The Shield s03e15 Episode Script

Bring your behind out here! I see you, fool! Why you hidin'? Why you hidin'? I see you hidin'in there, punkass! - Drop the hose - Get your ass out here - I called.
Can you get this under control, please? - Drop the hose.
- What happened? - He's always startin'trouble.
- Who? - Mr Super Soaker in there - He sprayed us first.
- You wanna step outside, please? Sir, did you spray these women? Wait till Juicy get ahold of your ass.
I was watering down my sidewalk.
If some crack whores happen to get wet, that's just life We got the right to walk public streets.
You don't have the right to work them - Look, you can't spray people like that.
- I was just hosing down the hos.
Well, it's a public sidewalk That's a crime What about them sellin' ass in the front of my store all day long? Or what about them dope dealers selling crack rock is that a crime? You need to worry about yourself, comic boy.
- You don't wanna be making threats.
Come with me.
- Wait tillJuicy gets your ass - He'll wrap that hose around your neck till your eyes pop - This hose right here? - Yo, right here - Drop A hundred and ninety-five thousand All that's left - That's split three ways, right? - Yeah Yeah - Sixty-five grand apiece - Turns out Lem's cut was 2.
8 million in ashes.
So we got the goddamn Armenians after us, Treasury, for, uh for 65 grand Look, we can't show up every time you see a hooker take a stroll - Plus, there's no one out here - These whores see you drivin' up and they get ghost Soon as you leave, they're right back out here Antagonizing them is gonna make things worse for you.
Well, I'm tryin' to make things better, man.
- Your primary concern needs to be your own safety - I can take care of myself And I'm not leaving.
I'm not goin'anywhere.
Everything else'll be exactly the same:; the same school, same friends.
You'll just be living with me And weekends with me just a reverse of the way it is now - How do I get to school? - I'll bring you when I can, and I'll get some help.
Just like Camilla helps Mom What about Matt and Megan? Megan will live with Mom.
But that just means I'll have you all to myself Cassidy, do you want to talk about this some more? Why are you mad at me? I'm not mad at you, baby Cassidy, your mom and I just love you and want to spend time with you, that's all It It's just my turn for a little while Okay? That hobbit we found hiding in an oil drum finally spit out the truth.
- The Armenian heroin bust? - Just one small slice of a much larger pie that Margos has smuggled into Tinseltown - How much larger? - Frodo says 10 to 15 times the size of yesterday's haul.
- Holy shit - Margos has it stashed in a residence.
Once a week, they pick up enough to feed their suppliers - Tomorrow's delivery day - Great Uh, you showed up on Shane's door last night wanted to see some storage locker of his? The Armenian money train cash is still unaccounted for, so's the prime suspect, O'Brien It was suggested that I look into your team's involvement - Dutch? - After this Armenian thing gets cleared up, I need you running the AGC car surveillance sting but not if you're gonna be under suspicion for something like this And Wagenbach's still pushing you? I haven't been able to convince him that it's a dead end - What are you doing? - You got Aceveda lookin' into me? Kitchen's closed You whisperin' into my boss's ear? You don't have the sac to face me head-on? You knew the name of the bar where O'Brien says he found the marked money - I already explained that - A little too smoothly, in my opinion How you comin' along finding O'Brien? Not too far I been bustin' half the Armenian mob all week Why is it Shane Vendrell had an empty storage locker under the name "Cletus Van Damme" the same name he gave to an Armenian who witnessed the money train robbery? If that's all you got, I wouldn't be lookin' so smug - Absence of proof isn't proof of absence - You're back on my shit list - Excuse me? - Number one with a bullet, Dutch-boy You look into me all you want.
You're back to being a joke in this building.
- Let's go! - Hands on your head! Put that phone down! Drop that phone! - Hands on your head.
- Get on the couch! Sit down right now! Get your ass on the couch! - We're clear? - We're clear! All right Where are you hidin' the hell dust? Where? Last chance before we start renovating Claudette Wyms, ADA Rommi Cohen We've met before I brought Rommi down here to discuss the Lisa Kensit situation - I know you had some worries - Good work on picking up her shooter.
Thanks I'm just pulling things together I was gonna contact your office in a few days You have some suspicions of possible drug use by the victim? More than that I've got her dealer and her hook-up Marlon Gault.
