Unforgettable (TV Series)

Butterfly Effect (2012)

Dylan Walsh: Al Burns

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• Roe Saunders : What do we got?

  [seeing the crime scene] 

  Roe Saunders : Maybe an accident, a fall?

  Al Burns : [demonstrating]  Our vic's got a dent in his head like that. It wasn't an accident.

• Ron Pappas : I'll be coordinating the Barrett Group's response. Either I or an attorney from our department will need to be present for any interview with one of our employees.

  Al Burns : That's not necessary.

  Ron Pappas : And despite what Mr. Spence may have told you, access to company records will be case by case. Thank you, Bud.

  Al Burns : Are you saying I need to go to a judge every time I want information?

  Ron Pappas : The point is, no fishing expeditions.

  Al Burns : What do you think we might catch?

• Mike Costello : What do you think, we dig around, establish a connection between Chris Feeney and Cioffi?

  Al Burns : We do and we hand this whole thing off to Organized Crime.

  Carrie Wells : Aw, that's no fun.

  Al Burns : It's procedure. And you don't wanna get in a shouting match with Organized Crime.

  Carrie Wells : But I'm really good in a shouting match.

• Roe Saunders : Hey, boss, Manny's rap sheet's long enough. Maybe Chris caught him at something, Manny didn't want to make it any longer.

  Al Burns : Yeah, but look at his priors. It's nickel-and-dime; joyriding, bad checks, fistfight over a parking space.

  Nina Inara : Yeah, you're gonna love this: fast food joint caught him on camera trying to put a roach in his food.

  Roe Saunders : Uh-huh, that's how it starts.

  Al Burns : I don't know, feels to me like a good time Charlie who can't get his act together more than a murderer. Where are we with finding him?

  Nina Inara : Well, we checked his apartment, pinged his phone, nothing. And he didn't show up for work at the concrete company.

  Roe Saunders : And which in my book, just saying, is a little suspicious.

  Al Burns : What about the girlfriend?

  Nina Inara : Oh, yeah. Shop foreman got us a name. Tori Guerrero. Lives out in Uniondale.

  Al Burns : Why don't you and Carrie head out there?

  Roe Saunders : Good luck. L.I.E. this time of day is like a parking lot.

  Al Burns : Can't be as bad as what I gotta do.

• Jay Barrett : I'm late for a board meeting, Burns. Why the charm offensive?

  Al Burns : The gate guard at your site checks workers in and out. I'd like to see those records.

  Jay Barrett : Talk to Ron Pappas.

  Al Burns : He'll say no. Then I'll have to go to a judge.

  Jay Barrett : I can't help you.

  Al Burns : On the other hand, I could go to a judge with a different kind of request. To keep the site closed for more evidence gathering.

  Jay Barrett : It wouldn't work. The judge would laugh you out of court.

  Al Burns : Maybe. But it would take a day to hear the motion. In the meantime, the interest on your $200 million construction loan would tick up, what? You tell me, you're the businessman. $85,00? 100? Mr. Barrett, I'm trying to solve a murder. Work with me, please.

  Jay Barrett : I'll tell Pappas.

  Al Burns : Enjoy your board meeting.

• Al Burns : How'd you get to this Manny?

  Carrie Wells : Union guy.

  Al Burns : And how did you get to this union guy?

  Nina Inara : Uh... I'm gonna just go keep looking over there.

  Carrie Wells : Well... as a matter of fact, I talked to Steve Cioffi.

  Al Burns : You talked to Stefano Cioffi?

  Carrie Wells : No. That's the dad. I made the same mistake. I talked to his son.

  Al Burns : Where'd you talk to him?

  Carrie Wells : At a restaurant. Locked me in a wine cellar, but then he let me out.

  Al Burns : You know, in the interest of protecting my own career, I'm not gonna ask you any more questions about that.

• Mike Costello : ESU pulled him out; it's definitely Manny. Still had his wallet. His phone, too.

  Al Burns : Send everything to the lab, dump the cell. Cause of death?

  Mike Costello : Right now, looks like a blow to the head.

  Al Burns : Just like Chris Feeney. Didn't we have uniforms out there last night?

  Mike Costello : There was a three-alarm out in Sunnyside at 2:30. They took off to help with traffic control.

  Al Burns : Can't catch a break.

• Nina Inara : Boss, Barrett's alibi is bogus.

  Al Burns : You said it was golden. Teterboro, GW, the office.

  Nina Inara : Yeah, I was wrong. "Times" did a piece on him. His first two wives took him to the cleaners 'cause he's a hound dog.

  Al Burns : They hired private eyes?

  Nina Inara : Yeah, P.I.s; key-logger on his e-mail, everything. So with number three, he wised up. So when he steps out, he always creates a false account of his whereabouts that can stand up in court.

  Al Burns : This was all in the "Times"?

  Nina Inara : No, I called the reporter. She couldn't get the paper to run the full story 'cause her sources weren't on the record, but she's sure.

  Al Burns : Nice. So where was Barrett?

  Nina Inara : I don't know, but the other night didn't go like he said. I got a guard in the lobby who says Barrett didn't step foot in his place.

  Al Burns : Okay, Barrett is tight with people downtown. I already got the D.A. on my rear not to screw up. We can't go after him with smoke.

• Al Burns : Here's what we've got, Mr. Barrett. We got a warehouse leased by one of your shell companies in Bayonne. Right now, it's full of construction materials stolen from your own construction site.

  Ron Pappas : You charging my client with anything?

  Al Burns : I'll get to that. And we found out your alibi is bogus. Based on this, we could build a case you killed Chris Feeney.

  Jay Barrett : Only I didn't, and you know it.

  Al Burns : Maybe. Here's what I think happened. You did have an alibi, but you couldn't use it because it involved a lady named Micheline at the St. Laurent. Now, I can't help you with the theft charge; that's for you and counsel to sort through. The matrimonial issue is another story.

  Jay Barrett : What are you proposing?

  Ron Pappas : Jay, let me handle this.

  Al Burns : It's very simple. I want full access to your records, everything. No more hiding behind process.

  Jay Barrett : And in return?

  Al Burns : And in return, I don't blow a big, gaping hole in your marriage.