Elementary (2012–…): Season 5, Episode 2 - Worth Several Cities - full transcript

I know it's not much,
but the price is right.

You just have to agree

to keep the common areas clean,
and do some

small repairs
for the residents.

So, um, the landlord know about
my record, right?

That I'm on parole?

Yeah. He does.

He and my sister

are friends,
and she vouched for you.

She don't even know me.

I know you.

Simple as that?

Sometimes.

So, what do you think?

Mm. Wondering if I...

should hold out for a view.

Maybe a pool?

I mean,

it isn't a halfway house,

and ,
that's all that matters.

You have to be patient.

It's like recovering
from multiple gunshot wounds.

You don't just go from
rebuilding your organs

to... running
a marathon overnight.

It's a process.
Takes time.

It's slow and painful,
but you'll get there.

If you say it, Doc,
I believe it.

We got the Chele you wanted.

You're not gonna kill me.

What makes you think that,
Holmes?

Are you calling me by my name,
or is that short for...?

After my abduction,
I tracked the movements

of this, uh,
appalling conveyance.

We passed at least three

much more suitable sites
for an execution,

and one of them is favored
by your gang, Mara Tres.

You are Halcon Zelaya.

You are the leader of
the Mara Tres New York branch,

and you are a man
who does not mess around,

so if I'm standing here
face-to-face with you,

and I'm alive, then...

you have something in mind for
me other than a shallow grave.

Bring him.

Move, Chele.

Friends of yours?

These three are mine.

He is Reymundo Torres.

Goes by "Rey."

This was his place of business.

Smuggler?

He brought things
into this country for me.

Things that I need
for my business.

Now... my business will hurt.

Someone is gonna die for this.

They're gonna
die ugly

and slow, and you...

are gonna find them for us.

We don't want to kill you,
Holmes.

We want to hire you.

♪ Elementary 5x02 ♪
Worth Several Cities
Original Air Date on October 1

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@elder_man

Your men were
incidental victims.

The primary target
was Rey Torres.

Before he was shot, he was
pistol-whipped repeatedly.

All so he would divulge
the location of...

...this.

Smuggler's cache.

It looks empty.

Ah.

But at some point,
it contained...

amongst other things probably,

a quantity of

crystal methamphetamine.

So who did it?

There were five
or more assailants.

Probable military
background.

Given the fact
that they raided

his cache, I would say...

might have been sent
by a rival smuggler.

So how long
till you can give me a name?

I don't know,
but more importantly,

not yet inclined to do so.

Thought you were smart, Holmes.

This isn't a job
you get to say "no" to.

Do it, or you and that
chinita you work with are dead.

You know,

I understand the "stick" part
of the carrot-stick equation,

but if I'm gonna conduct
an investigation,

you're gonna have
to let me go, and...

my partner and I will be able
to escape your grasp,

so,

your stick is insufficient.

You have to provide a carrot,
as well.

Grand a day?

I don't want your money.

I suggest

a quid pro quo.

What do you want?

Same as you.

A name.

Someone's been selling heroin
laced with fentanyl.

Very potent, very deadly.

12 people have died so far,
including a woman I knew.

So you want to know
who is selling it?

You struck me as a man who keeps
an eye on his competition.

You help me find
who killed my friend,

I'll help you find
who killed yours.

You agreed to work
for a drug dealer?

In exchange for the name of
another drug dealer, yes.

They kidnapped you.
We should bring in Major Crimes,

tell them about the warehouse.

It's in Newark.

It's out of their
jurisdiction. Additionally,

according to the news,
a warehouse fire broke out

near the Oak Island Rail Yard

shortly after my
departure from the scene.

The good news is,
solving these murders

may help unravel several other
criminal enterprises.

In addition to yielding a
source of poisoned heroin,

it would expose what is left
of Rey Torres' smuggling network

and reveal his killers,

who I'm sure are quite heinous
in their own right.

So heinous that you would have
this Halcon guy kill them?

Yeah. Well, we'll blow up
that bridge when we come to it.

Is that live footage?

Yeah.

I'm owed a favor by the owner
of a local helicopter service.

