
- ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, CONTINENTAL IS A WHORE - YOU HEAR THAT? THIS IS THE SOUND OF HISTORY.
- HM, SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE READY TO BUST SOME ASS.
- YEAH, I THINK THEY ARE.
- ONE, TWO-- - ALL THEY NEED IS SOMEONE TO SHOW THEM THE WAY.
- I'M GONNA GO GET THE WHEELS.
- CONTINENTAL IS A WHORE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, CONTINENTAL IS A WHORE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR - OUR CAPITAL RESERVES EXCEED YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT THIS.
- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT I BECAUSE CONTINENTAL BANKCORP MADE 50,000 LOANS IT SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE.
- 50,000 PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE LIED ON THEIR LOAN APPLICATIONS.
- NO ONE'S HERE TO POINT FINGERS, MR.
EVANS.
- REALLY? [muffled footsteps.]
[pounding on door.]
- GOT AN AUDI, OUT OF A PARKING LOT.
NO ONE'S GONNA MISS I FOR A WHILE.
- WHERE DID YOU PUT IT? - PORT AUTHORITY.
IT'S GONNA COST YOU A FEW DOLLARS.
- GO, TAKE A LOOK.
- YEAH? WOW.
THIS LOOKS GREAT, MAN.
LOOKS REAL, UH, COMFY.
- YELL.
- WHAT? AXEL, WAIT! [muffled.]
AXEL! AXEL, LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT, MAN! JUST LET ME OUT! COME ON, MAN! MAN, STOP PLAYING! YO, MAN, YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE TIGHT PLACES, MAN.
- SHH, SHH, SHH, NO MORE TIGHT PLACES, NOT FOR YOU, NOT ANYMORE.
HELLO, SWEETHEART.
WHAT TIME? YOU SURE? GOOD.
- I SHOULD'VE SWITCHED TO THE YANKEES WHEN HERNANDEZ RETIRED.
GAME SIX, I WAS THERE.
- I SHOULD'VE BEEN THERE.
I WAS AT MY DESK.
- HA HA, MAYBE YOU WORK TOO HARD, SIR.
- IT'S ALL RIGHT.
LOOKS LIKE I'LL BE RETIRING SOON, I'LL MEET YOU IN THE BLEACHERS.
[tires screeching.]
- OH, MY GOD.
MY BABY.
- LADY! THE BABY! - YOUR GUN, TAKE IT OUT.
- DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
- IT'S O--IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY.
- MONEY? YOU WANT MONEY? I'VE GOT MONEY.
- YEAH, AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH.
AAH! [struggling groans.]
[gunshot.]
- [groan.]
- WHAT DID YOU DO? - HE--HE TRIED TO BITE ME! [gunshot.]
- GET IN THE CAR.
NOW! [gunshot.]
[tires squealing.]
- BIKE MESSENGER GOT A LOOK AT THE GETAWAY CAR'S LICENSE PLATE.
- THIS ONE'S PETER EVANS.
CEO OF CONTINENTAL BANKCORP.
- VILLAIN OF THE MONTH.
HE BOUGHT A CORPORATE JE WITH FEDERAL BAILOUT MONEY.
- YEAH, A CORPORATE JE WITH MARBLE BATH TILES.
THIS ONE'S HIS DRIVER, JERRY DELLAROSA.
HE DIDN'T BUY ANYTHING.
- [scoffs.]
NYPD RETIREMENT RING, DETECTIVE'S SHIELD.
- HIS CUSHY RETIREMENT JOB.
- YOU'VE NOTICED ABOUT THE BABY CARRIAGE.
- YEAH, NO SIGN OF A BABY.
NO BLANKET, NO LITTLE PLASTIC ANIMALS ON A STRING.
- RIGHT, OKAY, SO MOM-- MAKE THAT FAKE MOM-- STEPS OUT IN FRONT OF THIS CAR, DRIVER SLAMS ON THE BRAKES, TOO LATE, GETS OUT TO SEE HOW MUCH HE'S GETTING SUED FOR, MOM PULLS A GUN.
THE OTHER TWO JOIN THE PARTY, AND THEN SOMETHING SCREWS UP.
THIS ISN'T THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO.
- UNDERSTATEMENT, RIGHT? - WE DIDN'T TOUCH I TILL YOU GUYS GOT HERE.
IT'S REGISTERED TO A MARVIN CHAPMAN IN SHORT HILLS, REPORTED STOLEN LAST NIGHT, MATCHES THE PLATES YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
- NICE WIDE OPEN SPACE TO LEAVE IT AT.
- THEY WANTED US TO FIND IT.
- MM-HMM.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE-- WHAT'S THAT ON THE BACK SEAT? - LOOKS LIKE A BAKERY BOX.
- UH-HUH.
OH, THEY EVEN LEFT US A SNACK, HUH? UH-HUH, MAY I? - CERTAINLY.
- THANK YOU.
[beeping.]
OKAY, WHY DON'T WE ALL BACK UP AND CALL THE BOMB SQUAD? - BOOBY TRAP? - KIDNAP A BANKER, KILL A COP? - DID YOU JUST SAVE OUR LIVES? - YOU CAN BUY BREAKFAST.
- IT WAS A FERTILIZER BOMB ATTACHED TO THE DOME LIGHT CIRCUIT, OPENING A DOOR WOULD'VE SET IT OFF.
- BUT BUSTING OUT A WINDOW? - PERFECTLY SAFE.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK.
- GOOD THING THAT YOU DID.
