Major Crimes (2012–2018): Season 6, Episode 1 - Sanctuary City: Part 1 - full transcript

Three fifteen-year-old boys vanish during a school field trip causing Asst. Chief Mason to consider the case a critical missing for Major Crimes. Evidence comes to light that points to Phillip Stroh's possible return to Los Angeles.

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Hey, guys.

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Okay, let's go! Let's
go in the museum.

Come on, everyone.

Hey, Lucas, Miguel! Wait up!

Hey, Monique.

Let's go, everyone.
Stick together.

We're going inside now.

Hmm.

Right here! Right
here, right here.



You want to take a picture?
Are you serious, dude?

All right.

Hello, I'm Ryan rojas,
inviting you to join us

as we revisit how the
American west was won.

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Monique, can you text me that?

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Okay, let's go.
Watch your step on these stairs.

And go ahead and file in.

♪♪

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This way. Come on.

Oh!

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Come on, this way.

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Hey! You ruined my shot!

Shh!

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And that's the last anyone
saw of these three boys...

11:03 A.M. this morning.

An hour later, when
teachers discovered

they were gone, we responded.

I had the folks in c.I. Gather
all the student and teacher

cellphone video and
photographs

And synched it with
local surveillance footage,

hoping to get a
clue, but no luck.

Well, 11:03 this morning?

Chief, you know,
nine hours isn't missing

for 15 year olds.

They're probably at the beach.

Yeah, maybe they planned

to be back by the
end of the field trip

and just lost track of time.

Or just got lost, period.

Not a great
neighborhood for that.

What about
their cellphones?

Turned off... batteries out.

These three boys
are off the grid.

Yeah, so their
parents can't find them,

or because of us.

I think what we're
all wondering, chief,

is what makes this
incident different

from all the other teens
who skipped school today?

Buzz, can you find that video
of all three boys posing outside?

Yes, sir.

These boys...

Aren't troublemakers.

All three are
honor-roll students

and members of St. Joseph
of nazareth's campus ministry,

working hand in hand with
the church's youth programs.

Three 15 year olds working
hand in hand with the church.

Hmm. Now where
have I heard that before?

My daughter and both of my sons

attended St.
Joseph's, lieutenant.

No priest in my parish has ever
been accused of wrongdoing.

I assume, chief,
there's something else?

There is. Is this what
you wanted, chief?

Yes. Thank you, buzz.

That "something else"
you're assuming, commander,

would be the boy
on the far right.

His name's Lucas
garza, and he's been

a type-a diabetic
since he was seven.

He may have an Insulin
kit in his jacket, but...

Nine hours missing... Lucas
could already be in shock.

Yes, which makes
this disappearing act

even more worrisome.

Plus, the middle
boy, Ryan rojas?

Two months ago,
his stepfather died,

putting him and his
mother in financial trouble.

And the other kid,
Miguel Diaz, is a dreamer.

Teachers say he would
never bring unwanted attention

on to his family, who
are undocumented.

Also, I have at least one

freaked-out parent
of each of these kids

in my office right
now... Unusual.

Look, chief, Julio lost his mom

and has days of
bereavement leave left,

and the commander,
Nolan, and Mike

are still getting over the flu.

Well, we can't just stop
working till Julio gets back,

and i-I'm almost well.

Well, better, anyway.

Excuse me, commander.

I'd like to ask chief
Mason a question,

for my own edification...

Why is this a major crime?

If we were dealing with
three missing white boys

from Harvard-westlake,
and one of them had diabetes

and maybe... This is not about race.

Right now? It's always
about race, lieutenant.

That's just the way it is.

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By the time we investigate
a full-on critical missing, sir,

these boys will
probably be back home.

And if that happens, Nolan,
you have my permission

to tuck them in
and bawl them out.

But right now, I'd
rather overreact

than discover I didn't
pay enough attention later.

So, if you want to know
what makes this a major crime,

I guess I do.

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Well, that is all
we need to know.

As of this moment,

these three boys
are a critical missing.

Chief, you said the
parents are here?

With articles of
their sons' clothing...

Which I hope to
god we don't need.

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As a diabetic, my
son keeps a strict schedule.

It's so unlike Lucas
to skip school.

He's never even left mass
early, much much less a field trip.

Well, there's a first time
for everything, Ms. Garza.

Do you have any idea

where Lucas and his
friends could have gone?

Maybe he forgot his Insulin,

and he went back
to school to get it.

