Without a Trace s05e10 Episode Script

Uh Hope none of you borrowed 50 bucks and forgot to pay it back.
Because trust me, he didn't forget.
To Gabe.
To Gabe.
Audrey.
This must be hard for you.
It's not as bad as you think.
Gabe and I have had a lot of time to get ready.
Would you like to talk to him? I'd love to.
So how are you? I'm doing better than I have in a long time.
- How about you? - I'm good.
I'll go along with that.
If you want me to.
It's a party, not our support group.
I can be shallow and dishonest if I wanna be.
Then shallow and dishonest it is.
But you know what they say.
"Eyes windows.
" You've been struggling these past couple of weeks.
And I just wish I could make all this easier for you.
I seem to be having that effect on people today.
I was looking for the bathroom.
I thought it was back here.
It's off the kitchen.
Thanks.
You've been very helpful.
Thanks so much for your time.
Hi.
No disrespect, but if that was the person you were looking for I think I found him.
That was Gabe Adler.
He was the guest of honor at a party that our missing person Audrey West attended.
What happened to him? He, uh, drank a barbiturate cocktail.
- Voluntarily? - Yeah.
Guy had leukemia.
I guess he wanted to say his goodbyes early.
Audrey spent a few minutes with him.
She was seen being taken away by a guy named Ryan in a truck.
- Last name? They don't know.
He wasn't on the guest list.
That didn't keep him from stealing prescription drugs from the people that were invited.
- Fellow cancer patients.
Yeah.
Including our missing person.
- What color was the truck? - Black.
He left paint on the gate.
Tire marks over the curb.
He was in a hurry to get out of here.
She might have caught him in the act of trying to steal.
Yeah, well, we don't have much but there's an APB in the works.
What kind of cancer does our missing person have? Inoperable brain tumor.
She's married, got an 11-year-old daughter, and only one month to live.
She took one of her seizure pills before she left.
She's supposed to take one every 12 hours, otherwise she could convulse.
When we find her we'll make sure she gets the medical attention she needs.
Just make sure it's Cynatol.
She was on Derentin and that didn't work.
She had a 20-minute seizure.
The doctor said ten minutes more and she would - I would've lost her.
- It's okay, I'll make sure they know.
Our agents talked to everyone at the party.
No one has any information on this guy Ryan.
Do you know who he is? She never mentioned anyone with that name.
Um, about the tumor had it caused her to have any behavioral changes? Um, mood swings? - Outbursts? Anything like that? - Audrey's so even-tempered.
I did walk in on a fight she was having with her boss from the architectural firm.
A couple days ago.
I'm not gonna let you blackmail.
I'm asking for what's mine.
You are using this illness as an excuse to get things that don't belong to you.
What's going on? Honey, you okay? Yeah, I'm just a little tired.
I don't know what this is all about.
- Audrey has files that belong to me.
- I don't care.
I need you to leave.
Fine.
We'll talk about this later.
You're an ass.
Other than that, there's nothing to talk about.
Is that, uh, Brian Gaghan as in Gaghan Towers? The Gaghan Towers, the Stokes Museum.
Wow.
Blackmail's a pretty strong accusation.
She told me there was a profit pool, and he was trying to cut her out of it.
So she took some specs she had finished before she went on medical leave.
When was that? She stopped working three weeks ago.
Um, we're gonna need to see those files.
- Could you guys excuse me? Sure.
Now, a profit plan would have some kind of contractual structure.
It would've been hard to cut her out if she was entitled to something.
I know.
You don't believe her? I didn't know what to think.
Okay.
Now, I'll need a list of colleagues, friends, people who work in your house.
I'll get that for you.
- And I'd like to talk to your daughter.
- A neighbor is getting her.
She should be home soon.
I'll wait.
You know, Audrey was sitting where you are when she told me about the tumor.
I don't think I've taken a full breath of air since.
You're out of breath after two blocks.
I'm out of shape.
Last night, you had to sit down while you were fixing dinner.
- Is that a crime? - No, it's not.
But you're getting winded over nothing.
At night, you have trouble breathing.