Says, off the record, he supplied her for over three years.
He'll go on record if your office can provide him with some consideration He shot her in the face He's a dealer Why would we shave years off? Well, because if it's true, some ofher clients may not have received adequate counsel.
No, she's a junior P.
D.
All ofher cases are signed off on.
Trust me They got adequate counsel You can be sure there wasn't even one mistake in almost 300 cases? You wanted it brought to the DA She'll look into it Now you can get back to the rest of your caseload She means well She just doesn't see the big picture Well, you seem to have her under control.
Phil's having Gault's statements about dealing to Kensit suppressed at his trial We're not going to let it get far As long as you pull the files and everything's aboveboard Well, most of the arrests originated here.
Maybe we could get together for dinner later this week and discuss a game plan Or drinks? My wife and I have a rule about me having dinners alone with female colleagues Oh.
I'm sorry.
L I didn't see a ring.
Oh, I, um, must've forgotten to put it on after the gym this morning Just an accident I'll let Phil know how, uh, helpful you were Thank you And thank you Nothin' Shane, anything? - Nada - Goddamn it.
Keep lookin' Enjoying the show? Margos moved the heroin yesterday when you captured Kail - Where is he? - Right now, no clue - He's gonna find me after I have your answer - Answer to what? You've done a lot of damage to us.
He wonders if maybe there's a way to stop this war? - What does he want? - Move the heroin up north He wants you to provide security And what do I get? Five percent commission on the sale.
That'd be about a half a mil.
Plus, Margos leaves LA and guarantees the safety of you and your men Otherwise They want us to escort the heroin from this address - in two hours - Well, how do we know this offer's even legit? - We don't.
- It would get us back to even, but, uh Workin' with these psycho assholes is off the table - Yeah.
- Question is What's their angle? - You think it's a trap? - Only the three of us, no backup - Which leads us to the next problem.
- What? If we bring in extra bodies, and Margos is there, some other cop can take him alive.
And all he's gotta do is get a message to his lawyer.
We take a bullet while he's eatin' three hot ones in county No We've gotta take him down in a way that clears departmental review - Listen, Lem - Yeah, I got some time coming, about eight weeks.
I'm gonna take it When I get back, I'll put in for a transfer Okay.
Margos is still after us We're safer together until we've got him Maybe you should hang with us until we get it sorted out Yeah All right, there it is Quiet street Only one way in I don't like that We could go in hard Without knowin' who or what's inside? We don't show, Margos almost has to come after us.
We may not know what's inside, but they don't know when we're comin' Unless they have a spotter Margos was watching our drug bust from on high Now, see, there maybe top floor, one of the three or four with a view.
Hey! Don't move! Nice lookout.
Is it a trap? Is Margos inside? Get up! Tryin' to get us killed, you little prick? Huh? All right Write Write! L- I-F-E New word New word S- U-X Ronnie, open that window.
Looks like you're gonna die a bad speller Wait! Wait! Wait! Inside, waiting for you, to kill - No, no, no - Is Margos inside? No - Is he inside? - No! - Who sent you here? - Goma Goma Magar - Who's he? - American Scruffy guy, about six foot? Yeah I met him this morning Here Eat this No Margos, no heroin? - Nah, just guns Call for SWAT Have 'em flush 'em out - Yeah Lisa and I were close, but after a while it was just better for her to move out Her shooter suggested he'd been providing her with drugs for years - What difference does that make now? - She handled a lot of cases a lot of people who went to jail Who deserved to go.
Isn't this something the D.
A.
Should be looking into? I'll need more evidence before they'll touch it.
I need your help.
She might die I'm not ruining her reputation and if she lives, I'm not ruining her career She made some bad choices, but she's still my friend.
- Can't you talk to him? - We have.
I mean, the guy comes off like a regular citizen, but he's probably flyin' around that store with a cape on - He's just standing up for himself - Oh, come on, Julien.
He's not just pissing off hookers and pimps It's drug dealers too - The guy's gonna get killed - If other people on that street stood up like him the drugs and the girls would already be gone Sure, and I can just put on my genie outfit and blink 'em away.
Keep talkin' to the residents and find out how bad this problem is - What's goin'on? - I rescued these on a bust.
