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EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET - NIGHT
MUSIC IN
[ON YELLOW TAXIS MOVING ON THE STREETS]
INT. DEATH CAB - NIGHT
[CABBIE KILLER WATCHES RONNA DIXON IN REARVIEW MIRROR AS SHE HAILS A CAB. HE TURNS ON HIS “ON DUTY” SIGN.]
INT. UNDISCLOSED LOCATION - NIGHT
[CABBIE KILLER SPREADS OUT A TARP NEXT TO HIS CAB. HE OPENS THE BACK DOOR, REVEALING A DEAD RONNA DIXON. HE PULLS HER ONTO THE TARP, SCRATCHES MARKINGS ON THE BACK OF HER NECK, RUBS IT IN. HE WRAPS HER IN THE TARP, DUMPS HER INSIDE THE CAB’S TRUNK, SLAMS IT SHUT. HE STARTS THE ENGINE, TURNS ON THE RADIO…]
MUSIC OUT
VERNE LUNDQUIST (V.O.)
Four seconds left on the shot clock. Lenkov passes to--
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET - NIGHT
[CAB MOVES ALONG THE STREET]
VERNE LUNDQUIST (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
--Humphrey. Humphrey hands off to Reiter.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
VERNE LUNDQUIST (V.O.)
Reiter to Callaway. And Alley Oop, it’s another two pointer for the New York Empires. [HALFTIME BUZZER SOUNDS]
EXT. HUDSON SPORTS ARENA - NIGHT
INT. HUDSON SPORTS ARENA - NIGHT
[ON CHEERING FANS AND PLAYERS ON THE COURT]
VERNE LUNDQUIST (V.O.)
There’s the halftime buzzer, but [MUSIC IN] CBS Sports coverage continues.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Hell of a game, Mess.
DANNY MESSER
Yeah. Glad you could make it.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Me, too. You should piss Lindsay off more often.
VERNE LUNDQUIST (V.O.)
Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery with you here and what an exciting evening of play-off action we’ve already seen, Bill.
BILL RAFTERY
The action is just beginning.
VERNE LUNDQUIST
One lucky fan’s seat number is about to be drawn at random, giving him one chance to sink a shot from half court.
BILL RAFTERY
And walk away with one million dollars, Verne. I’m talking Benjamins.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Never gonna happen.
DANNY MESSER
Oh, why? You think you could do it?
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
You kidding me? Boom. Nothin’ but net, baby.
DANNY MESSER
Okay.
PAULA TOLOMEO
Section 214. Row E. Seat 5.
MUSIC IN
DUGAN SCOTT
(with mouth full of popcorn) Seat 5!? Seat 5! That’s me! Here I come!
[CHEERS]
[HE RUNS DOWN THE AISLE, SLAPPING HANDS WITH OTHER FANS. ON THE COURT, THE CHEERLEADERS KISS HIM.]
DUGAN SCOTT (CONTINUED)
A million dollars! Show me some sugar. Oh, yeah.
[DUGAN KISSES PAULA]
PAULA TOLOMEO
Hey, what’s your name?
MUSIC OUT
DUGAN SCOTT
Dugan Scott.
PAULA TOLOMEO
Ready to take your shot at a million bucks, Dugan?
DUGAN SCOTT
Oh, yeah!
ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
All right, New York fans. Let’s get ready to cheer on Dugan Scott for the one million dollar shot.
DANNY MESSER
Oh, I think he can do it.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
No, he can’t.
DANNY MESSER
Wanna make a little wager?
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Fifty bucks.
DANNY MESSER
I hate to take a colleague’s money, but for you, I will be happy to make the exception. Come on.
[DUGAN BOUNCES THE BALL, TAKES HIS SHOT AND MAKES IT]
[CHEERS/APPLAUSE]
MUSIC IN
DANNY MESSER
He did it! He did it!
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
No!
VERNE LUNDQUIST (V.O.)
Oh, my goodness. I just saw it and I still can’t believe it.
ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
And we have a winner. Dugan Scott, one million dollars. Let him hear it!
DANNY MESSER
Whoo!
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
I owe you ten.
[DUGAN HOLDS HIS HEAD, FALLS TO THE FLOOR]
MUSIC OUT
MUSIC IN
PAULA TOLOMEO
Oh, my God. Call the paramedics!
ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
Ladies and gentlemen, for security purposes, please remain
PARAMEDIC (V.O.)
[OVERLAPPING] All right, please stand back.
ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
in your seats. We ask that you please stay seated
PARAMEDIC
[OVERLAPPING] He’s got a faint pulse.
ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
until further instructions. Thank you.
[WALLA]
PARAMEDIC (CONTINUED)
Clear. No response. 300 joules. Clear again.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Danny.
SECURITY
Hold it right here, fellas.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
NYPD.
SECURITY
All right, you can go.
PARAMEDIC
No, nothin’. He’s gone.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Heart attack?
DANNY MESSER
Doesn’t look like it. Hyperhidrosis, severe rashing, dilated pupils. It looks like some sort of poisoning.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
It’d have to be pretty fast-acting. I mean, we just saw him run down here and sink that shot with our own eyes.
DANNY MESSER
Either way, looks like this game just went into overtime.