THIS WAS DELIVERED AN HOUR AGO TO THE NEW YORK TIMES.
"THE AMERICAN WORKERS ARMY HAS DECLARED WAR ON THE FAT-CAT EXPLOITERS WHO ARE SUCKING OUR BLOOD.
" - EVANS.
- THEIR TIMING IS IMPECCABLE-- PUBLIC MOOD AT THE MOMENT.
I'M SURPRISED WE'RE NOT SEEING BANKERS STRUNG UP ALONG MADISON AVENUE.
- HOW DO WE KNOW THAT'S NO FROM SOME BORED TEENAGER WHO HEARD ABOU THE MURDERS ON THE NEWS? - PARAGRAPH ELEVEN.
"THE BABY CARRIAGE WAS EMPTY AS A BANKER'S HEART.
"THE SHELLS IN THE BANKER WERE FROM A .
380.
HIS LACKEY GOT NINE MILLIMETER.
" SOME BORED TEENAGER WOULDN'T KNOW THAT.
- SPECIAL AGEN CARMEN MARTINO, DETECTIVES NICHOLS, EAMES.
THE FBI WILL BE COOPERATING WITH YOU ON THE INVESTIGATION.
- "PIG SYSTEM IS DEATH.
"MURDER MUST ANSWER MURDER.
WE HAVE STARTED THE REVOLUTION LAST NIGHT.
" - IT'S NOT AN SAT EXAM.
- IT COULD BE A NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKER OR GERMAN.
SOME LANGUAGE WHERE THE PRESENT PERFEC IS THE SAME AS THE SIMPLE PAST.
- YOU'RE STARTING TO REMIND ME OF SOMEONE.
- THIS ONE'S TALLER.
WHOEVER AMBUSHED EVANS KNEW WHERE HE WAS GOING.
- WELL, HIS SECRETARY DIDN'T.
SHE JUST TOLD US HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MEETING WITH THIS LAWYER FOR DINNER.
- EVER SINCE AIG HANDED OUT THOSE BONUS PAYMENTS, THE CRETIN CLASS THINKS THAT EVERYBODY DOWN ON WALL STREET'S STEALING TAXPAYER MONEY.
EVANS REDUCED HIS OWN SALARY TO A DOLLAR A YEAR.
TELL HIM TO GE THE HELL OUT OF THERE, LET SOMEBODY ELSE FIGHT THE GOVERNMENT.
DIDN'T REALIZE THE DAMN BOLSHEVIKS WERE COMING BACK.
THANKS, SHELLEY.
YOU TWO WANT ANYTHING? - NO, WE'RE GOOD.
- THE FLOWERS WERE DELIVERED TO MRS.
EVANS.
- I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.
HIS DAUGHTER JUST GAVE BIRTH TO TWINS, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.
- YOUR DINNER LAST NIGHT, MR.
BLOOM? - YEAH, UH, POSITANO AND TRIBECA.
I DIDN'T THINK WE'D ACTUALLY GET IN, SO I TEXTED PETE WHILE HE WAS IN HIS MEETING.
- WHO KNEW THA HE WAS GONNA BE THERE? - UH, ME, PETE, PEOPLE AT THE RESTAURANT.
- NO ONE ELSE? - LIKE WHO? - WHO MADE THE RESERVATION? - OH, THAT WAS SHELLEY.
HEY, SHELLEY.
SHELLEY? - WHERE'S MR.
BLOOM'S SECRETARY? - WELL, SHE JUS GRABBED HER HANDBAG AND LEFT.
- COPS GOT THERE FASTER THAN WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD.
- THEY SAW YOU.
- THEY DIDN'T SEE ME.
THEY SAW SHELLEY SMITH, WHO LIVES IN MURRAY HILL, EXCEPT SHE DOESN'T EXIST.
I WAS GONNA HAVE TO GE A NEW JOB, ANYWAY.
- AH, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO NEED A NEW JOB.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MILLION-DOLLAR HOSTAGE IN THE CLOSET.
- SO INSTEAD WE KILLED ONE OF THE MOST HATED CAPITALISTS IN AMERICA.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE INTERNET? - YEAHTHE POPULAR ANGER IS BOILING OVER.
WE ARE BEING HAILED AS THE VANGUARD.
- LIKE YOU SAID, WE STRUCK THE MATCH.
- [sighs.]
- IT WAS A GOOD DAY.
YOU WERE VERY STRONG.
- WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTED [sighs.]
- LISTEN TO ME.
A REVOLUTION IS NOT A DINNER PARTY.
YOU ARE VERY BRAVE.
- I DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT HER.
SHE ONLY WORKED THERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
- YOU MUST'VE TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING.
SHE WANTED TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THE FIRM'S CLIENTS-- WHO WORKED WHERE, PERSONAL HABITS.
- ANYTHING ABOUT HER PERSONAL LIFE? WHO HER FRIENDS WERE, WHERE SHE LIVED? - SHE DID ONCE SAY THAT SHE HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING BECAUSE OF NOISE FROM A BAR NEAR HER APARTMENT.
- WHAT BAR? - SHELLEY'S ADDRESS DOESN'T EXIST.
HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ARE PHONY.
DID YOU GET ANYTHING FROM HER? - YEAH, OUR GIRL NEVER WEARS LIPSTICK, AND SHE LIVES NEAR A BAR.
- MM, HOW MANY BARS COULD THERE BE IN NEW YORK CITY? - 4 MILLION.