I'm just tryin' to give 'em away before the pound drops the gas on 'em You want one? Oh, look at that face How could you say no? He's just thinkin'of all the times pussy told him no.
Pussy said yes plenty Uh, no thanks - How's it goin'? - D.
A.
Won't deal.
If Lisa Kensit was handling cases high on Oxy for three years they don't want to know about it, Aceveda either - That's a lot of plea bargains and convictions at stake - I spoke to her old roommate She won't corroborate the drug use Look, you've done more than the job calls for Wh-Why keep pushing this and pissing everybody off? I could ride this one solo, and if Aceveda and the chief come down on me, it's one more time You don't have to put your job on the line too Okay Listen, uh, Lem's dad's not doin' too great He's gonna need to take some time - I'm sorry to hear that - Well, depending on what happens he might not be back at all With Tavon gone, now Lem too, I'm not gonna be able to do it all with just three guys.
I'm gonna need to bring on a man or two.
When I reduced your team to buy-busts it was because the chief was evaluating special units throughout the city to see what would happen - And? - Crime went up but not enough tojustify the lawsuits and bad press over the last few years.
The police commission has advised phasing them out - They're dumping Special Teams? - Chief won't admit failure by disbanding them but he's not going to re-man them either So, wejust wither and die.
If Lem leaves, the Strike Team won't be functional You can still cover the AGC sting, but but no gang or drug detail - Are you kidding me? - So now Lem's boned us twice.
Money train was my idea Everything that came after started with me I'll set it straight, but we might have to try to talk Lem into staying I'd rather break up domestics in Van Nuys than worry if Lem's got my back You don't really believe that Got an address on that Goma guy Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Got it Here Oh, great Fido's home - I got an idea - Hey, hey! - You don't need to shoot him - I don't need to, but I'd like to - What's your idea? - Ronnie, go around back, bang on the door, draw his attention Go, go, go Come here, puppy! Come here Come on.
Come here, puppy.
Whoo! Sorry to step on your happy Right there! Hey! Hey! Come on! Oh, shit! Get out! Get out! Damn it - He saved you a bullet - Cost him a pair of tighty whities - Looks like you found something - Ah, like most cases, they're all judgment calls Well, if she was high, her judgment was off These on top are the sketchiest: Iffy eyewitnesses, no evidence, no follow-up I - I'd start here - Thanks Was that the public defender Ben Horton? - Yes - What was he doing here? Dropping off Lisa Kensit's files Goddamn it, I told you to leave this alone Are you in on this too? - No - No These are public records - Why would you commit career suicide like this? - Myjob comes before my career.
You know, she's just trying to make sure nobody innocent's sitting in jail We're all trying to uphold the law, Dutch It'd be nice if she remembered that sometime Speaking of which, um, whatever happened with you lookin' into Vic? I didn't find anything Did you try? Actually, I did I got nothing promising.
I got nothing promising.
- I have a bunch of receipts here.
- For what? - Uh, dry cleaning - What else? Well, they're for thousands of dollars, though These are oriental rugs You don't dry-clean oriental rugs My My mom had some She made me hand clean 'em when I was a kid They used rugs for a front for their drug running.
Ayla cooked the books for 'em Can you talk? Listen, I, um I talked to the guys at INS They're doctoring your paperwork to make it look like you were deported.
This way the bad guys back home won't know that you helped us.
When do I go back to Armenia? As soon as we get Margos You recognize these receipts? I do, um, invoices for these But the work was never done, right? No dry cleaning.
No.
There's no, uh, store name or address You know where this place is? I, uh, delivered papers once.
I know where it is Goma, right? It's your unlucky day, asshole.
Come here! You remember me? You tried to kill me today - You here to do your dry cleaning or to see Margos? - No Where is he? - I don't know - Think again I'm just here to check on the heroin.
- The drugs are here? All of it? - Uh-huh.
- How many men are usually inside? - About a dozen Cuff him and keep him outta sight Call Aceveda and tell him I need a warrant and every available cop What? If Margos is here, one of us has to separate him, make sure he goes for a gun - Do you understand? - Christ He wants us dead He can do it from his prison cell He can't do it from his grave - If this is too much for you, why don't you just go home? - Christ.
What is that, blood? - My ulcer.
What I've been doing every night the last month.
