The Shield (2002–2008): Season 4, Episode 6 - Insurgents - full transcript
A raid on a church being used as a drug drop places Monica in hot water with the community and her own cops.
Previously on The Shield:
Federal asset-forfeiture laws
will now be enforced in Farmington.
A gang sells crack out of their room,
we're gonna take that home.
My partner and I have been on your
office shit list for six months.
What if I promise to control her?
What other errands
do you have us running for the DA?
-This was my fight!
-And you lost!
What do you hear in Juvie
about Antwon Mitchell?
Shane's been cozying up
to the guy lately.
You're paid to protect my business.
Hey. New girlfriend?
She gave me something on that
whack you're working.
She's just trying to keep
her and her mom fed.
I can't help you score
if I can't reach your main man.
Do you have other family you go to
when she's like this?
She's like this all the time.
Someone's gotta look out for her.
Unis just found Angie's mother.
Dead from an overdose.
She's probably looking for her mom.
This is the little ho
that gave up my block.
Her body shows up...
...with bullets in it
from your two gats...
...you'll be doing time
for a long, long time.
Lot number 1 49.
2004 Cadillac Escalade EXT.
Black-leather interior.
Bidding starts at $22,000.
-Twenty-two.
-Twenty-two. Do I have 23, 23?
Anybody say 24? Twenty-four.
How about 25? I have 25.
Twenty-six? Twenty-six.
How about 27? Twenty-seven, 27.
Twenty-seven. How about 28,
28, 28, 28? Twenty-nine, 29?
-Sucks I didn't bring my checkbook.
-How about thirty, 30?
Laverneous'd pop if he knew all these
whiteys were scoping out his ride.
I put ads in El Clasificado,
and The Sentinel.
But only the Times crowd
was interested.
Who wants to go 31?
Thirty-one? Going, going.
Sold. Thirty-one thousand dollars.
Okay, now we have lot number 61 1.
I did a little show and tell
for the city attorney last night.
She sign off on the injunctions?
One-Niners
are Antwon Mitchell's foot soldiers.
Injunctions are gonna keep them
off the street pushing dope.
He's gonna feel the pressure.
Well, he's already feeling it.
This is gonna jack up the pain.
Seventeen thousand dollars.
Okay, next item. Lot number 684.
Yamaha motorcycle,
minimal damage.
All right, let's make this quick.
We gotta clock in to the boss.
You forget I'm your boss?
-What do you need?
-This address.
Chink heroin dealer.
Hear a shipment came in last night.
And you don't like competitors.
You know, Bill Gates has his hit,
I got mine.
Yeah, and busting dealers is ours,
so sure.
All right, we'll pay a visit.
Do our part
to keep the black tar monopoly safe.
Plus, I'm gonna need
half his inventory.
We're good on demand, but light on
supply because of your intel failure.
We give you information.
We don't move product,
get hung up in your shit.
Hey.
I'll beep you when we got the stuff.
Bitch with a badge doing my bidding.
It's a wonderful day.
As you know,
we had our first auction this morning.
-Try to keep your jaws off the floor.
-We raised over $900,000.
I guess taking houses is profitable.
That's money out of the bad guys'
hands, and back into the community.
Yeah, and a third comes to us.
Now, that's not the only good news.
Officers Sofer and Lowe...
...have done a fantastic job
documenting the One-Niners.
Thanks to their hard work,
we got injunctions.
After we serve these, see two or more
One-Niners together in Farmington...
...that's called congregating in groups,
that's jail time.
One-Niners are just the beginning,
so let's get these served.
Match the glamour shots
to the injunctions.
You have any questions,
get in touch with Danny or Julien.
Can't find them, come to me.
Thanks, everyone.
Any word on the girl?
Talked to Angie's friends at school.
No one's seen her, off the map.
Her mom goes
in the ground tomorrow.
Girl checks in once a week.
Now nothing.
-Talking about Angie?
-Yeah.
You speak to the family in Georgia?
She hasn't been back to
her apartment, didn't pack any bags.
What if Antwon Mitchell found out
Angie gave up the cul-de-sac bust?
That would have to come from here.
You ran that. Is there any chance
that word got out?
None.
I'm glad to hear IAD cleared
you on the shooting.
-Thanks for the word you put in.
-Your CO's anxious to get you back.
I took personal time the rest
of the week to look for Angie.
-Let me know what you find.
-All right.
Sorry about that, folks.
Come here.
What the hell was that?
Shane is slipping inside info
to Antwon.
Angie goes missing the night
we take his distribution center.
She fingered.
I pretend those aren't related?
Shane wouldn't give up a girl to him.
He's down for stealing,
planting evidence--
-We were all part of that.
-He would have been down for more...
...we hadn't been there
to rein in his shit.
On his own,
we got no idea what he would do.
We're keeping Shane out of trouble.
You making noises to my boss
doesn't help.
He didn't do this. I'll look around
and make sure of it.
You keep looking for Angie.
-Catch the ball.
-Come on, that's right.
Oh, you knuckleheads
make it way too easy.
Game's over. Against the fence.
Get against the fence right now.
Move. Move your ass.
You, face me.
-We was just balling.
-Yeah?
From now on, T-Gun,
a cop sees you so much...
...as playing with your own dicks in the
same room, you're going to County.
Oh, this one's for you, Notch.
It's called an injunction.
You're all documented members
of a known criminal organization.
Judge thinks
you're domestic terrorists, ladies.
-I ain't no sheet-head.
-You're just a shithead.
Injunctions are zero tolerance.
That means no associating
with known bangers....
No hanging with homeys,
no riding together.
Wait, hold on, hold on.
You trying to say it's illegal for me
to hang out with my brother?
-He your real brother?
-Yeah.
Like we came out the same vagina.
Court says you're One-Niners first.
I mean, what you all think,
we banging 24/7?
It's not up to me.
All right, see who we got.
I'll tell the bartender
his One-Niner clientele's banned.
Yo, all right, police,
you know the dance.
-You know the dance.
-Buy me a damn drink!
-Jesus, shit.
-Let's go.
-You're gonna buy me a drink, bitch.
-Break it up. Break it up.
-I'm DEA.
-What?
I'm undercover. You bust this place,
you're gonna screw it up.
-Get off me, pig!
-Hold it right there!
-Don't shoot. I got him.
-He should be here and let go!
I got him.
It's okay. This is the guy that Billings
was looking for on that 21 1.
All right, come on, asshole.
Come on.
Hospital says that alky you knocked
around barely has a bruise.
Drunks are like SuperBalls.
Bounce them off the floors,
they never get a scratch.
-I'll have to remember that one.
-Credentials cleared.
Agent Hendricks
say what he was doing at Lucky's?
Couldn't tell you if I wanted to.
How long you been
on the One-Niners?
A while.
Obviously, we're tilling
the same ground.
One-Niner heroin trade,
probably Antwon Mitchell too.
I'm just a guy on the street.
Say I talk to the guy
in the corner office?
You'd have to be pretty convincing.
Give me a name.
I'll work on my sales pitch.
Federal investigations
take precedence.
We say keep away
from that bar, you better do it.
-We can help you.
-You don't even have working lights.
I'm bringing the place
into the 21st century.
Rewiring, high-speed internet.
Meanwhile, here's
the low-tech version.
You guys are into the One-Niners.
We know everything about them.
Ink, homeys, drug dens.
The bangers know
we're plugged into them.
We do the bust for you,
get the heroin off the street.
You get closer to Antwon Mitchell, and
your agent's cover isn't compromised.
You're making a lot of assumptions.
The DEA's set up
on a One-Niner bar.
One-Niners are front and center in the
tar trade. I'm a local, not a moron.
Antwon never sees the light
of day again, I host the party.
One-Niners have been trading
stolen cars for tar heroin.
Pipeline runs between L.A.
and El Salvador.
Tar comes from Mexico.
It's grown there,
imported through El Salvador.
Salvadoran named Spider's
the go-between with the bangers.
Has a garage of stolen Camrys
on Broadway.
How'd the El Salvadorans
get hooked up with the One-Niners?
Antwon. Back in Lompoc, he took
advantage of some bad blood.
Made an alliance with the Salvadorans
against the Mexicans.
Still tight. Know where he unloads?
Four months, no clue.
Slips us every time we get close.
So we use my people
to bust the garage...
...convince Spider to share
where he takes the drugs.
Work up the chain from there.
I'll have some unis
round up Spider's family for leverage.
It's a good bet most of them
are illegals.
