Post by Bagpipedisaster on Nov 26, 2007 17:49:29 GMT 1
Jane Doe: Ties that bind
SYNOPSIS
Cathy Davis (Lea Thompson) and her husband Jack (William R. Moses) are dealing with their daughter Susan (Jessy Schram), who is planning to participate in the annual Senior Ditch Day. Can they trust her to stay out all night? While Cathy is inclined to say yes, an anxious Jack remembers his own youth. To their son Nick (Zack Shada), it seems a perfect test for his debate topic, “Nature versus Nurture.” Will Susan’s upbringing win out over her rebellious nature?
When her partner Frank Darnell (Joe Penny) calls, Cathy slips out to become secret agent Jane Doe. The L.A. police need their help on a case but Frank doesn’t think it is much of a mystery. The security cameras at EM Industry recorded CEO Everett Myers (Robert Carradine), a ruthless corporate raider, shooting CFO George Bannister (Alan Blumenfeld). It seems Bannister was about to report Myers to the board of directors for shaking down the company’s suppliers and clients. There is one complication: the mayor of Los Angeles was having dinner with Everett and his wife at the time of the murder.
When Cathy interviews Everett in jail, he tells her that Bannister was a close friend and the idea that he would be involved in petty shakedowns was preposterous. Meanwhile Darnell learns that the suspect had disappeared from the restaurant for 15 minutes, just enough time to slip out, kill Bannister and return to the table. But Everett passes a lie detector test with flying colors. Even so Frank remains convinced of his guilt, but Cathy is not so sure.
Cathy returns to the restaurant where she learns from a cook (David Pease) that Everett had left the restaurant with a beautiful redhead whom he had often met there. Cathy remembers seeing a redhead at the prison. Frank identifies the mystery woman as local newscaster Jessica Saunders (Deirdre Quinn). Jessica admits that she and Everett were having an affair. On the night of the murder she had been distraught to find him at “their” restaurant with his wife. Everett had calmed her down and taken her home. In fact, he was with her at her apartment when the murder took place. Cathy confirms this through a time stamped video from a security camera at Jessica’s apartment building. The evidence now proves that Everett was at two different locations at the exact same time.
While Cathy spends time at home with her family, Everett pays a visit to Jessica and shoots her dead. Darnell breaks the news of the murder to Cathy at the office. This time DNA evidence proves that Everett was at the crime scene. But Everett was in lock-up all night. Cathy realizes there is only one explanation: Everett must have an identical twin. But Everett insists he is an only child.
A visit to his mother (Joanna Miles) and father (Edmund Shaff) on their yacht reveals that Everett had been adopted privately through a local priest. Father Hannigan (Bruce French) is reluctant to provide any information to the agents about the adoption, but when he learns about the possibility of a connection to a murder, he tells them that there were twins, and he gives Cathy and Frank the name of the couple who had adopted the other baby.
Frank discovers that the twin, Gary Wolcott, not only has a record but is wanted for parole violation. They find Gary’s mother (Lorna Raver) living in a rundown building in a rough neighborhood. Jenna Wolcott tells them that life had been hard after Gary’s father, now dead, deserted them. Gary fell into bad company and got into trouble but at heart he was a good son. Cathy suspects that Jenna is lying when she says she does not know Gary’s whereabouts. A trace on her phone leads them to the house where Gary has been hiding out. As Frank stands at the front door, Gary (Carradine) slips out a back window. Frank chases him into an alley. Cathy, who had been waiting outside, jumps into Frank’s car and joins the chase. Frank pursues Gary through traffic until, as Gary is passing by Cathy, she swings open the car door and slams it into him. The fugitive seems even more stunned when Frank arrests him for first degree murder. He says he thought they were from the parole board.
Under interrogation, Gary, whose street tough ways are a far cry from the polished, educated manner of his twin, tells Cathy and Frank that Everett had approached him in a bar, introduced himself, given him his business card and then asked for his help finding a gun. The next and last time he saw his twin was when he delivered the gun and collected his five thousand dollars. Then he tells them the real shocker: he was singing the lead role in “Man of La Mancha” at the time of both murders. The director (Time Winters) of the local community theater confirms his alibi.
Everett seems completely taken aback by the news that he has a twin and denies having asked him for a gun. His wife (Diane Dilascio) takes Cathy aside and tells her that she had seen a dead ringer for her husband at an antique store recently. In fact she had thought it was her husband until he showed no sign of recognizing her. She had not had an opportunity to tell Everett about the incident but had learned about Everett’s twin from his mother. Cathy wonders what Gary would be doing at an antique store. On a hunch, she has the crime lab run a fingerprint test on the business card that Gary said Everett had given him. The lab tech (Masi Oka) finds that the prints are not exact matches with either Everett or Gary. Cathy’s hunch is right. They are dealing with triplets.