Something is wrong.
You sound like a broken record.
Well, then here's the refrain: Go to the doctor.
I will when I have time.
Honey, you cannot put this off any longer.
What is more important than your health? So am I calling the doctor or are you? Well, just let me know when you hear from him then.
Audrey's boss, Gaghan, is MIA.
His secretary says that he went skiing in Catamount.
Can't reach him.
She doesn't know where he's staying.
- Well, that's very convenient, isn't it? - Yeah, or suspicious.
Take your pick.
- You wanna help Sam out? - No, it's only a 40-pound box of files.
Please don't get up.
You'd be insulted if we did.
I can't ask you to take them upstairs for an engineering evaluation.
You know, you have way too much pride.
Good point.
Okay.
Take them myself.
- Okay.
Check this out.
Unh.
Look, this is Audrey's hospice nurse, right? She was on the list Jake gave us.
She got a speeding ticket.
- She was doing 45 in a 30.
- Doesn't make her a suspect.
True, but I looked into her insurance coverage.
Can I have additional drivers for 300, please? Who is Ryan Leonard? - That's your boyfriend, right? - Yeah.
I guess.
So how does it work? You tell him where to find patients.
And he lifts thousands of dollars worth of meds? I would never hurt a client.
What was he doing at Gabe Adler's party last night? I worked with Gabe, as well as Audrey, so I got an invitation.
He must have seen it.
- Look, I thought he was clean.
- Yeah, you might need to take a refresher course in your nursing certificate.
Listen, maybe he and Audrey stole the drugs together.
Okay, why would you say that? Because for the last couple weeks, Audrey was really agitated.
She was desperate for money.
I mean, how can they do that? Because I'm just one dying person and they're a giant life insurance company.
I was diagnosed six months ago, a month after I applied for the policy.
It was within their contestable period.
But to say you tried to defraud them, that doesn't seem fair.
If the tumor started growing a month after I applied for the policy I wouldn't have had headaches.
Or if I hadn't been so busy at work I might have gone to the doctor sooner and been cured.
Not needed life insurance.
It's not about fairness.
Will Jake and Emmy be okay? If someone murders me.
- What are you talking about? - I have an accidental death policy that's still enforced.
It would pay out if something happened to me.
That's not funny.
No, I guess it's not.
I hate this.
The things it makes me think about.
The things it's trying to take away from me.
I try to do that visualization.
The one where Pac-Men eat it.
All I see is the tumor sitting in the middle of my brain giving me the finger.
I think the cancer advanced too quickly for Audrey to deal with her feelings.
So she's just angry.
She's more than angry.
She's a dying woman without medication.
Look, if he was gonna go on the run where would he go? If I knew, I would be happy to tell you.
Witnesses say she was taken.
That could be an after-the fact interpretation.
- She left willingly.
She could've paid the guy to kill her so her family could collect insurance.
- That's crazy.
No.
Yeah, in her emotional state Ryan may have seemed like divine intervention.
Does your Mom talk to you about her work? Just that she likes being an architect.
Now, Emmy, I was wondering.
Have you ever seen this man before? I don't think so.
Maybe he came to the house or you saw him on the street? No, not him.
Not him? Somebody else? Yeah.
It was Tuesday.
After soccer practice.
Coach is saying he's moving me to the midfield.
- I've built up the stamina.
That's great.
He says I could be one of his all-around athletes.
- He wants me to try out for tennis.
- Wow, my little Monica Seles.
It'll be early morning clinics, but you could drop me, right? - I forgot.
- It's okay.
It's good to forget.
You don't have to remember 24/7.
You play singles or doubles? - Who cares? - I do.
Though I understand you might not think so.
I left something in the car.
I'll be in in a second.
When I come in, I'd like you to tell me about tennis in the spring.
Will you do that? Sure.
I wanted to ask her who the lady was.
But I didn't.
And you never saw what was inside that package? No.
What did your mom do when she came inside? She made a call.
She left a message for someone.
And then she asked me about tennis.
Do you think you could describe the woman you saw to a sketch artist? I'll try.
