The Shield s02e11 Episode Script

One Tango 1 3 in pursuit of carjackers.
East on Campbell, near Melrose.
Oh, shit.
They're bailing.
One Tango 1 3.
My partner's on foot pursuit.
1 300 block of Pico.
Additional backup requested.
Suspects are armed.
I got him.
Go.
One Tango 1 3.
We have a child.
He's unharmed.
Stop! He's in there! Freeze! Stop! Stay down.
Hands behind your back.
You're under arrest.
- They took the skin from his ass.
- Left cheek and upper thigh.
Those jokes just write themselves.
I'm ready to come back.
- You should take some more time.
- All I can think is ripping off these Armenians.
- You up to work and the money train? - I need this.
- He's come up with a new way inside.
- It's late for changes in the game plan.
I went two nights ago, scoped out the whole location again.
The one thing we've never figured out is the bottleneck problem.
All four of us going in together.
If just one of them isn't where we expect - Yeah.
We're toast.
- Ronnie noticed a garbage pickup.
It's Armenian.
They just wave it in.
We get a hold of the garbage truck deposit two of us inside, few hours before the money train arrives.
- Shane and I will climb in a dumpster.
- Why am I in the garbage? Two inside, two outside.
We triangulate.
Sounds like a real possibility.
I have to figure out how to get our hands on a garbage truck.
We're already on it.
We only have two weeks to master a new plan.
Let me think about it.
Goddamn it.
You're not talking about me, I hope.
- What do you want? - Everything okay? The Times is gonna endorse Karen Mitchell for City Council primary.
- So? Don't you have some big lead? - Not anymore.
And with Lanie's report due a week before the election Yeah, well I was thinking about some ways to take the sting out of that report.
Enlighten me.
One big high-profile bust.
Something the chief, not even Lanie, can deny us.
- And I suppose you have a candidate.
- Fresh off the Teletype.
Dante Fell.
A major gangbanger when I was in the blues.
Went national.
Went off my radar.
FBI, DEA, state, county, they all want him bad.
How sweet would it be if we dragged his ass in? Scored one for the home team.
Federal authorities believe Fell's on his way to Farmington or already here.
Dante is a founding member of the Compton Crowns street gang.
He spent the last four years franchising his gang to places like Wichita, San Antonio and Oklahoma City supplying them with drugs and weapons.
Pick up a flyer and be on the lookout for him.
- Can you get him before the feds? - Absolutely.
Listen, I gotta bring Ronnie back.
- You sure he's ready? - Yeah, I'm sure.
I'm not.
Tavon's still learning.
I need a full team.
This guy Dante isn't gonna be an easy catch.
Fine.
- I don't want you to have any excuses.
- I won't need any.
What are you doing here? Read about that civilian auditor's report.
It's pretty rough.
What's up? When you had me running that detail on Corrine - Yeah? - I saw the surveillance notes.
He followed her to some law firm on Ventura.
So I looked into it.
She went to see a divorce lawyer.
Twice.
- And you're just telling me this now? - I didn't confirm it until now.
Divorce lawyer? - We're not anywhere near that.
- I'm just telling you, Vic.
It's a mistake I'll always regret, not seeing the writing on the wall.
We're supposed to be holding till we figure things out.
She's already seen this lawyer twice.
She's scheduled to see him again Tuesday, 4 p.
m.
She wouldn't do this to me.
Not now.
You didn't think she was capable of packing and running out with the kids.
And she did.
Listen, please, just do me a favor.
Talk to this guy of mine.
- A divorce guy? - He's one of the best.
I really appreciate the heads-up on this, but it's not necessary.
- Tavon Garris, right? - That's me.
I'm Lanie Kellis.
Oh, sure.
Your report's causing quite a stir around here.
That was a mistake.
Someone leaked my notes.
My official report comes out next week.
Being new, I'm probably the only person not sweating it? Well, I know everybody here sees me as the bogeyman, but if you ask me l'm misunderstood.
I've been meaning to talk to you, actually.
Yeah? - What about? - Vic Mackey.
The Patchman, back in the saddle, baby.
Listen.
You get a hold of that thing we were talking about l'm open to the new plan.
- Get going, then.
- All right.
Call in with updates and keep them open.
- You seen Tavon around? - Not in the last half-hour.
