MARLOWE T.V PILOT

[Music] it's another one of those summer nights in La everyone's out looking for action especially on Sunset and if you're not lucky it can take you 20 minutes to drive four blocks tonight's another easy tail job this guy on the porsch has a lot of ladies in his life and my client thinks his wife may be one of them 500 bucks a few hours you know piece of cake come on uh not anymore I spent most of my life in La I used to work as is a detective for the DA's office but got fired for what they called insubordination what I called telling the truth that was 8 years ago and I've been a private investigator ever since which means I get paid to find out those secrets and who's been keeping them well this is interesting cuz that's not my client's wife I should just call it a knight the last thing I should do right now is get out of my car car life is choices okay I'm not going to hurt I'm not going to hurt just tell me what happened sh stay there thanks hey Frank so what does she have to say her name's Tracy fa claim she came over to meet her boyfriend went right upstairs to the bedroom he wasn't there heads out to the pool notices the body figured he slipped turns him over then notices the blood not a bad little story well I didn't see much and I was here that's right you were right outside it's a big help oh next time I'll ask the victim to invite me over for a drink an hour before he's killed oh that'd be nice actually maybe you can ask him to die at a reasonable hour while you're at it did you hear anything uh she screamed but I couldn't tell if that's cuz she found the dead body or caused it right how long you been tailing densler couple of days yeah who are you working for Bill Church thought his wife is banging the guy that's good maybe she's the uh jealous type right obviously this guy couldn't keep it in his pants yeah where was your wife to Frank no he's not her type good looking money nice house so uh what can you tell me about handsome here well his father's danzer Enterprises died a few years ago left $140 million company to his two sons Adam here took over the business how'd it go down stabb twice in the neck popped in the head maybe from the fall life's in the pool well don't look at me this is why you make the big bucks remember you're the best when cases go bad they go bad fast there was no reason for me to stick around this mess it was time to zip things up get paid and move on Mrs Church hi is your husband home at our neighborhood watch meeting women are told not to answer when a stranger asked that question uh name is Marlo your husband knows me go on the telephone follow [Music] me [Music] why are you here to see my husband oh just a little business nice Garden you think so my husband seems to have lost interest is that right how about you what do you think of my flowers oh I think I think they need a lot of attention more than most need and from what I can tell I mean they deserve it apart from that they're so colorful and lifelike I mean you'd almost think they're [Laughter] real sweetheart you mind if Mr Marlo and I uh talk a little private business of course I need to pull some weeds anyway you come to my home are you out of your mind listen I followed denzer for 3 days he was screwing somebody but it wasn't your wife at least not lately that's not possible she goes out every night she's hanging in clubs she's on the internet researching everything denler have to check in the mail will you what if she's still seeing him I doubt it Adam Denzel was murdered last night you probably be getting a call from the cops good luck with that wait Marlo you can't just tell me that and walk away you don't need me you need a fancy lawyer that's more your style anyway I can't afford my style she's bankrupting me nightclubs vacations investment schemes no matter what I do it's not enough maybe you should take up [Music] gardening I missed morning hey I had a long night that's what coffee's for and a weird Morning Sounds like one of your dates how much do I pay for this abuse trust me if I were here for the I would have left a long time ago the guy's coming to fix the air conditioner in your apartment and they got you a new cell phone to replace the one you lost I lost my phone yes oh uh call a body shop too I need a new Fender again again oh I'm I'm sorry um I I don't mean to uh just show up like this I uh hi hi um I just didn't know where else to go see you made bail well they haven't charged me yet look I asked around about you and one of the cops told me that your friends would detective Alm and I thought that maybe you could talk to him you know I mean you were there you you saw that I didn't kill Adam no all I know is you had access you were covered in blood and who knows he found out he was sleeping with somebody else no Adam was in love with me and I was crazy about him uh no offense but being crazy about doesn't help your case look I want to hire you to find out who really did kill Adam the cops are on it now yeah and I'm scared to death that they won't believe that I'm innocent look I may not be as smart as a lot of people but I'm smart enough to know when I need help why would I kill Adam when he was the best thing in my life why would I hire you if I was guilty huh please please Mr Marlo please you got to help me I don't know where else to go put away your checkbook I'll do what I can hey tell me the truth and I might be able to help you but if you lie