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All right ! Let her go !
It floats
Not bad, uh ?
It's fantastic
Can I get on ?
You paid for her
I'm the one who has to ask permission to board
Go ahead
Here you go Frank
No I'll take one of these
To Frank Morrison for building us the most
beautiful boat in the water
Thank you ! Thank you !
That boat was the bargain of the century
I made a price, kept the price
And if you build any more at that price
you'll go out of business
Theresa, I should explain to
you my theory of noble failure
But Danny's got a game
See you
So how come your boyfriend's
not coming with you?
Danny said he wouldn't play
if he saw Rick in the stands
He's really got it in for the guy, doesn't he?
Coach ! Coach !
How are you?
Hey, Frank, how's it going ?
Where's Dan ?
He isn't here
Why not?
I asked him to stay, but he chose to leave
I don't know where he went yeah
This is Frank Morrison
Oh, really?
What is that Danny?
Okay, we'll be there
He's at the police station
Mom ! Dad !
I can't believe you would stow away in some
complete stranger's car
Where did you think you were going ?
No... Anywhere, What difference does it make?
Christ, Danny, what are you thinking ?
What's the big deal ?
I'm sorry, okay?
I just didn't feel like playing today, so I booked
Mr. and Mrs. Morrison Please come in
Wait here
The first time we picked him up,
it was for breaking windows
Danny insisted that we had the wrong kid
He wanted to hire a lawyer, we remember
That was two years ago after you guys separated
Six months later we got him in here for truancy
That was right after - Right after we got our divorce, yes
All this acting out is Danny's way of
trying to get us back together
Look we've logged a lot of
hours a lot of counsellors
Clearly, it hasn't done us any good
Any idea what set him off this time?
Yes, I'm sure it's because I'm getting remarried
Oh, boy who's the lucky guy?
Rick Barnes
I know Rick
Of course, you do Everybody does
Congratulations then
Well, they do, honey
Your mom's getting married
I know you don't like it I get it
But you're not going to
use it as an excuse to get wild
Okay, Dad
No, I'm not kidding, Danny
Your mother's got a right to move on with her life
I think you ought to give this guy a break
What do you think?
Dad, do you ever wish that things could be like they were?
Well, Danny, maybe you don't remember,
But things weren't all that great
I remember you were home every day
Yeah, I know
The truth is, your mother and I tried hard to make
it work out but we were
arguing all the time and frankly
I didn't think I was doing
you any favours by sticking around
Guess what?
The mast is up on the big boat
So we're still going sailing Saturday?
Yeah, you bet
Great
See you Saturday
Saturday
Frank, will you hold on for a second ?
I'm sorry, Mom
It's okay, sweetheart
I love you I love you, too
Bye, Dad
All right, so he said that he would give Rick a break
At least it's something
Yeah, cool, thank you
Your're still taking him sailing on Saturday?
Yeah, why?
It's just that Danny takes his cues from you
And I thought that maybe if you asked Rick to go
sailing with you guys Jesus Susan I mean,
giving him a pep talk is one thing
But taking your fiance sailing with us?
Come on ! Jeez !
I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked
Damn it
You okay?
Yeah, I'm okay
Susan asked me to take Rick sailing with us this weekend
So Danny and he can bond
Maybe it's a good idea
What ?
Danny needs to accept the fact
that his mom is getting remarried
And you're going to have to accept it too, Frank
I have no problem accepting it
I don't want to hang out with the guy, that's all
So what really bothers you about sailing with Rick?
You afraid that Danny might get to like him?
Maybe I don't want him bonding with him
Maybe I don't want him to have a new dad
Remember my friend,
His ex-wife ran away with Keith Barrel,
the football player ?
We'll his kid admired the guy so much
That he took his name
And then eventually stopped
seeing his dad altogether
Come on, Frank, Danny loves you. You're his Dad
Diane, these things happen
And Rick Barnes
Ever since he got in town, everyone's just
falling all over him just cause he's loaded
He's got more than just money, Frank
Yeah, what?
According to everyone, he's a very nice guy
Well, I'm a nice guy, too but no one's falling
all over -Yes, you are
I'm just a boat builder A poor boat builder at that
All right, it's just like a car, okay?
