What's that, the Romans?
It's Saturday night.
Summer reading list.
Aren't you getting ahead of yourself?
This year I'd like to actually do something
besides reading about Carthaginians.
Like go to the beach?
Alexander?
Please.
I ran into his mother yesterday.
He'll be back in a few weeks.
He's like this book, Mom: History.
Well... sure you don't want to come along?
On your date?
Why not?
Just seeing a movie.
A.) It'd be creepy.
B.) See A.
Have fun in Rome.
There's turkey in the fridge.
Bye. Bye, honey.
MAN: Because our dial-up sucks, is why.
WOMAN: I spoke to the super about the DSL.
He says the management company wants to go with cable instead.
Mom, I'll be in grad school
by the time they finally get it installed.
You know, you could invite your friends over here for a change.
Oh, that's right.
I completely forgot. What?
I forgot that our refrigerator is not a refrigerator,
but actually, it's a state-of-the-art computer
with a blazing graphics processor.
With reduced fat milk inside.
Mama, what will they think of next?
You know, there's more to life than computers.
Yeah, and you keep telling me that.
Look, I'm just going to take the 104.
It puts me a block away from the cafe.
You can always reach me.
Even got Kanye on the ring tones just for you.
Let me guess who paid for that.
I'll be back by 11:00. 10:00.
Peace, Mama. Don't peace me.
Come back here, I'm still your mother.
Come give me a kiss.
That's what I'm talking about.
Don't wait up for me.
( car horns honking in distance )
( siren wails in distance )
Agent Malone?
You remember Ross Garner, WWEN?
Yes, so I do.
Your ASAC here briefed me on those kids.
I was hoping to get a head start on a couple of questions.
I'm a little busy right now.
I'm on my way to an interview.
Well, I told him we'll be doing a formal briefing at 1100 hours.
I love it when she talks military time.
Any chance our missing girl's a runaway?
Uh, it's a little too early to talk about either case.
By inflection and attitude, I'll take that as a probably not.
You know what, the press room is on the first floor.
This is going to be big, Jack.
You're going to need all the help you can get.
Play nice, Jack.
You can't leave him down there forever.
I'll let him back up when he wants to talk about both cases.
No, I've never seen her.
Did Darnell have any run-ins with drug dealers
in the neighborhood?
No.
Any gang trouble?
That's not Darnell.
Okay, it says here
that he attends Rosebrook Prep.
Any problems there?
No, I spoke to his teachers and guidance counselors
just last week.
They had nothing but good to say.
You know, I have a teenage son.
And it often surprises me how I only find out
about things after the fact.
And that's if I'm lucky.
Can I ask you where you live?
Brooklyn Heights.
That area, you can afford not to know.
Where does Darnell's father live?
Houston, but we haven't seen him in years.
Okay, well, just so you know,
we're following up with the transit authority.
We're canvassing the neighborhood for any witnesses.
I brought some pictures
for the press.
Uh, the detective told me to.
I didn't know which ones to bring,
so I just took whatever I could find.
VIVIAN: This one will be fine.
Can you get it on the news?
We'll see what we can do.
I'll start circulating it now.
Who is he?
His name is Darnell Williams.
He went missing about the same time as your daughter.
He attends Rosebrook Prep.
Did Emily ever mention socializing
with any of those students?
I've never heard her mention it.
Mr. Grant?
I wouldn't know.
I mean, I hardly ever see her.
Only every other weekend.
Mm.
Well, according to your doorman,
he saw Emily leave just before 8:00 p.m.
She told me she was staying in for the night.
And you were on a date?
Yes, I got back around midnight.
I started calling her friends,
then the police around 3:00 a.m.
Does she have a boyfriend?
She did, but he broke up with her before his semester abroad.
Anyone since?
Between school and her internship
at the Rother Museum,
I don't know how she'd have time.
But of course, I'd be the last to know.
Talked to Elizabeth's mom.
