The Mentalist (2008–2015): Season 3, Episode 20 - Redacted - full transcript

Stay where you are and put
your hands in the air.

My safe.
Did you open my safe?

Aah!

Stop!

Hands behind your back.

On your feet now. Get up.

Thanks.

Just a couple bucks, buddy.
Help a guy out.

Just need to know if you saw
anything, sir, anything at all.

Ooh. Ooh.

Mmm.



I don't know.

Maybe if you tell me
what you're looking for,

I could help you out.

I don't know.
Loud noise, gunshot.

Did you see anyone unusual?
Anyone acting unusually?

Maybe I did.

Or...

Or maybe I didn't.

You give me a couple bucks,

maybe help me remember better.

You got 2 bucks?
No. You?

Looks like a robbery gone bad.

Victim's name was Ted Fisher.
He owned the place.

Something's off here.



The alarm was set off
during the break-in,

and the killer
still took the time

to tear the place apart?
Watch the blood. Rug's pretty soaked.

And if the killer
broke the door entering,

why is the victim over here
with his back turned?

Something's off here.
That's very astute, Lisbon.

There's more here than meets the eye.
There you are. Where have you been?

I haven't been anywhere. I was out back
checking escape routes. Really? Any clues?

Only that the murderer didn't
find what he was looking for.

And... how do you know that?

Because this whole room
has been torn apart.

You find what you're looking
for, you stop the search, right?

So part of this room
would be untouched.

Unless he found it in the very last
place he was looking.

Do you know the probability

of finding something
in the last possible place?

It's extremely improbable. Hmm.

I'll see you two back at the office.
Why are you in a hurry?

Well, as much as I enjoy these
lovely surroundings, Lisbon,

we have a job to do.

Am I wrong?

Bye.
Bye.

Hey, sir. What are you doing
here so late on a Friday night?

My house was burglarized.
I caught him red-handed.

Whoa. You want one of my people
to question him?

No. Sac p.D. Can handle it.
It's a slam dunk.

Come Monday, when court opens,

the man who broke into my house
will be very sorry that he did.

Ah.

Donny culpepper.

What a surprise
to see you here.

Monday I go before a judge.

You got till then
to get me outta here.

Yeah, well, um, that could be
a little problematic.

Otherwise I will tell everyone

how you hired me
to rob your boss' house.

Well, that's just snitching.
Isn't that against your...

Code of honor?

No.

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I paid you very well

on the understanding
that you wouldn't get caught.

- Did you at least get what I wanted?
- No.

I looked everywhere.
Got into his safe. Nothing.

Just some old coins, a watch,

and a tupperware,
like, tub thing.

Tupperware. Did laroche say
anything when he found you?

He wanted to know
if I got into the safe.

What'd you tell him? Nothin'.
I threw somethin' at his head and took off.

Yeah, you really blew this. I
thought you were a professional.

Don't talk down to me.
If you don't get me outta here,

By Monday, you're the one who's
gonna have to pay for it.

Trust me on that.

Trust. Yeah, really off
on the good foot

with trust, are we?

Hi.
Where are you?

I thought you wanted
to get working on this case.

I-I do. I just ran
across the street

to the, uh, fruit place
to pick up some fresh fruit.

Flavonoids...lt's very good
for logical reasoning

and visual memory, you know?
Very interesting. Get here quick.

Yep. I'm on my way.

The clock's running,
starting now.

You close your eyes
and count to a hundred.

Thank you.

Fisher owned the repair shop
about a year and a half.

Seemed like a good citizen...
Volunteer work

with underprivileged kids
and the homeless.

Dig a little deeper.

Find out what he did before
he bought the shop. Will do.

Hey, boss. Just talked
to fisher's girlfriend.

She was at the morgue,
I.D.lng the body.

Kinda upset,
but she agreed to meet us

at the apartment she shared with Fisher.
All right, let's go.

Okay.
Agent Lisbon, a word?