Are you sure he didn't
take an uber or a lyft

back to St. Joseph's?
Well, we have officers

in front of the school
and in front of your house

in case Lucas
shows up.

Now, to your knowledge,
did any of these boys...

Have access to a car? All this
trouble and the boys are probably

just at a double
feature somewhere.

A double feature somewhere?

Should we be looking for
these kids in the 1950s?

I mean, where do they have
double features anymore?

I doubt they
went to the movies,

but they didn't just slip away.

They had a
destination in mind...

But where? Should
I call my husband?

M-Mateo's been performing
knee surgeries all day and...

Well, if you want
to text your husband

and see if he knows
about all of this, please.

I need to separate
Mr. and Mrs. Diaz,

and I'm out of bodies. Mike?

Still checking their
social-media sites...

Want me to stop? No. Stay there.

Buzz, looks like it's
time to put your reserve

detective skills to a test.

Really? Yes.

Okay. Uh...

This is the break room,

uh... visitor's
conference center,

and, uh... Interview #2.

Remember, you ask the questions.

He knows that, Andy.

Good luck, buzz.

Thanks. Let's go, let's go.

- I think I need a tie.
- You don't need a tie.

Promise.

Uh... right.

Mateo says... I-I don't
if this is important,

but when you're asked
if anyone disliked Lucas,

Mateo reminded me
that he had received

a very angry phone
call from a Marvin garret.

He's a next-door
neighbor of Miguel's family.

Apparently, Marvin garret was
saying that he wanted Lucas

to stay away from his daughter.

Uh...

I can't remember
her name right now.

Um... I'm sorry.
I'm drawing a blank.

Well, was there ever any trouble

between this girl and Lucas?

Oh, there's a young
lady in the mix.

What a surprise. But apparently
Mr. Garret was extremely rude,

saying that he wanted...

Kelly! Kelly... That
was her name.

He wanted Kelly to stop
hanging out with Mexicans.

I think Mr. Garret's daughter

has a little crush on Lucas.

Maybe Lucas has one on her, too.

Mr. Garret doesn't like it.

Did Mr. Garret
ever threaten Lucas

or anyone in your family?

No, but Marvin
reported us to immigration again.

He stopped me while I was
coming out of my driveway

to tell me that we should move
before ice detained us. I don't get it.

Marvin garret came after
you because his daughter

wanted to date
someone else's son?

Well, first, Kelly was
interested in Miguel.

But both Lucas and Ryan...

They hang out at our place.

We live right by St.
Joseph of nazareth,

and Kelly knows
all of them very well.

We treat them all
like our own children.

Kelly garret is 16 years old.

Ah, the older woman
with a driver's license.

Maybe she was at the
museum to pick them up.

Did the boys ever
argue over Kelly? Oh, no.

It was never that serious.
Buzz, could you please

ask Mr. Diaz about his neighbor

Marvin garret who was
trying to deport his family.

We could flip more
houses, but you don't want

to bid too hard
against legal residents.

They can call
immigration... It happens.

If you're worried about ice,
then your neighbor Marvin

must make you extra anxious.

Oh, you know about Marvin?

Yeah, Marvin doesn't
like us, sure, but it...

It's mostly because
of his daughter, Kelly.

My son and his two best
friends are almost her age,

and... she kind of
likes all of them...

In different ways.
Different ways?

Is that a problem for
your son and his friends?

Oh, no, no, no. No.

Miguel is very close
with these boys.

Us, too. Us, too.

We keep Insulin
around for Lucas,

and we've tried
to step in for Ryan.

You know, his
family situation was...

Not great. Not great how?

My first husband
was a worthless piece of crap ...

Cheated on me all the time,

never paid child
support for Ryan,

doesn't let us know how
to get in touch with him.

At least I got my son out of it.

Now, Hector... Ay carajo.

Your second husband's
supposed to be better.

Mine was worse...
I learned nothing.

And Hector passed away
a couple of months ago.

Fell... maybe jumped...

From our apartment
balcony, drunk or high.

Look, Hector paid his
own way and then some.

I'll give him that.

But he lied to me.

He hadn't left the gangs at all.

And...

He got physical with Ryan...

Knocked him around a little.

Your husband fell
off your balcony

after beating your son?

Don't worry about
what Hector did to Ryan.

Worry about what
I'm gonna do to Ryan.

Have you checked with
my first husband... Ian?

He tried to take Ryan out
of school two weeks ago

without my permission.

And he's done that before, too.