They're looking for counselors this summer at this camp
in the Berkshires.
Summer at Berkshires means bugs.
Pays good.
You never know who you'll meet.
Sounds like a setup.
Sounds like fun to me.
I can't see anything wrong
with spending a summer outside of the city.
Except living vicariously.
I made my mistakes.
It's my job
to make sure you don't make the same ones.
What is that?
What?
The tattoo.
It's nothing.
Don't tell me it's nothing. When did you get it done?
A month ago.
It's no big deal, okay?
You should have talked to me first.
Why? So you could say no?
I figured it was a moment of rebellion.
Better she get a tattoo than have a drug problem.
There's probably something else I should mention.
What?
Emily stole money from my ATM.
400 bucks... a few weeks ago.
Do you have any idea what the money was for?
A prom dress.
She doesn't have a date for the prom, Victor.
She was obviously lying to you.
You think?
I guess I was feeling guilty about the divorce.
I figured why not cut her some slack.
Hey. Hey.
How's Darnell's mother?
Well, she maintains that her son's a saint.
I'm hoping the school will be a bit more forthcoming.
How about your girl?
Possibly disturbed about her parents' divorce.
Could be a runaway.
Any leads yet?
No.
I hear VanDoren is handling the press.
So, could you see that she gets this?
Uh-huh.
I will put it in her hands myself.
Thank you.
Okay.
TEACHER: We had a staff meeting
about Darnell this morning.
Everyone's very concerned.
His file says Darnell has two classes with you.
Two classes and an after-school lab.
I wish I had 20 Darnells.
He could probably teach this class, if he wanted to.
How was he getting along with the other students?
Very well, considering he knew no one
when he came here.
But last week, I got a glimpse of him
I had never seen before.
Look, I don't know why, man, okay? It's just off.
But you were the one that came to me, man.
All right? So I'm keeping my money.
Yeah, and I said the deal's off. Is there a problem?
No.
Look, just stay out of my face, all right?
Look, I said I want my money...
Get off me, bitch!
That's enough! What is this about?
And what's that?
It's mine, all right?
It's mine if you don't tell me what's on it.
It's just a bootleg I burned at home.
Miss Carter here says she was going to buy it from me,
but then I guess things changed.
Well, hand it over.
Now both of you sit down.
The school has a policy against
burning and trading CDs on campus.
I suppose you checked the CD out?
Mostly hard-core rap-- heavy gang element.
School's got a policy against that, too.
Well, we're going to need to speak to Carter.
He's out all week on vacation with his parents.
( gangster rap playing )
What's up? Whoa.
Never sneak up on a brother.
Good thing we don't give you a gun.
What do you got?
Well, I looked at the CD,
and there is a full bootleg on it,
but that's not the only thing.
These are personnel files
from the teachers at the school. Mm-hmm.
Which means he hacked the passwords.
It's pretty impressive.
But that's not the only thing.
Click here...
takes you straight into
the school's master grading system.
Presto change-o...
that F in English class becomes an A.
Well, Rosebrook's an Ivy League feeder.
I'll bet you there's no shortage of kids
that want to change their grades.
Yeah, or who might want to shut up the kid who did the hacking.
Come on in.
Emily Grant's the lead on all three affiliates,
and the wires picked up the story.
Great. So now we need to talk about your division of labor.
Really?
Yes. You need more agents on the Emily Grant case.
I think it's a little too early to make that call.
These kids have been missing for two days.
With all this media exposure,
most of the tips will be about the girl.
We are making solid progress on both cases.
I really think that we should
treat them equally.
This doesn't make any sense coming from you.
Don't play the race card with me, Jack.
Since when is kidnapping a racial crime?
This is about time and information.
I know exactly what this is about.
I am not gonna let you handle this the right way
and we end up with two dead kids.
And what do you suggest I tell Agent Johnson?
She's still the lead on the Williams case.
We will allocate manpower to her as she needs it.
I assume this is coming from up top.
