8. Twilight Years

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Here is the latest. This has a case mixed in with a sort of clip show of episodes from Season 1 and 2. I left out my fan fics as clips in case someone who reads this may not have read my other fics. I only included one final song in this episode due to my lack of knowledge of 1920s tunes. Also, there are not many flashbacks to the year it takes place (you'll understand when you read). Be warned that there are spoilers for many episodes and I didn't get all the dialogue perfect for those flashbacks but you'll get the gist. Here goes. I included a brief summary to get you started.

Twilight Years
Stillman’s mother decides now is the time to tell the story of a murder she witnessed as a child in 1928. She breaks her silence after a suspicious mix up at the nursing home she where she is staying. Stillman’s mother, Shelly, is convinced that the killer is alive and well at the nursing home and is on to her. Rush must now figure out which resident is trying to kill Shelly in order to uncover the murder committed almost 80 years ago.

July 13, 1928

A family is finishing dinner while having a discussion. An old man walks out of the house to go for a walk. He walks to a field where nobody else is around. He begins to look nervous, sensing something is wrong.

Later
The old man lies dead in a field. He’s been beaten beyond recognition. It is evening.

In the Present
Location: Twin Oaks Nursing Home
(Rush and Stillman have arrived at the front door. A nurse immediately approaches them.

Sally Jensen: Stillman?
Stillman: Yes. You sounded concerned on the phone.
Sally: It’s your mother. She is not herself lately. (Notices she has ignored Rush.)
I am so sorry. Sally Jensen. I’m one of the nurses who work here.
Lily: Detective Rush. Boss says you’ve got something.
Sally: His mother does. (Turns to Stillman.) John. I’ve never seen her this way. But she is afraid someone tried to kill her and will do it again. She’s in her
room. We gave her some meds. She should be calm. We had to check these meds. The last ones could have killed her if she had taken any more. They were laced with another medication. It caused a reaction this morning. We’re not sure if they were laced or if she was given something else. It all happened so fast. We’re still investigating.
(They enter Shelly’s room.)
Shelly Stillman: Oh John. I’m so glad you’re here. You brought the girl who solves the old cases. Good. I’ve got one for you. One I should have brought to someone a long time ago.
Lily: When did the murder happen?
Shelly: 1928.
(Lily and Stillman look at each other.)
Stillman: Mother. You didn’t…
Shelly: Oh of course not. That would be embarrassing. You working on cold cases so much and then having to arrest your own mother on one. Though I can see why you would think that for a minute. Anyway, I was a little girl. 8 years old. It’s so nice to think back, despite the unpleasant childhood memory.
Lily: What memory?
Shelly: The poor old man. He never saw it coming. That boy was a monster.

(Flashback to 1928. Shelly is running and skipping in a field alone. The weeds are tall. She is giggling and laughing. Suddenly, she hears something a few yards away. She sneaks over to look. She sees a fourteen year old boy beating an old man to death with a large piece of wood.)
Boy: Give me your money old man. Give me your money old man. Foolish old man. Weak. Easy to kill. Ha ha ha ha. Nobody will ever think it was me!
Old man: Stop. Please!
(The boy keeps beating him.)
(Shelly runs off as fast as she can.)

(Return to the present)
Shelly: I never told anyone.
Lily: Never?
Shelly: Well, until last week. I was playing cards with the girls. Some of the men were hanging out, getting fresh with us. Listen to me girl if God wanted men to continue to do you know what, Viagra would never have been necessary. I couldn’t wait for the day my man stopped. And there was no way on earth I wanted that to start again. Anyway I told the girls about it. I don’t know why I did. Something just made me do it.
Lily: What happened next?
Shelly: Last night, I had a reaction. My medication was switched. I think. We’re not sure as of yet. If Sally hadn’t been there I might have died. Five men were us ladies that night. Five men. They all might have been the same age as the boy in 1928. One of them tried to kill me. One of them killed that man.

Opening Credits

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Stillman and Lily are at her desk.

Lily: Another small file. Roy Davis, age 78. Beaten to death with a wooden object. Probably a log. Never recovered. No leads. No finger prints. No evidence. The old man didn’t have any known enemies. Plus, the murder scene is now a shopping mall.
Stillman: His wife had been deceased for five years. He was staying with his son. He’s deceased now too. 1973.
Lily: Did his son have any children?
Stillman: Three. Let’s see if they’re still alive. They are my mother’s age. But this report is old and not kept up-to-date. After a while, they stopped adding things to these files.
Vera: Hey. What’s up? (Notices the file is old.) So how far back are we going this time.
Lily: 1928.
Vera: (Pauses and gives a huh look.)Okay. Any good leads.
Lily: Stillman’s mother witnessed the murder. Convinced the killer is alive and well at Twin Oak’s Nursing Home.
Vera: I can almost hear the Twilight Zone theme song. (Vera hums the Twilight Zone theme song. Lily giggles.)
Stillman: Check out the victim’s relatives. See if we can find anyone.
Vera: Got it. Hey Lil’ How are things?
Lily: Just fine. Thanks for asking. (Lily knows he’s asking how she and Scotty are getting along. Vera walks away and begins his job.)
Stillman: Let’s go back to the nursing home. First, let’s find out how the staff let someone mess with my mother’s medication. You talk to the five men.
Lily: This should be fun. Frisky old men.
Stillman: They’ll warm up to you.
Lily: That’s what I’m afraid of.
Stillman: Look. I know you and Scotty have been having problems.
Lily: Boss, please.
Stillman: I know it’s not my business what goes on outside of work. But I’ve been having to keep you two apart because of it. And I know what happened.
Lily: You do.
Stillman: Come on. We’re detectives Lily, remember.
Lily: Of course.
Stillman: Look. I can’t make you feel something you’re not wanting to feel right now. But we’re all part of a team. Remember that.
Lily: I know. I never should have made those remarks. And I have to remember what he’s going through.
Stillman: And one more thing.
Lily: What’s that?
Stillman: He’s not your sister. He doesn’t really know what happened.
Lily: If you want, I’ll be okay with him joining me.
Stillman: Not just yet. Vera looked like he didn’t want to miss this visit to the nursing home. So I’ll have Jeffries locate the family.
Lily: And Scotty.
Stillman: I’ll keep him here a while. I want to talk to him some more.

