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Truth (2015) is a drama chronicling the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes II scandal, where producer Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett) and anchor Dan Rather (Robert Redford) investigated President George W. Bush’s alleged preferential treatment in the Texas Air National Guard.
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00:25:52LORETTA
00:25:53at home. What's that? Mrs. Oxley. Haven't seen her all morning. Sometimes she walks up to the store,
00:26:01sometimes she goes off for a visit. Mrs. Oxley has only been here a couple of months
00:26:05since selling her farm, isn't that right? Yeah, she's one of the short timers. Husband got burned
00:26:11up in a fire. Say don't I know you? You're the TV lady. The inside buzz girl. Guilty. That kind
00:26:22of
00:26:22show had been around when I was young, I probably would have been on there. I was quite the little
00:26:27starlet. Oh, yeah. Producers, directors, writers. I had my pick. I can see why. Of course, times were
00:26:38different then. A girl with a reputation had a harder time. I'm sorry. I just, I'm wondering if you have
00:26:45any idea if Mrs. Oxley will be gone long. Oh, I wish I could help you, honey. Say maybe you
00:26:52could do a show. Where are they now? Maybe. Maybe. Look here. You won't believe the people
00:27:00I knew. Oh, wow. My favorite director, Alfred Hitchcock. Wow. Yeah. And, and Janet Leigh and Tony
00:27:07Curtis. Oh, you work with the greats, huh? Oh, yeah. And the heavenly Cary Grant. Bye-bye. And Tyrone
00:27:25Cedar Grove. Looks like it was once a thriving country town. Once. Not anymore. I guess the
00:27:35bad water story isn't such a big secret after all.
00:28:05Well, the report's dated January 5th of this year. Yeah, that's the one. And it shows nothing
00:28:10wrong with the groundwater. Well, thanks so much for looking. I guess I'll let my kids know
00:28:16they can drink the water again. The report on file with the Department of Water is perfectly
00:28:20clean. The water's pure as rain. Surprise, surprise. I got a rundown Carl Timmons.
00:28:28Pretty amazing, the way you get people to open up. I forgot how exciting this part of it all
00:28:34is. Putting the pieces together? Admit it, Laura. You miss it. And this is what you were trained
00:28:39to do. It's in your blood. You want to take point this time? Of course. It's in my blood,
00:28:46too. Hello? Yeah, I'll be right there. Hang on. Looks like the Cedar Grove real estate bubble's
00:28:54already burst. Hi. Inside Buzzgirl. Jack Lycar. Laura Peterson. Come on in. So you're looking
00:29:05to buy out this way, are you? Mr. Lycar, I'd like to get right to the point. Okay. I'm
00:29:12Meredith Backelman of the Daily Free Press. I've got a few questions for you. Sure. Fire away.
00:29:16You've closed on quite a few deals over the last few months. Well, I am the only realtor in these
00:29:21parts. We're a dying breed. We've interviewed residents on the south side of Cedar Grove.
00:29:27Transactions where you've represented both the buyer and the seller. Dual agency is legal in the
00:29:31state of California. On 35 transactions? You don't think that's pushing the ethical boundaries a
00:29:37little? No. I believe everybody was satisfied. Didn't you tell people there were problems with
00:29:41the ground law? Look, when stories come up about bad water, even if they're just rumors, I have a duty
00:29:46to be up front with all parties. Disclosure laws are very clear about that. But you were being more
00:29:50than up front, weren't you? You showed them a toxicity report from the Department of Water, or should I say
00:29:56on the forged letterhead from the Department of Water? Wait a minute. What are you saying? Are you saying
00:30:00the water was poison? I think you know it's not, Mr. Lycar. Look, I'll admit I had some pretty good
00:30:07commissions last year, but I saw that report. I mean, hell, I even sold my own house outside of town.
00:30:11I thought I was doing everyone a favor. The buyers you represented didn't have any qualms
00:30:16about purchasing property with water problems. A big corporation doesn't really care about water.
00:30:21What big corporation would that be, Mr. Lycar? All right, I admit I made some money, but I was
00:30:29very up front with everybody. If they didn't want to buy and sell, then they didn't have to sell.
00:30:34I mean, I don't know what the hell you people want from me. I thought I was doing everyone a
00:30:38favor.
00:30:40Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got some work to do.
00:30:47The part I don't understand is, why was Amelia even interested in this story?
00:30:52People cheated out of their homes? Maybe you don't find that kind of story compelling in
00:30:56Hollywood. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, but they were all paid. I mean, yes, it was deceptive,
00:31:01but a real estate scam story there, a dime a dozen.
00:31:04It was my fault. She wanted to drop the story, but I told her something smelled fishy.
00:31:11I told her to dig deeper. I got her killed.
00:31:17No, you can't blame yourself, Meredith.
00:31:20Oh, yes, I can.
00:31:24My head hurts.
00:31:28Don't you have some boyfriend to go home to or something?
00:31:32In between men at the moment.
00:31:36Stay that way.
00:31:37I married two, and they were both louses.
00:31:40You probably ran them off.
00:31:42Told them what they were doing wasn't good enough.
00:31:45I did, actually.
00:31:47Oh, my gosh.
00:31:50Can you imagine if I'd had children?
00:31:52They wouldn't have stood a chance.
00:31:56What about you?
00:31:58I expected you to be married by now.
00:32:00Oh, I don't know.
00:32:02I think, honestly, it had a lot to do with Amelia.
00:32:05You were pretty frustrated when she quit school and married Rick.
00:32:09No, I was angry.
00:32:11But now I understand
00:32:14what a difficult choice it was for Amelia.
00:32:18She made the right decision.
00:32:20Lori is an amazing girl.
00:32:22I lost your partner.
00:32:27I lost my direction, too, I guess.
00:32:30I want it so badly to be successful.
00:32:32And you are.
00:32:36We literally came from nothing, Amelia and me.
00:32:39Amelia and I.
00:32:41We met our freshman year, and we swore we'd go to the top together.
