Major Crimes (2012–2018): Season 3, Episode 2 - Personal Day - full transcript

Francisco: It was Ana's 15th birthday party,

and she sang like an angel.

She told her mother and me

that it was the happiest night of her life.

After her party, Dante Gomez,

this man who grew up across
the street from my family

and knew Ana her whole life,
said he loved her.

Dante Gomez shot my little girl,
and he ran away.

He left my daughter
lying on the ground dead.

Ana's been gone 17 years.

And I see this monster here
today asking for his freedom.



Feels like it was only yesterday.

Do not forget the victim
when you hear this man.

Because we do not forget her.

We do not forget her.

Thank you, Mr. Escobedo.

Know that the state is not indifferent
to your family's suffering.

All right, Mr. Dante sosa Gomez,

you are 17 years into a 20-year sentence

for the second-degree murder
of Ana Escobedo, correct?

[Feedback] Yes, ma'am.

And you are seeking early
release for this heinous crime

based on good behavior.

Is that it?

No amount of good behavior
can justify my release.



Cox: Mr. Gomez, at the
time of your conviction,

you were a 16-year-old gang member

and a high-school dropout. Is that correct?

Yes, sir.

We've read your prepared statement,

and we're impressed with the writing.

Could you read it aloud for us?

I am responsible for taking
the life of Ana Escobedo.

I apologize to her family
and everyone who loved her

with no expectation of forgiveness.

Though, by legal standards,

I am qualified to petition
you for early release,

my conduct in prison should not lessen
my punishment for the violent behavior...

That has led to so much tragedy.

I thankfully accept whatever
decision you make in my regard

as an expression of the will of God.

Sincerely, Dante Gomez.

Given your clean record of prison behavior,

majority of time served,

and your status as a juvenile
at the time of your conviction,

the board is inclined to grant your
application of parole for two years.

Don't blow it, Mr. Gomez.

You have three minutes. What do you want?

First, Julio, I want to thank you.

My arrest was the best thing
that ever happened to me.

All but one of my friends
from before are dead.

I'm still here.

I even got a chance at a college education.

You're welcome.

I'll mention all that stuff to Ana
Escobedo the next time I see her.

I did not kill Ana.

Oh, geez. Here we go.

That's not what you said in court
when you were being sentenced.

That's not what you said just
last week to the parole board.

You told the commissioners...

I said what was necessary
to get out of prison

for a crime I didn't commit,

and now I'd like your help so
that the truth can be told.

Oh, okay. I'll help you.

You shot Ana Escobedo twice in the chest.

An eyewitness saw it go down.

You confessed.

You ever need reminding...

You call me.

Who was the witness against me?

[Scoffs] Name's confidential,

part of the deal you agreed to in
exchange for second-degree murder.

What's this about, Dante?

You're free. Why drag it all out again?

Because I didn't kill Ana. I loved her.

When she died, I wasn't thinking straight.

It didn't occur to me till later

that the person responsible for
her death is still out there.

And... my grandmother is old and sick.

I don't want her to die thinking
I'm a murderer because I'm not.

Hey. Keep your hands above the table.

"1709 East Carson Street."

That's where I was the
night Ana was murdered.

Look it up for yourselves.
That's where I was.

Tao: 1709 East Carson Street is
a liquor store in Northridge,

held up 17 years ago the night
Dante Gomez murdered Ana Escobedo.

Robbery was never solved.

How far away is this liquor store
from where Ana Escobedo was murdered?

27 miles. But it doesn't matter, man.

We can't I.D. Dante from
this footage anyway.

And you can tell that the guy
taking the cash isn't Dante.

I mean, even with this crappy video.

Buzz: Hey, it's from an old VHS shut up
in the case box for almost two decades.

I had to splice it almost 100
times just to get it to play.

Why are we even pursuing this?

The justice system has
spoken loud and clear,

and I'm leaving soon.

Detective Sanchez is required
to inform his commanding officer

of any and all reported murders.

Oh, God, the rules. Why did I ask?

Sykes: Here's the evidence
from the Ana Escobedo murder.

Great. One second, detective.

You know, I can get some more
face on the tall guy here.

You know, do a high-res video transfer,

then auto-pixel each individual
frame that he appears in,

then saturate with primary...

Tao, can you I.D. The guy or not?

I thought you were taking a personal day.

Fine, fine.

