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I'm going to need this, man.

All right.

Well, sleepyhead.

Officer Lang?

We responded to the wife's 911.

That's her over there.

Amy Breckenridge.

Wife said the family pet a pit bull.

Suddenly attacked without provocation. The husband, victim.

Keith Breckenridge.

35. Computer sales.

I don't know if that's relevant or not.

It's all right, officer.

Go on.

Anyway.

He tried to intervene and the dog attacked him.

Dog's name is Buzz.

Buzz.

Man's best friend.

You hold the weight that's consuming you.

Shoulders pushed out to the floor.

Conscience straddles winning battles with a painted smile

by your doom to lose.

What's wrong?

Why does something have to be wrong?

Well, it's just the way you said it, a little.

Oh, we have been partners way too long.

I got the divorce papers in the mail.

Oh.

I mean, it's not like I didn't know they were coming.

Jack said his lawyer had sent them.

They both agreed it's the right thing to do.

I don't know. When I got them, I just went to the bathroom and threw up.

Sorry, Jenny.

Dissolution of marriage.

Reconciling differences.

All legal crap where I blew it again.

That's not true.

Did you sign them?

Not yet.

I will. It's just so final.

Heard from him?

Not since you asked me three minutes ago.

But he said he was coming in this morning, right?

Um, right.

Okay. Well, I hope one of these candidates for police service is a

because I could really use some help around here.

And he doesn't know anything about your decision.

Not unless he's a mind reader.

How you doing? Speak of the devil.

Hey, man. How you doing?

Nate. Hey.

How you doing?

How are you? So good to see you.

Hey,

buddy. How are you? All right.

It's a thing.

Sort of.

Well, you know, it's been a couple months.

I've learned that.

Captain? Yeah.

She's waiting for you.

Nate.

How you doing? I'm all right.

I'm good.

I have to tell you, I was really surprised to get C .D.'s notice of

I kept in touch with her doctors, of course. I was so relieved to hear she'd

come through good as new.

Yeah, clean bill of health.

But at least you're back.

Sure you're ready?

I'm ready.

Okay, then we'll get you settled with a new partner.

Captain, I just wanted to say up front that I'd really prefer not to work with

female partner.

I have a sign right now.

Pretty sure she's female.

She's also a highly qualified inspector.

Now, if you're telling me you have conflicts or concerns with this

inspector... No, I don't.

Good.

Jenny and Magda responded to a pit bull attack last night. I'd like you two to

be primaries on the case.

Captain.

I'm on it.

Hey.

Hey.

You here?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay with you? Yeah.

I mean, I understand.

Nate, what happened with C .D.? Look, Marina, I know you probably have a lot

questions about that. I'm just really not ready to talk about it. C .D. got

of the hospital. I kept calling her, but she never called me back. Marina?

Okay, I'll drop it.

But if you ever do want to talk, Nate, I'm here. Okay, I'll let you know.

Come on, let's go.

At the police services age, you would be assisting me, as well as the

inspectors, running computer queries, sending tracks photos,

ensuring that basic supplies be kept current.

What would you say is your most positive trait?

I'm a people person.

I love cops.

Always have.

Dirty Harry, Serpico, T .J. Hooker, Andy Ranko from Hill Street, Ponch

Poncherello, Axel Foley, Starsky, but not so much Hutch, really.

Well, I guess you can tell I'm really excited to be here.

When I graduated from the academy, I was hoping I'd get assigned to this

division someday. You know, I love the fact that a woman is running it, or

you're running it. I love that. I think it's so cool.

So cool.

When did your husband buy this dog?

About six months ago.

Keith got him at a local animal shelter.

Why a pit bull?

I mean, everybody knows they can be dangerously aggressive.

Keith was away a lot on business, and he felt really bad about leaving me in the

house alone, so he got the dog, Buzz, to protect me.

But I admit that I was really afraid of that dog.

Really? So Keith suggested that I take him for some training, and I found a

place, and I took him a couple of times, but I quit after the third lesson

because Buzz was just, he was too hard to handle, and even the trainer said so.

Did you tell your husband this?

No, not exactly.

Keith really loved that dog.

He said that I would grow to love him too.

