Magnum P.I. (TV Series)

Remember Me Tomorrow (2022)

Hala Finley: Ella Vaughn

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• Detective Gordon Katsumoto : I spoke to the P.A. She plans to go for the max.

  Juliet Higgins : Which means, thanks to you, Ella, Clara is going away for a really long time.

  Cole Vaughn : Well, we appreciate the house call. We know you've had a long day.

  Ella Vaughn : So, how much do I owe you, Juliet?

  Juliet Higgins : [short laugh]  Uh, well, Ella, you saved my life today, so I reckon we're square. Thank you.

  Cole Vaughn : Your mom would've been so proud of you today. I know I am.

  Ella Vaughn : [his hug goes on longer than desired]  Okay, now you're just embarrassing me.

• Ella Vaughn : Ms. Higgins? Hi. I'm Ella.

  Juliet Higgins : Hi, Ella. It's lovely to meet you. You can call me Juliet. So, how can I help you?

  Ella Vaughn : I need you to help me solve a triple homicide from 2017.

• Juliet Higgins : Postmark indicates the letter was sent from the same area that the robbery/homicide took place. Also, the author appears to be left-handed.

  Detective Gordon Katsumoto : Yeah. Ink smudges are a dead giveaway. Unfortunately, one in ten people are left-handed. Doesn't really narrow it down too much.

  Juliet Higgins : Right. So, if we want any real answers, the items need to go to the crime lab.

  Detective Gordon Katsumoto : And the Cold Case Squad.

  Juliet Higgins : Well, yeah, but, you know, they probably have their plates full, and... look this is personal for the girl. If we hand this stuff over, we're surely gonna get tossed aside, and then who knows how long 'til Ella gets any answers?

  [as if on cue, Ella comes up to the desk] 

  Juliet Higgins : I thought asked you to wait by the vending machines.

  Ella Vaughn : I figured it was more of a suggestion.

• Ella Vaughn : Five years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Akamu and their daughter were shot and killed during a robbery. They also had a 14-year-old son, but he snuck out to sleep at a friend's house, so he wasn't there. He found them when he came home the next morning.

  Juliet Higgins : That's awful.

  Ella Vaughn : The Akamu case was the fourth in a string of robberies my mom was working on. The case went cold, but...

  Juliet Higgins : She couldn't let it go. Ella... I just wanna caution you not to get your hopes up. It seems like your mother was incredibly thorough, and, honestly, without any new information, it's very unlikely we'd be able to solve this.

  Ella Vaughn : But there is new information.

  [showing her an envelope] 

  Ella Vaughn : This came in the mail the week my mom died. Only I just found it.

  Juliet Higgins : [taking out the contents]  "If you want to solve the Akamu case, look behind the abandoned house at 3285 Beaumont. In a tree hollow." That's interesting.

  Ella Vaughn : So... I went there. Rang the bell. I told the guy I left something in the woods before he moved in and I asked if I could get it. He slammed the door on me.

  Juliet Higgins : Well, that's rather rude. Look, maybe we should loop in the police with this new information. I have a friend in HPD, and he would...

  Ella Vaughn : Please don't tell him. I'm worried if we hand over the letter, I'll be kept out of this and no one will take it seriously.

  Juliet Higgins : Well... I'm taking it very seriously.

  [closing the case file] 

  Juliet Higgins : Okay. Let's go.

  Ella Vaughn : Where?

  Juliet Higgins : Back to 3285 Beaumont.

• Ella Vaughn : [finding a gun in a tree hollow]  Is that a .38?

  Juliet Higgins : Yes. How did you know that?

  Ella Vaughn : A .38 was used to kill the Akamus. That has to be the murder weapon.

  Juliet Higgins : Yeah. It seems our cold case just got a lot warmer.

• Detective Gordon Katsumoto : You look just like Phoebe.

  Ella Vaughn : You knew my mom?

  Detective Gordon Katsumoto : Mm-hmm.

  Ella Vaughn : So, you'll help us?

  Detective Gordon Katsumoto : [glancing at Higgins]  I'll call the crime lab and ask for a favor. We can go from there.

• Cole Vaughn : What the hell do you think you're doing?

  Ella Vaughn : Dad, hear me out.

  Cole Vaughn : No. Your school called when you didn't show up.

  Ella Vaughn : W-Wait, Ella. If this is your father, then who did I speak to on the phone earlier?

  Ella Vaughn : I may have paid a guy 20 bucks to answer the phone and do some improv.

• Ella Vaughn : Doesn't look like anyone's home.

  Juliet Higgins : Let's make sure, shall we?

  Ella Vaughn : How?

  Juliet Higgins : By finding out who lives here and getting their phone numbers, I can track their current location.

  Ella Vaughn : So, you're hacking them.

  Juliet Higgins : Of course not. That would be... improper.

  Ella Vaughn : And illegal.

  Juliet Higgins : Indeed. Look, can I trust that any of the tricks of the trade you learn today will never be copied?

  Ella Vaughn : Indeed.