Why? I saw him chatting up with Lanie in the kitchen earlier.
- What were they saying? - I couldn't hear.
But they looked awful cozy.
Now, the last thing that we need is another guy that we can't trust.
Yo.
Hey, I saw you talking to our civilian auditor.
Yeah.
What's up with her? She's a bitch.
What were you two talking about? - Nothing really.
- Keep it that way.
Let's get started on finding this Dante prick.
Come on.
That's a needle in a haystack.
According to the Teletype, the guy might be in town for reasons either the feds don't know or won't reveal.
It's a jerk-off.
What, you giving up already? Actually, we do have a bona fide tip that the feds don't have.
- Yeah.
What's that? - One of Dante's homeys is Kern Little.
- The hip-hop guy? - They got picked up a few times.
Knowing Kern, he stays in touch.
What makes you think Kern's gonna help us? Kern's a friend.
Grab your shit.
You're riding with us today.
Looks like I'm moving up in the world.
Hey.
All right.
I see you're adding a little color to the team.
- Tavon.
Good to meet you.
- We're here for a favor.
- Funny.
I need one from you.
- Mine first.
Dante Fell.
I hear he's in town.
What can you tell me? - I ain't seen Dante in, like, forever.
- But you know who he hangs with? When we getting to my favor? Soon.
All right.
If he's in L.
A.
, you wanna be talking to Frogger.
Real name, Freddie Jermaine, Dante's quarter-brother.
Quarter-brother? That some kind of ghetto math? No, man.
That means Dante's moms was shacked up with Froggie's pops.
Pops left.
Dante's moms kept Froggie, so they're not blood brothers, they're - Quarter-brothers.
- Exactly.
So, what's up with my favor? - You like that studio stuff? - It's hot, man.
- Give him a tour of the place, baby.
- Sure.
Let me show you around.
So here's the deal, man.
I'm trying to get back into the drug game.
I need y'all on my team, though.
Same deal you had with Rondell and Tio.
That wasn't working out for us the way we'd hoped.
I can't help you.
Being kind of cold for someone who owes me.
- Owe you for what? - I was getting a cut from Rondell.
Y'all wanted him out.
I went along with it.
You were supposed to protect Tio.
He goes up in smoke.
Suddenly my cut dries up.
Now, look, I didn't come to you all for lost wages, but I could've.
- Well, it looks like you're scraping by.
- Well, I'm not.
You know, I got lawsuits, cheating accountants, hungry crew.
You broke? Not if I could fill the powder void in Farmington.
I need y'all, though.
We got pressures of our own right now.
That make it impossible for us to do what you ask.
I appreciate the Frogger tip but I'll have to figure out another way to make it up to you.
- That's it? - That's it.
Tavon! - Good work.
Keep it up.
- Two for one, man.
Unbelievable.
Yeah, store owner says we're gonna lose Julien to the NFL.
Julien, isn't that your? I got it.
- What are you doing here? - I'm out on parole.
I wanted to see you as soon as l Now is not a great time.
Okay.
Well, when would be a good time, then? Things have changed, Tomas.
Everything has changed.
- You've got to leave.
- I really need your help right now.
- I got no one else - Look, I cannot do this right now.
Maybe later.
Oh, goddamn it.
We got a tail.
Don't look.
- You sure? - Green sedan about three cars back.
I saw it on the way to Kern's.
He's still on our ass.
- Who would stick a tail on us? - That's what you're gonna find out.
All right, get ready to bail.
Go, go.
- May I help you? - My daughter, Evette, she was raped.
- Sorry.
Has she seen a doctor yet? - No.
It happened a couple of days ago.
I just found out about it.
Her boss had her close the store late with him so he could get her alone.
- You get the tag? - Yeah.
- Write it down.
- It's cool, man.
I got it right here.
You the concentration champion? Write down the damn tag number.
It's important.
Whoever he is, he's still back there.
Why do I have to have these tests? Well, it may still give us a chance to get a sample of his DNA.
He wore a condom.
Well, it also proves that intercourse took place.
Won't take long.
You're a brave girl to come forward.
What is it? I have a boyfriend and we You had intercourse with your boyfriend? Mama doesn't know.
When was the last time you had sex? A few days ago.
- Will that show up on the test? - Let's just wait for the results.
It's gonna be okay.
