"♪ got a room at the YMCA ♪" "♪ for the next three weeks I went hunting them nightclubs ♪" "♪ looking for a place to play ♪" "♪ well, I thought my pickin' would set 'em on fire ♪" "♪ but nobody wanted to hire a guitar man ♪" "♪ well, I nearly about starved to death down in Memphis ♪" "Thank you." "Thank you." "Hey, Dwight." "Jerry schilling." "You know who I am, Dwight?" "I was one of Elvis' best friends since we were kids." "They called us the Memphis mafia." "They sure did." "I think Elvis would be very proud" "Of what you've done for Memphis," "And I wanted to give you something very special." "T.C.B...." "Taking care of business." "You got it." "He gave all of us guys one of these." "Mine always meant the world to me," "But I'd like for you to have one now." "Dwight, I hope you'll remember what this means." "Oh, Dwight." "This is the happiest day of my life." "Mama?" "[ baby crying ]" "Wave to mama." "Tony?" "They say that it's better with the second child," "And I have to agree." "She looks a lot like me." "Don't you think, Dwight?" "Detective Hendricks, watch that mud." "Why are you still standing around" "When you don't know what happened to me?" "[ giggles ]" "Bella!" "Bella?" "[ giggling ]" "Where are you, now?" "Come on out." "Bella, where are you?" "Bella!" "Bella!" "Where are you, now?" "Let me see you." "[ mud squishing ]" "[ gasps ] [ chuckles ]" "You found it." "You found it, Detective." "[ country music plays ]" "Hey." "Hey." "Good morning, sunshine." "Get your butt down to Dorignac's on Madison." "We've got a shooting victim here" "That's got some kind of an amnesiatic incident." "Can't even remember his name." "Oh, and pick up some biscuits." "Hello?" "[ sighs ]" "♪ I'm goin' to Memphis ♪" "♪ where the beat is tough ♪" "♪ Memphis ♪" "♪ I can't get enough ♪" "♪ oh, well, it makes you tremble ♪" "♪ and it makes you weak ♪" "♪ gets in your blood, that Memphis beat ♪" "♪ oh, yeah ♪ [ siren wails ]" "Supermarket cashier found him on the way out to her car." "Single shot to the chest just above the ticker." "He's gonna make it, but the guy has no idea who he is." "Hey, buddy." "How you doing?" "[ grunts ]" "I don't know." "I..." "I can't remember my name." "I'm married, I guess, but that's all I know." "Oh, and I'm dizzy." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I..." "Whitehead:" "It's fallout from him hitting the concrete so hard" "Square on the back of his head." "Didn't have his wallet on him." "Dug through his pocket." "All I found was this junk." "Orange trident..." "not your usual mint." "Got some pocket lint." "Laundry was done not too long ago." "Clean, possibly vain man." "And a bus pass." "What's a preppy-looking guy doing riding a bus" "From the burbs all the way out here?" "Oh, yeah." "Uh, guy had that paper on him when he got shot." "Bullet went right through it into him." "What's that?" "Is that uncut crank?" "It's a hippie crystal." "Guy's wallet's missing." "Sleight of hand's the oldest gypsy trick in the book." "I got no idea about any white man shot." "I mind my own business, read my magazines," "And drinks my tea." "Yeah?" "'cause I got a psychic feeling" "This white man shut his eyes at your table" "And you lifted his wallet." "You at a crossroads." "Did you know that, son?" "You're gonna have to make a choice," "And you will be tested." "Why don't you cut the crap talk there, miss Angelina?" "Guy had one of your crystals," "Which means that he was here for a reading." "So why don't you take a look into your little crystal ball there" "And see if your future involves me dragging your ass in for impeding?" "Maybe he was here." "I can't tell one white boy from another." "Let's see here." "Mm-hmm." "Must've fell out." "I get some kind of reward or something?" "Yeah, it's called a verbal warning." "Zachary drake, 314 Montgomery." "You remember him now?" "How long ago he come in here?" "Uh, hour and a half, maybe." "And you didn't see what happened after he left?" "Can't see 10 feet in front of me no more," "On this plane, at least." "What did Mr. Drake come in here for?" "He asked me if he was gonna go to hell." "[ blues music plays ]" "Here's my new tape." "Oh, good." "I almost wore the last one out." "It's a little rough..." "still using my