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Hey, Pinky, it's me.

What do you mean, me who?

Jaime and I are coming home in two weeks, you stinker, so you better watch

I don't care how grown up you think you are. I'm still your older brother, and I

can still make you beg for mercy.

Is Mama there?

Tell her I called.

We'd love to be home sooner, too, but we have to finish this landscaping job.

Where's this rich guy's house?

We're putting in plants and rocks and this really amazing waterfall. We're

getting paid a fortune, but...

I have to get back to work.

Give my ma a kiss for me and stay out of trouble.

And get ready for some serious payback when Jaime and me get home.

I'm just kidding, you pinky.

I love you too.

There.

I got there.

Good.

How was it?

Come on, you go first.

No,

no, no, no, no.

Yeah. Settle down.

Ray. You?

Ray. It's getting out of control, and I think it's... I think it's time. Time?

For who? For you? Not for me.

I only care about me, not about you.

These Don Juan -esque adventures, these are the only connection for an old

married man to the road not traveled.

I'm glad you find it entertaining.

Promiscuity's wasted on the single.

Yeah? Morning, sir.

Hey. We have a report of a domestic disturbance at this location.

A domestic disturbance?

Uh, no.

No, there hasn't been any domestic. Hey, would you mind, sir?

Yeah, sure. Hey, Sally.

Hey, honey, baby.

The office is here about a domestic disturbance.

Isn't that crazy? It's crazy.

I guess, what, one of the neighbors complained?

Oh, it must have been old Mrs.

Newton, too. She's always hearing things. She once thought there's cities

Mars. How about you, ma 'am? Have you been to Mars lately?

Uh, maybe dusting. Have you been dusting today?

Have you been smoking?

Uh, crystal meth.

What?

No, that's... Come on, guys.

Is that the two of you here, Mr. Gonzalez?

It's not Gonzalez, actually. It's Mr. McBride. I mean Speedy Gonzalez.

Speedy? I don't... I don't get it. Uh, your neighbor said she heard what might

have been a gunshot or a window breaking.

A gunshot or a window breaking? That's insane.

Well, there appears to be a broken window right over there, ma 'am.

Oh, that happened two weeks ago.

Ma 'am, there's still some broken glass on the floor.

You know what? I must have missed a little.

Sally, come on.

Any firearms in the house, sir?

Firearms? No.

Mind if I look around?

All right.

What's outside, sir? Nothing. It's nothing. Just maybe a little air out

Do you smoke?

It's a story.

You want a story?

No. I just want you to stop smoking.

In Russia, everyone smokes.

Little children.

Stop hitting your sister, Georgie. Go have a cigarette.

In Los Angeles, people don't smoke.

It's a good thing.

Katrina, I'm a cop.

Chances are something else is going to get me before cigarettes do. No, it's

just your health.

It smells.

It makes your breath sour when we kiss.

Why don't these people keep these drug labs out in the desert where they

Good question.

Thank you, Texas. Over here.

Hey, that's why I called you guys in. He got blown out the back wall.

Yeah, most of it burned off the instances from residue.

Yeah, tape.

That's my guess.

Same deal on his ankles and on his mouth.

Yep. Feet, hands, and mouth all taped.

Looks like this might not have been just your average accidental meth lab

explosion.

As well, it didn't burn through.

Mexican national.

Pedro Aguilar, state of Sinaloa. You mind if we hold on to this, get it back

you later? You know, Detective, carcinogenic chemicals in some plastics

might not want to chew.

You might not want to stick your nose in other people's business, man.

Don't poke the bear, okay? The bear's grumpy today.

You guys might want to check with the RA unit that was here. I think they picked

up someone who was injured.

Thank you.

Yeah.

When we arrived, there was a guy there unconscious.

He was a Mexican kid in his 20s.

His hair was thin, and he had this lab coat on.

Where is he?

Well, we tried to take him to county.

You tried?

She tried. She tried. Yeah, I tried.

Can you, I'll be right back. Yeah, I'll be kidding.

I tried, but halfway there we stopped at a light, and before I could do anything

to stop him, the guy was gone.

So do you often just let injured victims just walk away from your truck? Yeah,

as much as I can, Fearless. You know, sometimes I just kick them out while

moving. Fearless quit smoking today.

