Major Crimes (2012–2018): Season 5, Episode 18 - Bad Blood - full transcript

A-ha!

Landlord works quick.

I thought the same
thing, but apparently

the sign's been up
for a few months.

So you can keep your faith
in humanity another day.

I wouldn't count on
it. What happened?

So Tori Duncan found
the body of Mary Conrad,

her 72-year-old aunt, when
she dropped by to pick her up

for a doctor's
appointment. Huh. Well,

her aunt still has a
doctor's appointment,

though I think we all
know the diagnosis.



Now tell me, why is
this a major crime?

Dead
aunt used to be a cop.

Used to be a cop.

- Mary, um...
- Conrad.

Right. Mary Conrad.

The front door
was obviously forced.

And personnel says
Mary retired d1 from fraud.

Joined the academy in 1973.

1973?

1973 is the year I joined.

She must have been a classmate.

Oh, and she
retired 23 years ago.

Well, you can
lose the tone, buzz.

Why don't I remember her?



And this is all the rollout
we do for a former cop?

I mean, where's the media?

Well, this was probably
just a follow-home, sir.

There's, uh, no
cash in her wallet,

a bunch of drawers
were pulled open.

She's the perfect target...
Older, feeble, lives alone.

It's a sad way for a cop to go.

Is there any sign of
a murder weapon?

Uh, we found this,
sir, near the body.

Someone wiped off the sides,
sir, so blood, but no prints.

She was killed
with her old badge?

I assume she kept it
displayed on top of the credenza

by the door. Kendall.
Kendall, time of death.

Uh, 9 to 11 P.M. last night.

She took three or
four hits to the head,

but just one blow
would've done it.

Well... These
are uncertain times.

Sykes, I want you to, uh,
call the number on this receipt

and see if anyone
in the grocery store

remembers Mary Conrad.

Or if anyone noticed someone
following her home last night.

Sir, I'm not sure a
follow-home makes sense.

Oh? There's no
damage to the deadbolt.

Well, it probably means
that she heard a knock, buzz,

and then went to the door

and opened it with the
security chain still on it

to see who was outside.
The door was smashed in,

which makes perfect
sense with a follow-home.

Yes, except why come
all the way back to the door

with the groceries in her hand
and not set them over there...

Is that your big issue, the
location of the groceries?

Sorry, Columbo.

Mary was obviously turned
around still holding the bag.

Don't make theories
out of spilt milk.

Buzz has a point,
though, lieutenant.

Killing Mary with the badge

seems more personal
than opportunistic.

Well, maybe
it was a follow-home

until they saw the badge

and then they realized
that she was a cop.

I'm telling you, Julio,
she looks so familiar.

And... and Sykes said
that she worked fraud?

- More like she was a fraud.
- What?

In addition to pocketing
all the cash we found

in these, uh, children's
birthday cards,

Mary had a lot of mail
and packages in her closet

addressed to this complex,
but not to Mary Conrad.

She was "collecting"
her neighbors' mail.

That explains the
random stuff in here, sir.

Well, taking things
that didn't belong to her

might've been a habit.

The grocery store
called the cops on Mary

for shoplifting last night.
- What?

At around 8 P.M.

I'll get in touch with
the reporting officers.

- Hey, police!
- I need to get my vitamix!

Oh, hey, hey. Stay on the
other side of that tape, sir.

This is a crime scene.
What are you doing?

Sure, of course, but, uh,

you guys find a
vitamix in there?

- Excuse me? A vitamix?
- It's like a blender.

How soon can I get that back?

How soon do you want to
be a suspect for murder?

Look, everything on the inside
of that apartment is evidence.

Oh, come on. That
vitamix wasn't even hers.

I ordered it from Amazon,
and I think she stole it

off my doorstep.

And when I
confronted the old bag,

she gave me this. Oh.

I remember Mary.

And if I'm right, there's
somebody who knew her

much better than I did.

Mary took a swing at me
when I relieved her of duty.

Why were you
investigating her, ma'am?

Well, when she'd
make an arrest for fraud,

Mary sometimes accepted
"thank-you gifts" from banks

and retail outlets.

Oh, my gosh. That
is so against the rules.

Yeah, well, that didn't keep
her from trying to justify it.