00:32:46The day I was her bridesmaid at her wedding was bittersweet.
00:32:54Stop the presses.
00:32:55Pop star elopes with bodyguard.
00:32:57Public shocked.
00:32:59Film at 11.
00:33:01Laura Peterson.
00:33:04Oh, yeah.
00:33:06I'll be right over.
00:33:27Do you know who Peter Bergstrom is?
00:33:29Uh, he's a movie producer, right?
00:33:31Yeah, maybe he's producing, but mostly he's a real estate developer.
00:33:34One of the biggest in the state.
00:33:36Okay.
00:33:36So why did Amelia have a box full of information on it?
00:33:46Laura, what's going on?
00:33:48I don't know what all this means, but...
00:33:50Amelia was working a story rig.
00:33:52For what?
00:33:53To sell, I presume.
00:33:55Write it up and sell it freelance.
00:33:57We had plenty of money.
00:33:58It wasn't about the money.
00:33:59It was about doing something that made her feel good about herself.
00:34:02You're saying she wasn't happy?
00:34:04I'm still trying to figure it out myself.
00:34:06Where did you find all this?
00:34:09In behind the Christmas decorations.
00:34:12Well, she certainly did a lot of research.
00:34:18Why was Amelia interested in Peter Bergstrom?
00:34:36It's beautiful, isn't it?
00:34:40Actually, it is.
00:34:42And I'm not normally a fan of big developments.
00:34:45Well, El Rancho Estates will be different.
00:34:48I have to say, you look even prettier in person than you do on television, Miss Peterson.
00:34:52Laura, please.
00:34:53It was good of you to see me on short notice, Mr. Bergstrom.
00:34:56Peter, please.
00:34:58And I have to say, you piqued my curiosity.
00:35:00What have I done to deserve the attention of the inside buzz?
00:35:05You're producing a movie, I hear.
00:35:07Well, it's L.A.
00:35:08Who isn't?
00:35:11Please, sit down.
00:35:12Have a seat.
00:35:13I'm going to get grilled.
00:35:15Might as well do this in comfort, huh?
00:35:17Can I get you a cup of coffee or some water or anything?
00:35:20No, I'm fine.
00:35:21Excuse me for one second.
00:35:26Yeah, Margo.
00:35:28Uh, yeah.
00:35:30Put him through.
00:35:31I'll take that one call.
00:35:31Sorry.
00:35:32One second.
00:35:42Hey, Professor.
00:35:43I turned up some interesting information in a database.
00:35:46There was an explosion out in Cedar Grove about a year ago.
00:35:49Another car fire?
00:35:50A propane accident.
00:35:52A man got burned really badly, finally died a couple months ago.
00:35:55But it was the name that jumped out at me.
00:35:57J.R. Oxley.
00:35:58Yeah, how'd you know?
00:36:02We've been looking for Loretta.
00:36:04That's your wife.
00:36:08Loretta?
00:36:13Okay.
00:36:15Ron, David, I'll do business with you guys anytime.
00:36:18Yeah.
00:36:18Hey, Ron, I wanted to do the fight on that plane.
00:36:21Yeah?
00:36:22Okay, thanks.
00:36:23Bye-bye.
00:36:27You climbed Mount Everest?
00:36:28That's impressive.
00:36:30Actually, it's my greatest folly.
00:36:32I broke my ankle on the summit.
00:36:35A 145-pound Sherpa named La Sange-Pourguet had to carry me down to base camp on his back.
00:36:42Aw.
00:36:42Not my finest hour.
00:36:44Well, I hope you gave him a big tip.
00:36:45Actually, I gave La Sange his own travel agency.
00:36:48Now he has to deal with more crazy Americans than ever.
00:36:52Is that how you describe yourself?
00:36:54Crazy American.
00:36:55Yeah, I guess so.
00:36:57When I was a kid, a doctor told me that I had an adrenaline problem.
00:37:01Too much.
00:37:03But that's probably not what you came here to discuss.
00:37:06No, no, that's great.
00:37:06It gives me a feel for you.
00:37:07I mean, we can talk about the movie later.
00:37:10Too much energy.
00:37:11In high school, I played every sport imaginable, and that seemed to help.
00:37:16In college, I discovered other things, and I sort of threw myself into partying 100%
00:37:23and all that bad behavior that that entails.
00:37:26But eventually, sewing your wild oats catches up to you, and I put that behavior behind me.
00:37:32But you're not really here to discuss my movie, are you?
00:37:40Do you know a woman named Amelia Moore?
00:37:43No, I can't say that I do.
00:37:44Who is she?
00:37:45A friend of mine.
00:37:46She died.
00:37:47I'm sorry to hear that.
00:37:48She was murdered in Cedar Grove.
00:37:52Uh, Cedar Grove, where's that?
00:37:54I think you know exactly where that is, Mr. Bergstrom.
00:37:59Ms. Peterson, I'm afraid that you've come here under false pretenses.
00:38:03I'm going to have to ask you to leave my office now.
00:38:05But if you could only just tell...
00:38:06No, out now.
00:38:11And we were getting along so well.
00:38:40Mrs. Oxley, Loretta Oxley, please, I need a moment.
00:38:43I'm a friend of Amelia Moore's.
00:38:44I want to talk to you about the sale of your farm.
00:38:47I can't talk to you.
00:38:47We've spoken to a lot of your neighbors.
00:38:49No, you shouldn't be here.
00:38:51You understand?
00:38:52Please, I'd like to talk about your husband.
00:38:53No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
00:39:16no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:39:31Come on, come on.
00:39:53Come on.
00:40:27Come on.
00:40:28So let's report this to the police.
00:40:29Come on, Laura.
00:40:30We dig deeper.
00:40:31The police aren't going to find this guy.
00:40:33Detective Maloney might.
00:40:34Oh, that would be the easy way out.
00:40:35Let somebody else uncover the truth.
00:40:37We both know what it was.