Does she have something to do with my mom not coming home? - We don't know yet.
Excuse me.
- Hey.
Hey.
- You're still with the daughter? - Yeah, why? N.
Y.
P.
D.
Just found Ryan's truck.
Looks like he got into an accident.
Any mention of Audrey? No.
They're taking Ryan to St.
Andrew's Hospital.
- And Jack and Martin are on their way.
- Okay, thanks.
Hey.
How's he doing? It's hard to say.
He's still talking to the little green men.
- Yeah? What's he on? - A handful of scrambled.
Hmm.
Okay, thanks.
Uh, excuse me, ma'am.
We need to talk to him for a minute.
Ryan, we're with the FBI.
We're looking for Audrey West.
Do you know where she is? You tell me.
Bitch tried to kill me.
Hey, got your head straight yet? I guess.
How many fingers am I holding up? Four? Close enough.
This is the woman you left the party with.
- Right.
- Let's start from the beginning.
Don't use any words with more than two syllables.
Sure.
Okay.
Why did she leave the party with you? She asked me for a ride.
You know, with all the people she knew there, why would she ask you? She said I had to give her a ride or she'd rat me out.
- Where did you take her? - I don't know.
The stuff I copped started to kick in.
Things got a little hazy.
Right here.
Turn right here.
On four wheels next time.
And then we stopped.
I don't know, near some field.
And then she went all nutso on me.
And that's all I remember.
It's a nice trip.
So this field with the rocks and flowers.
How did you get there? Take the 95? The freeway? - A wormhole? - I don't know.
- Why did she throw glass at you? - I told you, I don't know.
Okay, sparky.
Why don't you just lay back and relax.
Okay? He's all yours.
Keep an eye on him.
If he was that screwed up, there's no telling what he did to Audrey.
But I doubt those cuts all over his face came from a minor fender-bender.
Right.
They came from a woman who appeared out of a blinding light and threw glass in his face.
That will be easy to track down.
Well, the glass that cut Ryan Leonard did not come from a windshield.
Maybe somebody attacked him.
He was high and confused.
You know.
Anyway, this trip computer in his truck resets automatically.
So it gives us an 8-mile radius for his last trip.
- Narrows it down.
I'll have local cops start checking for her or her body.
Look for smash and grabs, break-ins.
Any incidents involving broken glass.
Remember the call the daughter told us about? I checked the records.
The call was to a Luke Seaver.
He runs Audrey's hospice support group.
Yeah, she called to tell me she wasn't coming to group anymore and I tried to talk her out of it but she had made up her mind.
What about this woman? That looks like Cara Nelson.
She used to be in another one of the hospice support groups.
- What do you mean used to be? - I had her kicked out.
She was trouble.
Actually, it was Audrey's last meeting that tipped me to it.
Can this represent a million bottles? Ha.
Yeah, Carl.
It can.
Let it go, man.
That's it.
- Good work, man.
- Way to go, Carl.
This is such crap.
Audrey.
Is there something you'd like to share? I just don't see how any of this helps.
He drank till his liver rotted, she burnt out her lungs with cigarettes.
We're all dying.
How do any of these little boats change that? It's okay to be angry, Audrey.
It's part of the process.
Is that a picture of you as a little girl? There anything that you'd like to share? - No.
- You must've brought it for some reason.
I said I don't wanna talk about it.
Excuse me for a second.
Hey.
What's going on, Audrey? Maybe I'm sick of being treated like a cow.
Herded off to slaughter like I've got no choice.
Nobody here made a choice to be sick.
But what we do have a choice about is how we're gonna deal with it.
Cara didn't do it your way.
And look what happened.
She's better.
We're all very happy for her, Audrey.
But what does that have to do with you? I wanna get better.
And Cara says that I can.
Will your little shame exercise do that for me? After that I started asking around.
It turns out Cara was soliciting people for some kind of healing.
Hmm.
Do you know what she was offering? Who knows? You know, for a lot of dying people you slap a cure label on something, you get a line out the door.
But I'll tell you, Audrey she could cry with the best of them.