So we're clear, this is my op.
-You screw it up--
-Wouldn't do that to you.
Antwon was some
Iraqi National Guard general...
...we'd wait till he was all tucked
in bed...
...having a real nice dream,
and then cluster bomb his ass.
Worst thing we could do
is take a straight shot.
Not till we know where he's keeping
that girl's body. We gotta be patient.
Captain's got something cooking
with the DEA. Wants us all on it.
Fed bullshit? No, I think we'll pass.
Captain's orders.
Wanna skate, talk to her yourself.
Hey, Vic, your nanny is here.
Cass, everything okay?
You still feeling sick, kid?
Mr. Vic, I'm very sorry.
My girl, she's having a baby.
-I thought that was next month?
-Baby come early.
Problems, I think.
Do you understand, right?
-It's okay.
-Thank you.
Come on, honey.
-Sorry, Dad.
-That's okay, sweetie. Not your fault.
Who's this?
Cassidy. She's feeling
a little under the weather.
This is my boss, Captain Rawling.
-Nice to meet you.
-You too.
Why don't you take her home?
I'll have Shane take the lead
on Spider.
No, no, no, I got it covered.
I just have to call my backup sitter.
Your dad is very dedicated.
Why let that bald cracker-ass...
...run my boys off they corners
with this injunction shit?
They ain't hardly earning.
I can only wrap my arms
around so much.
Injunctions are coming from the top.
Maybe a brick of China white
will ease the pain.
Fresh from your Asian friends.
I don't touch the stuff.
Something else.
An El Salvadoran named Spider
showed up on the radar.
So you got business with him,
shut it down.
Cat named Verdice may show up
on the same radar.
Make sure you shut that down.
All right.
Pick up your trash.
-Yeah.
-Hey, it’s me.
Where the hell have you been?
Checking out Spider's casita.
-For the last half hour?
-It takes as long as it takes.
All right, well, Spider drove up
about 10 minutes ago.
Feel like doing some work?
Let's tear down the web, then.
Let's go.
Hey, get down!
Drop the bag!
Get down right now! Get down!
Don't move.
-Clear!
-Clear!
Spider's sending more than just cars
back to the homeland.
You get a shit load of tar with those.
El Salvador, they got AK's up the ass,
all the guerrillas.
But handguns, they're like tight pussy.
Rare and precious.
All right, let's pop the trunks,
see what else we can find.
Here.
Nothing.
Hey.
Wetback's got some greenbacks.
Holy shit.
How much you think that is?
Hundred grand or more.
Let's call it in.
You know, you have
to talk to me eventually.
Victim was Raine Powell.
Worked down the street
at Electronics Emporium.
-What's this?
-Just what it looks like.
Wasn't us. Talk to him.
I knew you'd wanna see where
the body was, so I drew her for you.
Where the body was?
You moved her?
Way people come speeding through,
she'd be a pancake.
Ever occur to you to redirect traffic?
Hey, I used up half my kid's chalk.
I don't need a thank you,
but how about you get up off my ass?
And this is...?
Oh, I had to move
the pocketbook too.
You were a big help in the community
meeting last week.
I mean, a real asset.
I believed in what I was saying.
Well, I hope you still do.
I've heard things.
Maybe some of the minority officers
here aren't so thrilled with my policies.
Maybe you're one of them.
Some people feel
like it all sounds good.
But the reality out there
seems a little bit different.
We're arresting bad guys,
just like always.
The way seizures work, everyone
is guilty until proven innocent.
If we take the wrong car, it's not like
people here can afford a lawyer.
Well, maybe you can do something
about that.
Look into using seizure money
to start a legal fund.
I guess so. Sure.
It's a work in progress. This policy
isn't the usual Band-Aid.
Your guys got a location
on Verdice's drug stash.
Grab your partner, come with.
Raine have any problems
that you know of?
Man trouble or money trouble?
No, she was a good girl, you know.
What about boyfriends?
Just Bear,
but he wouldn't have done this.
-So you saw Raine last night?
-I was overseeing a shipment.
She was stuck
behind her computer screen.
Type A personality. Familiar.
I told her not to park down here, but
the girl was a stickler for the policy.
The policy?
Rules say employees can't park at the
lot. Raine's the only who ever listened.
She lives with Cornelius Aimes,
a.k.a. Bear, over on Parmer.
Check it out.
See? You're talking to me.
To the extent necessary
to solve this case, yes.
Spider says he dropped off two keys
last night to a guy named Verdice.
Gonna have dogs and shooters,
so stay awake. Let's go.
They're in position.
Go when ready.
-Clear.
-Clear.
Shit.
You sold me on this.
Spider gave us the right location.
This guy, Verdice, got lucky, bailed.
Bullshit. Somebody couldn't keep
their mouth shut...
...which is why we don't work
with people like you.
No one leaked anything.
We go to Spider, we find what--
I'm not letting you
near my guy again.
I need to borrow this asshole.
Come here.
You got about 30 seconds
to spill your guts.
How tough are you gonna be when
your little brother's hacked to pieces?
I don't got no little brother.
Then it must be some other Juan
Emilio I got back at the station.
It's gonna be bad when they have
to deport him down south.
You got a lot of enemies. La Colonia
doesn't get him, the Mexicans will.
Twenty seconds.
Tar that comes to me, I bring it here.
Most of it Verdice gets at the church.
-The church?
-Verdice is a believer, man.
Stuff comes in there,
he takes what he needs.
Keeps the rest safe with Jesus.
I'm gonna have to scrap the whole
operation, pull my agent.
Couple of months, put in a new face.
Where's my informant?
Right here, sir.
Thought he might need to stretch
his legs before he took his ride.
First, Angie fell off our radar.
Now this guy clears out
like he's been tipped off...
...after I give my word
I'm not gonna screw this up.
What the hell's going on?
Maybe the wrong person saw us
nab Spider, spread the word.
Doesn't explain
Angie's disappearance.
-These were both your operations.
-Both of them were successes.
Verdice and the heroin
are still missing, so is Angie.
Lem's out looking for her.
We can still salvage this one.
Spider gave up
his One-Niner contact.
Do I wanna know
how you managed that?
We brought his family in for leverage,
I used it.
If you ask me,
they probably packed up.
You know, cook houses
move all the time.
What did you get from Spider?
The El Salvadorans are shipping
their drugs to a church on Avon.
Verdice is a member.
-His guys pose as God-fearing folk.
-You're kidding.
-Sounds like Spider sold you a load.
-He's not risking his family.
It's the real thing.
I'll work on a warrant.
Let's keep this contained.
The three of us, Army, Ronnie.
That's it, just the people we trust.
All right.
Here, take this.
Occurred to me to take that down.
I see Vic's humor
grows more sophisticated by the day.
Boyfriend wasn't home,
I grabbed Raine's diary.
Seems there were bumps
along the relationship road.
Detective Huarez in San Antonio's
got a different angle.
He's been tracking murders
in the L.A. area.
There aren't enough in Texas?
Because his suspect relocated
to Farmington a month ago.
Hey, exposed dick?
Thanks for the warning, Dutchboy.
Kleavon Gardner, questioned
in four separate homicides.
Suspected him on two murders
three days apart...
...then nothing for six months.
Witnesses placed him
at a couple of scenes.
Detectives in San Antonio weren't
able to make anything stick.
Well, what's the connection
to our body?
Victims were black women
in public places.
Raine was killed seven blocks
from where Kleavon's sister lives.
Are we gonna be like this
from now on?
Huarez tried to warn somebody
in this department a few weeks ago...
...that we had a thrill killer
on our hands.
Thrill killers need the juice,
take chances.
This guy's patient,
an opportunity killer.
No wonder San Antonio PD
screwed it up.
Get your profiles right, people.
Whatever he is,
I'm going to introduce myself.
Oh, what? I'm not coming with?
Stick to your True Confessions.
San Antonio police interviewed you
1 1 times.
They got you killing everybody
but Osama.
What I don't get is, why you?
They got no DNA, they got no prints.
Any excuse to fry a brother.
-Justice, Texas-style?
-You said it.
He send you after me?
Huarez. Got a real hard-on.
Why is that?
Might have mentioned he don't know
how to screw his wife too well.
Shouldn't have done that,
but he just got me worked up.
You get angry a lot, Kleavon?
Not more than usual.
About how long is this gonna take?
Twelve hours was the limit in Texas.
Where were you last night, Bear?
Little after midnight?
Driving.
Around, collecting
my nighttime thoughts.