(Twin Oaks Nursing Home. Lily and Vera walk in. Sally meets them.)
Sally: Welcome back Detective Rush. I’ve arranged for you to meet with all the men.
Vera: No trouble finding them.
Sally: Please. We’re in a nursing home. How far can they go?
Vera: Right. This could get complicated Rush.
Lily: Worried about a suspect fleeing in a wheelchair.
Vera: Never know.
Sally: I’ve arranged for you to meet with Jack Howard. He’s not lost a step. Watch his hand Rush. He’s been known to smack girls’ behinds.
Lily: Thanks for the warning. (Turns to Vera) You’re lovin’ this, aren’t you.
Vera: You can read my face.
Lily: When we’re finished, we’d like a meeting with the girls. All at once. No need to drag this out and do them one at a time. I want to know if they noticed anything suspicious about the men.
Sally: Women’s intuition. By the way, I checked with the other nurse who administered the medication. She double checks to make sure things are perfect. There’s no way anyone could have done that on her watch.
Lily: Somebody found a way.

(Jack’s room. He is sitting in his chair. He can still walk, but not very well.)
Lily: Jack Howard?
Jack: Yes. (Image does not flashback)
Lily: Detective Rush. We’d like to talk to you about something a resident here talked about. A few nights ago.
Jack: Shelly Stillman. I remember the story. Couldn’t believe it.
Vera: A few nights after she told that story, her medication was tampered with.
Jack: Is that what happened? She wasn’t feeling well. Now, she’s scared.
Vera: She is scared. She reveals a murder she witnessed as a little girl, and then someone tries to kill her. And according to the story, a teenage boy was involved.
Jack: I do remember the story.
Lily: Thing is, you fit the age Shelly described.
Vera: Kind of a coincidence, isn’t it.
Jack: You think I did it.
Vera: Did you?
Jack: I’m an old man.
Lily: We’ve arrested a few old men for murders committed a long time ago.
Vera: What makes you special?
Jack: I didn’t kill anyone.
Vera: Well, we need to know your history. Do you have any relatives still alive that can possibly vouch for you?
Jack: I have a sister. A few years younger.
Lily: Where is she now?
Jack: I have her address. She still lives in her house. She has five children who all look after her when they can. Her name is Lois Ford. I don’t know if she can really tell you much.
Lily: Thank you for your time. We’ll be in touch.
(Jack gets ready to smack her behind. Vera gets a look on his face.)
Vera: Don’t even think about it.
(Jack grins and backs off.)

(In the hall)
Lily: This is going to be impossible. I mean this is like the Rita Baxter case. I took us forever to get to the bottom of that one.

(Flashback to “The Sleepover”)
Tiffany: Guess what b----. Time to buy a diary because I’m not keeping your secrets anymore.
Later flash to where Brandi is going through Ariel’s purse.
Lily: Why is she looking in Ariel’s purse?
(Return to the Present)

Vera: Or the pedophile swimming coach.

(Flashback to “The Plan”)
Lily: I’ll go talk to Jerry. Short fuse.
Quick flashes to the scenes where all three confess in different rooms.
The scene with Jerry and RJ after Dominique shoots himself.
Jerry: The plan was never to talk about it. If anyone caught us we’d confess. Just one of us. In the meantime, pretend like it never happened. And after a while, it felt like it never did.
(Return to the Present)

Vera: I’m thinking the same thing. Even if we talk to his sister, where is that going to get us? People’s recollections of where they were almost 80 years ago won’t hold up in court. And these residents are all going to have different accounts to the story Shelly told them. Unless.
Lily: Unless what?
Vera: Remember Herman Lester.

(Brief flashback to the scene where Ray tells Lily about the phone call in “The Lost Soul of Herman Lester”.)
Ray: Guy calls me and says if I play Saturday I’ll get a screwdriver just like my dad.
(Return to the present)

Lily: Basketball player. Of course.
Vera: Well, this is essentially the same scenario. Herman’s son, Ray gets a threat.
Lily: But this person here in the home ups it a little and actually tries to kill the only witness.
Vera: With Herman Lester, we went after the one who made the threatening call.
Lily: Billy’s father.
Vera: There was no real way of solving that murder without that piece of information. In the end, we knew he was the guy.

(Repeat of the scene where Billy Sr. is confronted by Lily at the end of “The Lost Soul of Herman Lester”.)
Lily: Billy burned your alibi.
Billy, Sr.: Why would he do that?
Lily: Because he didn’t kill Herman Lester. You did.
(Return to the present.)

Lily: So instead of looking back, we need to look at what happened here and now.
Vera: Exactly. Find out who tried to kill her and we’ll find out who killed the old man.
Lily: So this is a more of a case of attempted murder.
Vera: Wanna bring the current homicide detectives onto the case.
Lily: We might need a couple.
Vera: Got one in mind?
Lily: Yes. Someone I miss dearly.
Vera: You’re not thinking.
Lily: Yes. Scotty’s got his Chris and I have mine. Two can play this little game.

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(At another precinct. Lily and Vera walks in. Lily sees the detective she’s been looking for.)
Chris: Hey there Partner. Been a long time.
Lily: Sorry I haven’t been by to see you. You look good.
Chris: You too. Heard you were seeing someone from the D.A.
Lily: Well, that’s over now.
Chris: What happened?
Lily: Couldn’t keep up. How’s your wife doing?
Chris: Very good.
Lily: How’s the diabetes?
Chris: Under control. Doctor finally came down on me. Had to change some things.
Lily: You finally quit.
Chris: Had to. Wife was still nagging.
Lily: It’s for your own good.
Chris: Where’s your partner? I know Nick wasn’t it when I left.
Lily: We’re having some problems.
Chris: What kind?
Vera: I wouldn’t ask.
Lily: It’s okay. He just got a little too cozy with my sister.
Chris: Your sister is back. You did tell him about her.
Vera: Didn’t listen. Even I warned him.
(Lily looks at Vera funny.)
Lily: Look, the reason we’re here is that a cold job may have a current crime connected to it. And an attempted murder. An old woman at Twin Oaks Nursing Home.
Chris: Who was the victim?
Lily: Roy Davis, age 78. Stillman’s mother witnessed a murder when she was 8. 1928 was the year. She never knew who the killer was.
Vera: Thing is, she finally confided to a couple of her girlfriends at the home. Some guys were in the room with them. A few nights later, her medication is tampered with.
Lily: One of them may possibly be the murderer. We don’t know yet. Stillman’s mother is convinced someone is trying to kill her and for it to coincide with her telling the story is…..
Vera: (Interrupting) Kind of creepy.
Lily: Yes. Creepy.
(Vera’s phone rings.)
Chris: Well, what do need from me?
Lily: I know you work these kinds of cases now. Would you like to help us out on this one? I promise you don’t have to work nights.
Chris: Sure. I’ll help. I miss working with you. My wife doesn’t.
Lily: She still jealous of me.
Chris: Of course she is. She was overjoyed the day we split.
Vera: That was Jeffries. He located some living relatives. Chris. This involves you more than we thought. The victim was a relative of yours.
Chris: What?
Vera: Roy Davis. You sure the name doesn’t ring a bell.
Chris: I have a brother named Roy.
Lily: Maybe he was named after him.
Chris: I’ll have to check with my parents. My grandmother might know more. Come to think of it, I did hear of a family member being murdered back then. Never asked about it.
Vera: Perhaps its time.