I just discovered that
you investigated my burglar

for a murder about a year ago...
Donny culpepper.

Culpepper? Donny culpepper. I remember him.
He threatened to kill me.

You're gonna have to
narrow it down

a little bit more than that.
The jewelry store case.

We picked him up, found him in the hot tub.
I wonder if there's a connection.

Uh, he's a criminal. He does wrong things.
Yeah, probably just a coincidence then.

Mm.

Yeah. Probably.

I'll let you know.

Is there a connection?

No.

Absolutely not.

Oh, damn. I forgot something.
Uh, I'll meet you there. Forgot what?

Uh, my,
uh, frumbahollymorgansterning.

Miss blue?

I'm agent Lisbon.

This is agent Rigsby. We're
really sorry for your loss.

Just have
a couple questions for you.

Okay. Sure.

Just a few small things.
Where were you last night?

When it happened?
Um, home, asleep.

I had the early shift
at the animal shelter.

Do you mind if we talk inside?

Okay.

Did Mr. Fisher work that late
very often?

Sometimes. If he had
a big project he had to finish.

But it's not like work
was his life or anything.

He was in balance.

Right. And, uh,
how long ago did you meet him?

Um, about a year ago.
We met at yoga.

That's... weird.

I'm sure I locked that.

Stand back, ma'am.

Clear.

Clear.

Jane was right.

Looks like somebody wanted
something Fisher had.

Call it in.
Put somebody to watch the shop.

If Jane is right, maybe
they'll go back there.

Okay, you got it.

I can't believe
this level of hostility.

There's nothing here
worth stealing.

Nothin'?

Ted and I weren't really
into material stuff.

He spent, like, eight
years in the peace corps.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, excuse me.

I'm sorry.
Ma'am, can I ask you a question?

Oh, I'm sorry.
I don't mean to be intrusive.

I live upstairs. There was a break-in here.
Did you see or hear anything?

No. A break-in?
I was at the market.

Did they steal anything?

Thank you for your time.
Uh, if you think of anything,

you can give me a call at this number.
All right.

Okay. Thanks.

Sac p.D. Put a man
on the store.

Check on the girlfriend.

She's got no real alibi
other than being a hippie.

Something bugging you, boss?
Behind us. Dark late model sedan.

I'm pretty sure I saw it
outside the repair shop.

I think it's following us.

Got it.

And there it goes.
It's probably nothing.

Just a look-alike.

Maybe. Run the plates.
See if you find anything.

Hey.

You're new to me.
Uh, who...Who are you now?

Detention enforcement officer
O'Donnell.

Guarding the prisoner up to
and until transport.

Gung ho. Good to see.

Well, welcome, O'Donnell.

I'm Patrick Jane.
I work with the CBI.

Okay.

No worries. Uh,

did you...Did you lose this?

A quarter.
I don't think so.

Well, it's less of a quarter,

more of a good luck piece,
really.

I mean, take a closer look.

Look at the way
the light hits it.

Shines and gleams,

like liquid sunshine.

Keep looking at it.

It's kind of soothing
the way it shines, isn't it?

You can feel your worries
and responsibilities

just... fading away.

You might even want
to close your eyes

and just have a little sleep.

My Uncle had a buffalo nickel.

He was always gonna sell it
and buy a ranch and all that,

but he lost it in a poker game.

So not yours, huh?

No. Maybe check upstairs.

Will do. Thank you.

I checked up on the girlfriend.
She seems clean.

No priors, committed pacifist.

People I talked to say she and
Fisher were close.

All right.
Let's keep an eye on her, though.

Okay. Hey. I pulled a message
off the victim's cell phone.

Think you wanna hear it.

Fisher, you dog! You think you

can get away with this? I find
you, Fisher! You're gonna pay

for what you done!
You hear me, Fisher?! You pay!

He doesn't sound very happy.

What's the accent? I sent a copy down
to Pete in forensics. He can tell us.

He's a genius with accents.
What time did the call come in?