Just go on like I'm not here. See if I care.

Okay, if we could solve this old robbery

and then locate the other suspect...

Yes, if he's still alive.

17 years... That's a century in gangland.

Maybe he could tell us
that Dante wasn't with him,

and we will have done our due diligence.

Or we could just review the evidence.

Okay, here is the murder weapon
that I found in Dante's car

the night Ana was shot.

And we had an eyewitness
who saw the murder happen.

And here's Dante's statement of facts

where he confessed to
the murder in open court.

You called the D.A. over this?

No, Dante came to our office
after talking to you guys.

I said I would review the evidence with you.

Are we done?

Whoa, whoa, wait. Buzz, be kind, rewind.

Just before the two bad
guys exit the liquor store.

Ah! Right there. Can we blow that up?

This is VHS. Oh, right.

It could explode,
but it won't blow up anything.

Okay, according to the
height marker on the door,

the guy in the hood is 5'10".

- How tall is Dante Gomez?
- 5'10".

That doesn't prove anything.

A-a shadowy figure that's
5'10"? Could be me.

If you were 5'10".

Is there any other reason that
Dante is claiming his innocence?

Yeah, when Sanchez sat
down with him last night,

he took a straightforward
run at trying to find out

the name of our protected witness.

[Chuckles] Mystery solved.

Dante wants revenge on
the guy that put him away.

Hobbs: It could be worse than that.

If Dante locates and hurts
the protected witness,

our prior knowledge makes us liable.

Provenza: Hmm. Not me. I'm off today.

Bye-bye.

I suggest you contact the witness
immediately and offer security.

Also, put together a list of
Dante's fellow gang members

who were active during both
the robbery and Ana's murder.

Okay, why?

To see if any of their physical descriptions

match up with the tall guy in this video.

Ma'am, why don't we just ask
Dante who the tall guy is?

First we need to be absolutely sure

that our confidential
witness is in no danger.

Excuse me.

Keep protecting the witness, fine.

But jumping through hoops for Dante, no way.

He can't sue us.

How come?

We had a deal, and the terms of that deal

were that I would give you money
for an electric toothbrush,

and you would tell the captain

that your mother had contacted you.

I know. I know, which is why we
need to reschedule this visit.

Look, lieutenant, I tried to find
the right time to bring it up,

but it... It didn't come along.

And I don't want Sharon to
get the wrong idea about...

Wrong idea? About what?

Um, well, uh, captain...

[Clears throat]

For what you are about to hear, I apologize.

Um...

My mom is here.

Well, at a rehab in Long Beach,

and I didn't tell you about it,

and I should have,
and I am sorry, but, Sharon...

Your mother is in rehab?

And you have gone to see her there?

Yeah, a couple of times.

But... but... but listen.

Listen, she... she wants...

She wants to make amends, uh, to people...

Uh, me, uh, you, everyone, really,

as a... as a part of her recovery,

and i-if you don't mind, uh,
Lieutenant Provenza and I,

we can... we can go and we
can pick her up right now

and we could bring her here
and she could apologize

just to get that over and out of the way.

It would only take a few minutes, but, um...

But I completely understand
if you don't want to.

It's not a problem at all.

I'm, uh... I am very surprised, of course,

but I am looking forward

to meeting the other Sharon in your life,

and I'm glad that she's in rehab, Rusty.

So... so, bring her?

Now?

If you can, that would be good.

[Chuckling] Okay, then.

Uh, we better hurry. Uh...

She just has a brief window to be out.

I-I'll be back with her as
soon as we can manage.

Good. And thank you, lieutenant,
for all of your help with this.

[Sighs] Well, that was the worst part.

Now it's over.

Oh, no.

Around here, nothing's ever over.

[Elevator bell dings]

Cesar: I thought nobody was
ever supposed to find out

I spoke out about Dante
or even know my name,

and now you're introducing
me to all these new people?

Sharon: Cesar, we need to be
sur that you haven't told anyone

about your role as a witness against Dante.

You think I'm crazy?

If those guys from his
gang knew it was me...

What's going on here?

Flynn: Okay, look, Dante
Gomez was granted parole,

and he claims he didn't kill Ana Escobedo.

That's crazy.

Wait. Are you saying that
Dante knows I turned him in?

There's no reason for you to freak out.

You're with us. Nothing
can happen to you here.

