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Titre VO : "DOA for a Day"
Titre VF : "Madame X"
Réalisation : Christine Moore
Scénario : John Dove, Peter M.Lenkov
USA : 2 Avril 2008
France : 25 Janvier 2009
Casting : Emmanuelle Vaugier (Det. Jennifer Angell), Joshua Pence (Barman), Kam Keskin (Suspect), Jessalyn Gilsig (Jordan Gates), Bryan Anderson (Russ McHenry)
Résumé :
La police de NY recherche toujours activement Madame X, qui a jusqu'ici échappé à Mac et qui continue de tuer. Une voix anonyme mène les experts dans un bâtiment désaffecté, où est censé se trouver son cadavre.
Mais la victime est Katie Mann. Madame X lui a infligé une atroce chirurgie pour faire croire à sa propre mort. Katie était l'assistance d'une collaboratrice du maire, Jordan Gates, elle-même connaissance de Mac. Celle-ci prépare un grand évènement le soir même, en compagnie de nombreuses personnalités. Mac veut à tout prix éviter de nouvelles victimes...
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INT./EXT. VARIOUS N.Y. LOCATIONS - NIGHT
MUSIC IN
[MONTAGE OF “CRIME CATCHERS” TELEVISION SHOW’S OPENING AND “RE-ENACTMENT” OF A MURDER]
CRIME CATCHERS ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
This is “New York Crime Catchers.” Tonight the New York City Police Department is asking for your help. Approximately six weeks ago at 11:30 p.m., Cheryl Miller was leaving a New York dance club and on her way home. It was at this time that she was approached by a female suspect who pulled a gun and fired upon the victim, killing her instantly. The suspect is also believed to be responsible for the murders of Judge Daniel McHenry, a resident of New Jersey and New York Representative Congressman Philip Devane. The suspect is a white female, five foot eight, 110 pounds with medium-length blonde hair. If you have any information about this case, call the New York Crime Catchers tip line, 1-800-555-0199. Remember, every call is confidential.
[PROGRAM ENDS WITH A POLICE ARTIST’S RENDERING OF SUSPECT AND READS, “CRIME CATCHERS HOTLINE: 1-800-555-0199”]
MUSIC OUT
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
MUSIC IN
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
CRIME CATCHERS OPERATOR (V.O.)
Crime Catchers. How can I help you?
WOMAN (V.O.)
I saw her. The blonde woman the police are looking for. I know where she is.
MUSIC OUT
EXT. VENETTI MEATS - NIGHT
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
This building’s been vacant for over two years. New York Power Corp. detected an abnormal usage spike from an adjacent building.
STELLA BONASERA
Someone’s piggy-backing off their neighbor’s electric service. This tip looks like the real deal.
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL
The perimeter is locked down. We’re good to go.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
All right. Listen up. We’ll be entering the building from a side location, here. This will be our primary access and egress point. And I want radio silence. Our suspect is technologically sophisticated.
MAC TAYLOR
Make no mistake. This woman will be armed and very dangerous. She’s a shooter. Killing is nothing more than an instinct.
MUSIC IN
MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED)
During our last pursuit I saw her cut down an unarmed civilian without blinkin’ an eye and so she will not think twice about putting a bullet in you. Play it smart.
INT. VENETTI MEATS - MAIN WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
[MAC TAYLOR, STELLA BONASERA AND DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL WALK QUIETLY INTO THE ROOM. MAC SIGNALS TO ANGELL AND STELLA. ANGELL AND MAC MOVE INTO ANOTHER ROOM AND FIND A MAKEUP TABLE WITH VARIOUS WIG STANDS, AND A BANK OF COMPUTERS SHOWING WHITE SCREENS. ON ANOTHER WALL ARE PHOTOS.]
INT. VENETTI MEATS - BUTCHERING ROOM - NIGHT
[MAC AND ANGELL FIND A BODY LAID OUT ON A CUTTING BLOCK, HER ARMS AND LEGS HANDCUFFED, A KNIFE STUCK IN HER HEAD]
STELLA BONASERA
Perimeter’s clear.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Man, that’s brutal.
STELLA BONASERA
Is this Suspect X?
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Mac, you were the only one to come face-to-face with her.
[FLASHBACK]
BUSINESSMAN
She just knocked on my door. I, I don’t know who she is. Please, she’s, let me go.
[BACK TO SCENE]
MAC TAYLOR
Yeah. It’s her.
MUSIC OUT
LATER -
[STELLA TAKES A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUSPECT X]
[POLICE WALLA]
STELLA BONASERA
Hey, guys, it’s gonna be another minute.
MAC TAYLOR
Any luck?
ADAM ROSS
Negative. Hard drive’s been wiped clean.
MAC TAYLOR
See if you can find any foreign prints. Maybe whatever was on these laptops is something to die for.
MUSIC IN
STELLA BONASERA
You okay? What are you thinking?
MAC TAYLOR
This woman was a skilled and trained assassin. Whoever did this had to be better.
[REENACTMENT]
STELLA BONASERA (V.O.)
Who kills a professional killer?