I'm the manager.
Hey, darling.
We're looking for Freddie.
- Frogger? - Yeah, can you help us? Ain't seen him today.
Why, did he do something? Well, have you seen this guy hanging around lately? No.
Anything you can tell us about Frogger? Always pays his rent late.
Not late enough to kick him out, but late enough to make me take an extra trip to the bank every month.
- Has he paid up this month? - Not yet.
Four days late.
I hope he's okay in there.
What do you mean? Well, maybe he's sick in there or something.
Can't get to the phone.
I mean, as the manager, you could let us in just to see if he's okay.
I mean, if you're worried about him or anything.
Should I be? Let me get my keys.
Vito just wants to get a few shots and then an interview.
- Great.
- Actually, he just wants Julien.
Sure.
- Here we go.
Smile.
- Julien, I really need to talk to you.
- I'm busy right now.
- Oh, it'll just take a second.
This is Tomas.
He's a friend.
- Heard about our hero? - Oh, yeah.
I knew him when.
- This is Vanessa, my wife.
- Hi.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
Please.
Make it quick.
- What are you doing? - You said talk to you later.
It's later.
- Your wife looks incredible.
- What? Almost fooled me.
Wait a minute.
You really married a woman? Watch your mouth.
Wait, look, look, look, Julien.
I got no place to stay, all right? - Can you help me out here? - Look, I'm married now.
- You can't stay with me.
- Married? Julien.
- What about what we had? - It's not who I am anymore.
I've said goodbye to that part of my life.
Now I have to say goodbye to you.
Look, if you don't help me here you know what I might have to do to survive? Is that what you want for me? Julien, the photographer's ready for you.
All right.
- You should go.
- I'll be in in a minute.
If you don't wanna see me, fine.
But don't tell me you can't help because I know you can.
- Look! Get a hotel for a few nights on me.
Here.
What kind of place takes cash? I need a credit card if I'm gonna get a room.
Here.
- All right.
I'll bring this back Monday.
- Just go.
Please.
He's not dead in there, is he? No, ma'am.
You have one saved message.
Hey, yo, Frogger, this is Kern Little.
I'm boys with Dante.
Listen, bro, cops is looking for him.
They think you the key man.
They on their way over there.
You there? You better move your ass.
And don't tell them I told you.
- What else was I supposed to do? - Hey, look I don't blame you.
You feel we screwed you.
- So you screwed us right back.
- Man.
Listen, let's see if we can't start all over again.
I'm here, listening.
In our earlier conversation, what I was trying to get at is we made a mistake in our previous business.
Got in too deep.
I just don't wanna make the same mistake a second time.
We both learning from our mistakes.
I can't do the same things I did for Rondell, but I can provide some intel eliminate some competition, do some favors.
- That's all I'm asking.
- I won't have the same room to maneuver unless I double my arrest quota.
And I gotta get the big fish.
Look, I put my ass on the line with my boss.
I told him I'd get Dante.
We can help each other, but it starts with you.
I've always been straight with you, Kern, every time.
Yeah, I know.
All right, man.
I'll make some calls.
I'll find out what pad the Frogger landed on.
I appreciate it.
Why do you think she'd accuse you? I don't know.
I had to put Evette on notice last week.
- It was her second warning.
- About what? Well, take your pick.
She's late all the time.
She could give a rat's ass about customer service.
Not exactly employee of the month.
It's these girls, they take the job for the discount and they leave after six weeks.
As God is my witness, I didn't touch her.
She says you told her she had to stay late the other night.
Yeah.
To help close up.
It's a two-person job.
So it was just the two of you, then.
We totaled the receipts and took out the trash and locked up and left.
I even walked her to her car.
So, got any dish on Lanie's report? No.
What have you heard? Nothing.
Just, you know, major cuts are coming.
You don't have to be psychic to know that.
You'll put in a good word for me, right? - With who? - Lanie.
- You better put that one in yourself.
- Come on.
I've seen you two talking.
Who's that? - Can I help you? - Yes.
An officer called about my husband.
Asked me to come down here.
- Your husband is? - Bruce Rosen.
What's going on? I'm Detective Wagenbach.
This is Wyms.
Take a seat.
No.
Just tell me, is my husband all right? Mrs.
Rosen your husband's been accused of allegedly raping one of his employees.