cousin's 4-track." "Man, it's all good." "It gives it a raw, old-school sound." "I had another dream about your sister last night." "Grandma did, too, other night." "Thanks, Dee-Dee." "I'll see you tomorrow." "[ saxophone plays ]" "Ladies, gentlemen, it's a beautiful day in Memphis." "So, just remember, let's be safe out there." "Cop:" "All right." "[ applause ]" "I got info on our shooting victim..." "Zachary drake," "Lives in Germantown with his wife and kid," "Fifth-grade teacher at South Hudson elementary," "Apparently was in orange mound for that psychic reading." "Weapon was a .32..." "ain't found yet." "So, are you thinking wrong place, wrong time?" "Looks like it." "Guy stuck out like a sore thumb" "In that salmon-colored polo shirt, that's for sure." "Visit the wife." "See if it's more than just a polo-shirt shooting." "That your résumé?" "Platinum security?" "What's going on here?" "[ sighs ]" "Rodney is just 20 credits away from graduating." "Either he puts it off and keeps working" "While we try to raise that money Carl took from my account," "Or I find a more lucrative situation than MPD." "Your ex still hasn't paid you back?" "You got to be kidding me." "You need to..." "Dwight." "Visit drake's wife." "And keep this between us." "What's up her butt?" "Lightfoot:" "Excuse me, Dwight." "On behalf of our union," "I'm organizing an MPD charity calendar" "Entitled "the men of MPD."" "I'll be holding an open call on Saturday," "And the 12 most photogenic men will be chosen from that," "And we'll definitely be needing somebody for our cover." "Hey, man." "I'll be there for you." "So, Dwight, if you..." "Sutton: [ chuckles ] auditions?" "Man." "I haven't done anything like that" "Since that cattle call at the mall for that boy band." "Ooh!" "But, yeah, you want me?" "You got me, big man." "Dwight, please." "Good luck." "Hey, cover material." "Oh, please." "I'm sorry it's such a mess in here." "I've been at the hospital all day." "Appreciate you talking to us, Mrs. Drake." "How's Zachary doing?" "Well, uh, because of how hard he hit his head," "Um, his memory's still gone," "But the doctors say," "If his vitals are stable for the next two days," "He can come home." "Mrs. Drake, anything going on in your husband's life" "That could have caused him being shot?" "I don't think so." "I don't know." "Any dangerous habits?" "Drugs, gambling?" "Um..." "I don't know." "Was it unusual for him to go to that fortune teller?" "I mean, he tell you why he went to her?" "No, he didn't tell me why." "Noreen, you don't seem to know much" "About your husband's habits." "Is there something you're not telling us?" "[ sobbing ] look, I don't know," "And I can't help you find out who did this," "Because..." "The truth is" "My husband has been dead since 2007." "Noreen, your husband's not dead." "He's in the hospital as we speak, and you know that." "Zach's been a ghost for the last three years." "I don't know him anymore." "Are you talking about marital problems or something else?" "It's not." "Zach just..." "Practically overnight stopped eating," "Stopped sleeping, lost all this weight," "And he won't tell me why." "He won't let me help him." "And this just happened all of a sudden?" "Yes." "Three years ago, spring, it happened." "Was there anybody he was talking to, confiding in?" "No, nobody." "Well, there is this one guy, kind of." "I sold Zach's old Nissan about a year ago in the pennysaver, 'cause we've been really struggling," "And the thing was just rotting out in back," "And the guy who bought it happened to be a guy" "That Zach went to High School with." "They started grabbing beers every week or so." "That's the only guy he ever goes out with." "You happen to know his name?" "It could help us if we talk to him." "Oh, geez." "What is it?" "Tim?" "Tom?" "Something simple like that." "Tom field." "I could get you his yearbook." "Central high, '85." "I was '87." "You talking about Tommy greenfield?" "Yes, Tommy." "No." "He was Italian..." ""m" something." "Melanomas." "What am I saying?" "Morris Terranova?" "No, no." "Mark Mathers." "That's not Italian." "No, maybe it's not Italian." "Walt Matheson?" "Walt Anderson?" "Skip Matheson?" "No, no." "Mervin." "Martin." "Martin makers?" "Martin masters?" "Jeff