The Shield s03e14 Episode Script

The mole is a local from Glendale.
He worked a kibbutz in Israel for two years He was enjoying the nightlife in Tel Aviv when some connected Russian émigrés got their claws into him - What's his connection to O'Brien? - None He provided the Armenians with classified intelligence in return for cash.
Had a few girlfriends with expensive tastes.
Sounds like you've got things handled Why am I here? We set up a trap on our computer system.
He signed on, accessed information on four of your men.
Which officers? You gave the Armenian mob information on my men? They called.
Asked for intel on the Farmington Strike Team.
- How much information did you pass on? - J-Just names and photos Did they ask for anything else? Home addresses? Relatives? They wanted everything The system here shut down before I could get the rest The Armenian mob is on a killing spree If my men are in danger, I need to know If they ask for information, I get it to them But in your experience, what does that mean? It probably isn't good Hey, what's with the uniform? I spoke to Heather about cutting back my hours I'm, uh, working part-time days now I thought you were quitting I'm only gonna work when the kids are at school or with the therapist I'm not going to give up every other aspect of my life Heather said that I could choose my own hours.
Listen, uh, as soon as the house is livable again I'd like for Cassidy to stay here with me for a while It'll give you a chance to focus on Megan and Matthew I'm not splitting up my family They'll still be together, on weekends, holidays.
I'm just talking day to day.
- A trial basis - How can you even handle her on a day to day? I'll do whatever I have to do.
I'll hire people, just like you.
Now, you're doing your best.
But Matthew almost burnt the house down It's not working Sojust this once, I'm gonna try it my way.
Hey Brought you some contraband Don't let the nurses see it When we get you outta here, we're gonna rustle you up some live ones I bet Um, they're, uh, sending someone over from the station to talk to you - They come by yet? - Uh, tomorrow, I think Oh, good Last thing you need is IAD crawling up your ass H- How do you mean? Well, if they found out you started the fight with Shane, hit Mara You could lose yourjob, your pension.
Maybe even your health benefits Lem said you don't remember much about what happened I- I don't, but I wouldn't hit a woman Mara's pregnant Remember? The department could come down pretty hard Look You know, I'll tell my side of the story Let him tell his, and then they can just sort it out Tavon didn't bite What if I come forward? I take responsibility for hitting him? That's smart.
Just walk into a police station and admit the three of us have been covering it up for two months - I'm just trying to do what's best - I gave you the chance to Hey, look I made the call I mean, can't you just talk to him again? He's not listening to me Well, Tavon's always had a soft spot for Lem Maybe the both of you can work on him All right, it's time to go bitch-slap the Armenian mob.
We'll talk about it on the way Try not to land the three of us in jail while we're gone What are you looking at? What's this? Something for me? Euro Rug Imports Is that your business? - I do work for them - What kind of work? Euro Rug Imports Right Show and tell, kids Show us what you're doing We'll tell you why it's a crime Hey! Oh, shit That's Armenian for "Oh, shit" That was some serious bookkeeping you had going on down there Wanna tell me what all the accounting was for? - What, did you open up a branch of H&R Blochian? - I'm in the rug business There are only a half dozen rugs in that place The numbers your girl was crunching went into the six digits My guess, we'll have to sweat her.
- No, she doesn't - She doesn't what? We're all just in the rug business Three months ago, you're in a duplex in Kirovakan, running your family's tile business.
You're educated, no criminal record How'd you end up in the asshole of LA cooking the books for the Armenian Might? What do they have on you? My Father uh, lost money to them He got sick, couldn't pay And now you're covering the debt He died two weeks after I left Then why do you stay here? My sister, Sosi.
He has her here.
He will kill her if I do not keep helping - Who has her? - Don't know name They fear him Long hair Margos - Is he here in Los Angeles? - Yes Not know where He tells Petrosh nothing.
