The Closer (2005–2012): Season 7, Episode 13 - Relative Matters - full transcript

MORRIS:
Shaw looks pissed.

Like he got stood up or something.

BURNS: I find nothing connecting Shaw
to this address. I'll mark it down.

Now what?

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

Here, look. You know this guy?

BURNS:
No. But Shaw does.

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

BURNS:

- Hey, what was that?
- Whoa.

Oh, that's not good. Not good.



Look, come on, Morris.
We've gotta stop this.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

- He's gonna kill this guy.
You know-Just wait.

Explain to the U.S. Attorney
how we filmed a guy getting beaten...

to death instead of saving his life.

[SIGHS]

All right, come on. Damn it.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait.

They're stopping.

MORRIS:
Huh. Fight's over.

Man, the guy Shaw beat up
needs an ambulance. I'm calling 911.

[LINE RINGS]

WOMAN [OVER PHONE]: 911.
- Yeah, this is Agent Burns, FBI.

I need L.A.P.D. to respond to
1919 North Kingsley Street.



Tell them we need the identity
of the victim and to get here quick.

WOMAN: Sir?
- Yeah, It's a blue pickup...

MORRIS:
Hey, Shaw is on the move.

- Damn it.
- Driver needs medical assistance.

- L.A.P.D. needs to get an 1D.
MORRIS: it's over.

WOMAN: is he alive?
BURNS: Yeah, he's alive.

- He's beat to hell, but he's alive.
- We're losing Shaw. Come on.

[TIRES SQUEAL]

[SIREN WAILING]

Where's Chief Johnson?

Uh, her parents dropped in for a visit...

so we've decided to leave
her out of this for now.

- What did the FBI say happened here?
- Well, the guy I spoke to...

an Agent Morris, said
there was some kind of fistfight.

But when they left the victim was alive.

If it makes you feel any better,
the feds were telling the truth.

The blood trail stretches
about 10 feet this way.

But I'm pretty sure it's the gunshots
In his head that killed him.

Two. Up close.

So here's the time line.
FBI dials 911 at 7:32 p.m., right?

Officers are dispatched,
arrive at 7:37 p.m. Victim Is DOA.

We're expected to believe
this murder happened...

between the FBI leaving
and our officers responding?

What kind of operation is the FBI
running that they let this guy get killed?

TAYLOR:
Surveillance, Provenza.

Just wanted his name.

Registration and plates say
he's a Paul Burke of Santa Monical sir.

All right.

Let me call the FBI.

No, no, no, just hold on, commander.
Hold on.

I don't wanna give the FBI this name
unless we get what we need In return.

Like the name of the guy they had
under surveillance.

A.k.a. our main suspect.

- They'll never give us that, Andy.
- Well, not with that attitude.

And our boy, Jimmy...

says he's gonna stay up in Manhattan
for Christmas.

Says he and his roommate,
that Frank...

have other plans for the holidays.

I'd think he'd seen enough of Frank.

I mean,
they share that tiny little apartment...

both of them splitting one bedroom.

I just couldn't do that.

Now, Clay Junior,
he's working so much...

he's probably gonna spend Christmas
in his office.

You and Willie Ray are always welcome...

- ...to spend the holidays with us if you-
- And don't get me started on Bobby.

[PHONE RINGING]

I'm not running down my kids,
don't you get that Idea at all.

But not one of them can break away
to meet us for Christmas.

It's just mind-boggling.

- Hello?
- Uh, sorry to bother you, chief.

I need to speak to your husband
for a minute.

- Why? What's going on?
PROVENZA: Oh, you know, nothing.

Urn, just, uh,
looking for some background info.

Wow. This was up close and personal.
A lot of sooting.

Sooting? Lieutenant. Is that Kendall?

PROVENZA:
Uh, chief, I, urn...

I need you to put Special Agent Howard
on the phone, please.

Let's move the body on three.
One, two, three.

Body? Lieutenant.