But she never wanted anything less than the truth.
What about the picture Audrey brought? Ah, I tried talking to her about it.
She just shut down.
This woman's name is Cara Nelson.
She has a history of conning dying people.
I've never seen her, but Audrey's been coping just fine.
She wouldn't fall for something like that.
Well, maybe she doesn't want you to know that she's still fighting to live.
Is that why she stole those files and tried blackmailing her boss? She wanted money for this woman? It could be.
It's like every time you think you're settled there's something else.
We started off taking normal for granted.
Then suddenly we're the couple where somebody's dying.
Now I'm here, learning how the woman I love has really been feeling.
Now, Audrey had a picture.
She was 11 or 12 sitting on a windowsill.
She's wearing a khaki skirt and a green crewneck.
I archived her photos onto a DVD.
Could you get it for us? - I could send an agent to take you.
- Of course.
Yeah.
I know it's your job but I really appreciate all All you're doing.
Thank you.
The wall between the two ventricles is enlarged and obstructing the flow of blood.
It's called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
In layman's terms, it's the deterioration of the heart muscle.
And the high blood pressure and shortness of breath? Are both caused by it.
I'm gonna start you on some medications.
And that will be all? For now.
We have to see how you respond.
You might need surgery later.
Hey, you feeling okay? Yeah.
Some cut closer than others.
They're never easy.
No, they're not.
- What did you find? - Uh, we got a report a storefront window was smashed out in downtown White Plains.
Exactly 8 miles from where we found Ryan.
- Danny and I are gonna head over there.
- Okay.
Okay.
- Man, this guy was tripping.
- What do you mean? There's Ryan's field with the rock and the flowers.
Uh-huh.
- Hey, hi.
Hey.
You have any idea what happened here? Crazy lady got into it with the owner.
She gave a piece of marble some wings.
The owner around? I don't know.
I was told to fix it.
- You have a name and a number? - Yeah, his name is Brian Gaghan.
I'll call the office for his number.
Gaghan, the architect? If you say so.
I'm just here to fix the glass.
I need to get these measurements in.
Yeah, go ahead.
- You were right.
- About what? Gaghan taking off was suspicious.
Yeah, and I guess he was dead serious about not being blackmailed.
You son of a bitch.
Mr.
Gaghan how was the snow? It was okay.
You wanna tell us what happened last night? Well, it was pretty straightforward.
I went to my gallery for an artist's opening.
I drove up to Catamount afterwards.
Two fights with Audrey West.
One at your gallery that resulted in a shattered storefront.
Does that seem straightforward to you? Audrey and I argued.
Then she broke the glass, but I didn't do anything to her.
Really? I have a theory.
Audrey needed money, she tried to blackmail you.
You didn't wanna be exposed.
You know where the rest of the story is going.
- Why would Audrey blackmail me? - For stealing her work, maybe? We analyzed the concept drawings that Audrey took from your office.
Those celebrated buildings that you, uh, took credit for? Those were Audrey's designs.
- Want me to go through that theory? - No, no, no.
It's fine.
Audrey got pretty riled up.
But I did not kill her.
You missed the opening.
Where's my $50,000? I told you to wire it.
And I decided I don't wanna be blackmailed.
You don't care if people find out you haven't had an original idea in years? Or that maybe you've never had one? Is it my fault that I have an eye for talent? It's a good quid pro quo.
The young ones give me a few good years.
- And then later, we share in the spoils.
- Well, I want my spoils now.
- Because you're dying? - Yes.
Because I'm dying.
Well, I'm not gonna give it to you.
You broke into my office and stole files.
You've deluded yourself into thinking somehow you have designed two of my buildings.
Maybe it's the tumor.
But whatever it is, it's not worth liquidating assets for.
You son of a bitch.
You son of a bitch.
Audrey took off down the street.
The guy she was with got into his truck and drove the opposite way.
That is the last I saw them.
You just let her leave with one of your paintings? I figured I got off easy.
Can anyone verify where you were after that? I was with Paula Koponen artist from the show.
I picked her up at her place and drove her to Catamount with me.