00:40:38No, not for certain.
00:40:39The guy could have killed you.
00:40:41Gorillas shot at me in Nicaragua, Laura.
00:40:44Mobsters threatened to break my legs in Chicago.
00:40:46You expect me to be afraid of some hick in a pickup truck in Cedar Grove?
00:40:50Maybe you should go back to reading press releases and calling it news.
00:40:56You were scared, weren't you?
00:40:58No.
00:41:04Where were you today?
00:41:05The polo lounge?
00:41:09I tried to chase Sam Carl Timmons.
00:41:11Apparently he's on sick leave from the department of water, but he's never at home.
00:41:15Interesting.
00:41:16Mm-hmm.
00:41:17And then I made a man.
00:41:18Amelia was doing research on him.
00:41:20Peter Bergstrom.
00:41:21Peter Bergstrom?
00:41:23Why?
00:41:24You know him?
00:41:25Well, of course.
00:41:27Bergstrom's helped build Southern California.
00:41:30The piece that got me fired off the Times was an expose of corruption in the Bergstrom Empire.
00:41:35Amelia had a box full of information on him.
00:41:37I hate that family.
00:41:38Peter's an irresponsible playboy, but his father was cold, hard, vicious.
00:41:43He'd stop at nothing to get what he wanted.
00:41:46So what's the connection to Cedar Grove?
00:41:48Isn't Bergstrom's new development in Summit Park?
00:41:51Uh-huh.
00:41:55Laura Peterson?
00:41:58Yes, yes I did.
00:42:03I see.
00:42:04No, no.
00:42:05Don't send a squad car.
00:42:06I'll come to you.
00:42:07I know where it is.
00:42:09I'm leaving right now.
00:42:13I just found Carl Timmons.
00:42:21Oh...
00:42:37You watch it.
00:42:39Goodwill.
00:42:49Let's take you.
00:42:55Carl Timmons.
00:42:57Kind of fitting for a man in the water business.
00:43:00He drowned?
00:43:01Tell me it was an accident.
00:43:03Not judging by the finger marks on his throat.
00:43:06Looks like Carl was hiding out here.
00:43:08His grandparents' old house.
00:43:10Neighbor kicked on him.
00:43:11How did you know Carl Timmons?
00:43:13I didn't.
00:43:14There are four messages from you in his voicemail.
00:43:16If you listen to him, then you know I never met him.
00:43:18Why don't you quit the games?
00:43:20Because whatever's going on here, these people are playing for keeps.
00:43:23This isn't some cute Hollywood divorce story.
00:43:25These people are killers.
00:43:26I'd be open to an exchange of information.
00:43:28I'd be open to throwing your ass in jail for obstructing a homicide investigation.
00:43:32How's that sound?
00:43:33Sounds like you wouldn't get the information you need.
00:44:01Carl Timmons created this report showing high levels of arsenic in the drinking water in Cedar Grove.
00:44:06Cedar Grove was part of his territory, right?
00:44:09It was.
00:44:10The real report from the Department of Water shows that the drinking water is perfectly fine.
00:44:14So he faked a report.
00:44:16Which got floated out among the residents of Cedar Grove.
00:44:19They all panicked.
00:44:20Everybody sold cheap.
00:44:22Who'd they sell to?
00:44:24Three different companies.
00:44:26Storage facility group, a solar power company, and an investment group out in Nevada.
00:44:33This is what Timmons was killed over?
00:44:36And Amelia Moore, too.
00:44:41This is the trading part.
00:44:45All right, well, we found some interesting things in the victim's heart, Josh.
00:44:50Amelia's.
00:44:50What?
00:44:51Her name was Amelia.
00:44:55I'm sorry, really.
00:45:00There's a whole set of pictures of Haas' taken in and around Cedar Grove.
00:45:07I recognize some of them.
00:45:08You can keep those.
00:45:09I've got copies.
00:45:10Also, there's a couple things in this notepad we just can't seem to figure out.
00:45:14Let me see it.
00:45:22This one's a date.
00:45:23October 22, 1989.
00:45:28You weren't very nice to me the first time we met.
00:45:37Well, this one, this is strange.
00:45:41RCDS GS8.
00:45:42I have no idea what that means.
00:45:45And this one, this says Summit Park kill fee.
00:45:51Three million dollars.
00:45:53Summit Park.
00:45:56That's nowhere near here.
00:46:07I know.
00:46:08Oh, careful.
00:46:10Thanks.
00:46:12And he says, what do you mean I'm Irish?
00:46:18Listen.
00:46:20I know you're a reporter and all, but please be careful.
00:46:24I will, I promise.
00:46:26And if you think of anything else, call me.
00:46:28Don't be a hero.
00:46:29These are bad people.
00:46:39Laura.
00:46:42Sorry if I was rough on you, aren't you?
00:46:44I'm a big girl.
00:46:45I can handle it.
00:46:48Keep this to yourself.
00:46:50Your friend, Amelia, it was murder.
00:47:00Thank you, Roy.
00:47:40Today we confirmed what everybody's been guessing all along.
00:47:43The storybook romance that had all of America talking is officially Tinseltown history.
00:47:49That's right, kids.
00:47:50The lawyers have cited irreconcilable differences.
00:47:53The publicists are spinning their stories.
00:47:55And Hollywood's royal couple is officially going their separate ways.
00:47:59And that's the Inside Buzz for today.
00:48:12Yeah, October 22nd, 1989.
00:48:14That's what she'd written down.
00:48:21Listen, Meredith, I gotta go.
00:48:22I'm still finishing tomorrow's piece.
00:48:25Yeah.
00:48:26All right.
00:48:27Let me know what you find.
00:48:30Bye.
00:48:43Hey, where you been all day?
00:48:45Oh, uh, working something.
00:48:47What?
00:48:48What, you got a hot story?
00:48:51Pretty hot, yeah.
00:48:57Hey.
00:49:00You've been acting kind of weird since your friend died.
