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Nana! Nana!
someone,please! My
family is still inside!
Nana! Nana!
My daughter's still in there
with my mother-in-law! Please!
we'll find her.
You need
to stay with your family.
Nana,please wake up! Nana!
****
are you all right? It's okay,I got
you.
I'm gonna get you out of here.
- Get my nana!
- It's too dangerous.
Come on.
- I have to get my nana!
- You can't help her now.
Let go of me!
dr.
Lightman.
Bernie madoff.
Th's anxiety and regret.
- Tell that to the science times,all right?
- Okay.
You've got messages from wax at the sec,
kob at treasury and the fbi
wants to schedule another lecture.
- Also
- no downturn in the lie business.
Good morning.
You should put that down.
What,you don't like
women in masks anymore?
No,it's 'cause it's one of a kind.
Could you yeah,could
you put that down?
Never mind.
I do so like it when you get flustered.
It's rare,but highly enjoyable.
Why are you here?
You have such a gift for small talk.
Really,you should've st gone
into the hospitality businesses.
Opened yourself up a little
bed and breakfast somewhere.
- Ria torres.
- Zoe landau.
- Assi.
.
ant.
- Assistant U.
S.
Attorney.
- You always did like them so young.
- Excuse me?
His proteges-- they're usually young.
It's easier for him to try to
mold in his image.
Is there a reason you're here?
I have a case.
I need your help.
- You want to hire me?
- Well,I don't want to remarry you.
What,do you have problem
working for your ex-wife?
My daughter i in a hospital
bed with secoe egre burns.
My wife's mother is
dead.
My house is gone.
This case is a top
priority for us,mr.
Ambrose.
So why hasn't anything been done?
Why isn't that son of a *** in jail?
You know that he did this.
Frank,she's asking for you.
I want garcia behind bars.
He thinks you know who started the fire?
Well,I have a witness who saw jack garcia running
from the ambrose house right after the fire started.
- That tv reporter?
- Yeah.
He and ambrose were friends in high
school,but they had a falling out.
So you have a witness that can put
jack garcia at the scene of the crime?
What's the problem?
The witness has a
slight credibility issue.
Who's the witness?
My mommy left me outside.
She went back in the house
to look for maggie and nana.
That's when I saw mr.
Garcia.
Hey,aj,you ever tell a lie?
It's all right,honey.
That's all right,we all tell stories.
But,today,I need you
to tell me the truth.
I am telling the
truth.
I saw mr.
Garcia.
He ran out of the cellar.
You know the story of "the
little boy who cried wolf"?
He said the wolf was
there when it wasn'T.
So no one helped him
when the wolf really came.
That's right.
He told a lie.
And the wolf ate him.
If you don't tell the truth,the wolf's
going to come back and he's going to eat you.
What is this? What are you doing?
Did you see mr.
Garcia?
- I saw him running away.
- I want you to tell me the truth now.
I am telling you the truth.
The wolf's going to come back
here and he's going to eat you up.
- *****
- I saw him.
- I need you to tell me the truth.
- He killed my nana.
Okay.
******
you used to be so good with children.
We don't want an innocent man
going to prison for 20 years.
Aj was showing no signs of
deception,so I raised the stakes a bit.
And he still wasn't anxious.
No,he seemed to be
telling the truth,actually.
Good.
Let's talk to jack garcia.
My place or yours?
Mine.
I want foster to evaluate aj.
Ah,yes,gillian.
- What was that?
- I didn't say anything.
What? Let's talk to the
accused,and get you some medication.
Thanks to my college buddy,army
lieutenant david kanuth,
I know how hard it is for our
wounded veterans to return home.
I'm jack garcia,and this is what I know.
"This is what I know.
"
That really put you on the map,right?
Selling the misery of your old
friends.
That's kind of what you do.
You're saying I burned down a
man's house,so I could report on it?
Well,aren't you in the running
for some big new cable show?
I mean,the story of an old friend losing
everything could help you along nicely.
You do not want to be
interrogated by this man,trust me.
It's kind of fun when you're
not on the other end,though.
