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[ Device whirring ]
[ Sirens wailing ]
[ Gunshots ]
[ Clacking continues ]
[ Police radio chatter
continues ]
Provenza:
[ Clears throat ]
Uh, uh, you know, Sykes, I don't
like to criticize people.
But this looks like
the worst undercover operation
I've ever seen!
Yeah, this? Yeah,
I-I can explain all this.
Mm, would that include how you
let two members of this crew
go in and out of the back
without giving chase?
Yes.
I can explain that also,
lieutenant.
Go, then,
before F.
I.
D.
Kicks us out.
All right.
These five guys
the two dead on the ground,
the one in the squad car
who gave up,
and the two that got away
they've been robbing
grocery stores for,
I don't know, eight months,
and
and detective Miller
just now, today,
asked us to follow the driver.
Calling himself Donny
probably an alias.
Yeah, as maybe
maybe a suspect.
Flynn: Well, what'd you think
they were up to
when they rolled into the parking lot?
Not this.
I mean, when they got out
of their vehicles
with guns and masks,
we knew what was
gonna happen, but
They had M-4s.
We didn't want to stress them
with civilians around.
Then why call for backup?
We didn't.
Someone inside the store
pulled the silent alarm.
Nothing she could do
about that.
Yeah, but when you found out two guys
had gone in and out through the back,
why didn't you go after them?
We killed suspects,
and force investigation
division
said we had to wait here
for our interviews.
Captain Raydor
and her crazy ideas.
Anyhow, here I am.
Still waiting to get
my statement!
Isn't it nuts?
So, assistant chief Taylor,
instead of chasing after
heavily armed suspects,
she was frozen here
because of
Taylor:
This is F.
I.
D.
'S scene.
We have officer-involved
shootings.
Well, I have shots fired, too.
And from fully automatic
weapons, sir.
Oh.
Now it is
a public-safety issue.
Now, do you want us to go find
these two missing suspects
Or not?
And and where is Raydor,
by the way?
She'll be here in a little bit.
How can I help?
The suspect who gave up
is sitting in that
patrol car over there.
If we can move him downtown
right now
the suspect stays there until
force investigation takes him.
That's the policy.
Look, we're not starting
the clock over on major crimes
just to give people new reasons
to sue us.
We have to keep making
real changes.
"Changes"?
What what changes?
I've got things running great.
Talk to the suspect here.
I'll see if I can move
F.
I.
D.
Along.
Come on.
Sykes.
Miller.
Come with us.
Hold on.
Something wrong, julio?
Maybe.
Provenza:
All right, buzz.
What haven't I seen?
The feed from the two security
cameras inside the store
and the video
off the patrol cars.
Well, make sure
that you get copies
of all that stuff
from F.
I.
D.
And don't come back here
with a bunch of excuses.
Yes, sir.
Sykes, who's our suspect?
Sykes: Not sure.
All their prints are in AFIS,
but the feds
have a flag on their names.
Provenza:
All right, Mike.
You ask our friendly
FBI liaison
what these flags are about.
We have got to know
who these people are.
Lieutenant, I've spent most of
the year chasing these guys
I understand, Miller,
but it's our case now.
All right, Flynn.
Hey.
I'm Andy.
What's your name?
So
I hear you have an opening
in major crimes.
Usually, Sykes, people hold off
asking for a promotion
until they've done
something right.
[ Car door slams ]
You gonna talk to me,
or do you want me to leave?
How are they
my friends?
Not good.
In fact, they'll be going
to the morgue pretty soon.
Look, I'm gonna give you
something to think about.
So listen to me.
Come on.
Sit up.
Look at me.
Look at me.
Because you surrendered
your weapon
and gave up, I don't want
to charge you for ***
if I don't have to.
What? No.
The police killed
look, look, look you guys
killed people not us.
Hold on.
Listen to me.
We were
never supposed to kill anyone!
Listen to me!
Listen to me!
Now, in the commission
of a felony,
if anyone dies,
even though the police
shot them,
technically that's ***.
And those murders are on you.
Look, I can help you.
'Cause if we talk to the D.
A.
Right now,
and you tell him your name
and the names of all
your friends,
especially the ones
that got away,
he'll make a deal to arrest you
just for the robberies.
But we have to hurry
because you're going down
to booking any second,
and this is gonna be
all out of my hands.