He's deployed several
of his helicopters

to scan the waterfront for us.

Are you gonna tell me why?

How was your meeting
with Shinwell last night?

Good, basically.

He's gonna take the apartment.

He's meeting me here at noon

to sign some papers
that Lin sent over.

But?

Well, he's still having
a tough time adjusting.

Well, in his former life, he was
a lieutenant in a drug gang,

a position which afforded him
ample money and prestige.

Now he has neither,
so he's craving what he lost.

You want to tell me why we're
looking at a bunch of boats?

Last night, I saw a...

shoeprint
in some dust.

Perhaps you recognize it

from my monograph of
shoe treads of the world.

It was, uh, required reading
during your apprenticeship.

That was over four years ago.

Korean?

North Korean,
and that's important.

In order to evade
his national sanctions,

the North Koreans
have become excellent smugglers.

Just the kind of people

that would come into conflict
with Rey Torres.

Mm. I also found
traces of crystal meth

in Torres'
smuggling cache.

The shade in color
match crystal meth

manufactured in North Korea.

So we're looking
for a smuggling ship.

Mm. Most smugglers
register their ships

in countries of origin
other than their own to avoid

scrutiny. Obviously,
the North Koreans favor the flag

of the tiny Polynesian nation
of Tuvalu,

which features a Union Jack.

It's a light blue field
and a spray of stars.

Okay. So now what?

I confess everything.

All crimes involving

my ship, but I did it on my own.

No one else
was involved.

What about the murder
of Rey Torres?

Do that on your own, too?

Yes, just me. I shot him.

Our consultant here

tells me there were
at least five attackers.

So, who helped you?

What kind of gun did you use?

A type 70 pistol.
I throw it in the bay.

Wrong caliber.

Additionally,
Mr. Torres was pistol-whipped.

The blows indicate that
the assailant was much taller

than you, and left-handed,
and you're right-handed.

Please.

I'll confess
everything you want.

I cannot implicate my employers.

They'll hurt my family.

We want the
truth, Captain.

You appear to be innocent
of Rey Torres'

murder, but you or one
of your crew members

left a shoeprint
at his warehouse.

So, why were you there,
and what happened?

Rey did not like competition.

So this was
about the meth.

Last time I came to New York,
he told me not to come back.

But my employers

don't care. I made
port last week.

The next night, Torres
and his men raided my ship,

took my meth.

And that was not all.

They broke into my safe
and took what was inside.

Which was?

A box, a locked metal box

given to me by a very
important person at home.

Party official?

He wouldn't tell
me the contents

of the box.

He ordered me to wait
for the delivery instructions.

I had to get it back.

Torres had many

warehouses, many offices.

It took a week to find
out where he kept it.

But he was dead
when we got there.

Whoever killed him
left our meth,

so we took that back.

But the box was gone.

They only wanted the box.

Are we buying all this?

The captain is a smuggler,

not a murderer?

We are.

So Rey Torres and those three
gang members were killed

over some metal box?

Over the contents of the box.

Unfortunately,
we've got no indication

of what they might be.

Too bad you couldn't

convince your client

to not burn down
the crime scene.

That's a problem
with private clients.

They frequently have
their own agendas,

which is why I prefer
working with the police.

Ah.

What?

This is Captain Pack's phone,

so he had his men follow
Rey Torres for almost a week.

They sent photographs of the
various buildings that he uses

a variety of offices, warehouses

and this.

A house.

According to
their texts

it's in Woodbury, Long Island.

He visited
on three separate occasions,

stayed only
a few hours each time.

That makes me think
it's a casa chica,

a home for his mistress.

Torres wasn't married,
so why all the secrecy?

For you, the answer
will have to wait, 'cause you

have an appointment to keep.

For you and I...

Woodbury, here we come.

That's that.

You got your own place.

You do this sort of thing
for all your old patients?

Depends on how seriously
they're taking their parole.

Mm-hmm. You know
a lot of ex-cons?

You'd be surprised.

Can I ask you
for one more favor?

I have a daughter.
Chivonne.