She even mentioned
that FBI agents

get to keep a percentage
of confiscated funds.

Lucky bastards.

Where is she? Where is she...

But, you know, Mary's main
defense was that her captain

didn't like having
a woman in his unit.

Well, it was a bit of a
boys' club back then.

Still is. I'm not sure, though,

how much of a committed
feminist Mary was.

When I asked for her
service weapon back,

she called me a bitch.

Oh. Well, that's shocking.

Funny that she
turned out like that.

I'm sure I liked
her in the academy.

Mm. You canned her, right?

No, I offered her a demotion
and a chance to work

her way back up, but
she retired instead...

Hi, we were asked to
come up and debrief you

on an incident report?

Yeah, you guys dealt with
Mary Conrad last night?

Okay, well, look, we need
you to review the footage

off your body cams with us.

Buzz, are we all set up?

Follow me, please.

Uh, lieutenant,
just a reminder, sir.

I have to leave early
the day after tomorrow

to get Mark's
grandmother to appoint me

his probate guardian before
the judge, sir. Right, right, right.

And then, I promised
Mark that I would take him

for a round of putt-putt, sir.

Putt-putt?

I don't even think I
know you anymore.

You call yourself police.

And you're out here accusing
an old woman of stealing?

I have a receipt.

What about for the
stuff in your purse, ma'am?

Don't "ma'am" me.

I am detective
Mary Conrad, retired,

and I am investigating a
fraud at this supermarket.

If you're retired,

you don't have any
jurisdiction here, ma'am.

Oh, okay. We'll see about
that. Go ahead. Cuff me.

Take me downtown.

Why did you deactivate

your button cams
when you left the store?

'Cause we weren't
gonna arrest her.

Why not?

Look, anybody working
olympic division knows Mary.

She's caught
shoplifting once a month.

And each time you let her go?
What? Professional courtesy?

She only steals little
stuff... Candy bars, olive oil.

She's old. Nobody
wanted to press charges.

Mostly Mary's just
a pain in the ass.

We didn't wanna
waste time booking her.

With genuine bad
guys on the street?

No, we just... we give
whatever she's stealing

back to the
store, and that's it.

If she complained, you can see
we did everything by the book.

We were very cordial.

Even offered to drive her home.

You did? Did she accept?

She said she had
an uber waiting.

Oh. So maybe it wasn't
a follow-home murder.

It was an uber-home murder.

Hold on. Someone
killed Mary Conrad?

Yes. I'm afraid so.

Did either of you
notice her driver

or if anyone might
have followed her home?

When she didn't
call this morning,

I knew something was wrong.

I was running behind, and
whenever I wasn't on time,

she, uh... she...

If my wife or I were
even a minute late

picking up aunt Mary,
our phones would ring.

She, uh, valued promptness.

What al wants to say is that
aunt Mary complained a lot.

And she did. She was tough.

And grumpy. Even the last...

- No wonder you liked her, sir.
- Well, yes, Julio.

I just can't remember why.

She was really needy.

But she, um, could
be really funny, too.

You know, aunt Mary had
a lot of really good stories.

When I was little she used
to play a lot of games with me.

I mean, she cheated,
of course, but, uh,

she was always obvious
about it, so she, uh,

you know, made me laugh.

Mary came back from the
store last night in an uber

booked on your credit
card, is that right?

Probably, yeah. We
put the app on her phone

a few months ago
logged into our account.

Her driving had
become really erratic.

She would just leave the
car wherever she wanted.

After about 30 parking
tickets, we, uh, convinced her

to let other people drive her
around instead.

She always got to
ride uber select, too.

Which not even
I'm allowed to do.

Because of her back pain, Wyatt.

Aunt Mary was in
pain a lot of the time.

Did she have any new
complaints recently?

Anyone new bothering
her or threatening her?

Yes. Oh, my god.
Yes. Al, remember?

A few weeks back she
told us about this ex-con

she had put in
jail 20 years ago.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He just gotten out
of prison, I guess,

and he was coming
around, screaming at Mary

for ruining his life.

She, uh, she wanted the landlord

to put up security cameras,
but he just flat out refused.

I should've pushed him harder.

Do you have the ex-con's name?

No. She didn't say.

My god. Why didn't
she say? That's okay...