[DIAL TONE DRONES]

Did he hang up on me?

Where's my cell?

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

- Hello?
PROVENZA [OVER PHONE]: Hi, Fritz.

FRITZ: Yes, Lieutenant Provenza.
- I have a victim in a surveillance situation.

Is that...? Why is...?

- Give me the phone.
CLAY: The word is please.

- Please give me the phone.
FRITZ: Yeah, lieutenant. Go on.

I need to ask you about an Agent Morris
who's dealing with it.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

FRITZ:
We have several surveillance situations.

- You gotta give me more detail.
- It's the chief.

FRITZ:
Are you there, lieutenant?

FRITZ: Hello?

Uh, yeah, this Agent Morris admits
to witnessing...

most of what happened to our victim,
whose name the FBI wants.

And I can give you that.

But in return, I want the name of the guy
that Morris had under surveillance.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Uh, now, if he turns out
not to be the shooter...

he could be the last person
to see our victim alive.

Ugh. Will no one pick up their phone?

- So you wanna trade info?
- That's right.

The identity of our dead guy
for the name of your suspect.

FRITZ:
Okay, lieutenant.

Let's do it. You first.

Ah, yes. Uh...

Well, the victim is Paul Burke
from Santa Monica.

Worked
for the Laura B Catering Corn pa[nlc

Catering. That's very interesting.

I will get back to you
with the name you wanted shortly.

Uh, hello? No. Agent Howard?

Fritz?

Ahem. He'll, uh...

He'll get back to me, uh, shortly,
he said.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

GABRIEL:
Not me

Lieutenant, it's...

[BEEPS]

Ridiculous.
I've never been treated like this before.

It's a federal issue,
and not your business at the moment.

Clay, Willie Ray, I'm so sorry.

I hate to leave...

.but this is something
that just can't wait.

Oh, we understand.

Crime doesn't stop for dinner
in this house.

CLAY:
Matter of fact, it pays for dinner.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

You go man those barricades, son.

All right.

- Fritz
- Clay

CLAY:
I just wanna tell you...

how very proud we are of you.

Thank you, Clay.

- I'm very proud.
FRITZ: Thank you very much.

WILLIE: Honey.
FRITZ: Thank you.

He has to go.

[SHOOING]

If you're meeting my division,
I'm going too.

No, no, no.

This is classified FBI business.
Top secret.

Top secret? Like the way
you paid Gavin and didn't tell me.

- That kind of secret?
- Oh. That was horribly selfish of me.

Using my inheritance for your legal fees.
The things I hide.

Look, if you're really interested
In uncovering some secrets...I

find out the reason
behind your parents' visit.

And why your mother is so quiet.
Or that hug your dad just gave me.

- What was that about?
WILLIE: Brenda?

Say goodbye to Fritzi
and bring In the rest of the dinner.

Anyway,
I don't know how to break this to you...

but you are gonna have to spend
some time alone with your parents.

I love you.
I'll be back as soon as I can.

Tell her right now when
there's no distraction. Shh, shh.

Well, I guess it's just us
for dinner, then.

Which might make it easier...

to say what it is you flew out here
to tell me.

Which was obviously too serious
to talk about on the phone.

Well, why don't we just have a
nice dinner with each other...

and then when Fritzi comes back...?
CLAY: Enough, Willie Ray.

Enough.

Let's just get it out there.

Clay, not right before we eat.

There's never going to be a good time.
Damn it!

Doctor said
don't take away my control.

Doctor?

What kind of doctor, Daddy?

Well...

I've heard you police people say:

“I've got some good news
and some bad news.”

Well...

so do I.

Good news is I'm not gonna die.

Bad news is...

Well...

I've got cancer.

There it is.

It's terrible news about your dad.

- How was he feeling this morning?
- I don't know. Let's talk about it later.

Okay.

Everyone, this is Special Agent Morris.

He's one of the guys
who filmed the confrontation...

between our victim in the pickup,
Paul Burke, and the other guy.

