Major Crimes (2012–2018): Season 3, Episode 5 - Do Not Disturb - full transcript

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This is new.

And also kind of creepy.

Why do the dolls look dead?

I asked one of my younger patients

to tell me what it was like at home.

She didn't want to say, so she demonstrated

by shaking the Dollhouse really hard

and screaming, "earthquake!"

I suppose you read some sort
of deep meaning into that?

Well, it does indicate a fear
of earthquakes, don't you think?



Or maybe it had something to do

with how her parents were getting along.

Kids sometimes don't know
how to say bad things

about their moms and dads.

We give up our secrets in different ways.

How about you? In our last session,

you were thinking about
giving up a pretty big secret,

or did your experience with
your mom change your mind?

Uh, no. Um...

I got... Sidetracked by this...

This girl who disappeared.

Oh. What girl?

Lina. She's from India originally.

Uh, living here for, like, nine years.



She's my age.

It was upsetting.

Really upsetting. I'm...

not... not sure why.

What happened?

Well, telling the story would
require a lot of context, so...

I love context.

Okay.

Well, um...

This is what I know.

There's this really fancy
hotel on the beach...

The Morris Grand.

And I stayed there once.

Well, not, like, overnight, but I-I know it.

And major crimes was called there

because of a murder in one of their suites.

Flynn.

Well, so much for five-star treatment.

Our victim is in the bathroom.

His name is, uh, Mehar Sethi.

He's an Indian national.

He was picked up in LAX
three days ago by the hotel limo.

He's got two nights left on his stay,

but we're not sure why he's in town.

I gather he pre-ordered his
breakfast for this morning?

Yeah, and then, when it was still
in the hallway after dinner,

the hotel decided to ignore the
"do not disturb" sign.

So, uh, what do you want first?

You want to see the stiff or
you want to know how he died?

Oh, blow by blow.

Guys. The fight.

Sir, we think the struggle started
in the middle of the living room,

so the killer or killers most
likely didn't force their way in.

And that vase and phone were
thrown during the fight.

According to the staff,
they would have been on that desk.

Buzz.

Ah, messy, messy.

Robbery maybe?

Unless it was staged.

We found a laptop charger... No laptop.

Happens a lot now.

No cellphone, wallet, or passport.

Could have been a hooker
rolling her John, sir.

Concierge says it's not that kind of hotel.

Well, it's a room with a bed, isn't it?

And a safe.

Closed, and the lock is set.

Sykes?

Management's supposed to be on their way up.

- I'll go check.
- I'll go grab the security footage.

That's okay. I'll get it, Buzz.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait.

Where are you in all this?

Well, Buzz showed me the video later.

Look, if you love context,

this is how the upsetting
part of Lina's story begins.

I'll skip ahead to where
Lieutenant Provenza finds

this rich guy from India on the floor

completely murdered.

Kendall.

Someone put a serious dent in the
victim's skull with that little statue.

Hotel staff says this statue
usually lives on this counter here.

Well, what's it supposed to be?

Uh...

Modern art.

Well, did it kill him in
the abstract or for real?

Neither. Victim has petechia in his eyes.

Looks like he was strangled to death

after he was hit on the head.

Ugly way to go... choking to death

in a hotel toilet halfway
around the world from home.

Do we have the weapon?

Bruises on the neck are minimal.

No deep ligature marks, either.

- What about this?
- A hotel towel?

It's what he was strangled with.

And that's important to
the story of this girl?

Well, I-it's definitely related.

I'm sorry.

Uh... I'll... I'll go to where
the hotel manager opens the safe

because that is where Lina first shows up.

Lina and the money.

No wallet or passport,
but there's this.

Cash. 75, maybe 100 grand.

That's a lot of money.

And this is weirder.

Hmm. Mike.

Lina Madhaven.

Madhavan.

Victim has this girl's medical
records and school transcripts.

Looks like she just graduated
from Sutton Academy in May.

Sutton? That's a
really good boarding school.

Kids from all over the U.S. go there.

Kids from all over the world, apparently.

The young lady in this picture

is the daughter of Ravi Madhavan,

who's stationed at the
Indian embassy in D.C.

As a defense technology counselor.

Hmm. Diplomat's daughter. Damn.

Well, you know who we have to call now.

Why was your victim in the U.S.?