Cesar, let me ask you this.

Are you still 100% certain about

what happened the night that
Ana Escobedo was murdered?

Yeah.

I mean, it was a long time ago, but...

Dante and Ana were in the
park, and they were arguing.

And I walked by them.
I was about 40 feet on.

I heard two shots, I turn around, and she...

It still shakes me up.

Dante had shot Ana twice.

She was lying on the ground,

and he was running away
with a gun in his hand.

And you're absolutely
sure that it was Dante?

Am I sure?

It happened fast, but yeah. It was him.

We'll keep our people in the background,

but you are gonna need protection. Trust me.

ma'am, why did you ask if
he was sure he saw Dante?

To see if there was any
wiggle room in his story,

- and there is.
- About 40 feet.

When Ana was actually shot, detective,

Cesar's back was turned.

But Dante was the shooter. It was his gun.

Which is an excellent reason to
have S.I.S. Follow him, as well.

No need. Hollywood division called.

Dante Gomez was just found murdered.

[Police radio chatter]

Gomez's grandmother's the person reporting.

Regina Gomez. Poor thing.

She's been standing on her back porch

since she called 911 an hour ago.

[Dog barks] When patrol searched the garage,

they found this in the bookshelf.

You got a time, Kendall?

Hmm, I'm thinking somewhere between
10:00 last night and 3:00 this morning,

unless Dr. morales says otherwise.

What about cause of death?

Ugh. Blunt-force trauma
to just about everything.

This guy was beat up.

No sign of forced entry... Not surprising,

considering the position of
the body when we arrived.

Feet there, head there, facedown.

Flynn: It's like he answered
the door, knew who it was.

He turned around, and then
got the crap beat out of him.

Sykes: Not sure about that, lieutenant.

Buzz, there's blood over here
on his blanket and pillow.

Looks like he may have been injured
before he answered the door.

So, the death blow came
later. That's strange.

Flynn: I guess the killer
tore this place apart.

Looking for what?

Well, here's a scale and baggies,
so maybe coke or heroin.

The officers who cleared this place

found this stuff under
his bed, but no drugs.

Julio?

This wasn't your fault.

Whose was it, then?

I'm gonna talk to his grandmother.

I'll go with him.

Regina: Every morning since he got back,

Dante came in and made breakfast.

I told him to spend the night out there,

but we eat as a family.

You kept your grandson in the garage?

I thought he should earn the right

to live under my roof again.

You know how hard it was for me to stay here

after he killed that girl across the street?

But he paid for that. We all paid.

And what do you care?

I remember you. You hated Dante.

Ms. Gomez, what time this morning

did you begin to wonder how
your grandson was doing?

Around 11:00.

Dante was waking me up days.

So when I got out of bed
and I didn't see him around,

I went out to the garage.

And then I... I called 911.

And you heard nothing during the night?

I sleep well.

That's about all I can still do.

But I sleep.

Did Dante mention any new friends,

or was he acting out of the ordinary at all?

Yes.

He took care of me, and then
went out to look for a job.

That was not ordinary.

He read books. That was not ordinary.

I told him, "you did your time.
Don't make trouble."

But he went around telling
everyone that he was innocent.

That was not ordinary.

Ma'am, I assure you that we will do
everything we can to find the people...

No, you won't. You won't do anything.

My son, Dante's father, was
shot to death 22 years ago,

and you people never found his killer,

and my other son was murdered 7 years later,

and nothing happened.

And now Dante.

The police come by once,
and I never see you again.

What do people like us mean to you?

Ms. Gomez, we're very sorry for your loss

and we will do our best to
figure out what happened here.

Sure you will.

[Police radio chatter]

Who's that?

Sanchez: It's the family of
the girl that Dante murdered.

They weren't happy about his release, ma'am.

The older man doesn't look strong
enough to beat anyone to death.

What about the sons?

Manuel and Carlos?
That's a good place to start.

I'll go to the morgue with Dante.

Why don't you and detective Sykes

ask Manuel and Carlos
downtown for a conversation?

[Police radio chatter]

Manuel: I mean, what you want me to say?

"I'm sorry the guy's dead"? I'm not.

That's why I have to
ask you these questions.

Hey, you didn't like Dante, either.

Yeah. Murder is murder, Manny.

It doesn't matter how I
feel about the victim.

Let's start when Dante came
over to your house yesterday.