[TO OPENING SEQUENCE]
THEME MUSIC IN
SHOW TITLE - OPENING SEQUENCES
OPENING CREDITSEND OF TEASER
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - DAY
MUSIC IN
INT. M.E.’S OFFICE - AUTOPSY ROOM - DAY
[DR. SID HAMMERBACK SHAVES SUSPECT X’S HEAD, X-RAYS HER HEAD, THEN REMOVES THE KNIFE FROM HER HEAD]
LATER -
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
Your murder weapon.
MUSIC OUT
MAC TAYLOR
Well. Six-and-a-half-inch, black powder-coated blade, saw-tooth back. This is a Navy SEAL combat knife.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
Now if only there was a game show that called for that kind of knowledge, you’d be able to retire early.
MAC TAYLOR
I’d miss your wit. And your keen sense of observation. Speaking of which.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
Uh, that knife you’re holding was used to inflict these stab wounds. They’re shallow. Deliberate but non-lethal.
MAC TAYLOR
She endured a tremendous amount of pain.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
She was also suffering from acute dehydration. Her muscles showed signs of atrophy. And take a look at these.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK (CONTINUED)
On the surface they appear to be minor abrasions. But in fact--.
[ZOOM IN TO CLOSE UP OF BED SORES]
MUSIC IN/OUT
MAC TAYLOR
They’re bed sores.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
Exactly.
MAC TAYLOR
Aged linear bruising. Looks like she was bound for an extended period of time.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
I was getting to that, Mac. You’re stealing my thunder. See?
MAC TAYLOR
Legs as well. She struggled hard.
[REENACTMENT]
[SCREAMS]
[BACK TO SCENE]
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
Now, this looks to be a, an injection site. [ZOOM INTO CLOSE UP OF INJECTION] I’m waiting for tox to come back to determine if she was drugged. But I’m guessing she was held captive for a long time, tortured and possibly drugged. Any theories?
MAC TAYLOR
This woman murdered people for a living. She was highly skilled. She probably trained to endure torture. Whatever her killer was after, she didn’t give it up easily.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
Or give it up at all.
MAC TAYLOR
Anything else?
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
I thought you’d never ask. This may be the most perplexing thing about this case. [MUSIC IN] These metal screws were inserted during a cosmetic forehead lift.
[REENACTMENT]
[BACK TO SCENE]
DR. SID HAMMERBACK (CONTINUED)
And take a look at these, uh, healed fractures. Uh, inflicted during a surgical procedure to alter the nose. My autopsy also revealed remnants of scarring from an eyelift, and genioplasty, and skin layer erosion therapy. And all of this work was performed within the last couple of months.
MAC TAYLOR
Our vic was a--
[FLASHBACK]
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
--master of disguise. Maybe cosmetic--
[BACK TO SCENE]
MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED)
--surgery was another elaborate way to conceal her identity. How are you at reverse engineering?
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
I don’t like the sound of this.
MAC TAYLOR
Sid, if you can rebuild her face to what it may have looked like before the surgery, it might help I.D. her. Knowing who this woman is will help us find her enemies and who might have wanted her dead.
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - TRACE LAB - DAY
MUSIC OUT
MAC TAYLOR
You get any prints off the laptops?
ADAM ROSS
Nothing usable.
MAC TAYLOR
Knife give us anything?
ADAM ROSS
Here. Take a peak.
[FLASHBACK]
MUSIC IN
ADAM ROSS (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
I found it in the handle.
MUSIC OUT
[BACK TO SCENE]
MAC TAYLOR
A ball-bearing?
ADAM ROSS
Hmm. Minute traces of dried blood on the surface.
MAC TAYLOR
Looks like shrapnel from an improvised explosive device. Soldiers wounded in action sometimes keep the shrapnel that’s pulled from their bodies.
MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED)
It’s like a little reminder of how close they came to dying. You get any prints off the knife?
ADAM ROSS
Wiped clean. But I did find some dried blood in the crevice between the hilt and the handle. I sent both samples to DNA.
MAC TAYLOR
So if the owner of the knife was wounded in action, he or she would be the recipient of a Purple Heart.
ADAM ROSS
Are you saying our killer could be a war hero?
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - DNA - DAY
MUSIC IN/OUT
DANNY MESSER
Hey, Linds.
LINDSAY MONROE
Oh, Danny. They’re beautiful. Nothing says you’re special like centrifuge tubes filled with DNA samples.
DANNY MESSER
I’m not gonna live this down, am I?
LINDSAY MONROE
Forgetting my birthday? Probably not. Where’d you get these?
DANNY MESSER
Adam found more blood samples on the knife. There was a piece of shrapnel hidden inside the handle. Did you run the blood he found on the hilt?
LINDSAY MONROE
Yep. Came back non-human. I sent it to serology for a protein analysis.
DANNY MESSER
Lindsay, come on. Uh, guys, we’re not wired for remembering dates, okay? We remember the sports stats and then steak sides. That’s our thing, all right?
LINDSAY MONROE
Steak sides? You are so busted.
ND TECH
Detective Monroe?
LINDSAY MONROE
Thanks.
ND TECH
Sure.
LINDSAY MONROE
DNA from the knife came back to a white-tailed deer, common to the forests of the northeastern United States.
