ADAM_PAGE ALAN_DALTON BILLIE_PAGE CHRISTINE_ROSA CLARK_RYLANCE DANNY GUARD ISAIAH_PAGE JARED_BANKOWSKI JENNY_BUTLER MAN MAXINE MRS_BANKOWSKI RAYMOND SINGER TERRY_KUCIK TREY_PAGE TRYE_PAGE VANESSA VICTOR_ROSA WOMAN TERRY KUCIK My name is Terry Kucik and I'm serving a sentence of life in prison for a crime I did not commit. On the day Emily Butler was killed, I was with her, I admit that. Her parents had this pool house at the back of their property. We'd meet there whenever we could because it was closer to this back road on the other side of this stone wall. I could get in and out without anyone from the house seeing me. TERRY KUCIK I loved Emily. But we couldn't let her parents find out, so Emily didn't want to tell anybody. But I was sick of not seeing her whenever I wanted. That afternoon-- it's so weird, but that afternoon I remember telling her we should go into the house and tell her mom right then. But Emily said no. Her dad was working at home that day and he'd probably beat the crap out of me. I can see Emily right now running into the kitchen door of her house that last time. I see it over and over in my head. TERRY KUCIK She never screamed out my name like they said she did at the trial. I wish she had. We made love that day. It wasn't like they said. I would never have hurt Emily. She-- CLARK RYLANCE What happened? CHRISTINE ROSA Danny? What are you doing here? DANNY I got the call over the radio. What the hell happened? Why didn't you call me? CHRISTINE ROSA I'm fine. I called the police. I think we're covered. You didn't have to come. CLARK RYLANCE That was Marty. CHRISTINE ROSA Clark, Danny. Danny, this is my boss Clark Rylance. CLARK RYLANCE You're dating a cop? DANNY Hi. So do you know who did this? CLARK RYLANCE Yeah, and it's not the people that broke the windows. CHRISTINE ROSA We've been getting phone threats since Jenny Butler's press conference. What did Marty say? CLARK RYLANCE Terry Kucik was attacked tonight. Apparently they cut him pretty badly. DANNY Hey, you done taking her statement? CHRISTINE ROSA No, I can't go. I have to stay and clean up. CLARK RYLANCE No, we're gonna do it tomorrow. I'll ask and see if people can come in a little earlier. Go home. DANNY Great. Come on. CHRISTINE ROSA Danny, I'm fine. Thanks. You don't have to stay. I mean, if you have to get back to work... DANNY Covered. You do know you're supposed to sip that? Do you want mine? You know, if you were getting phone threats, you should have contacted the police right away. CHRISTINE ROSA Nobody does anything until there's damage. It's the law. I hate the law. DANNY I think you're in the wrong job, then, babe. CHRISTINE ROSA It wouldn't matter what I did. This would happen if I were a nurse or a waitress. I am Calamity Katie. DANNY Who's that? CHRISTINE ROSA This character in these books my dad used to read me. Calamity Katie always wanted to help. Her mom complains their collie is dirty, so she throws it into a washing machine and it comes out bald. Her best friend is afraid of storms, so she makes her dance in the rain and the best friend gets struck by lightning. That was my favorite. Used to crack me up. Nothing bad ever happens to Katie, just everybody around her. DANNY Look, I... I know that you don't like to talk about your dad-- CHRISTINE ROSA I didn't say that. When did I say that? DANNY When we first started seeing each other, you said you didn't like to talk about him. CHRISTINE ROSA To guys who don't stick around. I can't seem to get rid of you. DANNY Well, look, I know that you want to help him eventually, but, Chris, you could have gotten really hurt tonight. And for what? For Bankowski? I mean, the guy's a monster. I read the file. The guy is guilty. CHRISTINE ROSA I didn't want to tell you this, Danny, but... I saw your sister in an alley the other night on her knees doing this guy. DANNY CHRISTINE ROSA Yeah. And then she knifed him and took his money. I was shocked, but I know it was her. And I have proof. The guy is a friend of mine. We can prove it. DANNY Okay, I'll