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00:02:00Here, let me pour you some tea.
00:02:07Is something wrong?
00:02:10This tea is cold!
00:02:11Are you stupid?
00:02:12Can't you make a lousy pot of tea?
00:02:15I'm sorry, I'll heat it up.
00:02:18Forget it!
00:02:19I don't want your s**t tea!
00:02:23Hey, girl!
00:02:25I'm in my room!
00:02:29What are you doing?
00:02:31Just playing.
00:02:38Didn't I ask you to clean up your room?
00:02:41Yes.
00:02:44Can I have a cookie first?
00:02:48How about if you clean up your room first and I'll give you a cookie afterward?
00:02:53Look, Mom, if I have a cookie first, I'll be in a better mood while I'm cleaning.
00:03:00Okay.
00:03:02Okay.
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00:03:19Okay.
00:03:22Okay.
00:03:37Mommy!
00:03:48Oh, my God.
00:03:50I'm surprised.
00:03:53I thought...
00:03:54It's called early release.
00:03:56Reduce your sentence by half for good behavior.
00:04:05Aren't you going to invite us in?
00:04:08Um, the judge said you're not allowed within 500...
00:04:12Come on, Janet, just for a minute.
00:04:15I'll even keep the meter running.
00:04:24You haven't changed anything?
00:04:30What do you want?
00:04:35What do I want?
00:04:36What do you think I want?
00:04:38I want us to be together again, a family, the way we used to be.
00:04:43Isn't that what we both want, Janet, just to put our lives back together?
00:04:48Please.
00:04:50Just go.
00:04:51Where's April?
00:04:54She's not home.
00:04:56She's still at school.
00:04:58April's still at school.
00:05:01That expensive school she goes to gets out at one, Janet.
00:05:07She's upstairs, isn't she?
00:05:11I'll tell you what.
00:05:13I'm going to go take care of some things, but I'll be back.
00:05:16So why don't you have...
00:05:23I want you to have the restraining order lifted.
00:05:26Get all dressed up.
00:05:27You and April will all go out and celebrate my homecoming.
00:05:31Hmm?
00:05:35I love you.
00:06:00You call this running?
00:06:02Yeah.
00:06:05My Uncle Clarence.
00:06:06You know him, right?
00:06:07Right.
00:06:08He's 93.
00:06:09Gets to the dinner table faster than you, Ron.
00:06:16That's funny.
00:06:20Honey, you look a little overheated.
00:06:22Need some water?
00:06:23Yeah, sure.
00:06:26Sure.
00:06:27Damn.
00:06:30You're so slow.
00:06:31Well, you make Sunday Mass look like an action movie.
00:06:37Ow!
00:06:45Okay, are you all right?
00:06:46Yeah, I think I really went over on that one.
00:06:48Oh, no.
00:06:53Yeah.
00:06:57I recall one activity where you enjoy the fact that I'm slow.
00:07:01Oh, yeah.
00:07:04This is my chance to really write something special.
00:07:08Besides, tonight's my first night on the lines.
00:07:11And then it's over.
00:07:13Right?
00:07:16Look, Ray, if you're really that concerned, just take me off the story.
00:07:20No, no, I don't care about the story.
00:07:21This is about you.
00:07:24This subject, it can't help but bring up things from your past.
00:07:28Look, Ray, I know you're concerned, and I love you for that.
00:07:32But I'm a big girl.
00:07:35Okay?
00:07:35Okay?
00:07:38I can handle it.
00:07:41You call me later at the office.
00:07:43Yeah, yeah.
00:07:44Don't worry.
00:07:45Yeah, yeah.
00:07:46Hey, your phone.
00:07:48Carrie?
00:07:59Is he going to live with us?
00:08:02No.
00:08:04Why did he come back?
00:08:07I don't know.
00:08:09But I thought you said...
00:08:11Honey, I promise you, everything's going to be okay.
00:08:18But what if he hurts you?
00:08:23He's never going to hurt me again.
00:08:47Yes?
00:08:48It's us.
00:08:55Hi, Kate.
00:08:57How's my favorite niece?
00:08:58My daddy came home today.
00:09:01I know.
00:09:02I've got your favorite show on the bedroom TV, so why don't you go watch when I talk to
00:09:06Mommy, okay?
00:09:13You're not going back there.
00:09:16What are my choices?
00:09:19Running the rest of my life?
00:09:22Moving every six months till he finally tracks me down?
00:09:27Even if I was willing to do that, what kind of life is that for April?
00:09:33So what are you going to do?
00:09:35I'm going to go back.
00:09:37And I'm going to face him.
00:09:39You think he's going to listen to you?
00:09:43He'll listen.
00:09:46This time, he'll listen.
00:09:55Women's crisis line.
00:09:56Look, I want to know if there's some kind of law that can keep my husband...
00:09:59Oh, my God!
00:10:01He's coming in!
00:10:02Ma'am?
00:10:02Help me, please!
00:10:04Ma'am, where are you?
00:10:05No!
00:10:05Help me!
00:10:06Help me!
00:10:07Can you get away?
00:10:08Don't!
00:10:08Please, don't!
00:10:09No, I'm sorry!
00:10:11Are you all right?
00:10:12I'm sorry!
00:10:13I'm sorry!
00:10:28What could that counselor have done differently?
00:10:33Trace the call.
00:10:34Not enough time.
00:10:36She needed to get the address.
00:10:37She tried.
00:10:39You heard that.