Who we should call the assailant?

The name of our surveillance subject
Is Eric Shaw,

Detective Sanchez? Yes.

I wanna thank Agent Morris for
filming the murder for us.

[OFFICERS LAUGH AND CLAP]

There's no murder on that tape.

We would've heard the two gunshots
before we left.

You know, I appreciate you getting
Eric Shaw's name back to me...

in such a timely manner.

But you'll forgive me if we all feel
that there may be some strings attached.

Not strings. Chains.

Eric Shaw is the linchpin
In an Investigation...

Involving interstate trafficking
of stolen property.

- Oh, whoop-de-do.
- Whew.

MORRIS:
Through work by our offices...

in Miami and New York,
we've just succeeded...

in tracing millions of dollars In
furniture, art and electronics...

to burglaries here in Los Angeles.

And to Eric Shaw, through pawnshops
he operates In Florida...

and auction houses in Manhattan.
We've had him under surveillance...

for the last three days, hopin to
discover details of his operation.

We think your victim provided us
with the key.

Paul Burke and Eric Shaw were partners
In a catering company...

we now think was used to case
expensive homes In the Hollywood Hills.

The blue dots represent homes
burglarized in the last year in L.A.

These yellow diamonds show homes where
Burke's company met about a job.

So Shaw catered every residence
that he robbed?

And you guys
just now put that together?

No. Even L.A.P.D. mutts
could've figured that out.

- Mutts?
- Hey. Hey, lieutenant, lieutenant.

They didn't cater any of these homes,
all right?

Once they got a look at the houses,
they would overbid the job.

Another company would come in,
work the party...

.and Burke and Shaw would come back
later and burglarize the house.

So the catering connection
was completely hidden?

- Yes.
- Yes. But we are confident...

that if we can exploit this lead,
we can close our case...

and we can roll up
Shaw's entire organization.

- What about our murder?
- We want the L.A.P.D. to pursue that...

as long
as they don't disrupt our surveillance.

But Shaw is our suspect.

No, he's not. We just showed you video
proving Shaw didn't murder anybody.

So where's the video of Shaw
for the rest of the evening?

Or before?
Why don't you show us that?

Wait... Wait a minute. Uh...

Did we make our notifications?

Yeah, uh, chief.

Late last night.
We talked to Burke's wife and son.

We should follow up there. The victim
had told his wife he wanted a divorce.

The Burkes are on their way in
right now.

There. People you can talk to.

And divorce.
That's a great motive for murder.

So other suspects.

Just don't mention Eric Shaw or
anything about a theft ring. Understood?

Well, that sounds quite a bit more like
a command than an ask, Agent Morris.

Allow me to point out
that most of these burglaries...

and certainly this murder,
took place In the city of Los Angeles.

Where I happen to be chief of police.

We set the priorities on this one.

We're talking about clearing
almost 40 of your open cases.

That's a win-win for everyone.

Let's interview the family first. See what
they have to say. We'd do that anyway.

Thank you so much for the briefing,
Agent Morris.

[SOBBING]

Excuse me. Do you work for
me or for your husband?

I don't know Honest
if I can work at all right now.1

Okay, look, If you're feeling more
stressed out about this federal lawsuit...

No. It's not that. It's my...

It's my father, he's really sick.

He just told me last night.

Oh, God, Brenda.

I'm so sorry.

I think maybe I should go home
for Christmas, Will.

- I know it's not scheduled, but-
- No. That's, uh...

Uh, ahem.

- What exactly is wrong with your dad?
- Thyroid cancer.

I looked it all up last night online.

Daddy's gonna suffer from high blood
pressure, exhaustion, mood swings.

He practically bit my mother's head off
last night.

You know, it, uh...

It might be easier on your mom and dad
than you think.

Why do you say that?

Because they're here now,
handing out gifts.

Oh, for heaven's sakes.

[BRENDA CHUCKLES]

Is that a snowman
wearing a policeman's uniform?