Make the changes, Jack.
Either you do it or I do it, but it's gonna happen.
( sighs )
WOMAN ( on TV ): In our lead story, we're getting more information
on the disappearance of Emily Grant,
the Manhattan teenager who left her apartment
almost two days ago and hasn't been seen since.
So, the tip caller says he saw Emily Grant
at Caffeinated Coffeehouse two days before she went missing? Mm-hmm.
This is an image grabbed from the security camera.
All right? Now, she never goes to the reg,
but take a look at this next shot.
All right, 15 seconds later, you see the flash?
Camera flash? Right.
And it's bouncing off of this mirror here.
Now, look at the booth, upper- right-hand corner of the mirror.
There she is. Now, who's that across from her?
I can't tell, but he's a bit of a shutterbug.
And you can't get an I.D. on him?
Not from this angle, no.
I'll tell you this much, the guy looks a little bit too old
to be a high school student. Yeah.
You can't really tell, but I wouldn't be surprised
if she was having trouble with guys,
the way she's been acting.
How's she been acting?
You know, I-I feel guilty gossiping.
You'll get over it.
Okay, well, it was the other day, I went back to the office
to get some paper for the copier,
and I guess she didn't expect me to be there.
What are you doing?
Hey.
Come on, you know we're not supposed to touch that stuff, Em.
I'm the one who found it in the antiquities.
What is this, finder's keepers?
Look, I need it, Rose.
I promised someone at school,
and mine's broken.
I won't do it again; it's just this time.
Whatever.
I didn't see anything.
Thanks.
You know, I actually believed her until I saw her with that guy.
You think you could describe him to a sketch artist?
Can I tell my boss I'm gonna be a while?
Yeah, sure, go ahead.
It appears that Emily went on quite a roll
after she stole her dad's cash.
The money and the new boyfriend may not be mutually exclusive.
I've never seen him before.
He looks much older than Emily.
We're not sure if it's the same man,
but there's a strong possibility.
She never talked about going on dates.
I should have known when I saw the tattoo.
He probably made her do it.
This is all our fault.
What good is that gonna do?
The divorce tore her apart.
We behaved like children, Victor.
She always had to be the adult.
And with Xander dumping her,
of course she turned to this man--
she couldn't turn to us. Do you know of anyplace that she liked to hang out?
We could take the sketch there, see if anybody recognizes him.
I'm not sure what we know matters at all.
She did... all of this without us knowing anything.
I'm going home.
I don't see what waiting around here
is gonna do.
All right, look, why don't you both take a break.
I'll find you if I need you.
Uh, Agent Keith'll see you out. Thank you.
( sighs )
( coin clacks )
( machine whirring )
( sniffles )
Hi.
I'm Karen.
Karen Grant.
Audrey Williams.
Have you heard anything about your son?
No, not really.
And your daughter?
No. Spent more time with a reporter than with the agents.
The reporter?
He was around about an hour ago.
He didn't talk to me.
Oh. I'm sorry.
Why? It's not your fault.
But it's not right. I know how you must feel.
You really think you know how I feel?
I was just sitting in the hallway.
He came up to me-- what am I supposed to do,
say no? Just forget about it.
My child's missing, too.
I know; it's all over the news.
I'm Special Agent Johnson. This is Special Agent Spade.
Carter has something he'd like to tell you.
Carter? ( Carter sighs )
I'd been bugging Darnell to hack the grades
for a long time, but he kept saying no.
Then, all of a sudden, he was down for it.
Came to me and said he could help me with my D in trig.
When was this?
Couple weeks ago-- I was supposed to go
to the Cape this summer, but I had to get a 3.0.
So he decided
to cheat.
Do you want me to tell the story? Please.
Darnell wanted a grand.
So I came up with the money.
Then I decided it wasn't worth getting caught.
But Darnell wouldn't give me my money back.
Next day I went to go see him
after school, but we didn't get a chance to talk,
'cause some black dude jacked him.