DANNY MESSER
Wasn’t one of Suspect X’s victims on a hunting trip in Jersey when he was killed?
[FLASHBACK]
MUSIC IN
LINDSAY MONROE (V.O.)
Yeah, Judge Daniel McHenry.
MUSIC OUT
[BACK TO SCENE]
LINDSAY MONROE (CONTINUED)
And we also found evidence of a whitetailed deer infected with Lyme disease at that crime scene. So, if our new blood sample has Lyme disease then it’s possible that our murder weapon was at that same location.
DANNY MESSER
Boom. What about the blood on the shrapnel? Did that come back deer or human?
LINDSAY MONROE
Human. I’ll run it through CODIS.
DANNY MESSER
All right. While you do that, I will run the blood from the knife and see if Bambi is infected with Lyme disease.
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR - DAY
MUSIC IN/OUT
[WALLA]
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - MAC’S OFFICE - DAY
STELLA BONASERA
Hey. What’s the rush?
MAC TAYLOR
An old friend of mine from the Marine Corps, General Finn provided me with a list of Navy SEALs who were recipients of the Purple Heart who were wounded in combat from an IED or a car bomb.
STELLA BONASERA
Bet that’s a pretty exclusive list.
MAC TAYLOR
Exclusive enough that we may have identified the owner of the knife that killed Suspect X. Russ McHenry.
STELLA BONASERA
Judge McHenry’s son?
MUSIC IN
MAC TAYLOR
The blood we found on the murder weapon was from a white-tailed deer that tested positive for Lyme disease.
STELLA BONASERA
And we can place Russ McHenry’s knife at the scene of his father’s murder.
MAC TAYLOR
The same knife that killed Suspect X. And the answer to the question, who is capable of murdering a professional killer?
STELLA BONASERA
A Navy SEAL with a killer motive.
EXT. OFFICE BUILDING - DAY
INT. AUTO REPAIR SHOP - GARAGE - DAY
RUSS MCHENRY
Look, Detectives. I’m really busy. [MUSIC OUT] I’ve got a garage full of cars. Why don’t we skip this interrogation one-on-one crap and get right to the point.
MAC TAYLOR
You still have the Navy SEAL combat knife that was issued to you when you joined your unit?
RUSS MCHENRY
I gave it to my father to gut his deer the day he was killed. That’s the last time I saw it.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Well, it just turned up, stuck in the back of a dead woman’s skull.
MAC TAYLOR
We think she’s the person responsible for your father’s murder.
RUSS MCHENRY
Well, when you catch her killer, be sure to thank them for me.
MAC TAYLOR
Mr. McHenry, whoever killed her was highly skilled. This person was able to render a trained assassin helpless and then torture and murder her, presumably all by himself.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Person capable of that might have had extensive military training. What do you think?
RUSS MCHENRY
What do I think?
[WALLA]
[RUSS WHEELS HIMSELF FROM UNDER THE CAR REVEALING PROSTHESES ON BOTH LEGS AND HIS LEFT ARM]
RUSS MCHENRY
I’m not gonna let you stand here and accuse me of murder.
MAC TAYLOR
We’re not accusing you. We’re trying to understand how your knife ended up at our crime scene.
RUSS MCHENRY
You’re disappointed, Detective. I can see it in your eyes. You come here expecting a big strong Navy SEAL killing machine. Instead you get half a soldier.
MAC TAYLOR
What I see is motive.
RUSS MCHENRY
What do you know?
MAC TAYLOR
More than you think.
RUSS MCHENRY
Don’t you dare pity me.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
It ain’t pity, Russ. I’m just trying to figure out if you could a done it.
RUSS MCHENRY
What? ‘Cause of these? Twenty different ways, Detective. Trust me. But come on, leaving my knife behind? That’s sloppy. If you know anything about Navy SEALs, we’re not sloppy. I’ll tell you this though. If I would’ve known who killed my father, yeah, I would’ve done it.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET - DAY
[POLICE SIREN]
INT. M.E.’S OFFICE - AUTOPSY ROOM - DAY
MUSIC IN
[MONTAGE SEQUENCE OF DR. HAMMERBACK LOOKING AT VICTIM’S PLASTIC SURGERY PROCEDURES]
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - A/V LAB - DAY
[MONTAGE SEQUENCE OF DANNY USING DR. HAMMERBACK’S NOTES TO CREATE A PICTURE OF THE VICTIM ON THE COMPUTER]
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR - DAY
MUSIC OUT
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Tox results came back on Suspect X. We found traces of morphine and propofol in her system.
MAC TAYLOR
Veterinarians use propofol to anesthetize animals.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Lab also detected traces of ringer’ssolution in the blood, which makes sense because the vic was suffering from acute hypertonicity.
MAC TAYLOR
A complication associated with longterm intravenous feeding. Explains the puncture mark Sid found on--
[FLASHBACK]
MUSIC IN
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
--Suspect X’s hand.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES (V.O.)
And her bed--
MUSIC OUT
[BACK TO SCENE]
DR. SHELDON HAWKES (CONTINUED)
--sores and muscle atrophy. She was in bed for a long time.