Write down her name and number.
You're here until she confirms your story.
A washed-up architect stiffs dying woman.
Should play well on the evening news.
No, that'll do it.
Great.
Okay, the architect's story checks out.
His budding Picasso was skiing with him.
Okay, well, if we believe Gaghan Audrey wasn't with Ryan after she left the gallery.
I still haven't found a cab that picked her up.
- That includes gypsy cabs? - I'm working on those.
How long did the husband say she could go without her next pill? Twelve hours.
If she didn't take her dose this morning, she's long overdue.
You know, you've been very helpful.
Thank you.
Guys, I found Cara Nelson from the hospice group.
- Where? - Living with an elderly widow in a Central Park West apartment.
- What's the connection? She's dying, she's vulnerable.
According to her doorman Cara's installed herself as the woman's caregiver.
What a bottom feeder.
N.
Y.
P.
D.
's reeling her in as we speak.
We subpoenaed your bank records, compared them to Audrey's.
Know what we found? Withdrawal amounts from Audrey's account that are identical to deposit amounts into your account.
Was she giving you money? Yes, I sold her some herbs.
Legally imported from Thailand.
- Why would she buy herbs from you? - She thought they would help her.
And did your sales pitch include that those herbs had healed you? - I had cancer of the lymph nodes.
Yes.
- Could you give me the name of the doctor who told you you were cured? - I don't have to tell you that.
Actually, you do.
Because fraud is getting people to part with their money based on a lie.
See, here's the thing.
We don't have any record of you visiting a doctor for any diagnosis.
So we can charge you right now or you can prove to us that you're not a fraud.
There a third option? Uh-huh.
Tell us what happened with Audrey.
I was working her for a while.
Wasn't having success till after her seizure.
She got a lot more desperate after that.
Hearing that I was cured was the final fly on the line.
And she finally bit about a week ago.
Am I being stupid? Is it stupid to wanna live for your family? I tried being accepting.
Dying the good way.
Nearly dying from that seizure and watching Gabe get sicker.
I'm not ready.
I know.
You're like me.
That's why I have to share this with you.
Now, you told me about the shame exercise but the picture you brought to the group.
You were in the sixth grade? Seventh.
I was in boarding school a place called West Yorktown Academy.
Mm-hm.
Something happened there.
Something that made you feel dirty.
Yes.
That's it.
I can feel that.
That is the energy the tumor's feeding on.
I'm sorry.
What's wrong? It's too strong.
I'm just a novice though.
I'm not even supposed to be doing this.
- Then what do I do? - I don't know.
There must be something.
Maybe the monks could help us.
They did it for me.
- How does that work? Do I go there? - No.
No, you make a donation to pay for medicine or for their school.
I tell them that a generous benefactor wishes only for their enlightenment and for a prayer for their own good health.
How much should I give? I gave them $ 16,000 for my pilgrimage.
But I don't know.
As much as you can.
What's important is the intention.
You know you're also going to have to face the source of your pain.
Find him? Yes.
Settle things.
She called me the next day.
Said she found a way to get me maybe 15, 20,000.
I told her that sounded like a good amount.
She was desperate.
Aren't most dying people? Did she happen to mention the name of this guy? Oh, don't stop now, you're on a roll.
I have no idea.
I stopped listening after she told me she'd get me the money.
- So can I go now? Yeah.
To federal prison.
Uh, I thought I was getting a deal.
And Audrey thought she was getting a cure.
So when she was dealing with this con woman, Cara Nelson Audrey made reference to the fact there was something that made her feel dirty.
What do you think? Abuse? - It's possible.
- But there's no record of it in her past history.
- Not yet.
But her school closed down 10 years ago and we're digging through those files.
But a local paper reported a day of prayer and reconciliation 22 years ago.
The school even brought in a therapist.
Something must have happened they needed to deal with.
Well, at least you know the haystack you're looking at is 22 years old.
- Yeah.
- Sir, I understand your wife is retired.
I just need her for one second, please.
I wanna talk about one incident at the West Yorktown Academy, that's all.