masters?" "Are you talking about Jeff masters?" "No, Mort." "Mort?" "Uh, Matthew Mortson, maybe?" "Yes, Matthew!" "No!" "Yes!" "Matthew Martin." "Matthew Martin?" "Martin Matthews." "Yes, that's it!" "That's it." "Martin Matthews." "That was exhausting." "Martin Matthews." "He had one hell of a mullet." "Is that so?" "You know, Anne Marie accuses me" "Of having changed over the years." "Getting more miserly don't compare to what Noreen's saying." "Guy sounds haunted, you know," "Back from war..." "it's that bad." "We may never know how it happened now" "With this guy being an amnesic and all." "An amnesiac." "That's what I said..." "amnesic." "[ laughs ] you got your own language, whitehead." "Hey, that's crazy about drake getting shot, huh?" "That's why I don't stray into certain hoo." "You got to watch it." "You... you guys, you know..." "you know what I'm saying." "Dwight said that you could be of help to us," "Tell us about the tough time that drake was having." "Tough time?" "Y'all are friends, right?" "Uh, nope." "Bought his car." "We ran into each other at the lamplighter once, had a beer." "That's about it." "Margar-r-ita?" "Why would the wife tell us" "That you could be of help when you can't?" "[ scoffs ] think I know the mind of a woman?" "Martin, what you do for a living these days?" "Shipping." "[ coughs ] whoa." "I've been on disability for the past year." "That's a nice big boat you got out there." "That brand-new?" "Yeah." "Why?" "No reason." "One last thing, Martin." "Where were you last night?" "Lamplighter, and then my girlfriend's house." "I'm gonna need you to give her name and number" "To my partner here." "Okeydokey." "Dwight:" "Martin Matthews knows what's going on with drake." "He was lying if he was breathing." "Rice:" "What do drake's financials say?" "On the joint account, he's got mortgage, health insurance." "And in drake's personal account, the checking," "We've got dental and then weekly checks" "To a pencil thin mustache llc." "Whoa, whoa." "Cable bills." "Pencil thin mustache?" "Like the Jimmy buffet song?" "Martin's boat's the margaritaville." "Guy's a damn parrot head." "Pencil thin's got to be Martin's llc." "So, drake is paying his buddy Martin" "Several hundred dollars a week..." "Why?" "Well, this guy Martin's a prick, right?" "Drake's in some kind of living hell." "Well, payments could be" "Something Martin's dragging out of him." "Maybe he's got something on drake." "Fits better than them being business partners." "Check it out, detectives." "Vasso, come with me." "Sutton." "[ clears throat ]" "I'm gonna need you for something." "Okay." "I need you to look up rice's ex, Carl rice." "Find his address." "Park yourself there." "Call me the minute the man's home." "Got it." "Hey." "Um, they're not here for the calendar, are they?" "[ sighs ] damn it." "[ dog barking ]" "Doesn't look like anybody's at home." "You hear that, whitehead?" "Sounds of distress." "Hmm." "We should get in there repeato." "Rapido." "That's what I said." "Bank statements..." "Martin's getting rid" "Of the paper trail between him and drake." "[ sighs ]" "What does he got on this guy?" "Hey, whitehead." "What is this?" "Car trunk, rusted." "Some artistic subject for your photos, eh?" "What is that?" "What does that say?" "Is that Nissan?" "This is drake's car." "Nissan." "That ain't rust, whitehead." "It's blood." "Old blood, at least a few years." "Noreen said she sold this thing 'cause Jake left it rotting out back." "This blood is what was haunting this guy, whitehead." "Bingo." "[ gun cocks ]" "Come on, now, Martin." "Martin, put it on the ground now!" "[ slurred ] oh, geez!" "It's you guys?" "[ laughs ]" "Dude, I almost blew your heads off." "Drop the gun now!" "Hey, what are you doing?" "Come on, Martin." "Just put it down." "Put it down." "There you go." "[ grunts ]" "You were blackmailing this guy, weren't you, Matthews, 'cause you found blood in his car?" "Drink up, dumbass." "Now, how'd it happen, Martin, Hmm?" "Drake told you to go screw yourself, he was done with paying you," "So you trail him to orange mound and try to take him out," "But your drunk ass can't even finish the job?" "No, man." "Hand to God, I ain't no murderer." "But you're a blackmailer." "That