X-Files 3x19 Hell Money
SOMEBODY IN HERE ?
HOLY MOSES.
WHAT A WAY TO GO.
HAVE YOU SEEN
THIS M.O. BEFORE,
DETECTIVE ?
MEN CREMATED ALIVE ?
YEAH.
THIRD TIME
THIS YEAR.
ELEVENTH TIME, ACTUALLY.
THERE WERE THREE IN SEATTLE,
THREE IN LOS ANGELES
AND TWO IN BOSTON.
ALL CHINESE MEN BETWEEN
THE AGES OF 20 AND 40.
ALL RECENT IMMIGRANTS.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DETERMINE
ANY OF THAT UNTIL JUST RECENTLY.
THE OTHER TWO BODIES
WERE MUCH MORE BADLY BURNED.
- WE GOT LUCKY WITH THIS ONE.
- LUCKY ?
THAT'S AN INTERESTING WORD
FOR IT.
GOT ANY LEADS
ON THIS CASE, DETECTIVE ?
ANY THOUGHTS OR IDEAS ?
WE'VE GOT A BIG INFLUX
OF IMMIGRANTS FROM HONG KONG,
TRYING TO GET OUT
BEFORE 1997.
AND WE'VE SEEN
STEPPED UP GANG ACTIVITY
IN THE CHINESE COMMUNITY,
BUT SO FAR
WE CAN'T TIE THESE DEATHS
TO ANYONE OR ANYTHING.
YOU GOT ANYBODY THAT CAN
READ OR SPEAK CHINESE ?
YEAH. GLEN CHAO.
HE'S RIGHT OVER THERE.
WHY ?
GET HIM. I WANT TO SEE
IF HE CAN READ THIS.
SURE. GLEN.
ONE SECOND.
DETECTIVE CHAO.
GLEN CHAO,
AGENT MULDER.
HI.
WHAT'VE YOU GOT ?
HI.
THERE'S SOMETHING WRITTEN
UP HERE. I WAS WONDERING
IF YOU COULD READ IT.
YEAH. IT SAYS, "GWAI."
- IT MEANS "GHOST."
- GHOST ?
DOES THAT MEAN
ANYTHING TO YOU ?
I DON'T KNOW,
BUT IT'S SOMETHING
STRANGE FOR A MAN...
BEING BURNED ALIVE
TO WRITE, DON'T YOU THINK ?
YEAH.
WHAT'S THIS ?
ANYBODY RECOGNIZE THIS ?
-LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND
OF FOREIGN CURRENCY.
- IT'S CALLED "HELL MONEY."
IT'S USED AS AN OFFERING
DURING THE CHINESE FESTIVAL
OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS.
- IS IT WORTH ANYTHING ?
- IT'S NOT MONEY, PER SE.
IT'S A SYMBOLIC OFFERING
TO THE EVIL SPIRITS AND
THE GHOSTS. FOR GOOD LUCK.
WHERE WOULD I GET THIS
"HELL MONEY ?"
WELL, THERE AREN'T
A WHOLE LOT OF PLACES
IN CHINATOWN THAT SELL IT.
THAT'S GOOD.
MAYBE WE JUST FOUND A WAY
TO IDENTIFY THE BODY.
HIS NAME IS JOHNNY LO.
HE MOVED HERE ABOUT
SIX MONTHS AGO FROM CANTON.
HE'S STILL IN THE I.N.S.
APPLICATION PROCESS.
HE WAS A DISHWASHER
IN CHINATOWN.
HOW MANY DISHES DO YOU HAVE
TO BREAK BEFORE YOUR BOSS
TOSSES YOU IN AN OVEN ?
I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR
THIS IS SOME KIND OF...
A HORRIFIC CULT OR
GANG RETRIBUTION KILLING.
WHY WOULD HE WRITE
THE CHARACTER FOR GHOST...
ON THE INSIDE
OF THE CREMATORY OVEN ?
I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT ABOUT THE GUARD SEEING
THREE FIGURES THAT SEEMED
TO VANISH WITHOUT A TRACE ?
SO NOW WE'RE
CHASING GHOSTS ?
WHO YOU GONNA CALL ?
GHOSTS OR ANCESTRAL SPIRITS
HAVE BEEN CENTRAL...
TO CHINESE SPIRITUAL LIFE
FOR CENTURIES.