11:45 last night. Coroner puts time of
death between 11:00 and 2:00. Bingo.

Maybe. I'm working on
getting the subscriber info

for the number from
the phone company right now.

Good. Oh, boss, one more thing.
I've been looking into

Fisher's past and hit a snag with the
peace corps thing. What kind of snag?

Well, they've got no record
of Fisher being a member

going back ten years.
I'm having them check to see

if it could be a clerical error
or spelling mistake.

Talk to the girlfriend.
Find out where he was stationed. All right.

Are you taking a vacation
from this case or what?

Huh? No.

Boss. I put the license

of the car that you thought was
following us in the system.

It was rented from the airport
three days ago.

Corporate account to some
shell company I couldn't track.

I just got a fresh hit. The car
was ticketed a half-hour ago

just two blocks away from the
victim's repair shop. Nice. Let's go.

You coming or what?

Are those bulletproof vests?

Yeah.
Uh, think not.

Good luck.
Okay.

No light.

Locked.

Freeze!

Drop your weapons!
Put your hands on your heads!

Okay.

So yesterday
you were bumming change.

Here you are today
with a $1,000 handgun,

nicely maintained.

You can understand
our puzzlement.

Sir, my name is Cole ruger.

I have a license for that
and a carry permit.

Okay, Mr. ruger,

what do you know about the
death of Ted Fisher? Nothing.

Fisher was a buddy of mine.
That's all.

You and he were
in the peace corps together?

Hmm. No.

We worked at sagaris together.

What is sagaris?

A security firm.

We provide services

the regular army
isn't equipped for.

Wait.

You and Fisher
were mercenaries?

Private security contractors.

Where did you do
most of your contracting?

All over. Mostly Iraq.
Fallujah, Basra.

Where were you
when Fisher was killed?

Ted called me two days ago
and said he was in trouble.

He needed help.
Whatever it was,

he couldn't say it over the phone.
And you just dropped everything,

no questions asked,
headed here?

That's right. Wouldn't you?

Where were you coming from?

I was overseas.

What did Fisher tell you
when you got here?

Nothing.

He was already dead.

I was too late.

At which point you disguised
yourself as a homeless man

to get close to the crime scene.

I was trying to gather intel,
figure out who killed Ted.

Which is why you broke into his store
with a loaded handgun?

I was staking out the place.

I heard a noise inside. The back
door was open. I went in.

I encountered that woman.
She was armed.

So I drew my weapon. Like I
said, it's fully licensed,

and I have a carry permit.

Look...

Agent,
I wanna work with you guys

to find out who killed Ted.

Whatever I can do. So as soon as
you cut me loose... Cut you loose?

Sure.

I haven't committed a crime.

Or should I call my attorney?

Okay. Obviously, you're
not the victim's neighbor,

and I need you to explain this.

My name is Vivian griswold.

I had nothing to do with
the murder of Ted Fisher.

A client hired me six months ago
to observe Mr. Fisher.

What kind of client?
What exactly do you do?

I work for a company
providing corporate intelligence

and covert surveillance.

A private sector spy.
Who's the client?

Mm.
Can't tell you that.

What I can tell you is that
it involved a major theft

from my clients, overseas,

two years ago.

And Fisher was connected how?
He was a person of interest.

Mr. Fisher left his job

shortly after an investigation
was launched.

His reasons for leaving
were... questionable.

You said you had Fisher
under surveillance.

So... where were you
the night of his death?

I had information
that led me to believe

that Mr. Fisher would be
at a different location.

Obviously,
that was bad information.

I guess.

So... how did you come to be
in Fisher's locked shop

carrying a weapon?

I was surveilling the shop
when I heard a noise inside.

The back door was open,
and I went in.

Finding an armed man inside,

I drew my fully licensed
and permitted weapon.

That's all.

Now... my lawyer is already
on the way over,

but wouldn't we all rather
skip the formalities?

You getting anything?

Well, they're
both professional liars.

