Castle (2009–2016): Season 5, Episode 11 - Under the Influence - full transcript

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Regina, your new album,
"Fatal Impact," drops next week.

What can you tell us about it?

It's about love, heartbreak, and revenge.

It's my best album yet.

My God. It's Josie Lang.

Josie! Here!

What the hell is Josie Lang
doing at my release party?

Her album's out next week, too.

Having both of you here gets us more press.

More press for who, me or her?

Regina.
Thank you for the invite.

You know, you're the reason I'm a pop star.

I've been a huge fan ever since
I was in grade school.

That is ridiculous.
I do not lose a turn.

Are you kidding?
No, that's the rules.

You absolutely lose your turn.

Ask him. 'Sito.

Ask me what?

In a relationship, if you choose a movie

and you choose very, very poorly,

do you lose your turn?

How poorly?

"Valentine's day."

You should lose two turns. What?

Yeah. I'm just saying.
Those are the rules.

Those are the rules.
That's ridiculous.

So the body was found
in this dumpster over here

by a homeless dude who was
looking for cans.

It was wrapped up in this tarp.

'Cause?

G.S.W.

As near as I could tell,
she was shot at close range.

Minimal blood seepage

and lack of spatter in the area suggests

she was killed elsewhere, then dumped here.

So someone was hoping she'd catch a ride

with the morning haul,
disappear under some landfill.

Well, according to her I.D.,
her name is holly rhodes.

But her business card
has her listed as D.J. Beat.

Called the number,
and her booking agent says that

she was deejaying an album
launch party in soho last night

for pop star Regina cane.

What?

Aw, dude. You remember
that music video

where she was dressed up
as a sexy little girl scout?

I don't care what those cookies cost.

I would sell my left...

Anyway, she was booked
at the party till 1:00 A.M.

1:00 A.M.?
Yeah, why?

We're placing the time of death
between 11:00 and midnight.

So whatever happened
happened at that party.

This ink looks fresh.

It's an unlisted number.

I got a call in to the phone company.

All right, you guys set up a canvass

for anyone that saw the body dump.

Castle and I will head down to soho,

see what happened last night.

Hey.

Good morning.

Killer party.

Well, it looks like Regina went all out

to promote her new album.

I remember when Alexis used to play

her big hit "call me crazy"
over and over again.

Drove me crazy.

Of course, it was
no "Valentine's day."

Excuse me, NYPD.
Where's the host?

Forget the host.
Where's your pants?

Am I right?

Nah. I've been there.
Check by the pool.

Wait. You're N.Y. What now?

P.D.

As in, a detective.

We're here about holly rhodes.

Who is holly rhodes?

D.J. Beat.

She was your deejay for your party.

That skank.

Yeah, bitch almost ruined my entire party.

When I left
to get ready for my performance,

she was supposed to stay
and get the crowd pumped.

Instead, the music stopped,
and she was gone.

She didn't even
come back to get her equipment.

So you're saying that she left early?

Yeah.

Around 11:00,

after jacking in a playlist.

I didn't pay for a playlist.

If you see her, tell her
I want my money back.

That might be a little tough,

seeing as she's dead.

She was killed just after
leaving your party.

Great. Now I feel bad
for complaining.

Did you notice any unusual behavior?

Was she having problems
with any of your other guests?

No. But then again, I was
busy making my rounds.

Right. Okay.

Along with the names of everyone
that was working last night.

I'll have my publicist send it right over.

So I spoke with several
of the other party guests,

and they confirm Regina's story.

Apparently, holly just suddenly left.

In the middle of her set, why?

Well, we answer that, we'll
find out why she was killed.

Anyone see where she went?

No, and there's no security cameras.

I'm seeing if I can pull tape

from businesses across the street.

Nah. She doesn't have any.
Holly was an only child.

Bounced around foster care till she was 18.

That can't have been an easy childhood.

Probably why her hobbies as a teenager

include burglary and shoplifting.

Then she graduated to grand theft.

Anything more recent?

When she got serious about being a deejay.

The uniforms canvassing
holly's apartment building

found a neighbor who saw a man
pounding on holly's door

a few days ago.

The neighbor heard him scream,
"you won't get away with this."

Either holly wasn't home
or she wouldn't answer the door,

and eventually, the guy took off.

Neighbor is with
a sketch artist as we speak.

Okay.

Yo. I got a hit
on that phone number

written on holly's hand.

It belongs to a Tyrese wilton.