What? That's ridiculous.
Have there been accusations like that in the past? Of what? Rape? Of course not.
He's never been arrested in his life.
- Do you have a daughter? - Yes.
- How old is she? - Fourteen.
- We're gonna need to talk to her.
- Why? The alleged victim's 1 6.
If your husband had forcible sex with her sometimes the pattern extends to family.
- That's sick.
- It's procedure in these cases.
Now, what's procedure? To lock up an innocent man and attack his family? I wanna see Bruce now.
Okay.
Little man's asleep.
What's that? From Matthew's teacher.
Progress report.
- He's struggling.
- He seems the same to me.
Yeah.
That's the problem.
Oh, the roofer's coming Tuesday afternoon.
He's gonna give us a bid.
Tuesday's not good.
I have a school thing for Cassidy.
School thing? Yeah.
A room-mother meeting.
Okay.
I'll reschedule.
She said she had a school meeting on Tuesday.
She lied.
That's not the only thing she's lying about.
If you file first, then the settlement proceeds on your terms.
You get a better shot at more time with your kids.
Maybe joint custody.
Makes you look like the wronged party.
- Wronged party? - I gave him details.
She took your kids without saying where she was going.
- She was scared.
- You call it scared.
I call it kidnapping.
Gordon Jr.
Was 20 months when my wife split.
You know what he calls the asshole she married? - "Daddy.
" - That's not gonna happen.
- Oh, really? - You don't move fast in this business you're gonna get run over.
- I don't know.
In California, there's a six-month holding period before divorce is legal.
You two patch things up before then, you can withdraw the petition.
If you wanna protect yourself you gotta move now.
Detective, your kit's back.
Shouldn't you be out doing something heroic? Figured I'd give someone else a chance.
Well, there was bruising on her breasts slight tearing around the vagina.
Consistent with her statement.
Try not to look so happy when reading rape kit results.
There was a lot of semen.
- She said Rosen wore a condom.
- Exactly.
Not only that, most of the sperm was still alive.
Means it was less than 2 4 hours old, which means she had sex the day after her rape.
That's not what she told me.
I checked the plates.
The car belongs to Trent's Auto Body.
- T.
A.
B.
Tommy Aaron Bankston.
- For the chief? It's code for the dummy shop North Hollywood created for surveillance.
The guys tailing us aren't Justice.
They're us.
There's a department budget code.
Listed as IA.
- It's IAD? - You're way off.
- IAD only runs out of downtown.
- It's another part of the department.
Independent auditor.
Shit.
Those clowns are on loan to Lanie Kellis.
She's had her little goons up our asses.
Well, she wants to waste her time, let her.
Wait until she sees us bring in Dante.
- What up? - Yo, Vic, I got a bead on Frog.
Where at? Colin Greens.
- I need a warrant, fast.
- You got a location on Dante? No.
Buddy of his named Frogger.
We think he knows where Dante is.
He's wanted federally.
If this guy's a material witness the fastest way is to get a warrant from the feds.
We want all the credit on this, we gotta do the heavy lifting.
Where's this Frogger hiding? - Colin Greens.
- That place is a zoo.
- We'll have to go in heavy.
- Can't.
Frogger's just a guy who could lead us to Dante.
We go in full-force, Dante will hightail it across 1 3 states.
- It's gotta be just me and my guys.
- This lead solid? Because if it's not and this blows up in our faces Lanie's got more ammo.
- No, it's solid.
All right.
I'll call Judge laz right now.
All right.
Listen.
This place is the tribal council for the Compton Crowns.
Best way up will be the first stairwell on the right.
It's unmarked.
- They all are.
- Crowns are making it hard for us? Always.
Only those living here know which place is which.
Well, how'd you find out? I got contacts here.
Decent folks who hate living in a cellblock.
- When did you talk to them? - Four a.
m.
I sat here all night making sure he didn't hop away.
That's great work.
Everybody ready? Detective Mackey! - Who the hell are you? - Special Agent Volpio, FBI.
You're executing a warrant involving Dante Fell.
- Who told you? - He's a federal fugitive.
We have jurisdiction in this case.
We're gonna go get our guy, nice and quiet.
Then we can figure out who he belongs to.
You don't understand, detective.
- You don't make arrests without us! - Shut up! Five-O! Damn.