Otherwise, I can't
be missing work...

All right, it's time
to hit everyone

with consent forms to search
their houses and devices.

We got to get moving.

Commander.

Father Stan.

Sharon. Ohh.

Are you okay?

Yes, I'm just, um...

I'm still shaking
off the remnants

of that terrible flu.

Well, hopefully, we
won't make it worse.

I brought father Jonas alcaraz,

new head of our campus
ministry. Hello, father.

He spends more time
with these missing boys

than anyone on our faculty.

I'm feeling just...

Terrible that I wasn't
at the museum today.

I'd have noticed they
were gone much faster.

You pay that close
attention to them?

You're responsible for
their commitment to Christ,

not their science tests.

Sharon, thank you for what
you're doing to find our boys.

And for
moving so quickly.

Well, maybe not quickly
enough. Father, may I?

A teacher found Lucas
garza's backpack on the bus.

He didn't have it with
him at the museum today.

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Are those Insulin kits?

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Oh...

If Lucas doesn't have his meds,

we might already be out of time.

Mike, I need you to
gather all the boys' clothing

from the interview rooms.

Chief, I'm going to need

some extra personnel
and some dogs.

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I'm going to need a lot of dogs.

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All of their families
have issues.

Miguel and his parents
are undocumented.

Lucas' father has one
of the most successful

surgical practices in america,
but he has health issues.

And though we didn't find out

until after his stepfather died,

Ryan...

Was physically
abused for two years.

Yet they're all
doing well at school

and, from this distance,
seem relatively happy.

Well, I credit their
friendship for that...

And father Jonas, of course.

But I hate this happened
while these boys

were under St.
Joseph's supervision.

I... maybe if they'd
been in school uniforms...

You know, we let them wear
what they want on field trips.

Will we find them? Soon?

If the boys stuck together

and we have a
little luck, I hope.

Oh, ah!

And I talked to the young
lady you met at ascension day,

and she would be honored
to sing at your wedding.

I gave her your number. Oh, that's
a bit of good news on a terrible night.

Thank you, father,
for arranging that.

And with everything
else that you have to do.

In the middle of
crisis, life goes on...

Something our work
teaches both of us.

Oh! And here's her ring bearer.

Yeah,
well, one of 'em.

Hey, father Stan.

I'd... I'd hate to interrupt,
but mom has to eat.

I'm trying to get
my appetite back.

Ah, yeah. This was a tough flu.

At one point, almost a third
of our students were out sick.

Poor Julio's mother.

I'm stopping by
his house tomorrow.

Please remind him that
we are here if he needs us.

And if you hear anything
about these boys,

anything at all...

Uh...

They didn't have
the salad you wanted,

so I got that, uh...

Horrible broccoli-carrot-quinoa
thing that you like

and a little bit
of chicken soup.

Maybe you'll be better

by your doctor's
appointment tomorrow.

All right.

Are you kidding me?

They put mustard
on my hamburger bun

without asking me.

Why would anybody do that?

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Sorry. Sorry, Sharon.

I just feel like nothing has
been going right for me today...

At all.

Did Gus ever call you back

or respond to any of
your text messages?

No, no, um...

But his boss, Aiden,
posted four Instagram photos

of them at a club in
San Francisco, dancing.

You are following Gus'
boss on Instagram?

Yeah. Yeah. I am,
and I'm not proud of it.

But those Instagram
photos explain Gus' complete

lack of communication with
me over the past four days.

Clearly, there's stuff that
he doesn't want to tell me,

and...

Now he doesn't have to.

Maybe call again anyway.

I want to,

to hear him explain why
he's been avoiding me,

but...

I'm not gonna hunt him down.

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So, they were last seen
moving in this direction,

past the yellow school buses,

where the other kids did not go,

so it gives us a
fighting chance.

Prep for search!

Let's start with our
missing diabetic,

see where that takes us.

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I don't understand
why you want to look

in the one place
we know he's not.

If Lucas were home,
we wouldn't need you!

Ms. Garza, Dr. Garza,

if the boys made a
plan to skip the field trip,

we might find proof
of that in Lucas' room

or on devices
he uses.

Lucas may have hid
something in your house.

His situation is...

We feel it's urgent.

Sara, it's been 13 hours.
Okay, we have to help them.

Lucas' room is... is this way.

Watch your
step, lieutenant.

Check out these
classrooms, please.

Let's see...

This is Miguel's.

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Ryan's is over here.