Let me arrest you
for robbery
And not ***.
Let me make you a deal.
What do you say?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah, good.
I'm gonna go get
the D.
A.
Now.
Okay.
He's ready to make a deal.
But he knows me,
and he knows Sykes.
So somebody else has to pretend
that they're the D.
A.
Who feels like pretending?
You?
Yeah.
Okay? Listen,
you know the routine.
You don't have to say
you're a D.
A.
Just go through the
[ Gunshots ]
[ Glass shatters ]
I got this side!
I got this side!
[ Gunshot ]
[ Gunshots stop ]
[ Siren wails in distance ]
This guy wasn't killed
with an automatic weapon?
I recovered six of
the seven bullets fired,
all but one of which landed
somewhere inside the squad car.
So, yeah,
a .
40-caliber handgun,
which is why we're keeping
the search perimeter
for the casings
to about 150 yards
along these lines of sight.
And we're still looking
for the missing bullet.
Provenza:
The point is, agent Howard,
our suspects have
fully automatic weapons,
which is a federal crime, too.
And since we can't get AFIS
to release their names
Their prints became classified
when you ran the guns.
How come?
I'm guessing the guns were taken
from a military base.
This gang, they're veterans.
What makes you think
these guys are soldiers?
Well, they took the store
down fast,
targeted unoccupied vehicles.
They didn't kill
or wound anyone,
and 30 minutes later,
one of them circled back
and shot our suspect in the head
with a handgun
from over a block away.
Who can do that?
Every male member of my family
served this country in uniform.
My father, my son, and myself.
Chief Taylor comes
from a military family.
Yeah, well,
you may be shocked to hear
that sometimes husbands
kill their wives,
and priests don't always make
great babysitters.
Come on, Miller,
what business are you in?
Flynn: All right, look, if our
dead guys are really veterans,
opening their military files will help
us find their heavily armed friends.
All right, give me a minute.
Provenza:
Come on.
Come on.
Get it all out, Miller.
What else is bothering you?
A lot of what happened today
doesn't fit this crew's M.
O.
They split up
to enter the store
never did that before.
They hit a place
with a silent alarm
never did that before.
I just thought these guys
were smarter than this.
If they were really smart,
they would have quit
before we got here.
Flynn! Oh, captain.
You need anything?
Lieutenant,
sorry to be running so behind.
Could you bring me up to speed?
Hold on.
Flynn.
Flynn.
Let's make sure
all the paperwork is in order
so that when agent Howard
I.
D.
S our victims,
we can serve those
search warrants right away.
Uh, I'm sorry, captain.
I don't
I don't owe you a briefing.
Technically, the kid was in
F.
I.
D.
'S custody, not ours.
And as you can see, we're in a bit
of a hurry around here.
Provenza.
Captain Raydor was transferred
from force investigation
division to major crimes,
making her
your ranking officer.
Effective immediately.
And I need a briefing.
Uh, okay.
Okay, I'll give you a briefing.
You're late.
And you may be
the ranking officer,
but I am
the incident commander.
And I am not halting a search
for suspects
with automatic weapons
so you or anybody else
can catch up.
Flynn, Sanchez.
Lieutenant.
Uh, there
there's a couple of things
[chuckling]
You don't seem to understand.
One is that I am
the incident commander,
and the other is English,
because I've said it twice.
Agent Howard, um, if you would
like to represent the FBI,
we'll be getting our warrants
en route.
I will cayou, captain,
after I've made my arrests.
Miller?
I may have questions.
[ Exhales sharply ]
I told you we should've waited.
No.
This is the moment.
Wasn't until we started cleaning
the store,
we even knew the other two
suspects had been there.
Tore
and by that time
They were gone.
Lieutenant provenza was mad that
we didn't chase after them,
but I felt it was more important
that we stick with procedure
and remain at the scene
of our action.
Which was the right thing
to do, of course.
Major crimes has a history
of ignoring I.
A.
P.
D.
Policy
and leaving others
to deal with the consequences.
[ Police radio chatter ]
Rusty.
What are you doing here?
His file says
"attention: Major crimes.
"
And this is the third time
he's run away from home
this week.
It's not my home.
The foster parents that D.
C.
F.
S.
put him with
Won't take him back.
That is fine with me.
They were terrible.
What's the problem?