play. How? CHRISTINE ROSA I'm an eyewitness, he has a knife wound. And I'll tell the police I saw it and they'll make a report and whether it's true or not, some facts will support it, some won't, but people will decide for themselves because of what they're told and what cops write in reports and she'll be arrested. DANNY Okay, so you're saying that all guilty people are innocent? CHRISTINE ROSA Are you saying innocent people never get convicted? DANNY No. Look, I know mistakes are made, but most of the time the guilty are guilty because the facts prove that they are. CHRISTINE ROSA Most of the time. My father has one more appeal in about eight months. And Bankowski, well, like it or not, he's about the only execution I have handy right now. If I can find just one tiny crack in one death penalty verdict, then maybe I'll find another one in another case, and another. Look, if you don't respect the effort, I get it. No, I do. You enforce the law. You have to see in black and white. But it's not the same for me. So when you say he's guilty like you're so sure just because you read the case file, it makes me think you're like all the people who say my father is guilty and I'll hate you for that. I'm just warning you. DANNY I stand warned. ADAM PAGE Hey. BILLIE PAGE Hi. ADAM PAGE You sleep at all? BILLIE PAGE There's coffee. ADAM PAGE What you working on? BILLIE PAGE Why'd you tell Jenny? I don't understand why you'd put her through all of that if you think this is gonna all blow over. ADAM PAGE I felt she had a right to know. You think I was wrong? BILLIE PAGE You already know what I think. That's why you didn't tell me. I don't know, honey. There's something up. The closer it gets to the execution date, she's, like, nervous and distracted and I finally had to tell her, you know what, just don't even come to work until all this blows over. ADAM PAGE Okay. I'm going for my run. BILLIE PAGE Can you wake up Trey? ADAM PAGE Yup. BILLIE PAGE Hey, Adam. ADAM PAGE Yeah, babe? BILLIE PAGE We're not becoming those people, are we? ADAM PAGE What people? BILLIE PAGE You know, just all about the moves. ADAM PAGE We're fine. RAYMOND How you doing, brother? TERRY KUCIK Oh, not-- RAYMOND I squeeze you a little hard there, princess? Hey, man. TERRY KUCIK How'd you get in here? RAYMOND One of the nurses is one of our boys. They stitch you up good? TERRY KUCIK Yeah, I'm fine. RAYMOND We don't know who did this yet, but we're gonna find out and we're gonna send them a message, believe me. No one does this to one of ours and gets a free pass. TERRY KUCIK I don't know. RAYMOND What? What? TERRY KUCIK I let my guard down. It hadn't happened in so long, I thought I was clear of it. You know? But all this stuff around the execution, it's bringing it all back. RAYMOND No one's gonna touch you again. You got to come back into the fold a little bit, brother. You've been a little, you know, distant-like. You need to show them where you stand when you stand out there in the yard. Now, if you would have done that, no one would have dared ambush you. TERRY KUCIK I'm just so tired, Raymond. You know, I don't know how much more I can keep it going. I just don't see the point. RAYMOND We're like the Marines, you know? TERRY KUCIK RAYMOND Our bond is for life. Only difference is our war never ends. CLARK RYLANCE Okay, guys, we're gonna turn this around and use it. We've got less than two days. We need public support pumped on our side. Here's what I want. I want every news outlet contacted. I want the Internet buzzing. I want Vanessa and Bryce and you to help me follow up with the Board of Pardons for a reconsideration based on new evidence, the photographs. We need a unanimous vote by all five members of the panel. VANESSA I have the schedules and addresses of each judge. We'll get on that. CLARK RYLANCE Great. Christine is leading drug litigation. CHRISTINE ROSA Pentobarbital is the norm. But since European companies stopped exporting it, prisons are using local pharmaceutical companies. So we need to find out what drugs they're using for