- If you don't have the stomach for this, maybe you - No No! I'm with you Find anything? Mmm.
Tons of guys got crappy deals, but they all look guilty.
Well, maybejustice can be blind and stoned.
This guys doing five to 10 for robbin' a diner No evidence Sole witness is over a block away - Vic Mackey is the arresting officer - I'm sure it's by the book then.
I'm gonna take the drive out to Victorville and see what this guy Walter Clifton has to say for himself - He's gonna say he's innocent - Well, we'll see if I believe him - Go, go, go! - Everybody down! Get down on the ground! Get your hands on your head! Move out! Move out! - Come on.
Let's go! - Palms, flat, right now! Gimme your ID Gimme your ID Captain? Vic! Vic! Nice haul All right, bring 'em out.
Must have been 10, 12 million worth of"H" in there, man Thanks for your help - I didn't help you - Come on We couldn't have done it without you - What are you doing? - Showin' you the love Crack, get off the block! Crack, get off the block! - Dial 911! - Hey! Get off the block! Crack! I told you to put the camera down, you asshole - Come here so I can see your face - Get away from him! Get off of him! Get off him! - Get up You all right? - Yeah Never felt better Uh-huh You got locked up How you feel now, crack? - Got you thrown in jail Who laughin' now? - Shut up! Lock him up! I'm gonna clean this place up! Get off the block! What happened exactly? Our comic book guy videotaped him dealing - He started swinging.
- He's not backing down All he wants to do is to get those people offhis block.
Instead of trying to stop him maybe we could make his problem go away All it will do is move the problem down a block Then, when someone on that block calls with a problem, we'll move it again I'll assign some unis Organize a sweep Where do you see yourself in the department a year from now? I don't know Detective, maybe? I liked doin' that undercover work with the Strike Team You can't apply for those positions without P3 status - Yes, sir I am aware of that - That's why I'm bumping you back up You're proactive You take charge You've lived up to our deal Run the sweep when you're out there today Five to 10 for armed robbery is pretty much what you would have gotten if convicted.
- It's not much of a plea bargain - She said~witnesses put me at the diner I've already got two felonies If I went down for this, it'd be my third strike - Five's better than 20 - Sounds like you came out ahead - For somethin' I didn't do? - Why should I believe you? I don't give a shit if you believe me or not I got a new lawyer who's gonna look into my case And find what? Two other armed robberies and you runnin' around with the Farmtown 12 in here? That was all about survival I didn't wear no colors on the street Time's up.
- I just started - Warden says it's over Look, I don't know who this witness was but he didn't see me 'cause I was never there - What the hell is this? - Looks like I've pissed off the right people You think this is funny? Where's your stuff? - Lisa Kensit's clients - Oh, yeah - What's going on? - Some cowardly shitheads messed with her desk - I'll look into it - Yeah, right! - Excuse me? - Don't tell me you're not a part of this I just got carried out of Victorville I spoke to Ben Horton's boss and the chief He wasn't too pleased to hear what you'd been doing.
You mean to tell me this entire house would rather me pack up and leave than look into this? Chief and I did discuss this house and who's gonna run it when I leave He's decided to go another way.
- Bring in somebody else - Now she's not getting the captaincy? - You gotta be shittin'me.
- It wasn't my choice.
It was hers.
She understands Okay You've had your show Now go to hell! Yeah, I'm talkin'to you, Stone.
Yo, it's my booty, y'all.
I'm out! - What's your name? - What do you want to arrest me for? All right.
Get her.
Bring her in.
Come on.
- Yeah See? - 1-Tango-13.
We're at Sunset and Laveta.
- We got the area blocked off - That's what I'm talkin'about.
Yeah.
What am I always tellin'you, Benjamin? You can live with it, or you can change it.
Thank you, Miss Officer I really appreciate it Operation is Code 4 All right, bring 'em in Come on! What, not hungry? Anything else I can get for you? Huh? Next show I put on for your pals is handin' you CI cash and lettin' them loose on the phones "Collect call for Mr Margos" Okay I don't know where he is now, but there's a guy who helps him with his travel He's a Greek guy Mihalis Runs a small limo service and, um, gets him tickets, fake passports, places to stay - Thanks, pal - Hey Remember Walter Clifton, armed robbery on Creston, the diner? - A couple of years ago? - Yeah.
