Programma Televisivo: The Closer - 2x1
Watch your backs.
Watch your backs�!
Hey, guys, please, please.
Hey, come on, guys.
You want to cut us some slack, huh�?
Guys, you're not helping.
All right�?
Come on, huh�?
Guys, we're all wearing the same color, all right�?
Can we get him out of there�?
As soon as we can, I promise.
We'll get him out.
Guys, come on.
You know it's time to get him out.
Chief says, that's it.
Thank you, Lieutenant Provenza.
Thank you very much.
Chief Johnson.
Commander.
Where's chief pope�?
He had an appointment with an attorney this morning.
I'm not even sure he knows we have an officer down.
But I spoke to the captain of central.
Well, I'd like to speak to the captain as well, but I don't need his entire division here on the street.
One of their own is lying dead in that warehouse.
One of our own.
Maybe if you let us clear Detective Martin's remains-- I haven't examined them yet.
I understand that, but when an LAPD officer dies in the line of duty, we never leave him lying next to the scumbag who killed him.
That's because when an officer is murdered on the job, you usually find them within minutes, not two days after the fact.
Now, I have a lot of questions about what happened here, I don't need this crowd trying to bully me.
They should be encouraged to leave the scene and go on about their business.
Not meaning to be presumptuous, Ma'am, but imagine that it's sergeant Gabriel lying dead in this warehouse.
Would you be out here waiting to pay tribute to their sacrifice, or would you be in your office going about your business�?
I take your point, Commander.
I'll get this out of the way as quickly as possible.
Look, we're all on the same side.
Let them do their job.
Let them do their job�!
She might get mad at me for telling you this, but Daniels probably shouldn't be here.
Why�?
When we both worked at central, she dated Martin for a few months.
I'm only mentioning it'cause down the road some lawyer might want to make-- Got it.
So, who's the other dead guy�?
The suspect Detective Martin killed�?
Zeev Barak.
Part of a drug distribution ring.
Ecstasy.
About six months ago, he caught a couple of his teenage dealers overcharging and pocketing the change.
UCLA sophomores.
He shot them to death in their apartment.
And we know this because�?
Martin and his partner worked with an informant.
Captain of central has his name vaulted.
Still waiting for the murder book, too.
Where was Detective Martin's partner�?
Martin was officially off duty.
So he met this guy here alone�?
Without back-up�?
Where did Detective Martin live�?
Long Beach.
Okay.
How'd they get in�?
Side door was unlocked and we found a key in Martin's pocket.
All right, then, thank you, Detective Daniels.
Now if you wouldn't mind waiting outside-- Actually, if it's all the same to you, Chief-- I'm sorry, but it isn't all the same to me.
Thanks.
So if you wouldn't mind waiting outside, then you can make sure that central division stays a respectful distance, I'd appreciate it.
Thank you.
Lieutenant Tao, what do we think happened here�?
It looks like they fired at the same time.
Tim Martin got it between the eyes.
As he fell back, his weapon discharged at Barak.
Just looking at him, the way he's lying, I bet his spinal cord is severed.
This drug dealer had awfully good aim.
Detective Martin's lips seem to be decomposing at the same rate as mr.
Barak's.
And you're looking at second instart maggots in his eyes.
Same over here.
Still eating in mass.
Gathered around the wounds and soft tissue openings.
That's consistent with saying they both died saturday morning�?
Gabriel�?
Lieutenant Flynn, when S.I.D.
Starts collecting DNA in here, please walk the elimination samples from both of these men through our lab and have that done tonight.
Detective Sanchez, we'll be working with central division on this.
They'll be in the murder room as well.
I'd like you to keep an eye on them.
Lieutenant Tao, I want a ballistics trajectory report from the morgue asap, please.
Let's see how this gunfight played out.
So, Lieutenant Provenza, summing up what we know so far.
Alone and on his day off, Detective Tim Martin enters an abandoned warehouse in downtown Los Angeles, 30 miles from his home, in Long Beach.
By coincidence, Mr.
Barak, a murder suspect in a double homicide Martin was working, happens to enter the same warehouse.
They both draw their weapons and fire at the exact same time, fatally wounded, they instantly drop dead where they stand.
What would you say the chances are it happened like that�?
Apparently, 100 percent.
Chief, you should see this.
Lieutenant Provenza, let's clear this place out as quickly and honorably as possible.
Thank you.
Yes, Ma'am.
Can you blow this out please, and help us clean up Martin�?
Yeah, the last thing we need is stuff flying out from under the sheet when we carry him out.
Then the people would really hate our guts.
Relax, Flynn.
People hate your guts already.
Thank you, Officer.
Tic tac.
Chief Johnson, this is captain Leahy.
Central division, and Martin's partner Detective Lawrence Xavier.
I thought you might like to talk to them.
Sergeant.
Ma'am.
Is there anything I can do to help�?
Yes, there is.
Is this the picture of the informant that you and Detective Martin were working with�?
No.
Does he have anything to do with the Barak case�?
No, Ma'am.
He just owns the warehouse.
Because it says here that he's wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of an LAPD officer.
And if I'm considering the mood of your division...
circulating this man's photograph puts his life in danger.
So what I need you to do, Captain, is to find out who created this flyer, how many were distributed, and have every single one of them returned to me.
Let's go�!
And I need you to order your troops to stand down.
Because while you have my sympathies, Captain, a righteous call of an officer down is my job.
Tim martin is not a job to me, Ma'am.
He was my friend.
Wait a second.
Attention�!
You could've told me about it in person.
In advance.
What-- Yeah.
I can't talk about this now.
Becau-- Yeah.
Well, I'm sorry you feel that way, but we just lost a 15-year veteran in a shootout, that's actually more important than you are at the moment.
Leahy, is it true your people were circulating 100 flyers of some guy who was not connected to the crime�?
I got 98 of them back.
And where's Detective Martin's partner�?
Detective Xavier is waiting in Commander Taylor's office with the murder book and the informant there.
All right, so unless you'd like to start collecting your pension tomorrow, central had better back off and allow Priority Homicide to do its job.
You're dismissed.
Sir.
Captain, I'm so sorry, but I'm afraid we're really gonna need all these flyers.
Because otherwise...
That's good enough for me.
98 percent's fine.
Go on, Captain.
You understand this is not a picture of the informant that Detective Martin was working with.
I don't want to talk about this...
anymore.
You left a police officer lying next to the man who shot him, and that is never done.
The reason I left Detective Martin lying there is that police officers are trained to fire in bursts, and Martin only put one shot into Barak.
One.
And the bodies were lying close together.
Too close.
And what was Martin doing there in the first place�?
Now he and Detective Xavier were working with an undercover informant, and I need to question him.
You can't release the informant's name to law enforcement.
Well, how I am supposed to talk to him, Will�?
What if he's not, just, just waiting by the phone�?
Why is it that you can never do your job without constantly complaining about everything�?
The informant was guaranteed anonymity.
You can release his name to one other member of your squad, and that's it.