00:49:06Uh, you okay?
00:49:11Todd, do you like what we do?
00:49:15Do you think it's important?
00:49:16Well, I definitely like it.
00:49:18Important?
00:49:18I don't know.
00:49:20But listen, people love our stuff.
00:49:22Mm-hmm.
00:49:24I have a friend, an old journalism professor.
00:49:27She says, serious journalism produces serious consequences.
00:49:32Am I a joke?
00:49:33All right, listen, it's a big world out there.
00:49:36Lots of bad stuff happening.
00:49:38Now, I'm not saying we don't need to know about it all.
00:49:40But all that bad stuff needs a balance.
00:49:43And that's us.
00:49:45We're part of the balance.
00:49:46But do you feel good about what we do?
00:49:48Yeah, I do.
00:49:51The question is, do you?
00:49:55Hey, I stole your cookies.
00:49:57Want one?
00:49:58Sure.
00:49:59What, my cookies?
00:50:00Yeah, I found them on your desk.
00:50:02Where are they from?
00:50:03Well, uh, I don't know.
00:50:06No, no.
00:50:08Put them down, Todd.
00:50:10Carefully.
00:50:11What, you don't want to share with me?
00:50:13Put it down!
00:50:14No!
00:50:16No!
00:50:19No!
00:50:19No!
00:50:39It's an explosive device.
00:50:41Not very sophisticated, but powerful enough.
00:50:44How did it get in here?
00:50:45Delivery guy dropped it off.
00:50:46We'll see if we can pull anything off the security cameras.
00:50:48Roy, who's doing this?
00:50:50Whoever they are, they mean business.
00:50:54Back off a little while, Laura.
00:50:57Give me time to do my job.
00:50:58They've killed Amelia, they went after Meredith, and now they've tried to kill me.
00:51:02You know what that tells me?
00:51:04I'm afraid to ask.
00:51:05It tells me we're getting closer to the truth.
00:51:08Yeah, well, there's also something called the Freedom of Information Act.
00:51:12Those records are public documents, and I'm officially requesting them.
00:51:16Thank you so much for your help.
00:51:19Idiot.
00:51:21Okay, this RCDS GS-8.
00:51:24GS-8 is a government pay scale.
00:51:27RCDS indicates a reserve county deputy sheriff.
00:51:31But what has that got to do with any of this?
00:51:34Not a clue, but I've requested county personnel records from the Cedar Grove area in the late 1980s,
00:51:40right around the date Amelia would have written down.
00:51:42Well, Bergstrom has something definitely to do with this.
00:51:47Summit Park kill fee, $3 million.
00:51:49That's a hefty penalty.
00:51:51Kill fee?
00:51:52When he made the deal to get approval for our rancho estates, he agreed to pay Summit Park $3 million.
00:51:58If it didn't go through.
00:51:59Well, but the deal's going through, right?
00:52:00I mean, you saw the model.
00:52:01Yeah, yeah, he's been on the news all week.
00:52:03The Grand Slam opening's next week.
00:52:06This is weird.
00:52:07I don't know.
00:52:08And I still can't find any mention of that date anywhere either.
00:52:11Although, I swear, I've seen the-
00:52:13Hey, guess what I-
00:52:14Sorry.
00:52:15No, no, no, it's okay.
00:52:16Did you find something?
00:52:17Yeah, there's a last-minute emergency zoning commission meeting tonight in Cedar Grove.
00:52:21I found it up on their website.
00:52:23It might be interesting, but everybody up there is going to know who we are by now.
00:52:26They don't know me.
00:52:27You're willing to sit through a zoning commission meeting?
00:52:30Oh, my God, yes.
00:52:31Can I?
00:52:32No, it's too dangerous.
00:52:32Of course you can.
00:52:34You're a journalist, aren't you, Christy?
00:52:36Absolutely, Professor.
00:52:42Professor, we shouldn't involve her.
00:52:43She's just a kid.
00:52:45You and Amelia were both kids when you did your best work.
00:52:51And therefore, my client, Soul Green Technologies, requests a variance to rezone their land from agricultural to commercial.
00:53:01Those in favor?
00:53:04Opposed?
00:53:06The chair breaks the tie in favor.
00:53:10Mr. Lycar, the Cedar Grove Zoning Commission, grant your clients discretionary approval, A1 to C3.
00:53:19We are adjourned.
00:53:23Thanks.
00:53:28Thank you very much, Floyd.
00:53:30I really appreciate the expedited service.
00:53:33You've got to tell me who the girl in the back is.
00:53:35It's not often you get spectators at zoning meetings, right?
00:53:38It's nothing, Jack.
00:53:40Some kind of civics class assignment.
00:53:42Gosh, girls didn't look like that when I went to school, huh?
00:53:46You're talking about your class assignment, huh?
00:53:48I want to buy a coffee.
00:54:02Mrs. Sweeney, do you mind if I ask you a couple of questions?
00:54:05Oh, I just really want to get home.
00:54:07Pretty tough tonight, huh?
00:54:10Does Floyd and Niven always run his meetings like that?
00:54:12Uh, lately, anyway.
00:54:14Oh, they're ganging up on you, huh?
00:54:18Well, it doesn't help that Jack Lycar has two relatives on the board.
00:54:22Really?
00:54:23Mm-hmm.
00:54:23Which ones?
00:54:25That's his brother-in-law on the left, and the other one's his uncle.
00:54:29Making Floyd Niven the swing vote on these rezonings?
00:54:33That's the way it's been for the last three meetings, or at least whenever Lycar shows up.
00:54:38Tell me, this company, Soul Green Technologies, do they ever give up the names of their principals?
00:54:44Oh, yeah, their board of directors is listed right here in the petition to rezone.
00:54:48Listen, good luck with your class.
00:54:51Why does Soul Green need all these different plots?
00:54:57This isn't about some civics class, is it?
00:55:0017!
00:55:01Silence.
00:55:02Oh.
00:55:0425!
00:55:0525!
