1 00:00:06,458 --> 00:00:07,792 (male announcer) 'The ball's thrown in' 2 00:00:07,875 --> 00:00:09,333 'and it's stolen away' 3 00:00:09,417 --> 00:00:11,583 (male #1) 'We can do it!' 4 00:00:11,667 --> 00:00:13,417 'Hold timeout please.' 5 00:00:15,291 --> 00:00:16,333 (male announcer) 'Bang on!' 6 00:00:16,417 --> 00:00:18,333 Come on, guys, over here now. 7 00:00:18,417 --> 00:00:19,583 Listen up, listen up. 8 00:00:19,667 --> 00:00:21,208 We're down one and we need a score. 9 00:00:21,291 --> 00:00:23,625 You boys do what I tell you, you'll be State Champions! 10 00:00:23,709 --> 00:00:25,709 I want the ball in Herman's hands. 11 00:00:25,792 --> 00:00:28,625 The rest of you guys, just clear out of his way, you understand? 12 00:00:28,709 --> 00:00:31,834 Alright, bring it in. Saints on three. One, two, three! 13 00:00:31,917 --> 00:00:33,208 (together) Saints! 14 00:00:33,291 --> 00:00:34,333 Herman! 15 00:00:35,750 --> 00:00:39,083 Put us on your back and get us a win. 16 00:00:39,166 --> 00:00:40,792 Let's go, Herman baby! 17 00:00:40,875 --> 00:00:43,500 (male #2) 'Herman, Herman, do your uncle right, baby.' 18 00:00:43,583 --> 00:00:46,625 Please, Lord, give young Herman the strength to do me right. 19 00:00:46,709 --> 00:00:48,959 'Please! Come on, Herman. Come on, baby.' 20 00:00:49,041 --> 00:00:51,166 'Let's do it, baby. Come on.' 21 00:01:02,291 --> 00:01:03,250 Yes! 22 00:01:16,750 --> 00:01:18,208 Yes! Yes! 23 00:01:20,709 --> 00:01:24,500 - Philly Tech wins. - 'We're number one, baby!' 24 00:01:24,583 --> 00:01:30,750 (male announcer) 'Your new 1987 Pennsylvania Boys next school State Champions' 25 00:01:30,834 --> 00:01:34,417 'are the Saints from Philly Tech High!' 26 00:02:24,333 --> 00:02:26,959 You figure 6:00 a.m.'s the right time to start the day, boss? 27 00:02:27,041 --> 00:02:28,583 These guys have been here for an hour, Lil. 28 00:02:30,166 --> 00:02:32,250 You ever hear of Herman Lester? 29 00:02:32,333 --> 00:02:33,750 No. 30 00:02:33,834 --> 00:02:36,041 He's only the best basketball player who ever lived. 31 00:02:36,125 --> 00:02:38,000 - Yeah? - And died. 32 00:02:38,083 --> 00:02:42,917 He was murdered on a playground court in 1987. Never solved. 33 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,083 So what are we doing here? 34 00:02:45,166 --> 00:02:46,500 You see the kid with the ball? 35 00:02:50,083 --> 00:02:51,250 That's Herman's son. 36 00:02:53,166 --> 00:02:54,250 (male #3) 'That's it, baby. That's it.' 37 00:02:58,458 --> 00:03:00,625 Bob, ball never touches the floor. 38 00:03:00,709 --> 00:03:01,834 Hey, John.. 39 00:03:01,917 --> 00:03:04,583 And make the layup now. Let's go. 40 00:03:04,667 --> 00:03:06,250 - John. - Coach. 41 00:03:06,333 --> 00:03:07,959 - Thanks for coming. - No problem. 42 00:03:08,041 --> 00:03:09,834 This is Detective Rush. 43 00:03:09,917 --> 00:03:11,834 - Nice to meet you. - Pleasure. 44 00:03:11,917 --> 00:03:14,083 Look, look, watch this. 45 00:03:15,750 --> 00:03:19,041 Doesn't have Herman's size but...more range. 46 00:03:19,125 --> 00:03:21,458 And the same confidence. I tell you, John. 47 00:03:21,542 --> 00:03:23,500 It's like coaching Herman all over again. 48 00:03:23,583 --> 00:03:25,083 Hey, Ray! Come here! 49 00:03:25,166 --> 00:03:27,750 (John) 'Let's have him walk us through this phone call he got.' 50 00:03:27,834 --> 00:03:29,458 Some kind of threat? 51 00:03:29,542 --> 00:03:31,875 Ray, these are Philadelphia Police. Gonna help us out. 52 00:03:31,959 --> 00:03:34,208 - Hey. - Hey. 53 00:03:34,291 --> 00:03:36,125 - Hi, Ray. - Hi. 54 00:03:36,208 --> 00:03:38,458 Wanna tell us about the phone call you got? 55 00:03:38,542 --> 00:03:39,667 Not much to it. 56 00:03:39,750 --> 00:03:41,542 I'm home, pick up the phone and hear 57 00:03:41,625 --> 00:03:43,375 if I play Friday night, I'm gonna get 58 00:03:43,458 --> 00:03:45,458 the screwdriver just like my dad. 59 00:03:45,542 --> 00:03:48,709 - Screwdriver? - It was the murder weapon. 60 00:03:50,375 --> 00:03:53,291 So...what's Friday night? 61 00:03:55,208 --> 00:03:56,583 State Championship. 62 00:03:59,250 --> 00:04:03,000 Uh, no idea who it was, male, female, young, old? 63 00:04:03,083 --> 00:04:05,750 Male. Can't say about the rest. 64 00:04:05,834 --> 00:04:08,375 Ray, are you havin' any problems in school? 65 00:04:08,458 --> 00:04:10,417 Any issues on or off the court? 66 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:12,375 Nah. Things are cool. 67 00:04:12,458 --> 00:04:15,667 - Okay, Ray. Thanks. - Back out there. 68 00:04:17,083 --> 00:04:20,667 I need him in the lineup Friday. 69 00:04:20,750 --> 00:04:21,834 Do you really think this threat 70 00:04:21,917 --> 00:04:23,667 is connected to Herman's murder? 71 00:04:24,917 --> 00:04:26,750 Well, the kid's a phenom like his dad. 72 00:04:26,834 --> 00:04:30,083 'They both lead their teams to the State Championship.' 73 00:04:30,166 --> 00:04:33,166 Herman gets murdered. Now Ray gets this death threat. 74 00:04:33,250 --> 00:04:34,500 Enough connection for me. 75 00:04:34,583 --> 00:04:36,000 We'll check with the phone company 76 00:04:36,083 --> 00:04:37,750 see if we can trace where the call came from. 77 00:04:37,834 --> 00:04:39,291 Alright. 78 00:04:40,417 --> 00:04:42,834 And pull Herman Lester's case. 79 00:05:17,041 --> 00:05:18,417 I wish you'd have eaten more. 80 00:05:18,500 --> 00:05:20,375 - I ate all the melon. - Yeah. 81 00:05:20,458 --> 00:05:23,375 Yeah, and you made sure the home fries didn't go to waste. 82 00:05:25,917 --> 00:05:28,166 I like being out here. 83 00:05:28,250 --> 00:05:29,792 - In the cold. - Hmm. 84 00:05:29,875 --> 00:05:30,917 Hmm. 85 00:05:34,667 --> 00:05:36,834 - I'll get you a cab. - Hmm. 86 00:05:39,542 --> 00:05:40,709 What? What is it? 87 00:05:40,792 --> 00:05:44,750 Uh, there's a giant behind you. 88 00:05:44,834 --> 00:05:46,083 What? 89 00:05:46,166 --> 00:05:48,625 Well, look for yourself. 90 00:05:48,709 --> 00:05:51,166 (Will) 'Yeah. Look for yourself.' 91 00:05:51,250 --> 00:05:53,083 Oh. Hey, man. 92 00:05:53,166 --> 00:05:55,083 What-what are you doing here? 93 00:05:55,166 --> 00:05:57,083 Getting my coffee. 94 00:05:57,166 --> 00:05:58,750 What are you doing here? 95 00:05:58,834 --> 00:06:01,083 Uh, uh.. Just, uh, coffee. 96 00:06:03,375 --> 00:06:06,000 - Will Jeffries. - Elisa. 97 00:06:06,083 --> 00:06:07,417 Sorry. Bonehead. 98 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:09,166 We work together. 99 00:06:09,250 --> 00:06:10,667 Pleasure to meet you. 100 00:06:10,750 --> 00:06:12,375 See you at work, Scotty. 101 00:06:12,458 --> 00:06:13,834 (Scotty) 'Yeah.' 102 00:06:18,500 --> 00:06:20,875 So, uh, a cab, right? 103 00:06:27,834 --> 00:06:31,625 Guess, uh, Jeffries is kind of a giant, ain't he? 104 00:06:33,417 --> 00:06:35,208 Probably should've said big. 105 00:06:37,250 --> 00:06:40,250 If Herman Lester had lived, folks around here would 106 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:43,083 think of Dr. J as just another player. 