You turn left to go left, and right to go
Port
No, that's left
Right, right, right
And that's starboard
I know what you mean
Maybe we should stick to lefts and rights
That way
That I understand
I'm impressed, Danny
You know a lot about boats, man
You know, my Dad and I,
we spend a lot of time out here
I can see why, It's beautiful
Thanks for including me today, I'm having fun
No problem
There are so many beautiful places in the world
How did you end up here?
I invested in this pharmaceutical company
They came out with this new blood pressure medicine
Stock just went through the roof
It was like winning the lottery
It gave me a chance to do
something different with my life
You know, Frank, I'd never try to take your place with him
I just want a shot at being his friend
I tell you what There are two
things you have to remember with a kid
Number one
you have to show them that you love them
Number two, give them stuff
You mean bribe him, right?
If you bought him a new baseball g love,
you'd be right in with him
Sounds like a plan
Danny ! Ready about !
Pull it in. There you go
See you, Rick
See you later, Dan
Frank, you know the sea Cliff Resort at Buzzard's Bay?
The dump? Sure What about it?
Actually I just bought it
It's beautiful
The idea is to try to turn it
into something beautiful
How would you feel about
building me some boats?
We're so busy lately
Come on Frank You would
be doing me a favour
I'll think about it
So
Are you maybe feeling a little bit better
about your mom marrying Rick, or what?
I guess, yeah
Good
But I'm still not going to the wedding ?
Why is that?
It would just be too weird
watching mom get married
You have to go
Cause you're going to break your
mother's heart if you don't
You going ?
No, but that's different
We were married It's different
See? It's too weird for you, too
You're right, you're right
Okay, I tell you what, I'll go if you go
Deal ?
Deal
Good, we'll make fun of them together
Yeah
Susan sure did hit the jackpot
I'm kidding, Frank
Hey, Dad
Look at you You are so handsome
I'm doing great, I guess
Wait, I got to show you what Rick got me
I'll be right back
Dad !
It's a Cal Ripken g love
That's great
Everyone please take your seats
The ceremony is about to begin
Danny time to get ready
Hey, folks, look over here
Susan
do you take Rick to be
your lawfully wedded husband
for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health
till death do you part?
I do
Rick, do you take Susan to be your lawfully
wedded wife
for richer, for poorer
in sickness and in health, till death do you part?
I do
I now pronounce you husband and wife
You may kiss the bride
You're a trooper I'm proud of you
Appreciate you coming
Friend of Rick's Congratulations
Long time no see
Yeah, Ray, we got a lot of catching up to do
I can't wait
Thanks for dressing up
You look beautiful
Thank you
Congratulations
I'm glad you came
Thanks Who's your buddy?
He's an old business acquaintance
I'm surprised he even showed up
I know, you looked surprised
What do you mean ?
You just looked surprised
Diet Coke and champagne to go
How are you?
You're a friend of Rick's, right?
That's right
Frank Morrison
Ray Coleman
Nice wedding, huh ?
She must know some pretty good tricks to make
old Rick settle down
That's my ex-wife Susan
You ex? You're kidding me
No
So where are you from?
Bay area, California
Came all the way out here for the wedding, huh ?
I had some business in DC
So how long you know Rick?
We go way back, went to school together
Really?
What about it?
Oh, nothing
He told me that you were
in business together,
or something
Excuse me, Frank Catch you later
It really is too bad
What's that, Ray?
You registered
I saw the gift table
Registered at Crate and Barrel, wow
The dishes, table cloths, soup tureens
You registered for a soup tureen ?
That's what I would've got you if I'd been
invited earlier
In fact, I could have been your best man
I appreciate we got some things to discuss here, Ray
But now's not a good time
Are you busy?
What I'm going to do is put you
up in a motel for a while
outside of town, and I'll get in touch with you
in a couple of days
Why can't I stay here? You've got plenty of room
That's not a good idea, Ray
I'm very lucky, Danny
I'm fortunate to have three great men in my life
Who's number one?
You are, sweetheart
You'll always be number one
I'll see you guys later
Where you going ?
I got some shopping to do
All right, well, have fun
Come on, Rick, throw the ball
See you later, sweetheart
Good catch
Come on, you could have had that
I should have had that?