00:55:09Okay.
00:55:12These are Lycar's recent rezonings.
00:55:15Someone calls out a number, the only remember the joke was something.
00:55:18Sorry about that.
00:55:18Oh, okay.
00:55:21All I know is that last year Floyd Niven sure couldn't afford a Rolex.
00:55:35All these threads, Peter Bergstrom, Carl Timmons, Cedar Grove, Amelia's notes, nothing fits together.
00:55:42There's hundreds of names in these sheriff's employees' records.
00:55:46Two questions we haven't answered yet.
00:55:48What does the October 22nd date mean, and why was Amelia interested in this story?
00:55:52What was she doing at a derelict cemetery?
00:55:54Three questions.
00:55:56I got the names of the board of directors for Soul Green Technologies.
00:55:59Oh, goody, more names.
00:56:01I also nabbed these maps from the zoning commission.
00:56:04Nice work.
00:56:06Don't they usually put those windmills on long roads?
00:56:08How valuable can the land be if...
00:56:12Wait a second, wait a second.
00:56:14Come here.
00:56:17Look at this.
00:56:19Look at this.
00:56:23It's all one contiguous property.
00:56:24Look at that.
00:56:26Look at that.
00:57:02This is where it happened.
00:57:05I did this.
00:57:08Whoever rigged that gas tank, that's who's to blame, not you.
00:57:12There's a cemetery.
00:57:12I'm sorry.
00:57:14I hate ghosts.
00:57:16Oh.
00:57:32Hey, look at this.
00:57:36It says keep out.
00:57:37I'm going in.
00:58:03This is Donald Meyer.
00:58:04This is Donald Meyer.
00:58:23There's a water pumping plant here.
00:58:25Maybe she was looking for Carl Timmons here.
00:58:29What are you doing?
00:58:31Meredith?
00:58:32I'd like to introduce the vice president of Soul Green Technologies, Jeremiah Stottlemyre.
00:58:38You're kidding.
00:58:40And here's treasurer Marianne Jacobson, Richard Goodman, Peter Tippett.
00:58:44He's the president.
00:58:46They're all here.
00:58:49The entire board of directors.
00:58:52One of those companies is made up of ghost directors.
00:58:55Maybe all of them are.
00:58:56That makes Jack Leichardt the only real person involved.
00:59:00So then he isn't just representing teams of buyers.
00:59:03He is the buyer.
00:59:05But how'd he get the money?
00:59:06He'd have to get bank loans and down payments.
00:59:08Wait, wait, wait.
00:59:09What if they've, you know, done something to this?
00:59:11How could they?
00:59:12I was right here the whole time.
00:59:13I know, but I...
00:59:14Meredith, they want us to be scared.
00:59:16You know what I say?
00:59:19Let's go get them.
00:59:24All right.
01:00:11If Leichardt's running three different companies, he's got to be hiding something.
01:00:15It's an old trick for assembling a large tract of land.
01:00:18A property they'll hold out for a high price.
01:00:26So Leichardt must have paid off Timmins for the fake water report.
01:00:29Did he kill Timmins?
01:00:30Leichardt hardly seems tired.
01:00:32Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
01:00:32Turn that up.
01:00:33There's something about El Rancho Estates.
01:00:34What?
01:00:35Peter Bergstrom announced unexpectedly today that he's pulling the multi-million dollar housing
01:00:39project out of Summit Park.
01:00:42City officials in Summit Park are threatening legal action.
01:00:45But Bergstrom insists El Rancho Estates will be built instead on a large tract of land in
01:00:51Cedar Grove in San Bernardino County.
01:00:53Now trading in local stocks was moderate today.
01:00:56Leichardt's life.
01:00:58It makes no sense.
01:01:00Bergstrom's got millions invested in Summit Park.
01:01:03Survey expenses, environmental impact studies.
01:01:06Plus the three million dollar kill fee.
01:01:09Why would Bergstrom allow his original deal to fall apart?
01:01:12Dropping to Jack Leichardt's life?
01:01:16How much money would be on the table to deal this time?
01:01:19Hundreds of millions.
01:01:23People are falling all over themselves to do business with Peter Bergstrom.
01:01:27Why would he end up with Jack Leichardt?
01:01:32What's wrong?
01:01:34Maybe nothing.
01:01:35Do me a favor, we'll move.
01:01:37Pull over, let this guy pass.
01:01:39Is that the guy who tried to run you off the road?
01:01:42I think so.
01:01:43Can you get his plate number?
01:01:46No plates on the front.
01:02:14Who are the buffs?
01:02:18We can make it.
01:02:22We can make it.
01:02:23KaP ouh!
01:02:35Whoo-hoo!
01:02:36Whoo-hoo!
01:02:36Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!
01:02:38Liker!
01:02:40It's me, Rhys.
01:02:43No, I didn't.
01:02:45But I got away.
01:02:59I mean it, Laura. We stop this now.
01:03:02How can you say that?
01:03:02Let the detectives handle it.
01:03:04Harry, this is crazy. This isn't you. What about everything you taught me?
01:03:07Excuse me for being human.
01:03:08It's been a long time since I've been really killed.
01:03:11Twice in one week.
01:03:12We can't just quit. This is what we do.
01:03:14Look at yourself. Look at me.
01:03:16A celebrity-hacked newscaster and a washed-up reporter
01:03:19teaching at a second-rate school.
01:03:21Who are we kidding?
01:03:22We can delude ourselves most of the time, but out there it's about to get us killed.
01:03:25You're not washed up.
01:03:29I've been in a downward spiral for a decade.
01:03:31You wanted to know why I'm so nasty? That's your answer.
01:03:34I was unhirable doing the one thing I love to do,
01:03:36so I had to settle for this.
01:03:40Laura, you're not 20 years old.
01:03:43Why would you ever listen to what I said?
01:03:45You're a successful, independent woman with a great career.
01:03:50Go back to your life.
01:03:51Enjoy it while you've got it.
