“Page Turner” · Season 5, Episode 2
In this episode: Mac Taylor (9), Don Flack (6), Stella Bonasera (4), Lindsay Monroe (3), Sheldon Hawkes (3), Danny Messer (2), Adam Ross (1), Sid Hammerback (1)
Dante Gunther and Liza Carpenter have to be connected somehow.
They both died of radioactive thallium poisoning at around the same time. Other than that, I still do not see a connection.
What if they just randomly crossed paths?
Few seconds at a public place, unaware of each other, not knowing that they came into contact with something contaminated? If that's true, how many more people out there have no idea how sick they are?
When did you start hiding behind Buddha?
Oh, my transition occurred when I stopped hiding.
Great. Then you won't mind telling us what you know about these two people.
I'm not familiar with these individuals.
No? 'Cause we're familiar with your tendency to go nuclear. And since these poor folks died of radiation poisoning, and one of them had your address in his pocket.
(about Sid) His condition will get worse if we don't figure this out fast. Radiation can eat through every organ in your body. There's got to be something we can do.
There is. Let's get back to the lab and try to figure out what took Liza Carpenter's life before it takes his.
I paint a lot of girls. Maybe you're interested.
I'm only interested in finding out what happened to this one.(holding the picture) We didn't pick up significant radioactive trace on you or your studio. Did you make contact with her in any other way?
(smiling) I like the way you think, but no. She wasn't my type.
How you doing?
Let's just say I know how a microwaved burrito feels. But I should also say thank you. I owe a great deal of my recovery to you.
Ah, come on, that was nothing. You would have done the same for me.
As a matter of fact, I would.
It was a free concert in the park by Maroon 5.
Must've been one hell of a show.
Our vic is Liza Carpenter. A first year Asian Studies major at Triborough College. Stumbled out in front of the crosstown bus as it was leaving the stop.
The bus didn't kill her. Look where it is in relation to the bus stop. What is that, ten feet?
Yeah, beanbags for crowd control. This place went from a sing-along to a slugfest in about 60 seconds. Come on, you’re not saying that one of our guys is gonna take the heat for this?
Not saying anything… yet.
Remember, nobody touches the body without a safety suit on.
Who are we looking at?
Our vic is Dante Gunther. He's the director of Killer Vacation, and he was set to receive a lifetime achievement award at tonight's horror film festival.
What is he, 20-something? A little early for lifetime achievement.
Looks a little late to me. Anyone see what happened.
No, the audience is so far below us, they couldn't see or hear anything. Publicit I spoke to said that Gunther was supposed to intro the film, but he showed up late. Then he started acting weird. He didn't remember his own name. He even started pulling out his own hair. So they finally rolled the picture, brought him up here to this VIP section, and a few minutes after that, he hit the red carpet.
Anyone make direct contact with him?
Negative. No moviegoers were allowed up here, and he arrived at the screening alone.
Tell you one thing, that's not the sound of applause we're hearing.
Ready for some Heavy Metal 101?
Rock on.
Some kind of preservation technique?
No, no. It's a process used to repair books after water damage.
Oh, that could be the link between our vics. The mold I pulled from Liza Carpenter's sandal came back as stachybotrys.
Black toxic mold.
Right. Thrives on stagnant water, and is mostly found in water-damaged buildings.
"The Tibetan Book of the Dead".
They say reading's fundamental.
This time it was fatal.
Not a very precise way of targeting people. Unless the vics were poisoned at random.
What kind of killer doesn't want to know who his victims are?
Prussian blue?
Yeah. It's his second dose. It speeds up the removal of thallium from the body, but he's too sick to swallow it, so they had to insert a feeding tube.
Is it working?
Only time will tell.
…conditions such as these in a public facility are indefensible and reprehensible. That's why I'm filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of New York and the New York City Library, both complicit in the radiation deaths of the my clients, (holds up pictures of Liza Carpenter and Dante Gunther) Liza Carpenter, Dante Gunther…
Those are our two victims, Mac.
(holds up a picture of Molly Paulson) …and Molly Paulson.
Who's Molly Paulson?
She was my wife for 11 years. I still can't believe she's gone.
When did she pass away?
Two months ago.
Why do you think she was poisoned by radiation?
She was a librarian at the New York City Library.
Well, Mr. Paulson, the main branch of the library is expansive. The odds of Molly coming in contact with one book in the Special Collections section? Because that is where she worked, you know.
For the last five years.
May I ask, what were you told was her cause of death?
Our family doctor said lupus is what killed her. And all I can say is, the minute I saw the news and heard about the-the rash and the hair loss, I knew it had to be thallium poisoning.
Even if the symptoms are also consistent with lupus?
She was in remission a week before she died. It all happened so fast, but now it all makes sense. You know, Molly and I used to took an art class on the weekends together. I painted that picture of her.
But if thallium jet kill your wife, that means it was murder, and the only way I can confirm that is to have her body exhumed.
You do what you have to do. But mark my words; somebody's gonna pay.
Mr. Paulson, I'm sorry for your loss.
Listen up, Larry! I'm a little pissed off over having to wear this outfit! If you don't open this door I'm gonna huff and puff and nuke your little house down!
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