Don't mind me, all right? Four hours without a cigarette.

They say the age of miracles have passed.

Don't push it, Ortiz. Did you get anything else from him?

Well, I think he said his name was Pedro.

Pedro?

You sure?

I'm pretty sure. He kept yelling it.

Why? Hold on a second.

Want a medical opinion, detective?

Look, you're going through withdrawals, all right? Nicotine is one of the most

addictive substances known to man. For some, it's harder to kick than heroin.

We might want to try the gumma patch or something. People say they help.

Teresa, did he look like this?

Yeah, exactly like that. That's him. You sure?

Yeah.

Well, then we're chasing a ghost.

We got this ID off the dead man at the trailer. Of course, he could have been

just carrying another man's wallet.

Thanks,

Teresa. That's it. If we have any other questions, we'll give you a call. Okay.

One more question.

Come in.

What's the question?

Why are you so beautiful?

Oh, you're spending too much time in the chat room, skank master.

Get out of my seat.

We're running down the owner of the meth lab, Preston Slocum. He's got no

priors, no address, except for email, so we got a warrant to pull his email

address book. That's what the name is, Ray. So what's that mean? You give a

nationwide manhunt for Baby Cake 72 or... O's Monster?

No, Ray.

Yeah, let me help you guys out, because...

I am Hose Monster.

Ray, come on. Come on, what are you doing? We got 40 screen names trying to

names, real names.

You're going to help us out, pull up a computer. Otherwise, stop joking. Take

your jokes somewhere else, man.

I am Hose Monster.

Jay McBride, 492.

I picked up a John McBride this morning.

For what?

Well, it started off as a domestic service call. And then it turned into a

show when Mrs.

McBride decided to take Bronco Billy here for an eight -second ride. Will you

please? They were tweakers. They were smoking some meth. We found pipes and

paraphernalia, but nothing like the weight you'd have in a lab.

We couldn't really search. It got physical. We had to hook them and book

Ray, where are they now?

McBride's here. Where? Put him in interrogation room one.

Excuse us.

We need to have a word with your client.

Detective, pending an evidentiary hearing, my client has nothing to say.

McBride, is your email address jmcbride492 at yabo .com? John, you are

obligation to answer any or all inquiries. We already found out it was

ISP, sir.

Well, why then you don't need to ask? Mr. McBride, we need to know about your

relationship with Mr.

Preston Slocum. Detective, just because my client has been arrested on some

trumped -up charges does not give you the right to go on some fishing

expedition. Fishing expedition.

He's not talking.

Okay.

Let's get processing to delay Mr. McBride's departure as long as possible.

going to go check out his crib.

Looks like McBride's got some visitors.

Hands on the dashboard.

On the dashboard, now.

Step out of the car.

Show me your hands. Step out of the car.

Get out of the vehicle.

You say

anything?

No, nothing.

Well, I say we head back. Hopefully McBride hasn't been released yet.

You can ask him why he's got a half million dollars worth of methamphetamine

the ceiling of his trailer.

All right, let's move it, people.

Get this yellow tape up around there.

Yeah.

Everything is fine down here. We got the nice room. What happened?

Someone slipped Brad's throat.

Right here? Right here. He was walking out with his attorney.

Slowed his release as long as I could. Where's the attorney now?

He gets as good as mine. He disappeared.

Still got his wife inside?

Yeah. Move it, people.

Okay, over here. Get CSU over here immediately.

Okay, hurry.

John and I, we're going to make the big score, get to Mexico.

We just wanted to start over, get clean.

You know, we just wanted to start over.

So by big score, you mean you decided to steal Slocum's drugs?

Yes. Baby, baby, baby.

This is it, this is it. All right, time to ride the tsunami, baby.

I stayed in the car John went and got.

Open the door!

Tell him!

Get in the car!

Stop in the car!

You said to keep it in here!

We were hiding the drugs when you called.

You gotta turn that ringer down, baby.

Hello?

And who called?

He did.

Who? It's Preston. You tell Johnny I want my drugs.

Tell him he should have killed me when he had the jabs.

So your husband hadn't really killed Slocum.

Maybe what I do.

No. How did you react to that?

Um, I guess maybe I was a little bit angry.

You want to know how you shoot someone, John? You put the gun on his shoulder

like this.