00:10:40The first thing she said was, where are you?
00:10:48The answer is, there was nothing she could do.
00:10:53That is the hardest part of this job.
00:10:56When you find yourself sitting here with a dead phone, thinking about how you failed,
00:11:02and there's no way for me to train or prepare you to handle it, your ability to both do
00:11:09your best and still understand your limitations will be what finally determines if you'll be
00:11:16able to stick with this work or not.
00:11:19So the idea is not to get too involved, right?
00:11:22Well, the question is, what is too involved?
00:11:25If you're going home at the end of your shift, carrying the pain of this with you, then yeah, you're
00:11:30too involved.
00:11:31On the other hand, you know, no woman calling in the middle of the crisis wants to open herself up
00:11:36to some unfeeling technician.
00:11:39So, your involvement is crucial.
00:11:42Yeah, it's like a lifeguard.
00:11:43You have to swim out.
00:11:44And then be able to swim back again, because your emotional well-being is as important to me as the
00:11:50caller's.
00:11:58You have to swim out.
00:12:38I missed you so much.
00:12:41Who's the guy?
00:12:42Just some guy from school.
00:12:44Yeah, I want to meet him, okay?
00:12:46Craig!
00:12:46Hey, come here.
00:12:48Um, Missy says you're a friend of hers, is that right?
00:12:52Yeah, we all go to Lincoln.
00:12:54Craig, stop me.
00:12:56Look, all right, I'm not doing anything, okay?
00:12:58I just wanted to come over here, and I wanted to introduce myself to your friends, okay?
00:13:03All right?
00:13:04My name's Craig.
00:13:06What's your name?
00:13:07Alan.
00:13:08Alan?
00:13:09All right, Alan, did Missy tell you I'm a boyfriend?
00:13:11Did she tell you that?
00:13:13Yeah, she brings it up all the time.
00:13:14Would you do me a favor, and you try to remember that?
00:13:17Can you do that?
00:13:18Yeah, sure, man.
00:13:20Yeah?
00:13:21Whatever.
00:13:22Good.
00:13:25Missy, that guy's a geek, okay?
00:13:28Why'd you have to do that?
00:13:29Do what?
00:13:30Missy, that guy's just trying to get in your pants, okay?
00:13:32That's all he's doing.
00:13:33Missy, wait a second.
00:13:35Just wait a second.
00:13:37All right, look, I am sorry, okay?
00:13:39I said it.
00:13:40I'm sorry.
00:13:42What made you want to be a volunteer?
00:13:48Wanting to help, I guess.
00:13:51Thinking that if someone was desperate enough to call a stranger, maybe I could be that person
00:13:55on the other end.
00:13:57Yeah.
00:13:59Well, so far we've only had one caller, and they hung up.
00:14:02Yeah.
00:14:03Don't you worry.
00:14:04The rush is going to get started any minute now.
00:14:06It gets busier after dark?
00:14:08Oh, yeah, the workday ends, the bars fill up, and all the anger people keep bottled up
00:14:14all day.
00:14:15Get...
00:14:19Women's crisis line.
00:14:22Can you just tell me how to stop a guy from being jealous?
00:14:27What happens when he gets jealous?
00:14:31He just gets angry.
00:14:32I mean, he just goes on.
00:14:35Does he hit you?
00:14:37No, I mean, maybe just one time, but that's, that's all.
00:14:43It was, it was my fault anyways.
00:14:46You're wrong.
00:14:49Um.
00:14:53Look, I just want to know if there's something I can do to make him not be so jealous all
00:14:57the
00:14:57time.
00:14:59What's your name?
00:15:01Missy.
00:15:02Let me ask you a question, Missy.
00:15:06Aren't you really calling because you're afraid of him?
00:15:13No.
00:15:16Why would I be afraid of him?
00:15:20Because if he's hit you once, he's going to do it again.
00:15:24And that's not true.
00:15:27It is true, Missy.
00:15:29I think you know that.
00:15:30I think you know you, you're in a dangerous relationship.
00:15:40Do you understand what I'm saying, Missy?
00:15:46I can't talk right now.
00:15:47I have to go.
00:15:49With him?
00:15:51Yes.
00:15:52Will you call me later?
00:15:55I'll try.
00:15:56Um.
00:15:57What's your name?
00:15:58Oh, it doesn't matter.
00:15:59Anyone here?
00:16:00Fine.
00:16:01I don't care.
00:16:02Carrie.
00:16:04My name is Carrie.
00:16:08Okay, maybe I'll call you later.
00:16:10Okay.
00:16:16What's the matter?
00:16:17I didn't handle that very well.
00:16:19No, you're wrong.
00:16:21You planted the seed.
00:16:22Now she knows there's someone she can talk to.
00:16:26The problem is she's blaming herself.
00:16:29They always do.
00:16:30Especially if they're young or abused as children.
00:16:34Okay.
00:16:58No.
00:17:01Hey, get me.
00:17:02Let's go.
00:17:10I'm sorry.
00:18:47Women's crisis line.
00:19:01Are you all right?
00:19:05I'm sorry.
00:19:08I don't know why I'm doing this.
00:19:10Maybe you just need someone to talk to.
00:19:14That makes sense, doesn't it?
00:19:21Have you been drinking?
00:19:24Yes, I've been drinking, but it's not something I normally do.
00:19:28Why are you drinking now?
00:19:31To kill pain.
00:19:34Gather courage.
