Army Wives s04e17 Episode Script

4581 Southwest Avenue.
Boone! Boone, its 4:00 a.
m.
Would you give it a rest? You know, I used to have an uncle who used to go gator hunting out here.
Gators? - Ugh! Not my favorite thing.
- Now, come on, Moran.
- You don't like nature? - I got no problem with nature.
I'm just not a fan of things that might want to eat you.
Hey! Hey.
Hey.
Stay still.
Are you hurt? - He's dead.
- Who's dead? In there.
He's dead.
- Can you - I got her.
Come on up.
That's right.
Unknown situation.
In need of additional units.
Roger, 3 Michael 12.
We're sending additional units.
E TA, three minutes.
- Backup's on the way.
- You good? Let's go.
Anything? Nothing yet.
But your gator talk didn't help, so thanks.
Look, gators can outrun a human in a straight line.
If one comes after you, you gotta zigzag.
Funny.
Oh, I swear to God, every time I try to sneak in some fishing, somebody kills somebody.
- Find the murder weapon? - It might turn up, but I doubt it.
A gun's too small and that swamp's too big.
Detective Gibson, this is Officer Moran, - joined the force a couple months ago.
- Welcome aboard.
Is this your first Charleston homicide? - Afraid so, yeah.
- Yeah.
This isn't Miami, but we get our share.
At least this looks like it's going to be an easy one.
Our vic, apparently, liked to smack around his girlfriend.
The neighbors were surprised it took her so long to shoot the SOB.
Do we know who the guy is? Travis Jenkins.
And the lady, who forgot to use her words, Jasmine Wilks.
What happened to your lip? The suspect resisted arrest.
Well, just be sure to take care of it.
- It's nothing, really.
- I don't mean a Band-Aid.
There's a form you're going to have to fill out to keep the department from getting sued.
You guys did a good job.
Go ahead and bring her in.
I'm going to need your personal effects.
Can you remove your rings, please? I'm sorry I hit you.
I was scared.
It's fine.
Do you have any other piercings? No.
I didn't kill Travis.
When I got home, he was like that, and I I tried to make the bleeding stop.
You believe me, don't you? Turn around.
All right, babe.
This is what we've been working on.
You ready? Let's have it.
Is that the robot? I haven't seen that move since the '80s.
Wow.
Oh, my Oh, wow! All right, we're going to talk about this later.
Bye.
Well, that was a good way to end my shift.
I am in so much trouble right now.
Where are Katie and Lucas? The kids are all out back with Lucky.
Do you want a cup? - Sure.
- Okay.
You must be wiped after this whole murder thing.
They brought his girlfriend in last night, and everybody just assumes that she did it.
But you do not? Well, I don't know.
I just wish I could go back to the crime scene and take another look.
So, why don't you? Well, first thing, I'm not a detective.
And second thing, they've probably sealed it all up already.
I don't know, Rox.
Why don't you just do what you always do? Make yourself a pain in the - Police! Drop it now! - Put your weapon down! - Lower your weapon! - Lower your weapon! - I'm a cop.
- So am I.
Just calm your down and don't shoot me.
Weapon down! Okay.
Easy.
- On your knees! - No.
- I said, "On your knees!" - What's going to happen is I'm going to reach slowly into my back pocket and pull out my ID.
Okay? Easy.
You're a cop? Detective Gina Maddox, Atlanta Major Crimes.
Why don't you put that away before somebody gets hurt? You have got to be kidding me! The scene was sealed and you go busting in.
- Sir, the seal was already broken.
- Then call for backup.
If an off-duty cop had gotten shot at my crime scene, it's my Don't touch that.
What the were you doing there, Moran? Three months on the job, and you're out there acting like Sherlock Holmes.
Three months? She's a rookie beat cop.
And you.
Is this how they do it back in Atlanta? Just cowboy in to other people's jurisdictions? This is Gibson.
Yes, Captain.
I understand, sir.
Don't let me lose my job over this.
They're not going to fire you.
Costs too much to train somebody else.
It appears your boss has been in touch with my boss.
Apparently, the suspect is linked to some big case back in Atlanta.
Yeah, when you were done yelling, I was going to tell you that.
