(Police sirens wail)
Radio host: You're with Pat "The Lion" Cosgrove,
this is "Cosgrove in the Morning."
And, folks, today is a very, very special day
because today is the day
that we get to learn all about the real Ryan Malone.
(SUVs rumble to a halt)
Pat: Have you been a politician for so long
that you've forgotten how to tell the truth?
I am not gonna lie just to tell you what you wanna hear.
Are you ready to die, Ryan?
(Low hum of chatter)
Man: Pat. Pat: Hey, Dave.
Pat: You see the BBM's for last week?
Impressive, as always.
Yeah, well, number one in my time slot. As always.
Dave: Pat, no one's ever doubted your ability to bring in the numbers.
Any coffee in there?
Keep your ears open, Dave.
It's gonna be a big one today.
Gonna be a very big one.
Woman: You know Cosgrove's not gonna stick to the issues, right?
Ryan: Well, he gave us his word, Nicole.
Nicole: Have you been listening to him lately?
He's been going after you, like you're...
Public enemy number one.
That's his job, that's what people want him to do.
Well, I still don't think this is a good idea.
Well, if he wants to tussle with me,
I say bring it on, I've got a job to do.
Okay, you're the councilman.
- We cool? - Yes.
It's okay, it's radio.
I'm going back to the office, I'll pick you up when you're done.
Good.
I'll be listening.
Hi, I'm Ryan Malone, pleased to meet you.
(Weights clank, forceful exhales)
(Panting lightly)
(Exhales forcefully)
Late night?
Yeah, you could say that.
Blonde, brunette or redhead?
One of each.
Didn't know you had the stamina.
(Tight exhale)
(Radio channels change)
Rock'n'roll stations only, Wordy.
None of this country and western stuff, come on.
I'm putting on Cosgrove.
Spike: We're working out,
can we please have something with a beat?
You've obviously never heard Cosgrove.
Cosgrove: You're with Pat "The Lion" Cosgrove,
this is "Cosgrove in the Morning"
and I am joined here in the studio this morning
by my guest, councilman Ryan Malone.
It's, uh, my pleasure to be here, Pat.
Well, we are very, very lucky to have you here.
Although I have to say, Ryan,
it has taken us a lot of work to get you on my little show.
(Chuckles)
I'd hardly call your show little, Pat.
Uh, you're an institution in this town.
Oh, Pat Cosgrove an institution?
Well, I don't know about that,
but I there are definitely some people
who probably feel that I belong in one.
Ed: I just can't stand this guy.
Jules: I know, his teeth are too white, huh?
No, no, I'm talking about Cosgrove.
I'm talking about Cosgrove.
Malone wants to put 100 cops on the street, Jules.
100 cops. He gets my vote every time.
And the minute he gets his hands on the budget,
he starts running those red lines
through all the promises he made.
Yeah, well, you gotta have a little faith, boss.
A little faith.
But I'm a realist, buddy, like Cosgrove.
"I calls 'em like I sees 'em."
Cosgrove: Oh, come on, Ryan, let's get real here, all right?
Wealthy land baron, Terry Malone --
and yes, folks, my guest is that Malone --
has been financing your campaign from the get-go.
Look, my books are wide open.
(Sarcastic chuckle)
Ryan: So, instead of manipulating facts
and trying to play "tempest in a teapot,"
why don't we give your listeners a little bit more credit.
Pat: Yes. Ryan: Because I came here today
because I wanted to talk issues.
Pat: Right. Important... ethics, you know...
Ethics is an issue, you know?
Especially for you, Ryan.
Okay, so you're just gonna lob vague insults at me, Pat?
Is that the best that you can do?
Oh well, don't you worry,
we'll be gettin' into specifics soon enough.
You're with Pat "The Lion" Cosgrove
and this morning, listeners,
we have something a little different.
Because this morning
we are gonna be putting councilman Ryan Malone on trial.
Yes, on trial,
for his great and multitudinous sins.
Okay, well, this is a new low,
even for you, Pat.
Because today, folks, is judgment day.
Today, Ryan, we're gonna be dragging all your skeletons from the closet
and once we are through here today
then you also will be through.
Smells a little bit like bourbon in here to me, Pat.
