TV-Serie: The Shield - 7x12

Previously on "the shield"...
guillermo beltran ...
The guerrero drug cartel head of security.
The goal is getting him to trust you to the point where you have access to the cartel's inner workings.
I've arranged a meet and greet with you and the black board of directors.
I don't meet and greet.
I'd be happy to negotiate terms.
Shane vendrell hired you to kill gardocki?
There's a reward for anyone who can deliver him.
Your cop buddy's paying 10 g's for your head, ese.
You got almost 100 grand in there.
That's more than enough to keep walking.
Since you caused us to lore all of our cash today, you're gonna replace it.
My husband's giving vic a 5:00 deadline to come up with $100,000.
Corrine is supposed to hand the money to shane.
we just walked vic into a bust.
code red.
There's a package.
You know what to do.
Ronnie is his goddamn errand boy.
We haven't got the real bastard yet.
what if vic figured out that I was working with you?
What's he gonna do to me when he finds out?
What do you think of shane taking a pass on that bag of free money?
Shane didn't show up today?
It's time for me to pull my guy into this thing.
Vic, I can't say yes to that.
That's the way it's got to be!
I'm trying to set us up with fed badges.
I'm gonna run.
If I fail, we'll both run.
hey, hold up.
Hold up.
How you doin'?
You need something?
I need to take some people's money.
Omaha hi-lo is my game.
Appreciate it.
Daddy's coming back, baby.
He's just getting us some money, okay?
Trap!
Hey h-hey, trap!
You put your hand on me again, you're gonna lose it.
You don't remember me?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, um...sorry, I burnt too many of these.
What is it?
It's biddle.
Marty's brother.
Right.
Right.
Marty's ...
Yeah, that's right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's feeling like one of those nights the tables are just itching to clear my pockets.
I think I'm gonna find my old lady, get drunk, hold on to my money.
Whoa, wait!
Chuck's here.
He'd want to see you.
who?
Come on.
Oh!
Oh!
Damn, that son of a bitch is having a hell of a night!
Hey, maybe he'll change your luck.
Yeah, maybe he can.
Chuck!
Look who came back in town.
No shit.
It's been a long time.
Yeah.
So long he didn't remember me.
We got some catching up to do!
Party's at our place.
As long as you're buying.
Ahh, god damn it.
It's gonna be my girl calling.
Tell her to keep her legs spread.
You'll be home eventually.
Hey, baby.
there's two of them, shane.
How are you gonna take them both?
I told you I was going out.
Where are you going?
I don't know what time i'm gonna be home.
What about your gun?
Yeah, well, um, I'll see you when I see you.
Okay, I'll be right behind you.
oh!
Cut a few more, b.
It's my night!
And our buddy trap's back.
Um...
You know what, I think, uh...
I think I'm gonna step out of here for a minute and grab some air.
Your head's the last thing needs to get clear.
You been lagging behind us.
It's time to catch up.
Just take me a second, man.
hey, I thought you came here to party, man!
Come on.
There's plenty of time to get air after that, huh?
Come on.
Set it up!
Yeah, come on.
Your bad self.
Not bad, yeah?
Yeah.
Hell yeah.
So, uh, have another, huh?
Come on.
All right.
There we go, trap!
Now it's a party!
Damn, I'm gonna need that air.
Ahh.
Dude, what'd you cut that with?
Speed.
Uh-oh.
You seen marty lately?
Uh, no.
No, man, I haven't seen marty.
How's he been?
Not so good.
The goddamn mexicans killed him.
What, man?
Yeah, they got him in chino, right in the middle of the yard.
Right where you put him, goddamn vice cop.
Hey, man.
What are you talking about, man?
I I'm not a cop, man.
Shane!
Mara!
Chuck, I'm sleeping!
Mara!
Whoa.
Oh, my god.
Aah, my shoulder!
Baby?
Are you okay?
Are you okay?
It's okay.
I'm sorry.
Come here, baby.
Come here.
Hang on.
Stand up.
Give me the money!
Give me the money!
Shane!
Let's get out of here!
ran into a guy I hadn't seen in ages.
We started drinking.
What was his name?
Trap.
After the bar shut down, we came back here to keep the party going.
We're here about an hour, and this girl comes in and starts firing.
Is this trap?