107 00:06:43,166 --> 00:06:44,625 Oh, come on, boss. 108 00:06:44,709 --> 00:06:46,834 The good doctor would jump so high he could pick a dollar 109 00:06:46,917 --> 00:06:48,208 off the top of the backboards. 110 00:06:48,291 --> 00:06:51,291 Scotty, Herman Lester would leave change. 111 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,792 Whatever Herman did, he returned to Earth 112 00:06:54,875 --> 00:06:57,291 and caught the wrong end of a Phillips screwdriver. 113 00:06:57,375 --> 00:06:59,250 Yeah. Pierced once through the heart. 114 00:06:59,333 --> 00:07:02,458 And bled out like a mere mortal on the court at Players' Park. 115 00:07:02,542 --> 00:07:03,583 Suspects? 116 00:07:03,667 --> 00:07:05,750 One, Billy Berkenpass, a teammate. 117 00:07:05,834 --> 00:07:08,000 Good player in his own right, but no Herman. 118 00:07:08,083 --> 00:07:09,709 Says here that was the problem. 119 00:07:09,792 --> 00:07:12,000 Berkenpass hated playing second fiddle to Herman. 120 00:07:12,083 --> 00:07:13,500 Attitude got him booted off the team. 121 00:07:13,583 --> 00:07:16,000 He missed the State Championship same night Herman died. 122 00:07:16,083 --> 00:07:17,583 Yeah, he lost out in love too. 123 00:07:17,667 --> 00:07:21,375 Tanya Williams dumped Berkenpass for Herman a few months earlier. 124 00:07:21,458 --> 00:07:22,834 Double motive. 125 00:07:22,917 --> 00:07:25,583 Footnote says maybe Herman was iced by a bagman 126 00:07:25,667 --> 00:07:27,125 from a top 20 school? 127 00:07:27,208 --> 00:07:28,375 Sounds like urban legend. 128 00:07:28,458 --> 00:07:29,875 Yeah, smart money was on Berkenpass. 129 00:07:29,959 --> 00:07:32,166 On top of everything else, 20 kids saw him 130 00:07:32,250 --> 00:07:34,333 confront Herman at an after-game party that night 131 00:07:34,417 --> 00:07:35,709 So why didn't he go down? 132 00:07:35,792 --> 00:07:37,375 No hard evidence and he had an alibi. 133 00:07:37,458 --> 00:07:39,583 Time of the murder he claimed he was home with his dad. 134 00:07:39,667 --> 00:07:43,041 Oh, dad vouching for you ain't exactly airtight. 135 00:07:43,125 --> 00:07:45,583 Are we sure this job is connected to Ray's death threat? 136 00:07:45,667 --> 00:07:47,542 Well, seems like it is, especially since the threat 137 00:07:47,625 --> 00:07:50,792 was made from a payphone at the City Center Rec. 138 00:07:50,875 --> 00:07:52,291 Yeah, and guess who hoops it up there 139 00:07:52,375 --> 00:07:54,250 every day over lunch hour? 140 00:07:54,333 --> 00:07:55,625 Berkenpass. 141 00:07:56,792 --> 00:07:58,125 (Will) 'Your son says he was with you' 142 00:07:58,208 --> 00:08:00,041 the night Herman Lester was killed. 143 00:08:00,125 --> 00:08:02,709 Yeah, we sat in front of the tube till 3:00 a.m. 144 00:08:02,792 --> 00:08:04,625 You always watch TV that late? 145 00:08:04,709 --> 00:08:08,333 No, just that night. "Good, Bad and the Ugly" was on. 146 00:08:08,417 --> 00:08:10,875 Got a pretty specific memory there. 147 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,500 I've only been asked the question about 90 times. 148 00:08:18,291 --> 00:08:19,834 Hey, hey, hey. 149 00:08:19,917 --> 00:08:21,917 No reason for you to touch that. 150 00:08:23,333 --> 00:08:26,417 So that night Billy must've been pretty steamed 151 00:08:26,500 --> 00:08:27,917 after what happened to him. 152 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:28,917 What do you mean? 153 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:29,959 Him getting kicked off the team 154 00:08:30,041 --> 00:08:31,625 missing the big game. 155 00:08:31,709 --> 00:08:33,000 My kid got screwed. 156 00:08:33,083 --> 00:08:34,875 Plus, Herman taking up with his ex-girlfriend. 157 00:08:34,959 --> 00:08:36,000 Tanya, right? 158 00:08:36,083 --> 00:08:37,333 Got screwed twice. 159 00:08:37,417 --> 00:08:40,083 He was better off losing the girl. 160 00:08:40,166 --> 00:08:41,709 You didn't like her? 161 00:08:41,792 --> 00:08:43,583 I don't like any girls in the picture. 162 00:08:43,667 --> 00:08:47,041 Women weaken legs. That's not good for basketball. 163 00:08:47,125 --> 00:08:49,500 Look, it's admirable 164 00:08:49,583 --> 00:08:50,750 you defending your boy all this time-- 165 00:08:50,834 --> 00:08:52,333 Yeah, somebody had to. 166 00:08:52,417 --> 00:08:54,667 Within 24 hours, you cops were all over that boy 167 00:08:54,750 --> 00:08:56,500 for the murder of Lester. 168 00:08:56,583 --> 00:08:58,917 The kid was 17-years-old. 169 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,417 I guess you didn't get enough. 170 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:03,250 'Cause now you're at it again. 171 00:09:12,041 --> 00:09:13,959 Why are you asking about Herman? 172 00:09:14,041 --> 00:09:16,250 (Rush) 'We're reopening his murder case.' 173 00:09:16,333 --> 00:09:18,250 No, leave it alone. Leave it. 174 00:09:18,333 --> 00:09:19,917 Tanya, we think looking at Herman's case 175 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,166 will help your son's situation. 176 00:09:21,250 --> 00:09:22,208 How? 177 00:09:22,291 --> 00:09:24,458 Tanya, let Uncle Freddie handle this. 178 00:09:24,542 --> 00:09:26,250 I'm the man who raised Herman 179 00:09:26,333 --> 00:09:28,166 and I been like a father to Ray too. 180 00:09:28,250 --> 00:09:30,542 So tell me. How will it help? 181 00:09:32,375 --> 00:09:34,959 We think Billy Berkenpass may have made the call to Ray. 182 00:09:35,041 --> 00:09:36,208 That's the dude who killed dad? 183 00:09:36,291 --> 00:09:37,625 We don't know that. 184 00:09:37,709 --> 00:09:39,917 Oh, that White boy was so jealous of your pop! 185 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,083 Freddie, don't start. 186 00:09:42,166 --> 00:09:44,542 Ray, you recognize this guy? 187 00:09:44,625 --> 00:09:47,667 Oh, man! That's the ghost. 188 00:09:47,750 --> 00:09:49,083 The ghost? 189 00:09:49,166 --> 00:09:52,000 When I'm out playing pickup, he's there watching. 190 00:09:52,083 --> 00:09:54,792 White dude looks at me funny. 191 00:09:54,875 --> 00:09:56,208 How long is this been going on? 192 00:09:56,291 --> 00:09:58,333 Ever since I started making a name for myself. 193 00:09:58,417 --> 00:10:01,834 - Maybe about two years ago. - The ghost ever approach you? 194 00:10:01,917 --> 00:10:03,000 - Nah. - 'That's it!' 195 00:10:03,083 --> 00:10:04,583 Uncle Freddie's stepping in. 196 00:10:04,667 --> 00:10:06,125 Ray ain't playing Friday. 197 00:10:06,208 --> 00:10:07,625 You said there'd be security, right? 198 00:10:07,709 --> 00:10:09,333 - Right. - No, no, no! No risk! 199 00:10:09,417 --> 00:10:11,458 The boy is going league, understand? 200 00:10:11,542 --> 00:10:13,041 League? 