I doubt you'll find anything

but what other kids
keep in their lockers.

They know we can
open these at any time,

so they're not really
a safe place to stash...

Father, I'm
conducting this search,

not you... Stand aside. Now.

I'm just trying to help,
lieutenant. Mm-hmm.

No reason to be annoyed.

So, tell me, father,

would any other
kid at your school

have a Mexican
drug cartel bracelet...

In his locker?

I told you already...

I had no idea Hector
was a gangster.

In fact, part of the
reason I married Hector

was so Ryan could have a
good guy around the house,

and that was a mistake.

Where'd you think
Hector's money came from?

He had money, right?

He said he was in the...

Import-export business,

which I don't know
nothing about.

I... I
understand the codes

hospitals use for
billing insurance,

and that's it.

Hector fell from here?

Or jumped? One or the other.

The police weren't sure,
a-and I wasn't here. Uh-huh.

How tall was he?

♪♪

The death report says 5'7".

About. Maybe, yeah.

So, he fell, huh?

How?

Did he, like, get drunk,
walk on the balcony's edge,

hang from it by his feet?

Ryan was here at the time?

In his room.

He didn't even know
anything had happened

till the police
knocked on the door.

Where was Ian,

your first husband,
Ryan's father?

I have no idea.

What about a last
name, a date of birth?

We'd like to notify Ian
that Ryan is missing.

Let me look.

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Okay, I need you guys
to check the backyard,

those hedges, the
garage, the roof.

They're not here.

Excuse me, shouldn't
you be out there,

looking in the streets
or... or the trains

or... or something
instead of our backyard?

Sir? Sir?

Oh. Right. Yes?

You're finally
deporting these people?

I've only been calling
'em in for five years.

L.a.p.d., sir. I need
you to get off the wall

and step away... I'm
standing on my own property.

If you interfere with
this investigation,

you'll standing in front
of a booking camera

with a slate beneath your neck.

Excuse me, why don't you want us

to look under the
floor of your closet?

Oh, you...
You speak Spanish?

Claro. Officers!

Ooh, this is...

This is a lot of oxy to
keep in your garage, doctor.

Do you have a
prescription for all this?

You swore to me
that you had stopped,

that you had gotten
rid of everything!

I did get rid of everything.

What is that she's
holding then?!

I forgot that stuff was there,
okay? Oh, my god! Mateo!

If you're using again after all that we
have been through. Just calm down.

This is not the issue here.

You've only been out
of rehab for two weeks.

Does Lucas know?
Would you just shut up?!

Good god, Sara! Just shut up!

Can you concentrate on
Lucas for just one minute?!

Do the two of your argue
like this in front of your son?

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I don't see any
signs of a struggle.

But the dogs say
the boys were here.

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Hey... Hey, look, it...

It's no crime to have
cash in your house.

About how much?

Close to a million dollars, sir.

It's exactly a million dollars,

and every penny
of it is legally ours.

Why are you taking the money
instead of bringing back my son?

♪♪

Come on. Let's
get this over with.

Well, if the boys were
here, they weren't in this car.

So, what do we have? Not much.

All three boys were
tracked to the same place,

but their scent didn't go
beyond the traffic circle.

So... someone was
waiting for them,

picked them up,
and drove them away.

It could have been
Ryan's biological father, Ian nuñez.

He's tried to pick
his son up before.

Or some gang
banger who knew

that Ryan and his
friends were rich.

But would
whoever grabbed them

have known how much
Lucas needed Insulin?

Well, we have a lot more
drug-related materials

to discuss here...
A full bag of opiates,

a dead cartel member,
a million bucks in cash,

and, oh, let's not forget

the catholic church
and father Jonas,

who was apparently
very close to these boys.

Commander... It's your call.

But I believe we need to
get photos of these boys

out to the media
as soon as possible,

'cause they didn't just
vanish off the face of the earth.

No, they did not.

It's beginning to look
like they were abducted.

♪♪

It started as a yearly field trip
organized for the diocese's high schools.

When it was over,

three teenage boys
under the direct supervision

of the catholic
church were missing.

Only two months after the
death of Ryan's stepfather...

A gang member with connections
to a Mexican drug cartel...

The three teenagers vanished

with so-called
dreamer Miguel Diaz,

originally from tamaulipas,

the Mexican state with the
highest kidnapping rate...

The boy who grew
up here, Lucas garza,

is a type-a diabetic
and, without his Insulin,

could already be
another casualty

of the upswing in hate
crimes against latinos and...