(Back at the station.)
Stillman: That’s unbelievable.
Jeffries: I know. To think you both worked together but your families crossed paths decades ago.
Lily: Vera, did you get a funny feeling Chris was bothered by hearing the news that is was a relative.
Vera: Yeah, it seemed like he already knew but was pretending not too.
(Scotty approaches.)
Scotty: What did I miss?
Stillman: Cold job from 1928. My mother witnessed it.
Vera: But she never knew who the killer was. Just saw his face.
Jeffries: His mother is convinced that someone at the nursing home tried to kill her.
Stillman: Lil’. You and Chris go see his family about Roy. And Lil’, see if you can get him to open up a bit.
Lily: I’ll try.
Scotty: Who’s Chris?
Lily: My old partner.
Scotty: Oh, that Chris.
Lily: I can see how you can get them confused.
(Scotty gives Lily a look but says nothing. Lily leaves.)
Stillman: Scotty, you got a minute?
Scotty: Sure boss.

(They go into Stillman’s office.)
Stillman: Scotty, I’m still worried about you.
Scotty: I’m handling it.
Stillman: No you’re not. I’ve been trying to keep you and Lily apart because of the big blow up. But eventually I am going to have to bring you two together again. I want to be sure things are okay. Listen. There’s no shame in feeling sad. We’ve all been there. But after your last screw-up, well look, I know you’ve tried not to do that again.
(Scotty starts to cry.)
Scotty: I can’t stop thinking about her. And now I’ve hurt Lil’. I don’t know what to do.
Stillman: Don’t bottle your feelings up so much. Let it out.
(Scotty sits down and puts his head down and really starts crying.)
Scotty: Why did this happen to her? Why? What did she ever do to deserve this?
Stillman: Stay here in my office a while. I will put you in touch with that grief counselor.
Scotty: Okay.
Stillman: These things take time. But you can’t keep wasting it not doing anything about it. Things have been a little tense around here. I’m afraid of Jeffries getting mad at another colleague on a case because of a mistake. Just remember, the important thing to do is talk about it.

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(Lily and Chris are at his parents’ house.)
Rita Lassing: It’s so nice to see you again. We were so fond of you.
Lily: Thanks. It’s nice to see someone in this family was. What can you tell us about Roy?
Rita: Well, he was my husband’s relative. He’s at work now. I can tell you a little. The story was told quite a bit for a while. Now, it’s running the risk of being forgotten. Roy was my husband’s great-great-grandfather on his mother’s side. He was found beaten and robbed in a field. I couldn’t tell you where that field was. There were no witnesses.
Lily: Can you recall what you heard when relatives first told you the story?
Rita: A little. There was so much speculation on what happened. It sort of dwindled down to an urban legend among the younger members of the family.
Lily: Were there any suspects?
Rita: Plenty. And back then police could have pinned the murder on anyone. But there was really nobody that stuck.
Lily: Was there ever mention of an angry teenage boy living in the area at the time.
Rita: I heard a story about one in a different subject. The two were never connected. You know, you’re going to have to ask my husband. I never paid as much attention, but I did hear of an evil boy in a neighborhood not too far away. Unruly boy. He ran away around that time. Chris dear. Could you take this newspaper next door to Mrs. Anderson. I told her about this wonderful recipe and I wanted her to have it.
Chris: Sure mom.
(Chris leaves.)
Rita: I called the Mrs. Anderson a little while ago and told her to pretend to accept the recipe. She’s also going to keep him there a few minutes. I didn’t want him to hear.
Lily: Hear what?
Rita: Chris was always bothered about the story of Roy. Ever since he heard it as a boy.
Lily: Chris never indicated that he knew anything.
Rita: He doesn’t know too much. We kept it from him after he became unhappy about it. After a while, he let it go.
Lily: I’m not so sure he did. And I think he may know more than you think he does.
Rita: He became a cop because of it. Despite his condition. Well, at least he’s taking better care of himself. We were worried for a while. It always bothered him that he had diabetes.
Lily: I know. I’m beginning to wonder if his condition wasn’t the reason he didn’t stay with me.
Rita: Cold cases. That would mean facing that story everyday. And let’s face it. I never thought this case would ever be reopened. He grumbled about having to change assignments. Try to get him to talk about it. He never wants to.

(Outside Chris’s parents house)
Lily: Chris. You can talk to me. Does this story bother you?
Chris: (Pauses) Yes, it does. I heard that story a couple times when I was little. Never made sense to me. Roy was an old man. That was so long ago. Never made any sense to beat him like that. I always felt like I should do something about it. But what could I do.
Lily: Is this the real reason you didn’t stay with me? I mean, I never really bought that not being able to work at night when we could changed the schedule around a bit.
Chris: Yes, it was. I never thought it was possible to solve this case. And going into that room always reminded me of it.
Lily: We have a shot. If Stillman’s mother is right, the killer is someone at Twin Oak’s Nursing Home. And he’s on to her.
Chris: I’m worried someone may try to kill her again.
Lily: Don’t worry. Boss has two uniforms on her room. Nothing is going to happen.
Chris: That’s good. So, how do you like the Cold Cases after a year or so?
Lily: It’s different. But I like it. I love it. There’s something about giving long overdue victims and killers some justice. And the loved ones closure.
Chris: I’ve read most of the cases in the paper.
Lily: But you know what I’ve learned.
Chris: What’s that?
Lily: When I first started doing this, it was about the victims and the loved ones they left behind. Now it’s changed a bit.
Chris: How so?
Lily: Have you ever done something that you didn’t regret until later?
Chris: Of course. Leaving you as a partner.
Lily: That’s the thing. It’s about the killers. I believe most of them are good at heart. But circumstances made them kill.
Chris: And you think time reveals to them the error of their ways.
Lily: Yes. But by then, they feel it is too late to come forward. Don’t tell me how I know this but I’ve arrested quite of a few killers who truly felt guilty and sorry. They need this justice too.
Chris: Like that poor guy who was drunk.
Lily: Technically, he didn’t kill the guy, but he felt horrible when he thought he did. The first case after you left. I didn’t realize it until later. He killed a cop. The cop turned out to be his best friend from childhood. Now, copkillers are pretty much given the worst punishment. But when I confronted this guy in the church, I knew he needed to come clean about it. And that it tortured him all these years hiding from it.