Hey, Darnell.
Whatcha want now, Carter?
Come on, kid! Move!
Get in the van! Come on! Move it!
Come on, kid! Come on! Yo, yo, yo...
( grunts )
Get in there!
You could take the brother out of Harlem,
but you can't take Harlem out of the brother.
And what would you know about either?
All right, why don't you describe
this van for me.
It's a beater.
Brown, I think-- had "St. James
something" written on the side.
And, um, can you describe the man who grabbed Darnell?
You know, I really didn't get a good look.
I was mostly focused on the gun
he was sticking in Darnell's head.
A gun?
Who is this man? We don't know.
We're trying to track down the van.
This happened two days before he went missing--
we think it may be related to money.
Why?
Well, according to Carter, he'd been after Darnell
for months about the password.
But then, last week, Darnell changed his mind,
( phone ringing ) said he needed the money.
Well, we don't have much savings,
but we get by.
I honestly don't know what this could be about.
Uh, yeah. Okay.
Was that about Darnell?
You are gonna have to excuse me.
( clears throat ): Sorry.
What am I supposed to do?
I'm doing everything I possibly can
to try and find your son.
I watch the news; there's nothing about Darnell.
Off the record...
if I were you, I'd go and see the man in charge,
and I'd make him very aware of my feelings.
I would wait for the right time
where it would get the most attention.
If you were me.
( quietly ): Yes.
Here's my feeling-- press conferences
are a dime a dozen, people tune out.
What I'm offering is something much more intimate.
Really convey who the victim is.
He has several cameras set up.
I said he'd have to be in and out in ten minutes.
What about the Darnell Williams story?
After the Grant interview.
We grab Mrs. Williams, we make it happen. Mm-hmm.
Great. I mean, I'd hate to let a little institutionalized racism
get in the way of an important story.
I think that this can help both cases.
So we good to go?
Sure.
Thank you.
Thank you, Agent.
My pleasure.
Agent Johnson. Nice to see you again.
Nice to see you.
You gonna be taking
any more agents away from me?
Come on, Viv, you know the drill.
We've got more leads than we know how to follow.
You know, I hope you get a really nice promotion
for this, Jack, I really do.
Now, you are way out of line.
You're cutting my resources, and I'm out of line?
I'll tell you what, you get a break on the case,
I'll send you help. Anything else?
No.
His name's Miles Sussman.
He was my boyfriend.
So have you seen Emily before?
No, um, but I recognized the sketch of Miles
on the news.
That's when I called the hotline.
And do you know where he is?
He hasn't called me in a couple of months.
Um, before that, we spent every minute together.
He...
he took photos of me, too,
and he made me steal things.
It was like I was brainwashed or something.
He just had a way...
Terry, listen, um,
whatever you did in the past,
it doesn't matter, okay?
We're only interested in finding Emily.
Just talk to us.
Just tell us what happened.
He said that we had a soul connection.
That he didn't need to have sex with me to love me.
And then he asked me to something for his friend.
What did he ask you to do?
He told me I had to sleep with this man.
He only wanted to have sex with a virgin.
He said that he would pay us a lot of money
and that Miles and I would go away to Mexico together.
So he sent me to meet him at a hotel out by the airport.
Do you know what this man's name was?
He made me call him Mr. Frank.
He wasn't very nice.
I never saw Miles again.
GARNER: Agent Malone, would you tell us the circumstances
of Emily's disappearance?
Uh, yes, uh, on this past Saturday night,
Emily Grant was last seen leaving her apartment
on West 60th Street.
She was also recently seen in the company
of a Miles Sussman...
26, from Brooklyn.
We're asking anyone who has information about either party
to please come forward and contact the FBI
or the local law enforcement.
Thank you.
Mrs. Grant, what, what you've had to go through
these past few days would be a nightmare for any parent.
Is there anything you'd like to tell our audience?
Thank you.
Our daughter Emily means so much to so many people.