We gotta go now.
Which one's he in? It's that one, there.
All right.
Grab cover.
Goddamn it.
Grab some help and watch our backs.
Shane, let's go.
- Shots fired! - Where's it coming from? I don't know.
Somebody call for backup! - On the ground! - Get down! Over your head, everybody, now! - Clear? - Clear! All right, which one of you is Frogger? Which one? Better question: How the hell we getting out of here? We're having a problem making this case.
Your daughter said that Mr.
Rosen wore a condom but the rape kit shows the presence of semen.
My daughter was a virgin before she was raped.
Well, the results also prove that she had intercourse after the rape.
Did you know she was sexually active with her boyfriend, Miguel? That's not true.
Maybe she thought you'd find out that she was having sex and made up a story - No.
about her boss raping her.
- No.
It's not a story.
It's the truth.
I had sex with Miguel two nights ago.
Girls who get raped on Friday night don't usually have sex on Saturday.
He didn't rape you, did he? What was it, Evette? He? He threatened to fire you, so you fired back? He raped me.
You say you fought him to get away.
No bruises on your arms.
No skin under your nails.
Your story doesn't wash.
I don't believe you.
- You're lying.
- No, I'm not.
Mr.
Rosen's bigger than you.
Seems odd he wouldn't leave a mark.
He did leave a mark.
Here.
And here.
Why can't you believe that? What? I saw you looking.
You're mistaken.
- Where are you going? - I think we know what happened.
Nothing.
This case is over.
No, it's not.
He raped me.
He needs to pay.
If you don't help, I'll tell people you just grabbed me.
You just did.
Now the whole world knows you're a liar.
Let's go! Let's go, let's go! All right.
That's the room right up there, okay? Secure the perimeter.
Somebody already took a couple of potshots at us.
- I ain't going out there! - We got you covered.
They take a shot at you, they might hit me by mistake.
Well, tell me where Dante is.
Time to go! - Let's go.
- Let's go.
On your feet.
Follow us.
Get him in.
You take your own car.
Bring him upstairs to 2.
What happened? Is everyone okay? Someone tipped off the feds about our bust.
- One guess who.
- This is a federal case.
- They had a right to know.
- They blew our covert entry put my men in extreme danger, you sanctimonious little bitch.
- I'll include that in my report.
- Include whatever you like.
And tell the amateurs you got following me they might as well take the day off.
What are you, about a buck 37, wet, Froggie? Buck 60.
Hardly Compton Crown material.
Thank God your quarter-bro pushed your membership.
- I earned my rep.
- Oh, yeah? Well, we'll see.
- Where's Dante? - Don't know.
Why is he in town? - Don't know.
- Oh, so he is in town? - Didn't say that.
- Christ, this is gonna be easy.
Yes, it is.
Yeah? You were right about Mackey.
He's not on the level.
You wanted me to find some dirt on him? I may have found something.
You have my word your name will not be mentioned.
Today, I saw him committing a 22502VC.
What is that? He parked more than 6 inches away from the curb.
Excuse me? Look, if you want something more than that, lady you're gonna have to do it on your own.
- We've got proof.
- What proof? It's what he used.
We're gonna sue that man and his store for everything.
- How'd you get that? - I went through the trash at the store.
You went through three days of store garbage to find this? It was the only way to make you believe me.
I was a virgin before he raped me.
What the hell is this? Stop showing me those.
You know what really makes me sick about these? It's that your quarter-bro is responsible for all these deaths.
They're Crown casualties from all his franchise cities.
And these are just the innocents.
- What? - These are cops from San Antonio.
Where's Dante? You're obstructing justice.
One of you is going to jail for this.
You are not built for it, but he is.
- Lf I see one more picture of a cop - He's at Mission Cross! One of his girls is having a baby.
- He's here for the birth of his child? - It's his first son.
He kept it secret from everyone except me.
He was a dad.
Ursula went into labor last night.
Of course she did.
Well, I'll let the chief know.
You can let him know after we bring the suspect into custody.
We earned this, and no one is beating us to this arrest.
Ursula Hayes.
What's her room number? Room 60 7.
Okay.
- What are you doing? - Dante.
Put the baby down.
You need to put the baby down and come with us.
Don't give us any trouble.
I won't.