Beyond that, I can't read either of them.
They're both good for the murder,

so each gives the other
reasonable doubt.

We need to come at this
from another angle.

Just got off the
phone with Pete in forensics.

He says the accent's Iraqi,
probably from Baghdad.

Any luck tracking down the caller?
Prepaid cell phone. No subscriber info.

I tried calling it, but the
minutes must be up. Great.

Agent Lisbon.

I just got a call from the state
department about your case.

What should I know? The state department?
What'd they say?

Our victim, Fisher, was
suspected of getting too close

to shady Iraqi businessmen.

A theft may have occurred.

Nothing could ever be proven.

They would like to be kept
abreast of developments.

We've got a threatening call

from somebody
who may or may not be Iraqi

and two suspects in holding

who've got experience
with counterintelligence.

And you have strong leads?

Something for me
to tell Washington?

Nothing concrete, sir.

Early indicators say
that it's revenge

for whatever happened in Iraq.
Hmm.

What about you, Mr. Jane?

What dazzling insights
have you gleaned?

Uh, I've got nothing.

Hmm. That's disappointing.

Off your game somehow? Distracted?
Mnh. No, not at all.

Sorry to interrupt, boss,
but I just talked

to the girlfriend, Heather blue.
She's frightened.

Says someone is prowling around her apartment.
Let's go and see her.

I wanna ask her about
that peace corps thing anyway.

Jane, are you co...
Damn. Problem?

Not at all, sir.

Keep me informed.
Okay.

These people are lying to you.

Teddy was in the peace corps.
I told you that.

We checked.

Ted Fisher worked
for sagaris private defense

from 2000 to 2009,

since he first got out
of the army. He was a mercenary.

No. He wasn't.

Not possible.

Heather, you called us here
because somebody frightened you.

Oh, well, uh...

Yeah, I was watching tv
when I heard the noise.

He was trying
to come in the back,

but when I yelled, he ran.
Did you get a look at him?

No, I just saw the glint

of the knife he was using
to cut the screen.

You can't remember anything else
about him? Size? Hair color?

Um, uh, he was wearing
a hooded sweatshirt, I think.

A little taller than me, maybe.

Are you sure it was male?
Could it have been a woman?

I don't know. Maybe. God, my
heart's going a mile a minute.

We've assigned you
a protection detail.

Nobody's gonna hurt you.

You really want me
to believe Ted lied to me?

The whole time,
he was lying to me?

I'm sorry.

O'Donnell. How goes it?

Fine. As long
as they keep bringing food

every couple hours, I'm good. Yeah.
Well, I brought you a chair.

Just opens up, and...

There.
Great.

Yeah, it's my pleasure.

Just glad to know we got
a good man like you on the job.

Just and ease your way into it. That's...
Just ease your way down.

Okay. There we go.
Uh, yeah.

Okay, fantastic.
Um, I'll check on you later on. Okay.

Thanks.

Whoever was trying
to get into the apartment,

it wasn't ruger or griswold.

They were only released an hour ago.

Well, maybe they have someone
else working with them,

or the girlfriend is
having some very bad dreams.

Okay.
Do you have any intention

of actually taking part
in this case?

It's all under control.

Wait.
You know who the killer is?

The what?

Oh, the killer.
No. No, I misspoke.

What's going on with you?

You've been acting strange
since this case started.

Strange.
Strange how?

Strange like...

Or...

Boss, Rigsby's...

Got something.

Oh. Just got a call from
the guys in evidence.

Fisher's phone's was ringing.
It's been going off every half-hour.

Where did the call come from?
Same number... Prepaid cell phone.

I thought you said the cell phone angle was dead.
He must've put more minutes on it.

This is Cho.
Yeah, we're all set here.

How are you guys coming along?

Cho's talking to the phone company
so that when the call

comes through, we can
triangulate off the cell towers,

figure out exactly where the call came from.

Okay, I need
you to keep him on the phone

for at least two minutes.
Hi. This is Patrick Jane.