Living with
complete strangers
that is the problem.
And they were, like, telling me
what to do all day long,
even, like, what I could eat.
And they would turn off
the television at 9:00
every night.
So, you were tortured.
I will take care of him.
Thank you.
[ Sighs ]
Look, I know Brenda
was fired or whatever,
but I need to speak
with her right now.
Uh, detective Sykes.
Uh, could you, uh, could you
pardon me for one moment?
Sure.
And I should say
congratulations, captain,
on taking over major crimes.
Well deserved.
Look
We had a deal.
I helped you guys
catch a serial killer
so that you would find
my mom
not just dump me
into the system.
I mean, you want to know why
people don't like the police?
It's because you're all
a bunch of liars.
That's why.
Okay.
[ Clears throat ] Um
Um
Right.
Rusty
We haven't been able to find
your mom yet,
and you are too young
to live unsupervised.
I lived unsupervised for months,
and nobody cared.
I can handle it.
Okay.
You are a material witness
in a *** trial,
which means that you
have to go to court
when Philip Stroh stands trial,
and you have to testify under oath about what
happened to you.
No, I don't have to do that.
Oh, yes, you do.
And we have
to protect you until then.
No, I am not doing that,
ayou can't make me.
Oh, yes, we can make you,
and we will make you.
And until then, we need to find
a safe place for you to stay.
Look,
I-I-I don't know you
Really.
But I don't like you.
So, I'd rather just deal
with Brenda, please.
Well, I'm afraid
you're standing
at the back
of a very long line.
Unfortunately, chief Johnson
has retired from the I.
A.
P.
D.
She is out of town.
So I am who you've got.
What?
[ Knock on door ]
Um Hold on.
No, no, no, no.
You hold on.
I need to know who here
is looking for my mother.
I am.
I am supervising
the search for your mother.
And I will find her.
Yes, come in.
Oh.
Um Sorry to interrupt.
But the lieutenants are back,
and commander Taylor
assistant chief Taylor
is walking down from his office.
Okay.
Um
Buzz, you remember rusty.
Oh.
Uh Yes.
Hi.
I don't know him.
He works here.
Um, buzz
Could you keep our guest
with you in electronics
till I get child services
to appoint
a more suitable guardian?
No! I know how
upsetting this is.
No, you can't.
You put me somewhere.
Listen.
But I don't have time to deal with
I can't stop now to do this.
Listen to me.
No, you listen to me.
Listen to me!
If you put me somewhere
that is not with my mom,
then I am gone.
And that that's too bad
for your trial, huh?
Buzz.
Electronics.
Now.
Hey.
Hey, I want a lawyer!
I have a right to a lawyer,
don't I?
I want a lawyer.
Lawyers are for criminals,
not witnesses.
That's probably another lie.
I bet you don't know
the first thing about lawyers.
What kind of name is "buzz,"
anyway?
You mean compared to "rusty"?
Sykes?
Sykes.
What are you doing here?
I asked for her help catching up
with your investigation,
seeing as she was available
and you were quite rightly
focused on finding our shooter.
How'd you do?
Unfortunately, we still don't
know who we're looking for.
But we did identify
all of the
well, I guess now
they're victims,
and we collected some useful
stuff from their apartment.
So, let's see.
The, uh
[ Folders thud ]
The guy who gave himself up
and also got shot
in the back of the head
is Lance corporal
Larry Martin from scottsdale.
Ex-marine.
We have former army private
Barry Seaton from decatur,
Illinois, driver of the vehicle,
who detective Sykes followed.
And army private Scott Henry
from San angelo, Texas.
Retired.
Permanently.
Detective Miller
These men seem to have
become expert
at both choosing their targets
and evading capture.
That's right.
They always pick
cash-heavy stores.
We tried predicting
where they would go,
but whenever we were
sitting on them,
they were somewhere else.
Well, can you explain why two of
these men made a clean getaway,
then circled back to shoot one of
their own in the back of the head?
Well, according to
lieutenant Flynn,
corporal Martin
was about to talk.
Maybe his surviving partners
thought he was a weak link.
So all of our men were veterans
in their mid to late 20s.
They have anything else
in common?
Don't know yet, ma'am.
And have we eliminated
some potential connections?
Come on, guys.
We're after some extremely
violent, well-armed offenders.