You are to be offered all courtesy, access and assistance while you're in Charleston.
Well, forget courteous.
I wouldn't want you to strain anything.
And I don't need assistance.
- I work alone.
- It's not negotiable.
You are to have a member of the metro police with you at all times.
Moran, she's all yours.
- The rookie? - Work it out.
We'll see you ladies bright and early tomorrow.
Okay, I've got it.
Travis Jenkins.
Mmm-hmm.
These might all end up being Joan questions.
Well, either way, I really appreciate it, Claudia Joy.
No problem.
Pamela, are you coming to my baby shower tomorrow? Um, oh Tell Denise that I'm going to do my best, okay? She'll do her best.
Okay, anything else? Yeah, actually, - the woman that we arrested - Gotta get going.
Jail.
I don't know who her public defender is, but Well, if you don't like the person, I'll ask around for a good pro bono attorney.
Okay, yeah.
That'll really help.
Okay.
And let me know - if you find out anything.
- Leaving.
Okay, I gotta go.
I'll talk to you later.
Bye.
Sorry.
Sorry.
So, what's the big case in Atlanta? - Long story.
- I got time.
I can handle it if you want to wait outside, Moran.
This girl's been through a lot.
Better if she sees someone she knows.
I brought her in.
Yeah, slapping the cuffs on can be a real bonding moment.
Gina! Oh, my God.
You got my message.
I didn't do what they're saying.
I swear I didn't do it.
You believe me, right? I need some "yes" and "no" answers from you, and it better be the truth.
- Have you been using? - No.
I have been clean 19 months.
This guy, Travis Jenkins, he use? Deal? He hit you? The neighbors said he hit you, Jas.
Travis has a temper when he drinks.
It's Your track record with boyfriends really sucks.
Joan.
Hi.
Yeah.
Claudia Joy said you might call.
Yeah.
Your boyfriend, he work? I really appreciate this, Joan.
- No, I waitress.
Okay.
Hi-def flat screens, fancy sound system, expensive booze in the liquor cabinet.
- Where'd he get his money from, Jas? Do you know why? He said he made good investments.
Okay.
That'll be great.
- Bye.
Okay.
Okay.
Is there anything else I need to know about Travis Jenkins? Anything that you did not tell the Charleston police department? No, he's just a He's a normal guy.
I met him at a bar last year.
Friends? Enemies? Anything? People liked him.
Okay.
Okay.
I'm going to take care of this.
So, you and Jasmine, what's the connection? Not important.
- But you think she's innocent? - Hope so.
You read the forensic report, right? Yes.
She didn't have any gun residue on her arm - You know what? I don't mean - Or anything.
If she did I don't mean to be rude.
All I really need you to do is drive me where I need to go, okay? So you know, I am not your chauffeur, and you can't be doing any of this without me.
So, what's the story with you and Jasmine? - Okay, for the sake of time - Hey! Okay? Jasmine was my confidential informant on a big drug case.
She got clean.
She gave me evidence on the guy that ran the whole operation.
And I thought Charleston was a good place for her to lay low until the trial.
You know, I spent three years of my life building this case and now my key witness is accused of murder.
So, you need her to get off so your case doesn't fall apart.
She stuck her neck out for me.
I owe her.
Was that so hard? I need to learn about the victim.
If Jasmine didn't kill him, who did? Well, we might want to try talking to Army Sergeant Joe Cory.
He bunked with Jenkins in Iraq.
Jenkins was Army? That wasn't in any of the reports.
Yeah.
But the house was a dump and the shoes in the closet were polished to such a high gloss, definitely says military.
Plus, there was a Gerber knife on the end table, and lots of soldiers have them.
And then he had the tattoo on his arm.
- He had lots of tattoos.
- But this one said "3-20-03.
" The day we invaded Iraq.
So, I talked to a friend of mine at Fort Marshall, and she said Travis Jenkins was dishonorably discharged from the Army two years ago.
- Why? - Don't know yet.
Somebody who puts a half a pound of sugar in her coffee keeps rushing me off the phone.
Do we know where Sergeant Cory lives? We don't, but I do.
It's a rookie cop thing.
We're really good at addresses.