- How is old Walter? - He's rotting away because Lisa Kensit cut him a shitty deal I guess you get what you pay for.
I'd like to look at your notes.
I wanna talk to everybody in that diner.
- The arrest report's a little lacking - So's Dutch-boy's dick but I ain't helpin'lookin'for that either.
Oh, and, uh, for the record, I didn't screw with your desk but that's just because I didn't think of it first.
Where the hell is Vic at? He went to get something to eat Greek Didn't Vic eat like an hour ago? Oh, shit Shit Hey, "Gomer" Wake up Where's Vic at? I'll be with you in a minute - You'll be with me now - What do you want? Your favorite frequent flyer, Margos Dezirian I don't know Oh! Oh, my God - Margos! - Oh, my God I don't know, man - I'm just leaving messages to him - Good I'll dictate You dial You tell him that Goma called Sounded strange He wanted a one-way ticket to - Where would someone go to hide from Margos? - Hell? Venezuela Good.
You tell him that Goma wanted the ticket delivered to him at his house.
Try not to sound too stuffy Asshole! - Will you be careful? - I saw him Besides, that's not even a crosswalk From now on, they're gonna look for every opportunity to get rid of you - You'll have to be perfect - Then I'll be perfect Trust me.
It's hard.
- Mr.
Papi, do you know what a time card scam is? - When you get your buddies to punch you in at work while you play hooky.
You ever do that? - I'd be fired - We went to your print shop Pulled your time card the day you say you saw Walter Clifton in the school yard Says you were workin' So which is it? Marta! I was in the school yard.
I saw the man running, not Papi.
- So why'd you say you saw him? - These gangsters would hurt her if she'd said something Let them try to mess with me - I understand - Detective Mackey know any of this? No.
He show me pictures.
I picked out the one closest to what Marta said he looked like - Hope you're pickin' up tips on how to reattach body parts - So, did Mihalis help you? No, which means our friendship is over - Hey, hey, hey - Munroe got that CI cash ready? Here's the first 300 We'll give you the rest when you give us more information Make sure they get their phone calls - I did not help this guy! - Yeah.
Wejust found that heroin by smell.
Margos will kill me, man - Where am I supposed to go now? - Anywhere but home Looks like Vic was here - Please help me, guys - Yeah Sure thing, Nero - Nero was Roman - Yeah Sure thing, Zeus First hey you help us The guy that was here What'd you tell him? Goma! Goma! Margos! Drop it Now turn around Yeah I've got an officer-involved shooting - My detective is poking her nose in Kensit's files - I thought you told her not to? I did.
L Walter Clifton, armed robbery Sole eyewitness now admits he faked it - Why? - To protect his granddaughter She saw the robber Grandpa didn't want any reprisals against the girl - Can she give us anything? - Not now.
Too much time's gone by.
Well, this is good.
It'll speed things up a bit.
So you'll look into the Kensit files? I told you we would.
I just wanted to be discreet about it.
Any more foot-dragging, and I'll call the press You won't have a chance to be discreet All right.
You've made your point.
Spare us the sermon.
- What do think you've achieved here? - We freed an innocent man - How many guilty ones go free? - As many as it takes to fix a wrong Don't rub our noses in your moral superiority This isn't superiority It's decency And I have to give that up to play ball with you and the chief I'm glad you're keepin' your job Hey! - Everything okay? - What happened, man? Margos He had a gun Hey, they just saw you get here You stay in sight.
This one's all me You're goin' home on Friday I've arranged for your sister's body to be on the same flight - He's in prison? - No Dead? - How? - L It was me Uh All right Okay Hey, uh, Ayla No You don't All that's left is the fugly, blind runt? Real classy, people New friend? Uh, somethin' for me to take care of Thought you were supposed to be takin' care of me? Isn't Kim allergic? Um, she moved out a few months ago What? - She left around the time of the cuddler rapist.
- Ah, Jesus, Dutch I didn't wanna make a big deal out of it I didn't want people to think I was distracted Guess what I'm gonna call her? Claudette - No, you're not - Yes, I am.
Ah, baby Damn Baby, don't leave.
Hi - There's a lot of heat out tonight - Really So what do you like, huh? 'Cause I'm up for whatever - Bet you are - This is a real nice car Nice clothes You a nice man? You want a bad girl tonight? I'll do whatever you like - Be my pleasure with you - Okay.