- Who told you about that?
- You just did.

[Chuckles]

Yeah. Okay.

Let's do this for real.

Dante came over about 8:00, maybe.

What did he want? Just to say,
"hi, I'm back in the hood.

Let's all be friends." That kind of thing?

Yeah. You believe that?

Asshole went right up to my father
and said all churchy altar boy...

He said, "I'm not the one who killed Ana."

But you didn't do anything
to him, did u, Carlos?

because he's not looking too good right now.

Well, he didn't look so
good last night, neither.

Listen, what's he expect?

He gets out of prison
for murdering my sister.

And suddenly, we're supposed
to be friends again? No way.

Hey.

Oh, what's going on? Where's the captain?

Morgue. Someone killed Dante Gomez.

How's your personal day going?

Didn't the captain tell you?

Tell us what?

You'll hear about it soon enough.

He came out of prison,
and we left him alone.

I didn't go to his house.

I didn't trust myself go to his house.

Dude comes over, gets in our face,

saying how he loved Ana.

But we all know he killed her.

So, how did you help him understand?

We... physically explained how
we felt about his new story.

That's how.

Dr. morales: Along with a multitude
of contusions pretty much everywhere,

Mr. Gomez has a broken arm and collarbone.

I'm guessing when he was attacked,

he raised his left arm,
but his arm was insufficient.

We found this in the bushes
next to your front porch.

Did you use this to beat Dante?

- There's blood on it.
- Look, okay?

We had to show Dante and
the whole neighborhood

how we felt about him running
around saying he was innocent,

and we did it real
public-like with a real bat.

I have wood fibers in the
laceration on the shoulder.

And in addition to being ugly,

the hematoma at the base of his skull

shattered his C1 cervical vertebra.

After that, Dante ran back
across the street to his granny.

That would have ended all
movement from the neck down.

Huh.

So, the attack came after he got
up from his bed and oened his door.

That was the death blow, yes.

Hey, we didn't kill Dante.
Well, at least not on purpose.

Why pull your punches then
if you were in the right?

Because Dante was protected.

If me and Manny had finished him off...

[Chuckles]

You'd be putting me on ice, too.

Dante was protected?

Who protected him?

Hey, listen to this.

Sanchez: Hey, Manny, we've
been through a lot together.

Don't make me arrest you to get his name.

You ain't gonna do that.

Why do you think we read you your
rights before we brought you in here?

Tell me who was protecting Dante,

or I will book you for
assault with a deadly weapon!

Hector Zamora.

Dante was protected by Hector Zamora.

You better not be lying.

Hector Zamora. Can't wait to meet him.

Okay, let me get this
personal-day crap out of the way

now that we have a real murder.

[Sighs] Come on. Come on. Pick up. Pick up.

[Cellphone vibrates]

Yes, lieutenant. What's going on?

Provenza: Uh, Rusty and his mother are
waiting for you in the super cubicle.

What reason did you give the rehab for
removing Sharon Beck into your custody?

Rusty's mother?

Well, I told Mrs. Beck's minders

that L.A.P.D. had an open case
file on her for child abandonment

and that we wanted to question her.

Look, i-if it's a bad day for this,

um, I can send her back to rehab
with patrol, and I'll punch in.

Hold on.

Let me see.

Uh, Dr. Morales, is there anything else?

I believe the victim was attacked twice.

The beatings came a few hours apart,

but I could change my mind
once I cut open the body.

Want to wait and see?

I told her that you don't have much time

because you're solving a murder,

and she can't stay for long, either,

because Lieutenant Provenza
promised to have her back by 4:00.

Okay, well, we'll say a quick
hello. We all apologize for...

No, no, no, no, no. She
wants to apologize to you.

And... and she has to do that.

Okay, we will get that out of the way.

Lieutenant, how are we doing on the
video from the liquor-store robbery?

I've got it to where Buzz can finish it.

- Five minutes, maybe?
- Okay.

Sharon Raydor, uh, this
is my mom, Sharon Beck.

Before I say anything
else, captain, I just...

Want to say how grateful I am to you

for taking my son into your home

and caring for him and...

p-putting him through school.

It's really...
it's a miracle to find him like this.

You don't need to thank me.

Rusty's worked so hard,

and, uh, helping him reach his
potential's been a great joy.

Okay, okay, that's enough about me.

