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Well, Captain, somebody grabbed two kilos of heroin before evidence hit

I intend to question every man on that squad, starting with Ellison. You're not

going to come clean for yourself. Do it for the people who still care about you.

If you're looking for an accomplice to this hoax of yours, you're going to have

to look somewhere else. I guess I'd put Veronica in that one -that -got -away

file. Is there a problem here? I can't protect you forever.

I may not get you on the drug deal, but that is chump change compared to this.

Because of what was done with the drugs, people will always wonder if you're the

bad cop. You think I'm blind, Jim? When you're trying to protect yours,

Veronica. Jim, I need to put you on suspension pending a full investigation.

Come on, Simon, you can't do this.

What are you holding back here? There's just some places you shouldn't look. You

may not look what you find. Jim, one of them are going to get killed.

I'll have to tell you how it goes.

You know that better than anyone.

Make it a lot easier on yourself if you just cooperate.

Nobody likes us.

Not your friends.

Not the department.

Gives us all a black eye.

You're not going to come clean for yourself.

Do it for the people who still care about you.

Despite what you may feel about me personally.

Even you have to admit this sounds pretty strange. It doesn't make any

does it? Why would you make up that kind of story? For money.

What's happening?

They just keep going round and round.

Now there's not cutting them any slack.

What about Veronica?

She's sticking to her story.

That'll look good.

Tell me about the money.

That's just punchline.

You gotta hear the setup, you know, to get the job.

Tell me from the setup.

From the first line.

The first line, huh?

All right.

But you gotta pay attention, because I can only do this once.

Sandberg and I had just wrapped up a crime scene involving a turf war between

two rival drug gangs.

As usual, my partner was getting sociological.

My point is the balance of territory is a basic instinct. I mean, even in

prehistory, I mean, the weapons and the terrain have changed, but the same rules

apply. Well, that's what most people think.

But primitive tribes fought for survival. You know, food, water, their

I mean, these gang wars today are all about pure profit.

That's a modern corruption, Chief. Modern.

Yeah. Jim, what about the Crusades? I mean, forget about protecting the Holy

Land from the heathens. They were motivated to control trade routes and

goods. It's the same thing as a drug war. Okay, genius.

Let me ask you something.

What dropped those discs today on North Channel?

Well, that was two harpies that went to the narcs and ratted some of their own

kind out and they got whacked. Exactly.

A true warrior would never betray his own brother in arms, especially for

Oh, yeah, speaking of money, that 20 bucks you left on the counter, I

it.

Defense threat.

Oh, who is this? What is that?

Hold on, Chief.

Get out of the car.

Put your hands where I can see them. Don't make a federal case out of this. I

didn't see.

Jim.

Hey, hotshot.

Oh, my God.

Alan, how the hell are you? You always did know how to make an entrance.

Oh, wait a minute. Either my lectures on road rage are working or you two have

met before.

Alan Archer, Blair Thinberg. We were in special ops together. I owe him my life.

Ah, he doesn't owe me anything.

Man, it's been ten years. I mean, what are the chances of something like this

happening? Tell me about it.

Look, hey.

No harm done, all right? Let's have dinner. Give us a chance to catch up.

Okay, Riley's Grill, 8 o 'clock. And if you grab for the check, I'll break your

hand. Do me a favor. Take it easy with this heat, huh?

You're driving along, and you nearly collide into a man you haven't seen

the service?

Ten years ago?

Right.

And this didn't strike you as being a fairly wild coincidence?

Not at the time, no.

Haven't you ever heard the concept that random events are part of some greater

design that we just don't understand?

There's only cause and effect, detective.

There's nothing mysterious about this in my book. Why don't you read another

book? It might do you some good.

Okay, so you met Archer as arranged.

I thought you wanted the whole story.

Don't leave out your own chapter.

Okay.

Well, Captain, somebody grabbed two kilos of heroin before evidence hit

I intend to question every man on that squad, starting with Ellison.

This was a joint operation.

If the drugs were missing, it wasn't us.

I trust Jim and his team without exception.

You know what I think?

You operate major crimes like it was your private fiefdom.

Maybe you should take off your blinders.

Maybe you should back off the concept that major crimes is run by a bunch of

dirty cops.