WILLIE: It is.
- Ha, ha.

And when Clay and I saw it,
we just knew you should have It.

- Well, thank you.
WILLIE: Ha, ha.

How great. Ha, ha.

Daddy, you should be home resting.

We're only gonna be here
two more days.

We wanna make the most of it.

Spreading a little holiday cheer
never hurt anybody.

SANCHEZ: Uh, excuse me, chief.
- Oh, Detective Sanchez.

The last little boy on Santa's route.

[RATTLE]

We knew that you probably have
a lot of these at home.

But these are for work.

Feliz navidad, detective.

[RATTLE]

- Ooh. Wonderful.
- Ha, ha.

Thank you. I mean, gracias.

Chief, the victim's family is here and...

Oh. One second, detective.

Look, Daddy,
I think I should drive yall home.

Brenda Leigh, when have I ever
wanted you to make a big fuss over me?

If you don't do your job,
it'll make me feel worse.

Now, you go on.

- Go on, now. We're among friends.
- Jo.

- Detective, you can bring the family in.
- I can't.

- Why not?
- You'll see

Excuse me.

- Is that...?
- Yes, ma'am. Eric Shaw.

- What on Earth is he doing here?
- His sister Laura was our victim's wife.

Paul Burke was Eric Shaw's
brother-In-law? And you didn't know It?

We only very recently connected Shaw
to these robberies.

I thought you had him .under surveillance.

How is it he's just showing up
without you knowing?

These investigations are complex. We...

You lost him last night, didn't you?

Oh, my.

So how do you know Shaw didn't circle
the block, then come back and shoot?

- No. There's no proof of that.
- I'll give proof when I show that video...

No. If Shaw knows we're onto him...

we lose our chance to take down
the rest of his ring. We want everyone.

- You cannot question him.
- So, what do you want me to do?

Talk to everyone else
in the victim's family and ignore Shaw?

Is that it? Don't you think he'll notice?

All right, look.
I know exactly how wet II handle this.

I'm sorry, chief.
Just clearing the table for you.

BRENDA:
Thank you so much.

[ON MONITOR] Detective Gabriel?

GABRIEL [ON MONITOR]:
Deputy Chief Johnson...

this is Mr. Burke's wife, Laura,
and their son, Ian.

And this is Laura's brother and sister,
Eric and Emily Shaw.

And this is...

I'm Fritz Howard.
And I'm so sorry for your loss.

He'll be taking notes.

And I wanna apologize, Mrs. Burke...

for asking you to come down here
so soon...

after a tragedy like this, but we do
have some formal questions for you.

What kind of formal questions are you talking about?
My sister's In shock.

- She shouldn't even be here right now.
- Eric. Eric, It's fine.

I... I wanna help.

- Please.
GABRIEL: Okay.

We need to start
with asking each of you...

where you were last night
between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Urn, I was at home with Ian...

and I made dinner.

And we talked for a long time.

About?

Oh.

I was thinking I should take
some time off from college.

Mom didn't want me to.

And Emily, is it?

Yeah. I was at my apartment
watching a Christmas movie.

And I was with her.

Which movie was that?

It's a Wonderful Life.

Yeah, right. More like Fight Club.

Hey, Morris, here's a little
tip when following someone.

- Wherever they go, you go.
PROVENZA: Ha, ha.

BRENDA: Do you have any idea
what your husband was doing...

- ..in Hollywood last night?
0.

All of our friends live
on the west side.

- Any catering jobs?
LAURA: No.

We don't have any clients in that area
right now. Do we, Eric?

- Emily?
0.

Oh, are all of you
in the catering business together?

But not working in that area
and not last night, so...

So it was strange,
your husband being there.

- Dad did a lot of strange things lately.
- In what way?

How about coming home last week
and telling my mother...

.he's not in love with her anymore
and their marriage Is over?

Because he just decided it was.

And telling me it's none of my business.
Is that strange enough for you?

- It's pretty strange to me.
- Ian. Ian.