We should check
Mary's arrest records

against all releases
from state prisons

over the last two years.
Already on it, lieutenant.

We will follow up on
this information right now.

She, um...

She was a good
detective, wasn't she?

She was... Unforgettable.

Sort of.

Sort of unforgettable.

So we should check
out any store owners

who might've been fed
up with Mary's shoplifting.

Yes, and check the
neighbors with missing mail.

Track down her
driver from last night.

Fraud will have all her
old cases up here shortly.

Or maybe we can
identify the ex-con

who supposedly paid her a visit.

Okay, that is enough to start.

Let's see if any of these
leads/motives pay off.

Hang on. We may
have another one.

We found this
box of dog biscuits

in Mary Conrad's apartment.

- There's the happy couple.
- Ricky!

Mom, Andy, congratulations!
How does it feel to be engaged?

Oh, uh...

Wait, what?

- Engaged? Congratulations!
- Congratulations.

Where's the ring?

Didn't the lieutenant buy you
a ring, ma'am? Oh, my god.

Well, you're still
engaged, right?

Well... yes, we are.

We just haven't
announced it yet, that's all.

Oh, no.

Oh, god.

Oh, no. I... I'm
so sorry. Really?

I-I thought he knew not
to bring it up. I'm sorry.

You know what? Both
of you, it's... it's all right.

We were gonna have a
little party, and, yes, Andy did,

of course, give me a ring,
but I left it at home because...

Oh, god. Mom, I ruined
your surprise. I'm so sorry.

You know what? I am
so happy to see you. I am.

I am absolutely thrilled.

We will celebrate later. I
promise, okay? Uh-huh. Yep.

Uh, for now, Mike,
you were saying?

Ah, the future Mrs. Flynn.

Oh, well, that's still
under discussion.

- But come on.

Anyway, I thought it odd
Mary had an open box

of dog biscuits in her apartment
when she doesn't have a dog.

So I put one of the dog
treats under the otoscope...

They're coated with rat poison.

Mary Conrad probably
killed somebody's dog.

Well, you were right.

This list of motives
just got longer.

♪♪

Not bad, Andy. Nice work.

Oh, well, I can't afford a ring
as beautiful as she deserves,

but thanks.

This is much more than enough.

So, did you pick a date?
When's the ceremony?

What?

Rusty, how 'bout if we
go and get some air, huh?

Okay, sure.

You know, Ricky,
there are issues.

Mom, no, no, no, no. This
is your time to be happy.

Don't postpone it.

I am trying to move things
along, but I need a minute.

Well, I'm not telling
you to get married today.

I'm just saying, take
your foot off the brake.

But if I want to get married
in the catholic church... oh.

I don't know. I do.

I went to church last
week. I talked to the priest.

He said all of dad's past
behavior... the drinking,

gambling, disappearing
acts... They create grounds

for an easy,
straightforward annulment

of your first marriage
secured by your local bishop.

Your father is gonna
have an issue with that.

Oh, I already talked
to him. You what?

Yeah, three days
ago. So did Emily.

We walked dad
through the entire thing

and we made it abundantly
clear that if he wants to continue

to have a relationship with us,

then he has to agree
to the annulment.

And Jack was okay with all that?

Oh, he was pissed.

But he agreed to sign
a letter of approval.

I've already sent him a
draft and he's promised

to have it back to
me by next week.

How did you know
to talk to your father

about my annulment?

Mom, how could we not know
what the church means to you?

And how can we not
go full out for our mother

who gave so much to us?

Is there something else?

Yes.

I am not the only
divorced catholic

in this relationship.

Oh! Mm...

Well, Andy's ex-wife remarried.

Isn't that grounds
for annulment?

An annulment of
Andy's former marriage

has got to be his
idea, not mine,

and certainly not yours.

Hmm. Okay.

Well, then, would you
consider getting married

outside the church and
finally stop letting them dictate

who is and isn't your family?

Lola
was like my child.

I fell apart when she died.

Still difficult
to talk about it.

When the vet said she'd
been poisoned? Ooh.

It ran through your mind, then?
That Mary might've done it?

Oh, yes, instantly.

Why?

Well, she just seemed so...

So... smug after
Lola passed away.

She asked me,
"where's your little girl?"