(Flashback to “The Runner” when Lily confronts Mason in the church)
Lily: I know what it’s like to run from who you are.
This scene is repeated as he tells her what happened.
(Return to the present.)

Chris: They spared him the death penalty in exchange for a full confession.
Lily: Most people in the department agreed on that one. But it is the old people we arrest that are the hardest. They seem so harmless. Maybe this guy is. He may have tried to kill Shelly, but maybe he’s reaching out. Possibly panicked.
Chris: Perhaps that is what we need to do. Reach out to him. Let him know he shouldn’t run. Look, I don’t to hurt this guy. But I want to know what happened to Roy.
Lily: Shelly wants to know too. She saw this guy and kept it a secret all these years.
Chris: What about the killers who never learn?
Lily: We’ve had some of those.

(Flashback to “Love Conquers Al”)
The final moment when they are talking to Jane.
Jane: I don’t think you’re hearing me. He loved me so much he committed murder.
(Return to the Present)

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(Back at the nursing home. Lily and Chris are with Shelly.)
Shelly: I don’t like being cooped up in here.
Lily: If you’re right, then the killer is here and planning his next attack. It’s important you remain safe.
(Sally comes in.)
Sally: Listen to the nice detective, Shelly. Even I’m trying to figure out which one it is. So far, I can’t imagine anyone here capable of murder.
Lily: I’ve dealt with cases like this before. No matter how they get, they were young at one time.

(Flashback to “Factory Girls”)
The Final Scene
Nelson: I loved her.
Lily: Then finish her story.
(Return to the Present)

Shelly: He loved her alright. Pushed her off the platform. John told me about it.
Lily: He really did love her. Things happen. Sometimes people kill the ones they love.

(Flashback to “Boy in the Box”)
Final Scene where Sister Vivian finally tells what happened.
Sister Vivian: Before I continue I want you to know that Grace did what she did because she loved him.


(Final Scene in “Fly Away.”)
Rosie: What did I do?
Lily: You did what you felt you had to do.
(Return to the Present)

Shelly: I always thought he was murdered on purpose. I was amazed when I learned that was what happened to him. I remember that case when it happened. For a while, I thought it might have been the same killer who beat the old man. I must have missed that other case.
Lily: Did you ever read about the murder when it happened to the old man?
Shelly: We didn’t have a newspaper. Not at home anyway. Parents didn’t share things like that with children back then. Not like now where everything is broadcast during the cartoon shows.
Chris: The man you saw being killed. He was my great-great-great-grandfather.
Shelly: I see it in your eyes. The man had your eyes. (Turns to Lily) You can always tell by the eyes. Lily. I kind of withheld something from you earlier. I stuck around after the murder. After the boy left. I went up to him. And looked at him. At first, I looked at the boy and then the old man. His eyes were so sad. As if his body knew it was dead.

(Brief flashback to Shelly walking up to the body. She looks at it with amazement.)

(Return to the present)
Shelly: I can’t to this day tell why I wasn’t traumatized by it. With the Depression and World War II I guess we were able to take anything. Lately, I see my life coming to a close. I know I have some good years left. But.
Lily: Maybe you were powerless to stop it then. And now you at least wanted some people to know what happened. There’s nothing wrong with that.
Shelly: I think you’re right. No matter what, nothing should ever be kept secret. It’s not good for the soul. I’ll forgive the person who tried to kill me if he agrees to confess when you find him. I want to meet him. Maybe he is still scared. I think you have to be truly heartless to murder someone and walk away without remorse. And there are not many people like that out there. (Turns to Chris) I want to see your eyes again. You have no idea how good that feels. It feels like the old man is still alive. The eyes tell everything. They all tell stories. (Chris leans over) Thank you young man.

(Down the hall, Lily and Chris are talking with Aaron Kullen, another of the five men who were in the room with Shelly and the women that night.)
Aaron: I remember that story. Incredible. Told my roommate about it.
Lily: You told someone about it.
Aaron: Yeah. Everyone knew about it before long. I couldn’t keep a good story like that in.
Lily: Great, now everybody knows. That widens the field.
Chris: I’m guessing you didn’t have a lot of friends growing up. Was this before or after someone tried to kill Shelly?
Aaron: Before. Right after she mentioned it. It’s a hot story around Twin Oaks. I didn’t try to kill her. And why would I. Surely you don’t think I had anything to do with the death of this old man. I grew up in California. Not very easy to get around the country in 1928. And now for that matter.

(In the hall again.)
Lily: Sally just told some bad news. The third man on our list. Louis Benson.
Chris: What about him?
Lily: Died this morning. Heart attack. We’re going to do an autopsy to make sure.
Chris: Well, I don’t think anyone killed him.
Lily: We’ll confirm that. The fourth man. Nick Steinman. Sally says he’s in the TV room.
Chris: Let’s go.

(In the TV room.)
Lily: Nick Steinman.
Nick: Yes.
Lily: Detective Rush.
Chris: Detective Lassing.
Nick: How long is this going to take? I’m watching the game. I never miss a game.
Lily: We’d like to talk to you about the story Shelly Stillman told you the other night. So this will take as long as it takes for us to get from you what we want.
Chris: The other night with the girls. It didn’t bring back some memories, did it?
Lily: Like a murder you might have committed years ago.
Nick: I didn’t kill that man. I couldn’t have.
Chris: And why’s that?
Nick: My last name should tip you off. I’m Jewish.
Lily: And you weren’t in the country at the time.
Nick: Not until the early ‘30s. We had to flee Germany. The Nazis. My family and I came over here in 1938 after moving around in Europe. We were lucky. Our entire family made it safely over. Most families were not so fortunate. And as for Shelly. I agree. Someone here knows about that murder. The problem is Aaron told everybody. He has a big mouth. He probably is the reason she was almost killed. Thing is now everyone knows. Everyone here is a potential suspect.
Lily: Except you.
Nick: Thank heavens. That’s the last thing I need. That’s the last thing anybody here needs. We’re old you know. We’ve been through a lot. Confront the real killer and you’re bound to kill him on the spot from the shock.
Lily: The law recognizes no age limits. And murder has no statute of limitations.
Nick: I understand that. But most of us are in wheelchairs and can barely move around. Did they build a prison/nursing home for geriatric homicidal old farts? A more fitting punishment would be to cut off our prescription and Bingo privileges. That would do it. Or maybe you can take our dentures out before locking us up so Bubba can have fun and we won’t be able to scream. Better yet. No more Jello, ever.
Lily: On that lovely note, we’re going to leave you to watch TV.
Chris: Let’s hope your story is true. I hear there’s a lot of competition for the TV in the slammer.
(Nick frowns at him and continues to watch his show.)

