I Am Page #4
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
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 feelwhen I mention Spenser's name?
ALICE:
Spenser is in the past.X:
To a certain degree?ALICE:
I understand now that he had his lifeand I had to get mine.
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.
an isolated daughter.
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
If you'll ever be any good
Maybe sometimes doing the right thing
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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