And she had this look in her eye

like she knew the
answer already.

Yeah, well,
Griffin, do you have any idea

why Mary would
have killed, uh...

Lola. Lola?

No! No, Lola never
growled. She didn't bark.

She was perfectly well-behaved.

She did sometimes go
swimming in the pool,

but no one ever
complained about that.

I think Mary just
wanted everyone else

to feel as unhappy
and lonely as she was.

She was a spiteful cow.

Bless her heart.

- She was spiteful?
- Mm-hmm.

Really?

So Mary didn't
get a lot of visitors?

Are you kiddin'? Nobody
could stand Mary.

Finally got a hold
of someone at uber.

The driver that dropped off
Mary picked up another passenger

about three minutes later.

So unless he killed
her at high speed...

He's not a suspect.
Anything else?

He gave Mary a 1-star
review, which is not a surprise.

Ooh. Emerald cut.

- Very nice.
- Mm...

I would never say that I'm glad
she's gone...

but things may be
easier for me now.

I couldn't keep the units
filled with Mary living there.

I had six different
renters break their lease

just to get away from her.

Why didn't you report
her to the police?

She kept telling me
she was the police

and that they would
always take her side.

Oh, I lost some of my
best renters 'cause of Mary.

Well, he had enough
motive, but is he the type?

Then there was this guy
that'd been comin' around.

What guy?

Well, the guy that kept, um,
lurkin' outside the complex.

It could be the ex-con Tori
mentioned. When I approached him...

I have jackets on everyone
Mary arrested and was released

over the last couple of years.

Six men, all on parole.

Should make things easier.

They had this huge
screaming match.

When did this happen?

A week or two ago.

What did this guy look like?

A height? Hair color, age, race?

He was a white guy.
Probably 50's. Tattoos all over.

Do you remember
anything else about him?

Oh, he was enormous,
like a supersized fella.

How is this for
supersized? Dustin o'brien.

He was convicted
of fraud in 1992.

All right,
Griffin, would you

write all this down
for us, please?

Sentenced to five years
and an additional 20

for violent behavior
and an escape attempt.

25 years, that's plenty of
time to develop a grudge.

Yeah, and he was
released last month.

Okay, while we are going
through Mary's finances

to make sure there's
no motive there,

lieutenant, call Dustin
o'brien's parole officer.

Let's pay Mr. Supersize
a home visit.

He showed up for
his appointment last Wednesday,

but I don't know Dustin's
whereabouts since then.

He lists this place as
his current address.

His cousin's house, I think.

Sir. I just wanted
to remind you.

Julio, if you bring up your
court hearing one more time,

I am going to arrest you
instead of this suspect.

Now I promise you, you
will get out in time tomorrow

to legally putt-putt your
way through the windmill.

Are you guys lookin' for
Dustin? We are. Is he here?

Nope. Haven't seen him
since a couple nights ago.

Are you gonna arrest him?

Uh, you have a reason we should?

Yeah, to get him off my couch.

You want your cousin arrested?
Yeah, he's a freakin' drag, man.

No job, no help
around the house,

complaining about
his life day in and out.

All the stuff I divorced
my husband over.

We need to search your property.

Whatever. If it'll help
you take Dustin with you,

I'll give you a guided tour.

So he's been sleepin' here.

All his stuff's in
the hall closet.

I was, like, 10 when
he went to prison.

I just let him stay here 'cause
his brother won't talk to him.

Didn't think he'd
be here this long.

He's takin' advantage.

Lieutenant, found a
box of .22s in here.

No sign of a gun.

There's your parole violation.

Come on, Dustin, you moron.

Guess who's home?

Hey, Dustin. You got a minute?

Go, go, go!

Whoa, whoa! You're staying here.

Stop! Stop, stop, stop!

Shit!

Excuse me, folks!

I'm parallel on Avenue 28.

I'll cut him off at albion.

Shit!

Mr. O'brien, stay
in your vehicle

with your hands over your head!

- Get down on your knees!
- Get down. Get down, asshole,

or I'll shoot you dead!

Wes! Stand down.

What? Lieutenant,
we found ammunition.

Stand down. I will handle this.

You do not fire your
weapon unless you see

a gun pointed at us.

Dustin, you're injured.
You can't escape.