201 00:10:13,125 --> 00:10:15,875 NBA pro scouts already got Ray marked down 202 00:10:15,959 --> 00:10:17,500 as a first-round draft choice. 203 00:10:17,583 --> 00:10:19,083 Ray hasn't decided where he's going next year 204 00:10:19,166 --> 00:10:20,583 Freddie, so shut it. 205 00:10:20,667 --> 00:10:22,834 Hopefully, we clear this whole thing before the game. 206 00:10:22,917 --> 00:10:25,041 Are you sure Billy called my son? 207 00:10:26,250 --> 00:10:27,750 Not a hundred percent. 208 00:10:27,834 --> 00:10:30,917 I never believed he killed Herman. 209 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,000 (Lilly) 'No?' 210 00:10:33,083 --> 00:10:35,917 Me and Billy dated. I knew him. 211 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,792 It'd really help if you'd tell us what you remember 212 00:10:37,875 --> 00:10:39,750 about that night, Tanya. 213 00:10:41,458 --> 00:10:44,458 We won the State Championship. 214 00:10:44,542 --> 00:10:46,083 Then there was a party. 215 00:10:47,458 --> 00:10:50,375 Go, Billy! Go, Billy! Go, Billy! 216 00:10:50,458 --> 00:10:53,709 Go, Billy! Go, Billy! Go, Billy! 217 00:10:53,792 --> 00:10:55,458 Go, Billy! 218 00:10:58,291 --> 00:11:00,834 Philly Tech says he's their guy. 219 00:11:00,917 --> 00:11:03,583 But off the court, this man is mine. 220 00:11:05,041 --> 00:11:06,917 (Billy) 'Where the hell's Herman?' 221 00:11:08,792 --> 00:11:10,834 Billy, what are you doin' here? 222 00:11:12,083 --> 00:11:14,125 Being friends. 223 00:11:14,208 --> 00:11:16,750 Isn't that what you said, friends? 224 00:11:16,834 --> 00:11:18,709 Yo, don't be mad at her, man. 225 00:11:18,792 --> 00:11:21,417 Okay, I'll be mad at you. 226 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:23,834 You take my girl, I'm supposed to be cool with it? 227 00:11:26,458 --> 00:11:27,500 Oh, man, you're drunk. 228 00:11:27,583 --> 00:11:29,208 Don't you walk away from me. 229 00:11:30,625 --> 00:11:32,000 Yo! Let him up, let him up, let him up! 230 00:11:32,083 --> 00:11:34,542 Come on. Get off him. 231 00:11:34,625 --> 00:11:37,083 Get off him. 232 00:11:38,458 --> 00:11:39,792 You wanna talk, Billy? 233 00:11:42,583 --> 00:11:43,750 No. 234 00:11:43,834 --> 00:11:45,709 I'm on your home court here. 235 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:50,083 I'll catch you later. 236 00:12:00,875 --> 00:12:04,667 How did Herman end up in Players' Park that night? 237 00:12:04,750 --> 00:12:06,625 He'd go there to clear his head. 238 00:12:06,709 --> 00:12:08,417 What's Players' Park? 239 00:12:08,500 --> 00:12:11,542 It's across town. It's where your dad died. 240 00:12:11,625 --> 00:12:12,959 (Freddie) Back in Herman's day that's where 241 00:12:13,041 --> 00:12:16,417 a player would go to prove himself. 242 00:12:16,500 --> 00:12:19,208 We'll let you know, what we find out, Tanya. 243 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:32,875 (Lilly) Billy Berkenpass? 244 00:12:32,959 --> 00:12:36,000 - Yes? - Detectives Valens and Rush. 245 00:12:36,083 --> 00:12:37,417 Can we have a minute? 246 00:12:40,917 --> 00:12:43,166 Doing real good, Michael. 247 00:12:43,250 --> 00:12:44,291 Can we.. 248 00:12:47,583 --> 00:12:50,041 'Should have known you people would show up.' 249 00:12:50,125 --> 00:12:51,500 (Lilly) 'Why is that?' 250 00:12:51,583 --> 00:12:53,667 Everyone knows Ray Lester got a death threat. 251 00:12:53,750 --> 00:12:55,208 I'm sure you think I made it. 252 00:12:55,291 --> 00:12:57,583 (Lilly) 'The call was made from the City Center Rec.' 253 00:12:57,667 --> 00:12:59,667 Where you play ball every day. 254 00:12:59,750 --> 00:13:01,667 Guess someone's trying to make me look bad. 255 00:13:01,750 --> 00:13:03,750 We got some prints off of the phone. 256 00:13:03,834 --> 00:13:05,125 One of them gonna be yours, Billy? 257 00:13:05,208 --> 00:13:07,583 I'll let you find that out for yourself. 258 00:13:07,667 --> 00:13:11,375 Let's talk about 1987, when your teammate Herman died. 259 00:13:11,458 --> 00:13:12,667 Knew this was coming. 260 00:13:12,750 --> 00:13:15,792 Not long after Tanya broke up with you for him. 261 00:13:15,875 --> 00:13:18,208 That pretty hard on you? 262 00:13:18,291 --> 00:13:20,875 Yeah. First heartbreak. 263 00:13:20,959 --> 00:13:22,709 What happened? 264 00:13:22,792 --> 00:13:23,959 Black girl, White guy. 265 00:13:24,041 --> 00:13:25,959 Then the world wasn't rooting for us. 266 00:13:26,041 --> 00:13:29,834 Hey, sports question. Think much of Ray's game? 267 00:13:29,917 --> 00:13:31,542 Papers say he's the second coming of Herman. 268 00:13:31,625 --> 00:13:34,583 - What do you say? - I've seen him a lot. 269 00:13:34,667 --> 00:13:37,041 He's as good as advertised. 270 00:13:37,125 --> 00:13:40,417 I didn't...call that kid. 271 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:41,625 I didn't kill Herman. 272 00:13:41,709 --> 00:13:44,750 Right, home with your dad. 273 00:13:44,834 --> 00:13:49,208 So if it wasn't you, Billy, who was it? 274 00:13:49,291 --> 00:13:52,041 Recruiting was outta control over Herman. 275 00:13:52,125 --> 00:13:54,458 One coach handed him a motel key. 276 00:13:54,542 --> 00:13:56,417 Said he had a super model waiting for him. 277 00:13:56,500 --> 00:13:58,834 Saying Herman took that room key? 278 00:13:58,917 --> 00:14:00,333 Not that one. 279 00:14:00,417 --> 00:14:03,208 But I saw him take another key. 280 00:14:29,333 --> 00:14:31,250 I mean, who knows.. 281 00:14:31,333 --> 00:14:34,083 ...how many programs Herman took gifts from. 282 00:14:34,166 --> 00:14:36,625 But a player can only make one school happy. 283 00:14:36,709 --> 00:14:40,625 Herman was about to piss off a university, so they kill him? 284 00:14:40,709 --> 00:14:42,250 Pretty far out theory, Billy. 285 00:14:42,333 --> 00:14:46,125 Maybe not a president, or a dean, but you'd be surprised 286 00:14:46,208 --> 00:14:48,542 what the round ball makes grown men do. 287 00:14:51,625 --> 00:14:54,542 Yeah, there was a car. For a day. 288 00:14:54,625 --> 00:14:55,792 I got right in Herman's face 289 00:14:55,875 --> 00:14:57,750 told him the car goes back where it came from. 290 00:14:57,834 --> 00:14:58,959 Which was where? 291 00:14:59,041 --> 00:15:00,792 Well, that I didn't need to know. 292 00:15:00,875 --> 00:15:03,792 Bottom line, Herman was on the bus the next day. 293 00:15:03,875 --> 00:15:05,667 Billy Berkenpass thinks Herman received 294 00:15:05,750 --> 00:15:07,250 other under the table gifts. 295 00:15:07,333 --> 00:15:09,875 Billy Berkenpass has been trying to muddy Herman's name 296 00:15:09,959 --> 00:15:12,417 since the day I kicked him off the team. 297 00:15:13,375 --> 00:15:14,583 What happened there? 298 00:15:16,375 --> 00:15:19,000 I guess enough time has passed. 299 00:15:19,083 --> 00:15:21,208 I'll tell you. 300 00:15:21,291 --> 00:15:24,083 (Billy) 'That's right. I'm talking about you and Big Ed Brown.' 