The River King
Jeez. Come on.
Dull day.
Look, there's Doreen Barker.
What the hell are you doing?
She's gonna think that was me.
Like that's an awful thing.
She's got a great rack on her.
Abel, we just got a report from 2
kids I think you need to check out.
So what happened last night?
It's not gonna work out.
We want different things.
You can tell all that
from a first date?
You know, all she wanted
to do was talk.
That doesn't mean you have
to set a wedding date.
I live vicariously through you,
Abe. Sad but true.
And you ain't getting
enough sex for me.
Take it up with your wife.
My wife, she's got me
running ragged.
Take a look right there.
I see it.
What do you think
we're supposed to do with him?
I don't know.
Shall we yank him out?
No, we should probably
get a picture or something.
Why don't we get Kenny on the radio
and get him over here with his camera?
The Fotomart doesn't open till 10
and Kenny doesn't have a cell phone.
Keep pulling him, come on.
- Can you believe this?
- No.
You recognize him?
He's gotta be one of the kids
from the Haddan School.
What do you figure
we're supposed to do now?
I don't know. We should wait for
Forensics to come in from across county.
Probably right.
What the hell is that?
Is that blood?
Right, that's weird.
What the f*** is that?
I have no idea.
I don't know,
something doesn't sit right.
This could be a homicide.
I got a feeling.
It could be that
or, you know...
suicide.
You see that?
What?
A kid...
in the woods over there.
No.
I could have sworn
I just saw a kid...
You okay?
Yeah.
Yeah, no, I'm fine.
the creeps. Always did.
I think you'll be okay, Joey.
You got your gun with you.
Murder, betrayal, revenge...
ghosts, witches, sex...
drugs and sword fights
If you can find something with
all of that, that is fine by me.
They found a body
in the river this morning.
Saying it's Gus Pierce.
Jesus.
They're saying
he killed himself.
Who are?
I'm just telling you
what the dean told me.
A bright boy,
But he'd been behaving oddly
these last few weeks.
In what ways?
He wouldn't change
his clothes.
Wouldn't go to classes,
stayed in bed day after day.
He was in Chalk House,
you see.
Well no, actually,
we don't see.
What exactly is
the significance of that?
Only that it's our most
venerable boy's house.
We have four.
Sharpe, Otto, Denton
and Chalk.
Everyone wants to be
in Chalk.
perfect scores in his aptitude tests.
There are distinct advantages
to being there.
They have a maid,
for instance.
A maid?
So they can have a car on campus.
It seems to pay off.
Chalk boys always graduate
top of the class.
I'm guessing that Gus wasn't
Bit of an outsider, really.
God, you know, I just feel...
terrible I didn't see
how depressed he was.
So moody sometimes, but...
I never thought
he'd commit suicide.
- We're not talking suicide.
- No-one mentioned anything about suicide.
We don't know how
this boy died.
If it's all right with you, we'd
like to take a look at his room.
Yes, of this course.
Are you trying to burn
the place down?
- Not a bad idea.
- Where's Kenny?
He's not coming.
He's over at Fotomart.
- What?
- No photographs? Why not?
Word from the Chief was: "Don't bother him.
Don't take too much time with any of...
- Come on, we need photos.
- That's what the guy said.
Jesus!
What a dump!
And this is with a maid.
Excuse me.
Is this
August Pierce's room?
- Is it?
- Yeah.
Was he a friend of yours?
So, this must be the dead
kid's room.
Does that mean
she knows something?
Nice.
So what do you think we're
supposed to be looking for here?
I have no idea.
Nothing. Don't touch anything,
leave it all to me.
Calm yourself down, Farris.
We're not gonna break anything.
I'm not gonna break
anything.
You know, it's a little weird.
Dean says that this kid was a mess...
and yet he kept his room
real tidy.
Here we go. Bingo.
A little bit of the weed.
Now, do you think the kid smoked the wacky
tobacco, went out for a walk and drowned.
We got a possible homicide, and you
wanna go with the accident theory?
Well, you heard what the man
said. The kid was a loser.
He said he was a loner.
Loner, Joey, big difference.
Excuse me, miss.
I'd like to ask you a favor.
You know, Abe, maybe if you want I
can get her phone number for you.
I don't know, Joey, you're
the one that seems interested.
I can take that roll of film
off your hands now.
I develop my own. But if you
wanna take it, take it...
No, why don't you just drop it
off at the station house and...
make sure you include
the bill.
So, what do you teach here?
Photography and English Lit.
- Did you go to school here?
- No, no.
Nobody from town goes
to Haddan.
We actually don't even like to come on
to the property. Gives us the creeps.
I guess it can be
kind of pleased with itself.
Yeah, a little bit.
You know, I...
Where was this?
In the woods. He was with another
student, Carlin Leander...
and they were arguing.
Were the two of them dating?
I don't think so.
- Anything else?
- No.
I just thought you should know.
Well, thank you.
Be careful with Carlin.
She's a good kid.
Yeah, I know, I said
I'd be there, but I can't.
You've gotta make
other plans.
Mary Beth, listen, this is huge,
it's a department thing.
It's everything
we've talked about.
The promotion, the pay grade,
the whole nine yards. Yeah.
Tell your mother I'm sorry.
I gotta go.
Abel?
Abel?
Is somebody in there?
Yeah.
No, I hear you.
Yeah, okay.
We'll be there in a sec.
Chief wants us back
Great, you guys are back.
Abel, I need you to head out
pick up the kid's father and
take him over to the Haddan Inn.
Joey.
I wanna see him.
All right.
Gus's things are all up
in your room.
Thanks for seeing me.
Since you don't know me
or anything.
I'm happy to meet
any friend of Gus's.
He always made out that...
he didn't have any.
I just wanted you to know...
he fell.
It was an accident.
I'm sure.
I'm so sure.
The coat is still damp.
Probably just fall apart.
He got it
at a secondhand store.
We had a fight over it.
Naturally, he won.
He would.
Thank you.
Hey, Carlin.
Are you okay?
You wanna ride back to campus?
No, thanks, I'll walk.
So, tell me about Gus.
What's to know?
It was all my fault.
How do you figure that?
We had a fight.
I was horrible to him.
I was so mad I let him walk off.
I didn't even go after him.
- You didn't see what happened, did you?
- No.
Well, then we can't be sure,
can we?
He left me notes all the time,
for no reason.
If he'd meant to do it,
And this coat, he would have left
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