- SO WHAT'S NEXT? ANOTHER KIDNAPPING? YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD GE SOMEBODY FROM THE GOVERNMENT-- - ANOTHER KIDNAPPING? WE DIDN'T DO A KIDNAPPING THE FIRST TIME.
- YOU SAW WHAT WAS GOING DOWN.
I DIDN'T HAVE NO CHOICE.
- NO, THERE IS ALWAYS A CHOICE.
- YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING ABOUT OFFING MY BOSS, MAN.
HE ALWAYS GIVING ME CRAP, AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
IT'S OPPRESSION, CLASSIC.
- HE IS YOUR BOSS.
YOU WOULD BE A SUSPECT, LEAD THE POLICE RIGHT TO US.
- NOT IF I DO IT RIGHT.
- THIS IS NOT THE TIME.
- NOT THE TI-- SO WHAT? SO YOU MY NEW BOSS NOW, HUH? LOOK, I'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, ALL RIGHT? COME ON, I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
- ALL RIGHT.
LOOK, OUR NEXT ACTION INVOLVES A BANK.
BIRGIT, SHOW HIM.
- YEAH! WALL STREET.
HIT THEM WHERE THEY LIVE, RIGHT? - DID YOU HAVE TO? - OH, HE WAS OUT OF CONTROL, A DANGER TO US.
NO LOOSE ENDS.
- HAVE YOU SEEN THE INTERNET? THEY HAVE A FAN GROUP ON FACEBOOK.
- YEAH? WE'RE NOT JOINING IT.
NYPD, FBI JUS PUT OUT THIS STATEMENT.
- "DESPITE THE RHETORIC, THESE ARE NOTHING BUT COMMON CRIMINALS.
" - OH, THE BAD GUYS WRITE SEXIER STATEMENTS THAN WE DO.
- BUT WE'RE NOT INSANE.
- "THERE'S NO NEED TO OVERREACT.
"CITY AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAVE THE SITUATION WELL UNDER CONTROL.
" IF I WERE THEM, I'D WANT TO PROVE THIS WRONG.
- WE'RE TAKING ALL NECESSARY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE SAYING, DETECTIVE? - UH, THAT COMMUNISM IS DEAD.
THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO REPLACE A FLAWED SYSTEM WITH A FAILED ONE.
- DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A POLITICAL-SCIENCE SEMINAR? - UH, NO, I WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, NOT CHALLENGE THEM TO BLOW SOMETHING UP.
- SPEAKING OF, FORENSICS ANALYZED THE BOMB IN THE CAR.
IT WAS MADE WITH UREA, A CHEMICAL FERTILIZER MAINLY USED IN GROWING WHEAT.
- WHERE'S THE NEARES WHEAT FARM? INDIANA? - AMERICAN-MADE UREA DOESN'T EXCEED .
3% BIURET CONTENT-- WHATEVER THAT IS-- BUT THIS WAS .
5%.
- AH, THE GOOD IMPORTED STUFF.
HOW DOES IT COME INTO THE COUNTRY? - ON BOATS.
- THE LAST LOAD OF UREA CAME IN A MONTH AGO ON A SHIP OUT OF BRAZIL.
- HOW WAS IT PACKED? LOOSE? IN BAGS? - LOCKED IN FIVE-TON CONTAINERS, TRANSFERRED TO SEMIS, AND SENT ON A HIGHWAY TO HICKVILLE.
- WE'RE THINKING SOMEONE BROKE INTO ONE OF THOSE CONTAINERS.
- WHAT, FOR FERTILIZER? - WHO WORKED THAT SHIPMENT? - CREW NINE.
HALF A DOZEN GUYS.
I HAD TO LAY THEM OFF, THOUGH.
THINGS ARE SLOW.
- YOU HAVE THEIR NAMES? ADDRESSES? - THINK SOMEONE BUILT A BOMB? - WAS ANYBODY ON CREW NINE FOREIGN? - THIS GUY.
I THINK HE WAS GERMAN.
WE CALLED HIM "THE KRAUT.
" I WOULD'VE LET HIM GO EVEN IF TIMES WERE GOOD.
- WHY'S THAT? - EH, HE WAS MORE INTO TALKING THAN WORKING, HIS CRAZY POLITICS.
AND ESPECIALLY AFTER LUNCH, HE'D COME BACK ALL HOPPED UP.
- JOHN KALDNER, 636 EAST 22ND STREET.
636 EAST 22ND STREET.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE CHASING GHOSTS.
- THEY'RE NOT GHOSTS AND THEY'RE CHASING US.
- "CITY AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAVE THE SITUATION WELL UNDER CONTROL.
" - [scoffs.]
THIS IS THEIR ILLUSION.
THEY CONTROL NOTHING, NOT REALLY.
LOOK AT US, TWO LITTLE PEOPLE.
AND HOW MANY DO THEY HAVE WORKING ON THIS? DOZENS? HUNDREDS? AND YET, HERE WE ARE.
- IT'S NOT JUST US.
THERE WAS ANOTHER TEA PARTY IN BOSTON.
PROTESTS IN SEATTLE, ONE IN HOUSTON.
- I REMEMBER THIS FROM YEARS AGO, PEOPLE TAKING TO THE STREETS.
THEN, IT WAS VIETNAM.
THIS TIME, THE BANKS.
WELL, BIRGIT WHEN THE PEOPLE RISE UP [clicks tongue.]
OH, SURE, THE BOURGEOIS DABBLERS, WE WILL DROP AWAY.
BUT THERE ARE THOSE WHO WILL JOIN WITH US WHEN THEY SEE THAT WE ARE HERE.
