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Previously
1x02 - Before and After
[ police radio chatter ]
[ camera shutter clicks ]
He's all yours.
Good luck.
God, this is a crappy
way to make a living.
Dealing with the worst the world
has to offer without being in charge.
- You weren't in charge for eight years.
- Yeah, but now I'm mad about it.
Sanchez: Lieutenants, the
victim is a personal trainer
who owns this gym, Chad Raber.
His first client showed up
and found him hanging there.
What do you know?
A hanging Chad.
Sykes: Scented candle over there?
It's been burning a couple hours,
so Mr.
Raber was
definitely here before 6:00.
No obvious sign of forced entry.
the gravity boots suggest he was
working his abs when he bought it.
- Our *** weapon is this kettlebell.
- Yes, I see it.
I mean, if you haven't
been to the gym recently,
you wouldn't even know what it is,
but it only weighs 15 pounds,
which means we can't
rule out our client/P.
R.
because she would have
gotten a really good
Sykes.
Sykes.
You've got the job.
You can temper
the enthusiasm just a little.
Why don't you just go, you know,
track down the next of kin, please?
Okay.
And you two cover up the
body and take it down.
This is, um, this is just
all too much, you know?
I can't handle the stress.
Ugh, and my therapist is
on a bike tour in Napa.
- Okay, Ms.
Shaw.
- Call me Dee Dee.
All right.
Once again, tell us
what you told the other Detective.
Okay.
I got here at 6:30
with a latte for myself
and one for Chad,
and there he was, just hanging there.
- He was your personal trainer.
- And my wellness partner.
You should have seen me 20 pounds ago.
- You could throw up.
- [ clears throat ] Well, Dee Dee,
um, given what happened to his face,
how could you be certain
that the victim was Chad?
His tattoo.
"Body soul self.
"
That was Chad's motto.
[ screaming ]
- What the hell was that?
- The victim's wife is here.
- Chad!
- Now?!
[ screaming continues ]
- No, no, no! Please let go!
- Watch it.
Watch it.
Annette: Chad!
[ thud ]
Oh!
Who in the hell invited
the wife to the crime scene?
Sykes: Uh, she was on her way over,
and you said to notify the family.
I said, "go.
"
"Go notify the family.
"
"Go," as in leave here and
- Annette: Chad!
- Never mind.
Never mind.
Get that screaming woman downtown.
And you, remove this
Dee Dee person from my sight.
- Yes, sir.
- Where's my cellphone?
Gentlemen.
Ugh.
So, this *** is
a major crime because?
- Because we're west of the 405?
- DDA Hobbs, what can I do for you?
I don't know.
Our bosses want me here.
speaking of, where's Raydor?
Excellent question.
Just hold on one second.
For the love of god, Julio!
Throw a blanket over the body.
I I can't look at it anymore.
Ah, Captain.
Good morning.
I hope I didn't call you at a bad time.
- Your division caught a homicide.
- Yes, Lieutenant, I am aware,
but I am in the middle of something
involving our material witness.
Yeah.
Yeah, well, that
We've got a guy whose
head has been bashed in.
I see.
Did he die from the brain
injuries or did he bleed out?
It's undetermined.
- Is the head still attached?
-Well, more or less.
You see, this is no
environment for a child.
Mm-hmm.
These your clothes?
No.
She makes me keep all
of my things in trash bags.
That is not true.
I have two grown children,
and they leave these things
here for when they visit,
and the suit belongs to my husband,
and i've asked Rusty to bring
his things in here, but he won't.
Your husband's not listed
in the application for
emergency foster care.
Wait.
Somebody married you?
My husband and I have been
legally separated for two decades.
My husband does not
live here, I assure you.
Provenza: Uh, Captain.
As riveting as your life story is,
um, are you going to
grace us with your presence
at the crime scene?
Uh, could you please
excuse me for a moment?
I'm sorry, Lieutenant.
Are
you suddenly in over your head?
Do you see how bossy she is?
Look, I place kids all over town.
You got a pretty nice setup here, Rusty.
- Clean, quiet, you got your own room, cable, DVR.