I told you,we drifted apart.
I have no problem with frank ambrose.
never have.
All right,so,bad reporter,good
liar.
Not a great one.
When he talks about
ambrose,this is what we get.
Contempt.
Yeah,that's right.
I'm familiar with that one.
I think we should probe the
relationship between ambrose and garcia--
see what we can come up with.
Sounds like fun.
- Cal?
- What?
- Zoe.
- Gillian.
- Can I talk to you for a minute?
- She's calling.
Cal?
No.
- What no?
- You know what.
We-we-we have never worked for her
before.
We are not starting now.
It's an interesting case.
No-- there are plenty
of interesting cases.
Do you not remember what
it was like after she left?
You wore the same shirt to the
office every day for a month.
I still do.
You saw the head tilt.
She's flirting with you.
No,that's ridiculous.
- She does this to you every time.
- No.
She is single again,cal.
No,no,she's been with roger for what?
- For the best part of a year now,right?
- Is she still? Did you ask her?
I don't know,look,I'm taking
the case.
I'll be fine.
- cal - omm in cplete
control of myself--
which is more than i can say for
you,following me into the men's room.
The women's room,cal.
The women's room.
Why doteyou ll us what really
happened between you and frank ambrose.
I told you nothing happened.
We
haven't been friends in years.
Why not?
You grow older,things change.
Now,I,um
now we have nothing in common.
Why do you feel contempt for him then?
I never said that I don'T.
You're going to have to learn to lie better than
that if you want a real career in front of the camera.
uh,look
frank called me about six months ago.
He'd just been laid off,seemed desperate,so
I asked him if there's anything I could do.
That's one of my favorites,that one.
I mean,it's amazing how many times people
say that and they don't mean it,right?
Yeah,well,he asked mfor money
and I gave it to him,okay?
You lent a guy money that
you hadn't talked to in years?
Yeah,we shared a past.
That meant something to me.
Apparently not to him.
I called frank a month
ago-- see how he was doing,
and that ungrateful son of a *** acted like
I was squeezing him for the money he owed me.
And now his boy is accusing
me of burning down his house.
You're damn right I feel contempt.
He sounded convincing.
Yeah,and he looked it.
You said that about the ambrose boy.
I
mean,they both can't be telling the truth.
What,are you losing your touch?
I'll evaluate the boy.
He may not be able to tell the
difference between fantasy and reality.
Aj may be imagining what he saw.
If he believes in his fantasy,it could
appear that he's telling the truth.
I'm going to work on something
a little bit more tangible.
I'm going to get the fbi to do
checks on garcia and ambrose.
But feel free to talk to the boy.
Take him to the zoo,if you like.
that's roger.
I should
probably take this.
- How's it going between you two--
is it good? - Yeah,it's great.
Oh,I love you,too.
I miss you.
- Well,that was a lie.
- What?
Oh,yeah.
Well,you know,she's
been with roger for a long time,
and if there was something
serious,she would have told me,right?
Hey,I filled up all the printers
yeah,could you call the ambrose family-- see
if they can bring their kid by this afternoon?
- Scheduling meetings--
fantastic.
- Yeah.
Hey,where you going?
I'm going to go help torres get started
on the southeast drive-by shooting.
You know,who better than me to get
inside the world of gangsta rappers.
Sweet place.
For a guy who raps
about being true to the 'hood,
caden doesn't exactly put
his money where his mouth is.
Detective riley.
Dr.
Foster,ms.
Torres,thanks for coming.
- Is that the,uh kid who ers murded?
- Yeah.
Dante edwards.
Three nights ago,he was leaving a club when
he took two bullets to the chest in a drive-by.
You think caden shot him?
Caden was seen arguing with
dante at a party last week.
Dante is part of little sid's entourage.
He's a rival rapper.
He
and caden have a big feud.
Caden's a bad man.
He raps about how he's
killed half a dozen men.
We nail him for this,we can put
him behind bars where he belongs.
******
*********
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Now,that looks good.
On to the next.
You got a second to
talk to detective riley?
I don't talk to cops,man.