Now, I've upheld your authority with the entire department looking on, but when a police officer is killed, we expect closure quickly and completely.
Is that clear�?
Yes, it is.
Your attitude, however, is a complete mystery.
Chief...
yes Lieutenant Tao's put together a preliminary ballistics report, and I think before we talk to Xavier, you should see what he's put together.
How graphic is it�?
No morgue shots.
All right, then.
All right, then, let's see what we've got.
So...
why isn't this...
oh, first I should say the bullets we pulled out of those college kids, the double homicide Tim Martin was working, they match Barak's gun.
Lieutenant Provenza, are you eating chocolate in here�?
Sorry.
I thought we agreed to keep snacks with processed sugar out of the murder room.
If y'all have to have candy, please do so in the hallways in the electronics room.
Or you might try giving it up.
Since I stopped eating all that crap, I have more energy.
And I'm sleeping better, too.
What about nuts�?
Excuse me�?
Are my nuts allowed in here�?
Do they have sugar on them, lieutenant�?
No.
They're salty.
Well, there's your answer then.
What about the slug in detective...
what about the slug that was taken out of Detective Martin's head, Lieutenant Tao�?
Also from Barak's gun.
And the bullet that killed Barak was from Martin's weapon.
But then we start to have problems.
It seems like Martin fired first from about 15 feet.
His bullet grazes the top of Barak's heart, shatters the spine, and Barak falls dead.
So...
Barak falls dead and his gun discharges�?
No.
Couldn't have.
Because Martin was shot from 4 feet away.
And the entry wound shows the bullet was fired from a crouching position.
Not from the ground.
So even if we supposed Martin fired and walked towards the body, Barak would've been paralyzed.
He couldn't have fired at all.
But Barak's gun definitely killed Detective Martin�?
It did.
There was a third person in that warehouse.
I'm so sorry this is taking so long.
Detective Xavier, I think I have the basics now.
So Zeev Barak murdered two young men who were dealing x for him, and leaves their apartment, demanding his cousin, Ari Cohen, drive him to the airport.
Ari says he had no idea Barak intended to kill anyone, and after the shooting, he offers his testimony in exchange for immunity.
But how do you know that your informant didn't kill those men and blame it on Barak�?
The kids fought back.
Barak got cut.
We got good DNA samples of the killer from the apartment where the boys were murdered.
Nothing matched Ari, so we paid him $25,000 to fly up to vancouver and get the routine two samples off his cousin.
But the DNA samples he brought back didn't match the guy who killed the kids�?
They didn't match each other.
Look in section 6 of your murder book there.
Mr.
Informant submitted DNA from two different people.
Males.
Relatives.
Didn't hit anything from our crime scene or our database.
So, looks like Barak's death is good for Ari, doesn't have to testify, his cousin's partner won't know he's a snitch, and...
he got $25,000.
In cash.
So, he met with the police regularly at the warehouse�?
Whose idea was that�?
Ari's.
One of his friends wanted to sell it, so he paid Ari to show it around to anybody who wanted to look at it.
Did you have keys to the side door�?
No.
So why do you suppose Martin went there on his day off�?
I don't know.
Any reason Martin might go to the warehouse and not want you around�?
Look...
here's the thing.
I got on this case late.
Tim had been working with Detective Hubbard before me.
They'd been partners since, like the early 90s.
Then Hubbard takes family leave because his wife died, and his kid had cancer.
Me and tim, we'd only been partners two months.
And is it standard procedure for people from central division to meet with murder suspects on their own�?
No.
On their days off�?
No.
If I look at your qualifying test, who will I find is a better shot, you or Martin�?
Me.
Because Tim had problems...
when Martin didn't show up for work on monday, you talked to your captain about it, why�?
Linda...
his girlfriend, Martin's girlfriend, she called me saturday night...
you work...
on saturday�?
Are these difficult questions, Detective, because I think they're fairly simple.
Were you at work on saturday, or should I look it up�?
I was home.
Linda called me because Tim had a date with her, and he stood her up.
So I tried to get in touch with him.
Left a few messages, and when he didn't get back to me, I drove down there sunday morning, knocked, looked through the flap of the door and saw his mail from saturday.
And had you been there before�?
To his apartment�?
No.
No, I almost didn't go this time.
See, standing up girlfriends is Martin's way of usually letting them know he's about to wind things down.
And when I say that, I don't mean he's a bad cop.
Just a jerk when it came to women.
Anyway, when he didn't show up on monday, I went to Captain Leahy.
Thank you, detective xavier.
That's all for now.
Ma'am.
By the way, have you been offered counseling�?
Excuse me�?
You seem to be holding back the natural grief one feels at losing a partner and fellow officer.
Perhaps you can get some help with that.
For the time being, the name Ari Cohen is our little secret, sergeant.
I'd like you to find him for me.
Please But don't identify yourself to anyone you call as a police officer.
I'll be back in about an hour or two.
All right.
Okay.
I was gonna stop by Dupars and pick up a pie, too, but but with this diet you're on, I didn't think you'd feel comfortable with more pastry in the house.
Oh, I wouldn't.
And it-it's not a diet, it's a life change.
Either you control the sugar in your life, or the sugar controls you.
And it ages you.
I read this book, and I'm just, I'm over it.
Okay.
I just-I just don't want sugar anymore.
I'm just, I'm finished with it.
OK I really am.
I believe you.
By the way...
the...
escrow on my condo is about up.
I was wondering if you'd thought over what we talked about.
You know, cause otherwise, there's a position in behavioral sciences.
It's been suggested I put in for it.
It would mean me moving back east.
But it would give me a chance to move up the FBI's food chain.
Fritz, I don't want you to go.
And, of course, I've thought about...
it, I just...
see, moving in together...
I don't...
there's...
what�?
There's all these problems that would have to be worked out.
Like what�?
Well, like getting a new phone, for one thing.
Cause you couldn't answer mine when my parents call.
That's not really it.
And I, I can be, just impossible.
Yeah.
I like it that you're impossible.
Well, what if you stopped�?
Stopped liking me�?
If I was gonna stop liking you, I would've done it already.
But...
well...
look, I haven't had a lot of success living with guys, and...
it could just ruin everything.
But, you know, if, we're trying to sort of come closer, you know, more like full partners...
living together would give us a chance to see what that would be like.
It's work.
I know we're having a serious...
Hello�?
What�?
How long ago�?
It's Lieutenant Provenza.
They found our informant.
Though how he knows...
all right.
I'll be there in about 20 minutes.
Okay.
Bye.
I love this.
Trying to have lunch together more.
It's nice.
And, uh, we'll talk about this, all this...
yeah, sure.
Later.
This evening or something.
This reluctance of yours, it has nothing to do with what's going on with Pope, does it�?
What's going on with pope�?
His wife served him with divorce papers last friday.
You didn't know�?
No.
What do you do for a living again�?
If you're not going to talk to him...
Sir, we'd like to take him to central.
