All language subtitles for LA Heat s02e04 Strip Show.eng

[music playing]

All right, kids, it's my
first giraffe so bare with me,

all right?

Ah.

How about a snake?

Ow.

Hey, give me another chance.

I know I can do this.

How's business.

Ah, come on, August,
don't be like that.

I mean, it's not that bad.

Not that bad?
Not that bad?

Not that bad?

Huh?

Look at me, Mac, look at me.

I'm standing out here dressed
up like a giant hot dog, pal.

I think you look great.

Hey, do I look like I'm in
the mood to be patronized?

You know, this is all your
fault, all your fault.

If you had just taken
the commissioner's niece

out on a date, one
little favor, then

I wouldn't be stuck
out here in the park

dressed up like some
giant wiener looking

for some serial flasher.

August, I just couldn't do it.

I mean, have you ever seen
the commissioner's niece.

I mean, this is like a walk in--

well, you know what
I'm talking about.

Hey, hey, hey, look, look, no,
no, look, look, over there.

AUGUST: A little warm
for a trench coat.

I think that's our guy.

Hey, ladies.

He's not having a very
effective day, is he?

Hey, freeze.

Police.

Oh, jeez.

Hot dog, get off the field.

Come on.

Couldn't you wait
until we got a little bit

closer before you yell freeze?

Hi.

Excuse me.

What?

Can't even get a
squeal out of you?

Excuse me.

[laughs]

Why's that funny?

Ow.

Sorry.

WOMAN: That looks like it hurts.

You OK?

Hey, hey, this way.

AUGUST: I'm fine.
I'm fine.

I'm fine.

August, August, over here.

Look, pal, fun's over.
- Fun?

You call that fun.

I tell you, something's
terribly wrong in the world

when a guy like me can't
even make a woman scream.

Yeah, well, maybe you just
don't have the right equipment

for this line of work.
Huh?

It's easy for
you to say, you've

already got a big wiener.

Hey, who did you tick off to
get stuck in that suit anyway.

Why did you have to
go and say that, huh?

It's a hot dog.

[theme music playing]

[siren approaching]

[police radio chatter]

CHASE: What have you got?

AUGUST: Sam Como, age 49.

Guy was sliced up pretty well.

Anything missing.

Couldn't be much.

Look at this.

Stack of hundreds,
credit cards, and--

Apparently they weren't too
crazy about his jewelry either.

Yeah, whoever did
this guy certainly

wasn't looking to get rich.

I don't suppose we've
got any witnesses.

Witnesses?

Make things too easy.

Right.

McNamara.

Wrap it up.

Bag it all up.

Sure thing, Brooks.

AUGUST: Just talked to Annie.

She said our stiff used to run
a strip joint over in Van Nuys.

CHASE: Sam Como's Naked Venus,
semi nude exotic dancers,

live, live, live.

AUGUST: Live, live,
live, as opposed to what?

Let's find out.

[music playing]

[men catcalling]

Excuse me, where's
the manager's office?

Over there.

August, does the name
Kendra mean anything to you?

You know, well, I may be
married, Mac, but I'm not--

Let's guess.

Dead.

Why do all you
married guys say that?

You get married, and
all of a sudden you

start staying things
like I'm not dead.

That's because I'm not dead.

But you're married.

Yeah, but I'm not dead.

CHASE: But you're married.

AUGUST: But I'm very much alive.

Ow.

[knocking]

Come in.

Mr. Banks?

AL BANKS: Yeah.

I'm Detective McDonald.

This is Detective Brooks.

LAPD.

Oh, how you doing?

I was kind of
expecting you guys.

Come in.

Sit down.

Thank you.

AL BANKS: You guys want a drink?

No, thank you.

We're on duty.

Oh, yes, sorry, I
didn't think about that.

Sorry.

Mr. Banks did anything
unusual happen here last night?

Well the owner was
killed last night,

but I assume you know that.

Sam took off about midnight.

He does that a lot.

I closed up.

AL BANKS: Last time I saw him,
he's heading out the door.

Are you a partner in
this place, Mr. Banks?

No.

Manager.

And have been for
about seven years.

Were there any problems
with any of the customers

last night?

Last night?

Let's see, last
night was Tuesday.

No, no problems.