SO YOU'RE SAYING
THE ANCESTRAL SPIRITS...
PUSHED JOHNNY LO
INTO THE OVEN AND
TURNED ON THE GAS ?
THAT WOULD SURE TEACH HIM
TO RESPECT HIS ELDERS.
I CHECKED ALL
THE NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS.
NOBODY SAW
OR HEARD A THING.
NOT SURPRISINGLY.
WHAT DOES IT SAY ?
I DON'T
RECOGNIZE THAT.
IT COULD BE IDIOMATIC.
SOME KIND OF CODE.
IT'S STILL TACKY.
CAN YOU COPY IT
DOWN FOR ME ?
YEAH, SURE.
TALK ABOUT "TACKY."
SOMEONE'S BEEN HERE.
THIS PLACE HAS BEEN
CLEANED OUT. LOOK AT THIS.
WHAT'S THAT SMELL ?
MAYBE IT'S
THIS NEW CARPET.
YEAH, THAT'S
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
WHAT SLUMLORD WOULD SPRING
FOR A NEW CARPET IN A DUMP
LIKE THIS ?
LOOKS LIKE THEY SAVED
SOME MONEY ON CARPET TACKS...
AND DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER
REPLACING THE OLD PADDING.
WHAT THIS ?
CHINESE
HERBAL MEDICINE.
- WHAT ABOUT THIS ?
- IT'S A DRIED FROG.
I THINK THEY'RE
SOMETIMES USED AS CHARMS.
GOOD HEALTH,
PROSPERITY, PROTECTION.
LOOKS LIKE MR. LO
COULD'VE USED A LITTLE OF BOTH.
LET'S GET
THIS BLOOD TESTED.
- LI OI-HUAN !
I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT
ANY ONE OF THESE THINGS ARE.
WELL, THEY'RE ROOTS MOSTLY,
LIKE GINSENG, TURMERIC.
THEN YOU GOT YOUR MORE
EXOTIC STUFF-- BEAR GALL
BLADDER, SNAKE, SHARK FIN--
USUALLY PREPARED
IN A SOUP OR A TEA.
WHAT HAD
THE VICTIM BEEN USING ?
SHE SAYS THAT IT'S SKULLCAP
ROOT AND CHINESE ANGELICA.
THEY'RE USED FOR PAINKILLERS.
DOES SHE REMEMBER
JOHNNY LO OR REMEMBER
SELLING IT TO HIM ?
ASK HER
IF SHE KNOWS
HE'S DEAD.
ASK HER IF SHE RECOGNIZES
THOSE CHARACTERS THAT WERE
PAINTED ON HIS DOOR.
WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT ?
SHE SAYS THAT THE HOUSE
WAS BRANDED THETSANG FANG.
A HAUNTED HOUSE.
HAUNTED ?
YOU MEAN
BY GHOSTS ?
YEAH.
IT'S HARD TO GIVE IT
AN EXACT TRANSLATION,
BUT IT'S WHAT I WAS
TELLING YOU ABOUT BEFORE.
THE CHINESEYU LAN HUI--
THE FESTIVAL
OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS.
YOU SEE, ON THE 15th DAY
OF THE SEVENTH MOON...
IN THE CHINESE CALENDAR,
IT'S BELIEVED
THE GATES OF HELL ARE OPENED...
AND THE GHOSTS
OF UNWANTED SOULS
ROAM THE EARTH.
NOW, BELIEVERS
PROTECT THEMSELVES
BY LEAVING GIFTS OF FOOD...
AND "HELL MONEY"
OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES
TO APPEASE THE GHOSTS,
TO KEEP THEM FROM COMING
INSIDE AND CAUSING TROUBLE.
BUT FOR SOME SPIRITS,
THE GHOSTS MOST FEARED
BY THE CHINESE,
THERE'S NO
BUYING THEM OFF.
THEPRETA,THE ANCIENT GHOST
OF A MURDERED MAN...
WHO WANDERS THE EARTH
EXACTING HIS REVENGE
ON THE LIVING,
OR THEWU CHANG KEUI,
WHO COLLECTS
THE SOULS OF DOOMED MEN
AND DRAGS THEM DOWN TO...
TI YU--
TO THE CHINESE HELL.
THINK THESE MURDERS
COULD BE RELATED ?
WELL, IT MAKES SENSE.
THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL
IS JUST ABOUT OVER.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, DETECTIVE ?
