The Closer (2005–2012): Season 1, Episode 13 - Standards and Practices - full transcript

OOH, OOH. HEY!

WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THIS MUSIC?

YOU KNOW UNIFORMS AREN'T
GONNA TOUCH ANYTHING.

IS THAT A RAT?

THAT'S HIS HAIR
REPLACEMENT SYSTEM.

HIS WHAT?

THEY USED TO CALL IT A TOUPEE?

YEAH, WELL, THEY USED
TO CALL THEM BALD, TOO.

HUH. THIS WATER IS STILL HOT.

THIS BOTTLE'S HALF EMPTY.

THIS GUY GOT DRUNK
AND COOKED TO DEATH.



HELP ME UP.

WHO ARE YOU TO
BE GIVIN' ME ORDERS?

SENIOR OFFICER AT THE SCENE.

LIEUTENANT FLYNN,

SEE IF THIS BOTTLE
HAS ANY PRINTS ON IT

OTHER THAN THE ONES BELONGIN'

TO OUR BIG-TIME
HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER HERE.

THANK YEW!

HA HA HA HA!

YOO-HOO!

DETECTIVE SANCHEZ!

YOO-HOO! UH,

WOULD YOU ASK S.I.D.
TO COME DOWN HERE

FOR ONE LITTLE SECOND?



OH, AND, DETECTIVE DANIELS,

I WANT TO TALK TO THE
NEIGHBOR WHO CALLED THIS IN.

THANK YOU. LIEUTENANT TAO,

GRAB YOUR ABACAS AND
SEE IF Y'ALL CAN'T FIGURE OUT

THE TIME OF DEATH.

THANK YEW, LIEUTENANT.

THOSE ARE ALL EXCELLENT IDEAS.

NEIGHBOR REPORTED LOUD MUSIC.

LOCAL DIVISION SENT
SOME OFFICERS BY.

FOUND MR. PRUITT HERE CHECKIN'
OUT THE BOTTOM OF HIS JACUZZI.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR
NEIGHBOR WAS BOTHERIN' YOU?

SINCE THE DAY HE MOVED IN.

WIFE AND SON ARE STAYING
AT HER PARENTS'. THEY'VE BEEN

THERE SINCE YESTERDAY.

LOOK, I KEEP TO
MYSELF, BUT THEY DON'T.

IT IS ONE SCREAMING ARGUMENT
AFTER ANOTHER OVER HERE.

THESE HOLLYWOOD
TYPES... CLASS-LESS.

HE DID IT ON PURPOSE,
TOO... CHASED OFF HIS WIFE

SO HIS GIRLFRIEND
COULD COME OVER.

THEN HE'D CHASE
OFF HIS GIRLFRIEND

SO SOME HOOKER COULD COME OVER.

DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT TONIGHT?

NO. JUST THE
OUTRAGEOUSLY LOUD MUSIC,

WHICH, IN MY EXPERIENCE, MEANS
HE'S MISERABLE, DRUNK, AND ALONE.

SO... HE'S REALLY DEAD?

YES. I'M SO SORRY.

WILL THIS AFFECT
PROPERTY VALUES?

SEEMS LIKE REGULAR OLD TEQUILA.

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON.

GUY DRINKS, PASSES
OUT IN THE HOT TUB.

HIS BODY TEMPERATURE RISES...

AND HIS LIVER EXPLODES.

BUT THIS ROBE...
IT'S SOAKIN' WET.

CHLORINE.

IT'S BEEN IN AND OUT
OF THE WATER RECENTLY.

THE WHOLE THING. AND I DOUBT
IT CLIMBED OUT ON ITS OWN.

LIEUTENANT TAO, COULD YOU

FOLLOW UP ON THIS, PLEASE?

DETECTIVE SANCHEZ, I'M GONNA WANT
TO VISIT WITH THE WIFE TOMORROW.

I THINK IT'S ODD
SHE'S NOT AROUND.

I WANT AN ALIBI.

DETECTIVE DANIELS,
THIS PORTABLE CD PLAYER

SEEMS TO HAVE RAISED THE ROOF.

LET'S RUSH SOME PRINTS ON IT.

LIEUTENANT FLYNN, COULD YOU DO
THE HONORS AT THE MORGUE, PLEASE?

WAKE SOMEONE?

AND, LIEUTENANT PROVENZA...

YES, MA'AM.

I NEED THIS HURRIED TO S.I.D...

IN ABOUT 2 SHAKES
OF A LAMB'S TAIL.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

AND KEEP IT TAPED OFF,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

BECAUSE UNTIL WE
UNDERSTAND THINGS BETTER...

UH, THIS IS A
CRIME SCENE, Y'ALL.

WHAT TIME IS IT?

10 TO 8:00.

OH, MY LORD!

WHY'D YOU LET ME SLEEP SO LATE?

I WAS MAKIN' BREAKFAST.

THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT
MORE 'N ONE HOUR OF SLEEP.

I MADE WAFFLES.

I HAVE A WAFFLE IRON?

MM-HMM. HEY, BY THE WAY,

YOUR MOM CALLED LAST NIGHT.

RIGHT AFTER YOU LEFT.

SHE CALLED HERE?

SHE'S A NICE LADY.
GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR.

YOU ANSWERED THE PHONE?
OH, MY LORD! WHAT'D YOU SAY?

I'M KIDDING.

I JUST HEARD HER LEAVE A
MESSAGE ON THE MACHINE.

DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO SCARE YOU.

THOUGHT I WAS BEIN' FUNNY.

JUST WANTED TO LIGHTEN THE MOOD

BEFORE I TOLD YOU
THE OTHER THING.

WHAT OTHER THING?

ABOUT SOME CALLS WE
GOT AT THE FBI LAST NIGHT.

LOOK. FIRST... HAVE A WAFFLE.

THAT ENOUGH SYRUP?

MORE SYRUP... PLEASE.

OK.

GOT A MINUTE?

WANNA SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

THIS, UH... CAME UP TO MY OFFICE

FROM INTERNAL
AFFAIRS LAST NIGHT. LATE.

AFTER I LEFT.

AN ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT
AGAINST DEPUTY CHIEF JOHNSON.

"CONDUCT UNBECOMING AN OFFICER."

MAN.

THE CHARGES WHICH COME
FROM SOMEBODY IN THE LAPD

AREN'T RELATED TO
HER EFFECTIVENESS,

BUT HOW SHE'S TREATED
THE D.A. AND THE FBI.

IF SHE REALLY CAN'T
BE REDUCED IN RANK,

THIS MIGHT GIVE THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY

AN OPPORTUNITY TO...

AN I.A. INVESTIGATION

INTO CONDUCT UNBECOMING

IS NOT A NOTE IN THE
COMPLAINT BOX, TAYLOR.

IT'S A SERIOUS CHARGE.
IT COULD END UP

TAKING BRENDA OFF THE FORCE,
SMEARING HER REPUTATION,

IN ADDITION TO
BLOWING UP IN MY FACE.

AND I WOULD
APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH

IF THIS SOMEHOW WENT AWAY.

THAT'S GOING TO
BE DIFFICULT TO DO.

