The Shield s04e07 Episode Script
Hurts
Nice to see you, man.
How was your week? It was okay.
How was yours? Smooth.
Matter of fact, I hit a trifecta.
Lost a half a million dollars in product in the church seizure.
Six of my top soldiers got busted, but the highlight was the El Salvadorans cut off my supply.
Well, you'll find a new pipeline to tap.
Yeah, but in the meantime, how are we gonna get back all that money I lost.
You're a drug dealer.
Why don't you consider it the cost of doing business? So you're saying my business model's flawed? Maybe I need a new partner.
Buy in's 20 grand, cash.
My hands by tomorrow.
Thought you didn't smoke the shit you sold.
Come on, man.
I don't have that kind of cash lying around.
Look, man, I know you been skimming.
Consider it a cost of doing business.
Plus one more thing.
What? That's Kozodav? Man, he doesn't look all that.
Don't let him fool you.
His enemies are all fish food in the L.
A.
river.
That's Kozodav's car? Yup.
Cover me while I replace the hard drive underneath.
Man, dudes are 30 feet away.
Can't we do it later? The hard drive's full and Kozodav's been talking about something big.
If something's on that disk, we gotta know pronto.
Forget what these guys have been talking about.
What's Shane been saying to Antwon? Nothing incriminating.
You've seen the tapes? Well, Ronnie has.
Don't worry about it.
We're watching.
Oh, shit.
The Russians are coming.
Hurry up.
Evening, gentlemen.
Can I help you, officer? I thought the Moscow ballet was in town and then I saw the ink.
New policy says I gotta get name, rank and serial number, comrade.
Let's go.
Save the shakedowns for the niggers and spics.
I got a Jew lawyer.
His name is Paul Hirschheimer.
You wanna talk with me, call him.
Coping a Glock is another.
Might be time to get that Jew on the phone.
He's a bodyguard.
He's got a permit to carry.
Well, I'm afraid I owe you gentlemen an apology.
You won't be bothered again.
Video transfer of the hard drive we pulled from Kozodav's car last night.
He hired someone to torch a building to pay off an insurance scam.
Mention when? No, but the contract's out.
Could happen as early as today.
Know the arsonist's name or the target? Nothing.
Sounds residential.
Shithead joked there were only Mexicans living there.
If we arrest him right now, how bad can we hurt him? We've got over 10 counts of extortion, racketeering, grand theft.
He'll do a minimum 20.
So we bring him in, use that as leverage to get him to give up the arsonist.
It's time we shut this down, declare victory.
I'll call the chief.
Get a team together, bring him in.
Vic.
I had some doubts about you handling both the seizures and the garage sting.
But great work.
I couldn't have done it without Ronnie.
Nice work.
Big chief.
Vic need him new driving machine, so he can catch him bad guys.
Knew you had some Spanish, didn't know you knew smoke signals.
Hey, there's a criminal somewhere out there driving my new ride.
I got two Laker tickets for the one who seizes it first.
Yeah, what do you have in mind? Hey, Dutchboy! What are you driving these days? Subaru.
Anything but a Subaru.
All right, we'll have you riding in style in no time.
Something fast.
I can't take down these ROC assholes doing zero to 60 in four minutes.
Let's find the big guy a new car.
So we gonna bust these Russians or what? Captain's running late.
Can't start without her.
Bringing him back wasn't my idea.
Captain wanted someone from Juvie in house.
Yeah, sure, whatever.
You people all know your assignments.
Take up positions in 20 minutes.
Hold off, everyone.
What's going on? Change in plans.
That church you raided last week? Hold it, Muncelle.
That is not how it went down.
People were not screaming.
This tape has been edited.
Where's the untouched version? This is the version the local news stations have.
It hits the air tonight at 6.
Where'd we get it from? My press secretary had it slipped to him as a favour by a reporter.
Does he have the original? I don't think so, but I'd worry more about how you're gonna spin this nightmare.
I have 12 kls.
of heroin in my evidence room.
That's all the spin that I need.
Public Relations is working on our response.
In the meantime, the Organized Crime Unit is gonna handle the Kozodav sweep.
This is John Sullivan, their team leader.
Congratulations.
You guys did a hell of a job.
Put together a great case.
Yeah.
Our goddamn case.
We worked long and hard on this case, Roy.
We deserve to make this bust.
Getting Kozodav is a big win for us.
We can't risk tainting it by having the arresting officer and his captain plastered all over the news the same day.
He has been pissing on this policy from day one.
Last quarter's numbers.
For all the great work you've been doing crime is actually up 4 percent in this district.
I promised my constituents that I would review all of these seizures on a one-by-one basis.
And I expect full access to all of your files.
Detective Mackey will get you up to speed on the op.
Provide you any support you need.
All clear? Crystal.
I'll look into the tape.
Try and track down the original.
We'll get through this.
In the meantime, Shane brought over a case from Vice.
Work it with him.
What is it? He found a Byz Lat in the state pen willing to act as an informant in return for early release.
Prison Bureau almost never grants early release.
Yeah.
Well, the chief went to bat with the Bureau himself.
Shane's informant is banger buddies with Ernesto Dienta, Byz Lat contraband king.
Guns, drugs, you name it, he gets it.
Not for long.
Use Lemansky.
I'd like to see how your old Strike Team works together.
Great.
Any progress on Lem's missing girl? Still working on it.
I'm not feeling a happy ending to that story.
Captain, I got a call from Mission Cross.
Little girl was just brought into the ER with burns to her throat and face.
What happened? They think she was forced to drink some acid.
Doctors are treating her now.
How old is she? According to the foster dad, 7.
She's a foster kid? Yeah.
Give me a minute, I'll join you.
This is Hielo Gutierrez.
Did a nickel in Chino for armed robbery.
Covered his Byz Lat homeys' asses when he got pinched.
Thanked him by only visiting him once during his entire stretch.
That's more than I'll be seeing those fools when they're behind bars.
Payback's gonna taste sweeter than teenage booty.
He's only been a citizen for a month.
His buddy Ernesto's integrating him back into the fold.
Ready? Where we headed? Echo Park.
Ernesto and Hielo have a meeting with a busboy who works on an Indian reservation in Cabazon.
What's the grift? Cigarettes.
Indians buy them tax-free.
Byz Lats turn them around for face value, tax is pure profit.
Crossing state lines.
That makes it a federal beef.
When it comes time to make the busts, we can RICO their asses.
Sweep up half the Byz Lats.
I learned from the best.
Vic and me will ride together.
You ride with Armie and Hielo.
Ready? Let's go.
Stay cool.
Play the good soldier, all right? The guy with Hielo, that's Ernesto.
He's the Byz Lat contraband king.
Guess he's gonna have to run his kingdom from a cell in Chino.
The other Mexican, that's Garcia.
He's the one who works on the Indian reservation.
I've been known to get my hands on a pack or two.
I need cartons.
Lots of them.
I can get 300 cartons a month.
How much? Ten thousand in cash, on delivery.
Got him hooked, about to get booked.
That was quick.