301 00:15:24,166 --> 00:15:26,291 (Herman) 'You better watch your mouth, man!' 302 00:15:26,375 --> 00:15:27,834 What the hell's the problem? 303 00:15:27,917 --> 00:15:28,959 Herman don't wanna win tonight. 304 00:15:29,041 --> 00:15:30,375 That's crap! 305 00:15:30,458 --> 00:15:32,834 'Cause his bookie Big Ed Brown, he owns Herman! 306 00:15:32,917 --> 00:15:34,458 That's not true, coach. Come on. 307 00:15:34,542 --> 00:15:37,875 Then why'd he offer me 500 bucks to join you in messing the game? 308 00:15:37,959 --> 00:15:39,667 - Don't you lie, Billy! - It's the truth! 309 00:15:39,750 --> 00:15:41,667 He's on the take. 310 00:15:41,750 --> 00:15:44,834 You're gonna talk about Herman like that, you're off this team! 311 00:15:44,917 --> 00:15:47,166 - Coach! - You're off this team! 312 00:15:56,500 --> 00:15:59,875 He'd say anything to take down Herman. 313 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,208 Attitude problem three years running. 314 00:16:03,291 --> 00:16:04,834 Nothing to his allegations? 315 00:16:06,542 --> 00:16:07,917 Herman won the game for us. 316 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,375 Shook four guys and dunked on a seven-footer. 317 00:16:11,458 --> 00:16:13,750 End of story, okay? 318 00:16:13,834 --> 00:16:15,333 End of story. 319 00:16:20,625 --> 00:16:22,834 Oh! Boy, he missed a bunny. 320 00:16:22,917 --> 00:16:24,291 That's like three in a row. 321 00:16:24,375 --> 00:16:26,542 - '87 State Championship? - Yeah. 322 00:16:26,625 --> 00:16:29,000 (Lilly) 'Herman's last night on Earth.' 323 00:16:30,458 --> 00:16:32,125 He turned the ball over again. 324 00:16:32,208 --> 00:16:34,875 Okay, and now here's the end. 325 00:16:42,917 --> 00:16:46,959 Hey, freeze it, Scotty. 326 00:16:49,458 --> 00:16:51,834 Now, he had just won the championship.. 327 00:16:51,917 --> 00:16:55,417 ...everyone else is going wild but look at Herman. 328 00:16:55,500 --> 00:16:56,667 (Nick) 'Nothing.' 329 00:16:56,750 --> 00:16:58,291 Maybe he agreed to throw the game 330 00:16:58,375 --> 00:17:01,250 but in the end couldn't do it. 331 00:17:01,333 --> 00:17:03,250 That would explain why he's not smiling. 332 00:17:03,333 --> 00:17:05,125 And maybe why he got killed. 333 00:17:13,166 --> 00:17:15,750 So, uh, was that the lady who keeps calling you? 334 00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:17,417 - Don't do that. - Do what? 335 00:17:17,500 --> 00:17:19,875 - Sneak up on me. - I'm not sneaking up on you. 336 00:17:19,959 --> 00:17:21,208 Yeah, like on the street with Elisa. 337 00:17:21,291 --> 00:17:23,291 Look, don't shadow me, okay? 338 00:17:23,375 --> 00:17:24,917 Especially if you see me with her. 339 00:17:30,583 --> 00:17:33,750 - What was that about? - I don't know. 340 00:17:33,834 --> 00:17:35,291 Guy's losing it? 341 00:17:36,959 --> 00:17:38,458 - Hey, boss. - For you, Big Ed Brown. 342 00:17:38,542 --> 00:17:40,000 The guy Berkenpass said approached him 343 00:17:40,083 --> 00:17:41,458 long-time bookie. 344 00:17:41,542 --> 00:17:43,625 Illegal lottery, bookmaking, spanked with a bunch of 345 00:17:43,709 --> 00:17:45,000 probation, no jail time. 346 00:17:45,083 --> 00:17:46,667 Maybe Vice has got somethin' on him. 347 00:17:46,750 --> 00:17:49,583 See if I can get a hammer on him. Hey, where's Lil? 348 00:17:49,667 --> 00:17:51,291 Went to check with Ray to see if he was approached 349 00:17:51,375 --> 00:17:53,083 about throwing this Friday's game. 350 00:17:53,166 --> 00:17:54,208 Hmm. 351 00:17:54,291 --> 00:17:57,083 See if history's repeating itself. 352 00:18:02,667 --> 00:18:04,125 Ray. 353 00:18:04,208 --> 00:18:06,125 Can I steal you for a minute? 354 00:18:11,583 --> 00:18:12,750 You catch that guy who called me? 355 00:18:12,834 --> 00:18:14,542 Not yet. 356 00:18:14,625 --> 00:18:16,583 I got to ask you, Ray. 357 00:18:16,667 --> 00:18:19,750 Did anyone offer you money to fix the game this Friday? 358 00:18:19,834 --> 00:18:21,000 No way. 359 00:18:21,083 --> 00:18:23,166 How about other games during the season? 360 00:18:23,250 --> 00:18:26,125 College boosters putting pressure on you, or.. 361 00:18:26,208 --> 00:18:27,709 Coach keeps all the shady dudes away. 362 00:18:27,792 --> 00:18:31,583 Yeah, but coach can't be everywhere at once, you know? 363 00:18:31,667 --> 00:18:32,792 Why you asking this stuff? 364 00:18:32,875 --> 00:18:34,417 Recruiting was crazy for your dad. 365 00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:36,667 People were trying to get to him in all sorts of ways 366 00:18:36,750 --> 00:18:38,667 and I figure it's like that for you too. 367 00:18:38,750 --> 00:18:40,250 Yeah, it can be crazy. 368 00:18:40,333 --> 00:18:43,792 So maybe you're up against some of the same things your dad was. 369 00:18:43,875 --> 00:18:45,667 Now you're saying my dad made a shady deal? 370 00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:46,875 I'm not saying that. 371 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,250 Or if he didn't make it that got him killed? 372 00:18:48,333 --> 00:18:50,875 Ray, I don't know what happened yet. 373 00:18:50,959 --> 00:18:52,834 But I wanna find out for you. 374 00:18:52,917 --> 00:18:55,667 I thought that Berkenpass dude killed him. 375 00:18:55,750 --> 00:18:58,750 Right, he was the primary suspect. 376 00:18:58,834 --> 00:19:01,625 But maybe my dad got iced over someone fixing a game 377 00:19:01,709 --> 00:19:05,000 or-or what school he was gonna play for, over-over ball? 378 00:19:05,083 --> 00:19:06,834 Try not to guess too much, Ray. 379 00:19:06,917 --> 00:19:11,083 Remember, we just need to look at all the possibilities. 380 00:19:14,291 --> 00:19:16,125 Never met no Billy Berkenpass. 381 00:19:16,208 --> 00:19:17,792 Well, he says he met you, Big Ed. 382 00:19:17,875 --> 00:19:19,125 17 years back. 383 00:19:19,208 --> 00:19:21,583 - Nah. - 'How about Herman Lester?' 384 00:19:26,083 --> 00:19:29,959 Hey, you like fedora hats, Big Ed? 385 00:19:30,041 --> 00:19:32,750 - They look good on me. - Great. 386 00:19:32,834 --> 00:19:35,709 You can wear one for your mugshot like Al Capone. 387 00:19:35,792 --> 00:19:36,917 Capone? 388 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,667 'You don't get chatty real quick here' 389 00:19:38,750 --> 00:19:42,083 I get my pal at the IRS comb over your income taxes 390 00:19:42,166 --> 00:19:44,041 blow your betting operation open 391 00:19:44,125 --> 00:19:45,792 Big Ed's out of business. 392 00:19:47,959 --> 00:19:51,583 Maybe I do remember young Herman. 393 00:19:51,667 --> 00:19:53,667 I was hopin'. 394 00:19:53,750 --> 00:19:56,417 But I was better acquainted with his Uncle Freddie. 395 00:19:57,333 --> 00:19:59,041 (male #4) 'Oh, man, hey'. 396 00:19:59,125 --> 00:20:03,208 Oh, Big Ed, thank you for coming. 397 00:20:03,291 --> 00:20:05,709 The only reason I'm here is 'cause you owe me five grand. 