A very anxious Jack Davis says goodnight to his daughter as she heads out for the evening with her date, Mitch (Kavan Reece), and her friends (Shannon Collis, Erica O’Keith). Meanwhile Cathy and Darnell pay a return visit to the conflicted priest who reluctantly tells them the name of the woman who had abandoned the two babies. Cathy and Darnell pay a visit to Cara Goodman (Kathryn Joosten). The guilt-ridden mother has been following the lives of her abandoned babies, both of whom, in her judgment, have turned out evil, while the triplet she raised, her beloved David, is a virtuous man blessed with a prosperous antique business and a lovely wife and son.
At his impressive new home, David Goodman (Carradine) denies any knowledge of the crimes or of the victims. Cathy and Darnell realize they have no incriminating evidence against him. In fact, under the unusual circumstances, they do not have enough evidence to convict anyone even though the murder was caught on tape. Everett, Gary and David will all be free men unless Cathy can figure out a way to trap the killer.
It is four in the morning when Cathy finally heads home to her deeply worried husband, who has been unable to reach Susan on her cell phone. Now Cathy is worried, too. Meanwhile Susan and her friends have run out of gas on canyon road outside the reach of their cell phones. Cathy deduces Susan’s most likely whereabouts and the family heads out to find her.
When Everett is released from prison, he angrily confronts David at the home that David bought with the money he had shaken out of Everett’s business contacts. When David angrily reacts to being called a loser, Gary steps out from behind a tree. David admits to the murders, but, he says, they were necessary. He was the one who had been stuck home with their crazy, controlling mother while both of them had loving parents. He had worked hard all his life for his family while his brothers both stole from others. In his mind, he deserved to even the score. As he vents, he notices that the cell phone on Everett’s belt is turned on. Someone is listening. He grabs the phone and tosses it, then pulls out a gun. He switches wallets with Everett, planning to steal Everett’s identity after shooting his brothers and making it look as if David and Gary had killed each other. When Cathy and Frank, who have been watching from a distance, lose sight of the brothers, they rush in. But they find themselves facing three identical men, each dressed in a white shirt and jeans. Then Cathy sees David pull out a gun. She warns Darnell, who shoots the culprit in the shoulder. Cora, who has also been watching, rushes to the side of her wounded son.
As an ambulance takes David Goodman to the hospital, Everett and Gary vow to help him. After all, he is their brother. Back at home, Cathy and Jack listen and Susan rolls her eyes as Nick practices his debate resolving he is equally the result of his superior genes and his stellar upbringing.
(source: Hallmark Channel)
SYNOPSIS
Cathy Davis (Lea Thompson) and her husband Jack (William R. Moses) are dealing with their daughter Susan (Jessy Schram), who is planning to participate in the annual Senior Ditch Day. Can they trust her to stay out all night? While Cathy is inclined to say yes, an anxious Jack remembers his own youth. To their son Nick (Zack Shada), it seems a perfect test for his debate topic, “Nature versus Nurture.” Will Susan’s upbringing win out over her rebellious nature?
When her partner Frank Darnell (Joe Penny) calls, Cathy slips out to become secret agent Jane Doe. The L.A. police need their help on a case but Frank doesn’t think it is much of a mystery. The security cameras at EM Industry recorded CEO Everett Myers (Robert Carradine), a ruthless corporate raider, shooting CFO George Bannister (Alan Blumenfeld). It seems Bannister was about to report Myers to the board of directors for shaking down the company’s suppliers and clients. There is one complication: the mayor of Los Angeles was having dinner with Everett and his wife at the time of the murder.
When Cathy interviews Everett in jail, he tells her that Bannister was a close friend and the idea that he would be involved in petty shakedowns was preposterous. Meanwhile Darnell learns that the suspect had disappeared from the restaurant for 15 minutes, just enough time to slip out, kill Bannister and return to the table. But Everett passes a lie detector test with flying colors. Even so Frank remains convinced of his guilt, but Cathy is not so sure.
Cathy returns to the restaurant where she learns from a cook (David Pease) that Everett had left the restaurant with a beautiful redhead whom he had often met there. Cathy remembers seeing a redhead at the prison. Frank identifies the mystery woman as local newscaster Jessica Saunders (Deirdre Quinn). Jessica admits that she and Everett were having an affair. On the night of the murder she had been distraught to find him at “their” restaurant with his wife. Everett had calmed her down and taken her home. In fact, he was with her at her apartment when the murder took place. Cathy confirms this through a time stamped video from a security camera at Jessica’s apartment building. The evidence now proves that Everett was at two different locations at the exact same time.
While Cathy spends time at home with her family, Everett pays a visit to Jessica and shoots her dead. Darnell breaks the news of the murder to Cathy at the office. This time DNA evidence proves that Everett was at the crime scene. But Everett was in lock-up all night. Cathy realizes there is only one explanation: Everett must have an identical twin. But Everett insists he is an only child.