Hey, hope you didn't mind me calling your cell phone.
Not at all.
Corrine Mackey, this is Capt.
Monica Rawling.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
How's the girl? Joya's unconscious.
Her oesophagus is badly burned and there's stomach damage.
She's been put on a ventilator.
Where are the parents? That's her foster father over there.
He brought her in.
There are also signs of a sexual assault.
Waiting for the results of the rape kit.
What did she swallow? Some sort of household cleaner.
Should have killed her.
It still might.
Can we see her? Child Services? Sending over a case worker now.
Yeah, that'll fix everything.
Was Joya in a private or group home? I don't know.
Could be an attempt by the rapist to destroy DNA evidence.
If the sexual assault extended to an oral nature.
Thanks for calling right away.
Bring the foster care father back to the Barn.
Get his take on what happened.
We'll run by his house, see what we can learn.
You're splitting us up? I'm just marshalling our resources.
Hi, come on in.
Captain Rawling.
Hi.
Claudette Wyms.
Hi.
How's Joya? She's suffered a lot of damage.
It's terrible.
These children have so many problems.
They experience violence so they get violent.
Hi.
Who was home? Uh, all the kids.
We have seven with us now.
Frank was here.
I was out getting groceries.
And he called me on his way to the hospital.
Hi.
What's your name? Bibi.
We need to see all the children.
Okay.
Gather everybody.
Bring them to the living room.
Can you show us where your husband found Joya? Sure.
This way.
Uh, this is the kids' bathroom.
Over here.
Sorry about the smell.
Joya threw up.
You found an empty bottle of drain cleaner.
Where is it? I'll ask Bibi, she's the oldest.
She looks out for the younger ones.
These meds belong to all the kids? Yeah.
They're all taking something.
Like I said, they have problems.
Why is a padlock on this door? Oh.
The closet is our safe place.
Safe for who? You lock the kids up in there? Yeah, we give them time-outs on occasion.
Most of them have behavioural disorders.
This lets them calm down.
Keeps the other kids safe.
You realise you've admitted to child endangerment? My husband says it's not.
I mean, people send kids to their rooms, right? This is the only space we have.
Any of the kids capable of attacking Joya? Making her drink Drano? Take your pick.
Got an update? Yeah, the prelim just came back.
Joya wasn't raped this morning.
The healing looks to be 24 to 48 hours.
What about the father? Definitely a control freak.
So the closet-o'- horrors doesn't surprise me.
Not sure he's a rapist though.
Files from the foster care kids? Yeah, Child Services just sent them over.
They read like the Marquis de Sade.
One of them's probably our liquid plumber.
So we have six suspects.
You mean seven.
Well, I'm not counting Joya.
Neither am I.
There were six kids.
We met them all.
Not according to these CS documents.
Uh-huh.
"Darnell Garry.
Age 17.
Bipolar, history of violence.
" So where is he? Tell us about Darnell Garry.
He was the oldest.
Ran away about three months ago.
You never called Children's Services? I did.
Also sent an e-mail.
I can print it out for you.
They never wrote or called to check on the status? No.
Trust me, lady, I've been working for the county a long time.
I know how to cover my ass.
You kept cashing Darnell's cheques after he left.
How're you gonna cover your ass on that one? My wife handles the books.
We get a lot of cheques for these kids.
It's hard to know the difference.
We caught the mistake last month.
Sent them an e-mail to bill us.
You don't seem too broken up Darnell took off.
Darnell was uncontrollable.
Belonged in a hospital or a prison, not my house.
Sounds like your closet therapy didn't take, huh? Child endangerment's a crime.
Consider your foster care licence gone.
How hard we press charges? That's in your court.
When was the last time you saw Darnell? Couple weeks ago.
Caught him in the house when he thought Liz and I were gone.
Stealing groceries, other kids' prescriptions.
Any idea where he went after that? Try his mom.
She's a junkie.
Him too, probably.
Only meds he didn't take were the ones that actually might help him.
The dad reported Darnell Garry left months ago.
How come someone didn't file a missing person's report with us? There's no record of him being missing.
This is a copy of the e-mail he sent you.
He's been gone for three months.
How many visits have you had there since then? Two.
And you didn't notice that one of the kids was missing? Cheques were never stopped.
Darnell was never flagged for a follow-up.
You know who ends up doing that follow-up? My cops or the ME.
Half these kids are gonna end up in the penal system.
They're time bombs.
We shuffle them around from place to place, lose track of them until they explode.
Look, I'm here as a courtesy.
If you wanna lecture about the foster care system, teach an extension class at UCLA.
You know, I understand the difficulties and limitations.
I deal with my own, but we have got to do better.
No, you mean I've got to do better.
If we got a missing teen, stop taking it out on me and do something to find him.
In Domestic, I had to watch you people on a daily basis.
I saw more concern for filling federally funded beds than in helping reunite families.
We've got tens of thousands of kids to care for.
This is one mistake.
This is a kid.
So is the one in the hospital with half a throat.
You don't like my job performance, call my supervisor.
Fine.
I'll explain why you've been arrested.
Hey, for what? Negligence, child endangerment.
You were assigned to that household, so I'm holding you responsible.
Officer, take him.
You gotta be kidding me.
What's she doing? Hey! Standing on her soapbox.
She have her own or you let her borrow yours? What's the problem, officer? Your plates are expired, Illinois.
Licence, registration.
You boys are enjoying the party.
I smell marijuana.
All right, get out of the car.
Step out now, all of you.
Move it.
Come on, we just seeing the sights.
Put your hands on top of your head and turn around.
Come on, step forward.
Boys affiliated? What? Gang ink.
You got any? Hey.
Eighth street.
What is that, your Boy Scout troop? We ain't got no business here.
We just visiting my cousin, that's it.
I'll let your cousin know when your visiting hours are.
Danny.
Hey, Vic.
I think we got your new official department issue ride.
Oh! Chicago homeboys with too much narcotics.
You make that stick, those tickets are all yours.
Oh, leather seats.
Fully loaded.
For you, I'll even throw in dinner.
What happened? OCU sat on Kozi cabs for two hours.
Half the Russian mob showed.
Kozodav didn't.
Sullivan made the call to go in anyway.
Kozodav's in the wind? Yeah, well, Sullivan said he had no choice.
A residential building is about to be torched.
He figured he'd press the soldiers, use them to give Kozodav's location.
Well, they're all asking for lawyers.
Monica got you up to speed? She gave me the ABC's.
Good.
We need your help.
I'll get my team together, start digging into Kozodav's haunts.
Not for field work.
What do you want my man for? To help transcribe video tapes.
You oversaw the operation.
If there's any clue to Kozodav's whereabouts, we need to know.
Where are you going? Every second I stay here, Kozodav gets further away.
My boss just gave you an order.
Follow it.
You got a minute? Building full of people is about ready to burn down, a minute's about all I got.
Look, I know this church tape is a problem for you.
But, I should be the one looking for this guy.
It's OCU's case.
Hey, we've got years, Roy.
Something's up.
All I'm asking is to shoot me straight.