Are you crazy?

And when the cops showed up, we saw Preston outside.

So you saw Slocum outside?

What's outside, sir?

Nothing. It's nothing. Just maybe a little air out there. Yes, that's why I

jumped on the cop and John went after the other guy. We thought being in

custody would keep us safe.

Pat, Jen.

The dead man we found outside the meth lab, who was that?

Must have been one of the Mexican kids Preston had working for him. The two Ps,

I think he called him. Two Ps?

Yeah, I think it's the third.

Pedro and, um... Pedro what?

I can't think of another Mexican name that starts with P.

Any idea where we can find him or Preston Slocum? Look, you know what? I

I've helped out all I can here. Ma 'am, we need to find your husband's murderer.

I mean, we've got to find Preston Slocum. Don't you understand? I've told

too much already. If I tell you any more, I am dead.

I thought he was just this twisted old surfer dude, and then he kills my

in front of a police station.

Apparently, he will stop at nothing.

What are you doing?

Do as I say and you change up my life, all right?

All right? Yeah.

Don't kill me, Johnny. Please.

Please, Johnny, don't.

Please. Shut up and tape your ankles, all right?

Preston. What did I do? I was good to you, Johnny. I gave you drugs.

Dude, I gave you my Dewey Weber. Tape your ankles. I don't want to die. I

want to die. Shut up, Dad. You son of a bitch. You said you could steal my

drugs. I knew I shouldn't have surfed with a bat.

I'll be with you in a minute, Pedro, my man. I smell something kind of gnarly.

You tell Johnny I want my drugs and tell him he should have killed me when he

had the jam.

Hey, get off me.

You don't want to do that, sir.

John, get out.

You don't want to do that.

Hey, John.

Easy. That's not my lawyer. Come on, John.

He's not my lawyer. I don't want to talk to him. You do want to talk to me,

John.

In fact, if you want to get out of here without any worries, you want to talk to

me. And if you want Sally to be okay, you want to talk to me very badly.

And point of fact, you don't have to talk to him. You don't want to talk to

I take you back to the cage.

No. Okay, that's okay. All right, turn around.

I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

You're going to kill me, right? No, I am not going to kill you. Yeah, you are.

You're going to kill me.

I am not going to kill you. Just tell me where my... Tell me where the material

is.

It's at my place in the ceiling, right? Right above the air conditioner.

Good.

That's good.

You say, Kobe, you're still going to kill me, right? No, John. I am not going

kill you.

What do you think, I'm some biker?

Come on.

Dude, we rode todos santos together.

Come on, look, you made a stupid -ass mistake.

It's gonna be okay.

Excuse us.

We need to have a word with your client.

Uh, excuse me. Uh, detective, pending an evidentiary hearing, my client has

nothing to say. Mr. McBride, here's your email address, jmcbride492 at yabu

.com. Johnny.

You are under no obligation to answer any or all inquiries. We already found

it was from the ISP, sir.

Well, then you didn't need to ask him. Mr. McBride, we need to know about your

relationship with a Mr. Preston Slocum. Detective, just because my client has

been arrested on some trumped -up charges does not give you the right to

some fishing expedition.

Fishing expedition?

He's not speaking, talking.

Did you hear me?

Evidentiary hearing?

I pulled that one out of my ass.

God, I'm glad I used to watch Perry Mason when I was a kid.

I think I'm going to throw up. Oh, no, no, shh. Don't do that. Don't do that.

Come on.

Yep, it's me.

Go to his place. It's in the ceiling.

Behind the air conditioner.

You have any idea how much money a trailer like I had costs?

No. Well, go find out. Dude, I want a new one within two weeks. I don't care

where you get it, okay?

Okay.

Thanks for not killing me. Hey, hey, don't mention it. What are you doing?

The deceased was a Mr. John McBride. He was brought in this morning on charges

stemming from a domestic disturbance.

He died minutes after being released from police custody.

Do you suspect foul play?

Yes, uh, Lauren, right? Yes, we do suspect foul play. Mr.

McBride's throat was cut right over there behind that yellow tape. Next

question. Did the police have any suspects?

Uh, no suspects as of yet. We're still trying to locate his lawyer, Mr. Arthur

Kesser.