THEME MUSIC IN
SHOW TITLE - OPENING SEQUENCES
OPENING CREDITS
END OF TEASER
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET/HUDSON SPORTS ARENA - NIGHT
[WALLA]
EXT. HUDSON SPORTS ARENA - NIGHT
[WALLA]
ND MALE SPORTS FAN
Yeah, I’d like to get my money back on this ticket.
INT. HUDSON SPORTS ARENA – UPPER LEVEL
SEATING – NIGHT - LATER
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Okay. So it turns out our vic, Dugan Scott, was a ten-year season ticket holder in Seat E-5. He also picked up a couple drunk and disorderly tickets along the way.
LINDSAY MONROE
Anybody on the floor see anything?
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Spoke to a couple of cheerleaders, refs, security staff, all of them had their eyes glued to the basket until he hit the hardwood.
DANNY MESSER
I’m surprised he didn’t kick the bucket from altitude sickness with these seats.
LINDSAY MONROE
That or the nachos. You know, maybe we should take a look at this scene from another angle. This was a televised game, right? There were cameras all over the place? If you could get us some footage, maybe we can get a better detail picture of what happens.
[DANNY SWABS THE UNDERSIDE OF A SEAT]
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
I’ll make some calls.
DANNY MESSER
Think I might be able to make a call right now. This is somebody’s blood. It sure doesn’t belong here.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT TO DAY
RADIO D.J. (V.O.)
And New York’s Tough Talk continues. I gotta tell you, between last night’s play-off game getting cut short and the whole damn city getting shut down by this killer cabbie, we could all use a serious break.
[TRAFFIC/STREET WALLA – HORN HONKING]
EXT. BRILL PARK - FOUNTAIN - DAY
MAC TAYLOR
Shut it off.
[WALLA]
MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED)
Who called it in?
STELLA BONASERA
Anonymous tip to 9-1-1 at 5:27 this morning.
[STELLA UNWRAPS THE TARP, FINDS DEAD RONNA DIXON INSIDE]
[FLASHBACK]
[BACK TO SCENE]
STELLA BONASERA (CONTINUED)
No I.D. on the vic.
[ZOOM IN TO ECS OF RONNA’S EYEBALL]
MAC TAYLOR
Petechial hemorrhaging in the eyes. Cherry red lividity indicating CO poisoning. The neck carvings are here, too. Looks like another Cabbie Killer victim.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Same tarp as well. Except for these.
STELLA BONASERA
No I.D. on this either.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Some kind of magnet?
STELLA BONASERA
Sure looks like it.
[MAC REACHES FOR A COIN IN THE WATER]
STELLA BONASERA (CONTINUED)
See something?
MAC TAYLOR
No. That’s the problem. What happened to the rest of the coins in this fountain?
INT. NEW YORK WAREHOUSE - WORKROOM - DAY
MAC TAYLOR
Abraham Katz? NYPD.
ABRAHAM “ABE” KATZ
To what do I owe the honor?
MAC TAYLOR
According to the Parks Department, you empty the fountain at Brill Park every morning.
ABRAHAM “ABE” KATZ
Yeah. Bethesda, Lincoln Center, City Hall. It’s my job.
STELLA BONASERA
You didn’t notice a dead body there the last time you swept up?
ABRAHAM “ABE” KATZ
Listen, sweetheart. I’ve been cleaning fountains for this city for 18 years. I lost track a how many dead bodies I’ve seen in that time.
[FLASHBACK]
ABRAHAM “ABE” KATZ (CONTINUED)
All I know was there was 50 pounds of change in that thing. I had to empty it before my homeless friends showed up to do it for me.
[BACK TO SCENE]
STELLA BONASERA
Well you tampered with a crime scene.
ABRAHAM “ABE” KATZ
At least I called 9-1-1.
MAC TAYLOR
So once you’ve collected the change, what do you do with it?
ABRAHAM “ABE” KATZ
Clean it, sort it, turn it over to the city’s General Fund.
STELLA BONASERA
Did you clean the Brill Park take yet?
ABRAHAM “ABE” KATZ
No. Still over there. Anything else I can do for you?
MAC TAYLOR
Yeah. You can carry these down to the car.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY BRIDGE/STREETS- DAY
INT. M.E.’S OFFICE - AUTOPSY ROOM - DAY
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
You know, it’s just this sort of thing that’s always made me shy away from organized sports. Though I do enjoy fencing.
DANNY MESSER
Got a C.O.D.?
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
Indeed. But it’s not quite as simple as a stab wound or gunshot.
LINDSAY MONROE
Never is.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
Your victim succumbed rather quickly and painfully to atropine poisoning.
MAC TAYLOR
Atropine. That comes from a plant, doesn’t it?
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
Atropa belladonna, also known as Nightshade. Tox screen picked it up. It’s an herb used in a variety of medical products. Berries and leaves are the most lethal components. And in this case, the poison was at a concentrated dosage that would have caused ventricular fibrillation inside of five minutes.
LINDSAY MONROE
Well, he died at halftime, so it must have happened inside the arena.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
I didn’t find any injection points. And his lung tissue’s clear, so it wasn’t inhalation.
LINDSAY MONROE
Well, that leaves--
[FLASHBACK]
LINDSAY MONROE (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
--contact or ingestion.