Whatever you did to piss off Aceveda? It worked.
He's got leverage with chief and he's using it.
I'm keeping my nose clean, I'm doing what I'm told.
I'm delivering.
Yeah, you've been doing good lately, but you got a damaged jacket.
I'm fixing that.
Do yourself and your family a favour.
Whatever you need to do to make sure Rawling succeeds, do it.
Because the shot she's giving you, it may be the last one you've got in this department.
We're looking for your son.
Darnell? You Child Services? No, we're police.
There was an incident at Darnell's foster home.
He may be a witness.
Whatever it was, he probably did it.
Why'd you say that? That boy's no good.
Comes around, steals my stuff, sells it for drug money.
Where does he score? All over.
I can tell you how he earns his pay.
He's got a job? Just blowjobs.
He sucks fag dick on 4th Street.
Tell him I said hey.
I didn't mess with Joya or make her drink anything.
We'd love to take your word for it but we're gonna take a DNA sample, compare it with the semen we found, just in case.
I ain't giving you permission for that.
Frank is still technically your legal guardian.
We have your permission? Of course.
I may have done some shit.
But what about him? You ain't gonna let him go free, are you? So you did rape Joya? You see what I gotta do on the street to survive.
When am I gonna get me some? When am I gonna get to bust a nut? She's 7.
I hope you fry.
This is his fault.
Locking us up in a closet and shit! A few minutes to calm you down, you animal! More like hours! Sit down.
He called it the hole.
Put the oldest one in charge, make them keep order.
Little ones in there crying and wailing for hours in that closet.
And as for the Drano, that ain't me.
Sounds like Bibi trying to keep the peace so she don't get locked up in Frank's hole.
We need to get Ernesto to admit that he's selling the cigarettes across state lines.
But let him say it.
Don't get overeager, tip your hat.
Don't worry about it, bro.
He thinks of me like a brother.
He won't see nothing coming.
Before I went away, I banged his 14 year-old sister.
Took her virginity.
Fool didn't have a clue.
Told him I was helping her with her history homework.
Try the history of popping cherries.
Why don't you keep it to yourself, man? What's your problem, superstar? If there's grass on the field, you gotta play ball, right? Hey, cut it out, man.
Cut it out.
Guy's a dick.
Yeah, well he's my CI Okay, this is my run.
So just follow my orders.
First one is to give him and me a little room.
Okay? All right, showtime, lover boy.
Garcia called with the drop point for the goods.
Doing good, bro.
There's more where this came from when the smokes get to St.
Louis? Told you not to push it, you skid mark.
Should've emphasized the point.
Relax.
Enough business.
Got you a present for all your hard work.
Puta's all dressed up with no one to blow.
Mami's gonna mak e papi happy.
I looked into the video tape.
the woman who shot it, her nephew works at Antwon Mitchell's rec centre.
You think Antwon edited the tape? Sent it to the press? I know it's not an accurate depiction of what happened there.
Help me bury this.
I know the press.
You can't unring this bell.
I'll be handing these seizure cases over to the police committee.
The rest seem fine.
I also looked into the crime stats.
The numbers are up because you manipulated yours to make things look better.
I'm getting punished because I reported mine accurately.
Sounds to me like now's a good time to start formulating an exit strategy for this seizure policy.
The only person who could take me off this is the chief.
And not without one hell of a fight from me.
Well, then, I'd start training.
I just spoke to him.
He's still blue in the face from having to explain to the ACLU lawyers why you put a cop like Vic in charge of such a controversial programme.
That's what all this is about.
Mackey.
Starting tonight, Vic's the face of that church invasion.
Pulling him off the street might buy you some slack.
He's working.
I stand by my choice.
You just won't take help, will you? Help from you? Sure.
Orders, no.
If Mackey's off the table, I'm gonna have to set my sights on the policy in general.
That was an illegal U-turn, right? That's right.
I'm sorry.
I don't know this part of town too well.
And I've been looking for 5 Freeway for like 20 minutes and in the rain, it's brutal.
It sucks, doesn't it? Yeah, it does.
Three blocks, make a right on Prince.
Thank you.
Let me see your licence and registration, please.
Right.
That an open container? No.
It's corked.
It's been opened.
That's illegal.
It's from lunch.
Dude, it's a $400 bottle of Pomerol.
I wasn't gonna leave it for the busboys.
Get out, please.
I had a glass of wine with a client like three hours ago.
Man, I'm not impaired.
I said out of the car, sir.
All right.
Do it? All right.
You heard the officer.
Come on, get out of the car.
Step to the back of the car.
Step up against the car, please.
Bootleg DVD's.
You intend to sell these? No, it's for me.
Guy on Olvera sells them cheap.
You affiliated? What? With a gang.
I see the ink.
Pull up your shirt.
What's your deal, man? Get your hands off Hey.
Ow! Aah! Back off, man! Take it easy.
All right, look, look.
I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, officer.
What the hell are you doing? I'm gonna document his ink, I'm gonna tow his car in.
If his lawyer can't prove that he didn't intend to sell those DVD's, we'll seize his vehicle.
That's what we do, right? Might even get me some Laker tickets.
Hey, Vic.
You need to see this.
Later, okay? No.
Now.
Lock the doors.
This surveillance tape's from Shane's car last night.
One more thing.
What? How would you lik e to get that little girl's body back? Your bullets and all.
How? Trade.
Body for a body.
Who? Vic Mack ey.
His body for hers.
You been telling me he's behind all my misery.
And he ain't gonna stop coming after me so No way.
Look, man.
I'm offering you a chance at liberation.
Freedom from the shackles that bind you.
Know what? I don't give a shit.
You send her goddamn body to the cops.
Sure you do.
I mean, I send her body to the po-po, you go to jail.
You go to jail who's gonna protect that pretty little wife and son of yours? Body for a body.
Last time I offer.
Let me know when it's done.
Uh, one sec.
It's Capt.
Rawling.
Stash it.
Nobody does anything or says anything about this until I say so, all right? I'm sorry.
I didn't know it was locked.
What's up? Excuse me.
I, uh I need you to take a step back.
Temporarily.
I can't have you heading up the seizure policy right now.
What are you talking about? Well, the church raid stirred up a shit storm.
So you're offering me up as a sacrifice? I'm not taking you off it.
I just need you in a less visible role.
I worked hard for this.
What happened to you having my back? I'm protecting the policy.
Protecting your own ass.
I am getting us time to regroup.
Aceveda has the chief's ear.
The guy has got it out for you and And you're too much of a coward to stand up to him? Don't make this personal.
Only difference between you and Aceveda is you fooled me into thinking you actually had a goddamn backbone! You were the redheaded stepchild when I arrived here.
I put my ass on the line to give you a second chance when nobody else would.
I gave you power.
I gave you respect.
So keep your mouth shut before you lose both.
I know this is hard, but I need you to look at the bigger picture.
Hielo's ready to make the buy.
You ready to kick some ass? Hell, yeah.
Then, good.
Let's go.
We found Darnell.
He admitted raping Joya while you were in charge at the house.
