Ten Days in the Valley

If I sleep in your bed, are you going to leave?

No, I promise.

I'm out of addys. Is this gonna work for you?

Lake?

Either way... a documentary or scripted drama...

you're always leaving little bits of truth

on the cutting room floor.

What about the kid on the bike?

I've never seen him before.

Police have surveillance video

of you circling around in front of my place.

Just tell me what you saw, a-and I'll pretend I saw it.

There was a black BMW idling outside my house.

Pete has a black BMW.

And you're just telling me this now?

I'm just remembering it now.

Jane still doesn't know about us, right?

- Hello? - Kathryn?

You're supposed to be here right now giving us your statement.

Thank you.

Did you read them?

It's a cop show... hardhitting, well-researched.

I read the latest draft. It's the casita story.

It's practically word for word.

You barely changed their names.

Well, that's what I do.

Nobody is going to know this came from you.

Hi, Mama. - Oh, my God.

- I know you're too busy to see me... - What?

...but I love you, and I'm okay.

The swing. No.

The birdhouse there... you see it?

How about the tree?

It's a...

- Hi, Mama. - ...flowering plum tree.

It blossoms but bears no fruit.

And have you ever seen it before?

They're everywhere.

I'm sorry. I don't recognize anything.

It was shot this evening, though, right?

What makes you say that?

The angle of the light on her face.

The sun is low.

Could be morning.

No. Light's too warm for morning, too diffuse.

This was shot a few hours ago.

Let's focus on Lake.

Do you recognize her clothes?

Are they hers?

I don't know.

Hi, Mama.

Why?

She was wearing pajamas when she went missing.

Now she's dressed.

Well, I don't know every outfit that she has.

They're not hers. You're sure?

Um, yes, I'm sure.

Does she look nervous to you?

Of course she does.

She's trying to be brave, but she's anxious.

I can't tell.

She's fearless in front of the cameras... always has been.

What do you think it means?

Why would they send us a video?

They didn't send it to you. They sent it to Jane.

Why?

I'm sure you have a theory.

It could be proof of life

and a ransom demand will follow.

Or it could be intended to comfort you.

Sometimes, a kidnapper feels remorse.

And there's another possibility.

Tell me.

Well, it could be intended to torment you.

Keep looking. I'm gonna leave you with it for a minute.

Hi, Mama.

I know you're too busy to see me,

but I love you, and I'm okay.

Fly kisses!

Anything?

He's defensive,

he second-guesses everything I say...

till I mentioned this could be about money.

Then he shut right up.

What about his black car?

Claims he sold it. I'll confirm.

Why haven't we seen his alibi yet... Kathryn Collins?

She's avoiding us. She keeps blowing me off.

Get her in, will you?

Yeah?

Look, we're still working on the source of the e-mail,

but you should go home.

I'll call you as soon as we get anything.

No, no. I'll... I'll wait he...

Jane, this could take hours.

Go home. Get some sleep.

Okay.

"Go home and get some sleep"... cop shorthand for "Piss off."

- That's not true. - Yes, it is.

You're the one that told me that. I have it on tape.

Bird said that e-mail was sent through an I.P. anonymizer.

W-What is that, exactly?

That makes it hard to trace.

Hard or impossible?

Well, Bird's team is the best,

so if anybody can figure it out, it's them.

So, wait... They took your computer to analyze the video?

Yeah, but you don't need to worry about that.

There's... there's no trace of you on there.

I just don't want us to become a distraction.

Everyone needs to be focusing on Lake.

No, no, no. I... I've been careful.

You sure I can't get you something to eat?

Nothing stays down.

She looked okay, you know? I mean...

She was smiling... almost seemed happy.

Tell me it's a good sign... the video.

T... Tell me it's good.

It's great.

It gives us something to work with here.

It's really good.

Are you sure?

I don't know.

I just want out.

Detective. Yeah?

- We got something. - What's up?

We narrowed down the sender's location

to an eight-block area.

- Right... -

...there.

That's the skill part. You want to hear the luck part?

Always.

There's only one address there.

Have you found something?

Where are you? I'm coming to you now.

I'm... I-I'll meet you at my house.

What's going on?

I need you to make a list of everyone at your work

that's capable of taking Lake.

My work? Why?

'Cause the video was sent from your studio.

Hey.

Where you at?

This is important. These guys are big fish.

I know. That's why I'm here.

- What's wrong with you? -

Remember a gang raid about a year ago down on Euclid...

a gambling house got shot up?

Three dead bodies... Of course I remember.

Well, there was some talk when it went down

that it was police.

Yeah.

Some guys from Narcotics, they formed a Lick Crew,

started robbing dealers.

Is it true?

I looked into it. I didn't find anything.

That's why I didn't tell you about it.

But... it might be.

And now someone's making a TV show about it.

- - Who? A reporter?

Nah, it's a drama.

It's called "Internal." It's on cable.

You know what?

I'm gonna keep you clear of this, Chris, okay?

I'm the guy that puts monsters in prison.

I'm running for attorney general.

If there are murderers on my brother's force,

- that might come up. - I know.

Look at these guys, E.

A mess like this, how much grace do you think we're gonna get?

You give them half a reason,

we're just a couple mojados crashing their party.

Bury it.

Gentlemen, sorry for the delay.

How's that suspect list coming?

I don't know where to start.

I work with these people. They're my team.

Okay, try this... think of a colleague right now,

- first name that pops into your head. - Okay.

- Man or woman? - Man.

He did it, Jane.

The man you're picturing... he took your daughter.

- What? - He did it. We got it on tape.

My guys are on their way over to arrest him right now.

Question is, why?

Okay, I get it...

start with guilt, work your way back to motive.

It doesn't work in this case.

It does because he did it, and only you know the reason.

So tell me.

We went to film school together.

He... He was like a brother to me.

Now I'm his boss. Maybe he resents it.

He was up for a feature last year,

and I told the producers that he had a short fuse.

M-Maybe... Maybe he thinks that cost him the job.

Who is he?

Henry, our director.