Listen, I know who you are. (Middle eastern
accent) Shut up! I am coming to get you.

I don't know who you are,
but I will make you pay for this!

No, you shut up. You listen to me.

I know what you want. The only
way you're gonna get it is

if you meet me in person.
We got something to settle here.

Outside the repair shop
in one hour. You be there,

you get what you want.
If you don't,

you'll never see it again.
Simple as that. What was that?

I said 2 minutes.
That was hardly 30 seconds.

Well, I just thought it'd be simpler
to bring him to us.

It's okay. Thank me later.

Now the strangeness we were talking about...
Never mind.

Okay.

Uhh! Oh!

Hey!

Hey! Don't...

Where
is that bastard Fisher? No!

Let me go!
Where is that bastard Fisher?

My name is Omar Hassan.

Okay. Why were you so angry
with Ted Fisher?

My father worked
for the Americans,

helping to establish
a free and Democratic Iraq.

He and Fisher worked together.

Yes.

Before my father was killed.

How'd he die?

Bomb, two years ago.

Fisher was involved
in his death?

No, but when it became clear

that my father's life
was in danger,

Fisher promised he would
take care of my family

if anything happened
to my father.

And Fisher told you this?

After my father was killed,
Fisher quit his job.

He...He wanted
no more of killing.

He promised to help
get us to America

and that the $2 million

would be waiting for us when we arrived.
That's a lot of money.

The state department
thinks Fisher was engaged

in criminal activity in Iraq. Is
that where the money came from?

No. It came from my father.
It was our family fortune.

Your father put a lot of trust
in Fisher.

He believed he was a good man.

He...
He stayed under our roof.

He...
He broke bread with us.

So Fisher helped

to get the visas necessary
to come to America,

and your family arrived
four days ago. Is that correct?

And what happened
when you met up with Fisher?

We were supposed to meet
two nights ago,

but he never showed up.

You thought
he double-crossed you,

that he stole the money,
and that's why

you cut the screen and tried
to break into the apartment.

Yes.

What about Fisher's friend,
Cole ruger?

Did you ever meet him or did
Fisher ever talk about him?

No, I-I don't know him.

What am I to tell my mother?

My sisters?

I mean, we have nothing now.

Yeah. It's a tough break.

I'll be right back.

The kid doesn't seem
like a killer.

I'm not sure the revenge
motive works. Mm.

What are you doing? What is that?
None of your business.

Are you even listening to me? Every word.
Let's go catch this killer, shall we?

How are we gonna do that? The killer was
looking for the Hassan family's $2 million.

The rest is easy.

And now you want me to ask you
what the plan you worked out is,

don't you? No.
I just want you to round everyone up

and get 'em to the repair shop.
Everyone? Who's everyone?

Uh, well, let me see. There's
the girlfriend and Omar there

and, uh, griswold and ruger.
I think that about covers it.

Ruger and griswold...
They've already been released.

And from what I've seen
of the two of them,

we're not really equipped to track 'em down.
Oh, no. It's gonna be easy.

Easy? Ruger bought a plane ticket
out of the country... Mm-hmm.

The second he left the CBI.
Griswold disappeared

even after we put a tail on her.
Ruger is not leaving the country.

He is after the money.
You heard Omar.

He'd never even heard of ruger.

Ruger worked with Fisher, but I bet
they weren't friends. And griswold?

Well, she's after the money,
too. I expect they're both

trying to get into
the repair shop as we speak.

You just have to round them up.
Call me if you need any help.

Wait a minute.
You're leaving again?

What is going on with you?
When have I ever steered you wrong before?

I mean, when have I ever
really steered you wrong

where I've done something
that didn't work out

the way we wanted it to?
Seriously?

Okay, fine.
Let me put it this way...

When have I ever
intentionally screwed things up

so that we couldn't solve the case?
No. Not that I know of, at least.

Uh, that's right. Thank you.
Have a little faith, Lisbon.