My manager will show you to the door.
Look,I'm sorry.
My
cousin's not a snitch.
You know what would happen to album
sales if people knew you all were here?
Listen,davis,your cousin doesn't
want to cooperate,we'll bring him in.
I can dig it.
Everybody,find another
room-- the party's over.
Now.
What?
Did you know nte edwards?
That's a lot of regret for a killer.
Look,I didn't kill him.
You got a lot of loyal
folks in your entourage.
Maybe you got one of them to do it.
Let me tell you something.
Look,me and my cousin
grew up with dante.
He lived three doors down from
us in the carollsburg projects.
- And you' coming up in
here-- - cade,cade,cade
no,no,no.
Let me explain
something why I'm upset right now.
The world should know
this is unacceptable to me.
The world should know this,b,and
you're coming up in here
and accusing me of killing
somebody that I grew up with?
Are we finished yet?
I haven't heard an alibi.
My cousin and I were
here,watching the carver-nova game.
Caden seemed to be telling the truth.
Yeah anhis sadness was for real.
You're saying you believe the guy?
The rivalry with little sid's
crew,the argument,both point to caden.
Okay,but why would a killer
show remorse for his victim?
Okay aj,what about this one?
That's santa claus.
Yeah,it is.
Tell me about santa.
He has a sleigh and reindeer.
He brings me presents.
Quiet.
Have you ever seen santa?
No.
I always fall asleep.
But I think I heard
him on the roof once.
I told you.
Quiet,now.
Who are you talking to?
That's penelope.
Quiet.
I told you,be quiet.
You did that.
You did that.
Penelope did that.
You're making that up.
Now,that's not fair.
She thinks you're cool.
There's no one there.
She told me that she thought
that you were super cool.
You're weird.
Your imaginary friend penelope?
Yeah,it's the only girl
i know tells me the truth.
What? Oh,sorry.
So it's clear aj can tell the difference
between reality and fantasy,right?
Yes,but that was your fantas he's a
little fuzzier when it comes to his own,
I mean,he's still at the age
where he thinks santa's real.
So you think he imagined garcia
running away from the fire?
Yeah,I think so.
But I'll still get him to draw some more.
It's a more direct line to his unconscious.
I'm not sure we'll need it.
We still have a
receptionist here,don't we?
Jack garcia wasn't the only person
that frank ambrose owed money to.
The guy's under a mountain of debt-- credit
cards,student loans,you name it.
Take a look at this.
Homeowner's insurance.
Housing prices have dropped,but his home was insured
at the value it had before the market collapsed.
His house was worth more to him
in ashes than it was standing.
You think I'd burn down my own house?
I lost everything in that fire.
You made a lot of money
when the house went down.
That doesn't make me an arsonist.
Jack garcia is the one
who did this.
He's a user.
He lives off the suffering
of everybody else.
- Now,you believe that,don't you?
- Come on! My son saw him.
What is the matter with you people?
So,how long are you stuck here?
My doctor said I could go
home at the end of the week.
It's not so bad.
It's been kind of cool here.
- Really?
- All my friends came by.
And it's nice having my family around.
My dad hasn't left.
Oh,yeah? What about your mom?
Yeah,she's been here,too.
- Do you believe mr.
Ambrose?
- Yeah.
Most of what he said.
But I'm interested in
what the daughter told you.
The mily would've been through a lot and the kid
would've seen the worst of i what have you got?
A lot of anger from maggie.
Towards mom.
Mom?
- What are you doing?
- Looking at mum.
How did you know mr.
Garcia?
He's friends with my daddy.
She's holding her breath.
Anxiety.
I think I know why maggie's so angry.
That's great,aj,okay.
Now,can you draw
for me what you saw the night of the fire?
- I'm no.
- I don't need to talk to aj.
Uh,what was your relationship with
the man that your son's accused?
Excuse me?
Were you having an
affair with jack garcia?
How dare you ame ouse f having
an affair in front of my son!
Yeah.
You're avoiding the question.
Are you having an
affair with jack garcia?
I'm getting my son and I'm going.