Oh, that was...
Are you gonna lecture me on my bad habits
when you gotta whole pile of them over there
all your own, councilman?
You know what, Pat, I think, uh...
I think we're through.
Pat: Well, you know what, Ryan?
I think don't think we've really gotten started,
why don't you sit down?
(Gun cocked) I said sit... down.
Ryan: What the hell are you doing?
Pat: Well, I got a lot more questions for you.
Ryan: Put that away.
Pat: Stay with us, folks,
because you're with Pat "The Lion" Cosgrove
and things here are about to get real interesting.
(Shot fires)
Oh, you gotta be kidding me. Is that for real?
Parker: Let's not wait for a call.
Ed: You heard the boss, guys.
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
(Sirens wail)
(Tires screech)
(Low buzz of excited chatter)
Stainton: SRU has arrived.
They'll be on the way up in a minute.
Talk to me. About 12 minutes ago.
They're still in studio?
Stainton: Yeah, well, as far as we know they're on the second floor.
Spike: Radio station CPRD.
Shot was fired at 9:27 a.m.
I'm Dave Agostini, the station manager.
Ed: Nobody's gone into the studio, nobody's come out?
Dave: No. Ed: How many entrances?
Uh, just the one door.
The technician's booth, on the other side.
Sam: Security cameras?
Not in studio.
Spike, we need blueprints, we find gotta find another way into that studio.
Dave: Tech's have a two-way mic into the studio,
but he won't answer, I already told you.
Jules, take a look.
These blinds only open from the other side?
Dave: Yeah.
Pat?
This is Sergeant Greg Parker,
I'm with the Police Strategic Response Unit,
how're you doing?
Can you, can you hear me?
There's somebody in there.
- Parker: What do you hear? Jules: I heard labored breathing,
but it's only one person.
- One person? - Yeah.
Eddie, aggressive entry.
Ed and Wordy: Police! Police! Police, don't move!
Wordy: Police, do not move!
Ed: Sam? Sam: Got him.
Ed: Boss, get word to Stainton, lock down the building.
We got something.
So, I take it you're the technician?
- Yeah. - Where'd Cosgrove go with Malone?
I don't know.
Bourbon before noon.
That a regular habit?
A little bit more recently, yeah.
Who fired the shot?
Was it Cosgrove?
Yeah.
Yeah, but he didn't hit anyone.
Parker: What happened then?
It was just...
Like, in the interview, they were just talking,
(stammers) And then Pat pulled a gun,
I ran in,
and then he told Malone to tie me up.
Anything else you can tell us.
He moved fast.
He kept watching the clock.
Did he say where he was going?
No.
No, only thing he said was that he was sorry.
Ed: Okay.
Woman: I set up the interview with Mr. Malone's assistant,
Nicole Bennett.
- She here? - Mr. Malone came by himself.
Spike, we need to find Nicole Bennett.
She's Ryan Malone's assistant.
Hey, sarge, this is Heather Wallace,
she Cosgrove's producer.
She says she was in her office.
I came out as soon as I heard the shot.
And you never saw them leave?
No.
Technician: She couldn't have.
Usually Cosgrove's on a 30 second tape delay.
Today he asked me to move it up to 6 minutes.
They were out of the building before anyone would've heard the shot.
Ed: You didn't think a 6 minute tape delay was a little odd?
I mean... Pat's show,
you know, like, what he says...
Pat: (Over radio) For obvious reasons,
I am unable to share with you the details of my location,
but I would like to say that I appreciate you listening.
My guest here today is councilman Ryan Malone...
Heather: What's going on? Dave: I have no idea.
Pat: Well, Ryan, why don't we start off
by you sharing with the listeners
just what it is that I am holding
in my hand here, right now?
He has a gun. He is pointing a gun at me.
Pat: Yes, that is correct, I am.
And unless the councilman speaks the truth
to me here today,
unless he does that,
I will kill him.
♪♪
Sam: Clear.
Ed: All the studios are cleared, boss.
Cosgrove is not broadcasting from this building.
Thanks, Eddie.
Ed: On our way down.
Pat: (Over radio) Because, folks, today is a very, very special day
because today is the day that we get to learn
all about the real Ryan Malone.