Nighttime thoughts, about what?
Life shit. I think better at night.
Found this
in Raine's underwear drawer.
-She mentions you.
-She's gone, why you wanna dig--?
"Dear Diary,
This job is just a stepping stone.
I'm going places, but I'm not sure
Cornelius is ready to go with me."
Then she talks about you
and a girl named Janelle.
Janelle's just some white chick.
Raine find out about you two?
You read where she talks about
that collage I did for her birthday?
What kind of grown-ass man
does collages, and kills his woman?
You read this?
I saw her put it away a hundred times.
What was I supposed to do, bro?
See, man, I knew
this shit looked bad.
Where were you last night?
At Janelle's, but it wasn't like that.
We were in the bed,
but the clothes were on.
It was platonic.
You were sleeping together,
but you weren't sleeping together?
Yeah, there you go.
Bless this child, Father.
In the name of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost, I say amen.
Amen.
We thank you, Lord,
for bringing this child....
Reverend, I'm Captain Rawling.
I need a moment.
Oh, all right,
must be some kind of problem.
They sending a captain.
Well, we believe a few of your
members are using this church...
...to import illegal drugs.
-That's not possible.
-I'm sure it's without your knowledge.
Are these three boys here
right now?
Muncelle's car is in your lot.
He's known to hang out with the two.
They were making sandwiches in
the kitchen about a half an hour ago.
Those boys volunteer.
Their criminal days are past.
Tagged One-Niners.
Just being together's against the law.
I know about those injunctions.
You find them on the street,
they're yours.
-This is a house of the Lord.
-We have a warrant on the way.
We need to talk to the boys,
do a search of the premises.
We'll be very respectful.
How do you think it's going in there?
I'm more worried about
what's going on over there.
They snag him, he gets caught, I don't
wanna hear what Antwon's gonna say.
Damnit, here he is now.
Verdice is walking right into an arrest.
Get out of here. Get out of here.
Get out of here.
-Shit.
-Yo, that's Verdice's ride.
-You think he's coming for a pick-up?
-Didn't come for the wine.
-He's running.
-Asshole's gonna try to split.
What are you doing?
Army, what the hell are you doing?!
Get out of the car!
Get out of the car!
Come here.
You talk, Antwon will know.
Keep your mouth shut,
you get out of this alive.
-Take it easy. Let's go, get up.
-What the hell was that?
-Hands behind your back.
-Guy was gonna bail.
-Stay out of my church.
-Yo, get up.
Reading the good parts?
Looking for more clues.
It's a real window into the mind.
How things going
with your Texas chainsaw murderer?
Says he's the victim
of the good old boys network.
But something's off about him.
-Maybe you'll have a take.
-So we're back?
No, but I can put up with you
long enough...
...to put someone like this
behind bars.
I been telling my partner about
how you were harassed in Texas.
Can we get you
something to drink?
So you can stop me from going
to the can when my bladder fills up?
No thanks.
So witnesses spotting you near those
crime scenes was just dumb luck?
Just happened by.
No law against that.
Why'd you leave
San Antonio, Kleavon?
Just got sick of The Alamo.
Kind of feels like
we're wasting our time. His too.
Probably got somewhere you need
to be. Job? Girlfriend?
Like we established, I'm new in town.
Must have a lot of free time.
What do you like to do?
People watch.
Tell us where you were last night,
we can end this now.
Oh, I was home.
I know, give us a rundown
of the night.
So you can go over my statement 50
times, try to trip me up? No thanks.
Woman named Raine Powell
was murdered last night.
Bludgeoned to death.
Maybe you happened
by this crime scene too.
Yeah, I didn't kill her.
He didn't even blink at those photos.
Classic sociopathic non-reaction.
He seems confident
we won't come up with something.
He's already gotten away
with four others.
What else do we got?
Raine's diary mentions some beef
with a co-worker...
...a friend she lent
her bingo winnings to.
I'll have the unis pick him up.
Have to admit it felt good in there.
Two of us clicking.
-Dutch, do you know where Vic is?
-No, why?
He's got me watching his kid.
My shift ended, sitter never showed.
-Did you try his cell phone?
-No answer.
I know the mom,
she works at Mission Cross.
I can call her.
How's she doing?
Good. Thanks again.
Vic had a uni with her the whole time.
It wasn't like he left her totally alone.
I can't believe he didn't call me.
Divorce is tough.
Mine was a while ago.
Anyway, thanks again.
It was really nice of you.
You're welcome.
Listen, wanna have dinner
some time?
-Dinner?
-Why not?
Three kids, a job, selling our house.
-I don't have time. I don't know.
-Work around your schedule.
-You work with Vic.
-We barely see each other.
I tried it with a cop once.
Vic and I could not be more different.
Reverend, I have
a signed search warrant.
You must open the door.
This is a house of worship.
There's an easier way to do this.
There are no drugs here.
Except for the heroin.
Reverend, I have the legal right
to come inside. Use force if I have to.
Neither of us wants that.
Then let the Lord be your judge.
We could pack it up,
come back tonight.
Yeah, give them time
to flush the tar?
We already look like assholes.
Go in now, we have something
in hand to show for it.
You believe in your intel, right?
Oh, yeah.
Okay, people.
Let's go.
You know who we're looking for.
Remember that this is a church.
There are civilians inside.
-So do your jobs, but use extra care.
-All right, who's got the hawk?
-We do.
-Good.
Four teams, two in the front, one on
the side, one in the back. Let's do it.
Captain, I'm not breaking down
a church door.
Just think of it as a drug warehouse,
because that's what it is today.
We shouldn't be going in like this.
Get in the back, both of you.
What the hell are you doing?
You're knocking us out of this?
All right, Reverend, last chance.
Open the door.
Do it.
The Lord is the stronghold of my life.
Of whom then should I go in dread?
When evildoers close in on me
to devour me....
-Hold it, Muncelle!
-It is my enemies who stumble and fall.
-Don't you move.
-Though an army should encamp me.
-You all right?
-My heart does not fear.
Sofer and Lowe got the other ones
coming out the back.
My heart does not fear.
Though wars are waged against me.
Even then do I trust....
-Any drugs?
-Nothing here.
Just the.38.
We're gonna have to search
the whole church and everyone in it.
Just...
...be gentle.
Hey.
Hey, all that
Fast and Furious shit?
You're sending smoke signals
to Vic and the captain.
What they gonna do, reprimand me?
Look, we gotta find
that heroin first...
...show him
we're not Antwon's butt buddies.
I told you, that's temporary.
-You got something?
-Yeah, botulism, residue.
K9 could do this in five minutes.
Yeah, if they'd ever show up.
Hey, just found a receipt
in the good reverend's office.
Church candles are imported
from El Salvador.
-Okay.
-Yeah.
Oh, heaven help them.
Vic.
Get these sinners baptized.
What's up?
I got the toxies on Angie's mom.
Levels indicate she had over
500 bucks of heroin in her system.
Even a frat boy knows
not to shoot that much poison.
This was a lifetime junkie...
...who could barely scrape
enough together for a dime bag.
Somebody made sure she copped
till she dropped.
Well, I'm connecting the dots,
and all I'm seeing...
...is a picture of Shane
with Antwon Mitchell.
Hey, did Paula find you?
She was trying to call.
Shit. I had it on silent for the bust.
Something about
Detective Wagenbach...
...taking your daughter
to the hospital?
We'll do this later.
She's sick, you brought her
to the station?
Carmen dropped a bomb,
backup sitter blew a tire.
-What was I to do?
-You should've called.
-I had it.
-Obviously not.
Or you wouldn't have dumped her
with a uni.
First time in seven months
there's been a problem.
Come on, Cass, let's go.
Maybe I should stay with Mom.
She's gotta work, sweetie.
Genine's waiting for us. Let's go.
Go with your father.
I'll see you tomorrow.
One-time thing, that's it.
You were pretty broken up
about Raine earlier.
How are you doing now?
Bunch of us from the store
set up a shrine.
-Teddy bears, flowers.
-That's nice.
You know, your boss found those
order forms you've been changing.
I sold a few DVD players,
a couple of Xboxes on the side.
I was gonna tell you all about it.
-Raine know about your enterprise?
-No way.
Really? In her diary,
it says she confronted you.
Said she was gonna go
to your manager.
I know, you were gonna tell me
all about it.
Now, when Raine confronted you,
what happened?
You probably tried to reason
with her.
Look, if it were up to me,
I'd pin this on a real killer.