That's fine,but we'll
be back with a subpoena.
I suppose we could always talk to your
husband and find out what he knows about it.
Nine months ago,I was out shopping
and jack walked up to me in the store.
He had so much confidence.
Frank had lost his job.
We were really struggling.
We had stopped having
sex altogether by then.
So you had an affair?
Every minute with jack was a chance to be with
somebody who didn't know me or my problems.
I thought about leaving my husband,
but the children and i are all that he
has left,and so I broke it off with jack.
How did he take it?
He understood.
Look,this has nothing
to do with the fire.
It's easier to believe that,isn't it?
I don't know what aj saw,but I know jack garcia
and he would never do something like this to us.
Because of our daughter.
And sex was never the problem.
well,you wanted to know
why I never cheated on you.
What about you?
You would've known.
Besides,I wanted to kill you.
I never wanted to hurt you.
I think that's what we
should focus on here.
Affairs make for angry spouses,right?
What could possibly make me want
to burn down the ambroses' house?
Your husband was having an
affair with cheryl ambrose.
Oh,she knew already.
He told me two weeks ago.
If you'd already told your
wife,then why didn't you tell us?
- I wanted to,but she--
- I told him not to.
It's not something I
wanted to see in the papers.
Look,the idea that my wife
would do this is absurd.
Is it?
She's still angry.
Not at cheryl ambrose.
I knew when jack started in front of
the camera,it would be different.
The jack garcia you see on
tv is not the man I married.
But marriage is about figuring out how
to make it through when things change.
She was lying to herself.
So,that's it? That's it,then? People
just change and then they move on?
Are you saying that I'm
the one that changed?
You left me.
You left.
Yeah,I left because of you.
Oh,it's my fault now?
No,I'm saying you should take a hard loo at
what happened before you start blaming me.
Hey,I saw what happened!
I saw what was happening!
You know,I could see the doubt.
I could see the doubt when you
were standing on the bloody altar!
Everyone has doubts,cal! Everyone!
At the altar,with their
friends,in the maternity ward,
staring at the very best thing
that's ever happened to them,
but that doesn't mean it's
the only thing that they feel.
But you,you just you
saw every doubt,every fear.
By the end,that was all you could
see.
You couldn't let go of anything.
I was trying to be honest.
Yes I know.
I know.
But I can tell you,sweetheart,there really is
such a thing as too much honesty in a marriage.
So,what do you want? You'd rather be with
someone who doesn't really know you,then?
How about someone who doesn't
need to know everything about me?
Who I can surprise on his birthday.
Who doesn't need to point out every time
I'm even remotely attracted to another man.
Someone with his head up his ***?
Someone who doesn't study my
eyebrows when I'm standing in a thong.
Why are you here,then?
Why did you hire me,eh?
It's a tough case.
Doing my thing right now.
Living it
up,baby; that's how we do it,you know?
- That caden?
- Yeah.
And little sid and his crew at
an album release party last year.
The victim,dante edwards,is
behind him on the right.
They come up to me like,"little sid,please
take me away from this paper wrapper!"
I'm about to put a gun
in your face right now.
What's up,man?
Check out the fake anger.
If his anger were real,his upper eyelids
would be raised and his lips would be narrower.
The rivalry's fake?
That feud is big business.
Sold a lot of albums last year.
So then why would cade or anyone
else in his crew want to kill dante?
I'm thinking that the
murderer's not in caden's crew.
Okay.
let's take a look at our victim.
Which group does dante look like,the
men on the left or the men on the right?
the men on the left?
Oh,you have a sixth sense.
By that,I mean you see gay people.
You think dante's gay?
Ye,and so do you.
All the men on the left are gay.
A new study in the journal of
experimental psychology showed
that most people can identify
gay men by face alone.
It has to do with the pattern
of muscle tension in the face.
And check out little
sid's newest album.
* is my gaydar gun target
* like dirty harry,I'm
gonna make your day
* I'm gonna take your ***
out,'cause your *** is gay
little sid is one big homophobe.
If he found out one of his entourage
was gay,no telling what he would've done.