YOU WILL SEE.
- ANOTHER KIDNAPPING? I STILL HAVE THE FILES FROM THE LAW FIRM-- HOME ADDRESSES AND - NO.
I THINK IT'S TIME WE MAKE SOME NOISE.
- JOHN KALDNER'S WORK I.
D.
, HE'S AS MUCH OF A PHANTOM AS SHELLEY SMITH.
THEY HAD FAKE DOCUMENTS, NEVER SAID ANYTHING PERSONAL TO THEIR CO-WORKERS.
NO ONE EVER GO AN ACTUAL ADDRESS OR WORKING PHONE NUMBER FROM EITHER OF THEM.
- LIVING LIKE FUGITIVES.
AND I HAVE A HUNCH ABOUT FROM WHERE.
- THE BAADER-MEINHOF GANG? - REMEMBER THEM? TERRORIZED GERMANY IN THE '70s AND '80s, PREACHED THE OVERTHROW OF CAPITALISM, MURDERED BANKERS-- ANY OF THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? - SO WHAT, NEW YORK JUST ENTERED A TIME WARP? - OUR GUY'S THE RIGHT AGE.
HE HAS A GERMAN ACCENT.
LISTEN TO THIS FROM A BAADER-MEINHOF COMMUNIQUE, "THIS MURDERING WORLD CAN BE SAVED ONLY BY MORE MURDER.
" "THE PIG'S SYSTEM IS DEATH.
MURDER MUST ANSWER MURDER," FROM THE LETTER TO THE TIMES.
- EITHER OUR GUY'S A PLAGIARIST, OR ONE OF THEM'S DECIDED NOW'S THE TIME TO SWING BACK INTO ACTION.
- SO THE ECONOMY SUCKS, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA START A REVOLUTION JUST BECAUSE SOME EUROPEAN HIPPY CRAWLED OUT OF A CAVE.
- HE'S RECRUITED A YOUNG WOMAN, A BLACK KID.
BAADER-MEINHOF RECRUITED DISAFFECTED TEENAGERS.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW KARL MARX FROM GROUCHO, BUT THEY LIKED THE ACTION.
- SO WHERE DOES A MIDDLE-AGED GERMAN DOCK WORKER FIND DISAFFECTED YOUTH? - HIS FOREMAN SAID HE CAME BACK FROM LUNCH ALL HOPPED UP.
- GO DOWN TO THE DOCK, SEE WHO'S DEALING DRUGS.
- YEAH, YEAH, MAKE MY DAY.
- HANDS AGAINST THE WALL.
DEALER'S ROLL.
- OH, WE CAN CONFISCATE THAT, ILLEGAL PROCEEDS.
- IF YOU TAKE THA AND LEAVE ME HERE, SLINKY'S GONNA SLICE MY ASS.
- SLINKY? - THE BOSS.
WE GOT TO MAKE IT UP IF WE GET JACKED.
YOU GOT TO LEAVE ME A NOTE OR SOMETHING.
- YOU KNOW THIS GUY? GERMAN ACCENT, WORKS ON THE DOCKS.
- IF I KNOW HIM, DO I GET MY ROLL BACK? - MAYBE.
- HE LIKES TO BUY A LITTLE BLOW, NOT FROM ME, THOUGH.
HIM AND MIGHTY MOUSE IS FRIENDS.
BLACK DUDE, WORKS THAT CORNER OVER THERE.
I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
HE'S BEEN ACTING WEIRD, ANYWAY.
- WEIRD HOW? - SAYING WE GOT TO THROW OFF SLINKY, THAT HE'S EXPLOITING US.
WE AIN'T GETTING OUR FAIR SHARE.
WE GOT TO ORGANIZE.
- DRUG DEALERS OF THE WORLD UNITE.
THROW OFF THE CHAINS OF OPPRESSION.
- YEAH, LIKE THAT.
I DON'T BUY IT, THOUGH.
I BELIEVE IN THE FREE MARKET SYSTEM.
- YEAH, IT'S ME.
CAN YOU HELP ME WITH A STREET NAME? "MIGHTY MOUSE.
" - FOUND HIM IN THE RIVER.
NO I.
D.
PRINTS CAME BACK MEL SIMEON.
- AKA MIGHTY MOUSE.
- YEAH, IF YOU SAY SO.
YOU'RE HIS FIRST VISITORS.
- STRANGLED.
- LIGATURE MARKS TELL ME AN ELECTRICAL CORD, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
- NO DAMAGE TO HIS FINGERS.
- THE KILLER WAS STRONG, AND IT HAPPENED SO FAST, HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT HIS HANDS UP.
- ANYTHING ELSE? - HE HAD A TACO FOR LUNCH.
- WHEN I WAS A BOY HERR KLEMSTEIN RAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD STORE.
ONE DAY HE CAUGHT ME STEALING A SAUSAGE ROLL.
HE RAPPED MY KNUCKLES WITH HIS CANE SO HARD.
I CRIED SO MUCH.
LATER ON, THE NEWSPAPER REPORTED THAT HERR KLEMSTEIN HAD BEEN A NAZI, A GUARD AT BELSEN.
HE HELPED TO MURDER OVER 50,000 PEOPLE-- MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN.
THE CORRUPTION WAS SO DEEP, SO VILE.
AND I STOLE A SAUSAGE ROLL.
IT'S STILL NOT STRAIGHT.
[explosion.]
- THEIR SECOND COMMUNIQUE IS ALREADY ON THE NEWS.