I MEAN, IT'S UNETHICAL
TO EVEN QUESTION PEOPLE

ABOUT WHETHER THEY MADE
AN ANONYMOUS... COMPLAINT.

RIGHT.

I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

RIGHT. WELL...

THEN I GUESS I'M OBLIGATED
TO REVIEW THESE CHARGES.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,

BUT ISN'T IT ALSO
AN ETHICAL VIOLATION

TO CONTACT POTENTIAL WITNESSES

IN AN INTERNAL
AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION

AND, UH, BRIEF 'EM... COACH
'EM... STUFF LIKE THAT?

THAT COULD TRIGGER AN I.A.
INVESTIGATION, TOO, I BELIEVE.

I BELIEVE THAT'S SO... SIR.

I KNOW THAT'S SO.

I SURE DO HOPE I DON'T FIND
THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

SO, OUR POTENTIAL VICTIM
HAD A BIT OF A RECORD.

SMACKED HIS WIFE AROUND

A COUPLE TIMES...
THAT WE KNOW ABOUT.

SHE REFUSED TO PRESS CHARGES.

ALSO, HE WAS ARRESTED 5 TIMES

FOR D.U.I., 4 OF
WHICH WENT AWAY.

AUTOPSY REPORT. HAD
WATER IN THE LUNGS.

SO HE DIDN'T COOK.

HE DROWNED. HAD
A BLOOD ALC OF .16.

NOW... THAT MIGHT MAKE
YOUR AVERAGE BEAR

SUSCEPTIBLE TO
PASSING OUT IN A HOT TUB,

BUT NOT A DRUNK.

JEEZ. IF THIS GUY WAS MURDERED,

WOULDN'T YOU EXPECT TO SEE
SOME EVIDENCE OF A STRUGGLE?

THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER

MIGHT'VE CUT DOWN
THE VISIBILITY OF BRUISIN'.

WE DO HAVE SOME
ABRASION ON THE HEELS.

I THINK THE TOUPEE IS
EVIDENCE OF A STRUGGLE.

OH, BALONEY! HOW SO?

THIS IS TRUE. IT'S A LEE QUONG,

MEDIUM-DENSITY,
POLY-MESH HAIR UNIT.

IT HAS A FRENCH LACE FRONT.

IT IS VIRTUALLY UNDETECTABLE.

HE STUCK IT ON WITH CLIPS,

THEN SILICONE GLUE.
THE TEMP IN THE HOT TUB

WOULDN'T HAVE
DONE ANYTHING TO IT.

THEN THERE'S THE ROBE.
TRACE EVIDENCE SHOWS

CHLORINE, BROMIDE,
AND A FEW ALGAECIDES

UNIQUE TO THE SAMPLES WE
TOOK FROM PRUITT'S JACUZZI.

I ADMIT TO BEING A LITTLE VAGUE

ON THE SUBJECT OF HOT TUBS,

BUT DON'T PEOPLE USUALLY
TAKE OFF THEIR ROBES

BEFORE THEY GET IN THE WATER?

SO, THE WATER SATURATION
LEVEL IN THE SKIN INDICATES

HE WAS IN THE HOT
TUB FOR 3 HOURS.

AT 8:30, THE NEIGHBOR...
MR. MITCHELL...

CALLS AND SAYS THE MUSIC FROM
THE PORTABLE CD PLAYER'S TOO LOUD.

UH, MAYBE SOMEONE
CAME INTO THE BACKYARD.

SOMEONE PRUITT KNEW.

UH, HE DIDN'T GET OUTTA
THE TUB, SAW NO REASON TO.

UH, SOMEONE TURNED UP
THE MUSIC ON THE CD PLAYER...

GRABBED THE ROBE,
PUT IT OVER HIS HEAD,

AND HELD HIM THERE
TILL HE DROWNED.

SOUNDS A LOT LIKE ANGRY
WIFE SYNDROME TO ME.

YEAH, BUT SHE AND HER KID

HAVE BEEN AT HER
PARENTS' HOUSE FOR 2 DAYS.

MR. AND MRS. ALONSO LOPEZ.

HE'S A CONCERT PIANIST.

I APOLOGIZE FOR MY
CULTURAL SHORTCOMINGS.

TELL 'EM I'M ON MY WAY TO
TALK TO THEIR DAUGHTER.

ALSO, I HEARD SOMETHIN'
ABOUT A GIRLFRIEND?

LIEUTENANT FLYNN, COULD
YOU CHECK THAT OUT?

AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE
S.I.D. RUSH THE PRINTS

ON THAT CD PLAYER. LOOK
INTO THAT, LIEUTENANT TAO,

PLEASE?

DETECTIVE DANIELS, THAT NEIGHBOR

SEEMS LIKE A BIT
OF A KNOW-IT-ALL.

I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM AGAIN.

AND, LIEUTENANT PROVENZA, Y...

CH... CHECK OUT
MR. PRUITT'S STREET.

SEE IF ANYONE SAW A
VISITOR GOIN' IN OR OUT

OF OUR VICTIM'S
BACKYARD. THANK YOU.

SERGEANT GABRIEL, WOULD
YOU COME WITH ME, PLEASE?

SERGEANT, JUST... JUST
ONE MINUTE, PLEASE.

SOMETHING PERSONAL.

EXCUSE ME.

WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO TELL ME

ABOUT THIS ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT?

GREAT.

I WAS NEVER GOING TO TELL
YOU ABOUT THE COMPLAINT,

BECAUSE I'M GOING
TO FIND SOME WAY

TO MAKE IT GO AWAY.

CONDUCT UNBECOMING?

WHAT ABOUT MY
CONDUCT IS UNBECOMING?

NOTHING. BRENDA, PLEASE,
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

IF I CAN'T GET THESE
CHARGES WITHDRAWN,

I'LL FIND SOME WAY TO SHOW THAT
THEY ARE COMPLETELY WITHOUT MERIT.

AND INCIDENTALLY,
JUST SO YOU KNOW,

THIS IS AN ATTACK ON ME,
TOO, SO HAVE NO DOUBTS

ABOUT HOW VIGOROUSLY
I'M GOING TO FIGHT IT, OK?

SO, JUST WORK YOUR CASE.

IF I'M IN TROUBLE, WILL, I
DESERVE TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

I AGREE,

BUT SO FAR, THIS IS...

IT'S IN MY HANDS,
AND YOU'RE FINE.

GO SOLVE YOUR CASE.

SO, THIS IS EVERYONE WHO
WAS HERE LAST NIGHT, MR. LOPEZ?

YES.

MRS. PRUITT, ACCORDING
TO YOUR NEIGHBORS,

YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND
WERE QUARRELING

AROUND THE TIME
YOU LEFT YOUR HOME.

WHAT EXACTLY WERE
YOU GUYS ARGUING ABOUT?

IT... IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE.

I'M AFRAID IT DOES.

OH, NO, THANK YOU.

NO, THANK YOU.

POLICE OFFICERS ALSO
RESPONDED TO OTHER REPORTS

OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AT YOUR HOME.

I MEAN, WE HAVE IT ON RECORD.

AMELIA, NO.

