Unforgettable (TV Series)

The Following Sea (2012)

Dylan Walsh: Al Burns

Quotes 

• DA Mark Adams : Any word on Kate?

  Al Burns : Not yet. But I got my team all over it.

  DA Mark Adams : We need her, Al. I can't afford to lose another witness. If Kate can't give us Hagan threatening his wife...

  Al Burns : We don't stand a chance, I know. We're gonna find her.

• Carrie Wells : Wow. You should be on TV; anybody ever tell you that?

  [showing him her phone] 

  Carrie Wells : Oops, you are.

  Al Burns : Not my finest performance, huh?

  Carrie Wells : Nah, you were great. That guy's a thug.

  Al Burns : What are you doing here?

  Carrie Wells : I don't know, came to cheer you up, see if I could lend a hand.

  Al Burns : Yeah? You got a witness in your pocket?

  Carrie Wells : No, I'm just happy to see you.

• Carrie Wells : They haven't found her yet?

  Al Burns : And no one on the island's talking. Kate spent her whole life with those people, it's like she never existed.

  Carrie Wells : What the hell does Hagan have on them, anyway?

  Al Burns : Guy owns the place. Nobody makes a buck on City Island, Joe Hagan doesn't take his cut. Money buys silence, money buys love. It's been going on for years. My first month on the job, we found a floater up by the Throggs Neck, 17 year old girl, evidence of sexual assault. She was seen leaving a club with Hagan earlier in the night. Tons of witnesses, nobody came forward. M.E. said possible suicide. That's what I had to tell the mom.

  Carrie Wells : Yeah, so enough is enough.

  Al Burns : Yeah, enough is enough.

• Judge Ilene Wilkinson : Missing? How exactly is she missing, Mr. Adams?

  DA Mark Adams : We're not sure, Your Honor. Kate Jordan came into town obviously intending to testify; something's happened. We're just asking for a little time to figure out what that is.

  David Feldman : Come on, Mark, you lost a witness. That's not anyone's fault but yours.

  DA Mark Adams : Yeah, where exactly was your client last night?

  Judge Ilene Wilkinson : Gentlemen.

  David Feldman : Innuendo aside, Your Honor, I would ask that jeopardy attach and that this case be declared a mistrial.

  DA Mark Adams : Your Honor, the State's asking for two days. Lieutenant Burns is directing our efforts to locate Ms. Jordan.

  Judge Ilene Wilkinson : How about it, Lieutenant? Do you think you have a shot?

  Al Burns : Absolutely, we'll find her.

  Judge Ilene Wilkinson : You're right. Your client has a right to his day in court. But the interests of justice will not be harmed in granting a two-day recess. That's all you get, guys. 48 hours, enough time for me to get through season four of "Mad Men".

• Al Burns : We got 48 hours.

  Carrie Wells : All right, well, we may not need it. Nina just found Kate's hotel.

• Carrie Wells : Well, the shower's been running, but I don't think she got in it. The towels haven't been touched.

  Al Burns : No ID, no wallet or keys. You smell that?

  Carrie Wells : Hmm?

  Al Burns : [offering an article of clothing]  Certainly not chloroform.

  Carrie Wells : Angel Mist. That's, like, $200-a-bottle perfume. Nice stuff.

• Nina Inara : Guys, Jordan's rental car left the garage at 11:44. But this is interesting. Manager says an emergency door to the garage from the street was tripped last night around fifteen minutes before.

  Al Burns : They know if it was coming or going?

  Nina Inara : No.

  Al Burns : So, she checks in, runs a shower, then disappears.

  Nina Inara : Yeah, so she got spooked or she got grabbed.

  Carrie Wells : Or both.

• Nina Inara : You really don't think there's a case without her testimony?

  Al Burns : The problem's always been we can't be sure what happened on that boat.

  Mike Costello : And the only other person on board, Hagan's pal Clancy Watts, is gonna back up Hagan's version of the events.

  Al Burns : Which is exactly why Kate Jordan is so critical. Her testimony is that three days before the murder, she witnessed Hagan hit his wife and specifically threaten to throw her into the river.

  Nina Inara : Yeah, yeah yeah...

  Al Burns : That's violence and an actual death threat.

  Nina Inara : Yeah, lots of guys say they're gonna kill their wives, but how are you guys gonna prove that he actually went through with it?

  Roe Saunders : Currents.

  Nina Inara : Excuse me?

  Roe Saunders : Well, more precisely, current patterns. Here. D.A.'s office prepared this for the trial. It's a 3-D representation of what we think happened the night of the murder. "Avatar" it's not, but I think it gives "Tintin" a run for the money.

