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Some people don't have

the freedom to forgive.

Freedom? So you're a slave?

I have a duty to the public I serve.

Right.

The politician. The lawyer.

You can't love by the letter of the law.

Are you a good man?

[KATHERINE McPHEE'S "SAY GOODBYE"

PLAYING]

I think so.

Are you a compassionate man?

Yes.

Words are like scissors

I'm sorry.

No.

X:
Do you love her?

AARON:
Yes.

Then know this.

People are not perfect...

... but love is.

When we say goodbye

X:

What is it about this doctor...

...that makes him

so deserving of justice?

He's a killer.

So you're going to arrest him?

That's right.

And if he resists?

- You'll kill him?

- Without hesitation.

X:

What then?

JAKE:
Right down the line,

I'll get all the criminals that deserve it.

X:

Judge, jury and executioner.

All in one.

So what if the brother gets the money?

Their father shouldn't have cut him

out of the will in the first place.

This whole mess

has gotten way too dirty.

I say...

...we wash our hands of it...

...and move on to real criminals.

I can't do that.

No, you can't, can you?

And why is that?

They think that they're entitled.

Entitled?

Or is it that you believe...

...that Ortus...

...killed your wife?

Oh, come on, Jake.

How can I send detectives in the field

if I don't know everything about them?

She was in grad school.

She was offered a thousand dollars

to participate in an experiment...

... with doctor Richard Ortus.

He told her that it was an experiment

in cryogenic anesthesia...

...using the freezing of tissue

to assist in surgery.

He said they just freeze a little bit

of her arm and bring her right back.

Easy money.

She said we could never afford

to have a honeymoon...

...and now we can.

And I never saw her again.

I'm sorry.

He covered his tracks,

but I know he killed her.

When setting out on revenge...

...one must first dig two graves.

One for the victim...

... but the other is for your heart.

All that brilliance inside of your head...

...and you still haven't figured it out.

Or maybe you do now.

That's it, isn't it?

That deep churn in your soul.

You know you have a choice to make.

It's you...

...or it's me.

If you want them to leave you alone,

the money has to stop from flowing.

You're going to have to kill me.

Look at me.

I'm miserable.

End my suffering.

Set yourself free.

[MACHINERY CLICKING AND WHIRRING]

No.

Let's do it.

[SANDFROG'S "FACEDOWN" PLAYING]

Don't get you up so we cave in

You act like you never feared someone

And we'll give up, so wasted

You think you know

The answers for everyone

So breathe another day

To see another way

Convince me there's a reason

To prove to you

Dr. Richard Ortus!

We have a warrant to search your boat.

JAKE:

He's dead.

X:

What now?

JAKE:

I don't know.

Where are you running to?

Did you think I...?

X:
How do you feel

when I mention Spenser's name?

ALICE:
Spenser is in the past.

X:
To a certain degree?

ALICE:
I understand now that he had his life

and I had to get mine.

In order to begin something,

you have to end something.

I swear to you, I've done that.

No, there is unfinished business.

I think you're ready for a face-to-face.

No.

No, I don't ever

wanna have to see him again.

Not him.

Her.

- Why don't we get going, okay? Okay.

- Okay.

ALICE:

There's nothing I can say to her.

X:

Who is your future?

ALICE:

I want it to be Aaron.

X:

And who is your past?

ALICE:
Spenser.

X:
Okay.

You can't have a future

until you've buried the past.

I have done that.

What began

as one man and one woman...

...has become a wave

throughout this entire city.

A jilted wife turned cold,

an isolated daughter.

A boyfriend discovers a past

that hurts him so deeply...

...he seeks comfort in his power.

What do you want me to do?

If you want peace...

...you have to make it.

ALICE:

Two years ago I had cancer.

Alice Bordeaux.

ALICE:

Spenser was my doctor.

Won't you turn your eyes?

ALICE:

He was there for me.

Since when do you see your doctor

at lunch?

What's going on?

He was there every step of the way.

You're cancer-free.

In that moment, he wasn't just a man.

You did it.

He certainly wasn't a married man.

He was my hero.

A man who saved my life.

It wasn't about taking away what he had.

It was about having a piece of this man

all to myself...

... if only for a moment.

I don't know what to say.

Things got out of control.

But suddenly, it all stopped.

Do I have to tell her everything?

X:

What does she deserve?

Everything.

X:

How do you feel?

Hollow.

We always feel empty...

...when we've poured everything out.

Sin is a word from archery.

It means to miss the mark.

We all miss. That's not the issue.

What is?

What we do with our next shot.

Don't miss again.

- She had an affair.

EVA:
Before she met you.

Can people not change?

- I didn't say that.

- No, but you meant it.

Because you're perfect...

...right?

And she's not?

So she's gotta go.

What do you want me to do, Evie?

Give up every single thing I've ever had?

Just to be with her. Some girl.

If you love her, yes.

Okay.

Aaron...

...when I married Scott...

...I didn't marry a man,

I married a rsum.

And after 10 years...

...and two kids...

...a rsum is not enough.

You can't live someone else's life...

...and chase after someone else's title.

You've got to live your own.

[JETSTREAM'S "HALFWAY TO HAPPINESS"

PLAYING]

AARON:

Forty-fifteen.

You can search a thousand hours

And never find out what to do

It's a curse

Which God has placed upon you

The space of never knowing

If you'll ever be any good

Maybe sometimes doing the right thing

Isn't doing what feels good

I'm feeling halfway

Here we go.

I'm feeling happiness

Man, what's got into you today?

- You are possessed.

AARON:
Good play.

Yeah. You're not much of a liar

for a politician, you know that?

It's good to see you off that stool.

Listen...

...I don't know what to do about her.

There are a lot of women out there.

Last I checked, one DA. One.

I know. L...

- There's more...

- Hey. Hey. Listen to me.

You've been waiting your whole life

for this moment.

You don't need any more baggage.

That's how you end up like me.

ALICE:

What were you guys talking about?

This song is amazing.

Imagine the roar of the audience

when you play this song.

Just before you finish your set...

...you'll take to the piano...

...and you'll tell a story

about young Will.

This photograph will appear

in the background on the jumbo screen.

And then...

Then you will play the song that you wrote

in his memory.

That's your big idea?

You want me to steal my son's song.

"Steal" is such a subjective word.

I mean, a harsh, harsh word.

To be brutally honest...

...your last album bombed.

Your tours, they can't even fill a club.

While his...

His filled stadiums.

You haven't had a number one single in,

what, 18 years?

You know, I mean, do you honestly think

you can make this happen?

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