Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016): Season 2, Episode 5 - Don't Hate the Player - full transcript

It's the bottom of the ninth. Can he do it?

And it's gone! Home run!

Manny "Mega" Vega has done it!

The upstart
expansion team, Boston Pilgrims...

...will live in the shadow
of the Red Sox no more.

They are one game away
from the playoffs.

MAN
Good morning, Boston early risers...

...that's if you Pilgrim fans
even went to sleep.

I'm still celebrating
Manny "Mega" Vega's moon shot...

...over the left-field fence.
This afternoon's game is even bigger...

...as the Pilgrims continue to fight
for a playoff spot in a tough division.



What a game last night.

The Pilgrims are on a streak
with Mega Vega.

Chimpanzees do that.

- Do what?
- Grab their crotches.

It's a sign of aggression.

How exciting is this? Two Boston
teams competing for playoff berth.

But what the Red Sox don't have
is Manny "Mega" Vega.

Man, that Mega Vega sure can hit.

MEGA stands for Molecular
Evolutionary Genetics Analysis.

Oh, he is quite the male specimen.

Mega focus. Mega power.

Drink my Mega-Ade
to win every time.

I'd love to MEGA him.

Oh, hey, language. My mother's here.



You should hear us
when you're not around policing us.

- He's a hunk. Ha, ha.
- "Hunk?"

- Mm.
- Okay. Officially throwing up in my mouth.

No, Jo Friday. Stop licking.

- Oh, don't yell at her.
- That's not yelling.

Stop licking!

- That's yelling.
Speaking of a kiss goodbye.

Ha, ha. Co-owners no more.

Phil Young announced today
that he controls the Pilgrims.

Must be pretty upsetting
for the ex-wife, Geena.

Oh. That's too bad.

At least they're fighting
over a baseball team.

My parents are fighting
over the snow shovel.

Oh, my God, Tommy?

I forgot to tell you
he was coming home.

You forgot to tell me?

Did you forget too?

- Janey.
Ha, ha. Hi.

Oh. Thanks for your letters.
They really kept me going.

I was looking for you three months ago.

Yeah, I got in a little fight in the yard.
They threw me back in.

Yeah, well, just don't screw up
your early release, okay?

- Fresh start, yeah?
Yeah.

Dr. Isles, I tightened up the flush valve
in the guest house.

Thank you. Please let me pay you.

Not a chance.
It's the least I can do, you know...

...all you're doing for me.

- All you're doing for him?
- He's just visiting your mother.

Visiting means dropping by
and then leaving.

When's he leaving?

He's in violation of his probation
without a permanent address.

- So the visit is permanent?
- Temporarily.

The only thing that Tommy
does temporarily is stay out of trouble.

Oh. Jane, I know you, you're conflicted.

You're afraid that anything you do...

...will be interpreted
as a sign of approval.

My little brother is a screwup, Maura.

A completely lovable screwup felon.

The Pilgrims need him
to snap his wrist and snap out of it.

The recidivism rate
for nonviolent offenders...

...is higher than for violent.

It's 46 percent to 39 percent.

So I'm thinking this isn't a good idea.

I'm doing this for your mother.

He's made bad choices,
but that doesn't make him a bad person.

Oh, yeah, right,
he did fix your flush valve.

She's licking her paws.

- They're real red.
- I know. I know.

This is Dr. Isles.

Okay, if the detectives have signed off...

...I will authorize removal of the body.

Thank you.

Fatal slip and fall
at the Pilgrims locker room.

That's weird. They're not reporting it.
- Hmm.

Let's go.
I've never been to the Pilgrims' stadium...

...and their locker room is closer
than your couch. Come on.

I've wanted to see them
without uniforms.

Maura.
- This is Dr. Isles again.

Hold the body at the scene.
I'm coming in.

Thank you.

Hey, listen, I know you're real busy.

If you want,
I can take your dog to the vet.

No, your only job
is just stay out of trouble.

Okay?

Bye, Mom.

Bye, baby.

Body's in the shower, Dr. Isles.

Nice to see you, Detective Merck.

Actually, it's Chief Merck now.

- Of course. Congratulations.
Thank you.

- What brings you out?
- Just tagged along.

Look at you, you retire, land a plum job...

...chief of security for the Pilgrims.

It's a long way from working
late nights in Homicide.

Listen, while you're here...

...let me treat Boston's finest
to tickets on the first-base line.