And you know what, folks, to be brutally honest with you,
there's really not a whole hell of a lot to the guy,
so it'll probably only take me, let's say around, uh...
What, like, an hour.
Oh, if in that hour,
anyone attempts to shut down this signal,
or interfere with this broadcast
or interfere with my callers in any way whatsoever,
I will kill my guest.
Just so we're all loud and clear.
I certainly hope that we are...
Jules,
you hear anything in the background?
Ryan: What is it you want because I can see that you...
Pat: First of all, what I desperately want, Ryan,
is for you not to try to handle me here, okay?
Because I've been doing this game here
for 20 years now, son,
whatever that is worth, all right?
So do not try to handle me!
Parker: So where's Cosgrove?
Spike: Okay, the shot was reported at 9:27.
Parker: Meaning it was fired at 9:21.
Jules: We arrived on the scene at 9:39,
and Cosgrove resumed broadcasting at 9:44.
So, 23 minutes to get out of the building,
drive wherever and get back on air.
Gotta be downtown. He's gotta be.
Okay, Spike, what do we got?
Spike: He's out there somewhere.
Ryan: I just think we should talk this out...
That's a hell of a lot of haystack.
Spike: That's the station.
That's Cosgrove's house.
So he's gotta be broadcasting from his house.
Parker: You wanna check it out?
Copy that. Sam, Wordy, let's move.
Pat: All right, you are on "Cosgrove in the Morning."
Caller, go ahead...
Male caller: Pat? I can't believe I got through!
Pat: Yeah, you got through, caller. Let's here it,
what do you have to say about our guest today?
Parker: So how's he broadcasting in the first place?
He's hijacking the stations signal.
Yeah, but how's he doing that?
It's not that hard. Transmitters,
they all got a network card built into them,
all you need is a url and a password.
He could be anywhere.
- Can you trace the IP address? - I tried.
He's using some kind of IP spoofer.
He's switching addresses every couple of seconds.
What we could do is cut him off by switching the station off
and stop him from piggybacking.
Pat: ...555-0190, that is the number.
And if you are listening, I want to hear...
Parker: All right, that's good to know.
I'm gonna get some more intel, I'll be right back.
(Keyboard beeps)
Pat: Okay, caller, you are on the air,
you're on Cosgrove in the morning.
Male caller: Oh man, Pat, seriously, are you gonna waste this dude?
Pat: Well...
You know, let's just see how it all transpires
over the next hour, caller, shall we?
(Keyboard beeps)
Because, you know what?
We've got so much to talk about here,
why don't just open up the proverbial closet here
on my guest's distinguished career.
Skeleton number one...
Dave: If you can cut it out, why don't you?!
Parker: 'Cause if we interrupt that broadcast
Malone's as good as dead.
We need to use the time he's given us.
Okay, what I need from you is to help me understand
what's going on with the man.
I should've never let him on the air,
not his condition. (Cell phone rings)
Parker: What, the drinking, you mean?
It's a regular occurrence?
No, not for years.
A few weeks ago, though, he fell off the wagon pretty hard.
Any particular reason? (Cell phone chirps)
Yeah, probably.
Look, a couple of months ago,
this station and seven other affiliates got bought up by Core Channel.
I mean it happens all the time,
but I'm guessing Pat saw the writing on the wall.
Ah. No room for him in the new order, huh?
No, we're moving into music, entertainment, adult contemporary.
- Today was his last shift. - He knew this?
No, I didn't tell him. It's company policy.
(Dialling beeps)
Well, maybe he figured it out.
(Cell phone ringing)
Pat: What is your take on councilman Ryan Malone?
Or, you know what? Or any of these fellas, really.
And you know the ones I mean,
the ones with the perfect white teeth...
Ed: Guys, he's armed, he's inebriated...
And he's making a statement.
So long as he keeps talking, we got the element of surprise.
(Device beeps) Okay.
Stealth entry?
Low and slow. Wordy, you're one;
Sam, two; I'm three. Let's go.
What do you want?
Pat: What do I want? What I want, Ryan Malone,
is for you just to know what it feels like.
What what feels like?
Oh... to be forgotten.
To be uh...
Left behind.