Stop where you are, or
things are gonna get worse

very, very fast.

Good. Now get on your knees.

Do you have a weapon? No.

Get down on your stomach,
hands behind your back.

- Come on.

- Aye, yi, yi.

Sykes, roll paramedics.

Please.

Please, I don't want to
go back to prison, man.

How 'bout a hospital?

Wes, give me a hand.
Sykes:

major crimes, unit 1465.

Please have paramedics
respond to our location.

I have one male with traffic
accident-related injuries.

Okay.

So all Andy has to do is show
he was emotionally unprepared

to be married to his first wife.

The bishop will
Grant the annulment.

Couldn't be easier.
Except that mom wants him

to come up with
the idea on his own.

Mm. Why is she so set

on getting married
in a church anyway?

I mean, she goes to mass
a lot, but Andy doesn't.

I don't. You don't, do you?

I'm an easter catholic.

Look, it's... it's not
about us, okay?

The church was mom's support
system while we were growing up.

They gave her a
break on our education,

they gave her child care
when she worked late at night,

and the church centers
her. It really does.

Look, maybe one way of
handling this would be to ask Andy.

Ask Andy what?

Hey, good morning. Good morning.

Oh,
uh...

Oh, uh, we were just gonna...

We wanted to know if you, uh...

Actually, there's... there's...

There's no need
to hide it, Ricky.

Um, Andy, we were just
wondering a little bit about

your last marriage.

Not that it is really
any of our business.

No, no. And if you don't want to
discuss it with us, it's fine. Right.

No, no, no, no, no.
I'm glad you asked.

I meant to give you boys
some assurances about that.

Sandra, ah.

We married too young.

But my mom was getting older,
and she wanted grandchildren,

so we just went for it.

But when the kids were
born, I wasn't ready.

Instead, I just drank too
much and made mistakes.

The children kind of
grew up without a father.

And all the while, Sandra was
back home being the best mom

she could, working
full-time, trying to love me.

So it sounds to
me like back then,

you were just a little...

Emotionally unprepared
for marriage, maybe? Oh...

Yeah, well, that's letting
me off the hook a lot.

But you're not wrong.

Look...

The important thing is,
I've accepted responsibility

for my bad behavior,

and I've worked hard
at making amends.

And I don't ever want to
be in that situation again.

Believe me. Don't be worried.

I'm emotionally
ready for your mom.

I am.

Everything you're asking him
about happened years ago.

Is there anything
Mr. O'brien can speak to

that's not in the distant past?

Well, you developed some
violent tendencies in prison,

didn't you?

You assaulted a fellow inmate.

Yeah. I became
an animal to survive.

Yeah, you attempted to escape.

To go to my father's funeral.

He died when I was locked up.

So yeah, when I got out,

I wanted to see what
kind of life she was living

after she ruined mine.

He blames Mary the way

she blamed you for
her demotion, ma'am.

Mm-hmm. They had a
few short conversations.

But there were no signs
detective Mary Conrad

feared for her safety.

That bitch wasn't
scared of me at all.

Dustin, please. He
wanted an apology.

Nothing more.
Until Sunday night.

When he suddenly
wanted her dead?

Let's hope so. If we can't
find any financial reason

for someone to off her.

Outside her l.A.P.D.
Pension, $50,000 a year,

Mary had nothing but her family.
What made Sunday stand out

from all the other days
he hated Mary Conrad?

On Sunday, he witnessed
Ms. Conrad shoplifting

at a local supermarket.

She was shoveling spices
and candy and truffle oil

in her purse.

Truffle oil. That
shit's expensive!

Dustin alerted the store manager

so the authorities
could be called.

Not that it mattered.
They just let her go.

She was laughing about it
when she got back home.

Getting out of
her uber, laughing.

Ah, so, you followed her...

Back... home.

Yeah, yeah. We get it,
provenza. You were right.

Who's to say he didn't
just want to make sure

she got home safe? So
he wanted her arrested

and he wanted her home safe?

What's the matter
with the way I said it?

Well, Miriam, I guess
you're gonna be using

the soddi defense.

Soddi? What?

S-o-d-d-i. Stands for,
"some other dude did it."

It's a crude reduction
by the police

of a valid defense that keeps

many innocent
people out of jail.