Mom.

Sharon doesn't have much time.

Right. I know, and I'm,
uh, not really allowed

to be out of my treatment program
for more than a few hours.

What facility are you staying at?

Um, Signal Hill Recovery. In Long Beach.

Ah.

"Ah"?

Why... why do you say it like that?

Uh, well, Signal Hill is
one of the rehab centers

that L.A. County uses for,
um, uh, drug sentencing.

So, what does that mean?

H-honey, I told you, when we
were picked up by the police,

Gary was sent to jail, but I wasn't.

What I didn't tell you is,
uh, that I was given a choice

between going to trial or
checking in to Signal Hill.

Oh.

So, uh... so you didn't
go into rehab on your own?

Rusty, your mom had a choice,
and she chose Signal Hill.

How long do you have left on your program?

I'm 45 days sober.

At 60, it, uh, becomes voluntary,

but I intend to stay if they will let me.

Well, it's not voluntary yet,

and I hate to be the one to bring this up,

but we got squeezed on our schedule today,

so, uh,
if we're gonna get you back on time...

Of course. Of course. You're busy.

Um, let me just say as
I've said to Rusty how...

[Sighs] Sorry I am to have, uh,
left my little boy on his own

and, uh, for you all to take care of.

And I wish I had behaved
better, and I hope that I...

I hope that you all will
let me prove that to you.

Of course. Of course we will.

Come here.

[Both chuckle]

Oh.

You made a very big step
forward today, Sharon.

And know, too, that we
understand how hard addiction is

and what a positive decision it is to quit.

Thank you.

Thank you. [Chuckles]

Well, I wish I had a camera,

but we'll just have to remember
this as our first big goodbye,

and the car is parked three blocks away.

Okay. Thank you again.

It was so nice to meet you, captain.

Wind it up.

Yeah, I'll be right there.

It's bad, isn't it?

That she, uh... she didn't
check into rehab on her own?

Rusty, how she got there is not as
important as what she does with it.

[Sighs]

Okay.

These are screen grabs of the
high-res version of the robbery.

Now, we've been able to pull together

a much clearer image of the
guy Dante said he was with.

We ran what we could of his
facial features through recog,

and we got a good partial hit.

Not admissible, but if you put
the two photos side by side...

Flynn: It's Hector Zamora.

Hector Zamora robbed the store with Dante,

protected him in prison
and after he got out.

But why?

Hector: Like I'm gonna say that's
me so you can put me on trial again?

Statute of limitations
ran out on this years ago,

and you're already doing life.

Nothing we can do about this now.

So why talk about it, then?

Better cell, better visitation,
better recreation schedule,

more care packages from home.

It's up to you.

[Sighs]

All right. That's me.

We know that.

We want to know who this other guy is.

I'm not telling you that.

Sykes: Hector, you can't
protect him anymore.

When did this happen?

Sometime late last night.

Who?

That's for us to find out,

and you can help by telling
us if this was Dante Gomez

in the liquor store with
you the night you robbed it.

[Sighs] Man, what a wasted life.

[Sighs] All right.

Those guys in your video... Yeah, that's me.

And the only real friend
I ever had... Dante Gomez.

Hector, you know that Dante went to
prison for killing a girl that same night.

If he was with you, why did he confess?

Armed robbery is a lot
less time than murder.

I had two strikes, man.

If Dante had copped to this robbery,

everyone would have known
I was the other guy.

Dante confessed to murder to
keep you out of a life term?

Yeah.

And that lasted for a whole seven months.

[Sighs]

But when I got to prison,
I took care of him.

Yeah, lifetime protection.

[Sighs]

All these deals we make.

You see, Dante took one and the
justice system didn't work for him.

Dante didn't let the
justice system work for him.

He refused justice. He lied.

Yeah.

Well, he's not the only liar that
we've spent time with lately.

Okay, Cesar, we need you
to look at this picture.

That's Hector Zamora.

And here he is again with Dante Gomez.

Dante Gomez was robbing a liquor store

at the very same time you
said that he murdered Ana.

That's not Dante. You
can't even recognize him.

You're lying.

Hobbs: Cesar, if we prove
you're not telling us the truth,

I will end your status as
a confidential witness,

and Hector Zamora will find out.

Or you can tell us the truth
and we'll go on protecting you.

A-are you sure you can even tell that's him?