Your dad was a good man.

Laura,
you don't know the whole story.

EMILY: No. No. Don't, Eric.
LAURA: What? What story?

- Not here.
- Emily. What are you talking about?

Sorry you gotta find out like this. Paul
was where they found him last night...

because he was sleeping with Claudia.

Claudia Shipley?

Your ex-girlfriend?

- She works for us.
- Yeah.

You found him in Hollywood
because he was leaving her apartment.

Oh, my God.

- What did I tell you?
PROVENZA: We need to find Claudia.

LAURA [ON MONITOR]: Claudia?
- Hmm?

TAO: Yeah.
LAURA: Are you sure, Eric?

ERIC [ON MONITOR]:
Yes, I'm sure.

I found out
when she texted me by mistake.

- Thinking I was Paul.
- Oh, so both of you were sleeping...

with this Claudia Shipley?

Did you not hear the part
about her being my ex?

Paul was cheating on my little sister.
That's what bothered me.

And did you confront him about this?

We ask, Mr. Shaw, because we assume you
know where your ex-girlfriend lived.

And there were signs of a struggle
outside her apartment.

Well, it looks like Paul was
pissing off more people than Just us.

I don't know what gets into men
after they turn 40.

- I really don't.
LAURA: I don't believe it.

- Paul was not seeing Claudia.
- Yeah, Laura, he was.

- Mr. Shaw, I need to ask-
- Mrs. Burke, Ian.

Your family has been through
a terrible ordeal.

And I can assure you
that Chief Johnson and the L.A.P.D...

are gonna work tirelessly...

to conclude this.
I don't think we need to take up...

.any more of your time this morning.
Thank you.

And, again, we're very, very sorry
for your loss.

Detective.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Sorry I'm late. Big pileup on the 405.

Backed up with traffic fatalities
all morning.

You all right? You seem a little down
and you haven't Interrupted me yet.

Uh, I was just wondering...

know how serious [cancer can be?

By the time I usually find it in someone,
It's extremely serious. Why?

My father has it.

- Oh. No. What stage?
- First. First.

Oh. Don't worry. Thyroidectomy.
That's a very simple surgery.

Very simple.

And post-op,
he'll just have to find a balance.

When you say a simple surgery,
how simple Is It, really?

- Like this. See?
- Oh.

Here's your victim's thyroid.

I grabbed it while we were talking.
It's that easy.

Your father will have to be anesthetized.

And they shouldn't cut through his neck
like that.

- You didn't have to do that.
- Oh, don't worry. This guy won't miss It.

Thyroid. That's Greek for shield.

Looks like a little shield, doesn't it?

And they guard us too, thyroids.

They keep us from having emotional
breakdowns and crippling mood swings.

Just think of it as a regulator
for your Inner diva.

That's it? Just a quick surgery
and the person recovers?

Well, not this guy, but generally, yes.

Recover. Your father will have to watch his
calcium levels for the rest of his life.

His emotions will be all over the place.
But I'm sure he'll find a balance.

Tell you this much. The procedure
usually works out better...

than getting shot twice in the head.

Ouch. And beaten up too.

- Your victim had a very bad night.
- A lot of sooting at the wound.

So the weapon was discharged
at close range.

Hmm. But what's really interesting
Is the mark on the scalp.

You see this bruising
around the bullet holes?

It's kind of like a little tattoo
of the murder weapon.

A small, double-barreled gun.

But what kind, I wonder.

TAO:
A .41 caliber derringer, chief.

Okay, well, if you ask me, that makes
for a pretty rarefied murder weapon.

Lieutenant Flynn, would you please look
Into reports on missing derringers...

- ...and sales of bullets that went with it?
- I'll check pawnshops. You never know.

Chie,
I got Claudia Shipley in Interview 2.

- Oh, good.
GABRIEL: And, uh... Oh.

Oh. Do you really need to sit next to me?
And pass notes like we're In homeroom?

