Unforgettable (TV Series)

East of Islip (2014)

Dylan Walsh: Al Burns

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• Al Burns : [seeing Gosling limping]  What the hell happened to you?

  Officer Tim Gosling : Ah, nothing. I'm fine. Just, you know that rope you wanted me to find on the beach from the victim? Well, it seems that stray dogs don't take too kind to having their chew toys confiscated as crime scene evidence.

• Al Burns : You ever read "The Great Gatsby"?

  Officer Tim Gosling : Welcome to my world. Mortimer's got a Bentley convertible, parks it in the handicapped every time he comes to town. I must have given him twenty tickets myself. I don't think he's paid a one. Just donates another statue to the garden at City Hall. Welcome to the Hamptons.

• Jay Lee : So I was wrong, guys. There are only 737 nautical supply shops on Long Island.

  Al Burns : In other words, you haven't traced the anchor.

  Jay Lee : Whoa, whoa, easy, boss. I mean, I'm working with some very crude tools here. I'm lucky if I can get 3G out here. Plus, I'm running some kind of RF interference on the wireless, so...

  Al Burns : In other words, you haven't traced the anchor.

  Jay Lee : Okay, you could put it that way. But I'm working on it.

• Al Burns : Well, look what the cat dragged in.

  Carrie Wells : I thought you could all use a little change from your regular morning coffee, so, fresh-pressed organic juices from the Pune Press Express. Try it.

  Al Burns : [doing so and wrinkling his nose in disgust]  Ugh, what's in this?

  Carrie Wells : What isn't? It's a Reset A-Gogo. It has pineapple, ginger, lime, and chili.

  Al Burns : Chili?

  Carrie Wells : Mmm.

  Al Burns : Okay.

  Cherie Rollins-Murray : [a little disgusted, too]  Oh, thank you. I think I'll, uh, save mine for lunch.

  Carrie Wells : Wheatgrass alfalfa swirl? Come on, it's like the milkshake of the gods.

• Eliot Delson : How about a nice little paid vacation? I have a little summer cottage, out on the island. It's all yours.

  Al Burns : And what's the catch?

  Eliot Delson : Does there always have to be a catch?

  Al Burns , Carrie Wells : Yes.

• Eliot Delson : It seems the mayor's press secretary, Sandy Elsworth, he's got a little place in Southampton Village and, I don't know, I guess his kids are friends with the kids of the mayor out there...

  Al Burns : Mm-hmm. See?

  Eliot Delson : The point is, this morning, the body of a young woman washed up on the beach in front of his house. Southampton Village has officially requested our assistance.

  Cherie Rollins-Murray : What, the local police can't handle it?

  Carrie Wells : Long Island Serial Killer.

  Eliot Delson : Exactly. 14 victims in the last ten years, most of them young women dumped on the shore. If this is number fifteen, I want you guys out there.

  Carrie Wells : So our little paid vacation is actually hunting a serial killer.

  Eliot Delson : Don't forget to pack sunscreen.

• Officer Tim Gosling : Yeah, she washed up right about here. No ID, no shoes. Just the, uh, dress she went in with. I think he's back at it.

  Al Burns : You think she's a victim of the serial killer?

  Officer Tim Gosling : She fits the profile. The previous victims were all young, attractive women found near the water's edge, so...

  Al Burns : Yeah, that's true. I believe they were all dead, as well.

  Carrie Wells : I think what Al is trying to say is that we're gonna need more before we identify her as the fifteenth victim.

  Officer Tim Gosling : Yeah, of course.

  Carrie Wells : The fact is, the other girls, they washed up farther west, along the Ocean Parkway, Gilgo Beach area.

  Officer Tim Gosling : Right, but based on my analysis of the current patterns, I believe the body could've been carried this far east.

  Al Burns : Okay, I'd like to see that analysis. But if she is number fifteen, could also mean our guy's got a new dumping ground.

• Al Burns : Anyone ID her?

  Officer Tim Gosling : Canvassed the beach, thrown up some flyers around town. So far, no one's recognized her.

  Al Burns : What about local fishermen? Maybe one of them saw something unusual.

  Officer Tim Gosling : Maybe.

  Al Burns : You haven't talked to 'em yet?

  Officer Tim Gosling : Sir, there are only four officers on the Southampton Village police force. One's away at his sister's wedding, two are on parking patrol, so that just leaves me.

• Al Burns : [seeing Eliot's house in the Hamptons]  Some cottage.

  Carrie Wells : Wow.

  [picking up the newspaper from the driveway] 

  Carrie Wells : I wanna live here.

• Al Burns : Great kitchen. I might just cook tonight.

  Carrie Wells : Wow, this is amazing.

  Al Burns : [opening the refrigerator]  This fridge is bigger than my apartment.

  Carrie Wells : Probably gets more light, too.

• Al Burns : Okay, so Eliot's "little cottage" in the Hamptons comes with a not-so-little pool.

  Carrie Wells : And a Jacuzzi.

  Al Burns : Mm. Doesn't really change anything. Might actually explain a few things.

