All language subtitles for Hunter S06E03 Investment in Death1

Tonight on Hunter.

He was a gangbanger with the Scorpions.
Michael wasn't in the Scorpions anymore.

Who the hell is this white boy?

I'm the white boy that's going to dump
you on your neck.

Standing in the way of business.

He did not be smoking.

You or your homeboys bother Curtis or
his family again. I'm coming back here

with my homeboys.

Police!

Drop the shotgun!

Come on, brother.

Hey, it's me.

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

Curtis. Curtis, listen. I need to talk
to you, man.

Can you meet me?

Please, just meet me in Westwood.

At the corner of the boulevard in
Brockton.

Right. Thanks.

Still moving in?

Yeah, yeah.

Need some help there, Captain?

No, I'm doing great.

You know, I think you ought to have one
of the cadets from the academy helping

you move, Captain.

Don't you think you should have one of
the cadets from the academy helping you?

Absolutely right. I mean, what are
people going to think when they see the

captain carrying his own boxes to Parker
Center?

I'll tell you what they're going to
think.

They're going to think Charlie Devane
does not use Academy personnel for his

own... Give me a second.

I don't know why we had to move in here
anyway.

I liked it down in Central. I loved my
old office.

I could find my phone there. Charlie,
every police officer wants to work at

Parker Center because that's where all
the action is. Besides, the chief is two

floors up.

Oh, is that right?

The chief calls me about twice a year.

Devane!

Yeah, chief, it's great.

Fabulous.

The decor is fantastic, really.

Keep it.

California driver's lot says he's
Michael Brown, 2250... 82nd Street.

That's in gang territory. What's he
doing over here?

Yeah, he's also got a Westwood College
student ID card. Oh, God!

Let me go! Let her go! Please, my
brother! Please, my brother!

Mike! Joe!

Mike!

Mike!

Joe, Mike.

Joe.

I know that this is difficult for you,
Curtis.

You have to try to help us out.

I'm trying.

Michael called me, said he wanted to see
me right away.

Sounded important.

Did he say what it was about?

No.

I just got here as fast as I could.

Hey, John. How you doing, honey?

I heard you were working on this case.
Yeah, pleasure.

Yeah, the victim was Michael Brown, you
know. Oh, you know him?

Yeah, since he was a kid growing up near
the project.

He was a gangbanger with the Scorpions.

Michael wasn't in the Scorpions anymore.

Curtis Brown was Michael's brother. I
know who he is. A hotshot with the gang

unit. But he's wrong about Michael.

Anything with the shooter?

Yeah, three black males, early 20s, all
of them wearing orange bandanas, driving

a gray Oldsmobile.

Apparently, it happened so fast, nobody
got a license.

I told you, Michael wasn't in the

gang anymore. He quit when he started
studying at Westwood College. Take it

easy, Craig. I will not have this man
putting Michael down.

He didn't mean it personally.

Personal?

Hunter, it couldn't get more personal.

I think I'll go talk to some of
Michael's old friends on campus.

Before you hand this in, I think we
ought to go over it.

Ryan Lander?

Yeah.

Sergeant McCall, LAPD homicide.

I'd like to talk to you, please.

Uh, homicide?

Uh, Barry, why don't we meet at the same
place tomorrow, okay?

All right.

Is something wrong?

Yeah.

What about your roommate, Michael?

I don't understand.

What?

There was a drive -by shooting in
Westwood this afternoon.

Very sorry to have to tell you this, but
Michael is here.

What?

We think it was a gang shooting.

Gang?

Michael quit the gang when he came here.

Does his brother know?

No.

No, Curtis.

How well did you know Michael's personal
life?

Well... We were buddies.

We went to parties.

Double dated.

Had dinner at Michael's mother's place.

Stuff like that.

Well, do you know if he kept in touch
with any of his old friends from the

Oh, Michael didn't want any part of that
life anymore.

This is crazy.

Yeah, it is.

Michael survives the ghetto and comes
here.

No athletic scholarship, just brains and
a lot of ambition.

And then he winds up getting killed in
the middle of Westwood.

Sergeant McCall, this is Erica McCall.

Did you hear what they're saying on the
radio?

Michael's dead.

I know how your friend Curtis feels, but
it's wrong.

These kids never leave the gang. Dale,
you've been out in the streets so long,

pal. Hunter, you can work out here eight
years with these gangs and see what it

does to you, okay?

What do we draw down? I mean, 40 -plus
grand a year?

These kids make millions on the drug
business.

Bill, if you want a raise, I'm not the
guy to talk to. What I want is some

satisfaction. If I could reach just one
of these kids, Homer, just one, to show

him that there's another way to go with
his life, that he has choices, then I'd

be a happy man.

Maybe Michael Brown is one of those
kids.

Hunter!

Hey, Captain.

