Guardianship Papers

June 3, 2003

Marcie: D.A. Buchanan?

Nora: Hi, Marcie. You're working late.

Marcie: Al's innocent.

Nora: What?

Marcie: The drugs that they found in his dorm room aren't his. They were planted.

Nora: Ok. Well, I'm sure that'll all come out.

Marcie: No, no, no. He's being framed!

Nora: Has -- has Al hired representation?

Marcie: I don't know, but it doesn't matter. He's being framed.

Nora: Ok, he's out on bail. If he's innocent, his lawyer will prove that.

Marcie: How can they prove that the drugs aren't his?

Nora: Well, that's the beauty of the American justice system. It has its ways, Marcie.

Marcie: But not if everyone's against him. You know, everyone thinks that he's guilty, and it's just because president Sumner needs a scapegoat and now Al's life is going to be ruined. You've got to do something.

Bo: Marcie. Your job here is to assist the department, not to pester Ms. Buchanan.

Marcie: Oh, but Al's getting blamed for something that he didn't do.

Bo: You're a very loyal friend on your time. On our time, you have to be an impartial employee.

Marcie: Yes, sir.

Nora: Bye, Marcie.

Marcie: Bye. Even if I know who the dealer really is?

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Bo: I'm sorry about Marcie. She's still learning the ropes.

Nora: Oh, don't apologize. You're lucky to have someone -- an employee who's so passionate about what she does. You know, I'm just sorry that the evidence against Al is so damning.

Bo: Yeah. What can I do for you?

Nora: Um -- this is Matthew's guardianship papers that I told you about.

Bo: Uh, right.

Nora: You know what, Bo? We don't have to do this now if you don't want to. That's ok.

Bo: No, no, no, I want to do it. I think it's real important. I just -- I hope to God we never have to use these things.

Nora: Oh, well, yeah, I'm kind of hoping I'm sticking around for a few more years, too.

Bo: Marcie, could you step in here for a minute?

Marcie: I'm sorry about before.

Bo: No, no, no, no, it's not about that. I just want you to witness our signatures.

Marcie: Official business? Oh, sure, I can help with that. So, what is it? is it a summons? Or a brief? No -- a subpoena?

Nora: If you could do that with Matthew, you'd be, like, my hero.

Bo: Oh,  no, no. With Matthew, I use bribery.

Nora: Yes, I noticed. I'm still trying to get the chips out of the carpet. He had a great time last night, Bo.

Bo: Not as good a time as I had.

[Phone rings]

Bo: Buchanan.

Marcie: There's a nun on the phone from St. Ann's who says it's about Lindsay Rappaport.

Bo: All right, thanks. This is Commissioner Buchanan.

Nun: This is sister Ruth. Something very disturbing happened to Lindsay Rappap--

Lindsay: Mitch killed Jen! He killed her! He killed her!

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Lindsay: Mitch killed Jen!

Bo: Lindsay, tell me what happened.

Lindsay: He killed Jen!

Nora: It's all right.

Bo: How long were you out of the room?

Lindsay: He hurt my little girl!

Nora: No, no, everything's fine -- she's fine. Jen is fine.

Bo: Listen, did you touch the doll?

Lindsay: It's my fault! It's my fault! It's my fault what he did to her! It's my fault!

Bo: Lindsay, we don't know that he's done anything to her.

Sister Ruth: I can't believe that this happened on top of everything else. This is supposed to be a sanctuary.

Lindsay: He killed her! I know he did!

Nora: Lindsay, you got to calm down now. Everything is fine. We'll get Jen and we'll bring her to you. You'll see she's fine.

Lindsay: She's not fine. She's never going to be fine!

Bo: I think you better get a doctor and give her something to settle her down.

Nora: Calm down, ok?

Lindsay: Oh, God.

Nora: It's ok, it's ok. It's going to be ok. We're going to find Jen and we'll bring her to you, and you'll see. She'll be fine. She'll be fine, and everything will be all right.

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Bo: Are you feeling better?

Lindsay: How did Mitch get in here?

Bo: We don't know that he did, Lindsay. Considering all the extra security that they've added ever since --

Lindsay: Ever since he tried to murder poor Addie.

Bo: Could be one of the day workers was bribed somehow.

Lindsay: So I can't trust anyone.

Bo: Lindsay, don't worry, I'm going to have somebody posted outside day and night.

Lindsay: I don't care about me. I only care about Jen.

Bo: Look, we're going to find her. Nora's making phone calls right now. Every cop in the department has been told to keep an eye out for her.

Lindsay: But what if we can't find her in time?

Bo: There's no reason to believe that anything happened to her. Look, Mitch is trying to scare you. He's threatened several other people, too. I'm sure that Jen's going to be fine.

Lindsay: But -- but Blair's mother isn't fine. She's in the hospital. She's -- he tried to murder her and Jen -- what if he hurts Jen just because he wants to punish me?

Nora: I called everywhere. I called the gallery, community center, her cell phone --

Lindsay: You couldn't find her?

Nora: I left messages, and she'll call us as soon as she gets them.

Lindsay: Oh. I need -- I need to see my daughter. I need to see her to know she's ok.

Bo: We'll find her. I'm sure she's fine, Lindsay.

Nora: Of course.

Bo: What?

Nora: I just thought of somebody else who might know where Jen is.

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[Phone rings]

Joey: Here. Excuse me. Hello?

Nora: Joe, it's Nora Buchanan. I was wondering -- have you seen Jennifer Rappaport at all? Because, well, Mitch Lawrence has left a threatening message about her for Lindsay Rappaport, and I just think we'd all feel a lot better if we knew where she was.

Joey: Yeah, actually, I do. I just --

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Viki: Hey, it's ok. Bo -- hi, it's Viki.

Lindsay: Is it about Jen?

Bo: No.

Nora: It's going to be ok, Lindsay. Really. We're going to find Jen, and we're going to bring her right to you, ok? Really soon. But at least there's good news. We know that Jen's with someone.

Lindsay: But I don't think Rex can protect her from Mitch.

Nora: Well, there's safety in numbers, you know? At least we know Jen's not alone.

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