Detroit 1-8-7 (2010–2011): Season 1, Episode 4 - Royal Bubbles/Needle Drop - full transcript
Fitch & Washington and Stone & Sanchez are called to a car wash to investigate a brutal homicide, where the owner, Thomas Jackson, is found tortured and shot to death, his business trashed. The case takes a turn when the detectives uncover illegal activities taking place at the car wash, putting the victim's wife in danger. Meanwhile, Longford and Mahajan report to a record store, where an up-and-coming hip-hop star is found dead. Their investigation into the circumstances of his death reveals a secret life.
Good morning.
How you doing?
Dragging ass, man.
Kid had me up all damn night.
You expecting a breeze?
You're puffy.
Why do you look so tired?
I have a kid.
He never sleeps.
Like a shark.
What's up
with the paperweight?
It weighs down paper.
You know what?
That's your thing.
I don't even care.
We got a fresh one--
Royal bubbles car wash
on lambert.
I don't know what happened.
Tape's gone.
Always is.
Safe's empty, too.
This guy's trying to run
a business.
He gets jacked up for what,
a couple hundred bucks?
If that.
Perp tossed this place
pretty good.
It looks like he was
trying to find something.
Wife and kid, too.
Okay. Vic gets forced back here
for the contents of the safe
And whatever else.
They struggle, they struggle,
And then the fig spills out
to here into the store.
Guy put up a hell of a fight.
Yeah.
Who called it in?
Repair guy. Supposed to fix
the wheel scrubber.
Spoke to the victim at about
6:00 a.M. To get directions,
Came here, found this.
He didn't come inside?
No, no.
He said the door was locked.
He saw the blood
through the window
And called 9-1-1
around 6:37 a.M.
Perp shows up
sometime after 6:00,
So we're looking...
At about a 30-minute window.
Yeah. Watch out.
cell phone.
We need a tech in here.
Right away.
ready??
yeah.
You got him?
yeah.
1-0-3.
Blood trail...
Starts in the parking lot,
Comes all the way in here.
Or it starts in here...
And ends out there.
You see the tail
on the blood drops?
They point in the direction
of travel.
Not the victim's blood.
Perp got injured,
Then leaked all the way back
to his getaway car.
Don't beat yourself up.
Probably just sleep-deprived.
we have a call at, uh...
Thomas jackson... 35.
One in the head.
One in the thigh.
His hand's demolished.
Every finger is smashed
and covered in grease.
Probably shoved his hand
in the tow chain.
They tortured him.
The were lookin' for somethin',
but it wasn't cash.
His wallet's full of it.
Victim's cell phone.
He called his wife,
brooke jackson, at 6:17,
About the same time
he was getting attacked.
One last dying call.
Maybe he told her who shot him.
Well, if he did,
why didn't she call 9-1-1?
And why isn't she here?
Unbelievable.
Ugh. Excuse me.
Thank you.
Christr roberts,
22 years old.
Looks like he got
into some kind of scrap
Before he fell
from the parking structure.
Yeah. Someone painted
the word "fraud" on his car.
Figure he was
in the record shop, came out,
Caught the perp
trashing his car,
Struggled,
and took a header.
Sounds personal.
Kid's 22 years old.
What's he doing
with an $80,000 ride?
I wonder what he's doing
with these records.
This is old school--
obscure, too.
Half this stuff I've never
even heard of before.
chris paid for his records,
Picked up the turntable I fixed
for him, and that was it.
What can you tell us
about chris?
He was a producer,
a rapper, d.J.
He wrote all his own stuff.
Came in every Tuesday morning
to crate dig.
Crate dig?
Yeah, you know these hip-hop
guys like to sample old records,
So his stuff is right here.
Dropped this off this morning.
That's his music?
Mm-hmm.
Very interesting stuff.
Folks in the neighborhood said
he was about to break out,
Blow up, you know, be a star.
Then, --
It's just sad.
He really knew his music.
He have any people
you know of?
Mentioned his mama
out near delray.
Bought her a chet baker record.
Thanks for your help.
You got a great place here.
All right.
Quality stuff.
Hangin' by a thread, brother.
My wife loved vinyl,
Said it was like
listening to a warm fire.
Nothing sounds quite the same,
huh?
Yeah. All right, why don't you,
uh, finish up here?
I'll try to locate
the mother.
Yeah, I'll follow up
with that car, too.
This might be one
Of those bling-bling
biggie-tupac murders.O.
What?
Baby, I gotta run.
Call your mom. She'd know.
Give my boy a squeeze.
Gotta go. Bye.
You know,
we're about to tell a woman
Her husband's been murdered.
She looks out that window,
Sees you laughing
and carrying on like that,
How you think she's gonna feel?
You're right.
Is that ringer off?
It's on vibrate.
♪ crazy ♪
♪ I'm crazy for feelin'
so lonely-- ♪
Brooke jackson?
Detroit p.D.
Anybody here?
It's clear upstairs.
Bedroom was ransacked.
She made her kid breakfast.
Somebody kicked down the door,
snatched 'em.
Could be looki
at a triple.
-Jill roberts?
-Yes.
Sergeant jesse longford.
D.P.D. Homicide.
There's been an incident
Involving your son chris.
No.
I'm sorry.
no.
No, no!
No! No! No!
it's okay.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
It's just been me and chris
since he was about 3 years old.
His daddy died,
didn't leave us with much,
But we did all right.
Was there anything going on
in chris' life
That could have led
to something like this?
No. All he cared about
was that music.
Never mentioned any enemies?
No, he--he wouldn't tell me
something like that.
Wouldn't want me
to worry.
Hmm.
I understand.
Maybe you could put together
a list of friends for me--
People that he might have
confided in.
But what about a girlfriend?
It always seemed like
There was some girl
coming and going.
It got to be, I-I didn't even
bother learning their names.
Little heartbreaker.
You work, mrs. Roberts?
No. Disability. My back.
Well, chris was driving
an $80,000 car.
Any idea how he paid
for that?
He said it was
from his music.
His music pay
for that plasma tv
And that, uh,
beautiful dining room set?
Yes.
Was chris involved
in drugs?
My son was talented.
He was getting
some attention for it.
He was gonna have a record deal.
He got an advance,
And he bought us
some things.
Is that not allowed?
Of course it is.
Uh...
I just have to ask.
He was gonna get us
outta here.
and now he's gone.
Ma'am...
I work for you now.
We're gonna do our best
to catch whoever did this.
Any sign of brooke jackson
and her child?
Not yet. We got a citywide out
on her missing car.
We're on her credit cards,
her a.T.M.
We're all over her phone,
but so far, nothing.
Okay, keep pressing. Where are
you two on the victimology?
Well, the decedent,
thom jackson,
Has a couple pris--
possession of methamphetamine
With an intent to distribute.
Recent?
Couple years back.
You ever cross him
in narcotics?
No, but I made a few calls.