(Back at the station)
Jeffries: So everyone at Twin Oaks is a potential suspect.
Lily: Looks that way.
Jeffries: I checked out Nick Steinman. Immigration reports indicate he was indeed out of the country in 1928.
Chris: Well, someone there killed Roy. Someone there got away with it.
Vera: Doesn’t give us much time. That resident that died this morning. He easily could have been the doer. And if it wasn’t him, the killer may still lick out and drop dead.
Stillman: My mother is still scared. We need to know who did it.
Lily: I’m suspicious of Aaron. The guy tells everyone the story. Now, everyone could easily have done it. Convenient.
Jeffries: Maybe Aaron is the doer and, by telling everyone, that creates more doubt.
Stillman: They processed the scene where the killer tried to kill my mother. They weren’t able to find anything.
Vera: These people are pretty old. They are not as up-to-date on advances in science and criminology as we are. This person knew what they were doing.
Jeffries: Possible.

[r2k]

(Early evening. Vera, Chris, and Lily are having dinner at a casual restaurant.)
Lily: Cold cases are pretty interesting. We’ve come across some pretty interesting people.
Vera: You mean nutjobs.

(Flashback to “Lover’s Lane”)
Final Scene
Jim Larkin: A lot of women have been around here. Everything that happened was consensual. They were all cows. Should have thanked me. Who else was going to give it to them?
Vera: Your personality plus hey there Jimbo.
Scotty: Lay of the land. We’ve got DNA from whoever raped and killed Eve.
Jeffries: We’ve also got a bunch of your old beer bottles in the hall.
Scotty: We match the DNA on them beer bottles to the spunk.
Vera: The end of you being free to sit your fat a—on that couch all day.
(Return to the present.)

Lily: I missed that one.
Vera: Nothing compares the guy you got into it with in the interrogation.

(Flashback to “The Hitchiker”)
Henry: Hey sweet ----.
Scotty: You and me are going to have some real problems.
Lily: It’s okay, Scotty. So you wanna do me.
Henry: I’m not sure yet. Twirl around.
Lily: Scotty, why don’t you give me and Henry a little alone time.

Lily: You’ve been naughty, Henry. Three murders along your truck route. Three murders, three states. Anyway you look at it, you’re getting the needle.
(Return to the Present)
Vera: Nothing compares that mean girl a few months back.

(Flashback to “The Sleepover”)
Brandi: What are you looking at?
Lily: Nothing!
(Return to the Present)

Lily: She asked for it. I only wish she had been the doer on that one.
Chris: At least I had a few cases with you.

(Flashback to “Churchgoing People”)
The final moments where Ryan drops the bomb on who his mother real is.
Ryan: You see a woman who can barely do anything for herself. But you don’t remember her the way I do.
1990
Charlotte: We are good, churchgoing people!!!
After killing her husband.
Charlotte: Ryan, get the van!!!
(Return to the Present)

Lily: I had my money on him being the killer.
Vera: We never imagined it was her. We’ve had a lot of cases with surprises.

(Flashback to Daniela)
Lily: Do you know this girl?
Woman: That is my son.

(Flashback to “The House”)
Lily: Where is Lyle?
Bobbi: He’s out of town.
Lily: In a country where he can’t be extradited.
(Return to the Present)

Chris: She was a he. Oh man. And you were trying to solve a murder and the victim was alive and under your nose.
Vera: How about that guy that came in claiming he was innocent because a new murder matched an old homicide he was suspected of.

(Flashback to “ Hubris”)
The final moment where Lily nails the professor.
Lily: And we stupid cops wouldn’t know anything about Shakespeare, would we.
(Return to the Present)

Chris: Well, I want to hear about the guy from the DA’s office.
Lily: Well, he was nice. A big help on some of the cases. But one night something went wrong.

(Flashback to “Lover’s Lane”)
Lily: Oh. I’m so sorry. I forgot. What time is it?
Kite: 3:00. You know, I’m going to go.
Next Day
Lily: I know I screwed up.
Kite: Look, you want to save people at 3:00 in the morning, great. I admire you for it. I just can’t live with it.
(Return to the present.)

Chris: I regret leaving.
Lily: You might be able to come back in.
Vera: You don’t have to work nights. None of us do. Just her.
Chris: I’m pretty happy where I’m at. Besides, you have a partner.
Lily: If you call it that. I’m still mad at him. And Vera. I know you kind of knew. I’m not mad. Don’t worry.
Vera: I tried to tell him not to. He just didn’t listen. I was never completely sure he was doing anything. Besides, we all knew. Admit it Lil’, you were suspicious of him too. The way you kept asking him about things.
Lily: My loving sister. Always going where she doesn’t belong.
Chris: My wife would have put an end to her if your sister looked at me.
Lily: You see that’s what I need. A married partner. No problems.
Chris: So which case was the hardest for you?
Lily: One I did last year. A little boy saw his mother killed.

(Flashback to “Maternal Instincts”
Lily: What are going to do when her feet are purple because they are frozen because you don’t have a job and can’t buy shoes.
Sean: You don’t care!
Lily: Yes I do. I was just like you. I wanted it all but I was proud to ask for help for too long!
Sean: I do want to meet my family.
(Return to the Present)

Lily: He got one year for the DUI. They let him serve it inVirginia so his real family could be near him. His parents called me and told me things are going good. When he gets out he’s going to stay with them.
Vera: Can’t imagine all those years lost because some woman stole him away from them. I didn’t feel sorry for that victim at all.
Lily: She was wrong, but she just wanted a baby.

Chris: Were there any other victims that got what they deserved?
Lily: Oh yes. The one right before that.