DO YOU BELIEVE IN YU LAN HUI ?
I FIND IT HARD TO ARGUE WITH
2,000 YEARS OF CHINESE BELIEF,
THE STUFF MY PARENTS
AND GRANDPARENTS BELIEVE IN.
BUT THE TRUTH IS,
I'M MORE HAUNTED BY THE SIZE
OF MY MORTGAGE PAYMENTS.
HEY !
WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' ?
THE NIGHT PATROLMAN
DESCRIBED THREE MEN...
WEARING THE SAME MASKS
AS THE ONES I.D.'ED
AT THE CREMATORY.
WHAT WERE
THEY DOING HERE ?
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.
THEY WERE SPOTTED AROUND
THIS GRAVE OVER HERE,
BUT WE CAN'T
FIGURE OUT EXACTLY
WHAT THEY WERE UP TO.
IS THIS
A NEWLY-DUG PLOT ?
YEAH, THERE'S A BURIAL
HERE AT NOON TOMORROW.
CHINESE ?
I DON'T KNOW.
WE CAN CHECK.
CHAO,
SEE IF YOU CAN GET THE NAME
OF THE FUTURE OCCUPANT HERE.
I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT ANYBODY WOULD WANT
WITH AN EMPTY GRAVE.
WHAT THE HELL'S
HE DOING ?
SOMETHING
JUST OCCURRED TO ME.
IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY WAS
TRYING TO GET TWO BURIALS
FOR THE PRICE OF ONE.
WHAT DID YOU FIND ?
A LOT. AND I HAVEN'T EVEN
FINISHED MY PRELIMINARY
VISUAL EXAM.
LOOK AT THIS.
THIS GUY'S LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE.
THESE ARE ALL
SURGICAL INCISIONS.
AND JUDGING BY THE COLOR
OF THE SCARS, I'D SAY...
THEY WERE ALL MADE
WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.
WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HIM ?
IF YOU ASK ME,
NOTHING.
"NOTHING" ?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN ?
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH
THE HUMAN BODY
IS WORTH, MULDER ?
DEPENDS ON THE BODY.
I DON'T KNOW, A FEW BUCKS.
HOW MUCH ?
IT'S WORTH A FORTUNE.
YOU'RE SAYING
THIS GUY WAS SELLING
HIS BODY PARTS FOR MONEY ?
A KIDNEY, A PORTION
OF THE LIVER, A CORNEA,
BONE MARROW--
A PERSON CAN LOSE THESE
THINGS AND LIVE TO CASH
HIS SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS.
HE WON'T BE CASHING
ANY SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS
ANY TIME SOON.
NO, BUT IF I'M RIGHT,
THIS IS ONE MAN WHO LEFT
HIS HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO.
SCULLY,
EVEN IF YOU'RE RIGHT,
IT DOESN'T FIGURE.
THERE'S NO LONG-TERM
BUSINESS SENSE TO DYING.
AND WHAT CONNECTION DOES THIS
HAVE TO THE CREMATORY DEATHS ?
WE ONLY SAW ONE BODY,
BUT THE ONLY THING THAT WASN'T
BURNED TO A DELICATE CRISP...
ON JOHNNY LO
WAS HIS GLASS EYE.
- OH, GOD.
WHAT'S THIS ?
MAYBE YOU
CAN TELL US.
IT WAS FOUND IN
THE BODY CAVITY OF THE MAN
WHO WAS DUMPED IN THE GRAVE.
- THIS ?
- YOU SAID THE FROG WAS THE
SYMBOL OF LUCK AND PROSPERITY.
UNLESS THIS IS SOMEBODY'S
SICK JOKE, I'D SAY IT MUST
HAVE ANOTHER MEANING.
WELL, IF IT DOES,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
I MEAN, IT COULD BE
SOME KIND OF TRIAD SYMBOL,
SOMETHING FROM ORGANIZED CRIME.
WELL, MAYBE YOU
CAN TELL ME THIS.
HAVE YOU HEARD ANY WORD ON
THE STREET ABOUT A BLACK-MARKET
SELLING OF BODY PARTS ?
WHAT ?
HERE IN CHINATOWN ?
THIS MAN WITH A FROG
IN HIS CHEST WAS MISSING
A CORNEA AND A KIDNEY.