Yeah, well, I don't give a flying you-know-what where you'd like to take anybody.
Is that right�?
Yeah.
That's right.
Hey�!
Hey�!
I'm getting your captain on the other end of the line here, so you want to park your asses somewhere�?
Did I not say to keep quiet about our guy�?
He's not our guy.
He's the guy from the flyer.
The owner of the warehouse.
Michael deitz.
He's been roughed up, too.
I got Chief Pope down here as soon as I got back.
Back from where�?
From Ari Cohen's house.
He's not there.
Newspaper is stacked up over the fence.
Neighbor said they haven't seen him in over two weeks, so, I'm gonna have to try to find...
my fault, I'm sorry.
Thank you, Sergeant Gabriel.
You were right.
We should've pulled in those other flyers.
Never mind, Will.
It's fine.
Look, this guy's a friend of ours.
Maybe he can help me find him.
No Dietz cannot know Ari was an informant.
And besides, thanks to central division, we may have a civil suit on our hands.
I need to calm him down in an official kind of way.
I can manage this.
You look tired.
Why don't you head on home.
Please don't use the techniques you employ in there...
on me.
Something you'd like to know, ask me.
I didn't think it was any of my business.
I just, I heard you were getting a divorce.
That's all.
I'm not getting a divorce.
Estelle's getting a divorce.
You know, the job, the hours, she's seeing someone else.
They're getting married.
So no alimony.
She doesn't want our kids, because he doesn't want them.
So there's that, and you know, well, at some point, it'll stop hurting, and I'll just hate her and go on with my life.
Oh, Will.
I'm sorry.
I really am.
You know what, let's discuss it later.
We have a murdered officer to deal with, and central division is going nuts.
All right.
Now, Will, I'm not complaining, but ballistics suggests that there was someone else in that warehouse when Martin and Barak were killed, and I really need to talk to this informant, Ari.
I really do.
Who was martin's partner before Xavier�?
Hubbard.
He's on family leave.
His 10-year-old boy's got cancer.
He's at the hospital 24/7.
Well, you know where to find him then.
All right then.
Mr.
Dietz.
My name's William Pope.
It's hard to believe Tim's gone.
I should've gone with him.
But my wife--please.
My wife died 4 years ago, and...
Charlie, that's my son...
I thought, charlie deserves to always have one parent around.
When you said you thought about...
So how's your son doing, is he ok�?
You know, bone cancer's tough.
First we tried an experimental therapy, didn't work.
Now we're looking for a bone marrow transplant, but you need an exact match.
Thank God my wife's parents have a lot of money.
Any luck�?
I tested, and, no.
I struck out, but, you know, lots of people have volunteered.
Charlie's got a website.
He has a diary of everything we're doing here.
People write in, and the website has a link.
Check it out if you'd like to.
Thank you.
I will.
I will.
Thank you...
for that.
I'm so sorry about your partner.
Yeah.
It's just unbelievable.
I can't think of why.
Why he would go down there alone.
You knew about it then�?
The meet�?
With Ari�?
Yeah.
Yeah, I helped set it up.
You called ari�?
After he brought back those screwed up DNA samples from vancouver.
No way.
No, he called me, uh...
last, wednesday.
Ari says he wants to meet, and I told him, call Tim, which I guess he did, cause Tim phoned me, said that Ari was coming back saturday morning and would I go with him, cause...
cause I handled Ari better.
Charlie had a transfusion that morning.
Did Ari say anything about bringing Barak�?
No.
I mean, if we'd known that Barak was coming, we would've had surveillance, we would've brought in sharp shooters, that's a dangerous man.
Any idea why Tim might not want Xavier to go with him�?
Well, may...
Oh, hey, partner.
Where are you going�?
Ultrasound.
Don't worry.
It's nothing.
Okay.
Are you working�?
No.
I'm just giving some background to these detectives on an old case.
Keep him busy for me.
I want you to work.
Please Well, maybe I should go with you.
No.
You shouldn't.
You're driving me crazy.
Bye.
All right.
Good bye.
All right, when you get back, I'm gonna kick your butt in monopoly again.
You wish.
I wish�?
He never gets down.
Just...
I couldn't do that.
And we were talking about...
Tim, and why we might not want Xavier to go with him to the warehouse.
And I was just wondering if it had anything to do with Tim's girlfriend.
Why�?
Why would you think that�?
Well, she called Xavier at home to find out why tim stood her up, and I was wondering how she had Xavier's home phone number.
Well, there was some, uh...
overlap there between Xavier and Tim.
You saying Tim moved in on Xavier's girlfriend while Xavier was still dating her�?
Maybe she didn't like Xavier as much as he thought.
That's...
something a guy has to come to terms with sometimes.
Or not.
I can't believe Martin was still pulling that crap.
Look...
I don't want to get Xavier in trouble.
Yeah, well, I need to talk to this girlfriend.
And right away.
So, Detective Hubbard, what's her full name�?
Um, please�?
And to be dragged down here after everything that has gone on, and read my rights like I was some common criminal or something.
Miss Linda Salk.
I'm Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson, and I am very, very sorry to have kept you waiting on what must be a terrible day for you.
It is a terrible day.
This is a surveillance center.
Not a concession stand.
And I'm not your maid, okay�?
Why don't you calm down, buzz.
If you're going to treat me like a criminal, shouldn't I have an attorney�?
we'd get into such trouble if we gave legal advice.
I was trying to get you in and out, but if having a lawyer would make you feel more comfortable, you just call one, and we'll wait.
That's the nice thing about working for the government, you get paid for just being here.
That's how you're treating Tim's death�?
As an overtime opportunity�?
Well, I was going to ask you some questions.
What do you think I could know�?
I'm not sure, Ma'am.
But there was a third person in that warehouse.
And we're trying to figure out who that could've been.
I'm only bringing it up because you were the first person to report him missing, and you're licensed to carry a handgun.
And I carry a handgun because it is my constitutional right to do so, and I have an ex, who is also a cop and likes to drive by my house sometimes at night and flash his brights in my window.
He even knocked on the door at Tim's one night.
Drunk.
Are you talking about Lawrence Xavier�?
I am.
If he intimidated you, why didn't you report him�?
Because Tim talked me out of it.
He said he'd put a stop to it, and he did.
And I only got one more call from Lawrence complaining about how much money he had wasted...
on our dates, and so...
I sent him a check for 1,000 dollars.
By messenger.
And you know what, he cashed it, too.
Asshole.
And you know what, I paid for most of the stuff that Tim and I did together, and anyway, you know what, I don't really care about this stuff.
Detective Martin was hurting for money�?
He's a cop.
You know ?
He's not made of money, and I pull down enough for both of us.
I'm a top salesperson for suburbans in the Southland, 3 years going.
Excuse me.
Did Detective Martin ever mention his job�?
The Barak case�?
Because he and Detective Xavier were working it together.
Did he say he was meeting someone saturday morning�?
Did he mention a name�?
Yeah.
There was an informant that...
I wasn't supposed to know about Ari.
