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Tonight, on the set.

Who killed her? Somebody you trusted? God, I hope you're wrong.

I think the killer knows that you're the only witness.

And what will you tell them? That you were practicing some ancient religion

fell into a trance and now a man is dead?

Kill her.

Come on, come on, let's go!

God, forgive me.

Stop it!

All right, kill her.

In the jungles of Peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses.

Now, Detective James Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice.

Seeing before others see.

Sensing what others can't.

An ever -vigilant watchman in the war against crime.

Mendola never should have been killed.

You know it, so do I.

What do you want me to say?

We stepped over the line? Okay.

We stepped over the line. So what? We did it, we've got to accept it, and

got to move on.

What the hell are you talking about? How do you accept something like this?

I can't do it anymore. I'm sorry.

You're sorry?

That's what you have to say to me? You're sorry?

What about me?

You walk and it puts me in a bind.

I'm the one who brought you in on this in the first place. You remember that?

I'd never do anything to jeopardize you. You know that. I just want out.

You can't get out. It's gone way too far.

Cortez put you up to this, didn't he?

That's why you wanted to come up here on the roof. First Mandola, then me.

Yeah, that's right. Don't be stupid. Just go along with the program, all

Everything will be okay.

I will handle Cortez, all right?

Handle whatever you want.

I'm going to talk to you.

I can't feel anything in my legs.

Why didn't you just let it go?

All you had to do was put it out of your head.

Call an ambulance.

I can't.

I don't want to know what happened.

Paul just said an officer was down. What's going on here?

Patrick Donahue.

Oh, you've got to be kidding.

Did you know?

I went to the academy with him.

Heard he was working vice.

We have what we believe to be the murder weapon, 9mm.

It was clean and the serial numbers fell down.

Ballistics might be able to raise him. What the hell happened here?

Looks like it was a Santeria ceremony.

Man, I'm telling you, whoever put together this altar really knew what

doing.

And how was Donahue involved?

We have no idea.

We're trying to locate his partner now. Dennis Murphy?

Don't know him.

From what we've been able to tell, there is some sort of struggle on the roof.

Donahue was either pushed or fell through, but he was definitely shot down

Well, if that's true and there was a ceremony going on here, then there are

definitely witnesses.

Or maybe one of them pulled the trigger.

The Cuban community has been up in arms ever since the Mandela homicide.

Cop killing just might be their way of saying it.

How does it feel?

Ah, come on. Nobody proved that a cop killed Mandola. No one has to, Sandberg.

Mandola was an up -and -coming law student. He starts making charges of

corruption. Next thing you know, there's a bullet in his head.

You do the math. The department's on thin ice in this neighborhood.

I think there's a lot of people around here who'd like to see us fall through.

Santeria. It's an ancient religion. It was originally practiced by an African

tribe called Yoruba. I actually went to a couple of the ceremonies in New York.

The modern version has a bunch of wild, different cultural influences in it.

It's really cool.

What is it?

Oh, something I'm smelling.

It's really sweet. I can't really identify it, though.

I think I smelled it inside the building.

Stronger over here.

Is that what you're smelling?

Yeah, yeah. It's real perfumey, like oranges or rose water or something.

Botanica El Pavo Real.

Does that mean anything to you? Yeah, botanicas. They're religious stores.

sell candles, herbs, stuff like that.

You know, some of them have ceremonies in the back. All right.

Which means that whoever was wearing this is either our killer or our

Hiya.

Something terrible has happened.

I didn't know where else to go.

Thank God you're all right.

People have been looking all over for you. There is a man. I know. The one who

fell from the roof.

We were all there when it happened.

Everyone ran. We thought you were with us. No, I can't remember anything.

After I came out of the trench, he was lying on the floor.

He was dead, Aya.

What happened?

You were about to give your blessing.

He fell to the floor through the glass.

People were terrified. They panicked.

So someone killed him.

You don't know that.

He had a wound in his chest.

I've got to go to the police. You can't. I have to.

I'm in a position of responsibility.

I can't just ignore them. And what will you tell them?

That you were practicing some ancient religion and fell into a trance and now

man is dead?

All you will do is jeopardize everything you have worked for.

The gold shawl?

Whoever wore it was probably a priestess of Uchun.

A what?

Uchun is the African goddess of love and beauty, sort of like Venus.

And her priestesses wore gold.

Usually these really beautiful and exotic women have this way of moving.