THEY WERE TAKEN PRIOR
TO THE TIME OF DEATH,
BEFORE THE FINAL REMOVAL
OF HIS HEART,
AND I FOUND WHAT
IS KNOWN AS STERILE ICE...
ON THE SKIN IN
AND AROUND THE INCISION
ON HIS CHEST.
IT IS A SUBSTANCE USED
TO PRESERVE HUMAN ORGANS
FOR TRANSPLANT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHERE TO START.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO NEED
MORE HELP FROM YOU THAN THAT,
DETECTIVE.
THE IMPLICATION BEING
THAT I'M NOT TRYING TO HELP.
NO.
EITHER YOU
RESENT US BEING HERE,
OR YOU FEEL SOME KIND
OF PROTECTIVENESS TOWARDS
THE CHINESE COMMUNITY.
LOOK, YOU DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT THE HELL
YOU'RE DEALING WITH HERE.
THIS ISN'T SOME PRETTY
LITTLE LACQUER BOX...
YOU CAN JUST TAKE THE LID OFF
AND FIND OUT WHAT'S INSIDE.
YOU MIGHT SEE THE FACE
OF A CHINESE MAN HERE,
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
THEY DON'T SEE THE SAME FACE.
THEY SEE THE FACE OF A COP.
AMERICAN-BORN CHINESE. A.B.C.
TO THEM,
I'M JUST AS WHITE
AS YOU ARE.
YOU THINK BECAUSE I CAN
SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, I CAN
GET ALL YOUR ANSWERS FOR YOU.
BUT WHAT GOOD
IS AN INTERPRETER WHEN EVERYONE
SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE OF SILENCE ?
- WHAT'S THIS ?
- IT'S THE NAME
OF THE COMPANY...
THAT INSTALLED THE CARPET
IN JOHNNY LO'S APARTMENT.
I JUST HAPPENED TO RUN
ACROSS IT WHILE I WAS SITTING
THERE TWIDDLING MY THUMBS.
YOU COMING OR NOT ?
I'M DETECTIVE CHAO
WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE.
COULD WE HAVE A WORD WITH YOU ?
I'M LATE FOR WORK.
IT'LL ONLY
TAKE A MINUTE.
COULD WE COME IN,
PLEASE ?
MR. HSIN, COULD I ASK
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR EYE ?
ACCIDENT AT WORK.
CARPET TACK.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED
IN THIS COUNTRY, MR. HSIN ?
THREE YEARS.
YOU LIVE HERE ALONE ?
MY DAUGHTER.
MR. HSIN, YOU LAID
A CARPET IN AN APARTMENT...
THAT WAS OCCUPIED
BY A MAN NAMED JOHNNY LO.
I DON'T
KNOW THE NAME.
THE-- THE MAN I WORK FOR
TELLS ME ADDRESS ONLY.
WELL, WE CONTACTED
THE MAN THAT YOU WORK FOR.
HE SAID THAT IT
MUST HAVE BEEN A JOB
YOU TOOK ON THE SIDE.
HE HAS NO RECORD
OF A WORK ORDER.
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE MAN
WHO LIVED AT THIS APARTMENT ?
HIS NAME WAS JOHNNY LO.
HE'S DEAD NOW. MURDERED.
AND WE THINK THAT THE CARPET
WAS LAID IN AN ATTEMPT
TO COVER UP EVIDENCE.
YOUR EMPLOYER SAID
YOU USUALLY WORK
AS AN APPRENTICE.
DO YOU REMEMBER
WHO CALLED YOU ABOUT THE JOB ?
- I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THIS.
- THANK YOU, MR. HSIN.
IF WE NEED YOU,
WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
WHAT'S UP ?
I'LL TELL YOU
IN A SECOND.
WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT ?
HE HAS
THE BACK WINDOW BLOCKED UP.
TOLD HIM
IT WAS A FIRETRAP.
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT THIS IS ?
NO.
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT IT SAYS ?
IT'S THE CHARACTER FOR WOOD.
WOOD ?
YEAH. WHY ?
WHAT ARE YOU THINKIN' ?
THAT THIS GUY DIDN'T
HAVE AN ACCIDENT AT WORK.
HE'S MISSING HIS EYE,
AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW
HOW HE LOST IT.
I SAY WE MONITOR
HSIN'S EVERY MOVEMENT.
I DOUBT THEY'RE
TO THE OPHTHALMOLOGIST, THOUGH.