• Al Burns : Hagan says he invited Nora out for a romantic cruise. Clancy Watts comes along to crew. Watts says at 9:30, Nora went topside to get some fresh air after too much champagne. Watts and Hagan start up a poker game down in the cabin. Hagan says he checked on Nora every fifteen minutes. Watts will testify he could hear Hagan talking to her until 10:15, when Hagan went to check and then came running back down to tell him Nora was gone. They called the Coast Guard. They start searching.

  Mike Costello : The only problem is, we know that she went over thirty minutes before Hagan said.

  Nina Inara : How do you figure?

  Roe Saunders : Like I said.

  Mike Costello : Current patterns. If she'd gone over when they claimed, she'd have drifted up into the Sound. Instead, she washed up on the lovely shores of Queens.

  Roe Saunders : Plus, there's the matter of the deck railing. Nora Hagan was 5'2". The railing on the deck came up to four inches below her chin. There's no way you go over that by accident.

  Mike Costello : But with a little help...

  Nina Inara : Okay, so then why didn't you guys just show this to the jury?

  Mike Costello : Judge ruled it inadmissible. She said that it was too prejudicial.

  Al Burns : Which is why we need Kate Jordan.

• Joanne Webster : I found it.

  Al Burns : You found what?

  Joanne Webster : The original forensic file for the Nora Hagan murder.

  Al Burns : I didn't know you were looking for it.

  Joanne Webster : Detective Wells asked me.

  Al Burns : Oh, she did, huh?

  Carrie Wells : I did.

  Al Burns : I appreciate it, but right now, the priority is Kate Jordan.

  Carrie Wells : What happens if we can't find Kate Jordan?

  Al Burns : If the judge doesn't dismiss, we'll go ahead with what we have.

  Joanne Webster : Lieutenant, what you have and $2.50 will get you on the E train.

• Al Burns : So, you're gonna re-examine all the old forensics and come up with a new case in...

  [checking his watch] 

  Al Burns : 44 hours?

  Joanne Webster : What, you want it faster?

  Carrie Wells : Wow, you're really good.

• Al Burns : We already know what's in this file. No evidence Hagan drugged his wife, some bruising on Nora's arms, but not enough to positively say they struggled. Not very helpful.

  Carrie Wells : Then it can't hurt to take a look at it again.

  Al Burns : Excuse me, but it can hurt. We've already filed our forensics evidence with the court. If you come up with any new conclusions that damage our case even a little bit, we got to turn that over to the defense.

  Joanne Webster : Lieutenant, with all due respect, if Kate Jordan doesn't show up, your case is already damaged, and not just a little.

  Al Burns : All right, knock yourself out. But listen, no more tag teams, you two.

• Carrie Wells : What are those?

  Al Burns : I thought I'd go back, take a look at the people who knew Kate Jordan.

  Carrie Wells : Who's she?

  Al Burns : Gwen Turning. She was a roommate before Kate went to Ohio. She was not very cooperative first time through, so maybe worth another look.

  Carrie Wells : [remembering their conversation at court]  She was at the courthouse. She went up to a guy, average-looking, sandy hair, charcoal-gray suit.

  Al Burns : One of these two?

  Carrie Wells : Him.

  Al Burns : Well, that is Clancy Watts. He was the other person on the boat the night Nora died.

  Carrie Wells : I couldn't really hear what they were saying, but I think she was asking him if he knew where Kate Jordan was.

  Al Burns : Why did she think he knew?

  Carrie Wells : Good question.

• Al Burns : Hi, Gwen.

  Gwen Turning : I don't got anything to say to you, Lieutenant.

  Al Burns : I went to Kate's hotel. She's gone. We think Hagan's involved.

  Gwen Turning : Oh, my god. I cannot be talking to you. If Mr. Hagan hears about it, I'll lose my job.

  Al Burns : Why do you think I followed you all the way out to Arthur Avenue so no one would see us? Come on, Gwen. Help me out here.

• Al Burns : Gwen, I'm not asking you to help me get Hagan. I know you can't do that. But you lived with Kate for three years. I know you want me to find her, make sure she's okay.

  Gwen Turning : All right, she called me last week, right? She told me she's coming into town for the trial. She... she said she was gonna change her testimony.

  Al Burns : Change it? Change it how?

  Gwen Turning : I don't know. I didn't ask. I don't want to know.

  Al Burns : What do you think she meant... she was gonna testify for Hagan?

  Gwen Turning : I swear, I don't know.

  Al Burns : She tell anybody else?

  Gwen Turning : She didn't say. Think she's okay, though, right?

  Al Burns : I don't know. Thanks for you help, Gwen.

• Nina Inara : Got the rundown on the hotel phone. Kate did call Clancy Watts yesterday afternoon around 3:00.