Apparently he's some
big-time record producer.

He's on the guest list.
He was at the party.

You guys see what he knows.

Castle, Lanie knows
where our victim was killed.

I noticed it when I was
cutting her out of her clothes...

stains on her outfit.

The lab identified it as peanut oil

with high concentrations
of M.S.G.

Meaning what, she was eating Chinese food

and spilled some on herself?

Except

I checked her stomach contents.

No Chinese.

And they weren't serving any
at the party either.

They said there was no trace
of it in the dumpster,

but it's all over the tarp, meaning...

She may have been killed at
or near a Chinese restaurant.

Narrowing it down to every single block

in Manhattan.

What about the gun?

Slug is from a .380,

but there were no ballistic hits
in the system.

And when C.S.U. Processed
the tarp and the clothes,

they also found these...
synthetic fibers.

They didn't come from the dumpster either.

But the lab is still running tests.

I'll keep you posted.

If Tyrese is so big-time,

why is the entrance
to his studio in an alley?

Because celebrities don't want paparazzi

taking their picture all the time.

Yo, did you just do the hair thing?

Every time you're about to meet

a celebrity or a pretty girl,

you run your hand through your hair.

T.M.Z. Said that Tyrese
was at that party

with Josie Lang.

He's producing her new album.

Yeah, well, she's no Regina.

I understand that the image
of her as a girl scout

but Josie is a real vocalist.

Whose fan base consists
of 12-year-old girls...

And you.

Hey, Ty, you want me to take
that from the second bar?

Sorry, Jo.
We gotta take 15.

Hey, since Josie was at the party,

I should probably
take her statement, right?

You got this, right, bro?
Thanks.

Sorry. This is
such a crazy thing.

I can't believe she's dead.

How well did you know holly, Tyrese?

I met her for the first time at the party.

I was there with Josie

'cause we've been working on her album,

and I used to produce
Regina back in the day.

Can you tell me why
we found your phone number

written on the victim's hand?
What, that?

Mm-I gave her my digits so
we could set up a meeting.

About what?

If there's one thing I'm
good at, it's spotting talent.

Her mashups and beat match went better

than most of the guys
dropping albums today.

I was blown away.

I told her I wanted to take her
to the next level.

So how'd she react to that?

Said a break like this
is what she'd been working for.

She was supposed to call me today.

You have any idea why she
rushed out of that party early?

Nah. Coulda had something
to do with that fight, though.

What fight?

You heard of M.C. Thug?

M.C. Thug? Yeah, the rapper.

Been shot like seven times, right?
That's the one.

Now on holly's first break,
he walked over to her booth,

starts talking to her real low and angry.

I could see she was getting upset,

then he grabbed her wrist and said,

"next time,
it's gonna end different."

Then he saw me coming and bounced.

Now I was gonna talk to her about it,

but, you know, I got
caught up with some folks,

the next thing I knew, she was gone.

This M.C. Thug, did you
see him at the party anymore

after holly left?

Nah. In fact, I didn't see him
the rest of the night.

So if you can just make it out
to Jenny and Kev.

It's short for Kevin.

Hey, fanboy. Let's go.

Thank you so much.

She's gonna die when she sees this.

Thank you.
Nice to meet you.

M.C. Thug...

aka Darius Carson.

Assault with a deadly weapon
and attempted murder,

and that was just at this year's
hip-hop music awards.

How did holly wind up in the sights

of a guy like that?

Well, whatever was going on between them

happened way before that party.

The guy who was pounding on holly's door,

the sketch just came in from the neighbor.

Look familiar?

Darius Carson...

nobody calls me Darius unless you my mama,

and by the looks of that body, you ain't.

Yeah, well, I'm sure your mama's so proud.

Yeah.

So, Darius,

according to Regina cane's party planner,

you weren't on the original guest list

until you made
a last-minute phone call

to get in the party.

I'm a fan of her music.
That a crime?

No, but murder is.

I know you ain't a cop

with that fancy shirt and poufy hair.

He might not be, but I am.

Are you sure you went
to the party to see Regina?

Yeah, I'm real sure.

Why?

We know that you visited
D.J. Beat's apartment

we know that you
fought with her that night,

and then she turned up dead.

I had nothing to do with that mess.

Damn straight. I wanted
my girl's bracelet back.

Who had your girl's bracelet?

I threw a party at my crib last week.

I hired D.J. Beat to spin.

The next day, my girl Dakota

realized her diamond bracelet is missing.