To be the one who did not get to take their rightful place.
Look...
I'm sorry.
Whatever it is you're going through,
I can't imagine.
- But, Pat, I'm tied up... - Yes.
- And you have a gun. - Yes, I do.
So, whatever it is you wanna hear...
What, you think I'm just gonna go ahead...
Don't insult me.
Wordy: It had to be a good lock.
(Low, unintelligible chatter nearby)
(Muted chatter of Pat and caller)
Pat: ...Make myself clear.
If councilman Ryan Malone does not speak the truth
in the next 29 minutes...
Ed: All right, let's see if we can find something we can use, guys.
Male caller: Pat, I've listened to you for years,
and this is not you.
Pat: Well, what can I say, Paul, I'm just full of surprises.
555-0190, that is the number.
(Phone rings)
You are on "Cosgrove in the Morning."
Go ahead, caller.
Hey, Pat, my name is Sergeant Greg Parker.
I'm with the Police Strategic Response Unit.
How are you?
Pat: Well, as you know, Greg Parker,
I have always been an avid fan of law enforcement,
but really, you know,
I am just a simple man of the people
and all I am trying to do here, Greg Parker,
is just determine the truth.
Parker: Okay,
I think I know what kind of man you are.
And I think I know what this is about.
Oh, really, Greg?
Parker: I'm thinkin' maybe this doesn't have anything to do with Ryan Malone.
I think maybe this has to do with you.
(Mimics a buzzer) Enh! That is not correct.
You see what this is really about, Greg,
this is about the second of June, 1999.
On it.
Parker: 'Kay. What about that night?
Pat: Well, uh...
I'm gonna let Mr. Malone pick it up from here.
Because, uh... You know all about that night,
don't you, councilman?
June the second, 1999.
(Computer beeps) And when we return,
we will continue our stimulating conversation here
with councilman Ryan Malone,
who we will find out, on top of everything else,
is... a murderer.
Pat: This, Greg, is about a very special date.
This is about...
The second of June, 1999.
Jules: Sarge, Malone was in a major car wreck on that date.
Somebody died.
All right, regional police discovered the car just after 4:00 a.m.
Totalled. A rollover.
It says that a farmer noticed the smoke from the blaze.
Ryan Malone was driving?
Jules: No, he was the passenger.
Cody Ackerman was the driver,
he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Also, in this police report,
Malone and Ackerman were at a Pi Gamma frat party that night
and Ackerman was seen drinking before.
Sam: Jules. Jules: Go, Sam.
Sam: We found a file relating to Ryan Malone.
Jules: You wanna send it in with the squad car?
Sam: Absolutely.
Pat: I get it. I mean, as hard as it is to imagine,
I was young once, Ryan, I know what it's like,
a couple boys going out and gettin' drunk.
I had a couple beers.
Councilman, you were wasted.
You had no business getting behind the wheel
of that vehicle.
Ryan: You're right.
That's why I wasn't driving that night, Pat,
it was Cody.
(Vehicle rumbles)
He was always looking out for me.
(Muted laughter)
Ryan: I remember that night perfectly.
He, um... Took the keys from me
as we were leaving the fraternity party.
We were driving along this country road,
and he was playing with these cassettes...
(Tires skid)
(Loud crash)
Didn't see the turn.
(Tense inhale)
When I came to, I looked over at Cody.
And he was dead, Pat.
Ryan, that's a very moving story,
but, you know, it's also a damn lie.
No it isn't, Pat.
You were the one that was driving the car, councilman.
It was you that killed Cody Ackerman.
No, I didn't!
Son, unless you tell me the truth about that night,
in, like, the next 22 minutes,
I am going to be putting a freaking bullet
into your brain.
Do you understand me?
You're insane.
Jules: This is about Cody Ackerman.
Yeah, but what's his connection to Cosgrove?
Stainton: Sergeant, Malone's assistant's here.
Parker: Thanks, inspector.
Jules, you take it.
I'm gonna talk to Cosgrove's producer.
Jules: Have you been listening to the broadcast?
Nicole: Are you gonna find him?
Jules: Yeah, we're doing everything we can.
Listen, do Mr. Malone and Mr. Cosgrove have any personal history?
No.