Treats him like dog Uh, tell me about the accounting They steal gas, sell it, pay no taxes Sosi she doesn't even know our father is dead The DA asked me to come down - A public defender was shot? - Lisa Kensit She was a good lawyer She tried a bunch of cases of mine Made me look like a fool a couple times on the stand I know.
It's hard to believe.
She's at Mission Cross.
Don't think she's gonna make it.
- We know what happened? - She'djust come from sentencing for her client.
A gang member in the One-niners He got 10 in Chino, no chance of parole - You think this is payback for a guilty verdict? - No one likes lawyers Having a thankless job is bad enough.
Getting shot for it is just insulting Hey! Hey, pull over! Right here! Pull over! Put your hands where I can see 'em License and registration Get your ass down here right now - I Did I do something wrong? - Sit down What were you doing at Gas 55? - Just making a delivery - Tanker's at 92% capacity Just making a delivery, huh? You were delivering for 20 minutes - Your tanks are almost full - I just started my run - Maybe you're filling up and not dropping off? - Let's go, gas man - Right? - Protection for fuel Is that the deal the Armenian Might cut with the local pumps? Once a week Once a week, I hit about three or four places I fill up the truck, and then I unload the gas at our stations We closed down your stations.
Confiscated your tankers You're outta gas, Petrosh We got no problem with the Armenians trying to do business We just can't have some psycho chopping off people's feet - and leaving the dead stumps in our backyard - Margos He's a problem Your bookkeeper confirmed his Interpol mug shot We know he's in town Come on.
I know you hate this guy as much as I do.
You need to You need to stop Margos for good He'll be stopped When our money laundering operation took a hit the bosses back home got angry They sent Margos to stabilize, get us back to the basics - Basics? What, drugs? - Heroin.
From his connections in Peru Margos has organized weekly shipments - Where is he? - He doesn't tell us.
But Kail Saffian he sets up deliveries, distributes All right, you and Ronnie take the first watch on Margos's distributor, Kail.
- Lem and I will go see Tavon.
- Okay Hey, thanks for helping me out on that There's some bad blood between old-world and new-school Armenians.
Margos Dezirian's stateside, looking to revitalize the heroin trade - How do we get to him? - Gonna sit on his distributor.
You guys find Margos before he finds you - What's that mean? - A mole inside Treasury passed on your names and photos to the Armenian mob.
- Anything else? - Your personnel files weren't breached.
But if you want department protection The Armenians need protection, not us They could be looking to retaliate I take it as a compliment Means we're making a dent All right Let me know if you change your minds The Armenians think we know something about the money train.
- Diagur or O'Brien told them - They have our names and pictures.
We're walking bull's-eyes, man.
We've been turning over Little Armenia for days now It's payback for the raids Margos is in town.
He's here about the money, not the raids.
Look.
In the next few days, that money will be turned into untraceable real estate.
In the meantime, we get to this Margos prick before he gets to us.
I just heard from Nell Why didn't you tell me Treasury found their mole? Because a public defender was shot I needed you working on that - So, what'd they tell us? - They caught the guy trying to access information on the Strike Team - Just the Strike Team? - You sound disappointed I'm not It's just we were all looking into O'Brien, including you and me Vic and his guys have been tossing Little Armenia all week Yeah The question is why What? Well Vic knew the name of the bar that O'Brien says he found the marked money in And you and I were the only ones who saw the case file You You think Vic's involved? Here's a guy who can overturn the Armenian mob in a week but hasn't been able to find anything on the money train in three months? If he's that good, how does a multimillion-dollar laundering ring get ripped off in his backyard without him knowing anything about it? Maybe he found out who did it, is protecting him Keeping the money safe, in return for a cut of the action No, he came begging to me for some OT He's worked three security details in the last two weeks This is not somebody who is flush with cash I'm not saying he'd be stupid about it Stick with Claudette I'll look into it All right Vic says this distributor is supposed to be short How short? That short.
- Kail's got kids - What, bad guys aren't allowed? I just think a guy with kids, you know, you'd think he'd pull his act together.
That's all.
Oh, Christ.