398 00:20:05,792 --> 00:20:06,917 Now, where is it? 399 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,125 Oh, there's been some complications. 400 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:11,208 Brother man, that is the wrong answer. 401 00:20:11,291 --> 00:20:13,375 Yo, but, I got the right answer. 402 00:20:13,458 --> 00:20:14,834 But I need one more day. 403 00:20:14,917 --> 00:20:16,125 See, I got a plan. 404 00:20:16,208 --> 00:20:18,375 You know, it's foolproof too. 405 00:20:18,458 --> 00:20:19,834 Check it out. 406 00:20:19,917 --> 00:20:22,125 'Yeah, let it rain, Herman, let it rain!' 407 00:20:22,208 --> 00:20:24,959 Yo, man, you best pull out your umbrella 408 00:20:25,041 --> 00:20:27,125 'cause you getting soaked, dog. 409 00:20:27,208 --> 00:20:29,875 Yeah. You gotta give me one more day. 410 00:20:29,959 --> 00:20:31,166 See, Herman Lester's my nephew 411 00:20:31,250 --> 00:20:33,125 and the boy's got a lot of love for me 412 00:20:33,208 --> 00:20:34,875 so see with tomorrow night's game 413 00:20:34,959 --> 00:20:37,125 I'm gonna get him to do me a little favor. 414 00:20:37,208 --> 00:20:38,375 You telling me you can get that boy 415 00:20:38,458 --> 00:20:40,667 to turn the State Championship out? 416 00:20:40,750 --> 00:20:43,083 I can make it happen. 417 00:20:43,166 --> 00:20:44,542 Yo, Herman! 418 00:20:44,625 --> 00:20:46,208 'Who loves you, baby?' 419 00:20:46,291 --> 00:20:47,458 You do, Uncle Fred. 420 00:20:47,542 --> 00:20:49,000 'That's what I'm talking about.' 421 00:20:52,875 --> 00:20:55,500 Freddie had that kinda influence over Herman? 422 00:20:55,583 --> 00:20:57,542 I wasn't sold. 423 00:20:57,625 --> 00:21:01,333 So I paid a visit to the Berkenpass kid. 424 00:21:01,417 --> 00:21:02,375 How'd that go down? 425 00:21:02,458 --> 00:21:03,750 It didn't. 426 00:21:03,834 --> 00:21:06,750 And with no insurance, I decided to sit that game out. 427 00:21:06,834 --> 00:21:08,166 But the way Herman played 428 00:21:08,250 --> 00:21:10,750 it seemed like Freddie did have him on a string. 429 00:21:10,834 --> 00:21:12,834 All I know is that when it was over 430 00:21:12,917 --> 00:21:16,000 Freddie still owed me money. 431 00:21:16,083 --> 00:21:18,083 That must have had him running scared. 432 00:21:18,166 --> 00:21:21,250 Sure. But he slowed down. 433 00:21:21,333 --> 00:21:23,291 Maybe you've noticed.. 434 00:21:23,375 --> 00:21:26,375 ...Freddie don't walk so good no more. 435 00:21:28,083 --> 00:21:29,000 You got something riding on 436 00:21:29,083 --> 00:21:30,125 this Friday's game, Freddie? 437 00:21:30,208 --> 00:21:31,291 What do you mean? 438 00:21:31,375 --> 00:21:32,333 Trying to keep Ray outta playing 439 00:21:32,417 --> 00:21:33,875 so you could score some bets? 440 00:21:33,959 --> 00:21:35,875 Just like you tried to score off his dad in '87. 441 00:21:35,959 --> 00:21:37,083 We know you asked Herman to 442 00:21:37,166 --> 00:21:38,667 throw the game the night he died. 443 00:21:38,750 --> 00:21:40,625 Come on, now, if I did that, why did they win, huh? 444 00:21:40,709 --> 00:21:42,417 Logic, Freddie. Just 'cause they won 445 00:21:42,500 --> 00:21:45,041 don't mean you didn't ask him. 446 00:21:45,125 --> 00:21:47,125 I was in full support of Herman's career. 447 00:21:47,208 --> 00:21:49,083 But you owed money to Big Ed Brown. 448 00:21:49,166 --> 00:21:50,250 I paid Big Ed. 449 00:21:50,333 --> 00:21:51,959 Late, that's why you got your knees broke. 450 00:21:52,041 --> 00:21:54,875 But first you tried' to fix the Tech game to cash in on it 451 00:21:54,959 --> 00:21:57,083 'cause you didn't want your knees broke. 452 00:21:57,166 --> 00:21:59,125 - Who does? - Look, I talked to Big Ed. 453 00:21:59,208 --> 00:22:03,208 He told me. You promised Herman would lose that game. 454 00:22:03,291 --> 00:22:07,000 [scoffs] Why didn't you just say so at the top, huh? 455 00:22:08,041 --> 00:22:09,917 The truth, Freddie. 456 00:22:14,291 --> 00:22:16,333 It wasn't my proudest moment. 457 00:22:18,166 --> 00:22:20,750 Herman, this is a one-time, and one-time only thing, now. 458 00:22:20,834 --> 00:22:22,250 I can't believe you're asking me this! 459 00:22:22,333 --> 00:22:25,041 You think I wanna be asking? I'm embarrassed, man. 460 00:22:25,125 --> 00:22:26,208 I can hardly look you in the eye. 461 00:22:26,291 --> 00:22:27,625 Can't you work it out with Big Ed? 462 00:22:27,709 --> 00:22:30,000 This is working it out, don't you get that? 463 00:22:30,083 --> 00:22:33,542 Man, he's gonna hurt me. For keeps, man, understand? 464 00:22:33,625 --> 00:22:36,083 Freddie, listen. 465 00:22:36,166 --> 00:22:38,291 You're gonna have everything in this life, man. 466 00:22:38,375 --> 00:22:41,000 The good Lord didn't give me the talent he gave you. 467 00:22:41,083 --> 00:22:43,917 That's okay, I make do. 468 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,667 But I'm asking you.. 469 00:22:45,750 --> 00:22:47,417 ...this once. 470 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:49,375 Toss this dog a bone. 471 00:22:56,166 --> 00:22:59,375 No. I can't do it. 472 00:22:59,458 --> 00:23:02,083 I'm sorry, no. 473 00:23:02,166 --> 00:23:03,291 No. 474 00:23:06,709 --> 00:23:09,792 But when Herman played so bad that night 475 00:23:09,875 --> 00:23:11,625 it looked he might come through for you after all. 476 00:23:11,709 --> 00:23:14,458 Gave you hope during the whole game right up to the buzzer. 477 00:23:14,542 --> 00:23:16,250 Oh, that must have pissed you off. 478 00:23:16,333 --> 00:23:17,417 No, no, no! 479 00:23:17,500 --> 00:23:18,750 Ungrateful kid won't step up 480 00:23:18,834 --> 00:23:20,291 for the man who was a father figure to him. 481 00:23:20,375 --> 00:23:21,291 'So maybe you're the one who' 482 00:23:21,375 --> 00:23:22,583 lowered the boom on Herman. 483 00:23:22,667 --> 00:23:24,333 That's an outrage, you saying that! 484 00:23:33,709 --> 00:23:34,834 What's wrong? 485 00:23:34,917 --> 00:23:36,458 Ray's missing. 486 00:23:43,208 --> 00:23:44,083 Could Ray have skipped out on practice? 487 00:23:44,166 --> 00:23:46,125 No, no, no. 488 00:23:46,208 --> 00:23:49,500 Ray doesn't miss practice. He comes early, leaves late always. 489 00:23:49,583 --> 00:23:51,625 Maybe he just went somewhere to clear his head. 490 00:23:51,709 --> 00:23:52,875 (Tanya) 'You think Billy has him?' 491 00:23:52,959 --> 00:23:54,834 I'm gonna go see Billy right now. 492 00:23:54,917 --> 00:23:56,208 Can I come? 493 00:23:57,750 --> 00:23:58,834 Yeah. 494 00:24:03,041 --> 00:24:04,583 Hey, Freddie? 495 00:24:04,667 --> 00:24:05,834 Stay close. 496 00:24:07,709 --> 00:24:09,959 Could the timing be worse? 497 00:24:10,041 --> 00:24:11,417 Did ray have somewhere he had to be? 498 00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:14,417 Yeah. He had visits from two big ten schools tonight. 499 00:24:14,500 --> 00:24:16,917 What's more important here, coach? 500 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,125 I don't expect you to understand. 