Without a Trace

Mr. Turner.

Hey, Earl.

I show up, it must be bad news, right?

Hey, I don't think like that.

Operations just called, said inflow dropped 58%?!

What's going on down there?

Someone used the drain channel as a dump again.

We got a big blockage at the intake pipe.

What's the blockage?

A tree trunk tangled up with a mattress, car bumper, some other junk.

Maybe we could sell it as a modern art sculpture.

We could make a fortune.

Suppose we should hose it off first.

Gotta go, the suits are calling.

All right.

Yeah.

You said the downsizing was done.

No more layoffs. That's what I told the guys.

A new efficiency study came in,

and it shows maintenance has one excess worker.

Fine.

Then fire me.

We need you.

Your study's wrong, Mr. Boyce. I can't spare anyone.

That's what I thought you'd say, which is why I chose for you.

Earl.

Can I see you in my office a minute?

You got something to say, you can say it here.

I have to let you go.

I'm so sorry, Earl. I know how you must feel.

I'm 58 years old, man.

A year shy of my full pension Is that why you picked me?

To be a hero and save management a buck?

No, believe me, Earl. This is the last thing I want to be doing.

Just a minute ago, we were out by the pond shooting the breeze.

Now here you are with your goons?

You knew.

- You knew you were going to can me then. - Earl, I didn't know. I had no idea.

You can't do this to me. I put in 24 years. 24 years.

You are a dead man. Do you hear me? You hear me?

Get off me. Get the... get off of me!

Let's go!

I'll walk out.

14 Hours Missing

- Hey. - What're the headlines?

We got a likely hostage situation. Jason Turner, 32.

He's a maintenance foreman at a water treatment plant.

He left work yesterday after firing an employee,

hasn't been seen since. His roommate reported him missing.

The guy he fired holed up in there?

Yeah, his name is Earl Dooley.

PD came to question him, but he flipped out and barricaded himself inside.

Is he armed? / Heavily. He's got a .357.

ATF also confirms he owns a Glock 9 and a Desert Eagle.

They've been trying to contact him, but he keeps hanging up on them.

So, you think he took Turner hostage?

It's a good possibility. That's Turner's car parked right there.

Let's hope he gets to drive it out of here.

Without A Trace 5x15 Desert Springs

2007/02/18

15 Hours Missing You had better stop calling.

No, Earl, don't hang up. Don't hang up, okay?

Listen to me. My name's Jack, okay?

I just want to talk to you, all right?

Now, I'm outside the house.

I'm wearing a white shirt and I'm waving. See me?

So now they're sending in the big guns?

No, Earl, no, we are not sending any guns at all, okay?

Does anybody in there require medical attention?

No.

Okay.

What about Turner?

He took my job away, man. That's all I had, that's all I had.

Earl, listen to me, listen to me. It's not his fault, okay?

He was just doing what his boss asked him to do.

No one cares about the little guy anymore.

It's all about this downsizing and outsourcing and...

- I just had enough of all that. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Look, I totally get it, I totally get it. It's screwed up, okay?

But we can talk about it, all right?

We can talk about that.

- It's too late for that. - No, no, no, i-it's, it's not too late.

- It's not too late. - No.

I'm going to end this my way.

Earl?

Earl, uh... what kind of dog you have?

Uh... a pit bull named Dixie.

Where, where is she right now?

She's at the vet. I'm, uh... I-I had to get her teeth cleaned and, uh...

Yeah, you know, pit bulls are a one-man dog.

You know, they need a lot of care.

What's going to happen to her when you're not around?

Animal Control's going to come around and take your dog.

We both know what happens from there.

I'll tell you what I'm going to do. Okay?

I will let you make arrangements for someone to take care of your dog, okay?

What I need you to do is put the gun down

and step out of the house.

Earl?

Earl?

Earl.

Move forward!

- Let's go, let's go, let's go, come on. - Come on! Go, go, go!

Earl, keep your hands where we can see them.

Put them up, come on.

Turner's not here. No signs of struggle, no blood,

just a whole lot of empty scotch bottles lying around.

Where's Jason Turner?

I don't know where he is.

Then how come his car is parked out front of your house?

I'll be damned if I know how it got there.

I ain't seen him.

Then why'd you bolt back inside when the cops showed up?

'Cause I was trying to get up the nerve to blow my brains out.

'Cause you killed Jason Turner.

No, man

Now, I ain't saying I didn't have words with the man,

but I didn't do nothing to him.

Then who did? Who else had an ax to grind with him?

Who didn't is more like it.

All those cutbacks, all the guys he laid off.

You got a name, you'd better cough it up.

Eddie McCann

He had it in for Turner.

I mean, three in one night.

Course, that was back in the day

when all you had to worry about was a dose of the clap.

- Hey, guys. - Hey, Mr. Turner.

Eddie, you know that's not allowed.

Hey, what are you gonna do? Write me up?

If you don't get rid of that, I have to.

Yeah?

Go ahead.

- See what happens. - Come on, Eddie.

No, Turner, I'm begging you.

Write me up. I dare you.

Hey, hey. It's happy hour at Styver's. I'm buying the first round.

Come on. Let's go.

Your day's gonna come.

Turner fired Eddie's brother, Mike.

That seemed to make Eddie just go crazy.

All he talked about was getting back at Turner.

Okay.

- Hey, hey, what about Dixie?! - I'll take care of her.

I'll head over to the plant, see if I can run down Eddie McCann.

See if you can talk to the other people that Turner fired.

All right. Good work, man.

8DBD-THREATENED BY EDDIE MCCANN

Um, Sarah, tell me if you've ever seen this man before.

No.

Did he do this?

Did he break in and kidnap Jason?

We don't know yet.

Did Jason ever mention any family to you?

He said his parents had passed away.

He never mentioned siblings.

Okay, and how did you guys become roommates?

I posted an ad on Craig's List.

Um, Jason moved in right after he started at the plant.

And did he ever mention any problems at the plant?

You know, when he took the job,

he-he didn't know he was going to have to lay off so many people.

It was really tough on him.

The last few days, he seemed so much better.

Wow, something smells good.

Could you be more obvious?

Ow. / Bowtie pasta with chicken. I made extra.

Well, I'd hate to see it go to waste.

Is this what I think it is?

I almost got married a couple years ago, but we split up.

It was complicated

And you're carrying her ring, because...?

I may get a second chance.

Who is she?

Her name's Katie.

Well, come on, come on, tell me about her.

Not yet. I don't want to jinx it.

Jason has barely been on a date since I've known him.

Maybe he was just hung up on Katie the whole time.

Did he ever tell you anything else about Katie?

No, he didn't.

I can't believe this has happened.

We're going to find him, all right?

Okay.

Okay, no, I'll get you this as soon as I get to the office.

Thank you so much. Okay.

All right.

I'm sorry, Sophie, okay? It's work, you know that, right?

- You look beautiful. - It's 7:28.

Yeah, I know it's 7:28, I know.

Maybe Daddy forgot it was his day to pick me up.

Daddy would never forget you, you know that.

Then why isn't he here?

Let me try calling him again. Give me one second.

Mom, I'm going to be late.

I don't want to get yelled at by Sister Maureen.

Okay. I'll take you. Okay? Not a problem.

Daddy will take you some other time. Come on.

16 Hours Missing

- Hey, Viv. - Any news on Eddie McCann?