The Closer (2005–2012): Season 7, Episode 1 - Unknown Trouble - full transcript

[C-GAME'S “SHE'S MINE” PLAYING ON TV]

Next time, you wanna hold on to your girl
a little tighter, you little punk.

Ha, ha, she's mine.

Let's go.

[RAPPING] Look at me now
She's rollin' with a G

She used to be yours Now
she rollin' with me

All right

She's with me tonight

She was chillin' with me all night
Everything was all right

Rollin' with a G

And I'm a put her in the limelight



It's time to move on Do your own thing

I'm the new man You're a has been

We doin' shoppin' sprees
I bought her new clothes

I love starin' at her pretty little rose

'Cause I'm a real man .You're a real punk

I got your ex on my lap
So, what's up?

Yeah I know you're mad

'Cause she likes the way I'm ownin' it

ke off the prize

We so fl
We chillin' in the Lear

And I never knew how small you were
From up here

Look at me now She's rollin' with a G

She used to be yours Now
she rollin' with me

Okay Okay



All right All right

She's with me tonight

Look at me now She's rollin' with a G

She used to be yours Now
she rollin' with me

Okay Okay

All right All right

She's with me tonight

It's mine now
And you will not be missin' it

Quit havin' a hissy fit
Before I break a ligament

I'm on I am destined to be

The greatest rapper alive
I'm givin' you front seats

When I see you in the club
I'm comin' with the thunder

One shot, two shots
Six feet under

Under

No wonder your girlfriend jumped ship

She wanted a real man
That's me, that's it

Never slip Never fall

I'm 'a kick you when you're down
'Cause you're 100km' at a king

Homeboy Bow down

1 hope you know now I'm
the man on this block

1 ain't got time to kill
I'm for real with the gloc

Look at me now She's rollin' with a G

She used to be yours Now
she rollin' with me

Okay Okay

All right All right

She's with me tonight

Look at me now She's rollin' with a G

She used to be yours Now
she rollin' with me

Okay Okay

All right All right

She's with me tonight

Look at me now She's rollin' with a G

PROVENZA:
Flynn, can you turn that off?

Now she's rollin' with me Okay

PROVENZA:
Flynn!

911 dialed at 2:07 am.

No officers were dispatched here
until the maids came this morning.

BREN DA:
Maybe the call didn't go through.

So we have seven victims
shot to death.

Five young men, two young ladies.
Do we know who these people are?

The guys all had ID, but the girls
only had business cards.

All right, looks like the girls are
from the same modeling agency:

Hollywood Tease.

This is Candy on the couch,
.and you are with Delight..

Looks like this began
with the two guys at the door.

They got C-Street tats.
Means they're Clinton Street Crips.

Probably the security team,
but they never drew their weapons.

Either knew the guy or a professional hit
which explains why there are no casings.

And who are these young men?

Well, the rapper's name was
Christopher Brooks.

- Chris Brooks-
FLYNN: A.k.a. C-Game.

You can download his new single
for free.

Gang members,
empty vodka bottles...

joints in the ashtray,
half-naked girls...

I mean,
It's like a murder had to happen.

BRENDA: Is this C-Game famous?
SANCHEZ: Never heard of him, chief.

- He's probably more of an up-and-corner.
- Then who lives here?

Lieutenant Tao, would you please
look up the title on the house?

[WOMAN SPEAKING OVER DISPATCHER]

GABRIEL:
Walt a minute, chief.

Oh, my God,
I know two of these guys.

They're brothers.
Their father is a deacon at my church.

Both his kids, man, that's...

BRENDA:
How long since you've seen them?

Uh, guess since they went off to college.

But I see their family all the time.
They're good people, It's just...

Gabriel, look, we've got drugs
and strippers here.

These guys may have been skipping
Sunday school lately.

Right, they smoked a little pot.
I understand, but that does...

You have IDs.
Are these guys from Clinton Street?

Yeah, but not every black kid
on Clinton is a Crip.

- You know that.
FLYNN: Oh, come on, Gabriel.

This kid called himself “C-Games”
That's slang for cocaine.

I know what the name means.

- He won't have a record, look it up.
- All right, that's enough.

Lieutenant Flynn, Detective Gabriel...

would you please check out the rest
of the house, see what else we can find?