It's sort of like a sensual rhythm, you know?

This is an academic discussion only, okay? I was strictly an observer.

Did that move again?

Yeah, yeah.

You got all the moves, David. I won.

Sometimes I feel like I'm on the edge of a knife.

What do I do?

Maintain your balance.

Strictly an observer, huh, Chief?

Just an observer.

Maybe a little voyeur?

Maybe a little.

Get in the back.

Hi, I'm Detective Ellison. This is Mr. Sandberger with the Cascade PD.

How may I help you?

A police officer was murdered this morning. This was found in the area. We

believe it comes from here.

It's a very beautiful show.

Beautiful, but not unique.

There are many in this community.

Well, any information that you can give us would be great. I mean, we're talking

about the death of a police officer here.

I'm sorry.

I know nothing about it.

What is that scent?

Verbena. Oh, verbena, of course. It's part of the Bembe ceremony.

You know about the Bembe?

Yeah, I'm familiar with the ritual.

There was one last night, right?

There may have been. I wasn't there.

But I can tell you that whoever murdered your detective was not a part of the

Benbe. How do you know that?

Nobody comes into the Benbe with a weapon.

It's a rule. It's strictly enforced.

I never said the murder took place at the Benbe.

Are you the only one working now?

Yes.

Hold this.

Yeah, we'll leave her sitting there. The last thing we need is a riot.

I want to lean on Cortez.

Look, Jim, I know where you're going with this, but absolutely not.

Simon, we got a cop killing in Little Havana.

We both know that Cortez has got his fingers in every little puppet show that

goes on down there. I cannot have you leaning on Cortez.

We know that this cop killing is a tinderbox. The last thing we need to be

is adding fuel to the fire. Simon, this guy is nothing more than a stone -cold

thug. Yeah, he's also a recognized leader of the community, and I want you

back off. Now, is that understood?

Very good, sir.

Oh, what about Donahue's partner?

Murphy's taking some personal time. I'm going to see him this afternoon.

Very good.

The sooner we find out what Donahue was doing on that roof, the closer we'll be

to finding out who killed him.

This is Blair Sandberg. He's a consultant to the department.

Allison, I've been expecting you.

You got all the moves. Good one.

Hey, partners.

Anything you want to know, you ask.

What was he doing there?

That's what's so strange about all this. He never said a word to me. Any cases

you guys are working on together?

Sure, we had a lot of open files. Patrick could have been working on any

them, but he would have told me about it. How about somebody that might have a

grudge against him? Ex -con, fresh out of the joint? Come on.

Now, listen, we both know what this is about, right?

Everybody does, but... It's payback from Indola.

You and Donahue are the arresting officers on that case, right?

It was a legitimate collar. He had a nickel bag on him.

So what happens next? Manola gets off on bail.

Somebody whacks him and everybody in Little Havana thinks that we did it.

Well, I think one of those good Cuban people wanted to settle the score.

Well, from what I know about the case, none of that can be proved yet.

I'm sorry, you're a, what was it, a consultant?

Yeah. So basically you have no idea what the hell you're talking about, right?

Well, we didn't just for a little while walk in our shoes, huh? No, you look.

I lost a partner here, all right?

It's okay, man.

We understand. I'm sorry. We're just trying to figure it out here.

Petra was good, man. He didn't deserve this.

Well, hang on to this.

Whoever killed Donnie, he was not going to get away with it. He may have been

your partner, but he was a part of all of us.

We're going to catch this scumbag.

If you don't, I will.

I'm sorry about what happened back there. I didn't mean to get into a

with Murphy.

I should have realized I was treading upon sacred ground and that the

has its own social structure and its own taboo.

Chief, don't turn this into a term paper. Do me that favor, all right? I'm

I'm just letting you know I understand.

No, I don't think you do understand.

Oh, I don't understand. Look, Jim, don't patronize me. I may not be a cop, but I

know what it's like to lose somebody, all right?

I'm sorry. I know you do.

It's all right.

So where are we going now? Where are we going?

We're going to pay a visit to a guy named Roberto Cortez.

Hey, you did what you had to do.

It's over.

It's so easy for you, isn't it?

I killed a cop.

Do you have any idea what that means?

I mean, this isn't Mandola that we're talking about. The department's going to

turn this town upside down until they make an arrest. They're not going to say

anything. What? They're going to talk about what they don't know?

God knows.

That's an old point.