I've only sat in the nosebleeds
on Police Appreciation Day. Thanks.

- What's this look like to you?
- Ah, it's pretty sad.

Fellow on our coaching staff...

...fell in the shower this morning.
Team's shook up.

- On the coaching staff? That's awful.
Yeah.

Enjoy the game,
I'll walk her through this...

...and I'll have her out
by the bottom of the first.

If it's okay with you, I'm gonna wait here
for Dr. Isles, all right?

Uh, yeah, all right, sure.
Let me go check on her. All right.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

Heh. You've gotta be kidding.

Oh, wow.
Manny "Mega" Vega in the flesh.

Three, four, five, six, seven.

I guess we must look pretty strange.

- Does he always puke before a game?
- Yeah, yeah.

Baseball players are really superstitious.

Part of his ritual.

- I'm Jesse Wade.
- Detective Jane Rizzoli.

And I know who you are.

Rookie of the Year, two-time All-Star.

Impressive.

Most women only know the superstar,
Mr. Mega Vega.

I'm a big Red Sox fan.

But maybe you guys can convert me.

Yeah, maybe.

Get out of my way.

You shouldn't have a locker,
the way you're hitting.

All right. Unh.

Is that part of his ritual too?

No, the dead guy in the shower's
got everybody spooked.

Oh.

Call me. Wouldn't mind
being interrogated by you.

Heard that line. Like 4 million times.

- You call me, and I'll think of a new one.
- All right.

Feel good?
- Yeah.

What's a coach
doing in the players' showers?

Coaches, players all have
access to the showers.

- What time did he come in?
- My records show 6 a. m.

What is it?

- I'm not sure.
- It's a slip and fall.

Can we just get him out of here?

His body is already in advanced rigor.

Simple. Hot water was running
when the cleaning lady found him.

Hot water does accelerate it.

It's this.

Radiating circular skull fracture
consistent with a hard impact.

And this, a second compression
fracture to the occiput.

Two skull fractures? How? He fell once.

Well, he slipped, cracked his head
on the shower handle, hit the floor.

That's not what you're thinking, is it?

The gash is wider
than the shower handle.

Something else struck his skull.

A weapon?

Your best guess.
Any chance this was a murder-

Murder? Rizzoli, what the hell?
There's no murder here.

Is it a suspicious death?

- What does your gut say?
- I don't listen to my intestines.

Maura.

I'm declaring the manner
of this death suspicious...

...pending further investigation.

By the Homicide Unit.

Take your VIP seats.

Boston Homicide sits in the nosebleeds.

I got the page. What's going on?
I'm missing the game.

- Yeah, so is he.
Oh, boy.

That guy got hit by more than a pitch.

- What does Dr. Isles say?
- Suspicious death.

Their lawyers won't let us
touch anything...

...until the warrant gets here.
Victim's a member of the coaching staff.

Ron McKenna. I knew them all,
right down to the batboys.

Never heard of this guy.

- Hey.
- Hey. You get it all?

Judge Polk gave you the locker room
but not the stadium.

Probably called the governor.
He's not gonna cancel this game.

- The dumpsters?
- Judge said no.

I'll type up another warrant...

...and find a judge
who doesn't have box seats.

Okay, your retirement.

Merck the jerk.

All he talked about was the Sox.

When that job went to Celluci,
he sold his soul to get this.

He was in Homicide 15 years.
You think he did cleanup?

Let's find out.

Here. You know the drill.

This is our house now.
You can read that on the way out.

I want the dumpsters frozen.
A man in front of every one.

I gotta dumpster-dive through 40,000
hot dogs and blue shaved ice?

Go. Before they empty it. If there's any
evidence, we don't wanna lose it.

Did you get my text about Tommy?

Yeah. Why didn't Ma tell us?

At least she's not trying to throw him
a "welcome home" party.

Yeah, because he doesn't have one.

- Let's keep an eye on him, all right?
- Okay.

As the team owner, you must know
why we wanna talk to you.

Chief Merck informs me that we've had
a tragic accident, officer.

Detective. Tragic, yes.
Accident, we don't think so.

So we will be conducting
a full investigation.

That's very thorough of you to dot
your I's and cross your T's.

See? I knew they weren't gonna try to use
tragedy to make names for themselves.

McKenna's badge identifies him
as one of your coaches.

Didn't see him on your roster.