Thank you.

Nine times out of 10, chief,
rap means gangs.

And gangs usually means drugs.

BRENDA: May be true, but in the
interest of a unified approach...

.let's not jump to conclusions,
thank you.

The L.A.P.D. has a joint task force with
the FBI looking into the rap business.

Probably gonna grab this case, chief.

And Chief Delk announces his
reorganization tomorrow.

Yeah, who knows? Major Crimes may
already be a thing of the past.

Title on the house belongs
to a company called Shanked, Inc.

Shanked? It's a record label,
hand les lots of rappers.

I need to speak to someone
from Shanked...

the slaughter
in their living room.

- What's this stuff on the floor?
TAO: Foam. Insulation material. I

I already sent off a few pictures to SID.

Chief, Buzz, we found something.

Oh.

Oh.

Is this C-Game's room?

No, this stuff belongs
to his brother, Kevin

It still doesn't prove they were gang.

David, since these boys lived in Clinton
and you're acquainted with the parents...

You want me to do the notification?

Yes, please. Thank you. I
know you can handle it.

[SIGHS]

So, lieutenant,
how much would you say Is here?

I had Property count it.
Totals 750000 on the nose.

Yeah, like we said,
rap means gangs, gangs means drugs.

BRENDA: But if it was a
drug deal gone sideways...

why murder seven
and leave the cash behind?

PROVENZA:
As to the, uh, two young ladies...

we have Michelle Simpson,
a.k.a. Candy, 19, uh, Seattle...

and Rina Watkins
a.k.a. Delight, 20, Detroit.

And, uh, maybe Gabriel can tell us
about our Clinton Street boys.

David?

Yes? Oh, yes, uh...

Christopher Brooks, a.k.a. C-camel
got his degree in music from UCLA.

And his brother, Kevin Brooks, graduated
USC with a degree In economics.

His parents said that neither of them
have ever been Involved with gangs.

But they're both
on the record company's payroll.

Shanked, owned by Antwone Decker,
lifelong Crip, with a sheet to prove It.

Drugs, extortion
and probably worse, chief.

If he owns the company, he owns
the house where we found our victims.

Lets invite Mr. Decker in
for a chat, please.

Criminal record Gabriel's
right no a.k.a. C-Game. I

But I got his bio off
the Shanked Records website.

It says his debut album drops
next week.

And according to this,
his brother, Kevin, was his manager.

[CRASH]

TAYLOR: Uh, just packing a
few of my boxes back here.

Sorry, it slipped.

Yeah.

We have this, chief.
Copy of the 911 call from last night.

[RINGING]

WOMAN [OVER RECORDING]:
911, what's your emergency?

[RAP MUSIC PLAYING OVER RECORDING]

Hello?

911, what's your emergency?

Communications never located the signal so
it was classified as “unknown trouble.”

Have you found anything else useful
from the victims' cell phones?

Oh, the girls give us
a pretty detailed timeline on the night.

10:45 p.m., Rina texts her service...

that she and Michelle have arrived
at the house.

11:51 p.m.,
Michelle downloads C-Game's single.

11:58 to 12:09, they take pictures.

12:16 am., someone orders pizzas
from Michelle's phone.

And then at 2:07 a.m.,
Rina sends her last call to 911.

Got an advanced copy
of the department's new chart.

Delk makes this official
at a news conference tomorrow.

Notice anything?

[BRENDA GASPS]

He's keeping Major Crimes.

Yes, that, congratulations.

But look here, I am now
Captain of Traffic, Valley Bureau.

Oh, Will, I'm so sorry.

That's just terrible. I don't believe this.

I won't accept the job, of course, I
but I still have to be out tomorrow.

After which
you will be directing Inquiries...

to new assistant chief,
Russell Taylor.

Oh.

Believe it or not
It may be getting worse.

- I just found out there are-
RAYDOR: Good afternoon, chief.

Chief Johnson, Chief Pope,
may we speak privately, please?

I'm in the middle of...

You're in the middle of it, all right.
Let's go.

What's on your mind, chief?

Pizza. Someone ordered it.

We had vodka bottles, joints
in the ashtrays and half-naked girls.

But where was the pizza?