Okay, Jane said
they're here somewhere.

Let's take a look.

Probably not the homeless guy.

No, ruger tried that one before.

How about the food guys?

No, too short.

How about the truck?

That's it.
Yep.

Hey, guys, I got this.
Yes, you do.

Hmm.

What do you want?

I'm not breaking any laws.

We just wanted to
ask you into the repair shop.

It would be a big help for us.

All right. No problem.

Very nice.

One down, one to go.

See anything?

Nope.

Cho, how's it going?
We found ruger in a delivery van,

but griswold's nowhere in sight.
Are you near the repair shop?

Yeah, right out front.

Okay, from where you stand,
what is the best vantage point

to see the shop? He wants us to
look for the best observation post

for watching the shop.

How about way over there?
That building

right across the street? There's a building
across the street. Rooftop's good.

Do you have a pen and some paper?

What's up?

What are you doing?

Throw me a pen.

A pen?
Yeah.

Nice catch.

Horrible throw.

You're welcome.

Oh, you've gotta be kidding me.

Hey, O'Donnell, snack break.

Oh, thanks, buddy.
No problem.

It's about time.

Mmm.

Turkey.

Oh!

Look, you gotta put this on.
We don't have a lot of time.

You're gonna use this
to get out through the door.

Wait. What are you talking about?
Well, you asked me to get you out of here.

That's what I'm doing...Helping you escape.
Now hurry up. Escape? I'm not escaping.

You think I want to spend
the rest of my life on the run?

No. You get the charges dropped.
That's the deal.

Hey, whoa, whoa.
I'm not a lawyer.

I can't make charges
just disappear,

but I can get you to Mexico...

Set you up with a little starter money.

Mexico? Who the hell wants
to go to Mexico?

What? You get me out free and
legal, or I start talking.

I'm pretty sure the dirt
I got on you will be worth

a "get out of jail free" card.
You're very annoying.

And you're running out of time.

Are they the ones?

Are you going to arrest them?

Oh, hi. You must be Heather.
Thanks for coming by.

Ted Fisher was a good man

who kept trust
with the Hassan family.

He was murdered over $2 million,
which is somewhere in this room.

$2 million?

Ted didn't have $2 million.

Uh, yes he did.
They could tell you.

How do you know it's in this room?
Because we've checked every other location

connected to Fisher and so have you.
That's why you're here.

- Hasn't this room already been searched,

both by the killer and by the police?
- Yes, but they...I'm sorry...

Weren't creative enough.

It could be in bearer bonds
hidden in the bills

or invoices or files

or more likely,
in the form of jewels

hidden somewhere inside
these electronics.

Whatever form it's in,
we're gonna find it right now.

Come on in, folks. These people
are gonna take everything

and pull it apart until
they find the hidden treasure.

Yes, piece by piece,

until we find it.

Thank you, folks.
If everybody could just step outside

and let these people do their jobs.
Thanks. Thank you.

They didn't find anything.

No cash, no jewels,
no bonds. Nothin'.

Huh.
What am I going to do?

My family is ruined.

All my father did
was for nothing.

What a waste of time.

I'd agree with him, except it's
this kind of incompetence

that makes people pay me
to produce results.

Hmm.

These people
have all been lying to you.

I was right about Teddy.

You were wrong.

Aha. I figured it out.

I know exactly
where the fortune is.

Oh, ho!

Where is it then?

Where's the money?

You're on top of it.

Under the carpet?

No. It is the carpet.
Touch it.

Pure silk, hand-knotted.

It looks like
a dirty old carpet.

Oh, yes, it's very old. One
of the reasons it's so valuable.

Wow.
I gotta phone this in.

Stop.

Let's talk about this.

If you did call it in,

the legal mess will
take forever to sort out.

This carpet will just end up in
a government locker somewhere.

Yeah, probably.

What if we just...

Took it?

You and me?

We took the carpet,

sold it, and divided
the profits between us?

Exactly.