We're hoping his customs
entry point will tell us more,

but we believe Mehar
Sethi's presence in L.A.

had something to do with
this young woman here.

Lina Madhavan.

Which is why we thought to
notify you as our FBI liaison

because Miss Madhavan's father is an...

Indian diplomat.

You know him?

Madhavan contacted the FBI two days ago

asking for help in finding his daughter.

Do you have evidence to suggest
that Lina's been kidnapped?

No ransom demand,

but his daughter's cellphone is
off and currently untraceable.

You said the victim's name was Mehar Sethi?

Hold on, Agent Howard.

A diplomat's daughter goes missing in L.A.,

and the FBI doesn't tell
us about it because?

Counselor Madhavan requested no
local law enforcement of any kind.

A family member of a missing person

cannot dictate search parameters.

A diplomat can.

Ravi Madhavan is a retired brigadier general

and a longtime representative
of the Indian government

- in Washington D.C.
- This isn't about a missing person anymore.

This is about a murder,

and I'd like to speak to Mr. Madhavan

sooner rather than later.

So, apparently, if you're
a foreign service officer,

you have what's called
diplomatic immunity...

American laws don't apply to you.

So weird.

State department officials from the U.S.

and their family members

are treated the same in other countries.

Well, immunity didn't protect Lina.

- From what?
- Her father.

Her... very scary father.

Right this way, counselor.

You see that guy's briefcase?

What about it?

Give me a second. I'll show you.

I saw it on the surveillance video
from the Morris Grand Hotel.

Have you found my daughter?

Not yet, sir.

But the LAPD has run across someone

who might be connected to a
disappearance, Mr. Madhavan.

Do you know this man?

No, I don't. Who is he?

An Indian citizen.

We pulled this photo of
him from the Internet,

and here's one we took of him last night.

Oh, my.

Well...

This is very disturbing.

Who, um... who is this man?

Mehar Sethi.

And he had a file on your daughter, Lina,

in his hotel safe.

Show me this file.

You'll have to put these on first.

Do you have any idea why this man

would have so much
information on your daughter?

I can't say. No.

But let me notify my government
of Mr. Sethi's death.

Perhaps they can help us find a connection.

Excuse me one moment, counselor.

What is it, lieutenant?

Screen grab from the lobby security camera

at the Morris Grand Hotel
the night of the murder.

Does this very distinctive
briefcase look familiar?

If you would let the FBI's forensic
experts go over Lina's room...

You've included too many people already.

We have to include more people
when we investigate a murder.

Mr. Madhavan, have you been to
the Morris Grand Hotel recently?

As designated by the Vienna
Convention On Diplomatic Relations,

I invoke my right to immunity.

Please inform me if you find my daughter.

What was that about?

That was our best suspect in
a murder walking out the door,

and we can't do a damn thing about it.

Counselor.

Counselor.

Captain, this is a copy of
Mehar Sethi's border entry card.

Under reason for visit, Sethi
put "meeting my fiancée."

That could explain the dossier.

In some elite circles in India,

it's common for that kind of
material to be put together

before an arranged marriage.

So, the money from the safe is a dowry.

And Lina Madhavan could be a runaway bride.

Well, somebody ought to
tell her the wedding's off.

So, this girl Lina was being
forced into an arranged marriage.

Lots of cultures consider
that perfectly acceptable.

"Perfectly acceptable"?

If you grow up with a particular idea

of how you function in your society, yes.

Where was she at this point? Lina?

We still haven't located her,
but in the FBI investigation,

we identified Lina's
closest friends from school.

I have some of them on their
way in to talk to you now.

I understand
the need for discretion,

but the counselor is no longer
just the father of a missing person.

He's a suspect in a murder.

Why would Ravi kill his future son-in-law?

In India, there are lasting
cultural implications

for the family that backs
out of an arranged marriage.

With the groom dead,

nobody will know that his
daughter got cold feet.

Or maybe the bride took him out.

She smashed his head with the statue

and then...

Even if Lina is not a suspect,

she could be the motive.

Ah, Lieutenant Cooper, thank you for coming.

- You got it.
- S.I.S.?

You're expanding this case
beyond your division, captain?

What happened to the idea of discretion?

Our undercover unit is one of the
most discrete assets inside the LAPD.

Why do we need undercover officers?

Excuse me, very special Agent Howard.