gives you motive, jackass." "Okay, yes." "I was taking the payments, okay?" "Now, drake, he was in some kind of trouble, clearly," "And... and because of my enterprising mind," "I found that blood," "And I went out on a limb with the blackmail thing" "Around eight..." "eight months ago." "Drake, he..." "he didn't ask questions." "He didn't protest." "He... he..." "he agreed to it flat-out." "Drake tell you where that blood came from?" "Never explained, wouldn't answer." "Just paid every week." "He... he even paid sometimes when I'd call, you know," "Say I needed a little extra something." "[ chuckles ]" "Come on, man." "Ask my girl where I was." "We will, bucko." "We will." "[ slow blues music plays ]" "[ footsteps approaching ]" "Hey, buddy." "Morning." "We got four handguns out of Martin's house," "Including a .32" "that had been recently fired." "Now, the girlfriend's sticking with the alibi." "He was in bed with her the night before last." "Okay." "Tow just brought in drake's Nissan." "Gloria's running the blood." "Hendricks, what is happening with you?" "He's dipping into Bella Cooper's file." "Who's Bella Cooper?" "An 8-year-old that was beaten" "And left to die of internal injuries" "In Overton park in 2007." "Dwight was the first Detective on the scene." "And the case has not been closed." "He's tight with the grandmother, who raised them," "And older brother Dee-Dee." "He gave him a job at LJS and gives him money every once in a while." "Oh, Dwight." "Listen, whatever happened to drake" "Changed his life for the worse." "Got that amount of blood in his car." "Wife said it came about spring of '07." "Bella was murdered in April of '07." "Guy lives two miles from Overton park." "Park ranger said he saw a dark-colored four-door" "Leaving in the early hours." "Dwight, that description fits half the cars on the road." "April '07, 22 homicides in Memphis, 14 of them closed." "That leaves eight of them." "Five of them are gang- or drug-related." "Drake's not involved in either." "That leaves only three homicides he could have done." "What about missing persons or out-of-state homicides?" "Listen." "I dreamt about her..." "Bella..." "Same night we found drake." "How many times you have that dream, Dwight?" "Dwight, I hear you." "But please hear me when I tell you" "That I had a dream, too." "I was myself, but I was also an eagle," "And in my nest were five little eaglets," "And one by one," "They kept slipping through a hole in that nest." "So I jumped." "Miraculously, I could fly." "I just swooped down, and I caught them in my beak," "And I saved them, each and every one of them." "Then I woke up," "And I thought how it hurts that this is not true." "[ sighs ]" "Who's gonna look out for you?" "What's that mean?" "She's quitting..." "For a job with more money." "Let's go, whitehead." "The whole family's descending on the house tonight 'cause Zach's coming home from the hospital." "Noreen, we need to know" "Everything Zachary ever said about that Nissan," "Him not using it, even if it seems like nothing." "The car?" "Um, okay," "If you think it'll help find out who shot him." "Um, he said he wanted to be more green" "And that his car was to be used for emergencies only," "Which was a lie," "Because Deena needed stitches one day," "And my car wouldn't start." "Zach made me call a cab." "What else, Noreen?" "Oh, I don't know." "Um, the first time we had a fight" "About the whole car thing," "I asked him why couldn't things be" "Like the way they were between us," "Like our life before," "And he said, "I buried the old me,"" "And he told me to never let Deena near that car." "Whoa, wait a minute." "He said he buried the old him?" "What did that mean to you?" "Oh, I don't know." "He had a time-capsule project at school around that time," "And I thought he was being overly dramatic or something." "And, you know, maybe I just didn't listen to him," "And that was the real problem." "[ clang ]" "Found it." "Give me a hand." "Zachary drake." "This is hers." "This is Bella's." "It's him, whitehead." "He did it." "[ sighs ]" "I'll be running DNA from the doer the trunk sample against Bella's" "To see if there's a..." "if there's a match." "It'll take a few days." "Gloria:" "In the meantime," "Prints