Well, he can call them collect from prison.
Report to Labor and Delivery.
- He's sleeping - Come on Let's go Hey, man, you ready for that sponge bath? I thought I asked for the nurse without the hairy knuckles.
Vic says you don't remember hitting Mara Yeah, 'cause I didn't Okay? Shane called me down after the fight You hit her right above the eye and in the side - No - I treated the cut.
I saw the bruise The reason we didn't take her to the hospital is so you wouldn't get implicated Mara just got you worked up, man Believe me, I've wanted to crack her a few times myself Look.
You can't let one stupid mistake cost you.
Jesus.
Did I Did I hurt the baby? No, no, the the baby's fine Though Mara did have some bleeding for a couple of days Um What do you What do you want me What do I What do I say to the investigators? Just keep it simple You were tired, fell asleep at the wheel Next thing you know, you you woke up here Okay Can you, uh Do you think you can ask Mara to come Mara to come down here and see me? - I just want to tell her how sorry I am - Yeah Sure Don't sweat it, man We got you backed up Parking attendant gave us your license plate number You were in court today? I just finished as a juror in a tax fraud case Six weeks of trial, two more in the jury room I was the only one who graduated from high school It was a little slice of hell She said you were in a rush to leave the parking garage I just did my civic duty for two months Wasn't really looking to get involved as a witness in a murder trial I never mentioned anything about murder Dutch? Give us a place to start We'll try to keep you off the witness stand Let's just say I heard a story once about a black guy who shot a woman Ran down a stairwell after that and took off in a green Toyota.
She came in heavily anesthetized Doctors are afraid if they operate, she could go into cardiac arrest - What was she on? - Opiate levels in her blood are typical ofhigh doses of OxyContin.
- How big a dose? - Enough to kill a normal person She's apparently developed a high resistance Uh, she's a junkie? Doctors say she could have dosed as early as this morning.
She was in court this morning Shane, Shane, where you at, man? You copy? Yeah, man, I'm here - Where's Kail? - He's the midget into his third stack of hotcakes Hey, man, how did everything go at the hospital? Good Everything's fine Thank you He's moving Okay, he's, uh He's He's moving He's in the silver Expedition On a booster seat Okay, we got 'im.
You already got me bugging cars in my garage What else you want, man? Tell me more about how your operation launders cash What, you plan on jacking a bank, Captain? It's an additional part of our investigation Didn't Detective Mackey go over this with you? He never said shit Well, let's say you've got two, three million dollars in cash What would somebody do with it? Not everyone's as smart as I am about this - Let's pretend they were - First thing you do is nothing You hold on to it until the heat goes away - Hold it where? - Not home, not work Someplace close in case you need to access it quickly Low profile Untraceable Me? I prefer shell corporations Mere mortals, they use warehouses, storage lockers And you're tapped into other money launderers, yeah? - I gave everything I'm giving you, man - I want you to spread word that the feds are onto the crew that ripped off the Armenian mob six months ago - For real? - Yeah And if whoever's facilitating the cash claim comes forward now reveals who's got it, they're looking at a free pass We're north on Kenmore He's driving with purpose Yeah, we got him.
West on Fountain West on Fountain Shit! He's evading.
He's driving smart.
Don't tip him off.
We got him.
We're smarter.
He's driving this careful, he's going somewhere he doesn't wanna see us We're circling back around to you.
Shit! What's he doing? - He just made a U-turn He's heading back your way - Ah, he's by us - Goddamn it I need an APB on a silver Ford Expedition The reason you're here is Lisa Kensit paged you eight times last month - Twice last night - She's my lawyer Trial was three years ago.
What'd you talk about? - It's privileged.
- The office said your name wasn't on the sign-in sheet We met outside She liked the fresh air We checked her cell phone records You were the last person she spoke to - before she was shot - I didn't shoot her.
Maybe you slipped off the wagon She threatened to tell your PO - I've been clean a long time - Why don't you just tell me why you paged her and I'll let you go home She had a habit So, how'd you come into that? I told her I'd report her if she didn't get me out of trouble And she got you probation? Pulled every favor she had at the D.