Yeah
You should have had that
My g love, it's not broken in all the way
G love's not broken in yet, all right
Is your arm not broken in yet?
That was practically right to you, Rick
That was practically right to me
My dad would have had that
Who's you dad, Shaquille O'Neal ?
He used to be captain of his baseball team
He's great all sports
You know, your dad is going to be working for me
I hired him to build me some boats
Did he tell you that?
No, he didn't
If your dad's such a great baseball player,
how come he never taught you
how to throw a baseball ?
I can throw the ball
Then why are you
standing with your feet like this
and putting the ball everywhere where I'm not?
When you throw a baseball, you point your
foot to somebody so the ball goes to them
Just throw the ball
I'm going to throw the ball
But I don't want to run or jump for the ball
I want the ball to come to me
Aim and concentrate
Take it easy !
I am taking it easy How the hell are you
supposed to learn anything out here?
Come on, turn the ball loose
You throw like shit
You know, Rick, I don't want to play anymore
Suit yourself. Bring the g loves in when you're done
Don't ask me to play again if you're going to be a brat !
You want about a half inch up
Just trim it off like that
All your strokes are
even and forward like so, right?
And you use the other side of the brush, as well
This is the important part, make sure that the
edges don't dry
Because then you'll get distortion
No open spots You ready to try it?
What if I mess up?
That's a very interesting question, 'cause that's
what I asked my dad
And that's what he asked his father
So do you know what your great grandfather told
your grandfather who
told your father who's telling you now?
What?
That's why God invented sandpaper
So this is okay?
Yeah, it's very good
So what happened with that whole window thing ?
I told Mom it was an accident
Yeah, well, tell me it was an accident
I just got mad, okay?
Why, because he had a problem with the way
you threw a ball ?
No, he threw it hard and he tried to hurt me
Come on, Danny, was it any harder than a line
drive coming at you?
No
Maybe he was just trying to prepare you for a real game
or something
Why do you have to work for him, anyway?
Tell him you don't want his money,
that you don't need anything from him
I can't do that
Why not?
Because the truth is, Dan
I love making these wooden boats,
but people don't want them anymore
When your grandpa made them,
they'd line up from here to Maine
Just to have one
But they want plastic now
It's cheaper, they can afford it
You understand ?
Yeah
I was in the donut shop this morning
You know who I saw?
You know that girl Katie that you like,
what's her last name?
Lewis? she was there with a girlfriend
She was talking about you, she said, he's nice
or something like that
Since she got her braces off, she's a total babe
I know, and then she said that she thought
your dad was a fox
Here you go, Frank Have a nice day
You too
How's it going ?
Frank Morrison, I met you at Rick's wedding
Jesus, of course !
Ray, right !
You want to sit down ?
Sure
Sorry Frank, yeah
I'm getting really bad with faces
It must be early Alzheimer's or something
It's been a while since the wedding
I wouldn't worry about it
I was just surprised you're still here
You said something
about just being in for the day
Yeah, I decided to stick around,
grab myself a little R& R
Tell you what, Frank,
now that I've been here for a while
I can see why Rick really fell in love with the place
I'm actually thinking about
looking at some real estate myself
No kidding
I kid you not
Well, if you're serious about it, I know a realtor
Sam Jones, he'll hook you up
You know that I'm noticing ?
I haven't seen any adult bookstores in this town
No kidding
I kid you not
Just the man I wanted to see
I owe you a call Good to see you
You're a busy man
If you weren't so busy,
you wouldn't be getting
Southport's Man of the year award
Yeah, well, it's a slow year, we all know that
right?
How's the backhand coming ?
Coming along, want to play tomorrow?
Let me give you a call
Give my best to everybody
I will
Open up, Ray
What the hell were
How did you know I was in town ?
What are you doing with my wife's ex, Ray?
Having eggs
Why did she leave him? He was great
Told him I was thinking
about buying some property here
And he offered to find me a realtor
Maybe you and me could be neighbors
I had a good reason for
wanting you to stay out of town, Ray
You talk too much You always have
Maybe I'm not the only one
How do you think I found you?