PLEASE.

YES, YES, THEY HAVE
ARGUED BEFORE.

WHY IS THAT YOUR BUSINESS?

BECAUSE THIS LAST ARGUMENT
SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN PRETTY PHYSICAL.

MRS. PRUITT, 2 DAYS AGO,

YOU TOOK YOUR 3-YEAR-OLD SON,

YOU LEFT YOUR HOUSE,
AND YOU CAME HERE.

WAS THAT THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW YOUR HUSBAND?

YES.

I'LL ASK YOU THE QUESTION AGAIN.

WHAT WERE YOU ARGUING ABOUT?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU GOT
THOSE BRUISES ON YOUR WRISTS

AND ON YOUR NECK?

THIS IS TOO UPSETTING.

MA'AM, IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE DETERMINE

THE WHEREABOUTS OF
YOUR DAUGHTER LAST NIGHT.

AMELIA HAS NEVER LEFT THIS
HOUSE SINCE SHE GOT HERE.

SHE'S DEVASTATED
BY RICHARD'S DEATH,

AND YOU ARE ASKING HER ALL
THESE SUSPICIOUS QUESTIONS.

AMELIA WAS HERE ALL NIGHT.

WE ALL HAD DINNER HERE TOGETHER.

AND YOU ARE?

I'M DENNIS. THIS
IS DENNIS BURKE,

ONE OF MY MASTER STUDENTS.

WE ASKED HIM TO STAY AND
EAT WITH US AFTER HIS LESSON

AS WE ALMOST ALWAYS DO.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO HANG.

I ALMOST NEVER GET
TO SEE AMELIA ANYMORE.

LOOK, HAVE YOU EVEN
PROVEN THERE WAS A MURDER?

WE HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO DISMISS IT.

SO, WHAT TIME DID YOU
EAT DINNER LAST NIGHT?

AT 7:00, ALONSO?

RIGHT BEFORE.

IS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE, MS. JOHNSON?

WE HAVE A VERY HARD
DAY TO GET THROUGH.

OF COURSE.

NO, NO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL, I'D SAY THE WIFE
HAS A PRETTY AIRTIGHT ALIBI.

YOU KNOW WHO
NEEDS AIRTIGHT ALIBIS?

MURDERERS.

LET ME EMPHASIZE THIS. THE
D.A.'S OFFICE HAS NO ARGUMENT

WITH MS. JOHNSON'S ABILITIES.

RIGHT.

SHE THINKS PRETTY HIGHLY OF
HERSELF, BUT SHE'S COMPETENT.

ALWAYS GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT
COMPETENCE FROM THE FBI, AGENT JACKSON.

IT'S HER BEHAVIOR, HER MANNER,
HER... HER DISMISSIVE ATTITUDE.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

WE MADE IT CLEAR TO CHIEF
JOHNSON THAT THERE MIGHT BE

$2 MILLION MOVING
INTO TERRORISTS' HANDS,

AND SHE COMPLETELY BLEW US OFF

FOR A PRETTY ROUTINE CASE OF
A WIFE MURDERING HER HUSBAND.

AND SHE SUGGESTED THAT
I'D MADE SERIOUS ERRORS

IN THE PROSECUTION
OF BILL CROELICK.

ALL RIGHT, SO,

IF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
WERE TO CONTACT YOU

REGARDING DEPUTY CHIEF JOHNSON
TODAY, YOU WOULD BE INCLINED...

SHE'S BAD AT
INTER-AGENCY RELATIONS.

THAT'S THE GIST OF IT, ANYWAY.

ALL RIGHT.

MIGHT YOU BE OPEN
TO ANOTHER SOLUTION?

BECAUSE I HAVE A
PROPOSAL TO MAKE.

I UNDERSTAND MR. PRUITT'S
GIRLFRIEND'S HERE...

MR. PRUITT'S GIRLFRIEND'S HERE?

UH, DICK'S GIRLFRIEND.

SHE CALLED MR. PRUITT "DICK."

ALL RIGHT. THEY WERE CLOSE.

HER NAME IS SANDRA DECOURT.

MM-MM-MM, THE DRILL TEAM WAS
HIS FIRST FILM AS A PRODUCER,

AND IT NEVER WOULD'VE
GOTTEN MADE WITHOUT ME.

I SET IT UP. I ATTACHED DICK.

I BET SHE ATTACHED
DICK TO A LOT OF THINGS.

WHEN YOU SAY YOU ATTACHED DICK,

I'M NOT SURE I KNOW
WHAT THAT MEANS.

WELL, I HAD THE IDEA,
I GOT THE WRITER,

AND I TOOK DICK WITH
ME TO THE STUDIO

WITH THE FIRST DRAFT
OF THE DRILL TEAM,

AND THEY AGREED
TO LET HIM PRODUCE IT.

WAS THAT THE FIRST TIME
THAT YOU MET MR. PRUITT?

MM-HMM. I FLIPPED FOR DICK.

HIS ATTITUDE ROCKED,

AND I BROUGHT HIM
IN FOR A MEETING.

AND I GOT DICK HIS
FIRST-LOOK DEAL AT THE STUDIO.

SO YOU GUYS ALL HEARD, RIGHT?

ABOUT THE, UH,
I.A. INVESTIGATION?

WHAT I.A. INVESTIGATION?

AN ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT
AGAINST DEPUTY CHIEF JOHNSON.

CONDUCT UNBECOMING.

ANYBODY HERE KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?

DID HE APPRECIATE ALL
YOU'D DONE FOR HIM?

OH, YOU'D THINK SO, RIGHT?

I FIGURED WE HAD A
GOOD RUN, HE AND I.

HIS NEXT MOVIE,
PATTY'S PEP SQUAD,

WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY MY IDEA,

IT GOT A GREEN LIGHT LAST WEEK.

AND THEN HE TELLS ME,

IN REGARDS TO MY PARTICIPATION,

THE STUDIO HAS DECIDED
TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

SO, WHERE DID MR. PRUITT TELL
YOU THAT YOU'D BEEN UNATTACHED?

IN A HOT TUB, MAYBE?

OK, YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT WAS PARTLY MY IDEA.

I HELPED THINK IT
UP, BUT I BACKED OUT,

AND I HAD NO PART IN
SUBMITTING THE COMPLAINT, NONE.

YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW
WHO DID FOR SURE, RIGHT?

YEAH...

AND SO DO YOU, SERGEANT.

BOYFRIEND. HE WAS
A PROJECT I'D SET UP.

AND I AM SORRY HE DIED.

REALLY.

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE AN ALIBI.

GOD, IF YOU WANT TO
BE EXACT ABOUT IT, NO.

LOOK, WHAT HAPPENED TO DICK
DOESN'T HAVE A TWIST AT THE END.

AMELIA DID IT.

YOU KNOW SHE DID
IT. I KNOW SHE DID IT.

HER PARENTS KNOW SHE DID IT.

SHE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO DO IT.

IN FACT, I WOULD HAVE
PROBABLY DONE IT MYSELF

IF I WAS IN LOVE WITH HIM,

BUT I WASN'T IN LOVE WITH HIM.