- It's not my room.
- It's not my room.
- I wouldn't mind living here myself.
You better not blow this.
Seriously.
- Sorry.
Cynthia, where were we?
- Just finishing up, Captain.
And from what I can tell,
Rusty is in good hands here,
and DCFS is very grateful to you.
No, you are happy to lock me up
until I testify in your stupid *** trial,
which is why nobody is
bothering to look for my mom.
Rusty.
You know, the first chance I get,
I'm going to leave and find her myself.
Would you rather I spend my time
looking for your mother or you?
He's not going anywhere this week
because technically Rusty
is in emergency care.
What do you plan to do with
him while you're at work?
Mr.
Raber definitely
did not see this coming.
No defensive wounds
on his hands or arMs.
- Is it possible he knew his attacker?
- Or maybe someone snuck up on him.
I count three reps, so your killer
definitely got a decent workout.
Maybe you should look for someone
with a good burn in their forearMs.
Hmm?
[ chuckles, sighs ]
Well, all right.
Ta-ta, everyone.
- Uh, ta-ta.
Buzz.
- Yes, Captain?
Would you set Rusty up with
a laptop in the break room?
There's a school placement test,
and he needs to study for it.
Yes, ma'am.
Oh, and, uh, would you monitor
him while he's in there?
M-monitor?
A-as in sit with him?
Yes.
Thank you.
Uh, is there anything else we
should know about the victim?
Tao: I'm on hanging Chad's website.
Looks like most of
his clients are women.
There's a page of
before-and-after shots.
- Pretty racy.
- Flynn: Yeah.
Here's a woman who claims
he helped her lose 58 pounds,
but the diet is a little extreme.
All right, Sykes.
I need a full background
report on Chad Raber.
Find out what we're up against here.
- Sykes!
- Yes, sir.
Lieutenant.
Captain.
The victim's wife is
set up in interview 1.
Lieutenant Flynn, will
you join me, please?
Flynn: Yeah.
Sure.
[ sighs ] Okay.
It's not just me.
You can tell.
- Everybody hates her.
- This way, Mr.
Beck, if you don't mind.
Lieutenant Tao, could you watch
the monitors for me, please?
Julio.
Annette: I can't believe it.
Nothing seems real right now.
We understand.
Believe me, we do.
And we're gonna find
out who's responsible
for your husband's ***, okay?
We're very sorry for your loss.
[ crying ]
Why would somebody do this?
Why? God.
Mrs.
Raber, did your husband
keep a lot of cash at the gym?
No.
No.
Um, we dealt with
really high-end clients.
They paid with credit cards and checks.
The safe was mainly for
just business papers.
Well, it doesn't look
like they touched the safe.
- How about computers?
- No, I handled all the bills from home.
Chad was always on the move,
so he put all of his
he put all of his work
in his IPad and his phone.
We didn't find either of those.
Well, he takes them everywhere.
Then I can find them 'cause
he's hooked up to a network.
How's Chad been feeling recently?
Has he mentioned any
difficulties at work?
Oh.
- Provenza: What's Sykes doing in there?
- Sanchez: I thought S.
I.
S.
officers
were supposed to be good
at sneaking up on people.
What? Ooh!
Outside?
I don't know what's so
important it couldn't wait.
- Chad was a suspect in a ***.
- Sykes!
My husband was not a ***!
That's not good.
That's a lie! That's a
that's a lie!
Hang on, okay? Just hang on.
The woman who made that
accusation against Chad
was one of his crazy clients.
- Excuse us.
- You knew her?
Yes, she was always
hitting on him at the gym.
All right, I found
a month-old criminal complaint
- against Chad Raber.
- Detective, we like to plan
how we share important
information like that.
I am so sorry.
My orders
were to make sure
Were given by me.
And I was the person
that you were supposed to report to.
Go help Lieutenant Tao figure
out how to find our victim's IPad.
I am so sorry, again.
She's smart and dumb at the same time.
Oh, she's not dumb.
She's choosing sides.
Taylor: So maybe
was ill-timed, but it gave you a lead.