When we were on the
inside doing our little stretch
We'd all take our best shots at imagining
Where you'd run off to spend our money
You're lucky it was only me who figured it out
or you would have had
all three of us for wedding guests
What about Tommy and John ?
What about them?
What are you going to send them their share?
So? Don't you want to know how I found you?
Yeah, of course I do, Ray
I remember this one time you were drunk
and telling me how crappy your childhood was
Except for this one summer you spent on
the Maryland coast
Where there was clean air and friendly people
I ain't saying you were easy to find
I mean, I only had a general idea of where
to look
and a lot of times I came this close to just
giving it up
But then
then you made the papers
You know, I'll tell you something, Ray
You know what I came to hate most about working
outside the law?
Having to associate with scumbags
You found yourself a lawyer to get
yourself off
Maybe that makes you smarter than me
doesn't make you better
I'll call you, Ray
I'm sick of you stalling me, Jack !
I told you, Ray
it takes time to put
this kind of money together
Name's Rick
It's funny how quick you can forget a name
Rick
Stay out of town, Ray
You don't belong there
Well, I was right, the doctor said pregnant
Baby, I'm so happy That's so great
Oh, Susan, I bet you it's going to be a boy, too
You want to bet me on that?
What's wrong, honey?
Nothing
I just didn't expect it to happen so soon,
that's all
You know how much I wanted to have a baby
I'm happy
I know you do, I do, too Promise
You just worried about Danny, huh ?
Ya I'm just first married and... Baby, it's hard
to handle, You know for kid...
Danny ! Dan, Don't !
Sweetie, I'm sorry I'm sorry
I did not mean it for you to find out this...
Leave me alone, Mom !
Danny?
Danny, can you at least try to be happy
for everybody? No !
Danny, please don't !
Please don't let him ruin this
This is the happiest day of my life
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
Just give me two minutes I'll be right down
Diane, it's me, is my dad there?
I have to talk to him
No, honey, he's not home yet
When is he coming home?
Soon, I guess, Danny, are you okay?
Tell him he's got to come and get me,
I have to talk to him
Who are you talking to?
Take me to my Dad's house. I want to go now
No, this is between us
You and I are going to sit down here and we're
going to talk this through, okay?
I know that you're upset, sweetheart,
but you have to believe me when I tell you
that a baby is not going
to change the way I feel about you
I know, Mom, I'm number one, remember ?
Check out of your room Meet me out front at seven
Did you get it all ?
Yeah, Ray I've got it all
All right, I'll be waiting
About time
What did I miss?
Excuse me guys
I got to go into town for a little while,
but it shouldn't take long
Okay, will you wait?
I'll walk you to your car, okay?
We're not through I'll be right back
How do you think the conversation's going ?
You don't understand
I feel like I've betrayed him, or something
Stop it, will you? You haven't betrayed anybody
He's just upset He'll get over it
Listen, I'll wrap this thing up as soon as
I can and I'll be home I love you
Please drive carefully
It looks like there's a storm coming in
It's been a pleasure having you
Mr. Coleman Come back anytime
See you around Take care
Put it in the back
Good - bye and good riddance
So where you off to?
Miami Beach
Starting tomorrow
I'm going to be working on my tan and a case of Cuervo
If you ever get fed up here in Frontier land
come on down
Miami's got no appeal for me
None whatsoever
I'm going to have a kid
Get the hell out of here
Isn't that great?
You're really going all the way with this
" Leave it to Beaver " thing
Two kids?
Danny's not mine
That's got to be tough,
putting up with some other guy's brat
I couldn't do it
I put up with the damn kid because I got no choice
you know
I got to make a stop here
Why?
You don't think I had that kind of cash on me
did you?
No, I got it stashed up here at a brickworks I own
Comes in handy for stuff, Jesus !
What?
No, it's just that I've never been out here before at night
And I can't see a goddamn thing cause it's pouring
Are you kidding me?
No, I'm not kidding you You see anything in this shit?
Jesus ! What are you, lost?
Relax, it's around here somewhere. Let me just
look at the map, all right?
The map's in here
I got a flight to catch !
Stop bitching at me ! look in the back for the map
Jesus Christ
I don't see no goddamn map
It's in here somewhere
You see it?
This is unbelievable !
Wait till you see what you got back here
What's going on ?