Ari Cohen�?
Maybe.
It was a jewish name.
And this Ari guy had gone to Vegas and Tim thought that he was coming back.
No one in here heard that name.
Damn.
And I broke it off with him.
That's really all I had to say.
Well, thank you, Detective Daniels, for sharing that information with me.
I asked lieutenant Tao to drag Ari's credit cards, and we found out where he's staying in Vegas.
He's racked up some pretty good cash advances, too, but we don't have any authority in Nevada.
Yeah.
I think that we can talk him into a quick trip home.
So, Sergeant, tell me, how did you know that Detective Martin had a thing about women who were seeing other guys�?
No answer�?
Because...
you were awfully quick about that info about Daniels having dated him.
And you were at central, too.
At the same time.
Could it be that you experienced some overlap with Martin as well ?
Hey, you know what�?
Martin couldn't have been less interested in Daniels until I asked her out for dinner.
Ok, we went out on two dates, and then suddenly, suddenly, he's all over her.
Which I don't care about anymore.
I mean, it was years ago.
But the experience Daniels had with Martin disqualified her from working on this case, and not you�?
Daniels had an intimate relationship with the man, I barely knew him.
Well, that's a variation of what I said to her.
Because we have a team here, it's working, and I'd like to keep it that way.
However, to be perfectly clear, you held back information about the victim, and you shouldn't have.
What did you want me to say�?
Obviously, you could've spoken more on sexual pathology which, as you are aware, sergeant, is the most difficult aspect of our personality to change.
And which, as Xavier proves...
Martin couldn't change.
And that's relevant to this investigation�?
That Martin never changed.
Oh, Sergeant, it's key.
Any news, gentlemen�?
Ok, we got back the DNA results from the warehouse.
The elimination samples on Marak and martin.
And�?
Barak's blood matches what we found at the Brentwood crime scene.
So we take that along with his gun, and we can be pretty sure he did those two kids.
Good.
Case closed.
What's the problem ?
Well, the other elimination sample from the warehouse.
Detective martin's, what about it�?
It matches one of the samples we paid our informant 25,000 dollars to bring back from Vancouver.
Martin booked samples of his own DNA�?
And that of one of his relatives.
I don't know if he swapped out what he got from the informant, or if he ever even paid the guy.
I'm uncomfortable suggesting Martin had his hand in the till.
This is a guy who was killed while trying to arrest a murder suspect.
We don't know that, commander.
In fact, all we know for sure is that someone else was there.
Our informant is in Vegas.
I'm not saying that bringing him back will make him safer, just the opposite maybe.
The name's already starting to come out in her interrogations.
Chief, I don't think he's going to remain anonymous much longer.
And we don't want to get into a race with central.
And there's stuff I have to ask him.
And now this DNA thing.
All right.
How long will it take you to find him ?
Lieutenant Flynn and Provenza can go to Vegas tonight and bring our informant back by tomorrow morning.
I can authorize that trip for you.
Thank you.
Gentlemen, you can get the informant packet from Sergeant Gabriel and when Ari gets here, I want detective Xavier in the room with me.
All right, then.
I gotta run an errand, so thank you, very much.
Chief Johnson.
Yes.
I just want to make sure I understand why you're bringing detective Xavier back in.
I want to question him.
Why�?
Because I need more answers.
Did you ever ask him where he was last saturday morning when the murders were committed because...
I looked into it, and he was at home on the phone for two hours.
Well, his line was busy.
That doesn't mean he was on it.
I'm trying to help you here, Chief.
Xavier has an excellent record, and...
yes, Tim Martin, he might have been a womanizer, but if you can't tell how much people respected him around here, you're not looking.
Trust me.
I see it.
If you end up smearing a man who gave his life to the badge-- I have factored your concerns into how I'm dealing with this case.
Anything else, commander�?
No, Ma'am.
I'm just trying to be of assistance.
And thanks for the message you left on my website, too.
I check it, like, 6 times a day.
You put that website together all by yourself�?
WelI...
had a little help from my dad.
Hey.
Hey !
Hi.
Chief Johnson, what's up�?
Here you go.
I'm so sorry to intrude, but I think I might be in a position where I might really, really need your help tomorrow.
You knew as well as I do how hard it is to get a homicide detective to confess.
The moment I mirandize him, a lawyer will appear, and I'll be dead in the water.
So I need to take him completely by surprise.
I heard Xavier had an alibi.
It'll fall apart in the dryer.
Look, I know you cared about Tim.
And you're the only person left who knows this case from front to back.
Somebody is lying.
And I think if I have you there, and if Xavier and Ari don't know about it, somebody's gonna trip up.
Ma'am...
if I come downtown, and try and help you to arrest Xavier, and you don't have him cold, and I mean on ice, my whole division will turn against me.
You said you wish'd you'd been there for tim last saturday.
There's nothing we can do to change that, but you can be there for him tomorrow.
I'm putting you at odds with your entire division, and I'm so sorry about that, but I won't get this confession without your help, Detective.
Tim Martin was your friend.
Please.
I certainly hope you know what you're doing.
For both our sakes.
Lieutenant Tao�?
Yes, thank you.
I need you to make me a favor.
It has to do with that sample of DNA that we haven't identified yet.
So, he's not in his room.
And I think we've pretty well determined he's not over here.
Where'd you get that shirt anyway�?
The 80s�?
Your ex wife loved it.
Said it was easier to unbutton than anything you ever wore.
Put your glasses on, old man.
Turn around and take a gander.
Ari's right over there playing blackjack.
And there's two open seats next to him.
Now, I say, that we put him under tight surveillance for an hour or so.
You're kidding me, right�?
That's a 25 dollar table.
There's an ATM next to the cashier.
And I am feeling lucky...
Sorry about that, Chief.
Give me a hundred.
I already gave you a hundred.
You're way up.
So what ?
You know where the ATM is.
Besides, I say we cash in.
All right.
Fine, fine, fine.
We'll cash in.
Come on, Ari.
You're cashing in, too.
Don't touch me.
Who the hell are you anyway�?
LAPD.
We're here to give you a lift home.
Put that away, you stupid.
Look...
I'm not leaving.
And you can't do anything to me here anyway.
Oh, really�?
Hey everybody, listen up.
I want to tell you about my friend Ari.
Shut up, you idiot.
You're gonna get me killed.
Hey, moron, now imagine us doing that only on television.
And all of your cousin's friends find out that you're a snitch.
And don't forget to tip the dealer.
Let's go.
How do they always know�?
Hi, mama.
How are you�?
I'm good.
I'm at work, but I have a minute.
Is everything all right�?
Great aunt who�?
Mama, is this someone I've even met�?
No, no.
I just ran upstairs.
I'm out of breath.
I don't know where Santa Clarita is.
It's just north of here.
All right.
I'll send her a get well card or something.
Can you spell her last name�?
E U L E S S Mama, I have never met this woman before in my life, I swear.
Well...what's wrong with her�?
for heaven's sake.