Chief Johnson, last summer, did
Major Crimes Investigate the murders...

of an elderly convenience-store
owner and his 8-year-old grandson...

referred to
as the Shootin' Newton Murders?

In the course of closing a case in which
three Army rangers were shot to death...

yes, we dealt
with Shootin' Newton. Why?

Did you obtain a confession
from the suspect, Turell Baylor...

that you could not use in court?

I asked the DA to give Turell immunity.
So yes, his confession was useless..

Did you then escort Turell,
a gang member, back to his house?

- After which he was beaten to death?
- What is this?

Turell's mother has filed a civil suit...

against this city, the L.A.P.D.,
Chief Pope...

yourself and every member of your
division for the death of Turell Baylor.

Oh, for heaven's sakes.

RAYDOR: One of the more serious
accusations in her suit...

is that you drove Mr. Baylor home
knowing that he could be executed...

by his own gang members,
thus depriving him of due process.

A frivolous lawsuit,
the city attorney's office gets one...

every time we shoot someone,
add It to the pile.

Other filings of this sort are one page.
This one is over 40.

RAYDOR:
Chief Johnson, did you know...

that Mr. Baylor would be murdered
after you dropped him off at his house?

I'm not a fortune teller. He asked me
to take him home, I took him there...

I did nothing wrong.

RAYDOR:
Well, then, a transparency audit...

of the Shootin' Newton Murder
should make that perfectly clear.

An audit comes close to questioning
my professional conduct.

This lawsuit comes close to questioning
the conduct of our whole department.

So while we're fighting I to
get charges dismissed...

you will cooperate with Raydor
and refrain from discussing...

either the subject or the allegations
In the complaint with other defendants

How about I just quit?

I'll tie this lawsuit around your neck.

Tell the city attorney
that whatever happened to Baylor...

was a consequence
of your own personal actions.

If that's what you want, go ahead.

Quit.

I'm doing what's best .for everyone here,

Try to be helpful, Chief Johnson...

for your own sake.

So, urn, Chief Johnson,
I want you to know...

that I did not instigate
this Investigation Into your conduct.

- I am here on assignment and my...
- So much for us being friends.

Ask for whatever you need
from Lieutenant Provenza. I

Oh, chief, you okay?
What was that all about?

Reorganization stuff, nothing serious.
Let's not think about it now.

So, urn, the pizza that was ordered
by our victims?

TAO: The delivery guy, Marcus Jackson,
just turned 18.

But his juvie rap shows
two robberies and an assault.

Yeah, he's a member of the 5-0 Bloods
and he's missing.

Just got off the phone
with his boss at Big Pie.

And he says Marcus took off...

on a delivery last night
about 1:30 a.m., never got back.

I put a want out on him.

We've got, uh, Flynn and Gabriel
looking for him now.

Okay, and the owner of the record
company, Shanked, Antwone...?

Decker.

We got calls out to his people.
Waiting to hear back.

But look what I found on C-Game's phone.1

Who is she?

His girlfriend, Keisha Murphy.

She was at the house with him
before the murders.

BRENDA: How do you know
she was his girlfriend?

I checked the texts
between Keisha and C-Game.

Oh, my. Certainly were friendly,
weren't they?

It's called sexting, chief.

Lots of young people send
naked pictures...

of themselves to cement
their relationship...

This Keisha, not at home,
didn't show up for work this morning.

Well, urn, I need to talk to Keisha.

She may be the last person
.to see our victims alive.

SANCHEZ:
Check it out, chief.

I bought this insulated take-out bag
off a pizza-delivery guy downstairs.1

TAO: Foam, same stuff we found
at the scene.

If our killer shot through a bag
like this, it would muffle the noise.

Also explains
why there were no casings.

- Maybe it was a planned hit.
- Oh whom?

- C-Game?
- That's what the press is suggesting.

All this attention
has made this kid's single...

.the number one downloaded song
online, the video is everywhere.

Well, it's one way to get to the top
of the charts.

Too bad the kid
won't be around to enjoy It.

TAO:
His record label will.

Antwone Decker is gonna rake it in.

C-GAME [RAPPING]:
Do your own thing

I'm the new man You're a has been

We doin' shoppin' sprees
I bought her new clothes

I love starin' at her pretty little rose

We so fl
We chillin' in the Lear

And I never knew how small you were
From up here

Fritzy, what are you doing here?

