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Where's my wife? Who are you? Keep your voice down.

You will speak only when spoken to, okay, Edward?

You know my name?

All I want to hear is yes, sir. Can I hear that?

Can I hear that?

Yes, sir.

Now we're in step.

Good.

That's for your wife's whereabouts.

Nice.

Oh, but the mileage has begun to show.

That's why it's the perfect time to introduce the newest model.

Please, just leave us alone.

Take what you want. Take it all.

It's okay. We'll just do it. Speaking without

being spoken to, have I not been clear?

This is how it works. Keith likes to do things, and I like to watch.

Now, I don't like to watch Keith. I've seen what he can do. No need to watch

that.

Now, Mr. Nelson, what I like to watch is you.

So why cops only hang around with other cops?

Who the hell else could we talk to about the stuff that we see?

Can't talk to my wife about it.

Even if she was in good shape, she wouldn't understand. Not that I want her

Because I don't even understand it myself.

It's not understandable.

Knowing that this is being done to you by your fellow human beings.

is a betrayal of everything that is human. It's because it wasn't human.

These guys crossed the line.

Call them animals, but animals wouldn't do that.

One word about what

we say to the press. That word is nothing.

You've seen it outside.

It's a madhouse. So we've got to control everything that comes out of here.

No leaks.

Please do not.

Talk about it with anyone.

No dinner time conversation.

No, no, no pillow talk.

Nothing.

All right, let's get to it. Primary is Smith and Stevens.

Secondary is Ramos working solo until Ashford returns from maternity.

The Kingslands and the Nelsons.

Two families, two weeks apart.

We're going to assume for the time being that we're dealing with the same crew.

God help us if there's more than one gang out there doing this.

The similarities are extensive.

In both cases, the families were killed by fatal laceration to the throat.

These family members were all sexually assaulted.

They were tortured, and they were mutilated post -mortem.

Including the... Including the children.

Any DNA?

Um... No. No DNA.

Traces of lubricants indicate the use of condoms in both cases.

Kingsland family noted that they were missing jewelry and cash.

And in both cases, they're missing high -end cars. The Nelsons BMW M3

convertible and the Kingslands Mercedes station wagon. If they're high -end

autos, maybe we could find somebody with a connection who can move those kind of

things fast.

Come on. Come on, you guys. Take a look at that.

The truth is... Cars and jewelry and cash. These people are not in this for

money.

If you take a look at these pictures, you think there's something else going

here. This is about power.

It's about control and God knows what else.

We don't know why these families have been targeted.

It could be as simple as a finger in the phone book or there could be a

connection.

Kids went to different schools.

Mrs. Nelson worked, Mrs. Kingsland didn't. Mr. Kingsland was an architect.

Mr. Nelson was a lawyer.

Ten miles apart, didn't go to the same doctors, mechanics, grocery stores, not

looking good.

Then I remembered.

There's no sign of forced entry, right? Right.

Maybe somebody got their keys.

They ate out a lot.

Both families.

So you're thinking they both left their keys with the same valet? Exactly.

Five weeks ago Friday night, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson had dinner with friends at

Claudette. The Kingslands ate at Bobby Tong's. Two different restaurants.

They're located at 1701 and 1705 Levada.

Connection?

They shared the same valet stand.

We're getting a list of who worked that night.

Arnold Rabjohn.

He worked at the valet station one night only. Now, he's got two felony priors,

car theft, nine years ago.

Now, we think that he's been copying house keys.

Takes a look at the registration, and he gets an address.

And they go inside, take the cars and whatever else they can get away with.

And they have their party.

Okay, listen up. We need a list of everyone who ate at those two

night that Rabjohn worked there. Get every single thing that you can get

them. Find out what they drive, where they live, because the next family could

be in that group.

That's very interesting, Miss Little, but who leaked you the story?

Give me a break. I got it myself.

How? I have a friend who was a friend.