That true? What happened? It's okay.
We know about the closet.
It's not his fault.
He's not gonna hurt you anymore, honey.
I'm sorry.
I tried to stop Darnell.
I couldn't.
Then Joya was gonna tell.
You poisoned Joya? Tried to kill her? She said that she was gonna tell her teacher at school what Darnell did.
We'd all be pulled out of there, sent somewhere else.
I couldn't take the chance.
Chance at what? Going someplace worse.
Frank isn't so bad.
Other homes I been at At least he doesn't touch me.
Oh, come on, take that shit down.
Guy broke the law.
Yeah, you proved your point.
Not everyone gets treated the same.
You know, shaking down the white guy might have evened some intellectural score for you.
But this stunt you pulled this afternoon, doesn't help anyone.
So what are we supposed to do, huh? Sweep everything black and brown into the same garbage pile? There was enough drugs in that car to qualify for an intent to distribute.
They weren't drug dealers.
They were just partying too much.
So being young and stupid buys them a pass? No.
They broke the law, they should make restitution.
But how many shifts do you think this guy had to work in order to cover the payments on that car? Give me a break.
After lockup, how's he supposed to drive to a job? So now he starts selling drugs.
All we did was create another drug dealer.
Look, if it hadn't been for church, that would've been me 10 years ago.
The streets have changed a lot in 10 years.
I can't know how you feel every time you arrest a young black man.
No, ma'am, you can't.
I respect the conflict.
But you became a cop, Julien.
It's clear you won't get behind this programme.
At the end of the day, I don't give a shit about race, colour or creed.
Either you're blue or you're gone.
I'll put through the administrative transfer.
Let the brass decide where to put you.
Ma'am Garcia's van just pulled in.
They're ready to make the buy.
All right.
Vic and I are going in to make sure our CI's safe.
You and Lem stay with the van, you keep listening.
We don't know we can trust this Hielo guy, right? I'm going in too.
Look, I told you to stay.
It's my operation.
Come on.
Let's go.
Here are the cartons just like I promised.
Let's see the cash.
It's all there.
It's good.
Are you the captain who arrested my caseworker? You must be his supervisor.
Who the hell do you think you are? He had nothing to do with this crime.
His job was to monitor that family.
These caseworkers are overstretched.
They're not liable.
You don't remember me, do you? Monica Rawling, Domestic Abuse.
You remember Lisa Rodriguez? Her father put her mother in a hospital, said it was an old boyfriend.
We worked the case together.
What's your point? Do you remember promising me you'd get the kids out of that house then being overstretched then too? I want my worker released right now.
I promised Lisa that Daddy would never hurt her again.
But you let Daddy go home.
He beat her with a golf club.
Two years later, she's still in a coma.
Remember now? Yeah.
His psych history didn't come out till the attack.
I warned you about him.
And I had rules and regulations to follow.
You want perfection? Clean up your streets before sticking your nose in my houses.
A raped and poisoned 7-year-old took me to one of your houses today.
Which had nothing to do with my caseworker.
It wasn't his fault.
Then whose is it? I signed off on his work.
If you got a problem with him, you got a problem with me.
Oh, well, there we agree.
I'll release him.
But the next case of neglect I see, that worker spends a night in county.
One after that, you'll be sharing the cell next door.
Pass it on.
I'll follow the van, set up on the buyers in St.
Louis, we'll bust them both.
This is getting to be a hell of a bust by the time this thing's through.
Yeah, no shit.
This guy's cold.
Played his pal like no CI.
I've ever seen.
We're gonna ride him all the way to the Vice hall of fame.
Drinks on me tonight.
Yeah? Kozodav mentioned a coyote on a tape.
Referred to him as El Callado.
The quiet one? Used him a couple times to ferry soldiers back to St.
Petersburg.
You tell OCU yet? Shit, no.
Kozodav's coyote have a real name? Just used a street tag.
All right, you give me one hour, and then you pass it on to Sullivan.
I'm gonna have to take a rain check on the cocktails.
What's up? My boss wants me to fill out some paperwork.
Another time.
Count on it.
Need a ride? I'm gonna walk.
I told you to come alone.
And I don't know you.
Maybe.
But I know a member of your organization is acting as a criminal informant.
Don't jerk me off, man, all right? I'm willing to give you his name.
But I'll need something in return.
What's that? You know a coyote named El Callado? Heard of him.
Works for the grande jugados.
The cartels mostly.
He's moving a Russian mobster named Alex Kozodav out of the States.
I need to stop him.
This coyote's not Byz Lat.
I'd have to call a lot of favours just to get a message to him.
How do I know what you're telling me is worth a shit? You get him to give me Kozodav.
I'll give you the informant's name.
And I'll make sure that van full of cigarettes doesn't get busted on its way to St.
Louis.
The Russian's at this address.
Alone or with company? Alone.
Just waiting to get picked up.
Who's the informant? Hielo Gutierrez.
No.
Uh-uh.
You tell me it's Hielo, I can't believe that.
He's like a brother to me, all right? He bragged he popped your sister's cherry when she was 14.
Said it was so tight he thought it was her asshole.
Told you he was just helping her with some history homework.
You do whatever you feel is appropriate with that info.
I'll make sure it doesn't blow back on you.
Son of a You hired an arsonist to torch a building.
I need his name.
I need an address.
Who is this? Next word out of your mouth isn't a name.
I pull the trigger.
Gregor.
Gregor Barinat.
I didn't think anybody'd be here to look over her.
Makes two of us.
Any changes? They say she's a little better.
You think I lost it a little bit today.
We've all got burrs under our saddle.
My, uh Best friend growing up, had a father.
Used to knock her around pretty regularly.
I knew what was happening, what she was enduring but I couldn't.
I just felt helpless.
Feels worse now.
If you're here to take the second shift, I've got some seizure paperwork I've gotta prepare for Aceveda's eyes, so Guess who's here, Alex.
It's Gregor.
You were about to torch those Mexicans in that apartment, huh? Don't shoot.
Don't shoot.
I'm not a great cook, sorry.
I thought it was terrific.
Thanks.
You okay? Yeah.
It's just that little girl, Joya.
I don't know Dead bodies, you get used to them, doesn't affect you.
But there's something about a kid, you know, hanging on, fighting.
Yeah.
I know.
Hey.
Hey.
You want me to read that to you again? Come here.
Oh.
Big Buddy Bear.
"Buddy was a big brown bear.
A bumbling, stumbling, sweet as honey bear.
" Goddamn it.
What's up? Been trying to get in touch with Hielo for the last hour.
Not answering his cell or at home.
He's probably getting laid.
I spent five years in prison, you wouldn't get my face out of snatch for a month.
Chief already made promises to the Bureau of Prisons to spring him early.
Look, this guy ghosts, I'm gonna look like an asshole.
No worries.
He'll show.
Kozodav? And the arsonist.
How'd you track him? Some unis responded to a shots-fired call.
These two were there when they arrived.
Cuffed and gagged.
I'll take it any way I can get it.
Hey.