Did Sam Como seem edgy?

Anxious?

Worried about anything?

Hell, no.

I mean, Sam was a
really easy going guy.

I mean, everybody liked Sam.

But-- he treated the
girls like princesses.

I mean, they loved
him like a father.

You know, we're a lot
like a family around here.

Hm.
A family?

Yeah.

Seems a little too warm and
fuzzy for a joint like this,

doesn't it, Mr. Banks?

Mr. Banks, we're going to
want to talk to the dances that

worked last night.

OK, well, you're going
to want to talk to Monique

and Crystal and Sandra.

Look guys, is it all
right if I bring them back

here for you to talk to them?

I mean, it's one thing when you
guys, you know, were off duty.

But this investigation
stuff kind of freaks

out the customers.

You know what I mean?

Fine.

[music playing]

Could I have a light?

Oh.

Thank you.

How lucky can a girl like me be?

I mean, it's not every day you
get to be interrogated by two

gorgeous police detectives.

Oh-- thank--
thank you, Sandra.

Oh, so, Sandra, can you tell
us what happened in the club

last night?

Not much.

Oh, we were a little
short on dancers.

So I did a lot of extra
moving and shaking.

I was on shift until 4:00 AM.

Did you see Sam Como
at all last night?

Sure.

He always stopped by
the dressing rooms.

He was always real
concerned about us girls.

Like a father?

Maybe more like
lecherous uncle.

You don't seem too
upset by Como's murder.

Listen, honey, you've
been in the nightclub scene

as long as I have,
you seen it all.

If you let it get to you,
it'll make you crazy.

Do you know of
anyone that may have

had a reason to kill Sam Como?

No.

Well, he did have a big fight
here a few nights ago, right

in front of everybody too.

Who did he have
this fight with?

It was Crazy Johnny.

Word is Johnny wanted
to by the club.

Sam wouldn't sell.

Crystal, does this
Johnny have a last name?

Roman.

You can find him in
one of his strip clubs.

Try the one over on Manchester.

He's a real impulsive guy.

Like I told you, Johnny
doesn't play with a full deck.

So you think Johnny might
have killed Sam over the club?

I wouldn't know,
but they sure didn't

like each other very much.

And you girls were all
together until 4:00 AM?

Yeah, you'd be surprised
at who came in at that hour.

And after you got off?

Breakfast.

We always go to breakfast.

Hard to unwind after
being assaulted

all night by testosterone.

Like I said, he didn't
come back until midnight.

We didn't see him after that.

Monique, is that a
bruise on your face?

Monique, hey,
Monique, you're on.

Move it.

Thanks

Who roughed up
Monique, Sandra?

Who knows.

Poor child, she's always
getting herself into trouble.

[gun shot]

Stay here.

[screams]

Come on, Johnny.

We can work this out.

Work this out?

You take a swing at me
and we work this out?

Huh?

Huh?

Police.

Ah, no-- no, you
don't understand.

I love this guy like a brother.

I just put a bullet
in the ceiling.

You want I should
put one in his head.

Put the weapon down.

Now, don't nobody
do anything stupid.

OK?

Everybody do what Johnny says.

Because A and I got a little
business to take care of.

Now, I even suspect
anybody coming after me,

it's going to break my
heart on account that I may

have to blow his brains out.

[tires squeal]

[police radio chatter]

Go, go, go.

[siren blaring]

Dispatch, this
is 1 William 13,

we're in pursuit of suspect,
heading south on Sunland.

[sirens blaring]

[music playing]

Watch out.

Tire's flat, August.

Taxi.

Are you nuts?

What do you think you're doing?

Borrowing your car.

You can't take my cab.

[music playing]

Come on.
Come on.

Come on.

What are you doing?

You'll see.

I'll see?

Yep.

[music playing]

Uh, oh, hold on.

AUGUST: Mac.

CHASE: Yeah?

AUGUST: I'd say that would be
about $2.50 for the cab ride

and about $6,000 for the cab.

[music playing]

August, August,
you got a quarter?

Mac, now is not the time, OK.

Johnny's in there.

What?

Hey, hey, fellas.

We need to talk to you, pal.

Hey, what do you
think of my place?

I'd show you around but I think
I'm a little safer in here.

You're under arrest.