Yeah, that's the asshole.
Dude's a cop?
you see what he was driving?
Red t-bird.
All right, stop moving.
If you broke your collarbone, it could splinter off and pierce your heart, okay?
Lean back.
I didn't mean to shoot her.
I thought you were in trouble, baby.
It's okay.
It's okay.
No, it's not.
I killed her.
Baby, if you hadn't have come in when you did, they would have killed me.
Let me see your ...
Oh, god!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
Even ...
there's nothing I can do, baby.
Even if we went to the doctor, all they would do is put it in a sling and then try to keep you from moving it.
Give me something for the pain.
The baby ...
we don't know what pills could do to her.
Please help me.
I'll just take a little bit.
Okay.
I promise.
daddy, could you play with me?
What happened to you in there?
Hold on, buddy.
They, uh...
They made me do some coke mixed with speed.
It was some real strong shit.
Jesus, shane.
It's okay.
I'm okay now.
I'm gonna go get us some, uh...
...some medicine and some food, and I will be right back, okay?
What's going on?
Sounds like a homicide took place late last night.
Suspects are a caucasian couple, mid-30s.
A pregnant woman was the shooter.
Oh, christ.
House is owned by the brother of one of shane's old vice collars.
Guy's been put up three times on illegal gambling beefs.
Shane probably thought he could take some money off him.
Yeah, whatever the plan was, it went sideways.
Witness says says that mara left the scene injured.
They're coming off the rails.
Yeah, and putting you and me on them.
We got to get i.c.e.
To start cutting us deals now.
Nah, they won't do it.
Not without a big, juicy takedown apple ready to be plucked off the cartel tree.
What's the soonest we can get beltran to make his move?
He doesn't plan on importing his drugs for another three days.
Shane's not gonna keep it together that long.
Not after this.
Well, if we can get beltran to move his drugs tomorrow, then we can guarantee i.c.e.
A cartel bust in the next 24 hours ...
Put enough pressure on them to draft our immunity deals by tonight.
How do we get beltran to move up his timetable?
Shipment's got to be moved up.
I don't need you to tell me how to move my product.
Some of the gangs got mouthy about a shipment coming in.
Cops have picked up on the chatter.
My captain got a memo this morning. "
be on the lookout for a big drug score in three days."
I thought you had the blacks under control.
I'm controlling the damage, and I'm saving your ass.
And I brought you the solution.
There's a presidential motorcade coming into town tomorrow, and that's gonna tie up every cop in the city.
President lands at l.a.x.
At 5:00 p.m.
All extra eyes and hands will be stationed west of the 405.
All that heat and manpower are focused on moving him safely through the west side.
You'll move your weight through the east side unnoticed, untouched.
Tomorrow ...
two days ahead of the police intel.
I presume that the shipment's coming in from mexico, so you better get it on the road.
It's already in los angeles.
Even better.
Where?
Sitting in a port container.
But my customs rubber stamper isn't scheduled to work for two days.
Work schedules can change.
What if we could guarantee that the guy scheduled to work tomorrow was gonna call in sick?
Could you get your guy there to stamp the drugs, help us make our window tomorrow?
I'll call him right now.
Great.
We'll meet back here at midnight to go over the specifics ...
How to run distribution to the gangs.
I got to warn you.
Things have changed a little bit around here the last couple of days.
Sounds like for the better.
Hey, dutch.
We got to talk.
Did you say hi to danny?
hey.
I need you for a sec.
I better tell claudette i'm back.
Okay.
Look, I know it's been rough waters between us lately, but I need a favor.
The department is threatening to countersue, claiming fraud.
Now it's become a witch-hunt.
I need you to throw me a lifeline, or these guys are gonna push me under. "
detective steve billings "suffers from severe headaches, nausea, "loss of short-term memory, "and general impairment of his exemplary job skills "after suffering from a major head trauma while on the job. "
i have personally witnessed the steady deterioration of this impressive officer's per... "
what is this?
It's just a statement I need you to sign.
I can't sign this.
Look, I lose this job, i'm just an unemployed guy with some empty vending machines.
Or maybe that's what you want.
When does it end with you, steve?
If you're not gonna do it for me, do it for my kids.
You heard about vic and shane?
Yeah.
Dutch told me.