that were left on the top over Bella's body..." "I ran them this morning against drake's." "It was a clear match." "Doc Burke, this was your case." "Now, as medical examiner, explain to me something." "How is it a man is a teacher for 10 years," "His prints are in the non-criminal city database since '07," "But you didn't make a match?" "2007 was a difficult year." "Now, Gloria, no year has been difficult for anyone here." "If the match wasn't made," "It's because the evidence didn't exist" "For me to make the match." "Oh, it's not because you were hitting the bottle in '07?" "Your Detective did not bring in this case." "Now, that's what's happening here." "Noreen:" "You can talk to him if you want," "But Zachary still doesn't remember anything." "Honey?" "Zachary, how you doing?" "Cops." "Okay." "Hi." "We need to talk to you about something that happened three years ago." "Really?" "Okay, good luck." "I'll try." "You don't remember killing a little girl in 2007" "And ditching her body in Overton park?" "What?" "We're here to get your confession." "But we don't need it, 'cause we got your prints." "That would be her blood in your car." "And the second your doctor signs off on you being recovered," "You're gonna be arrested for the murder of Bella Cooper." "And until then, there's gonna be an officer" "Parked outside your house 24 hours a day." "Why are you doing this?" "This can't be happening." "Noreen!" "Noreen!" "Please, you..." "you can't pin this on me" "Just 'cause I can't remember my life!" "You could have told the truth." "You had three years." "I'm going to see Bella's grandma." "I'll see you back at the station." "Detective, what's happening?" "Is he okay?" "I'm sorry, Noreen." "Zach?" "He didn't tell you what he did to her?" "Hit his head when he was shot..." "Memory loss, I guess." "Don't know how long it's gonna last." "Look, we got plenty of evidence" "To make a case against this..." "How did this happen?" "How was this man allowed to walk the streets" "For all those years, to teach children?" "It was a mistake made by the lab." "I'm sorry, Mrs. Cooper." "Sorry?" "You come into my house like you got something to do" "With this man being caught." "I guess God finally saw that you wasn't doing your job," "And he landed this man right in your lap!" "And he lives." "And he doesn't remember." "This is not justice, and you know it." "Y'all keep a gun in this house?" "No, and you can leave now." "Where's Dee-Dee?" "Get out of my house." "Dwight:" "Ruby Cooper..." "one of your customers," "Lives over on semmes." "She's about five blocks from here." "You must know her..." "A woman whose granddaughter was murdered." "Oh, she don't come here." "Mnh-mnh!" "Well, it says here you called Ruby" "Two nights ago at 8:34 P.M." "That's 15 minutes before somebody shot Zachary drake" "Right across the street from your store." "He's who murdered her granddaughter." "All that's not a coincidence." "He came by here a few times burning alive with guilt." "I told him to confess," "But he only wanted to confess to me." "So instead of calling us, you decide to circumvent the law" "And go ahead and call Ruby that night, didn't you?" "That family lived with their pain for so long," "And y'all..." "you didn't fix it." "So... so Dee-Dee had to go ahead and fix it himself." "Is that what happened?" "Huh?" "Is that what you're trying to tell me?" "I told you, you're gonna have to make a choice." "[ blues music plays ]" "Rice:" "What did I tell you, Hendricks," "About you not being a single-celled organism?" "You haven't checked in for hours." "Martin Matthews' alibi just got rock-solid." "A couple of the girlfriend's friends came forward" "And said that he was at the bar that night." "So he is not the suspect we thought he was." "But I got to thinking." "What about Bella's family?" "Hmm?" "What if they found out about Zachary drake before we did?" "They got the motive, don't they?" "What if they took matters into their own hands?" "That would make you, Hendricks..." "That would make you feel responsible." "They waited for me." "I-I promised them that I..." "I just couldn't bring it in." "Dwight." "The shot was..." "was high." "Dee-Dee must have panicked at the last second, 'cause he's just not that