Now that bitch and her little
bitch of an assistant

are the only ones there
I couldn't vouch for.

The bitch had an assistant bitch?

Yeah, the little punk that works for her.

So then you tracked her down to the party.

No, I told her she had a day
to cough it up or else.

Or else what?

"Or else" is usually enough.

Where were you between
11:00 and midnight?

Upstairs...
With my girl.

Dakota?

Different girl. Kaiya.

Well, I'm gonna have to hold you
while we look into that.

Good.
That helps my street cred.

You guys are gonna do a mug shot, right?

'Cause I brought my lighting guy with me.

Thanks.

Hey, guys.

So Kaiya confirms that she was

"hanging out"
with M.C. Thug

in one of the bedrooms
till 12:30.

And he did file a police report

about the missing bracelet.

So I requested a list of all the parties

that holly worked in the past year.

Of the more than 50 events,

turns out that thefts were
reported in seven of them.

M.O. Is the same every time...
mostly high-end jewelry.

In total, almost half a million bucks.

All taken from parties
at upscale residences.

And I also confirmed
with holly's booking agent

that she always worked with an assistant...

Paul Travers.

Okay, so the two of them are a crew

using her deejay skills
to access high-end homes

and then cleaning them out along the way.

She does have a history of theft,

so maybe she went back to her old ways.

But if the assistant worked
the party with her,

then where is he

there's only one reason.
He was involved.

I-involved in what?

My friend is dead,
and now you're saying, what,

like, we're like Bonnie and Clyde?

At seven of the parties
that you both worked.

And so because of her history,

it's gotta be her?

Music saved her. She was
done with that life.

And what about you?

According to holly's agency,

and breaking down the equipment.

So?

So you never broke it down last night.

You left the party, never came back,

same as holly.

Only you're still alive, and she's dead.

Last night?
Mm-

I wasn't even there last night.

She's got you listed on her invoice.

Yeah, I... I-I know.

A few times this past year,
she'd call me up last minute

to say she was using another guy.

It was, like, her cousin or something,

and he needed the work.

I-I know she felt bad about it

'cause she still offered to pay me anyway.

I-I was at a birthday dinner
last night.

I have witnesses.

Which of these parties

did the other guy work?

This one.

This one. Here.

This one. This one.

This one, and that one.

The same ones that reported robberies.

So far only one witness, a caterer,

remembers seeing a guy

setting up holly's equipment last night.

And she only saw him from behind,

to see if we can get a better description.

So was anything stolen
from the party last night?

No. We asked everyone.

And so far, no one's
reported anything missing.

Yo.

So unis searched holly's apartment again.

There's no sign of the stolen goods,

and there's no influx
of cash into her account,

so if she was making money off this thing,

there's no evidence of it.

What if this

mystery assistant is the one behind it all?

I mean, think about it.

He forces holly to get him
into these parties.

While she's busy spinning,

he's free to walk around
these fancy apartments.

And since he's hired help,

nobody pays him any attention.

But when M.C. Thug confronted
holly, she got scared.

So she threatened to blow
the whistle on the assistant.

Well, that would certainly
give him motive for murder.

But with Paul's name on the invoice,

there's no record of him.

How are we gonna find him?

He helped set up that equipment
last night, right?

His fingerprints would be on it.

Get C.S.U. On it.

Grunt work.
I'll come back later.

So long as you leave the coffee.
What did you find?

Holly's phone records.

She received calls

from a pay phone in Washington heights

the same days that she was booked

for the parties where the thefts happened.

Well, maybe it's her mystery assistant,

calling for details.

Holly grew up in the heights,

but it doesn't bring us
any closer to finding him.

Doesn't need to.

C.S.U. Matched a print
on that equipment

to one Joey Malone...
street name, "monster."

He's got a list of priors a mile long.

Unis took him down in Washington heights.

He's in the box.
Come take a look.

Monster?

Now that sounds like
the kind of ganged-up thug

that would shoot you dead

and leave you in a dumpster someplace.

Probably half man, half Mountain,

full of prison tats.

Or is he quietly dangerous?

You know, like, Javier Bardem

in any movie where he's got weird hair.

Just take a look for yourself.

Behold...

Monster.

More like cookie monster.

So what do we know about this kid?

Well, he's not related to holly, for one.

His father died of
a drug overdose when he was 7.

His mom committed suicide
a couple of years ago.

His Uncle... Martin Decker...

is the one who took over guardianship.

Where's his Uncle now?