Who was the responding officer on the original domestic disturbance call?

That would be Ray Heckler.

Wasn't Heckler implicated in the Vista Heights police corruption scandal?

Well, Lauren, the Vista Heights police corruption investigation is ongoing, so

can't comment on that. But what I can comment on, though, is this.

A man was murdered today while on police property, and I'm determined to find

out why that happened.

Thank you very much. That's all for today. Thank you.

I'll tell Sharky I can't do it tonight. No sparring.

I've got other plans.

Can I get a statement?

You mentioned Ray Heckler's name in your press conference. Do you actually have

anything linking him to McBride's murder?

Why would I tell you?

For the record, I didn't mention Ray's name.

I didn't bring it up.

You know, David, your little routine with that walking blonde joke from

6 was so transparent, it was breathtaking.

Do you suspect foul play? Why, no, Barbie, it was just a really bad shaving

accident. Jealous?

Of what?

That I may be sleeping with her. I mean, there's nothing stopping me now. I am a

single man.

If you are, I suggest you check her ID. I think I have shoes older than her. I'm

not sleeping with her.

And another thing.

You can't go out to the cops again.

Really? Why not? Because they're going to make your life living hell if you

don't have the goods.

And that would be different how?

You're making a mistake.

And you know it.

Try and get some background information on the cop from McBride. What's the deal

with McBride's lawyer?

Why wouldn't he have stuck around if there was... Fearless.

What are you doing lurking down here? Usually you lurk upstairs.

You got another cigarette?

No, I'm fresh out.

Oh.

In that case, can you give me anything on the McBride murder?

Why are you always bothering me? What in the hell is wrong with you? Do I look

like I have a big old sign on my chest like, Ask Peerless? He'll tell you

anything you want to know. I ain't got no sign like that. And as far as asking

me for cigarettes, buy your own.

He explains the sunny disposition.

Well, it's not the first time.

I tried to quit smoking four times this year, but this is the first time I've

ever told anybody I was trying to quit.

I never even thought of myself as a smoker.

I just thought it was something that I did that I could stop doing whenever I

felt like it.

It's like dancing with a bear.

At first it's fun, and then you want to sit down.

The problem is the bear wants to keep dancing.

I got to go.

You can go to your mom.

What? It's 4 a .m. Why are you calling me?

No. Yeah.

I did.

Okay, what?

You have a black eye and you lost your car?

An innocent man gets pulled in. No, no, no. A speed freak.

He gets pulled in by police for having a tiff with his wife.

He and his wife were arrested for assaulting police officers. There's a

difference. He ends up dead out in front of Central. This is a case I thought

you'd love. Case? No. This is a dog and you know it. You just want to embarrass

the chief.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Look, as a prosecutor, I need to have a good relationship with the police.

A year ago, you said if I handled Vista Heights, I wouldn't have to go after the

police again. First, you didn't handle Vista Heights unless you got a

I didn't hear of. And second, last year, I thought you were a team player.

And since then, you've disobeyed me. You beat the crap out of my biggest donor.

Now, David, this is decidedly un -team -like behavior.

I don't want to go after Eckler. I don't.

You become pals? Well, hardly. But he didn't have anything to do with McBride,

and you know it. McBride assaulted him. You think Ray Heckler's gonna jab some

speed freak in the throat because a guy took a swing at him? Come on. Heckler is

a name people recognize. It's a way to remind them of Vista Heights.

Uh... Huh.

And further embarrass the chief.

Ah. That's the David I remember.

I gotta go.

Hey, how's Marion?

She's fine. Yeah, she's a pitbull. You gotta keep her.

Say hello to her for me.

Yeah. We'll do.

The Vista Heights police corruption investigation is ongoing, so I can't

on that. What I can comment on, though, is this. A man was killed today while on

police property, and I'm determined to find out why that happened.

I thought I smelled something bad.

Move it around, please.

You've got to come stink up our station house.

Now you're going to come here and stink up our bar, too?

Evening, Officer Heckler.

Unreal to believe. You're going to sit here in my bar? Oh, it's a free country,

isn't it, Ray?

It's only free if you can pay.

Hey,

Dave, how you doing? Good.

He came into a cop bar.

What happens in here stays in here.

You gonna give me another round or what?

