Mitch's Revenge

May 29, 2003

Antonio: He says Mitch is alive and that he can see. He even offered to help us find him.

Bo: Yeah, he says. So you're ready to turn in your own brother?

Walker: I have no choice. I don't want anyone else hurt or killed, including my brother. He's sick. He needs help.

Bo: Why didn't you tell me that Mitch was still alive when I questioned you at the station? And don't tell me you just found out.

Walker: No, I knew. I was trying to protect him. I didn't think he was capable of the things he's accused of. But after talking to you and learning more on my own, I'm convinced.

Antonio: He lied to you once before --

Walker: Why would I lie about Mitch being alive? You don't believe me? Look at this.

Antonio: Sick.

Bo: Do you have any proof that Mitch was behind this?

Walker: Who else would it be, Commissioner? It was left here out in the open. Ms. Cramer and I moved it so it wouldn't frighten her daughter. Mitch is obviously sending a message.

Bo: Get forensics down here.

Walker: There's more. Ms. Cramer managed to paint over it.

Bo: Well, she shouldn't have. What'd it say?

Walker: "Heed the messenger."

Antonio: Yeah, it's been painted, all right.

Bo: Yeah, you can still see traces of red.

Walker: My brother's out for revenge, Commissioner. he's obsessed. You've got to stop him before someone else winds up dead.

 *~*

Bo: Let's talk about miracles. Like how did Mitch survive that fall into the river?

Walker: All right. I saw him fall in. I dove in. I pulled him out. He was in bad shape, but no broken bones.

Bo: How did you happen to be at the docks?

Walker: I had followed him to that old theater, The Pyramid. He was in there a long time, I was about to go check on him when suddenly I see someone falling from the second-floor landing.

Bo: Did you see anyone else on the landing?

Walker: Well, obviously, someone had driven him there, but I never saw him come out again, even after Mitch fell.

Bo: That man is already in custody. Anyone else?

Walker: No. No one else I saw.

Bo: Did Mitch say anything to you that would suggest why he was at the theater that night? Was he meeting someone? A woman, maybe?

Walker: No, he was unconscious at first, then struggling just to breathe. My only concern was getting him to a place where I could help him.

Antonio: Why didn't you take him to a hospital?

Walker: I wanted to do that, but he wouldn't let me. He became so agitated, I just gave up.

Bo: Where'd you take him?

Walker: Our father's old bungalow on clear lake. I knew no one would be there, so -- I brought in a local doctor, and gradually Mitch started to recover, and like I told you, he started to regain his eyesight.

Antonio: Which makes him even more dangerous.

Bo: Do you know that I could charge you for withholding this information?

Walker: Mitch is my brother, Commissioner. He's the only family I have. Sorry.

Bo: And I'm sorry for you.

Antonio: So, what made you decide to help us now?

Walker: I don't know how many ways I can say it. Everything's different. I talked to Mitch's wife, her niece, his daughter, you, Commissioner, and I found out what he'd become. He's deranged.

Do: Did he admit that he tried to kill Addie Cramer?

Walker: He said things like "death came to St. Ann's." I was working hard to keep him quiet, so it's hard to remember exactly what he said, let alone what he meant, and then he ran off.

Bo: See, we don't know if he meant to kill Addie to make Blair and Dorian suffer or if he thought that he was trying to kill Lindsay.

Antonio: Either way, he gets his kicks.

Walker: He wasn't making idle threats. Mitch won't stop until he's destroyed these women he thinks betrayed him.

Bo: Yeah. One of them is Lindsay.

Walker: Yes.

Bo: There's Dorian, Blair --

Walker: And Jessica.

*~*

Bo: Why would Mitch want revenge against Jessica?

Antonio: The one person in the world that he cares about.

Walker: As I said, it's all about betrayal. Just telling you what he said.

Bo: All right, just tell me exactly what he said.

Antonio: Did he threaten Jessica?

Walker: He threatened them all. He was going on and on about vengeance and quoting scriptures. He wasn't rational. I couldn't follow half of what he said. But he was most upset about Jessica.

Antonio: That's it.

Bo: Antonio --

*~*

Bo: This conversion of yours all of a sudden -- it wouldn't have anything to do with you trying to cover your own butt, would it?

Walker: No. I'm not sure what you mean, commissioner.

Bo: Harboring a fugitive, aiding and abetting.

Walker: Is a man a fugitive when the authorities declare him dead? And would I really be prosecuted for nursing an injured brother?