to me I don't owe Tracy Fay a thing but the tricky thing about La is that lies can sound like the truth and the truth can feel like a lie if you don't go out of your way every so often to find out what's really going on pretty soon you don't know the difference just let her go she's trouble Jessica's like my conscience except in better shape unfortunately I don't listen as much as I should trouble is my business when you wake up with a murder case you never ask for no leads in sight and a client who's the only suspect there's only one place to go back to the beginning try and find anyone or anything that might have seen something outside of Adam Den's house that [Music] night whatever it is I don't is this your dog thank you oh my baby excuse me ma'am ma'am you record your surveillance so uh no forced entry over got in here and knew the alarm codes what are you doing back here oh just curious right I'm sticking around cuz of the girl how long we been doing this when are you going to learn Phillip maybe when I'm not busy doing your job the uh neighbor you know the look at meum spiritual house across the street while her security camera picked up the plate number of her car it was parked here around the time Adam denz was killed and this is the footage you you got into the crazy neighbors house we've been trying to get a warrant to get in there you want to tell me what else you got you want to wait for the warrant okay uh build Church checked out his alibies airtight thank you oh gee thanks that's it Matt denler older brother stands to inherit everything huh huh okay all right any of the other neighbors see anything no they never do fell uh Adam densler apparently only comes to LA on business though right right a few days a month anything new on the girl I don't know she came to see you yesterday well since you were following her where else did she go well I'll send you a full report want to side of fries with that but Rob you seem tense Frank do I I seem a little tense maybe it's because I spent half my day in court and the other half doing paperwork on the third half which doesn't exist doing my actual job right now I should be in Malibu talking to the brother so what's stopping you well apart from trying to gather evidence to make my case against Tracy Fay I don't know 3 hours of driving on a hot day like this 4 hours of paperwork cuz I got to be all official and stuff you know don't have to worry about warrants or procedure and tell you the truth you can use a little color I said I get it give me the address okay you mind if I ask uh does your brother have any enemies no thing is I'm the only one that gains from Adam dying but the money doesn't matter to me what $140 million without Adam to manage it I'll probably lose it I was happy just living out here off my did you know his girlfriend Tracy wouldn't call her his girlfriend really Adam traveled a lot he had girls in other cities he was good to all of them but uh he wasn't about to settle down with any of them Tracy probably didn't like that very much what about La any other girls here not that I know of but we didn't spend a lot of time together I wish we had do you think Tracy could have killed Adam hey Maddie how you holding up hey Charles this is the guy that was with Tracy at Adam's house and night he died he's a private uh detective that's terrible about Adam you guys want to come on up no thanks I think I really need to paddle out look if you find out anything will you let me know he was my kid Matt didn't exactly jump to Tracy's defense maybe he had his reasons maybe I could figure them out if I paid a visit to my good friend Thomas he owns a kind of place where girls like Tracy go to get noticed what is this what that this stuff a r insid man Julie get him something nice BL what's up man well you know every Club girl in town right you ever heard of a girl named Tracy Fay is it always business with you I swear you're getting worse Maro you w this bad 5 years ago man trust me is that a no okay okay okay yeah yeah yeah Tracy hangs out with them a lot I saw the blonde earlier at the beach Shan no my friend she's not your ti what you think it's my clothes why that absolutely and your general disdain for women who can't start a sentence without using the word I hey hey where are they headed oh well that's easy tonight is the element Club doing what I do I spent my share of time in clubs and let me tell you I'm always happy to leave the problem is getting in so since I'm not on the list I got to think of something else [Applause] [Music] 49 49 no it's aest 49 come on bring it up 20 cars lined up for the valet an empty parking lot right next door that's La hey man is it cool to have us out here no man it ain't cool get back inside with the drink all right all right all right come on Frank let's get this car right out all right ready over here come on Marlo you come to me that's a hell of a way to mourn her boyfriend come here how are you doing Mr Marlo I'm good you know you might want to take a break from the partying while you're still tied to a murder investigation you are so sweet being all protective like that you know what you are my guardien angel oh yeah I'm an angel all right sh this is the guy that I was just telling you about right your hero hey Charles the Brisco oh right right we met at the beach uh sorry that's good to see you hello Charlie hey baby let me uh take care of this for you ladies keep an eye on her