Your paper must've run a lot of articles.
No, I understand that, Dr.
Wilson.
But it Anything about your conversations with Audrey would be great.
What's the phone number? You're sure? Inappropriate behavior with a student? Ah, do you know if any charges were ever filed? No? Okay, is that James Corwin with a C or a K? Well, a former colleague told me you taught science.
Yeah, there was some kind of problem in the department? Thank you, Mrs.
Corwin.
Bye.
That was Mrs.
Corwin.
Apparently, Mr.
Corwin got a call from a former student last night.
Went out to meet her, stayed for over an hour and when he got home, he refused to talk about it.
He probably wasn't too happy about a 22-year-old secret coming out to ruin his life.
So why did you go and meet Audrey West last night? She called and asked to see me.
Recognize this? That's you and Audrey when she was 12.
I know where you're going with this.
I didn't abuse Audrey.
We know she came to confront you last night.
You were the last person to see her before she went missing.
Why don't you just tell us what happened to her? I did see Audrey last night but not for the reason you think.
- Really, what do we think? You didn't have to bring coffee.
An unexpected call from an old student is worth a drive and a latte.
What's the occasion after all these years? We have to talk about what happened.
There's no need to drag up the past.
No, we do.
I didn't mean to hurt you.
I understand Mr.
Corwin took you on a stargazing trip.
- Is that true? - Yes, ma'am.
We were trying to find binary stars.
But you were unsupervised.
Alone and at night.
Just like when this photo was taken.
Mr.
Corwin was doing me a favor.
I missed the science club picture.
He was obviously looking for chances to take liberties.
Now, I know you have worried about your continuation here, Audrey.
Your parents have been very inconsistent with their tuition payments.
But I don't want you to have to worry anymore.
That's why I've arranged for a full scholarship.
Oh, wow.
That's great.
You just have to tell me the truth about Mr.
Corwin.
Now when he took this picture and you were alone in the schoolhouse.
Yes? Did he take that opportunity to fondle your breast? I ruined your life for a lousy scholarship.
You were just fodder in an adult battle.
A big donor wanted my head for calling him a moron.
Others would have squawked if there wasn't good cause.
They wouldn't listen when you told them the truth? Innocent stargazing between a male teacher and a 12-year-old girl can sound sleazy pretty quick.
I should have been more careful being alone with a student.
But then because of me, you couldn't teach anymore.
So life gave me salt.
I made margaritas.
My life turned out fine.
What's going on? Are you okay? I've just been having some troubles in my life and I thought that if I fixed yours that things could turn around for me.
Well, then consider me fixed.
Remember what I used to say in class? Screw the results.
Relish the process.
She seemed to get it all out and then she was fine.
She was gonna get the next bus.
I offered to wait with her but she said she was going to enjoy the night sky.
There's something wrong with her, isn't there? She's dying.
Oh.
FBI, ma'am.
Have you seen this woman? Uh, yeah, I saw her around 11:00 last night.
She was over there.
Did she get on a bus? No, she was a little wobbly.
I think she had too much to drink.
- But her friend was helping her.
- Her friend? What was this friend like? Young guy, I started to go over but he had it handled.
Yeah, he was helping her with her stuff.
Did you see what direction they were going in? Yeah, right back over there.
- Thank you.
- Sure.
Martin.
Yeah, she's been spotted.
I think there may have been an assault.
You take the parking lot, I'll take the yard.
Audrey! Audrey! Audrey? Audrey? Audrey! I got something.
Unh.
She's here.
This is Agent Fitzgerald.
We need an ambulance at the Hastings bus station.
Maintenance area.
Yeah, that's right, thanks.
Is she alive? She's breathing but it's shallow.
Ambulance is on its way.
Your husband and daughter are on their way down.
Thank you.
Ah, I swore I'd never be back here.
And this is where I end up, putting everyone through this all because I wanted more time.
Nobody can blame you for that.
Before my diagnosis, it was always about what would happen one day.
And then when I got sick I kept skipping the here and now.
But you still have that.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Honey.
Honey.
Honey.
Welcome back.
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