(Flashback to “Greed”)
Mavis: Kip didn’t kill him. Kip’s an angel. Charlie Danville on the other hand was the devil.
1985
Mavis: I came for you. I called to make sure you were still here. Getting sauced.
Charlie: The other night was fun.
Mavis: That was just business. You needed to seal a deal. How could you? Sleeping with the mother and the son. That’s as low as it gets. He is just a boy.
Charlie: He’s in his 20s.
Mavis: He’s my baby.
Charlie: He doesn’t know.
Mavis: And he never will.
(Return to the Present)

Vera: The case right after the mother and the kid. That guy really had it coming.

(Flashback to “The Plan”)
Jerry: I did it. He deserved to die for what he did to us.
(Return to the Present)

Lily: And that was one killer I hated to have to put away. But in the end even he wanted to go away.

(Flashback to “The Plan”)
James: Let them go.
Lily: I can’t. They killed a man.
James: They didn’t kill him.
(Return to the Present)

Chris: I never imagined how good you were at this.
Lily: I never realized how good I was either.
Vera: I noticed it when you confronted that girl.

(Flashback to “Gleen”)
Gwen: I don’t even know you.
Lily: That’s right you don’t. If you did, you would know I was just getting started.
(Return to the present)

Vera: Look at the time. I better be heading home.
Lily: Me too.
Chris: I’m sure my wife’s wondering why I am so late.
Lily: Tell her with me. She’ll love to hear that. See you tomorrow.
Chris: I’ll talk to my dad and get his take on the story.

[r2k]

(The next day)
Lily: I was thinking a little last night. If everyone knows about the murder Shelly witnessed because of Aaron. We wouldn’t have time to interview all of the residents. And getting an alibi for a murder in 1928. Doesn’t seem likely.
Vera: Establishing a motive won’t stick either.
Chris: We have to prove they tried to kill her.
Lily: Problem is someone was prepared.
Jeffries: I got the files on all of the residents. Two were doctors at one time. Problem is one had severe Alzheimer’s and the other is in a wheelchair. And not a motorized one. They couldn’t have done it.
Vera: Were there any fingerprints?
Lily: Doer wore gloves. Sally double-checked the meds. She said she couldn’t imagine how anyone could have gotten in there.
Chris: Where did they get the gloves?
Stillman: Good question. Only the staff really had access to that.
Lily: We’ve been looking in the wrong place. We should have been checking personnel.

(At the nursing home.)
Chris: All these people are young.
Lily: I know. There’s no way they could be the killer or know who the killer was. Unless it was someone dear to them.
Chris: You mean a relative.
Lily: Yes. Someone they are protecting.
Chris: But why would someone kill someone decades ago and then decide one day to tell the grandkids the story.
Lily: Good point. Unless, Shelly said something else.
(Vera comes in.)
Vera: We ran all the residents here to find possible relatives to anyone fitting the description of the killer. Agewise. You might want to know. One of the residents. His son goes by the name of George. Ring any bells.
Lily: You mean our George?
Chris: The one who killed all those women. You were never able to charge him with anything were you?
Lily: No and he walked right out of the station.

(Flashback to Mind Hunters. George walks out of the station with everyone looking at him.)
(Return to the Present)

Lily: And since he wasn’t charged, he was able to walk right out. Newspapers couldn’t print anything on him. He threatened to sue.
Vera: We had the resident checked out. Born in 1918. That would have made him 10 at the time of the murder.
Lily: George’s father must have told him the story. George knew we might come. He played with Boss’s mom.
Vera: No. George already knew about the murder. I’ll bet you anything he already knew.
Lily: He did more homework than I did.
Chris: So the killer may not even be here.
Vera: Or maybe George’s dad is the doer. Some 10 year olds look older.
Lily: Like father, like son.

(In George’s dad’s room)
George’s Dad, Shane: I had nothing to do with that woman’s murder. And I didn’t appreciate you accusing my son of murder.
Lily: Face it, your boy is guilty of multiple murder. He got off on lack of evidence. The guest log indicates he was here the day Shelly almost died.
Chris: Did you tell him the story?
Shane: I did not. Aaron did. Aaron told everybody. He told George what happened.
Lily: What was George’s reaction?
Shane: He wasn’t shocked by it.
Chris: Thing is, we have a woman who witnessed a murder committed by a 14 year old boy. Now you might fit the description.
Lily: Given your son’s hobbies, perhaps this is a family affair. But to give George credit, at least he went after women. Old men. Now where’s the sport in that?
Shane: I never killed anybody back then.
Lily: And why should we believe you?
Shane: Because my mother never let me go anywhere alone.
Lily: Why don’t we dig her up and ask her? Because if that’s all you got you don’t have much.
Shane: Why don’t you leave before I give my son a call.
Lily: Is that a threat?
Shane: Can’t I call my own son whenever I feel like and tell him who’s been to see me. (Shane gives Lily an evil smile.)

[r2k]

(Outside)
Chris: Once again, just because his son is a killer doesn’t mean he did it.
Lily: I know. And now there’s a possibility the killer isn’t even here at all. George is probably playing a game. He promised he would come back.
Lily: I can’t wrap my head around this one.
Chris: Well, I gotta eat now.
Lily: I forget. You’re on a schedule. I’ll join you.

(At lunch.)
Chris: So tell me. Which case has been your favorite so far?
Lily: You’re asking me to compare apples and oranges. Let me see. Well, different cases brought out different feelings. You can’t make me pick a favorite. It wouldn’t be right.
Chris: Other than this George, has there been a case where you couldn’t bust someone?
Lily: Yes there was.

(Flashback to “Resolutions”)
Final Scene after Mel shoots himself
Lily: He wasn’t thinking. He was writing.
(Return to the Present)

Chris: So he wimped out.
Lily: Not sure. I think he loved Greg’s wife for so long and wanted her. Killed his best friend. Finally, when it came time to face the music, he couldn’t. I couldn’t save him that time. But I did manage to stop another from killing himself.

(Flashback to “Sherry Darling”)
Lily: Why now, James?
James: I was moving down the street. And I thought I’d come here to pay my respects. And there is a bar down here and my grandmother is down here. This is her resting place and I put her here. I dumped her like a sack of rotten potatoes.
Lily: You are facing that night. You are feeling guilty for what you didn’t do.
James: I loved her.
Lily: You weren’t the one who killed her.
James: It doesn’t matter.
Lily: It does to me.
(Return to the Present)

Lily: James is someone I won’t forget. He reached out to me. He will always be grateful to me for that.
Chris: You have that touch, Lily. I always knew that.
Lily: Then there was Mark. He was the reason for my breakup with Kite. We were working a case from 1986. Fifteen year old girl. Mark’s girlfriend. We thought he might have been the killer but from the start he was drawn to me.