Maurice to so uh this is my place let me know if you need anything though uh looks like you're doing just fine I'm just checking up on a friend yeah she seems all porn up about Adam she told me she was in love with him they're all in love every 5 minutes they're in love don't say anything to get you they do anything to keep you what like her giving some Stallion and massage out Malu yeah it doesn't matter what you look like in LA as long as you got money or power or you got [Music] both okay youe I got got [Music] it you want a drink no thanks she likes you she doesn't know any better well maybe she can just tell who to trust get some sleep hey hey you don't have to go just yet sure I do look look I know that uh that may seem a little messed up but this is just the only way I know how to deal make sure you lock the door Marlo if things were starting to look really bad for me you'd let me know [Music] right yep hey I got an idea on the suspect's car you saw leaving the murder scene great so who did it Sandra Bullock so what was Sandra bul like in person Sandy was very helpful so she killed him yep we're done great now uh she parked her car at the element club and went to a restaurant down the street and somebody took her car for a ride mhm I met the dener brother oh please tell me he planned the whole thing so I can go home seems like you couldn't plan lunch much less a murder a present for you find out who wrote that and we might be on something yeah I'll uh I'll get my crack team of handwriting experts on it right now Tracy's still top of my list in fact I'm pulling a file of hers from her hometown she's got a record details oh God could be anything from stealing a candy bar to killing her mom no I got to hit the road I got to get back to my loved ones yeah me [Music] too you here for lunch or moving I just stopped by to say Sandra Bullock stands a regards yeah her car was parked here a few days ago when you guys took could have a little ride oh I just parked the car all right let me make this simple anesto on the LAPD is going to be all over you cuz that car was spotted near the side of a murder now since Sandra bulock was happily having dinner in a fancy restaurant up the street at the time means whoever had the keys to her car took it out for a little ride car and their fingerprints are all over call me you want to stay out jail move it hey Frank I need to trace a call for my pay phone at 7723 Los pomas at uh 1:18 p.m. thanks hello what'd you find out about danzer Enterprises these guys earned all kinds of stuff from manufacturing to real estate I'm an appointment with their offices in a little while nice oh uh can you call a glass guys I need a new car window I know that numbered by heart you're breathing kind of heavy you got company I'm with 10 girls you dirty little bird you didn't call me I me dance class genius talk later hey I got that number that Ernesto called from the pay in front of the element Club it's Raymond's bar in Hollywood okay thanks I'll pay him a visit where to now uh Raymond's bar no man I wouldn't that place is pretty rough cops don't even go in there without backup really oh that's two warnings in two days this is getting fun wow there's a good chance whoever anesto call from the pay phone had something to do with Sandra Bullock's car and Adam Den's murder this place caters to regulars regular psychos if you're not one of them it won't take long to get a little attention that's the easy part and exciting we have been waiting a long time for promises to be kept today that wait is over the New Vision project is a new begin Vision all right Mitch's Place put in parking lots and fast food joints as far as I can see all of our Angelos let's go I haven't finished my drink yet s let's go okay can I get a to go cup for that now comes the hard part stay away from my lady who who would that be Tracy all right you're you're the guy who signs his notes with a brick and she's your lady well I'll tell her next time I see her cuz uh she acts like she serving numbers at a deli counter something bad's going to happen to you now just excuse me you mind all right ladies let's finish a deep black pool opens under me and I dive [Music] in [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] oh I need a drink it's maloa a vit himin drink it's pink is what it is oh God this disgusting how do I look i' still do you want to tell me what happened oh you know a little bit of this a little bit of that some guys said some things just stay how was your trip to densler Enterprises these guys are into a lot of different stuff they have over a dozen different businesses and they name them all after Dead Presidents to keep them straight Lincoln Washington Roosevelt should I ask how you got all this out of some guy at their office you know I mean he was only him good poor guy oh oh the guy is coming to fix the glass in your car when oh yeah you can tell him to forget it I might need to buor your car I don't even want to know and a guy named Ernesto called and says he's ready to talk [Music] good hey Jess how you doing [Music] turns out when nesto's in our parking cars he has two other jobs I knew he was innocent because I've never known a criminal to work so hard for so little anesto so what do you want to tell me this guy I know paid me to borrow a nice car for an hour said he wanted to impress your girl he asked me to drive it over to Raymond's bar what guy Zach btis he comes by the