She was following an order,
actually, from Lieutenant Provenza,
who was angry with her
for reporting directly to me.
Provenza will calm down once he accepts
he was never going to run Major Crimes.
We'll wait him out.
I think, sir, one of the things
confusing the issue here is rank.
You and Chief Pope did
promise to make me Commander.
[ clears throat ]
You do realize that there's
a freeze on all promotions.
Except apparently on Assistant Chief.
You've had a great, long career
in internal affairs.
And now you are being given
this unique opportunity,
one that every Captain in this
department would leap at
To run the most elite division
of Detectives in the L.
A.
P.
D.
The job is the promotion.
And it's a gift
one that usually
doesn't happen for people
after they've qualified for retirement.
So, considering how many
people would like to replace me
and how old I am, I should just
take this job and be grateful.
- Is that what you're saying?
- The ability to hold your team together
should be a function of your
leadership, not your rank.
Effectively concluding this
case will demonstrate both
your capacity to command
and your fitness for the job.
Now, is there anything
else I ought to know?
Anything?
According to Detective
Copeland, west Los Angeles,
the alleged victim's father,
Jim Martino,
came in last month to file *** charges
against Chad Raber on
his daughter's behalf.
She wouldn't come in herself?
Her Dad said that she was too
terrif file, and he got angry, too,
because there was nothing that
we could do without her statement.
He said, "that son of a *** ruined
our lives, and I'm gonna ruin his.
"
Motive and confession equals *** one.
A father kills the man
who *** his daughter?
That sounds like mitigating
circumstances to me.
Juries don't feel much
sympathy for rapists.
I might get manslaughter.
What about physical evidence?
Did you find any fingerprints
on the handle of the kettlebell?
Sharon: No, but I've asked
to have the rest of the
equipment in the gym processed,
- so when it's time to make a deal
- Hold on.
Just hold on here.
Let's make sure we've got the right
guy before you offer him a deal.
While Tao and Sykes are
looking for Chad Raber's IPad,
Flynn, Sanchez, let's split up and pay
Mr.
Martino and his daughter a visit.
[ beeping ]
Tao: Come on.
We're getting close.
[ beeping continues ]
Hey, how come Lieutenant
Provenza doesn't like me?
Provenza doesn't like
anybody.
Turn right here.
[ tires squeal ]
[ horn honks ]
Whoa!
[ sighs ]
Any, uh, tips on getting along with him?
Uh, if I were you, I'd
concentrate more on how you feel
about the victim and less on how
people feel about you.
Just saying.
- That's very wise.
- Really?
[ beeping ]
Uh, just make the next right.
Please slow down.
[ horn honks ]
[ doorbell rings ]
Afternoon, ma'am.
Detective Julio Sanchez, L.
A.
P.
D.
- I'm looking for Mr.
Jim Martino.
- Uh, he's not here.
Are you his daughter, Amanda?
- Please.
I just want to talk.
- No, I have nothing to say.
- It's about Chad Raber.
- No! No, he will kill me.
No, ma'am, he won't.
Chad is dead.
[ door hinges creak ]
Jim: Really? Did he suffer?
Son of a ***.
You know what he did to
my daughter, don't you?
That's why we're here.
Follow up on the complaint
you filed against Mr.
Raber.
Follow up, right? After he's
been found dead, you follow up.
You guys are right on
top of things, aren't you?
What happened? A month ago, you
wouldn't come near this case.
- Did that tick you off?
- Do you have a daughter?
I wanted to make a banner
that said "Chad Raber is a ***"
and hang it in front of his gym.
But Amanda wouldn't let me.
So I thought I'd sue his ***.
I went over to their gym
to warn him and his wife
to expect a call from my attorney.
[ bell dings ]
Guess I just saved a few
thousand in legal fees, huh?
- Hey.
What are you guys doing here?
- Tao: We found something
in the dumpster behind
Mr.
Martino's business.
Any idea, sir, why a ***
victim's IPad was in your trash?
That's a fascinating question.
- And the answer is?
- The entire mini mall uses that dumpster.
- I didn't put it there.
- Flynn: Of course you didn't.