[BACK TO SCENE]
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
Something corroded the area around his mouth.
LINDSAY MONROE
Any stomach contents?
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
Like you wouldn’t believe. At least two hot dogs, popcorn, nachos, peanuts, an ice cream sandwich and almost a full liter of beer.
DANNY MESSER
I’m surprised he could get out of his seat.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
What’s even more surprising were the traces of Phentremine I also found in his bloodstream.
LINDSAY MONROE
Wait, time out. Scott was taking an appetite suppressant?
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
Clearly a failure in this case. But, someone still found him lovable.
DANNY MESSER
Lip prints.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
Twelve, to be exact. I lifted them from both cheeks, the neck and the forehead in various shades from Candy Kitten to Sangria Sunset.
LINDSAY MONROE
Twelve girls on the cheerleading squad.
DANNY MESSER
I also pulled a faint print from his mouth and then took a reference print from his own lips after washing.
LINDSAY MONROE
Anything else?
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
No, that’s it for now.
LINDSAY MONROE
Okay, thanks, Sid.
DR. SID HAMMERBACK
Yep.
DANNY MESSER
All right. Looks like the ball’s in our court. [TO LINDSAY] Hey. Wait up a sec. Where’s the fire?
LINDSAY MONROE
I’ve got work to do.
DANNY MESSER
Well, well, I was thinking that maybe we could, uh, we could talk.
LINDSAY MONROE
Now? This isn’t exactly the best time.
DANNY MESSER
Okay. Fine. You tell me when.
LINDSAY MONROE
Honestly, I don’t know.
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CABBIE KILLER COMMAND
CENTER/WAR ROOM - DAY
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
MAC TAYLOR
[INTO CELL PHONE] Mac Taylor.
REED GARRETT (V.O.)
Hey. It’s Reed. I’m about to--
INTERCUT WITH -
INT. REED GARRETT’S OFFICE - DAY
REED GARRETT (CONTINUED)
--put up a new blog post about the Cabbie Killer and I was hoping that maybe you could help me with something.
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.)
[OVERLAPPING] I gave you this number for (ON CAMERA) personal, not professional reasons.
REED GARRETT
(V.O.) Yes, I know. But, (ON CAMERA) I’m just trying to put together a real profile on this guy. (V.O.) You know? I mean, don’t you think that people (ON CAMERA) have the right to know about who they’re afraid of?
MAC TAYLOR
(V.O.) Look, I’m impressed by your determination, Reed. (ON CAMERA) Maybe even a little bit proud, but you’re a journalist and I’m a detective on this case. You’re crossing the line here.
REED GARRETT
Yes, but isn’t that what lines are for?
[CHUCKLES]
MAC TAYLOR
Not in my business.
REED GARRETT
Come on, throw me a bone, Mac.
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.)
Goodbye, Reed.
REED GARRETT
Well. You won’t give ‘em a story, then, I will.
[CLOSE ON REED’S COMPUTER WHERE HE STARTS WRITING HIS BLOG. “WHO IS THE CABBIE KILLER? According to high ranking sources at the NYPD Crime Lab, new evidence has shed light on what kind of person the Ca--.”]
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - DAY
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR - DAY
DANNY MESSER
Hey. I got nothin’ from those cups and wrappers we collected--
[FLASHBACK]
DANNY MESSER (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
--from Dugan Scott’s section. But, I got a hit in CODIS on the blood spatter I found on the seat. Came back to a Hudson Sports Arena concession salesman named Lamont Henford who just happened to get off parole last month.
[BACK TO SCENE]
DANNY MESSER (CONTINUED)
And here’s the real punch line. Apparently, he mixed it up with Dugan Scott in the stands two games ago. Scott filed a formal complaint with security.
LINDSAY MONROE
So you’re thinking, what? Henford hit back?
[LINDSAY AND DANNY ENTER AN ELEVATOR]
DANNY MESSER
Peanuts. Popcorn. Poison.
INT. HUDSON SPORTS ARENA - CONCESSION PREP AREA - DAY
LAMONT HENFORD
E-5? Yeah, I served him. Way too many times for my taste.
DANNY MESSER
How’s your taste been affected by that fat lip?
LAMONT HENFORD
Listen, man. That guy was an ass. He drank like a rock star, tipped like a roadie. But I was used to that. And then he just pushed me too damn far.
[REENACTMENT]
DUGAN SCOTT
Beer man. Beer.
LAMONT HENFORD (V.O.)
Called me lookin’ for another beer. From the way he looked, I should’ve kept walking, [MUSIC IN] but I stopped, and then he started.
DUGAN SCOTT
Check your zipper. [CLAPPING TO CHANT WITH CROWD] Check your zipper. Chec your zipper.
LAMONT HENFORD (V.O.)
I mean, embarrassed the hell out of me, you know. And after he decked me--
MUSIC OUT
[BACK TO SCENE]
LAMONT HENFORD (CONTINUED)
--I just got back up, said to hell with it.
LINDSAY MONROE
Seems awfully nice. What happened next?
LAMONT HENFORD
Then I went home early. Had a few beers of my own. As much as I wanted to kill that bastard, I wasn’t about to go back to jail for him.