Uh, relax.

I'm locked in here.

My lawyer will be right over.

That wasn't a quarter's worth.

How would you know?

Put another quarter in.

Hey, my lawyer will straighten
everything in an hour.

Why don't we just chat a
while until he gets here.

I'll tell you everything
you need to know.

OK?

Well, you know, I didn't mean
to mess up like I did today.

All I wanted to do was make
an offer on the Naked Venus.

But then when Al told
me Sam got whacked,

I said to myself, Johnny
Roman, now it's your turn

to get the Naked Venus.

Put another quarter in.

What's the matter?

Your quarters don't fit.

Jeez.

But Al started
stonewalling me, you know.

I couldn't figured it.

Just started making me crazy.

So crazy you
pulled a gun on him?

Hey, I'm a little high strung,
OK, especially when you're

talking about my dreams here.

Do we really need
to know what that is?

Destiny.

Ever since I was a kid I knew
exactly what I was going to be.

King of the strip club.

Now you think about it,
beautiful women taking off

their clothes, hour after hour,
day after day, week after week,

and they all work for you.

Hey, I knew I was a man
cursed with big dreams.

So let me get this straight.

You went to the Naked
Venus to buy it?

The Naked Venus is the
next step in my master plan.

Have you guys check
that place out?

Hey, they got the
best dancers in town.

No offense, baby.

You guys want to know
where I'm going with this?

Can't wait.

I'm out of quarters.

You've had quarters
all the time?

You've quarters all this time?

I see one of joints in
every mall along every highway

in this country.

Playgrounds for the kids.

Beauty salons for
the little mom.

And dad inside of
one of my joints

taking a respite from the
boredom of the interstate.

I'm talking a revolution
in family vacations.

The McDonald's of nude joints.

So did you kill
Sam Como or not?

What do you think?

I'm crazy.
- Do you have an alibi?

Yeah, I had a hot date.

She's married.

We were parked up in the
hills, enjoying the view.

Listen, you guys are never
going to solve this one.

Oh, yeah?

And why's that?

Sam Como, the
guy was a dirt bag.

Everybody hated him, his
dancers, his dishwashers,

his wife, even Al.

That's why I got
so hot when Al said

everybody was fingering me.

Hey, it doesn't figure.

Look, I'm no murderer.

You can ask Sam's wife.

I was with her all night.

Do we really want to put
another quarter in this box?

Thought the girls were cute.

DR. MORECROFT: You too are
lucky it was a Tuesday night.

Any other night of
the week, and your guy

would have been at
the back of the line.

I never noticed Tuesday
was a slow homicide day.

There's no
passion on Tuesdays.

Most people are too
depressed to kill each other,

so instead they would
kill themselves.

Is that a personal
observation or scientific fact?

Are you insinuating
my personal observations

are not meaningful detective?

Should we get
started, Samantha?

Sure, this way, guys.

Put your foot in your
mouth again, didn't you?

Here we go, Sam Como.

That bruising on the
mouth and the wrists

indicate your guy here was
probably bound and gagged.

There's a laceration up
here in the forehead,

and he was stabbed six times,
once in the left ventricle,

once in the throat,
twice in the abdomen,

and twice not too effectively
in the groin area.

Thought you said there was
no passion on Tuesday nights.

Yeah, well, there's always
some bozo out there that

doesn't know what day it is.

Have we got anything
on the weapon yet?

Not yet, we're still
running the tests.

But there is something
really odd about the blood.

You see, primary exam revealed
that the blood dried unevenly.

That would mean our guy was
stabbed over a period of time.

You got it.

Well you know,
maybe our killer

was moving real slow
because it was Tuesday

and he was depressed.

You got to deal with
this every day, don't you?

Unfortunately, it's part
of the job description.

Look, McDonald, I have been
dealing with dead humans day in

and day out for the
last five years.

And it would behoove
you to not take

my theories about days of the
week just too lightly, OK?

Sorry.

I'll try.

Well, try a little harder.

I'll let you guys know when I
get the blood test finalized.

Thanks, Samantha.

I think she's
warming up to me.

Yeah, right.

I can hear the
wedding bells already.

[music playing]

Ms. Como.

Yes

You're a hard
lady to track down.

Well I try to keep
a busy schedule.