She was five when I got
put away. Her mother, Ceecee,

didn't put me
on the birth certificate, but...

she mine.

When I was in Great Meadow,

I wrote letters, birthday cards,
that sort of thing.

And then, about four years ago,
Ceecee died.

Overdose.

I didn't even know
she was using.

And then
my letters to Chivonne

started coming back
unopened.

So, when I got out,
I tried to track her down.

Now, word is she went
to go live with relatives.

But her people are out of
Trinidad by way of Florida,

so she could be anywhere.

You want my help finding her.

You're a detective.

I thought, maybe...

maybe you...

could think of something
that I didn't.

Can I help you?

It depends.
Are you Yun Jingyi?

No one calls me
by my Chinese name.

Not even my mother.

Dr. Joan Watson, then.
Might we have a word?

In private.

Is this a problem?

Uh, just give me
a few minutes, okay?

I'll be back there.

What can I do for you?

My associates

and I would like
to make you an offer.

It's come to our attention
that your associate,

Mr. Holmes, is looking
for a certain... object.

An object which
may be at the center

of some sordid
gangland killings.

Was this object in a metal box?

If you could for arrange for it
to fall into our hands,

we would happily
pay you a finder's fee.

Great. But maybe first
you could tell me

what this object is
and why you want it.

No.

No?

No.

But here is a number

where we can be reached.

As well as the fee
we intend to pay

once the object
has been recovered.

We look forward
to hearing from you.

$50 million.

Let me do the talking, okay?

Why?

If you're right about
this place, we're about to

tell Rey Torres
chica he's dead.

Can I help you?

This wasn't supposed to happen.

You being lovers--
do you think that's why

he was so secretive
about this place?

Did he not want
his associates

at Mara Tres to know
his sexual orientation?

Did they find out?

Is that
why he's dead?

Did those
homophobic psychos kill Rey?

We don't think that's
what this is about.

Do you know anything
about a metal box?

Something Rey might have
gotten his hands on

in the past week or so?

He said the thing inside
was worth a fortune.

He was gonna auction it off,
make enough money

to move away from New York
and Mara Tres forever.

You know what was inside?

He used to put it
on his desk over there.

He'd take pictures of it

for his bidders.

It was, like, this...

green rock.

It was carved,
and with snakes on top.

It was heavy.

This green rock-- was it, um...

Did it have a square base,

about four or five inches,
each side?

Sounds about right, yeah.

How do you know?

What are you doing?

I'm, uh, I'm just...

I'm-I'm dusting for prints,

after a fashion.

What are those?

Uh, Chinese characters.

They say,
"Receive the Mandate of Heaven,

and with it longevity
and prosperity."

So, assuming he had his hands
on the genuine article,

Rey was right:

the green rock
was worth a fortune.

In fact, the Chinese emperor

once traded it for 15 cities.

Hence the Chinese
idiom for priceless,

"worth several cities."

It's possible that Rey

stole the single most valuable

missing object in human history,

the Imperial Jade Seal of China.

All things considered,
$50 million for

the Imperial Jade Seal
seems a bit low.

Assuming it's the real Jade Seal

that was in Torres' box,
I agree.

But no one's even seen the thing
in over 1,000 years.

Someone thinks it's real or they
wouldn't have offered you an

eight-figure sum for it today.
Didn't identify themselves?

No, but judging
by their accents,

they were from Taiwan.
Mm.

A nation which still calls
itself the Republic of China,

still claims to be the
legitimate government of China.

According to legend,

the Jade Seal
grants whoever owns it

the "Mandate of Heaven"--

divine right to rule China.

So, if Taiwan gets the Seal

it could mean
a major propaganda coup.

Should we take them up
on their offer?

Mara Tres
obviously doesn't know

the Seal was taken
from Rey's warehouse

or they would have
hired us to return it,

not identify his killer.

So, finders, keepers?

We can give the money
to charity if you like.

That would be great, but...

by giving Taiwan the Seal
it could increase tensions

between them and mainland China.

I would rather not start
a second Chinese civil war.

How did the Taiwanese
even know about the Seal?

You hadn't even
told me about it yet.