"DOWN WITH THE PIG SYSTEM," BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
- NO DEAD, ONLY INJURED WAS THE SECURITY GUARD.
HE WAS CUT BY FLYING GLASS.
- MANHATTAN COMMERCE BANK ANOTHER BAILOUT RECIPIENT.
- OR BLOODSUCKER, IF YOU PREFER.
- LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER UREA BOMB.
- AH, I GUESS EVERYTHING'S NOT UNDER CONTROL.
- WE'RE STEPPING UP OUR MONITORING OF THE PURCHASE OF BOMB-MAKING MATERIAL, CHECKING RED LIGH AND ATM CAMERAS WITHIN A HALF-MILE RADIUS, PULLING THE VIN NUMBER OFF WHAT'S LEFT OF THAT CAR.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS-- - HAVE THE FBI ATTACHE IN OUR EMBASSY IN BERLIN GET A LIS OF BAADER-MEINHOF MEMBERS STILL AT LARGE FROM THE GERMAN FEDERAL POLICE.
ASK FOR CAPTAIN BERGER.
- WHY NOT? - AH! AAH! - OH! OH, MY GOD! OH, JEEZ.
GOD, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
- MMM.
MMM.
- YOU ARE JUST DO YOU WANT SOME MORE OF THIS? - I JUST NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.
- MMM.
IT'S RIGHT DOWN ON THE LEFT.
YOU CAN'T MISS IT.
[sighs.]
- [giggling.]
OH, HI.
- WHO ARE YOU? - UH, SWEETHEART.
[groans.]
I DIDN'T, UH-- I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU BACK SO SOON.
- LOOK, IF I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING-- - NO, NO, NO.
IT'S FINE.
SO YOU'VE BEEN, UH, SHOPPING? SO WHAT DID YOU GET? GOD, I LOVE THESE.
THANK YOU.
THESE ARE INCREDIBLE.
TRY ONE.
- IHAVE TO GO.
I'M JUST GONNA GRAB MY THINGS.
- [sighs.]
- OUR LETTER TO THE TIMES.
-UH-HUH? - DID YOUR FRIEND SEE THIS? - NO, OF COURSE NOT.
THE COMPUTER IS SLEEPING.
BESIDES, WE ARE IN THE OTHER ROOM.
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING NOW.
WE ARE LEADING A MOVEMENT.
- WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF REVOLUTION, HUH? FOR THE PEOPLE TO BE FREE.
AND THIS IS WHAT FREE PEOPLE DO.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
ROSE, YOU'VE GOT TO TRY THIS.
THESE ARE SO GOOD.
TRY ONE.
- FROM GERMANY CAPTAIN BERGER SAYS, "HI.
" - OH, EXCELLENT.
- SEVEN FORMER BAADER-MEINHOF MEMBERS UNACCOUNTED FOR.
- ALL RIGHT.
VERY GOOD.
I WOULD ELIMINATE A FEW WOMEN.
ALL RIGHT, THREE WOMEN-- I WOULD ELIMINATE THEM.
ALL RIGHT, HERE'S THE PICTURE OF JOHN KALDNER.
YOU TELL ME, WHICH OF THESE FOUR? - HIM.
- YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
AXEL KASPERS, FORMER TECHNIK STUDENT, ENGINEERING STUDENT.
HIS GIRLFRIEND GOT HIM INVOLVED IN BAADER-MEINHOF.
[speaking German.]
OH, SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE IN PRISON.
HE DID FUNF YEARS-- FIVE YEARS FOR BANK RAUB.
FIVE YEARS FOR BANK ROBBERY-- PAROLED IN 1985, THEN JOINED SOME OTHER RAGTAG MEMBERS OF THE GANG FOR A FINAL SPREE.
UH, THEY FIREBOMBED A HOUSE OF AN INDUSTRIALIS NAMED FICHTE, KILLING HIM, HIS WIFE, AND THEIR INFANT DAUGHTER.
ONE OF HIS COLLEAGUES WHO WAS CAUGH SWORE THEY THOUGH THE HOUSE WAS EMPTY.
- AND AXEL KASPERS? - VANISHED.
- BIG LOAD? HOW MUCH ARE YOU GONNA BE BLEACHING, HONEY? - IT'S FOR MY AUNT'S BEAUTY SHOP.
DO YOU TAKE VISA? - MM-HMM.
- A WOMAN IN MANHATTAN BOUGHT HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, ACETONE, AND MURIATIC ACID IN THREE DIFFERENT STORES, ALLTHIS MORNING.
RANG A BELL IN OUR COMPUTERS.
- HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, THAT'S HAIR BLEACH.
- THAT'S ONE OF ITS USES.
MURIATIC ACID IS USED TO CLEAN BRICK.
- ACETONE IS NAIL POLISH REMOVER.
- MIX THEM TOGETHER, AND YOU HAVE TRIACETONE PEROXIDE IF YOU CAN MANAGE TO DO I WITHOUT KILLING YOURSELF.
- AN IMPROVISED HIGH EXPLOSIVE.
- SO UNLESS THIS WOMAN WAS PLANNING TO BLEACH HER HAIR AND REMOVE HER NAIL POLISH WHILE SHE'S CLEANING BRICKS-- - SHE'S BUILDING ONE HELL OF A BOMB.
SHE ALSO GOT SOME MISCELLANEOUS WIRES, TIMERS - WAS--WAS THIS SOMEONE YOU WERE ALREADY MONITORING? - NO.