I'm Detective Brooks.

This is my partner,
Detective McDonald.

So I assume you're here to
talk to me about Sam's death.

Yes, actually we are.

We'll get right to the point.

Your husband had
an insurance policy

naming you as a beneficiary.

Honey, that policy
couldn't pay my rent.

I'm the one with the money.

So you bankroll Sam?

You got it.

My daddy was in oil.

You think that your husband
was cheating on you, Mrs. Como.

Mm, wouldn't know for sure.

How long have you and
Johnny been having an affair?

That Johnny just can't
keep his mouth shut.

Mrs. Como, can you tell
us where you were the night

of your husband's death?

Listen, I know where
you're going with this, OK.

But in case you hadn't
heard, Sam was a major jerk.

I fell for his line, financed
the club, tied the knot,

and regretted it ever
since the honeymoon.

But I didn't kill him.

You know, some of the girls
thought he was very sweet.

Yeah, right.

A couple of years
back, they tried

to talk Sam into putting
them on a medical plan,

even start a pension.

Sam spread the word.

Those girls never worked the
West Coast circuit again.

He got 50% of
everything, calendars,

videos, personal appearance.

Sam was a mainstream pimp.

He didn't sell the sex.

Kept that for himself.

But he sold everything else.

He made himself off
beautiful bodies.

CHASE: Want to play
golf on Saturday?

Around 8 o'clock?

Sounds good.

Cool.

[music playing]

Well, Mrs. Como, what
an unexpected pleasure

to see you here.

This place is turning
upside down, Al.

First Sam, then Johnny
pulls a gun on you.

What is that all about?

Well, you know, Johnny's
always been a little bit crazy.

He may be crazy, but
he's not homicidal.

I know Johnny didn't kill Sam.

Yeah, but, you know,
Sam hated Johnny.

Don't be stupid, Al.

I know that.

It's why I slept with him.

You know, when Sam
and I first married,

I really thought we were
really going to be something.

Instead, all I
became was bitter.

What was it that really happened
in this club last night?

Well-- I don't know, Amber.

I can't really say I know
what happened here last night.

I am not stupid, Al.

Don't forget it.

You know, Johnny wants me
to sell him the Naked Venus

now that Sam is gone.

Well, why don't
you sell it to me?

Since when do
you have the money?

I've got investors.

I've got investors that
are willing to give

you a good price right now.

Yeah?

Well, I'll have
to think about it.

You know, Johnny
really wants this club.

I just have to decide
if he really wants me.

We're nowhere
if she won't sell.

She'll come around.

She's going to sell to Johnny.

It's got to be our turn.

We're in this together.

OK?

Yeah.

All right.

WOMAN: You're on next.

They're waiting or you.

I'm thinking of
leaving after my shift.

I'll be home soon.

Yeah.

Me, too.

Who were you
talking to Monique?

My mom.

She wants me to come home.

Monique, there's
no reason to go home.

I don't think I
can be here anymore.

We are in this together.

Sandra

You're not leaving, Monique.

[music playing]

[kissing]

Mm, Johnny, that
was fantastic.

You know what I
was thinking, babe?

What?

My lawyer is
worth every penny.

What?

Yeah, the worst they're
going to squeeze me for

is some trumped up
driving charges.

Johnny, what the hell were you
doing roughing up Al in front

of a couple of cops anyway?

Don't worry, baby.

I've got that all cleared up.

Where are you going?

I got to meet
one of the girls.

Hey, now that I'm
running the show,

I got to keep them
dancing, you know

keep an eye on the operation.

It's after midnight.

Come on, baby, you
think I'm running around

on you is breaking my heart.

Look, it's business.

It's part of the job.

You and me, we're a team.

Hm.

I mean, that is
what we wanted, no?

You're just like Sam.

Hey, don't say that.

You know I love
you, sweetie pie.

See you later.

[music playing]

[explosions]

[foot steps]

What are you doing here?

[moans]

You have the rap
sheet on Johnny Roman.

I sure do.

Roman bought his first
club nine years ago.

Vice thinks the money
came out of Atlantic City.

He's run a pretty
clean shop since then.

Even does a Toys for Tots
campaign every Christmas.

What about Al Banks?

He worked for Como in Vegas.