Some asshole who murders for fun.
Problem is, the unis eyeballed your
car with what looks to be blood inside.
You didn't plan this.
Second degree murder.
You can get out one day,
but we need to know the truth.
I offered her a cut.
But she pulled the moral high ground
shit on you, didn't she?
One thing I hate,
it's a self-righteous bitch.
Tell me about it.
You did what you had to do.
She left you no choice.
So much for San Antonio eating
our dust. He's innocent.
Of murdering Raine.
Guy's still a stone cold killer.
And he just pitched a tent
in our backyard.
We got a suspect, but no victim.
That's new.
That's when it bites
we don't live in a dictatorship.
Put the guy in a hole
and forget about him.
Well, there's an impulse
I can understand.
We can't turn Kleavon over to SIS
until he commits a crime in L.A.
I thought I hated being on the DA's
shit list, but this is actually worse.
I can't believe
you're still freezing me out.
I can't believe you sold me out.
Officer Lowe.
I think you should stick
to desk duty the next few days.
See if you can find your way
into what we're doing here.
If not, I understand.
But you should consider putting in
for a transfer.
I wasn't gonna break into a church.
There was heroin
in the holy candles.
This time.
Altar boys pin you
as the head honcho.
We can't make a deal...
...you're eating roadkill goulash
over at Lompoc.
Where my spoon then?
You wanna be a barrio martyr,
that's fine with me.
But why not
serve up Antwon instead?
Antwon who?
We can put you into relocation,
keep you safe.
Lone Ranger and Tonto,
they hauled your ass out of that car.
What did they say to you?
They told me get out the car,
and put my hands on my head.
And that's the last I'm saying.
Dutchboy. Hero of the hour.
Your daughter was sick.
Wanted her mother.
You can't take a joke, so you make me
look like a prick in front of my ex.
I'm sure your ex doesn't need any help
seeing what kind of prick you are.
Just saw Angie's mother's tox report.
Lem have any news on Angie?
-I don't know.
-Well, find him.
I wanna hear what he's got.
Used to be bad cops
was good business.
But now I got a stash gone,
crew locked up, sellers who can't sell.
Wanna tell me how the world
got upside-down on your watch?
Seeing you were misusing
a house of the Lord...
...I'd say divine intervention.
He must really hate you.
Only reason he'd talk to me
like that...
...because he wants
to see y'all dead or in jail.
Vic Mackey wants you gone. We're the
only thing standing in his way.
You think I need your ass,
you're wrong.
You think you don't, you're wrong.
Look, protecting you is a full-time gig
plus overtime.
So you can either tell me
what you're into...
...or I can keep chasing Vic's tail.
Some days we'll catch it.
Some days we won't.
I'll think about it.
Yeah, you do that.
-Antwon's gonna drop the body.
-He's not that stupid.
Him being stupid is
not what I'm worried about.
I didn't hear you complaining about my
leadership when I got you blown.
This isn't doing favors to get intel
on bad guys.
You got me taking it up the ass
from Antwon.
Ramming cars to keep us
out of prison.
I've dealt with guys like this before.
You or Mackey? Do you even have a
clue how we're getting out of this?
Look, I'm getting us close.
This guy thinks he can kill
this little girl right in front of us?
We're gonna find that little girl,
we're gonna give her a proper burial.
Then when the time is right...
...we're gonna shove a stick
of dynamite up his ass.
Dr. Alvin Bernard's clinic has been
providing free pre-natal care...
...to Farmington's poor
for 21 years...
...which is why I'm so pleased, Al,
to give you this check for $1 0,000.
Is that money from seizures?
Part of my promise to give a third
of what we get...
...from asset-forfeitures
to the community.
How does that community feel about
your decision to invade a church?
I wouldn't characterize it
quite that way.
We found 1 2 kilos of tar heroin
inside there.
I'd say they're pretty damn happy.
-Any plans to seize the church?
-No.
Is the reverend under arrest?
The only people under arrest
are known drug dealers...
...with affiliations
to Farmington One-Niners.
So you'd interrupt another baptism
to put away a gang member?
I'd interrupt
my grandmother's funeral...
...if it meant taking narcotics
off the streets our children walk on.
But don't tell that to my grandma...
...because she's still full of piss
and vinegar in Tarzana.
Reporters were tough today.
We keep storming churches,
they're gonna get tougher.
-You were all for it earlier.
-I was. I am.
-It's just this thing's to good to blow--
-Hoda Stubbs was killed.
-Angie too, I'm guessing.
-I plan on finding who did it.
When you do, ask about the leak
at the warehouse today.
We don't know there was a leak.
Even if there was, we don't know
they're related. Could be accidental.
Stop bullshitting me.
You vouched for Shane.
What about Army?
He seems like a good kid.
I don't think--
I don't care what you think.
What do you know?
Is there a reason you don't wanna
dig deeper?
I'm not about witch hunts.
I've been on the other side of a few.
I chose you, I needed somebody
as hungry as me to make it work.
I'm getting it done.
Why are you riding me?
Because shit is falling
through the cracks.
Pressure on the seizure program
is only gonna get more intense.
When it does, that shit
is gonna rise to the surface.
If you can't withstand scrutiny
about anything...
...I need you to step aside.
I don't step aside. I step up.
Which is the other reason
I chose you.
Find the leak.
That's some cold-ass shit.
Can't tell the Iraqi insurgents
from the Iraqi idiots.
No difference here. Somebody gets
in the way, we keep rolling. I'm saying.
Maybe that's the way
we gotta look at things.
-What's up?
-Son of a bitch, what did--?
-She was 1 4.
-What the hell's your problem, man?
You bring Angie
to Antwon Mitchell yourself, huh?
Hand her with a bow,
or tell him where to find her?
-No. No.
-No? Where is she then?!
Back off. Just back off.
I got it, okay? I got it.
Where is she then, Shane?
-Where's Angie?
-What are you asking me for, man?
You telling me you're not in bed
with Antwon?
You told him Angie gave up
that cul-de-sac bust.
No, man, I would never do that.
What happened to her, Shane?
What happened to her then?
-I don't know.
-Dude, she was 1 4.
She just wanted
to get her mom clean.
You tell me what you did!
Nothing! Nothing!
Look, you know that I would never....
You know I would never hurt a kid.
Look, I got one of my own now, man.
Yeah, I know you.
I know you're lying.
I didn't kill that girl.
And I didn't give her name up
to Antwon.
So you just stay out of my face.
I lose that one percent of doubt I got,
we'll be mixing it up again.
Captain says she wants to hear your
opinion, but only hers is right.
Agendas have a way
of creating tunnel vision.
-She said I could put in for a transfer.
-Sure.
Stock the pond with true believers...
...make implied threats
to get rid of ones who aren't.
You don't think I should leave?
I think if you wanted to,
you wouldn't have called me.
I grew up in Farmington.
I don't wanna see it torn more apart.
What is it you want me to do, Julien?
You've got power.
Help us to stop her.
Going after a police captain
is no walk in the park.
I should know.
There are other officers of color
that agree with me.
We wouldn't be alone.
I remember the last time you and l
went down this path.
Things got messy,
and you left me twisting in the wind.
Not this time.
Vic Mackey, he's got a lot invested
in this policy. He'll come after you.
Could dredge up the past.
I can handle it.
I'm a different man now.
Russian taxi king's
expanded his realm.
Added three more cabs to the fleet.
Alex the Conqueror.
How many cabs we got wired so far?
Even dozen, even managed to get one
in his personal ride.
Sweet.
Yeah, what do you want?
What do you think you're doing
going after Shane?
He ran right back and told you?
You got suspicions, fine. We all
agreed we'd keep them to ourselves.
Look, there's a 1 4-year-old girl
rotting out there someplace.
-Are you in on that too?
-What?
You're saying
you gotta keep Shane close.
Maybe you gotta keep me far away.
You're back to business as usual.
Riding in Mitchell's pocket
with Shane.
I wanna bring down Antwon
and find that girl too.
Really? Prove it.
Let me back in.
It's complicated.
You gotta do things my way.
Oh, you mean, I agree to protect
Shane like always, right?
Right?
We added another car
in the garage sting.
Shane didn't tell me
you came after him. I saw it.
Jesus Christ.
Lem’s one crazy-ass white boy.
You really used to be tight?
Yeah.
Lifetime ago.
What does he know about us?
Nothing. He’s just guessing,
he can’t prove anything.
I’ll handle him.
Look, you’re just gonna have
to trust me.