kind of kid." "You and I both know you could look the other way." "And I could, too," "Because we understand in our hearts" "What it would be to want to fire that gun." "We could." "How would you feel about that, Dwight?" "You know the judge is not gonna throw the book at Dee-Dee." "He's young," "And we have concrete evidence" "That Zachary drake" "Killed his little 8-year-old sister." "He serves a few years, goes on with his life." "He runs..." "I'm gonna leave you with this decision." "[ slow blues music plays ]" "Well, the lab can't get Bella's DNA from the swab." "We've run so many tests on it over the last three years" "That there's nothing left of it." "What about a DNA profile?" "You did that, right?" "Did you divide the sample like you're supposed to?" "We don't have the resources for that here." "The sample is used up." "That's simply a fact." "I'm sorry." "All we had is that sample from '07." "Then we have nothing airtight" "To link drake to Bella's murder." "It means the d.A. Can't go easy on Dee-Dee." "So I just dragged him in here so he could face a life sentence." "That son of a bitch destroyed those samples" "Because he was drunk on the job!" "I will take care of Burke." "Let's just focus on Dee-Dee's case." "Tell the uniforms at drake's to look alive." "Dwight!" "I need you to remember, drake." "You got to try." "Zachary:" "I want you to find who did this, Detective," "But I'm..." "I'm not..." "It rained earlier in the night, so all this was muddy." "You put her over there on her back." "You lay a tarp over her 'cause you didn't want to look at her face, 'cause of the remorse you felt," "Same remorse you been feeling the last three years." "It's been eating you up inside." "You want to be free, Zachary?" "Huh?" "You got to tell us." "All right?" "What happened here that night?" "[ thud ]" "This spot here." "This landing." "[ vehicle passes ] [ sighs ]" "I can't... can't do this." "I've been having dreams about this spot," "The mud sucking at your feet, like it did that night." "It made you feel stuck, didn't it?" "You remember that feeling?" "I washed my boots off right there." "[ sobbing ]" "I was driving." "And I felt something like..." "I was afraid it was a cat." "I-I almost didn't go back to see." "I didn't think that I was going so fast," "But she was already gone." "I'd had a couple drinks," "So things just happened in pieces." "Suddenly, I was driving again, and I wasn't thinking anything." "I was... blood was just rushing in my ears." "You don't think that you're that kind of person." "I-I got it in my head..." "That she would sleep..." "If I just laid her down somewhere soft." "[ sighs ]" "I'm sorry I had no courage." "I'm sorry, Noreen." "[ blues music plays ]" "Ruby, I talked to the d.A.," "And in light of drake's taped confession," "He's gonna recommend attempted voluntary manslaughter for Dee-Dee." "If he serves his time well..." "And we'll keep an eye on him and make sure he does..." "It won't be long before he can put all this behind him." "Dwight, I want to tell you." "Thank you." "I need your report on my desk in an hour," "And Dr. Burke is suspended indefinitely." "Oh, by the way, Hendricks, I went online this morning," "And I discovered that my ex" "Had transferred all my money back into my account." "Well, good." "I guess you're stuck with us." "Thanks, Dwight." "But don't ever save my ass again." "[ slow blues music plays ] [ cheers and applause ]" "♪ there's no joy in my heart ♪" "♪ only sorrow ♪" "♪ and I'm sad as a man can be ♪" "♪ I sit alone ♪" "♪ in the darkness ♪" "♪ of my lonely room ♪" "♪ and this room ♪" "♪ is a prison to me ♪" "♪ prison to me ♪" "♪ I look out my window ♪" "♪ and what do I see?" "♪" "♪ I see a bird ♪" "♪ way up in the tree ♪" "♪ I want to be free ♪" "♪ free ♪" "♪ free ♪" "♪ free ♪" "♪ free ♪" "♪ I want to be free ♪" "♪ like a bird in the tree ♪" "♪ like a bird in the tree ♪" "♪ I look out my window ♪" "♪ and what do I see?" "♪" "♪ I see a bird ♪" "♪ way up in the tree ♪" "♪ I want to be free ♪" "♪ free ♪" "♪ free ♪" "♪ free ♪" "♪ free ♪" "♪ I want to be free ♪" "♪ like a bird in the tree ♪" "♪ like a bird in the tree ♪" "♪ I want to be free ♪" "♪ like a bird in the tree ♪" "♪ I want to be free ♪ [ cheers and applause ]"