It only takes one.

The DEA is conducting its own internal investigation.

In the meantime, you better be keeping a clean house.

There's dirt. I'll find it.

You do windows also?

This isn't just going to go away.

We'll be talking.

Sandburg, is it?

Yep. You were at the sting as well, correct?

Yeah. Two for two. That's good.

Keep your calendar clear.

Hands ask for any tighter to be inside out.

This is a witch hunt, Captain. Is it?

The drugs are missing. DEA doesn't have them.

Somebody's got to take the fall.

We all knew Simon was right.

But if I'd had any idea the poor sap about to take the high dive was me, I'd

never have walked into Riley's Grill.

We said 8 o 'clock, James. It's 17 past.

You're not pulling the Archer internal clock trick on me again, are you?

I can still time a three -minute egg to the millisecond.

Remember that bar bet with that poor Marine? Lost his month's pay.

I ordered you a Mexican beer and a frozen glass.

You remembered that?

Some things you don't forget.

If you take off like this, I'm going to get all misty.

Sorry, I had to make a phone call.

Hello, Jim.

Hi.

Surprise. Of course he is, Alan. It's been a long time.

I don't know what to say. You look absolutely beautiful.

Gin and tonics from my wife.

Your wife? You guys got married?

Yeah, nine years ago.

I followed her to Honolulu.

I went straight over when my tour was up.

Who sent you a wedding invitation?

Well, travel's slow and it's not specific. Maybe I never got it.

Well, I guess the best man won, huh?

Not the best man, Jim.

Just be a more determined man.

I know this is a little late, but congratulations to Bob.

Thank you. Thank you.

There you go.

Get some more.

After a couple of months, Veronica was transferred to Hawaii.

We shipped out to the jungle. End of story.

Then suddenly I'm toasting the happy couple while my insides are slushing up

like that frozen beer glass.

So anyway, I was working for this union, investing their pension fund, but I

kept hearing this clock, you know, tick -tock, louder and louder. Finally, I had

to get off the dive.

That guy's a long way from Chicago.

Yeah, but, you know, something came up that enabled me to be my own boss.

What happened to the three of us, anyway?

Hmm?

Why don't we keep in touch?

I guess life has a way of getting in the way sometimes.

After dinner, I let them talk me into coffee back at their place.

Maybe I was too numb to say no, or maybe I was just enjoying the pain.

Hey, we're off the gold road, all right? Just follow up. All right.

There you go.

Hey, Archer.

Where are you going?

We got business to discuss.

It's over, Harry. You're lost.

All right? Now get out of my way. Why are you doing this? Is there a problem

here?

Yeah, enough of two, tough guy.

Careful, Harry.

This is my friend Jim Ellison.

Detective Jim Ellison. Did I mention that?

Well, that's the way it is, huh?

Okay. Okay?

Get that for you.

Can't protect you forever.

What was that all about? That business deal I was telling you about?

Well, he wanted in, but he was late coming up with the cash.

Figures I owe him a finder. Forget him. He's all talk.

Follow me.

How long have you been at the party?

Eight years.

Do you like it?

Uh, usually.

Uh, hold on a second.

Somebody's, uh, broken the front lock on your house. I'd like you to go back to

your car, please.

You didn't hear me? What are you doing? I'm watching your back, just like the

old days. Come on.

Stay behind.

Oh, my God.

suspected broken into the house the ape and the caddy

what did archer think no connection i

mean this wasn't your basic b and e they were looking for something

would it be fair to say that you fell in love with veronica the first time you

met

And this relationship was intimate.

By that, I mean physical.

I'd like to think both of us thought it was more than that, yeah.

For you, perhaps.

What is the question you're driving at here, Aldo?

Why didn't you?

What, follow through?

Samberg asked me the same question.

First there was a military, then the department.

Met some lady, got married.

Didn't work out.

I guess I'd put Veronica in that one -that -got -away file.

Anyway, that afternoon she called me.

I had to meet her down at Boulder Point.

Sorry. I didn't know who else to call.

It's all right. I'm glad you called.

Alan's in trouble.

I don't know what it is, but it has to do with that man at the restaurant.