DANNY MESSER
That remains to be seen, pal.
LAMONT HENFORD
Hmm.
MUSIC IN
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - DAY
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - LAYOUT ROOM - DAY
[MONTAGE/FLASHBACK SEQUENCE - ND TECHS PROCESS ITEMS. STELLA DUMPS OUT COINS FROM THE FOUNTAIN, PROCESSES THEM. FINDS A SMALL METAL DISC WITH THE NUMBER 42 OVER A Z, MATCHES IT UP WITH MAGNET FOUND EARLIER HAWKES PROCESSES THE TARP.]
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREETS - DAY
EXT. NYC TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION - DAY
MUSIC OUT
[REPORTER WALLA]
REPORTER #1
Detective Taylor, Detective Taylor. Detective Taylor. Is the body you found at Brill Park another Cabbie Killer victim?
MAC TAYLOR
We’re currently investigating that possibility.
REPORTER #2
There’s been a lot of speculation lately about just who this serial killer really is. Can you speak to that at all?
MAC TAYLOR
Can I speak to a speculation? No. Just because you read it online or in the papers doesn’t make it so. The fact is, there are a lot of dedicated investigators working extremely hard to stop this individual, whoever he is, from killing again.
REED GARRETT
Well, as one of those forced to speculate in the absence of any real information being released by the NYPD, I wonder if you could just tell me this, Detective Taylor. Would you take a New York City taxicab right now?
MAC TAYLOR
No, I wouldn’t. Not until this killer is found and brought to justice. No further questions.
[CLOSE ON REED’S PDA DISPLAY READING, “investigating possibilities, can’t speak to speculation, stay out of cabs”]
REPORTER #1
Detective, Detective.
JORDAN GATES
Are you crazy? I’ve got a good mind to have the mayor hail himself a cab right now.
MAC TAYLOR
Well then maybe you’re crazy.
JORDAN GATES
Look, you can’t allow one man to bring this entire city to a standstill.
MAC TAYLOR
Jordan, one man put a bomb in his shoe and now we all get to tiptoe barefoot through the airport.
JORDAN GATES
Yeah, but that didn’t cripple the airline industry.
MAC TAYLOR
Look, I appreciate the inconvenience, but in my opinion, one more person dying at the hand of a murderer is one too many.
JORDAN GATES
660,000 people depend on taxis here every day.
MAC TAYLOR
They can walk or take the subway.
JORDAN GATES
What about the 42,000 cabbies out of work?
MAC TAYLOR
I’d rather be unemployed than dead.
JORDAN GATES
Oh, that can be arranged.
MAC TAYLOR
Jordan, you do your job, I’ll do mine.
JORDAN GATES
Not if yours involves panicking the public.
MAC TAYLOR
Let me ask you something. Are you gonna take responsibility for the next person [MUSIC IN] killed in a cab? I didn’t’ think so.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET - DAY
[ON CABS ON THE STREET]
MUSIC OUTEND OF ACT ONE
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - DAY
MUSIC IN
RADIO D.J. (V.O.)
And we’re back. Let’s take another call.
RADIO CALLER (V.O.)
Yeah, listen. I walked 45 blocks today. I’m ready to kill this Cabbie Killer.
INT. CSI - CABBIE KILLER COMMAND CENTER/WAR ROOM - DAY
STELLA BONASERA
I’m rerunning every possible database search on the ritualistic neck carvings. [MUSIC OUT] Addresses, transportation schedules, you name it. Whatever his code is, we just haven’t cracked it yet.
MAC TAYLOR
All right. Then let’s step it out again. Our killer’s claimed five victims. Two of them were real estate agents.
[FLASHBACK]
STELLA BONASERA (V.O.)
Both found on the beach. The first one almost survived.
[SCREAMS]
[BACK TO SCENE]
MAC TAYLOR
There’s the attorney from Jersey.
[FLASHBACK]
[BACK TO SCENE]
MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED)
Then we found the grad student.
[FLASHBACK]
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
He, like the others, was trapped in the back of the cab, fought to get out, but all ultimately died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
STELLA BONASERA (V.O.)
And all the victims had the signature carvings on the back of the neck.
[BACK TO SCENE]
MAC TAYLOR
Any additional information on the vic from the fountain?
STELLA BONASERA
Nothing that ties her into the others. I did find this. It was in two pieces. I’m guessing it came apart in the water. Lead composition. So it’s probably old. Nothing pops up in any souvenir search thus far. But I’m thinking it could be tied to our killer.
[REENACTMENT]
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.)
Well, maybe he tracked it in with him when he dumped the body at Brill Park.
[BACK TO SCENE]
STELLA BONASERA
I’ll keep following it, see where it leads us.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
STELLA BONASERA (CONTINUED)
Excuse me. [INTO CELL PHONE] Bonasera.
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INT. CSI - A/V LAB - DAY
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Wanna go on a field trip?
STELLA BONASERA
Where to?
EXT. KINGS COUNTY COLLEGE - DAY
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Kings County College. Analysis on the white trace I pulled up from our latest tarp came back as--
[FLASHBACK]
DR. SHELDON HAWKES (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
--avian waste.