He's not at home.
I notified social services,

thinking they might know how to reach him.

You said that he had priors.

Yeah, he was busted
for breaking and entering,

burglary, resisting arrest.

Now he's moved up to the big leagues.

So, what's the plan here?

I'm gonna go in alone
so he doesn't feel outnumbered,

see what he's made out of.

He's 14.

It's hard to believe he's
capable of something like this.

Not in his world, it isn't.

Hi, Joey.

I'm detective Kate Beckett.

A major hottie is what you are.

Okay. Now that we got
that cleared up,

I need to ask you a few questions.

You need permission from my guardian.

The last time I checked, I'm a minor.

Well, we're making our best effort

to get ahold of your Uncle.

In the meantime, NYPD policy
allows me to talk to you.

Well, so talk.

We're looking into the murder
of holly rhodes.

Heard about that.

I understand that two nights
ago, you worked for her.

Did you see her having problems
with anyone?

Do you know why she left the party early?

Do you know where she went? No clue.

Why did you think holly hired
a 14-year-old kid

with a record to be her tech assistant?

'Cause I'm the best.

The best at what, stealing?

Every time you've worked for holly,

high-end jewelry
has gone missing...

every single time.

I don't know nothin' about that.

Did holly know about the stealing

or did she find out that night?

Is that why you killed her?

What... what? Kill her?

No. No.

I didn't do that.

We have witnesses that saw you

leave the party right after she did.

And you never came back for the equipment.

So where were you between
11:00 and midnight?

I was at...
I was at TV king.

You left the party

and the equipment to go to TV king

in the middle of the night?

You're gonna have to
do better than that, Joey.

You may be allowed to talk to me...

But I don't have to talk back.

Robbery and murder?

Maybe monster wasn't
such a bad nickname after all.

He expected the conversation
about the stealing,

but when I accused him of murdering holly,

and I think I know why.
Joey's alibi checks out.

Seriously, he was at TV king?

The assistant manager sometimes lets him

play video games up on the big screen,

and that's where Joey was
during holly's time of death.

Well, then if he didn't
kill holly, then who did?

The brains behind
this operation, that's who.

A kid like Joey goes from
smash-and-grabs

to stealing a half a mil in jewelry?

I don't think so.

Someone put him up to this.

No, that makes sense.
Sometimes savvy criminals

use minors to do their dirty work.

Of course.

A fagin to Joey's Oliver twist.

And if holly's involved, that
makes her the artful dodger,

or the artful deejay.

Ooh, nicely played.

And that would explain why we never found

the stolen loot
in holly or Joey's apartments.

Fagin has it.

That gives him motive to get rid of holly

if she ever gave him any trouble.

Well, if we're right,

then Joey knows who our killer is.

I get this kid.

Let me get a crack at him.

Hey, where's
the super-hot detective?

You're looking at him.
Don't laugh.

I was featured in the NYPD calendar.

I bet that was a big seller.

So,

you must be the good cop.

Well, I don't know about that.

But I could be your ticket out of this.

Yeah?
Mm-

how's that work?

We know you didn't kill holly.

All you did was lift a bunch of jewelry.

Nah, nah, just save it.

We don't care about the jewelry.

We can take those charges off the table.

All we want is the guy
who put you up to it.

I don't even know who you're talking about.

Joey, come...

I just gave you the winning lottery ticket.

Now the right move here

is to cash that in, not tear it up.

I bet this is the part where you tell me,

I don't know the seriousness
of my situation.

How unless I tell you everything I know,

and then you'll lean in close,
like you care about me

and like you're my friend,

and you'll make promises you'll never keep.

I keep all my promises, bro.

That's what everybody says.

This is
a limited-time offer, Joey.

Not interested.

Okay.

I want you to take a look at this.

This is how holly ended up...

shot,

tossed in the garbage.

Now you think she deserved that?

What?

No smart-ass comeback now,
huh?

You worked with this woman.

You knew her.

The same guy

who has you stealing jewelry
did this to holly.

He uses kids like you.

And then he just gets to walk away

while you have to sit in here
and answer all my questions.

You know what you are to him right now?

You're a loose end.

So take a hard look,

because this is your future.

This is you.

You're wrong.

He won't hurt me.

He won't.
Not once we stop him.

All I need is his name, Joey.

I still don't know
who you're talking about.

I've been Joey's caseworker
since his parents died.

Needless to say, it hasn't
been smooth sailing,

but I can't imagine
he'd do anything like this.