I'd surmise they were amongst
Rey's potential buyers

and kept track of the
investigation into his death.

Trying to bribe you
likely clears them of that,

since whoever killed him

already has the Seal.

Probably one of
the other bidders, right?

I mean, they're the only ones
that knew that Torres had it.

According to his lover,
he met with

potential bidders
face-to-face

at one of the many properties
that he leases.

If we can find out which one...

we might be able to find
witnesses to the meeting.

Hello, yes, I'd like to make a
very, very large catering order,

so can I speak
to the owner, please?

Yes, yes, of course I'll hold.

Catering order?

Rey's recent
credit card transactions.

BVP Catering.

There's five orders
here in the last week.

I think those were fancy snacks

for his bidders.

Gonna try and persuade the owner
to give me the delivery address.

Persuade, how?

Well, everyone has a price.
We've just established

that yours is north
of $50 million.

Hopefully, BVP Catering
will be less.

Rey knew what he was doing.

Vacant building
in an industrial neighborhood--

no neighbors, no tenants.

And a private garage entrance
on a side street

where no one could see
his bidders coming or going.

Let's check out the sight lines
from over there.

It's Halcon from Mara Tres.

Looking for an
update, probably.

Shouldn't you get that?

And tell him what?
That he inadvertently

put us on the trail of an item

that is literally priceless?

That won't complicate things
for us, will it?

See something?

This metal rail's
been bent

in two places, here,
64 inches apart.

As if someone recently
drove over it

with a very heavy vehicle.

Even if the metal
isn't up to standard,

wouldn't that take a tank?

Yeah, it would.

Clearance is under seven feet--
there's no way you could

get something
that big down here.

No.

But not all tanks
look like tanks.

It's a custom-built
armored car.

13,000 pounds, total weight.

Solid run-flat tires,
ballistic glass windows,

A10 rated armor.

Total cost: $1.4 million.

In other words,
the finest

armored personnel carrier
money can buy.

And the preferred conveyance
of Wayne Vachs,

CEO of Vachs Geological.

Right-wing politics, coal mines,
fracking, that Wayne Vachs?

I looked into him a couple
of years ago when our friends

at Everyone were on the brink
of civil war.

Amongst the details I uncovered
were this car and

a lifelong passion
for Asian art.

Seems like someone
who would bid on the Seal.

So are we going in?

I e-mailed his secretary
and I asked for an appointment.

She said he was
out of the country.

Obviously that's not true,
so we ambush him.

Yeah, we ambush him.

So, who's uh,
L'nelle Bickerstaff?

I saw you typing that name
into your phone in the car.

Yesterday Shinwell told me
he has a daughter, Chivonne.

They lost touch
when he was in prison.

He wants help
finding her.

I'm pretty sure she's
staying with her aunt,

L'nelle Bickerstaff,
but I have not been able

to locate anyone by
that name in the U.S.

Think that's a wise thing to do?

Efforts to help him
reenter society

are, you know, admirable,

but... you're just getting
to know him.

And all the sentiment aside,

you might be a happier,
healthier person

because you didn't interact
with your biological father

when you were a child.

The same might be true
for Chivonne

and her father.

Ambush time.

Mr. Vachs,

we're, uh, consultants
with the NYPD. Like to ask you

a few questions.
Mr. Vachs knows who you are

and who you work for.

He's not interested
in speaking with you.

Maybe he'd like us to come back with
our colleagues from Major Crimes.

If you approach Mr. Vachs again,
he'll have you arrested.

Is that clear?

That would be a neat trick,
having us arrested.

Actually, it wouldn't
be difficult at all.

This is a restraining order.

You're not to come
within 50 yards

of Mr. Vachs
or any of his properties,

effective immediately.

Consider
yourselves served.

Did you notice that these things
were applied for

almost two years ago?

About the same time
we were looking into

Vachs' so-called think tank,
the Atherton Foundation.

So, what, he had these drawn up

and then
when he didn't need them,

he saved them, just in case?

Have to admire
the foresight.

Must have had them dug up
when I contacted his office

this morning. Suggests we're
on the right track, no?

