The Shield s02e10 Episode Script

- Yeah, hold on.
- Hey Vic, it's me.
Open up.
- What's up? - You see this? - What? - I thought Lanie's report wasn't out.
- It's not.
- Then what's it doing right there? - Are we named? - Yeah, the Strike Team is mentioned.
You bitch.
At least we're not alone.
Aceveda's name is mentioned more than three times.
Will you get me a towel, please? - I'll see you downstairs in a minute.
- All right, man.
- Yeah? - Just reading the newspaper.
- Have you? - Lakers cut it pretty close last night.
They're not the only ones.
- That about the Armadillo thing? - I just don't like not liking my job.
Well, lucky for you, we might not have jobs in a couple of weeks.
- We better talk.
- I don't have time.
I manage the most dysfunctional, inefficient precinct in the city.
- Yeah? - Vic, Gilroy called.
- What? - Ben Gilroy.
He called the house.
- You spoke to him? - He left a message on the machine.
He said he was coming over.
I thought he was in jail.
He's supposed to be under house arrest.
- I'm on the way.
Is the alarm on? - Yes.
What if he gets here first? Keep the doors locked and the alarm on.
I just got married.
Now is not a good time to lose my job.
That's not how it works.
They start by offering older officers retirement then they cut discipline problems.
They're not gonna take a young black officer off the street.
- The one that's in trouble is me.
- No way.
Do you know they practically blamed me for Armadillo's murder? Just a sec.
I need to clear my name on this Armadillo thing.
- How can I help? - You were the lead on the case.
If there's anything you know, fill me in.
I'll keep an eye out.
I patted that guy down.
There is no way I missed a knife that big.
Maybe you didn't.
The only thing I can think of is that another inmate gave it to him.
Or another cop? - Why would? - I probably shouldn't have said that.
Wait a minute.
What are you talking about? What do you mean? Sarge wants us on the street now.
I'll talk to you later.
- I want to apologize.
- Go away.
- I wanna say I'm sorry.
- You said it, now go.
I'm not here to hurt you.
I need to speak to Vic.
- Are you kidding? - I need to talk.
- You won't pick up the phone.
- Get rid of him.
Corrine, shut up.
Go back inside.
I got this under control.
- Vic! - Go inside.
- You were under house arrest.
- I cut off my ankle transmitter.
- You've gone fugitive? - Let me explain this.
Save it.
I'm hauling your ass in.
Then start sizing up the cell next to mine.
The DA wants me to give you up.
There's nothing to give up.
There's places you don't want them looking.
I can't go to prison, Vic.
The best my lawyer can do is eight years.
My liver can't do seven.
I'm not gonna rat you out, but I'm not gonna go back to jail.
- You're running out of options.
- Get me out of the country.
- No.
- Once I'm gone, you're in the clear too.
They wanted me to wear a wire.
I told them to go to hell.
We haven't got a lot of time, Vic.
We gotta do this now.
- I'm not gonna do this.
- Put a gun to my head right now because if you send me back to prison l'm not gonna hold out much longer.
Just help me get across the border.
Get in the car.
What a stupid bastard you are.
Fresh clothes.
You owe me $200.
- How you doing, Shane? - Great.
Your picture's gonna be at every border crossing so you're gonna need paper to survive.
Yeah, I'll need American and Mexican passports and ID and money.
You're looking for a loan from us, you can tickle my zipper.
This key here opens up a safe-deposit box.
The money's in there.
- How much? - Seventy-five thousand.
All you got left from your land schemes? - Sedona disappeared with most of it.
- Seventy-five grand isn't gonna last.
I don't need much, a hut on the beach and rice and beans.
- I'll make it last.
- They'll look for you in Mexico.
I know a guy in Brazil.
I just need a ticket from Mexico City to Rio.
We look like we're wearing little headsets? - Where is the money? - Telmar Savings on Vermont.
- I owe you, Vic.
- Shut up.
- Your report isn't due for two weeks.
- That isn't my report.
I was to have advanced copy.
This is one-sided.
Someone stole my notes and leaked portions.