[BACK TO SCENE]
STELLA BONASERA
There are about a million pigeons in this town.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Yeah, but how many wild South American Quaker parrots do you think there are? Hmm? You know, back in the late ‘60s, there was some crook working the tarmac at JFK, unloading cargo planes. He liked to keep some of the cargo for himself. Only he got more than what he bargained for when he opened one from Argentina. Turns out it was packed full of parrots. And once they flew the coop, they took up roost here.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES (CONTINUED)
They’ve been multiplying in numbers and noise ever since.
STELLA BONASERA
I hear that.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
So maybe our Cabbie Killer got his tarps from someplace in this vicinity.
[WALLA]
DR. SHELDON HAWKES (CONTINUED)
Those are the same tarps we found our bodies wrapped in. And they’ve been cut.
MUSIC IN
STELLA BONASERA
These tire treads are standard size. They don’t match any of the construction rigs on the site.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
They don’t even look like they belong here.
STELLA BONASERA
Looks like the fence was cut. Is this where our Cabbie Killer stops for supplies?
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET - DAY
[ON YELLOW TAXIS MOVING ON THE STREETS]
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - TRACE LAB - DAY
MUSIC OUT
LINDSAY MONROE
Need help picking the right shade?
DANNY MESSER
[CHUCKLES] That’s just it. I mean, unless the makeup counter at Bloomie’s is selling mood lipstick, this partial print we got from our vic’s mouth seems to have changed color. It started out pink.
LINDSAY MONROE
And now it’s amber.
DANNY MESSER
Means the efflorescent crystalline residue we’re looking at is atropine trace.
LINDSAY MONROE
Well, that explains the color shift. So which cheerleader wore it?
[FLASHBACK]
[BACK TO SCENE]
DANNY MESSER
And if she had poison on her lips, why isn’t she dead too?
INT. NYPD - INTERROGATION ROOM/VIEWING ROOM - DAY
[MONTAGE SEQUENCE - CHEERLEADERS KISSING ONTO STRIPS OF PAPER FOR LIPSTICK COMPARISONS. FLACK AND DANNY WATCH THROUGH THE VIEWING WINDOW.]
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Sexy. But dangerous.
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - TRACE LAB - DAY
[MONTAGE SEQUENCE - DANNY PROCESSES THE LIPSTICK PRINTS. FINDS A MATCH FOR PAULA TOLOMEO]
DANNY MESSER
[INTO CELL PHONE] Lindsay, focus on Paula Tolomeo, okay? I just got a match on her lipstick print.
LINDSAY MONROE (V.O.)
Okay. But lipstick’s not enough. We’ll have to find more.
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR - DAY
STELLA BONASERA
Hey, Mac. Got a tread pattern match on the tire tracks we lifted from the fumigation site.
[FLASHBACK]
STELLA BONASERA (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
It’s definitely not from the equipment we saw at Kings College. Goodfire steel belted radials, circa 2006.
[BACK TO SCENE]
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Distributors’ list narrowed us down to eight New York cab companies that have bought them since then.
STELLA BONASERA
And what I just found out about our fountain magnet will narrow the search even further. It’s a dispatch button.
[FLASHBACK]
STELLA BONASERA (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
Cab companies used to use it to track the location--
[BACK TO SCENE]
STELLA BONASERA (CONTINUED)
--of their taxis.
MAC TAYLOR
Most cabs today are traced by GPS. There can’t be too many cab companies around still using magnets.
STELLA BONASERA
As a matter of fact, there’s only one.
MUSIC IN
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREETS - DAY
RADIO D.J. (V.O.)
Okay, we got a caller on the line who’s a cabbie?
CABBIE CALLER (V.O.)
Used to be. Now there’s no work for any of us.
INT. ZENITH CAB COMPANY - DAY
RONNIE HALL
Yeah, we use it. It’s just some old school relic the owner’s too cheap to take down. You guys don’t find this whack job any time soon, we’re all gonna be a bunch of relics.
STELLA BONASERA
Like I said, found a magnet from this board at a crime scene. Any idea how it got there?
RONNIE HALL
Look around. All I know is, we’re not going anywhere, especially some piece of junk from the shop.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Think about it. Is there any other place these magnets are kept?
RONNIE HALL
That’s the only place I’ve ever seen ‘em. The ones we manage to pick up and stick back on anyway.
STELLA BONASERA
What, they just fall off?
RONNIE HALL
Some hack knocked ‘em off a few months back when he was pissed of over not making his month’s lease. Punched a hole in the wall while he was at it. Real piece of work, that guy.
STELLA BONASERA
Got a name? An employment record?
RONNIE HALL
Are you kidding me? You have any idea how many cabbies come and go through here on a daily basis? Half the time I can’t even pronounce their names, much less write ‘em down. But if you wanna go through my files--.
STELLA BONASERA
We will.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
How ‘bout you show us that hole in the wall first?
CAB COMPANY P.A.
Rodrigo to the office. Rodrigo to the office.
MUSIC IN
RONNIE HALL
Is this what you’re looking for?
[RONNIE MOVES EMPIRES CALENDAR TO REVEAL HOLE]
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
That’s exactly what we’re looking for.