But last night, I went to the fridge for a snack and for

no reason, Buzz attacked me and bit into my hand and I

screamed. And Keith came in and he tried to get Buzz off me and then Buzz let go

of me.

I dated Todd all through college and that he was going to go into business

my dad.

You know, our whole lives were like planned out.

And then I went to New York to shop for my wedding dress with my mom, his mom,

my two sisters. And while we were in the elevator at Bergdorf's, which is the

store there. I've heard of it.

Anyway, we got on the elevator on the ground floor cosmetics. And by the time

got up to the fourth floor bridal, I knew that that was not the kind of life

me. I wanted to do something different, something exciting, something where I

could make a difference.

More than joining the PTA or hosting dinner parties.

So I dumped him.

And then I saw this commercial, and they were recruiting officers for the San

Francisco Police Department. And I thought, now that's exciting. That is

different. So I gave it a whirl.

Well, that's quite a yarn.

Look, Stacy, you seem very bright, and...

Enthusiastic. But understand that police work is hard work.

And the people who we deal with here, for the most part, don't shop at

Bergdorf's.

I know that.

I know that.

I am not naive, Captain.

I read the paper. I watch the news.

I'm ready for this job.

Well, it's not personal.

You seem very nice.

But I need someone with just a little more experience, someone who I feel can

handle things in a crisis situation. I'm sorry.

You graduated from the academy. You could finish field training, go out on

patrol, you know.

I know. I know, yeah.

But I'm not quite ready to wear the gun yet.

Well, good luck.

Next victim.

This is one incredible animal.

What makes you say that? Well, he died six months ago.

Come again?

Well, Buzz here was supposed to be put down.

So he had a court order. He mauled some kid in no evaluate.

How do you know it's the same animal?

Well, his previous owner had a chip implanted in his neck. You know, in case

got lost.

And that's the same dog, all right.

All right, I don't get this. How does a dog with a court order to be euthanized

get off death row?

Yeah, and then end up being foaled again.

Pit bulls should be classified as deadly weapons. Wait a minute, I had a pit

bull when I was a kid. Lenny Bruce, he was a great dog. Lenny Bruce?

Dogs are not deadly weapons. People turn them into deadly weapons.

Anything from the animal shelter?

Yeah, the employee that sold Keith the dog was working there for about two

weeks. Then they found out that he was working under an assumed name, Ricardo

Diaz. Fake ID.

Were there any other dogs sold that were scheduled to be put down? Yeah, two of

them. But we have no way of knowing who took them or where they are because

Ricardo did not keep any accurate records.

Do we know if Ricardo was working alone?

No, don't know. But we have one of his... co -workers coming in.

Marsha Hong.

She said she can give us a pretty detailed description, so I called sketch

artists up. Good.

Look, guys, I know that up until now we've been investigating an accidental

death, but let's not forget, this is front page news.

Pitbull attacks always are. And besides, there's two vicious dogs that are still

out there that we have to find before another headline hits the paper. Well,

on the sketch.

I'm going to go talk to the trainer and see if he knows anything else about the

dog.

Well, I guess that leaves you to supervise the autopsy.

So you worked with Ricardo at the shelter for two weeks?

Yeah. We had the graveyard shift, and part of our job was to get the animals

that were scheduled to be put down ready for their final journey.

And I know what you're probably thinking.

Trust me, I really didn't want to do the job at first.

You know what?

These animals were going to die, right?

So I figured I might as well be the one to do it, because at least I care.

He said a prayer for each and every one of them.

Hmm.

Okay, uh, did Ricardo ever do anything unusual or say anything?

Nope. No, like I say, he seemed like a pretty okay guy. I mean, I wouldn't have

dated him or anything.

So, uh, sketch artist still coming?

Yeah, you know what? He should have been here about ten minutes ago, so I'm

going to go downstairs and call.

Okay.

You the sketch artist?

Sketch artist, yeah, sure. That's me, all right.

Okay, great. What happened to Johan?

Johan, my good buddy Johan. Well, it's a long story, but I'm filling in for him.

I'm happy to do it.

You okay with you?

Great. All right.

Marsha, why don't you just describe what Ricardo looked like? Sure. He was about

5 '9". Thin.