Have you found anything?

Mostly, I just reconfirmed
my previous research.

Still, he's a man with a long history of
questionable business deals.

I'm certain we can find
something to leverage a meeting.

We should get Everyone to help.
They hate Vachs.

They'd probably dig into him
for free.

That would be a
good change of pace.

And I think I know which rock
they should look under first.

Hi.

I'm Kuo Wenling.

But you can call me Wendy.

I have a message
from my father.

And your father is...?

Kuo Lanqing. He's...

Minister of Commerce for
the People's Republic of China.

You're a long way from home.

I took the subway.

I'm a grad student at Columbia.

Dad says to tell you that
the gross domestic product

of Taiwan is
530 billion USD.

But the GDP of
the People's Republic of China

is over $10
trillion.

20 times as big.

So... we have more money.

In other words,
China's aware of the overtures

we received
from Taiwan yesterday

and whatever they're offering,
the People's Republic can beat it.

I don't know.

I guess?

I have to go now.

I have papers to grade. Bye-bye.

Another country
heard from.

On the bright side, China
is probably the rightful owner

of the Seal and 20 times
$50 million is $1 billion.

So we've established your price.

Halcon again.

You know what
you should do?

Keep screening the scary drug
lord, because there's no chance

that he's gonna show up
on our doorstep next.

Hello?

Now, that's a good spot
for an execution.

But you came anyway.

I'm making too much progress
for you to kill me.

I've identified a likely
motive for Rey's murder,

and I might even have a suspect.

Who?

Not yet.

Given the stakes, I-I need
to be certain that I'm right.

I'm sure you
understand.

So, if that'll suffice
for an update...

I didn't call you out here
to get an update.

I called you out here
to give you an update.

Come on.

Who's that?

Chele named Jimmy Koslow.

He's the one who's been slinging
your bad heroin.

I asked you to identify him,
not murder him.

You know
how we do.

I held up my end of the bargain.

You hold up yours.

Or risk dismemberment?

Him... I didn't care about.

He didn't disrespect me.
He wasn't personal.

Don't find out what happens
when it's personal.

You got two days.

According to Marcus' search
of the late Mr. Koslow's home,

it yielded fentanyl-cut
heroin identical to the batch

that killed the woman
from my meeting.

So, at least there
shouldn't be any more deaths.

Attributable to the heroin?
That's very hard to say.

Attributable to Mara Tres?
Also hard to say.

As is their custom,
they made no attempt

to obfuscate their involvement
in Koslow's death.

The gang member responsible
left behind a murder weapon

with ample fingerprints on it,
so he's, no doubt,

already been sent back
to Central America,

where he's out of our reach.

Well, we can still connect
the murder to Halcon.

We could do, if the crime
hadn't already been claimed

by the Department's
Organized Crime Task Force.

They've been, uh, building
a case against him for years.

Any chance they'll arrest him
before you end up in a Dumpster?

Now is probably a good time
to mention that you were

also included
in his original threats.

What?

We are, as always,
a package deal.

But never fear.

Our heads and limbs
shall remain attached

to our respective torsos.

Unless, of course,
you ignored my instruction

to contact Everyone and ask them
to look under a certain rock.

They e-mailed
a little while ago.

Everything you asked for
is right there.

Oh, yeah,
this'll do nicely.

Matt Driscoll,
murdered by Wayne Vachs.

Jason Green,
murdered by Wayne Vachs.

Trevor Harris,
murdered by Wayne Vachs.

John Killan Jr.,

murdered by
Wayne Vachs.

Craig Hawthorne,

murdered by Wayne...

Stop it
or I'm calling the police.

You'll note the chalk line
on the sidewalk.

It's exactly 50 yards
from Vachs Geological.

So unless I cross it,
I'm not in violation

of your restraining order.

Edward Nance, murdered...

It doesn't matter
where you stand.

You can't slander Mr. Vachs
with false accusations.

Oh, but they're not false.
These are men that your employer

admits to killing, 22 miners
who died in a mine collapse

in Kentucky in 2009.

- That case was settled.
- Yes.