Murdered.
Wow.
When was the last time you saw Travis Jenkins? Oh, man.
A long time.
Five, six years.
Him and me had some pretty wild times over in Balad, back in '04.
Wild how? Oh, you know, crazy time, crazy place.
Iraq, then.
We never had the body armor we needed.
Rules changing every day.
When they put you on the edge like that, you get to like living on the edge.
And that was Jenkins.
So, what got him his dishonorable discharge? Don't know.
He got bounced stateside.
Me and Jenkins, we shared quarters together, but we weren't that close.
After Iraq, we never saw each other again.
You ever hear of Travis crossing anybody back home? Somebody who'd want to kill him? I heard he got mixed up with some bad people, but I don't know that for a fact.
But it wouldn't surprise you? No, ma'am.
Not one tiny bit.
The guy who got killed was former Army? Stationed at Fort Marshall.
I didn't know Pamela did investigative work like this.
She doesn't, but they paired her with a detective from Atlanta.
Well, you'll have to keep me posted.
How long will you be out of range? Two, three days tops.
Hoping to make headway with some remote village elders who are getting squeezed by the Taliban.
Why are you going? Their elders prefer to negotiate with our elders and that would be me.
I never knew elders could be so sexy.
I still got a few good years left in me.
Crap.
It's been resealed.
So much for full access.
I shouldn't have messed with his bowling trophy.
What about Jenkins' vehicle? Anybody find anything there? Not that's been logged into evidence.
- It's worth another look.
- Can't without probable cause.
I smell probable cause all the way over here.
- I don't smell anything.
- Marijuana.
It's the heat.
It brings it out.
Come on.
Thanks.
Okay.
Okay.
Gas, gas, groceries Huh! What is it? It's a parking receipt from day before yesterday.
The day Jenkins was killed? Say where? Exchange Street.
Want to check it out? Yeah.
Right after you change out of that uniform.
Okay.
Think I can do that.
Hey.
What's this? What? Whoa! I'm not sure what solid gold feels like, but I think it might feel like this.
Wow! This is worth about $ 1,000.
Yeah.
Whoa! Jackpot.
$2 an hour.
Receipt was for $ 10.
What's a guy like Travis Jenkins do in this part of town for five hours? Hello.
Well, now we know what he was doing here.
I got it.
I got it.
So, we're just breaking in now? Well, I smell smoke.
Don't you smell smoke? You ever smell anything that actually exists? Ladies.
- I'm sorry.
This is a private club.
Really? Because it looks like a casino, which can't be right because gambling is illegal in this state.
So is breaking into a building, without a warrant.
Look, we just need to know if you've seen this guy.
We have a policy about protecting the privacy of our guests.
Well, this guy doesn't care about his privacy anymore.
Bullet to the chest sort of took care of that.
Look, as far as I'm concerned, all of this is a harmless vice.
But this? This is a homicide investigation, and this is all I care about.
He was in here day before yesterday, wasn't he? Yeah, Mr.
Jenkins was here.
Okay.
Did anything unusual happen? Like what? Why don't you tell us what happened, and we'll decide if it's unusual? Here it is.
That's Jenkins in the middle.
The other gentleman enters here.
Wait, freeze it.
Can you zoom in? Well, you get around, don't you, Sergeant Cory? Hi.
Sorry to bother you again, but we need to ask your husband a few more questions.
Joe's not here.
He got called on field exercises.
- Is everything okay? - He got called today? Yeah, right after you left.
Army calls, he goes.
About 6'0" tall, red hair, buzz cut, last seen wearing a red T-shirt and khaki shorts.
Okay.
Thanks, Boone.
All right.
Every law enforcement officer in the county will be looking for him now.
We're going to look stupid if he really is off doing Army business.
He isn't.
23rd is deployed and rear detachment isn't doing field exercises.
Okay.
So, what do we know? They probably took the fight home.
Things got ugly.
Cory shoots Jenkins.
So, we have a big problem with Cory.
If he is looking for the money, he's coming after Jasmine.
Yeah, which means jail is actually the safest place she could be right now.
Okay.
So, all of this leaves us nowhere.
Absolutely nowhere.
Okay.
I can't think.