the execution and where they're getting them. CLARK RYLANCE Guys, if we can prove this execution drug compound has not been sufficiently tested or even if these drugs are expired, anything, then we can get a motion for a stay. And keep on the DNA labs. I want calls every hour. Now go. Go! CHRISTINE ROSA What's Midazolam? CLARK RYLANCE Andy, Andy, come on. You're not gonna write that, are you? The Initiative has not once, nor will it ever disrespect Jenny Butler. Are you kidding me with this right now? CHRISTINE ROSA What are you selling to the Pennsylvania death chamber? I did. CLARK RYLANCE Andy, use your tiny brain for one minute. Who do you think told Jenny Butler about retesting the DNA? Adam Page didn't contain reactionary violence. He fueled the fire. CHRISTINE ROSA I need you to tell me what the compound is. CLARK RYLANCE Jesus, where did you study journalism? At Fox News? CHRISTINE ROSA So when they execute Jared Bankowski and he screams out in pain and we autopsy the body and find out the compound did not meet FDA requirements and bring a lawsuit against Thompson Pharmaceuticals, will you be able to tell the courts then what it is? CLARK RYLANCE I'm telling you right now, the higher that you raise up Adam Page, the lower you're gonna fall when he drops. And the piss that you feel on your forehead is gonna be mine. Give my love to Ruth. Christine. You got to love this job, huh? We've got calls in everywhere. Stein turned us down, but we're waiting on Judge Logan. ALAN DALTON He's the federal judge. CLARK RYLANCE And, of course, the governor. But in an election year, he's probably a long shot. JARED BANKOWSKI Did you call my mother? CLARK RYLANCE She said she'd be here. JARED BANKOWSKI I don't see her anywhere. You see her anywhere? GUARD You got another visitor GUARD All right, let's go. MRS BANKOWSKI Oh, is that-- is that necessary? GUARD Yes, ma'am. MRS BANKOWSKI You look good. JARED BANKOWSKI Thanks. I already ordered my last meal. You know what I ordered? MRS BANKOWSKI No. I don't want to know that. JARED BANKOWSKI Hot dogs. They got the same ones in here you used to buy. Couldn't believe they still make 'em. I don't think there's any real meat in those. Remember I used to beg you to buy the fancy ones? Like on TV. MRS BANKOWSKI Yeah, I remember. They were too expensive. Well, it's all the same anyway. Just the packaging. JARED BANKOWSKI Ones you used to buy were, like, grey-colored. MRS BANKOWSKI Well, you could have gotten them now. You should have ordered the fancy ones. JARED BANKOWSKI Well, I don't want to acquire a taste for the finer things at this late date. MRS BANKOWSKI I've been hearing all kinds of things on the news. I don't understand about that DNA. JARED BANKOWSKI They're retesting it. Check if they got the right guy. MRS BANKOWSKI Do you think there's a chance? JARED BANKOWSKI No, Ma. It's not gonna change anything. For me. MRS BANKOWSKI Oh. Oh, yeah. So you're still blaming me for all this, huh? I made all this happen. JARED BANKOWSKI No, Ma, I don't blame nobody. MRS BANKOWSKI I made you a criminal. I made you steal and scam and try to make money without ever working and trying to be the big shot with that scum you hung out with. I did all that, didn't I? You broke my heart for a long time. JARED BANKOWSKI Well, it took that long to find it. MRS BANKOWSKI You did this to yourself. I sit at home and I wonder... how did things come to this? Why did I deserve this? JARED BANKOWSKI There's no reason, Ma. You think when you're looking at the end, you're gonna get the reason why everything was the way it was. But you don't. Don't waste any time thinking about it. We are who we are, Ma. Truth is, I gave you a better life in here than I ever did when I was out there. Was it worth it? JARED BANKOWSKI Mom. GUARD Open six. JARED BANKOWSKI Mom! JENNY BUTLER Shh. Molly, stop. WOMAN No! MAN Where are you going, huh? MAN Quiet! Get back! WOMAN Please, please! MAN Where are you going? MAN Shut up! Quiet! CLARK RYLANCE Time is our enemy. Monica, you're gonna follow up on the