[MONTAGE SEQUENCE - HAWKES SWABS THE HOLE IN THE WALL, REMOVES SOME TRACE EVIDENCE]
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - TRACE LAB - DAY
STELLA BONASERA
What is it, Hawkes?
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
I just got a case-to-case hit.
STELLA BONASERA
What? So the DNA you got off the wall is a match to a blood sample from an unsolved murder case in Rochester.
[HAWKES NODS] You know what this mean.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
We gotta get our hands on that evidence.
STELLA BONASERA
You’re damn right we do.
MUSIC OUTEND OF ACT TWO
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - DAY
[A HELICOPTER FLIES OVER THE CITY]
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET - DAY
REPORTER #1 (V.O.)
Detective Taylor. Is the body you found at Brill Park--
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - MAC’S OFFICE - DAY
[MAC WATCHES HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ON TV]
REPORTER #1 (V.O.) (CONTINUED)
--another Cabbie Killer victim?
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.)
We’re currently investigating that possibility.
REPORTER #2 (V.O.)
Detective Taylor, are these murders connected?
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.)
No comment.
[TV WALLA]
STELLA BONASERA
Need me?
MAC TAYLOR
Yeah. Your Rochester evidence is being choppered in as we speak.
STELLA BONASERA
Great. That DNA blood sample could be exactly the break we’ve been looking for.
MAC TAYLOR
Hope you’re right about that.
[PREVIOUS PRESS CONFERENCE WALLA CONTINUES]
STELLA BONASERA
Catching it from all sides, huh?
MAC TAYLOR
Let’s just say that between the media and the mayor’s office I should probably be wearing a flack jacket right about now.
STELLA BONASERA
We’re closing in, Mac. We’re gonna nail this guy, you know that.
MAC TAYLOR
Whether we can do it on everyone else’s schedule, that’s another story. People want this killer’s head on a platter and if they don’t get it soon, they’ll happily take mine instead.
STELLA BONASERA
What was it you once said, uh, when the heat is on, you gotta wear more sun block?
MAC TAYLOR
I said that?
STELLA BONASERA
Uh-huh.
MAC TAYLOR
Think I was just back from vacation. Probably in a much better mood. Today I got a call from the widow of Ben Melvoy.
STELLA BONASERA
The attorney from Jersey.
MAC TAYLOR
They have a toddler and a newborn and were two weeks away from celebrating their tenth anniversary. And then he gets into the wrong cab.
STELLA BONASERA
My God.
MAC TAYLOR
But you know what hit me the hardest? She couldn’t have been sweeter. Held it together, didn’t even cry. All she asked me to do was to stop this killer from hurting someone else. But in spite of all the heartache and bloodshed he’s causing, the only thing I could really offer her was, an apology. Are we gonna get this guy?
STELLA BONASERA
We have to. We have to.
MUSIC IN
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREETS - DAY
[ON YELLOW TAXIS MOVING ON THE STREETS]
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - A/V LAB - DAY
[LINDSAY WATCHES THE BASKETBALL HALFTIME FOOTAGE ON MONITOR]
VERNE LUNDQUIST (V.O.)
There’s the halftime buzzer.
[SPEEDED-UP TV WALLA]
PAULA TOLOMEO (V.O.)
Row E. Row E. Seat 5.
[LINDSAY ZOOMS IN ON THE TICKET PAULA PICKED FROM THE BARREL]
LINDSAY MONROE
She announced a different seat number than the one she picked. So much for our random drawing.
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR - DAY
MUSIC OUT
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - TRACE LAB - DAY
STELLA BONASERA
Okay. The vic in the case-to-case search is a twenty-eight-year-old woman named Paige Lopez. Priors for prostitution. Witnesses saw her coming out of a bar with an ND male. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department found her body two days later floating in the Genesee. Multiple defense wounds, so she definitely put up a fight. C.O.D. was strangulation. No carbon monoxide asphyxiation. But, she did have the L2729 carvings on her neck. So it’s gotta be our cabbie killer.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Well if it is, there’s something seriously wrong with him. This blood sample he left behind in the struggle is riddled with agranulocytosis.
STELLA BONASERA
Granulated white blood cells, huh?
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Yeah.
STELLA BONASERA
Well, that’s usually induced with exposure to drugs or radiation therapies. A junkie maybe?
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Or a cancer patient? And I’ll get this to Tox. See if it’ll tell us how sick this sicko really is.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - DUSK
BUILDING SUPER (V.O.)
This is her apartment, Detective.
INT. PAULA TOLOMEO’S APARTMENT - DAY
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Paula Tolomeo, NYPD. We have a warrant to search the premises. Hello. Nobody’s home.
LINDSAY MONROE
I don’t know. A lot of big books with big words for a cheerleader.
DANNY MESSER
Maybe she doesn’t live alone. These look a little big for her, no? You hear anything about a roommate perhaps?
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Super said she’s the only tenant. But pro cheerleaders aren’t exactly on the high-end of the pay scale. Maybe she’s subletting.
LINDSAY MONROE
A lot of diet pills. Could explain the Phentremine trace that Sid found on the vic. Not a lot of food.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
I wonder if that’s her roommate.
[FLACK AND LINDSAY SEE A WOMAN’S PHOTOGRAPH ON THE REFRIGERATOR]
DANNY MESSER
I found her secret garden, I can tell you that much.