Well, we think that the thefts
were someone else's idea.

Do you know of anyone in his life

who might have drawn him into this?

No, but it wouldn't surprise me
if there was someone.

His Uncle's not exactly
a strong role model.

What about his Uncle?
Where is he now?

We're trying to track him down.

He may be in a.C.
He's a card player.

Guy sounds like a real prize.

You want the best option for these kids.

And sometimes all you have
is the least-bad option.

Which brings me to the issue
of what to do with Joey.

Are you charging him with theft?

We were hoping not to.

So... I'll put him
in temporary foster care.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

He's not safe out there
in the world right now.

The guy that we're after killed a woman.

He could do the same thing to Joey.

Then you can put him in protective custody

in juvenile hall.

I-I can't just
throw him in juvie.

I'm trying to gain his trust here.

Ms. Cooper, this boy is the key
to us solving a murder.

Well, I'm sorry, but those are the choices.

What if I take him?

That way, he's not locked up,

and I can keep him safe.

And I can continue to work on him.

What about that?

I...

I suppose I could delay his paperwork,

and it means that Joey Malone
is your responsibility.

It's cool. I got this.

The kid doesn't have a father.

He probably just needs
someone to connect with.

I'd rather have a pajama party

with the lady cop.

Yeah? Well, it looks like
I drew the short straw,

literally.

Man, no wonder you're single.

No woman would spend time here

unless it was against her will.

Yeah, what about you, Martha Stewart?

What's your place supposed to be,

shabby chic, emphasis on shabby?

It's a dive, but it's not my fault.

My Uncle would rather blow
all of his money at the tables.

Must be why he's too busy to call us back.

Don't wait by the phone.

He only cares about claiming me
as a dependent.

My parents split up when I was 5.

Man, get your feet off my table.

Dad moved to Florida with his new wife.

Most I ever got after that was
a phone call or a postcard.

Postcard?

Yeah.

How old are you, anyway?

Ancient, but...

I'm young enough to remember
what it was like.

You must miss your folks.

After my dad died,

my mom kept going.

You know, she tried to pretend

that we were still a normal family.

She did her best to take care of me

until...

She couldn't do it anymore.

Now you take care of yourself.

Look, man, I know you didn't
have to do this.

Take me in, I mean.

So, thanks.

I'm gonna go grab you a blanket,

pillow.

Hey, at least you didn't skimp out

on the audio-visual budget.

You know that's right.

And I got
"assassin's creed III."

So go ahead and knock yourself out.

And, put it
on dual-player mode

so I can come back and school you.

Yeah, 20 bucks says

you won't make it past level one.

What? Crazy.

Sit down.

Okay.

Care to explain?

What, the handcuffs?

No, no. The stylish
shoes that you're wearing.

Yes, the handcuffs.

Well, junior here tried to pull
a Houdini on me last night.

Who the hell is Houdini?

Shut up.
Out the window?

Yeah.

Down the fire escape?

Yeah, and then on to
a moving garbage truck.

Then on a skateboard for 5 blocks,

which took him all the way
to the "I" train.

How'd you keep up?

He didn't.

Shut up. What the...
Give me that.

I commandeered this dude's bicycle,

and then he lost me in the subway.

But then I caught him at the next stop.

Kid's wily.

But I'm wilier.

Wow. Just like
"the French connection."

In the meantime, C.S.U.
Was able to I.D. Those fibers

found on the tarp that
holly's body was wrapped in.

Where are they from?
Germany.

Based on the chemical
composition and color,

used by a high-end
European car manufacturer

to line their vehicles' trunks.

Mm. Well, now we know
how holly's body

ended up at that construction site.

C.S.U. Narrowed it down to
a model 2010 to 2012 x5.

I'll canvass around the construction site,

see if anyone saw a car like that

hanging around the dumpster.

So we pulled Joey's juvie files
from the central clerk's office.

Theory being, whoever he's involved with

might be in there somewhere.

Unless he gave you a name.

N-no.

Not exactly.

Look, we find out
who Joey got mixed up with,

we find our killer.

There's gotta be something in these files

that points to him.

Looks like he got his first taste

with a b&e when he was 11 years old.

Graduated to burglary when he was 12...

broke in to a mom-and-pop
corner store

along with an identified adult male.

Maybe he's the one we're looking for.

No, we're not looking for
someone who he was busted with.

This guy's smart enough
to stay above it all.

Check this out.

Two months ago, someone named Shane winters

bailed him out after he was picked up

on a shoplifting charge.