It was left there by the
kids from the doughnut shop.
We want to introduce you to
some people downtown.
Let's go.
[ voice breaking]
My name is Amanda Martino,
and I would just like to say
that Chad Raber is the best personal
trainer anyone could ever have.
Because of you, Chad,
I'm 118 pounds
Stop.
Please turn it off.
Amanda, we found this
video on Chad Raber's IPad.
[ voice breaking ]
Chad made me say those things.
You can almost hear him
telling me what to say.
I know how difficut this is for you,
and I would never ask you to
talk about something so awful
if it weren't absolutely necessary
for us to get justice
for you and your Dad.
Six months ago, Dad bought
me sessions with a trainer
as kind of an early
college-graduation present.
I've always hated the way that I looked.
But Chad was so sweet about it.
He took my picture,
and he just told me to say
"so long" to that body.
That would be this photograph?
That's it.
That's my "before" picture.
[ voice breaking ]
Don't I look so much better now?
One day, we were .
by ourselves at his gym.
I was on my back doing sit-ups
and he [crying] he just
climbed on top of me.
I didn't know what to do.
I I he wouldn't stop,
and I just told him
to stop, please stop.
He wouldn't stop.
[ sniffles ]
And, uh
After that, he said
that I should be happy,
that what he did meant
that I was finally ready for him.
"Ready for him?"
Like, he got me into shape
so that I would be doable.
And then he forced
me to make that video.
I-I-I felt that no one
would ever believe me.
Your father believed you.
And he went to the police.
- He was so mad.
- How mad?
My Detectives found
Chad Raber's IPad
outside your father's print shop.
No.
No, that
that can't be right.
Can you account for your
and your father's
whereabouts early this morning?
I was
we were at home.
You know, at my Dad's house.
An alibi for each of them?
How convenient.
She's covering for her old man.
She's been covering for
all the men in her life.
- I know that girl.
- How did you meet her?
I mean the type.
Amanda has low self-esteem.
She's impressionable,
easy to manipulate,
and women tell their
personal trainers everything.
Like, "I'm single.
I don't have a boyfriend.
I don't know what to eat.
I don't know what to wear.
"
Chad Raber was probably hunting
for someone like this girl.
You think she was the only one?
There's a lot of before-and-after
pictures on that website.
There might be
before-and-after videos, too.
Hold on.
Hold on.
Wait a second.
What?
That mean something to you?
There's one video on the device,
but there may be more on the network.
[ beeping ]
[ door opens ]
- Can I come in yet?
- No.
I told you to stay at
my desk until I'm done,
- and then I'll look over your exam
- Hey.
"No" is enough.
It's not like I'm desperate
to spend time with you.
[ door slams ]
Ah.
Gotcha.
Here we go.
[ voice breaking] Hey, Chad.
It's me.
Thanks for the workout.
I
really needed that.
I feel
Tao: Here's another one.
[ voice breaki]
Chad, you are
- Chad: Amazing.
- Amazing.
[ crying ]
I can't tell you
Ugh.
And another.
[ voice breaking]
Thanks for everything, Chad.
I don't know what I
would do without you.
All these videos were on
Raber's IPad the whole time?
Tao: No, they were recently deleted,
but backed up on a remote server.
Someone removed the videos
at 8:40 a.
m.
after hanging
Chad's ***, but they didn't
delete them from the cloud.
- How many videos did you find?
- Including Amanda's, nine.
Each one of these girls
represents lots of credible
alternatives to Martino.
The Captain's not gonna
be able to make a deal.
Well, that's her problem.
Not ours.
No, Lieutant Provenzo's rules
to talk to each woman that the
victim filmed, get their alibis,
and turn the information over
to the suspect's attorney.
Yes.
Yes.
Good night.
Rusty!
That's an L.
A.
P.
D.
computer.
Everything you do on it is recorded
and subject to regular search.
Good, then it'll finally show that
someone has been looking for my mother.
Okay, Rusty.
Time to wrap it up.
It's lights out around here.
At my last job, 10:30 was rush hour.
About that.
Do you think it might be a good
idea for you to talk to someone?