If she's been in a coma
Watch your backs�!
Hey, guys, please, please.
Hey, come on, guys.
You want to cut us some slack, huh�?
Guys, you're not helping.
All right�?
Come on, huh�?
Guys, we're all wearing the same color, all right�?
Can we get him out of there�?
As soon as we can, I promise.
We'll get him out.
Guys, come on.
You know it's time to get him out.
Chief says, that's it.
Thank you, Lieutenant Provenza.
Thank you very much.
Chief Johnson.
Commander.
Where's chief pope�?
He had an appointment with an attorney this morning.
I'm not even sure he knows we have an officer down.
But I spoke to the captain of central.
Well, I'd like to speak to the captain as well, but I don't need his entire division here on the street.
One of their own is lying dead in that warehouse.
One of our own.
Maybe if you let us clear Detective Martin's remains-- I haven't examined them yet.
I understand that, but when an LAPD officer dies in the line of duty, we never leave him lying next to the scumbag who killed him.
That's because when an officer is murdered on the job, you usually find them within minutes, not two days after the fact.
Now, I have a lot of questions about what happened here, I don't need this crowd trying to bully me.
They should be encouraged to leave the scene and go on about their business.
Not meaning to be presumptuous, Ma'am, but imagine that it's sergeant Gabriel lying dead in this warehouse.
Would you be out here waiting to pay tribute to their sacrifice, or would you be in your office going about your business�?
I take your point, Commander.
I'll get this out of the way as quickly as possible.
Look, we're all on the same side.
Let them do their job.
Let them do their job�!
She might get mad at me for telling you this, but Daniels probably shouldn't be here.
Why�?
When we both worked at central, she dated Martin for a few months.
I'm only mentioning it'cause down the road some lawyer might want to make-- Got it.
So, who's the other dead guy�?
The suspect Detective Martin killed�?
Zeev Barak.
Part of a drug distribution ring.
Ecstasy.
About six months ago, he caught a couple of his teenage dealers overcharging and pocketing the change.
UCLA sophomores.
He shot them to death in their apartment.
And we know this because�?
Martin and his partner worked with an informant.
Captain of central has his name vaulted.
Still waiting for the murder book, too.
Where was Detective Martin's partner�?
Martin was officially off duty.
So he met this guy here alone�?
Without back-up�?
Where did Detective Martin live�?
Long Beach.
Okay.
How'd they get in�?
Side door was unlocked and we found a key in Martin's pocket.
All right, then, thank you, Detective Daniels.
Now if you wouldn't mind waiting outside-- Actually, if it's all the same to you, Chief-- I'm sorry, but it isn't all the same to me.
Thanks.
So if you wouldn't mind waiting outside, then you can make sure that central division stays a respectful distance, I'd appreciate it.
Thank you.
Lieutenant Tao, what do we think happened here�?
It looks like they fired at the same time.
Tim Martin got it between the eyes.
As he fell back, his weapon discharged at Barak.
Just looking at him, the way he's lying, I bet his spinal cord is severed.
This drug dealer had awfully good aim.
Detective Martin's lips seem to be decomposing at the same rate as mr.
Barak's.
And you're looking at second instart maggots in his eyes.
Same over here.
Still eating in mass.
Gathered around the wounds and soft tissue openings.
That's consistent with saying they both died saturday morning�?
Gabriel�?
Lieutenant Flynn, when S.I.D.
Starts collecting DNA in here, please walk the elimination samples from both of these men through our lab and have that done tonight.
Detective Sanchez, we'll be working with central division on this.
They'll be in the murder room as well.
I'd like you to keep an eye on them.
Lieutenant Tao, I want a ballistics trajectory report from the morgue asap, please.
Let's see how this gunfight played out.
So, Lieutenant Provenza, summing up what we know so far.
Alone and on his day off, Detective Tim Martin enters an abandoned warehouse in downtown Los Angeles, 30 miles from his home, in Long Beach.
By coincidence, Mr.
Barak, a murder suspect in a double homicide Martin was working, happens to enter the same warehouse.
They both draw their weapons and fire at the exact same time, fatally wounded, they instantly drop dead where they stand.
What would you say the chances are it happened like that�?
Apparently, 100 percent.
Chief, you should see this.
Lieutenant Provenza, let's clear this place out as quickly and honorably as possible.
Thank you.
Yes, Ma'am.
Can you blow this out please, and help us clean up Martin�?
Yeah, the last thing we need is stuff flying out from under the sheet when we carry him out.
Then the people would really hate our guts.
Relax, Flynn.
People hate your guts already.
Thank you, Officer.
Tic tac.
Chief Johnson, this is captain Leahy.
Central division, and Martin's partner Detective Lawrence Xavier.
I thought you might like to talk to them.
Sergeant.
Ma'am.
Is there anything I can do to help�?
Yes, there is.
Is this the picture of the informant that you and Detective Martin were working with�?
No.
Does he have anything to do with the Barak case�?
No, Ma'am.
He just owns the warehouse.
Because it says here that he's wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of an LAPD officer.
And if I'm considering the mood of your division...
circulating this man's photograph puts his life in danger.
So what I need you to do, Captain, is to find out who created this flyer, how many were distributed, and have every single one of them returned to me.
Let's go�!
And I need you to order your troops to stand down.
Because while you have my sympathies, Captain, a righteous call of an officer down is my job.
Tim martin is not a job to me, Ma'am.
He was my friend.
Wait a second.
Attention�!
You could've told me about it in person.
In advance.
What-- Yeah.
I can't talk about this now.
Becau-- Yeah.
Well, I'm sorry you feel that way, but we just lost a 15-year veteran in a shootout, that's actually more important than you are at the moment.
Leahy, is it true your people were circulating 100 flyers of some guy who was not connected to the crime�?
I got 98 of them back.
And where's Detective Martin's partner�?
Detective Xavier is waiting in Commander Taylor's office with the murder book and the informant there.
All right, so unless you'd like to start collecting your pension tomorrow, central had better back off and allow Priority Homicide to do its job.
You're dismissed.
Sir.
Captain, I'm so sorry, but I'm afraid we're really gonna need all these flyers.
Because otherwise...
That's good enough for me.
98 percent's fine.
Go on, Captain.
You understand this is not a picture of the informant that Detective Martin was working with.
I don't want to talk about this...
anymore.
You left a police officer lying next to the man who shot him, and that is never done.
The reason I left Detective Martin lying there is that police officers are trained to fire in bursts, and Martin only put one shot into Barak.
One.
And the bodies were lying close together.
Too close.
And what was Martin doing there in the first place�?
Now he and Detective Xavier were working with an undercover informant, and I need to question him.
You can't release the informant's name to law enforcement.
Well, how I am supposed to talk to him, Will�?
What if he's not, just, just waiting by the phone�?
Why is it that you can never do your job without constantly complaining about everything�?
The informant was guaranteed anonymity.
You can release his name to one other member of your squad, and that's it.