It's Danny, Rick He ran away
Are you okay?
I'm fine
It's okay, Mr. Barnes Your wife got a call
from Mr. Morrison
Danny showed up over there
Thank God, you want to go get him?
Hold on, Mr. Barnes There's more
What is it?
He told his father he saw you kill a man
He told his father what?
He claims he was hiding in the back of your Suburban
He says that's where he saw you do it
Susan, what would make Danny say something like this?
It's obvious,
Rick, it's Danny's way of getting
back at us for the baby
We should head down to the station
And we'll be needing the keys to your Suburban
I know what I saw, I'm not making this up
He killed a guy
Danny, are you sure you're not doing this
because you're mad at Rick?
Diane, please
Danny, let's go over this again, all right?
Take your time, start from the beginning
Don't leave anything out
Send them in
It's your mother and stepfather
They're going to join us
No Dad, please no I don't want to see him, Dad
Danny
A already told you, he never said his name
Dad ?
Just answer the question It's okay
And you say that you heard
your stepfather and this man
talking about money
They were supposed to be going to get some money
Only, Rick killed him instead
Danny, stop this, please
He said that he loved
the baby and that he hated me
Sweetheart, listen, I know that we've hurt you,
But what you're doing isn't fair, it's not right
I'm telling the truth
No, Danny, you're doing
what you do when a situation
comes along that you can't handle
Look, he knows the truth, he knows what he did
and you're just going to sit there and let him get
away with it, Dad
Come in
Johnson just called in from the brickworks
Excuse me
So, no charbroiled skeletons?
If a body was incinerated
in a kiln like they got over there,
it would take a forensic specialist-
I am not wasting any more time or money
on this sick kid's bullshit story
David, phone call, line seven
Hold on
Stevens
It's the garage Okay, go on
There was
No visible evidence at all at the brickworks
or, for that matter, in your truck
Keys are at the front desk You all should go home
Danny, let's go home
I'm not going home with him
Danny, we are going to go home and talk about this
okay?
Dad, please don't make me go home
Susan, let him come home with me
No, Frank, every time he has a problem,
he comes running to you
I want him to come home now
Dad, don't make me go
Jesus, Danny, knock it off !
Dad ? You don't believe me, either ?
You're asleep right now This is a dream
You're dreaming that someone's got their
hand over your mouth and it's hard to breathe
and you can't wake up, can you?
can you?
Now, you had a dream about a murder
And it felt like it was real
It's only a nightmare
You don't want every moment of your life to
be a big screaming nightmare
do you, Danny?
Better wake up
He wants me to pick them up?
Have the port lights come in
I'm expecting them this afternoon
All right, call and make sure
Hey, how you doing ? Good morning
How are you, Frank?
Rick
You got a hell of a place here
Frank, I just want to let you know I'm not taking
what happened last night personally
I just look forward to getting past it
But on to something more positive here, I do have
the start- up money for the Seacliff, $
When do you think you could start building the boats?
You know, when I went home last night,
I couldn't even think about sleeping
But here's what I did think about
My son is living with you in your house
And I have absolutely no
idea of what kind of man you really are
and, honestly, that scares the hell out of me
Well, Frank, you're a good dad, you know
But before you start letting your imagination
Run away with you here,
I'd ask you to remember something
It's true that you may not know me so well, but
you do know Danny
and he lies, I know that
He lies to his mother his grandmother
His teachers, the police
Just about everybody, but
But what?
He doesn't lie to me
Hard as I tried, I couldn't think of a sing le time
I didn't kill anybody, Frank
probably not, Rick
I'm glad to hear you say that
As long as my son is living with you under your roof,
" probably" isn't good enough
Jesus Christ, Frank, who's this guy, Ray?
What about him?
He's your school chum
he's your business acquaintance
The other day I saw him, he was looking for real estate
Ray Yeah
So now it's Ray I supposedly killed,
is that right?
I tell you, Frank, trying to be a stepfather
To a child that hates your guts,
isn't exactly a picnic
I thought you were on my side for this
I'm on Danny's side
Give my best to Diane then, Frank
Right
I just think it's a good idea if he stays with
that's all
I'm not having this conversation with you
I know that Rick threatens you-
He threatens me, all right
You're so wrong about him
You don't even know what he's really about
You're the one that I don't really know
anything about anymore, Frank
Do you think that I so desperately need a man,
that I'm going to endanger my own child by marring a-
Danny
What are you doing here?