501 00:24:18,208 --> 00:24:19,166 Blake. 502 00:24:19,250 --> 00:24:23,041 I understand a 17-year-old's missing. 503 00:24:23,125 --> 00:24:24,333 That's important. 504 00:24:25,458 --> 00:24:26,875 Out on the street, boss. 505 00:24:40,250 --> 00:24:42,709 This is craziness. 506 00:24:42,792 --> 00:24:44,875 My baby's all over the place and I can't find him. 507 00:24:44,959 --> 00:24:46,000 'He can't be far.' 508 00:24:46,083 --> 00:24:48,583 I can't lose him too. 509 00:24:48,667 --> 00:24:50,291 Look. 510 00:24:50,375 --> 00:24:52,500 Where is he? Where's my baby? 511 00:24:52,583 --> 00:24:53,709 - Tanya, what are-- - What did you do with him? 512 00:24:53,792 --> 00:24:54,959 I don't know what you mean. 513 00:24:55,041 --> 00:24:56,542 Ray's been missing all afternoon. 514 00:24:56,625 --> 00:24:58,333 - They say you watch him! - Tanya, that ain't gonna help. 515 00:24:58,417 --> 00:24:59,875 T, I wouldn't hurt your kid. 516 00:24:59,959 --> 00:25:02,208 - How about her kid's father? - I believed you, Billy. 517 00:25:02,291 --> 00:25:05,166 I was the one person who didn't think you killed Herman. 518 00:25:05,250 --> 00:25:07,250 So keep believing. 519 00:25:07,333 --> 00:25:09,625 I wouldn't do anything to hurt you. 520 00:25:13,417 --> 00:25:15,375 Not then.. 521 00:25:15,458 --> 00:25:18,250 ...not now. 522 00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:29,291 How did you find this place? 523 00:25:31,291 --> 00:25:32,792 Asked some old timers. 524 00:25:34,875 --> 00:25:37,291 I've put up about 100 jumpers. 525 00:25:37,375 --> 00:25:39,333 But didn't know where the right spot was. 526 00:25:41,875 --> 00:25:43,125 What spot? 527 00:25:45,166 --> 00:25:46,250 Where he died. 528 00:25:49,375 --> 00:25:50,959 Do you know? 529 00:25:54,250 --> 00:25:56,792 The write-up said on that free throw line. 530 00:26:11,208 --> 00:26:12,875 For Herman Lester. 531 00:26:19,417 --> 00:26:20,792 You make it look easy. 532 00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:29,083 I'm glad you're doing this, finding out about my dad. 533 00:26:29,166 --> 00:26:31,792 - Yeah? - 'Cause I never could. 534 00:26:31,875 --> 00:26:35,792 Asking her anything about him brings her to her knees. 535 00:26:35,875 --> 00:26:37,500 Your mom. 536 00:26:37,583 --> 00:26:40,125 'I never knew him.' 537 00:26:40,208 --> 00:26:41,875 But that don't mean I don't wanna hear about him 538 00:26:41,959 --> 00:26:44,166 or find out how come he got killed. 539 00:26:49,583 --> 00:26:51,041 You're gonna play tomorrow? 540 00:26:54,083 --> 00:26:56,917 Starting to think that call I got was no joke. 541 00:26:58,208 --> 00:27:01,709 No one will blame you if you sit the game out. 542 00:27:01,792 --> 00:27:03,709 Coach will. 543 00:27:03,792 --> 00:27:05,083 'Course, playing's the last thing 544 00:27:05,166 --> 00:27:07,709 Freddie wants me to do. 545 00:27:07,792 --> 00:27:09,166 What's in it for him? 546 00:27:11,083 --> 00:27:13,542 Freddie got me connected with all the shoe companies. 547 00:27:13,625 --> 00:27:16,250 I go league, he gets taken care of. 548 00:27:16,333 --> 00:27:17,417 Hmm. 549 00:27:18,625 --> 00:27:21,542 And you think you owe Freddie. 550 00:27:21,625 --> 00:27:23,041 I owe coach too. 551 00:27:24,500 --> 00:27:27,000 - What does he want you to do? - College. 552 00:27:27,083 --> 00:27:29,375 See, there's two or three schools that want me. 553 00:27:29,458 --> 00:27:31,458 And I thought every school wanted you. 554 00:27:31,542 --> 00:27:34,875 Yeah, but there's two or three that want both me and coach. 555 00:27:34,959 --> 00:27:37,542 See, so if I sign that letter of intent 556 00:27:37,625 --> 00:27:40,917 coach comes along, part of a package deal. 557 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,291 Hmm. 558 00:27:44,166 --> 00:27:46,709 Turns out if Ray decides to go to a certain college 559 00:27:46,792 --> 00:27:48,333 Coach Lein benefits big. 560 00:27:48,417 --> 00:27:50,083 So is coach aiming to take the same ride 561 00:27:50,166 --> 00:27:51,625 on Herman's back 17 years ago? 562 00:27:51,709 --> 00:27:53,250 And how badly did he want it? 563 00:27:53,333 --> 00:27:56,417 Maybe the gambling angle isn't the answer. 564 00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:58,375 Did Herman ever say where he was going to school? 565 00:27:58,458 --> 00:28:00,458 No one knew. There was a new rumor every day. 566 00:28:00,542 --> 00:28:03,417 Kansas, Iowa, Duke. 567 00:28:03,500 --> 00:28:05,000 She'd probably know. 568 00:28:15,875 --> 00:28:16,959 Sorry, boss. 569 00:28:18,542 --> 00:28:21,250 Don't let this change the investigation. 570 00:28:25,834 --> 00:28:28,959 - Thank you for finding him. - Sure. 571 00:28:29,041 --> 00:28:31,959 Tanya, had Herman made a decision about where 572 00:28:32,041 --> 00:28:33,083 he was going to college? 573 00:28:33,166 --> 00:28:34,291 Temple. 574 00:28:34,375 --> 00:28:37,000 'He was gonna announce it the next day.' 575 00:28:37,083 --> 00:28:38,917 The Owls head coach is John Chaney. 576 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,291 He's always run a clean program. 577 00:28:40,375 --> 00:28:41,792 He does not do favors. 578 00:28:41,875 --> 00:28:45,208 So maybe coach wanted Herman to go somewhere else. 579 00:28:45,291 --> 00:28:46,792 Where they did do favors. 580 00:28:48,667 --> 00:28:51,083 Coach wanted him down in Florida. 581 00:28:55,625 --> 00:28:57,166 (Lien) 'Temple's not the place.' 582 00:28:57,250 --> 00:28:59,041 (Herman) 'I've already made up my mind, coach.' 583 00:28:59,125 --> 00:29:00,875 (Lien) 'You'll end up at the wrong program you get lost' 584 00:29:00,959 --> 00:29:03,333 'in the shuffle, doesn't matter how talented you are.' 585 00:29:03,417 --> 00:29:05,291 'Down in Florida, I can look out for you.' 586 00:29:05,375 --> 00:29:06,625 I've got responsibilities here. 587 00:29:06,709 --> 00:29:09,166 - What do you mean? - Tanya's pregnant. 588 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,917 Okay, so-so Tanya comes too. 589 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,625 - No, it's no good. - What? 590 00:29:15,709 --> 00:29:17,583 - No! - Dammit, Herman. 591 00:29:17,667 --> 00:29:19,667 We need to stay together. 592 00:29:19,750 --> 00:29:23,333 This is my shot too. Haven't I always been there for you? 593 00:29:33,250 --> 00:29:35,000 So coach finds out things aren't going 594 00:29:35,083 --> 00:29:37,000 the way he wants them to. 595 00:29:37,083 --> 00:29:39,333 Six hours before Herman dies. 596 00:29:44,750 --> 00:29:46,500 John. 597 00:29:46,583 --> 00:29:48,166 You saved the day finding Ray. 598 00:29:48,250 --> 00:29:50,959 Hmm. Talk to her. 599 00:29:51,041 --> 00:29:53,792 You get those college meetings rescheduled, coach? 600 00:29:55,750 --> 00:29:59,792 It's plan B...if Ray doesn't play tonight. 