Mr. McKenna was a recent addition
to our coaching staff.

Oh? What kind?

Hitting coach? Pitching?

- Base coach?
- Special assignment coach.

- What was his special assignment?
I'm sorry...

...but your warrant doesn't cover this
or give you the right to interrogate...

- ... anyone in this organization.
- I'm sorry. I'd like to help.

I represent the entire organization.

You will not speak with anyone
other than me.

What is she doing here?

You better tell Geena...

...she's about to be in violation
of a restraining order.

Well, since you don't represent Geena...

...I guess there is someone
to talk to, huh, Walt?

Sports guys are saying Phil took
Geena's share of the team...

...locked her out.

She'd put up a fight.
I wonder how he managed it.

to be in that stadium. That is my team.

Get all these guys out of here, all right?

Mrs. Young, Boston Homicide.
Can we talk to you, please?

Homicide?

So it's true about Ron.

That bastard won't let me in.

You knew Ron McKenna?
- Of course.

I insisted we hire him. Let me guess.
Phil is stonewalling.

He said you hired McKenna
as a special assignment coach.

Oh, he had a special assignment,
all right.

He was Manny Vega's sober coach.

You had a sober coach
for your star player?

It's no secret Manny has had issues.

It was under control,
and then about three weeks ago...

...he started having
violent outbursts again.

Didn't take a genius
to recognize that he needed help.

So I brought in Ron right before
my asshole ex-husband locked me out.

How's Vega passing his drug tests?

Ask Phil.

And while you're at it...

...tell him he won't have
my team for long.

I'd lock her out too.

Rumor is Phil's trying to sell the team
to Salt Lake City.

The Utah Pilgrims?

- How long am I standing here?
Until we have a warrant.

Vega was a drinker in his New York days.

Locker-room brawls,
allegations of juicing.

Maybe he snapped
when his sober coach...

...tried to take away his tequila.

Garbage. Thank you.

Hey. You think I'm standing here
to throw away your mess?

Wait, wait, wait.

These have never been worn.
This is brand-new.

Backs of his shoes are wet.

He was dragged into the shower
with his clothes on.

Not in these clothes.

He didn't die in the showers.

This whole thing was staged.

Oh, hey, oh. Up there. You see that?

Directional blood spatter.

- Somebody swung away in here.
- Mm-hm.

Smells like bleach.

The count is two-two.

Lembeck winds up, delivers, knuckleball.
Vega swings. It's hit deep.

Deep over Salgado's head, and gone!

Somebody cleaned up a murder.

The murder weapon is a cylindrical,
heavy, hard object.

Gee, what could it be?

Think it's a pipe?

A pipe is too thin.

What about a majorette's baton?

I'm glad that you find
my scientific approach amusing.

I think it's a bat, Maura.

Found blood.

I think it's Manny Vega's bat.

Let's compare it to the injury.

The width of the barrel aligns
with the width of the fracture.

So Vega's our best bet.

Now how do we prove
he swung the fatal blow?

The way you always do.
You do that gumshoe thing.

"That gumshoe thing"?

No, um, this time we're actually up against
every baseball fan...

...from judges to the governor.

It makes it difficult
to do my "gumshoe thing. "

Society's very reluctant
to hold celebrities accountable.

Remember Fatty Arbuckle?

Fatty Arbuckle? No.

- The silent-film star who was tried-
- Stop.

Hey, Jane.
Our victim had multiple drug arrests.

So this is who they hire
to be the sober coach?

Heard you got the warrant
for the dumpsters.

Yeah, I got blood too, on Vega's bat.

It's Korsak.
He's interviewing the victim's son.

Can you figure out what's going on
with the dumpsters?

Yeah, I'll check with Frankie.

I'm off to do my "gumshoe thing. "

- I shouldn't have used that term.
- No.

Because it actually refers to galoshes,
which you aren't wearing.

What? What did I say?

We're very sorry for your loss.

You're the only ones.

The news, the radio,
they're calling my dad a scumbag.

We will do everything we can
to find his killer.

I hate to ask...

...but do you know anyone that might have
wanted to hurt your father?

He's been clean since my mom died.
Pulled it together for me.

- How long had he been clean?
- Five years.

He, uh, started an outreach center
to help people.

Why don't they report that?

Did your father ever tell you anything
about Manny Vega?

Just that he was trying to help him.
He helped a lot of those guys.

- You mean other ballplayers?
- Yeah.