What would it take, lieutenant,
for S.I.S. to set up

at the counselor's house in Hancock Park

so we could pick Lina up
if she came home suddenly,

or alert us if the counselor
tries to leave the country?

I could cover Madhavan's house
with a team of five guys.

Or on my own, if you loan me Sykes.

Okay, hold on. Hold on.

Captain, this is your investigation,

but allow me to point out that last year,

New York authorities
detained an Indian diplomat.

The very next day,

there were riots outside the
U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.

I hear you, Agent Howard.

I promise you...

The LAPD will observe...

- Sykes.
- ...the rules regarding diplomats.

Lina's friends are downstairs.

- I'll just run and get them for you.
- Thank you, Amy.

Agent Howard, would helping Lieutenant
Flynn interview these young people...

Would that ease your concerns?

Yes. Thank you.

Lieutenant Flynn, I don't want
you to talk to them separately.

I'd like to see how Lina's friends
relate to each other under questioning.

A group dynamic could tell us
more than they do individually.

An arranged marriage? How old is she?

18.

But don't worry... her
father's already passed on you.

Ha ha ha.

Well?

I was going to tell Buzz,

but we literally just finished
this S.A.T. practice test.

I-I completely ran out of time.

So, I was actually hoping that
maybe you could tell him for me.

You want me to tell Buzz that you're gay?

No, no. I-I want you to tell everyone.

What? Is that a bad idea?

Yes, it is a bad idea.

Look, it isn't really about telling people

because everybody here...

will eventually find out.

It's more about how honest you want to be

with the people who care about you,

and I can't be honest about you for you.

Good luck.

But if we're giving up personal information,

shouldn't our parents be here?

Look, you're all over 18

and you're not here because
you've done anything wrong.

We're looking for your friend
Lina. She's disappeared.

Since when has she been missing?

Well, that's what
we're trying to find out now.

So, when was the last
time each of you saw her?

This Saturday, maybe. Yeah,
me and Sydney had a date.

And Lina wanted to come with us.

We all ate together.
She joined us for the movie.

And then, yeah, well, I guess she went home.

And that was late Saturday night.

Hey, cellphone boy.

Checking Facebook.

Lina usually posts a lot,
but she hasn't been recently.

I think I saw her maybe a week ago?

No arrest records on any of them.

The kid, Josh, was at Sutton
on a full academic scholarship.

They all got accepted to good colleges.

Sydney is going to Harvard.

I thought she might be busy
with this horrible wedding

and that she just didn't
want to talk about it.

Oh, was Lina having second thoughts?

Well, she didn't even know the guy.

She was... She was terrified.

- Of what?
- Her father.

Lina's dad is so controlling
about where she can go

and who she can see.

Was Lina romantically
involved with someone else?

She's not allowed to date.

That's another thing her dad is,
like, super strict about.

- Will you just tell us? Is she in trouble?
- Hold on. Let's stay calm.

Lina maybe just is hiding out from her dad.

Like, at a hotel or something.

They're hiding something.

They're teenagers.
They're hiding everything.

So, what's it going to be, captain?

We watch counselor Madhavan's house,

we turn the screws a
little harder on the kids,

or we let them go, see where they lead us?

I think all of the above.

You guys can go.

You stay. Got a few more questions.

Hey, I'm not gonna leave my girlfriend here.

Josh, I'll be okay, really.

You heard her, Romeo. She's fine.

Lieutenant, I left the
questionnaires in the break room.

Uh, this way, guys.

Before you go, we need you
to evaluate us and the LAPD.

What? Questionnaires?

Now we let suspects and witnesses
rate their police experience?

No. That was a lie.

Julio just wanted to give Amy
and Lieutenant Cooper time

to get a team together to follow everybody.

I thought you worked with the police.

Don't you know that they lie constantly?

I know.

But questionnaires sound
exactly like something

the city attorney's office would dream
up to make everything more complicated.

So, the boys were taken to
the break room, you said.

Yeah. And, um...

That's where I first saw them.

Just give us one through five points

on each of the qualities
listed on this page.

Be honest.

And I didn't know anything
about them at the time, but...

Lina's friends were going to let her down.

Just like her family did.

She'd have been better off trusting nobody.

Civility? Respect for my time?

You guys didn't seem to care

what we thought about you a minute ago.

Yeah, um, you can make a note
of that at the bottom of this page

where it says "your
comments and impressions."

What kind of impressions?

There's something
you're not telling us.