The city needs us
to pull it together.
And you waited for a moment
like this to put her here.
So you could say those words.
All that "let's pull together
for the good of the city" crap.
Well, we will pull together
because it's our duty.
But later, you and I,
assistant chief,
are going to talk.
Taylor: Okay.
But later.
Before "Later,"
I'd just like to say,
the I.
A.
P.
D.
Needs to be
extra careful right now
Not only to obey the rules,
but to be seen
obeying the rules.
Therefore,
as the commanding officer
responsible for the conduct
of this investigation,
and before I call to ask
for a prosecutor
to be assigned to this case,
I would like to know
what we are up against
Now.
You would think
that all these guys
would be from the same branch
of the service,
but they're not.
Or that they served together
at the same time in the same
place they didn't.
They're not related,
they're not from the same towns.
What else?
They're not listed as members
of any veterans organizations,
no criminal records.
Sanchez: No land lines in their
apartments, no cellphones.
They have Internet connections
and game consoles
but no computers,
so we don't know how they
communicated with each other, ma'am.
But the military angle
has got to have something
to do with it.
Hey, I'm a veteran.
Sorry to interrupt,
but I served
in Afghanistan in '03,
and one place veterans meet up
with each other
firing ranges.
Right? 'Cause shooting well
is not like riding a bike.
Miller: She's right.
Whoever took out Larry Martin
in the back of that patrol car
was either really lucky
or really good.
And "really good"
takes practice.
Yeah.
Hey, uh,
anybody here play fps games?
F-p-what? Fps first-person-shooter
online games.
You ever played
one of those, lieutenant?
Uh, you haven't, sir.
He hasn't.
All right, well,
fpses have chat options,
which means while you play,
you can talk to your friends.
I bet you that's how these guys
communicated with each other.
See, there's no computers,
but they all have keyboards.
And they all had
"win or die.
"
[ Telephone rings ]
Provenza: Major crimes.
Hey.
I found something.
Captain.
[ Clears throat ]
It's tao.
Thank you.
Lieutenant tao,
it's captain Raydor.
Okay.
I'm standing where the killer
shot our suspect.
[ Police radio chatter ]
And I think I found the bullet
I was missing, too.
It's later.
Okay.
Good.
I'll keep this short.
Let's put aside
the insulting way
that you replaced me
in the middle of
no one replaced you.
You're in the same position
you've always been.
Am I in command
of major crimes?
No.
I was replaced after one week.
[ Sighs ]
Oh, that's not what happened.
That is exactly what happened!
And I want a transfer.
Try letting Raydor run
major crimes without me
see how well that turns out.
Okay.
I know more about homicides
Okay.
than she has time
to learn!
I thought you were going
to keep this short.
[ Siren wails in distance ]
We're changing the focus
of major crimes.
We can't just hand the D.
A.
Good confessions any more.
We have to try harder
To avoid trial.
You're talking
about plea bargains.
We don't have the legal
authority to make deals.
[ Object thuds ]
Prosecutors do.
Prosecutors.
So that's why
you've been pushing
deputy D.
A.
S at us
all the time.
You're trying to short-change
the justice system.
Avoiding death-penalty cases
saves the city
millions of dollars.
The I.
A.
P.
D.
Does not negotiate
with murderers.
We'll see.
You'll see.
I want my transfer.
Chief pope handed me
this paperwork himself
just so you know
whose game you're in.
You stay in major crimes,
or you retire.
Now, you want to give me
your badge
Or do you want to tell me
how one of the fugitives
who escaped from the crime scene
this morning
ended up with a bullet
in his head?
Dr.
morales: Well, normally,
I'd say suicide.
Unless
Unless?
That handgun
was a .
40-caliber semi?
Right.
You have it with you?
Patrol wrapped it up
before I had a chance to
Inspect it properly.
When a person
shoots this kind of gun,
their grip keeps it steady,
allowing the next round
to automatically reload.
But in a suicide,
we often encounter something
called "limp wrist syndrome.
"
Limp wrist syndrome.
I know.
But it's not what you think.
Huh.
After you shoot
yourself here,
the hand holding the gun
can no longer provide
the proper kind of support.
If the weapon malfunctioned
and the automatic reload failed,
this is a suicide.
But if there's a bullet
in the chamber
There is.
that could be ***.