I’m gonna handle all this shit.
It's not about protecting Shane
anymore.
It's about stopping him.
Federal asset-forfeiture laws
will now be enforced in Farmington.
A gang sells crack out of their room,
we're gonna take that home.
My partner and I have been on your
office shit list for six months.
What if I promise to control her?
What other errands
do you have us running for the DA?
-This was my fight!
-And you lost!
What do you hear in Juvie
about Antwon Mitchell?
Shane's been cozying up
to the guy lately.
You're paid to protect my business.
Hey. New girlfriend?
She gave me something on that
whack you're working.
She's just trying to keep
her and her mom fed.
I can't help you score
if I can't reach your main man.
Do you have other family you go to
when she's like this?
She's like this all the time.
Someone's gotta look out for her.
Unis just found Angie's mother.
Dead from an overdose.
She's probably looking for her mom.
This is the little ho
that gave up my block.
Her body shows up...
...with bullets in it
from your two gats...
...you'll be doing time
for a long, long time.
Lot number 1 49.
2004 Cadillac Escalade EXT.
Black-leather interior.
Bidding starts at $22,000.
-Twenty-two.
-Twenty-two. Do I have 23, 23?
Anybody say 24? Twenty-four.
How about 25? I have 25.
Twenty-six? Twenty-six.
How about 27? Twenty-seven, 27.
Twenty-seven. How about 28,
28, 28, 28? Twenty-nine, 29?
-Sucks I didn't bring my checkbook.
-How about thirty, 30?
Laverneous'd pop if he knew all these
whiteys were scoping out his ride.
I put ads in El Clasificado,
and The Sentinel.
But only the Times crowd
was interested.
Who wants to go 31?
Thirty-one? Going, going.
Sold. Thirty-one thousand dollars.
Okay, now we have lot number 61 1.
I did a little show and tell
for the city attorney last night.
She sign off on the injunctions?
One-Niners
are Antwon Mitchell's foot soldiers.
Injunctions are gonna keep them
off the street pushing dope.
He's gonna feel the pressure.
Well, he's already feeling it.
This is gonna jack up the pain.
Seventeen thousand dollars.
Okay, next item. Lot number 684.
Yamaha motorcycle,
minimal damage.
All right, let's make this quick.
We gotta clock in to the boss.
You forget I'm your boss?
-What do you need?
-This address.
Chink heroin dealer.
Hear a shipment came in last night.
And you don't like competitors.
You know, Bill Gates has his hit,
I got mine.
Yeah, and busting dealers is ours,
so sure.
All right, we'll pay a visit.
Do our part
to keep the black tar monopoly safe.
Plus, I'm gonna need
half his inventory.
We're good on demand, but light on
supply because of your intel failure.
We give you information.
We don't move product,
get hung up in your shit.
Hey.
I'll beep you when we got the stuff.
Bitch with a badge doing my bidding.
It's a wonderful day.
As you know,
we had our first auction this morning.
-Try to keep your jaws off the floor.
-We raised over $900,000.
I guess taking houses is profitable.
That's money out of the bad guys'
hands, and back into the community.
Yeah, and a third comes to us.
Now, that's not the only good news.
Officers Sofer and Lowe...
...have done a fantastic job
documenting the One-Niners.
Thanks to their hard work,
we got injunctions.
After we serve these, see two or more
One-Niners together in Farmington...
...that's called congregating in groups,
that's jail time.
One-Niners are just the beginning,
so let's get these served.
Match the glamour shots
to the injunctions.
You have any questions,
get in touch with Danny or Julien.
Can't find them, come to me.
Thanks, everyone.
Any word on the girl?
Talked to Angie's friends at school.
No one's seen her, off the map.
Her mom goes
in the ground tomorrow.
Girl checks in once a week.
Now nothing.
-Talking about Angie?
-Yeah.
You speak to the family in Georgia?
She hasn't been back to
her apartment, didn't pack any bags.
What if Antwon Mitchell found out
Angie gave up the cul-de-sac bust?
That would have to come from here.
You ran that. Is there any chance
that word got out?
None.
I'm glad to hear IAD cleared
you on the shooting.
-Thanks for the word you put in.
-Your CO's anxious to get you back.
I took personal time the rest
of the week to look for Angie.
-Let me know what you find.
-All right.
Sorry about that, folks.
Come here.
What the hell was that?
Shane is slipping inside info
to Antwon.
Angie goes missing the night
we take his distribution center.
She fingered.
I pretend those aren't related?
Shane wouldn't give up a girl to him.
He's down for stealing,
planting evidence--
-We were all part of that.
-He would have been down for more...
...we hadn't been there
to rein in his shit.
On his own,
we got no idea what he would do.
We're keeping Shane out of trouble.
You making noises to my boss
doesn't help.
He didn't do this. I'll look around
and make sure of it.
You keep looking for Angie.
-Catch the ball.
-Come on, that's right.
Oh, you knuckleheads
make it way too easy.
Game's over. Against the fence.
Get against the fence right now.
Move. Move your ass.
You, face me.
-We was just balling.
-Yeah?
From now on, T-Gun,
a cop sees you so much...
...as playing with your own dicks in the
same room, you're going to County.
Oh, this one's for you, Notch.
It's called an injunction.
You're all documented members
of a known criminal organization.
Judge thinks
you're domestic terrorists, ladies.
-I ain't no sheet-head.
-You're just a shithead.
Injunctions are zero tolerance.
That means no associating
with known bangers....
No hanging with homeys,
no riding together.
Wait, hold on, hold on.
You trying to say it's illegal for me
to hang out with my brother?
-He your real brother?
-Yeah.
Like we came out the same vagina.
Court says you're One-Niners first.
I mean, what you all think,
we banging 24/7?
It's not up to me.
All right, see who we got.
I'll tell the bartender
his One-Niner clientele's banned.
Yo, all right, police,
you know the dance.
-You know the dance.
-Buy me a damn drink!
-Jesus, shit.
-Let's go.
-You're gonna buy me a drink, bitch.
-Break it up. Break it up.
-I'm DEA.
-What?
I'm undercover. You bust this place,
you're gonna screw it up.
-Get off me, pig!
-Hold it right there!
-Don't shoot. I got him.
-He should be here and let go!
I got him.
It's okay. This is the guy that Billings
was looking for on that 21 1.
All right, come on, asshole.
Come on.
Hospital says that alky you knocked
around barely has a bruise.
Drunks are like SuperBalls.
Bounce them off the floors,
they never get a scratch.
-I'll have to remember that one.
-Credentials cleared.
Agent Hendricks
say what he was doing at Lucky's?
Couldn't tell you if I wanted to.
How long you been
on the One-Niners?
A while.
Obviously, we're tilling
the same ground.
One-Niner heroin trade,
probably Antwon Mitchell too.
I'm just a guy on the street.
Say I talk to the guy
in the corner office?
You'd have to be pretty convincing.
Give me a name.
I'll work on my sales pitch.
Federal investigations
take precedence.
We say keep away
from that bar, you better do it.
-We can help you.
-You don't even have working lights.
I'm bringing the place
into the 21st century.
Rewiring, high-speed internet.
Meanwhile, here's
the low-tech version.
You guys are into the One-Niners.
We know everything about them.
Ink, homeys, drug dens.
The bangers know
we're plugged into them.
We do the bust for you,
get the heroin off the street.
You get closer to Antwon Mitchell, and
your agent's cover isn't compromised.
You're making a lot of assumptions.
The DEA's set up
on a One-Niner bar.
One-Niners are front and center in the
tar trade. I'm a local, not a moron.
Antwon never sees the light
of day again, I host the party.
One-Niners have been trading
stolen cars for tar heroin.
Pipeline runs between L.A.
and El Salvador.
Tar comes from Mexico.
It's grown there,
imported through El Salvador.
Salvadoran named Spider's
the go-between with the bangers.
Has a garage of stolen Camrys
on Broadway.
How'd the El Salvadorans
get hooked up with the One-Niners?
Antwon. Back in Lompoc, he took
advantage of some bad blood.
Made an alliance with the Salvadorans
against the Mexicans.
Still tight. Know where he unloads?
Four months, no clue.
Slips us every time we get close.
So we use my people
to bust the garage...
...convince Spider to share
where he takes the drugs.
Work up the chain from there.
I'll have some unis
round up Spider's family for leverage.
It's a good bet most of them
are illegals.
So we're clear, this is my op.
-You screw it up--
-Wouldn't do that to you.