- Just saying hi.
- Uh-huh.

And, uh, wondering, as FBI liaison...

why the L.A.P.D. wants to talk
to Antwone Decker.

- Who says we do?
- Brenda.

He's the principal person of interest
In a joint FBI-L.A.P.D. investigation

We have wires set up around him.
We heard Sanchez call this morning.

Are you going to let me in?

Oh, all right.

If you must know, we've got questions...

for Decker about seven murders
including a rapper he was representing.

C-Game?

Urn, excuse me, chief, I'm gonna duck out,
talk to the press.

If you could try to keep ahead of
this story, I'd appreciate it.

So, uh, carry on.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

Did he just tell us to carry on?

- Let's not think about that now.
- Well, what kind of bull...

I said let's not think about it.
I don't want to think about it.

What do you know about this case?

I know C-Game's brother, Kevin,
distributed coke for Decker.

Coke. Might explain where
all the money we found...

Ooh.

FRITZ:
Money? What money?

Wait, you found money?

- Brenda.
- Yeah

The FBI and the LARD. Have been
Investigating Decker for years.

- If we can tie drug money to him-
- Money laundering?

I saw seven dead kids this morning.

If Decker is involved,
he should go to jail for murder.

Decker is never gonna talk.

You're gonna find 100 people
between him and the actual shooter.

No, he has a record.
He has been caught before.

Because he does stupid things
when angry and paranoid.

He's not gonna give you a chance
to get him upset, trust me.

You know so much about him...

tell me what motive he had
for knocking off C-Game and his brother.

His deal with Shanked was bad, Kevin
was shopping his brother to another label.

Did Decker know about that?

I'm told that the task force...

.may have leaked information to Decker
In such a way he found out, yeah.

- You guys made Kevin Brooks a target?
- First, there's no “you guys” okay?

This is a joint task force
between the L.A.P.D. and FBI.

I'm just the messenger. The fact is...

The fact is seven people
may have been murdered...

.because Kevin Brooks was used
as bait.

[SIGHS]

Look, I need to know who
your task force might have...

Joint task force.

Starting with the person who told Decker
what Kevin was doing.

I'll find out but I'm telling you,
Decker is untouchable.

Nothing we do is gonna put him
In your room.

We'll see about that.

[DOOR OPENS]

SANCH EZ:
Excuse me, chief.

Antwone Decker won't talk to us butt his
attorney is here to speak with you.

Thank you.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Chief, Captain Raydor is asking me
for the murder book on our Shootin'...

Just assist her
with whatever she needs.

Any idea what this is about?

Yes, it's about to make me crazy,
that's what it's about.

Just help her, please.

Oh, that woman!

Okay.

[CHUCKLING]

Okay, great.
All right, I'll speak to you soon.

Mr. Braddock, how can I help you?

Someone from the L.A.P.D. called my
client's office, Antwone Decker...

.said Chief Johnson wanted
to speak with him.

I'm Deputy Chief Johnson.

Where is Mr. Decker?

Busy. Maybe you could tell me
what this is about.

Several young people found murdered
in a house owned by your client.

Can you tell me
who was in the house?

- Victims one through seven.
- I see.

We also removed this very heavy
aluminum briefcase from the house.

I can't help but wonder if the murders
had to do with its contents.

Let me see what's inside.
I'll give you my best guess.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

You know, it doesn't feel right...

my opening this case
without your client present. I

Sorry.

Chief Johnson?

Pleasure meeting you, Mr. Braddock.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Oh, shoot. Yes, lieutenant?

We found our pizza guy,
Marcus Jackson.

- But I don't think he's our shooter.
- Why not?

Well, for one thing,
he's got no shirt, no pizza bag...

and no pulse.

[BRENDA GRUNTS]

It's just not fair,
this investigation into my conduct.

Especially since I didn't break
any laws.

It'll blow over. You get hit
with these lawsuits all the time.

No, no, this one's serious.
I've seen it.

Oh, Raydor is poking around
those Shootin' Newton Murders...

going over every square inch
of my work, looking for impro...

Impro... Imp-...

- Impropriety? I
- Improprieties.

Shoot.

And I... Oh, I'm sorry.