Did you see Dante kill Ana Escobedo or not?!

- Answer me!
- No!

Okay? I didn't!

I didn't see anything.

I wasn't even around the park that night.

I was on the other side of town
with a few friends getting drunk.

But you gave a sworn
statement against Dante. Why?

Listen, I'm sorry I lied, okay?

You're sorry? That's it?

If you think Dante wasn't
gonna end up in prison anyway,

then you're just as stupid as he was.

If it hadn't have been Ana, it
would have been somebody else.

He's dead! Do you get it?!

The guy is dead!

Julio! Julio, that's enough!

That is enough!

I want you to control your temper right now.

Cesar, have a seat.

Cesar, maybe you could tell
us why you lied about Dante.

They said if I didn't tell
the police Dante did it,

they'd kill me, too.

Okay, who's "they"? Who was gonna kill you?

I can't.

Look.

Tell us who killed Ana, and we'll...

Protect me? Like you did Dante?

I may be dead already. Don't you realize?

Those people that killed him,

they've been threatening me for years,

and they'll follow through.

They will! They'll follow through.

Sharon: How was the ride home
yesterday with your mother?

It was fine, I guess.

I don't know. I mean, I-I was
upset, but I didn't tell her.

- Why not?
- And just so you know,

I definitely want to be there for her

if she's going to stop using drugs,

but... but I don't want to be,
um, Dr. Joe would say...

Do you know what enabling means?

- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah.

Yeah, and she... she
never would have told me

that she was sentenced to
rehab if you didn't ask.

And I'm... I'm definitely
never living with her again

or being her, like, babysitter,
if that's what she's planning.

And she asked me if I wanted to go
and visit her again this weekend.

And you don't want to go?

I mean, I do.

But how do I have a relationship with her

where she can't make her using
or not using about me in any way?

Hmm. Well... I could go with you.

No. No, you don't want to do that.

I think I do.

- Really?
- Really.

I would like to make my own evaluation,

and... maybe I can help steer the
conversation in the right direction.

Sharon, that... that would be great,

but I don't want to put you out.

I mean, any more than I have
over the last two years.

I already don't know how I'm
gonna pay you back for everything.

Rusty, I told you a hundred times...

I know. I know.

Graduate and go to college, but Sharon,

there's got to be something
in all this for you, too.

There is.

Why wouldn't she tell me everything?

How did she think that I wouldn't find out?

Maybe she's still trying
to find the right words.

Flynn: The witness recanted.

It means that he took back what he said.

Yeah, I know what it means.
Why did he recant?

You know who this is?

Hector Zamora.

You see when this was?

The night Ana was killed.

The other guy with Hector... That's Dante.

The robbery that Hector and Dante pulled off

happened at the exact same time

that your sister was murdered...

26 miles away.

Looks like you two killed the wrong guy.

- We didn't kill anybody.
- Wait, wait, hold on.

You... you put Dante in
prison for killing Ana.

You told us someone saw him shoot her.

Turns out Cesar didn't actually
see anything that night.

- Cesar?
- Flynn: Cesar Padilla.

You remember him.
You've been intimidating him

ever since the night your sister was killed.

Cesar?

They mean shrimpy. [Chuckles]

That's what we call him.

Why would we intimidate shrimpy?

That's what we want to know.

No, man. Shrimpy was harmless.

Except he had a thing for Ana.

Always hanging around, giving her flowers,

- candy, little notes.
- We used to laugh at him

because he never had a chance with Ana.

She was all about Dante.

When we got the call about Ana that night,

he came over to the house
all crying and everything.

Why would he lie about Dante
and then take it all back?

Oops. Looks like I'm
taking you the wrong way.

I'm gonna have to take you
to our visitors center.

My apologies.

Mr. Padilla, thank you for coming.

- Oh, my God, what did you just do?
- What do you mean? Have a seat.

You let Hector Zamora see me.

Sit down!

Before we get into that,

do you remember all your
constitutional rights?

Sanchez: You don't have to talk to us

or answer questions if you don't want.

You have the right to an
attorney if you do want.

I don't need an attorney.
I need a new identity.

You people have to put me into
the Witness Protection program

or something right now.

Sharon: You already admitted
to lying to Detective Sanchez

about what you saw the
night that Ana was murdered.

Now you have to tell us why,

or we will charge you
with covering up a murder.