00:19:41But it doesn't really help, does it?
00:19:43Why do you need courage?
00:19:49Stay calm.
00:19:52I'm sorry.
00:19:55Did I frighten you?
00:19:57Aren't you frightened?
00:19:59Yes.
00:20:01I suppose.
00:20:03Well, then let's call the police.
00:20:08And have them do what?
00:20:11Violate his restraining order?
00:20:13Put him in jail another 18 months?
00:20:16It's not going to stop him.
00:20:18It's just going to delay the inevitable.
00:20:21He could go to a shelter.
00:20:23He'd find me sooner or later.
00:20:25Where are you?
00:20:26What's your address?
00:20:27I won't tell you that.
00:20:29But if you're in danger...
00:20:31The only thing I'm in danger of is running out of vodka.
00:20:35I'm going to have to make a quick trip to Ted's.
00:20:38Wait, don't go.
00:20:42You can't help me.
00:20:43You haven't given me a chance yet.
00:20:45All the same, you've been really sweet to keep me company.
00:20:48Let's keep talking.
00:20:52Here's how it's going to happen.
00:20:58So you'll know when they arrest me?
00:21:02When you see me on the news?
00:21:04Wait.
00:21:05Come to the door.
00:21:07He'll ask for our daughter.
00:21:09Don't do this.
00:21:10She won't be here.
00:21:11Then he'll start to hit me.
00:21:14And I'll pull out my gun.
00:21:18And I'll fire every bullet I've got in Dad.
00:21:26So now you can tell the reporters we talked.
00:21:30Just before the punching bag punched back.
00:21:45Please, don't.
00:21:46Don't.
00:21:55Carrie, there's nothing more you can do.
00:21:57That is not true.
00:21:57I can help her.
00:21:58No, you can't.
00:21:59She hung up.
00:22:00And you can't help someone who won't let you help.
00:22:02But if I can find her...
00:22:05Absolutely not.
00:22:06I thought you said we were supposed to help these women.
00:22:09I thought you said we were supposed to swim out.
00:22:11Not in these dangerous waters.
00:22:12Not when I've seen lifeguards drown.
00:22:15Carrie, I know your heart's in the right place.
00:22:16But you are just going to have to accept this.
00:22:18Do you understand?
00:22:23I understand.
00:22:27Women's crisis line.
00:22:29No, that's okay.
00:22:30Take your mind.
00:22:31Can I go out for a breath of fresh air?
00:22:33Carrie, I know this is hard for you.
00:22:35I'm just going to go out for a while.
00:22:37Carrie.
00:22:39Carrie!
00:22:40Carrie!
00:23:09You're welcome.
00:23:31I hope she's all right.
00:23:33Hope's not enough, honey.
00:23:35But what if she's able to help that woman?
00:23:37What if she's not?
00:23:38What if she gets caught in a situation she can't control?
00:23:43Did that happen to you?
00:23:48No, not to me.
00:23:50To a counselor who works here.
00:23:52She's very bright.
00:23:53And very intuitive.
00:23:55And she took a call from a woman who was afraid of leaving her husband.
00:23:58And without telling me or anyone else.
00:24:01This counselor arranged to meet with this woman.
00:24:04What happened?
00:24:05The husband came back unexpectedly and slashed them both to death with a straight razor.
00:24:17Women's crisis line.
00:24:26It's a man who says he's Carrie's fiancé.
00:24:30Hello, I'm the director here.
00:24:31How can I help you?
00:24:33Yeah.
00:24:33Sorry, I don't mean to tie up your lines there.
00:24:35But if it's possible, I'd like to speak to Carrie, please.
00:24:39What do you mean, unavailable?
00:24:41Is she on a call or something?
00:24:56Is she on a call or something?
00:25:09She's all yours.
00:25:12So you know in town?
00:25:15No, just back from an extended trip.
00:25:18Yeah?
00:25:18Where'd you go?
00:25:20hell
00:25:24that must have been
00:25:25some kind of a bad vacation, huh?
00:25:29get a phone I can use
00:25:33down the road a piece
00:25:40oh, I think
00:25:40oh, jeez, am I sorry
00:25:44sorry about that
00:25:46thank you
00:25:49I'm calling line 2
00:25:51JD, pick the line 2, please
00:26:20you've reached Mike
00:26:23I'll get right back to you as soon as possible.
00:26:28Mr. McConnell, Richard Sutherland here.
00:26:31Uh, not supposed to get together today, but, uh, these pressing issues that died...
00:26:36Sutherland?
00:26:38Mr. McConnell! Hey, hi!
00:26:40Uh, jeez, I thought you'd left for the day.
00:26:43You were supposed to be here two hours ago, weren't you?
00:26:46Yeah, I'm sorry about that. That's actually why I'm calling.
00:26:49I, um, got caught in traffic. I lost track of time.
00:26:54Well, where are you now?
00:27:01What?
00:27:02I said, where are you now?
00:27:05Oh, gee, boy. Uh...
00:27:09Bishop Avenue?
00:27:12Uh, probably a good hour from your office.
00:27:15You don't got near your wife's house, have you?
00:27:17No. No, sir.
00:27:19Are you on Bishop now, way up by the Sharping Center?
00:27:21Yeah, way, uh, there.
00:27:24All right, then.
00:27:24Okay, uh, sorry about this. Maybe I'll see you next week?
00:27:27There's a place called, uh, Men's Recovery Center on Bishop and 83rd.