01:03:54Amelia's dead.
01:03:56Nothing we do is ever going to bring her back.
01:04:19So cozy. You're going to get to school.
01:04:23Wow.
01:04:25Look at what's this. That's so funny.
01:04:44How's it coming?
01:04:46Uh, not a total loss.
01:04:49Smells good.
01:04:52How's Gloria?
01:04:53Sad.
01:04:54Doing better though, I think.
01:05:00Well, thanks for coming around. It's good for her.
01:05:03I'll be here whenever she needs me.
01:05:08What's that?
01:05:10Oh, uh, Amelia stashed stuff all over the house.
01:05:13That was, uh, tucked in behind the furnace, I think.
01:05:23Rick?
01:05:49I think we're ready.
01:05:51Deborah Varner.
01:05:53Deputy J.R. Oxley?
01:05:55What?
01:05:56This is it.
01:05:57This woman, Deborah Varner, she was driving Peter Bergstrom's sports car in Cedar Grove.
01:06:01The sheriff, his name was J.R. Oxley.
01:06:03So?
01:06:04But how does it connect?
01:06:05Bergstrom wasn't even there.
01:06:06It's got to connect somehow, doesn't it?
01:06:08Am I supposed to know what you're talking about?
01:06:09I'm sorry, Rick.
01:06:10Let me check on the spaghetti.
01:06:16Oh, uh, hey. Is Meredith here?
01:06:19I haven't seen her.
01:06:21Guess who was Reserve County Deputy Sheriff from 1985 to 92? Jack Lycar.
01:06:27So was J.R. Oxley.
01:06:30Both of them sheriffs the same time Peter Bergstrom's girlfriend was killed in an accident.
01:06:35Then years later, Oxley dies and his widow is pressured to sell her land to Jack Lycar.
01:06:40Who's already bought up most of the land in Cedar Grove?
01:06:42Which just happens to be where Peter Bergstrom suddenly decides to build a huge housing development.
01:06:47What does this all have to do with Amelia's murder?
01:06:52Let me come.
01:06:53Absolutely not.
01:06:54Oh, come on. I'm in on this. You can't just shut me out.
01:06:57I want to be you one day.
01:06:59Believe me, you don't want to be me.
01:07:01I don't want to be you.
01:07:03I want to be as good as you.
01:07:06Show me how.
01:07:09You better follow orders a hell of a lot better than I did at your age.
01:07:13Yes, ma'am.
01:07:37It's like Lycar's still at work.
01:07:38So he is.
01:07:40This could be interesting.
01:07:42What are you going to do?
01:07:44Watch Lycar's face when we show him our head.
01:07:58Hello.
01:07:59Sorry, we're closed, but...
01:08:01Oh, it's you again.
01:08:03Yep, me again.
01:08:04You still working on that civics class assignment, little lady?
01:08:08This is not a good time for me. I'm shutting down the business.
01:08:11That must have been a big check you got from Bergstrom & Associates.
01:08:14El Rancho Estates is a huge project.
01:08:16Yeah, it'll certainly be good for Cedar Grove.
01:08:18Interesting article here. I wonder if you saw it.
01:08:21It's from October 22nd, 1989.
01:08:23It tells about the death of Peter Bergstrom's girlfriend.
01:08:28It's funny.
01:08:29You were deputy county sheriff back then.
01:08:31Yeah, well, I wish I could be of more help.
01:08:33If you'll excuse me.
01:08:34If not, you might remember it.
01:08:36Especially since you were the deputy who filed the accident report.
01:08:43Is that true? Were you bluffing?
01:08:45Sometimes it's not what you know, it's what they think you know.
01:08:48Yeah.
01:08:49So you lie to get the truth.
01:08:51Something like that.
01:09:06I still can't reach Meredith.
01:09:08Maybe she's following some lead.
01:09:17She's here.
01:09:18Mrs. Oxley?
01:09:20Mrs. Oxley, we need to talk to you.
01:09:22Please just go away.
01:09:23We need to talk to you about your husband.
01:09:25We know that he was badly burned in a propane explosion.
01:09:27It was a terrible accident. There's nothing to talk about.
01:09:29I don't believe it was an accident at all.
01:09:32I think you told Amelia Moore the truth about how J.R. was murdered
01:09:36and what really went on that night of the car wreck, didn't you?
01:09:38Look what happened to her.
01:09:42Come on.
01:09:43Come on.
01:09:44Come on.
01:09:49Come on.
01:09:51Come on.
01:09:55Come on.
01:09:55Come on.
01:09:55Come on.
01:09:56Come on.
01:09:57Come on.
01:09:57Come on.
01:09:57Come on.
01:09:57Come on.
01:09:58G.R. was such a handsome man.
01:10:01If you could have seen what that fire done to him.
01:10:05Mrs. Oxley, when did you learn the truth?
01:10:09A couple of months ago, J.R.'s hospital bills were taken, everything we had.
01:10:14And then he told me about this money he put away.
01:10:17Twenty thousand dollars.
01:10:19Told me to pay the doctors with it.
01:10:21Did he tell you where he got it?
01:10:22Jack Leichhardt gave it to him.
01:10:24To keep quiet about that nut.
01:10:28It's okay.
01:10:29Just tell us whatever you told Amelia.
01:10:33J.R. was first on the scene, so he called it in.
01:10:36The girl was dead.
01:10:39But she wasn't the one driving, it was a young man.
01:10:43Drunk out of his mind.
01:10:44Before J.R. could call it in, Jack Leichhardt shows up and pulls rank.
01:10:49He always was a weasel, that one.
01:10:52Leichhardt talks to the young man for a while and then he tells J.R. he'll handle everything.
01:10:56Leichhardt took the dead girl's body and put it in the driver's seat.
01:10:59And then told J.R. to look the other way if he wanted to keep his job.
01:11:03How did that news photo get taken?
01:11:06Some local guy from the paper just got one shot before Leichhardt chased him off.