DATA MINING BOTS TRAWL THROUGH CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS.
- WHOSE CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS? - EVERYONE'S CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS.
- YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT FROM ME.
- THANK YOU, DICK CHENEY.
- WHAT'S THE WOMAN'S NAME? - ROSALYN GRIGGS.
534 EAST 89TH STREET.
- HER WALLET, MISSING THE CREDIT CARD.
- NONE OF THOSE CHEMICALS IS IN THE APARTMENT.
- YEAH, BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T BUY THEM.
WE'RE A STEP BEHIND, AGAIN.
- THERE'S A NEIGHBOR WE SHOULD TALK TO.
- THIS IS MS.
MORGAN.
SHE WAS WITH MS.
GRIGGS LAST NIGHT.
- SHE JUST GOT A PAR ON A SOAP.
WE WENT TO A BAR TO CELEBRATE, AND ROSIE MET A GUY.
I DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY HE LOOKED.
- HIM? - YES.
WHO IS HE? - MM, DID YOU GET HIS NAME? DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE LIVED? - HE DIDN'T SAY.
- BUT SHE WAS CELEBRATING.
- SHE LEFT WITH HIM.
- "THE ONE YOU LOVE IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK.
" IT'S FROM A FORTUNE COOKIE-- ASIATIC GARDENS ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE.
DID ROSIE EVER EAT THERE? - WHY WOULD SHE? WAY DOWNTOWN? - MAYBE SHE AND HER NEW FRIEND GOT HUNGRY.
- I THOUGH SOMETHING HAPPENED.
- I STOPPED FOR LUNCH.
- LUNCH? [chuckles.]
WELL, NEXT TIME, MAYBE CALL? I WAS WORRIED.
OH, YOU GOT EVERYTHING.
- EVERYTHING.
- GREAT.
HOW DID YOU PAY FOR ALL OF IT? - I USED YOUR FRIEND ROSIE'S CREDIT CARD.
- SHE GAVE IT TO YOU? - NO, I TOOK IT AFTER I KILLED HER.
- YOU KILLED HER? - SHE WAS A DANGER TO US.
NO LOOSE ENDS, RIGHT? - MY GOD.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
- WE COULDN'T BE SURE OF THAT.
YOU TALK TOO MUCH WHEN YOU'RE HIGH.
- SHE WAS JUST A LONELY WOMAN.
THIS IS NOT WHAT WE ARE ABOUT! - A REVOLUTION IS NOT A DINNER PARTY.
YOU TAUGHT ME, I WAS LISTENING.
- YEAH! AND YOU ARE LISTENING WHEN I SAID THAT I MAKE THE TECHNICAL DECISIONS? - WITH HER, YOU WEREN'T THINKING WITH YOUR HEAD.
- OH, AND YOU ARE? THERE'S A-A BODY.
YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN SEEN.
THIS COULD BE TRACED TO YOU.
I AM THE ONE WITH THE EXPERIENCE.
HUH? I AM THE ONE TO MAKE THESE CALCULATIONS.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS? - YES, I DO.
- GOOD! [scoffs.]
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MAKE SOMETHING THE PIGS WILL NEVER FORGET.
YEAH.
- NO, HE WAS NOT HERE LAST NIGHT.
SHE WAS NOT HERE.
- YEAH, BUT THIS IS FROM ONE OF YOUR FORTUNE COOKIES.
- YES MAYBE THEY GOT A DELIVERY.
- EVEN BETTER.
DO YOU HAVE THE ADDRESSES FOR LAST NIGHT'S DELIVERIES? - OH, THIS LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST 50.
- IT'S GOOD FOOD.
- SHELLEY SMITH TOLD HER CO-WORKER THAT NOISE FROM A BAR KEPT HER AWAKE AT NIGHT.
- MM, THESE CAN'T ALL BE NEXT TO BARS.
MM-HMM.
- WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR DINNER? - I DON'T CARE.
STEAK.
- STEAK? WINE? A COTE DU RHONE? - FOLMER'S HAS THE BEST SELECTION.
- OH, I'LL GET IT.
SEE YOU AT HOME.
- [chuckles.]
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THEY ARE ALL NEXT TO BARS.
NOT THIS ONE, EITHER.
- CLEAR.
- WHAT'S NEXT? - HARRISON, 693 EAST 9TH.
- HERE'S YOUR CHANGE.
- THANKS.
- I DON'T CARE WHOSE MOTHER SHE IS, SWEETIE, SHE'S NOT MOVING INTO OUR-- - YOU KNOW, SHE CAN SLEEP IN A TENT IN CENTRAL PARK, FOR ALL I CARE.
- [yells out.]
- EXCUSE ME, CAN I-- CAN I USE YOUR BATHROOM? IT'S IN THE BACK, RIGHT? - DON'T EVEN BREATHE.
- NO GIRL, NO CHEMICALS.
- SHE'S OUT THERE WITH A BOMB.
- WHERE IS SHE, KASPERS? - I DO NOT RECOGNIZE YOUR AUTHORITY.
- WHAT GIVES YOU THE AUTHORITY? WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT? - THE PEOPLE.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE STREETS? HAVE YOU HEARD WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING? - I'VE SEEN A DEAD BLACK KID AND A PATHETIC DEAD WOMAN, WHO'S ONLY MISTAKES WERE LISTENING TO YOU.
THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT TOMORROW.
- MM, THIS IS GREATER THAN THEM.
THIS IS BIGGER THAN ALL OF US.