He was selling just enough ice
To get himself in trouble.
Two years ago.
Look, I've seen people
get smoked
For things that happened
ten years back.
Well, you know what they say--
the streets hold a grudge.
If you want, I can talk
To some of my contacts
from when I was undercover.
If jackson fell back
in the game, they will know.
Okay, run with it.
All right.
Fitch, you and washington,
keep tracking the wife.
Thanks, man. Yeah, let me know
as soon as they get here.
All right.
You getting anywhere?
Found the kid,
alive and well.
Great. Where?
Right where he's supposed
to be--in school.
Their records list
brooke's sister, keri rader,
As the secondary
emergency contact.
Patrol's bringing them in.
Did you touch my scorpion?
No.
Well, somebody did.
When I left,
the stinger was pointing north,
And now it's the other way.
Fine. I picked it up.
Why would you do that?
Look at your desk.
You got a computer
and a phone,
Not a single
personal artifact,
Then that... Thing appears.
How am I not gon'
pick it up?
You control yourself
like a grown man.
Come on.
If you touch anything
on my desk,
I will chop off your hands.
I'll lock 'em in the gun safe.
Roger that.
Did a little crate digging
down at the record store.
"my girl" by the temptations.
Perhaps you've heard of it.
Man. I danced to this song
at my wedding.
You don't think I got, like,
ten of these at home?
you do not have
that one, trust me.
That is special edition,
my friend.
So did you do
any actual police work?
Yeah. I followed up on that car.
It was purchased in cash
By a hip-hop manager
named russell pitts.
Dude just gave chris
an $80,000 car.
Mom's house was decked out
with big ticket items.
Maybe he bought those, too.
Well, his office says
he's shooting a video
Down at grosse point farms.
Big pimpin'.
Mm-hmm.
Let's take a ride.
♪ hot women, hot women ♪
♪ cold beer, cold beer,
just let me know ♪
♪ let me know, and I'll
be there, I'll be there ♪
♪ hot women, hot women ♪
♪ cold beer, cold beer ♪
♪ just tell me when
tell me when ♪
♪ just tell me where,
tell me where ♪
♪ shimmy, shimmy... ♪
Hell, yes.
Excusee.
We're looking for russell pitts.
♪ tone it up
just a little more ♪
It's a shame what happened
to chris.
Any idea who killed him?
I wouldn't know about
that type of thing.
Why'd you give chris
a car?
It was a signing gift.
He's a client.
Really?
That's pretty generous.
Can I be a client?
Yeah, 'cause everybody wants
to hear the police rappin'.
So you drop a mix by my office.
You any good, we'll talk.
But it has to be in english,
though.
So let me see
if I got this.
You give him a car,
you buy his mama presents,
And in return, you get what?
A client.
And what else?
The publishing rights
for his music?
That's real money, right?
Motown pulled that crap for years.
A $80,000 whip's a hell of a gift.
Y'all act like I was mugging
his ass.
His music might not make
ondime.
I'm the one on the hook here.
I'm sure your ass
is covered.
okay. Y'all being
rude now? Y'all gotta go.
All right, uh,
Give me a call if anything
suddenly occurs to you.
Ok, and, uh, you call
my attorney
If anything suddenly
occurs to you.
That's brooke's son kevin
and her sister, keri rader.
Take the kid.
Get him a snack.
What, I'm babysitting now?
Brooke dropped kevin off at
my place a couple of days ago.
She asked if I could watch him
for a little while
Until things cooled off
between her and thomas
She tell you what
they were fighting about?
Money, mostly. They had sank
everything into that car was
And it wasn't making a dime.
We know that thomas had
drug problems in the past.
Is there any chance
that he slipped
And got in trouble
that way?
He relapsed.
It took him years to get clean,
And my sister stood by him
every step of the way.
She went through hell and back
for him,
Then for him
to start using again?
She wasn't having it.
What do you think happened
to your sister?
I don't know.
Where do you think
she could be?
I have no idea.
And you haven't spoken to her
in the las12 to 24 hours?
No.
No text, no e-mail.
No. Are we done here?
'cause I still
haven't figured out
How I'm gonna tell that
little boy his daddy's dead.
My drink's gone.
If I get you another,
You can't tell your aunt,
all right?
How much longer
do we have to be here?
Not much longer.
Are my parents in trouble
for hitting each other?
Why do your parents
hit each other?
Because my mommy wouldn't
give daddy her book.
What kind of book?
The one
she writes stuff in.
What kind of stuff
does your mommy write?
I don't know, but my daddy said
it was gonna get us killed.
Artist name's josh deacon.
Chris' mom says
the two of 'em were close.
People actually go to school
for this?
Seriously? I can paint that.
Everybody says that.
Uh, I met chris, like,
a year a half ago.
He saw some of my work
And asked me to do cover art
for his mixed tapes.
These paintings are all based
on his music.
It was genius.
Any idea who might have
done this?
Yeah, maybe.
Yeah, he was feuding or whatever
with this other hip-hop guy.
What was his name?
Uh, some guy called shredder b.
Do you know his real name?
These guys even have real names?
So what was the beef
between 'em?
Uh, he thought chris
was ripping off his sound,
Stealing his beats.
Chris' music was better,
And he was getting a ton of
attention, and B. was jealous.
A lot of people
are probably jealous.
Why you so sure
it was shredder b?
Well, chris was dj'ing
a party last Saturday night,
And when we were leaving,
B. came up to him,
And he put a gun in his face,
and he made him get on his knees
And beg for his life.
He said that he wanted
Everyone to see
what a bitch chris was.
This--this is messed up. I can't
be seen talking to y'all,
Especially not you.
Come on, chito.
We're old friends. Remember?
Well, you ain't
so popular around here,
Not since you came out
as an undercover narc.
Okay, well, I'm not
too worried about that.
But I am!
What have you heard about
that murder that happened
Over at royal bubbles?
I heard somebody got shot.
Excuse me?
No, his name is thomas jackson,
And I know you know this dude.
All right?
The dude used to run meth
in this neighborhood
Couple years back.
Oh, so what, 'cause he
sells dirt, I gotta know him?
Yeah. Don't make us
drag you in.
You're already on parole.
all right, look,
I-I don't know
What thomas was using,
or if he was selling or what,
But I do know that
he used to have bangers
Coming in and out
of that car wash all day,
And only half the time, they was
getting their car washed.
Well, who are these bangers
hooked up with?
I don't know,
and I don't wanna know.
en who would?
Pup would probably know.
He's the man around here.
Wait. Hold up, hold up.
Pup clemons?
yeah.
Little pup clemons?
Pup is making moves, man.
He's trying to take over
this whole neighborhood.
I wanna talk to him.
Can--can you set that up?
Look, I like you and all,
you know, even though
You screwed over a lot of folks
around here.
Yeah, okay, okay, okay.
But pup ain't
that forgiving, so...