But what exactly did some
other dude do, lieutenant?

So far as Mary Conrad
goes, I don't see a crime.

Mm.

How 'bout murder?

We're sorry that we
didn't mention it earlier,

but we just assumed
Dustin here would've told you

how he broke down Mary's
door and bashed in her head.

What the hell?

I'm... sure you can
see my client's shock

at learning of Ms.
Conrad's death.

- I'm equally surprised that...
- Great performance.

You know they have
acting classes in prison now.

I didn't do it. I didn't do it!

- I don't believe you, Dustin.
- No, I'm serious.

If she's dead, then some
other dude really did do it.

Look, I did go to her
house that night like I said.

I thought about confronting
her, following her inside.

I even went to the entrance.

I looked in the
courtyard. I saw...

I saw another guy coming
out of her apartment.

Dustin, it sounds like
you may be confused.

- I did, though, I did.
- It sounds like desperation,

which could help us with a
deal, but we still don't have

any physical evidence.

Buzz, pull up the
crime scene footage.

Maybe there's something
we haven't noticed.

And he was
looking around like he was upset.

Like he was looking to see if
anybody was in the courtyard.

You know? Then he put
his hands in his pockets

and he walked away
from Mary's place.

I moved back out of the way.

And when he got to the
street, he took off runnin'.

- And he got in a black sedan.
- Oh. A black sedan.

The most common
vehicle on the streets of L.A.

Let me guess... the guy was
medium height, medium weight.

Pretty average-looking? Yeah,
yeah. How do you know that?

Because you're describing the
most generic human on earth.

Dustin, please shut up.

My client had nothing to do
with the murder of Mary Conrad.

And in fact, think about
that while you consider

his so-called parole
violation. Hang on.

There's actually something
there. Go back, buzz.

If you wanna know why
he attempted to avoid

a confrontation with
the police... hang on.

What do you see, Mike?

First, look at him.

Now look at the wall.
Brutal use of force.

If someone shoved this
door open from the outside,

especially someone as
big as Dustin o'brien...

The wall would've
sustained damage.

But there's nothing there.
Not even scraped paint.

Buzz, do you have this wall
very, very well-documented?

- Yes, ma'am.
- Then, Julio, if you could

provide us with a
demonstration as to how this door

may have been broken open.

Buzz, let's video this.

Wow. And Sanchez
probably isn't half as strong

as Dustin o'brien.

Though, you know,
plenty tough.

So in order to leave no damage,

the killer must've yanked
the door open from the inside.

After Mary was dead.

And they had to be quieter, too.

It explains why no
one reported a crash.

And why the groceries
were spread out on the floor.

They were staged.

So the killer
was inside waiting for Mary

and only made it look
like a break-in after the fact.

- Which means...
- I know.

It wasn't a follow-home.

♪♪

- Hey.
- Hey. What are you doing here?

Telling Andy to get
his marriage annulled.

Dude, hey. That's exactly
what mom said not to do.

She made rules about
this, Ricky. Rules.

Damn the rules, rusty.
I head home tomorrow.

I'm not leaving this
unresolved. Okay...

Mom isn't always
right, you know?

She spent far too much time
waiting for my dad to come...

No, I've... Thought
of another way.

What other way?
There is no other way.

Andy isn't picking up on
the hint. He doesn't have to.

Look, I have a plan
already in progress, okay?

- Just hear me out for a second.

Makes no sense.

The killer didn't
force his way in.

Mary just opened
the door for him?

I doubt Mary liked anyone
enough to just let them in.

Especially with an
apartment full of stolen goods.

Someone
was lying in wait.

Mary's landlord,
Griffin. He'd have a key.

Um, and Griffin had
a serious motive.

He treated his precious
little Lola like family.

And not only did
Mary kill his dog,

she was bad for business.

Did I misread our
outraged landlord?

Invite him back
in, and this time

let there be no doubt
as to why he's here.

Wait, why... why do
I need an attorney?

We're not saying
you need one, Griffin.

We just like to give
all our murder suspects

their Miranda rights.
I'm a murder suspect?

This is so rude!

- Why?!
- Mary killed your dog.

Yes. Yes, she murdered
my poor little Lola.

So I have motive, but I
did not have the means.

The means?

Got to love a suspect who's
watched all the crime dramas.