Antwon was some
Iraqi National Guard general...
...we'd wait till he was all tucked
in bed...
...having a real nice dream,
and then cluster bomb his ass.
Worst thing we could do
is take a straight shot.
Not till we know where he's keeping
that girl's body. We gotta be patient.
Captain's got something cooking
with the DEA. Wants us all on it.
Fed bullshit? No, I think we'll pass.
Captain's orders.
Wanna skate, talk to her yourself.
Hey, Vic, your nanny is here.
Cass, everything okay?
You still feeling sick, kid?
Mr. Vic, I'm very sorry.
My girl, she's having a baby.
-I thought that was next month?
-Baby come early.
Problems, I think.
Do you understand, right?
-It's okay.
-Thank you.
Come on, honey.
-Sorry, Dad.
-That's okay, sweetie. Not your fault.
Who's this?
Cassidy. She's feeling
a little under the weather.
This is my boss, Captain Rawling.
-Nice to meet you.
-You too.
Why don't you take her home?
I'll have Shane take the lead
on Spider.
No, no, no, I got it covered.
I just have to call my backup sitter.
Your dad is very dedicated.
Why let that bald cracker-ass...
...run my boys off they corners
with this injunction shit?
They ain't hardly earning.
I can only wrap my arms
around so much.
Injunctions are coming from the top.
Maybe a brick of China white
will ease the pain.
Fresh from your Asian friends.
I don't touch the stuff.
Something else.
An El Salvadoran named Spider
showed up on the radar.
So you got business with him,
shut it down.
Cat named Verdice may show up
on the same radar.
Make sure you shut that down.
All right.
Pick up your trash.
-Yeah.
-Hey, it’s me.
Where the hell have you been?
Checking out Spider's casita.
-For the last half hour?
-It takes as long as it takes.
All right, well, Spider drove up
about 10 minutes ago.
Feel like doing some work?
Let's tear down the web, then.
Let's go.
Hey, get down!
Drop the bag!
Get down right now! Get down!
Don't move.
-Clear!
-Clear!
Spider's sending more than just cars
back to the homeland.
You get a shit load of tar with those.
El Salvador, they got AK's up the ass,
all the guerrillas.
But handguns, they're like tight pussy.
Rare and precious.
All right, let's pop the trunks,
see what else we can find.
Here.
Nothing.
Hey.
Wetback's got some greenbacks.
Holy shit.
How much you think that is?
Hundred grand or more.
Let's call it in.
You know, you have
to talk to me eventually.
Victim was Raine Powell.
Worked down the street
at Electronics Emporium.
-What's this?
-Just what it looks like.
Wasn't us. Talk to him.
I knew you'd wanna see where
the body was, so I drew her for you.
Where the body was?
You moved her?
Way people come speeding through,
she'd be a pancake.
Ever occur to you to redirect traffic?
Hey, I used up half my kid's chalk.
I don't need a thank you,
but how about you get up off my ass?
And this is...?
Oh, I had to move
the pocketbook too.
You were a big help in the community
meeting last week.
I mean, a real asset.
I believed in what I was saying.
Well, I hope you still do.
I've heard things.
Maybe some of the minority officers
here aren't so thrilled with my policies.
Maybe you're one of them.
Some people feel
like it all sounds good.
But the reality out there
seems a little bit different.
We're arresting bad guys,
just like always.
The way seizures work, everyone
is guilty until proven innocent.
If we take the wrong car, it's not like
people here can afford a lawyer.
Well, maybe you can do something
about that.
Look into using seizure money
to start a legal fund.
I guess so. Sure.
It's a work in progress. This policy
isn't the usual Band-Aid.
Your guys got a location
on Verdice's drug stash.
Grab your partner, come with.
Raine have any problems
that you know of?
Man trouble or money trouble?
No, she was a good girl, you know.
What about boyfriends?
Just Bear,
but he wouldn't have done this.
-So you saw Raine last night?
-I was overseeing a shipment.
She was stuck
behind her computer screen.
Type A personality. Familiar.
I told her not to park down here, but
the girl was a stickler for the policy.
The policy?
Rules say employees can't park at the
lot. Raine's the only who ever listened.
She lives with Cornelius Aimes,
a.k.a. Bear, over on Parmer.
Check it out.
See? You're talking to me.
To the extent necessary
to solve this case, yes.
Spider says he dropped off two keys
last night to a guy named Verdice.
Gonna have dogs and shooters,
so stay awake. Let's go.
They're in position.
Go when ready.
-Clear.
-Clear.
Shit.
You sold me on this.
Spider gave us the right location.
This guy, Verdice, got lucky, bailed.
Bullshit. Somebody couldn't keep
their mouth shut...
...which is why we don't work
with people like you.
No one leaked anything.
We go to Spider, we find what--
I'm not letting you
near my guy again.
I need to borrow this asshole.
Come here.
You got about 30 seconds
to spill your guts.
How tough are you gonna be when
your little brother's hacked to pieces?
I don't got no little brother.
Then it must be some other Juan
Emilio I got back at the station.
It's gonna be bad when they have
to deport him down south.
You got a lot of enemies. La Colonia
doesn't get him, the Mexicans will.
Twenty seconds.
Tar that comes to me, I bring it here.
Most of it Verdice gets at the church.
-The church?
-Verdice is a believer, man.
Stuff comes in there,
he takes what he needs.
Keeps the rest safe with Jesus.
I'm gonna have to scrap the whole
operation, pull my agent.
Couple of months, put in a new face.
Where's my informant?
Right here, sir.
Thought he might need to stretch
his legs before he took his ride.
First, Angie fell off our radar.
Now this guy clears out
like he's been tipped off...
...after I give my word
I'm not gonna screw this up.
What the hell's going on?
Maybe the wrong person saw us
nab Spider, spread the word.
Doesn't explain
Angie's disappearance.
-These were both your operations.
-Both of them were successes.
Verdice and the heroin
are still missing, so is Angie.
Lem's out looking for her.
We can still salvage this one.
Spider gave up
his One-Niner contact.
Do I wanna know
how you managed that?
We brought his family in for leverage,
I used it.
If you ask me,
they probably packed up.
You know, cook houses
move all the time.
What did you get from Spider?
The El Salvadorans are shipping
their drugs to a church on Avon.
Verdice is a member.
-His guys pose as God-fearing folk.
-You're kidding.
-Sounds like Spider sold you a load.
-He's not risking his family.
It's the real thing.
I'll work on a warrant.
Let's keep this contained.
The three of us, Army, Ronnie.
That's it, just the people we trust.
All right.
Here, take this.
Occurred to me to take that down.
I see Vic's humor
grows more sophisticated by the day.
Boyfriend wasn't home,
I grabbed Raine's diary.
Seems there were bumps
along the relationship road.
Detective Huarez in San Antonio's
got a different angle.
He's been tracking murders
in the L.A. area.
There aren't enough in Texas?
Because his suspect relocated
to Farmington a month ago.
Hey, exposed dick?
Thanks for the warning, Dutchboy.
Kleavon Gardner, questioned
in four separate homicides.
Suspected him on two murders
three days apart...
...then nothing for six months.
Witnesses placed him
at a couple of scenes.
Detectives in San Antonio weren't
able to make anything stick.
Well, what's the connection
to our body?
Victims were black women
in public places.
Raine was killed seven blocks
from where Kleavon's sister lives.
Are we gonna be like this
from now on?
Huarez tried to warn somebody
in this department a few weeks ago...
...that we had a thrill killer
on our hands.
Thrill killers need the juice,
take chances.
This guy's patient,
an opportunity killer.
No wonder San Antonio PD
screwed it up.
Get your profiles right, people.
Whatever he is,
I'm going to introduce myself.
Oh, what? I'm not coming with?
Stick to your True Confessions.
San Antonio police interviewed you
1 1 times.
They got you killing everybody
but Osama.
What I don't get is, why you?
They got no DNA, they got no prints.
Any excuse to fry a brother.
-Justice, Texas-style?
-You said it.
He send you after me?
Huarez. Got a real hard-on.
Why is that?
Might have mentioned he don't know
how to screw his wife too well.
Shouldn't have done that,
but he just got me worked up.
You get angry a lot, Kleavon?
Not more than usual.
About how long is this gonna take?
Twelve hours was the limit in Texas.
Where were you last night, Bear?
Little after midnight?
Driving.
Around, collecting
my nighttime thoughts.
Nighttime thoughts, about what?
Life shit. I think better at night.
Found this
in Raine's underwear drawer.
