Unforgettable (TV Series)

Lost Things (2011)

Dylan Walsh: Al Burns

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• Al Burns : Woman who called it in is sitting in an RMP outside. We should talk to her, see if there's a hotheaded boyfriend in the picture.

  Carrie Wells : Well, there are two bedrooms. One's all flowers and pillows. The other one's sweaty gym socks.

  Al Burns : She has a male roommate.

  Carrie Wells : Yeah.

  Al Burns : Well, it's awfully early in the morning. Where is he?

• Al Burns : Making any progress on your sister's case? Convenience store suspect?

  Carrie Wells : Uh... lot of dead ends. You know, I... I keep trying to remember the exact store. I mean, I know I must have been there with my mom. Problem is, before Rachel's murder, my memories aren't sharp; they're just...

  Al Burns : Just like the rest of us?

  Carrie Wells : Yeah. I often wonder, how do you mere mortals possibly manage?

  Al Burns : We write stuff on our hands.

• Al Burns : The roommate is 6'4".

  Carrie Wells : Well, there you go. Drunk big guy with a crush. That's a country song with a bad ending.

  Al Burns : Drives a blue Blazer. I'll get Roe to put out a Finest Message.

  Carrie Wells : Wait a second. Did you say blue Blazer?

  [he nods, and she remembers arriving at the scene] 

  Carrie Wells : Don't bother. He's around the corner.

• Al Burns : Roommate's sticking to his story. He blacked out. We woke him up. No idea what happened in between.

  Nina Inara : I took some blood off his hands, and it looks like it's not Mary's.

  Al Burns : He could have cut it breaking that back window.

  Mike Costello : Well, I ran him through the system. Pulled his sheriff's department application. No record. He's been a bailiff for three years. Before that, security at Macy's and assistant manager at White Castle. Uh, how far back do you wanna go?

  Al Burns : I think slider cook is far enough.

• Roe Saunders : That was my pal, worked with Mary Hansen at Legal Aid. Looks like one of her clients took a shine to her, asked her out a couple of times. She says she's not interested. Few days later, guy shows up at her place at 2:00 in the morning to make his case.

  Mike Costello : What happened?

  Roe Saunders : Freaked Mary out. She asked her boss to reassign him to someone else.

  Al Burns : What was she defending him for?

  Roe Saunders : Ah, thought you'd never ask. Guy was charged with attempted sexual assault.

• Roe Saunders : I flamed out on my Legel Aid lead.

  Al Burns : Still, going to the house of a woman you don't really know and asking her out, it's a little creepy no matter what.

  Roe Saunders : Even if it's creepy, dude's got an airtight alibi. He was getting stitches at an ER in the Bronx.

  Al Burns : So that's strike one. Strike two, tox screen came in on the roommate, Kevin. Given his blood alcohol level this morning, he was more likely to die of alcohol poisoning than to walk all the way to the apartment, kill Mary Hansen, and walk back to his car.

  Roe Saunders : Well, you want me to, uh, lay a weak bunt towards third? Re-canvass the neighborhood, see if we missed someone?

  Al Burns : I'd go to the opposite field. Bring up all the open sex crimes in the area, see if we can find a pattern, match the shoe print.

• Al Burns : We're not here to step on your toes.

  Lou Kestler : Well, how do you expect me to feel when two Queens detectives show up out of the blue and tell me that security for one of my defendants might be compromised?

  Carrie Wells : Like a concerned law enforcement officer who wants to keep a crime from happening.

  Lou Kestler : What's your name again?

  Carrie Wells : Carrie Wells. And yours is Court Officer Captain Lou Kestler. So if it's about number of letters, you win.

• Carrie Wells : Al, I think he's got a uniform.

  Lou Kestler : That's an empty hanger in a dry cleaning bag. I don't know how that proves anything.

  Al Burns : She's right. We need to secure your defendant and search this courthouse immediately.

  Lou Kestler : Based on what? An empty hanger? I am committed to the security of everyone in this building, but I'm getting a little tired of all...

  Al Burns : [finding civilian clothes in a garbage can]  So he has a gun and he's dressed like a court officer.

  Lou Kestler : Okay. I'll begin an evacuation and search.

  Carrie Wells : I think that's a wonderful idea. Minimize the chaos.

  Al Burns : Where is Mr. Donner?

  Lou Kestler : Prisoners' holding area, lower level one. We have him secured.

  Al Burns : Keep him there. We need to find this guy. Thank you, Captain.

  [he and Carrie leave] 

  Al Burns : Admirable self-control.

  Carrie Wells : Would've been like kicking a puppy.