I just got a lecture in community
relations from the chief.

Don't tell me. Chief doesn't like drive
-by shooting from Westwood, right? He

doesn't like drive -by shootings
anywhere. The mayor is all over his

know what that means? Yeah, I get the
picture. Look, we need results.

What do you got?

All right. The drive -by car was a
Westwood stolen. We found it late last

in 12th Avenue, Dagger District.

Wipe clean, no print. Typical.

What about McCall? Did she find anything
at the college? Every kid she spoke to

over there at the college who knew
Michael Brown swears he had absolutely

ties with any gang. That cannot be!

A gang does not drive into Westwood and
blow somebody away for nothing. Come on,

come up with something.

River, are you putting on weight?

No, sir.

Pure muscle.

That's good.

Pure muscle?

Come on, Del, let's go for $40 ,000.

Hey,

yo, homeboy, come to bed, man.

Uh -huh.

Whoever, my man.

What's that?

You tell me, Blade.

It's like two of your boys took down a
scorpion.

Michael Brown.

Did you say Michael Brown?

Never heard of him.

Turn that damn box down, boy.

I'm the white boy.

I'm the white boy that's going to dump
you on your neck.

It ain't worth it, homeboy.

Back off. Back off. You're crazy. Yeah.

You know what crazy is?

Who killed Michael Brown, man? It wasn't
out here. Who was it? I don't know.

Look, you're the genius of the
neighborhood. Figure it out. And you

me, otherwise you're going to see this
face an awful lot. You got it? You got

it? Yeah, I got it, man. Relax.

Is he in there?

Why, man?

Michael was one of us.

He didn't act like one of us.

When's the last time he represented the
set?

Man, Michael was my friend.

Without people.

The boy was nothing.

Standing in the way of business.

And nobody, I mean nobody, stands in the
way of business.

You understand that?

He didn't have to smoke him.

I'm only going to say this once.

We all have a lot at stake here.

We don't need nobody running the game on
us.

Michael didn't understand that.

Do you understand that, Eddie?

Tell me you understand, Edward.

Tell me!

Yeah.

Yeah.

Iceman.

Brian Lander here.

We still on for tomorrow?

You better be.

Get him out of here. Give me Chadwick.

Come on in, Chadwick.

Sorry to keep you waiting. Have a seat.

It's okay.

Let's see, the last time you and I
chatted, you didn't know who Michael

was.

You don't know anything about the
Daggers.

And you'd like me to go straight to
hell, isn't that right?

You know, you're here real good, man.

A good kid is dead, Mitchell. I don't
think that's funny. You think that's

funny? My mama's the only one that calls
me Mitchell.

Your mother must be awfully proud of
you. Just keep my mama out of this. Then

let's talk about Michael Brown's mother.
She's awfully proud of him until one

day he goes to Westwood and somebody
wearing dagger colors. Watch the thread.

Somebody wearing dagger colors wants him
so bad they drive to Westwood to shoot

him. What do you think about that?

Hey, look, I told you, man. I have never
heard of no Michael Brown, all right?

Now you have no right to keep me here.

I know about this stuff.

Yeah. Let's see how much you want.

Well, then you must know about the
outstanding warrant for one Mitchell

Chadway. That's you for possession of a
controlled substance.

You missed your court date, Mitchell.

But make yourself comfortable.

You're not going anywhere.

Anything?

Nope, same old usual stuff. Guys never
heard of Michael Brown, the Daggers, or

the Scorpions. Funny how they all sound
the same.

Let's see what this guy's got to say.
Yeah, well, good luck. Come on.

Hey. Hi.

Dwayne said you threw out a net.

Yeah.

You know, it was called, whoever killed
Michael Brown wants us to think that the

shooting was gang -related.

I just can't find it.

Any idea of yet?

No ideas, but I'll guarantee you
something. We're going to find out one

another what happened with this kid.

Have you talked to Curtis?

You know, I tried to call him. I haven't
been able to get any response.

I sure hope he's not out there playing
cop.

I'll get on the horn and see if I can
locate him.

Give it a rest, okay?

Been a while, Eddie.

Yeah.

Hurts about Michael, don't it?

Michael always liked you, Eddie.

Had nothing but good words to say about
you.

I liked Michael, too.

Everybody did. Not everybody.

Someone from around here killed him.

I wouldn't be too sure about that.

Oh, I'm sure.

You forget, I'm from around here, too.

What is it you want, Curtis?

I want to know who killed Michael.

I want you to tell me.

I don't know nothing.

Some people are damn good liars, but you
sure ain't one of them.

Now, come on, tell me what you know.

Look who's here.

You ask a lot of questions, Mr. Brown.

You still snitching to the police?

Michael told me you were about as bad as
it gets.

Why are you guys hanging around refuse
like this? You got nothing better to do

with your lives.

You came here to relax, not to be
hassled by you.