LOOK LIKE
YOU JUST SAW A GHOST.
I'M JUST
A LITTLE TIRED AND JUMPY.
ONE MORE STRING
OF FIRECRACKERS GOES OFF,
I'M GONNA
GET OUT OF THE CAR
AND SHOOT SOMEBODY.
HE HASN'T LEFT HIS APARTMENT
HAS HE ?
NO, AND I'M GLAD
YOU'RE HERE.
I WAS ABOUT TO GO ASK MR. HSIN
IF I COULD USE HIS BATHROOM.
WELL, YOU CAN USE THE ONE
DOWN AT ST. FRANCIS'S HOSPITAL.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN ?
- DETECTIVE CHAO WAS ATTACKED
IN HIS TOWN HOUSE TONIGHT.
I JUST TALKED
TO LIEUTENANT NEARY.
- HE SAYS
HE'S CUT UP PRETTY BAD.
- WHO CUT HIM ?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE
SHOULD CHECK IT OUT.
HOW IS HE ?
HE'S GONE.
I GOT DOWN TO SEE HIM.
HE'S NOT IN HIS BED.
DID ANYBODY SEE HIM GET UP ?
THE NURSE SAID THEY JUST
FINISHED SEWING HIM UP.
HE WENT TO THE BATHROOM.
THAT'S THE LAST
ANYBODY SAW OF HIM.
WHY WOULD
HE JUST TAKE OFF ?
COULD I SEE
HIS CHART ? YEAH.
HIS CHART ?
SURE. I GUESS.
YOU WANT TO SEE
WHAT HIS INJURIES WERE ?
I WANT TO SEE
WHAT HIS BLOOD TYPE WAS.
HIS BLOOD TYPE ?
WHY WOULD HE RUN ?
YOU THINK
CHAO'S INVOLVED ?
MAYBE ALL THIS
HEEL DRAGGING IS A DIVERSION.
THAT GHOST STORY IS A RUSE.
WHAT WAS THE HEMO TYPE
OF THE BLOOD WE FOUND
ON THE CARPET PADDING ?
THANK YOU.
UH, O NEGATIVE.
GLENN CHAO: O NEGATIVE.
WELL, THAT'S A COINCIDENCE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING ?
THAT THE BLOOD THAT WE FOUND
ON THE CARPET PADDING...
IN THE VICTIM'S APARTMENT
WAS DETECTIVE CHAO'S.
AND I'D BE WILLING TO BET
THAT HE'S THE ONE THAT ASKED
FOR IT TO BE INSTALLED.
- MR. HSIN.
- YEAH, THAT CONVERSATION
WASN'T ABOUT ANY FIRETRAP.
WE'RE LOOKING
FOR MR. HSIN.
IS HE HOME ?
NO, I'M SORRY.
- ARE YOU HIS DAUGHTER ?
- YES.
MAY WE TALK TO YOU ?
WHAT'S YOUR FATHER
INVOLVED IN, KIM ?
OH, I DON'T KNOW.
HE GOES OUT.
I KNOW HE DOES FOR ME--
BECAUSE OF ME.
YOU'RE SICK,
AREN'T YOU ?
UH, I WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH...
ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
SIX MONTHS AGO.
THAT'S A TREATABLE FORM
OF CANCER.
WE HAVE
NO MONEY OR INSURANCE,
AND NOW I FEAR
THAT MY FATHER...
HAS DONE
SOMETHING ILLEGAL--
THAT HE MADE MISTAKE AND
SOMETHING BAD IS COMING.
WHO ARE THESE MEN
THAT COME TO VISIT
YOUR FATHER ?
OH, I DON'T KNOW THEM.
I JUST KNOW MY FATHER
SAY HE WANT OUT.
HE WANT OUT,
BUT OF WHAT I DON'T KNOW.
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT THIS IS ?
NO.
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT IT SAYS ?
I FOUND IT OVER THERE
BY THE TV BEFORE.
IT IS, UH,
THE SYMBOL FOR WOOD.
BUT IN CHINESE IT ALSO
CORRESPOND TO THE EYE.
LIKE FIRE TO THE HEART
AND EARTH TO THE FLESH.
THIS IS A HUMAN
LEUKOCYTE WORKUP.
WAS YOUR FATHER REJECTED
AS A BONE MARROW DONOR ?
YES, SEVERAL MONTH AGO.