Fritz: Excuse me.
I can identify your victim.
Great.
Fritz:
Private Randall John.
Ex-U.
S.
marine
from Clayton, Georgia,
not connected or related
to any of our other
victims/suspects.
But Sykes was right.
FBI found all four of our guys
signed in to gun heaven,
a firing range
up in Northridge.
So, our missing suspect is
probably in their customer base.
Along with about
This is the user list
for gun heaven.
Now, it's broken down
alphabetically,
so I can't tell
when people were there
or who they were there with.
These men have to have
other connections
besides firing ranges
and online games.
They became close enough
to form a mob.
That did not happen
at gun heaven.
The FBI's out talking
to their families right now.
We're bound to come up with
other common denominators.
Anything so far?
Not much other
than surprised parents.
Everyone seemed to think
their sons were doing a lot
better than they were.
That's probably because they stopped
asking for money.
[ Cellphone rings ]
Oh.
This is, um
Excuse me.
I'll get back to you tomorrow.
Hey, chief!
Fritz: Hi, honey.
Lieutenant tao,
do you think we should try and find
out if our marine private here
Uh, what's his name?
Randall John.
Private John and the young man
that lieutenant Flynn spoke to
in the car
were shot with the same gun?
I'll get on that.
Thank you.
Well, see you later, then.
Yes?
The kid you're describing
as the young man in the car
call him Larry Martin.
When working homicide,
it's good to know
your victims by name.
And I have to tell you,
captain,
in the custody of any other police
department in this country,
Larry would have been taken
someplace safe
and allowed to confess,
which he was ready to do.
But because of some
*** regulation
that you put into place
at F.
I.
D.
,
some stupid policy
that when shots are fired,
suspects must remain
at a crime scene,
Larry Martin got his head
shot off!
And every single problem
that we're having
in this investigation
especially not knowing who
the hell we're looking for
every problem we're having
is because of you.
Andy
You are right about that.
The I.
A.
P.
D.
Is the only police
department in this country
that would have held
Larry Martin
on site for questioning.
Yeah?
Yeah.
So, how did the killer know
that he could circle back around
and Larry Martin
would still be there?
That's a very good question.
[ Folder rustles ]
When you think about it,
these young men seem to know
quite a lot about
the I.
A.
P.
D.
'S investigation.
Didn't detective Miller say
that he tried to predict
their targets,
but every store he was sitting
on, they were somewhere else?
And he said
every male member of his family
had been in the military.
Including hson.
Who, I bet, lives at home.
[ Engines revving ]
[ Door opens ]
Miller: Greg?
I have a guest.
You're home late.
Yeah.
Well, a long day.
We have company.
Julio, this is my son, Greg.
Hey.
Hey.
[ TV turns off ]
What's going on?
Big shootout today.
You know those robberies
I've been working?
The guys knocking over
grocery stores?
Yeah.
Four of them
were killed today.
Huh.
Still looking for the fifth.
From home?
When we do this stuff
at our desks,
the city has to
pay us overtime.
Right.
Forgot.
You guys work for free now.
Can I help any?
Yeah.
More boxes in the trunk.
Officer: Greg Miller?
Hey, what's going on?
Get on your knees.
Hands behind your back.
What are you doing?
You agreed.
We'll get Greg a lawyer,
and you stand down.
Stand down!
Dad! Dad? You have the
right to remain
okay, guys.
You can start
the house search over there.
In the backyard
throw up some work lights.
You get that gun off my son?
Yes.
I did.
Sir.
Oh, yeah.
Greg has
he was never like this before.
It has to be
post-traumatic stress.
Something.
Has to be.
Yeah, well
Just make sure you tell
his attorney that.
Let me try and explain
from my view as a D.
A.
It's great that you're able
to match the gun
to the crime scene.
But you have not
put the suspect there.
And outside of a list
of over 20,000 customers
of a very successful
firing range,
you haven't even linked
the suspect
to any other member
of this gang.
What about the $200,000
we found
at Greg Miller's house?
It's not traceable
to any of the robberies.
Now, don't misunderstand me.
This is an excellent
circumstantial case,
which I will win in court.
But it doesn't help me
with this new
deal-making paradigm
that you want to put in place.
Taylor: Sorry.
D.
D.
A.
Michaels,
we cannot wait
for the stars to align.
We know who did it.