I gotta eat.
Okay.
So, what's your deal? You always want to be a cop? Oh, God.
We're not sharing now, are we? Come on.
I don't know.
I guess I always had a thing about right and wrong, you know? Yeah, the health insurance isn't bad, either.
What about you? It runs in the family.
Spent three years on the force in Boston.
Boston? Really? How'd you end up down here? Ended up a lot of places.
Married into the Army.
And now? Divorced.
Out of the Army.
All right.
Check this, Boston.
Nothing but net.
Hey, Boone.
What's up? Okay.
Got it.
On our way.
All right.
Give us a little bit of space, please.
You can take him off Missing Persons.
Joe Cory.
Here you go.
House special.
- Thank you.
- I can't believe she can eat after today.
It's not the same fish, Moran.
Okay, hey, did Chase pick up the kids on time? That was okay? Yeah, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
And he dropped them off at Riley's slumber party.
- Thank God for Riley's birthday today.
- Yeah.
- Gina, do you have any kids? - Oh, God.
No.
No.
Oh, okay.
Okay.
So, what's first for tomorrow? Ballistics report.
It's not much, but we have the two bullets now, so let's see if they're from the same gun.
Well, same gun could be same killer.
Probably.
And that would prove Jasmine is innocent.
All right.
Can I get you guys anything else? No.
Thank you so much, Rox.
Sure.
Well, thank you all for coming in.
Bye.
- I'll see you later, sweetheart.
Bye.
- I can get this.
- No.
No.
My town, my treat.
You can get the next one, okay? Hello.
Who is that? - Those are my kids.
Katie - No, not them.
Him.
Him? Well, that's their father, Chase, my ex.
Nice.
He's hot.
Yeah.
You think he'd be, like, into brunettes? - Down for the brown? - I - No.
- I'm just kidding.
What about you? You dating anyone? No.
You know what? Let's get a couple more of these.
Come on.
Okay.
So, I just got this in from IBIS up in Columbia.
The striations match.
The same.
45 killed both Jenkins and Cory.
Yeah.
Any hits from bullets from other crimes? Don't know.
I'm going to check the database now.
The captain just got off the phone with Atlanta.
They need you back home ASAP.
But there's still a killer out there? They're dropping the charges against Jasmine Wilks, and that killer's our problem.
- She's being released? - Yeah.
In about an hour.
Now, she'll need to stay in town to be available for questioning, until we wrap things up.
But your key witness is free and clear, Maddox.
If you need her, call me.
Moran.
You're back on the beat tomorrow.
We've gotta find out if this.
45 has a history.
Yeah, and who had a connection to both Cory and Jenkins.
- It could be a soldier.
- Because Because the only thing those two had in common was serving in Balad in 2004.
Just means we have to keep digging.
- What about your boss in Atlanta? - What about him? He's expecting you back.
And I'll be back.
Eventually.
You in? I was told to stay with you every minute you're in Charleston.
- Boone.
Hey, you're on speaker.
Hey.
I heard your pet project got released.
Yeah.
We're on our way to pick up Jasmine now.
What's up? Searched Cory's house.
Found 100 grand in gold coins.
Krugerrands.
Wife was clueless.
Maybe he did find the rest of Jenkins' gold.
Well, they don't think so.
- Why not? Apparently, they dug it out of an old, dusty crate that was in the attic.
Nobody had touched that crate in a long, long time.
Were there any weapons in the house? No.
45, but ballistics matched your bullets to three robberies in '02.
Okay.
Thanks.
Do I have to stay here alone? Just keep the door locked, and you'll be fine.
You got something against maid service? I just don't like people in my room when I'm not here.
Expecting company? Maybe.
How long will you be gone? Just watch some TV.
No pay-per-view.
They don't reimburse me for that.
And don't use the phone unless it's to call one of us.
- All right? - Yeah.
- You'll be okay.
- All right.
Just stay put, okay? Okay.
Gun registered to a Dwayne Carson.
Carson, Dwayne.
Long rap sheet.
Burglary.
Auto theft.
Please tell me we have a current address.
Sure do.
Maser State Correctional Facility.
He's been in prison the last two years.
So, it was his gun that killed Jenkins and Cory.