Who's a rat in the police department, undoubtedly. Who works for the credit

bureau. I got the credit history of the Nelsons and the Kingslands. I saw that

the same night that the Nelsons ate at Chez Claudette's, the Kingslands ate at

Bobby Tom's. So? So what?

So they share the same ballet.

I heard there was no sign of forced entry.

Where'd you hear that from?

That would be from my rat inside the police department.

So am I right? Are they copying keys from the ballet stand?

Of course I'm right.

Otherwise, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now. I'll consider it

confirmed. Look, Miss Little, you can't run that story.

I have to run this story.

Excuse me.

I'll give you full access.

What?

You'll be inside the rest of the way. How far inside?

How far inside do you want?

If there's a car across the street, I want to be in it. Look, Captain, you

possibly be serious. No, you're not jeopardizing this investigation.

You'll have to wait until it's over before you publish. Not one word until

done. Deal?

Deal.

Freedom of the press.

You can't blackmail in the police department. I didn't know you got down

that, Andrea. Blackmail? It's offered. I accept it. I'm sure it was that simple.

Listen, when we go out, you don't move, you don't talk, you don't even breathe

unless we say so, okay?

Making a call on his cell phone so he can pull it in.

Hey.

There,

that's him. That's him.

Ruthless home invader who calls his mother Ma.

I also said I'd help the minister at my church. We're going to serve food at the

soup kitchen.

No, Ma. Look, I gotta go. I'm already at the church.

Church? What church is that?

They've come to that pot roast for me.

Cool. Gotta go.

There's the minister now.

Yeah, I think I heard about this church. It's the Church of the Holy Ass

Spanking. I got a reverend over there, a reverend in a lot of pain.

I'm saying a lot of pain.

We focus on the business of hand -air people. We're talking about a man who

carved up two families, okay? Knock it off.

Billy. Can you get a laser mic on the window?

I can try.

I got the curtains pulled. We're going to need about 60 seconds.

Sounds like our boy Rap John is all tied up.

I'll give you 20 seconds.

I think he's under 10.

11.

Get some backup. We're going to bring them in.

Control, this is 1W61. Show me code 5 at Cantwell and Laurel Vista.

Requesting additional units for arrest.

1W61, roger.

What's he got?

Key copy machine and a rack full of blanks.

You listening to the room?

Uh -huh.

What is that boy up to? Well, there's a lot of moaning and groaning, but now

nothing. What is that, Andrea?

It's my tape recorder.

You know you can't use that.

Okay, I'm just going to check the batteries. How about you take the

out?

Wait, hold on a second. Is that tape or digital?

Tape. That's it?

Oh, yeah.

That's a nice one, too, huh?

So the tape just goes right in here, huh?

Uh -huh.

Here we go.

Oh, damn.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Knock it off.

Sorry.

You know what you get for sleeping?

Wake up, you puke.

I don't know what I was thinking.

Make a move.

Let's go.

Hands against the wall. Turn around and put your hands against the wall.

Ramos, check that guy.

Clear.

What's up, Ramos?

He's gone.

Really good at scenario unit.

You know, if you want to do what we do, you need to see what we see.

How do we get him down?

How do we get him down?

Just press the clamp.

Press the damn clamp.

Seven people are dead.

Three of them are kids.

You don't want to help us find the murderer?

Okay.

How do we know you weren't involved?

How about we charge you with the murder of Arnold Rabjohn?

How were you involved?

I wasn't there.

This revolts me as much as it does you.

I play games.

You know, I do role play. I help people act out. How were you involved? All I

did was I introduced Ratboy to Carl.

By Ratboy, you mean Arnold Rabjohn, your recently deceased client.

Who's Carl?

I don't know if that's his real name.

I don't really know anything about him. But you think he was involved.

Tell us about him.

I don't know what's true because people lie, you know? What makes you think Carl

would do this?

I don't know.

Some people are interested in causing pain.

Carl is interested in causing fear.