Latino. And not exactly Banderas, but no one nearly as good -looking as Andy

Garcia.

When he was younger, at least.

He was about my age, I'm guessing.

19.

Black hair.

Cut really, really short, almost balls. It was kind of like Bruce Willis, you

know? And he had these small, dark eyes.

Small, dark eyes. Yeah, got it.

Eyebrows?

Yeah, he had eyebrows.

Oh, um, hairy. They were sort of hairy.

Like, you know, he didn't pluck them or anything. You know, unkempt brows.

Sort of Colin Fairlish?

Exactly. And he had, he had this... stubble like he hadn't shaved for a

It was very Vin Diesel -ish and triple X.

Thin nose, really high cheekbones.

Good looking guy, huh, Marcia? No, actually. I mean, not nearly as good

as you.

He would have been nice looking.

It's just, he just always had this mean expression on his face.

Thin lips, too.

Oh, and his teeth, they were crooked, real crooked. See, that was...

That was eternal, right there. Well, that's the funny thing about people, you

know. You can never tell by the way they look.

All friendly, asking you questions. And, you know, you can answer back, of

course. You're nice enough. You're a friendly guy.

Unsuspecting dupe.

Idiot. Uh, is there a problem here?

Problem?

Oh, no. Why should there be a problem, you know? You finally decide there's no

more excuses in your life. You quit the six -figure salary. You downsize like

crazy. You network.

Kiss butt all over town. Anything you get in, you know, make that contact.

And what do you do? You tell your best buddy Johan about a gallery downtown

willing to showcase new artists. You know, this could be a big break.

You have an appointment there. Next thing you know, whammo! You know, you

call from the gallery owner.

I'm sorry, we've got no more space this month. But then you find out it's

because Johan got there first.

Showed the guy his stuff.

Mediocre faux Lichtenstein.

Here I am, two months behind on my rent, and Johan, sweet guy that he is, he's

generous enough to offer me this job, filling in.

All right, listen,

whatever your name is. Hank.

Last name's apparently unimportant to everybody.

All right, Hank.

Obviously, you've got a lot of personal crap.

Which, you know what, I can appreciate, all right? But you really have to also

appreciate that I am a homicide inspector working on a possible murder

investigation. So you can understand the importance... Wait, that's him. That's

Ricardo.

Great.

Hey, um, homicide inspector, you have a name?

Extead. And that's the last name. The first name is unimportant.

To you.

Yeah, I've been training guard dogs for the past nine years.

I bought this place for my brother -in -law two years ago.

So was it Keith or Amy that hired you?

Mrs. Breckenridge.

Do you remember training the pit bull?

Buzz, yeah.

He was already six when they adopted him.

It's a bad move. You have to get those kind of dogs early, socialize them, or

could be a tragedy waiting to happen.

But she couldn't handle him at all. Amy?

Yeah. I tried taking her through the paces, working with a long line, basic

commands, but she was just plain afraid of the animal, and he sensed it.

She paid for five lessons.

She quit after three.

So it wouldn't surprise you at all that this dog was scheduled to be put down

for mauling, little boy?

It wouldn't surprise me at all. I told Mrs. Breckenridge to get rid of him.

Yeah, well, she's taking your advice.

So where are you living now?

Oh,

because I heard that you and C .D. got a place together, and I guess I just

assumed that you'd gotten another place. What?

I'm just trying to make conversation.

Raina, I told you, I do not want to talk about her. Now, if this partnership has

any prayer of working, I'd appreciate it if you just... Fine.

Fine, Nate.

It's going to get awful lonely in here. Faster. Me talking to me.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, I got it.

All right.

CHP got a hit off that sketch that Jenny sent them. This motorcycle cop swears

that he pulled this guy over last night and gave him a ticket. Now, his real

name is Ruiz, and we got a work address, so let's go.

Open up.

You all right?

Perfect, Santa Claus. Almost lunch.

Start talking now.

They want my drugs, man. What about the dogs, Ruiz? What about the dogs, the one

you sold out of the shelter?

So what?

So what? Any person that's in control of a dog, trained to kill, is guilty of a

felony if the dog kills another human being. And one of them, Buzz, killed the

unsuspecting man you sold him to.