Glad I came back to help out.
Glad to have you.
Danny looks great, don't you think?
Getting away from this place does wonders for a person.
Uh, I need something.
I I've tried to work it out with steve.
You've seen that.
But it's time for a change.
Something happen?
It's not working.
We're not, um, meshing.
Well, you're not paid to mesh.
Try to work it out.
All right, never mind.
Forget I said anything.
Dutch, if there's a real problem, you should tell me.
As a friend?
Sure.
Steve's ex and daughter came in, told him they had a sex offender who moved in on their block.
We drove over, checked the guy out.
He was clean, reported every time he relocated.
Steve ducks out for a few hours.
Next thing you know, the guy's getting hauled away by north hollywood division because they found child pornography in his bedroom.
You're saying he planted it?
Not him.
Somebody from north hollywood division may have.
I wish you hadn't told me that.
I can't prove anything.
It's just a hunch.
You participated in framing a suspect and engaged in a cover-up.
no.
But you just told me someone is sitting in a county jail for something he didn't do.
It's bad enough vendrell and mackey running around.
Do I have to worry about you now, too?
I didn't do anything, and I was talking to you as a friend.
I am a friend, but I also heard this as a captain, which now forces me to do something.
Wait.
I did not come in here to burn cops.
You let me try and fix this first?
Get this taken care of before I have to.
Hello?
Rita?
Hello?
New girlfriend?
Uh, lloyd's mom.
The boy who shot the kid in the home invasion.
Three calls from her today, three hang ups.
Send some unis over there, make sure everything's okay?
Of course.
Thanks.
Hey, steve, you got a second?
Call you back.
What's up?
You need to call your friends over in north hollywood, get them to release heap.
And why would I do that?
'cause if you don't, claudette's gonna move on you guys.
And how did this get on her radar?
I told her.
Oh, jesus christ.
Look, it came up in conversation and she shared my opinion.
Oh, so she acted like a cop, not a friend or a partner.
That sounds familiar.
We need to fix this, or claudette will.
I don't want that guy living on my kid's street.
I don't care where he lives.
Just get him released from county and get the charges dropped.
You want to go over to no-ho and accuse them?
You be my guest.
Heap's innocent.
He served his time.
He's been clean since.
Is he really worth burning cops' reputations over?
I'm not unreasonable.
You need something.
I need something.
Rita?
Uh, no, I'm sorry.
I thought, uh...
Yeah, I can come right over.
I'll be there in a few minutes.
Okay.
Hey.
What's up?
Are you gonna arrest vic?
We're doing everything we can to stay on top of him.
Well, are you gonna arrest him?
Not yet.
Vic is smart.
He's been careful not to expose himself.
That's why he sent ronnie the last time.
Vic had a legitimate excuse for not showing up with the money.
It doesn't do us any good until we have something solid.
How long are we talking here?
I mean, hours?
Weeks?
Months?
Corrine, I know this is hard, but we're just gonna have to wait it out.
I risked myself and my family to help you.
If you wait too long to arrest him, he's gonna figure out what I'm doing to him.
What then?
We're not gonna let that happen.
If ...
if we thought for a second vic had a clue ...
What if you figure this out too late?
No, no, you need to end this.
You need to end this now.
I have an idea.
Shit.
What did mara say?
Well, she said that she and shane are coming for the money.
When?
Tonight.
She said that, um, I should bring the money with a car and clean plates, and that it should have a car seat for jackson in it.
She didn't sound like herself, vic.
I mean, she sounded crazy.
How am I supposed to get a car?
I'll take care of that.
Where do they want to meet you?
Uh, they don't want to meet.
She said she wants me to bring the car to the 10 overpass at alvarado, 7:00 p.m.
Mara said to put the money in the trunk and the keys in the tailpipe.
Vic...
I I don't want to go there.
Um, mara really sounded crazy on the phone.
don't worry.
You won't have to go at all.
I'll handle everything.
After I get the car, i'll meet with you to pick up the cash.
We'll meet at 4:00 at st.
Anthony's playground.
Then I'll take everything to the alvarado overpass alone.
Corrine...don't worry.
I won't let anything happen to you.
I'll go to the drop.
You focus on finding that port guy we got to jam up.
As desperate as shane is, this could be a setup.
I'll come with you and cover your back.