- EXCEPT IT'S NOT BIGGER THAN YOU, IS IT? THIS IS ALL ABOUT YOU, ISN'T IT? - I'M JUST AN AGENT OF CHANGE.
- YOU ARE "A RECKLESS ADVENTURER PLAYING INTO THE HANDS OF THE EXISTING OPPRESSIVE ORDER.
" CHAIRMAN MAO.
I'LL LEND YOU MY COPY.
- HOW'S IT GOING? - NICHOLS IS IN THERE WITH HIM.
THEY'RE DISCUSSING A LITTLE RED BOOK.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? - PERSONAL STUFF.
ANYTHING FROM THE APARTMEN THAT MIGHT GIVE US LEVERAGE.
- BATHROOM BREAK-- FOR ME, NOT HIM.
WHAT IS THIS? - TEDDY BEAR.
- FROM THE APARTMENT.
- MADE IN HAMBURG.
- SHE KILLS FOR THE REVOLUTION, BUT KEEPS HER TEDDY BEAR.
- IT'S SINGED.
A BURN MARK.
- MAYBE SHE STARTED BLOWING THINGS UP YOUNG.
- THIS WAS ON HER BEDSIDE TABLE-- THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH.
"TO MY DARLING BIRGIT.
MAYDAY 1996.
" - 1996? SHE WOULD'VE BEEN, WHAT, 12? - THE GUY'S A PEDOPHILE TOO? - THEY HAVE SEPARATE BEDROOMS.
- SHE'S YOUR DAUGHTER.
YOU DON'T EXACTLY WIN "FATHER OF THE CENTURY.
" - THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH.
WAS THE BOOKSTORE OUT OF CHARLOTTE'S WEB? - DO YOU KNOW THAT BOOK? CAN ANYONE KNOW THAT BOOK WITHOUT BEING MOVED TO TAKE PITY? TO TAKE ACTION? - YEAH.
I NEVER STEP ON SPIDERS ANYMORE.
- MM, SHE'S OUT THERE WITH A BOMB, YOUR DAUGHTER.
THE ONE WHO PLAYED WITH THIS.
DOES SHE KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING? - SHE'S FIGHTING EXPLOITATION.
- IS SHE SAFE? - IN CASE THIS HELPS, IMMIGRATION JUST DUG THIS UP.
KASPER AND THE LITTLE GIRL CAME INTO THE COUNTRY IN 1986, USING THE PASSPORTS OF THE FAMILY HE AND HIS PALS HAD FIREBOMBED THE YEAR BEFORE.
KARL AND MARTA FICHTE, AGE TWO, ENTERED THE COUNTRY ON TOURIST VISAS AND NEVER LEFT.
- SO THEY ENTERED THE U.
S.
AFTER THEY WERE DEAD? - NO ONE WAS CROSS-CHECKING BACK THEN.
- LET ME SEE THAT WHOLE FICHTE FILE? PLEASE.
[man shouting.]
- KASPER'S DAUGHTER JUST TOOK A DOZEN HOSTAGES AT THE CONTINENTAL BANKCORP, WALL STREET BRANCH.
SHE SAYS IF WE DON'T PU HER FATHER ON A PLANE TO CUBA, SHE'LL BLOW UP THE BUILDING AND EVERYONE IN IT.
- CAPTAIN ROSS, DETECTIVES NICHOLS AND EAMES, SPECIAL AGENT REYNOLDS OF OUR NEW YORK FIELD OFFICE SWAT.
HE'S GONNA BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE ON.
SEE WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR.
- THERE'S YOUR SUBJECT, BIRGIT KASPERS.
NOW, SHE SHOT OU EVERY SURVEILLANCE CAMERA SHE COULD SEE, BUT SHE COULDN'T SEE THE TWO THAT WE TAPPED IN HERE.
THAT'S A TEC-9 WITH A 40-ROUND MAGAZINE IN HER RIGHT HAND.
SHE SAYS THAT THING HANGING FROM HER NECK IS A TILT SWITCH.
NOW, IT'S CONNECTED TO A TRANSMITTER THERE-- PROBABLY FROM A TOY CAR-- THAT SHE SAYS WILL SET OFF A BOMB IN THAT BACKPACK.
- WAIT, WAIT.
A TILT SWITCH? - AS LONG AS IT STAYS LEVEL, IT DOESN'T COMPLETE A CIRCUIT.
BUT IF IT TILTS, IT BLOWS.
- LIKE IF SOMEONE KNOCKS HER DOWN.
- OR SHOOTS HER.
- AND WHO MIGHT SHOOT HER? - I HAVE A SNIPER IN PLACE.
HE'S ACQUIRED THE TARGET.
- BUT THE TILT SWITCH? - EXACTLY.
- SOMEBODY SHOULD REALLY GO IN THERE AND TALK TO HER.
- SHE SAYS IF ANYONE GOES IN - I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST ANYBODY.
[beeping.]
- HELLO.
- STAY OUT.
NOBODY COMES IN.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? STAY BACK.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE ON A PLANE.
- WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I THOUGHT WE SHOULD TALK, JUST, UH--JUST TALK.
- NICHOLS, YOU NEED TO GE CLOSE ENOUGH TO CATCH HER WHEN SHE FALLS.
- UH-HUH.
JUSTTALK.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BLOW THAT BOMB WITH YOUR FATHER HERE.
THAT WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE, WOULDN'T IT? - GET HIM OUT OF HERE.
- OR WHAT? YOU'LL KILL US ALL? - WE'RE WILLING TO DIE.