- Who has access to your notes?! - I'm trying to find out! The chief's office just called me! You have any idea how much this screws me? Look Look, the fact is, nothing was embellished.
All the incidents in the paper happened, David.
I am sorry that they don't show you in a good light, but they all happened.
Aceveda and I picked out a new Strike Team guy.
He starts today.
Talk about crappy timing.
Lem, you keep him occupied.
Test him out.
See how he runs.
Why do I have to baby-sit the new guy? Somebody's gotta handle our car ring while Vic and I clean up a problem.
- What problem? - Gilroy skipped bail.
We're gonna slip him out of the country.
We were gonna keep our noses clean till the money train.
Gilroy goes back inside, starts cooperating with the DA there won't be a money train or anything else.
Gilroy said the DA came to him.
So the question is who's going to the DA about us? - Lanie? - Or Claudette.
I'm thinking Aceveda.
Whoever it is, timing on this and the morning headline is no coincidence.
- Yeah, you think they're related? - We gotta be extra careful look in every dark corner.
Yeah? - Tavon.
- Hey.
Tavon here has been in Special Crimes the last few years.
- It's a job.
This one sounds better.
- Lemonhead, Shane.
What's up, man? Hell of a first day.
Do we still have jobs? All the assholes in this city, we'll always have jobs.
- What's the agenda? - We got a one-day window to sting the head of one of L.
A.
's biggest car-theft rings.
We've been targeting this guy, but he knows our faces.
We've never been able to get close.
You, however, he doesn't know.
- Here's the file.
- It's a one-day trial period.
Lem here will fill you in.
- Let's go.
- I guess it's on.
What's with Mr.
Special Crimes? - He seems a little too cool for school.
- Let's give him a chance.
I remember the last guy we gave a chance to.
This time, I did my homework.
I spoke to him.
He seems straight-up.
Yeah, we'll see.
Toni Jahnes, 7 1, widow.
It looks like the intruder entered over here.
- What's missing? - Nothing that couldn't travel.
No appliances.
Someone did go through the jewelry, though.
Robberylhomicide.
It looks like he hit her head on the mantel.
Being so old, she probably couldn't put up a fight.
You know, I closed three robbery cases last week.
One homicide.
Way above departmental average.
You think that gets mentioned in the report? - No? - No.
- Sorry.
- Yeah, so am I.
It doesn't seem fair.
- It looks like she had two daughters.
- I saw that.
How are yours? Good question.
Look, Quazi's gonna get the money, he's gonna make the fake IDs and Gilroy will be out of our lives for good, with no blood spilled.
I know you got a soft spot for Ben, but if he goes sideways I'm not gonna let him hurt us, Vic.
- Good morning, chief.
- Sorry I have to meet like this.
I understand.
You're a busy man.
- So.
- I was supposed to have a chance to respond to the report before it went public.
- Respond to it now.
- It's completely biased.
Compared to other divisions Farmington has the steepest reduction in crime rates in the city.
Our arrest records far outweigh any allegations of misconduct.
What would you do in my position? - My first instinct would be to fire me.
- So far, I'm with you.
Then I'd think how that might look.
Fire me on the day this news breaks, you give the charges credibility.
Then when the whole truth comes out that the Barn is a first-rate deterrent against crime, a real success story.
I suggest you withhold judgment a while, before shaking things up.
I've heard about this kind of slick shit of yours.
It doesn't work on me.
You're running for office.
I'll leave you as captain until that run is over.
If you win, you graduate to City Council and remember I gave you another six months.
If you lose the primary you need to spend more time with your family due to the strain.
And you resign quietly.
Relax, David.
Every campaign has a crisis point which is why we always have a contingency plan.
What? A smear campaign? No.
Dirty tricks might be the norm in Mexico, not here.
Half of your voters were born in Mexico, David.
- To them, this is a way of life.
- Look, if I do this, where does it stop? - With you beating Karen Mitchell.
- No.
No, I'm gonna rearrange the Barn.
If I'm lucky, I can get back on track.
I can turn things around before the primary.