Do you know why he's doing this?
Because he's a hack with a hate-on for politicians?
What about the car accident he's talking about?
Mr. Malone was in a car crash
when he was in college.
His best friend was killed.
And Cosgrove is saying that your boss was driving.
Absolutely not.
There was a full investigation. Absolutely not possible.
Okay.
Have a look at Mr. Malone's platform.
Zero tolerance on drunk drivers.
This is an issue very close to his heart.
Right, thank you, Nicole.
If we need anything else, we're gonna call you.
Heather: Cody Ackerman?
No, Pat never mentioned him before.
Ms. Wallace, you've been his producer for over 10 years.
Is there anything else you can tell us about him?
Well, I know Pat as well as anybody at the station,
but I don't really know him, you know.
Off the air, he's a private kinda guy.
Never married, no kids.
He's got a brother. Lives in town somewhere.
Spike?
Brother. On it. (Keyboard keys clack)
Parker: What about the drinking?
That started a few weeks ago.
A friend of his from college came by,
Janet something.
Do you know what they talked about?
No, but, it didn't seem like a happy reunion.
I could hear 'em arguing all the way down the hall.
He disappeared that afternoon.
Came back the next day, drunk,
went on the air, started trashing Malone.
And he never talked about Malone before that?
- Not really. - Do you know what upset him?
No.
I'm gonna need to see the visitor sign-in log.
Oh. Sure.
Parker: Spike, I got a name for you.
First name: Janet.
Last name?
Ackerman.
Ackerman?
Parker: So?
Janet Ackerman is Cody's mother.
Jules: And it turns out she and Cosgrove
have known each other for more then 30 years.
So Janet's son gets killed, and she wants Pat to get justice?
I don't know.
Cody was killed more than 10 years ago. Why now?
Hey, Winnie, let's send some uni's over and pick up a Janet Ackerman.
Winnie: Copy.
Spike: I got a lead on Cosgrove's brother.
First name: George.
I got a a work address: 505 Terminal.
CJV Electronics.
CJV was busted a couple of years ago.
They were selling pirated operating systems.
Sam: How do you know that?
Spike: I know because I'm a highly trained officer
on the cutting edge of 21st century investigation.
Sam: I thought it was because you're a geek.
Ed: He's not a geek, okay?
He's a geek with combat skills.
That's why the ladies love him.
Eddie, what's your ETA.
Sam: 10 minutes away.
Ed: More like five.
(Tires squeal, sirens wail)
Pat: Have you been a politician for so long
that you've forgotten how to tell the truth?
I'm not gonna lie just to tell you what you wanna hear.
Are you ready to die, Ryan?
Ryan: That's just the booze talking, Pat,
I don't think you have it in you to pull that trigger.
Well, I suppose we'll all find out
the answer to that question in, like, uh...
17 minutes.
Janet: Pat and I were in a lot of classes together in college.
We were good friends.
And you've kept in touch over the years?
Yes, but what he's doing today, this isn't him.
How well did Pat know Cody?
Well, Pat was living on the west coast
while Cody was growing up.
They only met a few times over the years,
but I think that Pat was fond of him.
Fond enough to want to seek retribution for his death?
Pat's been drinking again.
I mean, it can make people do things they wouldn't normally do.
Mrs. Ackerman, Pat started drinking again
when he saw you a few weeks ago;
when you had that argument.
Now, did that have anything to do with the accident?
Look, I've been living with this night for 10 years.
My son was vilified, Sergeant Parker.
And you don't think Cody was driving?
I didn't know what to believe.
But there was barely an investigation.
No inquest.
By the time I got out to the accident that night,
Ryan's father was already glad-handing with the police.
The next thing I know, they pinned it all on my son.
'Kay, it sounds like you have a lot of reasons to hate Ryan Malone.
But you're not the one holding the gun to his head.
Is he doing this for you?
- Are you putting him up to this? - Of course not.
I never wanted him to hurt Ryan.
Then why is he doing this?
Why? Having met Cody a few times,
why is he willing to kill a man
who he thinks is responsible for his death?
Why is he doing that?
Because Cody was his son.
That's what you told him a few weeks ago,
that he was Cody's father?
Pat and I were together when we were young.