We hacked into Rabjohn's voicemail, and it was deleted messages.

We got two that are pretty interesting.

Monday, 9, 13 a .m.

Hey, Arnie, first up will be a Mercedes E320 wagon. You take possession noon

tomorrow, sayonara.

Tuesday, 10, 32 a .m. Arnie, get ready for a BMW M3 convertible tomorrow noon.

The night after Rabjohn got the first message, the Kingslands were hit, and

Mercedes was taken.

After he got the second call, the Nelsons were hit, and their BMW went bye

Now, obviously this guy doesn't know that Rabjohn's dead, because this

the late Mr. Rabjohn received this message.

Today, 8 .37 a .m.

Hey, Arnie, one more for you. Jaguar XK8 convertible. Tomorrow noon.

Sayonara. There's only one Jaguar XK8 that belongs to a family that used a

stand that night.

Mr. Henry Stein.

We had less than 24 hours.

Wait, you got a second?

I gotta get out of my suit.

Look, if these guys are watching as closely as we think they are, we're only

gonna be able to get a two -man team inside the house undetected.

Fearless is gonna be on the outside coordinating from a van.

Since you're the best shot we got, I want you inside on the line with me.

Oh, now you're my secret admirer?

Come on, Joel, you're just worried about what Fearless is gonna do in there.

Wait, that's his choice.

My choice is to have you inside.

Ray. Ray!

You know, because of Vista Heights, nobody even wants you involved in this

detail. But I told the captain I want you inside, so you can think whatever

want.

Well, sure.

That way, if anybody dies, it goes in my file, not your partner's.

You realize I am inside the house with Mr. Stein.

Copy that, partner. Where's Ray?

Ray should be here any minute with Mr. Stein.

You see anything while they were gone?

A couple of cars and trucks drove by, but no one slowed down. I talked to a

neighbor. He said that the meter reader came by.

Talked to DWP. They said that this neighborhood is on their schedule for

week. Copy that.

Hi, Mrs. Stein.

Detective Stevens?

Hi. If you wouldn't mind, just grab a bag, go on in the house, they'll be in

right behind you.

Okay? And please, I just ask that you act as normal as possible, all right? We

don't know who made you watch it. Act normal. Oh, okay.

I was coming out of Dr. Grant's when Detective Stevens stopped me.

He came over with me in the Jag.

The Jag? They picked us because of that car, you know that.

The reason I'm not too happy about the Jag.

That's number seven on the top ten list of reasons why it's not so bad to have

terminal cancer.

If you want a Jaguar, you can afford it, and you can still drive it. You buy a

Jaguar. Why don't you just park a couple of patrol cars out front?

We could do that, ma 'am. Good, do that. I like that.

Ma 'am, if we do that, we're just going to scare them away.

We don't want to scare them away. We want to stop them.

In order to do that, we need your help. We just want to make them think that

you're here and that they have a clean shot at you. That's all.

You want to use this as bait?

No, ma 'am, we don't want to use you as a bait. As soon as the sun goes down, we

will get you and your family out through the backyard.

By you and your family, he means you and the girls. I'll be upstairs in my bed.

Actually, sir, it will be best if you went with the rest of the family.

What are they going to do, kill me?

Um, detective, can I talk to you for a moment out in the hall? No, Doreen, you

may not talk to him out in the hall.

You're just going to tell him how sick I am, how I have only a few months to

live, how I can't stand the stress.

Come here.

You know what?

Maybe you're right.

Maybe I can't stand the stress.

Maybe this will cost me a week of what I have left.

So?

It's not like I can tell you guys that I love you anymore than I already have.

My hourglass is running out, Doreen. I am a very powerful man.

I'm not going to let these sick bastards drag me out of my own house.

I don't know if I can do this.

Yes, you can.

Joel, we've got two teenage girls on approach to the house.

God, Henry, the girls.

How are they going to react to this?

This is so cool.