A.
's office.
So, you needed help keeping out ofjail.
She needed help finding fixes? How long you have this arrangement? Lf, uh, you delivered the drugs, who was her dealer? No, no, no, in a minute How long did you have this arrangement? All we want is the dealer - What are you doing? - You're shifting focus We need to find the shooter, not get the down and dirty on Kensit's social life Maybe her social life got her shot in the first place - But that's not why you're asking - What are you afraid of? If you establish a timeline for her addiction any lawyer worth their salt's gonna push to retry her cases If she were high in court, they should She defended Bob Lindhoff He cut off Kayla LeSeur's arm and left her in a trunk to die You wanna roll the dice on a retrial for him? You're worried about your conviction rate Witnesses get lost, change their story Criminals will go free If we know she was high, that's one thing.
I'm just saying we don't have to work so hard to find out Let's find the shooter David Aceveda for city council.
He's cleaned up Farmington He's gonna clean up LA David Aceveda for city council and a better future Ma'am, management wants you to move Of course they want me to move They're big business - Ma'am, we're gonna have to make you leave - David Aceveda For everyday people I- Is David aware of this? - He's a police captain - Yeah, we know - He's our boss - Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Wh-What's with that? What are you doing? - Okay, come on - Yeah No, no, no, no - Why are you harassing his supporters? Huh? - Ma'am - Is it because he fights police corruption? - It's time to go - Come on - I'm not moving Watch your step.
David It's him David! - Quiet down.
- Someone call for me? Your biggest fan.
She's been campaigning outside of supermarkets harassing customers for days.
David You're gonna win You'll be mayor one day No, governor I'll talk to her No reason to put her through the system Uh, so, what's your name? - Carol - Well, tell me, Carol Are you involved in my campaign in a in an official capacity? No I do this all by myself Well, I appreciate your support, but all I really need is your vote So, I'm I'm gonna let you out, but I trust you're not gonna break the law again.
Okay? That's it? I'm out there 12 hours a day, and and that's how he thanks me? we have a visual on your Ford Expedition.
- Should we pull him over? - Negative Gimme his location Keep tailing and stay outta sight I got you now, you jerk bastard - Who's Kensit's dealer? - I can't tell you Can't or won't? The dealer, Mary Is it cold in here? No Why? I noticed the goose bumps Show me your eyes I told you I'm clean How long did you deliver Oxy to Kensit? - You're under arrest - On what charges? Obstruction of justice being under the influence of a controlled substance The only thing I'm on is allergy medicine I don't think so - You can't hold her - Sure I can Besides, she won't be in here for long Another hour or two, she'll be jonesing Tell us everything we want Kail's outside the warehouse with three other guys - Armenian swap meet.
- Can I interest you in a little smack, anyone? - A rug? - Yeah, with horse rolled up inside of it Yeah? What if it's not? We blow this chance to get Margos we might not get another I hope the rug fits in his cell Hands on your head! Hands on your head! Do it now! Hands on your head! Get on your knees, fatty! Get down! Right there Let's go Right there Up against the car, man Let's go Up against the car Stay right there Right there Clear Oh, I want the rest of the day off.
- Where's Margos? - Who? - Hold 'em off - We're good Margos, where is he? You do have the right to remain silent, but I wouldn't recommend it Jesus Christ, Vic.
Shit! Where you meeting Margos? Where are you meeting Margos? Jesus, I'm seeing a lot of windows here, goddamn it You heard Aceveda These assholes didn't get our names and our pictures to send us Christmas cards - We're getting Margos - Shit.
Before he finds us You still thirsty? - Help! - Huh? You still thirsty? - Maybe I should top you off - Goddamn it Shit That's enough, Vic - Get off me! - Come on, bro! He's talking or he's drowning Now that can't taste good In the car Address in the car - Where? - On the visor Check it out On your knees Shit That's a block away Jesus Christ Is he watching us? Sosi You see? Let's go! Go, go, go, go, go! Ram it! Something's blocking it - Oh, goddamn it Lem! - Oh, shit! - Shit, shit, shit, shit - Find him! She's alive! - Clear.