LINDSAY MONROE
Belladonna.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
What’s the other stuff?
LINDSAY MONROE
Looks like calabar beans. Wait a minute. That’s it. She also made an antidote.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
There is one?
LINDSAY MONROE
Physostigmine. It comes from the calabar bean.
DANNY MESSER
Ophthalmologists use it to contract their patients’ pupils.
LINDSAY MONROE
And she used it to stay alive. Paula could’ve ground up the [MUSIC IN] berries and the beans.
[REENACTMENT]
[BACK TO SCENE]
LINDSAY MONROE (CONTINUED)
Made two different concentrated elixirs. Then, she refills the diet pills, one with poison, the other with antidote.
[REENACTMENT]
[BACK TO SCENE]
LINDSAY MONROE (CONTINUED)
She would have had to swallow the antidote first to counteract the effects of the poison.
[REENACTMENT]
[BACK TO SCENE]
LINDSAY MONROE (CONTINUED)
But then all she had to do was pop the other pill.
[REENACTMENT]
[BACK TO SCENE]
ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
All right, New York fans. Let’s getready to cheer on Dugan Scott for the one million dollar shot. Let’s hear it.
[BACK TO SCENE]
LINDSAY MONROE (CONTINUED)
And the shot clock starts to tick.
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Talk about a personal foul.
DANNY MESSER
All right, I’m with you on the how. But what about the why?
LINDSAY MONROE
Well, maybe our mystery girl can answer that.
[THEY ALL LOOK TO THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE REFRIGERATOR]
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR - DAY
MUSIC OUT
MAC TAYLOR
You made up a story implying I was the source.
REED GARRETT
Look, what do you want me to say? I am getting 20,000 hits a day. People like to read my blog.
MAC TAYLOR
Which is exactly why you should be more careful what you say.
REED GARRETT
We don’t have time for careful, Mac. We have a serial killer to catch.
MAC TAYLOR
No, Reed. I have a serial killer to catch. You just want a headline. But I get it. So out of love and respect for your mother I’ll give you an exclusive. You ready? Watch who you mess with.
REED GARRETT
Is that a threat from you or from the killer?
MAC TAYLOR
Both.
[REED PULLS OUT HIS CELL PHONE WHICH DISPLAYS A TEXT MESSAGE, “IF U WANT 2 KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CABBIE KILLER -- MEET ME @ THE CORNER OF HUDSON & FRANKLIN TONIGHT @ 10PM”]
MUSIC IN
MUSIC OUTEND OF ACT THREE
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
MUSIC IN
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - A/V LAB - NIGHT
[LINDSAY USES THE WOMAN’S PHOTOGRAPH FROM PAULA’S REFRIGERATOR TO TRY TO MAKE A MATCH ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT DATABASES. SHE USES PAULA’S CHEERLEADER PHOTO TO COMPARE. A “BIOMETRIC IMAGE MATCH” IS MADE.]
MUSIC OUT
INT. NYPD - INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY
PAULA TOLOMEO
[RHYTHMICALLY POUNDING TABLE] Eat a salad. Eat a salad. That’s the chant he started. It was two years ago but I can still feel the humiliation like it was yesterday.
[FLASHBACK]
PAULA TOLOMEO (V.O.)
Section 214, Row K, Seat 3.
DUGAN SCOTT
Eat a salad. [CLAPPING WITH CROWD] Eat a salad. Eat a salad. Eat a salad. Eat a salad.
PAULA TOLOMEO
Will you stop?
[CROWD WALLA]
[BACK TO SCENE]
PAULA TOLOMEO
My boyfriend was at that game. He dumped me the very next day. And because my fat face was on the big screen, complete strangers would come up to me telling me to eat a salad.
DANNY MESSER
So you chose to get back at Dugan Scott by killing him?
DETECTIVE DON FLACK
Crime of passion?
LINDSAY MONROE
Crime of patience.
PAULA TOLOMEO
I worked my ass off. Literally. I swore I would do whatever it took, gastric bypass, liposuction, plastic surgery, tryout after tryout after tryout until I finally made the squad. Just so I could watch him eat his poison words in front of everyone.
[FLASHBACK]
MUSIC IN
[BACK TO SCENE]
DANNY MESSER
Well, I hope it was worth it. Because you just kissed your life goodbye.
[THUNDER/RAIN]
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
MUSIC OUT
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SIDEWALK - NIGHT
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
LINDSAY MONROE
[INTO CELL PHONE] Hey.
INTERCUT WITH -
INT. DANNY’S APARTMENT - NIGHT
DANNY MESSER
Hey. Where are you?
LINDSAY MONROE
I’m taking a rain walk. It’s a Montana thing. You wouldn’t understand.
DANNY MESSER
(V.O.) Yeah, maybe I would. (ON CAMERA) Maybe there’s a lot of things that I, that I understand now. How ‘bout that?
LINDSAY MONROE
Yeah, like what?
DANNY MESSER
How sorry I am for pushing you away.
LINDSAY MONROE
(V.O.) Danny, I tried to give you your space. (ON CAMERA) I don’t know how much longer I can feel alone. It’s messing with my work. It’s breaking my heart.