- What?
- He never testified under oath,

so he can't be held liable
for making a false statement.

Don't fixate on the details, Hobbs.

Okay.

It was Manuel and Carlos.

They're the ones who made
me say Dante killed Ana.

You were nowhere in the vicinity

the night that Ana Escobedo was killed?

No. Well, now you're lying again.

We have a lot of witnesses who say

you were over at Ana's house
after she was murdered,

crying because you were
in love with her, shrimpy.

No. No, she was Dante's girl.

Not after she was dead
and Dante was in prison.

They didn't date anymore
after that, did they?

That's my cue. If you'll excuse me.

But you didn't expect
Dante to get out of prison

- and reopen Ana's murder.
- You heard about that.

You were afraid that it
would lead back to you.

And guess what.

It has! [Knock on door]

[Door opens]

Tao: Mr. Padilla.

These items were taken
from Dante Gomez's garage.

Scale. Baggies.

Sanchez: Which you planted to make it
look like Dante was killed for drugs,

just like you planted the
pistol that you shot Ana with

in his car 17 years ago.

- I didn't do that!
- And then there's this bat.

Word all over the neighborhood
was that the Escobedos

beat up Dante Gomez on their
front lawn with a baseball bat.

They did it in public to let
everyone know how they felt.

Later that night, you
went out to the garage,

where he was staying, with this bat.

Wait. That's not my bat.

He's not too bright, is he?

Thank God.

Wait, are you... you saying that you...

You don't have a bat?

Careful.

You've already lied too much.

No, I have a bat, but it's not made of wood.

It's metal, and it's got
a grip on the handle.

A blue grip.

Tao: Actually, I'd say
the grip on that handle

is more than just blue.

It has spots of red on it...

Dante's blood, I think.

I'm assuming we had a warrant
to search Cesar's house?

- And car.
- We were thorough.

Tao: ...Is that the bat you
described so well is yours,

and it has your fingerprints all over it.

- No.
- Sharon: Mr. Padilla,

we already have two witnesses...

Manuel and Carlos Escobedo.

They saw you go into Dante's garage.

They know that you killed him,

and they were fine with that

until they found out that you were
the one who killed their sister.

[Voice breaking] No.

Come on.

Hey, this dirtbag lied to us about
being a witness for 17 years.

We can lie to him about
witnesses for a few minutes.

Oh, my God.

There are two ways that this can go.

First, we get you a lawyer,

you sign a confession to both murders,

and we start the deal-making process,

which ends with you in prison

far, far away under a different name.

Or we just arrest you
for the murder of Dante

and you can take your
chances with Hector Zamora.

But... you'd protect me
again... i-if I do what's right?

I'm not the same person, you know.

I've changed over the years.

Oh, write that down, too.

Write down how you've changed.

I'm sure it'll make a big difference

when we start the deal-making process.

You think so?

A big difference.

Yeah.

Sharon: What's the matter?

[Sighs] I-I liked seeing her,

and I definitely want to see her again,

but maybe today I should
just call and say, you know,

"I'm... I'm glad you're doing better,

uh, but get back in touch when
you're a little further along."

And if you never hear from her again,

is that gonna be okay with you?

No.

No, I'm just talking about
how I'm feeling, maybe.

You know what? We're... we're both ready.

Let's just go.

I think you'll be glad you did.

Do you know what I'm saying, though?

I know it's the right
thing to do. I get that.

I-I just wish that... that doing
the right thing felt better.

Well, it'll feel better
than doing the wrong thing.

I promise you that.

Okay.

Regina: Dante was innocent?

Yes, ma'am.

He was a rotten kid.

He never listened.
He did a lot of bad things.

You sure about this?

Yes, ma'am.

But that's not the only reason I came by.

I reopened the investigations
into the murders of your two sons,

and I need to ask you some questions.

- Really?
- Yes, ma'am.

Where are all the other police?

This is something that
I'm doing on my own time.

Let's start with your oldest son, Marco.

He was Dante's dad, wasn't he?

Yes, and the worst father in
the world, and a terrible son.

But I loved him all the same.

How do you explain this to people?

No one understands.

I don't need to understand, Ms. Gomez.

I just need to arrest the
person who killed him.

Can you fill out a little paperwork for me?

Okay.

Sure.

You know... you remind me of Marco a little.

I'll bet you're stubborn, aren't you?