Long Bright River

We got the guy.

Who is it? - Sean Kelly.

I didn't do this, what they're saying.

Taylor Yoon went to PYC?

And so did Elizabeth O'Connor.

They both had Simon as their counselor.

He used this place as a market to shop for girls, and now they're dead.

Yeah, I know that girl. She was in here with this guy, Jimmy Scanlon.

I remember because they were fighting really bad.

Got ahold of Scanlon's text messages.

The last one he sent was to a woman named Melissa.

Company that made the deposits into Jimmy Scanlon's bank...

...is a subsidiary of a Chinese consulting firm.

Why would the Chinese consultants be paying a sheet metal worker?

Mick, come here.

Gee, how long has that window been busted?

A week ago or something.

Was it Kacey?

These are from our dad.

And some of these letters are dated after he died.

All this time, I was looking for her, scared that she was dead.

And she was just hiding.

She doesn't want to see me either.

Well, I think she does. Probably why she left the letters.

It wasn't about you, Mickey. It was about Thomas.

What I did to her, I did for him.

A woman from the Avenue said that we need to be looking at a cop.

Well, who is she? - Paula Mulroney.

I think you should come into my office.

Looking like an OD. - It wasn't an OD.

It's not an OD.

Do you think Paula was murdered?

Do you think this has something to do with the other women who were killed?

I think there's a reason that they're all dead.

Paula's been using for 15 years. It could be an OD.

Yeah, well, we'll see what the tox report says.

They didn't order one.

What? - I tried, Mickey, but Ahearn shut me down.

Said they have a pretty airtight case against the suspect in custody.

I'm so sorry, Mick.

You stay away from me. You're gonna get me killed.

I know you two were close.

I know you've been going through a lot with work,

with Kacey missing...

Kacey's not missing anymore.

Found her.

How is she?

She's not good, Mick. I didn't know who else to call.

Hi. Uh, ma'am, there's no smoking in the room.

Does this look lit?

We just need to borrow him for a bit.

We discussed this, ma'am.

Where are you taking him?

To the NICU, just to monitor him for a little while.

For what? Monitor him for what?

I'm gonna get clean.

I told the doctor. He knows, all right?

Okay.

Mick? Mickey, wait.

Mickey, your sister needs you. - Excuse me.

Excuse me. Excuse me. Is he gonna be okay?

He's in withdrawal, isn't he?

I was scared of what might happen to him.

That's why I did what I did.

That's why you thought Thomas had been taken, that night Bethany left.

You could've told me, Mick. - I didn't tell anybody.

I didn't want you to think I was a terrible person.

Why would I think that, Mickey?

My boyfriend slept with my sister.

A lot of people might think that I took Thomas out of spite.

Did you?

Simon told me that she had come on to him.

That he had given in to her in a moment of weakness.

And I was in such denial about the whole thing.

I didn't want to believe it.

I didn't want to believe her.

My own sister.

Didn't want to believe that the man I loved preyed on her,

forced himself on her when she was so out of it, she couldn't consent.

But you stayed with him.

No, I ended it when I found out she was pregnant.

I should have believed her about that.

I just didn't believe that she could get clean...

...for him.

For Thomas.

Listen... I've always had a soft spot for Kacey.

She's... she's got a good heart.

But when I watch you with Thomas,

when I see you with the chess,

and the music, and the homework,

and the... the... opera, YouTube,

or whatever it is... - Stop.

I'm serious.

You know how little it means to have a good heart...

...when your kid doesn't have food on the table?

When that kid's afraid you may not wake up in the morning?

I do know that. Yeah.

I've known what that's like since I was four years old.

Well, maybe you should've listened to your sister.

I can't soften that for you. And I don't think you want me to.

But Kacey is safe now. She can heal.

And you can heal.

What about the rest of the women?

I can't let what happened to Paula happen to them.

Paula said the perp was a cop, and now she's dead.

Okay, let's go down that road.

You tell Ahearn, she ends up dead.

Now, feelings for Ahearn aside, that's a big accusation.

I'm not saying Ahearn is a killer,

but if the perp is a cop, maybe he was protecting them.

And it wasn't just that Paula said it was a cop, it was the way she said it.

She thought that I knew who the cop was.

You still think it's Simon?

We only eliminated Simon as a suspect because Sean Kelly got arrested.

Think about it, Truman. Two of the victims went to PYC.

Paula said the cop in question demanded sexual favors.

I need to find out the truth. I owe that to Paula.

And Kacey. Even Thomas.

How do you suggest we do that?

No cop in his right mind is gonna...

...question Simon with the evidence we've got.

I know.

That's why I'm gonna do it.

Hey.

Hey.

Okay.

I'll be right here.

What are you doing here?

Look, if this is about Thomas... It's not about Thomas.

It's about...

...where you go at night.

What? You want to talk about where I go at night? Okay. Uh...

Tell me why that's your business.

Well, you made it my business when you started killing women on the Avenue.

What the fuck are you talking about?

I saw you. I saw you in Kensington.

I saw what you were doing with that girl.

So you're stalking me now? Is that it?

You know what they've been saying, right?

They're saying the killer is a cop who's doing the same thing.

Y... you're nuts.

You're absolutely fucking psychotic.

Part of why I liked you at first.

I remember that. I remember that, calling me crazy.

That's what you say when you're... - Get the fuck out of here.

You know what... - I know who you are, Simon.

I know what you're capable of.

You remember how old I was when you met me? When you singled me out?

I was 14.

Fourteen. How old is that girl you got right now?

Singled you out? - Yeah.

Are you fucking kidding me right now?

It was you who was following me around.

You wouldn't leave me alone. You came after me, Mick.

Yeah. You wanted everything you got.

Fuck you! Fuck you!

There she is. I remember her.

Want to know what makes me different...

...from whatever sick fuck is out there killing girls on the Avenue?

I pay for what I get.

I paid for that girl you saw me with in Kensington.

I paid for your sister when I fucked her.

I paid for you, too. I gave you a home to live in.

I gave you a career. And now I pay for Jill.

I pay for the clothes she wants. I pay for her car.

I even paid for a trip to Salem.

You took her to Salem on Halloween?

Whole weekend? - I did it. It was great.

She loved it.

You used to love it, too. - Huh.

I loved a lot of things when I was 18 years old.

She's 20.

I spent so much time...

...thinking I hated you.

Almost a decade of my life.

And you know what I realized?

It's not hate.

It's...

...embarrassment.

You okay? - Simon's not the killer.

You sure?

He was in Salem when the first three victims were killed.

It's not him.

Kacey! No, pause, stop!

No.

Paula!

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Yeah, of course.

Do you not want to go back to work?

You know...

I don't. - Could you stay home?

Because a lot of the moms, like Carlotta's mom,

she's worked from home ever since COVID.

For most of those jobs, you need a college degree.

Can you get a college degree?

Come on. Clear your dishes. You're with Mrs. Mahon today.

Your face looks good. It's almost normal again.

Thanks, buddy.

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