MAC TAYLOR
Still doesn’t explain why our killer drugged her, fed her intravenously and then held her hostage over a long period of time. It just doesn’t make sense.
DANNY MESSER
Actually, it does. If the woman we found in the warehouse is not Suspect X.
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - A/V LAB - DAY
DANNY MESSER
Using the cosmetic surgery data Sid culled from the autopsy, I was able to deconstruct our victim’s face, coming up with a, a pre-surgery composite.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
And how do we know that’s not what our hired killer looked like before the surgery?
DANNY MESSER
‘Cause I ran the composite through our Missing Persons database and this is what I found. Boom. Her name is Katie Mann. Six weeks ago she disappeared [MUSIC IN] under suspicious circumstances.
MAC TAYLOR
Suspect X specifically targeted Katie Mann because she closely resembled her. The surgery made them identical.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
So she kidnaps, tortures and kills an innocent girl to fake her own death.
DANNY MESSER
Yeah. Means our, uh, female assassin is still alive.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
But why go through all that trouble to make us believe she’s dead?
DANNY MESSER
Well, ‘cause every law enforcement agency in the country’s looking for her. She dies, her homicide cases die, too. So that means she’s free.
MAC TAYLOR
Free to kill again.
MUSIC OUTEND OF ACT ONE
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - DAY
EXT. WEST SIDE PIER - STAGE AREA - DAY
[WALLA]
JORDAN GATES
Dignitary protection is your number one priority. The mayor will be led and off the stage from that stairway. Um, as for final numbers, it’s still unknown, but you can be assured. Tomorrow’s Green Rally will be one of the largest outdoor gatherings in New York history.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
You two know each other?
MAC TAYLOR
We met last year. Charity event in Gracie Mansion.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Gracie Mansion, huh?
MAC TAYLOR
Couple of months after we met, her estranged husband began stalking her. She made a special request to the Chief.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
And you took care of it.
MAC TAYLOR
Yeah.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
You know, I’ve never even had an old lady ask me to help her cross the street?
JORDAN GATES
Magnetometers will be set up at every entryway, but that doesn’t mean that anyone in this detail feels that they can relax. You will have to be on your toes. I want that site report and threat assessment on my desk before the puck drops tonight. Once the Rangers hit the ice, I’m off the clock. And that’s it. You got a lot of work to do, gentlemen. Get to it.
MAC TAYLOR
Detective Don Flack, Jordan Gates, the mayor’s Criminal Justice Coordinator.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Pleasure.
JORDAN GATES
Same. It’s good to see you again, Detective Taylor. Crime Lab back in one piece?
MAC TAYLOR
Well, I don’t know what strings you pulled, but it seemed to happen overnight.
JORDAN GATES
Well, I figured I owed you one. The mayor, however, he didn’t see it the same way. He said next time you wanna blow up your crime lab, it’s gonna come out of your paycheck. What can I do for you today, Detectives?
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Miss Gates, you filed a Missing Persons report on your former assistant, Katie Mann.
JORDAN GATES
Uh, yeah, about six weeks ago. Why?
MAC TAYLOR
I’m afraid we have some bad news.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Last night she was found murdered in an abandoned warehouse downtown.
JORDAN GATES
My God.
MAC TAYLOR
I’m sorry.
JORDAN GATES
Uh, Katie’s like a little sister to me. She, she didn’t have any family.
MAC TAYLOR
Jordan, I know this is difficult, but we do we need to ask you a few questions.
JORDAN GATES
Of course.
MAC TAYLOR
What can you tell me about the day Katie disappeared?
JORDAN GATES
Uh, nothing out of the ordinary. She came to work. She told me she was gonna go out that night, to a club. Um, Random. It’s downtown.
MAC TAYLOR
Cosplay club, right? It’s where people dress like avatars?
JORDAN GATES
Yeah. That’s right. She loved going there. You know the place?
MAC TAYLOR
Katie wasn’t the killer’s first victim. A woman named Cheryl Miller was murdered a couple of months ago following a night out at that same club.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Katie say she was gonna meet anyone? Boyfriend, girlfriend?
JORDAN GATES
No. She always went alone. When she didn’t show up for work the next day, you know, I just figured she had a late night. And then when I didn’t hear from her the following day, uh, that’s when I filed the Missing Persons report.
MUSIC IN
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
INT. CLUB RANDOM - NIGHT
[COMPUTER ANIMATION SHOWS ON SCREENS AS CLUB PATRONS, DRESSED AS AVATARS, DANCE]
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
What does this place remind you of?
DANNY MESSER
Uh, I have no idea.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Star Wars Cantina.
DANNY MESSER
Oh, right, the bar Luke went to on Mos Eisley. Absolutely.
BARTENDER
How can I help you, Officers?
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
How do you know this isn’t a costume?
BARTENDER
Give me a break, man.
DANNY MESSER
Recognize any of these women, Cowboy?
BARTENDER
Yeah. They’re regulars. Haven’t seen ‘em in awhile. I think this one’s name’s Katie.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
What about the other one?
BARTENDER
No idea. Served her a couple times. Didn’t really say much.
DANNY MESSER
Where is that coming from?