Mr. Vachs pled guilty
to misdemeanor safety violations

and he got probation.

But the deaths
are still legally his fault.

The deaths are old news.

Tragic but old news.

I'm about to name
his co-conspirators,

his unindicted co-conspirators,

people who turned a blind eye
to the safety violations

and who helped him get away
with a slap on the wrist.

Including several
prominent politicians.

I got their names from a hacker
collective called Everyone.

Perhaps you've heard of them.

You're bluffing.

I could be persuaded
to hold my tongue

if Mr. Vachs agrees
to a meeting.

Mr. Holmes.

Please come in.

Welcome. Make
yourself at home.

So, where's the tall one
who accosted me yesterday?

I wanted another word with him.

No, we don't need him. Unless
you're planning to kill me.

No, not at the moment.

That was some ultimatum you
gave Ms. Lawler out there.

That's not why
I agreed to see you.

This list of yours
that you're releasing,

it could damage the careers of
some very fine public servants,

but it won't
hurt me one iota.

Well, I find that
very hard to believe.

You've spent a lot of time
and money cultivating

your political pets.
I haven't funded my PACs

in a year.
I got tired of politics.

Well, if you no longer have
political interests,

why did you agree
to an audience?

I know what you're working on,
and I want to help you.

You want
to help me find the murderer

of a Salvadorian smuggler?

Rey Torres?
No, I don't care about him.

I want to help you find
the Imperial Jade Seal.

I am the legal owner, after all.

How can you be the legal owner
of a stolen, smuggled antiquity?

Because I won Rey's auction.

Papers show the verified bid.

Letters of provenance.

They show that the Seal
has been in the U.S.

for over a century.

Well before the 2009
Chinese Antiquities Act.

The Seal was smuggled
into the country just last week.

Isn't that for the
courts to decide?

You're certain
this is the real Seal.

Well, I wouldn't have paid
that much if I wasn't.

But the point is,
Rey accepted my bid.

We were about to make the final
exchange and he was murdered.

So if you want to find out
who killed him

and who stole my property,
I suggest you start

by trying to identify
the losing bidders.

How'd you find me?

I haven't been
L'nelle Bickerstaff in years.

Your name change to Laila Kalifa
is public record,

and you did not change
Chivonne's first name.

I didn't want
to put that on her.

She'd been through
enough changes.

How much is he paying you?

Nothing, actually.
Shinwell's a friend.

I'm doing him a favor.

Funny,

you don't look
like his kind of friend.

How well do you know him?

How well do you know him?

I know he's a criminal.

He was
a criminal.

And now he's just, what, cured?

He's ready to be a father
to Chivonne?

He lost touch with her.

He wants to know she's okay.

She's better than okay.

She's amazing.

When I think of everything
that that girl has managed

to overcome,

everything she has
in front of her,

changing my name,
that wasn't just religion.

I knew that this day would come.

And I knew
that if I ever let Shinwell back

into Chivonne's life,
I'd be letting in the drugs

and the guns and the gangs

right along with him.

He's working on himself now.

You sure
about that?

You said you wanted
my permission

to let Shinwell know
where Chivonne is.

You can't have it.

I understand why
you would be reluctant to...

Look, I'm not reluctant.

I'm afraid.

Men like Shinwell only care
about one thing-- themselves.

That's why they steal,
that's why they deal drugs,

that's why they kill.

Look, Shinwell only thinks
he's changed.

I know better,
and you should, too.

Chivonne's not the only one
he could end up hurting.

C, right?

We never actually met.
I'm Joan.

Oh, please
don't tell me.

The less I know
about S, the better.

- "S"?
- It's my nom de plume

when corresponding with C.

We put a premium
on our anonymity.

Call me "J."

C is an appraiser for
a major auction house.

I asked her to review the, uh,
letters of provenance

I received from Wayne Vachs.

They are forgeries,
as you suspected.

Likely created by

whoever got the Seal
smuggled into the country.

As far as I can tell,
Mr. Vachs did win the auction.

So odds are

he didn't kill Torres
to take the Seal.

What do you make
of the opposition research

regarding the other
potential buyers?