No, Denise, this is not cool.

Oh, yeah, going to Washington, D .C. for spring break was cool.

Washington was not cool.

Washington was boring. Rachel, you're such a dork, Rachel. Our daughter went

our nation's capital, the seat of world democracy.

And for her, the highlight of the trip was the old Navy store in Georgetown.

Because the rest of it was boring. Oh, come on, Doreen, it is boring for a

teenager. They're right.

At least take them to Mardi Gras. Let them grow beads.

Well, let them grow beads and bear their breath.

For the camera?

They want to.

That is so gross.

They don't know we're so keen on my becoming so touchy -feely.

But you see, priorities change.

Oh, God.

She's going to tell the truth.

Dad. No, he's not.

Right, Dad?

There's this guy who goes to his doctor.

Doctor tells him he's got six hours to live.

No James Bond stuff or crowd -chopping bad guys, okay? You got it. Go, go, go,

go. I love you, Daddy.

I love you, too.

All right.

Mrs. Stein, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you to go now. You know

what?

I know this is just crazy, but I'm not going.

Ma 'am, please, okay? I need you to go with your daughters now.

No, I'm not going to do it. Ma 'am, this is a police operation, okay? I'm going

to have to insist that you go now.

Well, I insist that you go now.

Ma 'am.

Uh, Detective, if he thought my dad was stubborn, he took lessons from her.

Fine. Take the girls. Go.

The night nurse.

Hi.

I'm Teresa.

I'm your nurse for the night.

Ah, welcome.

Thank you.

Nothing. You don't approve?

If it helps your appetite and fights nausea, that's what counts.

Actually, I finished chemo a few weeks ago. I'd just like to kick back and I'd

listen to old Genesis.

Number five on the top ten list of reasons it's good to have terminal

How much time do you have?

Let's put it this way. I've stopped flossing.

You've been through this before, haven't you?

No one else would ask the old, big, how much time do you have question.

Who was it?

My mother.

Did she make it?

No.

prompting me to ask my big question.

How was it for her at the end?

As good as can be expected.

Mr.

Stein, I'm sorry. You're in a lot of pain.

Hey, I'm going to the kitchen. Can I get you anything?

Nah, it's almost done.

Sherry's got a piece of pie for me at home anyway.

Okay.

No light.

Just a refrigerated door, okay?

A little milk and ice cream, then nap time.

I wish.

You know, when I asked the fire department for a volunteer, I didn't

see you come through the door.

I volunteered.

Don't come.

I do some hospice work.

A day every couple of weeks.

Really? Mm -hmm.

My mother died of cancer.

Well, it happened years ago when I was 17.

She was sick on and off for about nine years, so I'm pretty used to doing it.

That's good.

I was thinking you might have volunteered tonight because you knew I

to be here.

Well,

that was the other reason.

Milk and ice cream at six in the morning.

What am I thinking?

No.

Joel,

I've got no sign of them out here.

What are you thinking?

Let's give it another hour.

How was it for your mother at the end?

As good as can be expected.

Yeah, that's what you said before.

You can tell me the truth.

I'm not afraid of the truth.

It was hard. She was in a lot of pain.

Must have been hard to watch.

They give her enough pain meds?

Often they don't.

What's that about?

She might get addicted.

What?

They gave her enough meds, she just didn't use them.

She saved them.

She was supposed to take two every four hours. She took one every six hours

for three weeks.

He used a lot of ice, and I gave her massages.

And after the three weeks...

Ground up those pills into powder and mix them with apple pie.

I'm not a religious man, Teresa.

Not a very observant Jew.

Temple may be three times a year.

I have no idea.

Whether there's anything after this, I have no idea whether there's anybody

watching.

I know very little.

But I know this.

When a man is dying, prayer can be a very powerful thing.

I'll be praying for you, Mr. Thay.

No, Teresa.

I'll pray for you.

I have no idea whether there's anything after this. I have no idea whether

there's anybody watching.