I don't talk to shrinks.
- Mmm.
- You should see one, maybe.
Find out what happened to your marriage.
Nothing happened.
[ chuckles ]
We're separated.
Well, you still keep his stuff here.
Well, he needs to stop by sometimes.
He's the father of my children,
and there's some very
good things about him,
although I can't think
of one at the moment.
Okay.
You don't want to
talk to a psychologist.
I understand that.
Let's
discuss how the spare bedroom
Will get me out of your way
and make it that much easier
for you to forget about
me and my problems,
which no one seems
to care about, anyway.
[ sighs ]
Rusty, we're doing everything
we can to find your mother.
I've got a want out on
her and her boyfriend.
We are tracking the credit
card they were using.
We are going to come
across them any day.
Well, then why am I being asked to
study for this stupid catholic school?
It's not a stupid school at all.
Both of my kids went there,
and they got into great colleges.
And that is something
I'd like you to start thinking
about, as smart as you are.
Hey, hey!
I am not your child.
Okay?
And I won't be here long enough to
go to this terrific school of yours,
and people like me don't get into
college, and we both know that.
And, you know, to remind you
how bad you are at your job,
I am going to be sleeping here
in the den or the living room
or whatever you call this
until you get fed up enough
to do something that is
really going to help me.
Barker: I just can't go along with this.
- Please don't get me involved.
- I understand, Ms.
Barker,
and I'm not asking you to press
charges against Chad Raber,
but we found the video
you made for him.
I was just thanking Chad.
You're making a mistake.
Nothing happened.
Ma'am, you're not
Chad Raber's only victim.
[ voice breaking ] I kept
wondering if somehow I gave him
mixed signals or something, you know?
Like, maybe I encouraged him,
but, I mean, he's married.
Did he ever threaten you?
You have to understand.
Chad had this way of
making you trust him.
I I told him things
about my marriage.
[ sniffles ] And he said
that if I made a big deal
about what he did to me, that
he would tell my husband
the things that I talked
about in confidence
things that my husband can't know.
Ma'am, can you tell me where
you were yesterday morning
between 6:00 and 9:00 a.
m.
?
Oh, my god.
You don't think that I killed Chad, do you?
We just need to eliminate
anyone who could be a suspect.
- We're trying to find his killer.
- Why do you need to do that?
- Ma'am?
- I mean, Chad's dead, right?
And he can't do this
to anyone else, so
why bother catching the killer?
- Chad Raber was a monster.
- And a serial ***.
I know these ladies he victimized
supposedly increase our suspect pool,
but they all have really good alibis.
Martino shouldn't be able to use them
to get off with just a slap on the wrist.
- I mean, come on.
- Sharon: I've been thinking about that.
Martino knows hanging Chad
*** his daughter,
so what does he do?
I've been wondering the same thing.
You kill Chad, take his IPad.
Why? Toss it in your own dumpster?
No, no.
That's stupid.
- We've met dumber criminals.
- Tao: But this criminal was smart enough
to go into Chad Raber's IPad
and erase all his victims' videos.
Except for the one of his own daughter.
Which is the only video
that would show his motive.
Maybe Martino thought
that if he got caught,
he could use the video of Amanda
to get sympathy from a jury.
Nine videos would get
him even more sympathy.
Right.
Right.
Insightful, Captain.
Oh, god, Sykes.
Would you just
give it a rest for a minute?
Look, Martino had no reason
to erase those other videos
except for the one of his daughter.
Then the killer is someone
who is trying to frame him.
Which means it had to be
somebody who knew Martino
would be a suspect.
There is really only one person
who fits that description.
This way, Mrs.
Raber.
Annette: I know that man.
- Which man?
- In the picture out there on your board.
His name is Martino something.
He's the one who filed those
insane charges against Chad.
We are very sorry.
You were not supposed to see those.
Do you think he has something
to do with my husband's ***?
- It's too early for us to
- No, please! Just tell me!
Did that man kill Chad?
Mr.
Martino did seem
obsessed with your husband.
Filing those *** charges on
behalf of his crazy daughter
and threatening to sue
you to bankruptcy, so, yes.