- THE SNIPER IS BEHIND THE VEN OVER HER LEFT SHOULDER.
STAY OUT OF THE LINE OF FIRE.
- WE'RE WILLING, BUT THEY'RE NOT.
THAT'S WHY THIS IS GONNA WORK TO SAVE YOU, SO YOU CAN LEAD THE STRUGGLE.
- IF YOU STOP NOW, YOU MIGHT CATCH A BREAK.
YOU'RE A VICTIM TOO.
- WE'RE ALL VICTIMS.
NOBODY CATCHES A BREAK.
- YOU WERE BRAINWASHED YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.
- I'VE BEEN EDUCATED BY MY FATHER.
- HE'S NOT YOUR FATHER.
- DON'T BE STUPID.
TAKE HIM AND GO.
- KASPERS, TELL HER WHO SHE IS.
- WHAT THE HELL IS HE TALKING ABOUT? - HE'S NOT YOUR FATHER, HE MURDERED YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER.
WHAT DID HE TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR MOTHER? - SHE'S DEAD.
- WELL, YOU SHOULD KNOW HE SHOULD KNOW.
LOOK, THIS IS FROM THE GERMAN PRESS.
"AXEL KASPERS AND TWO FRIENDS FIREBOMBED THE HOME OF A BANKER, "NAMED KARL FICHTE, AND HIS WIFE, ROSALIE AND THEIR DAUGHTER, MARTA.
" - STAY BACK.
- "THE ENTIRE FAMILY IS PRESUMED KILLED, "BUT THE REMAINS OF MARTA, WHO WAS ONE YEAR OLD, WERE NEVER SEPARATELY IDENTIFIED.
" LOOK AT THE FAMILY PHOTO OF THE FICHTES.
LOOK AT THE BEAR THAT MARTA IS HOLDING.
DOES THAT LOOK FAMILIAR? SAME BEAR, DO YOU SEE THE BURN MARKS? DOES THAT LOOK FAMILIAR? YOU SNATCHED HER OUT OF THE FIRE, DIDN'T YOU, KASPERS? A LITTLE GIRL AND HER BEAR.
IT WAS THE ONE DECENT THING THAT YOU EVER DID.
- HE'S TRYING TO CONFUSE YOU.
- HE WAS IN PRISON FOR FIVE YEARS BEFORE YOU WERE BORN.
HIS GIRLFRIEND COMMITTED SUICIDE THREE YEARS BEFORE YOU WERE BORN.
WHEN WERE YOU CONCEIVED? WHO GAVE BIRTH TO YOU? JUST DO THE MATH.
HE BROUGHT YOU INTO THIS COUNTRY WITH MARTA FICHTE'S PASSPORT.
IT WAS A PERFECT FIT.
MARTA, HE KILLED YOUR PARENTS AND BRAINWASHED YOU.
- YOU ARE MY DAUGHTER.
BIRGIT, YOU ARE.
- DO YOU REALLY WANT TO DIE FOR THE MAN WHO DESTROYED YOUR FAMILY AND STOLE YOUR LIFE? - EVEN IF IT'S TRUE, MY FATHER WAS A BANKER, HE DESERVED TO DIE.
IF HE WERE ALIVE RIGHT NOW, I'D KILL HIM MYSELF.
THAT STUPID BEAR-- I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN I SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
- OH, YOU DIDN'T SAVE IT.
YOU DID.
- SHE IS YOUR DAUGHTER.
SHE WASN'T, BUT NOW SHE IS.
- YES, OF COURSE.
OF COURSE SHE IS.
- YOU CARRIED HER CRYING FROM THAT BURNING HOUSE.
YOU SAW HER FIRST STEPS.
YOU HEARD HER FIRST WORDS.
AND NOW BECAUSE OF YOU, SHE'S GONNA DIE.
YEAH, NO WAY OUT OF HERE.
NOBODY'S GETTING ON A PLANE TO CUBA.
- SWEETHEART - SO WE DIE.
WE BECOME MARTYRS.
LIKE BAADER, LIKE MEINHOF, LIKE--LIKE CHE.
- NO.
NO.
- I'M A REVOLUTIONARY.
- YES, BUT NOT LIKE THIS.
THESE ARE NOT THE BOSSES.
THESE ARE 12 PEOPLE IN A BANK.
- A FEW MUST SUFFER TO SAVE THE MANY.
THAT--THAT'S WHAT YOU ALWAYS TOLD ME.
- BUT I THINK THIS IS NOT THE TIME.
- HE'S STILL IN THE LINE OF FIRE.
- HE'S TRYING TO SAVE HER.
- THIS COUNTRY, IT ISN'T READY FOR THIS.
- YESTERDAY YOU SAID IT WAS RIPE.
WHAT--YOU'RE LYING! YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO SAVE ME.
- YES, I AM.
I AM, BECAUSE YOU MATTER TO ME MORE.
- THAN THE REVOLUTION? THAN EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER SAID TO ME? - YES.
IT'S JUST WORDS, WORDS.
I THINK THE WORLD IS RIGHT.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT.
PLEASE DON'T DO THIS, HUH? ALL RIGHT? PLEASE.
HUH? - PAPA.
[gunshot.]
- OH! - NO! NO! NO! - THAT'S WHY I NEVER HAD KIDS.
EMPTY VESSELS THAT DADDY FILLS WITH LOVE, COMPASSION, EMPATHY 'CAUSE YOU GET A-A ME OR A HIM.
OOPS.