Just set up the meeting.
Whatever. Your funeral.
So three days ago,
brooke jackson
Has a violent fight
with her husband,
Most likely stemming
from the contents of her diary.
Do we have any idea what ?
No, not yet, but they were also
fighting about the car wash.
So we dug into the financials.
It's all out of whack. Go ahead.
Yeah. The jacksons set up
a joint l.L.C. For royal bubbles
With a corporate account.
Over the past few months,
We found a ton of cash
flowing through that account,
Yet somehow they still
weren't clearing a profit.
Because it's not their cash.
Exactly. Somebody was using
royal bubbles to launder money.
And that could explain why the sister
Was being so cagey with fitch.
That's true. If brooke
is washing drug money,
Her sister might be
covering for her.
Any idea whose money
the jacksons were cleaning?
No, I'm still working on that.
Trying to set up a meeting
with a local player.
His name's pup clemons.
If it's not his money,
He's gonna know whose it is.
But if thomas
was cleaning their cash,
Why would they kill him?
Well, he was using again.
You know, maybe he stuck
his hand in the cookie jar,
Skimmed some money for himself.
We got a hit off that citywide
for brooke jackson's car.
Found it at a motel parking lot
off east grand.
♪ hey ♪
♪ whoa-ooh ♪
♪ mm-mmm-uh, mmm, mmm ♪
♪ take me to harlem ♪
thanks.
♪ where I was born, yeah ♪
♪ all the way back ♪
The manager says a woman
matching brooke's description
Checked in earlier today,
paid in cash.
That ain't brooke jackson.
Laceration on the upper arm.
The blue residue oe band
is a high alkaline base--
Some kind of industrial soap.
From the car wash.
He probably gashed his arm
while he was torturing thomas.
That's the blood flow you found
leading out to the parking lot.
So this guy killed thomas,
went to the house
Looking for brooke, eventually
caught up to her here.
But she was waiting for him
and blew his ass away.
Maybe that was
Thomas' dying call to his wife.
He was warning her.
Meeting with pup's on.
When?
Right now.
Braxton baines.
Otherwise known as shredder b.
Oh, man, he's grimming me.
You know he did five years
in wayne county.
I mean, shredder b's no joke.
Mm.
Okay, so, braxton...
We're looking
into a homicide,
And unfortunately
your name came up.
Look at my man, sitting back
with that gangsta lean.
Got his lips all pursed
and turtled up.
We ain't cracking his shell.
No, sir.
Oh, we hauled him in here.
I mean,
we gotta talk about somethin'.
How about that name?
Shredder b.
I love that name.
Wasn't I saying that?
You were indeed.
Too bad his music sucks.
Mm.
Dude's got no flow.
He got a sweet name, though.
You know who's got flow?
Chris roberts.
Mm, kid rhymed sweet as
hot butter on a biscuit.
And the ladies knew it, too.
Yeah, can you imagine
how much tail he plowed through?
And then that car
he was driving? Good lord.
Oh, man.
Look, man, that car
was fake juice, man.
This whole kid act was phony.
Is that why
you punked him out,
Made him beg for his life?
I was just playing
with the kid.
You hold a gun to his head,
and then three days later
Somebody else kills him? What
are the odds of that, braxton?
Must be pretty good,
'cause I ain't do it.
Then why does everybody
keep saying you did?
'cause they're afraid
of the real dude, that's all.
Who's the real dude?
Man.
It's now or never, braxton.
Russell pitts, man.
He signed chris,
hooked him up with a car.
He even hooked his moms up, man.
But chris tried to back up
out of the deal.
Why'd he try to back out of the deal?
Look, man, I don't know.
Chris was a moody little bitch,
that's all.
He messed up.
Got himself killed.
And that's all I got to say
about it, man.
Damn.
Your partner's fine.
How you been, pup?
A'ight.
Man, last time I saw you,
You were a lookout
over on puritan.
Yeah, well, times change.
You wanna talk to me?
Listen, what do you know
About that murder
over at royal bubbles?
Detective stone.
Yes, sir, you caught a lot
of people slippin'didn't you?
You gonna cry about it?
That's the game, pup.
You know that.
True.
Look, I don't think
you did this murder.
I mean, frankly, you're not
pulling enough profit
When you gotta launder money,
but if you don't help me here,
I'm gonna assume
that you were involved.
That ain't gon' get you
anywhere, homeboy.
Well, maybe not.
But I can make you the focus
of a d.P.D. Task force.
Lock down your business.
You guys steal a pack of gum,
we're gonna violate your ass.
Is that what you want?
royal bubbles.
Yeah.
I mighta heard somethin'.
You know this guy?
Oh, yeah. That's uh,
that's skeebo.
That's one
of luther daniels' boys.
Luther's the guy that's running
money through the car wash?
Yeah. He move a lot of dope,
too.
He got schoolcraft, grand river,
most of schaefer.
Luther bring death
to your doorstep.
He don't care nothin'
about dropping no bodies.
Well, why's he gonna
a kill a guy that's
Laundering money for him?
Well, from what I heard,
Dude's wife didn't want him
to clean that dope money.
You know,
she started acting out,
Pushing back against luther,
Hollering at his boys
and whatnot.
So--so luther killed her
'cause she's mouthing off?
Nah, nah. She started
acting foolish.
She started keeping an account
of all of luther's money.
You know, started writing down
her deposits and everything.
She kept it
in this little book.
She threatened luther with it.
I guess he figured, you know,
That's enough of that and just
took care of it, you know?
All right, man.
I appreciate the help. Thanks.
Hey, you know
There's a price on your head
around here, right?
50k. Easy money.
If it's so easy,
why don't you take it?
'cause you look funny
in that suit.
And I figure
it won't be long
Before you're back
on the take again.
I could use a man
on the inside.
I never was and I never
will be on the take.
Never say never.
Brooke jackson threatened
to take down a drug dealer.
If she's not dead yet,
she will be soon.
luther daniels runs a crew
called cash money players.
Now these guys deal
Mostly crack cocaine
but also heroin and meth.
Brooke jackson was keeping
a detailed accounting ledger
Of all of that guy's dope money.
That's the diary.
That's what they were
looking for at the car wash.
And when they couldn't find it,
they tortured thomas
To find out
where his wife was.
Have we located this luther daniels?
No. No, we can't find him.
He's gone
completely underground.
Probably gearing up to take
another run rooke.
Then we need to find her
before daniels.
I got an idea, but, uh...
You may not like it.
Are you crazy?
No, I'm not crazy.
You must be if you think
I'm gonna dangle my nephew
As bait
in front of these killers.
No, I wanna use your nephew
to find brooke.
How long, you think,
before these animals
Get the same idea I got
and snatch that kid
To get at your sister?
You ever been to florida?
Florida? Uh...
Years. Years ago.
My family used to go
every summer.
Fort myers.
Anyway, this one time,
Me and my little brother were
walking along the beach, right?