Come on, Danny, let's go
No, he's coming home with me
He's scared of the guy It's not right
What do you get?
Have I ever stopped you from seeing him?
This is not about custody
Danny, please get in my car
If you want to fight me for custody-
I don't want to fight you for custody !
Please don't do this !
Hold on a second, Frank
This is none of your business
What if I make it my business?
Don't !
Frank, don't do this !
I'm sorry, Mike
Dad, that was so cool
Put your seat belt on
That was awesome
Knock it off, Danny
You know what I've just done?
It's called kidnapping
How could it be kidnapping ?
I'm your kid
It just is It doesn't matter
So you believe me now?
Yeah, yeah
What are we going to do now? I don't know
Dad, watch out !
You never struck me as the kind of guy
Who would exploit the emotional problems of
his son to make a play for custody
Sergeant, I know you have a history with my son
I know that's why you're having a hard time with this
But this character,
Ray Coleman he was at the weeding -
When Ray Coleman showed up at the wedding,
Rick Barnes wasn't happy to see him
But there's more
they had two different stories about how they met
Maybe Ray Coleman is a little confused
But he wasn't confused
Maybe he'd been drinking, come on now
You can go now Mr. Morrison
Your ex-wife isn't pressing charges
And, for the time being, neither are we
By the way, I checked with the police in the
Bay Area
No Ray Coleman was reported missing
That's not good enough
Good-bye, Mr. Morrison
Jack, look, it was not
my intention to fight for custody
But now I have no choice, do I ?
Right !
Okay, all right, I'll see you there at . Thanks
That was Berman He's tough, man
But he's good, he's the one who handled the
whole divorce thing
Just have to figure out What?
I'm sorry, Frank
I can't believe that you have actually managed to
convince yourself that this man -This man ?
This man who only wanted to help-This man ?
Do you want me to ignore the fact that my son is
living with a killer ? is that what you want?
This fantasy of yours,
it sure does give you a good excuse, doesn't it?
For what? Excuse for what?
An excuse to hold on to your old life
I know Danny's your son,
And I would never ask you to choose between us
But I won't hang around while you take Susan on
in some insane custody battle
Diane, I have never failed Danny, ever
And I can't fail him now not when it counts
I'm sorry
I'm sorry too, Frank
But I can't do this
Rick, sweetheart will you please hurry up?
I don't want to be late for this
Calm down will you?
Moms always win these things, right?
No, it's never a sure thing, Rick
You all right?
I still can't believe this is happening
You know, Susan
ever since Frank hit us with this custody thing,
there's something I'd like to talk to you about
About what?
Well, I feel like I've done
Everything I can but stand on my head with
Danny's concern
And he won't give me a break. There's no way-
I know and I'm sorry sweet pea
There's nothing for you to be sorry about
It's been hard on everybody
But maybe if Danny went off to live with Frank
for a little while
That wouldn't be the worse thing in the world
for everybody
What?
I'm just trying to think about what would be
best for everyone, dear
Rick
Susan
things get really tense when Danny's around
and the doctor said if you get stressed out,
you could lose the baby
I don't give a damn what the doctor said,
Danny's my son
It's bad enough he hardly talks to me anymore
If he goes to live with Frank
I'd be lucky if I ever see him again
Rick, we talked about this
I'm sorry
Danny's not going to go anywhere,
I promise you that, okay?
Dan, listen up
Whatever the judge decides today
I want you to know that your mother loves you
remember that
I'll see you there
All right
Love you
Love you, too
I'm ready to go
Mom?
She's bringing the car around,
Danny She can't hear you
I'm not afraid of you
I don't give a damn if you're afraid of me or not
What I want to know is,
do I need to be afraid of you Danny?
What do you mean ?
This custody hearing
thing that you have us all going to today
if we come home without you
Dan
that's going to upset your mom
and like I said to you I can't allow that to happen
Now, I know that you love your dad very much
How would you feel if something happened to him?
