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Post by Ginne on Mar 2, 2004 22:06:59 GMT -5
317 Watcher
Burton’s house We pick up where we left off last week. The doorbell rings, Burton says that will be Laurie, Nick goes to answer the door.
Nick explains to Laurie what happened, she says she’ll get an attachment order immediately, which will get the sheriff looking for Shannon now rather than waiting until she’s become a missing person.
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Post by Ginne on Mar 2, 2004 22:09:36 GMT -5
In the other room, Nick finds Burton counting out $10,000 in cash. Despite Nick’s protestations, Burton insists Nick take him to see Roy. Meanwhile, Burton is having dizzy spells, but doesn’t say anything.
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Post by Ginne on Mar 2, 2004 22:12:35 GMT -5
Roy’s place, outside As they pull up, they see Roy loading some boxes into his car. When Burton confronts him, Roy at first says he’s taking some things to Goodwill, but finally confesses that the guys he owes money to are after him.
Burton says he’ll pay the money Roy owes the guys, but Roy must take him to them.
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Post by Ginne on Mar 2, 2004 22:17:42 GMT -5
Strip club Roy, Nick, and Burton enter. Roy heads away, saying he’ll find “them.” Burton, feeling dizzy again, sits down.
Roy comes back, says Malcolm has already paid the guys off. Burton stomps out.
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Post by Ginne on Mar 2, 2004 22:19:30 GMT -5
Police Station A detective tells Burton and Nick that Malcolm was arrested a few hours before, but Shannon wasn’t with him.
He then introduces them to Allison Scanlon, a federal agent investigating a child pornography ring. She’s looking for a girl who she says may be with Shannon at this point.
While they’re talking, Burton gets dizzy again, and passes out, with a worried Nick huddled over him.
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Post by Ginne on Mar 2, 2004 22:26:51 GMT -5
Hospital waiting room Nick is looking through a newspaper, sees an ad for the house he and Lulu looked at and liked. The doctor comes out and tells Nick that Burton has an inner ear condition caused by the head trauma he received from Roy. Burton needs to stay in the hospital overnight, then take it easy for the next week—no driving, stress, etc.
Right then, a fully clothed Burton is seen coming out of the exam room, his cell phone to his ear. He tells Nick the police have gotten a lead, and insists on leaving.
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Post by Ginne on Mar 2, 2004 22:29:30 GMT -5
Cheap motel Agent Scanlon and the police are there when Nick and Burton arrive. They’ve found very little. Scanlon explains that they usually just use a place for a few hours then move on. She says if they find anything more, they’ll call.
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Post by Ginne on Mar 2, 2004 22:31:38 GMT -5
Burton, very distraught, insists on going door-to-door at the motel asking if anyone saw Shannon. At one room, he finds Dina, a prostitute. At first she claims to know nothing, but finally confesses to notifying the police because she was concerned about the blonde girl. She refuses to talk to the cops because she’ll lose her child if they arrest her for prostitution.
Burton offers her $1000, while Nick tries to get him to slow down. Finally, Dina agrees to show Nick where to find the photographers and the go off, leaving Burton to watch her little girl, who is asleep.
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Post by Ginne on Mar 2, 2004 22:33:54 GMT -5
Nick’s car Dina explains that the porn people use a code system in newspaper ads. Nick gives her the paper he has in the car, and she comes up with an address. Meanwhile the ad for the house catches his eye again.
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Post by Ginne on Mar 2, 2004 22:36:28 GMT -5
Motel Dina’s daughter wakes up. She sees Burton, who asks her name. She answers “Violet,” then heads to the closet. When he goes to stop her, she says “I’ll be quiet, mister.” Burton persuades her to stay in the room, and she turns on the television.
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Post by Ginne on Mar 2, 2004 22:40:29 GMT -5
“Studio”<br>They pull up at the location, and Dina tells Nick to go to the door, tell them he is a “watcher” and needs a young girl to get off. This way he won’t actually have to have anything to do with the girls. She then leaves. A very reluctant Nick heads to the door.
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Post by Ginne on Mar 2, 2004 22:45:38 GMT -5
Inside As instructed, Nick tells the guy he’s a “friend of Dina’s,” and that he’s a watcher. The guy says it will be $2000. He then heads upstairs to get the new blonde girl he’s got ready. As he calls Nick up, Nick sees it isn’t Shannon.
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Post by Ginne on Mar 2, 2004 22:46:07 GMT -5
Nick’s car A very shaken, breathless Nick jumps in and calls Scanlon.
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Post by Ginne on Mar 2, 2004 22:47:12 GMT -5
Police station The police and feds raided the studio, but they didn’t find Shannon. However, they found a very poor quality video of a girl they think might be Shannon. Nick doesn’t want Burton to watch it, but Burton insists. A few minutes into the tape, they know it’s her. A sickened Burton leaves the room.
Nick gets up to follow, but something on the tape catches his eye. He has the detective rewind the tape, and reflected in a mirror at the edge of the screen he sees Dina.
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Post by Ginne on Mar 2, 2004 22:50:17 GMT -5
Motel Nick goes back to the motel to confront Dina. She admits that she was there when the tape was made, that the photographers sometimes like to have her there to help keep the new girls calm before they film, as she started out the same way. She says she did it because she’d felt bad for his “sister,” having been there herself.
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