And...
We come up on this row of
surfboards stuck in the sand.
They're upright, you know?
Like a row of dominos,
And, uh, for some reason,
my brother,
Impulsive pain in the ass
that he is--
He decides to tip one over,
And they all fall down,
just like dominos.
Well, we start booking it
down the beach.
Six pissed off teenagers
on our ass,
And these are
florida kids, all right?
So they're already
a little nuts.
So they catch us,
And we are terrified.
But... When they asked
who pushed over the surfboards,
Without a thought,
I said it was me.
I took that beating
for my little brother,
'cause that's what
I always did.
I protected him because...
Because if anything
happened to him,
I couldn't handle it.
My point is...
I know you're trying
to protect brooke
Because you're scared that
she's gonna go to prison
For laundering drug money.
Thomas said that they had to.
They didn't have a choice.
They didn't have a choice.
That's why we would
never charge them.
In fact, we know your sister
was trying to stop it.
That's what the diary
was about.
I know you've been
talking to her.
Okay? There's no way
she would disappear
Without her son.
She hasn't answered
my calls or my texts.
She says sheoesn't
want me to get involved.
That's why we gotta bring
her son into this.
She'll kill me.
I promise you, kevin will not
be in any dang, okay?
Call brooke.
Say her son
needs to see her.
Say he's begging
for his mother, okay?
She'll respond to that.
You gotta step up.
You gotta do
what you've always done.
Protect your sister.
I didn't kill that boy.
I got no cause to.
He was gonna make you
a lot of money
Till he backed out the deal.
We went back and forth on the deal,
But eventually,
he saw it my way.
Show 'em the papers, man.
That's chris' signature.
Even if he wanted out,
He was legally bound
to my client.
I'm gonna throw you a bone
just to get you out of my face.
We're listening.
your boy was on the d.L.
On the down low, as in...
He was gay?
Man on man love.
That's why we went
back and forth on the deal.
I can't sell
an openly gay hip-hop artist
To a major label, so I told him
I wouldn't take him on
Unless he stopped
with all this foolishness.
If he was on the down low,
how'd you find out about it?
You don't give aan
an $80,000 car
Without doing due diligence.
Had a couple of my guys
Follow him around,
find out what he's into.
They saw him carrying on
and holding hands
With some white boy.
Where was that?
Downtown, at the art school.
Josh deacon.
The way they tell it,
Love was in the air.
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♪
♪
Where's kevin?
♪
Where's my son?
Brooke, I'm sorry.
I had to.
Brooke, we're police.
Your son is safe.
We're here to help you.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Let's have a seat.
♪
Luther got my husband
hooked on drugs again.
Thomas had fought for years
to get clean.
I got so mad when I found out
he was using again.
But he wouldn't stop.
I mean, he couldn't stop.
Pretty soon, he was into luther
for a whole lot of money,
And that's how
he got his hooks in us.
He forced you to start
laundering drug money
Yes. Yes. He--he said if
we did him this one favor,
He would forgive the debt,
but we have a son.
What kind of example does
that set if the family business
Is a front for a drug dealer?
I mean, I wanted it to stop,
but thomas was scared.
And we fought.
It got ugly.
You know, so I took kevin
to my sister's.
And then... I did
what I had to do.
I stood up for my family.
And that's when
you confronted luther.
Yeah. Told him I'd been
keeping track of the money
And that if he didn't
leave us alone,
I was gonna go to the police.
I mean,
Every cent of that thug's
drug money is in that book--
The deposit slips,
account numbers,
Everything you need
is in that book.
Why didn't you bring this to
the police in the first place?
I thought I could handle it.
I thought...
Luther would just back off
and leave us alone.
he came looking
for that book...
And...
Thomas called to warn me.
I heard him.
I heard him get shot.
You're a brave woman.
You better get
that son of a bitch.
He took my son's father.
Shots fired! Shots fired!
Officer needs assistance
at 1523 dexter avenue!
aah!
Stay down! Don't move!
Aah!
How many?!
I don't know!
I can't see anything!
Aah!
He's going around back!
He's going around back!
I got him!
Aah!
Aah!
Don't make me do it!
It's luther daniels.
coming in.
Sit down, son.
Why am I here?
What happed with you
and chris?
Nothing.
Josh...
I know the two of you
were sexually involved.
Look...
I don't pass judgment.
I know the heart wants
what the heart wants.
It had nothing...
To do with the heart.
You know,
we were having fun.
It ran its course.
I didn't tell you
Because I didn't think
that it was relevant.
Were you with chris
the morning he was murdered?
No, I wasn't.
You sure?
Okay, you take a second--
Yeah, I don't need a second.
If I was there, I'd remember.
You destroyed my painting?!
Sit down!
sit your ass down.
It wasn't me.
It was the lab techs.
The paint used on your canvas
matches the paint used
To write "fraud" on the side
of chris' car.
That puts you
at the crime scene.
That means you're not
going home tonight.
And, josh, you have
a decision to make.
You can ther give us
your side of the story,
Or you go out...
A cold-blooded killer.
You're not like that.
I can tell you care
for chris.
I think your--your emotions
just got the best of you.
Come on.
What happened, josh?
a year and a half
and he just...
He just cut me out
like I was nothing.
It was so easy for him.
Stay with me, son.
Walk us through it.
He wouldn't take my calls,
and I knew he was gonna be
At the record store
Tuesday morning,
So I went there. I just wanted
to trash that stupid car,
But then he... Came out.
And I lost it.
Josh... Did you push him
off the parking structure?
It was an accident.
But I loved him.
And he just left me.
So you feel like chinese
tonight?
Nah. I'm gonna stick around
and type this up.
Should I feel guilty
about that?
You don't even know
the meaning of the word.
good night, man.
Good night.
Thank you much.
Mm.
2-3-4, what is your status?
take him outta here.
2-3-4, go. Uh,
we're in pursuit of 2 male...
You all right?
Yeah. I caught some glass.
Nothing a few cold beers
can't fix.
I'll be all right.
You earned it tonight.
If you wanna take off,
I can handle it here.
Okay.
I guess, uh...
I'll see you tomorrow.
Hey.
Seriously...
You handled yourself
really well in there.
Kevin!
Mommy!
Baby.
You're okay.
That's good, man.
You see that?
you all right?
That's nice.
Ah, that's my jam.
That's why we do this.
Hey, man.
You cool?
Yeah, I'm cool.
Didn't see that guy comin'.
But I'm good.
I'm all right.
I'm good. Thank you for asking.
Can--can I ask you
about the paperweight?
It's just killing me.
What would you like
to know?
What does it mean?
Did you go to the grand canyon?
you got people out there?
Somebody sent it to you?
Hell, if it's just your
favorite canyon or whatever,
That's cool. I just--
I gotta know.
What's up with the paperweight?
Seriously.
Why did you choose "crazy"
to be my song on your phone?