ALL RIGHT, CHIEF.

ALL RIGHT, I'M BUYING
THIS GUY WAS MURDERED,

BUT I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE

THAT HE WAS DONE IN BY
HIS WIFE OR THIS... THIS D-GIRL.

WHAT'S HER NAME, SANDY?

WHAT IS A D-GIRL?

D-GIRL. IT'S A DEROGATORY TITLE

FOR WOMEN WHO DEVELOP
MOVIE AND T.V. SCRIPTS,

AND WHY IS IT YOU THINK
SHE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT?

BECAUSE A WOMAN LIKE SANDY

COULDN'T HOLD A BIG GUY

LIKE PRUITT UNDERWATER
WHILE HE'S DROWNING, DANIELS.

REALLY? GET UP.

WHAT?

VEN. COME ON. COME ON.

ALL RIGHT...

OR SHOULD I JUST TAKE IT OFF?

OH, NO, HERE WE GO.

JUST DO WHAT YOU'RE
TOLD JUST THIS ONCE AND SIT.

AH, NOW IF ONLY SOME
FINE-LOOKIN' WOMAN

WOULD COME UP BEHIND
ME AND TRY TO DROWN ME.

UHH.

WAIT A MINUTE. FREEZE.

UH...

ALL RIGHT. SANCHEZ,
SIT BACK DOWN.

UH, I GOT A BAD
FEELING ABOUT THIS.

TAKE IT OFF.

START AGAIN.

UH... UH...

OK! OK! GOD!

HA HA HA.

OK! ALL RIGHT, DAMN IT!

AH, WHOOPS.

SORRY. HA HA HA.

YOUR HAIR STAYED ON.

AH, LET'S DO IT AGAIN.
LET'S DO IT AGAIN.

NOT NECESSARY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, SO THE WIFE AND
GIRLFRIEND ARE BACK ON THE LIST, YES?

YEAH, UH, CHIEF,

NEIGHBOR'S ON THE PHONE.

YOU WANT TO TALK TO HIM?

NO, THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO VISIT
HIM AT HIS HOUSE.

SERGEA...

WHERE'S SERGEANT GABRIEL?

UH, HE'S BUSY.

AND... HE'S BUSY.

I THINK HE'S, UH, GETTING

THE PRINT REPORT
ON THAT C.D. PLAYER.

I'LL GO WITH YOU.

OH, ALL RIGHT.

DAVID, I GET THAT THIS
INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION

IS GOING TO BE HARD ON YOUR BOSS

AND ON YOUR SQUAD,

BUT THERE'S REALLY NO REASON
FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED AT ALL.

ALLOW THE SYSTEM TO HANDLE
THIS ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT

IN ITS OWN WAY.

EXCEPT THIS ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT,
IT'S NOT THAT ANONYMOUS, SIR.

LEN'S ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO FILED IT.

REALLY? WELL, YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW.

WELL, LET'S SUPPOSE I DON'T.

LET'S SUPPOSE I HAVE NO SPECIFIC
KNOWLEDGE AS TO WHO FILED THE COMPLAINT.

SUPPOSE I WERE JUST TO DISCUSS
THE CHARGE OF CONDUCT UNBECOMING

AN OFFICER ON ITS MERITS, BECAUSE
INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS GONNA ASK ME ABOUT IT,

AND I'M GONNA ANSWER THEM.

AND YOUR RESPONSE WILL BE?

I'M GOING TO TELL THEM THAT I'VE
OBSERVED DEPUTY CHIEF JOHNSON

ON EVERY CASE THAT SHE'S WORKED

AND THAT I THINK THE
CHARGES AGAINST HER

ARE SMALL-MINDED,
PETTY, AND MALICIOUS

AND THAT I'M ASHAMED OF
WHOEVER MAY HAVE FILED THEM.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA TELL THEM.

YOU FEEL BETTER NOW?

YOU FEEL RIGHTEOUS,

ALL PUFFED-UP?

NO, SIR. I FEEL SICK
TO MY STOMACH.

IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I'M
INVESTIGATING A MURDER, SIR.

I REALLY DON'T PAY THAT MUCH
ATTENTION TO THEIR ARGUMENTS,

BUT IT WASN'T HIS WIFE
HE WAS FIGHTING WITH.

IT WAS HIS GIRLFRIEND.

OH, THIS IS THE
NIGHT BEFORE HE DIED.

DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING SPECIFIC?

NOT REALLY. I MEAN,
"F" THIS, "F" THAT,

"F" YOU.

SOMETHING ABOUT HOW HARD
SHE'D WORKED ON PEP SQUAD,

AND HOW COULD HE DUMP
HER? AND HOW HE JUST USED HER,

AND THEN HE TOLD HER SHE WAS
TOO EXPENSIVE FOR WHAT SHE DID.

SHAME SO MUCH ESCAPED YOU.

IS THIS THE FING
GIRLFRIEND THAT YOU HEARD?

YEAH. SHE DRIVES A
SILVER BMW X-5 AND PARKS IT

ABOUT 5 FEET AWAY FROM THE CURB.

SO, AFTER THAT,

THE GIRLFRIEND LEFT,
THE WIFE STAYED GONE,

AND NO ONE ELSE CAME OR WENT?

NOPE. EXCEPT THE GARDENER.

WHAT TIME DID YOU SEE HIM?

I DIDN'T, BUT HIS TRUCK
WAS STILL PARKED OUT FRONT

WHEN I WALKED THE DOG BY AROUND, UH...
- 30.

EXCUSE ME.

SO, YOU BOTH WORK
FOR THE PRUITTS?

YES.

AND WERE YOU WORKING AT THE
PRUITTS' HOUSE 2 EVENINGS AGO?

YES.

AND DID YOU CLIMB MOUNT
EVEREST IN YOUR UNDERSHORTS?

YES.

MAYBE THIS WOULD GO A LITTLE
QUICKER IF I HANDLED IT, CHIEF.

YA THINK?

JES.

GARDENER OVER
T.V.: SEÑOR PRUITT...

I SPEAK GERMAN, RUSSIAN, AND
AM FULLY CONVERSANT IN CZECH,

AND I HAVE TO MOVE
TO THE ONE CITY

WHERE HALF THE PEOPLE
ARE FROM LATIN AMERICA?

HE'S ASKING THEM
WHAT SPECIFIC PROBLEMS

THEY HAVE WITH MR. PRUITT.

YOU SPEAK SPANISH?

MY STEPFATHER'S FROM MEXICO.

PRUITT WAS ALWAYS
YELLING AT THEM.

HE THINKS THEY CUT THE
TREES BACK TOO MUCH.

AND LAST CHRISTMAS, HE
DIDN'T EVEN GIVE THEM A TIP.

JACOBSONS. IN WESTWOOD.

ABOGADO.

YES.

DID HE JUST SAY, "AVOCADO"?

NO. ABOGADO.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

ATTORNEY.

JUST ONE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, I THINK
I'VE FOUND A SOLUTION

TO YOUR INTERNAL
AFFAIRS PROBLEM,

AND I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU
WOULD JUST HEAR ME OUT

AND NOT GET ALL ANGRY AS
I GO THROUGH THE OPTIONS.