Just give me a minute.
He's my boy.
Hey it's okay, boy.
- I thought this was all over.
- Yeah.
They brought in a used condom.
We have to handle it as evidence.
- A condom? - She fished it out of the trash in back of the store.
- She what? - So how do we get this cleared up? - We do a DNA test to rule you out.
- Great.
- We can have the nurse draw blood within the hour if we get your permission.
Great.
What if I don't give my permission? Well with probable cause, we can get a warrant to draw the blood.
Bruce what did you do? Lt It It wasn't rape.
What do you mean? She came on to me, and I couldn't help myself and the next day they blackmailed me.
She and her mom came said if I didn't pay them $5000 they'd go to the head office and report me.
We don't have that kind of money.
L I didn't rape her.
It was consensual.
I mean, I even walked her to her car afterward.
You slept with a child! Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
You will never see our daughter again.
Never.
Another win for me right before the final bell.
Maybe I won't need your help to keep my job.
Listen I put in a good word for you.
Thank you.
Not because you're my partner.
Because you're a good detective.
And because you don't wanna see the partnership broken up, right? Come with me, miss.
Yo, what's up? How this sound to you? - Great.
- Great? She gonna knock Lauryn Hill on her ass.
Couple of more scores, bring in some more players get on tour, build up the hype.
I got word on a couple of operations.
Think it might be our best way back in.
Listen, Kern we're not gonna be getting back in.
What do you mean? I lied.
- What? - I had to.
To get Dante.
It was important.
Lied to me? Listen, me and my guys aren't going down that road again.
We're out of the drug trade.
If you're smart, you'll stay out too.
Otherwise, I'm gonna have to come after you just like anybody else.
Stay out? I called in my old crew I borrowed off future transactions.
I don't got no more money coming in.
I came here to tell you straight-up what the deal was.
I owed you at least that much.
You owe me a shitload more than that! I risked my ass on the line to get you Frogger.
You promised He broke his promise, all right? Get over it.
We can let this stand, get past it I can make it up to you in some other way, or you can start something.
- This is wrong, man.
- I know.
But you came up from nothing once before.
You can do it again.
- Can you drive it or not? - Yeah.
Jesus.
What are you doing? Nothing.
I got I got it.
I got it.
You guys all right? Yeah, why? I heard a garbage truck sideswiped two parked cars.
- You heard that? - It was all over the police radio.
- Took a while to figure the controls.
- Jesus, come on.
This is supposed to be a quiet operation.
We fumble like this during the actual money train, we'll all end up in jail.
Sorry.
How long can we keep the truck here? Abandoned-property sweeps aren't for another three weeks.
Good.
Yeah.
We're really doing this, aren't we? Yeah, it looks that way.
I want my credit card back.
I was gonna cancel it anyway.
You're taking this stuff back.
No.
I'm gonna sell it.
I need the money.
Taking it back.
Take me back.
Keep away from me.
Keep away from my wife.
I'm leaving.
Goodbye.
When my report comes out next week it will hit like an earthquake.
So we'll all be buried in the rubble? Not you.
I'm recommending that you be elevated to captain.
Take over here and run things the way they should be.
You have integrity, you tell the truth.
The truth is, your report is only gonna cause a few tremors.
You're not the first civilian auditor this department has had and in the end, cops will protect cops.
Outrage will turn to apathy turn to "Didn't something happen there once?" And it all goes back to the way it was.
With someone like you in charge, things might change.
I wouldn't want the job.
One officer saves a kid from some carjackers my team hauls in a guy the feds have been after for two years.
I really hope you got a plan to fix things up around here.
I talked to the guy at the desk.
I know you're in here.
Vic! Vic, I know you're in here.
Open the door.
Come on! You have some stranger come to the house at night and give me this? - You're walking out on us? - I'm not walking out on my kids.
- I'm protecting myself from you.
- From me? From divorcing me.
From keeping them from me.
- You think I'm divorcing you? - Well, you're seeing a lawyer.
A friend of mine made me talk to him.
It doesn't mean that I'm filing.
Bullshit.
You're seeing him again Tuesday.
Jesus Christ.
I have to sign some papers to get my deposit back.
You said that we were trying to figure things out.
That That's what you said.
Just buying time to spring this on me.
No.
Don't touch me! I can make you miserable too.