element Club a lot pretty good Tipper white guy short hair likes to hold Court in the alleyway outside Raymond's bar that's the guy you called from the pay phone last time I saw you right yeah that's him listen I know I should have done that but it was 200 bucks I don't want to go to jail don't worry about it hi you know Zach btis yeah somebody tried to fix us up once I went out with him a couple of times he's a scary guy yeah no kidding he's still calls me all the time the cops are going to be looking for him and what does that mean means they have another suspect Tracy I'll call you want I know more so I got a name for you Zack B who's that violent low life with the reason to kill Adam denzer is he also a violent low life with an alarm code the guy almost kill me for giving Tracy a ride home imagine what he do to denzer for sleeping with her yeah since when did you become the girl's chauffeur anyway I gave her ride home I didn't stay yeah right nice neighbors you got yeah convenient yeah I bet a cup of sugar on a lap dance just check out BS I couldn't sleep and you're out of sleeping pill so you drove all the way over here to find out if my light was on well it's not the first time I've done it it's just the first time that you've been here huh you working late ACM my apartment's busted well lucky me are you sure it's okay I'll let you know the cross the line part of me wants to throw her out the window and another part of me wants to nail her against the wall maybe I'll leave the window out of this till morning [Music] [Music] yep how you doing buddy better did you find Zach btis yet not yet uh I do have uh Tracy fa's file though from Portland she uh she was arrested for assaulting her last boyfriend slashed his face open with a wine [Music] bottle hi you're good I believed you what you forgot to mention what you did to your ex-boyfriend you're crazy I'm crazy you sliced them up it was self-defense Jimmy was beating the hell out of me so what's your excuse for denzo he was sleeping with someone else he just killed him yeah I knew that he had other women and I hated it but I was in love with him so you know what you do the best you can you got to you got to believe me I why should anybody believe you you were there Tracy with motive A History of Violence shaking like a leaf and covered in blood I swear to God tell me the truth the truth tell me the truth tell the damn truth damn it don't [Music] me I'm not going to hit you that's what they all say right before they hit you I Tracy are you friends with this woman who Stephanie church we we we met that night through Charlie Charles D Frisco the club guy yeah why she's married to a client of mine Stephanie who was one of the frusco investors that was that was the opening night God look how happy we all were I guess I always knew that it would never quite work out with him just like I know won't look out with you either [Music] but you don't even be disappointed my client's wife a dead man his brother and Tracy Fay all in the the same photo every person involved in this mess has some connection to Charleston Frisco and that doesn't feel like a coincidence hey Jess the dead presents the denz Nam their different companies after is one of them Eisenhower even less of a coincidence when the Dead Guy owned the parking lot next door oh a parking problem you got here yeah it's nuts too bad you can't use the empty lot down the street tell me about it I tried to buy it yeah from the densers yeah they wouldn't sell I offered them half a million which at the time was a good price anyway now the city's trying to get their hands on it for the New Vision project trying to shut my club down too it's not going to make the investors too happy I know one of them Stephanie Church yeah well New Vision that's councilman Lopez's Pet Project interesting cuz he's a guy that gets massages in your balcony right doesn't anybody just talk anymore what's your point and now that Adam denzer is dead your Beach buddy Matt suddenly controlled the property so what so now you and Lopez can make a deal on the parking lot that's so important to both of you I'd say that's a pretty good motive would you look do I want to make a deal hell yeah but I couldn't Madie and I are friends but I don't have that kind of pull over him there see wasn't that nice just chatting hey oh excellent man Third Base Line cool so when we go actually I can't they're for you I need a favor listen dinner's on me so enjoy yourself hey sh listen I I can always count on Thomas to come through he has all the right connections and he knows how to work them cuz to get through to certain guys you need a little leverage kman Lopez just like to ask you a couple of questions are you a reporter not exactly well I don't do business at home you'll have to call my office for an appointment right it's just that me and my friend drove all the way over here to talk to you and your wife it'll just take a second of your time here we go this little piece right here the parking lot The dener Zone what about it well you've been trying to buy this for the project was probably going to make your political career and the guy who owned it was killed tell me what you know about that look Mr Marl I'm really not at Liberty to discuss any business right right I understand think your wife would mine my Frank didn't use the all right the city tried to buy the lot from denler he wouldn't sell it heard Charles of Frisco offered