BARTENDER
I got no idea. Someone’s hacked into the system, man. I don’t know.
[A COMPUTER ANIMATED VERSION OF MAC STANDS IN A HALLWAY OF PHOTOS OF VICTIMS, INCLUDING KATIE AND JUDGE MCHENRY]
TAYLOR AVATAR (V.O.)
[ECHOED] Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Detective Taylor and I’m with the New York Crime Lab. The NYPD needs your help tonight to bring to justice a fugitive.
[GUNSHOT]
[MAC’S AVATAR IS SHOT BY SUSPECT X’S AVATAR]
DANNY MESSER
What the…
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
It’s Suspect X. She knows we’re here.
DANNY MESSER
She could be here. Anyone holding a mobile device.
SUSPECT X AVATAR (V.O.)
[DISTORTED] Detectives. The hunt for me is futile. Why are you wasting your time chasing shadows? Like a nightmare that won’t go away. [HER IMAGE MORPHS INTO OTHER AVATARS] I will continue to evolve--
FEMALE AVATAR (V.O.)
--while you and your cops--
MALE AVATAR (V.O.)
--chase their tails and mop up the blood.
MONSTER AVATAR (V.O.)
We now return to your regular scheduled party.
[FIRE ERUPTS IN FRONT OF MONSTER AVATAR. THE SCREEN RETURNS TO ITS COMPUTERIZED ANIMATION.]
[WALLA]
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Danny? She’s watching us.
[CSI SHOT - THROUGH CAMERAS]
INT. ND OFFICE - NIGHT
[SUSPECT X WATCHES DANNY AND FLACK IN THE CROWDED CLUB]
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
MUSIC OUT
DR. SHELDON HAWKES (V.O.)
Call Suspect X--
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR - NIGHT
DR. SHELDON HAWKES (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
--made to Crime Catchers originated from a throwaway cell phone. No other calls were made and it’s been turned off.
STELLA BONASERA
Well, what about pulling up some of the background noise from the 911 tape? That could determine where she made the call from.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Done. No acoustic anomalies to work with.
LINDSAY MONROE
Hey. Anyone for good news?
STELLA BONASERA
Please.
[FLASHBACK]
MUSIC IN
LINDSAY MONROE (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
The custom-made bone screws that Sid pulled from the victim’s skull were made by a company called Unlimited Titanium.
MUSIC OUT
[BACK TO SCENE]
LINDSAY MONROE
They were special ordered, coated in titanium. A Park Avenue plastic surgeon by the name of Joseph Kirkbaum placed the order about two years ago.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Suspect X kidnapped Katie Mann to alter her face. What would make a high-end cutter like Kirkbaum complicit in something like that?
LINDSAY MONROE
His license was revoked a year ago for malpractice. He went into the undertaking business. Now, get this. Laurie Hess, the woman responsible for Kirkbaum having his license pulled by the state, was found shot to death in her Florida condominium two months ago. One round to the back of the head.
STELLA BONASERA
Okay. Well, Kirkbaum had to be a suspect.
LINDSAY MONROE
He was. But he had an airtight alibi. He was in New York when she was ventilated. But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t involved. The Hess murder had all the earmarks of a contract killing. The slug that the Miami Crime Lab found at the scene had [MUSIC IN] striation marks consistent with the use of a silencer.
STELLA BONASERA
So, Kirkbaum hires Suspect X to pull the trigger. And to repay the favor, he performs plastic surgery on Katie Mann.
LINDSAY MONROE
Only one way to find out.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
EXT. KIRKBAUM MANOR - SIDE ENTRANCE - NIGHT
MUSIC OUT
[POLICE WALLA]
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL
What?
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
You look good in a vest.
DANNY MESSER
What’s it look like?
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Kirkbaum’s car is parked out front.
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL
Snooped around. Doesn’t look like anyone’s home, but the basement door was unlocked.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
You bring anything else?
LINDSAY MONROE
All access pass.
[SHE HOLDS UP A WARRANT]
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL
Nice.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
You guys take the downstairs, we’ll hit the upstairs.
DANNY MESSER
All right.
INT. KIRKBAUM MANOR - STAIRCASE/BASEMENT - NIGHT
[MEOWING]
LINDSAY MONROE
So much for sterile conditions.
DANNY MESSER
Joseph Kirkbaum, NYPD.
MUSIC IN
[DANNY AND LINDSAY FIND SEVERAL DEAD BODIES ON OPERATING TABLES]
DANNY MESSER
Lindsay. You ready? NYPD.
INT. KIRKBAUM MANOR – EMBALMING/OPERATING ROOM -
NIGHT (CONTINUOUS)
DANNY MESSER
This is definitely where Kirkbaum held Katie Mann.
[REENACTMENT]
[SCREAM]
[BACK TO SCENE]
LINDSAY MONROE
And where he surgically altered--
[REENACTMENT]
LINDSAY MONROE (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
--her appearance to make her look like Suspect X.
[BACK TO SCENE]
DANNY MESSER
Lindsay. Looks like we found our doctor. Oh, he’s dead. T.O.D. can’t be more than eight hours ago.
LINDSAY MONROE
What is that in his eye?