Are you still
thinking about that?
I just picked a country song.
It's a white boy thing.
Oh, still, but "crazy"--
that's very specific.
You're reading way too much
into that.
Am I?
"crazy" is
actually a love song.
So if you wanna pull
that thread,
This conversation's gonna
get real weird, real quick.
♪
How you doing?
Dragging ass, man.
Kid had me up all damn night.
You expecting a breeze?
You're puffy.
Why do you look so tired?
I have a kid.
He never sleeps.
Like a shark.
What's up
with the paperweight?
It weighs down paper.
You know what?
That's your thing.
I don't even care.
We got a fresh one--
Royal bubbles car wash
on lambert.
I don't know what happened.
Tape's gone.
Always is.
Safe's empty, too.
This guy's trying to run
a business.
He gets jacked up for what,
a couple hundred bucks?
If that.
Perp tossed this place
pretty good.
It looks like he was
trying to find something.
Wife and kid, too.
Okay. Vic gets forced back here
for the contents of the safe
And whatever else.
They struggle, they struggle,
And then the fig spills out
to here into the store.
Guy put up a hell of a fight.
Yeah.
Who called it in?
Repair guy. Supposed to fix
the wheel scrubber.
Spoke to the victim at about
6:00 a.M. To get directions,
Came here, found this.
He didn't come inside?
No, no.
He said the door was locked.
He saw the blood
through the window
And called 9-1-1
around 6:37 a.M.
Perp shows up
sometime after 6:00,
So we're looking...
At about a 30-minute window.
Yeah. Watch out.
cell phone.
We need a tech in here.
Right away.
ready??
yeah.
You got him?
yeah.
1-0-3.
Blood trail...
Starts in the parking lot,
Comes all the way in here.
Or it starts in here...
And ends out there.
You see the tail
on the blood drops?
They point in the direction
of travel.
Not the victim's blood.
Perp got injured,
Then leaked all the way back
to his getaway car.
Don't beat yourself up.
Probably just sleep-deprived.
we have a call at, uh...
Thomas jackson... 35.
One in the head.
One in the thigh.
His hand's demolished.
Every finger is smashed
and covered in grease.
Probably shoved his hand
in the tow chain.
They tortured him.
The were lookin' for somethin',
but it wasn't cash.
His wallet's full of it.
Victim's cell phone.
He called his wife,
brooke jackson, at 6:17,
About the same time
he was getting attacked.
One last dying call.
Maybe he told her who shot him.
Well, if he did,
why didn't she call 9-1-1?
And why isn't she here?
Unbelievable.
Ugh. Excuse me.
Thank you.
Christr roberts,
22 years old.
Looks like he got
into some kind of scrap
Before he fell
from the parking structure.
Yeah. Someone painted
the word "fraud" on his car.
Figure he was
in the record shop, came out,
Caught the perp
trashing his car,
Struggled,
and took a header.
Sounds personal.
Kid's 22 years old.
What's he doing
with an $80,000 ride?
I wonder what he's doing
with these records.
This is old school--
obscure, too.
Half this stuff I've never
even heard of before.
chris paid for his records,
Picked up the turntable I fixed
for him, and that was it.
What can you tell us
about chris?
He was a producer,
a rapper, d.J.
He wrote all his own stuff.
Came in every Tuesday morning
to crate dig.
Crate dig?
Yeah, you know these hip-hop
guys like to sample old records,
So his stuff is right here.
Dropped this off this morning.
That's his music?
Mm-hmm.
Very interesting stuff.
Folks in the neighborhood said
he was about to break out,
Blow up, you know, be a star.
Then, --
It's just sad.
He really knew his music.
He have any people
you know of?
Mentioned his mama
out near delray.
Bought her a chet baker record.
Thanks for your help.
You got a great place here.
All right.
Quality stuff.
Hangin' by a thread, brother.
My wife loved vinyl,
Said it was like
listening to a warm fire.
Nothing sounds quite the same,
huh?
Yeah. All right, why don't you,
uh, finish up here?
I'll try to locate
the mother.
Yeah, I'll follow up
with that car, too.
This might be one
Of those bling-bling
biggie-tupac murders.O.
What?
Baby, I gotta run.
Call your mom. She'd know.
Give my boy a squeeze.
Gotta go. Bye.
You know,
we're about to tell a woman
Her husband's been murdered.
She looks out that window,
Sees you laughing
and carrying on like that,
How you think she's gonna feel?
You're right.
Is that ringer off?
It's on vibrate.
♪ crazy ♪
♪ I'm crazy for feelin'
so lonely-- ♪
Brooke jackson?
Detroit p.D.
Anybody here?
It's clear upstairs.
Bedroom was ransacked.
She made her kid breakfast.
Somebody kicked down the door,
snatched 'em.
Could be looki
at a triple.
-Jill roberts?
-Yes.
Sergeant jesse longford.
D.P.D. Homicide.
There's been an incident
Involving your son chris.
No.
I'm sorry.
no.
No, no!
No! No! No!
it's okay.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
It's just been me and chris
since he was about 3 years old.
His daddy died,
didn't leave us with much,
But we did all right.
Was there anything going on
in chris' life
That could have led
to something like this?
No. All he cared about
was that music.
Never mentioned any enemies?
No, he--he wouldn't tell me
something like that.
Wouldn't want me
to worry.
Hmm.
I understand.
Maybe you could put together
a list of friends for me--
People that he might have
confided in.
But what about a girlfriend?
It always seemed like
There was some girl
coming and going.
It got to be, I-I didn't even
bother learning their names.
Little heartbreaker.
You work, mrs. Roberts?
No. Disability. My back.
Well, chris was driving
an $80,000 car.
Any idea how he paid
for that?
He said it was
from his music.
His music pay
for that plasma tv
And that, uh,
beautiful dining room set?
Yes.
Was chris involved
in drugs?
My son was talented.
He was getting
some attention for it.
He was gonna have a record deal.
He got an advance,
And he bought us
some things.
Is that not allowed?
Of course it is.
Uh...
I just have to ask.
He was gonna get us
outta here.
and now he's gone.
Ma'am...
I work for you now.
We're gonna do our best
to catch whoever did this.
Any sign of brooke jackson
and her child?
Not yet. We got a citywide out
on her missing car.
We're on her credit cards,
her a.T.M.
We're all over her phone,
but so far, nothing.
Okay, keep pressing. Where are
you two on the victimology?
Well, the decedent,
thom jackson,
Has a couple pris--
possession of methamphetamine
With an intent to distribute.
Recent?
Couple years back.
You ever cross him
in narcotics?
No, but I made a few calls.
He was selling just enough ice
To get himself in trouble.
Two years ago.
Look, I've seen people
get smoked
For things that happened
ten years back.
Well, you know what they say--
the streets hold a grudge.
If you want, I can talk
To some of my contacts
from when I was undercover.
If jackson fell back
in the game, they will know.