- I didn't know you were reading.
- It's okay.

BREN DA:
Oh.

And Turell Baylor is a murderer.

He killed two people, two.

And I'm being sued.

Isn't Pope protecting you?

He can't even protect himself.
He's on his way out.

Stop, don't be happy about it.

Taylor taking his place.
Ugh, I don't think I could stand It.

God, if I could just quit.

Here I am, under the gun...

for supposedly setting up
Turell Baylor to be murdered...

while you people did the same
to Brooks.

Not “you people."
It's FBI and L.A.P.D.

Joint task force.

They knew Brooks
was shopping his brother around...

behind Antwone Decker's back.

They set that boy up to see...

what some dangerous,
psychotic gangster would do.

- Now seven people are dead.
- And the pizza boy.

Eight.
Eight people have been murdered.

If Decker's really responsible...

why did he kill
all the people In the house...

Including the guy selling coke for him
then leave the money behind?

I don't know.

You pulled that stunt with his lawyer,
Decker's gonna want his $750,000 back.

What if I don't have it? The money, I mean.

But you do have it.

What if I didn't?

You think Antwone Decker
would go nuts?

Brenda, if he does, you make sure
you're not In the same room with him.

Yeah, we'll talk about it
in the morning.

Oh, I don't know if I can sleep
with everything that's going on.

It's so infuriating to work so hard
for so long...

with so little appreciation
from people.

What's that?

You wanted to know
who might have told Decker...

that Kevin Brooks was shopping his
brother to another record label.

It's a list.
- Aah.

[LAUGHS]

Ooh!

See? I appreciate you.

Heh, yes, you do.

And I'm naked.

[GASPS]

Yes, you are.

[C-GAME'S “SHE'S MINE” PLAYING ON TV]

Look at me now She's rollin' with a G

She used to be yours Now
she rollin' with me

.
All right

'Cause she's with me tonight

BRENDA: Good morning, everybody.
- Ah, chief.

Now, who profits from...

Sanchez, turn that down.

[VOLUME INCREASES
THEN MUTES]

Sorry, sir.

Chief, who profits from the increased
album sales after C-Game's death?

Antwone Decker.

Who owns the house
where our victims were murdered?

Antwone Decker.

Now take a guess as to who is waiting
now for you In Interview Room 2.

- Antwone Decker.
- Uh-huh.

He must really wanna know
what's in that briefcase.

PROVENZA:
Uh-huh.

Arranged as requested.

Decker's not here to confess.

We'll see.

Uh, lieutenant, is everybody ready?

Uh, Tao is placing the tracking device
on Decker's car as we speak.

- As long as we have access to the wires.
- Yes.

Very well. Uh...

And Chris Brooks' girlfriend.
Have we found her yet?

Uh, Keisha Murphy? No, not yet, chief.

But I have an SIS Unit
sitting in front of her house.

So, you know,
the moment she comes home, we'll...

[SIGHS]

David?

What is it?

Just I promised Mr. Brooks
that everyone would know...

his boys were not Crips, not gang.

That we would arrest the killer
but if Decker doesn't admit...

We have a plan, David.

Let's see what happens
before we start making excuses, okay?

Lieutenant, here are the names
of everyone...

who might have informed
Antwone Decker...

Kevin Brooks was shopping
C-Game to other record producers.

- Look at this, Keisha Murphy.
BRENDA: I know.

She's everywhere but here.
I need to find her.

See what Decker has to say.

Uh, lieutenant, wasn't there something
you wanted to tell the chief?

Oh, right, right. Heh.

Chief, it's a good thing
that Captain Raydor is doing...

whatever it is she's doing here.

Urn, otherwise, I may have forgotten
to tell you...

that Taylor wants to be informed
before you Interview anybody...

uh, so he can observe.

Lieutenant, I'm starting my interview
with Antwone Decker.

Please let the commander know.

- Thank you so much.
- Yes, ma'am.

Uh, chief, the commander also
would like you to wear an earwig...

- ...so he can communicate with you during-
- Ha, ha.

I'd love to communicate
with the commander too.

Soon as I find the right words, I will.
Excuse me.

Let's make this quick.

Mr. Braddock.

Mr. Decker, I'm Deputy Chief
Brenda Leigh Johnson.