Not soon enough.
Whoever leaked this was coordinated and determined.
We have to be all that, plus smarter.
No, there's gotta be a better way.
- You think Aceveda went to the DA? - Yeah.
- Backstabbing bastard.
- Who knows, maybe he caught wind of the report, figured he'd have us take the hit.
I don't like the timing of this whole new Strike Team guy.
Aceveda signed off on him.
I mean, maybe he knows something that we don't.
It's just one day.
He'll be gone tomorrow.
Okay, he's got it.
- Oh, crap.
- Intelligence is his second language.
He can duplicate documents flawlessly.
He can't tell his left from his right.
He's nervous.
- Hope he remembers the meeting place.
Drop the weapon! - Freeze! Take your hands off of her! - Get away from her now! Come here! Stop! On your knees! Put your arms up! Get on your knees now.
- Put your hands on the ground now.
- Open your mouth.
Spit it out.
Spit it.
Turn over.
Turn over.
Oh, Jesus Christ.
We talked to the girls in your neighborhood.
This isn't the first time you fought in the last couple of weeks.
You're eight months pregnant.
Why are you mixing it up? Just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I have to stop bringing it.
- You a little old to be brawling.
- You wanna try me? Why don't you tell us about the father, Antonio.
- I don't know and I don't care.
- Maybe he cares.
- It ain't about him.
- No, it's about the baby.
You don't wanna hurt it, right? Right? - Are you trying to lose this baby? - Look, whatever happens, happens.
I'm just gonna keep doing my thing.
- What about that boy inside of you? - That's right, it's a boy.
Which means it's gonna look like Antonio, sound like Antonio.
I don't wanna look at a little Antonio the rest of my life.
Have you thought about that? She worked for the Parks Department for 30 years, outlived her daughters.
One was killed by a drunk driver.
The other died of ovarian cancer.
I ran a check on like crimes.
Three break-ins last two weeks.
- Is that the report there? - No.
- What is it? - A win list.
I'm compiling a folder of all my wins.
What have you got to be worried about? You've got a great jacket.
You weren't mentioned in the report.
People remember headlines.
ME sent over Toni Jahnes' prelims.
You can close your folder.
It wasn't a murder.
What was it? She died of a heart attack, not the blow to the head.
When did she have a heart attack? They haven't determined that yet.
Why? Maybe she had it when she saw the burglar in her house.
File under "we'll never know.
" Should I contact next of kin? She had no kin, no heirs, no friends that I could tell.
A heart attack probably doesn't qualify as a win, does it? Ben? Ben? These were my last two beers.
The only booze I had left.
- Goddamn it.
Come on.
- Where we going? The nearest bar.
Here are my buddies right now.
- You the police? - Yeah.
Why? He got physical with my customers.
When I go to remove him, he says he's a cop.
I called 20 minutes ago.
It's a good thing I wasn't being robbed.
- Okay, we'll take care of it.
- Yeah.
Stand up and walk out with us.
Let's go.
Do you know how long it's been since I had a drink? - Fifteen seconds? - Four months in jail.
- I wanna buy you a drink.
- Cops are on their way.
- Let's buy them a drink.
- Stop making a scene.
Ouch! You! - This could be my last chance here.
- Here's your last chance.
Get up.
Oh, Jesus.
Grab him.
Hey I can't do this, Vic.
- Come on, I can't do it.
- Come here.
When our backup shows, tell them we took care of it.
Hey, hey, who's gonna take care of the tab? Go ahead.
You want the DA to give you a break on this drug charge, help us out.
Den is my cousin.
I can't down him out.
Why not? He's my cousin.
It'll screw up Christmas.
And I'm not letting some cracker cop ruin the holidays.
- What'd you say to the man?! - Get off me.
I said, get off of me.
Help me, man.
Easy, brother.
There's cameras in here.
You gotta watch your shit.
I heard we did things different around here.
Well, you heard wrong.
Listen, you go along willingly, or I release you right now and tell your homo homeys you're my snitch bitch.
All right? You're gonna help us.