Nah.

Who are those guys?

Okay.

All right, all right.

I met this dude in a bar, all right? I don't know his name.

And we started talking.

I told him I worked at the shelter. Then he asked me if I had any aggressive

dogs. I said, yeah, I got a couple I got to put down.

Then he came and paid me $500 for one of them.

Bud. This the guy?

Yeah, that him.

He's dead?

Yeah.

And what about the other dogs? You sell them to your buddies there?

Yeah. Figured I could make more money, you know, keeping them alive.

And they figured they could get killer dogs easy that way, you know? No, we

don't know.

So are you working for those guys now?

Not really. And who do they work for?

I don't know.

No, I really don't know, man.

Rui, the man in the bar, Keith, did he know he was getting a dog that had

previously attacked someone?

Yeah, yeah.

That's why he wanted him.

Said he was buying a dog for his wife.

So he wanted a guard dog to protect her.

No.

Just an op.

That can't be right.

Amy. You haven't been truthful with us.

Look, I know this may be difficult to talk about, but we deal with this kind

thing all the time.

No, no. We had a good marriage.

Amy, look, we know you called 911 from your house on two occasions saying that

Keith hit you. He had been drinking. And there are hospital records about your

broken jaw three years ago. I already explained that to them. It was an

accident.

hit me just push me around you know

raise his hand to me raise his fist to me call me names that sort of thing

Amy you are experiencing domestic violence

okay and no one has the right to control you and you have the right not

to live in fear

And please understand that none of this was your fault.

Okay?

Amy, please be honest with us.

Now, is there any chance Keith could have bought this dog knowing that it

hurt you or even kill you?

No.

I mean, there were times when he...

I enjoyed the fact that I was home alone with the dog and I was scared, but I

don't think he wanted that dog to hurt me. I mean,

that would make him a monster.

Hey, next step.

Hank? But it's not every day you have a sketch artist have a complete mental

breakdown in front of you, huh?

It's rare, yeah.

Well, look, um, I apologize.

Just, uh, it's one of those days I guess I should have stayed at home in bed.

Actually, I think you should know that your sketch led to a major break in our

case, so I'm glad you didn't, you know, stay home.

In bed.

You gonna eat that in here?

I, you know, yeah, I just... Uh, yeah.

So... You're really a homicide inspector, huh?

Afraid so.

You're really an artist, huh?

Mm -hmm.

I think the term starving artist applies.

I wasn't banking.

Hated it.

Figured I had talent, saved enough money to live on you until I got discovered,

but that was five years ago, and time is running out.

Well, look, the gallery owner liked your stuff, right? So he'll like it for the

next show.

You always this optimistic?

I'm never this optimistic.

Hey, Jen.

We got to get over to the Bay Area Federal Bank and check out the...

Yeah. No, yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, all right. All right.

Yeah, so I have to... It's Friday night, by the way.

What? The show.

I'm invited. Me and a guest.

Johan hopes I will attend.

So, you going?

I haven't decided yet.

I think you should.

Shake his hand. Gallery owners, too.

You want to go with me?

Me? Yeah.

You know, I'm married.

I mean, I'm married technically.

Well, I'm getting a divorce.

Sort of.

I mean, I haven't actually signed the papers yet exactly, so I'm not really in

the process of getting... I am getting a divorce, though, soon.

Yeah, well, thanks for clearing that up for me.

Yeah.

Okay. Hey, Extead, I know your last name. You know my first.

Should we exchange?

Ginny. It's Ginny.

Ginny.

Riley. Hank Riley.

It's nice to meet you.

It's nice to meet you, too.

Coffee still stands.

Friday night.

Thanks.

I'll think about it.

Okay.

More coffee?

Oh, no, no, thank you.

Um, but what kind of pie do you have? Cherry, apple, blueberry. I can't

you. I can't believe you did it again.

Alan, go home.

I can't talk to you right now. You promised me I could trust you. You're my

wife. Keep your voice down.

You got it all wrong. Hell, I do. I found the credit card bill.

Starburst Motel. I bet you had to work late that night. Stacy Reynolds, San

Francisco Police. I'm just wondering if we could take this disgusting outside.