Okay, run with it.
All right.
Fitch, you and washington,
keep tracking the wife.
Thanks, man. Yeah, let me know
as soon as they get here.
All right.
You getting anywhere?
Found the kid,
alive and well.
Great. Where?
Right where he's supposed
to be--in school.
Their records list
brooke's sister, keri rader,
As the secondary
emergency contact.
Patrol's bringing them in.
Did you touch my scorpion?
No.
Well, somebody did.
When I left,
the stinger was pointing north,
And now it's the other way.
Fine. I picked it up.
Why would you do that?
Look at your desk.
You got a computer
and a phone,
Not a single
personal artifact,
Then that... Thing appears.
How am I not gon'
pick it up?
You control yourself
like a grown man.
Come on.
If you touch anything
on my desk,
I will chop off your hands.
I'll lock 'em in the gun safe.
Roger that.
Did a little crate digging
down at the record store.
"my girl" by the temptations.
Perhaps you've heard of it.
Man. I danced to this song
at my wedding.
You don't think I got, like,
ten of these at home?
you do not have
that one, trust me.
That is special edition,
my friend.
So did you do
any actual police work?
Yeah. I followed up on that car.
It was purchased in cash
By a hip-hop manager
named russell pitts.
Dude just gave chris
an $80,000 car.
Mom's house was decked out
with big ticket items.
Maybe he bought those, too.
Well, his office says
he's shooting a video
Down at grosse point farms.
Big pimpin'.
Mm-hmm.
Let's take a ride.
♪ hot women, hot women ♪
♪ cold beer, cold beer,
just let me know ♪
♪ let me know, and I'll
be there, I'll be there ♪
♪ hot women, hot women ♪
♪ cold beer, cold beer ♪
♪ just tell me when
tell me when ♪
♪ just tell me where,
tell me where ♪
♪ shimmy, shimmy... ♪
Hell, yes.
Excusee.
We're looking for russell pitts.
♪ tone it up
just a little more ♪
It's a shame what happened
to chris.
Any idea who killed him?
I wouldn't know about
that type of thing.
Why'd you give chris
a car?
It was a signing gift.
He's a client.
Really?
That's pretty generous.
Can I be a client?
Yeah, 'cause everybody wants
to hear the police rappin'.
So you drop a mix by my office.
You any good, we'll talk.
But it has to be in english,
though.
So let me see
if I got this.
You give him a car,
you buy his mama presents,
And in return, you get what?
A client.
And what else?
The publishing rights
for his music?
That's real money, right?
Motown pulled that crap for years.
A $80,000 whip's a hell of a gift.
Y'all act like I was mugging
his ass.
His music might not make
ondime.
I'm the one on the hook here.
I'm sure your ass
is covered.
okay. Y'all being
rude now? Y'all gotta go.
All right, uh,
Give me a call if anything
suddenly occurs to you.
Ok, and, uh, you call
my attorney
If anything suddenly
occurs to you.
That's brooke's son kevin
and her sister, keri rader.
Take the kid.
Get him a snack.
What, I'm babysitting now?
Brooke dropped kevin off at
my place a couple of days ago.
She asked if I could watch him
for a little while
Until things cooled off
between her and thomas
She tell you what
they were fighting about?
Money, mostly. They had sank
everything into that car was
And it wasn't making a dime.
We know that thomas had
drug problems in the past.
Is there any chance
that he slipped
And got in trouble
that way?
He relapsed.
It took him years to get clean,
And my sister stood by him
every step of the way.
She went through hell and back
for him,
Then for him
to start using again?
She wasn't having it.
What do you think happened
to your sister?
I don't know.
Where do you think
she could be?
I have no idea.
And you haven't spoken to her
in the las12 to 24 hours?
No.
No text, no e-mail.
No. Are we done here?
'cause I still
haven't figured out
How I'm gonna tell that
little boy his daddy's dead.
My drink's gone.
If I get you another,
You can't tell your aunt,
all right?
How much longer
do we have to be here?
Not much longer.
Are my parents in trouble
for hitting each other?
Why do your parents
hit each other?
Because my mommy wouldn't
give daddy her book.
What kind of book?
The one
she writes stuff in.
What kind of stuff
does your mommy write?
I don't know, but my daddy said
it was gonna get us killed.
Artist name's josh deacon.
Chris' mom says
the two of 'em were close.
People actually go to school
for this?
Seriously? I can paint that.
Everybody says that.
Uh, I met chris, like,
a year a half ago.
He saw some of my work
And asked me to do cover art
for his mixed tapes.
These paintings are all based
on his music.
It was genius.
Any idea who might have
done this?
Yeah, maybe.
Yeah, he was feuding or whatever
with this other hip-hop guy.
What was his name?
Uh, some guy called shredder b.
Do you know his real name?
These guys even have real names?
So what was the beef
between 'em?
Uh, he thought chris
was ripping off his sound,
Stealing his beats.
Chris' music was better,
And he was getting a ton of
attention, and B. was jealous.
A lot of people
are probably jealous.
Why you so sure
it was shredder b?
Well, chris was dj'ing
a party last Saturday night,
And when we were leaving,
B. came up to him,
And he put a gun in his face,
and he made him get on his knees
And beg for his life.
He said that he wanted
Everyone to see
what a bitch chris was.
This--this is messed up. I can't
be seen talking to y'all,
Especially not you.
Come on, chito.
We're old friends. Remember?
Well, you ain't
so popular around here,
Not since you came out
as an undercover narc.
Okay, well, I'm not
too worried about that.
But I am!
What have you heard about
that murder that happened
Over at royal bubbles?
I heard somebody got shot.
Excuse me?
No, his name is thomas jackson,
And I know you know this dude.
All right?
The dude used to run meth
in this neighborhood
Couple years back.
Oh, so what, 'cause he
sells dirt, I gotta know him?
Yeah. Don't make us
drag you in.
You're already on parole.
all right, look,
I-I don't know
What thomas was using,
or if he was selling or what,
But I do know that
he used to have bangers
Coming in and out
of that car wash all day,
And only half the time, they was
getting their car washed.
Well, who are these bangers
hooked up with?
I don't know,
and I don't wanna know.
en who would?
Pup would probably know.
He's the man around here.
Wait. Hold up, hold up.
Pup clemons?
yeah.
Little pup clemons?
Pup is making moves, man.
He's trying to take over
this whole neighborhood.
I wanna talk to him.
Can--can you set that up?
Look, I like you and all,
you know, even though
You screwed over a lot of folks
around here.
Yeah, okay, okay, okay.
But pup ain't
that forgiving, so...
Just set up the meeting.
Whatever. Your funeral.
So three days ago,
brooke jackson
Has a violent fight
with her husband,
Most likely stemming
from the contents of her diary.
Do we have any idea what ?
No, not yet, but they were also
fighting about the car wash.
So we dug into the financials.