Now, I've upheld your authority with the entire department looking on, but when a police officer is killed, we expect closure quickly and completely.
Is that clear�?
Yes, it is.
Your attitude, however, is a complete mystery.
Chief...
yes Lieutenant Tao's put together a preliminary ballistics report, and I think before we talk to Xavier, you should see what he's put together.
How graphic is it�?
No morgue shots.
All right, then.
All right, then, let's see what we've got.
So...
why isn't this...
oh, first I should say the bullets we pulled out of those college kids, the double homicide Tim Martin was working, they match Barak's gun.
Lieutenant Provenza, are you eating chocolate in here�?
Sorry.
I thought we agreed to keep snacks with processed sugar out of the murder room.
If y'all have to have candy, please do so in the hallways in the electronics room.
Or you might try giving it up.
Since I stopped eating all that crap, I have more energy.
And I'm sleeping better, too.
What about nuts�?
Excuse me�?
Are my nuts allowed in here�?
Do they have sugar on them, lieutenant�?
No.
They're salty.
Well, there's your answer then.
What about the slug in detective...
what about the slug that was taken out of Detective Martin's head, Lieutenant Tao�?
Also from Barak's gun.
And the bullet that killed Barak was from Martin's weapon.
But then we start to have problems.
It seems like Martin fired first from about 15 feet.
His bullet grazes the top of Barak's heart, shatters the spine, and Barak falls dead.
So...
Barak falls dead and his gun discharges�?
No.
Couldn't have.
Because Martin was shot from 4 feet away.
And the entry wound shows the bullet was fired from a crouching position.
Not from the ground.
So even if we supposed Martin fired and walked towards the body, Barak would've been paralyzed.
He couldn't have fired at all.
But Barak's gun definitely killed Detective Martin�?
It did.
There was a third person in that warehouse.
I'm so sorry this is taking so long.
Detective Xavier, I think I have the basics now.
So Zeev Barak murdered two young men who were dealing x for him, and leaves their apartment, demanding his cousin, Ari Cohen, drive him to the airport.
Ari says he had no idea Barak intended to kill anyone, and after the shooting, he offers his testimony in exchange for immunity.
But how do you know that your informant didn't kill those men and blame it on Barak�?
The kids fought back.
Barak got cut.
We got good DNA samples of the killer from the apartment where the boys were murdered.
Nothing matched Ari, so we paid him $25,000 to fly up to vancouver and get the routine two samples off his cousin.
But the DNA samples he brought back didn't match the guy who killed the kids�?
They didn't match each other.
Look in section 6 of your murder book there.
Mr.
Informant submitted DNA from two different people.
Males.
Relatives.
Didn't hit anything from our crime scene or our database.
So, looks like Barak's death is good for Ari, doesn't have to testify, his cousin's partner won't know he's a snitch, and...
he got $25,000.
In cash.
So, he met with the police regularly at the warehouse�?
Whose idea was that�?
Ari's.
One of his friends wanted to sell it, so he paid Ari to show it around to anybody who wanted to look at it.
Did you have keys to the side door�?
No.
So why do you suppose Martin went there on his day off�?
I don't know.
Any reason Martin might go to the warehouse and not want you around�?
Look...
here's the thing.
I got on this case late.
Tim had been working with Detective Hubbard before me.
They'd been partners since, like the early 90s.
Then Hubbard takes family leave because his wife died, and his kid had cancer.
Me and tim, we'd only been partners two months.
And is it standard procedure for people from central division to meet with murder suspects on their own�?
No.
On their days off�?
No.
If I look at your qualifying test, who will I find is a better shot, you or Martin�?
Me.
Because Tim had problems...
when Martin didn't show up for work on monday, you talked to your captain about it, why�?
Linda...
his girlfriend, Martin's girlfriend, she called me saturday night...
you work...
on saturday�?
Are these difficult questions, Detective, because I think they're fairly simple.
Were you at work on saturday, or should I look it up�?
I was home.
Linda called me because Tim had a date with her, and he stood her up.
So I tried to get in touch with him.
Left a few messages, and when he didn't get back to me, I drove down there sunday morning, knocked, looked through the flap of the door and saw his mail from saturday.
And had you been there before�?
To his apartment�?
No.
No, I almost didn't go this time.
See, standing up girlfriends is Martin's way of usually letting them know he's about to wind things down.
And when I say that, I don't mean he's a bad cop.
Just a jerk when it came to women.
Anyway, when he didn't show up on monday, I went to Captain Leahy.
Thank you, detective xavier.
That's all for now.
Ma'am.
By the way, have you been offered counseling�?
Excuse me�?
You seem to be holding back the natural grief one feels at losing a partner and fellow officer.
Perhaps you can get some help with that.
For the time being, the name Ari Cohen is our little secret, sergeant.
I'd like you to find him for me.
Please But don't identify yourself to anyone you call as a police officer.
I'll be back in about an hour or two.
All right.
Okay.
I was gonna stop by Dupars and pick up a pie, too, but but with this diet you're on, I didn't think you'd feel comfortable with more pastry in the house.
Oh, I wouldn't.
And it-it's not a diet, it's a life change.
Either you control the sugar in your life, or the sugar controls you.
And it ages you.
I read this book, and I'm just, I'm over it.
Okay.
I just-I just don't want sugar anymore.
I'm just, I'm finished with it.
OK I really am.
I believe you.
By the way...
the...
escrow on my condo is about up.
I was wondering if you'd thought over what we talked about.
You know, cause otherwise, there's a position in behavioral sciences.
It's been suggested I put in for it.
It would mean me moving back east.
But it would give me a chance to move up the FBI's food chain.
Fritz, I don't want you to go.
And, of course, I've thought about...
it, I just...
see, moving in together...
I don't...
there's...
what�?
There's all these problems that would have to be worked out.
Like what�?
Well, like getting a new phone, for one thing.
Cause you couldn't answer mine when my parents call.
That's not really it.
And I, I can be, just impossible.
Yeah.
I like it that you're impossible.
Well, what if you stopped�?
Stopped liking me�?
If I was gonna stop liking you, I would've done it already.
But...
well...
look, I haven't had a lot of success living with guys, and...
it could just ruin everything.
But, you know, if, we're trying to sort of come closer, you know, more like full partners...
living together would give us a chance to see what that would be like.
It's work.
I know we're having a serious...
Hello�?
What�?
How long ago�?
It's Lieutenant Provenza.
They found our informant.
Though how he knows...
all right.
I'll be there in about 20 minutes.
Okay.
Bye.
I love this.
Trying to have lunch together more.
It's nice.
And, uh, we'll talk about this, all this...
yeah, sure.
Later.
This evening or something.
This reluctance of yours, it has nothing to do with what's going on with Pope, does it�?
What's going on with pope�?
His wife served him with divorce papers last friday.
You didn't know�?
No.
What do you do for a living again�?
If you're not going to talk to him...
Sir, we'd like to take him to central.
Yeah, well, I don't give a flying you-know-what where you'd like to take anybody.