Shane is broke with an injured pregnant wife who just killed her last shot at getting out of this.
He wants to get gone, trust me.
At least let me tail you.
Maybe I can take a shot.
Forget about getting shane.
We're betting everything on i.c.e.
From here on out.
Something spooked beltran.
He's bringing in the drugs early.
How early?
Tomorrow.
Me and ronnie are meeting him at midnight to go over the details.
How much weight are we talking about?
Enough so he bought his own warehouse to store all the shit.
Give me a time and address.
I'll bring the cavalry.
First, we should talk about wrapping up me and ronnie's deals.
I'll push on my talks with d.c.
Well, you better hurry, because we're gonna need these deals in writing before we meet with beltran tonight.
Just submitting that request could take weeks in itself.
You weren't worried about bureaucratic bullshit when you needed me to get next to pezuela.
I came through for you every step of the way.
Now, all I'm asking is that ronnie and I get the protection we need before we put our asses on the shooting range.
Vic, you've got my word.
I will try.
Not good enough.
You'll tell washington that we need a guarantee of jobs, salaries, and full immunity.
Immunity for what exactly?
Look, when I was a cop, me and my team, we had to cut some corners to get the job done.
Our methods gave me a reputation.
Also got me on my old captain's shit list, same reputation you used to pull in pezuela and get close to beltran now.
Putting the cuffs on him will go a long way to winning friends in here and getting wyms off your back.
A bust this big?
It can make people forget who did what to who.
Meanwhile, she's still gunning for me.
I need a guarantee ...
now.
You are asking for the impossible.
Well, then, you can kiss beltran and his international drug pipeline goodbye.
I'm walking away, knowing I did right by you.
There's something that you need to understand.
The federal government is very patient, and if we don't get beltran tomorrow, we'll get him next month.
I.c.e.
Just boned me, and you're next on the chopping block.
What are you talking about?
Beltran's drug shipment arrives tomorrow.
I briefed olivia, told her it had moved up, that I had everything in place.
Instead of landing me that spot on the roster, she brushed me off with nothing but an i.o.u.
Welcome to federal-government hell.
Don't get too comfortable.
I'm only the first cut.
Hey, we agreed to look out for each other's end game.
It's not my fault yours played out first.
You're not hearing me.
By working on her timeline, olivia is hanging us both out to dry.
Or did you already sign that paperwork that you were waiting for clearing you of this whole pezuela-beltran mess before the city primary?
Yeah, well, it's too late now...
Because I'm pulling out of this i.c.e.
Takedown.
Wait a minute.
If you terminate your relationship with beltran, those drugs are gonna hit the streets.
It's not my job anymore, as you keep pointing out to me.
I'm only here to warn you because we had an arrangement.
Vic, if you walk away from this, you will only burn yourself.
Maybe.
But if beltran ever does go down, i.c.e.
Is only gonna look after themselves ...
Not me, not my family, certainly not you and yours.
Better hunker down.
Soon you and I are gonna be looking for a new line of work.
what you lookin' for, white boy?
depends on what you got.
I got it all.
I'm like wal-mart.
Yeah?
You got any, uh, anything for pain?
Like, uh, oxy or seconal?
I got shit put your ass in a coma and a smile on your face.
Don't move.
I'll blow your goddamn brains out.
Hey, don't play games!
I mean it.
Everything you got.
Empty your pockets right now, you piece of shit.
People are right.
Wal-mart does have the best prices in town.
We need to talk about beltran.
David, I've all but run out of ways to convince you of the importance of your role in this investigation.
You mean takedown.
'cause from what I hear, this could all be over tonight.
The decisions made by this office are not mine alone, councilman.
No, you're just a mouthpiece for a whole army of suits.
You all got your police training from the halls of quantico, but I got mine in the street.
And then couldn't wait to put your suit on fast enough.
You know, in a sting operation, you listen to the man on the inside.
Vic's the only lifeline you got to what's really going on.
If you choose to ignore him now, your little cartel problem's only gonna get worse later on.
I appreciate the advice.
Vic's out now.
We are still going to stop the cartel ...
With or without vic.
Then I'll just have to read about it in the papers, because if vic's out, so am i.
I'm gonna handle this on the city level, where I have more control.
Yeah?