Shane winters?
I remember that name.

When holly rhodes, our victim, was 17,

she was busted on a grand theft charge.

And check out who posted bail.

Shane winters.

That's our guy.

Shane winters.

Trafficking, grand theft,

assault with a deadly weapon, extortion...

this dude has dabbled in everything.

But then she cleaned herself up,
got out of the life.

Then when Shane figured out

what kind of access she had at the parties,

he pulled her back in.

Well, that explains why holly

had to hire Joey as an assistant.

Just ran Shane winters.
Guess what he drives.

That would have the carpet
fibers we found on the tarp.

Yeah, and a roomy trunk for
all your body-moving needs.

We gotta bring him in.
We tried to.

Unis busted in on his last-known
address. He's not there.

So what are you, officer babysitter?

Do you get paid extra for doing that?

Where's Shane winters?

Where's my soda?

L.T.

You figure you're special
to him, don't you?

Well, you're not.

Man...

You don't get it.

I'm not giving him up.

You know how much time
keeping your mouth shut

is gonna buy you with Shane,

as long as it takes him

to pull his gun and shoot you with it.

And then he's just gonna move on

to the next lost kid.

Don't let it end that way, Joey.

Just tell me where I can find him.

I'm not a rat.

Any luck?

Man, I just want to wring

this little bastard's neck right now.

I'm gonna call that a no.

So we got a BOLO out on Shane and his car.

Freakin' kids, man.

I don't know how you do it, bro.

No, no.
I lucked out with Alexis.

At a certain point,
you realize you're just...

Dealing with someone who hasn't
been around as long as we have.

The problem is, he's already found his way.

He just doesn't see
where it's gonna put him.

Hey, no luck on the BOLO.

But I talked to Garcia in robbery.

We got a tip on Shane's location.

You want to roll?

You know what?

Let me get this one.

Yeah.

Hey, sugar.

What's your poison?

Hey, guys.
How you doing?

Hello.

What are you drinking?

Mr. winters is not taking
any meetings today.

Can I just get a bag of ice, please?

What the hell do you want
with a bag of ice?

It's for him.

Excuse me.

You must be detective Esposito.

Joey told me you two been hanging out.

Said sooner or later,
you'd find your way down here.

So he warned you.

Yeah, he's a good kid.
Dependable.

Put 'em on.

Or better yet, resist arrest.

Please.

Some other time, maybe.
Huh?

Do you know a woman
named holly rhodes, Shane?

- Name sounds familiar.
- Well, it should.

You ran with her back in the day.

She ran, but not with me.

Then why did you bail her out
when she was a teenager?

Well, I got a soft spot for kids, man.

Yeah, yeah.

You're just like
a regular Mr. Rogers.

When was the last time you saw her, Shane?

Last time I saw holly?

Don't recall.

Well, let me help you out with that.

It's three nights ago...

When you killed her.

You're wrong about that.

See, when this whole deejaying
gig of holly's took off...

wealthy clients, penthouses...

you saw a golden,
diamond-encrusted opportunity.

And that's when you pressured holly

into bringing in Joey Malone
as an assistant.

He'd go in to these fancy parties,

with a half a million
in high-end jewelry,

and your hands would stay clean.

Well, you are right
about that part at least.

My hands are clean.

But then something went wrong
at this last party.

Mm-

or maybe she wanted you out of
her life, once and for all.

But she knew too much

so she had to go.

Look, all I hear you guys saying

is a whole lot of stuff
that you can't prove.

Well, we can prove

that her body was in your trunk.

Fibers stuck to the tarp
that holly was wrapped in

match your x5.

We're impounding it right now.

Wow. Then I guess you guys
didn't hear about it...

about the little problem I had
with my vehicle this morning.

You see, I got a little careless.

I was, I was lighting a cigarette,

and next thing I know,
whole car catches on fire.

Inside, outside, the carpet...
whole thing burned to a crisp.

I hate to tell you,

but there's probably not a fiber
left to match.

Crazy how things happen sometimes, huh?

So, again,

whole lot of noise that you can't prove.

That being said,

I'd like my lawyer.

I need a minute alone.

You tipped off Shane.

After you bolted last night,

you called him.

Warned him that he was a suspect,

which gave him a chance to torch his car.

Cover up his role in holly's death.

Congratulations, Joey.

You helped him get away with murder.

Now I'd beat your skinny little ass

for being so stupid
if it'd change anything.