So why don't you take your questions and
move on down the line, Brother Brown.

Who killed Michael?

Back him up.

I asked you a question. Do not put your
hands on me.

You're in violation.

You can't go around slamming people in
the head with a pool cue.

You want to talk to me about it?

I thought that if I got Michael out of
the ghetto and into college,

the world would be his oyster.

I didn't want him to make the same
mistakes in life I did.

Well, Curtis, you don't have anything to
be ashamed of.

But I don't have anything to brag about
either.

I knew that if Michael got an education,
he'd be better than me.

Just because someone has an education
doesn't make them better than anybody

else. But it can open doors, man.

Michael was making the right kind of
friends in college.

Like Brian Landon.

They were talking about starting a
business.

Maybe a brokerage.

Who hotshots like them could have made a
fortune?

But those dreams died with Michael.

You see, Curtis, whose dreams were they?
Were they Michael's dreams or were they

your dreams?

I'm just a street hustler.

Lucky to be making it.

I didn't pick this life, honey. I just
grew up in it.

I wanted to give Michael something I
never had.

What's that?

I can't read.

You didn't know that, did you?

Yeah, I fool a lot of people.

But I damn sure don't fool myself.

I'm a fake, Hunter.

Maybe Michael was living out some of my
dreams.

But mostly those dreams were for him.

I wanted him to have a chance so he
could make some choices with his life.

So he wouldn't have to just settle.

But the streets caught up to him.

This is insane.

Killing somebody was not part of the
deal. It's the cost of doing business.

Don't worry about it. Don't worry about
it? What do you think this is, one of

your business courses? If this gets back
to me, my neck is on the line. Your

neck was on the line when this thing
started.

Your company was dying.

When Michael took me down to the ghetto
and pointed Iceman out, I knew the guy

was solid gold.

He had more trug money than he knew how
to count.

I never should have gotten involved with
this. If I hadn't gone down and talked

deal to him, your company would be belly
up and you'd be out hunting for a job.

Maybe so.

But murder... Michael didn't give us a
choice.

With him or us. Look, if we just stay
cool, no one's gonna figure we had

anything to do with it. We'll be in the
clear.

What about this Iceman?

He would turn us in in a flat minute.

It is not gonna happen.

Look, we... We are talking money here,
tons of it.

Yes? Mr. Taylor is here to see you.

Send him in.

Right on time.

We were just talking about you.

Is that right?

You know Chad Jorgensen?

Yes, of course.

Nice to see you again, Mr. Taylor, as
always.

Let me show you something. It's a report
on your offshore investments.

You'll find out that 33 % of those
investments... You can save all that.

How much?

Oh, uh, Brian, how much?

In the past six months, you've made a
million two.

I can't tell you how sorry we are.

Thanks. Thanks for coming.

Both of you were very special to
Michael.

Is she going to be okay?

Look, some people are gathering by the
house later.

Stop by, please.

It'll make her feel better. It really
would, won't it?

Yeah. Okay, thanks.

You are not wanted here. Do you
understand me? Hey, hey, I'm talking to

are not wanted here.

It wouldn't be right for Michael to be
buried out of the car. Do not put this

game trash on Michael. Do you understand
me?

He was not a part of you. Now you get
out. He was family. He'll always be

father. Take it outside.

Icy man.

You're forgetting something.

You got it all wrong.

We're all Michael's friends.

None of you are his friends.

Not even you.

You used to be, but you ain't no more.

It wouldn't surprise me if one of you
pulled the trigger.

You're out of line, Sam. Let him go on.
Let him go.

All right, look, here's the drill.

You or your homeboys bother Curtis or
his family again. I'm coming back here

with my homeboys. You understand that?

I've been thrown out of better places
than this.

Take it home, fella.

The chief is climbing all over me.

I got nothing good to give him. I wish I
had some good news for you, Charlie.

This might put us back on square one.

Got a list of all the calls that were
made from Michael's room at the dorm.

One of them was placed to an Earl
Taylor, better known as Iceman.

So maybe whoever was writing Michael was
fooling around with those gangs.

I don't know about that, Joe. Excuse me.
Hunter Homicide.

I want to talk to you about Michael
Brown.

Yeah, who is it? It doesn't matter.

Just listen.

I was going to make a phone call when I
found this body sitting there.

And then I saw a car drive out a little
fast.

Did you get the license number?

I wasn't wearing my glasses.

And the car was brown.

That's all I know. Did you see who was
in the car?

I told you I wasn't wearing my glasses.

I appreciate your patience.

Thanks very much.

Del, what do you got? An old friend
wants to see you.

You want to see me?

We got five of my homies locked down.

I want them out.

So what do you want me to do about it?
Well, try this on.

Your boy Iceman Taylor has himself a new
friend.

I've seen him driving around town
together.