Is that right�?
Yeah.
That's right.
Hey�!
Hey�!
I'm getting your captain on the other end of the line here, so you want to park your asses somewhere�?
Did I not say to keep quiet about our guy�?
He's not our guy.
He's the guy from the flyer.
The owner of the warehouse.
Michael deitz.
He's been roughed up, too.
I got Chief Pope down here as soon as I got back.
Back from where�?
From Ari Cohen's house.
He's not there.
Newspaper is stacked up over the fence.
Neighbor said they haven't seen him in over two weeks, so, I'm gonna have to try to find...
my fault, I'm sorry.
Thank you, Sergeant Gabriel.
You were right.
We should've pulled in those other flyers.
Never mind, Will.
It's fine.
Look, this guy's a friend of ours.
Maybe he can help me find him.
No Dietz cannot know Ari was an informant.
And besides, thanks to central division, we may have a civil suit on our hands.
I need to calm him down in an official kind of way.
I can manage this.
You look tired.
Why don't you head on home.
Please don't use the techniques you employ in there...
on me.
Something you'd like to know, ask me.
I didn't think it was any of my business.
I just, I heard you were getting a divorce.
That's all.
I'm not getting a divorce.
Estelle's getting a divorce.
You know, the job, the hours, she's seeing someone else.
They're getting married.
So no alimony.
She doesn't want our kids, because he doesn't want them.
So there's that, and you know, well, at some point, it'll stop hurting, and I'll just hate her and go on with my life.
Oh, Will.
I'm sorry.
I really am.
You know what, let's discuss it later.
We have a murdered officer to deal with, and central division is going nuts.
All right.
Now, Will, I'm not complaining, but ballistics suggests that there was someone else in that warehouse when Martin and Barak were killed, and I really need to talk to this informant, Ari.
I really do.
Who was martin's partner before Xavier�?
Hubbard.
He's on family leave.
His 10-year-old boy's got cancer.
He's at the hospital 24/7.
Well, you know where to find him then.
All right then.
Mr.
Dietz.
My name's William Pope.
It's hard to believe Tim's gone.
I should've gone with him.
But my wife--please.
My wife died 4 years ago, and...
Charlie, that's my son...
I thought, charlie deserves to always have one parent around.
When you said you thought about...
So how's your son doing, is he ok�?
You know, bone cancer's tough.
First we tried an experimental therapy, didn't work.
Now we're looking for a bone marrow transplant, but you need an exact match.
Thank God my wife's parents have a lot of money.
Any luck�?
I tested, and, no.
I struck out, but, you know, lots of people have volunteered.
Charlie's got a website.
He has a diary of everything we're doing here.
People write in, and the website has a link.
Check it out if you'd like to.
Thank you.
I will.
I will.
Thank you...
for that.
I'm so sorry about your partner.
Yeah.
It's just unbelievable.
I can't think of why.
Why he would go down there alone.
You knew about it then�?
The meet�?
With Ari�?
Yeah.
Yeah, I helped set it up.
You called ari�?
After he brought back those screwed up DNA samples from vancouver.
No way.
No, he called me, uh...
last, wednesday.
Ari says he wants to meet, and I told him, call Tim, which I guess he did, cause Tim phoned me, said that Ari was coming back saturday morning and would I go with him, cause...
cause I handled Ari better.
Charlie had a transfusion that morning.
Did Ari say anything about bringing Barak�?
No.
I mean, if we'd known that Barak was coming, we would've had surveillance, we would've brought in sharp shooters, that's a dangerous man.
Any idea why Tim might not want Xavier to go with him�?
Well, may...
Oh, hey, partner.
Where are you going�?
Ultrasound.
Don't worry.
It's nothing.
Okay.
Are you working�?
No.
I'm just giving some background to these detectives on an old case.
Keep him busy for me.
I want you to work.
Please Well, maybe I should go with you.
No.
You shouldn't.
You're driving me crazy.
Bye.
All right.
Good bye.
All right, when you get back, I'm gonna kick your butt in monopoly again.
You wish.
I wish�?
He never gets down.
Just...
I couldn't do that.
And we were talking about...
Tim, and why we might not want Xavier to go with him to the warehouse.
And I was just wondering if it had anything to do with Tim's girlfriend.
Why�?
Why would you think that�?
Well, she called Xavier at home to find out why tim stood her up, and I was wondering how she had Xavier's home phone number.
Well, there was some, uh...
overlap there between Xavier and Tim.
You saying Tim moved in on Xavier's girlfriend while Xavier was still dating her�?
Maybe she didn't like Xavier as much as he thought.
That's...
something a guy has to come to terms with sometimes.
Or not.
I can't believe Martin was still pulling that crap.
Look...
I don't want to get Xavier in trouble.
Yeah, well, I need to talk to this girlfriend.
And right away.
So, Detective Hubbard, what's her full name�?
Um, please�?
And to be dragged down here after everything that has gone on, and read my rights like I was some common criminal or something.
Miss Linda Salk.
I'm Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson, and I am very, very sorry to have kept you waiting on what must be a terrible day for you.
It is a terrible day.
This is a surveillance center.
Not a concession stand.
And I'm not your maid, okay�?
Why don't you calm down, buzz.
If you're going to treat me like a criminal, shouldn't I have an attorney�?
we'd get into such trouble if we gave legal advice.
I was trying to get you in and out, but if having a lawyer would make you feel more comfortable, you just call one, and we'll wait.
That's the nice thing about working for the government, you get paid for just being here.
That's how you're treating Tim's death�?
As an overtime opportunity�?
Well, I was going to ask you some questions.
What do you think I could know�?
I'm not sure, Ma'am.
But there was a third person in that warehouse.
And we're trying to figure out who that could've been.
I'm only bringing it up because you were the first person to report him missing, and you're licensed to carry a handgun.
And I carry a handgun because it is my constitutional right to do so, and I have an ex, who is also a cop and likes to drive by my house sometimes at night and flash his brights in my window.
He even knocked on the door at Tim's one night.
Drunk.
Are you talking about Lawrence Xavier�?
I am.
If he intimidated you, why didn't you report him�?
Because Tim talked me out of it.
He said he'd put a stop to it, and he did.
And I only got one more call from Lawrence complaining about how much money he had wasted...
on our dates, and so...
I sent him a check for 1,000 dollars.
By messenger.
And you know what, he cashed it, too.
Asshole.
And you know what, I paid for most of the stuff that Tim and I did together, and anyway, you know what, I don't really care about this stuff.
Detective Martin was hurting for money�?
He's a cop.
You know ?
He's not made of money, and I pull down enough for both of us.
I'm a top salesperson for suburbans in the Southland, 3 years going.
Excuse me.
Did Detective Martin ever mention his job�?
The Barak case�?
Because he and Detective Xavier were working it together.
Did he say he was meeting someone saturday morning�?
Did he mention a name�?
Yeah.
There was an informant that...
I wasn't supposed to know about Ari.
Ari Cohen�?