He blew his own shot
at the pros with drugs.

That's why he wasn't starstruck,
you know?

He used to be one of them,
so he could connect.

You should come by some time.
- Yeah, I think so.

- Yeah, it'd be good. Nice of you.
- Good to see you. Always a pleasure.

We just got shut down.

Search warrant on Vega's house
and car was denied.

No grand jury on Vega either.

What? How can Merck shut down
a grand-jury investigation?

By delaying it until after the playoffs.

All the heavies are telling us to back off.

Yeah, tell that to Ron McKenna's son.

I didn't tell you to stop, Rizzoli.

Now, find a way to get to Vega.

Nice.

Cavanaugh just took the gloves off.
Come on.

Hey, Mega. Can I get an autograph?

Give me the ball. Let's go.

Hey!

Wow. Did you miss your lucky bat today?
We had to borrow it.

You're a cop. Listen, get the hell
away from me and move your car.

Sorry. Is that blocking you?

McKenna's blood's all over your bat.
How'd it get there?

I'm not talking to you guys.
I'm calling my lawyers.

Did Ron bust you for drinking?
Maybe that's why you killed him.

I didn't kill nobody.
Now, move your damn car.

Phil, Merck, your lawyers,
they can't protect you forever.

Get out of my face.

At least I got his autograph.

- Did Merck's timeline check out?
- Yep.

Victim goes in at 6:01 a. m.
Never comes out.

Cleaning lady goes in at 9:30,
out at 9:33.

After she found the body.

Players don't use keycards.
They come through the players' gate.

So we're never gonna find a record
of Vega entering or exiting.

Turn it up.

It's incompetence by Boston Police.
This was an accident.

Ron McKenna slipped and fell.

- What do we have on this cream puff?
- Nothing, other than he's an asshole.

Look at all those convictions.

You were great to give him a chance.

It's unfortunate
he couldn't cure his addiction.

What about Vega's drug tests?

Every time he takes a leak,
someone's there.

All negative.
No steroids, narcotics or alcohol.

Yeah, that's according
to the team doctors.

They got our backs against the wall.
Find somebody who'll talk.

Jesse Wade gave me his phone number.
Maybe it's time to make a call.

Yeah, a booty call.

Really?

Hey. What is Le Beau Truc?

Five-star French restaurant.

Brilliant nouveau take on escargot.

- Is this okay?
- Are you out of your mind?

What? I'm meeting Wade.
He wants to do the interview there.

- At Le Beau Truc?
- Yeah.

Le booty call. Ha, ha.

What did you just say?

I know.

Unzip me.

- Why?
- Because you can't go like that.

We'll trade clothes. Come on.

Are you crazy?
That dress wouldn't cover my booty.

It smells like a deco.

Oh. Men are not attracted
to the smell of death.

Really?

Okay, that's enough.

Oh. Those boots are fashion homicide.

No, no. Those shoes are foot homicide.

- Put them on.
- They're too small.

- Give them back.
- You just said put them on.

Patience.

What are you doing?

Ah! Maura.

Voil?. Peep toes.

Thank you.

Oh. You look sexy.

You look like you're wearing
my clothes.

Hi, Ma.

Tommy? Why do you have Ma's phone?

Okay, calm down. All right.
Where are you?

Okay. I'll be right-

I got 45 minutes.

Come. I'm gonna need backup.

What? Jane. What did Tommy do?

Jane? You have all the shoes.

Think you can do that to people? Huh?

Take advantage of them when they're
trying to take care of their pets?

I'm gonna neuter you, punk.

- Stop, stop.
- I called the police.

I am the police.

- Vice?
- Homicide.

I'm not there yet, but give me a minute.

All right. Relax. Just- What happened?

Jo Friday was licking
her freaking paws off-

Shh. I'm not talking to you.

- What happened?
- I was treating this patient...

...uh, Jo Friday Rizzoli, and this man
is refusing to pay the bill.

Fine. I got it.
I will pay it. How much is it?

- Three hundred dollars.
- What?

What'd you do, bling her paws out?

Exactly. Then he calls her
a freaking head case.

No, no, no.
I did not use that terminology.

I said she is suffering from depression.

She has been withdrawn, restless,
reluctant to go outside and urinate.

Whose side are you on?

She sleeps, eats, poops.
What's there to be depressed about?

No, off, Jo Friday.

It is an OCD reflex.