I think the break -in was a warning of some kind.

What does Alan say about it?

Nothing.

When I press him, he tells me I have an overactive imagination.

The phone rings in the middle of the night.

No one's there.

The other day, I thought we were being followed.

The caddy? No, another car.

Every time I looked, it was there.

Alan acts as if he has no care in the world.

Yeah.

He always thought of himself as invincible.

The man at the restaurant, Alan called him Harry.

Does he have a last name?

No.

He doesn't talk to me.

Maybe he'll talk to you.

All right.

That's what I can do.

In the meantime, why don't you just try and relax?

Stay in public places if you go out.

Lock your doors at night, that sort of thing.

I'll be in touch.

Hey.

Thank you.

I remember you were always more thinner than Alan.

Calmer.

I feel safe with you.

I'm still the emotional one.

I gotta get back to the station.

Call me if you need me.

All right.

Looking back, I can see that's where she first set the hook.

But for some reason, I didn't find it.

Well, she's an attractive woman.

You had feelings for her.

You wanted to believe everything she said?

Careful, Ray.

You're almost sounding like a human being.

You might have shown that when you charbroiled Sandberg.

I don't want to make things difficult for you.

Actually, you can make things a whole lot easier for me.

Well, you know what? You can make things easier for me and not light that up.

I'm not into secondhand smoke, okay?

Sure.

Old habits are just hard to break.

I like protecting a friend.

Is that what I'm doing?

You and Ellis are not friends.

You hang out together. You go to crime scenes together.

I'm working on my thesis. That's why we stay so close.

It's okay.

I think it's great.

All I'm saying is you see things.

You hear things.

Look, Detective Aldo, why don't we just cut to the chase, all right?

I've known Jim Ellison for three years now.

If you're looking for advice, the man has a beer occasionally.

That's it.

You can't even get him to fix a parking ticket. We're way past parking tickets

here.

Ellison led a team of cops on a drug stain.

Five kilos were on the table.

Three showed up in the evidence room. The DEA was there too. Have you talked

them? They were on the outside waiting to go in.

Your buddy was on the inside.

Why is that so hard to believe?

Because I know him. You think you know him? Wrong. I know him. You said it

yourself. We're friends.

Now, if you're looking for an accomplice to this hoax of yours, you're going to

have to look somewhere else.

Where do you go?

I'm a civilian, all right?

I've waived my right to an attorney, and you've waived your right to bust out

the rubber hose.

I'm out of here.

Hey, Jimmy.

I got some information on the caddy. What is it?

They picked a temporary permit.

Give another driver, first name Harry, come up with a cat named Lovejoy.

Lovejoy, huh?

Garbage brand of the name still stinks, huh? Well, he's an arm breaker for

Chicago Freight. You know, pop, go to weasel. Yeah, I got the picture.

Thanks, H. Anytime, man.

Oh, I just finished up with Aldo. Man, is that frustrating. It's like trying to

teach a card trick to a monkey.

Let's take a ride.

All right.

Sandberg and I headed out to see Alan.

I left my partner cooling his heels out front.

I figured whatever Alan had to say, he'd do it a lot easier if we were alone.

If I had any guts, I'd say to hell with the engine.

It's a sailboat. It'd live or die by the wind, right?

Veronica's worried about you, Alan.

Oh, why?

What, about the break -in last night? I told you, it's nothing.

Harry loved doing nothing.

You got that from Veronica, right?

She had no business talking to you.

Why are you being so stubborn about this?

This doesn't concern you, all right?

Alan, you saved my life.

I'm going to forget that.

Let me tell you something.

That sniper was 300 yards away. We were in the middle of a damn monsoon.

Before I took that shot, I knew I had a one -in -a -million chance.

Until he fell, I wasn't sure if I got him or he got you.

Look, the point is, it was more luck than anything else.

We're squared, Jimmy. You don't owe me anything.

That's it.

Yeah, that's it.

All right, have your way.

Change of mind, you know where to reach me.

Oh, well.

Dick Tracy.

Figured you'd make an appearance.

What do you want from Archer?

Who's he?

Don't worry about him.

I just want to know how many players we've got at the table.

You know me, but I know you.

I'm good at figuring out things, too.