Maybe.
It was a jewish name.
And this Ari guy had gone to Vegas and Tim thought that he was coming back.
No one in here heard that name.
Damn.
And I broke it off with him.
That's really all I had to say.
Well, thank you, Detective Daniels, for sharing that information with me.
I asked lieutenant Tao to drag Ari's credit cards, and we found out where he's staying in Vegas.
He's racked up some pretty good cash advances, too, but we don't have any authority in Nevada.
Yeah.
I think that we can talk him into a quick trip home.
So, Sergeant, tell me, how did you know that Detective Martin had a thing about women who were seeing other guys�?
No answer�?
Because...
you were awfully quick about that info about Daniels having dated him.
And you were at central, too.
At the same time.
Could it be that you experienced some overlap with Martin as well ?
Hey, you know what�?
Martin couldn't have been less interested in Daniels until I asked her out for dinner.
Ok, we went out on two dates, and then suddenly, suddenly, he's all over her.
Which I don't care about anymore.
I mean, it was years ago.
But the experience Daniels had with Martin disqualified her from working on this case, and not you�?
Daniels had an intimate relationship with the man, I barely knew him.
Well, that's a variation of what I said to her.
Because we have a team here, it's working, and I'd like to keep it that way.
However, to be perfectly clear, you held back information about the victim, and you shouldn't have.
What did you want me to say�?
Obviously, you could've spoken more on sexual pathology which, as you are aware, sergeant, is the most difficult aspect of our personality to change.
And which, as Xavier proves...
Martin couldn't change.
And that's relevant to this investigation�?
That Martin never changed.
Oh, Sergeant, it's key.
Any news, gentlemen�?
Ok, we got back the DNA results from the warehouse.
The elimination samples on Marak and martin.
And�?
Barak's blood matches what we found at the Brentwood crime scene.
So we take that along with his gun, and we can be pretty sure he did those two kids.
Good.
Case closed.
What's the problem ?
Well, the other elimination sample from the warehouse.
Detective martin's, what about it�?
It matches one of the samples we paid our informant 25,000 dollars to bring back from Vancouver.
Martin booked samples of his own DNA�?
And that of one of his relatives.
I don't know if he swapped out what he got from the informant, or if he ever even paid the guy.
I'm uncomfortable suggesting Martin had his hand in the till.
This is a guy who was killed while trying to arrest a murder suspect.
We don't know that, commander.
In fact, all we know for sure is that someone else was there.
Our informant is in Vegas.
I'm not saying that bringing him back will make him safer, just the opposite maybe.
The name's already starting to come out in her interrogations.
Chief, I don't think he's going to remain anonymous much longer.
And we don't want to get into a race with central.
And there's stuff I have to ask him.
And now this DNA thing.
All right.
How long will it take you to find him ?
Lieutenant Flynn and Provenza can go to Vegas tonight and bring our informant back by tomorrow morning.
I can authorize that trip for you.
Thank you.
Gentlemen, you can get the informant packet from Sergeant Gabriel and when Ari gets here, I want detective Xavier in the room with me.
All right, then.
I gotta run an errand, so thank you, very much.
Chief Johnson.
Yes.
I just want to make sure I understand why you're bringing detective Xavier back in.
I want to question him.
Why�?
Because I need more answers.
Did you ever ask him where he was last saturday morning when the murders were committed because...
I looked into it, and he was at home on the phone for two hours.
Well, his line was busy.
That doesn't mean he was on it.
I'm trying to help you here, Chief.
Xavier has an excellent record, and...
yes, Tim Martin, he might have been a womanizer, but if you can't tell how much people respected him around here, you're not looking.
Trust me.
I see it.
If you end up smearing a man who gave his life to the badge-- I have factored your concerns into how I'm dealing with this case.
Anything else, commander�?
No, Ma'am.
I'm just trying to be of assistance.
And thanks for the message you left on my website, too.
I check it, like, 6 times a day.
You put that website together all by yourself�?
WelI...
had a little help from my dad.
Hey.
Hey !
Hi.
Chief Johnson, what's up�?
Here you go.
I'm so sorry to intrude, but I think I might be in a position where I might really, really need your help tomorrow.
You knew as well as I do how hard it is to get a homicide detective to confess.
The moment I mirandize him, a lawyer will appear, and I'll be dead in the water.
So I need to take him completely by surprise.
I heard Xavier had an alibi.
It'll fall apart in the dryer.
Look, I know you cared about Tim.
And you're the only person left who knows this case from front to back.
Somebody is lying.
And I think if I have you there, and if Xavier and Ari don't know about it, somebody's gonna trip up.
Ma'am...
if I come downtown, and try and help you to arrest Xavier, and you don't have him cold, and I mean on ice, my whole division will turn against me.
You said you wish'd you'd been there for tim last saturday.
There's nothing we can do to change that, but you can be there for him tomorrow.
I'm putting you at odds with your entire division, and I'm so sorry about that, but I won't get this confession without your help, Detective.
Tim Martin was your friend.
Please.
I certainly hope you know what you're doing.
For both our sakes.
Lieutenant Tao�?
Yes, thank you.
I need you to make me a favor.
It has to do with that sample of DNA that we haven't identified yet.
So, he's not in his room.
And I think we've pretty well determined he's not over here.
Where'd you get that shirt anyway�?
The 80s�?
Your ex wife loved it.
Said it was easier to unbutton than anything you ever wore.
Put your glasses on, old man.
Turn around and take a gander.
Ari's right over there playing blackjack.
And there's two open seats next to him.
Now, I say, that we put him under tight surveillance for an hour or so.
You're kidding me, right�?
That's a 25 dollar table.
There's an ATM next to the cashier.
And I am feeling lucky...
Sorry about that, Chief.
Give me a hundred.
I already gave you a hundred.
You're way up.
So what ?
You know where the ATM is.
Besides, I say we cash in.
All right.
Fine, fine, fine.
We'll cash in.
Come on, Ari.
You're cashing in, too.
Don't touch me.
Who the hell are you anyway�?
LAPD.
We're here to give you a lift home.
Put that away, you stupid.
Look...
I'm not leaving.
And you can't do anything to me here anyway.
Oh, really�?
Hey everybody, listen up.
I want to tell you about my friend Ari.
Shut up, you idiot.
You're gonna get me killed.
Hey, moron, now imagine us doing that only on television.
And all of your cousin's friends find out that you're a snitch.
And don't forget to tip the dealer.
Let's go.
How do they always know�?
Hi, mama.
How are you�?
I'm good.
I'm at work, but I have a minute.
Is everything all right�?
Great aunt who�?
Mama, is this someone I've even met�?
No, no.
I just ran upstairs.
I'm out of breath.
I don't know where Santa Clarita is.
It's just north of here.
All right.
I'll send her a get well card or something.
Can you spell her last name�?
E U L E S S Mama, I have never met this woman before in my life, I swear.
Well...what's wrong with her�?
for heaven's sake.
If she's been in a coma