At this point, we can say that
he is one of our prime suspects.
One of them?
Mrs.
Raber, another
woman came forward
a client of your husband's who
heard about his *** on TV.
She claims that Chad sexually
assaulted her, as well.
This woman also claims that your husband
recorded videos of her
and other alleged victims.
- Now, we can't prove that, but
- Chad was not a ***!
He made women feel
better about their bodies.
He was a positive presence in people's
lives, unlike that Amanda person,
who's spreading lies just
trying to get someone,
anyone, to help her destroy
everything that Chad built.
We absolutely agree that having
these other women come forward
makes it easier for Mr.
Martino
to deny his involvement.
It's a sick way to poison
the jury pool sick.
So what are you gonna do?
If you could locate your husband's
cell, it would help us enormously.
- In what way?
- Well, these so-called victims
say your husband videotaped
them with his phone.
Now, if that's true, we can probably
find those recordings somewhere.
But if we can't find them, then that
proves these people are just liars.
You just need to stay strong
until we can arrest
the man who killed your husband.
Come here.
Come here.
Annette: [ crying ]
Thank you.
Thank you.
Oh! I almost forgot.
We found your husband's IPad.
That's wonderful.
Um, thank you.
- Um, where'd you find it?
- We can't discuss that yet.
- But it helps your case?
- I am sure of it.
Buzz: As long as we keep
our signal on the device,
- I can follow her anywhere.
- I hope it's not to Mexico.
[ car alarm chirps ]
As soon as she opens the IPad,
we should be able to
mirror it on these monitors.
- There we go.
- Come on.
Come on, come on, come on.
Went straight for the videos.
Not wasting any time.
[ beeping ]
No, no, no, no, no.
[ beeping ]
Except for Amanda, she's
deleting them all again.
Put them back.
No! No, no, no, no, no, no.
What's going on?
Okay.
Okay.
- Not so fast, buzz.
May I?
- Be my guest.
So she is trying to
frame Amanda's father.
And get rid of other possible litigants.
No! Why do they
keep coming back!
Oh! ***!
Why did you have to videotape them?!
I'd kill you again
if I could! I'd kill you again!
- Take her.
- God! What?
Ma'am, could you step
out of the car, please?
- Why?
- You know why.
What are you doing?
Why are you doing this?
- Because you're under arrest.
- What do you mean?
Another good arrest.
- You have the right to remain silent.
- No, no, no, no.
Wait, wait, wait.
I can explain this.
You don't
understand.
You don't understand!
Oh, yes, we do.
Hobbs: I don't have
That's not strictly true.
She had her husband's
cellphone in her purse.
Whoop-dee-doo! Prepare
the lethal injection now.
Did it have a picture of her
beating her husband's brains in?
Because otherwise
The print report from the gym
shows what I thought it would.
There's nothing on the
handle of the *** weapon.
But I think the prints that we did
find could still help us make the deal.
Deal?
W-what kind of deal?
Listen.
They're only
offering involuntary
manslaughter with probation
and no time served.
- Are you actually considering that?
- It seems more reasonable than homicide
since we have nothing
linking annette Raber
to the *** or to the
planting of the IPad.
She admitted killing him!
We all heard her!
Flynn: She said, and I quote,
"if I could, I would kill you again.
"
Hobbs: And that might mean
if someone else hadn't already
murdered her *** husband,
she would like to do it herself.
And even if her attorney
let her provide us with
a complete confession,
once the defense calls all
nine *** victims to the stand,
instead of convicting annette Raber,
the jury will give her a medal.
Since when do we act on
what the jury might say?
It's the evidence that matters.
And the evidence says she
picked up the kettlebell
and deliberately pounded her
husband in the head three times.
The first hit, we give her.
They were married.
The second and third
that was intent.
[ police radio chatter ]
It's kind of hard 'cause I
see everyone's point of view.
[ groans ]
Before she can express her own opinion,
Sykes needs to hear
it from you, Captain.
I think we should let annette Raber
plead to involuntary manslaughter,
see what she says in her statement
of facts, and negotiate up from there.