Look, I'll do whatever you want
Just, please, leave them alone
I want both parties to know
That a child of Danny's age
is old enough to have a voice in determining
which parent he would be better off living with
Now, that being said
call your witness Mr. Berman
Thank you
Your honour, we'd like to call Danny Morrison to the stand
Hello, Danny
Danny Morrison ?
Yes, sir
How old are you?
I'm sir
Twelve, so we can't swear you in
But it is your word of honour when you sit in
that witness box
do you understand that?
Yes, sir
Good, then let's get to work
Counsellor
Thank you, Your honour
Hello, Danny
I'm going to ask you a few questions
you all right with that?
All right, let's go back
to the evening of October th
That was the night your mother cane home from the
doctor with some news
just tell what happened
I found out that my mom was going to have a baby
Yeah ? How did you handle that?
I guess I kind of freaked
Go on
After that, I wanted to go and see my dad
How come?
Cause I felt like I needed to talk things over with him
You and your dad are pretty close then ?
Yes, sir
All right, Danny, just take your time and tell us
what happened next
Well, I hid in the back of Rick's truck
cause he was going into town,
and that's near where my dad lives
And then
And then he stopped at this office building and
I jumped out
What?
I ran to my dad's house,
And I made up this story
about seeing him kill some guy
Danny, what are you doing ? Tell them the truth
This is the truth, Dad
Did he threaten you?
You keep this up Mr. Morrison,
I will have you removed from this courtroom
This is not how Frank sit down
Let me ask you something, Danny
Do you want to give it
another try with your mom and Rick
Or do you think you'd
be better off living with your dad ?
I'd like to stay with my mom and Rick
Look Frank
I know what happened today
I'm glad somebody does. Drink?
I'm not going to drink with you
Frank
Too bad
You ought to go home
Okay Frank
Danny lied
Again
But at least he's not
living under the same roof with a killer
I'll drink to that
No, this is how you lost Danny the first time
Come on Frank let's go home
That's the best offer I've had in a while
You get fresh Frank
I'll make it real
It's my day to see him Susan
Yeah, I know it is
What?
I tried talking to him
but he just went racing out
I'm sure he just feels badly about lying to you
I'm sure it'll be okay I'm sorry
I have to go,
But I promise I'll tell him to call you
Cheeseburger and french fries
Can I get you anything to drink?
Diet Coke
Sounds good
Took me years to get
one of these. How long you been here?
Been here about two years
but I being here for a long time
Two years
At the rate you're going,
we'll be naming the town after you
Thank you very much, I appreciate it. Thank you
I'd just like to say
thank you to the men and women of Southport
For recognizing me with
this honour, I feel flattered to be included
Hey, Dan
Hey, Dad
You're a hard man to get a hold of lately
What are you doing here?
What is this about, Frank?
I'm just trying to talk to my son
Ten o'clock at night?
It's not your business
Frank, do you really think
That showing up here drunk in front of your son
What is that supposed
to make him want to spend more time around you?
Are you crazy Frank?
What are you doing ?
Screw you, Patterson !
Just because this asshole's got some money
to spread around you don't give a shit who he is !
Dad why don't you just go home?
Dad you dropped your wallet
Dad wait up
Sorry Danny I shouldn't have come here
You dropped your wallet
That's not my wallet, Dan
Dad, you have to stop making trouble for him
So, Dad, please just lay off, okay?
How are you?
What do you want?
Nothing much
Just five bucks
You wouldn't happen to have $ you could lend
your old step dad would you, Dan ?
No
You don't?
Maybe we should check your wallet
Where's your wallet, Danny?
I don't know
You don't know?
Don't you think you
should probably start looking for it?
I really hope you didn't lose that, Dan
Start looking for it
I didn't tell him anything, Rick
Maybe you think I've
just been fooling around with you
is that it, Danny?
All I did was say I was sorry for not being home-
Bullshit !
I swear to God, that's all I said
You're a little fucking liar, aren't you, Danny?
I'm telling the truth, Rick
I hope so
Does Ray Coleman sound familiar to you?
Ray Coleman ? That name doesn't sound familiar
Would you check your register ?
Because my sister's really worried about him
Here we go, Ray Coleman
Checked in on September the th
and checked out on -
check the th
Yeah, October th
How about a telephone number, address?