[CSI SHOT/REVERSE IMAGE THROUGH CAMERA TO LINDSAY AND DANNY]
DANNY MESSER
Looks like some sort of camera.
INTERCUT WITH -
INT. ND OFFICE - NIGHT
[SUSPECT X WATCHES DANNY AND LINDSAY THROUGH DR. KIRKBAUM’S CAMERA]
LINDSAY MONROE (V.O.)
Danny. She’s watching us.
[DANNY REMOVES THE CAMERA FROM THE DOCTOR’S EYE]
DANNY MESSER
Not anymore.
[DANNY CUTS THE CAMERA’S CONNECTION]
MUSIC OUTEND OF ACT TWO
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
MUSIC IN
[POLICE SIREN]
INT. KIRKBAUM MANOR - BASEMENT - NIGHT
[SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EMBALMING/OPERATING ROOM]
ADAM ROSS
I got nothin’. Hard drive’s been wiped clean. This girl is really good at hiding her tracks.
DANNY MESSER
But what Kirkbaum? I’m gonna have Flack subpoena his email accounts, his, uh, phone records, any computers he had access to over the last six months. We gotta focus on hardware outside of this location. And if Kirkbaum hired Suspect X, he must have left a, an electronic footprint behind.
LINDSAY MONROE
Hey, Danny.
DANNY MESSER
Yeah.
LINDSAY MONROE
There’s high velocity blood spatter on these coveralls.
DANNY MESSER
Kirkbaum had a close contact wound to the face. Suspect X must have been wearing these when she executed--
[LINDSAY TAKES A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE COVERALL’S BLOOD SPATTER]
DANNY MESSER (CONTINUED)
--him.
[REENACTMENT]
[BACK TO SCENE]
DANNY MESSER
Got something in one of the pockets.
LINDSAY MONROE
It’s a strange consistency.
DANNY MESSER
Let’s get it over to Hawkes. Whatever it is, if Suspect X had it in her coveralls, could explain what the hell’s going on.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR - NIGHT
LINDSAY MONROE
The bullet recovered from Kirkbaum’s skull came from a .45, same caliber Suspect X uses.
MAC TAYLOR
Once she knew we were onto her, she killed Kirkbaum to tie up any loose ends.
LINDSAY MONROE
Yeah, but why would leave behind a camera in his eye?
MAC TAYLOR
It’s her way of looking over her shoulder to see how far behind we are.
ADAM ROSS
Mac.
MAC TAYLOR
Don’t tell me, Adam. You broke the case.
ADAM ROSS
All I gotta say is remember today when I put in for a raise. [CHUCKLES] Come on.
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - A/V LAB - NIGHT
ADAM ROSS
Detective Flack came through with the subpoenas and I’m going through all of Kirkbaum’s electronic communications. I’ve been focusing on everything to and from the good doctor leading up to and after the Laura Hess murder.
MAC TAYLOR
And?
ADAM ROSS
What you’re about to see is a series of emails between Kirkbaum and his attorney. Now, it seems like Kirkbaum was angry about Hess refusing to settle out of court or drop the complaint she filed against him with the State Medical Board. Really threatening stuff. A few minutes after the exchange, Kirkbaum received an instant message from someone using a newly created untraceable email account that emanated from inside an Internet café in Soho.
[REENACTMENT]
MUSIC IN
ADAM ROSS (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
And the message simply read, “I can take care of your problem.”
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.)
Kirkbaum didn’t--
MUSIC OUT
[BACK TO SCENE]
MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED)
--find Suspect X. She found him and offered her services for a price.
ADAM ROSS
Yeah. And she found him using a recursive spider. It’s an Internet mining program that searches instant messages and emails for key words and phrases.
MUSIC IN
[A SERIES OF WORDS JUMP OFF THE MONITORS, “SOMEONE TO KILL,” “LAWSUIT,” “END OF MY ROPE,” “DESTROY HER,” “SMASH HER HEAD IN,” RUINING MY LIFE,” “I’LL KILL HER.”]
DR. JOSEPH KIRKBAUM (V.O.)
[DISTORTED/WHISPERED] Get someone to kill her. I need this lawsuit to just go away. I’m at the end of my rope here. I want to destroy her like she destroyed me. Everyone wanted to smash her head in. The lies she-- I’ll kill her before. Did you hear what she said afterwards?
MAC TAYLOR
That’s how she identifies potential clients.
ADAM ROSS
And when she finds her mark, she plants a worm to compromise the computer and monitor all communications going in and out.
MAC TAYLOR
That way gains more intimate knowledge of the situation and times her approach based on what she’s reading.
ADAM ROSS
[LAUGHS] It’s brilliant. And it’s, uh, it’s evil. Really evil. Yeah, like--. What are you thinking about?
MAC TAYLOR
Fishing. Suspect X is still out there and if her past is any indication, she’s probably looking for business.
ADAM ROSS
So you want to set a trap?
MAC TAYLOR
Adam, set up a half dozen untraceable email accounts. Develop some believable conflict scenarios between people and start sending threatening, inflammatory messages back and forth. If she takes the bait, we may just catch ourselves a killer.