There's nothing to tell.
Lina's 18 years old.

Isn't she allowed to go wherever she wa...

God, who is that?

Lina's future husband.
He was killed two nights ago.

If she hasn't been kidnapped,
she's hiding for a reason,

and the reason could be murder.

Running away from home
doesn't mean you're a murderer.

No, killing someone means you're a murderer.

And if you're helping Lina get away,

that means you're a murderer, too.

Maybe we should bring
your parents in for this.

No, no, no, no! Wait! Just... just hold on.

If Lina killed someone,

I don't know anything about that, all right?

God, I told Lina this would
only work for so long.

Lina's...

Lina's at my family's beach house.

Please don't hurt her.
She's done nothing wrong.

For a couple turns there,

it felt like you boys
were trying to lose me.

Mm, just seeing if the FBI can keep up.

Lina Madhavan. LAPD.

I'm sorry. I can't talk to you.

Uh, young lady... young lady, uh,

you need to answer some
questions about where...

Thank you, gentlemen.

Your efforts in finding my daughter
have been greatly appreciated.

We need no further assistance.

Uh, counsel, before you go,

if we could do a quick
interview with your daughter

for the purposes of finding
out where she was...

My immunity extends to my children.

It's a family matter now.

Counselor Madhavan.

Excuse me, but the federal
government of the United States

would greatly appreciate
a courtesy briefing...

And if maybe
you could answer a question or two

about how you found your
daughter before we did.

Sir?

The thing you need to understand
about kissing a diplomat's ass

is that it doesn't kiss back.

And just like that,

Lina was driven away and cut off from
communication with the outside world,

knowing that her dad would go nuts

the second he found out the whole truth.

And what was the whole truth about Lina?

Well... there were a lot
of truths about Lina, okay?

She was pretty. She was smart.

She was living in a tough situation...

where she had to depend on other people

because she couldn't even
trust her own family.

Not being able to trust
a parent sounds... hard.

Is there any other reason

Lina's behavior might be
upsetting you this much?

Like how?

Isn't it obvious?

She felt free to go home

because she knew the marriage
was off and the groom was dead.

How could she know all that before
her father came to pick her up?

Her cellphone and her laptop were off.

She initiated the call to her dad

from the land line at the beach house,

so she must have known.

Okay, S.I.S. is set up
at the counselor's house.

And we have three-person
teams on the two boys.

So, what did Malibu Barbie
have to say for herself?

So far, it's classic teenager.

She was only trying to help.
"I never told Lina anything.

- No, you can't go through my phone.
- I don't know how she found out about what was going on."

As far as classic teenage behavior goes...

- Everything on it is... It's personal.
- ...I'm feeling a little overexposed.

It's time to cut through all this crap.

Then we'll arrest you
for obstruction of justice

for interfering with a murder investigation.

Did she just say "crap"?

Interfering with a murder investigation?

My, oh, my.

But I told you where to find Lina.

And then you told Lina we
were coming to pick her up.

You texted her.

What?

I was here in this room with
the police the entire time.

Look, you shouldn't be coming after me.

Okay? Here.

You need to get Lina away from her dad.

He's the psycho, not me.

If you didn't tell her,
how did Lina find out

that the person she was
supposed to marry was dead?

Who called her at the beach house?

How would I know?

I understand that you're
going to Harvard this fall.

Yes. Why?

Diplomatic immunity puts
Lina beyond my reach.

But I could arrest you as
an accessory to murder,

and I may just do that.

Oh, my God, I had nothing
to do with any of this.

Oh, hold on, because it's
worse than you think.

If you read your acceptance
to Harvard again,

you'll notice a little clause
allowing them to deny your admission

if your character comes
under serious question.

Arrested for murder in Hollywood.

How would that play in Cambridge, Mass?

You... you can't do that.
It would ruin my life.

Oh, well, then, I really,
truly hope that you'll be able to

answer the question I'm about to ask you

because nobody knew about
the murder of Mehar Sethi

but the LAPD, the FBI,
Mr. Madhavan, and you!

- Who told Lina?!
- Okay.

Lina bought one of those disposable phones

because she knew that
people could follow hers,

but I don't have the number.

Lina had a burner phone.

Wow, that's news to me.

See what happens when you're
allowed to investigate crimes?

You find these things called clues.

Who was Lina talking to? Who told
Lina that her fiancé was dead?