601 00:29:59,875 --> 00:30:01,667 - But I know he will. - Huh. 602 00:30:01,750 --> 00:30:03,709 You're counting on it, aren't you? 603 00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:07,125 Whatever you say, missy. 604 00:30:07,208 --> 00:30:10,041 I think this room's got the wrong population, boss. 605 00:30:14,208 --> 00:30:16,709 Lots of opinions from that one. 606 00:30:19,291 --> 00:30:23,083 Blake, the last 24 hours we've been looking at you 607 00:30:23,166 --> 00:30:24,875 for Herman's murder. 608 00:30:24,959 --> 00:30:26,750 You kiddin' me? 609 00:30:28,458 --> 00:30:30,959 When Herman broke the news that he was going to Temple 610 00:30:31,041 --> 00:30:34,375 I know you had a lot on the line. 611 00:30:34,458 --> 00:30:36,417 He was hurting your future. 612 00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:38,709 John, we're friends! 613 00:30:38,792 --> 00:30:41,458 We're gonna hear you out one way or another, Blake. 614 00:30:41,542 --> 00:30:43,875 It's better if you and I do it here and now. 615 00:30:46,542 --> 00:30:50,041 Now, I know you got a deep drive. 616 00:30:51,834 --> 00:30:54,291 All of us got one somewhere.. 617 00:30:54,375 --> 00:30:57,083 ...and it will either make you a winner or take you down. 618 00:30:59,375 --> 00:31:01,500 I need you to make a gut check here, pal. 619 00:31:07,834 --> 00:31:09,083 Me and Herman.. 620 00:31:11,792 --> 00:31:13,500 ...we had a moment of truth. 621 00:31:20,208 --> 00:31:21,875 You been in here the whole time? 622 00:31:21,959 --> 00:31:23,041 Yeah. 623 00:31:23,125 --> 00:31:25,500 Trying to wait me out like I'd just go home? 624 00:31:27,875 --> 00:31:29,792 Don't you walk away from me. 625 00:31:29,875 --> 00:31:31,959 Hey! 626 00:31:32,041 --> 00:31:33,250 Coach! 627 00:31:33,333 --> 00:31:35,041 You think you can just go 628 00:31:35,125 --> 00:31:37,125 after all I've done for you? 629 00:31:46,208 --> 00:31:48,625 You won us a State Championship tonight 630 00:31:50,166 --> 00:31:51,959 and I'm standing here crying the blues. 631 00:31:56,041 --> 00:31:57,375 That's pretty piss-poor. 632 00:32:00,875 --> 00:32:02,792 Good luck at Temple, son. 633 00:32:15,583 --> 00:32:17,875 I never saw Herman again. 634 00:32:28,834 --> 00:32:30,250 Okay. Thanks. 635 00:32:31,792 --> 00:32:34,500 Prints from the City Center Rec payphone came in. 636 00:32:34,583 --> 00:32:36,083 Guess who we got a match on? 637 00:32:36,166 --> 00:32:38,125 Berkenpass? 638 00:32:38,208 --> 00:32:39,542 His father. 639 00:32:45,250 --> 00:32:46,500 What's the big deal? 640 00:32:46,583 --> 00:32:47,792 So I made a call. 641 00:32:50,792 --> 00:32:52,166 Get off my property. 642 00:32:52,250 --> 00:32:53,542 Not just a call. 643 00:32:53,625 --> 00:32:55,208 A terrorist threat. 644 00:32:55,291 --> 00:32:56,542 - Come on. - No jokes. 645 00:32:56,625 --> 00:32:59,083 If I were you, I'd put that wood down. 646 00:33:04,125 --> 00:33:05,917 Why use the phone at the rec? 647 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:07,959 You and your son dream that up together? 648 00:33:08,041 --> 00:33:09,333 My son didn't know I was there. 649 00:33:09,417 --> 00:33:10,709 Noontime he was in the gym. 650 00:33:10,792 --> 00:33:13,709 You telling me, you two didn't cross paths? 651 00:33:13,792 --> 00:33:14,917 Well, we never do. 652 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,250 We got no relationship. 653 00:33:17,333 --> 00:33:19,000 Why is that? 654 00:33:21,041 --> 00:33:22,583 Billy wasn't athletic. 655 00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:25,583 He had no foot speed to talk about. 656 00:33:25,667 --> 00:33:27,250 So we made him a shooter. 657 00:33:27,333 --> 00:33:29,083 Developed the purest stroke you'd ever wanna see. 658 00:33:29,166 --> 00:33:30,375 It didn't happen overnight 659 00:33:30,458 --> 00:33:31,834 I'd feed him and feed him and feed him 660 00:33:31,917 --> 00:33:33,542 and there wasn't a night that we left that gym 661 00:33:33,625 --> 00:33:35,750 without him hitting 15 in a row. 662 00:33:35,834 --> 00:33:39,250 What's that have to do with you not having a relationship? 663 00:33:39,333 --> 00:33:41,834 [scoffs] He quit on me. 664 00:33:43,959 --> 00:33:45,917 What, you don't tell me what happened? 665 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,417 You just let me show up at the game? 666 00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:50,834 I was embarrassed. 667 00:33:50,917 --> 00:33:53,792 Son, if you would've told me, I would've helped. 668 00:33:53,875 --> 00:33:55,250 But now it doesn't matter if it's not true 669 00:33:55,333 --> 00:33:57,000 because the word's out, you're a bad seed! 670 00:33:57,083 --> 00:33:59,667 I'm sorry. 671 00:33:59,750 --> 00:34:02,125 Up, up, up. Chin up. 672 00:34:02,208 --> 00:34:07,250 Listen, we may not get more than a junior college offer.. 673 00:34:07,333 --> 00:34:09,208 ...but two years, we're right back on track. 674 00:34:09,291 --> 00:34:12,625 Dad, it's over! I'm done. 675 00:34:14,834 --> 00:34:16,834 Don't let this break your spirit. 676 00:34:16,917 --> 00:34:20,500 I'm not, dad. I don't care about being on track! 677 00:34:22,250 --> 00:34:25,291 I just want playing ball to be fun again. 678 00:34:25,375 --> 00:34:27,625 Fun? 679 00:34:27,709 --> 00:34:30,125 Billy, you go home.. 680 00:34:30,208 --> 00:34:33,000 ...and you get your suitcase.. 681 00:34:33,083 --> 00:34:34,709 ...and when you're done having fun 682 00:34:34,792 --> 00:34:37,709 and you come back and you see me! 683 00:34:48,041 --> 00:34:50,166 Billy never plays organized ball again. 684 00:34:50,250 --> 00:34:52,208 You draw a line through his name? 685 00:34:53,750 --> 00:34:56,000 We do what we do. 686 00:34:56,083 --> 00:34:58,208 Now and then I'll go back and watch him shoot at the rec. 687 00:34:58,291 --> 00:35:00,125 Those are old wounds. 688 00:35:00,208 --> 00:35:02,709 So why all of a sudden make this call to Ray? 689 00:35:02,792 --> 00:35:04,625 I was leaving the rec that day 690 00:35:04,709 --> 00:35:06,542 seeing Ray Lester's face splattered all over 691 00:35:06,625 --> 00:35:08,333 like these people are the first family of basketball 692 00:35:08,417 --> 00:35:12,166 or something, that nonsense had to stop once and for all. 693 00:35:12,250 --> 00:35:14,458 We got to arrest you for making that threat. 694 00:35:14,542 --> 00:35:17,000 - Hey, for crying out loud. - Come on. 695 00:35:17,083 --> 00:35:18,750 You gotta come with us. 696 00:35:22,667 --> 00:35:25,208 Prints were in the system 'cause of a bar brawl three years back. 697 00:35:25,291 --> 00:35:27,458 I talked to the guy that got beat down by him. 698 00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:29,709 Said it all started 'cause the barflies were talking 699 00:35:29,792 --> 00:35:32,041 about the late great Herman Lester. 