Como brought him to LA when
he bought the Naked Venus.

- Amber Como?
- Not a thing.

Rich daddy's girl.

End of story.

AUGUST: So Johnny starts
making nice to Sam's wife.

Then decides that she's
the ticket to expanding

his strip club kingdom.

Amber's covering for Johnny
or she helped him do it.

But why would it take him
two hours to kill Sam Como?

I don't know, maybe it's--

[phone rings] excuse, me.

Brooks.

Yeah.

Thanks a lot.

Johnny Roman is no
longer a suspect.

DR. MORECROFT: Six stab wounds,
chest, abdomen, and groin.

Sound familiar guys?

That plus the fact that Johnny
here died with all his money

and jewelry intact.

Yeah, well, according
to Cragmire's report,

there was no sign of
resistance at the scene.

There's no fibers, no
follicles, no human flesh

beneath the fingernails.

Your guy went down clean.

Was Johnny tied up also?

No but both of the
victims had wounds

in different measurements.

And the weapon?

It looks like it
was the same weapon

used, just different degree of
pressure and angle of entry.

So Johnny's murder was
almost identical to Como's.

Except for one thing.

The blood dried
evenly this time.

Well, maybe this time the
killer was in a hurry, huh?

Yeah, maybe.

Oh, god, I hate Fridays.

What about Fridays?

Car accidents, homicides,
heart attacks, you name it,

it always comes in on Fridays.

Hold it right there, guys.

Thank you.

You know, most people
like Fridays with all

that TGIF stuff and everything.

Not me.

It just means a
lot of extra work.

- August.
- Yeah?

The girl that we interviewed
at the Naked Venus.

AUGUST: Mm, hm.

What was her last name?

- LaSalle, I think.
- This is her.

What?

This is Monique LaSalle.

Car accident.

CAPTAIN JENSEN: Yeah, good.

Well, get back to me.

Long Beach Police have
got a cross-reference

on your Naked Venus job, one
of their unsolved murder cases.

Her name is Star Chambers.

Found her beaten to
death three months ago.

Body was found in Long Beach,
but it seems that she was

a dancer at the Naked Venus.

And it just got even
better, that phone call,

it's about Monica LaSalle.

We've got a witness.

Somebody saw her being chased
at high speed by another car.

Looks like another homicide.

They ID the car?

Melitti is tracking
the plates down now.

So what about our victim?

Which one, Captain?

Take your pick.

All right, on Monique LaSalle,
her real name Cindylou Manors,

born and raised in
Lincoln, Nebraska.

Father is an insurance salesman.

Mother is a housewife.

That's it.

Good family.

I made the call on
this one myself, Captain.

Prior to yesterday, she had not
seen her parents in two years.

Then her mother spoke
with her twice yesterday

afternoon, said Monique
was upset about something.

She was scared.

She wanted to come home.

Anybody know why?

Monique was vague.

Something about being in
too deep and she wanted out.

[knocks]

Plates you wanted.

The car was a company
car registered to--

Let me guess.

The Naked Venus.

Ding, ding.

Give the man a cigar.

The plot thickens.

[music playing]

Oh, jeez, Sandra,
first Sam, and then

Johnny, and now Monique.

Al, come on, dreams.

Right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Dreams.

Yeah.

Come on, Al, get
yourself together.

You can do this.

All those years
watching Sam get

what he wanted from the
girls and you taking orders.

Going home alone every night.

Must've driven you crazy
seeing us out there.

All that look and do not touch.

But now you could be the
one who gets to touch.

It's your moment, Al.

Don't throw it away.

Listen, I never
wanted it this way.

OK?

I never wanted it this way.

But this is the way it is, Al.

You can't change it.

[music playing]

[glass shatters]

Sandra, where are you?

Sandra!

Amber, what the
hell you doing?

I was with Johnny last night.

You slut, get out of here.

[screams]

[catcalling]

Think that's part of the show?

I don't think so, Mac.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Come on, break it up.

On your feet.

Calm down.

Stop screaming.

Johnny was going to meet
her the night he was killed.

Is that true?

She just called me
jealous because Johnny

had fight that night.

What makes you think Johnny
went to meet her that night?

Because I found his date book.

She was supposed to
meet him last night.

Hey, Banks, hold on.