I don't think it'd be too
difficult for you to kill

a 72-year-old woman.

And as the landlord, wouldn't
you have keys to her apartment?

Makes it easy for
you to lie in wait.

Lie in w... oh, my
goodness. Look,

I'm not the only one with a key.

At least three other
people had keys.

And so that's plausible
deniability, right?

You can't put me on trial
if there's all these other...

Other suspects.

Oh, my god.
Suspects. I'm a suspect.

Forget that. Who else had a key?

Well, Tori did, of course.

- Tori Duncan, Mary's niece?
- Yes!

And why do you say, "of course"?

Not everyone gives a
key to their family member.

- It was Tori's apartment.
- It was?

Yes! She and
husband paid the rent.

And the utilities
and everything else.

It was their names on the lease.

Why did Tori rent the
apartment? Mary kept her pension.

She had excellent credit.
Tori came by an open house

and told me about this
elderly former-cop of an aunt.

She sounded like the
perfect tenant, but...

Where did Mary's pension go?

And what else is her
family paying for, I wonder?

$2,500 a month for
rent, another $300 for utilities.

And the cars she booked
ran another $140 a month.

Health care,
supplemental insurance.

You even gave her an atm card
linked to your checking account.

So? Aunt Mary didn't have
kids. I was her next of kin.

But it had to have
caused some strain.

When you take responsibility
for another human life,

strain is... Unavoidable.

Your aunt cost you
over $4,000 a month.

- You lost your savings.
- What?

Wyatt, please. Are you saying
that I'm not going to Georgetown

because you were giving
away my future to that old bitch?

Wyatt!

Your aunt was family, and
we all had to make sacrifices.

- Oh, that is such bullshit.
- What about your life?

Let's look at that,
why don't we?

The piano lessons, the
braces, the private schools?

Saving what we can for
your college education?

Did you ever hear me
complain even once

about having to
pay for any of that?

- Mom...
- Did you?!

No. No, mom...

God, I'm sorry. I-I didn't
mean it like that. I...

She was difficult.
She was trouble.

But she carried a
gun and a badge

for her entire career,
and I was never gonna

throw her out on the street.

Especially when
she lost her pension.

Wait, ma'am. She
lost her pension?

How... how did that happen?

She picked the
lump sum distribution

and invested it with
the wrong person.

He promised her an
annuity of $60,000 for life.

Hold on, you can get
the lump sum distribution

of your retirement plan?
No. Never. And I checked.

Mary's pension
went by direct deposit

to a checking account
every other week.

An account her niece
obviously knew nothing about.

She was taken for all she had.

You people should've
done something about that.

Okay, we can see
how upset you are.

Let's get the rest
of the questions

we're required to ask you
out of the way right now.

Ma'am, where were you
and Wyatt on Sunday night?

Are you serious?

Did you hear anything
that I just said?

Did you hear what I just said?

Where were you
last Sunday night?

Mom and I were at a
seminar for making the most

of your in-state
university experience.

It lasted from 6
to 9 in long beach.

So a billion miles
away from aunt Mary's.

And your husband...

Where was he?

It's all right if
you want to remain silent.

We'll just talk to
you for a moment, al.

After your son and
wife left for long beach,

you drove to Mary's apartment.

You parked your
car down the street

so Mary wouldn't see it.

We have a warrant for that car.

And while you're sitting
here, not cooperating,

your vehicle is being
searched for traces of blood.

Plus we have
multiple eyewitnesses

that saw you enter and leave
Mary's apartment...

right around the
time of her death.

Well, that sounds promising.

And it's about 60% true.

They saw your
black Honda accord.

They even gave us
your license plate number

because they also saw you
running from the building.

And that's 80% false,
but when all else fails.

You snuck into the house
of a defenseless old woman

who had nothing to her name...

She didn't have
nothing to her name.

Believe me.

Al, um,

we have found more
than enough evidence

to prove that the murder
was premeditated.

Is the death penalty
something you want for yourself?

For your family?

There could be mitigating
circumstances, al,

but only you can tell us that.

We could start with why now?

I mean, after years

of taking care of
your wife's aunt,

why now?

On Friday, I got a call

from the Los Angeles fire
and police pensions office.