We love her.
We miss her and we want her back in our arms one more time.
And if you're out there, Em, sweetie,
please come home.
Daddy and I are so worried.
Again, if you have any information,
please call the number at the bottom of your screen.
For WWEN, I'm Ross Garner.
Great job.
( phone rings )
Excuse me.
Yeah? Mm-hmm.
Hi. I got it. I'll be right there.
We're out of here.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
What the hell are you doing?
Station called. I have to go.
Where? I got to do a stand-up at the Grant household,
but we will be back for Mrs. Williams.
Send another crew. I'm sorry. I go where I'm told.
I want the Darnell Williams story.
I don't make these calls, okay?
This is a teenage girl out on the street,
vulnerable, every parent's nightmare,
and our audience wants to know what happened to her.
That's a reality.
You're a scumbag.
If I see you in here again,
I will kick your teeth down your throat.
Whoa, am I going to have to file a complaint here?
Yeah, you're gonna have to.
ANNOUNCER: Stay tuned to Live At Five for more breaking news
on the Manhattan teen mystery.
Excuse me, Agent.
Were you able to find out any more information on that Carter boy?
Have you spoken to Agent Johnson?
I found you first.
I've been taken off this... case,
so you should probably speak to Agent Johnson.
I see.
I'm sorry.
Agent Malone?
Yes.
May I have a word?
Yes, of course. Uh, uh, come in.
I need you gentlemen to leave, please.
Now.
Uh, please, take a seat.
( sighs )
These your girls?
Yeah.
Pretty.
Yeah, they're a handful.
What happened to the interview for my son?
It was canceled.
And you let them.
Look, I can't control what stories they run
or when they run them,
even if I think what they're doing is wrong.
By wrong you mean the way all the press
has been given to the girl
and none to Darnell?
Yes, I think it's wrong,
but there isn't anything that I can do about it.
And why not?
You have control.
I see the way things work around here.
You pulled that lady agent off my son's case.
That was just, uh, that was just temporary.
I mean, we have so many leads coming in
on the Emily Grant case.
Because of the media.
Yes, that, that was a factor.
So who's running things around here,
you or the newspeople?
Mrs. Williams, I'm doing everything I can
to find your son.
Then maybe I need to do something!
Start crying or grabbing something,
maybe throw a punch!
Get these newspeople running back in here!
If you arrest me right here, will that help me find my son?!
Probably.
You know what the reality of this situation is?
My black son's life isn't worth the same
as that white girl's.
Why'd you throw him into your car at gunpoint?
That's little Darnell.
There was no gun.
You find him, he'll tell you that.
I'll make a note of it.
What was he doing in your van?
I was giving him rides.
I'm technically what you might call a go-between.
Young buck,
hold up.
Hold up, man!
Whew! You walk fast like your daddy used to, man.
And what is it you know about my daddy?
I know he's back in town
I know he wants to see you.
He wants to see me?
So where is he?
Well, he ain't feel too comfortable
showing his face around here.
You know what?
He's probably right.
Well, if you change your mind,
you can find him at St. James Billiards
up on Westfall in the Bronx.
Whatever.
I wasn't sure that he wanted
to have anything to do with the old man,
but a couple days later,
there he was.
Hey, Carl. Hey, hey.
In the flesh.
Have a seat.
No. No, no, no. I'm good.
Stubborn like your mother.
So, uh, where you been?
That's a good question.
Might take a while to explain.
Look, for real, what is it that you want from me?
Mostly just to see your face.
Been a long time, huh?
Here I am. You seen enough now?
Young man is fierce.
Told you.
What do you expect?
I haven't seen you in ten years
and you just pop up out of nowhere.
You back on the pipe, huh?
No, no.
But my health ain't so good
and I figured I needed to tell you
a few things.
I'm listening.
I-I didn't do right by you,
but I need you
to know that, uh, it wasn't your fault
that I left and never came back.
That's my own weakness, that's all.