- Okay, take her down to booking...
- No, no.

- No, no, no, no, no.
- ...And send her mug shot

- to the Dean of Admissions at Harvard.
- Okay, okay, Josh!

Josh has Lina's number.

Josh, your boyfriend?

Why would your boyfriend have
the number to Lina's disposable cell?

Because he's not my boyfriend.

He's Lina's boyfriend.

Josh and I pretended to be dating

so that Lina's crazy father wouldn't
find out that she was seeing him.

Ah. Lieutenant Cooper.

Maybe Josh and Lina killed Sethi together.

We still can't force Lina
or her father to come in.

But we do have an S.I.S. team
following Josh right now,

and if we can grab him and prove
that he was in touch with Lina and...

But how would he have known Mehar was dead?

Maybe he did it, but even if he didn't,

we can use Josh to get
Lina out of her house.

Well, don't worry about
getting Lina out of her house.

Start thinking about
keeping her in the country.

It's Cooper.

Lieutenant Cooper, what are we looking at?

- Luggage.
- And a lot of it.

Hey, Sykes. Does number one have a...

Lina has a black eye, yeah.

Number one is about to be on the move.

I assume LAX.

Is her father going with her to the airport?

That's a negative.

If we throw up road blocks
south of Madhavan's house,

we could possibly channel Lina
and her driver down La Cienega

- if you need time.
- I do.

Lieutenant Cooper, you and
Detective Sykes stay with Lina.

Radio for backup at her house
to keep an eye on Madhavan.

Copy that, captain.

Lina's bodyguard won't
stop for lights and sirens,

and road blocks will only delay them.

I was thinking of something a
bit more aggressive than a delay.

You said diplomatic
immunity would be respected.

And it will. If you want
to see how, come with me.

We don't have any diplomatic-immunity
issues with Lina's boyfriend, Josh Allen.

I want him here as soon as possible.

Where are we going?

To talk with Lina Madhavan.

Okay, Cooper.

We're ready for your last maneuver,

and the ambulance is going
to be right on top of you.

All right.

Copy that, lieutenant.

All right, honey, we're a go.

All right, how long are
you gonna stay mad at me?

We agreed not to do or say anything

that would make my guys
think that we were in a...

You are working with some of the
best homicide detectives in America.

You guys can tell if you
are lying from space.

And you still think they have
no clue that we're dating?

You have never been that undercovered.

I might be able to pull
off something like that,

but, baby, you do not have the
game face for that kind of...

Sorry. I know regulation says
I'm supposed to give a heads-up.

But you wouldn't stop talking.

What the hell is wrong with you people?

Have you never driven on a street before?

Sorry. A dog ran in front of
our van. Are you all right?

Yes, I'm fine.

I feel dizzy.

Oh! Oh, my!

- I'm fine. I'm fine.
- Your lady.

- Is the... is the dog okay?
- The dog is fine.

No, really, I'm fine.

You don't look fine, ma'am.

- Oh, so this is my fault?
- Yes, it's your fault.

You were tailgating, buddy.

No, no, no, no, your lady
hit the brake way too soon.

You ever heard of two car lengths behind?!

Hello, Lina.

I'm Captain Sharon Raydor of the LAPD,

and this is special agent Howard of the FBI.

And we're here to help you.

Was Lina injured from the crash?

Well, you know how experienced
S.I.S. is with wrecking cars.

No, Lina was hurt from before.

And that brings us to the
worst part of the story.

Because I-I could tell from
the moment Lina walked in...

Just from the way she moved...

that her father had beaten her.

Oh, S.I.S. brought in Josh.

All he had on him was a wallet,
student ID, $518 cash,

and a movie-theater membership
card, but no burner phone.

Lina still had hers, but she
wouldn't give us the password.

Hmm, a flip phone. I'll
go check the manufacturer.

Where's Josh right now?

Getting his rights read to him, ma'am,

and listening really hard to a
definition of diplomatic immunity.

Okay, so, what you're saying is
Lina can't get in trouble, right?

- Nothing she did or said or...
- That's right.

We can't arrest her for
anything even if we wanted to.

So, did she go to the
Morris Grand Hotel or not?

All right. Okay. Yes.

Lina went to Mehar's hotel room

to tell him face-to-face
that she wouldn't marry him.

I mean, he blew up.

He wouldn't let her leave,
said that she was his property.