It was stormy. I-I loved him,
but I knew that he wasn't the right guy to marry.
I married Gary.
And Cody?
It was the one time.
He came in from out of town and I got pregnant.
Gary would've been devastated
if he'd found out that Cody wasn't his own.
But Pat was wild and self-absorbed and...
Why, after all these years,
why, after Cody's death, why tell him now?
'Cause Gary's gone.
And I couldn't live with it anymore.
And I thought Pat deserved to know about this.
But I didn't know he was gonna do something like this!
(Exhales)
Okay.
Pat: I see by the clock on the wall,
we have just 14 minutes left, councilman.
Tick tock, tick tock.
Mr. Malone, you are running out of time.
(Unclear comment)
(Door squeaks open)
George Cosgrove, nice to bump into you.
Back inside, please.
- What's this about? - I think you know.
Ed: Where's your brother?
I don't know anything.
Ed: George, you gave him the hardware to spoof his IP.
- Now where is he? - No I didn't.
Ed: Okay, your brother's taken over the station's signal
with illegal equipment supplied by you.
Now, that's how he is doing this.
So where is he, George. Come on.
I don't handle illegal equipment.
Sam: Hey, hey, hey.
14 minutes from now,
you're looking at accessory to homicide.
And that is a long time, George, in jail.
It is a long time.
He's your brother. You can help him.
If my brother's doing this, then he's got a good reason.
He's a good man.
Okay, George,
if you don't help him out right now,
right now...
He's a dead man.
I have a place downtown.
Wordy: Where?
Ed: George Cosgrove owns a condo on St. James.
It's registered to a numbered corporation:
2198 Ontario Inc.
Spike: Which is why it wasn't showing up.
Sixth floor, ten blocks from the radio station.
It's where he's gotta be.
Ed: Copy that. We're on our way.
Parker: Copy that. We're right behind you.
Jules: Hey, I got something. Take a look at this.
Parker: Who's she?
Jules: This is Nicole Bennett, Ryan's assistant.
Parker: Well, they seem tight.
Jules: Mm-hm. And when I talked to her earlier today
about the accident,
Nicole said:
"Mr. Malone was in a car crash when he was in university.
His best friend was killed."
And no mention that they knew each other at all back then?
Jules: Nope. And she was definitely protecting him today.
She's more than just an assistant.
Yeah, she's hiding something.
Okay, you go for it, Jules.
Jules: On my way.
Let's go, Spike, you drive.
Hey, Pat, it's Greg Parker again.
I'd like to talk to you for a minute.
Well, you know, Greg, I think I've been doing all sorts of listening here.
And this son of a bitch
is not telling me what I need to hear.
(Ignition turns)
Parker: How about we continue this conversation in private, Pat?
Pat: How 'bout we don't do that, Greg.
I owe it to my listeners
to let them know that the same man
who is intent on running for the highest office in this city,
is the same man who killed Cody Ackerman.
Parker: Okay, well, if that's the case,
then let us look into it.
You've done your job here.
We'll reopen the investigation, you have my promise.
Cosgrove: I don't need an investigation!
Pat, are you doing this for Janet?
Oh, she's got nothing to do with this.
Oh, wait a minute. You know...
No, listen.
This was all... This was my decision.
Okay? Janet had nothing to do with any of this.
Parker: Okay, but I know that Cody was your son.
Pat: And what, Janet told you that?
Parker: Yes.
He was what?
Parker: And she's worried about you, Pat.
She never expected that you'd do anything like this.
She wants you to stop.
Pat: Well...
don't you worry about anything, Greg Parker,
because I will be stopping soon enough.
(Button beeps)
(SUVs rumble along)
Ed: All right, apartment 612.
There are windows on the west and south side.
Sam, grab a sniper perch. Get us eyes in.
- You ready? - Yeah.
Pat: It was a warm June evening
when Ryan Malone and Cody Ackerman
were attending a fraternity party,
which they left at approximately 2:00 a.m.
And although he should not have,
Ryan Malone got behind the wheel
of his vehicle.
I've told you...
(Cocks gun)
It's my turn.
(Car rumbles loudly as it accelerates)
And like many a drunk driver before him,
Ryan felt that he was in control
of this situation.