We want to talk to you.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Hang on.

Go to your quarters.

Go to your quarters now.

Let's go.

Come on

You get off of me.

[music playing]

Let's go.

Dispatch this is 1 William
13, we're in pursuit of suspect,

northbound on San Bernardino.

[siren blaring]

[music playing]

AUGUST: Mac.

CHASE: Yeah?

You're on the wrong
side of the road.

know.

OK, just making sure.

August, this isn't like you.

What's not like me.

Well, you usually
tell him to slow down

or watch out for this,
watch out for that.

You're just too calm today.

I really don't like to
talk when I'm praying.

Hang on, hang on.

Look out.

Hey, guys, watch it,
I think I hurt myself.

AUGUST: Yeah, yeah, yeah,

Hey, I wasn't doing anything.

Save it, Banks.

I didn't kill anybody.

I swear to God I didn't.

Then why the wild ride, Al.

I didn't anything wrong.

Things were just
getting too crazy.

I was going to go
back to Vegas where

things are more civilized.

Come on, Al.

Cut the crap.

Al, a car registered
to the Naked Venus

was spotted following
Monique just

before she crashed and burned.

Oh, my god.

Listen, guys, we let all
the girls drive the car.

Well that may be so, Al.

But you are the one who's
going to go down on this.

I didn't do anything wrong.

All I did was help the
girls try to buy the club.

They did the rest.

Oh, my god, she's
going to kill me, too.

Who's going to kill you?

[music playing]

Hey, hold yourself together.

They picked up Al.

We'll be fine.

Then what are you doing here?

Go.

Ah, jeez.

So why didn't you yell freeze?

You yelled at me last
time I yelled freeze

They were closer this time.

You know what?

From now on, you yell freeze.

[music playing]

[siren approaching]

I'm out of here.

Look out.

That's enough.

Hold on, ma'am.

Where you going?

There's no where to go.

It's all over with.
- Stop.

Stop.

Get out.
- What going on?

Somebody's chasing me.

Get out of here.

Hey, give me my car back.

Get back here.

Hey, wait.

Hey, she stole my car.

Suspect is headed east
on 20th, approaching Vernon

She's a good little
driver, August.

You saw her dance in there.

Excellent eye to
hand coordination.

She's turning
into the park, Mac.

[music playing]

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Get off me you idiot.

Get off her.

It's not that kind of party.

Birdie, what are
you doing here?

Hey, hey, hey.

Relax.

It's not worth it, sweetheart.

Trust me, I've been there.

He wasn't playing.

He was doing the same thing to
Monique that he did to Star.

You're talking
about the dancer who

was killed three months ago.

Yeah, when they found her
body, she was beaten to death.

Sam and Monique were
in the storeroom.

He started hitting Monique.

All of sudden, I just
filled with rage.

I thought my god.

It was happening again.

SANDRA (VOICEOVER): Sam went
crazy because he wasn't getting

what he wanted from Monique.

Once we got him subdued,
We didn't know what to do.

But then it occurred,
we had no other choice.

It was either him or us.

He would have killed us for
certain if we untied him.

So we took turns with the knife.

Took a long time.

We had to wait for
each one to go on break.

SANDRA (VOICEOVER):
And finally, Monique.

We all took turns.

So we were in it together.

It was self-defense.

Once he killed Star, it
was either him or us.

And Johnny?

Why did you kill Johnny?

After we did Sam, I
realized that no matter

who owned the club, we were
still going to be slaves.

Now with Johnny out of
the way, Amber would have

sold it to us free and clean.

Her only interest were the men.

I got sick and tired of working
my ass off 14 hours a day

just to keep these guys rich.

Life is too short.

You never know when you're going
to wind up dead in a ditch.

So you did it for the
control, is that right?

Yeah, that's right.

Sandra, Sam was stabbed
over a two hour period.

Johnny wasn't.

Can you tell us why?

I did it on my own.

I only made it look
like we all did it.

SANDRA (VOICEOVER): I kept
changing hands with the knife,

changing my position.

Crystal and Monique,
they couldn't handle it,

I was the only one who
stayed with the plan.

Monique was an accident.

I just wanted to make sure that
she wasn't going to the cops.

Kind of ironic, huh?

All along I just
wanted to protect her.

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