00:27:30I've got a group starting there in 15 minutes. I'll see you then.
00:27:34Uh, uh, okay. Uh, uh, Mr. McConnell!
00:27:37You know...
00:27:40I just, um, I just, um, I just, I really don't think that I need this kind of thing.
00:27:47And what I mean by that is that I'm not good or comfortable with, uh, groups.
00:27:53In terms of your release, require you to attend rage management sessions or finish your sentence in prison.
00:27:59So I suggest you get your a***** over here.
00:28:01Okay, uh, how about, how about, how about next week?
00:28:04No.
00:28:05I'll see you in 15 minutes.
00:28:07Okay.
00:28:08Good.
00:28:11I'll see you then.
00:28:13Nice talking to you.
00:28:39Show's over.
00:28:41What the hell?
00:29:05Look, I said I was sorry, Missy.
00:29:07It just keeps happening, that's all.
00:29:10So what does that mean? You don't want to see me anymore?
00:29:12You didn't say that.
00:29:14Mm-hmm.
00:29:16Well, maybe it'd be best.
00:29:18I mean, I know you don't really care about me anyway.
00:29:20How can you say that?
00:29:22How can I say that, Missy?
00:29:24We've been dating for, what, two months now, and you're still giving me this little miss good girl thing?
00:29:29Yeah, I just thought you were a little bit older than that.
00:29:31I just want to go slow, that's all.
00:29:34Yeah.
00:29:37Well, maybe I'm just wasting my time, you know?
00:29:40Maybe you'd rather be with that guy, Alan.
00:29:42I don't know.
00:29:48Look, I got you something.
00:29:49And if you don't want it, I understand, but I wanted to give it to you.
00:30:03Oh, my God.
00:30:07It's so beautiful.
00:30:12Maybe now you'll see how much I really do love you.
00:30:15Oh, Greg.
00:30:23Does this mean you'll forgive me?
00:30:25No, I do.
00:30:26Mm-hmm.
00:30:36Does this mean you're going to give me what I want?
00:30:38Hmm?
00:30:39Greg, I gotta get home.
00:30:44Greg, stop it.
00:30:49Greg, stop it.
00:30:52Greg, stop it!
00:30:54Fine.
00:30:55You go home to your mommy and your daddy, and you call me when you decide to grow up, Missy.
00:31:00All right?
00:31:45All right.
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00:32:45Let me get five dollars in lottery tickets.
00:32:47All right.
00:33:15If I could please, I don't need a bag.
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00:41:39And your daughter, she doesn't need you to be whole?
00:41:43I'm doing this for her.
00:41:46That's not true.
00:41:47You don't know.
00:41:49Ask her.
00:41:52Do you think she wants to go to trial?
00:41:56You think she wants to see her mom behind bars for the rest of her life?
00:42:10Just, just go.
00:42:15We can do this another way, Janet.
00:42:18We can pack your clothes and just go.
00:42:21And go where?
00:42:22To a shelter that'll take you and your daughter.
00:42:28Where is she?
00:42:33She's at my sister's.
00:42:35The suit pieces are in the closet.
00:42:37I'll go get April's things.
00:43:00You are saying that this was all to get a story for the paper.
00:43:04No, no.
00:43:05I'm saying that she was doing research for an article
00:43:08on domestic violence.
00:43:10So she misrepresented herself to me?
00:43:12No, she needed to get inside it.
00:43:14She needed to find out what was happening firsthand.
00:43:16That's all.
00:43:17And is that what she's doing right now?
00:43:18Just getting a little more up close and personal.
00:43:21Fine.
00:43:31This is more than just an assignment to her.
00:43:35Carrie grew up in an incredibly abusive family.
00:43:39She was ten and her father beat her mother to death.
00:43:44And it's possible she even saw it happen.
00:43:47What do you mean it's possible?
00:43:49I've lived with her for three years and she still won't talk to me about it.
00:43:53Where's her father now?
00:43:54He died shortly before the trial.
00:43:58That's all I know.
00:44:00Except now that she's researching the story,
00:44:02it's all started to come to the surface.
00:44:04You realize that if she's out there trying to undo her past,
00:44:08she's in a lot more danger than the woman she's trying to help.
00:44:10You must have some kind of caller ID here, some kind of tracing system.
00:44:13How many women do you think would call if it got out?
00:44:15We ID'd every call.
00:44:17So what about emergency situations?
00:44:19If we keep a line open, the phone company can trace a call, that's all.
00:44:24So you have no idea where Carrie is?
00:44:26All I know is that the woman had a restraining order
00:44:28and her husband was released from prison after 18 months.
00:44:33Who are you calling?
00:44:36A friend of mine at the DA's office.
00:44:38That might be enough to go on.
00:44:40Yeah, I need to talk to Lenny Oppenheimer right away, please.
00:44:45You ready?
00:44:50Where is it?
00:44:52If you're going to a shelter, you don't need it, Jen.
00:44:54You haven't answered my question.
00:45:07Oh, my God.
00:45:08Oh, my God.
00:45:11What is it?
00:45:17He used to make me, uh,
00:45:20choose something I loved and then he'd smash it.
00:45:27Teach me a lesson.
00:45:31And then he'd make me keep a piece of it so I'd remember.
00:45:35Why didn't you just leave him?
00:45:45I was...
00:45:48I was afraid he'd kill me.
00:45:52And I was afraid I couldn't live without him.