- Why do you care?
- She was Shaw's ex-girlfriend.

After which, she was dating my victim.

What does Claudia have to do
with your Investigation?

When we picked Claudia up, she was at
the airport on her way to Brazil...

with $1.8 million in her carry-on.

That sounds a little suspicious.

[SIGHS]

Look, we are working a murder here,
not a bunch of burglaries.

If Claudia is the killer, which is probably
the case since she's fleeing with cash...

then you should thank me
for finding her so the FBI won't look...

like the worst cops on Earth
for having lost Shaw to begin with.

I think you're getting a little more angry
than the circumstances warrant.

And we both know why.

Your parents need more attention
than the L.A.P.D. does this afternoon.

Let me interview Claudia.

Take this opportunity to spend
some more time with your mom and dad.

I cannot believe...

that you would use my father's cancer
to manipulate me...

into giving up this interview.
I cannot believe it.

It is awful. Just shameful.

Shameful.

[CHUCKLES]

That really should've worked.

You'd think.

It was good.

Very good.

Good afternoon, Miss Shipley.
I'm Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson.

I'm so sorry to have interrupted your trip
to Brazil...

.but we have some questions
about an incident...

that happened
outside of your apartment building.

[ON MONITOR] Did you happen to see or
hear anything unusual last night...

early evening around 7:30?
- Well,

I heard there was a murder.

Did you know the victim?

I don't think so. Urn...

I wasn't there when it happened.

So, Claudia, you're completely unaware
of the fact that the victim...

was your boss
from the catering company, Paul Burke?

What?

Oh, my God, no. You're kidding. Why?

What was Mr. Burke doing
at my apartment building?

We were wondering the same thing.

Did you see each other
outside of work?

No. God, he was married.

Claudia,
we have the victim's cell phone...

.and it's full of text messages
from you.

So where were you last night
between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.?

I was on a film set
with a lot of other background artists.

I was doing a movie.

Oh. You're an actor. I thought you
were a waiter for a catering company.

- I do both.
- Working two Jobs.

That explains the $1.8 million...

you were taking
on your spontaneous trip to Brazil.

All right.

I knew Paul had been murdered.
I was scared.

CLAUDIA: Because that money...

Paul was keeping it at my apartment.

Now Paul was dead. 1 thought I
someone might kill me to take it.

Claudia, you should know we are
getting ready to search your apartment.

Wait.

- You're gonna search my place?
- Yes, we are.

Okay.

Urn...

Are you the person that can make deals?

Sure.

I can make a deal.

Because the reason that I bring this up...

.is when you're searching
my apartment...

you might find some furniture, urn,
some art things...

silver maybe, that might be...

I don't know, stolen property.

But you need to know
that 1 did not take any of those things.

GABRIEL [ON MONITOR]: But no gun?
- No. Are you kidding? 1 hate guns.

How did this stolen property
make It Into your...?

Miss Shipley,
I'm Special Agent Howard of the FBI.

This is Special Agent Morris.

I think you should know in advance
that Deputy Chief Johnson's deals...

almost always include
a lot of prison time.

And those made by the FBI involve
.the witness protection program.

I think, honestly...

you would be better off
coming with us.

You'd really send me to prison?

Yeah. Probably.

[SCOFFS]

You know, guys, you're welcome.

I'm glad we could find someone
to help you wrap up your case.

Funny,
I don't remember saying thank you.

[SCOFFS]

FLYNN: Hey, chief.
BRENDA: Hmm?

- It's not all bad.
- It isn't?

Homeless guy was arrested with this
this morning.

Scared some drivers
when he was panhandling with It.

Heh. More effective than a squeegee.
Here. Let me see that.

He was still in booking.

He said he found it
near the La Brea off-ramp off the 10.

PROVENZA:
Ahem. Take a look at this. See?

See? It lines up, huh? Perfect fit.

Now, look at this.
Matches the wound and the bruising.

This derringer was stolen
from this house In the Hollywood Hills.