But it won't because, well...

You're so loyal.

Now let's see how Shane returns the favor.

Look, I can see that you're a little slow,

but I just said,
"I want my lawyer."

This is about the thefts.

Somebody's gonna have to go down for 'em,

and we know it's gonna be Joey Malone.

The D.A. Wants to try him
as an adult.

That means hard time.

All you gotta do is man up.

Man up about the thefts,

and then maybe I can talk
to the D.A.

And get Joey a deal.

If the kid did the crime,
he's gotta do the time.

Ooh.

Have you seen enough?

You still want to protect him?

Look...

It was like you said.

I'd go in with holly,

lift pricey jewelry,

the more the better.

But this time, it was different.

Why?

Shane told me my mark
was this music producer,

Tyrese...

Tyrese wilton?

Yeah, him.
It was weird.

I was supposed to boost his cell phone.

Why his cell phone?

I don't know, but I took it.

Yeah, and then what?

Somehow holly found out, and she flipped.

She got in my face and told me
to give the phone back.

And I got scared because
I knew she carried heat,

but I had already handed
the phone off to Shane.

So I-I got outta there,
and...

That was the last time I saw her.

I didn't know she would end up dead.

I didn't know Shane would kill her.

So no doubt a guy
like Shane would kill her,

but it's starting to look like he didn't.

He's got an alibi.

I don't believe it.

Affidavits from six bar patrons,

all stating that Shane was there

between 11:00 and midnight.

Well, he practically runs the place,

so the patrons will say what he tells 'em.

So C.S.U. Just confirmed
that his car

was too burned for them to match the fibers

so we can't even prove that
he transported the Vic's body.

We also can't tie
the murder weapon to him either.

Holly used to carry around
a .380 pistol for protection.

She might have been killed
with her own gun.

Here's something that doesn't add up...

Tyrese Wilton's phone.

Why would Shane tell Joey

to steal a phone worth
a couple of hundred bucks?

Especially when there had to be
so much bling at that party.

Dude, nobody says "bling"
anymore. Try "shine."

There's something else that doesn't add up.

All the guests were contacted and asked

if they were missing any personal items.

They all said no, so...

why didn't Tyrese wilton mention

that his phone was gone?

Yo.

Check this out.
"Yang dynasty."

Could explain the peanut oil
on holly's clothes.

There's blood spatter on the wall.

Looks like we found our crime scene.

Yep, and it's right at Tyrese's doorstep.

Are you saying that holly was killed

just outside my studio?

That's right.

So why don't you tell us
what she was doing here?

How the hell should I know?

What you were doing between
11:00 and midnight

the night of the party.

I was at the party.

I stayed there
till just after 1:00.

You can check.

You were also asked if any
of your stuff went missing

you didn't mention your phone.

Because my phone wasn't missing.

You don't have to lie to me, Tyrese.

I talked to the kid who stole it.

I mean, it was missing for an hour or two,

see? I found it in the bathroom
at the end of the night.

If Joey stole the phone,

how'd it end up back at the party?

Whoever brought that back
didn't want it missed.

He was after something valuable,
something he could sell.

Yo, Tyrese, what's on that phone...

financial info, pictures, valuable data?

Only one thing that really matters...

I use this phone
as an e-key.

An e-key?

An electronic key.
It opens up this studio.

Well, did holly know that?

Yeah, I mentioned it to her
when I discovered it was gone.

I went to text her my number,

but I had to write it on her hand instead.

That's why holly was here.

She realized that Shane stole the phone

because he was gonna rip the studio off.

Not with Tyrese here about to
give her her big break.

Right, so she races over here
to confront Shane

to stop him before he ripped you off.

Looks like she did,
because nothing's missing.

You sure?

Positive. I got over $2 mil
in equipment here.

And nothing...

God.

What?
The recordings.

If someone got their hands
on an unreleased album...

It'd be worth a fortune.

Not to mention tanking our record sales

if it leaked online.

No.
Josie Lang's album

was accessed at 11:45
the night of the party.

Someone downloaded the masters.

Shane.

Yeah.

Look, I'm telling you,
Shane's alibi is rock-solid.

How is that even possible?

We interviewed everyone in the bar.

We even talked to the cabbies outside,

and everyone said that
he left around midnight.

Why would he torch his car

if he didn't use it to dump her body?

He might have dumped the body,

but our timeline says that
he did not kill her.

Man.

W-wait a minute. We... we...

we gotta be missing something here

we know that Joey handed Shane
that phone around 11:00.