Then he tried to take her clothes off.

He was gonna rape her.

- So Lina killed Mehar in self-defense?
- Josh was a scholarship student at Sutton?

That's what Lieutenant Tao said.

What did you want her to do?

Let it happen?

So, tell me, Lina...

Who informed you that
Mehar had been murdered?

After I called him to pick me up,

my dad told me what happened...

that Mehar was dead
and the marriage was off.

Like I wanted.

I thought I could explain
to my dad how I felt,

but he was... he was so angry,

he said I had dishonored
everyone in my family,

and then he beat me.

And packed up your things and
was sending you back to India.

Yes.

And were you able to say
goodbye to your boyfriend?

My boyfriend? I don't have a boyfriend.

Let's try this another way.

How long have you and Josh been dating?

Oh, God.

Sydney told you?

Oh, God. Why did she do that?

Next month, Josh and I will have
been together for a whole year.

Was it Josh who warned you we
were coming to the beach house?

He was only trying to protect me.

I am a counselor
of the Indian government!

Let me try and take care of it.

Sir, this is a police
station in the United States.

You do not have permission to...

Police told me Lina was
being taken to the hospital!

Counselor. Counselor.

You have violated the sovereignty of...

Your daughter's not being
detained. She's being cared for.

- You liar!
- Please calm down.

- I certainly will not calm down!
- Sir.

- Where are you holding her?
- Counselor.

Is she in here? Where is she?!

And then, everything
just turned to chaos.

You cannot arrest her! You
cannot even question her!

Stop. Stop!

- Let her go! Let her go!
- Stay out of his way!

Agent Howard, you do
something, or the LAPD will!

Counselor! Counselor.

You'll be safe here. I promise.

You need to be very still.

Now that you've turned
against your own father,

who's gonna marry you?!

- Josh will marry me.
- Josh?

Josh loves me!

You and Jo... I will never
allow you to marry that boy.

You have to.

He slept with me. Do you understand?

Josh slept with me!

You've given up your
family to become a whore?!

And you, I'll have your job for this.

And I will have you deported
for an act of terrorism

inside an American police station,

and I will throw in a murder charge

for the young man you beat
to death at the Morris Grand.

I never killed anyone.

Sit down, Mr. Madhavan.

Have a seat.

Now, as far as we can tell...

You're the last person
to see Mehar Sethi alive.

And, Ravi, maybe we can't arrest you here,

but they can in India.

Here. Here, you can...

Hey, look, look.

Um, no one will hurt you
while you're here, okay?

You're fine.

Help us out for a moment.

You went to the Morris Grand

and met with Mehar Sethi the night he died.

Why?

Because Mehar was growing nervous.

He was to have met Lina when he arrived.

We were going to spend a few days
together, but then Lina ran away.

I took a portion of her dowry to Mehar.

I made him count out
the money in front of me

so I could stay and he
would grow a little calmer.

But when I left, Mehar was alive.

You said that Mehar counted the dowry
in front of you and it was all there.

$100,000 exactly.

I ordered it from the bank a day in advance.

You can check.

$99,100, $99,200,

$99,300, $99,400, $99,500.
A hundred thousand dollars.

Exactly $500 short.

We found you with five
$100 bills in your wallet.

You are a full-scholarship
student at Sutton,

you don't have a job,

your mother hasn't used her
ATM card in seven weeks.

Where did you get these five $100 bills?

Before you answer that, Josh,

I'd like you to think about this.

All this cash was ordered
in advance from the bank.

The serial numbers are in order.

And the five missing bills...

Lina gave them to me
after she left the hotel.

Lina was texting you from Sydney's
beach house on this phone.

We know that from the cell towers

that were routing the messages
the night of the murder.

Another thing I'd like you to understand

is that Lina has diplomatic immunity
in America but not in India.

So if you stick with the original story,

we send her back to New Delhi,
and she stands trial for murder.

Do you understand what was about to happen?

That Lina's father was
paying Mehar to marry her,

and that I-Lina and I were...

We were close to losing each other.

Okay, and that... that...
that just couldn't happen.

Honest, I had no other plan

except making sure Mehar understood

that whatever Lina's
father had said or done,

he couldn't marry her.

How did Mehar react?

He told me I was messing with
things too big for me to understand,

and then, in five years time,

Lina would be living the life of a princess

as the mother of his children,

and she wouldn't even remember my name.