Lots of different theories.

I don't care what the media says

as long as they get the
boys' faces out there.

The million in cash...

That bothers me. We're
already looking into it, chief.

But what about my request
for more specialized personnel?

I have a young expert in
your murder room right now

catching up with
the investigation.

One expert?

But worth many times that.

Detective Camila Paige
was a go-to utility hitter

when I headed c.I. Mm-hmm.

She transferred to missing
persons a year-and-a-half ago

and has become exceptional
at finding teenagers.

Two cautionary things...

Detective Paige
is still working out

how to be a part of a
team, and her manner is...

Excuse me, commander,
mind if I ask why no one here's

trying to tap the phones
of these families yet?

And you must be
detective Camila Paige.

Oh. Sorry. I
should've started by...

Yes, I'm detective Paige.

Very happy that you
requested me, commander,

and hopeful I can
contribute... So much at stake.

Yes, we have three young boys
who may be depending on us

to save their lives.

Warrants for wires
take time, but narcotics

can get this done much
faster than we can, chief.

Well, let me push the process.

If someone makes a ransom
demand or the boys call in,

we need to know. Thank you.

I'd also like to
talk to the girl...

Uh... what's her name...

From next door to the
undocumented family...

Kelly garret's father
won't let her talk to us,

and we have no
means of coercing him,

so we are
surveilling their house

in case the girl
steps out on her own.

This way, please. Uh, mom. Mom!

Yeah? Your doctor's
appointment... it's in 40 minutes.

Oh, I'm gonna go in
later. Wait! No, no, no!

Look, I-I can call
Andrea and just ask her

if I can run you there
and back really fast.

Rusty, if Lucas garza
hasn't taken his Insulin,

his situation is far
worse than mine.

And I'm fine. I'm better. I am.

We only
have so much capital.

A-And we have to buy whatever...

Lieutenants Flynn and tao, buzz,

this is detective Camila
Paige from missing persons.

She is an
expert in locating teenagers.

- Hi.
- Greetings.

Miguel's parents are trying

to explain the million
dollars we found.

Been taxed through
our daughter's company.

Which she has a right to own,

because she's an
American citizen.

Yeah, well, let me tell you
about the other four times

that I found a million dollars
hidden in someone's house.

The first time, it was drugs.

Second time, it
turned out to be...

Drugs.

The third time, well,

we discovered that it was drugs.

The fourth time...

Hmm. Was it drugs?

You know, yeah. I think it was.

M-M-Maybe we... We
should get a lawyer.

Well, now, that's interesting,
because everyone else

I found with a million dollars,
they wanted an attorney, too.

What a coincidence.

This is just... You
can't pay for a lawyer

with the money we found
in your house. You listen...

The only drugs that
we have are the ones

that you take for a
headache or a cold.

If someone knew you
had a million dollars

in your house and was
demanding a ransom for your...

No one kidnapped Miguel
because we have money.

We left Mexico because
of all of the kidnappings.

Please, please, I'm begging you.

You have to find our son.
She may have a point.

If you're looking for
a kidnapping victim,

Lucas garza is
the obvious target.

I looked it up, and if
you're a professional athlete

and need your knee fixed,

Dr. Garza or one
of his associates

is where you go.

Garza's rich,

and if you know his parents
have a million in cash,

Miguel's valuable.

But why grab Ryan?
His mom's got nothing.

Yeah, I've been
thinking about that, too,

and Ryan could have accidently

set his friends up
to be kidnapped

just by talking about
them to the wrong people,

especially if he was
dealing drugs on the side.

Well, we haven't found any
gangster connections to Ryan.

Still, he had a cartel
bracelet in his locker...

Probably belonged
to his stepdad.

It's Ryan's biological
father we need to find now,

if nothing else
but to notify him.

Detective Paige,
you get your wish.

I want you to go with
lieutenant provenza...

Oh! I know him really well.

♪♪

Hey, that's great
news, detective.

Now maybe you'd like to hear

what the commander would
like you to do. Oh, I know.

She wants us to try and talk to
Marvin garret's daughter, Kelly.

If the boys were planning
something off-the-wall,

then Lucas or Miguel
might've told her.

She could have
even picked them up.

Kelly has a driver's
license, access to a car...

Detective Paige, thank
you for so completely

anticipating my orders.

Buzz, will you fill
in for Julio again

and go with the lieutenant
and detective Paige?

Sure. Absolutely. Great.