It's up to you how much it has to hurt.
Come on now, Louis, this boy's just your cousin.
It ain't like he's your brother or nothing.
What'd he say? - He's drunk.
He wants him sober first.
- Oh, no, ése.
- Where's my money? - We're holding it for now.
Why don't you wait until Quazi does your ID and makeover.
- What? - We got the cousin to roll.
A meeting with Denon is set up.
Aceveda wants a progress report.
Tell him we're on the way.
Sting's happening.
Let's go.
We gotta get down there.
- Where's Claudette? - I'm not sure.
- What are you doing? - Homework.
How about a little police work instead of your résumé? Are you saying I don't need to? Shooting on Penn and Sunset.
Find Claudette and get down there.
- Yes, sir.
- Hey, where you been? - I've been looking all over for you.
- Nice try.
- How's Tavon doing? - He seems to be trying hard.
Yeah, we all should be doing that about now.
If you've got a case you could close, today would be a good day.
What, are you worried about keeping your job? I'm a Latino police captain.
I can find a spot tomorrow in a dozen cities.
- You're the one who should worry.
- Lf we stick together neither one of us will have to worry.
I'm still willing to honor our deal.
What about you? Our arrangement's more important than ever.
Aceveda's definitely screwing us.
- How do you know? - He's saying all the right things.
Only wants to know about the new guy and our car thief.
Nothing about Gilroy.
It must be an epidemic.
Assistant chief of police is on the run.
There's not one single news story.
The DA's too embarrassed to put the word out in the news yet.
We gotta take advantage of the time while we can.
- You track down Coyote Jack yet? - He's delivering illegals in an hour.
I got the drop point from my CI.
We're good to go.
- You back from the scene? - Yeah.
- How many casualties? - Just the one.
Trying to figure out whether she was dead before the break-in.
- What? This is the shooting on Penn? - No, I'm working the Jahnes case.
That got knocked down to a simple B and E.
Not by me.
If the burglar caused her heart attack, he killed her.
- The law doesn't see it that way.
- I do.
You were to move on to a priority crime.
Where's Dutch? I don't know.
I guess he's got his priorities straight.
And you? I'm finishing what I started.
This is a break-in with no victim.
Move on to a real case.
I am working a real case.
And if you spend less time stopping me maybe these people wouldn't have to worry about their families because of a bunch of crap they had nothing to do with.
Damn it! No wonder this precinct's upside-down.
Saving these people's jobs should be your priority.
Damn! - Are you okay? - Am I being graded? - Sorry.
- You know it's going to be hard to back away from the things leaked in those notes no matter what my final report says.
So some of us are gonna be swept away.
That is the way it looks.
But maybe you can help me point the broom in the right direction.
Maybe.
Coyote Jack, it looks like you brought a full load north, huh? Out! Get out.
Now! - This is INS? - No, that's downtown about three miles away from here.
We can drop you off there too.
Those people were hitchhikers.
I picked them up in Oceanside.
We wanna hire you to drop someone back across the border.
What? You want me to smuggle somebody into Mexico? Yeah.
How much for something like that? - I never charge anybody before.
- We know the tunnels run both ways.
You can either help us deliver our package or we can deliver you inside to Booking.
I'll get your package across the border.
- I thought you were at the shooting.
- I'd rather be working with my partner.
- Broke easy, huh? - I caught the guy two blocks away.
.
22 still in his belt.
Another win.
All we gotta do now is file the paperwork.
- But I came here before I did that.
- Congratulations.
Check the kitchen.
What's up, Louis? - What's up, god? - All right.
This nigga right here got a bead, man, on a fleet of Expeditions.
Holler.
All right? Yo, I ain't never see you before.
Where your 'hood at? Detroit, man.
I guess that's why a nigga's into rides, right? - Who you run with? - Fourth Street Clown Posse.
There you go.
- So I hear you're moving trucks.
- Yep.
- What condition? - Factory-fresh.
Straight out of Motown.
- How's it work? - All right, my boy's a truck foreman.
He assigns the routes.