I wonder if I might have a moment
with you alone.

What is this?

My client agreed to come here
for one reason.

Now, he has the right to an attorney.

I have the right to walk out
with this and not come back.

So, Mr. Decker,
I suggest that you revoke...

and ask Mr. Braddock
to step out of the room.

Yo, B, give us a second, man.

Thank you.

This must be a difficult time for you.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Yeah, you know, tragic.

I understand that Chris Brooks
was a talented young man.

Any idea
who might have done this to him?

Kid was a hustler.

If you didn't have what he wanted,
you weren't much good to him.

People don't like that. It ain't loyal.

No, it's not.

Is that why you had security
watching him at your house?

Because he was disloyal?

Hey, you know what?
It's a scary world.

You gotta take precautions.

Turns out I was right.

The kid had problems.

Problems with gangs I
or problems with drugs?

You're the cop. You figure it out.

So are you gonna show me
what's in that damn case or what?

Oh, yes, absolutely.

Oh, my. It looks like this case
used to be filled with lots of money.

I'm guessing that cash
belonged to you?

Lieutenant, I told you I wanted
to observe Chief Johnson's Interviews.

Well, the suspect said he
wouldn't wait for you.

Chief Delk, please.

You don't understand
what's going on right now.

Chief Johnson, I need to...

[MICROPHONE DISTORTS]

Buzz, I told you I wanted her
to have an earwig.

I forgot to give it to her.

Any idea
who might have taken that cash?

Oh, Mr. Decker, don't go away mad.

What just happened in there?

We may be very close to arresting
Mr. Decker for attempted murder. I

- Attempted murder of whom?
- We're about to find out. Excuse me.

Got him.
Looks like he's going west on Olympic.

BRENDA [OVER RADIO]: Don't stay any closer
to Decker than you need to, please.

Be careful.
He gets mean when he's angry.

I FLYNNJ Copy that. I

- Provenza, what the hell are you doing?
- Just trying to follow policy, okay?

Decker's making a call.

Okay, wait. I'll patch it in.

GIZ [OVER SPEAKER]:
What's up, Antwone? What you want?

DECKER [OVER SPEAKER]:
I need to get that bitch, Keisha Murphy.

GIZ:
Keisha Murphy? What did she do?

DECKER: Took my money then ran
straight back to that DeAndre kid.

GIZ: DeAndre?
I thought she broke up with that fool.

- He's turning north on Western. FLYNN
[OVER RADIO]: Copy. One block back.

GIZ: Where he at?
DECKER: You know. Living with his mom.

GIZ: Got it, 1674 South Mansfield.
See you there.

DECKER:
Bring Tops and Bumper with you.

I can't trust no one but us on this,
all right? I'm on my way.

Well, he hung up. That's it.

[OVER RADIO]:
1674 South Mansfield

- Looks like you're in business.
- Copy.

You know what?

Maybe hand me one of those, okay?

We're back in C-Street territory,
one block from Chris' house.

Damn it.
Those boys turn out to be Crips.

TAO: That's Decker's car over there
He got here about a minute ago

He went in that house with his friends.

Okay, the house belongs
to a Florence Harmon. I

She's got a 22-year-old son,
DeAndre Harmon.

TAO [OVER RADIO]: Yeah, copy that, chief.

[GUNSHOT]

Let's go. Go, go, go.

Shots fired. Officer needs help.

Go, go, go.

GABRIEL: Police.
FLYNN: I said, freeze, damn It.

SANCHEZ:
Drop those weapons.

Freeze, or I'll shoot.

Put your hands up in the air.

P ROVE NZA:
Come on over here now.

[CLAMORING]

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

You tell me
where my money is right now.

Drop the gun. Do it.

I'm gonna count to three. One.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

- Do it now.
DECKER: Wanna die, bitch?

Ahh!
- Get on the ground. Get on the ground.

Two.

[GRUNTS]

[GASPING]

TAO: Take deep breaths.
Take deep breaths.

You're okay. You'll live.

You okay? Keisha?

Okay.

Chief, we're good. We're good
and we found Keisha Murphy.

We got her, chief.

You're okay now.

You led your prime suspect
In eight murders...

to believe money had been stolen from
him to see who he would try to kill?

I needed to know
who he thought stole his cash.