I'm a cop so get that light out of my face and get out of here.
How was your week? It was okay.
How was yours? Smooth.
Matter of fact, I hit a trifecta.
Lost a half a million dollars in product in the church seizure.
Six of my top soldiers got busted, but the highlight was the El Salvadorans cut off my supply.
Well, you'll find a new pipeline to tap.
Yeah, but in the meantime, how are we gonna get back all that money I lost.
You're a drug dealer.
Why don't you consider it the cost of doing business? So you're saying my business model's flawed? Maybe I need a new partner.
Buy in's 20 grand, cash.
My hands by tomorrow.
Thought you didn't smoke the shit you sold.
Come on, man.
I don't have that kind of cash lying around.
Look, man, I know you been skimming.
Consider it a cost of doing business.
Plus one more thing.
What? That's Kozodav? Man, he doesn't look all that.
Don't let him fool you.
His enemies are all fish food in the L.
A.
river.
That's Kozodav's car? Yup.
Cover me while I replace the hard drive underneath.
Man, dudes are 30 feet away.
Can't we do it later? The hard drive's full and Kozodav's been talking about something big.
If something's on that disk, we gotta know pronto.
Forget what these guys have been talking about.
What's Shane been saying to Antwon? Nothing incriminating.
You've seen the tapes? Well, Ronnie has.
Don't worry about it.
We're watching.
Oh, shit.
The Russians are coming.
Hurry up.
Evening, gentlemen.
Can I help you, officer? I thought the Moscow ballet was in town and then I saw the ink.
New policy says I gotta get name, rank and serial number, comrade.
Let's go.
Save the shakedowns for the niggers and spics.
I got a Jew lawyer.
His name is Paul Hirschheimer.
You wanna talk with me, call him.
Coping a Glock is another.
Might be time to get that Jew on the phone.
He's a bodyguard.
He's got a permit to carry.
Well, I'm afraid I owe you gentlemen an apology.
You won't be bothered again.
Video transfer of the hard drive we pulled from Kozodav's car last night.
He hired someone to torch a building to pay off an insurance scam.
Mention when? No, but the contract's out.
Could happen as early as today.
Know the arsonist's name or the target? Nothing.
Sounds residential.
Shithead joked there were only Mexicans living there.
If we arrest him right now, how bad can we hurt him? We've got over 10 counts of extortion, racketeering, grand theft.
He'll do a minimum 20.
So we bring him in, use that as leverage to get him to give up the arsonist.
It's time we shut this down, declare victory.
I'll call the chief.
Get a team together, bring him in.
Vic.
I had some doubts about you handling both the seizures and the garage sting.
But great work.
I couldn't have done it without Ronnie.
Nice work.
Big chief.
Vic need him new driving machine, so he can catch him bad guys.
Knew you had some Spanish, didn't know you knew smoke signals.
Hey, there's a criminal somewhere out there driving my new ride.
I got two Laker tickets for the one who seizes it first.
Yeah, what do you have in mind? Hey, Dutchboy! What are you driving these days? Subaru.
Anything but a Subaru.
All right, we'll have you riding in style in no time.
Something fast.
I can't take down these ROC assholes doing zero to 60 in four minutes.
Let's find the big guy a new car.
So we gonna bust these Russians or what? Captain's running late.
Can't start without her.
Bringing him back wasn't my idea.
Captain wanted someone from Juvie in house.
Yeah, sure, whatever.
You people all know your assignments.
Take up positions in 20 minutes.
Hold off, everyone.
What's going on? Change in plans.
That church you raided last week? Hold it, Muncelle.
That is not how it went down.
People were not screaming.
This tape has been edited.
Where's the untouched version? This is the version the local news stations have.
It hits the air tonight at 6.
Where'd we get it from? My press secretary had it slipped to him as a favour by a reporter.
Does he have the original? I don't think so, but I'd worry more about how you're gonna spin this nightmare.
I have 12 kls.
of heroin in my evidence room.
That's all the spin that I need.
Public Relations is working on our response.
In the meantime, the Organized Crime Unit is gonna handle the Kozodav sweep.
This is John Sullivan, their team leader.
Congratulations.
You guys did a hell of a job.
Put together a great case.
Yeah.
Our goddamn case.
We worked long and hard on this case, Roy.
We deserve to make this bust.
Getting Kozodav is a big win for us.
We can't risk tainting it by having the arresting officer and his captain plastered all over the news the same day.
He has been pissing on this policy from day one.
Last quarter's numbers.
For all the great work you've been doing crime is actually up 4 percent in this district.
I promised my constituents that I would review all of these seizures on a one-by-one basis.
And I expect full access to all of your files.
Detective Mackey will get you up to speed on the op.
Provide you any support you need.
All clear? Crystal.
I'll look into the tape.
Try and track down the original.
We'll get through this.
In the meantime, Shane brought over a case from Vice.
Work it with him.
What is it? He found a Byz Lat in the state pen willing to act as an informant in return for early release.
Prison Bureau almost never grants early release.
Yeah.
Well, the chief went to bat with the Bureau himself.
Shane's informant is banger buddies with Ernesto Dienta, Byz Lat contraband king.
Guns, drugs, you name it, he gets it.
Not for long.
Use Lemansky.
I'd like to see how your old Strike Team works together.
Great.
Any progress on Lem's missing girl? Still working on it.
I'm not feeling a happy ending to that story.
Captain, I got a call from Mission Cross.
Little girl was just brought into the ER with burns to her throat and face.
What happened? They think she was forced to drink some acid.
Doctors are treating her now.
How old is she? According to the foster dad, 7.
She's a foster kid? Yeah.
Give me a minute, I'll join you.
This is Hielo Gutierrez.
Did a nickel in Chino for armed robbery.
Covered his Byz Lat homeys' asses when he got pinched.
Thanked him by only visiting him once during his entire stretch.
That's more than I'll be seeing those fools when they're behind bars.
Payback's gonna taste sweeter than teenage booty.
He's only been a citizen for a month.
His buddy Ernesto's integrating him back into the fold.
Ready? Where we headed? Echo Park.
Ernesto and Hielo have a meeting with a busboy who works on an Indian reservation in Cabazon.
What's the grift? Cigarettes.
Indians buy them tax-free.
Byz Lats turn them around for face value, tax is pure profit.
Crossing state lines.
That makes it a federal beef.
When it comes time to make the busts, we can RICO their asses.
Sweep up half the Byz Lats.
I learned from the best.
Vic and me will ride together.
You ride with Armie and Hielo.
Ready? Let's go.
Stay cool.
Play the good soldier, all right? The guy with Hielo, that's Ernesto.
He's the Byz Lat contraband king.
Guess he's gonna have to run his kingdom from a cell in Chino.
The other Mexican, that's Garcia.
He's the one who works on the Indian reservation.
I've been known to get my hands on a pack or two.
I need cartons.
Lots of them.
I can get 300 cartons a month.
How much? Ten thousand in cash, on delivery.
Got him hooked, about to get booked.
That was quick.
Hey, hope you didn't mind me calling your cell phone.