Know how it was done.
If we can't reach a settlement
under these circumstances
[ Stammers ]
Chief Taylor's right.
There will be challenges
to every case.
What I would like you to do
is tell them what we would like
the suspect to admit
in his statement of facts,
and let me
[ Indistinct arguing ]
think.
For a moment.
Rusty:
Geez, what are you doing?!
Listen.
No.
I am getting a lawyer,
and I am suing you for
holding me against my will.
If you don't knock it off,
and I mean right now,
the next place you go is
gonna have locks on the doors
and bars on the windows.
Do you want to spend
the next two years
in a juvenile detention center?
Keep talking!
And see what happens.
Officially, rusty is in
an emergency-care situation,
which means he needs
Okay.
But by whom?
Well, I am working that out,
but in the meantime,
have him walked across
the street to the doctor,
have his personal things
sent to my office,
and he'll be out of your hair
for the rest of the day.
Before we can deal
with any of your concerns,
we need to comply fully
with the law.
And we will.
God, does she love the rules.
You have no idea.
Come on.
Greg isn't guilty of anything
except
Misjudging the character
of a friend
not that uncommon with people
suffering from PTSD.
Mr.
banks thinks we're in the
middle of a big misunderstanding.
Tao:
Greg is mentally impaired,
though not under
a doctor's care.
Flynn: He also doesn't know
any of our victims.
He was holding the gun
and all the money we found
for a friend
He'd rather not identify.
Sharon: I see.
Is it possible that that friend
was someone that you met
in rehab?
Your father who wishes
he was dead, by the way
told me that he thought
you were doing better,
which made me wonder,
"better than what?"
Does that mean better than when
you came back from Afghanistan
addicted to ***?
Fritz: At lieutenant Provenza's
suggestion,
the FBI followed up
with the families
of all these other young men
you claim not to know.
And last November,
every one of them
was parked with you
in a 30-bed drug-treatment
center in studio city
specializing in veterans.
Placing my client
at a rehab is not the same
as putting him
at a crime scene.
Okay.
But Suppose
while he was coming off
of drugs,
your client became close
to a group of at-risk veterans,
and suppose
that he talked them into
pulling a series
of armed robberies,
taking full advantage
of everything he could learn
as the son of
an I.
A.
P.
D.
Detective.
And suppose that,
after much success,
Greg discovered that one
of his little gang
was being followed
by undercover police officers
and knew it was time
to call it quits.
That would explain why he broke
from his M.
O.
Yesterday,
why he split them up,
why he sent them into a store
with a silent alarm.
He was trying
to get them killed.
And when that proved
only partially successful,
he came back around
to the crime scene
and shot Larry Martin in the back of the head.
No.
No, no, no.
That was not me!
Banks: Shut up! Then he
shot Randall John, too.
And this premeditated homicide.
This conference
is officially over.
And no more questions to Greg.
But we could settle this
Oh, no, no, no.
I am not settling.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Do you want me
to quote the supreme court case
demanding you bring a deal
to your client?
You want to walk out that door
and right into an ethics
inquiry? Be my guest.
Fine.
What's the offer?
[ Clears throat ]
All right.
I have here
a statement of facts
in which you admit
to participating
in these armed robberies,
which would also mean
you're pleading guilty
to two counts of felony ***,
for your friends who were shot
to death by the police.
Now, in return, the state will
not pursue charges against you
for the premeditated homicide
of both Randall John
and Larry Martin.
[ Paper rustles ]
If Greg can convince you
that he's not guilty
of the first-degree ***,
you really should reduce
these charges to manslaughter.
My client served this country
in wartime.
Let's hear what he has to say.
[ Sighs ]
If we can't agree
on sentencing,
nothing you say can be used
against you in court,
which means, legally,
my client is just presenting you
with a hypothetical version
of events.
It's all right.
[ Clears throat ]
No one was trying
to kill Larry yesterday.
That was an accident.
We were trying to create a
diversion so he could get away.
You were aiming at the vehicle.
No.
We were aimiaway
from the police.
We had no idea Larry
was in the back of that car.
And when we saw what happened,
when Randall realized
he'd shot Larry
He looked at me
And before I could stop him,
he blew his brains out.
Banks: Look,
we had a group of boys
who were having a problem
readjusting to civilian life.
Is that a tragedy?