Happens to be one of the houses
that the gang burglarized.

Now, there are no prints on the gun...

but that ties it to Shaw.

BRENDA: We need to do more
than just tie it to him.

We need to put it in his hand.

I'm not quite sure how to do that yet.

Think we should share this information
with the FBI?

BREN DA:
Oh, sure

Just as soon as we figure out
how to use it.

- So did Claudia Shipley say anything?
- I can't reveal what Claudia told me.

My interview landed you information
you wouldn't have gotten. Thank you.

FRITZ:
She served her purpose.

BREN DA:
You mean, she served your purpose.

So, what? You found lots and lots
of stolen goods at her apartment...

and some of them came from Shaw.

Is it too much to ask...

that we finish our dessert before you
two start yammering about a murder?!

Clay, don't do this to yourself.

You're tired.

You need to finish your pie
and go to bed.

Do not tell me what to do! I do not need...

Daddy, Mama was just saying
that you were tired...

And don't you interrupt me, Brenda Leigh.
I mean It, now.

If I am tired, it's because I'm tired
of people telling me I'm tired.

Especially you, Willie Ray.

I am bone-weary of the word tired.

Now, y'all can go back to ignoring me
because now I am going to bed.

[BRENDA SIGHS]

What was that all about?

Well, now you know
what I've been dealing with.

- Is he like that every day, Willie Ray?
- Oh, no.

And don't worry about it.
You have your own lives to deal with.

Mama, this is too much
for you to manage on your own.

Look,
I have vacation days all stored up.

I'll come to Atlanta to visit
you .as soon as you want me to.

Well, your father and I
would love that, Brenda Leigh.

But it's not necessary, really.

We have the surgery the first of the year.

Then CI
has hormone replacement therapy...

and that takes a few weeks
to get right.

So I'm thinking that after the surgery
would be the best time If you want to.

- We do, we do.
- Well, I can book the tickets for...

The second week in January.
If you can.

That would be a wonderful treat.

Having more of the family together
might help your father recover faster.

The truth is Clay thinks...

that he has completely dealt
with this diagnosis.

And he hasn't.

I have to help him understand
that he hasn't dealt with it.

I tell you, this pie is delicious.

Y'all ought to try a bite.

Now, I'm gonna go in and
give Clay a pep talk.

I'll be right back.

[SIGHS]

What are you thinking?

That some families are easier
to bring together than others.

A Wisconsin man vacationing here In
Los Angeles reported seeing a gun...

being thrown from a vehicle along
the 10 freeway just after the murder.

Unfortunately,
the driver was lost at the time...

.and not sure where along the freeway
he saw the weapon get dumped.

As you know,
It's a long stretch of road.

So, what we're gonna do
Is we're gonna detail 10 patrol officers...

to find this gun.

We'll start here...

check some
of the freeway interchanges...

and stop at the exit
nearest the apartment.

Takes about two weeks.

Because it's a small weapon.
And it won't be easy to find.

We owe it to all of you to look for it
just as hard as we can.

- Will that solve the case?
LAURA: I don't care anymore.

I don't wanna be involved.

This is...

It's not what I wanted my life
to be about.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Whoa, whoa, sit down. Sit down, Ian.
Sit down.

Laura will wanna know about this later.
And so will you.

Ahem. Go on, detective.

If, when we can locate the weapon we
can connect it to an Individual...

[WHISPERI NG]
I thought we found the gun.

[WHISPERING] We did.

Now we're just encouraging
someone else to go hunt for It.

GABRIEL: We found stolen goods in her apartment.
And If Claudia turns up...

we're hoping she'll be able to help us
sort things out.

[ENGINE STOPS]

[HORN HONKS]

FLYNN:
You looking for this?

You have the right to an attorney.

If you cannot afford one, one will
be appointed to you by the state.

- Do you understand these rights, Emily?
- Yeah.

- This is all a big misunderstanding.
- No, It's not. I understand perfectly.

You came back here
to recover a murder weapon.