-She mentions you.
-She's gone, why you wanna dig--?
"Dear Diary,
This job is just a stepping stone.
I'm going places, but I'm not sure
Cornelius is ready to go with me."
Then she talks about you
and a girl named Janelle.
Janelle's just some white chick.
Raine find out about you two?
You read where she talks about
that collage I did for her birthday?
What kind of grown-ass man
does collages, and kills his woman?
You read this?
I saw her put it away a hundred times.
What was I supposed to do, bro?
See, man, I knew
this shit looked bad.
Where were you last night?
At Janelle's, but it wasn't like that.
We were in the bed,
but the clothes were on.
It was platonic.
You were sleeping together,
but you weren't sleeping together?
Yeah, there you go.
Bless this child, Father.
In the name of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost, I say amen.
Amen.
We thank you, Lord,
for bringing this child....
Reverend, I'm Captain Rawling.
I need a moment.
Oh, all right,
must be some kind of problem.
They sending a captain.
Well, we believe a few of your
members are using this church...
...to import illegal drugs.
-That's not possible.
-I'm sure it's without your knowledge.
Are these three boys here
right now?
Muncelle's car is in your lot.
He's known to hang out with the two.
They were making sandwiches in
the kitchen about a half an hour ago.
Those boys volunteer.
Their criminal days are past.
Tagged One-Niners.
Just being together's against the law.
I know about those injunctions.
You find them on the street,
they're yours.
-This is a house of the Lord.
-We have a warrant on the way.
We need to talk to the boys,
do a search of the premises.
We'll be very respectful.
How do you think it's going in there?
I'm more worried about
what's going on over there.
They snag him, he gets caught, I don't
wanna hear what Antwon's gonna say.
Damnit, here he is now.
Verdice is walking right into an arrest.
Get out of here. Get out of here.
Get out of here.
-Shit.
-Yo, that's Verdice's ride.
-You think he's coming for a pick-up?
-Didn't come for the wine.
-He's running.
-Asshole's gonna try to split.
What are you doing?
Army, what the hell are you doing?!
Get out of the car!
Get out of the car!
Come here.
You talk, Antwon will know.
Keep your mouth shut,
you get out of this alive.
-Take it easy. Let's go, get up.
-What the hell was that?
-Hands behind your back.
-Guy was gonna bail.
-Stay out of my church.
-Yo, get up.
Reading the good parts?
Looking for more clues.
It's a real window into the mind.
How things going
with your Texas chainsaw murderer?
Says he's the victim
of the good old boys network.
But something's off about him.
-Maybe you'll have a take.
-So we're back?
No, but I can put up with you
long enough...
...to put someone like this
behind bars.
I been telling my partner about
how you were harassed in Texas.
Can we get you
something to drink?
So you can stop me from going
to the can when my bladder fills up?
No thanks.
So witnesses spotting you near those
crime scenes was just dumb luck?
Just happened by.
No law against that.
Why'd you leave
San Antonio, Kleavon?
Just got sick of The Alamo.
Kind of feels like
we're wasting our time. His too.
Probably got somewhere you need
to be. Job? Girlfriend?
Like we established, I'm new in town.
Must have a lot of free time.
What do you like to do?
People watch.
Tell us where you were last night,
we can end this now.
Oh, I was home.
I know, give us a rundown
of the night.
So you can go over my statement 50
times, try to trip me up? No thanks.
Woman named Raine Powell
was murdered last night.
Bludgeoned to death.
Maybe you happened
by this crime scene too.
Yeah, I didn't kill her.
He didn't even blink at those photos.
Classic sociopathic non-reaction.
He seems confident
we won't come up with something.
He's already gotten away
with four others.
What else do we got?
Raine's diary mentions some beef
with a co-worker...
...a friend she lent
her bingo winnings to.
I'll have the unis pick him up.
Have to admit it felt good in there.
Two of us clicking.
-Dutch, do you know where Vic is?
-No, why?
He's got me watching his kid.
My shift ended, sitter never showed.
-Did you try his cell phone?
-No answer.
I know the mom,
she works at Mission Cross.
I can call her.
How's she doing?
Good. Thanks again.
Vic had a uni with her the whole time.
It wasn't like he left her totally alone.
I can't believe he didn't call me.
Divorce is tough.
Mine was a while ago.
Anyway, thanks again.
It was really nice of you.
You're welcome.
Listen, wanna have dinner
some time?
-Dinner?
-Why not?
Three kids, a job, selling our house.
-I don't have time. I don't know.
-Work around your schedule.
-You work with Vic.
-We barely see each other.
I tried it with a cop once.
Vic and I could not be more different.
Reverend, I have
a signed search warrant.
You must open the door.
This is a house of worship.
There's an easier way to do this.
There are no drugs here.
Except for the heroin.
Reverend, I have the legal right
to come inside. Use force if I have to.
Neither of us wants that.
Then let the Lord be your judge.
We could pack it up,
come back tonight.
Yeah, give them time
to flush the tar?
We already look like assholes.
Go in now, we have something
in hand to show for it.
You believe in your intel, right?
Oh, yeah.
Okay, people.
Let's go.
You know who we're looking for.
Remember that this is a church.
There are civilians inside.
-So do your jobs, but use extra care.
-All right, who's got the hawk?
-We do.
-Good.
Four teams, two in the front, one on
the side, one in the back. Let's do it.
Captain, I'm not breaking down
a church door.
Just think of it as a drug warehouse,
because that's what it is today.
We shouldn't be going in like this.
Get in the back, both of you.
What the hell are you doing?
You're knocking us out of this?
All right, Reverend, last chance.
Open the door.
Do it.
The Lord is the stronghold of my life.
Of whom then should I go in dread?
When evildoers close in on me
to devour me....
-Hold it, Muncelle!
-It is my enemies who stumble and fall.
-Don't you move.
-Though an army should encamp me.
-You all right?
-My heart does not fear.
Sofer and Lowe got the other ones
coming out the back.
My heart does not fear.
Though wars are waged against me.
Even then do I trust....
-Any drugs?
-Nothing here.
Just the.38.
We're gonna have to search
the whole church and everyone in it.
Just...
...be gentle.
Hey.
Hey, all that
Fast and Furious shit?
You're sending smoke signals
to Vic and the captain.
What they gonna do, reprimand me?
Look, we gotta find
that heroin first...
...show him
we're not Antwon's butt buddies.
I told you, that's temporary.
-You got something?
-Yeah, botulism, residue.
K9 could do this in five minutes.
Yeah, if they'd ever show up.
Hey, just found a receipt
in the good reverend's office.
Church candles are imported
from El Salvador.
-Okay.
-Yeah.
Oh, heaven help them.
Vic.
Get these sinners baptized.
What's up?
I got the toxies on Angie's mom.
Levels indicate she had over
500 bucks of heroin in her system.
Even a frat boy knows
not to shoot that much poison.
This was a lifetime junkie...
...who could barely scrape
enough together for a dime bag.
Somebody made sure she copped
till she dropped.
Well, I'm connecting the dots,
and all I'm seeing...
...is a picture of Shane
with Antwon Mitchell.
Hey, did Paula find you?
She was trying to call.
Shit. I had it on silent for the bust.
Something about
Detective Wagenbach...
...taking your daughter
to the hospital?
We'll do this later.
She's sick, you brought her
to the station?
Carmen dropped a bomb,
backup sitter blew a tire.
-What was I to do?
-You should've called.
-I had it.
-Obviously not.
Or you wouldn't have dumped her
with a uni.
First time in seven months
there's been a problem.
Come on, Cass, let's go.
Maybe I should stay with Mom.
She's gotta work, sweetie.
Genine's waiting for us. Let's go.
Go with your father.
I'll see you tomorrow.
One-time thing, that's it.
You were pretty broken up
about Raine earlier.
How are you doing now?
Bunch of us from the store
set up a shrine.
-Teddy bears, flowers.
-That's nice.
You know, your boss found those
order forms you've been changing.
I sold a few DVD players,
a couple of Xboxes on the side.
I was gonna tell you all about it.
-Raine know about your enterprise?
-No way.
Really? In her diary,
it says she confronted you.
Said she was gonna go
to your manager.
I know, you were gonna tell me
all about it.
Now, when Raine confronted you,
what happened?
You probably tried to reason
with her.
Look, if it were up to me,
I'd pin this on a real killer.
Some asshole who murders for fun.
Problem is, the unis eyeballed your
car with what looks to be blood inside.