Like right now, you're being investigated by Internal Affairs over

smack that found its way down a rabbit hole.

So I figure you got your hands in that.

Maybe you got your hands in Archer's pockets, too.

Are you for real, man? It's real as it gets, Jack.

You still didn't answer my question.

What do you want from Archer? Why don't you ask him? I did. Then ask him again.

And this time, I'm telling you you're running out of time.

And I think you should let this one go.

That guy all but accused you of being on the take. You're already under

investigation from I .A .D. Just get someone else to take the case.

No can do, Chief.

Alan's a friend of mine.

You're involved in something you shouldn't be.

Wrong friend.

What? You think I'm blind, then?

When you're trying to protect your Veronica.

Allison? Oh, God.

Jim, you have to stop him.

What's going on?

Ellen's in a rage because I came to talk to you.

He says he wants to put an end to this once and for all.

Well, where is he now?

On his way to see that man.

One of them is going to get killed. I just know it.

Whoever blew up that car did an A job, and one of the doors went clear into the

lake. You can imagine how much of the body was left after that.

Didn't it disturb you that Veronica Archer was the only witness?

No.

Not until after we had done our Q &A with public enemy number one.

I don't know nothing about Archer buying it.

I was at the track, okay, surrounded by hundreds of people.

The bomb was connected to the ignition of Archer's car.

You could have been in a crater on the moon, for God's sake, and it still would

have gone off.

I'm not saying we're one without my lawyer.

All right.

Joe.

I spoke to him with his lawyer.

Thought we might be able to help him out with his life in Chicago.

My life is fine in Chicago, thank you.

Really?

I just spoke with Special Agent Klein of the FBI, and he told me that the union

you work for is under investigation for money laundering.

Silly me. I thought, you know, you help us out, we help you out with the FBI,

but you have it all figured out.

So we'll just cut loose back to the Midwest and tap on a murder charge for a

little added bonus.

Let's go, Joe.

Yes, sir.

All right.

The money was being watched for the pension fund.

Archer was in charge of the books when he was skimming.

When he found out that we were on to him, he skipped town with 500 large.

I've been looking for him for a month.

The night at the restaurant, that was good. A chance meeting?

I don't know. We were supposed to be there.

Who said that Archer was she?

His wife.

She's the one who made the call.

She said that Archer would pay back all the money plus interest.

He just wanted to meet in a public place so he'd feel safe.

You sure it was his wife they called?

Oh, yeah.

Veronica.

Knew her up in Chicago.

Don't forget a voice like that.

I bet you don't.

You kill Archer?

My orders... Tim,

wait a minute.

I told you, I have no idea what Alan was involved in.

Yeah, well, that's not what Lovejoy said.

And you believe him?

Why shouldn't I?

You lied to me before.

See, when I asked you if you knew Harry's last name, you said you didn't.

But later that day, I mentioned it to Alan, and he thought I got Lovejoy's

from you.

Well, Alan was just guessing.

Why would he make a guess like that if he didn't think that you already knew

what was going on?

Veronica, Alan's my friend.

What are you holding back here?

There's just some places you shouldn't look.

You may not like what you find.

Try me.

One night in Chicago, Alan came to me in a panic, said he'd done something

stupid.

He'd been drinking, so it all just tumbled out. The mom, the skimming,

everything.

He said we had to leave right away.

Married or not.

Once you found out what Alan was into, you could have gone right to the police.

You didn't have to stick around.

He's terrified not to.

He said he'd kill me if I left him.

I saw no reason to believe he wouldn't keep his word.

You're the man I remembered.

And ever since that night at the restaurant, I'd hoped maybe you could

away from all this.

When you're desperate, you think desperate things.

Who do you think killed him, Veronica?

I don't know.

Someone in Chicago, maybe Vegas.

He owed a lot of money to the casino.

He ran up his credit, and we skipped out of town owing them, too.

a real crazy thing?

I think I'd be glad he was dead.

So it's my husband.

And I tried to be a good wife.

So you knew that she had knowledge of the skimming.

And that made her an accessory after the fact.

Why didn't you bring her in for questioning?

Because she was a victim.

And I thought she'd had enough.

From that time on, she just let the line play out.