You say that you've already
ruled out China and Taiwan?

Some of the parties

on this list certainly would buy

an artifact
of dubious provenance,

but I... I have a hard time
imagining

any of them
commissioning assassins.

That being said,

there is a significant
gap here on this.

This notation: Museums.

Question mark. No detail.

The Seal would be

a big draw
for the right museum.

I was thinking of the
Densham Institute.

Do you know it?

The Densham Institute
was founded a hundred years ago

by the Densham brothers.

They made their fortune
in textiles.

Last year, one of the heirs,
David Densham,

was appointed
curator in chief.

He wants to make the museum
a more fitting monument

to his family name.

He is looking
for signature works

to enhance the collection.

And you think that might include
the Jade Seal?

Two months ago,

I tried to contact David
about a Tang landscape painting.

His assistant told me
he was in Asia

with no access
to the Internet

or phone service.
When he returned

a few weeks later, he told me

that he had been
on an acquisition trip,

but he wouldn't tell me where.

So, not many places
in Asia

where you can be
cut off completely

from the outside world
and still go shopping

- for museum-worthy art.
- I can only think of one.

North Korea.

Well, the North Koreans

smuggled the Seal
into the United States.

If they were delivering it
to Densham,

and it got stolen
by Rey Torres...

Torres may have

invited Densham to bid
on the Seal without realizing

that Densham was the one he took
it from in the first place.

David perhaps did not want

to bid
on a priceless artifact twice.

So according to Marcus, David
Densham has a checkered past.

Domestic violence,
drunken brawls.

So he doesn't just have the
resources to be our killer.

He has the
temperament.

Did you call Marcus to join us?

I did not.

Housekeeper found him
a couple hours ago.

Blow to the head.

We're looking into his ex.

Well, unless
she's over six foot tall

and incredibly strong,
I wouldn't bother.

That being said, I think I can
identify the murder weapon.

So can I.

CSU bagged it 20 minutes ago.

The killer left it?

This is what was used to cave
David Densham's skull in?

The evidence receipt says it's a
"jade block, four inches square,

topped by intertwined dragons."

But it is not,
as stated,

a paperweight.

It is, in all
likelihood,

the one, the only,
the original

Imperial Jade Seal of China.

Tell me you got permission
to get ink on that thing.

We're sending the prints

to experts to compare
against historical documents

stamped by the real Seal.

They'll try to confirm that

this is the original,
and not a forgery.

Well, I thought
you should know I talked

to the detectives working
the Densham case.

They're moving off of his ex.

Now they figure
Densham had Rey Torres killed

to get that thing back,

then Mara Tres killed Densham
out of revenge.

All very neat and tidy,
and all completely wrong.

Yeah, I don't buy it, either.

For one thing,
Densham died fast.

Mara Tres would have
made him suffer.

Plus, the Seal was wiped clean.

Mara Tres hit men
leave their prints.

Also, the angle
of the killing blow suggests

that Densham was killed
by a tall, left-handed person,

at least six foot, two.

You said
that whoever killed Rey Torres

was tall and left-handed,
as well.

Same guy?

Stands to reason.

But why would anyone kill Rey
to get the Seal

and then leave it at the scene
of Densham's murder?

What do you think will happen
to the Seal

when the NYPD no longer has it
in evidence?

Turn it over to the Feds,
I guess.

And then where would it go?

China, right?

That's the law.

Any Chinese artifact brought
into the U.S.

after 2009
gets returned to China.

We can safely assume
the Chinese didn't kill Densham.

If they had, they would not have
left the Seal behind.

They would have put it in a
diplomatic pouch, sent it home.

So someone else wanted
the Chinese to get it,

but not in a way
that could be traced back.

Why?

There's a saying in
Chinese, "Wanbi guizhao."

"Return the jade
intact to Zhao."

It means to give something
back to its rightful owner.

It's based on
a story where

the Seal was stolen, and a hero
brings it home unharmed.

As a reward, he's made
prime minister.

So who might expect

a reward for returning
the Jade Seal to China?

Hey.

There's someone here to see you.

Tell me you don't think

she's the one behind all this.