Bo: You see my point, don't you? I mean, it's hard to start trusting you when we keep getting new versions of your story.

Walker: Absolutely. I hope you can put it aside long enough to let me help you bring him in.

Bo: We'll see. Did Mitch ever tell you about one of his followers, a guy named Craig Lombard?

Walker: The man he supposedly killed.

Bo: No, there's no "supposedly" about it. Did he ever mention Lombard?

Walker: No, and he never admitted killing anyone. But, as I said, he's so unstable.

Bo: Yeah, you can't put any stock into anything that Mitch says.

Walker: Yeah, I've been thinking about contacting a lawyer, having him declared incompetent.

Bo: Getting him declared incompetent won't cut it with the courts if you're after an insanity plea because it's too late.

Walker: No, no, no, that's not what I meant. At some point I'm going to have to -- he's got business dealings, accounts, property. Someone needs to look into that.

Bo: I'll bet Dorian's looking into it just as fast as she can, so talk to her.

Walker: Right. Yeah. Just a little lost right now as to what to do.

Bo: My main concern is making sure that he doesn't kill anybody else.

Walker: Mine, too.

*~*

Walker: Still no word from Detective Vega? Shouldn't you have heard something by now?

Bo: Not necessarily.

Walker: Commissioner, if he didn't get there in time --

[Knock on door]

Walker: I'm not sure --

Bo: Yeah?

Marcie: I'm sorry to interrupt, Commissioner. The university called, and they've done a drug sweep and taken a suspect into custody. Sergeant Murphy wants to know if you want to handle the interrogation.

Bo: No, I'm right in the middle of something here, Marcie, so tell Murphy to go ahead and take care of it.

Marcie: Yes, sir.

*~*

Walker: Isn't there anything else you can do?

Bo: I just put an A.P.B. out for your brother. Right now, I need you to think. Now, do you know where he might hide out?

Walker: No, but I know where he's headed.

Bo: Yeah, he's headed for the ladies that he thinks betrayed him.

Walker: That's right. That's why I want you to let me help bring him in. I can't let him go on like this.

Bo: What exactly do you think you could do?

Walker: As long as he knows you're after him, he'll stay hidden -- unless I bring him out. He thinks everyone in his life betrayed him. It's the only thing that'll work, Commissioner. You need me. I'm the only person left he trusts.

*~*

Bo: Oh, Jess, am I glad to see you.

Walker: Me, too.

Bo: Are you ok?

Jessica: Fine.

Bo: All right, you sit. Antonio tell you what's going on?

Jessica: Yeah. I can't believe it. Are you sure that Mitch is still alive?

Bo: We have to assume that he is. Now, according to Walker, he's been making threats against people that he thinks betrayed him, including you. Now, what we have to figure out is why he's angry at you, what you might have done. Walker's told me everything he knows. What's your take on this, Jess?

Jessica: I don't really know what he could be thinking. I guess he still blames me for blinding him.

Bo: You think that's what it is?

Jessica: I'm not really sure what he's thinking. He's so untrusting and angry, and he's just really not thinking clear right now.

Walker: I'm telling you, Commissioner, he's consumed with paranoia. I really feel I'm the only one that can reach him.

Bo: Could you excuse us for a minute?

Jessica: Thank you. I mean, obviously, you didn't tell my uncle my involvement that night.

Walker: I've done enough harm already. It's my fault Mitch turned on you in the first place.

Jessica: Your fault?

Walker: You lied about your involvement at the theater that night, and I made the mistake of telling Mitch the truth about it.

Bo: He keeps insisting that he wants to help us. He claims he's the only one that really can, and I hate to say it, but he might be right.

Antonio: I don't trust him, Commissioner.

Bo: Well, we're running out of options, Antonio. He might be our best shot right now.

Walker: Mitch believed Dorian forced you to be there. But once he realized you were going along with it, he's as mad as anyone I've ever seen.

Jessica: I -- I just still can't believe that Mitch would hurt me.

Walker: There's one thing Mitch can't tolerate.

Jessica: Betrayal.

Walker: Probably the more faith he had in you, the more betrayed he felt. At this point, I'm afraid he's lost all rational control. You need to be extremely careful.

Antonio: Jessica, I'm taking you home.

*~*

Walker: Let me do this, commissioner. Let me be the bait.

Bo: What makes you think he'll bite?

Walker: I'm his brother. He trusts me. I'm the last person he'd suspect. I'll draw him out. You can arrest him.

Bo: What's Mitch going to do when he finds out that he can't trust you?

*~*