Not here.
- He stabbed her in the back of the neck.
He saw the whole goddamn thing - She needs an ambulance.
- There's not enough time.
Get her in the car.
No Margos Call the hospital Tell them we're coming - Get the sister down there - Hurry up! - What about Margos? - Keep looking for him - We got it.
We got it.
- Hurry up, man.
Hurry up! Come on, faster She's going white - Is she conscious? - No! No, man I hear you wanna talk Looks like you'rejonesing for more than allergy medication.
His name's Marlon Gault - That wasn't so hard - He's my boyfriend - He took care of me - I can see that.
Did he shoot her? I don't know He just told me to arrange a meet at the garage so they could talk How long have you been delivering OxyContin to Lisa Kensit? Three years Do you have any proof, uh, paperwork, receipts You could verify it? No I just arranged the meets Marlon always took the money himself She's gone We won't stand for his gestapo tactics He doesn't care about working families Just himself Huh? Uh-oh Here come his storm troopers now Okay Would you please turn around, ma'am? Your girlfriend flipped on you, Marlon She puts you at the crime scene.
She'll be saying something else the trial comes around If Kensit dies, you've got no chance of helping yourself I didn't shoot the bitch Amazing what a junkie will tell you if you threaten to put them in detox Lisa Kensit owed you $ 15,000.
Sounds like motive That's a lot of money for a pissant drug dealer like you.
She couldn't pay you back, so word hit the street you were soft - Can I chime in here? - I'll talk to the D.
A.
But he'll need something on the drugs you sold to Kensit How's dealing to her for three years gonna give me time off this shooting? Depends If you can provide us with any proof that she was using during that time Shit, I got proof I need years off Make it quick I'm hunting someone down We're gonna have to hold off on this real estate transaction right now It's Something about the Armenian mob being ripped off Treasury's onto the guys who did it.
- Who told you this? - Well, the word spreads.
Bottom line is a big transaction like yours is gonna be too dangerous right now - I don't know what you mean - The money.
- Cleaning it - You got the wrong guy What, you think I'm wired or something? I don't know who you are, man, or why you called me down here I thought you could give me a heads-up when the heat's off, and it's safe to do business Hey, listen, pal, I'm a cop You're talking about doing something illegal You keep pushing, I'll haul you in Now get the hell lost Tavon changed his story We're gonna be fine We're gonna be fine Babe? I've made a decision - I don't want Vic in our lives anymore - Excuse me? - You can transfer to a new team, right? - No - I don't want him around us - No I don't want him around our child Mara, he's my best friend Would a best friend allow some scumbag to get away - with taking a shot at you? - Oh, come on Goddamn it, Mara! We've already That guy is going to jail Not long enough You said so And when you told him that you didn't take that seven grand - he didn't believe you, did he? - That's because you took it - But he didn't he didn't know that then - You took it! You told him the truth, and your best friend still blamed it on you Vic's in our lives.
All right? He's staying in our lives.
So, you're just gonna have to find a way to make that work All right? Excuse me Captain Hey Everything okay? Yeah I, uh - Hi - Hey I've got a house I gotta get ready to show for tomorrow - Bye - Bye Uh, what's up? I talked to a guy who said he rented out a storage locker to you He ID'd your photo but said you used the name Cletus Van Damme - Why are you - I was on something else - but that is your locker, right? - Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah When, uh, when Mara moved in she wanted me to get rid of my old furniture I didn't know if we'd make it or not, so I just put it in storage So why the fake name? In case they called and she answered I don't want her thinking I might be having second thoughts I mean I mean, you know how chicks are What's this about? I don't have a legal right to search that locker so I was wondering how you would feel about showing me what's inside? What's What are you looking for? Hopefully nothing Yeah, when Mara and I got married, I just kinda threw everything away I had to sign a year lease though I still got the key Go see for yourself Come in Our money launderer claims the feds are onto whoever ripped off the Armenians - Oh, shit! - So the feds know it's us? I didn't ask He could have been wired Aceveda was here Wanted to see the storage locker we cleared out - What? Well, how long ago? - Half an hour.