It is triggered by her emotional state.

She needs Prozac.

Here we go, OCD, ADHD, alcoholic.

Same stuff they were throwing at me
in the joint.

Heh. I'm not surprised
you were confined to a cage.

- What?
- Hey, hey, hey.

Knock it off. Knock it off!

All right? Take Jo Friday, go home.

Take her for a walk. You're already
gonna blow your curfew. Come on.

I'm so sorry.

They really are very nice people.

- You look phenomenal.
- Thank you.

I thought we ought to stay private.
I'm not supposed to be talking to you.

Well, I'm not supposed to be drinking.
I'm on the job.

Um, tell me about Vega.

You guys have been teammates
for two seasons.

- Man, you get right into it.
- Yeah.

I don't know. Uh...

Feels like he's losing it.

What do you mean?
- Just acting crazy.

Except when he takes the bat.

Well, do you think
he killed Ron McKenna?

You're the detective. What do you think?

It matters what I can prove.

- Can you prove it?
- What was McKenna doing there at 6 a. m.?

- I don't know.
Was he trying to prove...

...Vega was drinking and drugging?

Yeah. He was hell-bent on it,
so maybe, yeah.

You and Manny are friends.
Did you talk to Ron about it, try to help?

Ron came to me the day before he died.

Wanted my help staging
an intervention for Manny.

I was up for it.

But Vega's drug tests came back clean.

When you're the face on the billboard,
the name on the sports drink...

Your pee has a tendency
to come back drug-free. Okay.

You know, I didn't just come here
to talk about the case.

You're beautiful.
I thought we'd have wine.

Thank you. Um...

But like I said, I'm on the job.

Okay.

These suck.

Ugh. And your dress is about
as comfortable as a straitjacket.

Yeah, and your suit
is a real booty-call magnet.

I got hit on twice. By women.

Really?

Oh, no. My TV. It's gone.

- Somebody was in here.
- Ma. Tommy. Ma!

Ma, come here.

Jane? What's wrong?

Oh, no.

Tommy?

Oh. Maybe it wasn't Tommy.

I told the Palumbos
Tommy would never steal their stereo.

Tommy broke into some houses
when he was in high school. Um...

He never should've been here. I'm sorry.

It's okay.

Oh, for the life of me...

...I don't understand
why your brother does what he does.

All right, look, I'll call Frankie. Okay?

And then we'll go look for Tommy.
If he's on the run...

...it should be us that find him. Okay?

Come here, Ma.

It's all right. Okay?

I'll find him.

Oh, don't move, babe.

The police got us surrounded.

- Ha, ha. You're so funny, Tommy.
- Actually, babe, move.

So, uh, which one of youse
wants to take me in?

Where'd you get the money to buy
dinner and drinks?

- Did you pawn Maura's stuff?
- Huh?

Maura's house was burglarized.

- Her TV, her jewelry.
- Her trust.

She trusted you.

- Oh, you think I did it.
- Did you?

Yeah, sure.

Recession's my fault, Mom and Dad
are getting divorced because of me...

...war in the Middle East, that's me too.

Is that what you think?

They're not getting a divorce
because of you, Tommy.

They fought all the time.

They fought over the leaves
in the gutters.

I am the frigging gutter.

It's Detective Rizzoli, Officer Rizzoli,
and Tommy, the screwup.

That's what you've chosen.
That's not who you are.

We have a breaking story.
Manny "Mega" Vega...

- ... the Pilgrims home-run sensation...
- Turn that up?

- has been killed in an accident.
Details at this time are inconclusive...

- ... but detectives are looking into the matter.
- Aw, jeez.

We'll have much more
on this story as it develops.

Tommy, you're on your own tonight.
No babysitters for you.

Once again, Manny "Mega" Vega...

...Boston Pilgrims baseball superstar...

...has died tonight in a fatal car accident.

Wonder if he'll go down
as one of the best hitters of all time...

...or the baseball star who murdered
his sober coach and then died in a DUl.

Got the results from the sports bottle.

- Oh, from his car? That was fast.
- I processed it myself.

That guy was my hero.

- I wanted to know if he was loaded.
- Was he?

Can you put it down here?

No.

Glucose water, B-vitamins,
taurine, ginseng, caffeine.

- No drugs, alcohol or steroids.
- No.

This is strange.

Cardiomyopathy.

He has an enlarged heart.

- Congenital?
No. Recent damage.