I didn't kill anyone.

All right, then,
you tossed It for someone else.

Let's see. Urn, your sister, Laura.

Her husband asks for a divorce.

She finds him at Claudia's apartment
and snaps?

How about your nephew?

Was the pain of watching his father
leave his mother too much to bear?

- Okay, leave them out of this.
- Or maybe it was your brother, Eric.

Paul was sleeping with his ex-girlfriend

No. The gun's mine.

- Eric gave it to me.
- You sure about that?

Yeah. Me, my brother,
we're the black sheep.

We always have been. That's why when
.Eric got Claudia's text by mistake, I...

I knew he was gonna lose it with Paul.

So I followed him.

- And you watched him beat up Paul?
- Yeah.

Yeah, I was gonna jump out and
stop him if he went too far.

But he didn't. And then
after Eric left, I...

I even went to check on the asshole.

Didn't want Paul to bleed to death
or anything.

Especially not before he told us...

.where he had taken all the money
we trusted him to hold.

And how was he? Paul?

He'd been afraid of everything he
was gonna lose In the divorce.

But after the fight,
he looked at me and said...

now he can walk away from Laura...

and he'd owe her nothing.

And he told me he's gonna take all the
money we made In the burglaries...

which really wasn't fair.

And then he said...

He said, “That crazy bitch I married
will finally get what she deserves...

for giving me such a worthless son.”

So I took the gun out of my purse
and I shot him In the head.

To protect my family.

I shot him.

If you were only following your brother
because you were worried...

.why did you have a loaded gun
In your purse?

I had been carrying that derringer
around for months.

I liked it.

And I never liked it more than when
I was blowing Paul's head off.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

We finished booking Emily.
We're done.

Oh, great. Thank you.

Urn...

If you don't mind me butting in...

my sister had thyroid cancer.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

- Wait a minute, how did you find out...?
- Oh, your father. Ha, ha.

When they were handing out the gifts.
“Merry Christmas. I've got cancer.”

- There's no easy way to say it, I guess.
- Ha, ha.

Guess you're right about that.

- How is she, though?
- Oh, she's fine now.

But I learned a lot
from what happened to her.

Like what?

Well, no matter how frustrated I got
with her...

I always tried
to keep her best Interests at heart.

Because she wasn't able
to do that for herself.

You'll see.

But if you ever need to talk about it,
I know stuff.

Thanks. Thanks.

I'll remember that.

Good night.

I'm sorry. Am I late?

What time is the reservation?

FRITZ:
You're good.

- Very good, actually. Ha, ha.
- Ha, ha.

I hope we're not going anyplace
too chichi.

Mama, it's your last night here.

We have to go someplace
a little uptown.

Before we go, ahem,
I'd like to say something.

I'm sorry that I was so short
with everybody last night.

Y'all didn't deserve that.

Especially you, Willie Ray.

I know I couldn't go through this
without y'all.

So from now on...

I'm gonna be on my best behavior.
I promise.

And if any time I fail to do that,
you should feel free...

to hit me over the head
or something.

No, no, I mean it.

Hit me in the head
until I pull It all together.

I don't think that will be necessary.

But I'll keep it in mind.

Dadd7,
I have something to tell you too.

I spoke to Jimmy and Bobby
and Clay Junior today.

And we're all gonna come visit you
after Christmas.

Oh, now, Clay, isn't that nice?

But the boys will be worried about me
all during Christmas.

Willie Ray, I think we should
get on the phone right now...

and settle this thing.

Talk to them about it.
We can do that before dinner.

Clay, it's three hours later
on the East Coast.

CLAY:
Now, don't start bossing me around.

When I make a decision,
It depends on the needs of the moment...

the facts and the crisis at hand.

Now, I will not have my sons...

We have reservations, Clay.

It's kind of a great place too, Daddy.

I think you'll like it.

Thank you, Fritz.

Anytime, Clay.

Anytime at all.

Sync & Corrected by Shadowmoon