And the next time that we
pick up a cold-blooded killer,
I'll be sure to say,
"you're under arrest for ***!
Unless you have a good excuse.
"
Sometimes good excuses
make great confessions.
Look, you want to arrest
someone for ***,
then turn them over to the
courts to decide their fate.
I want to walk them directly
to their prison cell.
This isn't just about policy.
This is a chance for us
to properly finish what we started,
and that is something
that I really like.
Involuntary manslaughter
is fair and reasonable.
Your own investigation
shows that Chad Raber
terrorized at least nine women.
I would add Annette
Raber to that list
more sinned against than sinning.
This is not a religious service.
We do hope god forgives Mrs.
Raber.
However, we speak for the victim.
Kelly: Well, let's talk about how
the jury will feel about that, hmm?
Because when I introduce them
to this monster, Chad Raber,
and tell them what he
did, they'll be asking my
client to autograph this
little photo, and you know it.
Involuntary manslaughter, probation.
She does no time.
Anything else, we fight it out in court.
- Taylor: Where are we going?
- I want you to see
what your new head
of Major Crimes is doing.
I know what's she's
doing.
I approved it.
Look.
Trials cost a lot of money.
You want to spend $2 million
on a case where we might
not even get a conviction.
Really?
What are you trying to prove?
[ door opens ]
The suspect has the right to a trial.
The state does not.
Nor do we have an
obligation to go to court.
Let this lady decide what she wants.
And give Raydor a chance.
Kelly: nine separate women
- She lost control of her emotions.
- Hobbs: Oh, really?
Then tell me why my victim's wife
surreptitiously deleted videos
which were evidence of those crimes?
You mean the videos
your Detectives surreptitiously
placed on her husband's IPad?
Well, that's simple.
She was ashamed.
Mrs.
Raber discovered the videos,
and because she didn't want
to face the truth about her
husband, she tried to erase them all.
Oh, not all, counselor.
Mrs.
Raber left the video
of Amanda on the IPad,
and then she placed it in the dumpster
outside of Jim Martino's
place of business.
Where is she going with this?
- Mrs.
Raber may not have known about
her husband's crimes - I didn't know.
but when she discovered them,
murdering Chad and framing Jim Martino
killed two birds with one kettlebell.
As long as no other ***
victims came forward.
That was the real problem,
wasn't it, Annette?
A solitary, unstable woman claiming ***
you could probably avoid, but nine victims?
A civil action suit by all those women
could drive your business into ruin.
Hobbs: That's why she
deleted all the videos
but the one that
incriminated Amanda's father.
- She was protecting her finances.
- This was not a crime of passion.
Mrs.
Raber bashed her husband's head in,
then she very deliberately
tried to frame someone else
for what she'd done to
avoid financial loss.
Sounds like first-degree *** to me,
and those are the
charges I'm going to file.
Tell me again your
problem with this is what?
Kelly: You have no evidence
of premeditation.
Oh, yes, I do
The kettlebell your client
used to end her husband's life.
- I was told it had no prints.
- Oh, you're right, it didn't.
But all the other
weights in her gym did,
indicating Mrs.
Raber wiped
the *** weapon clean
and used gloves when
she killed her husband.
Well
wait, wait, wait, wait.
Don't just go.
Counter.
- Manslaughter.
11 years.
- What?!
That's the maximum.
Low term.
Three years.
*** and we take our chances.
I'll parade Chad Raber's
victims in front of the jury.
Sharon: And I'll show the jury a
video of your client erasing those
women as if they never existed in
order to send an innocent man to prison.
[ sniffles ]
- Six years.
- [ scoffs ]
I'm on the train to 11,
and that extremely gracious offer
depends on what your
client will say to a judge.
And I want to hear it.
Right now.
I knew Chad took revealing pictures
of his clients.
It was his job.
[ sniffles ]
And then a Detective came by and told us
that one of our clients
had accused Chad of ***.
And I started to wonder,
so I looked at his IPad,
and I found all of these
[ voice breaking ] horrible videos
of these young girls.
And I realized then in my
heart that Chad was a ***.