Stay away from me. You promised me. Sir?

Get back!

Sorry,

I just really needed your attention.

Okay, here's the thing.

I can see by your uniform that you're working there. And you probably don't

to risk losing your job over this. And if I have to call for backup and arrest

you, well, you could very well lose that job, maybe even go to jail.

Okay?

But I don't care.

I work hard. I give her everything.

Ronan's cheated on me twice. Once the first week after we were married. Alan,

shut the hell up. You're such an idiot. Alan!

Can I call you Alan?

I realize that you're hurting and it's been a bad day, but this could also turn

into the worst day of your life.

Come on.

From what you told me, she's not really worth it. Hey!

Let's go get you sobered up.

Things will look a lot clearer.

What? Oh, nothing.

You keep looking over here. What do you need?

Actually, yeah.

I need a partner.

Why don't you check out Sonny's down in the marina here. They have a big single

scene. Hmm. Hmm.

Funny.

Just because I don't want to talk about CD doesn't mean anything about you. It's

not just CD, Nate.

You don't want to talk about anything.

Not about the weather.

about the Giants, about my new dress, about the case even.

You know, when the captain told me that you were coming back and that she was

assigning me to be your new partner, I was very happy.

I mean, everybody knows how good you are, and I knew I'd learn a lot. But all

I've learned so far is that you'd apparently rather dust mop the bullpen

have a conversation with me. Just give it some time, all right?

Long enough?

Money.

I thought so.

Our new sketch artist is a hottie.

Did he ask you out?

No.

Well, sort of.

No, he just said there was this gallery opening. You want to come with me?

That's an ask out. All right, fine. He asked me out.

You going to go?

Mag. Why not? No.

Hey, we got something.

$5 ,000 cashier's check.

Made out to four -star dog training, drawn from the Breckenridge's savings

account.

$5 ,000?

Doesn't that seem like an awful lot of money for some dog training?

You talked to this guy, Marks, right?

Yes, he seemed like such a nice guy.

Okay, so let's say he bought the dog knowing he was aggressive, but wanting

dog to attack his wife with a special command or something.

So he goes to the dog trainer his wife finds, but cuts a side deal with him for

$5 ,000 to make the dog not more docile, turn him into an innocent killer.

It doesn't track.

If Keith buys the dog to kill his wife, why intervene when he attacks her? I say

we recamp this neighborhood and go talk to that trainer again.

So, you get anything?

They said they heard a lot of arguments. One sided mostly was Keith yelling at

Amy till all hours of the night, but they never actually saw him abusing her

anything like that.

What about you?

Said Amy rarely left the house except to go to the store. Saw her bringing Buzz

out on a leash. She jumped right into the car.

Said the dog barked all night.

This is worth a shot.

Excuse me.

Sir, can I have a word with you, please?

The gardener had told Keith and Amy that he was deathly afraid of dogs. He'd

been bitten by a Doberman one.

So they'd always put the dog inside the house when he came over. One day he

comes over early.

Doesn't see the dog anywhere, so he goes into the backyard.

All of a sudden, the dog comes charging out right at him. I mean, the sharp

teeth, the hair standing on it, and the whole bit. And just as Buzz is about to

attack... What, Keith calls him home?

Guess again.

Amy? Mm -hmm.

Stop the dog with one command.

Gardner says that she had complete control over the dog.

Oh, Gardner pwned up. He might be barking up the wrong tree.

I'm sorry to hear that, Miss Brown.

protection, okay?

I mean, this man is threatening to kill me.

And the cops, they won't do a damn thing. Miss Brown.

Chelsea.

Chelsea. Here I am.

Busting my ass all day at the club, you know?

Doing lap dances after hours and everything.

And I bring him all my money.

And then what does he do? He backhands me because I don't bring him his dinner

fast enough.

See, look right there.

And you want to know the funny thing?

The only male that's ever truly loved me is Mason here.

He's my boy.

My old boyfriend gave him to me two years ago.

I should never let that man go.

Anyway, I heard that you could, um...

Train a dog to, you know, protect you.

We have a full -scale training program. Look, because I want to make sure that

when Bo comes after me, that I can stick masonry on him and he can take care of

him, you know, for good.