01:11:12And then he kicked J.R. out of there too.
01:11:15And what happened after that?
01:11:16The next day the newspaper comes out saying the girl was driving all alone.
01:11:20Well that ain't right.
01:11:21And J.R. is pretty upset as you can imagine.
01:11:24And a couple of days later Leichhardt gives J.R. $20,000 to keep quiet.
01:11:29They were just helping some young rich kid out of a jam.
01:11:32That's how Leichhardt put it.
01:11:34Well times were tough.
01:11:36J.R. was only a part time deputy so he didn't get much of a pension.
01:11:41But he didn't touch a penny.
01:11:43He called it blood money.
01:11:46Until we didn't have a choice.
01:11:52When Leichhardt came around buying up property, did he offer you a fair price?
01:11:56Oh it didn't matter.
01:11:58My J.R. stood up to him.
01:11:59No way we'd sell.
01:12:01He said he was tired of Leichhardt and all his lies.
01:12:05And then less than two weeks later J.R. is in a burn ward.
01:12:09After someone broke the valve off that propane tank.
01:12:15J.R. was a good man.
01:12:19Mrs. Oxley, this is very important.
01:12:24Who was driving the sports car that night?
01:12:26Did your husband tell you?
01:12:31It was Peter Bergstrom wasn't it?
01:12:54You know I bet Leichhardt's been blackmailing Bergstrom for all these years.
01:12:58Until he was ready for the big payday, forcing Bergstrom to move the new development to Cedar Grove.
01:13:06That's Professor Backman isn't it?
01:13:09Yeah.
01:13:11Who's she with?
01:13:14Peter Bergstrom.
01:13:15I don't get it.
01:13:17That makes two of us.
01:13:20Maybe he has something to do with the university.
01:13:22You know, grants, foundations, that kind of thing.
01:13:24Somehow I don't think so.
01:13:26You have no idea what you're getting yourself involved with, Meredith.
01:13:29Peter, you can't pull off the tough guy act.
01:13:31You're not your father.
01:13:32When I wrote that expose on his business, he came after me with everything he had.
01:13:36Brought me down.
01:13:37My career, my marriage.
01:13:39Your family owes me.
01:13:41You're the one who sent that woman after me.
01:13:43The one who got killed.
01:13:44I sent her to finish what I started.
01:13:45Your family thinks you can buy your way out of any problem?
01:13:49Well, fine.
01:13:50Time to buy me.
01:14:09There has to be some kind of reasonable explanation for this, right?
01:14:13Meredith wrote an expose on the Bergstrom.
01:14:14She would have known the date Deborah Garner died.
01:14:17Why would she lie to us?
01:14:18Because she wanted to know where the money was, what the scam was.
01:14:21She needed us to help figure that out.
01:14:23And Amelia.
01:14:25But all she's taught us.
01:14:28The one thing she taught us more than any other.
01:14:30You don't stop.
01:14:33You do whatever you need to until you uncover the truth.
01:14:35Please stay here.
01:14:50Help!
01:14:52Help!
01:14:53Help!
01:14:54Let's see!
01:14:55Help!
01:14:56Let her go!
01:14:57Help!
01:14:58Help!
01:14:59Please!
01:15:01Let's get it!
01:15:10Help!
01:15:12And after we saw Bergstrom and Meredith talking, that's when they kidnapped Christy.
01:15:15You gotta go to the police.
01:15:17And risk Lycar killing her?
01:15:18Are you crazy?
01:15:19Oh God, the poor kid.
01:15:20And I was the one who got her into this.
01:15:22God, and I knew better!
01:15:26I accepted you.
01:15:29What?
01:15:30I might have one bargaining chip.
01:15:32What's that?
01:15:34The drills.
01:15:55Afraid you missed her, dear?
01:15:58You're kidding.
01:15:59She's hard to catch, ain't she?
01:16:01Do you have any idea when she might be back?
01:16:03Oh, she's gone.
01:16:04For good.
01:16:05Oh.
01:16:06Yeah.
01:16:07Went to live with her sister.
01:16:08Well, do you have the address?
01:16:10Somewhere in Santa Fe.
01:16:13I dropped Loretta at the bus station myself.
01:16:16How long ago?
01:16:18Last night.
01:16:19About midnight.
01:16:22I'm sorry.
01:16:23Did I do something wrong?
01:16:25No.
01:16:26Oh.
01:16:27Oh.
01:16:28You look so lost, sweetie.
01:16:40Miss?
01:16:42How would you like to be on TV?
01:16:51What the hell is this?
01:16:52We know how Deborah Varner died.
01:16:54I know about you, and I know about Jack Lycar.
01:16:59What are you talking about?
01:17:00I got the story.
01:17:02I just thought you might like to comment before it airs.
01:17:05This is ridiculous.
01:17:07The gossip columnist is suddenly becoming a heart-biting news reporter?
01:17:10Is that what's going on?
01:17:11That's right.
01:17:11I wouldn't mind moving a rung up the journalistic ladder and busting your ass is the perfect place
01:17:15to start.
01:17:16And then that's all cute and everything?
01:17:18Turn off your camera and get out of my office before I call my attorney.
01:17:21You and Jack Lycar conspired to make it look like Deborah Varner died alone.
01:17:25When in fact you were the driver that night.
01:17:28What are you doing?
01:17:28You bust into somebody's office, stick a camera in their face, start hurling accusations
01:17:32out of you?
01:17:32You killed Deborah Varner and you paid off Jack Lycar to cover it up.
01:17:35Now Lycar's come back to blackmail you.
01:17:37That's the only reason you'd ever build El Rancho estates on his land.
01:17:41All right, what you're saying right now is completely outrageous.
01:17:44What's outrageous is that three people have died.
01:17:48J.R. Oxley, Carl Timmons and my friend Amelia Moore.
01:17:51I'm truly sorry, but I have nothing to do with any of this.
01:17:56I interviewed Loretta Oxley, the deputy's widow.