MUSIC OUT
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR/DNA LAB - NIGHT
[COMPUTER MUSIC]
[HAWKES WATCHES A COMPUTER SCREEN WITH GRAPHICS ACCOMPANIED BY MUSIC]
MAC TAYLOR
[CLEARS THROAT]
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Processed that, uh, metal-based mystery liquid--
[FLASHBACK]
DR. SHELDON HAWKES (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
--we found at the Kirkbaum crime scene. XRF identified it as feral liquid.
[BACK TO SCENE]
MAC TAYLOR
Feral liquid contains magnetic particles that react to sound.
[HAWKES USES THE COMPUTER MUSIC ON HIS iPHONE, PLACES IT NEXT TO A PETRI DISH OF THE FERAL LIQUID. THE LIQUID “DANCES” TO THE MUSIC.]
MAC TAYLOR
And what’s a liquid used to treat iron deficiencies in humans doing in Suspect X’s pocket?
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Maybe she added it to the mixture of the I.V. she was feeding Katie Mann.
MAC TAYLOR
Impossible. Sid did a blood work-up. Katie was suffering from a severe iron deficiency when she died. Has to be another reason. Speakers.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Speakers?
MAC TAYLOR
Feral liquid is also used to cool voice coils in large commercial speakers. Technicians carry vials of it on their tool belt.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Okay. I don’t see the connection.
MAC TAYLOR
Katie Mann. The woman Suspect X made to look like her. Katie was an assistant to Jordan Gates, the mayor’s Criminal Justice Coordinator. When we spoke with Jordan [MUSIC IN] she was at the West Side Pier--
[FLASHBACK]
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
--prepping for a Green Rally tonight. They were setting up a large speaker system when we arrived.
[BACK TO SCENE]
MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED)
Sheldon, this event has been on the books for months. I’m thinking that before Katie was killed, Suspect X got access to information that would’ve allowed her to get onto the grounds--
[REENACTMENT]
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
--and wearing these coveralls, she posed as part of the sound crew in order to stake the place out.
[BACK TO SCENE]
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
You think she’s planning on killing someone tonight?
MAC TAYLOR
The mayor’s scheduled to make a big speech, along with a lot of other politicians and dignitaries. Anyone on that stage could be a target.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Yeah, but security is going to be on lockdown. She’d be crazy to try to walk up in there with a gun.
MAC TAYLOR
What if she didn’t bring it in?
[REENACTMENT]
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
What if it were already there?
[BACK TO SCENE]
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
[POLICE SIRENS]
EXT. WEST SIDE PIER - STAGE AREA - NIGHT
[CROWD GOES THROUGH SECURITY STATIONS. SECURITY WATCHES THE CROWD.]
MAC TAYLOR
The mayor and everyone at this event is at great risk if we allow this rally to go on.
JORDAN GATES
Well, how credible is the threat?
MAC TAYLOR
Very. We have evidence we believe links our suspect to this location. Our intel indicates she’s targeted this even for an assassination attempt.
[DANNY AND FLACK FOLLOW DOGS SEARCHING FOR THE GUN]
[JORDAN AND MAC ADDRESS THE SECURITY TEAM]
JORDAN GATES
Detective Taylor believes the killer may have infiltrated the support staff tasked with setting up the event, perhaps posing as a member of the sound crew. We’re looking into this matter as we speak.
MAC TAYLOR
We’re concerned she may have smuggled a weapon onto the grounds and hidden it, in advance of the rally.
DANNY MESSER
Dog’s hit on something, Flack. Anybody got a drill?
[DANNY REMOVES A PLATE FROM THE BACK OF A SPEAKER, FINDS A GUN INSIDE]
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
[INTO RADIO] Mac, (V.O.) we got it.
MAC TAYLOR
Good work. (V.O.) Make sure we lock down the perimeter. (ON CAMERA) If she’s here, we can’t let her get away.
JORDAN GATES
Mac. Thank you.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
MUSIC OUT
DANNY MESSER (V.O.)
Mac, I don’t know how we missed her when we had every exit sealed off.
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR - NIGHT
MAC TAYLOR
Well, she left long before we shut the event down. She’s way too careful not to have been watching us. Tell Flack I want shadow details on the mayor and everyone else on that guest list. As long as Suspect X is still out there, there’s a chance she’ll finish the job or go onto the next target.
DANNY MESSER
I mean if she’s watching our every move, that means she knows how close we got to her. I mean with that kind of heat, you think she’d lay low for awhile, no?
MAC TAYLOR
This woman isn’t capable of slowing down. Killing’s the only thing she knows how to do and her inability to stop is how we’re gonna catch her.
DANNY MESSER
All right. I’ll get busy. [TO ADAM] Tell me you got something.
ADAM ROSS
Big time. I did what you said and I opened up a bunch of untraceable email accounts and various profiles. One of ‘em IM’d this smokin’ hot 22-year-old girl who was having a little flingy ding with this middle-aged married guy. And basically, I want the wife out.
MAC TAYLOR
Adam.
ADAM ROSS
Yeah. Oh, right. Oh, okay. So, I put a bunch of key words and phrases that the recursive spider would log onto. About a half hour ago, I got this message.
MUSIC IN
[DISPLAY READS, “I CAN TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROBLEM.”]