That just gets you a discount, big man I don't ever want to see you out here again Whatever you say Officer She's got Dr Breen next Tuesday The orthodontist? Right Um, I'm gonna need that address - That appointment took two months to get She can't miss it - She won't.
She's petrified of getting braces.
You really need to talk to her and tell her everything's gonna be okay - I know how to talk to my kid - You need to hear what she's saying.
Ten is complicated She's never direct - She's really sensitive - That's why I'm doin' this So she can get more attention We can get to know each other better Where are we going, Mommy? Matthew, honey, don't you remember me telling you? Starting tomorrow Cassidy's going to be living with your dad, and we're gonna be staying here, okay? - Why? - Mommy I'm leaving my stuffed animals here for Matt and for me on the weekends - Great - Okay.
Come here, tiger.
It's gonna work Can't let you leave us now, man Not after goin'through somethin'like this.
We've been to hell and back a few times.
That's gotta count for somethin; - Is that what you want? - Yeah How 'bout you? Yeah Oh, man, you guys scared the shit outta me, bringin'me out here.
Yeah, well, we didn't want the Barn to hear us beg.
Plus, we figured once you said yes, we'd go have a couple of beers Okay Yeah Great - Good - I knew you'd see things eventually - Yeah, see what? - That burnin'the money was the right thing to do.
- I wouldn't get into that call.
- Yeah, but as long as you know I was doin'it to protect us.
You know, it didn't protect us The only way to protect us was to kill Margos, what Vic did You burned our futures The only reason that you're even here Hey, hey Whoa! Hey Come on Leave it Leave it - No, tell him - Stop it What? Aceveda will disband us if you leave - So we're stuck with you.
- That's not the only reason we want you back Of course it is Otherwise, I wouldn't be breathin' the same air as him That money is gone There's no reason why we should lose the whole team because of it I can't do this anymore I can't I can't do this anymore Stealin' drugs, money Always hiding I mean, I'm pukin' up blood, for Christ's sake You torched enough cash to buy a thousand doctors, you dumb shit - You dumb shit! - You know what? Forget it, man - Will you shut up? - NoJust let him go No We gotta talk about this - The guy doesn't care He - Shut up, goddamn it, I said He didn't give a shit! Let him go! Stop! Don't do this Lem, come on! He doesn't give a shit about his friends.
Let him go.
They are going to disband us! No, they're not No, they're not Go after Lem Try to talk him down Shane and I are gonna go to his house in case you miss him Let's go - What are we doin'? - It's not what we're doin; You're gonna go apologize.
- Make this right.
- Lem's the one that should be apologizing I did not go through this shitstorm to lose our whole team over your goddamn temper! Hey, I didn't ask you to go alone after Margos I was right there next to you You ditched us - To protect you - I didn't ask to be left behind.
- I don't need protecting - Oh, yeah? What about Tavon? You know, you talk you talk like we're brothers Yet you treat me like I'm a little brother - Where'd you get that line Mara? - Hey, she's my wife now Start wrappin' your head around that She might kiss you in all the right places, but when the time comes she'll turn on you too - Is that the way you want this to go? - Come on.
Right now.
- Right now.
- Yeah? You better watch out 'cause your wife isn't here to hit me in the back of the head with an iron I've made some mistakes.
You never let me forget 'em.
You even come down on me when I didn't do anything You thought I took that seven grand from the storage locker, didn't you? - I didn't know who took it - Oh, bullshit! - Bullshit You thought it was me - Nothin' else made sense at the time I told you the truth I looked you in the eye, and I told you the truth And you still thought I was a liar in your head - I was with you every step of the way on the money train - Like I had to drag you into it - You wanted that money as much as I did - You're goddamn right You're goddamn right And now you're backin' the guy who burned it over me - I never I never put the money above us - Do you think that's what I did? That's what you're doin' right now! This bitch has you so turned around you don't even see it! Well, I'm goin' home to that bitch Who the hell are you goin' home to? - My daughter - Oh, yeah? Yeah, the good father? How long do you think that's gonna last? You f We've been through a lot, you and me I'm givin' you one chance to walk away You take it Shit Sous-titres rippés par KB