  Al Burns : Nice of him to mention that to Mike and Roe.

  Nina Inara : Yeah. Perhaps more importantly, she got a call herself later, only seven minutes before the emergency door got tripped at the hotel garage.

  Al Burns : We know from who?

  Nina Inara : Burner cell. Trying to track it.

  Al Burns : Nice work.

• Al Burns : I want Clancy Watts in the box. This guy's in it up to his eyeballs.

  Carrie Wells : Clancy and Hagan have been friends since high school. He makes his living running Hagan's marina. Now, if he's willing to lie under oath about Hagan's wife, he's not gonna give us anything about Kate Jordan.

  Al Burns : I can get him to talk.

  Carrie Wells : He's a witness, Al. We can't have him showing up with a black eye.

  Al Burns : I didn't mean that.

  Carrie Wells : Whatever you meant, I think I may have a better idea.

• Carrie Wells : All right, look, Clancy is not gonna talk to us. There's no way it's gonna happen.

  Al Burns : So?

  Carrie Wells : Maybe he'll talk to someone else.

  Al Burns : Oh, there's that tone again.

  Carrie Wells : What tone?

  Al Burns : The one with which you propose the half-baked idea which makes no sense to anyone but you, which could easily get us both fired, but no matter what I say, you go and do it anyway. That tone.

  Carrie Wells : I'm not familiar with that tone.

  Al Burns : There it is again.

• Carrie Wells : Ahoy.

  Al Burns : Ahoy there, Ahab. How are things?

  Carrie Wells : Apparently, my head gear is a little worn.

  Al Burns : I could have told you that. What about Clancy?

  Carrie Wells : Well, I talked to him a little. I'm not sure what, but the guy's definitely got something on his mind, that's for sure.

  Al Burns : Just be careful, okay?

  Carrie Wells : Hey, careful is my middle name.

• Mike Costello : We've been over every inch of this place. There's no sign of Kate or her car. Either Tanya got the data wrong, or...

  Al Burns : [indicating something in the water]  What's that right there?

  Mike Costello : Is that what I think it is?

  Al Burns : Get a crane and some divers.

• Roe Saunders : Okay, so here's my theory. Kate Jordan comes into town, Hagan gets his buddy Clancy to be the bait, he gets her out of her hotel room, they take a drive, end of Kate Jordan.

  Nina Inara : Well, I took another run at Gwen, the ex-roommate. She admitted Kate and Clancy had a pretty heavy affair before Nora Hagan was murdered. She said they broke up 'cause Clancy wasn't happy that Kate was gonna be a witness against Hagan.

  Mike Costello : Well, of course Gwen never mentioned any of this to Al.

  Nina Inara : Yeah, well, for what it's worth, she says she kept quiet 'cause she still thinks that Clancy's a good guy, that he would never hurt Kate.

  Al Burns : He's not a good guy; he's a scumbag. We got two murdered women. Clancy Watts is dead center both times. He was on that boat, he lied to save Hagan's ass, and now he's killed for him.

• Roe Saunders : What'd you hear from the D.A.'s office about the trial?

  Al Burns : Nothing good, unless we got something real to tie Hagan with Kate Jordan's death.

  Mike Costello : Even if the judge lets 'em go forward with the trial, there's no jury's gonna convict with what we got left.

  Al Burns : Doesn't matter. I want Hagan and Watts for Kate Jordan's murder. She was brave enough to stand up to him. We can't let him win.

• Al Burns : Did you see that?

  Carrie Wells : Yeah. I don't think he knew she was dead.

  Al Burns : I don't agree. If he killed her, he was expecting the trap.

  Carrie Wells : No, I'm telling you, Al, he is for real.

  Al Burns : What do you think?

  Mike Costello : Eh, it's really tough to tell. If he's sick enough to kill his old girlfriend like that, then we're talking about some kind of sociopath.

  Carrie Wells : Guys, I think he's genuine, I do.

  Al Burns : We already know he lied for Hagan.

  Carrie Wells : Not necessarily. I read Clancy's testimony. Now, he didn't give Hagan a full alibi. All he said is he heard Hagan talking to his wife on the deck. He could be duped by Hagan, too.

  Al Burns : This is one of Hagan's best friends. You think he's in the clear, then prove it to me.

• Roe Saunders : All right, I think I know Kate Jordan how planned to change her testimony. Yeah, Tanya dried out the GPS from her rental car. Tracks back to a lawyer on Gunhill Road named Ari Lowenstein. She went to see him the minute she got off the plane. Apparently she was worried her new testimony could land her in jail.

  Al Burns : What was the testimony?