Did you know that?

Every morning before school, 7 o 'clock mass, the old priests, they used to say,

you can't fool God.

God sees everything.

Wait, wait, wait.

Don't go after me, Murphy.

You got too much to lose. You got your kids in private school. You got all your

girlfriends.

You like the good life a little bit too much. It's okay.

Who's the witness?

A woman.

Who is she?

I don't know.

But I think that she saw everything.

She's in the area. She won't be hard to find. I want you to track her down.

And I want you to make sure she's not a problem.

Why don't we just leave it alone?

I mean, if she was going to come forward, she probably would have done it

now. We can't take that chance.

You've got to take care of business.

Look at me.

Do we understand each other here, Dennis?

We're not going to do this, are we?

This is a private club, members only.

Well, I've got to get in free card here.

I'm here to see Mr.

Cortez. So why don't you get back up in your tree, okay, Chooch?

He doesn't have time for you.

Senor Cortez is a very busy man.

Right. That happens to be why I'm here.

Hey, Jim.

I'm going to see if we can come back some other time.

I'm double parked, Chief. What do I got to get? A tow truck to get you out of

here, too? You really want me to hit you?

Why don't you sit down? I'm going to have my cook make you lunch, okay?

Only you.

I could eat.

Come this way.

I'm here investigating the murder of a vice squad cop named Patrick Donahue. He

worked this neighborhood. Do you know him?

No. I never had the pleasure, but I do offer my condolences.

I'll be sure to pass that along to his widow.

What do you want from me, detective?

Any information that you have on the incident.

And I would doubt that there's anything that goes on in this neighborhood that

you don't know about.

Ooh, come on.

You're giving me way too much credit.

What about Jorge Mandola? Do you know who killed him?

I heard he was a cop.

Why don't you think about that for a while?

You know, detective, in Cuba was tortured by Castro's

revolutionaries.

Intimidation has very little effect on me.

You know that any man that's got to tell you that, he's usually scared to death.

If I were you, I'd keep Rico sharp, because the next time I come back here,

not going to be a social visit.

Look.

Thanks for the food.

Was that a Cuban Happy Meal? I had to take it. If I didn't, it would have been

an insult.

You wouldn't want to offend Cortez.

Oh, that guy Rico. Man, you take away the guy's clothes, there's a cane

What is it?

That scent.

I'm smelling it again.

The verbena?

Yeah.

Where's it coming from?

I don't know.

But I lost it.

All right,

great. Thanks, Cassie.

Forensics was able to get a serial number on the gun that Till Donahue was

registered to a security guard named Sam Dawson and sold it to a kid named Bobby

Tom.

Why not?

All right, which one of you girls is Bobby Tone?

Not so fast here. I usually like a proper introduction.

Where are your manners, Bobby?

I didn't do anything, man. And why were you running? For your health. I'm a cop

in this neighborhood.

Damn right.

Where were you last night?

At my church, helping Father Dominguez paint the vestry. You can ask the Padre.

That's unless you think he's going to lie.

It won't be necessary.

It's about that cop being killed, isn't it? What do you know about it? Nothing,

man. I know nothing.

There's a security guard named Dawson. He claims that he sold you a gun about a

month ago.

Is that true?

Yeah, so?

He needed some bread. The price was right.

So what? That cop was killed with it, that's why.

Hey, wait a minute, man. I haven't seen that gun in three weeks, I swear to God.

Let me guess, you lost it. Didn't lose it, man. Three years ago, I was picked

on suspicion of possession.

It's a bogus charge, but I was packing at the time.

The gun was confiscated.

By who?

The cop that arrested me. Who else?

Oh, you remember the cop's name?

Yeah, sure.

Donahue.

I'll be telling the story. Check it out.

Donahue busted the kid three weeks ago and logged in his weapon. Somehow it got

out of lockup.

Is Murphy involved in the collar?

Nope.

How does a gun just disappear?

Well, it had to be someone who had access to evidence lockup. You figure it

What are you saying? Another cop?

What I'm about to tell you stays in this room.

You hear me, Sandberg?

I got a call from IA this morning.

They were investigating vice cops who may have been in Cortez's pocket.

Donahue's name was on the list.

Now, if cops are on the take, it could be why Medola was killed.

And also why Donahue.

Look, Jim, I want you to get this top priority.

I want to find out who killed Donahue and if it connects in any way at all to

Medola. Oh.