We're looking at the wrong rapper.
All right,take a look at these.
- More drawings?
- Yeah.
So what do they mean?
Uh,well,here,the arsonist has a tail,and
there,he's,uh,he's breathing fire.
- So they're becoming more
- more elaborate.
Exactly.
If it were a true
memory,he'd sti to what he remembers.
But aj's embellishing his story.
Wait,so he did see jack garcia
or he didn't? Which one is it?
Well,aj believes his story is true the
same way he believes in santa claus.
Somebody he trusts told him it was true.
It's an implanted memory.
Jack garcia didn't start that fire.
We need to go talk
to aj's parents again.
One of them may be using
their son to frame that man.
Maybe you didn'tleave jack
garcia.
Maybe he left you.
What?
You hated him for taking awaywhat
little joy you had,didn't you?
You hated him,you hated your
life,so you set fire to your house,
and you told your sonto say it was jack.
You think that I'd
burn downmy own house?
That fire killed my mother.
People have done crazier
thingsat the end of an affair.
Cheryl was havingan affair with jack?
You had two strongmotives,mr.
Ambrose:
Make a bundle of moneyon the house and
get back at the manwho stole your wife.
You knew she was
miserablein your marriage.
You had nothing to lose.
I had no ideathat she
was having an affair.
I almost left myfamily for jack.
Why would I want him in jail?
I had nothing to do with this.
I would never put my
family at risk like that.
- It wasn't cheryl.
- No.
Emotion she was showingwas genuine.
She's still fondof garcia.
That's a shame.
But it'll help memake
the case against frank.
What?
He had the motive,the means and plentyof
opportunity to implant the memoryin his son.
No,he was truly surprised.
He well,hang on.
Cheryl was having an affair with jack?
See,he had no idea.
If he was surprised,it was
becausewe knew about the affair.
Nah,you're wrong.
Oh,well,there's something
you're always certain about.
You don't see what I see.
You know,you-you reallyused to be so
charming back before you became god.
You really don't care what we
thinkabout this case,do you?
- I didn't say that.
- Yeah,you did.
- No,I didn'T.
I didn'T.
- Yeah.
You did.
Something's off.
You split up with roger?
Roger and I are fine.
I don't believe you,zoe.
- Fine.
You want to know the truth?
- Yep.
Roger proposed to me.
He wants to marry me,all right?
You just got to telling himabout it now?
got to get backto the office.
Have a wonderful dinner,sweetheart.
Oh,yeah.
It's gonna be a blast.
- ****
- what up?
Speaking offine ladies
damn! What do we have here?
- Easy,big guy.
She's with me.
- Such a shame.
'Cause I don'ttalk to the po-po,baby.
Guess that meansyou got nothing
to say about danteedwards' ***?
I guess not.
Ooh,now there'ssome real anger.
You must havebeen pretty angry
when you found outdante was gay,huh?
Dante was a smart dude,all right?
He got the business.
He
knew to keep iton the dl.
Besides,I always knewwhich
way he was swinging.
No disgust.
But your music'sfull of hate for gays.
Look,I got records to sell.
So if I got to hate,yeah,I'm gonna hate.
but I ain't have no problem with
dante doinghis brokeback thing.
oh,I see.
You're not homss.
Look,little po-po lady,you
don't know me,all right?
And you don't knownothing
about my business.
Maybe not,but I doread people pretty well,and you
can't seem to say dante's namewithout showing anger.
Look,I foundthis kid on the street.
I make him the hottest mixerin the
game,and he go and run offwith caden?
So you had a grudge.
Hell,yeah,I had a grudge.
But that's no needfor gunplay,all right?
I'm a hustler,man,a entertainer.
I'm not no murderer.
Those guns are partof my
"image.
" Just for show.
Okay.
Any idea whydante left?
I offeredthe boy a raise,a new crib,but
see,he didn't want none of that.
So when you two guysfigure that out,then
we'll havesomething to talk about.
hey,dad.
What?
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
Yeah.
I hate this picture.
Let me see.
Oh,no,I like that one.