a half a million for it oh sure he did New Vision is a $4 billion development Dena knew that his little parking lot was a Lynch pin he was holding out for more T Frisco told me he could deliver the parking lot but wanted guarantees his club would be saved I agreed because Adam denzler was in a position to kill the whole thing instead he was killed by Ronica who's a jealous girlfriend I here that's one Theory I think the voters might be interested in a couple of others look Mr marel if you want to wreck my marriage because of that girl I can't stop you but I had nothing to do with any murder y I located Zach btis I just got to pick him up then I can get back in my bikini W image Frank look I don't think your job's going to be that simple I met btis he's not smart enough to pull us off without help where is he he at the Hollywood Premiere Motel hey look Phil uh this guy ain't going to talk you know I get there first this guy's never going to tell us to put him up to this all right he's a lawyer up going have to drive him downtown I'm going have to how far away are you I can be there in 45 make it an hour will you guy tried to kill me I got rights too hey Zach how'd you get in the house I don't know what you're talking about Adam Den's house I know you killed him you had to know the alarm codes who gave him to you I'm going to tell you anything come on Zach you can tell me cops are going to be here in a minute and they're not nice like me told you was going to get home that screw here C Frisco how'd you get in Zach how'd you get in how'd you get the C hey come on Zach who was it huh was it the frisco was it him what hey damn it you okay I said an hour what'd you do take the bus yeah I got a little reading down to the cross word that's evidence you so arrest me for tampering I told you not to call me Z anyone we know I got everything I needed from Zach btis but for one last piece and that piece would gave me the truth the awful thing about the truth though is having to tell it to somebody hey man what's up what are you doing here need to ask you a couple more questions sure go ahead do you know Zach btis no who is he he's a guy from Bakersfield with a record in three states he killed your brother what why he was obsessed with Tracy Fay and didn't like her sleeping with him has he been arrested no he's dead now you're not going to like this but right before he died he called a friend of yours Stephanie Church your friend's the wrong word it's not what you think Stephanie and I are are are in love my client knew his wife was screwing a densler just had the wrong one she's going to leave her husband so that that we can be together let me ask you something Matt this woman you're so in love with do she ever ask you for the alarm Coast to your brother's house am [Music] I is this a bad time I think it might be a little awkward if my husband found us alone together don't you think I think you're a long way from Bakersfield you've been checking up on me I'm flattered you know your buddy Zach btis was killed in a [ __ ] out with the cops last night night Zach and I were never very close really cuz before he died he told me a story about you him and Adam denler he always had a very active imagination oh boy did you take advantage of that you introduced him to Tracy convinced him he could have her if he could take Adam out of the picture you're bluffing you were the one who told him when Adam was getting back into town and you're the one who gave him the security codes now why would I do all those things so we could kill Adam densler for you hell do you think you are well I'm just a guy with a headache your husband hired to find out if you were cheating on him and then go home only I didn't no you didn't but you can now I'm just getting started you were looking to trade up you figured Matt was the way to do that until you found out he was living off an allowance and his kid brother was making all the decisions but I give you credit all the big players were after a parking lot but you you were playing for the real money $140 million in the entire denler family fortune you know I'm impressed I get it well lucky for you I'm the only one who has the whole story otherwise the cops will be knocking on your door dragging you downtown sticking your face all over the 6:00 news ugly 25,000 50 make you go away oh unbelievable you can't prove a word of this oh no Matt asked me to drop this off apparently he lost interest in your flowers too I'll see myself out Adam denzer and Zack ptis were dead Matt Den's life would never be the same in the end it wasn't about a parking lot or politics or anybody's New Vision was about the old Staples jealousy greed and lies all set a blaze One Night in a dark Club just off Hollywood [Music] Boulevard turns out Tracy Fay was telling the truth she decided to leave this town and start over somewhere new in La it's the promise that gets you the promise is laidback beautiful easygoing you can have whatever you want the reality is it's a town full of shaky people on Shaky Ground living out shaky dreams and every single day somebody Falls at that moment you either get back on the horse or find someone to blame I don't mind letting La beat the hell out of me once in a while as long as she tells me the truth in the end oh baby oh baby then it [Applause] [Music] fell

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Length: 43min 25sec (2605 seconds)

Published: Sat Jan 17 2015