700 00:35:32,125 --> 00:35:34,125 14 years later and he's still smarting over that? 701 00:35:34,208 --> 00:35:37,083 This guy's got deep feelings about his son not playing ball. 702 00:35:37,166 --> 00:35:38,542 Disowned him over it. 703 00:35:38,625 --> 00:35:40,291 Maybe killed over it. 704 00:35:40,375 --> 00:35:43,417 Problem is, the Berkenpass alibi goes both ways. 705 00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:45,542 Covers Billy but also covers the dad. 706 00:35:45,625 --> 00:35:47,875 Ah, senior won't give it up. 707 00:35:47,959 --> 00:35:49,375 So work on junior. 708 00:35:51,709 --> 00:35:53,208 (Lilly) We just need some last questions answered 709 00:35:53,291 --> 00:35:54,709 then we'll leave you alone. 710 00:35:54,792 --> 00:35:58,000 - We got a new suspect, Billy. - Good for you. 711 00:35:58,083 --> 00:35:59,709 Need the straight story on your alibi. 712 00:35:59,792 --> 00:36:00,959 Straight story? 713 00:36:01,041 --> 00:36:03,333 You were in your car, shooting hoops? 714 00:36:03,417 --> 00:36:05,750 Doesn't matter, we just got to hear where you really were. 715 00:36:07,792 --> 00:36:10,000 Watching TV with my dad. 716 00:36:13,667 --> 00:36:15,166 Maybe we gotta level with Billy. 717 00:36:16,166 --> 00:36:17,792 He's gonna find out anyway. 718 00:36:19,583 --> 00:36:21,834 Pops put the death threat on Ray. 719 00:36:23,291 --> 00:36:24,583 My dad? 720 00:36:24,667 --> 00:36:26,250 You surprised? 721 00:36:26,333 --> 00:36:27,959 'Cause you look surprised. 722 00:36:28,041 --> 00:36:32,083 But the funny thing is, you look it and you don't. 723 00:36:32,166 --> 00:36:35,917 My guess is, you never knew your dad killed Herman either. 724 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,500 But right now in this moment.. 725 00:36:40,750 --> 00:36:42,583 ...you do. 726 00:36:42,667 --> 00:36:44,875 'Cause you and dad never watched TV that night. 727 00:36:44,959 --> 00:36:47,583 Can I just go now? 728 00:36:49,959 --> 00:36:51,834 Sure. We'll walk you out. 729 00:36:56,166 --> 00:36:58,041 Ray's just taking care of some paperwork. 730 00:37:00,709 --> 00:37:02,000 Hey, you want to meet him, Billy? 731 00:37:02,083 --> 00:37:03,792 (Billy) 'No, thanks.' 732 00:37:03,875 --> 00:37:05,083 Yeah, we keep arguing over 733 00:37:05,166 --> 00:37:06,500 whether he looks like his pops or not. 734 00:37:08,166 --> 00:37:09,458 He does. A little. 735 00:37:09,542 --> 00:37:11,291 Yeah, but the difference is 736 00:37:11,375 --> 00:37:13,625 Ray's walking away from the game. 737 00:37:13,709 --> 00:37:14,875 W-walking away? 738 00:37:14,959 --> 00:37:16,583 Ray's mixed up about how his dad died. 739 00:37:16,667 --> 00:37:18,000 Figures Herman made a wrong decision 740 00:37:18,083 --> 00:37:20,458 and maybe that's what killed him. 741 00:37:20,542 --> 00:37:21,959 Why does he think that? 742 00:37:22,041 --> 00:37:23,792 He didn't know anything about his dad. 743 00:37:23,875 --> 00:37:26,625 (Scotty) 'Looks like another Lester won't reach his potential.' 744 00:37:30,375 --> 00:37:32,750 Maybe I-I will say hi to him. 745 00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:35,709 Sure. 746 00:37:52,083 --> 00:37:53,250 Hey, kid. 747 00:38:03,333 --> 00:38:05,000 I wanna tell you something about him. 748 00:38:07,542 --> 00:38:09,000 And that night. 749 00:38:12,458 --> 00:38:14,375 I wasn't at home with my dad. 750 00:38:17,125 --> 00:38:18,834 I-I was with Herman. 751 00:38:22,792 --> 00:38:24,208 Gotta hand it to you. 752 00:38:24,291 --> 00:38:26,166 Only Herman Lester can play ball that bad 753 00:38:26,250 --> 00:38:29,166 and still get carried off the court like a king. 754 00:38:29,250 --> 00:38:30,834 Final score's all that counts. 755 00:38:30,917 --> 00:38:32,208 Keep telling yourself that. 756 00:38:32,291 --> 00:38:33,709 You think I tried to throw the game tonight? 757 00:38:33,792 --> 00:38:35,792 - Yeah, I do. - You're wrong. 758 00:38:35,875 --> 00:38:38,667 Then why did you play like a buster? 759 00:38:42,083 --> 00:38:44,709 You.. 760 00:38:44,792 --> 00:38:46,709 What? 761 00:38:46,792 --> 00:38:50,709 [sighs] Everybody thinks I'm this one-man show. 762 00:38:50,792 --> 00:38:53,750 But it's you that gets me the ball in the paint. 763 00:38:53,834 --> 00:38:56,875 When I'm double-teamed, you always hit the J. 764 00:38:58,083 --> 00:39:00,750 [sighs] But you weren't there tonight. 765 00:39:02,875 --> 00:39:04,458 Billy.. 766 00:39:04,542 --> 00:39:06,959 ...we haven't been friends. 767 00:39:07,041 --> 00:39:08,959 But we've been a team, right? 768 00:39:17,959 --> 00:39:20,250 Your dad was stand-up. 769 00:39:20,333 --> 00:39:22,709 There was all this junk around us 770 00:39:22,792 --> 00:39:25,709 everyone were trying to make us enemies. 771 00:39:25,792 --> 00:39:29,750 But he-he just followed his instincts. 772 00:39:29,834 --> 00:39:31,834 And they were good. 773 00:39:35,166 --> 00:39:37,125 The man was good. 774 00:40:01,375 --> 00:40:03,625 We talked to your boy Billy, Mr. Berkenpass. 775 00:40:03,709 --> 00:40:05,667 He burned your alibi. 776 00:40:05,750 --> 00:40:08,417 Why would he do that? 777 00:40:08,500 --> 00:40:11,583 'Cause he didn't kill Herman Lester. 778 00:40:11,667 --> 00:40:12,917 You did. 779 00:40:15,208 --> 00:40:16,291 Billy said that? 780 00:40:19,542 --> 00:40:22,041 Want us to bring him in here? 781 00:40:24,667 --> 00:40:25,750 No. 782 00:40:30,917 --> 00:40:34,041 It was always awkward for Billy and me. 783 00:40:36,291 --> 00:40:39,333 Basketball was the way that I could be his dad, see? 784 00:40:41,208 --> 00:40:42,875 That was our whole relationship. 785 00:40:44,583 --> 00:40:47,959 [sobbing] That night when I told Billy to pack his bags, I.. 786 00:40:50,917 --> 00:40:52,667 I wanted to take it back. 787 00:40:52,750 --> 00:40:55,125 Why didn't you? 788 00:40:55,208 --> 00:40:57,333 I followed after him. 789 00:40:57,417 --> 00:40:59,166 Wound up at Players' Park. 790 00:41:00,583 --> 00:41:03,166 And I watched Herman and Billy.. 791 00:41:05,959 --> 00:41:07,667 I watched them shaking hands. 792 00:41:12,458 --> 00:41:14,583 That wasn't a good thing? 793 00:41:14,667 --> 00:41:16,709 That was him giving up. 794 00:41:20,125 --> 00:41:23,792 I knew that he wasn't gonna play again. 795 00:41:23,875 --> 00:41:27,291 That was the end of one thing that we had in common. 796 00:41:56,750 --> 00:41:59,041 Uh, hey, Mr. B. 797 00:41:59,125 --> 00:42:01,834 If you're looking for Billy, you just missed him. 798 00:42:01,917 --> 00:42:03,000 Yeah. 799 00:42:04,041 --> 00:42:06,250 Think he said he was headed home. 800 00:42:06,333 --> 00:42:08,625 Then I guess I'll see him there then. 801 00:42:10,125 --> 00:42:13,875 Are you okay, sir? You, uh, look a little off. 802 00:42:17,166 --> 00:42:18,959 Good game tonight. 803 00:44:03,792 --> 00:44:06,041 (male announcer) 'And finally..' 804 00:44:06,125 --> 00:44:08,500 'Six-one and a senior..' 805 00:44:08,583 --> 00:44:12,500 'Ray "The Second Coming" Lester!'