Not at all.
Corrine Mackey, this is Capt.
Monica Rawling.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
How's the girl? Joya's unconscious.
Her oesophagus is badly burned and there's stomach damage.
She's been put on a ventilator.
Where are the parents? That's her foster father over there.
He brought her in.
There are also signs of a sexual assault.
Waiting for the results of the rape kit.
What did she swallow? Some sort of household cleaner.
Should have killed her.
It still might.
Can we see her? Child Services? Sending over a case worker now.
Yeah, that'll fix everything.
Was Joya in a private or group home? I don't know.
Could be an attempt by the rapist to destroy DNA evidence.
If the sexual assault extended to an oral nature.
Thanks for calling right away.
Bring the foster care father back to the Barn.
Get his take on what happened.
We'll run by his house, see what we can learn.
You're splitting us up? I'm just marshalling our resources.
Hi, come on in.
Captain Rawling.
Hi.
Claudette Wyms.
Hi.
How's Joya? She's suffered a lot of damage.
It's terrible.
These children have so many problems.
They experience violence so they get violent.
Hi.
Who was home? Uh, all the kids.
We have seven with us now.
Frank was here.
I was out getting groceries.
And he called me on his way to the hospital.
Hi.
What's your name? Bibi.
We need to see all the children.
Okay.
Gather everybody.
Bring them to the living room.
Can you show us where your husband found Joya? Sure.
This way.
Uh, this is the kids' bathroom.
Over here.
Sorry about the smell.
Joya threw up.
You found an empty bottle of drain cleaner.
Where is it? I'll ask Bibi, she's the oldest.
She looks out for the younger ones.
These meds belong to all the kids? Yeah.
They're all taking something.
Like I said, they have problems.
Why is a padlock on this door? Oh.
The closet is our safe place.
Safe for who? You lock the kids up in there? Yeah, we give them time-outs on occasion.
Most of them have behavioural disorders.
This lets them calm down.
Keeps the other kids safe.
You realise you've admitted to child endangerment? My husband says it's not.
I mean, people send kids to their rooms, right? This is the only space we have.
Any of the kids capable of attacking Joya? Making her drink Drano? Take your pick.
Got an update? Yeah, the prelim just came back.
Joya wasn't raped this morning.
The healing looks to be 24 to 48 hours.
What about the father? Definitely a control freak.
So the closet-o'- horrors doesn't surprise me.
Not sure he's a rapist though.
Files from the foster care kids? Yeah, Child Services just sent them over.
They read like the Marquis de Sade.
One of them's probably our liquid plumber.
So we have six suspects.
You mean seven.
Well, I'm not counting Joya.
Neither am I.
There were six kids.
We met them all.
Not according to these CS documents.
Uh-huh.
"Darnell Garry.
Age 17.
Bipolar, history of violence.
" So where is he? Tell us about Darnell Garry.
He was the oldest.
Ran away about three months ago.
You never called Children's Services? I did.
Also sent an e-mail.
I can print it out for you.
They never wrote or called to check on the status? No.
Trust me, lady, I've been working for the county a long time.
I know how to cover my ass.
You kept cashing Darnell's cheques after he left.
How're you gonna cover your ass on that one? My wife handles the books.
We get a lot of cheques for these kids.
It's hard to know the difference.
We caught the mistake last month.
Sent them an e-mail to bill us.
You don't seem too broken up Darnell took off.
Darnell was uncontrollable.
Belonged in a hospital or a prison, not my house.
Sounds like your closet therapy didn't take, huh? Child endangerment's a crime.
Consider your foster care licence gone.
How hard we press charges? That's in your court.
When was the last time you saw Darnell? Couple weeks ago.
Caught him in the house when he thought Liz and I were gone.
Stealing groceries, other kids' prescriptions.
Any idea where he went after that? Try his mom.
She's a junkie.
Him too, probably.
Only meds he didn't take were the ones that actually might help him.
The dad reported Darnell Garry left months ago.
How come someone didn't file a missing person's report with us? There's no record of him being missing.
This is a copy of the e-mail he sent you.
He's been gone for three months.
How many visits have you had there since then? Two.
And you didn't notice that one of the kids was missing? Cheques were never stopped.
Darnell was never flagged for a follow-up.
You know who ends up doing that follow-up? My cops or the ME.
Half these kids are gonna end up in the penal system.
They're time bombs.
We shuffle them around from place to place, lose track of them until they explode.
Look, I'm here as a courtesy.
If you wanna lecture about the foster care system, teach an extension class at UCLA.
You know, I understand the difficulties and limitations.
I deal with my own, but we have got to do better.
No, you mean I've got to do better.
If we got a missing teen, stop taking it out on me and do something to find him.
In Domestic, I had to watch you people on a daily basis.
I saw more concern for filling federally funded beds than in helping reunite families.
We've got tens of thousands of kids to care for.
This is one mistake.
This is a kid.
So is the one in the hospital with half a throat.
You don't like my job performance, call my supervisor.
Fine.
I'll explain why you've been arrested.
Hey, for what? Negligence, child endangerment.
You were assigned to that household, so I'm holding you responsible.
Officer, take him.
You gotta be kidding me.
What's she doing? Hey! Standing on her soapbox.
She have her own or you let her borrow yours? What's the problem, officer? Your plates are expired, Illinois.
Licence, registration.
You boys are enjoying the party.
I smell marijuana.
All right, get out of the car.
Step out now, all of you.
Move it.
Come on, we just seeing the sights.
Put your hands on top of your head and turn around.
Come on, step forward.
Boys affiliated? What? Gang ink.
You got any? Hey.
Eighth street.
What is that, your Boy Scout troop? We ain't got no business here.
We just visiting my cousin, that's it.
I'll let your cousin know when your visiting hours are.
Danny.
Hey, Vic.
I think we got your new official department issue ride.
Oh! Chicago homeboys with too much narcotics.
You make that stick, those tickets are all yours.
Oh, leather seats.
Fully loaded.
For you, I'll even throw in dinner.
What happened? OCU sat on Kozi cabs for two hours.
Half the Russian mob showed.
Kozodav didn't.
Sullivan made the call to go in anyway.
Kozodav's in the wind? Yeah, well, Sullivan said he had no choice.
A residential building is about to be torched.
He figured he'd press the soldiers, use them to give Kozodav's location.
Well, they're all asking for lawyers.
Monica got you up to speed? She gave me the ABC's.
Good.
We need your help.
I'll get my team together, start digging into Kozodav's haunts.
Not for field work.
What do you want my man for? To help transcribe video tapes.
You oversaw the operation.
If there's any clue to Kozodav's whereabouts, we need to know.
Where are you going? Every second I stay here, Kozodav gets further away.
My boss just gave you an order.
Follow it.
You got a minute? Building full of people is about ready to burn down, a minute's about all I got.
Look, I know this church tape is a problem for you.
But, I should be the one looking for this guy.
It's OCU's case.
Hey, we've got years, Roy.
Something's up.
All I'm asking is to shoot me straight.
Whatever you did to piss off Aceveda? It worked.