Why? You and mom spent the whole dayarguing
about your research tripto new guinea.
Yeah.
We were happy then.
Well,look at the smiles,they're real.
Well,guessit's good mom wasn't
the only onethat was delusional.
Thank you.
She's not wearingthe ring,you know.
What?
She's not wearing the ring.
Why?
Come on,why do you think? I
mean,she's not sureabout roger.
She still thinksshe's in love with you.
What?
I mean,I see what'sgoing on with
you two.
I always do.
I always have.
That's true enough.
Who are you calling?
Your mum.
Get out of here!
We've got nothing else
to sayto you people.
We're not here for you.
Hi,maggie.
How are you
feeling? You all right?
Not so good,eh?
How long have you knownabout
your mum and mr.
Garcia?
- Oh,my god.
- She's a child.
Oh,she already knows.
You've known
for quitesome time,haven't you?
I'm tired,daddy.
Please,leave her alone.
Sorry,we can't do that,mrs.
Ambrose.
Did you see themtogether,love?
Was that what happened?
It was,wasn't it?
Your dad didn't know,but you did,eh?
Yeah? Did you hear your
parentsfighting? Must have been scary.
You afraid mr.
Garcia was
going tobreak up your family.
I heard her.
I heard my mom.
She was on the phone.
She was talkingto mr.
Garcia and
she told him she loved him.
And that she wasthinking
about running away with him.
Oh,maggie.
I thoughtif mr.
Garcia got blamedfor
the fire,they'd take him away
and we'd stay a family.
Baby,I wasn'T.
I wasn't ever goingto
leave you.
I was just confused.
You weren't supposed
toknow about any of this.
I was nevergoing to leave you.
You burned down the houseto
save your family,didn't you?
You set the fire and
and told you brother
itwas mr.
Garcia,right?
I told aj to sayit was mr.
Garcia.
I told him over and over
until he believed it.
But that fire,it killed nana.
- I didn't start the fire.
- It's okay.
It's okay,sweetheart.
- I swear,I didn'T.
- I know.
It's okay,it's okay.
We love you so much.
It's okay.
- Mommy
- we're all together now.
Nobody's goinganywhere,okay?
We tell ourselves wecan
protect them,try to shield them.
But in the end,they see everything.
My god.
Well, the fbi's just
been called into this,
but from what we can tell,the
blaze started this morning.
And yes, we think it's maybe the same person who
burned down the ambrose house earlier this week.
The fbi is currently
conducting our investigation.
Fbi thinks we're lookingat
a serial arsonist.
Are we surethe two fires are connected?
Positive.
Same chemical
accelerant,same point of origin.
And serial arsonists don't
stop,they just get bolder.
Yeah,well,this one wasset in
broad daylight.
That's bolder.
Yeah,we've gotto find this guy.
Mr.
And mrs.
Craig?
This is ausa zoe landau.
She's
running the investigation.
Can you tell uswhat happened?
I was on my way to
workwhen I got the call.
I I came home right away.
Aaron was already here.
I,uh,just gotten backfrom a jog.
The back of the house was all upin
flames.
I tried to save what I could.
So,you lost everything?
Yeah.
You can't imaginehow
horrible we feel.
no,I can't imagine.
We need totalk to you.
Caden's not going to
talk to the cops again.
Well,that's whyI left them
outside.
I just need five minutes.
why didn't you tell us dante
was comingto work for you?
How about,it's noneof
your damn business?
Look,last timeI was here,when I was
asking youabout dante,I expected
anger,hate.
But all I saw was sadness.
And then I foundout dante was gay.
Something you knewall along?
Yeah,I thought so.
I think I know why he left
little sidto come work for you.
- Okay,lady,you're out of line.
- Am I?
Caden,what exactly was your
relationshipwith dante edwards?
That's enough,all right?
Why were you guys arguing at
theclub the night he was killed?
- You're not just gonna like this.
- Was it 'causehe was threatening to come out?
'Cause he was thateningto
take you with him?
- Okay,you know what?
- Is that whyyou killed him?
You don't knowwhat you're talking about.