And we know that Josie's album
was downloaded at 11:45.

Holly was murdered sometime
between 11:00 and midnight.

Wait a minute.

The key to this whole thing is that phone.

Was the one who used it
to break in to the studio.

Because he's the one that
Joey gave the phone to.

Right, but witnesses place him
at the bar, 11:30 to midnight.

The album was downloaded
at the studio at 11:45.

It had to be someone else.
Like who?

Well, it had to be someone from the party.

So then whoever broke in to the studio

must have returned the phone to the party

so that Tyrese wouldn't realize
that it was even taken.

All we have to do is figure out

which one of the guests
had something to gain

from stealing Josie's album.

One, two.

Here's a point.

Five. Six. Seven. Eight.

Rock one, two, three, four.

Step. Nice. Good.

Point again.

Hi.

Did you guys not get

the guest list that we sent over?

Yeah, we... we did.

We just need to ask you a few questions

about your schedule the night of the party.

Yeah, sure.

So according to your party planner,

you excused yourself at 11:00
to do a costume change

for a performance of a track
from your new album.

Is that correct?

That sounds about right,

but I just go where they tell me to.

Only your planner told us that you insisted

on having a full hour.

Have you ever tried changing
into skintight leather pants?

It's time-consuming.

Why? What's...
what's the point?

Well, that hour gave you enough time

to get to Tyrese Wilton's studio,

download Josie's new album,

and get back to the party
to perform your song.

Are you insane?

Why would I do anything like that?

Because your album sales
have been sagging for years.

If your album didn't perform,

your record label was gonna drop you.

I've been with harmony 360 for 10 years.

They love me.

Please. She's been
around for two seconds.

Give it a year, you won't
even remember her name.

It doesn't matter.

Both your albums come out next week,

and she's going to crush you.

Unless someone mysteriously leaks

Josie's new album online.

Your plan was simple...

hire Shane to steal the phone,

that way, you can get in to the studio.

The one thing that you
didn't plan on was holly.

She showed up and caught you

just as you were leaving the studio.

You couldn't risk her exposing you.

She pulled out her gun to protect herself,

but you managed to use it on her instead.

And you got him to get rid of the body.

Are you kidding me?
That's all speculation.

The one thing that's not speculation

is that you hired D.J. Beat.

How'd you find out about her?

Word of mouth.

More like your bodyguard
grew up with Shane winters.

Shane had you hire D.J. Beat

so that Joey could get in
and steal that phone.

You know what else isn't speculation?

The warrant she served
on your I.S.P.

That warrant revealed

the e-mail account
that you created

to communicate with the hacker

that was going to leak
Josie's new album online.

Is that enough fact for you?

My record sales may be down,

but I can still afford a damn good lawyer.

You keep showing up here like this,

my boys are gonna think you're sweet on me.

Not anymore, they won't.

You are walking

on grand larceny
and accessory after the fact.

Wow.

Now that kind of luck does not last long.

Well, I guess I gotta go play
the powerball, then, tonight.

This is my gun.

And this one will be yours.

You ever go near

Joey or any other kid ever again,

the story's gonna go like this...

you pulled that piece on me.

And...

I had to defend myself, so...

I killed you.

You understand me?

Or should we play out that story

right here,

right now?

I hear you.

Good.

Yo.

Reach back there and grab that file.

What am I, your secretary?

Just grab the file.

Look, haven't I done enough
to solve this case for you?

Read it.

"Juvenile record for

Javier Esposito."

Yep.

The good ol' days.

So "assault, resisting arrest"...

Mm.
"Unlawful possession."

Yeah.

You were a mess.

Yeah, but that's all I knew.

Dad was gone, my mom was working two jobs.

In my neighborhood, you had to do

what you had to do to survive.

Not everybody made it.

Is this where you tell me that I need to

man up and get my act
together like you did?

No. It doesn't work
like that.

You need help.

For me, it was one of my teachers.

Saw a future in me

that I didn't even see in myself.

But it was up to me to make the choice,

to pick which road to go down.

I talked to your school counselor.

She's gonna call me if you keep ditching.

Come on, man.

And I'm gonna call you once a week,

check in.

All right, I'll go...

If you agree to get new furniture.

You can't get laid on the regular

with that junk you have.

I'm just looking out for you.

Here.

If you need anything,

day or night,

you call me at that number.

Okay.

You're all right...

For a cop.

I know.

Now get out of my car.

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