WHAT HAPPENED TO
MAKING IT ALL GO AWAY?

JUST... JUST LISTEN, OK,
BECAUSE IN ESSENCE,

THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING.

YOU WANNA SIT DOWN?

HERE'S WHAT COULD HAPPEN GOING
FROM WORST SCENARIO TO BEST.

WORST, YOU'RE GIVEN LEAVE,

PAID OR UNPAID, DEPENDING,

WHILE THE CHARGES AGAINST
YOU ARE INVESTIGATED

FOR UP TO 2 YEARS.

NEXT WORST, YOU
REMAIN ON DUTY HERE

WHILE YOU'RE BEING INVESTIGATED

AND SOMEBODY FROM INTERNAL
AFFAIRS HOUNDS YOU CONSTANTLY.

THAT, OF COURSE,
COULD ALSO TAKE AGES.

WELL, YOU'VE SUCCEEDED
IN SCARING ME ENOUGH

TO LISTEN TO YOUR
LAST WEASELLY OPTION.

WHAT IS IT?

YOU TOOK LESS TIME TO
BREAK UP WITH ME, I SWEAR.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA
BELIEVE HOW SIMPLE THIS IS.

I INVITE JACKSON FROM THE FBI

AND DEPUTY D.A.
POWELL TO MY OFFICE,

ALONG WITH CAPTAIN TAYLOR,

WHOM WE ALL KNOW FILED
THIS "ANONYMOUS" COMPLAINT.

YOU JUST POP YOUR HEAD IN,

BRIEFLY APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING
WORKED AS WELL WITH EVERYONE

AS YOU COULD HAVE AND PROMISE
TO DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE,

AND WE'RE DONE.

TAYLOR WILL SEE THAT
IF INTERNAL AFFAIRS

CALLS THE FBI AND THE D.A.,
HE'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AN ASS.

WE CAN GET THIS OUTTA THE
WAY TOMORROW MORNING.

ALL RIGHT, THEN.

I'LL TALK TO 'EM.

OK, AND, UH, YOU THINK
YOU KNOW WHAT TO SAY?

YES, WELL, I'LL GET IT.

WHAT TIME?

8:45.

ALL RIGHT, THEN.

I'LL BE THERE.

THANKS FOR WORKING
EVERYTHING OUT.

OK. THANK YOU.

MAID SAID TO WAIT.

I HAVE WAITED 20
MINUTES. IT'S LONG ENOUGH.

PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

THANKS. MIDDLE SECTION
WAS A LITTLE SKETCHY.

YOU'RE HERE A LOT, AREN'T YOU?

JUST A SECOND.

THERE, THERE.

THAT'S SLOPPY.

EXCUSE ME.

UM, I DON'T HAVE A
GRAND PIANO AT HOME,

AND I HAVE A COMPETITION
COMING UP IN OCTOBER,

SO WHEN I CAN'T
SCHEDULE A PRACTICE ROOM,

THEY LET ME PLAY HERE.

THE LOPEZES ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE

I MEAN, ALONSO'S
SORT OF A TASKMASTER.

HE DOESN'T LIKE ME TO
LEAVE HERE UNTIL I HAVE IT.

LIKE THE OTHER NIGHT
WHEN HE KEPT YOU LATE?

YOU GUYS ARE REALLY
OBVIOUS, YOU KNOW THAT?

I STAY FOR DINNER ALMOST
EVERY TIME I'M HERE.

HE WASN'T ACTUALLY
TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER

AN ALIBI FOR AMELIA.

SO Y'ALL HAD DINNER TOGETHER?

WELL, ALONSO NEVER
SITS VERY LONG.

HE HAS A TOUR TO PRACTICE FOR,

SO HE POUNDED DOWN SOME SALAD

AND THEN HE CAME IN HERE.

SO THEN IT WAS
JUST THE 3 OF YOU.

WELL, NO.

MRS. LOPEZ GOT UP ABOUT
HALFWAY THROUGH THE MEAL

TO TAKE ALONSO A PLATE.

I THINK SHE WANTED
ME TO TALK TO AMELIA.

WE WERE CLOSE... FRIENDS,

BUT, UH...

I THINK SHE WASN'T
REALLY IN THE MOOD.

AFTER A WHILE,
SHE WENT UPSTAIRS.

AND WHEN DID MS.
LOPEZ COME BACK?

I DON'T KNOW. A
LITTLE WHILE LATER.

I READ THE PAPER FOR A BIT.

SO HOW LONG WERE
YOU ALONE, THEN?

LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW.

MRS. LOPEZ CAME BACK.

WE SHARED A PIECE OF CAKE,

AND THEN SHE ASKED
ME TO COME IN HERE

AND BEG ALONSO TO JOIN
US FOR COFFEE, AT LEAST,

'CAUSE I THINK THE PRACTICING
WAS GETTING ON HER NERVES A LITTLE.

DID SHE ASK WHERE
AMELIA HAD GONE?

AMELIA HADN'T GONE ANYWHERE.

BUT SHE HAD,

BECAUSE HER FATHER WAS
IN THE NEXT ROOM PLAYING,

HER MOTHER WENT TO JOIN HIM,

YOU WERE AT THE
DINNER TABLE ALONE,

SO WHERE WAS AMELIA?

UPSTAIRS IN HER ROOM.

I WENT AND CHECKED ON HER.

AMELIA WAS EXHAUSTED.

NOW I'M AFRAID I'M
GOING TO HAVE TO

ASK YOU TO LEAVE
MY HUSBAND'S STUDIO.

NO ONE'S ALLOWED IN HERE
EXCEPT FAMILY AND STUDENTS.

MRS. LOPEZ, WE
NEED TO SEE AMELIA.

SHE'S NOT AVAILABLE.

I COULD HAVE HER BROUGHT DOWN

TO PARKER CENTER
FOR AN INTERVIEW,

BUT IN LIGHT OF WHAT
SHE'S BEEN THROUGH,

I'D RATHER NOT.

THE LAWYER THAT WE
CAN PROVIDE FOR HER

WILL CERTAINLY ADVISE
HER TO SAY NOTHING.

I ASSURE YOU, MS. JOHNSON,

ALONSO AND I HAVE
THE WILL AND THE MEANS,

WHATEVER IT MAY TAKE,
TO PROTECT OUR DAUGHTER.

MA'AM NO ONE'S ACCUSED
YOUR DAUGHTER OF ANYTHING.

LISTEN TO ME!

THE NIGHT RICHARD WAS KILLED,

AMELIA WAS IN THIS HOUSE
WITH ALONSO AND ME.

AND IF YOU INSIST ON COMING
BACK HERE WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION,

INTEND TO REPORT YOU TO YOUR
SUPERIORS FOR HARASSMENT.

YOU MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE A NUMBER.

ARE YOU THINKING
WHAT I'M THINKING?

I DON'T KNOW, WHAT
ARE YOU THINKING?

I'M THINKING THAT NO
ONE COULD'VE GOTTEN

FROM HERE TO PRUITT'S HOUSE
AND BACK IN UNDER AN HOUR.