I had nothing to dowith dante's death.
You didn't,did you?
You really didcare for him,huh?
You loved him.
you knowthey buried him today?
And I couldn't even goto the funeral.
those are somepretty strong feelings.
Contempt.
Disgust.
Is that true,b?
Is thathow you felt about us?
Well I told you before.
I
thoughtthe relationship was unwise.
Where you were the nightof
dante edwards' ***?
I was here watching the
game,like I told you before.
That's a lie.
Cay,would you tell her?
Cay,would youtell this woman?
What you want me to tell her?
- Cay
- that you were herewith me?
'Cause you wasn'T.
Where were you,b?
- It was only a matter
- where the hell were you,b?
Before someone outedyou two.
We built thistogether--
me and you.
- I was protecting us.
- Protecting us?
What? You forgot?
Cuz,come on,man.
What it was likecoming fm nothing?
This house,the cars.
Caden
you don't get any of this if
they know the truthabout you.
I would've had dante.
He would still be alive.
I have no idea who frank ambrose is.
Why would I burn down his house?
I don't know.
Maybe
you like starting fires.
Look,you have the wrong guy.
I didn't burn down anything.
What? You certainly got a kick
out of seeingyour house in ashes.
You can't imaginehow horribleE feel .
you could barelycontain yourself.
Laurel and I--our
marriage is over.
We wanted to split upfor months,but
we were stuck in that house.
You couldn't sell it?
The valueof the house had
tanked.
We couldn't affordto sell it,
but now,with the insurance payout,we
can both goour separate ways.
Frankly,it's a relief.
Do you believe him?
Yeah,but I got aquestion for you.
Is your wife cheating on you?
Well,uh,we both had our
shareof indiscretions.
That's a yes,then?
cal?
Who's your favoritetv reporter?
Is it this one?
yes,jim,they do think that this fire was started
by the same serial arsonist,and the fbi
Mr.
Garcia? Busy day?
As you can see behind me,the
fire's been brought under control,
and they want everyone in the
neighborhood to know that you're safe,
and you can stay in your homes
just doing my job.
You didn't stay aroundto interview the victims.
I thought you weremr.
Human interest guy.
Of course,interviewinganother lover whose house
is in ruins could bea little awkward,right?
- I don't knowwhat you're talking about.
- That's a lie.
So,what is it? You feed your ego
by havingsex with married women,
and then,when they grow tired of
you,you burn down their houses?
I had nothing to dowith
either of those fires.
But you were having
sexwith laurel craig.
Yeah,I thought so.
See,the
thing is,I belie you.
I don't think you
startedeither one of those
how long have you
knownabout laurel craig?
- Must have made you feel powerless.
- Excuse me?
Arson's about power.
And in female
arsonists,it's about revenge.
You're afraid that's
true,aren't you? Right?
We have the fbisearching
your home right now.
tell 'em,sarah.
Tell 'em it's not true.
I looked at all the numbersin your
phone.
I looked at your e-mail.
You planned a vacationwith laurel.
- You took cheryl to a benefit.
- Honey,I
don't! You humiliated me.
You and those women
took everything from me.
So you took everythingfrom them.
Heard you did all right.
Yeah.
Yeah,we did,actually.
It was okay.
Torres did,too,on the drive-by
with a littlehelp from loker.
How did it go with zoe?
It's good,actually.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Roger's proposed to her.
You okay?
You know what I miss?
I miss the arguments.
You do? what?
Probably not the best
timeto tell her,though.
Absolutely not.
Thanks for your helpon this.
My office is grateful.
Your office is welcome.
- We're not a totaldisaster together.
- What?
I mean,working together.
And I know.
I should've told youabout roger.
It's just I don't know.
I guess it
just never seemed likethe right time
no.
Hey,so,if,um,roger
makes you happy,right,
then we'llmake it
work.
For emily,I mean.
Yeah.
Thanks.
You should probablywear the
ring,though.
It's a little confusg.
- okay.
- All right,then.
Bye.
what was that?
Mom,I'm home.
******
That would be our daughter.
Oops.