MAC TAYLOR
Suspect X took the bait.
MUSIC OUTEND OF ACT THREE
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - DAY
MUSIC IN
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - WAR ROOM - DAY
[MAC SPEAKS TO SWAT TEAM, FBI AND DETECTIVE ANGELL ON LARGE MONITORS]
MAC TAYLOR
Sergeant Williams, Sergeant Clark, Agents Beck and Halinan. Detective Angell. Network is secure. Thank you all for joining the TelePresence call. You’ve all been briefed on our proposed tactical plan, so I’ll jump right in here. A meeting has been arranged between Suspect X and our undercover Detective Angell.
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL (V.O.)
I just talked to Detective Flack. He and his advance team are on site. We’re good to go.
MAC TAYLOR
Good. The meet location is a bench on the north side of the plaza. Sergeant Williams, your tactical response team will stand by at 39 Broadway and Seventh, waiting for my word to move in. Agents Beck and Halinan, your FBI surveillance team will have eyes on the outer perimeter. Let’s hope one of your people spots her and we can take her on the way in. That would save us an awful lot of trouble.
EXT. BRYAN PARK - PLAZA - DAY
[FLACK AND MAC TAKE THEIR POSITIONS. ANGELL, WEARING A BLOND WIG, SITS ON A BENCH]
th Street betweenMAC TAYLOR (V.O.)
Detective Flack will be the ghost. He’ll be on set dressed as an employee from the Department of Parks. I will be situated in a parking structure across the plaza. Every member of the team will have audio capability, but all communications will come through me. And no one moves, without my order.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Got movement coming in southeast. (V.O.) Just say the word.
MAC TAYLOR
Nobody move.
[DECOY SITS NEXT TO ANGELL]
MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED)
It’s too easy.
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL
It’s not her.
MAC TAYLOR
What’s the note say?
[ANGELL OPENS A NOTE WHICH READS, “DON’T MOVE”]
DETECTIVE JESSICA ANGELL
Don’t move.
MAC TAYLOR
(V.O.) She sent somebody in first to make sure (ON CAMERA) it wasn’t a trap. Have somebody pick up the decoy and stand by. I got a visual. That’s her.
[SUSPECT X PASSES THE DECOY, WALKS TOWARD ANGELL]
MAC TAYLOR
Uni, who the hell is that? Where’d he come from?
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
He’s not one of ours, Mac.
MAC TAYLOR
It’s gonna spook her. [SUSPECT X STARTS RUNNING] Move.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK (V.O.)
Mac, I lost visual.
[MAC CHASES SUSPECT X]
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.)
I got her, Flack. She’s headed due south towards Seventh Avenue.
[WALLA]
[SUSPECT X PUSHES PEDESTRIANS ASIDE AS SHE RUNS THROUGH THEM. SHE REMOVES HER HAT, SCARF AND COAT.]
MAC TAYLOR
She’s changed her clothing. Lost the hat and scarf. The previous description of the suspect’s no good. I got her. Corner of 46 New construction. I’m going in.
[SUSPECT X SQUEEZES THROUGH A FENCE]
INT. BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION - DAY
[SUSPECT X TAKES OUT HER GUN WITH SILENCER. MAC FOLLOWS.]
MAC TAYLOR
Halt!
[GUNFIRE]
th and Seventh.[THEY SHOOT AT EACH OTHER WHILE RUNNING THROUGH THE BUILDING. MAC FOLLOWS BLOOD DROPS, LEADING TO SUSPECT X SITTING BEHIND A PILLAR.]
MAC TAYLOR
Who are you?
SUSPECT X
Anyone you want me to be, Detective. Lover. Friend. Fantasy. Nightmare. Take your pick.
MAC TAYLOR
Based on the amount of blood leaving your body from that hole I put in your chest, I’ll go with dead.
SUSPECT X
That’s not on the list.
MAC TAYLOR
This is all just a game, isn’t it? Tell me. What goes through your mind, when you end a life?
SUSPECT X
Besides playing God?
MAC TAYLOR
You don’t have much time. Give me something.
SUSPECT X
A confession? Pulling the trigger is like taking a deep breath of fresh air. Seeing that last little speck of life in their eyes. And when it fades, I don’t know. [COUGHS] I believe, they’re going to a better place.
[POLICE SIRENS]
MUSIC IN
[MAC SLIDES THE GUN AWAY FROM HER]
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Mac, you okay?
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - DAY
MUSIC OUT
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - MAC’S OFFICE - DAY
JORDAN GATES
I don’t understand. What does this have to do with me?
MAC TAYLOR
Immediately following the pursuit we were able to retrieve the suspect’s client list from a PDA she had on her. Her last target wasn’t the mayor or any of the other dignitaries at the event. It was you.
JORDAN GATES
Me? Uh, well, who, who hired her?
MUSIC IN
MAC TAYLOR
Your ex-husband. I’m sorry.
TO BLACK
MUSIC OUT
SHOW TITLE
FADE OUT
THEME MUSIC IN
CLOSING CREDITS
MUSIC OUT
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.)
Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode.
THE END - EPISODE #415 TRT - 42:07
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