To the best of my knowledge,
she doesn't have a tall,

left-handed killer
in her employ,

but I know
someone who does.

I think if I threaten

to delay the Seal's
return to China,

her father will
confirm my suspicions.

Wendy!

Need you to send
a message for me.

Mr. Holmes,
nobody told me you were here.

Yeah, probably because no one
saw me enter the premises.

That new security team
you've got--

not as sharp as
their predecessors.

Why are you showing me pictures
of body parts?

All in good time. First,

I want you to know that
I know you're nearly bankrupt.

It's the real reason you stopped
paying your political cronies.

You can't afford them anymore.

Why? Because in addition
to killing 22 men,

your mine collapse triggered
a landslide, which polluted

a large swath of
Kentucky watershed.

And you're legally responsible
for the clean-up.

The EPA's about to bill you for
hundreds of millions of dollars.

A vast deposit
of rare earth minerals

was recently discovered
in Western China.

Whoever secures that development
contract is gonna make billions.

I have it on very good

authority that thanks to your
help with the recent unspecified

issue, the Chinese are gonna
award that contract to you.

Well, that's a legitimate
business deal.

The other day I asked you

about your head of security.
Tall fellow.

Left-handed. I could tell
by the placement

of his holster.

Led a team of six.

Flight records indicate
that your private jet

left for Morocco
with six passengers on board

just hours after David Densham's
bludgeoning.

Nice place, Morocco.

Low cost of living,
no U.S. extradition treaty.

So what are you suggesting--
that I had Rey Torres killed

so I could get the Seal

and trade it with the Chinese
for the mineral deal?

I already told you
that I won the auction.

Ah. Except you couldn't pay
for your winning bid, could you?

So instead, you had your men
kill Rey Torres and take it.

Say you're right.

Why didn't I get
the Seal and just

give it to the Chinese
and be done with it?

Because before you could
agree terms with them,

I began to suspect you.

If the police found the Seal
in your possession,

all would be lost, so you had
your men kill David Densham

and leave it
with him.

The physical return

of the Seal is no longer
your problem,

'cause the U.S. government
is going to do it for you.

But the Chinese--
they'll still know who to thank.

I suppose you can prove
all of this?

I can prove none of it.

Those limbs once added up
to a man named Jimmy Koslow.

He ran afoul of a street gang--
Mara Tres.

They're clients
of mine.

They're not concerned
with courts of law.

They much prefer revenge.

Brutal revenge.

Rey Torres was
their favorite smuggler,

and now he's dead,
thanks to you.

All I need to do is share
my suspicions with my clients,

and you're going to be the
next one going to pieces.

You wouldn't.

Confess.

If you're arrested,
tried and convicted,

I might be able to persuade them
that justice has been done.

If Jimmy Koslow was offered
the same opportunity,

I think he'd have taken it.

Don't you?

It's good, though.
That's it.

- Quick feet. Quick feet.
- Hey.

I got your text.

Thanks for coming.

Look, if you're hoping
for an update on Chivonne...

I don't need an update.

Found her on my own.

She's a goalie.

Yeah. Yeah, right there.

She's good.

From what I hear, she
good at a lot of things.

Sports, school.

How'd you find her?

You wasn't the first person
I asked for help.

As soon as I got out
of Great Meadow, I

put out feelers,

and one finally panned out.

Okay, you're up.

There you go.

Look, before you talk
to her, I think...

I'm not... going
to talk to her.

I want to. I want to
like you wouldn't believe.

It's not the time.

I want her in my life,
I have to earn it.

♪ I'm dark inside... ♪

Looking for bugs?

Stud, actually.

You'll be happy to hear
that Vachs confessed

to ordering the murders
of David Densham, Rey Torres

and the three
Mara Tres pistoleros.

I am happy.

Was Halcon happy?

Not at first,
but eventually he agreed

to keep his distance from us.

So our lives
can return to normal.

Wanbi guizhao, as they say.

Everything back
in its rightful place,

all in one piece.

♪ I'm floating again ♪

♪ Weightless ♪

♪ Beneath your paper moon... ♪

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