The fact we caught him in the act
of attempted murder Is a huge bonus.

Chief Johnson, shots were fired.

The girl's been badly beaten.

Not to mention the man
who tried to defend her.

Oh, my God, her face.

I thought I told you to watch her.

Chief,
If we're to be held accountable...

for what suspects do
after we question them...

we might as well turn in
our badges.

That's not the issue, chief, because
whatever our business as usual Is...

you and the L.A.P.D.
are currently being sued...

for endangering the life
of a black gang member

Now, you have just gone and done
the exact same thing again.

The attorney that represents
Turell Baylor will look at this, say...

that it points to a past pattern
and practice of willful disregard...

Excuse me.
Allow me to help you here?

Consider this my parting gift.

Chief Johnson has shown a pattern
of arresting murderers...

and a past practice of getting
confessions that hold up In court.

No matter how upset you are
with her...

if you won't let her quit
over this suit...

you will never fire her or even
demote her until this case Is dismissed.

I suggest you let Chief Johnson
wrap up these murders...

so that you can once again
look like a hero at her expense.

And I will go on my merry way.

You may have caught Antwone Decker
in the act of attempted murder...

but do you think you can
get him to confess his Involvement...

in these eight other homicides?

We won't know if you keep me here.

Look, all these people
have been read their rights.

The last thing I need
Is for them to calm down...

and start thinking about lawyers
before I Interview them.

So may I, please?

Thank you.

[DOOR CLOSES]

I swear
I didn't take Antwone's money.

I'd be a fool trying to rip him off.

God, he... He was gonna kill me.

Okay, Miss Murphy,
let's back up for a moment.

We know that you were with Chris
at Antwone's house...

the night he was shot.

Why did you leave?

Chris told me
his brother was getting some girls.

You know, like strippers.

And I got mad.

He wanted me to stay, but...

Why were you hiding at DeAndre's house?

Because I was afraid, okay?

Figured Antwone
would come after me next...

and that he wouldn't look for me
at my ex-boyfriend's.

[RAPPING]... a little tighter, you little
punk She's mine, let's go, let's go

Why did you figure Antwone
would come after you next?

Because I knew Kevin
was going around Antwone's back.

And Antwone, he...

He saw dollar signs with Chris...

told him the way he turned his
life Into rhymes would make him huge.

When 1 heard
what happened yesterday...

I knew it was Antwone
and I got scared.

Ran.

Forgot he knew
I used to be with DeAndre.

Oh, God.
Antwone was gonna kill us both.

[SINGS INDISTINCTLY]

Mr. Harmon,
thank you so much for your patience.

I just have, uh, some paperwork here
for your signature.

Uh, this is a complaint in which you accuse
Antwone Decker of trying to kill you.

And this is a form in which you
basically say It was all In good fun.

You just, uh, sign whichever one
you feel is appropriate.

Well, I ain't accusing Decker
of nothing.

Where Keisha at? She all right?

BRENDA:
Oh, she's fine.

I didn't realize the two of you
used to go out.

I take it Keisha told you about what
happened to Chris and Kevin Brooks.

You live around the corner
from each other?

Yeah. I know those dudes.

We grew up together.

- And were you all still close?
DEAN DRE: Yeah.

We close, sure.

I'm curious as to why you weren't
at that house two nights ago...

celebrating with your friends.

[CLEARS THROAT]

I mean, I was-I was there
the night before that.

But then, you know.

They got back off a tour
and they got busy, you know?

Hmm. That's Hollywood, right?

People make it big
then can't be bothered anymore.

Was that kind of what it was?

DEANDRE:
I guess, maybe, you know?

I mean, Chris, he started getting
a little heat for his rhymes...

and he hooked up with Decker and...

You know, like, we was all gonna
take this ride together. I

But I guess the limo
wasn't big enough for all of us.

You know what I mean? Ha, ha.

It's cool, though.

You know,
I helped him out in high school...

helped him slip, you know.

Told all my boys
that Chris was off-limits.

So Chris and Kevin,
they were never C rips?

[LAUGHS]

You kidding? Hell, no. Pfft.

And Keisha met Chris when?

Six months ago, something like that.

I me,
but then he wasn't Chris no more.

He was C-Game. Ha, ha.