He's got leverage with chief and he's using it.
I'm keeping my nose clean, I'm doing what I'm told.
I'm delivering.
Yeah, you've been doing good lately, but you got a damaged jacket.
I'm fixing that.
Do yourself and your family a favour.
Whatever you need to do to make sure Rawling succeeds, do it.
Because the shot she's giving you, it may be the last one you've got in this department.
We're looking for your son.
Darnell? You Child Services? No, we're police.
There was an incident at Darnell's foster home.
He may be a witness.
Whatever it was, he probably did it.
Why'd you say that? That boy's no good.
Comes around, steals my stuff, sells it for drug money.
Where does he score? All over.
I can tell you how he earns his pay.
He's got a job? Just blowjobs.
He sucks fag dick on 4th Street.
Tell him I said hey.
I didn't mess with Joya or make her drink anything.
We'd love to take your word for it but we're gonna take a DNA sample, compare it with the semen we found, just in case.
I ain't giving you permission for that.
Frank is still technically your legal guardian.
We have your permission? Of course.
I may have done some shit.
But what about him? You ain't gonna let him go free, are you? So you did rape Joya? You see what I gotta do on the street to survive.
When am I gonna get me some? When am I gonna get to bust a nut? She's 7.
I hope you fry.
This is his fault.
Locking us up in a closet and shit! A few minutes to calm you down, you animal! More like hours! Sit down.
He called it the hole.
Put the oldest one in charge, make them keep order.
Little ones in there crying and wailing for hours in that closet.
And as for the Drano, that ain't me.
Sounds like Bibi trying to keep the peace so she don't get locked up in Frank's hole.
We need to get Ernesto to admit that he's selling the cigarettes across state lines.
But let him say it.
Don't get overeager, tip your hat.
Don't worry about it, bro.
He thinks of me like a brother.
He won't see nothing coming.
Before I went away, I banged his 14 year-old sister.
Took her virginity.
Fool didn't have a clue.
Told him I was helping her with her history homework.
Try the history of popping cherries.
Why don't you keep it to yourself, man? What's your problem, superstar? If there's grass on the field, you gotta play ball, right? Hey, cut it out, man.
Cut it out.
Guy's a dick.
Yeah, well he's my CI Okay, this is my run.
So just follow my orders.
First one is to give him and me a little room.
Okay? All right, showtime, lover boy.
Garcia called with the drop point for the goods.
Doing good, bro.
There's more where this came from when the smokes get to St.
Louis? Told you not to push it, you skid mark.
Should've emphasized the point.
Relax.
Enough business.
Got you a present for all your hard work.
Puta's all dressed up with no one to blow.
Mami's gonna mak e papi happy.
I looked into the video tape.
the woman who shot it, her nephew works at Antwon Mitchell's rec centre.
You think Antwon edited the tape? Sent it to the press? I know it's not an accurate depiction of what happened there.
Help me bury this.
I know the press.
You can't unring this bell.
I'll be handing these seizure cases over to the police committee.
The rest seem fine.
I also looked into the crime stats.
The numbers are up because you manipulated yours to make things look better.
I'm getting punished because I reported mine accurately.
Sounds to me like now's a good time to start formulating an exit strategy for this seizure policy.
The only person who could take me off this is the chief.
And not without one hell of a fight from me.
Well, then, I'd start training.
I just spoke to him.
He's still blue in the face from having to explain to the ACLU lawyers why you put a cop like Vic in charge of such a controversial programme.
That's what all this is about.
Mackey.
Starting tonight, Vic's the face of that church invasion.
Pulling him off the street might buy you some slack.
He's working.
I stand by my choice.
You just won't take help, will you? Help from you? Sure.
Orders, no.
If Mackey's off the table, I'm gonna have to set my sights on the policy in general.
That was an illegal U-turn, right? That's right.
I'm sorry.
I don't know this part of town too well.
And I've been looking for 5 Freeway for like 20 minutes and in the rain, it's brutal.
It sucks, doesn't it? Yeah, it does.
Three blocks, make a right on Prince.
Thank you.
Let me see your licence and registration, please.
Right.
That an open container? No.
It's corked.
It's been opened.
That's illegal.
It's from lunch.
Dude, it's a $400 bottle of Pomerol.
I wasn't gonna leave it for the busboys.
Get out, please.
I had a glass of wine with a client like three hours ago.
Man, I'm not impaired.
I said out of the car, sir.
All right.
Do it? All right.
You heard the officer.
Come on, get out of the car.
Step to the back of the car.
Step up against the car, please.
Bootleg DVD's.
You intend to sell these? No, it's for me.
Guy on Olvera sells them cheap.
You affiliated? What? With a gang.
I see the ink.
Pull up your shirt.
What's your deal, man? Get your hands off Hey.
Ow! Aah! Back off, man! Take it easy.
All right, look, look.
I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, officer.
What the hell are you doing? I'm gonna document his ink, I'm gonna tow his car in.
If his lawyer can't prove that he didn't intend to sell those DVD's, we'll seize his vehicle.
That's what we do, right? Might even get me some Laker tickets.
Hey, Vic.
You need to see this.
Later, okay? No.
Now.
Lock the doors.
This surveillance tape's from Shane's car last night.
One more thing.
What? How would you lik e to get that little girl's body back? Your bullets and all.
How? Trade.
Body for a body.
Who? Vic Mack ey.
His body for hers.
You been telling me he's behind all my misery.
And he ain't gonna stop coming after me so No way.
Look, man.
I'm offering you a chance at liberation.
Freedom from the shackles that bind you.
Know what? I don't give a shit.
You send her goddamn body to the cops.
Sure you do.
I mean, I send her body to the po-po, you go to jail.
You go to jail who's gonna protect that pretty little wife and son of yours? Body for a body.
Last time I offer.
Let me know when it's done.
Uh, one sec.
It's Capt.
Rawling.
Stash it.
Nobody does anything or says anything about this until I say so, all right? I'm sorry.
I didn't know it was locked.
What's up? Excuse me.
I, uh I need you to take a step back.
Temporarily.
I can't have you heading up the seizure policy right now.
What are you talking about? Well, the church raid stirred up a shit storm.
So you're offering me up as a sacrifice? I'm not taking you off it.
I just need you in a less visible role.
I worked hard for this.
What happened to you having my back? I'm protecting the policy.
Protecting your own ass.
I am getting us time to regroup.
Aceveda has the chief's ear.
The guy has got it out for you and And you're too much of a coward to stand up to him? Don't make this personal.
Only difference between you and Aceveda is you fooled me into thinking you actually had a goddamn backbone! You were the redheaded stepchild when I arrived here.
I put my ass on the line to give you a second chance when nobody else would.
I gave you power.
I gave you respect.
So keep your mouth shut before you lose both.
I know this is hard, but I need you to look at the bigger picture.
Hielo's ready to make the buy.
You ready to kick some ass? Hell, yeah.
Then, good.
Let's go.
We found Darnell.
He admitted raping Joya while you were in charge at the house.
That true? What happened? It's okay.