I MEAN, THERE WERE SHOWS AT
THE GREEK AND HOLLYWOOD BOWL.

IT WOULD'VE BEEN BUMPER
TO BUMPER FOR MILES.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE THINKING?

NO. I WAS THINKING
ABOUT THE SUBWAY.

OH, YEAH. WE GOT A SUBWAY.

I WONDER IF THE
TIMING WOULD WORK.

NEVER RIDDEN THE SUBWAY BEFORE.

SOMETHING ABOUT
GOING UNDERGROUND

IN A CITY THAT SHAKES
THAT FREAKS ME OUT A BIT.

SERGEANT, I NEED TO
ASK YOU A QUESTION.

OK.

HAVE I BEEN A DIFFICULT BOSS?

HAVE I OFFENDED YOU IN
SOME WAY WITHOUT KNOWING IT?

NO.

WELL, AT FIRST, YOU KNOW?

I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS

I'VE KIND OF GOTTEN USED TO YOU.

YOU DID PAY ME A
COMPLIMENT ONCE.

ONCE?

YEAH. YEAH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO,

YOU SAID, "GOOD WORK."

LOOK, I KNOW THIS IS A MESS NOW.

BUT YOU... YOU'LL FIND
YOUR WAY THROUGH IT.

EVENTUALLY.

I KNOW YOU WILL.
I KNOW YOU WILL.

THERE'S A RED LINE STOP
IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD

THAT'S UNDER A MILE
FROM THE LOPEZ HOUSE.

CONVENIENT.

TRAINS RUN EVERY 20 MINUTES.

WHAT'S THE CLOSEST
STATION TO THE PRUITT HOUSE?

HOLLYWOOD AND VINE,
HOLLYWOOD AND WESTERN.

WHAT'S THE TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN
THE NORTH HOLLYWOOD STATION

AND THE ONE ON
HOLLYWOOD AND WESTERN?

13 MINUTES.

YEAH, BUT NOBODY'S GONNA WALK

FROM HOLLYWOOD AND WESTERN

UP INTO THE HILLS OF LAS VILLAS,

TAKE ANOTHER 20
MINUTES TO PRUITT'S.

DOUBLE IT, THERE AND BACK.

CHIEF, REMEMBER
THE NEIGHBORS SAID

THAT THEY SAW A TRUCK

PARKED OUTSIDE OF
PRUITT'S AROUND 7:30.

THOUGHT IT WAS THE GARDENER.

IT'S NEAR DARK.

YOU SEE A RATTY TRUCK WITH
A LEAF BLOWER IN THE BACK,

AND YOU JUST ASSUME.

YOU KNOW WHO HAS RATTY CARS,

AND PORTABLE CD PLAYERS,

AND RIDES THE SUBWAY?

MUSIC STUDENTS.

AND THIS CRIME WAS
CAREFULLY TIMED.

THIS CD PLAYER DIDN'T
HAVE ANY PRINTS ON IT.

IT WAS WIPED CLEAN.

MAYBE IT WAS
BROUGHT TO THE SCENE.

LIEUTENANT TAO, LET'S DRAG
THE L.A. METRO SECURITY CAMERAS.

DETECTIVE DANIELS, LET'S SEE IF
THAT SO-CALLED GARDENING TRUCK

PARKED NEAR ANY OF
OUR SUBWAY STATIONS.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IMPOUNDED.

MAKE SOME CALLS.

LIEUTENANT PROVENZA...

FLYNN AND I ARE GONNA
GO BACK TO SANDY.

WHY, EXACTLY?

TIE UP LOOSE ENDS.

HER LOOSE ENDS NEED TYING.

YOU TWO TAKE THE TRAIN
TO AND FROM BOTH STOPS

AND HAVE A CAR DRIVE YOU
TO AND FROM THE PRUITT HOUSE.

LET'S GET THIS TIMED.

YES, MA'AM.

I...

I JUST WANNA SAY THAT

THERE'S BEEN A COMPLAINT
LODGED AGAINST ME,

AN ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT
WITH INTERNAL AFFAIRS,

AND THERE'S A MEETING
ABOUT IT TOMORROW,

AND I DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

INTERROGATING PEOPLE,

GETTING TO THE TRUTH,

AND, UM, KNOWING THE RIGHT
THING TO DO POLITICALLY,

ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.

IN FACT, TO DO EITHER
OF THEM VERY WELL,

YOU HAVE TO PRETTY MUCH
IGNORE ONE OF THEM ALTOGETHER,

WHICH IS WHAT I'VE DONE.

SO, NOW, LIKE THROUGH
MOST OF MY LIFE, MY CAREER,

WHICH IS THE BEST ARGUMENT
FOR REINCARNATION I CAN THINK OF...

HA HA HA!

I'M IN TROUBLE AGAIN.

AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW

IF I'LL EVEN BE HERE
TOMORROW EVENING.

AND IF I'M NOT,

I JUST WANTED... TO TELL YOU ALL

HOW MUCH I'VE ENJOYED
WORKING WITH YOU.

Y'ALL ARE JUST...

JUST REALLY GREAT PEOPLE.

OK. I'LL SEE Y'ALL IN
THE MORNING, THEN.

OK.

WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S
GOING ON HERE.

THE SMART MOVE IS TO NOT GET
INVOLVED UNTIL THE DUST SETTLES.

YEAH, THAT'S THE
SMART MOVE, ALL RIGHT.

WHAT'S YOUR IDEA?

WELL, MAMA, I TRIED
CALLING EARLIER,

BUT THERE WAS NO ANSWER.

YOU WENT TO STONE
MOUNTAIN FOR THE LAZERAMA?

DID YOU HAVE A PICNIC?

OH, I WISH I'D BEEN THERE.

NO, I'M FINE, IT'S JUST...

I'M DEALING WITH A BUNCH OF
RUDE JERKS AT WORK, THAT'S ALL.

HA HA HA! NO.

DADDY CAN'T TALK TO 'EM. NO.

NO, MAMA. NO. THERE'S
NOTHING DADDY CAN DO.

DON'T PUT HIM ON THE PHONE.

HI, DADDY.

OH, NO.

OH, I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW,

BUT I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING

I HAVE TO DEAL WITH ON MY OWN.

HEY, BRENDA, I GOT THE...

NO, NO, IT'S JUST THE TV.

YEAH, I SHOULD LET
Y'ALL GO TO SLEEP THERE.

DON'T WORRY. I'LL BE FINE.

OK. I LOVE YOU, TOO.

BYE-BYE.

BYE.

HOW ARE YOUR PARENTS DOIN'?

MY DADDY WANTS TO FLY
HERE AND PUNCH SOMEBODY.

THAT'S MY JOB. WHO
SHOULD I START WITH?

MAYBE ME.

YOU KNOW, IT'S
NOT LIKE I START OUT

WANTIN' THE FBI AND THE
D.A.'S OFFICE TO HATE MY GUTS.

JUST HAPPENS.

WELL, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO,

TELL 'EM THEY'RE RIGHT
WHEN THEY'RE WRONG?

I'M NOT PAID TO BE AGREEABLE.

YOU CERTAINLY AREN'T.

