Darkness Falls

DARKNESS FALLS

Elizabeth.

Who are you?

How did you get in?

Do exactly as I say. Come here.

Unless you want me to go to Frankie's bedroom.

Did you understand...

what I said?

Put it down.

Now.

There you go.

Adam...

What do you want from us?

Just swallow these.

- Uh-huh. - No. No.

Adam.

Are you listening to me?

Are you listening to me?

Hear this.

You can swallow these...

or I can go down the hall...

and visit your son Frankie.

Understand?

You wanna make this easier, or...

There you go.

Almost through.

I count four more.

One.

Down it goes.

Two.

Three.

There.

That wasn't too hard, was it?

Frankie... you lucky boy.

Shh.

Blade.

We shouldn't be here, Jeff.

Jesus, Kelly. We've been over this ten times already.

Yeah, I know. But your theory is holding on by a fucking thread.

No wonder Captain Martel ignored your request for...

Captain Martel is gonna be retired,

so he can't hold out on us in less than a month.

I'm not gonna bet our future on him.

Who is it?

LAPD. Just wanna ask you a few questions.

Told you he was here.

What're you doing? I'll fucking kill you!

Oh, yeah?

All right. I'll drop you off first,

and then I'll take this sweetheart in.

Tomorrow's a big day.

You need your beauty sleep.

Put your head down.

You sure you don't want my help?

No, I'm good. Thank you... Captain.

Hey, don't jinx it. And listen, do me a favor.

Liz wants me to get home safe tonight, so I'm gonna drive.

All right.

- Thank you. - Mmm-hmm.

Careful.

- Hey, buddy. - I had a nightmare.

That's no good. Come here.

You okay?

I dreamt a bad guy came to my room.

A bad guy?

Okay, well, I can promise you

that there are no bad guys in your room, okay?

What do you think that is?

Mommy made you a surprise.

She did?

Well, if it's a surprise, you're not supposed to tell me about it.

Okay, let's take a look at this.

"I'm so proud of you."

It's beautiful.

So bright.

Hey.

Let's not tell Mommy you told me, all right?

- I promise. - Okay, good.

Now, come here. Let me get you to bed.

Let's go find Mommy.

Where's Mommy, hmm?

Where'd she go? Is she hiding on us?

Where is she?

Maybe she's in the living room.

Nope, not in here.

Let's go check the bedroom.

Oh, where could she be?

Is she in here?

Oh, my...

What is it?

Nothing, buddy. She's not here.

Okay, Frankie. Listen to me for a second.

I need you to go to sleep for me.

Right now, okay? Okay.

Liz. Liz.

We have a Code 1056

at 10622 Magnolia Boulevard.

Hey, guys, let me see the body?

- For a second. - Yeah, sure thing, Detective.

I guess his new tie didn't fit right?

Come here a second. I... I don't know if I heard you right.

Say it again. Huh? Is this a fucking joke to you?

- Hey, man. I was just... - Hey, Detective! That's enough!

That's enough!

Okay.

- With all due respect, sir... - I'm good.

I'm good.

What's his problem?

His wife killed herself three months ago.

He's been prowling 1056s ever since.

What's 1056?

Suicide scenes.

Oh, Christ, poor dude.

Yeah, well...

Just take care of the body.

You asked to see me, Your Highness?

Don't call me that. I didn't steal your job.

I took the damn job

because you threw it down the toilet.

Two more men filed reports against you.

Oh, yeah?

Uh, which two?

They call you "The Suicide Guy," Jeff.

What do you want me to say?

Look.

All you've been doing since it happened

is skulk around suicide scenes.

It doesn't make any sense, and I won't condone it any longer.

You've gotta get back in the saddle.

Let me team you up with a new partner,

assign you to a homicide case.

You have a gift, Jeff. Don't waste it.

I am working a homicide case.

- Elizabeth took her own life. - No.

She didn't.

We've been through this a hundred times...

She didn't have a single reason to kill herself.

You know that. That's not who she was.

With all the respect I have for her,

her work as an artist was very tormented.

- We don't know what was going on... - No, I know!

She was my wife.

She was my best friend, so I know.

And what about Frankie, hmm?

I mean, what he said that night, the nightmare he had.

A man in his room. Do you think he made that shit up?

And the two guys that I saw on the way in that night.

I asked everybody in the fucking building,

nobody knows who they are.

This is shady.

It's not shady...

it's crazy.

Okay.

Freeze! Put your hands in the air.

You got me, buddy. Come here.

- Oh... - I heard the shower

- and knew it was you. - Oh, you're always right.

Can you come play?

Yeah. Let me just talk to Grandma first, okay?

- And then we can play. - Yay!

I'll be right back, all right?

Hey, Mom.

Hi.

We haven't seen you in a while.

At least you took a shower.

Yeah.

You're still not going back to that apartment?

No, I can't.

Well, then sell the damn thing and move on.

This is a terrible example for your son!

You cannot keep coming back here like this.

Look, Frankie...

He's a kid, okay? He doesn't notice stuff like this.

Oh, he doesn't?

That's how little you know about your son.

He notices everything!

And besides...

- I notice, Jeff. - Well, you're my mother.

And you understand what I'm going through, right?

Two months ago, I understood.

Now it is just self-destruction.

I need one thing from you, Mom.

Be there for Frankie.

I can't be, not yet.

You won't bring her back by killing yourself.

There.

I said it.

Yeah. You said it.

Are you okay, Dad?

Yeah, buddy.

I'm good.

I love you. You know that, right?

Give me a hug. Come on.

Yeah.

I gotta go, okay?

- Anderson. - Jeff, it's Capt... It's Kelly.

You gotta get to the hospital.

Now.

Kelly, what's going on?

Get moving. I'll brief you on the way.