Maura, you have that "I have
a case-solving hunch" look on your face.

My face doesn't hunch.

It's minor pruritus.

- Excuse me?
- An itch.

His kidneys are damaged.
Look at that crystallization.

Yeah. From what?

I'd be guessing.

God, it's torture sometimes.

Have you seen this before?

- Yes.
- Okay, good.

What did it turn out to be before?

- Ethylene glycol ingestion.
- Antifreeze.

Someone was poisoning him.

Somebody was poisoning Vega
over a three-week period.

Was it Merck, Phil, Geena,
or one of his teammates?

We've got nothing without motive.

McKenna's collateral damage.
Now, somebody was after Vega.

Who and why?

Somebody who could
get into the locker room...

...through the players' gate,
which says teammate to me.

Wait. Frost, can you go on YouTube
and pull up that dugout fight...

...between Jacobs and Vega?

They were going at it in the locker room.

Okay.

Yeah, what? What you gonna do?

- Get out of my face.
- Hate's a powerful motive.

Maura's got something
on our first vic, sober coach.

- Ew.
- You can't look at a little vitreous fluid?

Coming out of an eyeball?

You said you had something.
What are we doing here?

Time of death
is always hard to pin down.

Even harder in this case.
You could be more patient.

Job was like a cranky toddler compared
to me. You spoke to Frankie?

He's going through all 12 dumpsters
with every detective we can spring loose.

Why aren't you there? Oh, I know.

Ew. I hate eyeball fluid.

Ew. I'm afraid of garbage.

Why aren't you there?

I know. Might mess up
that nice sport coat from 1989.

All right. Come on.

So Geena hired McKenna because
she thought Vega was drinking again.

She said he'd been having
violent outbursts.

Ethylene glycol poisoning
mimics inebriation.

We didn't find any antifreeze
in Vega's water bottle.

Yeah. At least, not the one in his car.

No, wait. That's it. Wait a minute.

- Baseball players are superstitious, right?
- Oh.

Mark McGwire wore the same cup
from his high-school days...

...until it was stolen late in his career.

Clemens put Tiger Balm on his ba-
Ahem.

- His balls?
- Yeah. Ha, ha.

Don't they inspect those
before they're allowed to pitch?

Mm. Ha, ha.

Different balls, Dr. Isles.

Oh.

Just say they-
They have some weird rituals.

Like drinking from the same
blinged-out game bottle.

Let's test the one in his locker.

This is definitely
the source of the ethylene glycol.

So our killer was spiking Vega's
special game bottle.

Easy access, sitting in his locker.
Just had to wait until the room was empty.

Poor McKenna.
Suspects Vega's drinking...

...decides to check his locker
after the game.

- Catches the murderer.
- Killer grabs Vega's bat...

...whacks McKenna in the head.

Smashes his skull against the tile,
stages an accident.

Clark Jacobs could be our guy.
He's got a locker right next to Vega.

There it is.
Results for the hypoxanthine test.

The vitreous fluid from the eye.

- You did have a hunch.
- No, I couldn't explain...

...his advanced stage of rigor mortis.

And here's why.

Because Ron McKenna
wasn't murdered at 6 a. m.

- He died six hours earlier.
- At midnight?

So why did Merck and his keycards
say 6 a. m.?

I think our buddy Merck is lying to us.

You're looking at an accessory
to murder.

Whoa. I didn't kill anybody.

- Why'd you alter his keycard entry time?
- I didn't.

Well, maybe he's a zombie. That's why
he took a shower six hours after he died.

Maybe you got me on obstruction,
but not murder.

Okay. Works for me.

Hey, hey, hey.

We thought Manny did it.
I was told to protect him.

Who told you?

I'm not saying any more. I want a lawyer.

You learn that trick as a homicide cop?

Lawyering up like the scumbag you are?

I say either Phil or Geena
told Merck to protect Vega.

Whoa. Crime-scene techs found
Vega's contract on his computer.

Whoa. Fifteen million a year.

Phil and Geena sweetened the deal.
Each gave him a piece of the team.

Huh. One percent each.
Yeah.

Nice chunk. Since that franchise...

- ... is worth half a billion dollars.
Right?

Huh. Read the fine print.

If Vega tests positive for drugs
or alcohol or dies...

...both team owners
get their shares back.

Puts Phil and Geena back
at square one without their star.

What's the motive?

What's that addendum?