Driver of the rig gets a small piece of that action.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's all right, man.
All right, I'll pay you 1 0 G's a truck, 1 1 for leather.
- No, that ain't what I get in Detroit.
- This ain't Detroit, bitch.
- You better back off me, bitch.
- Are you calling me a bitch? Oh, no.
Hey, yo, kill that, man.
- Let's do this thing.
- Yeah.
No, man.
No.
No, this your turf.
So they're your terms, right? - You're damn straight.
- All right.
Look, just tell me when and where you want the wheels, and we good.
- What do you got? - Well, someone took all her lipstick.
A girl could never resist free lipstick.
I got three empty bags of cookies and a half-eaten bag of brown sugar.
- A junkie girl.
- Should I check with Vic? I don't need a special team.
I'll do my own police work.
Evening.
Your mama know you're in a bad neighborhood? - Got me a note says it's all right.
- What's your name? - Long John.
- Oh, the pirate gangster, huh? Okay, let's empty your pockets.
Hands up.
We're looking for one of your customers.
I don't got no customers.
When I talk to you, I ain't got them no more.
We're looking for a girl, bought last night, tried to trade jewelry for rock.
Didn't think I could reach that, did you? Oh, my.
L.
J.
, come on.
- I walk on the rock, right? - It depends.
It's a transie.
Calls herself Mancy.
It was her.
Mancy a transie or a cross-dresser? - Is there a difference? - A fairly large one.
- Anything? - No.
No APB, no sheriff's request no bench warrants, no Department of Corrections.
I'm telling you, man, there is no one looking for Gilroy.
That doesn't make sense.
Guy cut off his transmitter and bailed hours ago.
Maybe it's a malfunction.
On the same day that Lanie's report gets leaked to the press? It's unlikely.
Goddamn it.
There's something very wrong.
- I don't buy it.
- You were worried about your job.
You asked for answers.
Make your own conclusions.
Look, I know Vic.
He wouldn't do something like this and hang me out to dry.
He wouldn't.
He wouldn't.
Sorry to waste your time.
- What's he keep saying? - "Stop smiling.
You look gay.
" Just take the picture, monkey.
- You done? - Yeah.
Plane ticket.
Plus we had to take - Expenses for what? - For the Coyote who's gonna give you your ride.
- Oh, okay.
Yeah, sure.
I know you guys don't wanna talk about this but the DA's been asking me about Terry.
It's just been I think they're gonna reopen his shooting.
I didn't tell them I warned you Terry was looking to take you down.
They're still sniffing around.
There's nothing solid tying you to his dying, right? Is there? Terry got killed in the line of duty by a drug dealer.
Come on, Vic, it's just us.
I'm trying to look out for you.
- What are you doing? You already - Shut up.
Goddamn it.
No transmitter.
Just a tape recorder and a mike.
We checked him twice.
That's what the trip to the bar was about, wasn't it? - I'm sorry, Vic.
- You son of a bitch.
You son of a bitch.
- What'd you tell them? - Nothing.
- What did you tell them? - Nothing! I don't believe you! What do they know?! There's a van on the outside of the building.
- They're surveilling me.
- What? If anything happens to me they're gonna know.
Oh, this is not good.
This bastard has guys following us? What do you think they've seen? The bar? The bank? Quazi? Coyote Jack? Even if they have it doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter.
They can't use any of it against us.
He asked us for our help.
It's entrapment.
The tape.
It's the only thing he can use against us, and we have it.
You know what they have? They have our asses, man.
- We've been harboring a fugitive.
- Not anymore we're not.
You're going to Mexico, just like we planned.
- How am I gonna live? - On the 75 grand, dipshit.
- No, make that 65.
- That's not gonna last me a year.
Well, what about the hut, the rice and the beans? That's when I wasn't really going.
Oh, you're going, all right.
Get up, get dressed.
Oh, for chrissake.
I didn't wanna do it.
They made me.
It took every drink that I had to do it.
Sorry, Vic.
I'm sorry.
We need you now.
Listen, you pull yourself together, we can still all win here.