We want you to come in.
Chaffee sold washington on your package.
Job, immunity.
Are you there?
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm here.
Your beltran meet still set for midnight?
He's just waiting on my word.
Then get down here.
Federal paperwork tends to be heavy on the fine print.
Yeah, okay.
Good news.
I got an address on our port worker in san pedro.
His name's nuÑez.
I can head over there right now.
Olivia called.
She came through, man.
Our immunity papers are just sitting there waiting to be signed.
Feds are gonna pull us out of this quicksand, gonna pay us for our troubles.
We can still take care of that shane thing right now.
Well, once we sign that immunity deal, it won't matter what shane does ...
ever.
I really appreciate this.
You're gonna get your money's worth.
I guarantee it.
What is he doing here?
You said our deal was ready.
I said we had your deal ready ...
Singular.
Vic, um ...
job offer.
Your immunity is taken care of, but I couldn't get them to sign off on ronnie this fast.
I'm sorry.
There's no sorry here.
The deal was for me and my guy.
It's just you ...
for now.
Tell me how I get this fixed.
Not gonna happen.
Your deal is on the table.
That's all we can offer today.
We can discuss detective gardocki at a later date after beltran's arrested and we have the drug shipment.
This is bullshit.
washington wasn't comfortable extending a deal beyond vic this quickly.
We'd floated his job earlier to them.
They don't know you.
You've only just become a player in this investigation.
Nothing I've done for you people could have been possible without ronnie.
If ronnie shows us some good faith in this beltran takedown tomorrow, he'll be signing the same deal in a week's time.
Vic, sign it.
And let's grab these drugs before they get in circulation.
I'm not signing shit.
This was never about just me.
This was about me and ronnie, both of us.
You are making a mistake.
You're the one making a mistake.
I'm not handing you half a win, so I don't want half a deal.
When you can offer the same thing at the same time to ronnie, then you call me.
If that's before midnight tonight, great.
If not, I know how patient you feds like to be.
Never trust a blonde.
Vic, I appreciate it.
Don't, man.
There wasn't any other choice.
What do we do now?
I got to get that car to corrine, and you got to get to nuÑez in san pedro.
Make sure he calls in sick tomorrow.
This ain't over yet.
I told you to stay away from us.
Is lloyd home?
You know, it's been hard enough for me trying to help him get over your accusations without having to see your face.
I'm sorry things happened the way they did.
I was worried about you.
Don't you dare pretend even for a second that you gave a damn about me.
This is all about your obsession with my son.
You're scared, aren't you?
Had to be to call that many times.
Is he inside?
I didn't call you!
You did...
Uh...
...six times.
I want you to leave my property.
You knock on my door again, i'm lodging a complaint.
Julien.
Red thunderbird.
Excuse me.
Those, uh, those egg sandwiches ...
are they up yet?
It'll be another minute.
Right.
Okay.
California 2- frank-adam-nancy-3-2-1.
god.
License number's registered to a larry kristiansen, but it belongs on a 2005 gold acura.
I'll check these stores.
You go around back.
Givee the gun.
Hey, hey!
Hey!
Hey.
Shut up.
Don't make a sound.
Tina, where's julien?
Hey, hey.
Hey, hey, hey!
Stop it, okay?
I don't want to shoot you, but I will.
I will shoot you, okay?
Where's julien?
Where is he?!
He's inside looking through all the stores.
What do they know?
How much time do I have?
Three minutes till backup, and I called in your stolen license plate.
Look, they know what mara did ...
That she shot that woman.
And that woman's dead, shane.
None of this is mara's fault.
I believe that.
I do.
Why don't you just give me the gun and come in with me now?
We can have a car pick up mara and your son, and they can be safe.
Please, shane.
Stop this.
Hey, hey.
My wife is not going to jail.
I've always liked you, shane, but an innocent woman is dead.
And this has gone way too far.
You don't want this.
I'm afraid that something bad will happen to you, or even worse, to mara.
Think about your son.
So, please, just come in with me now.
No, it's too late.
No, it's ...
No, it's too late.
Where the hell is vic?
He's late, but he'll be here.
oh, shit.
Vic, where are you?
The cops are there, corrine.
They're watching you.
The cops are watching me?
How do you know?
Where are you?
How did he know?
I was caref