Must have felt it pulling me along, but I didn't care.

Anyway, we started seeing more of each other.

Then about a month later, she dropped the bombshell.

I'm not sure.

Alan took out a $3 million life insurance policy.

Claims agent called me this morning.

He took it out when he worked at the union.

That's a lot of money.

I don't care about the money.

There's the one good thing that's come out of all this.

You've been there for me. How long have you done that?

All those years.

Long term.

I always imagined you getting the wedding invitation in the mail and

up.

Tell me.

What would you have done if it reached you all those years ago?

Long time no see.

I've been busy.

Any closer to who killed Archer?

Nowhere, nowhere.

We got Lovejoy in Chicago.

Fed's having him. We can get him back, but I don't think that's going to serve

anything. Uh, you ever thought about looking closer to home?

What are you trying to say, Chief?

Well, uh, what was that that you always used to tell me? You know, uh, M -O -M?

Motive, Opportunity, Method?

I'm sure there's a point here.

My point is, $3 million and an abused wife.

Motive. And she's certainly had opportunity.

So she goes and puts a bomb in his car.

It's possible.

Maybe I need to clue you in.

Forensics said the explosive was D -13.

That's a linear -shaped charge used in demolition.

It takes a...

A highly technical, precision knowledge to handle it, okay?

There goes your method.

She could have had help.

I think you're the one who needs help.

I'm going to bed. I'm tired.

Sorry I brought it up.

A few days later, the insurance company paid off and Veronica called.

She was hearing noises again, like someone was close by prowling around.

I figured it was just her imagination.

I was wrong.

Move real slow.

Alan.

Hey, hotshot.

When did you figure it out?

I had all the pieces.

I just couldn't make them fit until right now.

Fake your death.

Let Lovejoy take the fall and collect three million.

Yeah, well, you know me.

Always thinking.

Yeah.

So the whole thing was a setup right from the car show, huh?

That night at the restaurant, I was supposed to be seen with you so that

would think that I was your protection and he would back off.

That's who Veronica called from the restaurant.

And later, we're to go to your house.

Where I find it a mess and assume someone's after you, right?

But the best is yet to come. Go on.

Get it all out of your system.

So you needed someone to witness the explosion and be believed. This way,

wouldn't be a need for a positive ID.

And you needed a cop who would let love and friendship cloud his judgment.

Listen, you were just a means to an end, right? Nothing personal.

That's all personal.

Here's the big picture, Jim. Three million dollars. One for me, one for

Veronica, and one for you. All you gotta do is just walk away.

You're not supposed to walk away from that body in your car, are you?

That was nobody, all right?

Some low -rent hustler tried a strong army in a bar. I guarantee you society

won't miss him.

What happened to you, man?

Hey.

You owe me.

I thought we were clear. I changed my mind.

All right?

Let the backup handle the rough trade. You never did like the solo mission, did

you, Jim?

I didn't call for backup.

That bitch.

Let's go.

It's over.

I'll see you, Jim.

Don't make me do this.

Hey,

Jim.

The old Archer clock.

I can't hear it ticking anymore.

Where?

Just hang in there. Hang in there.

Alan, I got help on the way. Come on.

It was an insurance scam.

They were both in on it.

This is not what Mrs. Archer says.

She claims that she knew nothing about this.

That you and Archer planned it all.

Then you decided to kill him because you thought she'd run off with you.

Is that all of it?

Yeah.

You know,

that's quite a story.

Fortunately, it doesn't match her version.

Yeah, well, she's lying.

Yeah, she's pretty convincing.

You know, $3 million is a lot of money.

You were in love.

You know, it happens all the time.

You and her husband were going to fake his death.

And then you were going to kill her after she got the money.

But you wanted Veronica and the payoff.

Guess what?

I believe her.

I may not get you on the drug deal, but that is chump change compared to this.

It's getting kind of late here.

Are we done?

Well, it's still her word against Jim's.

Doesn't matter.

Because the world went down with the drugs, he's already on the suspicion.

People will always wonder if he was a bad cop.

I worked out this way.

If it's any consolation, it wasn't all an act. Sure it was.

You needed me to get to Archer.

You need Aldo to get to me.