I'm just gonna need you to lose the tail on your own now.
- What? - We just gotta make sure whoever's watching sees us leave without him.
We're putting our success in his hands.
Jesus.
Relax! Ben's done some of his best work soused.
Haven't you, Ben? How'd I get here, Vic? They got me to do it.
Let's just cut our losses and turn him in.
The guy's been nothing but poison from the start.
- No, he can do this.
- Vic, come on, he's taped, man! I'm not depending on this guy for anything.
We send him back to prison, he starts talking, he makes our lives hell.
He can do it.
He can do it.
- Captain.
- Yeah? Ben Gilroy skipped bail.
- What? - How do you know that? He came to my house, asked me to get him out of the country.
- Just now? - No, this morning.
- Why didn't you bring him in then? - L I've known him for 1 5 years.
I tried to get him to come in on his own.
He wouldn't.
I wanna help the guy, but I'm not gonna commit a felony.
- Where is he now? - He's still in my apartment.
You're gonna have to send someone over there to pick him up.
He's drunk.
He's crying his eyes out.
I wasn't gonna bring him in like that.
I'll call it in.
Vic, Denon just called.
He wants to move those cars right now.
- It was supposed to be tomorrow.
- He changed his mind.
- Denon? The stolen-car guy? - Yeah.
He's major.
Go get him.
Okay, round everybody up.
I'll meet you out back.
- Can we talk? - I'm in a hurry.
Later.
This shit's going down.
People could be losing their jobs.
Especially me.
I'm at the top of the list because of this Armadillo thing.
You shouldn't have been suspended for that.
It was unfair, okay? Word is, Armadillo dying could've been good for you.
- What word is that? - Vic, this is my career, goddamn it.
Took me six years to get here.
I'm not gonna lose it.
Who's been talking about me? Claudette? - What happened in that cage? - I don't know.
These guys hide things sometimes.
Sometimes, cops miss them.
No, no, you know damn well that I'm not gonna miss something like that.
- You had something to do with this.
- No.
Yeah, you did.
Danny, Jesus Christ, think about what you're saying.
Jesus Christ, I know what I'm saying.
After all that I have covered for you, everything that I've done for you.
I never said a word to anybody about anything and you pull this on me.
Goddamn it, I know what I'm saying.
You stay the hell away from me.
Mancy.
Do you know where she is? Where's Mancy? Mancy? Good Lord.
Let's get her to a hospital.
He says Gilroy is still in the apartment.
Can your men see him? Where is the rest of their surveillance team? No, just go in now.
Make sure you get the tape.
All right, everyone listen up, please.
Could I have your attention? I should've said this 1 2 hours ago.
We're a team.
A family.
And I'm gonna fight like hell to save every single job in this building.
In the meantime, let's just focus on what we do best: Protect and serve.
Nice speech.
It could be my last.
- So you caught the B-and-E guy? - Yeah.
He saw the body, decided to break in.
He was not the cause of the heart attack.
I guess now you know the death was natural.
She had her time.
That's some consolation.
Not really.
She died alone.
We can put you in lockup and have you detained till that baby is born.
Go ahead, put me in County.
What? You don't think there's other ways to do it? Fighting's just the way you get the most props.
If you don't want the kid, it's okay.
Give him to somebody else.
Yeah, like who? Antonio? Did you talk to him? Yeah, we talked to him.
What'd he say? Does he want me back? Does he wanna be the daddy of his son? We can find a good foster home for your son.
At least give him a chance.
You ever try giving away a brown baby? Come on, now, not even his daddy wants him.
Do you want him? I will do everything I can to help you find the best home for your son.
I'll take him.
What? I'll take him.
I can make this work.
I want him.
I ain't giving my baby to a white cop.
I'd rather kill him with my bare hands.
Now, get out of here.
Get out.
Vic! - Vic! - I told you.
- I made it.
- How many wine coolers did it take? - Is this really necessary? - Yes, it is.
- You do everything I told you to do? - Yeah.
Took the bus, you crossed the plaza, down to the subway station? Yeah, I paid the Coyote the $ 1 0,000, and then he gave me this.