00:46:00That sounds really stupid, doesn't it?
00:46:09I thought he was so much better than I deserved.
00:46:14So much smarter and stronger.
00:46:18I thought I was lucky to have him.
00:46:22Why wasn't he lucky to have you?
00:46:29I need to grab my purse.
00:46:38Hi, Janet.
00:46:50Janet, stay calm.
00:46:56Hello.
00:46:57I don't think I've had the pleasure.
00:46:58I'm a friend of Janet's.
00:47:01What a coincidence that you just happened to drop by on the same night that I come home.
00:47:05Couldn't be that you didn't want to be alone with me, could it?
00:47:08She's just a friend.
00:47:10Her car broke down.
00:47:11I gave her a lift.
00:47:14Thanks.
00:47:15It was nice of you.
00:47:16And I don't mean to be rude, but I think, uh, Janet and I would like to be alone now.
00:47:21Hmm?
00:47:23I'm afraid that's not...
00:47:24She's right.
00:47:25Janet, listen to me.
00:47:26Excuse me.
00:47:27Excuse me.
00:47:29We've been seeing each other for quite a while and I think we need our privacy.
00:47:34Right?
00:47:39Please, just go.
00:47:42Hey, thanks for everything.
00:47:45Nice meeting you.
00:47:47Thanks for helping out.
00:47:48Appreciate it.
00:47:51Drive safely.
00:48:03We need to talk.
00:48:16Do you think my mommy's okay?
00:48:21I'm sure she is.
00:48:22But what if she isn't?
00:48:29April, honey, your mom and dad are going to work this out.
00:48:35Everything's going to be fine.
00:48:37Why does he have to be angry all the time?
00:48:42I don't know.
00:48:45I don't think your daddy can help it.
00:48:50Don't worry, sweetheart.
00:48:53Your mommy's going to be fine.
00:48:57I told you, I want to see my daughter.
00:49:00She's not yours anymore.
00:49:05Are you trying to get me angry?
00:49:07I don't care.
00:49:08I'm not afraid of you anymore.
00:49:12Well, you know, maybe that was your problem.
00:49:15You never were.
00:49:16You're not enough anyway.
00:49:17Not enough to do even the littlest things that I asked.
00:49:21I'm telling you.
00:49:22All I ever wanted was a little more suspect.
00:49:26To be treated like a man in my own house.
00:49:30A house I bought and paid for.
00:49:31And now you think you can just kick me out.
00:49:35Huh?
00:49:36You think you can just take my daughter and tell me to go away.
00:49:41Is that what you think?
00:49:43Get out of this house.
00:49:45Why are you doing this?
00:49:47Why?
00:49:49I am warning you.
00:50:01Hello, woman's crisis line?
00:50:03Can I speak to Carrie, please?
00:50:06I'm sorry.
00:50:07Carrie's not here right now.
00:50:08Can I help you?
00:50:11It's okay.
00:50:11It doesn't matter.
00:50:13Is this Missy?
00:50:15How did you know that?
00:50:16Carrie said that you might call.
00:50:18My name's Deb, by the way.
00:50:20Well, I don't really have anything to say, so...
00:50:24Why don't you just tell me what's going on?
00:50:34Okay, come on.
00:50:56You don't understand.
00:50:57My parents think he's great.
00:50:59My friends think he's great.
00:51:01I mean, half the girls I know are trying to get him into bed.
00:51:04And that makes everything all right?
00:51:06Well, maybe not, but you're making it seem like he's some kind of monster.
00:51:10Oh, right.
00:51:10Not a monster.
00:51:11Just a guy who scares and occasionally hits you.
00:51:14Look, I just...
00:51:16I know if I talk to him, we can work it out.
00:51:19Missy, there are other boys.
00:51:21But he loves me.
00:51:23He said it.
00:51:25Lenny, listen.
00:51:25I understand that.
00:51:26All I'm asking is that you check your records.
00:51:29Come on, for what, Ray?
00:51:30An unnamed inmate who did unknown time, an undisclosure...
00:51:33No, no, no.
00:51:33He did 18 months, and we know that it was for spousal abuse.
00:51:37Well, if he did 18 months, that means it had to be level four.
00:51:40What level four?
00:51:41What is that?
00:51:41It means he used a weapon.
00:51:44Lenny, listen.
00:51:45Carrie could be with this guy right now.
00:51:47All right.
00:51:48I'll call you back in a few minutes.
00:51:49All right.
00:51:53Look, I want to stay with him, okay?
00:51:56So if you can't help me hold it together, then I might as well just hang on.
00:51:59Well, when do you think you're going to see him again?
00:52:02Tonight.
00:52:04Missy, that's not a good idea.
00:52:06It's not a big deal.
00:52:07We're just going out.
00:52:08Then see him at your house.
00:52:10With my parents here, I'm sure.
00:52:12Missy!
00:52:13Greg's here.
00:52:14I have to go.
00:52:16Don't be alone with him, Missy.
00:52:18Don't worry.
00:52:18Just promise me, Missy.
00:52:20Don't worry.
00:52:22Just tell Carrie I say thanks.
00:52:34Anything's going to happen.
00:52:37I don't know.
00:53:01Come here.
00:53:02Where are we going?
00:53:05Someplace special.
00:53:07Look, I just want to talk.
00:53:09Don't worry.
00:53:10We're just going to have some fun.
00:53:11Okay?
00:53:17What's this?
00:53:18What's this, huh?