Yes.
Is it premeditated ***?
Hardly.
Without intent,
it's manslaughter.
Thewas intent, sir.
And you can prove that how?
When you fire a Smith & Wesson
.
40 caliber
Handgun
The kickback lifts your hands
up in the air,
like this ***!
***!
***!
Which means you have to readjust
the gun after every shot
in order to keep striking
the same target.
Isn't that right, soldier?
[ Clip clicks ]
You hit the patrol car
every time you fired at it.
You were aiming.
And aiming equals intent.
That would not be
Conclusive.
Maybe not, but I've taken
less than this to *** one,
which is where this is headed.
Or your client
agrees to do two counts
of second-degree ***,
concurrent
that's a generous offer,
and it's on the table
for the next five minutes
and the next five minutes only.
[ Gasps ]
No!
[ Slams desk ]
Let me give you
some perspective, Greg,
because none of us is happy
with this situation,
but you are the only one
with options here,
and they're very easy
To understand.
Sign this statement of facts,
agree to say these words
out loud in front of a judge,
and you have chosen life.
Refuse, and you have accepted
a process
that will only end
with your execution
by lethal injection.
I want to be perfectly clear
with you,
Greg, if you choose death,
we have an obligation
to see that you get it.
Are you ready for that?
What's it gonna be, Greg?
Deal
Or no deal?
Sykes.
What are you doing here?
Captain Raydor requested
my transfer to major crimes.
Looks like I'll be sitting here
next to you.
What was it you said?
Oh, yeah.
"Oh, that captain Raydor
and her crazy ideas.
"
You are the biggest
two-faced ***-kisser
I have ever met.
It's gotten me this far.
Thank you, detective Miller.
And for your sake,
I am glad Greg's deal
was no worse than it was.
He didn't deserve that deal!
Yes.
Thank you.
Bye.
Greg Miller is going to jail
for the people we killed
And getting off scot-free
for the murders
he committed himself.
[ Chuckles ]
But I guess that's all right
because you saved the city
a lot of money.
I bet you're really happy
about that, huh?
I put a murderer away for life
in less than 48 hours,
which is not the usual routine
around here.
So, yes
I feel excellent.
Thank you for asking.
So, we've been doing it
all wrong, is that it?
When suspects agree to a deal,
like Greg Miller just did,
they surrender all rights
to appeal.
We've locked them up,
we've thrown away the key,
we move on.
With people like Amy Sykes?
Ye gods!
As difficult as this may be
for you to understand,
I need at least one person
working here
who actually likes me.
Sykes doesn't like you.
She's just pretending
to like you to get the job.
Still
Oh.
Am I, uh,
interrupting something?
No, no, no, no.
We are finished.
Aren't we finished
Lieutenant?
Yeah.
I guess we'll see.
[ Clears throat ]
Oh.
I don't even know
why she wants this stuff.
[ Bag closes ]
Good job today.
You too.
Oh.
Brenda's been asking
if you put any more thought
into what to do about rusty.
Don't think I'm gonna be
all, like, thankful
for You taking me in.
Sharon: Oh, trust me.
You're not the first adolescent
to grace my home
with your presence.
Having raised two teenagers
of my own,
I have tremendous capacity
for ingratitude.
Rusty It's so funny.
Just when you get good
at being a mother,
you're fired.
Or you quit.
So, what are we supposed to call
each other, anyway?
Oh.
I think
you should call me
Captain Raydor.
Okay.
And you can call me Mr.
Beck.
You are the child
in this relationship.
No, I am the witness.
If you are the police officer,
then I am the witness.
There are not a lot of people around
here who call me by my first name.
Oh, well, maybe that's why you
live alone with a spare bedroom.
I live alone
because my children are grown.
Spare bedroom is
for when they visit.
But you may call me Sharon.
How's that?
"Sharon"?
Mm-hmm.
What, is that
like your bad idea
of a joke or something?
Why do you say that?
Sharon is my mother's name.
Oh.
God, you haven't been looking
for her at all, have you?
Rusty, I just got
this job yesterday.
Give me a chance to catch up.
I am making
a good-faith effort.
I am.
Where's your bathroom?
It's right down there.
Rusty.
If it is possible
to find your mother,
I will do it.
I promise you.
Sure you will, captain.
Sure you will.
[ sighs ]