• Juliet Higgins : Why don't we take a lunch break? You must be hungry.

  Ella Vaughn : No, I don't want to stop. I'm fine.

  Juliet Higgins : Well, we're kind of in a holding pattern 'til we get the results back from the lab, so...

  Ella Vaughn : There has to be something more we can do. We have to keep going.

  Juliet Higgins : Look, I understand your desire to do this for your mum, I really do, but... I feel like there's something else going on here. Am I wrong? Why don't you sit down? Talk to me.

  Ella Vaughn : [doing so]  She was sick for a whole year. It was really hard to watch. One day, I was playing a video game, and she wanted me to read with her, but I didn't want to stop playing. We had a fight. I said really terrible things, then ran to my room and slammed the door. The next morning, she was in a coma. And a week later, she was gone. The things I said... what if she died thinking I meant it?

  Juliet Higgins : Ella... it took me only 15 minutes to tell how special you are and how much you loved your mum. I am certain that she knew it, too. Okay? And even though you didn't get to have a proper goodbye, it doesn't change those ten years that you shared with her.

  Ella Vaughn : We can still keep going, right?

  Juliet Higgins : Yeah, of course we can. Maybe if-if we can figure out what your mum's last move was, we can just pick up where she left off.

  Ella Vaughn : Well, that's easy.

  [taking something out of her backpack] 

  Ella Vaughn : This is my mom's notebook. She wrote this note a few weeks before she died.

  Juliet Higgins : "Talk to neighbors about Ellsworth"? Any idea what that means?

  Ella Vaughn : I looked through everything, and there's no Ellsworth anywhere.

  Juliet Higgins : Well... let's ask the neighbors, shall we?

• Juliet Higgins : So... what makes you so interested in a five-year-old murder case?

  Ella Vaughn : It was the one case my mom couldn't let go. She was a detective with HPD. She... worked on it until she died, just over two years ago.

  Juliet Higgins : Oh. I'm so sorry.

  Ella Vaughn : She didn't have enough time to solve it, so... I wanna do it for her.

  Juliet Higgins : Well, I would love to help you, but, um, it's just, given your age, I'm a little reluctant to continue without permission of a... of a guardian.

  Ella Vaughn : Yeah. I figured. My dad dropped me off. He's probably still in the car.

  Juliet Higgins : Right.

  Ella Vaughn : [dialing her phone]  Hey, Dad. Yeah. She wants to talk to you.

  Juliet Higgins : [taking the phone]  Hello, Mr. Vaughn, it's J... yes. I just wanted to make sure you... right. Yes. She, uh... she does seem very grown-up. If you're okay, then... okay. Great. Bye.

  [hanging up] 

  Juliet Higgins : Your father will be back to pick you up this afternoon. So, uh, why don't you bring me up to speed on the case?

• Ella Vaughn : So, what are we looking for?

  Juliet Higgins : So, Adam Akamu said that early on, HPD were investigating a rumor that his mum was having an affair. They moved off it as a motive once robbery became a theory, but now that we know the robbery was staged...

  Ella Vaughn : You think we oughta check it out.

  Juliet Higgins : I do. I mean, if Mrs. Akamu had an angry boyfriend, that could be our killer. I just... I can't find any mention of it in your mum's notes yet.

  Ella Vaughn : That's 'cause we're looking in the wrong place. Older stuff is in the closet, back shelf.

  [opening the closet] 

  Ella Vaughn : Hey, Dad, can you help? It's that one.

  Cole Vaughn : [taking a box off a shelf and setting it down]  Okay. What are we hoping to find?

  Juliet Higgins : Uh, statements. Anyone claiming to have firsthand knowledge of the affair.

  Ella Vaughn : How about gossip?

  Juliet Higgins : Hmm?

  [taking papers from her] 

  Juliet Higgins : This woman says she heard of the affair from Clara, who claims to have seen the couple in the flesh.

  Ella Vaughn : But didn't we already talk to her?

  Juliet Higgins : Yeah, we did. She might be the only person to have ever seen our killer. Time I paid her another visit.

• Ella Vaughn : Have you talked to Juliet?

  Detective Gordon Katsumoto : I just left her a message.

  Ella Vaughn : But she hasn't called back?

  Detective Gordon Katsumoto : What's wrong, Ella?

  Ella Vaughn : She left to follow a lead, like, an hour ago, and she's not answering texts. Dad says she's just busy, but I've got a bad feeling.

  Detective Gordon Katsumoto : Do you know where she went?

  Ella Vaughn : To talk to one of the neighbors.

  Detective Gordon Katsumoto : [becoming alarmed]  Which one?

• Ella Vaughn : How's it going?

  Juliet Higgins : I haven't found what I need just yet, but I'm not giving up.

  Ella Vaughn : Dad said I could help.

  Juliet Higgins : Mm, forgive me, but I'm gonna have to hear that from him this time.

  Cole Vaughn : It's okay. We talked, and... well, I think I get why she needs to see this through.