Jamie, Mr. McNorris is just leaving. No, Jamie, Mr. McNorris is still drinking.

McNorris? Then it's that beer.

He might get what you need.

Did you not hear the man?

I think he hears just fine, Greg.

Then why aren't you walking then?

You need help walking?

You don't want to touch me and I couldn't believe it. Oh, you got that

Anybody got a ten -foot pole?

Anytime you want to throw, Ray, we can throw.

Just start swinging. I'll catch up.

Oh, now you're a tough guy.

Earlier you weasel around and associate my name with a murder, but now, now when

there are no cameras around, now you want to duke it out.

You're dirty, Ray. You know it, and I know it. Hey, I put the finger on

McBride's killer this afternoon.

Of course...

That didn't make it into the news cycle.

But maybe tomorrow you'll have a news conference.

You'll clear my name. Clear it?

Clear it of what? Miss the Heights?

Hey, thanks to you, my wife's got to go around hearing whispers.

No, thanks to you, your wife's got to go around hearing whispers.

Well, at least I still got a wife.

What,

you think I didn't know?

We all know.

because good news travels fast.

Hey. You said I could call you any time.

Well, the reason I'm calling is I have a black eye, and I don't know where my

car is.

Still looking for his lawyer, one Mr. Arthur Kester.

Next question.

Who was the responding officer on the original domestic disturbance call?

That was Officer Ray Heckler.

Wasn't Heckler implicated in the Vista Heights police corruption scandal?

Well, Lauren, the Vista Heights police corruption investigation is ongoing, so

can't comment on that. What I can comment on, though, is this. A man was

murdered today while on police property, and I'm determined to find out why that

happened. Thank you very much. That's all for today.

We'll be back for breaking news on this story and others.

Preston Slocum is a fictitious name, as is Arthur Kester, the name given to us

by the man who bailed out McBride, posed as his lawyer, and in all likelihood

stabbed him in the throat.

Based on the description we got from Sally McBride, we have every reason to

believe that Slocum and Kester are the same person.

So that was Slocum we talked to. Yeah, we think so.

So he just kills McBride the second he gets him out of here. He doesn't wait

until he gets him someplace more private?

That's what it looks like, Tom, but maybe you can ask him yourself when we

him.

All right, and what about McBride's wife?

Doesn't she know where Slocum lives?

Well, she doesn't want to help us anymore.

She's afraid that if she does, she may get popped, too.

Now, we're holding her down in one, but she's waiting to talk to her lawyer.

All right, you've all been handed a list of the names we got from Slocum's e

-mail.

Mrs. McBride.

Yeah.

I'm not talking. Oh, no, I didn't come here for that. I came to offer my

condolences and maybe offer something else, too.

You recognize my name?

Heckler?

From earlier?

No, no, from, uh...

From TV, from the news.

You ever hear of the Vista Heights police corruption scandal?

I don't watch the news.

Well, it's a long story, but basically there were these phony drug busts in

Vista Heights and phony payoffs to phony informants.

My partner back then, he got linked to it, and by association, so did I.

They could never prove anything, but they're still looking for the money.

And the stink lingers, you know.

The thing is, when you're accused of being a dirty cop, you start thinking,

maybe I am, you know, maybe I could be.

Not dirty, dirty, not all the way, but a little gray, perhaps,

you know.

Maybe I'm not using that gray area as much as I could be.

So that's what I'm doing here now.

Here to offer you a little gray.

All you need to do, give me a street name, some numbers.

I'm not helping you anymore.

Well, you give me a street name and a number.

I'll give you this.

Oh, there's nobody watching.

There's nobody in observation.

That smoke detector, that doesn't work either.

It doesn't work for months.

You give me a name and a number, and I'll give you this.

And I'll stand up, turn my back, and you do what you got to do.

And we'll be all squared away.

Preston lives in the same trailer park we do. That's how we know him.

He's in the last row.

His is the one with the surf stuff on the outside.

He goes by the name of Burnham.

What is this?

It's rock candy.

Clear, all clear.

Knife in the wall, knife in the throat.

Same guy that killed McBride?

Looks like it. I'll call the meat wagon. All right. Yeah, but who'd want to kill

them both?

One person I can think of.

The only other person who survived the explosion.

The Mexican kid.