And I'll bring my camera, too,
just in case Kelly talks to us.

Well, Mr. and Mrs. Diaz
certainly seem genuine.

Still, a
million bucks in cash, well...

Cami?

Cami!

What are you doing here?

♪♪

Good morning. L.A.P.D.

We need to search your offices,
so buzz open the doors now.

I can't let those dogs in here.
Also, you can't look in any...

Would you rather shut
down for the day? What?

Look, you people
don't understand.

Hipaa protects... hipaa
doesn't apply to this warrant.

We can hold everyone here
while your lawyers explain that.

That won't be necessary.

Hi. I'm Dr. Alan redmond.

Is this about Lucas?

Yes, it is.

Please, come in. Right there.

Are you looking for
something specific?

The boys? Large amounts of cash?

Where's Dr. Garza's office?

Right this way.

We don't keep large
amounts of cash.

Most of our fees are collected

from insurance companies,
credit cards, checks.

This is Dr. Garza's
office... unh, unh.

Doctor, stand over there.

Okay.

When did
you last see Lucas?

Uh... about three weeks ago.

Mrs. Garza was working late.

Lucas came in
and waited for her.

And where was
Dr. Garza at that time?

His wife said he'd just got
out of rehab two weeks ago,

and he had a large stash
of oxycodone at his house.

Any idea where that
might have come from...

It's clear.

The oxy?

We encourage our patients
to return the unused portion

of their prescription
painkillers.

I think that Mateo was...

You know, he was in a car
accident three years ago,

and he's been trying
to recover, right?

Look, he never operated on
a patient under the influence.

And how does his opioid
use have anything to do

with why Lucas is missing?

Did Lucas know his
father had a drug problem?

I'm not sure.

Mrs. Garza is our
office manager,

and we thought...

She never talked about it.

All right, can you think of
any reason why these boys

might've stepped away
from their field trip?

Young love
makes kids crazy.

He's a handsome, bright kid
with a dangerous health problem.

She's trapped in the
house with a father

determined to keep
them separated.

They had no choice
but to fall for each other.

Their friends might've
even helped them

run off to get married.

You remember Elena, lieutenant?

I had to stop Elena from
doing that very same thing

when she was 16.

Little
Elena. How is she?

Not so little anymore...

Sophomore at Stanford...
Physics major, full ride.

Can you believe it?

Now all five of them are
either in or through college.

You have five
children? No.

Five little brothers
and sisters.

Cami's parents were
killed by a drunk driver

when she was 20.

She raised all the
rest of her family

pretty much on her own.

Uh... i-I'm sorry.
I didn't know.

Lieutenant provenza
found the asshole.

Had three priors.
Can you believe it?

Anyway, all the paiges
grew up happy and healthy,

and they still love you,
lieutenant.

And every fourth of July,
we talk about that barbecue

where your clothes
caught on fire.

Never seen anyone
so mad at a hot dog.

Oh, god.
This doesn't look good.

Buzz! Buzz! Keep
them away from us.

Yes, sir... l.A.P.D.!

We are not here to talk to
you, so please just stay back,

or I'm going to have to ask
you to move to the end of block.

Officers, please. Thank you.

We appreciate you being here.
Please, just keep moving back.

Thank you.

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Yeah? L.a.p.d.

We'd like to talk to you about
some boys who have gone missing.

I'll tell you who
needs to go missing...

The whole Diaz family.

You should be over
there, getting rid of them,

not bothering me. Mr. Garret, we
apologize for the inconvenience,

but do you mind if we
ask your daughter just...

Leave Kelly out of this.

And you, you
rude son of a bitch,

I don't want you on my property.

Mr. Garret, I
don't think you understand, sir.

Your neighbor's
son, Miguel Diaz,

is missing with
two of his friends...

Lucas garza and Ryan rojas.

Now, we're just here to
canvass the neighborhood.

Oh, my god. Dad, please!

We... we... We
should talk to them!

Kelly! Kelly, my name is
detective Camila Paige.

Call the l.A.P.D. And ask for me, Camila
Paige... Go back to your room, young lady...

and we can talk!
And stay there! Now!

And you people, don't
come back on my property

without a warrant! We
have three missing boys, sir.

This is a crisis.

You call it a crisis.

I call it a good start.

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Cami... i appreciate
your initiative,

but do not go around
yelling things like "call me"

while I'm standing
there unless I say so.

Oh! And neither of
you open your mouths

while I make this jerk's life
as hard as I possibly can.