habeas corpus petition. Jake, you work the governor. Call his chief of staff, his legal advisor, whoever. Play up his need for the working-class white vote this year. WOMAN I know the governor's rabbi. CLARK RYLANCE Great, see if he'll weigh in. Andrew, you're gonna handle the Supreme Court justices. And, Christine, you'll stay on top of the DNA lab. Alan and I are gonna be at the prison. We've got nine hours. Let's go. JENNY BUTLER Hey. What are you doing here? ADAM PAGE You asked me to take you to the prison, Jenny. JENNY BUTLER Right. I'm kind of tired. I had to-- ADAM PAGE Hey, whoa, whoa. JENNY BUTLER I had to take something to sleep, but... ADAM PAGE Hey, wait. Wait, whoa. No, no, no. Jenny, Jenny, Jenny, Jenny, Jenny, Jenny. Come on. Come on. I'll make you some coffee. Where's your shower? Where's your shower? JENNY BUTLER It's over here. ADAM PAGE Okay, come on. WOMAN Look, we've done everything we could. The results just aren't complete yet. We need more time. CHRISTINE ROSA We don't have it. CHRISTINE ROSA CLARK RYLANCE The governor refused the stay. He's running against the AG and he's not gonna look soft on crime. CLARK RYLANCE I'm sorry, Jared. GUARD It's time for visitors to leave. ALAN DALTON I'm sorry. CHRISTINE ROSA Jared, is there anything else that we can do for you? JARED BANKOWSKI There's one other thing I don't want to carry with me to the other side. Terry Kucik is innocent. He was never there. CHRISTINE ROSA What the hell was that? I mean, do we believe him? CLARK RYLANCE Do you? CHRISTINE ROSA Yes. What reason would he have to lie now? CLARK RYLANCE There's always a reason to lie. CHRISTINE ROSA I believe him. CLARK RYLANCE Well, look, he's guilty, all right? So we wasted a lot of time and effort for a guilty man. CHRISTINE ROSA Wait. Just-- no. We just wait for the DNA. CLARK RYLANCE He just said that he was there, Christine. The reason he knew that Terry wasn't there is because he was. CHRISTINE ROSA Unless he's lying. CLARK RYLANCE Unless he's lying, yeah. CHRISTINE ROSA But if he's not lying, Terry Kucik's letters are the truth. All these years, he's been telling the truth. CLARK RYLANCE And Jared Bankowski's DNA should come back as a positive match for the crime scene. CHRISTINE ROSA What? CLARK RYLANCE Something's not right. ADAM PAGE You don't have to go if you don't want, Jenny. I can turn around. JENNY BUTLER I need to see him die. SINGER ? Well, heaven rode my back ? ? SINGER ? And the angels dragged my throne ? ? Only yesterday ? ? Only yesterday ? ? I carved out your name ? ? And only yesterday... WOMAN No! SINGER ? I built you a shrine ? ? On the side of the road ? ? And I shut my eyes ? ? And laid my hands to rest... ? ? In dreams ? ? There's a way ? ? To die... ? WOMAN No! SINGER ? In dreams ? ? There's a way ? ? To die ? ? Well, I towed you from the wreck ?? Of dimming shadows in my head ? ? Only yesterday ? ? And only yesterday ? ? I laid you to rest ? ? And only yesterday ? ? I wept for your shape ? ? In its endless decay... ? CHRISTINE ROSA Why are we closed? MAXINE I didn't feel like working today. Have you eaten? I've got more. CHRISTINE ROSA I'll just pick. MAXINE I visited your father today. CHRISTINE ROSA How-- how was he? MAXINE Like nothing had happened. Like it was any other day. I got the full Rosa treatment. CHRISTINE ROSA Move on with your life, Maxine. Find yourself a decent man. MAXINE Who the hell wants a decent man? Decent. God, I hate it when he talks like that. He never thought he deserved better in life, even when he had it. And when your mother left him, that proved it. I only had a couple of good years before everything changed. Not much time at all when you consider... I mean, I'm not saying that I've been a nun all these years, but I just can't seem to get close to any other man the way I am to him. It's funny how that happens, huh? DANNY Hey, slow down, all right? CHRISTINE ROSA No. DANNY Hey. Hey, come on, Chris. CHRISTINE ROSA Stop talking. Just stop talking. DANNY Come on, hey. Hey. CHRISTINE ROSA What?! DANNY Cut the shit. Okay? What