Okay, that's weird. Three weeks ago...

...Vega gave Phil his entire
2- percent share of the team.

- Why?
- Give Phil control?

That's how Phil took the team
from Geena.

- He had a side deal with Vega.
He had to.

It's the only way Phil could sell the team.

Yeah, and then Geena discovers
that she was betrayed by Vega.

That's motive, you know? Maybe she...
She hired Merck to do the dirty work.

Well, well, well.

Merck just got bailed out by Geena.

And Tommy didn't do it.

- What?
- Division 1 detectives...

...matched prints from Dr. Isles' bedroom
to a burglary ring.

They made arrests
and got all her stuff back.

That's fantastic.

Oh. Hey, Frankie, no, listen to this.

You what?

Hi. I think we found
the needle in the haystack.

Unbelievable. Let me see.

Gotcha.

We got nothing on the outside,
what about the inside?

Can you get a print?

This is not CSI: Boston, Jane. Okay?

It's a very delicate process,
and it's not always successful.

It'd be great
if it was successful this time.

I can't concentrate.

- Did you apologize to Tommy?
- No. But I will.

- Let's get the bad guys first.
- All right.

Well, why don't you go
and apologize to him...

...and I'll call you
if I get any latent prints.

"If"? No...

...the reason you have these gloves
to work with is because I gumshoed.

The least you can do
is get me some prints.

Why are you stopping?
What are you doing?

- Waiting for you to leave.
- What? You are ridiculous.

Fine. Bye.

Tommy?

Tommy?

What?
You gonna make me use the siren?

Knock it off!
You're scaring Lola and Finn.

We caught the burglars.
Maura got all her stuff back.

Too bad. I was looking forward...

...to three square meals a day
and a clean jumpsuit.

- Go home.
- I don't have a home.

Yes, you do.

Maura said you can stay
as long as you need to.

Ma wants you there.
Maura wants you there.

- You know what's great about dogs?
- Tell me.

They're in the same mood every day.

And they think I'm a good guy.

They're good judges of character.

Yeah, they'd like a serial killer
if he had lamb lungs.

I'm sorry. I'm really, really sorry.

It's okay.

I would have thought I did it too.

I gotta walk them. I'm on the job.

- You're a dog walker? That's great.
- Oh, yeah.

Mom and Dad will be so proud.

I'll see you later.

Tell me you got a print.

- Ha-ha-ha. Way to go. Way to go.
Thank you.

- Great game. That was a great game.
Thank you.

Congratulations. Ha-ha-ha.

- Hey, you can't be in here.
- Keep talking. I'll have your bail revoked.

Phil...

...you screwed Geena out of her team.

And, Geena...

...you would do anything
to get that team back, wouldn't you?

And, Merck...

...you just do what you're told.

- Jesse.
- Hey.

You wanted to be a superstar.

I gotta admit, you got balls
taking a cop to dinner.

You think you could charm me too?

CROWD
Jesse! Jesse! Jesse!

You like that sound, don't you?
The sound of adoring fans.

You wanted what Vega had...

...face on a billboard,
name on a sports drink.

- What's this about, officer?
- Detective.

Jesse knows what this is about,
don't you, Jesse?

I worked for this.

Everything was handed to him.

He drank and drugged
and they just kept giving him more.

Oh, my God, no.

You killed Manny?

Turn around, Jesse.

You're under arrest for the murders
of Manny Vega and Ron McKenna.

A little to the left.

Okay, now to the right. To the right.

Center it a little.

Wait. Don't drop it.

- Costs more than you make in a month.
- Still more than you make in six months.

Dinner time.

Hello, Jo Friday.
You want your dinner? Yes.

- You feed that dog chicken?
- It's organic.

- She licking her paws?
- Yeah. Nonstop.

The vet says she's depressed.

I paid 300 bucks, she's still licking.

Because a lot of little dogs like her
are allergic to poultry.

"Well, she has been withdrawn
and restless...

...reluctant to go outside and urinate. "

Excuse me, I don't treat mixed breeds...

...or four-legged creatures or anything-

- That's alive. Yeah, I forgot.
- Okay. Knock it off, you two.

Get the salad.

Would you like me to reimburse you
for misdiagnosing your dog?

- Stop it.
- Yes. I would, actually. That'd be nice.

Would a check be okay
or would you feel safer with cash?

- Cash. Cash is good.
- Fine. Fine.