Excuse me.

I am lieutenant
provenza, l.A.P.D.,

and I would like to announce
that due to his refusal

to cooperate with
the l.A.P.D.'S search

for these missing 15 year olds,

the Diaz's next-door
neighbor, Mr. Marvin garret...

G-a-r-r-e-t... Just became
a person of interest

in the case of the
St. Joseph's three.

- Lieutenant provenza...

Does this
mean the catholic church

is no longer part
of the investigation?

We're not ruling out anyone,

any place, or any organization.

What about forced
deportation or hate crimes...

Any possibility of these...

I just answered that when I said

we're not ruling
anything out. Next.

Is there
any truth to the rumor that

Ryan rojas' stepfather,
Hector padilla,

is a courier for the
Mexican drug cartel?

I have no idea.

Mr. Padilla has been
dead for two months,

so we know these
boys are not with him.

Excuse me, excuse
me. That's all.

Lieutenant, you
care to explain why you took it upon yourself

to brief the media without
permission from me?

Mm, not really.

But since you ask,

Marvin garret was
not just uncooperative.

He was obstructive.

There are lives at
stake here, chief,

and if that jerk
won't talk to us,

let's see how he
likes the attention

of some of L.A.'s
finest journalists.

The hunt for these boys
is an l.A.P.D. Investigation,

not a press opportunity,
and so you know,

I was just on the phone
with bishop Calhoun,

who the press contacted
after your little briefing,

and he was furious
that you didn't rule out

the catholic church.
Well, how could I do that?

These three 15 year olds
have a very special relationship

with a priest in their school.

Father Jonas actively
tried to stop me

from looking into the
locker of Ryan rojas. Fine.

I don't think chief
Mason objects to us

investigating the
church, lieutenant.

I think he objects to us saying
that out loud to the media.

Good luck
controlling the press.

We've got journalists staked out

in front of every one of the
boys' homes. Typical death watch.

We're not there yet, Mike.

We're passed the 24-hour Mark...

No ransom demands over our
wires and no word from the boys.

And nothing on any of their
devices or their e-mail servers,

and nothing on any
social-media platforms.

We're not at a dead end yet.

The Ian nuñez
brought in by patrol is

definitely Ryan's father.

Wes is bringing him up.

Where'd they find him?

Working the counter
at his father-in-law's

marijuana dispensary.
Drugs again.

Mr. Nuñez doesn't seem to
know what's going on with his son.

According to patrol,
he came willingly...

No questions asked. Why?

What does he
think this is about?

Look, I can get her, like,
a third of the child support.

That'd be, like,
$20,000... Almost a third.

But, I mean, there's
no reason to arrest me.

That'd... that'd make
it harder on everybody.

If you have
$20,000 in cash,

why not just give
it to your ex-wife?

Because it's never enough. Yeah.

Like, with Daniella,
when I see her,

whenever I slip her
some bills, she's all like,

"what am I supposed
to do with $500?"

And, "where are you?

Why don't you
ever see your son?"

Which is not true,
because I spent

two whole days with
him in Disneyland.

And you know what? She
didn't thank me or anything.

Because you picked
him up from school

without telling her? No.

No, I'm not talking
about that time.

No, um, that was
when he was seven.

No, this is, uh... More recent.

Yeah, like,

I-I called, I set it up,

I came to the house,
I picked him up.

Yeah, the kid had a blast.

More recently when?

Uh, when...

Uh, wow.

That was a while back.

Uh, yeah, like, uh...
You know, Ryan was 12.

But you've seen him
since, though, right...

Just two weeks ago?

Let me jog your memory.

You when to St.
Joseph of nazareth

and tried to take
Ryan out of class,

which caused a...
Whoa, wow. Really?

That nosey priest
said all that, huh?

Okay, okay. Well, look.

Let me tell you something
about father Jonas.

Oh, by all means, Ian.

Tell us everything
about father Jonas.

Yeah, that name
keeps popping up.

Let me tell you the
story from the beginning.

I went to St. Joseph's
because Ryan...

He was looking
me up, like, online,

and he posted something
on my Facebook page.

And that's a problem why?

Yeah. Because...

All right, look, um...

I got three other kids
with my new wife, Angela.

It's kind of funny.

I just haven't
really gotten around

to telling Angie
about my other son.

I mean, she hasn't
heard about Ryan at all,

and if she found out on
Facebook, you know...

Oh, my god. Really?

And just like that, we
have another suspect.