the hell is going on with you? CHRISTINE ROSA DANNY Why can't you tell me stuff? You had a bad day, I get it. Talk to me. Chris, come on. What is it? CHRISTINE ROSA I should have been with my dad today. I should have been with my dad. DANNY Look, I don't want you to be mad. I had a look at your father's case file. CHRISTINE ROSA And? DANNY This guy that they say that he killed, did you know him? Did you know him well? CHRISTINE ROSA He was my mother's fiancé. I didn't really like being around him. He was always trying too hard. Why? DANNY Well, maybe next time you go see your dad, I can come with you. VICTOR ROSA So who is this guy? CHRISTINE ROSA He's a friend. He's a cop and a friend. VICTOR ROSA You trust him? CHRISTINE ROSA He can't make things worse. VICTOR ROSA How long have you been together? CHRISTINE ROSA We're not together together. VICTOR ROSA But you like him. CHRISTINE ROSA Dad, just-- VICTOR ROSA Okay. All right. You like him. I can tell. Yeah. I'm glad. CHRISTINE ROSA I'm... I'm sorry I wasn't here with you the other day. VICTOR ROSA Why? A man got executed. Wasn't my birthday. Maxine came. She sat there trying to make conversation. I said to her, "What? Is that supposed to make me feel better?" You can't hide what's in your eyes. She made me feel like shit. CHRISTINE ROSA You didn't get mad at her, did you? VICTOR ROSA We had a fight. I told her not to come anymore. CHRISTINE ROSA She didn't tell me that. VICTOR ROSA She's a beautiful woman with a lot of good years left. I can't look at her anymore. So, this cop guy. Does he have a name? CHRISTINE ROSA No. He's nameless. He's the cop with no name. VICTOR ROSA Brat. CHRISTINE ROSA Asshole. VICTOR ROSA TREY PAGE It's not mine. BILLIE PAGE Do you know how many times I've heard that? TREY PAGE Yeah, but it's not. BILLIE PAGE It's not yours? Well, do you smoke it? 'Cause that's really all that matters. TREY PAGE I've tried it. BILLIE PAGE You tried it. TRYE PAGE Everybody's tried it. Haven't you ever tried it? BILLIE PAGE Have I tried it? The point is is I want you to stop trying it. You are too young, Trey. It will mess you up in the end, trust me. TREY PAGE All right. BILLIE PAGE I don't want this problem in my house. If it happens again, I'm gonna talk to your father. TREY PAGE No. BILLIE PAGE Yes. BILLIE PAGE Get upstairs and get your stuff. I don't want to be late for work. Good morning. JENNY BUTLER Hi. BILLIE PAGE How are you? JENNY BUTLER Okay. BILLIE PAGE We're just waiting on Trey. JENNY BUTLER Are you sure it's okay that I'm coming back to work? BILLIE PAGE Oh, sweetie, absolutely. Are you sure you're ready to come back? JENNY BUTLER It's time. Research is quiet. I like it down there. It's over. I'm good. BILLIE PAGE Okay. Trey! TREY PAGE I'm coming. I'm coming. JENNY BUTLER Hey, Trey. TREY PAGE Hey, Jenny. JENNY BUTLER Look at you, you little stud. BILLIE PAGE Uh, okay, that'll be enough, you two. Let's go. Come on. CHRISTINE ROSA Hey. CLARK RYLANCE Hi. CHRISTINE ROSA Want a drink? CLARK RYLANCE Yeah, give me a bullet, neat. CHRISTINE ROSA I'm sorry I haven't been around for a couple days. CLARK RYLANCE It's okay. Besides, you're working even when you're not working. CHRISTINE ROSA What does that mean? CLARK RYLANCE That's the DNA report on Jared Bankowski. You were right. The test came back negative. It wasn't his DNA. CHRISTINE ROSA So-- so, he was innocent? WOMAN He didn't have an appointment, but Clark Rylance is in your office. He said it was urgent. ADAM PAGE Hey. You want a coffee? CLARK RYLANCE Bankowski's DNA came back negative. ADAM PAGE That doesn't mean he wasn't guilty. CLARK RYLANCE He may have been guilty of something, but he didn't kill that family. The wrong guy was executed. ADAM PAGE You don't know that. CLARK RYLANCE Come on, man, we've been friends for a long time. ADAM PAGE What I know is that we still have an eyewitness. What I know is that even if Jared Bankowski's DNA wasn't under Frances Butler's fingernails, it doesn't mean he didn't hold the knife that killed her. CLARK RYLANCE Oh, you