I never took it personal.
I take your word on that.
You, you a busy man?
You got a minute to hear a few stories?
My bus doesn't come till 5:00 anyway, so...
sure.
He came around every day after that.
Said he wanted to get money
to get his old man out of the squat he was living.
Where were you on Saturday night?
With a lady friend.
Okay. So how about we do downtown to confirm that?
Who told you I pulled a piece on him, anyway?
Good question.
All right, that's definitely Miles' car.
All right, we have confirmation on the vehicle.
Hold position.
Maybe he'll try living in it.
What?
Well, he can't go home.
when his face is plastered all over this damn city.
Meanwhile, Darnell's mom can't see to buy any press.
Who's that right there?
That's him.
Suspect on the move.
FBI! Freeze! Freeze!
Put your hands on the car!
Get your hands on the car now!
Where's Emily Grant?!
Where is she? Where is she?
I don't know!
What happened to your face?
I tripped on the sidewalk.
Or did Emily fight back when you tried to sell her virginity?
Is that what she told you?
She didn't tell us anything. She's missing.
So guess what?
Instead of being up on pimping charges,
you're going to be up for murder.
She didn't hit me.
It was this other guy.
The guy you tried to sell her to?
Bitch got emotional.
We'd have been here an hour ago
if I hadn't taken the L.I.E.
Stop talking.
You can leave now.
So, uh, swing back around 11:00?
When I call you.
All right, sweetheart, so, uh...
I'll be back in a little while.
Don't.
What?
Don't go.
Miles.
This is not a problem.
Sweetheart, we talked about this.
Yeah, it's just that...
What?
I don't want to do it.
Why don't you sit down?
Hey. Hey, hey, hey.
I want to go now.
No, sweet...
Let her go.
I can handle this.
We don't need a scene. Let her go, Miles.
Yo, I'm sorry about...
Quiet now.
I woke up, he wasn't there, she wasn't there.
I tried to call her cell and she never picked up.
What about the guy?
I didn't expect to ever
really hear from him again.
Turn around. Cuff him.
Turn around.
I'm sorry about what happened before.
It's been a long day.
If my behavior was out of line...
You don't have to explain yourself.
I think we've been through enough.
Have you heard anything?
They're looking to talk to someone right now.
That's all they've told me.
I heard the same thing.
Please.
Miles Sussman's cell phone records.
One of the incoming calls was from a Franklin Earl Wilson
who has two convictions for statutory rape.
Take Danny with you and call me when you get back in. Okay.
Van driver's alibi holds up.
He said there was no gun, no abductions.
So I'm going to head out to the squat.
Need some help?
Bit late for that now.
Listen, you got something to say,
why don't you just say it?
Jack, why are you trying to make this about me?
What? You're just angry
because you thought you would handle this better.
What, you think you could've handled it better?
Can I finish?
Oh, please. Be my guest.
But you were too arrogant to believe
that any of this could touch you.
Well, let me hip you to something--
it touches everybody, even the great Jack Malone.
Now if you don't mind...
Hey.
Have you seen him around?
Hard to say.
Have another look.
14-D.
I didn't say so.
14-D.
Ooh.
You from the coroner's office?
FBI.
I called the coroner's office two days ago.
That's my air freshener.
I ran out this morning.
It's just my luck.
Have you seen this young man around?
Yeah.
It was around a couple days ago.
He's the one who found him dead.
I haven't seen him up today.
Hey, Dad.
I got the soup
and medicine you asked for.
Dad, come on, you need to eat.
Dad.
Dad, wake up.
Dad...
He stuck around for a few minutes,
then he took off.
Wasn't nothing he could do.
Couple minutes later,
I hear a fight in the alley, and it's him again.
Who was he fighting with?
Some white kid.
'Bout his height yelling at him.
Some beef over some money, as far as I could hear.
Thank you.
One alive...
one dead.
Jack. Yeah, Elena.
It's a positive I.D.
Okay.