Hmm.

That's, uh...

That's a great idea.

Isn't it?
50/50 split?

Sure. 50/50.

Deal. What did Ted say when you
suggested that deal to him?

Ted was a softheaded fool.

Aha. So you knew
about the money.

You knew Ted wasn't
with the peace corps.

You knew everything.
I didn't...I didn't say that.

Oh, yes you did,

which means, Heather,
it was you that shot Ted.

He told you about his identity,
he told you about the money,

and you shot him for it.
No. Uh, that's...No!

Well, forgive me if I, uh,
I'm not quite convinced.

But I do have to phone this in.

Lisbon'll be very happy to know...
Stop.

Are you pointing a gun at me,
Heather?

The man I loved was
in the peace corps.

He wanted to make the world
a better place.

Ted wasn't who he said he was.

He was a soldier, a killer.

So you shot him? That's a little
counterintuitive. He lied to me!

This had nothing to do
with the $2 million?

You can't understand.
You can only see things

from your bourgeois
capitalist mindset.

Do you know how much good
could be done with $2 million?!

How many animals could be saved?!

But you couldn't find the money.
The clock was ticking.

You looked everywhere,
and you couldn't find it.

He caught me
searching the shop.

He talked to me like
I was some kind of criminal.

Well, uh,
pretty much what you are.

No. I'm blessed is
what I am.

The universe wants me
to have this money.

I'm sorry I have to kill you,

but I'm doing it
from a place of love.

Drop the gun. Put your hands on your head.

Oh, wow.

I'm gonna leave you with that.

Huh.

You were right about ruger
and griswold.

He's already disappeared,
and she's admitted

she was working
for the state department,

who suspected Fisher
of smuggling and theft.

But they've agreed to recognize

the Hassan family's right
to the rug,

so everything ends happily.

Mm. Good.

I waited for you to tell
the hassans. Come on.

Oh, no, thanks.

What do you mean, "no, thanks"?
Well, uh, you know,

I don't have time
for that kind of treacle.

I have to rearrange
my sock drawer.

I have a serious problem
I have to solve,

and I don't have a lot of time
to solve it in.

I knew something
was going on with you.

What is it?

The absolute truth,
or I beat it outta you.

Laroche has something I need,
so I hired culpepper

to break into laroche's house.

If I can't get
the charges dropped,

culpepper is gonna tell on me.

Oh... my God.

Yeah, it's not good.

What does laroche have
that you want?

Hightower
didn't murder anybody.

She was framed.

Red John has
a friend inside the CBI.

The Todd Johnson murder.

Laroche had a short list of
suspects that led to hightower.

That's what you were
trying to steal...The list.

Yes. There were four names on
that list besides hightower's.

One of them is working for red John.
Did you ask laroche?

Laroche? No. Because if
it's not one of those names,

then laroche is red John's man.
Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?

I don't want to put you
in danger.

You're an idiot.
I will fix this,

but we are gonna have a serious talk after.
Fix it? I've been trying to fix it all weekend.

I had the perfect escape
worked out,

and then culpepper says, "no, I want the
charges dropped"" yeah, yeah. Let's go.

Open it up.

He's in there with his lawyer,

perfect.

Lady cop.
Okay. I can get behind that.

A dumb cop who's pretty is better
than a dumb cop...

- Oh!
- What do you think you're doing here?!

You...You can't do that.

That's a violation of due process.

You just got this case dismissed.

Due to your actions,
a criminal is going free.

I'm sorry, sir.
The frustrations of the job...

Your apologies
are of no import, agent.

Donald culpepper can no longer
be brought to trial.

Well, hang on. He didn't
actually steal anything, did he?

The 1-week suspension is
mandatory.

Also, six months
of anger management classes.

Ohh!

Yes, sir.

Mm.
I thought that went well.

You're gonna owe me big-time.

Uh, for what exactly?

Or I will...

Uh. Ah. Two words...
Anger management.

Hey.

Thank you.