I SHOULD QUIT IS WHAT.

WELL...

IF YOU WANNA RESIGN...

I HAVE A MORTGAGE.

QUIZNO'S IS HIRING.

YOU KNOW...

I PUT A LITTLE MONEY AWAY.

AND...

IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE,

WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT
MOVING IN TOGETHER.

SPLITTING EXPENSES.

YOU NEVER COME BY
MY APARTMENT ANYWAY.

THOSE ARE ALL TERRIBLE
REASONS TO MOVE IN TOGETHER.

YEAH, WELL, SPUR OF THE MOMENT.

GIVE ME A CHANCE
TO THINK ABOUT IT.

I'VE GOT SOME PICTURES
THAT MIGHT INTEREST YOU.

BLOWN UP OFF TAPE WE GOT FROM
L.A. METRO'S SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.

AND IMPOUND GOT A PICKUP TRUCK

WITH A LAWNMOWER AND
A LEAF BLOWER IN ITS BED

TOWED FROM BENEATH THE
RALPH'S ON HOLLYWOOD AND WESTERN

THE MORNING AFTER THE MURDER.

AND THIS...

WAS FOUND IN THE
CAB OF THE TRUCK.

GOES WITH THE PICTURES.

THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT TAO.

UM, HAVE SERGEANT
GABRIEL MEET ME

OUTSIDE CHIEF POPE'S OFFICE.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO SPEED
OUT OF HERE LIKE THE WIND.

WE'RE ALL PULLING
FOR YOU, CHIEF.

THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT.
THAT MEANS A LOT.

CHIEF JOHNSON,
THANK YOU FOR COMING.

WE REALIZE THIS MAY BE

A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR YOU...

Y'ALL DIDN'T NEED TO GET UP.

I'M SORRY, AGENT JACKSON.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.

IT'S ONE OF MY
BAD HABITS. I KNOW.

SIT. SIT.

SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG.

AND, YES, IT HAS BEEN
DIFFICULT FOR ME.

IT'S KIND OF YOU TO NOTE THAT.

CHIEF POPE, I WANNA THANK
YOU FOR ARRANGIN' THIS MEETIN'.

LET'S GET TO IT,

BECAUSE I HAVE AN ARREST TO
MAKE IN A MURDER INVESTIGATION.

I'D LIKE TO START
WITH YOU, MS. POWELL.

I'D LIKE TO SAY
HOW SORRY I AM...

THAT I WAS UNABLE TO IGNORE

YOUR GENERAL LEVEL
OF INCOMPETENCE

IN THE WRONGLY OBTAINED
CONVICTION IN THE CASE OF BILL CROELICK,

AND I'M SORRY IF YOU
FELT HURT AND DEFENSIVE

ABOUT PUTTING A MAN ON DEATH
ROW FOR THE WRONG CRIME,

AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THAT
WILL NEVER, EVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

AGENT JACKSON, I DEEPLY REGRET

THAT THE FBI HANDED
OVER $2 MILLION

TO A MAN ON THE
TERRORIST WATCH LIST

WITHOUT THE CAPACITY TO TRACE IT

OR MANAGE TO
FOLLOW HIM FOR MONTHS

WITHOUT KNOWING HIS WIFE WAS
HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THE DOCTOR.

AND I HOPE YOU DO MUCH
BETTER IN THE FUTURE.

CAPTAIN TAYLOR, I SUPPOSE
I SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO YOU

FOR NOT HAVING BEEN
BORN IN LOS ANGELES,

BUT HAVING SEEN YOU WORK UP
CLOSE NOW FOR SEVERAL MONTHS,

I CAN HONESTLY SAY
THAT TRY AS I MIGHT,

I CAN'T THINK OF ANY FAIR AND
REASONABLE SYSTEM ON EARTH

WHERE I WOULDN'T OUTRANK YOU.

THERE.

I HOPE THAT CLEARS
EVERYTHING UP.

WELL, EXCUSE ME.

I MEAN, UH, I HAVE TO GO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

WELL...

SHE DID SAY SHE WAS SORRY.

I'M SORRY. OF COURSE,
THIS IS TERRIBLE.

TERRIBLE.

CAN'T YOU JUST GO AWAY?

I AM ENTERING THIS HOUSE.

YOU CAN EITHER STAY HERE,
OR SERGEANT GABRIEL HERE

WILL ESCORT YOU DOWNTOWN.

MAMA!

PLEASE! PLEASE LEAVE THEM ALONE!

THEY'RE PROTECTING ME.

WHOA. WHY DON'T YOU PEOPLE
JUST WAIT IN THE LIVING ROOM?

FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE
NOT "YOU PEOPLE."

WE'RE LOS ANGELES POLICE,

AND WHEN WE SHOW
UP UNEXPECTEDLY,

IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE A
PROBLEM, IT'S BECAUSE YOU DO.

NOW, I SUGGEST YOU
STEP ASIDE AND BE QUIET.

I WILL FILE A
GRIEVANCE AGAINST YOU.

DELIA LOPEZ, I'LL ASK YOU AGAIN.

WHO WERE YOU
WITH DURING THE TIME

YOUR SON-IN-LAW WAS FORCIBLY
DROWNED IN HIS HOT TUB?

I WANT YOU OUT OF MY HOUSE!

THE ANSWER IS NO ONE.

ARREST DELIA LOPEZ FOR THE
MURDER OF RICHARD PRUITT.

I WANT AN ATTORNEY!

YOU'LL NEED ONE.

KEEP HER IN THE LIVING
ROOM UNTIL I COME OUT.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

STEP BACK INSIDE,
PLEASE, MR. LOPEZ.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

I NEED YOU TO MAKE A CHOICE
ABOUT WHO YOU'RE PROTECTING

WITH THIS ALIBI OF YOURS.

MY DAUGHTER IS A VICTIM HERSELF.

CAN YOU NOT SEE THAT?

MY WIFE, MY WIFE IS
INCAPABLE OF MURDER.

SHE COULD HELP PLAN ONE,

IF, IN HER MIND, THE
MURDER WAS JUSTIFIED.

YOU SEE, I CAN BREAK
THIS ALIBI OF YOURS.

I CAN PROVE YOU DON'T
KNOW WHERE AMELIA WAS

WHEN THIS MURDER WAS COMMITTED.

AMELIA WAS HERE. SHE WAS HERE.

DENNIS SAW HER. MY WIFE SAW HER.

YOU CANNOT PROVE OTHERWISE.

MY DAUGHTER WAS HERE!

I KNOW SHE WAS, BUT
WHERE WERE YOU?

ONE OF THE UNEXPECTED
BENEFITS OF TERRORIST ACTIVITY

IS THE EXCELLENT CAMERAWORK THROUGHOUT
OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.

FIRST MOVEMENT, ALLEGRO.

ALONSO GETTING INTO THE
SUBWAY NEAR HIS HOUSE.

SECOND MOVEMENT, ADAGIO.

ALONSO GETTING OFF THE TRAIN
AT WESTERN AND HOLLYWOOD.

AND HERE IS ALONSO COMING
HOME FROM HIS SON-IN-LAW'S HOUSE,

HIS CLOTHES DAMP FROM
DROWNING RICHARD PRUITT.