01:18:00J.R. Oxley told his wife the truth before he died.
01:18:04Well, look, I don't know what you think you have there in your little hand, but in a
01:18:07court of law, that would be called hearsay.
01:18:09Oh, I'm not taking it to court.
01:18:10I'm a hack, remember?
01:18:11I make my living reporting innuendo and speculation.
01:18:14It's the new journalism.
01:18:15Oh, and let me promise you this is going to make great television.
01:18:19Why don't you tell me what it is that you really want?
01:18:21A college student named Chrissy McDermott.
01:18:23She's been kidnapped and I want her released unharmed immediately.
01:18:27Okay, fantastic.
01:18:27So do I.
01:18:28But I have no idea what you're talking about.
01:18:30I didn't think you did.
01:18:32It's my car.
01:18:34Your partner.
01:18:38You want to talk?
01:18:39You really want to talk?
01:18:41Take your camera, turn it off.
01:18:43Turn it off, put it down.
01:18:45Fine.
01:18:46Show me your tape.
01:18:48Play it, please, because I'd love to see what's on.
01:18:52Just pop it in over here.
01:19:02My husband, J.R. Oxley, was the first deputy on the scene the night of the accident.
01:19:07Peter Bergstrom was driving drunk when he crashed his car in Cedar Grove.
01:19:12He killed that poor girl in the passenger seat.
01:19:15She died because of him.
01:19:17Jack Lycar and Bergstrom covered up what happened.
01:19:21They made it look like that young girl done it to herself.
01:19:41You have to understand, I loved Deborah Varner.
01:19:47And that night has haunted me my entire life.
01:20:12And that night has haunted me my entire life.
01:20:15And that night has haunted me my entire life and spot.
01:20:18This is where the accident happened.
01:20:21This is where it all started.
01:20:23This is where it's all gonna end.
01:20:25Sounds morbid.
01:20:27Look, I don't know why I need to meet with Lycar.
01:20:29You're paying me, not him.
01:20:31There's too many side deals.
01:20:32I want everything on the table.
01:20:34Here he comes.
01:20:40Wait a minute.
01:20:41What's he doing with Christie?
01:20:44This is crazy, Peter.
01:20:45This is just crazy!
01:20:47Idiot!
01:20:47Why'd you grab the girl?
01:20:48Insurance!
01:20:49What the hell is she doing here?
01:20:50Calm down, Jack.
01:20:51We're just finishing a business deal here.
01:20:53You said it yourself.
01:20:54There's plenty for everybody, right?
01:20:55Yeah, but why did you get her involved?
01:20:56She got herself involved, believe me.
01:20:58I'm cashing in, same as you.
01:21:00Peter, I had this all covered.
01:21:02I want my payoff after 15 wasted years.
01:21:05Please, my heart bleeds.
01:21:08Frisker.
01:21:08Oh!
01:21:09Back off!
01:21:10You know what?
01:21:10This ends now, okay?
01:21:12People are getting killed, Jack.
01:21:13Kidnapped.
01:21:14This is not the deal that we made.
01:21:16She's clean.
01:21:17Deal's changed, Petey boy.
01:21:18No, no.
01:21:19You let that girl go now, or this whole deal is off.
01:21:22You know, your father had a more practical way of dealing with these things.
01:21:26I let the girl go when the deal is done.
01:21:28Okay, Lycar just gave us plenty on the kidnapping.
01:21:30I'm calling it in.
01:21:31No, wait.
01:21:32I want him to murder.
01:21:33Let's get rid of her.
01:21:34What are you gonna do with her?
01:21:36What do you care?
01:21:37All of a sudden, you got scruples?
01:21:39Jack, you can't go whacking every reporter who starts asking questions.
01:21:42Will you listen to me, Peter?
01:21:43I want to live your life.
01:21:44I want a chance at the good life.
01:21:46And if someone has to disappear, well, that's just tough.
01:21:51Killed Amelia, didn't you?
01:21:55No, I did.
01:21:56Will you shut your mouth, Reese?
01:21:58Paid me 20 grand and another 15 for the water guy.
01:22:00We've got him.
01:22:02Okay, move, move.
01:22:09What is this?
01:22:16Reese, let's go!
01:22:18Come on!
01:22:19Reese!
01:22:20You've done fixing your problems like her.
01:22:29Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, Jack.
01:22:30Forget it, man.
01:22:31I'm wired.
01:22:32This is all on tape.
01:22:33You're finished.
01:22:34Are you out of your mind?
01:22:35You'll lose everything.
01:22:36Everything!
01:22:37Everything but my self-respect.
01:22:49That's right.
01:22:51Chrissy, are you okay?
01:22:59I'm sorry.
01:23:00It's all right, honey.
01:23:03No one can hurt you.
01:23:04You're safe now.
01:23:29Jack Lycar, you're under arrest for the murders of Amelia Moore and Carl Timmons.
01:23:35Get him out of here.
01:23:53All those years you lectured us, did it really mean anything?
01:23:59It was teaching you to become better journalists.
01:24:03You're the reason Amelia died.
01:24:09Yes, I directed her towards the Bergstroms.
01:24:12They've always been ripe for bringing down.
01:24:17I never meant for her to get hurt.
01:24:19No, you just wanted her to dig up some dirt for you.
01:24:22She was a journalist.
01:24:23She was a wife and a mother.
01:24:28She idolized you.
01:24:34She chose the wrong idol.
01:24:39No, no, no.
01:25:06Hey, there, Amelia.
01:25:08I wish you would have told me what you were doing.
01:25:12Maybe we could have done it together.
01:25:16I'm working for the Times now, second string, metro.
01:25:21It's a start, right?
01:25:24Maybe once in a while you can look down and give me a hand,
01:25:30like old times.
01:26:13I'm working for the Times.
01:26:15I'm working for the Times.
01:26:42I'm working for the Times.
01:27:07I'm working for the Times.
01:27:09I'm working for the Times.
01:27:10I'm working for the Times.
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