DANNY MESSER
(V.O.) And I know. No, I know, I do. I swear to God it won’t happen again. (ON CAMERA) ‘Cause the truth is, [MUSIC IN] truth is I miss you. I miss you, more than I can say. Even if, uh, I don’t know how to say it.
LINDSAY MONROE
Do you have any idea how hard you are to love?
DANNY MESSER
Well why don’t you come over here and tell me in person? Please?
LINDSAY MONROE
I gotta go.
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - CORRIDOR - NIGHT
STELLA BONASERA
So you got Tox results back on our cabbie killer’s blood sample?
MUSIC OUT
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
The agranulocytosis was caused by extremely high dosage of two different drugs – cloperidol and halzapine (as said) (should have been haloperidol and clozapine?).
STELLA BONASERA
Usually used to treat psychosis, right?
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Yes. But only in clinical settings. And together, only for acutely aggressive patients.
STELLA BONASERA
Hm.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Now, I’ve already done some checking and there are three hospitals in the state currently using that cocktail for tough cases. But there was a fourth hospital that was shut down last year for all sorts of violations including--
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - TRACE LAB - NIGHT
(CONTINUOUS)
DR. SHELDON HAWKES (CONTINUED)
--over-medicating their patients.
STELLA BONASERA
Mannix Asylum.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Yeah.
STELLA BONASERA
We got a briefing when they closed and had to release some of their patients early.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Who are you calling?
STELLA BONASERA
The district attorney. I want to get a subpoena for the records of every patient let out of Mannix that was treated with both those drugs. It may take awhile.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
I’ll wait.
INT. DANNY’S APARTMENT BUILDING - HALLWAY - NIGHT
[RIKKI KNOCKS ON DANNY’S DOOR]
RIKKI SANDOVAL
Normally, neighbors ask for sugar. But I thought I’d be daring and offer some first.
DANNY MESSER
[CHUCKLES] Hey, Rikki.
RIKKI SANDOVAL
Mind if I come in?
DANNY MESSER
Rikki, listen, I’ve been, uh, I’ve been thinking, that this thing, this thing between us, you were right. We made each other feel good. But I’m starting to think it’s bad. It’s a bad thing for us to do.
RIKKI SANDOVAL
Danny, I’m moving.
DANNY MESSER
You’re moving?
RIKKI SANDOVAL
I need a fresh start. Too many memories.
DANNY MESSER
I’m, uh--.
RIKKI SANDOVAL
No. Don’t say you’re sorry. Just say goodbye.
DANNY MESSER
Goodbye.
RIKKI SANDOVAL
Goodbye.
DANNY MESSER
Rikki, wait. What about the sugar?
RIKKI SANDOVAL
You’re a sweet man. You keep it.
[DANNY LOOKS AT RUBEN SANDOVAL’S MEMORIAL CARD]
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREETS - NIGHT
INT. NEW YORK CRIME LAB - MAC’S OFFICE - NIGHT
STELLA BONASERA
The D.A. got a judge to wake up and sign the subpoena. We’ve got the medical records of four patients who were released early from Mannix Asylum.
DR. SHELDON HAWKES
Each of whom received the drugs we found in our killer’s blood sample.
MUSIC IN
[SERIES OF CLOSE SHOTS OF MEDICAL RECORDS. PHRASES POP OFF THE PAPER, “victim of severe child abuse, multiple knife scars, ritualistic patterns, maternal suicide, carbon monoxide poisoning, religious fanaticism.”]
MAC TAYLOR
Severe child abuse, multiple knife scars, maternal suicide, religious fanaticism. This one looks pretty good for it. What’s his name?
[CLOSE ON MEDICAL RECORDS WITH PATIENT’S NAME, “JOHN DOE.”]
MAC TAYLOR (CONTINUED)
John Doe. So even with all this information at our fingertips we still don’t have our killer’s name. All right. Enough is enough. I want both of you, Danny, Lindsay, Adam, Sid, every last person in this lab on this if we have to work double overtime and around the damn clock. As far as I’m concerned, every other case goes to the bottom of the pile until we track this cabbie killer down and permanently put him out of business.
STELLA BONASERA
Okay.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SIDEWALK/SUBWAY STATION - NIGHT
MUSIC OUT
LINDSAY MONROE
Oh, no. You’ve got to be kidding me.
[SIGN ON DOORS, “STATION CLOSED. OPENS MARCH 2009”]
MUSIC IN
INTERCUT WITH -
INT. CABBIE KILLER’S CAB - NIGHT
[CABBIE KILLER WATCHES RAIN-SOAKED PEDESTRIANS ON THE SIDEWALK]
[LINDSAY SPOTS A CAB]
[A HAND REACHES FOR THE CABBIE KILLER’S CAB. REED ENTERS THE CAB.]
MUSIC OUT
REED GARRETT
Man, am I glad to see you. Ninth and Mercer. I was supposed to meet some guy on that corner but I guess he’s a, uh, no-show, huh? You could, uh, float away on a night like this, you know what I mean? Hello?
TO BLACK
THEME MUSIC IN
CLOSING CREDITS
MUSIC OUT
MAC TAYLOR (V.O.)
Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode.
THE END - EPISODE #419TRT - 41:06