By the way, I got a call from your friend Cortez.

It appears that he's filed charges for police harassment.

What? Oh, come on. I was there, Simon. Save us, Amber.

Miss Santiago is here to see you. All right, Amber, we're going to be right

Well, because of this, and also due to the escalating tension from Little

Habano, the mayor has asked us to work with a community affairs liaison.

Her name's Corinna Santiago.

She's right outside.

Simon. As my son Daryl would say, talk to the hand.

Mr. Santiago, I'm Captain Banks. Would you like to step in, please?

Look fast here. He doesn't like a proper introduction.

We have a crisis on our hands, Captain.

People are frightened, and they feel unprotected. With all due respect, Miss

Santiago, I feel those fears are totally unfounded.

A young man named Jorge Mendola spoke out about police corruption, and he

up dead.

Yes, and we are doing everything we can to find his killer.

What about Detective Donahue?

What about him? The fear is that someone in Little Havana is going to be picked

as a scapegoat.

If this isn't Cuba...

I've seen the police push, grab, and racially insult my people.

That was here, in Cascade.

Those were isolated incidences, ma 'am. I didn't come here to argue the point.

I'm asking you to exercise restraint and to avoid harassing my citizens.

If you're referring to Roberto Cortez, some say that everything that bad

in that neighborhood traces back to him.

It's because of Senor Cortez. We have a free clinic, youth center.

And hot meals for our elders. Oh, yeah, yeah, sure. Friendly neighborhood

patriarch, right?

Little Havana's answer to John Gotti. He's given a lot.

Yeah, it's only a fraction of what he's siphoned off.

It seems we have a difference of opinion.

I hope we can resolve it.

Now, by the way, if you don't mind me asking, what is that fragrance that you

wear? I made it myself.

From tropical flowers.

Flores tropicales. My mother taught me in Cuba.

Buenos dias.

Adios. It's the same scent I picked up at the murder scene.

She was there.

All right, well, walk carefully on this one.

We're dealing with the mayor's office.

Come on, let's move.

to ask me about my perfume.

You now want to know where I buy my clothes.

Oh, actually, I know where you buy your clothes.

At least some of them, anyway.

We have a witness to Donahue's murder.

She dropped her shawl at the scene.

And? And I think that shawl belongs to you.

That's ridiculous.

You know, obstructing justice is a crime.

I'm not the enemy here.

Why don't you just talk to me?

I've told you everything.

If that's all.

One way or the other, I'll find out what happened.

You had your chance.

Why didn't you kill her?

I was in a police station. What the hell am I supposed to do?

I'm screwed.

She probably already gave a statement. No, if that would have been the case, it

would have been breaking down the door.

I want you to find her, and I want you to find out what her name is.

And how am I supposed to do that?

What? Am I going to tell you how to do your job now?

You're a cop, okay?

Rico, Murphy needs company.

And this time, you do what needs to be done.

I'll tell you the truth, Jim. I don't know how to play this one unless you can

absolutely put Corina Santiago at the crime scene. That shawl is hers. Either

she's covering for someone or she's a part of it.

Think she'll roll over if you put some pressure on her?

Maybe.

Jim, it's me.

We lucked out.

This whole thing started with the Santeria ceremony. I decided to go back

botanica, and I saw Aya leaving, so I followed her to this cafe.

Guess who she just met?

Karina Santiago.

Sorry about your friend.

Do you want to tell me now?

At the Bambi.

But I can't help you.

All I remember are the hate and the drums that began the ceremony.

And I was sending over the dead body of Detective Donahue.

Everything between is a blank.

What do you mean it was a blank? Could you explain that?

Or within a trance?

I've seen it before, Jim.

It's a bed maze I've observed.

Detective, in our religion, the gods come down to Earth.

Sometimes they enter the bodies of certain people.

I'm one of those people.

Ocean chose me.

These trances, sometimes they'll last for an hour, sometimes a day, sometimes

week. The subjects, when they come out, they never remember anything.

Why didn't you tell me all this before?

I work for the mayor.

And I practice an African religion where our God inhabits your body.

I live in two worlds.

A lot of us walk in different worlds, Karina.

Sometimes we're not sure which world we're in.

This is what we have.

I think the killer knows that you're the only witness.

But he doesn't know that you're in a trance.

I think he wants you dead.

I... I got Sandberg

and her over at the loft.

A couple of uniforms are standing by.

Oh, good move.