What?

What's the problem?

It's not illegal to train a dog to kill, is it? No, it's not illegal to train a

dog for protection.

But specifically training them to kill, that's a different story. But I... Come

on. You would have to say that you trained them for home protection and

your boyfriend, Bo... Yeah.

That Bo tried to assault you and that Mason here did what he was trained to

Okay. You could do something like that. Okay.

But it's very costly and... Oh, how much?

$5 ,000. Oh, no problem.

Worth every penny to keep Victoria chewed up good.

Here we go.

Oh, it's all there if you want. You can count it.

Champagne from baby.

I trust you.

So, what happens now?

Now we teach you how to handle them, give them proper commands.

And bye -bye, Bo.

Bye -bye, Bo.

Randy Marks?

Inspector Washington, San Francisco Police.

Oh, no.

Ray, so the first thing we're going to do is read you your rights.

And after that, we're going to tell you what the penalty for murder in this town

is. The next thing you're going to do, that is if you want any chance of seeing

the light of day in the next 25 years, is tell us exactly what arrangements you

had with Amy Breckridge. Hold it. Look.

Yeah, we're going to need immediate backup here at the four -star dog

So those guys work for you too, Randy? Never seen them before.

Yeah, okay.

Okay. If he moves, shoot him, Mason.

Hi,

Amy. Ready to go home?

Yes, I am.

Unfortunately, you're not going to be able to go home just yet.

Oh, everything's all right. I talked to the doctor and I...

I'm being discharged. Well, I spoke to Randy Marks and we're not quite ready

you to go home yet.

You don't know what it was like with him and that

dog.

You would nip at me and Keith would laugh.

I'd be bleeding.

Decided that I had to fight back because I knew I knew he would not let me out

of that house alive So I put my mind to it and I decided I was gonna

train that dog I was gonna control that dog So if anyone

ever raised their fist to me again Like he

did

Amy will be tried for manslaughter, but she does have a defense of domestic

abuse. Yeah, well, he bought the dog to scare her. Sounds like abuse to me. I

agree.

He brought the weapon home. All she did was load it.

So we're booking the drug dealers and Randy Marks. Any chance he can get

with conspiracy?

We're working on it.

The dog's back in the animal shelter?

Scheduled to be put down for good.

I hope it is good. I hope they're going to a better place than here.

Do we?

Yeah. So what are you going to do? You going to go meet Hank?

Oh, I don't know.

You know, Meg, I really don't want to be a three -time loser.

Ginny, you're not even a two -time loser.

You didn't marry Teddy, so he doesn't count.

Oh, thanks. That makes me feel a whole lot better.

No, I just mean I really don't want to start repeating my own patterns.

That's not going to happen. You've changed, and patterns change.

I guess.

No, I guess.

I just have to resign myself to the fact that Jack and I are done.

And then you'll move on.

Yeah. Now, this is a good plan.

I'm not going to be Hank.

Except there is that old adage, you know, strike while the iron's hot.

Or in this case, don't pass up a date with a hot straight man.

Yeah. Never heard that one before.

Nate, I need to know... She left me a note.

All right?

I thought everything was going fine. I thought we would get married, you know,

the whole deal. And all I got was a note. C .D. wanted out. She wanted out

the job. She wanted out of everything that reminded her of the job, and that

included me.

So now you know.

She dumped me.

And I'm humiliated.

Now, have I answered all your questions?

Actually, I just wanted to know how you want to handle the murder book.

Do you want me to set it up?

Is it a particular way you want it, or do you just want to do it?

Hey, you want to grab a bite?

Ooh, I mean, something to eat.

Captain McCafferty.

Ah, Stacy.

Yeah, I got a voicemail that you wanted to talk to me. Yes, I did. Have you

taken a permanent assignment yet?

No.

Very good, because I'd like to offer you one here.

I guess I was wrong about you. You seem to handle yourself pretty well.

Thank you. Thank you.

So I'll see you tomorrow morning, bright and early? Yes. 0700?

I will be here.

Captain, you won't regret this.

I hope not.

You bite the hands that are holding you.

Sink your teeth down to the bone.

Lead an act of guilt, distract her from the broken world.

As the inside goes on.