But it wasn't him who pulled the trigger.
Okay.
Okay.
Eight-year-old crime.
This could take a while.
We need to find the evidence report and see what happened with that gun.
Better not be anything funky in here.
If there is, that nose of yours should be able to sniff it out.
Okay.
Okay.
Evidence report.
No.
No gun.
What? No.
That's weird.
All of the police reports mentioned a.
45.
Well, somewhere between the crime scene and the evidence room, that gun disappeared.
Well, who was the arresting officer that filled out the evidence log? Oh, my God.
We gotta get back to the hotel.
I don't know anything.
Please.
I can't trust what you know or don't know.
I don't know anything.
Please.
Please.
I told her not to leave the hotel.
Well, she'd go with a cop.
She's not answering.
No! This is a waste of time.
Gibson is not going to take her back to the scene of the crime.
You got a better suggestion? Wait a minute.
Cory's body was found way offshore, right? - Yeah.
- How do you shoot a guy, dump his body in the ocean, unless you've got your own boat? Hey! Your radar gun is wondering when you're coming back.
- She misses you.
- Gibson's a fisherman, right? Yeah, won some bass contest a couple of years ago.
We didn't hear the end of it for months.
Do you know where he keeps his boat? Yes, he has a place way out at the end of Mansfield Island.
Why? Moran? Moran, are you there? That's his car.
All right.
Let's go.
Come on.
- Hold it right there! - Gina! You move, she's dead.
Half a second after that, you'll be dead.
Call me crazy, doesn't sound like a win-win.
- Where's Moran? - At the hotel, in case Jasmine showed.
You just wanted to do this on your own.
You've got three years of my life right there.
I'm not letting you go.
Think about what you're doing.
It's okay, Jasmine.
Use your head.
All of us could be fine.
What are you talking about, Gibson? I think you know.
Drawing a blank right now, Gibson.
Then let me fill in the blanks.
Half a million in gold.
All you have to do is walk away.
That's tempting.
But I think what I'd rather do, is shoot your corrupt off this dock.
I'm getting in that boat.
That's it.
Jasmine, come on! Hurry up! Come on.
Get behind me! Stay there! Un-freaking-believable.
Gibson killed Jenkins? Jenkins and Cory both.
He just confessed.
Yeah, they all met in Balad.
Jenkins and Cory were soldiers, and Gibson took a year off metro police to go over there and do security.
Hundreds of millions floating around in those days, and no accountability.
So, they just helped themselves? $2 million each.
They had it laundered into the gold coins, and then they smuggled it back here.
Yeah, they agreed to stash the gold and wait for 10 years before they spent it, except Jenkins decided to make an early withdrawal.
And then when Cory tore up the crime scene, Gibson knew he had another problem on his hands.
So, he shot Cory, too.
Took him out on his boat and dumped him.
Which means, there's still a lot of gold out there somewhere.
Jas? You ready? - You okay? - Yeah.
What? - We almost had a first out here today.
- A first what? Officer-involved shooting with a tree trunk.
Bite me.
So, all that gold out there, wonder where it is.
Maybe better it's a mystery.
Buried treasure and all that.
I'm going to get a shovel and start digging.
I could do that.
I could help.
Boston, you solved your first homicide.
How do you feel? Good.
Thanks.
You know, considering where we started, I don't think we did too bad.
No, we didn't.
I know Boone's itching to get his partner back and everything, and you know, there's nothing wrong with being a beat cop.
But? You ever think of taking the detective's exam? You know, like, moving up? You should.
Be a real waste if you didn't.
So All right.
Well, if you're ever in Atlanta, look me up.
Careful what you say 'cause I might just do that.
Ms.
Daisy, do I look like Morgan Freeman to you? Get your in the front seat! Thank God she wasn't hurt.
To be in the middle of a shoot-out like that.
Yeah.
And Pamela was right about that girl all along? - Yeah.
Big win for her.
- Yeah.
Well, my life isn't nearly as exciting as all that.
But I did pack my maternity bag this morning.
- Aw! - I'm ready whenever she is.
Thank you so much for hosting today.
Of course! Michael? What's happened to my husband? We have a situation.