AGITATO.

AND HERE, THE FINAL
MOVEMENT, VIVACE.

COMING HOME AS FAST AS YOU CAN.

HERE IS THE CAP THAT
YOU LEFT IN THE TRUCK

THAT YOU BOUGHT
FROM A USED CAR DEALER

ON MELROSE AND HIGHLAND.

THAT IS NOT ME.

I WAS HERE, PLAYING
THE ENTIRE TIME.

IT CERTAINLY SOUNDED
LIKE YOU WERE HERE.

BUT...

YOU DIDN'T KEEP DENNIS AROUND
HERE AS AN ALIBI FOR AMELIA.

YOU KEPT HIM HERE AS
AN ALIBI FOR YOURSELF.

DENNIS WAS STALLED
AT THE DINNER TABLE

SO HE COULD SAY HE HEARD
YOU PLAYING IN THE NEXT ROOM.

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
MEMORY IN YOUR PLAYBACK

TO COVER THE ENTIRE
PERIOD YOU WERE AWAY,

SO YOUR WIFE
PRETENDED TO COME IN

AND GIVE YOU A PLATE OF FOOD.

SHE WAITED, AND SHE
RESTARTED YOUR PROGRAM,

ALL OF WHICH MAKES DELIA
AN ACCESSORY TO MURDER.

UNLESS...

UNLESS?

ALONSO LOPEZ, YOU
ARE UNDER ARREST

FOR THE MURDER
OF RICHARD PRUITT.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL BE
USED AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO AN ATTORNEY.

IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD ONE,

ONE WILL BE PROVIDED
FOR YOU BY THE STATE.

HAVE YOU HEARD AND
UNDERSTOOD THESE RIGHTS?

YES, I... I HAVE,

WOULD YOU LIKE TO WAIVE
YOUR RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY?

BECAUSE IF YOU DO,

IT'S POSSIBLE YOU COULD TELL ME

THAT YOUR WIFE WAS SURPRISED

NOT TO FIND YOU IN THIS ROOM

WHEN SHE BROUGHT YOU DINNER.

SHE COULD VISIT YOU IN PRISON.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT I'M SAYING, MR. LOPEZ?

YES.

YES.

I DO WAIVE MY RIGHT
TO AN ATTORNEY.

MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER
ARE NOT INVOLVED.

I MURDERED THAT FILTH
WHO BEAT MY DAUGHTER.

I PROTECTED MY FAMILY,

AS THE BASEST OF
ANIMALS IS ALLOWED TO DO,

AS I HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
JACKSON AND POWELL THINK.

AFTER WHAT SHE SAID TO THEM?

THERE'S A LIMIT TO HOW MUCH
THE CHIEF CARES ABOUT ALL THAT.

WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS THE
INTERNAL PART OF THE COMPLAINT.

WELL, I DISAGREE!

AND IT IS MY STRONG,

AND, FRANKLY,
UNSWERVING POSITION,

THAT THIS DEPARTMENT
IS BEST SERVED

WHEN WE REVIEW ALL
LEGITIMATE GRIEVANCES,

AND I DON'T THINK I'M
ALONE ON THIS ONE.

REALLY?

WELL, DO YOU THINK, UH...

GABRIEL IS WITH YOU?

OR DANIELS?

SANCHEZ, PROVENZA, TAO.

HOW ABOUT... FLYNN?

RESIGNATIONS FROM EVERY
SINGLE MEMBER OF HER SQUAD,

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, IF
CHIEF JOHNSON IS TRANSFERRED

OR PUT ON LEAVE IN REGARD
TO ANY DISCIPLINARY ACTION

RELATING TO THIS
ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT.

NOW, IF SOMEONE
WANTS TO BE RESPONSIBLE

FORGETTING RID OF
SOME OF THE BEST,

MOST EXPERIENCED
PEOPLE IN THIS DEPARTMENT,

MANY OF WHOM YOU HAND-PICKED

FOR PRIORITY HOMICIDE
IN THE FIRST PLACE,

I GUESS I CAN'T STOP SOMEONE.

BUT IF THE CHIEF
DECIDES THAT THIS

WAS A COLOSSAL WASTE OF
OUR TIME AND OUR RESOURCES,

THERE WILL BE SERIOUS
REPERCUSSIONS.

IF, ON THE OTHER HAND,

THIS COMPLAINT WERE
TO SUDDENLY DISAPPEAR,

LOATH AS I AM TO SUGGEST IT,

THERE IS A PROMOTION AVAILABLE.

COMMANDER SCOTT'S POSITION.

ONE RANK BELOW DEPUTY CHIEF.

ANY CHANCE HE
MIGHT BE INTERESTED?

HERE'S THE TRANSCRIPT FOR
ALONSO LOPEZ'S CONFESSION.

THANKS, BUZZ. YOU CAN
JUST PUT IT IN THERE.

THE TRUCK'S BEEN
SENT OVER TO S.I.D.

LIEUTENANT, YOU THINK THERE'S
ANY CHANCE THIS MAY BACKFIRE?

WE'RE ABOUT TO
FIND OUT RIGHT NOW.

OK.

SO, WE HAVE A SUMMATION
OF A CASE TO WRITE.

DETECTIVE DANIELS,

IF YOU COULD DO THAT FOR US.

LIEUTENANT TAO,

YOU COULD CATALOGUE THE
EVIDENCE AND AUTOPSY REPORT.

AND, UH, SUMMATION
OF STATEMENTS.

LIEUTENANT PROVENZA?

YOU MIGHT GET TO
SEE SANDY AGAIN.

DETECTIVE SANCHEZ,
SUMMATION OF STATEMENTS.

LIEUTENANT FLYNN.

YOUR RESIGNATION
SURPRISED ME MOST OF ALL.

THE WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE,

YOU'VE NEVER SAID ONE
COMPLIMENTARY THING

ABOUT OR TO ME.

CHIEF, YOU HAVE
REALLY GREAT LEGS.

LIEUTENANT FLYNN.

FILL OUT THE CONCLUSION SECTION.

LET'S HAVE THAT OUT
TO THE D.A.'S OFFICE.

MAKE THE CHARGES MURDER ONE.

AND, SERGEANT GABRIEL,

IF YOU COULD, UH, WALK THE
BOXES OVER TO THEIR OFFICES.

AND THEN, I THINK IT
MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE,

WELL, CHIEF POPE TELLS
ME THAT SOMETIMES,

AT THE CONCLUSION
OF A SUCCESSFUL CASE,

Y'ALL GATHER AT
O'MALLEY'S TO CELEBRATE.

AND I THOUGHT, UNDER
THE CIRCUMSTANCES,

I'D...

I'D LIKE TO BUY Y'ALL DRINKS.

IF... YOU'RE AVAILABLE.
AND WOULD LIKE.

WE'D LOVE TO.

WORKS FOR ME.

BE THERE.

ALL RIGHT, THEN.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME, CHIEF.

♪ TA-DA ♪

WE'RE NEVER GONNA
HEAR THE END OF THIS.

GET UP OFF MY DESK.

MMM.