Unfinished Business
When Lt. Malone comes to help the detectives solve a case, bad memories return for Dee Dee. She and Hunter are forced to face something they had both tried to forget!
Hunter laughs.
McCall: What's that supposed to mean?
Hunter: Ya see it's all clear to me now. This whole thing is about you being jealous of Megan Malone!
M: What? I am not jealous of her!
H: Yeah ya are!
M: What is it with you? Are you asleep or what?
H: What are you talking about?
M: You know exactly what I'm talking about. Think back for just a minute. Think back to what happened three years ago.
H: Ok. I'm thinking.
(It hits him.)
M: Oh. NOW he gets it!
H: I n-Nothing ever happened between Megan Malone and me.
M: I don't care if it-This is not about Megan. This is about after what happened I leave for 6 weeks. I come back...I needed to talk to you. I couldn't. There you were with Megan everywhere you went, you both were together and I need to talk to you I needed to connect with you after what happened.
Psychiatrist: After what happened?
H: Well just a second please. Look I called you twice a week. All you ever talked about was Quantico this, Quantico that. Your work. You never once brought it up.
Psychiatrist(being ignored): Bring what up?
M: Me bring it up-why didn't you bring it up?
H: Because I didn't think you wanted to talk about it.
M: Why wouldn't I want to talk about it?
H: I have no idea!
M: Ya see, Ya see? Why is it the woman who has to carry the ball in an emotional involvement.
H (under his breath): Oh for christ's sake!
P: You still haven't told me what it is that you're talking about.
(McCall looks at Hunter who gives her the "You say it" face)
M: Alright I'll tell him. (Pause) After-Before I left for Quantico...we slept together!
P: Do either of you want to talk about it?
H: It just sort of happened.
P: Dee Dee?
M: Yeah it just happened.
H: We had been-well we were both working kind of hard. Especially McCall. She was getting ready for her trip and all. It was her wedding anniversary and she seemed a little down so I thought I might take her out to dinner. We started the evening off talking about Steve. That was her late husband. He was killed in the line of duty some years ago. That seemed to help and by the end of the evening she was talking about her trip to Quantico--the mood was really up. We were having a lot of fun that night and we didn't want it to stop. So when I took her home, dropped her off she invited me in for a cup of coffee. Came inside and we talked. Talked more than most married people do. But just this once it all seemed to hit me. It hit her too.
(Music as it shows them kissing)
P: How did you feel?
M: Great! I felt great. It didn't even bother me that I was leaving town the next morning. It was nice having him-having you there in the morning. Ya know waking up together. I knew this wasn't going to be a pattern or anything. That was probably the only time that that would happen but still it was very...special.
P: And then what happened?
M: Well then he made me breakfast!
H:It was a fabulous breakfast.
M:*laughing* Yeah except for the eggs they were a little--
P: Did you two talk about it?
(Shake heads, McCall mouths "No.")
P:You never talked about it?
M: No and I wish we had. Ya see at the time we felt there was nothing that needed to be said. Maybe we were just too afraid to say anything I don't know. And I was busy packing for the airport...probably conviently busy..ya know what I mean? And he helped me pack, drove to the airport we ...kissed good-bye. Then 6 weeks later I come back and I see you with Megan, who's sitting at my desk, and I felt like I was looking at my replacement. And you didn't even seem to care that I was back or that I was even there.
H: Oh but that's not true!
M: But that's the way I felt.
H: But you know I never meant that.
P: And after Megan left...
M: Well after she left it was just like we turned the clocks back. It was as if it never happened at all.
P: Except it did happen.
(McCall nods)
P: And how about you Rick? How did you feel?
H: I thought about it a lot!
P: No, no. I asked you how you felt.
H:Great. I thought it was terrific and I'm glad it happened. But the more time that went by I just pushed it aside. Look, what happened between us evolved. I just didn't think it needed to be explained at the time. And the more time that went by the more I pushed it away, the more I got afraid of looking at it. I didn't want to risk losing my friendship with her.
(Dramatic pause...Looks at Dee Dee who looks back at him.)
H: I didn't want to lose my partner.
This is dedicated to my sister! Always remember Canada!!!