  Carrie Wells : Yeah, like why he's so hard to reach on the weekends.

• Al Burns : According to bank records, Shelly recently deposited $10,000 into her checking account. Any idea where she could've gotten that kind of money?

  Karen Branigan : She made minimum wage plus tips. There's no way she had that kind of money.

• Ellen : Shelly was sweet. All the customers loved her.

  Carrie Wells : She ever have any problems with anyone around here?

  Ellen : She pretty much kept to herself. I mean, she didn't go out partying like most of the kids around here.

  Carrie Wells : Right. But her mom said she was at a party Wednesday night.

  Ellen : If she was, I didn't know about it.

  Al Burns : She also just put $10,000 into her checking account. Any idea where that came from?

  Ellen : Not from here, that's for sure. She mentioned wanting to find another job after her dad's accident.

  Carrie Wells : Well, if you wanted to make extra money, where would you go around here?

  Ellen : I'd check out the board. People post all kinds of things on there. Waitressing jobs, catering.

  Carrie Wells : [seeing a flyer and remembering Shelly's bedroom]  How about a charter boat?

  Ellen : The pay's good, if you can stand eight hours on the water serving margaritas to a boatload of drunk cidiots.

  Carrie Wells : Cidiots?

  Ellen : Idiots from the city. Present company excluded.

• Joanne Webster : We believe the victim's last meal included caviar, and based on the roe, a very special kind of caviar. Volga Reserve Ossetra. Starts at $532 an ounce.

  Al Burns : Can't be too many places serving that, even around here.

• Carrie Wells : Wow, it must have been an incredible night. I mean, the music, the food... I bed she had an amazing time.

  George Mortimer : Thank you.

  Carrie Wells : Yeah.

  George Mortimer : Yes, it, uh... it was a magical evening.

  Carrie Wells : And you served the Volga Reserve Ossetra caviar. I mean, come on, really.

  Al Burns : Carrie.

  Carrie Wells : I know, I know, I know. I said I wouldn't say anything, but...

  Al Burns : And yet you are.

• Al Burns : That was nice back there, with the "we're not at liberty" stuff.

  Officer Tim Gosling : Thanks.

  Al Burns : Where'd you get that?

  Officer Tim Gosling : Saw it on TV.

• Al Burns : Some town you got here, Tim. You grow up here?

  Officer Tim Gosling : Noyac. After college, I bummed around the country for a bit, but something always pulled me back here.

  Al Burns : I guess the salt air gets into your blood, huh?

• Al Burns : Why'd that kid seem embarrassed that you knew him?

  Officer Tim Gosling : Chris?

  Al Burns : Yeah.

  Officer Tim Gosling : Probably 'cause he's a local. Dad's a plumber here in town. He wants to run with the big dogs.

• Al Burns : Listen, I've been doing this a long time. I think you've got more to say.

  Chris Jenkins : [turning to leave]  Ah, not really.

  Al Burns : [grabbing his arm]  Hey, Chris. Girl's dead. Local kid, just like you.

  Chris Jenkins : I don't want to stir anything up, all right? These guys are my friends.

  Al Burns : Yeah, you really believe that? You think you'll still be in their lives when they go back to Manhattan, Moscow, wherever it is they're from?

  Chris Jenkins : All right, I might have seen her at the party. But I'm not sure.

  Al Burns : Where?

  Chris Jenkins : Back yard.

  Al Burns : Was she with anyone? Talking to anyone?

  Chris Jenkins : Nah, she was pretty much on her own. She seemed a little out of place. Probably why I picked up on her. I've been there.

  Al Burns : Me, too. Thanks for stepping up.

• Jay Lee : Hey, Carrie? The jets in the Jacuzzi aren't jetting.

  Al Burns : Jay?

  Jay Lee : Hey. I, uh... thought you guys could, uh, use some help.

  Al Burns : With the Jacuzzi?

  Jay Lee : No, I thought I could cross-reference some suspect profiles, run some data analysis...

  Carrie Wells : Jay?

  Jay Lee : I also understand you need some access to financial files.

  Carrie Wells : Jay. He's not... he's not buying it.

  Jay Lee : [seeing Al's stoic face]  Okay, look. The city's a freaking sauna, my air conditioning is busted, and I really wanted to check out Eliot's place, so...

• Al Burns : What are you doing here?

  Cherie Rollins-Murray : Well, I heard you had a big fish on the line.

  Al Burns : He just swam right by you.

  Cherie Rollins-Murray : Oh.

  Al Burns : Let me guess. Thought you'd come out, give us a hand?

  Cherie Rollins-Murray : How'd you know I was gonna say that?

• Carrie Wells : [showing Al an article about Mortimer]  Yeah, check that out. His family has produced three congressmen, two secretaries of state, and an ambassador to Sweden.

  Al Burns : And a hell of a fortune.

  Carrie Wells : Yeah, more money than Shelly Branigan will see in a thousand lifetimes. It doesn't... it doesn't seem fair, does it?

  Al Burns : Well, it's the American way. Every town's got one; that big house on the hill.

  Carrie Wells : But what was a little girl from Islip doing there?