Yep, the Mexican kid.

Right now,

I just need you to stay back.

You had time to get him out. No, I didn't, son. You did. No. You got to the

truck. If you had enough time to get to the truck, you had enough time to get

him out. No, I thought it was going to explode any second. I didn't know.

You should have tried harder.

Thanks for not killing me, all right?

Edelman.

What are you doing here?

You're in an ambulance.

You got knocked out in an explosion. Do you remember?

Pedro.

Is that your name? Pedro's not. You're going to have to lie down, Pedro.

I said you're going to have to lie down.

Do you remember what happened?

No.

No?

You might have a concussion.

You get through?

Yeah, but my mom wasn't there. I talked to Pinky, though.

Told her we'd be home soon.

Not soon enough.

Hey, look at it this way. Once we get done with this, we'll never have to work

another day in our lives.

All these chemicals will be lucky to get many more days in our lives.

Mr. Sunshine.

I'm going outside.

You complain about these chemicals, now you're going to go outside and smoke a

cigarette? What can I say? I'm a stupid man. I take after my older brother. Your

older, wiser brother? Yeah, 12 minutes makes you a lot wiser.

Here.

Have an apple instead.

Thank you.

Time to ride the tsunami, baby.

The car!

Yeah, but who'd want to kill them both?

One person I can think of.

The only other survivor of the explosion.

The Mexican kid?

Yeah, the Mexican kid.

It's Pedro, right?

No, not Pedro.

Come back.

Not Pedro, the other... He had a pee.

What?

Sally McBride said that Slocum had two Mexican kids working for him, right?

Called them the Pees.

And Teresa said the kid that she picked up kept yelling, Pedro, Pedro.

Then she ID'd him from the driver's license we got off the dead guy.

So maybe Pedro was dead and the other guy was his brother.

Identical twins.

Two peas in a pod.

Because of you, my wife's got to go around hearing whispers. No, thanks to

your wife's got to go around hearing whispers.

At least I still got a wife.

What, you think I didn't know?

Everybody knows.

You know why?

Because good news travels fast.

You're not embarrassing from boxing. Get up, you jerk. I'll paint the walls with

you. Hey, hey, hey. I got this, Joel. No, you don't got this. It's all right,

Tom. Take your partner and give him a beer. Settle down, okay? Come on, Joel.

Wouldn't you like to see Ray's pain? Maybe one more of them?

He's drunk.

All right.

Listen, you want to fight? You can get a fight. If not, I suggest you go home,

all right? You think I'd come here to fight? Now, that would be insane.

Come on.

Go home.

Good night, Ray.

Give him five blocks, rest him for DUI. Yeah, good.

Ignore it!

Heckler said you might have found the guy who killed McBride.

He said that? Yeah.

He's half right.

He's a Mexican national by the name of Jaime Aguilar.

Kill the guys he felt responsible for the death of his brother Pedro.

Son of a bitch. He's probably in Mexico by now.

Catch any of that, counselor?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm catching every word you say. Yeah, I'm sure you are.

It's gonna be a pretty nasty signer. He broke the skin.

Deserve it.

You or the stool?

The stool, that son of a bitch.

Sitting there all night not saying a word. I should have snapped with the

right off.

You get how funny I am when I'm hamming.

I'm hamming.

Question for you.

Have you ever strayed from your marriage?

You know, a little something on the side.

A little as a butcher.

Of course not.

You're like, you're a good guy. You're like an Eagle Scout.

You know what I mean? You probably never even look at other women, do you?

Good for you. Good for you.

All right, well, if we have any more questions, we'll give you a call, okay?

I, on the other hand, did.

It wasn't even about the halfway.

You know, it was great. Yeah, it's like, you know?

It's like, I was with my wife one day, and we're sitting in the car, and we're

at the stoplight, right?

And this guy walks by, this handsome bastard, like this, you know, kind of

type. And he's staring at my wife.

And I go, honey, look, this guy's checking you out. And she says, no, he's

He just wants me to look at him.

And I understood.

It's that eye contact.

I could give you a hundred reasons why I cheated on my wife, like this girl was

my soulmate, or she knew me, she understood me, a bunch of crap.

It was all about that collection.

I'm probably full of crap on it. I just probably wanted somebody to want me, I

guess.