00:53:20Come on, tell me.
00:53:21What is this?
00:53:21What, are you running away with your little friend there, Janet?
00:53:24I didn't want to run.
00:53:25I wanted to stay and face you.
00:53:29Stand right here.
00:53:30What do you want to say?
00:53:32Get out of this house and don't ever come back.
00:53:35That's very funny, Janet.
00:53:37I'm warning you.
00:53:41Where's my daughter?
00:53:43Go to hell!
00:53:45You know, you got quite a little mouth on you there, Janet.
00:53:47You want to say it to me again?
00:53:49Damn it!
00:53:50Say it to me.
00:53:52Come on, say it again!
00:53:54Go to hell!
00:53:55Come on!
00:53:56Say it!
00:53:57Say it!
00:53:57No!
00:53:58Come on, say it!
00:54:01Come on, only say it!
00:54:02Say it!
00:54:03No!
00:54:40No!
00:54:41Say it!
00:54:43Say it!
00:54:46No!
00:54:47No!
00:54:48Come on, say it!
00:54:50No!
00:54:51Go!
00:54:51Come on, mamma!
00:54:52No!
00:54:54Come on, come on, come on.
00:55:04Please, picture.
00:55:05Oh, my God.
00:55:07Oh, my God.
00:55:38You think I like doing this?
00:55:59You cannot give me 200 names.
00:56:02All I'm asking for is a printout of incoming calls.
00:56:05Look, you've got to be able to help me here.
00:56:07Yeah, I'm calling shelters regarding a woman who may have made a call in the last...
00:56:10Can you hold, please?
00:56:12Women's crisis line.
00:56:14It's Carrie.
00:56:14Carrie!
00:56:15Lenny, hang on.
00:56:16Hold the line.
00:56:18I tried to call 911, but I couldn't get through.
00:56:21Don't have an order to call the cops now.
00:56:24Where are you?
00:56:25Ray.
00:56:25Hang it up!
00:56:27Carrie, can you hear me?
00:56:30Hang up the phone or I'll kill her.
00:56:51Now, who are you?
00:56:55Who are you?
00:56:57I'm a reporter.
00:56:58I was doing an article on domestic violence when Janet called the crisis line.
00:57:03I don't believe this.
00:57:04I don't believe you.
00:57:05No, it's great!
00:57:06Shut up!
00:57:06Hey!
00:57:10You go near that door.
00:57:11I'll kill her.
00:57:16I'll kill her.
00:57:17I'll kill her.
00:57:19I'll kill her.
00:57:20I'll kill her.
00:57:23I'll kill her.
00:57:24I'll kill her.
00:57:24I'll kill her.
00:57:45Brought us a little something.
00:57:51Here.
00:57:53Here.
00:57:53I don't want any.
00:57:54Oh, yeah.
00:57:55I guess you're right.
00:57:56I guess Mommy and Daddy wouldn't approve, now would they?
00:57:59Here.
00:58:00Just take a sip.
00:58:05It's okay.
00:58:05You can take another sip.
00:58:08Here.
00:58:09Let me help you.
00:58:11Oh, jeez.
00:58:13Oh, man.
00:58:19You've got a lot in there, lady.
00:58:22I'm just trying to help.
00:58:24Yeah?
00:58:25Help?
00:58:25Who?
00:58:26What, a story for your newspaper?
00:58:28No, that's not why I'm...
00:58:30Shut up.
00:58:34Please, you have to listen to me.
00:58:36I said, shut up.
00:58:38I know why you're doing this.
00:58:40I know...
00:58:43Who do you...
00:58:46Who do you think you are?
00:58:47You think you can talk to me?
00:58:49You think you know me?
00:58:50Yes.
00:58:50My father was just like you.
00:58:52He couldn't...
00:58:56You're not quite so tough now, are you?
00:58:58Where are you?
00:59:00Huh?
00:59:01Jimmy, no!
00:59:01No!
00:59:06What'd you do?
00:59:15What'd you do?
00:59:17Don't move.
00:59:22You all right?
00:59:24You okay?
00:59:27Yeah?
00:59:27I'm sorry.
00:59:28I didn't mean for that to happen.
00:59:31Okay, let's get you out of those wet clothes, cause...
00:59:34Stop it.
00:59:35I thought we were gonna have some fun, Missy.
00:59:37I don't want to.
00:59:39Why are you always trying to force me?
00:59:41Force you?
00:59:42What?
00:59:43Is that a joke, Missy?
00:59:44Do you know how many girls I could have every week if I wanted to?
00:59:46Do you know what those girls would be doing right now if I'd give them something like this?
00:59:49Huh?
00:59:50You know what I should do?
00:59:52I should give this to your friend from, uh, from the mall.
00:59:55What's her name?
00:59:55Karen.
00:59:56Huh?
00:59:56You remember Karen, don't you?
00:59:59What do you mean?
01:00:00Oh, you didn't know?
01:00:01Yeah, I met, uh...
01:00:02I met Karen a couple weeks ago at a party, and, uh...
01:00:04She showed me a really, really good time.
01:00:05She earned this, Missy.
01:00:08She has twice the body you got.
01:00:11Just take me home.
01:00:12Of course, you do still have a lot of this, uh...
01:00:14This little baby fat on you.
01:00:15Why are you doing this?
01:00:19I'm gonna be sick.
01:00:20You're gonna be sick.
01:00:45You're gonna be sick.
01:00:47Janet.