(Flashback to “Lover’s Lane”)
Mark: It’s amazing how much you look like her.

The scene near the end.
Lily: She was as sweet as you remember her. But she was mixed up. We all were. Even if she had lived. You might have had the life you wanted. Because you were kids when you dreamt it up.
Mark: Or maybe she was the best thing that ever came my way and I’m not going to that lucky again.
Lily: Maybe. But you’re here and she’s not.
Mark: She is.
Lily: I’m not her.
(Return to the Present)

Lily: He never got over her. Tell me. What upsets you about Roy’s murder.
Chris: I can’t explain it. Grandpa told me the story as he remembered it. I felt sorry for him. Poor guy was beaten senselessly in a time I thought things like that didn’t happen.
Lily: But we know now that those times weren’t all that innocent. And you’re not the first to learn that.

(Flashback to “The Letter”)
the one who's name we shall not say: I know how she lived. I need to know how she died.
(Return to the Present)

Lily: People try to move on after a loved one is killed, but the lack of closure prevents them from truly moving on.

(Flashback to “A Time to Hate”)
Mrs. Holtz: I’ve just a triple bypass. I’m running on fumes. If there is one thing left for me to do is to put this to rest.
(Return to the Present)

Chris: So who have you met during these investigations that you will truly never forget.
Lily: There is someone. I don’t want to talk about this one. It’s been hard enough as it is with it in the back of my mind. Until this one James was the one I thought I’d remember the longest. (Pauses)

[r2k]

(At the station.)
Stillman: Shelly is calm now.
Jeffries: Uniforms still there.
Stillman: Yeah. They’ll be there for a while.
Lily: There’s no doubt, our old friend George is involved.
Vera: That presents a problem. Whoever killed that old man may not even be there.
Chris: We have to be sure. We need to know who tried to kill her.
Stillman: I’d feel better if we at least get to the bottom of that.
Lily: I’m sorry, Chris. I thought we’d get him. You were so hopeful.
Chris: Don’t worry about it.
(Chris walks away mad. Scotty walks in.)
Lily: Chris, wait.
(Jeffries enters.)
Jeffries: We may have good news. I spoke with the person who checked visitors in. He expressed to me that he recognized George from the description George’s father had given him earlier. This check-in person also knows a few cops. He’s coming in. He has something interesting to say.

(Meanwhile, Lily is talking with Chris.)
Chris: I thought we could get this one.
Lily: I did too. But you and I know there are some cases you just can’t solve. I see the boxes down there I haven’t even opened. And I won’t be here forever. And when I leave, hopefully someone will follow in my footsteps. But some of those boxes may never be opened again. You have to face that.
Chris: All my life I was haunted by a case I wasn’t even alive for.
Vera: Lil’, Chris, Jeffries just brought someone in. He has something he wants to tell us.

(At Stillman’s desk, a young man is talking with Stillman. Everyone else joins the two and listens in.)
Eric Vrehas: I recognized him. I’m friends with some cops. Some were here the night he walked out on you guys. They told me the whole story. When he arrived, I followed him around. I was curious about him.
Stillman: What did you see?
Eric: Nothing. He came to visit his dad and left. That big-mouthed Aaron blabbed the story to him.
Lily: What were his exact words?
Eric: Aaron said, “Some old lady is going on about some murder she witnessed as a child. An old man was beaten to death. Juicy story.”
Stillman: Did he mention my mother’s name?
Eric: No. This George seemed uninterested.
Lily: (Turns to Chris) And you left long before he might have known you worked on a couple of these cases. He knew everything about us. He might not have made that connection.
Jeffries: Plus, the identity of the vic was unknown to the people at the home.
Scotty: Meaning there was no way George could have done that.
Eric: Also, your mother had the reaction within an hour of him leaving. He wouldn’t have enough time to pull that off right after hearing the story. The meds are always prepared pretty quickly.
Lily: So somebody else was involved.
Eric: And it is possible for a resident to have done it. You may have overlooked a certain part of the population.
Chris: Who?
Eric: I work all over that place. Sometimes I take my breaks in the activities room. The old men weren’t paying much attention to that story. Aaron’s account is pretty much all the men and the rest of the home heard. Not many specifics. The ladies heard much more. I was walking by when she told the story. She didn’t go into details too much and she didn’t know the name of the guy who was murdered.

[r2k]

(Back at the home. Lily and Chris are with Sally getting ready to interview the four women playing cards with Shelly.)
Sally: I’m not sure if the ladies will like this. I went through their files. We can disqualify two of them. One was born in 1926 and the other in 1920.
Chris: It wasn’t a woman who killed the old man. Any one of these four women could have tried to kill Shelly.
Lily: We’re checking spouses.
Sally: Brothers, boyfriends. You know this is going to get us nowhere. There’s no way anybody could tell us.
(Lily gets an idea.)
Lily: Maybe not. Let’s go get Shelly. I think she might want to see her friends again.
Chris: What are you doing?
Lily: Look into my eyes. Do you trust me?
Chris: Yes.
Lily: Good. Because I just thought of something. Something Shelly was unaware of. Let’s just say I can see it in your eyes.

(Lily and Chris are walking down the hall.)
Chris: I have a question for you.
Lily: What is it?
Chris: Is there a case you might have handled differently?
Lily: There is one. A child was killed. I was a little hard on the doer.

(Flashback to “The Sleepover”)
Ariel: Do you hate me?
Lily: It doesn’t matter what I think.
(Return to the Present)
Lily: I forgot how young she was when she did it.

(Flashback to the “Sleepover”)
Rush: She was just a kid.
Ariel: So was I.
(Return to the Present)