You didn't plan this.
Second degree murder.
You can get out one day,
but we need to know the truth.
I offered her a cut.
But she pulled the moral high ground
shit on you, didn't she?
One thing I hate,
it's a self-righteous bitch.
Tell me about it.
You did what you had to do.
She left you no choice.
So much for San Antonio eating
our dust. He's innocent.
Of murdering Raine.
Guy's still a stone cold killer.
And he just pitched a tent
in our backyard.
We got a suspect, but no victim.
That's new.
That's when it bites
we don't live in a dictatorship.
Put the guy in a hole
and forget about him.
Well, there's an impulse
I can understand.
We can't turn Kleavon over to SIS
until he commits a crime in L.A.
I thought I hated being on the DA's
shit list, but this is actually worse.
I can't believe
you're still freezing me out.
I can't believe you sold me out.
Officer Lowe.
I think you should stick
to desk duty the next few days.
See if you can find your way
into what we're doing here.
If not, I understand.
But you should consider putting in
for a transfer.
I wasn't gonna break into a church.
There was heroin
in the holy candles.
This time.
Altar boys pin you
as the head honcho.
We can't make a deal...
...you're eating roadkill goulash
over at Lompoc.
Where my spoon then?
You wanna be a barrio martyr,
that's fine with me.
But why not
serve up Antwon instead?
Antwon who?
We can put you into relocation,
keep you safe.
Lone Ranger and Tonto,
they hauled your ass out of that car.
What did they say to you?
They told me get out the car,
and put my hands on my head.
And that's the last I'm saying.
Dutchboy. Hero of the hour.
Your daughter was sick.
Wanted her mother.
You can't take a joke, so you make me
look like a prick in front of my ex.
I'm sure your ex doesn't need any help
seeing what kind of prick you are.
Just saw Angie's mother's tox report.
Lem have any news on Angie?
-I don't know.
-Well, find him.
I wanna hear what he's got.
Used to be bad cops
was good business.
But now I got a stash gone,
crew locked up, sellers who can't sell.
Wanna tell me how the world
got upside-down on your watch?
Seeing you were misusing
a house of the Lord...
...I'd say divine intervention.
He must really hate you.
Only reason he'd talk to me
like that...
...because he wants
to see y'all dead or in jail.
Vic Mackey wants you gone. We're the
only thing standing in his way.
You think I need your ass,
you're wrong.
You think you don't, you're wrong.
Look, protecting you is a full-time gig
plus overtime.
So you can either tell me
what you're into...
...or I can keep chasing Vic's tail.
Some days we'll catch it.
Some days we won't.
I'll think about it.
Yeah, you do that.
-Antwon's gonna drop the body.
-He's not that stupid.
Him being stupid is
not what I'm worried about.
I didn't hear you complaining about my
leadership when I got you blown.
This isn't doing favors to get intel
on bad guys.
You got me taking it up the ass
from Antwon.
Ramming cars to keep us
out of prison.
I've dealt with guys like this before.
You or Mackey? Do you even have a
clue how we're getting out of this?
Look, I'm getting us close.
This guy thinks he can kill
this little girl right in front of us?
We're gonna find that little girl,
we're gonna give her a proper burial.
Then when the time is right...
...we're gonna shove a stick
of dynamite up his ass.
Dr. Alvin Bernard's clinic has been
providing free pre-natal care...
...to Farmington's poor
for 21 years...
...which is why I'm so pleased, Al,
to give you this check for $1 0,000.
Is that money from seizures?
Part of my promise to give a third
of what we get...
...from asset-forfeitures
to the community.
How does that community feel about
your decision to invade a church?
I wouldn't characterize it
quite that way.
We found 1 2 kilos of tar heroin
inside there.
I'd say they're pretty damn happy.
-Any plans to seize the church?
-No.
Is the reverend under arrest?
The only people under arrest
are known drug dealers...
...with affiliations
to Farmington One-Niners.
So you'd interrupt another baptism
to put away a gang member?
I'd interrupt
my grandmother's funeral...
...if it meant taking narcotics
off the streets our children walk on.
But don't tell that to my grandma...
...because she's still full of piss
and vinegar in Tarzana.
Reporters were tough today.
We keep storming churches,
they're gonna get tougher.
-You were all for it earlier.
-I was. I am.
-It's just this thing's to good to blow--
-Hoda Stubbs was killed.
-Angie too, I'm guessing.
-I plan on finding who did it.
When you do, ask about the leak
at the warehouse today.
We don't know there was a leak.
Even if there was, we don't know
they're related. Could be accidental.
Stop bullshitting me.
You vouched for Shane.
What about Army?
He seems like a good kid.
I don't think--
I don't care what you think.
What do you know?
Is there a reason you don't wanna
dig deeper?
I'm not about witch hunts.
I've been on the other side of a few.
I chose you, I needed somebody
as hungry as me to make it work.
I'm getting it done.
Why are you riding me?
Because shit is falling
through the cracks.
Pressure on the seizure program
is only gonna get more intense.
When it does, that shit
is gonna rise to the surface.
If you can't withstand scrutiny
about anything...
...I need you to step aside.
I don't step aside. I step up.
Which is the other reason
I chose you.
Find the leak.
That's some cold-ass shit.
Can't tell the Iraqi insurgents
from the Iraqi idiots.
No difference here. Somebody gets
in the way, we keep rolling. I'm saying.
Maybe that's the way
we gotta look at things.
-What's up?
-Son of a bitch, what did--?
-She was 1 4.
-What the hell's your problem, man?
You bring Angie
to Antwon Mitchell yourself, huh?
Hand her with a bow,
or tell him where to find her?
-No. No.
-No? Where is she then?!
Back off. Just back off.
I got it, okay? I got it.
Where is she then, Shane?
-Where's Angie?
-What are you asking me for, man?
You telling me you're not in bed
with Antwon?
You told him Angie gave up
that cul-de-sac bust.
No, man, I would never do that.
What happened to her, Shane?
What happened to her then?
-I don't know.
-Dude, she was 1 4.
She just wanted
to get her mom clean.
You tell me what you did!
Nothing! Nothing!
Look, you know that I would never....
You know I would never hurt a kid.
Look, I got one of my own now, man.
Yeah, I know you.
I know you're lying.
I didn't kill that girl.
And I didn't give her name up
to Antwon.
So you just stay out of my face.
I lose that one percent of doubt I got,
we'll be mixing it up again.
Captain says she wants to hear your
opinion, but only hers is right.
Agendas have a way
of creating tunnel vision.
-She said I could put in for a transfer.
-Sure.
Stock the pond with true believers...
...make implied threats
to get rid of ones who aren't.
You don't think I should leave?
I think if you wanted to,
you wouldn't have called me.
I grew up in Farmington.
I don't wanna see it torn more apart.
What is it you want me to do, Julien?
You've got power.
Help us to stop her.
Going after a police captain
is no walk in the park.
I should know.
There are other officers of color
that agree with me.
We wouldn't be alone.
I remember the last time you and l
went down this path.
Things got messy,
and you left me twisting in the wind.
Not this time.
Vic Mackey, he's got a lot invested
in this policy. He'll come after you.
Could dredge up the past.
I can handle it.
I'm a different man now.
Russian taxi king's
expanded his realm.
Added three more cabs to the fleet.
Alex the Conqueror.
How many cabs we got wired so far?
Even dozen, even managed to get one
in his personal ride.
Sweet.
Yeah, what do you want?
What do you think you're doing
going after Shane?
He ran right back and told you?
You got suspicions, fine. We all
agreed we'd keep them to ourselves.
Look, there's a 1 4-year-old girl
rotting out there someplace.
-Are you in on that too?
-What?
You're saying
you gotta keep Shane close.
Maybe you gotta keep me far away.
You're back to business as usual.
Riding in Mitchell's pocket
with Shane.
I wanna bring down Antwon
and find that girl too.
Really? Prove it.
Let me back in.
It's complicated.
You gotta do things my way.
Oh, you mean, I agree to protect
Shane like always, right?
Right?
We added another car
in the garage sting.
Shane didn't tell me
you came after him. I saw it.
Jesus Christ.
Lem’s one crazy-ass white boy.
You really used to be tight?
Yeah.
Lifetime ago.
What does he know about us?
Nothing. He’s just guessing,
he can’t prove anything.
I’ll handle him.
Look, you’re just gonna have
to trust me.
I’m gonna handle all this shit.
It's not about protecting Shane
anymore.
It's about stopping him.