I could check his bill
Yeah, yeah
Here we go, C, Coleman
These are just the local calls
What's this?
Pizza Hut
How about this? He called this a lot
Yeah, he liked the ladies
You patty?
Who are you?
A friend of Ray's
Ray?
Coleman
That shit owes me money
Join the club
Can I talk to you?
I didn't know Ray that
well, we were just killing time
You know how it is
Yeah, I can't believe this guy
He never even told you where he was from?
No
What did you guys talk about?
We didn't do that much talking
We weren't doing that
We were watching TV
I don't know what Ray likes better
to screw or watch basketball
At least he gave me this
I know that lighter Let me see
Oh, yeah
It was my birthday a couple of weeks ago
I like this lighter
It's not even real
Yeah, but I like the horseshoe thing
Buy it from you How much ?
I don't know, it's a pretty nice lighter
$
Cool
If you can just have this dusted for prints
I'm sure we'll find that this Ray Coleman's
got a record
And if he does
then we know that Rick Barnes
will have one, too
A lot of people have handled this lighter
The lab could only manage
to lift off one clean set of prints
It turns out they belong to a convicted felon
Her name is Patty Walsh
Prostitution, Drug use
Hey, Frank
I'm glad I ran into you
About last night, we both got a little bit hot
under the collar
And I felt terrible about it
Recognize that?
Probably fell out of Ray's
pocket when you pulled him from the truck
What are you doing, Frank?
You touch
so much as one hair on my son's head
and I swear, as God is my witness
that'll be the last thing you ever do in this world
You're the second guy today
who's been in here looking for Ray Coleman
You again ? What do you want?
What basketball team did he root for ?
What are you talking about?
You said that he liked
to screw and watch basketball, what team
did he root for ?
Chicago
Ray Coleman -Three
Convictions in Racketeering Case
Oh, God
Is Detective Stevens there?
No, this is Frank Morrison
When will he be back?
You have an e-mail address there?
Thank you No, wait, listen
When he gets in, have him check his e-mail
And have him call Frank Morrison at the boathouse
as soon as he gets it
Thank you
As you can see, this venerable building
a long time fixture in the Southport community
Continues to bum
It just keeps ringing, Mom
It's okay, sweetheart You know how careful Dad is
I'm sure he's fine He's fine
No, Mom, Rick said he'd do this !
He said he'd hurt Dad !
He killed the guy, just like I said,
and he threatened to kill Dad, too !
Forget it, Mom, you won't believe me, anyway
Danny, what are you talking about?
Danny, we're getting out of here
Mom?
Now
Sweetheart, I didn't hear you come in
Just got back
Danny, you go wait in the car
Where are you going ?
There was a fire at Frank's place and the
boathouse burned down
What?
Danny wants to go and make sure
that Frank is okay
You want me to take you?
It's okay
Danny's really upset and I think it's best if I
take him alone, okay?
Stevens
What is this?
Frank Morrison sent it over
Rick Barnes, indicted for extortion bribery
attempted murder
His real name is Jack Pamell
Your reckon the
Chicago Chamber of Commerce gave
him an award, too?
Hello?
Frank Morrison
Susan, it's Frank Now, listen
You and Danny get out of the house now !
I know I'm in the car with Danny-
I think I better drive Danny
I'm fine, Rick
Get out of the car, Susan
Mom?
It's okay, sweetheart
I just need to hang on to him till I'm someplace safe
Please don't do this Please
Mom, are you all right?
Give me the keys
Take me instead, please
You were the best thing that ever happened to me
Run, Danny, run !
You bitch !
Danny, go lock the doors and the living room !
Did you lock everything ?
Yeah, did you call the police?
Go ! Run !
Leave him alone !
Mom, get up Mom, wake up
Mom, please get up
Get up
You're going to sit still, aren't you?
You sure you're going to be okay?
I'll be fine, Mom
We'll follow you to the hospital
Frank, I'm sorry
No, it's okay
I'm sorry about the baby
Mom, I love you
I love you too, sweetheart
Mr. Morrison, hold on
There's really not a whole lot
I can say right now, except
Just say it to him
Danny, I'm sorry
It's all right