Which, of course, he was not.
(Tires skid)
Pat: You see, folks, there was...
There was no reason for this to happen.
(Loud crash)
No reason whatsoever,
except for just plain bad judgement.
I sympathize.
Because I can't imagine
what that must've been like for you, that moment.
You know, one bad decision
and suddenly everything...
Everything that your family had planned for you,
everything that your father had wanted you to be...
It was all gone.
Your best friend was dead.
But...
He was also the way out of this.
And that must've been very, very difficult,
but, hey, why destroy two lives,
especially if one of them was your own?
You drove the car,
and you killed my son
and then you blamed him for his own death?
(Crying)
That's not what happened!
I should have stopped Cody from getting behind the wheel.
If you want me to apologize for that,
then I do, Pat,
I swear to God I apologize!
(Jagged breath)
God, do you think I haven't lived with this?
I have. I've lived with this...
mistake...
at night, every single day of my life,
and I've been trying to atone.
(Laughing)
Oh my God!
Is everybody listening to the same broadcast that I'm listening to?
Because this has become a full-on festival
of self-pity here.
Oh my God, the man who would be mayor
has the gall to look at me
and say, "oh no, Mr. Cosgrove,
I was the victim of this tragedy.
I was not its author."
So, I have one question for you, listeners, and that is:
Are we gonna let him get away with that?
555-0190, that is the number.
The gloves are off!
(Phone starts ringing) Let's talk.
Are we gonna let Ryan Malone get away with this?
All right, caller, you're on the air.
Male caller: I'm with ya.
The politicians are all lying scum.
Shoot him right now!
Pat: Ooh, easy, Jeremy. Six minutes left on the clock,
let's not get ahead of ourselves.
555-0190, that is the number.
Sam, you got a visual?
I can't get an angle on the west side,
and the south side is blocked.
Maybe you can ask him to open his curtains a little bit for me, boss.
(Tires screech, siren wails)
(Tires screech)
You really wanna help your boss?
Are you listening to this? You've gotta do something!
I need you to stop wasting my time.
You, Cody and Ryan all went to school together.
Okay. So?
I need the whole story.
You know who was driving in the car that night.
No, I don't. Ryan said that...
I think that you do.
An eyewitness said that you left the party with Ryan and Cody.
Yeah, some drunk frat boy who kept changing his story.
Nicole, was his account dismissed
because it was buried by your boss's dad?
No, because he was drunk!
How could he remember what really happened that night?
So were you and your friends; I could ask you the same thing.
There was a full investigation.
Cosgrove is going to kill him in five minutes.
Now, you wanna stand around here
and just listen to that happen?
Then get in there...
Stop him! Shoot him, please!
No. I need you to tell me the truth
so we don't have to.
(Sirens wail)
Jules: Hey, sarge, I got the real story from Nicole Bennett.
Parker: Go ahead, Jules.
Jules: All right, there's a whole other side to what happened;
it goes beyond just Malone and Cody Ackerman.
Caller: You gotta let him go, Pat. Come on...
Well, let's just hope there's a little more justice
left in the world than that.
Next caller.
You're on "Cosgrove in the Morning," go ahead.
Parker: Pat, please, come out!
Your boy wouldn't want this!
Well, Greg, you never knew my boy.
Neither did you, Pat.
Sh-shut up, Ryan.
Ryan: Cody Ackerman was my friend,
and you want to know what I know about him, Pat?
He had a dad.
I'm not talking about the guy that knocked up his mom.
I'm talking about the man she chose to marry,
to raise her boy and love her son.
His real dad.
Where the hell were you, Pat?
I didn't even know...
You were nothing to him.
Nothin'.
Parker: Easy there, Ryan.
I'm not sure that's where you wanna go right now.
Ryan: And now you wanna go all avenging angel
for the benefit of your listeners?
You're a parasite, Pat.
You feed off the dignity of others for a living.
And now you wanna feed off the memory of your own son?
I haven't touched a drop since that night.
Cody was my friend and I loved him,
and I have been fighting every single day
to make up for what happened.
We have reached the end of our show
and I would like to thank you...
Look at you, Pat.
Are you proud of yourself?
You think this is what Cody wants, Pat?