THIS IS FROM THE ORGAN
PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION.
IT'S DATED
ONLY A MONTH AGO.
YOUR FATHER HAD AN H.L.A.,
BUT HE ALSO HAD HIS KIDNEYS
MEASURED, HIS LIVER--
THEY'RE PLAYING
SOME KIND OF GAME.
AGENTS MULDER AND SCULLY.
THANKS. WE NEED
SOME INFORMATION.
WE NEED IT
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT KIND
OF INFORMATION ?
YOU HAD A MAN COME
IN HERE NAMED SHUYANG HSIN.
- HE HAD AN H.L.A. WORKUP AND--
- I-I THINK I MAY KNOW
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
- WHAT ?
- WE'VE SEEN
A NUMBER OF ASIAN MEN...
COME IN FOR TYPING
AND ANTIGEN WORKUPS,
BUT WHEN WE FIND
A COMPATIBLE RECIPIENT
FOR THEM,
THEIR DOCTOR SAYS
THEY'VE LEFT THE AREA
OR DISAPPEARED.
DO YOU HAVE
A NAME OR PHONE NUMBER
FOR THIS DOCTOR ?
311 PORTER, RIGHT ?
YEAH,
THAT'S WHERE THE DOCTOR'S
PHONE IS REGISTERED.
HEY, SCULLY.
LOOK WHO'S HERE.
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE
AFTER ALL.
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT
CHINESE FOOD I'M SMELLING.
SMELLS LIKE RUBBING ALCOHOL.
OR STERILE ICE.
WHAT'S THIS ?
WHAT IS THAT ?
SOUNDS LIKE IT'S COMING
FROM UPSTAIRS.
CHAO,
HANDS IN THE AIR !
HANDS IN THE AIR !
HE'S STILL ALIVE.
WHAT DID HE SAY ?
HE SAID...
THE GAME'S NOT OVER.
MY PEOPLE LIVE
WITH GHOSTS--
THE GHOSTS
OF OUR FATHERS...
AND OUR FATHERS' FATHERS.
THEY CALL TO US
FROM DISTANT MEMORY,
SHOWING US THE PATH.
NO GHOSTS CALLED
TO THOSE MEN.
YOU DID, BY PREYING
ON THEIR HOPELESSNESS
AND THEIR DESPERATION.
YES.
THEY WERE DESPERATE.
JUST AS I WAS DESPERATE
WHEN I FIRST CAME
TO THIS COUNTRY.
BUT I...
COMMITTED NO CRIME.
YOU CHEATED THEM
OUT OF LIFE...
BY PROMISING THEM
PROSPERITY WHEN THE ONLY
POSSIBLE REWARD WAS DEATH.
IN MY BELIEF,
DEATH IS NOTHING TO BE FEARED.
IT'S MERELY
A STAGE OF TRANSITION.
BUT LIFE WITHOUT HOPE,
HMPH, NOW THAT'S LIVING HELL.
SO--
HOPE WAS MY GIFT
TO THESE MEN.
I DON'T EXPECT YOU
TO UNDERSTAND.
I UNDERSTAND THIS.
YOU ARE GOING TO PRISON
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
CAN I TALK TO YOU
FOR A MINUTE ?
I JUST GOT BACK
FROM ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL.
HSIN'S STILL
IN INTENSIVE CARE.
WHAT ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER ?
I CHECKED WITH THE DONOR
PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION.
SHE'S BEEN PUT
ON THE RECIPIENT LIST.
THAT'S GREAT.
- YEAH.
- WHAT'S WRONG ?
IT'S OUR CASE
AGAINST THIS GUY.
WE'VE HAD OUR TASK FORCE
INTERVIEWING EVERYBODY WE BUSTED
AT THE GAMING PARLOR THAT NIGHT.
AND ?
THEY PUT UP
A WALL OF SILENCE.
THEY ALL CLAIM TO BE
MEMBERS OF SOME SOCIAL CLUB,
THAT THEY SAW NOTHING.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT CHAO ?
HIS TESTIMONY WOULD BE
ENOUGH TO LOCK THIS GUY UP.
- WE CAN'T FIND HIM.
-HE WAS TO TESTIFY BEFORE
A GRAND JURY THIS MORNING.
WHEN HE DIDN'T SHOW,
THEY WENT TO HIS HOME.
HE'S VANISHED...
LIKE A GHOST.