It's all out of whack. Go ahead.
Yeah. The jacksons set up
a joint l.L.C. For royal bubbles
With a corporate account.
Over the past few months,
We found a ton of cash
flowing through that account,
Yet somehow they still
weren't clearing a profit.
Because it's not their cash.
Exactly. Somebody was using
royal bubbles to launder money.
And that could explain why the sister
Was being so cagey with fitch.
That's true. If brooke
is washing drug money,
Her sister might be
covering for her.
Any idea whose money
the jacksons were cleaning?
No, I'm still working on that.
Trying to set up a meeting
with a local player.
His name's pup clemons.
If it's not his money,
He's gonna know whose it is.
But if thomas
was cleaning their cash,
Why would they kill him?
Well, he was using again.
You know, maybe he stuck
his hand in the cookie jar,
Skimmed some money for himself.
We got a hit off that citywide
for brooke jackson's car.
Found it at a motel parking lot
off east grand.
♪ hey ♪
♪ whoa-ooh ♪
♪ mm-mmm-uh, mmm, mmm ♪
♪ take me to harlem ♪
thanks.
♪ where I was born, yeah ♪
♪ all the way back ♪
The manager says a woman
matching brooke's description
Checked in earlier today,
paid in cash.
That ain't brooke jackson.
Laceration on the upper arm.
The blue residue oe band
is a high alkaline base--
Some kind of industrial soap.
From the car wash.
He probably gashed his arm
while he was torturing thomas.
That's the blood flow you found
leading out to the parking lot.
So this guy killed thomas,
went to the house
Looking for brooke, eventually
caught up to her here.
But she was waiting for him
and blew his ass away.
Maybe that was
Thomas' dying call to his wife.
He was warning her.
Meeting with pup's on.
When?
Right now.
Braxton baines.
Otherwise known as shredder b.
Oh, man, he's grimming me.
You know he did five years
in wayne county.
I mean, shredder b's no joke.
Mm.
Okay, so, braxton...
We're looking
into a homicide,
And unfortunately
your name came up.
Look at my man, sitting back
with that gangsta lean.
Got his lips all pursed
and turtled up.
We ain't cracking his shell.
No, sir.
Oh, we hauled him in here.
I mean,
we gotta talk about somethin'.
How about that name?
Shredder b.
I love that name.
Wasn't I saying that?
You were indeed.
Too bad his music sucks.
Mm.
Dude's got no flow.
He got a sweet name, though.
You know who's got flow?
Chris roberts.
Mm, kid rhymed sweet as
hot butter on a biscuit.
And the ladies knew it, too.
Yeah, can you imagine
how much tail he plowed through?
And then that car
he was driving? Good lord.
Oh, man.
Look, man, that car
was fake juice, man.
This whole kid act was phony.
Is that why
you punked him out,
Made him beg for his life?
I was just playing
with the kid.
You hold a gun to his head,
and then three days later
Somebody else kills him? What
are the odds of that, braxton?
Must be pretty good,
'cause I ain't do it.
Then why does everybody
keep saying you did?
'cause they're afraid
of the real dude, that's all.
Who's the real dude?
Man.
It's now or never, braxton.
Russell pitts, man.
He signed chris,
hooked him up with a car.
He even hooked his moms up, man.
But chris tried to back up
out of the deal.
Why'd he try to back out of the deal?
Look, man, I don't know.
Chris was a moody little bitch,
that's all.
He messed up.
Got himself killed.
And that's all I got to say
about it, man.
Damn.
Your partner's fine.
How you been, pup?
A'ight.
Man, last time I saw you,
You were a lookout
over on puritan.
Yeah, well, times change.
You wanna talk to me?
Listen, what do you know
About that murder
over at royal bubbles?
Detective stone.
Yes, sir, you caught a lot
of people slippin'didn't you?
You gonna cry about it?
That's the game, pup.
You know that.
True.
Look, I don't think
you did this murder.
I mean, frankly, you're not
pulling enough profit
When you gotta launder money,
but if you don't help me here,
I'm gonna assume
that you were involved.
That ain't gon' get you
anywhere, homeboy.
Well, maybe not.
But I can make you the focus
of a d.P.D. Task force.
Lock down your business.
You guys steal a pack of gum,
we're gonna violate your ass.
Is that what you want?
royal bubbles.
Yeah.
I mighta heard somethin'.
You know this guy?
Oh, yeah. That's uh,
that's skeebo.
That's one
of luther daniels' boys.
Luther's the guy that's running
money through the car wash?
Yeah. He move a lot of dope,
too.
He got schoolcraft, grand river,
most of schaefer.
Luther bring death
to your doorstep.
He don't care nothin'
about dropping no bodies.
Well, why's he gonna
a kill a guy that's
Laundering money for him?
Well, from what I heard,
Dude's wife didn't want him
to clean that dope money.
You know,
she started acting out,
Pushing back against luther,
Hollering at his boys
and whatnot.
So--so luther killed her
'cause she's mouthing off?
Nah, nah. She started
acting foolish.
She started keeping an account
of all of luther's money.
You know, started writing down
her deposits and everything.
She kept it
in this little book.
She threatened luther with it.
I guess he figured, you know,
That's enough of that and just
took care of it, you know?
All right, man.
I appreciate the help. Thanks.
Hey, you know
There's a price on your head
around here, right?
50k. Easy money.
If it's so easy,
why don't you take it?
'cause you look funny
in that suit.
And I figure
it won't be long
Before you're back
on the take again.
I could use a man
on the inside.
I never was and I never
will be on the take.
Never say never.
Brooke jackson threatened
to take down a drug dealer.
If she's not dead yet,
she will be soon.
luther daniels runs a crew
called cash money players.
Now these guys deal
Mostly crack cocaine
but also heroin and meth.
Brooke jackson was keeping
a detailed accounting ledger
Of all of that guy's dope money.
That's the diary.
That's what they were
looking for at the car wash.
And when they couldn't find it,
they tortured thomas
To find out
where his wife was.
Have we located this luther daniels?
No. No, we can't find him.
He's gone
completely underground.
Probably gearing up to take
another run rooke.
Then we need to find her
before daniels.
I got an idea, but, uh...
You may not like it.
Are you crazy?
No, I'm not crazy.
You must be if you think
I'm gonna dangle my nephew
As bait
in front of these killers.
No, I wanna use your nephew
to find brooke.
How long, you think,
before these animals
Get the same idea I got
and snatch that kid
To get at your sister?
You ever been to florida?
Florida? Uh...
Years. Years ago.
My family used to go
every summer.
Fort myers.
Anyway, this one time,
Me and my little brother were
walking along the beach, right?
And...
We come up on this row of
surfboards stuck in the sand.
They're upright, you know?
Like a row of dominos,
And, uh, for some reason,
my brother,
Impulsive pain in the ass
that he is--
He decides to tip one over,
And they all fall down,
just like dominos.