At this point, who
isn't a suspect?

On my page again,
you know, because I-I...

I can't be monitoring
my Facebook all day.

He was posting shit like,
"yo, when are you gonna

give mom a little money," right?

T-This was after, um...
Hector, he took that leap,

you know, and he fell
or whatever he did, and...

And they were hurting for cash. So,
Ryan posted on your Facebook page,

then you came to school, then
you tried to pull him from a class.

Yeah, to give the little
man some money... $300.

That is a lot of cash
for a 15-year-old kid.

And father Jonas stopped you.

Yeah, and he called the guards.

He called the guards,
and he had me kicked

out of the building,
and for what?

It ain't illegal to offer
your own kid $300.

That is a good
thing... A good thing.

Okay, where were you yesterday

between 10:00
A.M. and 3:00 P.M.?

What were you doing
during those hours?

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Why?

What's
the problem, Ian?

What, you don't remember
where you were? No, no.

Let me just... let me
just think about that, man.

So... you're just suddenly
getting in my face,

asking me where
I was and all that,

and just, it's, like,
sounding serious.

It is serious, Ian.

Yesterday, your son
and two of his friends

went missing on
a school field trip.

What?

Your son has disappeared,
sir, and we're trying to find him.

No, no, no. He ain't
disappeared, man.

He just ran away from
mama or he's probably with,

uh... father
Jonas... No, he isn't.

Ian, no, he isn't!

We need you to tell
us where you were...

Okay. Yesterday morning.

Okay. All right. Okay.

Just hold on, all
right? I was, um...

I was... I was hanging
out at the beach, okay?

Yeah, I was hanging
out at the beach.

It was my day off, my...
my wife was at work,

the kids were... Were
with their grandparents,

and, um... Yeah,
I was just chilling

with a-a-a jug of
mojitos at matador.

Anyone see you at matador?

You speak to anyone
while you were there?

No. I was by myself.

Doing what? Uh, doing what?

Uh...

I was just watchin' waves,
you know, laying back,

reading a book.

What book?

"Valley of the dolls."

Yeah, it was my wife's
book. I borrowed it.

It, uh, sounded like fun.

Who are some of the
characters in that book,

"valley of the dolls"?

Characters.

Where is she? Interview room 1.

I need to talk to her.

Buzz.

Uh... d.d.a. Hobbs says
she needs you to step

out into the
hallway, if you can.

All right, Ian, you know what?

We want you to
sign a consent form.

Let us search your house.

Wait, you got to
what? No. What for?

What do you got to
search my house for?

To prepare you for the
very difficult conversation

you're about to
have with your wife.

No. No. No way. No.

You want to search my
house, you get a warrant.

♪♪

I've come from a meeting
at the d.A.'S office,

where we've ordered
bodyguards for Emma rios,

and we're recommending
them for rusty.

What?

Based on a death
report of Carolyn sayles

from scottsdale,
Arizona, age 72... what?

In perfect health until
she lost her balance

while hiking a canyon
and fell down 400 feet.

Why is Carolyn sayles
so important to this case?

It's not this case.

Ms. Sayles was once
stepmother to Phillip stroh.

♪♪

Ohh.

Five deaths.

Three could be coincidental.

But five makes a pattern.

Yes, I think so.

Andrea thinks so, too.

I don't get it. Stroh
made a clean getaway.

No one has spotted him
anywhere, have they?

No, but he's been known
to work through third parties,

or in concert with them, anyway.

So four accidents and a suicide

equals protection for
Emma, Brenda, and me.

And I may add Linda
rothman to that list,

because she was stroh's
attorney for a while,

and it didn't work out.

Look, all of these deaths
were several months apart.

I-I don't think that I need
an s.I.S. Security detail yet,

but, Sharon, I
can't just sit back

and let this happen to me again.

Meaning? Meaning
I'd like to be...

More proficient in
protecting myself.

More proficient in
protecting yourself

in what way?

Uh... sorry to interrupt,

but you have to go.

I'll drive. I'll drive.

I'm back almost 100%.

Yeah, but I can't
be in the field

unless I'm with my
commanding officer.

So let me take you.

"In the field"?

What's happened?

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How long?

I'm not sure. The gardener
called it in 20 minutes ago,

but the body has
obviously been here

since sometime last night.

♪♪

Well...

Here's our diabetic.

Now, what I'd like to know is...

Where are the other two boys?

That, lieutenant, is, um...

It's
an excellent question.

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