Did you lose the tail? I know how to lose a tail, Vic.
Good.
Everything's in place.
Time to go.
Who's this? - Coyote.
He's taking you across the border.
- Who was the guy in the subway? - The hit man you paid to kill you if I ever call this number and tell him this code.
- You made me pay my own hit man.
- I'll bet you really need a drink now.
If you ever get caught, come back on your own, it doesn't matter you're all done.
Vic, we were friends.
You were the one who threatened my family.
- It was a bluff.
- This isn't.
You had the chance to pull the trigger on me.
You couldn't.
You're not gonna do this either.
Maybe not.
But Shane will.
I guess this is goodbye.
It better be.
- Get in.
- Hey, Vic.
Vic.
Vic! I got greedy.
I lost everything.
There's a lesson there, Vic.
Whatever.
I ain't agree to buy no rides.
Thought they was on the up-and-up.
You got time.
Think of a better story.
- Our stolen-car ringleader? - Not anymore, sir.
Good.
It's nice to have a win on a day like today.
Hey, Tavon.
- These guys treat you okay? - Yeah.
Good.
- It looks like we survived the day.
- Yeah, well, we always got tomorrow.
We'll survive tomorrow too.
- I wish I had your confidence.
- Yeah, a lot of people do.
Gilroy's not at Vic's apartment.
What? He was there when I left, passed out in a drunken stupor.
He must've sobered up and walked away.
All they found were his clothes and a tape recorder.
Tape recorder? Unis are sweeping the neighborhood now but it looks like he's gone.
Well, he couldn't have gone far, not in his condition.
Well, it looks like I owe Aceveda an apology.
I'm thinking he's the rat when the real rodent's at my apartment.
In 2 4 hours, Gilroy will be Rio de Janeiro's problem.
- How did Tavon grade? - Flying colors, the guy's got cojones.
It's not having them, it's using them that counts.
Tavon's cool.
He's a hard worker.
Bit of a mean streak, but under control.
- We lucked out.
- Don't cream over this guy before you see him naked.
He's no Ronnie or you or me, for that matter.
I'm just saying, he could open up some new avenues for us being black and all.
Transfer papers, all signed.
I just need to call my old commander, let him know if I'm staying or going.
Tell him you're staying a little longer.
An extended trial period.
- Got it.
- Decent start.
Just be ready for something a little more difficult than auto capers.
I can't wait to follow your lead.
Great.
Hey, Danny you were serious about keeping that kid.
- A stupid idea.
- No, not if you really wanted to.
I didn't, all right? I just thought I did.
Vanessa and I are taking Randall to dinner and then to church.
- Why don't you join us.
- You're trying to convert me now? No.
It's just been a long day, and you don't have to be alone.
I haven't been to church since I was, like, 9.
- God remembers you.
- Yeah, well, I forgot about him.
I put you on the Strike Team.
I know what you do.
We don't take any crap, if that's what you mean.
Vic, come on.
The law doesn't apply to you.
Look, out there, it's not what you do.
It's what they think you'll do.
- So the beatings and frame-ups? - Fairy tales.
The assholes fear you, they don't cross the line.
Rep's everything on the street.
Aceveda is right.
His unit is clearing cases at a better rate than anywhere in the city.
You want me to bust that squad over this? There are irregularities.
And Aceveda will be the one to fall on his sword for it.
- After the election, he's gone.
- Forget Aceveda.
The Strike Team is at the center of the shit storm.
Mackey's dirty.
You haven't proven that to my satisfaction.
I would've had all the evidence if someone hadn't stolen my notes.
That's between you and the City Council.
Turn in your official report.
This is done.
Frank, I wanna see the budget allocation numbers by 3:00.
And you You can go, Miss Kellis.
What do you got for me, Bill? - You almost done? - No.
Logging this report is the only thing keeping me from going home.
Fascinating.
- What are you doing? - I'm e-mailing my daughters.
You better figure out how much you hate me and how you're gonna deal with that because I'm not going anywhere.
Neither am I.