better hope you're right. Because we're gonna be looking in every corner of this case. And if you're wrong, it'll be the first time in American history that a state is proven to have executed an innocent man. See how that sits on your resume. ADAM PAGE You talking about my resume or yours, Clark? What, you want to come after me? CLARK RYLANCE It's not about us. It's about what's right. ADAM PAGE I don't need a lecture from you on what's right. We have worked this case for 11 years. Jared Bankowski murdered that family. CLARK RYLANCE And yet you got the DNA wrong. We're also reviewing the Terry Kucik conviction. We're gonna be asking for a new trial. How did this happen, Adam? ADAM PAGE Let me call you back. Thank you. Close the door, Pop. ISAIAH PAGE What's this? ADAM PAGE Clark got the lab results. His lab says it wasn't Bankowski's DNA at the trial. ISAIAH PAGE You have to get your own independent test. ADAM PAGE I am. I called Larry at the Jersey labs. Keep it off the radar. ISAIAH PAGE Is it possible the original DNA was wrong? ADAM PAGE No, this isn't about the Butler case, Pop. Somebody's trying to bring me down and it's somebody with all the pull and all the money and somebody so deep in the background, his hands stay clean. ISAIAH PAGE Zale. ADAM PAGE I must be getting closer than I thought. ISAIAH PAGE What do you have on him? ADAM PAGE We haven't finished the investigation, but his pockets are full of dark money and he's pushing it through phony nonprofit organizations all over the state, changing zoning laws, getting black folks moved out of voting districts, getting his buddies on the school boards, you name it. ISAIAH PAGE Son of a bitch. And your boy Clark is working with him? ADAM PAGE No, I know Clark. I don't believe he has any idea he's being used. But I got to do my homework. I ordered all the trial evidence out of storage from the courthouse. But I keep going over this in my head, Pops. When the forensics came in, we went through everything. We sent it to the labs. It was perfect. What's his name was running it back then. Patel? ISAIAH PAGE No, no, no, no. We didn't use Patel. He was overloaded. We used Rhubari. ADAM PAGE That's right. Rhubari. I haven't heard about him in a while. Is he even still working? ISAIAH PAGE No, I think he's retired. And you trust this guy up in Jersey, huh? ADAM PAGE 100%. Once I clean up this mess, you're gonna help me get Zale. CLARK RYLANCE We've got the photos. We have a statement from Jared claiming Terry Kucik was not at the scene of the crime. And we have the DNA. ADAM PAGE What are you gonna do with all this? CLARK RYLANCE Well, after that press conference, you got people ready to rip us apart whether we're right or wrong. Public opinion is on your side. Especially since the state won't ever admit to a wrongful execution. So we'll keep it all out of the papers for now. The DNA, Bankowski's statement. All of it. ADAM PAGE For what? CHRISTINE ROSA We want Terry Kucik released pending a new trial. ADAM PAGE Are you out of your mind? Based on what? The confessions of an executed criminal whose statement proves he was at the scene of the crime? CLARK RYLANCE We know all that. Listen, Adam, forget you're the district attorney and future governor of the great state of Pennsylvania for just a minute. Be my law school buddy again, all right? Remember when we studied this shit because we actually believed in it? Okay? So be that guy again for just a minute. Look at the facts right in front of us. ADAM PAGE What facts? CLARK RYLANCE The current evidence at hand. We've got Terry Kucik's DNA at the scene of the crime, but Terry Kucik wasn't there. We don't have Jared Bankowski's DNA at the scene of the crime, but Jared Bankowski was there. You have to ask yourself, Adam, whose DNA is under Frances Butler's fingernails? Who was in that house with Bankowski? I mean, you have to at least consider the possibility that the man who killed the Butlers was never brought to trial. TERRY KUCIK So you ready to listen? CHRISTINE ROSA Let's start at the beginning.