We know about the closet.
It's not his fault.
He's not gonna hurt you anymore, honey.
I'm sorry.
I tried to stop Darnell.
I couldn't.
Then Joya was gonna tell.
You poisoned Joya? Tried to kill her? She said that she was gonna tell her teacher at school what Darnell did.
We'd all be pulled out of there, sent somewhere else.
I couldn't take the chance.
Chance at what? Going someplace worse.
Frank isn't so bad.
Other homes I been at At least he doesn't touch me.
Oh, come on, take that shit down.
Guy broke the law.
Yeah, you proved your point.
Not everyone gets treated the same.
You know, shaking down the white guy might have evened some intellectural score for you.
But this stunt you pulled this afternoon, doesn't help anyone.
So what are we supposed to do, huh? Sweep everything black and brown into the same garbage pile? There was enough drugs in that car to qualify for an intent to distribute.
They weren't drug dealers.
They were just partying too much.
So being young and stupid buys them a pass? No.
They broke the law, they should make restitution.
But how many shifts do you think this guy had to work in order to cover the payments on that car? Give me a break.
After lockup, how's he supposed to drive to a job? So now he starts selling drugs.
All we did was create another drug dealer.
Look, if it hadn't been for church, that would've been me 10 years ago.
The streets have changed a lot in 10 years.
I can't know how you feel every time you arrest a young black man.
No, ma'am, you can't.
I respect the conflict.
But you became a cop, Julien.
It's clear you won't get behind this programme.
At the end of the day, I don't give a shit about race, colour or creed.
Either you're blue or you're gone.
I'll put through the administrative transfer.
Let the brass decide where to put you.
Ma'am Garcia's van just pulled in.
They're ready to make the buy.
All right.
Vic and I are going in to make sure our CI's safe.
You and Lem stay with the van, you keep listening.
We don't know we can trust this Hielo guy, right? I'm going in too.
Look, I told you to stay.
It's my operation.
Come on.
Let's go.
Here are the cartons just like I promised.
Let's see the cash.
It's all there.
It's good.
Are you the captain who arrested my caseworker? You must be his supervisor.
Who the hell do you think you are? He had nothing to do with this crime.
His job was to monitor that family.
These caseworkers are overstretched.
They're not liable.
You don't remember me, do you? Monica Rawling, Domestic Abuse.
You remember Lisa Rodriguez? Her father put her mother in a hospital, said it was an old boyfriend.
We worked the case together.
What's your point? Do you remember promising me you'd get the kids out of that house then being overstretched then too? I want my worker released right now.
I promised Lisa that Daddy would never hurt her again.
But you let Daddy go home.
He beat her with a golf club.
Two years later, she's still in a coma.
Remember now? Yeah.
His psych history didn't come out till the attack.
I warned you about him.
And I had rules and regulations to follow.
You want perfection? Clean up your streets before sticking your nose in my houses.
A raped and poisoned 7-year-old took me to one of your houses today.
Which had nothing to do with my caseworker.
It wasn't his fault.
Then whose is it? I signed off on his work.
If you got a problem with him, you got a problem with me.
Oh, well, there we agree.
I'll release him.
But the next case of neglect I see, that worker spends a night in county.
One after that, you'll be sharing the cell next door.
Pass it on.
I'll follow the van, set up on the buyers in St.
Louis, we'll bust them both.
This is getting to be a hell of a bust by the time this thing's through.
Yeah, no shit.
This guy's cold.
Played his pal like no CI.
I've ever seen.
We're gonna ride him all the way to the Vice hall of fame.
Drinks on me tonight.
Yeah? Kozodav mentioned a coyote on a tape.
Referred to him as El Callado.
The quiet one? Used him a couple times to ferry soldiers back to St.
Petersburg.
You tell OCU yet? Shit, no.
Kozodav's coyote have a real name? Just used a street tag.
All right, you give me one hour, and then you pass it on to Sullivan.
I'm gonna have to take a rain check on the cocktails.
What's up? My boss wants me to fill out some paperwork.
Another time.
Count on it.
Need a ride? I'm gonna walk.
I told you to come alone.
And I don't know you.
Maybe.
But I know a member of your organization is acting as a criminal informant.
Don't jerk me off, man, all right? I'm willing to give you his name.
But I'll need something in return.
What's that? You know a coyote named El Callado? Heard of him.
Works for the grande jugados.
The cartels mostly.
He's moving a Russian mobster named Alex Kozodav out of the States.
I need to stop him.
This coyote's not Byz Lat.
I'd have to call a lot of favours just to get a message to him.
How do I know what you're telling me is worth a shit? You get him to give me Kozodav.
I'll give you the informant's name.
And I'll make sure that van full of cigarettes doesn't get busted on its way to St.
Louis.
The Russian's at this address.
Alone or with company? Alone.
Just waiting to get picked up.
Who's the informant? Hielo Gutierrez.
No.
Uh-uh.
You tell me it's Hielo, I can't believe that.
He's like a brother to me, all right? He bragged he popped your sister's cherry when she was 14.
Said it was so tight he thought it was her asshole.
Told you he was just helping her with some history homework.
You do whatever you feel is appropriate with that info.
I'll make sure it doesn't blow back on you.
Son of a You hired an arsonist to torch a building.
I need his name.
I need an address.
Who is this? Next word out of your mouth isn't a name.
I pull the trigger.
Gregor.
Gregor Barinat.
I didn't think anybody'd be here to look over her.
Makes two of us.
Any changes? They say she's a little better.
You think I lost it a little bit today.
We've all got burrs under our saddle.
My, uh Best friend growing up, had a father.
Used to knock her around pretty regularly.
I knew what was happening, what she was enduring but I couldn't.
I just felt helpless.
Feels worse now.
If you're here to take the second shift, I've got some seizure paperwork I've gotta prepare for Aceveda's eyes, so Guess who's here, Alex.
It's Gregor.
You were about to torch those Mexicans in that apartment, huh? Don't shoot.
Don't shoot.
I'm not a great cook, sorry.
I thought it was terrific.
Thanks.
You okay? Yeah.
It's just that little girl, Joya.
I don't know Dead bodies, you get used to them, doesn't affect you.
But there's something about a kid, you know, hanging on, fighting.
Yeah.
I know.
Hey.
Hey.
You want me to read that to you again? Come here.
Oh.
Big Buddy Bear.
"Buddy was a big brown bear.
A bumbling, stumbling, sweet as honey bear.
" Goddamn it.
What's up? Been trying to get in touch with Hielo for the last hour.
Not answering his cell or at home.
He's probably getting laid.
I spent five years in prison, you wouldn't get my face out of snatch for a month.
Chief already made promises to the Bureau of Prisons to spring him early.
Look, this guy ghosts, I'm gonna look like an asshole.
No worries.
He'll show.
Kozodav? And the arsonist.
How'd you track him? Some unis responded to a shots-fired call.
These two were there when they arrived.
Cuffed and gagged.
I'll take it any way I can get it.
Hey.
I'm a cop so get that light out of my face and get out of here.