(Shelly is brought into the activities room with the other women (Gladys, Joan, Mandy, and Eleanor)
Shelly: It’s nice to see you all again. They’ve kept me cooped up in an empty room.
Lily: Look at Chris again. Can you see the old man?
(Shelly looks at him again.)
Shelly: Yes, I do. It’s in his eyes. You can tell a lot about a person by the eyes.
Lily: What do you see?
Shelly: I see a brave and yet scared young man. Something worries you in the back of your mind but you put up with it because you have no choice. It’s the same fear that man felt when he was being killed. There was nothing he could do about it.
Lily: And my eyes.
Shelly: I see a woman who’s been through a lot. A woman determined to make things right. You can’t change your past but you can make things right for others. That’s why you do this work. If you can’t change your past, you’ll make a past wrong right for those who need it.
Lily: Look at your friends. Look into their eyes. What do you see?
Shelly: Gladys, I see a woman who has lived a full life. Joan, I see a woman who wished she could be young for a day. Mandy is hoping she’ll live forever. And Eleanor still has a brave look like her husband when he went off to war. The eyes tell a good story.
(Shelly looks at Mandy.)
Shelly: Mandy, your eyes share a secret. A secret kept for so long. Your eyes. I’ve seen them before. Of course. (Looks at Lily) I’ve seen those eyes before.
Lily: Mandy, I think you know what she’s talking about.
Mandy: My brother Riley had the same eyes. We were twins.
Lily: Shelly. You knew Chris was related to Roy because of his eyes. You kept repeating it. You saw the killer’s eyes the night you told your story. You didn’t plan to tell the story. You just did it. Like you said.
Shelly: That’s true. The story just poured out of my mouth. When I saw you. (Looks at Mandy) When I saw your eyes. (Looks at Lily) Last week was the first time she and I met. She’s new here.
Mandy: My son arranged for me to come here last week. I was new here. (Starts to cry.) I never meant to hurt you, Shelly. I panicked. I promised him I’d never tell anybody. There’s a part of me that wanted to hang on to that promise. And the other part that knows I should tell. All I did was put a little of my blood pressure medicine in your milk. Afterwards, I felt so bad. When you recovered, I was relieved. I figured I should just keep quiet and never do it again. I didn’t realize it was going to come to all this. I never knew what my brother had done until he had his heart attack. I should have known. He’d been troubled since his teen years. That old man was murdered and something deep down inside every member of our family knew. But we loved him so much we never bothered to ask him. When you told that story the other day, I felt so sad and angry. I should have told the police. But I figured Riley was dead. What did it matter? But it does. I didn’t want his family to know the truth. I was afraid someone might figure it out. As a boy, he was troubled. We never understood where it came from. My parents tried everything. After the date he told me he killed that man, he had changed. He was troubled, but he began to do so much good. He fought in World War II, helped out at church. He was a good husband to his wife and children. She is still alive. I didn’t want her to know the man she loved was a murderer. It hurt him too much. He became a good man who had such a huge cross to bear. Those were different times. God knows what would have happened to him then. He must have been scared.

[r2k]

(Flashback to April 6, 1989. A hospital in Philly.)
Mandy: Riley. You need to hang on. You and I are the last of the family. Your wife isn’t here yet. You must wait for her to go.
Riley: It’s time for me to go. But I can’t go without telling you. You must never tell anyone. Especially my wife. She must never know. I love her too much to put her through this pain. I knew this was coming. But you must know. I murdered an old man when I was a kid. The one in 1928. Nobody ever solved it. It was me.
Mandy: What? You did that!!
Riley: Yes.
Mandy: Oh, Riley. Is that why you’ve been so good all these years?
Riley: I couldn’t live with myself if I wasn’t good to people. I thought killing would be easy. But it wasn’t. The feeling you get after is one I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I had to make up for it but I was a coward. I hope God can forgive me.
Mandy: We all kind of knew you had done it. Mom and Dad loved you so much they looked the other way. We all did. Dear brother, tell me what happened. Let me carry it for you now.

(Flashback to 1928. Riley is following the old man as the man is walking through the field.)

Riley: Hey old man. Where are you going?
Roy: Home. Leave me alone. I’ve seen you. You’re a bad seed.
Riley: A bad seed. I’ll show you a bad seed.
(Riley begins chasing Roy through the field. Shelly is hiding in the bushes watching. Riley catches up to Roy and grabs a log on the ground. He starts beating Roy to death.
Boy: Give me your money old man. Give me your money old man. Foolish old man. Weak. Easy to kill. Ha ha ha ha. Nobody will ever think it was me.
Old man: Stop. Please.
(The boy keeps beating him. The old man dies. The boy stops and looks. He takes the money and runs. He looks back and starts crying. He continues on with the money. Shelly walks up to the body, looks, and runs away.)

Return to 1989
Riley: I took more life than I deserved. I should have gone to jail forever for this. I’m afraid, Mandy. I’m so afraid God won’t forgive me.
Mandy: Think about what you’re feeling. What you’re saying. He already has. You opened your heart and let the darkness out.

“Who’s Sorry Now” by Ella Fitzgerald plays in the background
Note: This is listed as ‘20s song but this version may have come later. I’ve never heard but it sounded good. The title fits the story a bit.

Shelly walks up to Mandy and hugs her. Mandy goes with Lily and Chris. Stillman enters with his granddaughter. Shelly hugs the little girl. At the station, Mandy makes an official statement on what happened. Mandy’s family arrive with Riley’s wife, who is crying. Mandy begins crying again as she looks at a picture of her with Riley shortly before he died. She looks up and sees Riley (age 14) standing off to the side, with a remorseful look on his face. His image flashes to 75, his age when he died, and returns to age 14 again. Chris and Lily shake hands and Scotty makes a jealous look. Chris walks out of the station. He looks across the street and sees his great-great-great grandfather, smiling at him. His image fades. Scotty is still going through Elisa’s file with tears in his eyes as he finally accepts that he is grieving. Vera pulls up in his driveway at his home. He pauses as he gets out of the car and faces his house. Jeffries is back at the office going over some paperwork. Lily is now at home with her cats, opening her mail. She opens a letter that has a return address from Virginia. She smiles as she opens it, happy with what she is reading.

[Disasterfreak]

I'm so glad you posted again, I'd been missing your fanfics. This was quite interesting. The flashbacks to other cases were really well done--although I was a little confused by some of them, cuz I haven't watched all the episodes. You took us on a real season 1 and 2 ride. I liked that you twisted us around the idea it could be George (would've been all too easy!). And you had some pretty good one-liners ;D. Not to mention pulling Chris Lassing in and hinting around the Lil-Scotty problem. Good job!

Shelly: Some of the men were hanging out, getting fresh with us. Listen to me girl if God wanted men to continue to do you know what, Viagra would never have been necessary. I couldn’t wait for the day my man stopped. And there was no way on earth I wanted that to start again.

That was a brilliant burst of human nature. :clap: You wouldn't believe how many older ladies I've heard say exactly that.

[TVFan]

Great work R2K. You kept me guessing all along the way. It was good to hear from Chris Lassing again.

[Tati]

Really great R2K!!! It must've been a lot of work to fit all those flashbacks from other cases into the story. I'm glad you had Chris Lassing in this one.
I hope you'll be able to write more - like Disasterfreak, I also missed your fics a lot.

[Shorty]

nice fanfic. i hope you write more ;D