He knew I put it under the name Cletus Van Damme - Well, how'd he track you down? - The manager.
- He ID'd a picture of me - So Aceveda and the feds are tracking us - We don't know exactly.
- What ifhis next stop is where we're really stashing it? We can't wait to find out We move the money right now - Figure it all out later - Look They'll just keep looking for it If If they catch us with it now, man, we're done We're driving it up to Bakersfield - Well, who decided this? - Me and Shane - Really - There's hundreds of storage units up there They'll never look Here Go Up! Up! Okay All right - We'll keep in contact by phone the whole way there - Okay All right.
Shane and I will take off first.
Get about five miles out We'll look for tails, eye in the sky, surveillance teams You have to evade choppers, you know what to do Just drive the speed limit You'll be fine Call us when you get on the road All right.
Check the back.
Make sure the trunks are covered up, all right? Okay.
Hey, man, my phone's not getting reception Let me see yours - Yeah, it's good - Is it? Hey, it's locked Hey, it's locked What are you doing? Lem! What are you Lem! Jesus! Lem! Lem! You made the arrest, got the shooter What if she were trying all her cases high? How could a public defender be an addict for three years and no one pick up on it? Scrips aren't like "H" or crack It's easier to be functional I sat with one in Interrogation They had no idea We checked Kensit's court records - Her acquittal rate is below average - Other PDs have worse results? - Yes, but - So, does that mean they're using drugs? You're talking about reopening cases that will cost the city millions of dollars only to reconvict people that we know are dangerous The DA will never agree to a deal that turns the system upside down Then I'll get an assistant DA Dutch, give us a moment, please Sure Do you know for an absolute fact this woman was abusing drugs? - Not yet.
- You have knowledge that she was using in court? - She used drugs this morning - That was a sentencing, not trial.
Oxy is not recreational.
This is an addiction.
- You can't prove that - I can try.
You have open cases that need solving? That's your job Not this I wouldn't just be fighting the DA, would I? I'd be fighting you Yeah, well, when you're in command, you'll learn to make these kinds of decisions - I hope to God not - Every cop in this house worked hard to earn those convictions - You'll be alienating everyone here - I can't worry about that You need to if you intend to be their leader If you think the D.
A.
And the chief are gonna stand and cheer while you risk putting these kinds of people back on the street you are seriously overestimating your support What if one of the people she was representing is innocent? The chief will not promote you He will look for the first chance to fire you! - You understand that, right? - I understand I can't take a promotion if the only way to get it is to stick my conscience in a drawer! Oh, please What happened? - He just took off - Which way did he go? He took a right on Sunset, then disappeared - Lem's not answering his cell phone or Ronnie's - You say anything? - No! - Lem ripped us off? No No way He was never in it for the cash He always thought the money was a problem - Oh, no No - What? What? I know where he's going Oh, God, no! Don't, Lem! Lem, stop it! Back off! Back off! - What are you doing? - Keeping us safe Put the goddamn money down, Lem! This won't help us.
If there's no money to find, Aceveda and the feds can't touch us.
Lem, back off.
Back goddamn off right now! - Back off, man.
I mean it.
- Shane Shane, put down the gun.
Shane! Please, man Don't do this, man Please.
It's gonna be all right I promise - Oh, man - Come on, man Come on You guys You guys are the only family I got, all right? I'm not gonna let any of us go to prison That's a decision for the four of us to make, not just you I've always gone along with everything you ever wanted.
And all it's done is get us deeper and deeper into shit - Stop it! - Just let me finish this, please Get off me! It's over It's over It's over It's over Sous-titres rippés par KB