01:00:50You've wanted to finish me off for a long time, haven't you?
01:00:57Go home.
01:00:59Do it!
01:01:03You think I won't?
01:01:11You might as well, because I'm never gonna stop being your husband.
01:01:16I'm gonna die.
01:01:18If that's what you want, Janet.
01:01:22Do you take this man to be your lawful-witted husband?
01:01:28For virtue for poor and sickness and health, to death do us part.
01:01:33You remember those vows, Janet?
01:01:35I can't.
01:01:37You just leave me alone.
01:01:42Because I love you, Janet.
01:01:46And I always will, and you wanna know something.
01:01:50I believe you love me, too.
01:02:01I hate you.
01:02:05Yeah, but you don't have the guts to pull the trigger, do you?
01:02:09You're weak and s***.
01:02:13Damn it, I don't care what you have to do.
01:02:15I want that call sourced right now or else-
01:02:19Hold on.
01:02:21Women's crisis-
01:02:22I want you both to shut up!
01:02:26And just listen to me.
01:02:32This is very important, okay?
01:02:35The next one to open her mouth is gonna die.
01:02:42Now that I have the gun, there are not gonna be any more games.
01:02:47Of course, the big question is, what do I do with you?
01:02:53Let her go.
01:02:59Now, why would I do that?
01:03:02So you can go call the police and have me sent to prison?
01:03:05Is that how your little story ends?
01:03:06If you don't do something about your shoulder, you're gonna bleed to death.
01:03:09You're concerned about me.
01:03:13Get me some towels.
01:03:19Get me some towels!
01:03:24Since when did crusading reporters ever give a damn about the lives that they messed up?
01:03:32I didn't mess up your life.
01:03:34What the f***ing them so long?
01:03:35Calls originating from a different district. The trace could take upwards of an hour.
01:03:38Oh, I don't believe this.
01:03:40I know you think I'm responsible.
01:03:42You don't even know the meaning of that word.
01:03:45You have no concept of what it takes to be responsible.
01:03:48To be a man in this world.
01:03:51Women's crisis line?
01:03:52It's Leonard Oppenheimer for Ray.
01:03:54Leonard Oppenheimer from the DA's office.
01:03:56Yeah.
01:03:57Derek White, Roger Osel, Richard Sutherland.
01:04:01They were all released from state prisons within the last 48 hours for spousal assault.
01:04:06Now, if your theory's right, your guy's probably one of them, but I have no idea which.
01:04:09Yeah, I need addresses and phone numbers.
01:04:13This world is a sewer.
01:04:15And the only way you get out is by being tougher than every other idiot who's trying to drag you
01:04:20right back down.
01:04:26Did your father teach you that?
01:04:30My father.
01:04:35My father was an alcoholic who sat around and did nothing his entire life.
01:04:43You think I'm like him?
01:04:46Hmm?
01:04:48I worked my entire life to provide for my family.
01:04:53I earned the respect that's coming to me.
01:04:59But I'm not allowed to come within a hundred yards of my own house.
01:05:03And because of my wife, my daughter, April, is afraid of me.
01:05:07Afraid of her own father.
01:05:10I see the way she looks at me.
01:05:16Hello?
01:05:18Hello, is this Derek White?
01:05:19Yeah, who's this?
01:05:22Never mind, you've just told me what I need to know, thanks.
01:05:32You're going to let her do this to you?
01:05:45Missy?
01:05:49Missy, look, I'm really sorry, okay?
01:05:56Okay?
01:05:58Come on, I didn't mean to hurt you.
01:06:00Okay, I'm sorry.
01:06:04Can you hear me?
01:06:09Missy, please, if something were to happen to you,
01:06:11I don't know what I would do.
01:06:21Missy, please, if you can hear me, just tell me where you are.
01:06:32I miss you, just tell me where you are.
01:06:45I'm over here.
01:06:50Just keep talking so I can find you.
01:06:54He's coming, I'm over here.
01:07:20It could be anyone.
01:07:24No, it's him.
01:07:27Call the cops.
01:07:28Ray, wait!
01:07:30No, do it, call the cops!
01:07:37You think I'm sick?
01:07:40Bad father, no feeling.
01:07:44No love.
01:07:46Let me tell you something.
01:07:47I love my daughter.
01:07:49I never once laid a hand on her.
01:07:52Ever.
01:07:56Your father beat you, didn't he?
01:08:00What my father did to me makes a beating sound.
01:08:09You're playing me, aren't you?
01:08:12Those psychological tricks.
01:08:15You think you're in control?
01:08:21I'm in control.
01:08:26Now you're gonna...
01:08:31You're gonna tell me where to find April.
01:08:35Don't look at her.
01:08:38She's in a shelter.
01:08:50Where?
01:08:53Don't lay games with me.
01:08:58It's a shelter for children.
01:08:59What's the name?
01:09:05It doesn't have a name, it's just a shelter.
01:09:14You're a liar.
01:09:19Now...
01:09:26You're gonna tell me...
01:09:27You're gonna tell me...
01:09:29Where to find April.
01:09:35Don't tell her.
01:09:36Shh.
01:09:40She's gonna die.
01:09:43Is that what you want?
01:09:46She's gonna die.
01:09:51Say goodbye to your new friend, Janet.
01:09:56At Kate.
01:09:58Call her.
01:10:07You tricked me.
01:10:10We're getting out of here.
01:10:11No.
01:10:20You did this.
01:10:22This is your fault.