So, our conversation got
a little out of control.

I guess I beat him up.

I remember smashing his
head in with something,

and Mehar fell,

and... he was just kind of
out of it for a minute, and...

And that's when you grabbed
the towel and his wallet.

Yes, that's when I grabbed the towel,

and I took his... his
wallet and his computer

and his passport to make
it look like a robbery.

But look!

You have to understand just one thing.

He only did it for me.

But it wasn't your fault.

It was.

I was too afraid to tell my parents

what was going on between Josh and me,

and now not only have I lost him

but my family and my country, too.

And poor Mehar, he didn't deserve this.

I told Josh not to interfere.

But as bad as I thought it
might be, this is worse.

Lina.

It's time to go.

And I don't even
know what'll happen to her,

so do you see w-why...
why it's so upsetting?

Oh. Yes, I think so.

Lina ventured outside the
sexual norms of her culture.

She was afraid telling those closest
to her might lead to rejection.

And, scariest of all,
when her parent realized

that she was not the
normal child he had expected,

Mr. Madhavan behaved so badly that
Lina's worst fears were realized.

Which sounds a lot like
what's going on with you.

Am I really that self-centered that...

That the things that I feel bad about for
other people are really just about me?

Ever hear of empathy?

Well, I would ask if you're gonna
tell everyone your own secret tonight,

but that's all for today.

Have time for a game of chess?

Oh, uh...

Yeah, yeah, uh, why not?

Okay, you know, Lina and
I might be a lot alike,

but one way that we are different...

I have a place to go no matter what.

Oh, Lina will have somewhere
to go, too, I'm sure.

How do you know that?

She just became a material
witness in a murder trial.

Sound familiar?

Oh, my God.

You know, some days,
you are really irritating.

I know. I know.

It's your move.

And go.

Oh, you're just now finished?

How's Dr. Joe?

Good. Uh, great.

Can I ask you a question?

About?

That girl who was here
a few days ago... Lina.

What happened to her now
that her family disowned her?

Well, it's a federal case, but...

Lina has agreed to be a witness
against Josh Allen in his murder trial

in return for asylum and
tuition to a state university.

Oh.

So... better than it was.

But worse than it had to be.

You can draw a direct line

from what Lina was hiding from her family

to the murder of Mehar Sethi,

and Lina's father found
out about it anyway...

In the most tragic way possible.

I'm gonna be a while.
Hamburgers on the way home?

When have I ever turned down hamburgers?

Oh, hey, Sykes, I forgot.

Cooper stopped by earlier

and said he was gonna be late to dinner.

I'm not going to dinner
with Lieutenant Cooper.

I'm surprised you guys ever
came back from surveillance.

You're dating Cooper?

People don't know that yet?

There is nothing to know.

Oh, let the girl be happy.

Or as happy as anyone
can be in a relationship.

Goodnight, everybody.

I hope to see none of you before morning.

Uh, actually, could you wait just a second?

I wanted to ask all of you a question.

Would it bother any of you or...

W-would any of you think
differently about me

if I... if I said...

If I said I was gay?

Oh. You're gay?

We did not know that.

I think after we get
past the initial shock...

Julio.

This is serious.

The answer is, if you told us you were gay,

we'd think that you trusted us more.

And then, we would trust you more.

Did you hear that, Sykes?

Oh, my God, I'm dating Lieutenant Cooper!

There! Are you happy?

I knew it!

Pay up, Buzz.

Give me a second.

Sykes, you do know that you
have to inform the captain, right?

I did, which is how you knew.

No. No, no, no. I knew because I
saw the two of you outside of S.O.B.

I was heading in for my therapy
appointment with Dr. Joe,

and you were dropping
Lieutenant Cooper off out front.

You didn't say anything.

Well, you guys were making out.

What was I supposed to say?

Oh!

Boom! Busted!

- Okay. Okay.
- Cost me 20 bucks just now.

I'll pay you back, Buzz.

So, um... nothing changes?

Oh, well, we'll kid her for a while.

And eventually, they'll break up,

and who will care?

No, I-I mean between you and me.

Oh.

Well, uh...

As long as you don't come in here
dressed like the village people

and singing show tunes, we'll be fine.

Wait, who are the village people?

Look,

there are some things that
I don't mind teaching you.

But I'm afraid you are gonna
have to figure out being gay...

all on your own.

The... village... people.

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