So, I went to the gym that morning
and found him doing his workout, and
while he was hanging upside down
Aah!
I stopped him from ever
hurting anyone ever again.
Judge: Thank you, Mrs.
Raber, and the next
time you're in that
situation, just dial 911.
So, having found that you are competent,
that you know your rights,
and that your statement is voluntary,
I am going to accept your
guilty plea to manslaughter.
Ms.
Hobbs, Mr.
Kelly,
you have anything to add?
- Hobbs: No, your honor.
- Kelly: No, sir.
Okay.
We're adjourned.
[ gavel bangs ] Counsel will approach.
We'll set a date for sentencing.
I'd like to do it fairly soon
since you already agreed on 11 years.
How about, uh, Thursday
after next, 4:00 p.
m.
?
Well, a *** marries a murderer.
The Rabers were made for each other.
Hey, look at it this way
At least we don't have to come back
here for a trial in another two years.
I hate court.
Maybe I'm old fashioned,
but I like it when a jury decides.
Premeditated ***.
Pled down to 11 years for manslaughter.
Is this the way it's going to be?
Cutting people slack
for pretending to take
justice into their own hands?
Major Crimes just closed the case
with no physical evidence
and a *** for a victim.
Suspect was found guilty two
days after we discovered the body.
I just saved hundreds
of thousands of dollars
that I can use for
overtime and DNA tests.
I can't tell you for sure if
this is how it's going to be,
but I certainly hope so.
Then I quit.
Well, maybe you're a better
Detective than I thought.
How'd I give myself away?
Packing up all my stuff?
[ chuckles ] Looky here.
My whole career fits
in one cardboard box.
You know, lots of older
people enjoy retirement.
I mean, my grandparents,
for example
y-you remind me of them a little.
They just retired to the Gulf
coast of Florida, and they love it.
You should check it out.
It's terrific for active seniors,
and they have singles night, too.
Maybe you could meet
someone special.
- He's not retiring.
- How can you be so sure, Julio?
- You can't afford it.
- Flynn: What are you so upset about?
Dirtbags get deals
it happens every day.
It's not the deal, Flynn.
It's that woman.
After four wives,
five divorces, six Chiefs,
three partners,
and two parakeets
who live a longer than
I expected them to
I just don't want to be forced into
another long-standing,
unhappy relationship.
I completely agree.
- I'm gonna get a cup of coffee.
- There's a fresh pot in the break room.
- Can you get me one? Two sugars.
- Come get your own, genius.
[ clears throat ]
Lieutenant, should I
say how much I appreciate
your service and your experience?
Should I remind you that we
both of us
are probably dealing with
misconceptions about each other?
Can we improve our work relationship
through dinner and a drink?
God, no.
Look, Captain.
This isn't just about you.
After all I've given to the L.
A.
P.
D.
,
anyone else besides me
sitting in that office is an insult.
And it's not fair.
You have been a homicide
Detective for how long,
and you're still
expecting life to be fair.
Look, if I stay, I'll only complain
and point out your mistakes.
Lieutenant, aren't
you experienced enough
to speak your mind with
me and remember my rank?
Well, of course I am.
The problem is I don't want to.
This whole situation, it
it just sucks.
It does a little.
I know.
Look.
Why don't you agree to stay
on at Major Crimes only
only till you find someplace
completely fair to work.
Think about it.
Hey.
Hey, what are you doing?
I still need those to
study for that stupid test.
Your things don't belong here.
You can study in your room.
It not my room.
But this is the living room,
and it is definitely mine,
and your stuff needs to go.
All right.
Well, then I'm gone, too.
How about that, huh?
And I mean out the door.
You want to leave?
I am the best hope you
have of finding your mother.
Okay, look, look.
I will try not
to make unnecessary demands on you,
but by 11:00 p.
m.
, you're in that room.
You cannot tell me to go to my room.
I am not a child, first of all,
and second of all, you are not my mother.
You're right.
I'm not your mother.
And how do we know that?
Because I am here.
I'm here.
And your mother is not.
And you're gonna have to try
and make the best of it.
[ door slams ]
[ sighs ]