Do not tell me what my son wants.
Ed: We gotta go in.
Parker: Not yet. Jules?
Jules: Hey, boss, we're ready. Parker: Okay.
Have her make the phone call now.
Pat! The phone's gonna ring.
You wanted the truth?
You pick it up and you'll hear it.
(Phone rings)
You're on the air.
Nicole: Mr. Cosgrove,
my name is Nicole Bennett.
I'm Ryan Malone's assistant.
Yeah?
Nicole: Only I'm not just his assistant.
I was there.
The night of the accident.
I was there.
I was in the car.
And I just want you to know that your son, Cody,
he wasn't driving.
Well... Thank you, Nicole.
Thank you for that.
Nicole: But Mr. Malone wasn't driving either.
We were all at that party...
(Sobbing)
I-I honestly thought that I was okay,
We were only going a few miles.
It was late.
There was nobody on the road.
Cody was in the front seat... (Sobbing)
He didn't have his belt on.
He was turned around talking to Ryan in the back.
(Muted chatter and laughter)
I missed a curve...
(Crashing and shattering)
I was going too fast.
Cody was dead. (Crying)
(Heavy metallic thunk)
He was my boyfriend, and I loved him,
and I killed him.
God, we were so scared, Mr. Cosgrove.
Ryan said, "put him behind the wheel."
I said, "no."
But he said Cody would've wanted it that way.
He would've wanted to protect me.
He wouldn't have wanted me to wreck my life.
(Ragged breath)
(Somber music plays)
(Car electrics fizzle, flames catch and crackle)
Nicole: Ryan told me he'd take care of it;
that I shouldn't be involved.
All Ryan ever wanted to do was protect me.
I'm so sorry.
You didn't drive the car?
My son didn't drive the car?
No he didn't, sir.
But you let him take the blame for that?
He loved Nicole.
I know that he wouldn't have wanted her to pay for this.
(Chuckles, reflective) He was that kinda guy, your son.
(Weeping quietly)
Well, I'm sorry.
(Weeping)
I wish, uh...
I wish I woulda known my boy.
(Weeping softly)
Or maybe it's better that he didn't know me.
What are you doing, Pat?
I was just was just trying to set one thing right.
Pat?
Parker: On my call, Eddie.
Pat: I'm sorry, Cody.
Wordy.
Pat: This is Pat "The Lion" Cosgrove signing off.
Pat, what are you doing?
Pat?
Parker: Go!
(Muted shouting)
Ed: Freeze! Stay right there, right there!
Parker: Don't move!
Parker, Ed and Wordy: (Overlapping shouting)
Nicole: (Sighs)
(Cruiser door shuts)
(Low hum of chatter)
♪ You seem so far away ♪
(Panicked breaths)
Oh no, wait, please, I have to see him.
They'll let me through. Please!
Oh God.
I'm sorry.
It's not your fault who I am.
Janet: Your son would not have had a problem with who you are.
♪ Maybe I'm wandering ♪
♪ If I follow the sound of my voice ♪
♪ And I live in a world of my choice ♪
♪ Then when I'm old if I'm lucky ♪
♪ And the years have gone by ♪
Parker: Mr. Malone?
So you've been protecting Nicole for 10 years?
We were all friends.
I lost Cody, I didn't wanna lose her too.
♪ 'Cause all we have (All we have) ♪
♪ Is what we have to give away ♪
♪ What we have ♪
♪ And all we need ♪
♪ Is to feel it all come back one day ♪
♪ Eh-hey ♪
Parker: Sad way for Cosgrove to end his career.
Well, wasn't exactly a great day for Malone either.
Parker: You know, now that he's going to jail,
you're gonna have to find yourself a new candidate.
I still think he would've been a great mayor, I do.
Parker: Well, maybe you should think about
running for office some day.
(Ignition turns)
What, and give up all this?
Paradise!
Parker: Who's paradise?
♪ ...live in a world of my choice ♪
Hey.
They arrest Malone's assistant?
Yeah, they're processing her right now.
Can you believe Malone kept her secret?
Why not?
He had a gun to his head; He could've been killed.
He was protecting his friend.
I'd do the same.
♪ I can look back and smile ♪