01:10:25Open the door.
01:10:42No.
01:10:43No.
01:10:54No.
01:10:59No.
01:11:00No.
01:11:03No.
01:11:04No.
01:11:04Oh, my God.
01:11:37both gonna die tonight aren't we i didn't want this ah that's what's important isn't it
01:11:42what you want and what you don't want that's what matters to you
01:11:48you talk about love you talk about vows and the only vow you ever made was to yourself i don't
01:11:55care what you say to me anymore and i don't care what you do to me anymore but i am
01:12:00telling you
01:12:00right now you are staying away from april my daughter janice she's mine
01:12:09nothing you can do can keep me away from her
01:12:30uh
01:12:38I don't know.
01:13:06I don't know.
01:13:32I don't know.
01:13:43I don't know.
01:13:44It's all right.
01:13:45It's okay.
01:13:46I'm red carcin' with, uh, I called you from the crisis line.
01:13:49I'm with the paper.
01:13:50It's all right.
01:13:53Where are they?
01:13:55They're gone.
01:13:57All of them?
01:13:58Yeah.
01:14:05Come on, come on, come on.
01:14:07Women's crisis line.
01:14:08It's Ray.
01:14:09Where are they?
01:14:10Getting Janet's daughter, she's with a woman named Kate.
01:14:12And what about Carrie?
01:14:14I don't know.
01:14:15He found the line open, and he cut it off.
01:14:20Well, who's Kate?
01:14:22I don't know.
01:14:50I won't let you do this!
01:14:53Shut up.
01:15:07Hello?
01:15:08Please help me!
01:15:09Women!
01:15:10Let me in!
01:15:11Hello?
01:15:12Help me!
01:15:35Help me!
01:15:36Help me!
01:15:37Help!
01:15:46Oh
01:16:08April!
01:16:18He'll find us.
01:16:19No, he won't.
01:16:21He will. I know he will.
01:16:23The police are coming. Don't worry, sweetheart.
01:16:25April!
01:16:42Thank God.
01:16:46Hold on.
01:16:49Get out there.
01:16:57There's nowhere to run.
01:16:59We're finished running.
01:17:04Help! Help!
01:17:07Where are you going?
01:17:10Help!
01:17:17Help!
01:17:20Help!
01:17:23Help!
01:17:25Help!
01:17:47Let's go!
01:18:00Your daughter's in the building.
01:18:02She's downstairs with the police.
01:18:08You said that you would never, ever hurt her.
01:18:20So don't do this.
01:18:23She needs you both.
01:18:41She doesn't need me.
01:18:44You're wrong.
01:18:48You're all she has.
01:18:53Like my father was to me.
01:18:57He killed himself, too.
01:19:02I found him in the garage where he hung himself.
01:19:11And everyone told me that it was for the best, that he was sick, that I'd be better off.
01:19:24But when he died, he took away the only family I had left.
01:19:36And what he didn't know, and what no one knew, was that I needed him.
01:19:49Even after all he had done, I still needed my father.
01:20:02He broke my father.
01:20:03He shook him down.
01:20:05We're bringing it on you.
01:20:06He shook me down.
01:20:06Stay here.
01:20:07What?
01:20:07And what he did.
01:20:08And what he said, he says, he said, all these things are good.
01:20:34Oh, my God.
01:20:57April!
01:21:04Thanks.
01:21:09This is my sister Kate.
01:21:11And my daughter April.
01:21:15Who are you?
01:21:16I'm a friend of your mommy's.
01:21:18More than a friend.
01:21:27Janet, I'm sorry.
01:21:29What are you doing?
01:21:29I'm leaving.
01:21:44Excuse her.
01:21:57Are you okay?
01:21:59Yeah.
01:22:00Are you sure?
01:22:01Yeah.
01:22:03Are you?
01:22:05I feel like I age ten years in one night.
01:22:07Other than that.
01:22:09Hey, listen, Carrie.
01:22:10Eleanor is on her way to the hospital.
01:22:12A young girl that you counseled.
01:22:14Named Missy.
01:22:29Well, how is she?
01:22:30I don't know yet.
01:22:32They're working to stop the internal bleeding.
01:22:35Can I go in?
01:22:47I don't know what to say to you, Carrie.
01:22:48I don't think I've ever been so angry with someone I think so highly of.
01:22:53With all the people you helped save tonight, were you able to save yourself?
01:23:02How is she?
01:23:05She's alive, but just barely.
01:23:07A lot's going to depend on her will to survive.
01:23:10Can I see her?
01:23:13Just for a moment.
01:23:31Missy.
01:23:36It's Carrie.
01:23:38I spoke to you from the crisis line.
01:23:43You're going to be okay.
01:23:46You are.
01:23:48I'll help you.
01:23:51We'll do it together.
01:24:03You'll see.
01:24:16Carrie, remember, Missy's only 16, but she knew to call.
01:24:21Call twice.
01:24:23She was just too young, too naive to trust her own instincts.
01:24:28We almost caught her.
01:24:29Maybe we'll catch the next one.
01:24:32I'd like to come back to keep working the lines.
01:24:36As a reporter?
01:24:36As a volunteer.
01:24:39Let me think about it.
01:24:52How about Friday night?
01:25:00Good night.
01:25:10Good night.
01:25:11Good night.
01:25:13Good night.
01:25:14Good night.
01:25:15Good night.
01:25:15Good night.
01:25:52To be continued...
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