It'll burn them.

I know this.

When a man is dying, prayer can be a very powerful thing.

I'll be praying for you, Mr. Scott.

No.

No, Teresa.

I'll pray for you.

It's been a long night. Sure you can't stay for

breakfast? Thank you, Mrs. Stein.

planning us coming to your home and helping us.

You didn't have to. Put your lives on the line every day. I think it's the

we can do.

See ya.

Hope we didn't have the wrong house.

Yeah, well, you just call me if you ever figure it out, huh?

See you back at the station.

Doctor tells him he's got six hours to live.

Stine?

Um, are you expecting anyone tonight?

Oh, no, no, it's us.

Oh, what about Nurse Ratched?

Oh, God, that's right.

Nurse Ratched?

Well, that's not her real name.

It's a different one every night, but we just thought cuckoo's nest, and now the

girls call all the nurses nurse ratchet.

Your husband has a night nurse?

I said it wasn't necessary. Mom, it's necessary.

He got one so he could sleep if he needed help

during the night.

So it's a different one every night?

That's good.

Then we can bring in one of our own people.

Night nurse.

I'm Teresa.

I'm your nurse of the night.

Henry's right in here.

I've got no sign of them out here.

What are you thinking?

Give it another hour, okay?

Hope we didn't have the wrong house.

Just call me if you ever figure it out.

I'll see you back at the station.

Tired?

Not yet.

I'm sure I will be when I get home.

Why don't you get some rest?

I will.

I have a couple days off, so I'm going to drive up the coast.

I've never been a big sir.

Me neither.

Take care of yourself, Joel.

Ray, Fearless, anyone on this frequency?

Yeah, we're headed back to the station. What's up?

Fearless, last night you told me that a neighbor said that a meter reader came

by while the Steins were gone, right?

Yeah, we checked that out with DWP. Why?

Because I see another one right now.

Maybe he didn't finish that streak yesterday.

Yeah, well, maybe the other guy yesterday was someone who knew the DWP

What are you thinking, Joel?

We wondered how they could get in so quietly.

Even with the key.

Well, maybe they get in during the day when the house is empty and just wait in

the basement or the attic.

I'm sending backup.

Shh,

your attic door. Where is it?

Well, it's in the hall.

What's going on? Okay, don't worry about that. I just need you to get in the

car, take the girls and go for a ride, okay?

I'll take care of Henry. Come on, come on.

Let's go.

I need you to come up.

Come on. Come on.

Go in there. Stay in there.

I wanted his heart, but I think I just got his stomach.

I got this from the other guy.

What do you say?

Should I put him out of his misery?

No, you should not, sir.

Put the shotgun down.

You don't think I should send him out of his way?

No, I don't, sir. Put the shotgun down.

Mr. Stein, put the weapon down.

A killer goes into a man's house, man's got a right to do whatever he wants to.

You do not have the right to execute him, sir.

Sure he does. Do what you gotta do, Mr. Stump. Shut up, Ray.

Man's in his own home. This animal came here to butcher his family. Ray, shut

up!

You see, when the cancer invaded my body, I fought it for as long as I could

with everything I had, but that wasn't enough.

But this thing can do.

What are you gonna do?

Charge him with murder?

If I have to, sir, I'll put it down.

I died before it ever got to trial.

That's number one in the top ten list of reasons why it's good to have terminal

cancer.

Mr. Stein, you shoot him again, and that's murder.

Think about your family, sir, and put the weapon down.

You could give him the shotgun, sir.

I mean, you got him with a 12 -gauge right in the guts.

We're afraid of a bowel like that. He's going to go septic even if he makes it

to the hospital, which he probably won't.

Being gut shot, that's a nasty way to go.

I didn't know you were here.

When did you get home?

A couple minutes ago.

You okay?

Uh -huh.

Is Willie asleep?

Yeah.

Hey.

I love you.

I love you too, Joel.

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