That takes care of her.

But we still don't know why Donahue was killed.

Let's say Mendola's claims of police corruption are true.

Donahue and Murphy are the arresting officers.

Later, Mendola is found dead in an alley.

I think Donahue was involved in the murder.

Now, something went wrong. A change of heart, guilt.

So he was murdered.

That's a lot of supposition.

You think these are all coincidences?

All right, so now we come to the big question.

Who killed him?

I don't know. Somebody who could lure him up to that roof.

Somebody you trusted.

Like his partner.

See how I think it fits.

So, uh, how long have you been in America?

I was 10 when I left Cuba.

And already a priestess.

These trances, are they easy for you to get into?

Under the right conditions, yes.

I was wondering, if you went back into a trance, if we could ask Ochun who the

killer is. No, I couldn't do that.

Why not?

This isn't some kind of illusion you do on demand.

Well, she's got a mind of her own.

And her own methods of punishment.

I'm sure that she does. And I view your beliefs with great respect.

O'Toon speaks through you.

I'm asking you to give her her voice.

I'm asking O'Toon for help.

All right, Sandy.

Appreciate it.

What's the word?

Well, Murphy was on duty the night that Donahue was shot. He was part of the

security detail at the mayor's fundraiser.

Donahue was killed around midnight. Murphy was on until one.

Any chance he could have slipped out?

Anything's possible, Captain, but I don't see how he could have.

But we still have our other witness.

Let's see if there's any way to jog her memory. The wheels are already in

motion, Captain.

Good.

Ellison.

She's willing to do it.

I'll send the uniforms along to accompany you over to the Botanic.

Where are you?

Okay, you wait for me there. Hey!

Because you already screwed up twice.

This time I wanna be there.

Good.

the time you and I had an understanding, huh?

Maybe we should talk in private.

This is how it's gonna work.

You're gonna try to run away and I'm gonna have to shoot you.

Isn't that supposed to scare me?

You think that Cortez even thinks about you, huh?

He's gonna save his own ass, puke. You can't just kill me.

This is Little Havana.

Cops off people here every day.

There's one way out.

You're going to tell me who did it.

Come on, puke, sing.

Come on!

Murphy killed Donahue.

Donahue and Murphy killed Jorge Mendoza.

Donahue couldn't take it.

How's Cortez figuring it?

Cortez gave the orders.

Where is he now?

Where is he, puke?

Murphy's alibi doesn't wash.

His name was on the roster, but he sent in a substitute at the last minute.

Well, we got some trouble, Simon.

Cortez knows where Corrine is. I tried to call Sandberg, but he must have

forgotten his cell phone.

Don't worry about it. I'll erase the uniforms from this head.

Also, you might want to send a cruiser over to Cortez's club.

There's a man in the men's room who's wanting to talk to you. He'll fill you

on the details.

Right.

This time it's done the right way.

Okay?

Are you working again?

Yeah, yeah, we're going. What is this?

Well, I think it's time you and I had an understanding, huh?

There's something wrong, Jim. We can't raise the uniforms.

Where are you now? About ten minutes away.

All right.

I'm on my way.

Officer's down. Domingo in first.

Both alive. Send ambulance and backup.

ASAP. Domingo in first.

Come on, Chief. Where the hell are you?

Where's Karina?

I don't know. I lost her in the crowd, but Chief, you can pick her up by

yourself. You've got to be kidding me. How am I going to do that with all these

people? You can do it. I can't do it.

Allison!

I know you.

You are the man who killed a friend he loved.

God forgive me.

Trump!

How many more, Murphy?

How many more is it going to take before it ends?

Innocent woman. I have to save your sorry ass.

Good Lord, you are pathetic, man.

Go ahead, kill her. Kill me.

They're still going to know what you're all about.

They can see it.

Don't listen to him.

He's the cop that killed Mandela.

No.

They know who killed Mandela.

There's no place for you to run now.

And a complete confession.

That, plus the cooperation from his men, will be able to put Cortez away for two

counts of murder.

Wild ride.

So we don't need to understand the evidence this morning?

No. It won't be necessary.

I'll tell him.

Thanks for coming by.

Hey, how'd everything work out?

Good. Good.

Great. See you later.

Blair said he had to talk to me.

I don't see it serving any purpose to expose your personal life and hold your

beliefs up to scrutiny.

You seem to understand a lot.

Well, let's just say I know a few things about secrets.