Well, we start booking it
down the beach.
Six pissed off teenagers
on our ass,
And these are
florida kids, all right?
So they're already
a little nuts.
So they catch us,
And we are terrified.
But... When they asked
who pushed over the surfboards,
Without a thought,
I said it was me.
I took that beating
for my little brother,
'cause that's what
I always did.
I protected him because...
Because if anything
happened to him,
I couldn't handle it.
My point is...
I know you're trying
to protect brooke
Because you're scared that
she's gonna go to prison
For laundering drug money.
Thomas said that they had to.
They didn't have a choice.
They didn't have a choice.
That's why we would
never charge them.
In fact, we know your sister
was trying to stop it.
That's what the diary
was about.
I know you've been
talking to her.
Okay? There's no way
she would disappear
Without her son.
She hasn't answered
my calls or my texts.
She says sheoesn't
want me to get involved.
That's why we gotta bring
her son into this.
She'll kill me.
I promise you, kevin will not
be in any dang, okay?
Call brooke.
Say her son
needs to see her.
Say he's begging
for his mother, okay?
She'll respond to that.
You gotta step up.
You gotta do
what you've always done.
Protect your sister.
I didn't kill that boy.
I got no cause to.
He was gonna make you
a lot of money
Till he backed out the deal.
We went back and forth on the deal,
But eventually,
he saw it my way.
Show 'em the papers, man.
That's chris' signature.
Even if he wanted out,
He was legally bound
to my client.
I'm gonna throw you a bone
just to get you out of my face.
We're listening.
your boy was on the d.L.
On the down low, as in...
He was gay?
Man on man love.
That's why we went
back and forth on the deal.
I can't sell
an openly gay hip-hop artist
To a major label, so I told him
I wouldn't take him on
Unless he stopped
with all this foolishness.
If he was on the down low,
how'd you find out about it?
You don't give aan
an $80,000 car
Without doing due diligence.
Had a couple of my guys
Follow him around,
find out what he's into.
They saw him carrying on
and holding hands
With some white boy.
Where was that?
Downtown, at the art school.
Josh deacon.
The way they tell it,
Love was in the air.
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Where's kevin?
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Where's my son?
Brooke, I'm sorry.
I had to.
Brooke, we're police.
Your son is safe.
We're here to help you.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Let's have a seat.
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Luther got my husband
hooked on drugs again.
Thomas had fought for years
to get clean.
I got so mad when I found out
he was using again.
But he wouldn't stop.
I mean, he couldn't stop.
Pretty soon, he was into luther
for a whole lot of money,
And that's how
he got his hooks in us.
He forced you to start
laundering drug money
Yes. Yes. He--he said if
we did him this one favor,
He would forgive the debt,
but we have a son.
What kind of example does
that set if the family business
Is a front for a drug dealer?
I mean, I wanted it to stop,
but thomas was scared.
And we fought.
It got ugly.
You know, so I took kevin
to my sister's.
And then... I did
what I had to do.
I stood up for my family.
And that's when
you confronted luther.
Yeah. Told him I'd been
keeping track of the money
And that if he didn't
leave us alone,
I was gonna go to the police.
I mean,
Every cent of that thug's
drug money is in that book--
The deposit slips,
account numbers,
Everything you need
is in that book.
Why didn't you bring this to
the police in the first place?
I thought I could handle it.
I thought...
Luther would just back off
and leave us alone.
he came looking
for that book...
And...
Thomas called to warn me.
I heard him.
I heard him get shot.
You're a brave woman.
You better get
that son of a bitch.
He took my son's father.
Shots fired! Shots fired!
Officer needs assistance
at 1523 dexter avenue!
aah!
Stay down! Don't move!
Aah!
How many?!
I don't know!
I can't see anything!
Aah!
He's going around back!
He's going around back!
I got him!
Aah!
Aah!
Don't make me do it!
It's luther daniels.
coming in.
Sit down, son.
Why am I here?
What happed with you
and chris?
Nothing.
Josh...
I know the two of you
were sexually involved.
Look...
I don't pass judgment.
I know the heart wants
what the heart wants.
It had nothing...
To do with the heart.
You know,
we were having fun.
It ran its course.
I didn't tell you
Because I didn't think
that it was relevant.
Were you with chris
the morning he was murdered?
No, I wasn't.
You sure?
Okay, you take a second--
Yeah, I don't need a second.
If I was there, I'd remember.
You destroyed my painting?!
Sit down!
sit your ass down.
It wasn't me.
It was the lab techs.
The paint used on your canvas
matches the paint used
To write "fraud" on the side
of chris' car.
That puts you
at the crime scene.
That means you're not
going home tonight.
And, josh, you have
a decision to make.
You can ther give us
your side of the story,
Or you go out...
A cold-blooded killer.
You're not like that.
I can tell you care
for chris.
I think your--your emotions
just got the best of you.
Come on.
What happened, josh?
a year and a half
and he just...
He just cut me out
like I was nothing.
It was so easy for him.
Stay with me, son.
Walk us through it.
He wouldn't take my calls,
and I knew he was gonna be
At the record store
Tuesday morning,
So I went there. I just wanted
to trash that stupid car,
But then he... Came out.
And I lost it.
Josh... Did you push him
off the parking structure?
It was an accident.
But I loved him.
And he just left me.
So you feel like chinese
tonight?
Nah. I'm gonna stick around
and type this up.
Should I feel guilty
about that?
You don't even know
the meaning of the word.
good night, man.
Good night.
Thank you much.
Mm.
2-3-4, what is your status?
take him outta here.
2-3-4, go. Uh,
we're in pursuit of 2 male...
You all right?
Yeah. I caught some glass.
Nothing a few cold beers
can't fix.
I'll be all right.
You earned it tonight.
If you wanna take off,
I can handle it here.
Okay.
I guess, uh...
I'll see you tomorrow.
Hey.
Seriously...
You handled yourself
really well in there.
Kevin!
Mommy!
Baby.
You're okay.
That's good, man.
You see that?
you all right?
That's nice.
Ah, that's my jam.
That's why we do this.
Hey, man.
You cool?
Yeah, I'm cool.
Didn't see that guy comin'.
But I'm good.
I'm all right.
I'm good. Thank you for asking.
Can--can I ask you
about the paperweight?
It's just killing me.
What would you like
to know?
What does it mean?
Did you go to the grand canyon?
you got people out there?
Somebody sent it to you?
Hell, if it's just your
favorite canyon or whatever,
That's cool. I just--
I gotta know.
What's up with the paperweight?
Seriously.
Why did you choose "crazy"
to be my song on your phone?
Are you still
thinking about that?
I just picked a country song.
It's a white boy thing.
Oh, still, but "crazy"--
that's very specific.
You're reading way too much
into that.
Am I?
"crazy" is
actually a love song.
So if you wanna pull
that thread,
This conversation's gonna
get real weird, real quick.
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