Yeah.

- Why
- I don't know.

Just seemed like, first,
C-Game kind of pushed you away...

and then he stole your girlfriend.

She told you that?

No, C-Game did.

In the lyrics to his single.

It's pretty clear what happened.

“It's time to move on, I do your own thing.

I'm the new man. You're a has been.”

BRENDA:
Not a lot of respect in those words.

Not a lot of gratitude...

not a lot of loyalty.

“We're so fly
that we're chilling in the Lear.

And I never knew how small
you were from up here.”

“Never slip, never fall.

Because I'm gonna kick you
when you're down.

You're looking at a king, homeboy.
Bow down.”

He's humiliating you, DeAndre.

What do you want me to say, lady?

Where were you the night before last?

I was with my mom.

Look, I didn't kill nobody
over that skank-ass bitch.

That was history.
I was done a long time ago.

Oh, I believe you, 100 percent.

But I'm having that gun that we found
at your house tested Just the same.

And if it matches to the bullets
that we found in C-Game...

you're going away
for eight counts of murder.

Your lawyer's
never gonna let you talk again.

This is your only chance
to set C-Game's record straight.

- C-Game, who's that?
- The guy sleeping with Keisha.

That's who he was.

Now, do you want people to say
that you shot up C-Game...

because some girl broke your heart?

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Or do you want the world to know
you were teaching C-Game a lesson?

Ain't no damn C-Game, man.
Stop saying that.

That's a bullshit, made-up-ass name,
man, like he some big-time banger.

He didn't know nothing
about none of that.

That stuff he got
popping off right now?

All that's luck, man.

I'm the one who watched over his ass
his whole life.

I protected him.

Then he want to come to my hood,
take my girl?

He want to write songs about it
talking about some “move on”...

and “get over it”
all over the radio, all on TV.

Got people coming up to me...

asking me questions, laughing at me
like I'm some punk-ass bitch?

Hell, no. Homey ain't even going down
like that, man.

You should have seen
when I first pulled the trigger.

You should have looked at his face.

He wasn't no C-Game then.
He wasn't none of that.

He knew it was gone, it was over,
finished.

Now who moving on, huh?
He Is, that's who.

And his brother and Ty
and them bitches.

Yeah. Yeah.

[SCOFFS]

They moving on.

That's who.

And I'm here.

So who's looking small now?

Not me.

Not me.

[DOOR OPENS]

[TAYLOR HUMMING]

Oh. Sorry.

I, uh, thought you had left already.

No, the, uh, new maintenance manager's
a little overwhelmed...

with so many people leaving.

I'm just killing time.

- Make yourself at home.
- No, no, no, I should, uh...

I should get back.

Chief Johnson
is settling up her arrests...

before Delk goes down
to his press conference.1

All right. I'll go with you.

Take a last look around.

Yeah.

Seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars...

that used to belong
to Antwone Decker...I

now belongs to the FBI
as long as you sign here.

I really should count it first.

Don't I get a “thank you”?

[KNOCKS ON DOOR]

- Oh.
- Please, come right in.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Uh, sorry for interrupting. Ahem.

Uh, DeAndre Harmon is on his way
to County right now.

I'm a little concerned.

Given the connections I
that Antwone Decker has...

Mr. Harmon may not be safe
In general population.

Protective custody,
that what you're saying?

Yes. I can make the transfer myself
if you'd like.

- The two of you can get back to-
- Fine.

Thank you.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Could it be someone has your back?

She's put several knives in it already.

Doing this job, reporting to Taylor.

I'd rather put pins in my eyes,
swear.

Now what does he want?

DELK:
Chief Johnson.

Chief Johnson, I'd like to commend you
on a job well done.

[SCOFFS]

Could be that I've...

I've overreacted a bit.

Our present situation
being that It might not...

Might not...

[GRUNTS]

FLYNN Chief.

- Chief, you okay? You okay?
TAYLOR: Come on.

GABRIEL: Chief, are you okay?
- Chief?

BUZZ:
Clear his airway. You all right?

[CLAMORING]

Deputy Chief Johnson, Major Crimes.

I need paramedics on the ninth floor.
Got an officer down.

Repeat, we have an officer down.

TAYLOR: Chief, chief, come on, now.
Come on chief.

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