  Roe Saunders : Ready for this? Hagan had her falsifying accounting documents.

  Al Burns : Oh, fantastic.

  Roe Saunders : Yeah, Mr. Beloved was Mr. Crook. Big man had big money problems. He was stealing from his employees' pension fund.

  Al Burns : That's what Kate was afraid to tell us in her deposition. She didn't want to get in trouble. She mention Nora Hagan knowing anything about this?

  Roe Saunders : Yeah, she did. Apparently the wife knew all about it, and that's why she was threatening to divorce Hagan.

  Al Burns : So she wasn't just gonna leave him. She was gonna expose him for stealing.

  Roe Saunders : Best part? Kate gave Lowenstein copies of the documents to hold. He gave me a set.

  Al Burns : All right, I need you to get 'em to the courthouse ASAP.

  Roe Saunders : On my way.

• Joanne Webster : I ran some fancy new tests on Nora Hagan's bloodwork. My predecessor indicate scopolamine, put it up to seasickness medications, but there was something else there. A highly potent, semi-synthetic opioid. Which makes for a nasty combination. Loss of motor control, blackouts, grand mal seizures. Nora Hagan drowned because she couldn't move.

  Mike Costello : Well, I don't know if you heard, but the-the Nora Hagan case is... is kind of over.

  Al Burns : Yeah, maybe if you had something on... Kate Jordan.

  Joanne Webster : I believe I do. And I'll excuse that shared look of dismay between the two of you as you're trying to figure out how to let the old gal and her tired old forensics down easy as some sort of critical male bonding. Let me present to you that your dead witness, Kate Jordan, had the same drugs in her system. And... in the same concentration. We have found Joe Hagan's murderous cocktail of choice.

  [handing the report to Mike] 

  Joanne Webster : Go get him.

  Mike Costello : [watching her leave]  Where did she come from?

• Carrie Wells : It's not his girlfriend.

  Al Burns : What?

  Carrie Wells : Claire Anne! I thought it was his girlfriend!

  Al Burns : Whose girlfriend?

  Carrie Wells : Billy B.!

  Al Burns : You lost me.

  Carrie Wells : Can you get to a computer? Pull up a map of the marina.

  Al Burns : Yeah, yeah, we're there, we're there.

  Carrie Wells : Look for a Billy B., William B., something with a... with a... with a boat. A boat called the Claire Anne.

  Al Burns : [to Nina]  A boat called the Claire Anne.

  [finding a result] 

  Al Burns : We got a Claire Anne registered to a William Barlow.

  Carrie Wells : Yes! That's gotta be it!

  Al Burns : Slip 78, pier 3, south side of the marina.

  Carrie Wells : Love you! I'm on my way!

  Al Burns : Carrie, wait for backup.

• Al Burns : Apparently, you got here just in time. And the cold water slowed his heart rate, kept him alive. Looks like you were right.

  Carrie Wells : So, we should get a statement from him, right? Soon as he can talk.

  Al Burns : Yeah. And a blood test. Odds are the hospital's gonna find the same mix of drugs in Clancy's system as Webster found in Nora and Kate's. You were right about that, too.

  Carrie Wells : It's hard being perfect.

• Joe Hagan : You didn't hear the judge? This is over. I didn't kill my wife, okay? You'd think two years, two years you ruined my life, okay? I think it's good enough.

  Bill Barlow : He's a good man.

  Jake : Why don't you just leave him alone?

  Al Burns : Leave *him* alone? What about Nora Hagan and Kate Jordan?

  Burly Man : Hey, hey, hey. Kate Jordan was a liar.

  Al Burns : No. Joe Hagan's the liar. Kate Jordan found out the truth. Hagan was raiding the pension fund of his own employees to pay his gambling debts.

  Bill Barlow : That's not true.

  Al Burns : It is true. And Nora Hagan knew it, too. And for that, Joe Hagan killed them both.

  Jake : Hey, come on, man, he's our friend.

  Carrie Wells : Clancy Watts was your friend, right? Joe tried to kill him today.

  Al Burns : He's not your friend. He needs you more than you need him. And he needs you to look the other way. But you don't have to. You can do what Nora and Kate were gonna do. You can look him in the eye and tell him "No more."

  [no one moves] 

  Al Burns : Joseph Hagan, you're under arrest for the murder of Kate Jordan and the attempted murder of Clancy Watts.

• Carrie Wells : Wow. Nice speech.

  Al Burns : Thanks. And thanks for your help.

  Carrie Wells : Anytime.

  Al Burns : It was a little Jimmy Stewart.

  Carrie Wells : So Jimmy Stewart. But I think Jimmy Stewart's really sexy.

  Al Burns : Shut up and let's get a beer. You're buying.