A visit to his mother (Joanna Miles) and father (Edmund Shaff) on their yacht reveals that Everett had been adopted privately through a local priest. Father Hannigan (Bruce French) is reluctant to provide any information to the agents about the adoption, but when he learns about the possibility of a connection to a murder, he tells them that there were twins, and he gives Cathy and Frank the name of the couple who had adopted the other baby.
Frank discovers that the twin, Gary Wolcott, not only has a record but is wanted for parole violation. They find Gary’s mother (Lorna Raver) living in a rundown building in a rough neighborhood. Jenna Wolcott tells them that life had been hard after Gary’s father, now dead, deserted them. Gary fell into bad company and got into trouble but at heart he was a good son. Cathy suspects that Jenna is lying when she says she does not know Gary’s whereabouts. A trace on her phone leads them to the house where Gary has been hiding out. As Frank stands at the front door, Gary (Carradine) slips out a back window. Frank chases him into an alley. Cathy, who had been waiting outside, jumps into Frank’s car and joins the chase. Frank pursues Gary through traffic until, as Gary is passing by Cathy, she swings open the car door and slams it into him. The fugitive seems even more stunned when Frank arrests him for first degree murder. He says he thought they were from the parole board.
Under interrogation, Gary, whose street tough ways are a far cry from the polished, educated manner of his twin, tells Cathy and Frank that Everett had approached him in a bar, introduced himself, given him his business card and then asked for his help finding a gun. The next and last time he saw his twin was when he delivered the gun and collected his five thousand dollars. Then he tells them the real shocker: he was singing the lead role in “Man of La Mancha” at the time of both murders. The director (Time Winters) of the local community theater confirms his alibi.
Everett seems completely taken aback by the news that he has a twin and denies having asked him for a gun. His wife (Diane Dilascio) takes Cathy aside and tells her that she had seen a dead ringer for her husband at an antique store recently. In fact she had thought it was her husband until he showed no sign of recognizing her. She had not had an opportunity to tell Everett about the incident but had learned about Everett’s twin from his mother. Cathy wonders what Gary would be doing at an antique store. On a hunch, she has the crime lab run a fingerprint test on the business card that Gary said Everett had given him. The lab tech (Masi Oka) finds that the prints are not exact matches with either Everett or Gary. Cathy’s hunch is right. They are dealing with triplets.
A very anxious Jack Davis says goodnight to his daughter as she heads out for the evening with her date, Mitch (Kavan Reece), and her friends (Shannon Collis, Erica O’Keith). Meanwhile Cathy and Darnell pay a return visit to the conflicted priest who reluctantly tells them the name of the woman who had abandoned the two babies. Cathy and Darnell pay a visit to Cara Goodman (Kathryn Joosten). The guilt-ridden mother has been following the lives of her abandoned babies, both of whom, in her judgment, have turned out evil, while the triplet she raised, her beloved David, is a virtuous man blessed with a prosperous antique business and a lovely wife and son.
At his impressive new home, David Goodman (Carradine) denies any knowledge of the crimes or of the victims. Cathy and Darnell realize they have no incriminating evidence against him. In fact, under the unusual circumstances, they do not have enough evidence to convict anyone even though the murder was caught on tape. Everett, Gary and David will all be free men unless Cathy can figure out a way to trap the killer.
It is four in the morning when Cathy finally heads home to her deeply worried husband, who has been unable to reach Susan on her cell phone. Now Cathy is worried, too. Meanwhile Susan and her friends have run out of gas on canyon road outside the reach of their cell phones. Cathy deduces Susan’s most likely whereabouts and the family heads out to find her.
When Everett is released from prison, he angrily confronts David at the home that David bought with the money he had shaken out of Everett’s business contacts. When David angrily reacts to being called a loser, Gary steps out from behind a tree. David admits to the murders, but, he says, they were necessary. He was the one who had been stuck home with their crazy, controlling mother while both of them had loving parents. He had worked hard all his life for his family while his brothers both stole from others. In his mind, he deserved to even the score. As he vents, he notices that the cell phone on Everett’s belt is turned on. Someone is listening. He grabs the phone and tosses it, then pulls out a gun. He switches wallets with Everett, planning to steal Everett’s identity after shooting his brothers and making it look as if David and Gary had killed each other. When Cathy and Frank, who have been watching from a distance, lose sight of the brothers, they rush in. But they find themselves facing three identical men, each dressed in a white shirt and jeans. Then Cathy sees David pull out a gun. She warns Darnell, who shoots the culprit in the shoulder. Cora, who has also been watching, rushes to the side of her wounded son.
As an ambulance takes David Goodman to the hospital, Everett and Gary vow to help him. After all, he is their brother. Back at home, Cathy and Jack listen and Susan rolls her eyes as Nick practices his debate resolving he is equally the result of his superior genes and his stellar upbringing.
(source: Hallmark Channel)