When we moved Mary
into her last apartment,

I guess she didn't
update her address.

So after a few years
of getting returned mail

and not being able to
contact her, they called us.

And I find out...

I find out since
the day she quit,

Mary had a pension
of $50,000 a year.

15 years we've been
taking care of her.

Sacrificing for her.

My son, he's a bright, decent,

hard-working, smart kid.

Sh... she stole my son's future!

I don't know, captain.

We may be further from
murder than it seems.

Can you tell us
what Mary said to you

the night you confronted
her last Sunday?

She said she never
asked for our help,

that what she had
in her bank account

was none of my
business, and that maybe,

if I'd been more responsible
with our money, like her...

Is that when you
grabbed her badge?

Her badge.

What a joke.

Sitting around with
all the stuff she stole.

No.

No, I, uh...

I didn't pick up the badge
until I asked her to give me back

enough of our money so I
could send Wyatt to Georgetown.

She told me to
leave the apartment.

Her apartment.

Then...

You picked up the badge.

But only because I couldn't
find anything heavier.

Um...

Those are really good
mitigating factors, sir.

Try and write them all
down... Sorry, people.

What we have here
is manslaughter.

The victim was a cop.

He waited for
her in the apartment.

- Isn't that premeditation?
- He paid the rent.

It was his apartment.
He had the right to enter.

And he didn't bring
a weapon with him.

Yeah, but he knew
the badge was there.

Mary is immensely unlikable.

A jury will sympathize with al.

Not to mention that our
eyewitness against him

is a violent con who's been
stalking the victim for weeks.

Al's lawyer will want a trial,

and his client could
walk, he could.

Poor Tori.

She worked so hard at
keeping her family together,

and it's splitting up anyway.

I mean, everyone
always understands

how rough it is for
the victim's relatives,

but no one ever thinks about
the murderer's family, do they?

And in this case, it's
one and the same.

Hey, how'd it go?

Great. I won at golf.

And the judge said Julio
would be the best guardian ever.

Well, if a judge
says so, congrats.

Yeah, Julio.
Congratulations, man.

Yes, great going,
detective Sanchez.

But you're in it now, my
friend, up to your neck.

Hey, don't pay attention to him.

You two will make
a great family.

So do I get to call you dad now?

Oh, uh, well...

Technically, I'm... I'm
not your father, I'm...

But I'm... I'm your son, right?

Um, technically, you're
what's called "my ward."

Technically? What's...
What's that? "Ward"?

No, I don't want you
to call me your ward.

How come I'm not your son?

Um, okay. How 'bout...

How 'bout this?

Pato and patito.

Duck and little duck, like in
"make way for ducklings."

Mi pato.

- Okay.
- Oh...

Here. You check my addition.

Ah. You heading out, lieutenant?

Can I take you for a drink?

Oh, uh, well,

I need to go by the
cleaners, get my funeral suit.

I'm going to Mary
Conrad's service tomorrow.

Maybe there'll be somebody
there who can tell me

why I can't remember her.

And... asshole or not,

she was still a cop.

Well, no matter
what, lieutenant,

I promise to go to your funeral.

What makes
you so sure I'm going first?

And a
bogey. What's the total at the end?

Hey, it's my ex-wife.

Oh, does she... does
she call you often?

N-N-No. No. Hold on a second.

Uh, hey, Sandra. What's up?

I, uh... I don't mind.

If that's what you want.

Yeah, sure. Go ahead. Send it.

Okay, bye.

Okay.

- You're not gonna believe this.
- Hmm?

Sandra just filed
paperwork with the church.

Huh! After all this time,

she wants to have
our marriage annulled.

What? Really?

Oh! Wow. Andy, wow.

That's... crazy. An annulment.

Are you okay with that?

Um, well, I guess I have to be.

You know, the
more I think about it,

I think this could all
turn out for the best.

You see, Sharon,
a church wedding

may not be totally
out of the question.

Yes, indeed.

He moves in strange
and mysterious ways

his wonders to perform.

And good timing
never ends.

I have almost my
whole family here.

And I have an
evening free for dinner.

Great. I feel like celebrating.

- Hmm.
- Do you?

Celebrating what?

A deal. What else do we
celebrate around here? A deal.

A very good deal.

What number is
that? Tell me. Is that...