I mean, you're smart, Veronica.

I'll give you that, but I'm gonna have to put you away now.

It's already over and you don't even know it.

Run.

While you're still able to.

And if you need any money, we both know I got loads.

Why are you being so generous?

Because you can't win.

And let's just say for old time's sake.

Well, thanks.

Apology, I guess.

What are you going to do?

Start acting like a cop.

All right.

Let's contact Detective Aldo at the Tunnel of Affairs.

Bring an elephant.

It's a receipt for D -13.

The same type of explosive that blew Archer's car.

Purchase it. You need an ID and a signature.

It's my signature, but I didn't sign it. Archer did.

You just have an answer for everything, don't you?

We learned how to forge in special ops.

You don't see that you were supposed to find this, for God's sake.

Why would I blow up a chemical building? Nobody said you did.

Building had highly volatile material.

Just blew up.

She said something last night, like it was over. I guess that's what she meant.

Was anyone else there when she said it? I was.

Did you hear her?

No.

I just saw them talking.

I don't need to hear anymore.

You do it or I will.

Jim, I need to put you on suspension pending a full investigation.

I need your badge and your gun.

Oh, come on, Simon, you can't do this.

I don't have a choice.

You know where to find me.

Hey, Jim.

Wait up, man.

What's next?

A chemical building.

What about it?

Well, if signatures are required to buy the explosives, maybe other safeguard

measures are in place as well.

All right, good.

Well, Chief... I'm sorry.

That's all right. I mean, come on, we don't make mistakes, right? Yeah, yeah.

You've got to admit it was a good -sized mistake.

Shoot. All right, that's enough, all right? Let's see.

What are we looking for?

We'll know when we find it.

Oh, that's a good answer.

Did you get that off a T -shirt?

Security camera.

Wait.

VCR.

I want to help you, Jim, but you're on suspension.

Serena, can't you just run it through for us once, please? This is really

important.

I need authorization.

I'll authorize it.

What's for me?

Well, for once you both are speechless.

I like that.

I did my own background check of Veronica Archer. Turns out her father

strip miner, detonations expert.

That gives her a link to explosives.

Did you share this information with Aldo yet? He's not returning my calls.

Not much left here.

Can you play it again?

Freeze it right there.

Can you isolate this?

You have more calling resolution.

Hey, that looks like Veronica.

That looks Ferdinand.

Get a blow up on his hand.

Recognize that hockey puck on his wrist?

It's Aldo.

How on earth did you see that?

So Aldo gets access to evidence lockup. He snagged the heroin before it's logged

in. He frames me as a bent cop.

Nails it shut with the Archer case and then takes off with a cut of Allen 3 -0.

And Allen's wife, too.

Yeah, this is Banks. I need an APB put out on Ray Aldo.

Well, accessory to murder, for a start. It only gets better from there.

Just get on it, Brown. We can gloat later.

This is Nails Aldo. What about Veronica?

You have the plane ticket?

You're not going to need tickets where you're going, Veronica.

I thought you might change your mind about things, Jim. There was a security

camera that caught you and Ray Aldo buying explosives at the chemical

That links you to insurance fraud and murder.

But I don't know a Ray Aldo.

I'll take the money.

Of course you will.

I suppose you want half, right?

No, I'll take all of it.

I'll need it for evidence.

He's under arrest.

Jim, you should have settled for half.

You're not going to get three feet past that door.

And neither will you.

You had a piece in your hand the whole time.

Who was on the other end of this business transaction that you were out

expecting at the door?

I mean, really, you didn't have any intention of putting up this money, did

I didn't have it.

I did all the work.

Now, come on, Jim.

Move out of the way.

Don't.

I'm a better shot than Alan ever was.

I'm sure you are.

You're gonna, uh...

Be prepared to take out your bell -hop, too.

No contest.

Where do you feel?

Keep it clear out there.

Jim, you okay?

Yeah.

Should I get an ambulance?

I don't think that's going to be necessary.

Hey.

What?

Veronica, was she shooting at you?

Or at Aldo?

We're all done here.

You guys go back. I'll catch up.

He'll get over it.

Maybe not today, but soon.

Sometimes you sound like an old boogie.