We're willing and dealing with him.

What do you got to do better than that?

His new friend's a white boy. Drives a
BMW with a Westwood College sticker in

the back window.

Is that any better, officer?

If it checks out, I'll see what I can
do.

Call me.

We stopped by Brian's dorm at Westwood
College, but they said that he spends

most of his time here.

I can see why. This is beautiful.

How long have you lived here?

About six months now.

Brian only goes to the dorms to do
tutoring.

How can you afford to go to school and
pay for a place like this?

Well, Brian works for Chad Jorgensen
Investments.

So he's pretty much up on everything.

He's made some really good financial
moves on his own. He just has a knack

making money.

Brian, you remember Sergeant McCall and
Sergeant Hunter?

Sure. Brian, how you doing? Good. Hi.
Hi.

They want to ask you some questions on
Michael's death.

Glad to help. Good.

Do you mind going somewhere else for us
to talk?

Sure.

Just came in from R &I.

You know, I'm really sort of busy. How
much longer is this going to take?

You have an arrest record in the state
of Arizona for real estate fraud.

It was a misunderstanding.

Everyone got their money back.

What kind of investments do you make at
Chad Jorgensen?

Dabbling commodities.

Like crack cocaine?

What are you talking about?

You said that Michael didn't keep in
touch with any of his friends from the

gang.

Fact is, a phone call was placed from
his dorm room to a known crack dealer

named Iceman.

Hey, who Michael called was his own
business. No, what she's saying is,

is that you made the phone call to
Iceman from Michael's telephone.

I never even heard of the guy.

Look, Michael was my friend. I want to
find out who killed him just as much as

you do. I don't like being treated like
a criminal. Nobody said you were.

I don't know who Iceman is.

Why won't you believe me?

Okay, here's what we're going to do.

We're going to let you go, and if you
want to leave town for any sudden

please just give us a call.

You mean I'm grounded?

Brian, we can put you in jail now if you
want.

I think the kid might rather put a tail
on him. Yeah, good idea.

Hunter.

Curtis, what are you doing? Man, I have
been trying to reach you. I've been very

busy. What you got? You got anything?

We're working on it. You got something
you don't want to tell me, right? Tell

everything I know. Well, look, man, I
have got to do something now. If you

to do something, here's what we can do.

Go in the elevator, go down, get in your
car, go home, and relax.

Understand one thing. Your friend's on a
cable. Talk to me. Okay, I do, I do, I

do, but you gotta talk to me, man!

I'll call you.

Oh, Jesus.

Hey, Hart.

Yeah. Is that Curtis Brown? Yeah, it
was.

How's he doing?

He's doing all right. He's a little
upset, you know. Yeah, I expected it.

do me a favor, will you? Take this back
to Phillips and R &I. Yeah, sure. Where

are you going?

I gotta go see a man about an investment
thing.

So what do you think?

Which one do you like?

The wolf or the wroth elf?

You must have broke the bank for that
gear.

I'm suited up at a grand a pop.

And it looks good on me, too.

How many of those you got left?

You can never have enough of a good
thing.

Oh, come on, man. You faking and
fronting, man.

That ain't the real you.

You know the cliche?

When in Rome, you're dealing with the
white boys.

The Pays look as good as they do.

Or better.

Maybe that's the problem.

Speak your mind, boy.

I think we should not go into business
with that white schoolboy.

Is that your opinion? Hey, I'm just
saying what all the homeboys are

man. Them white dudes only using us to
get rich.

You got it backwards, homie.

We're the ones using them.

And we're getting richer.

But we're taking all the risk.

While you were out there buying all that
new gear, that cop Webber's been asking

a lot of smart questions.

And he's been asking them about us.

Webber?

Webber don't know a thing.

And he can't prove a thing.

So he can ask all the questions he
likes.

He ain't got nothing on us.

Well, he better not, man.

Because I just can't go back to that
joint anymore.

Don't worry about it. It's not going to
happen.

So we're going to own the joint.

Do yourself a favor.

Go see my dad.

Brian started on our intern program
nearly two years ago, and then when the

program was over, I just kept him on as
a part -time employee.

Really? Well, it sounds like you're
impressed with his work. Yes, very. He's

intelligent and capable young man. As a
matter of fact, when he graduates, I

intend to hire him on as a junior
associate.

What's his job now?

He's a part -time research assistant. He
does analysis of financial

opportunities, risk to investment, stuff
like that.

Must be a well -paying job, huh?

My secretaries make twice as much as he
does.

Oh, tell me, do you know if Brian has
any other source of income other than

job?

We haven't really spoken about it. What
does this have to do with your

investigation? It's the standard
procedure, Mr. Jorgensen, really.

Really, that's all it is.

Oh, listen, one other thing. Has Brian
ever mentioned a fellow by the name of

Earl Taylor, also known as the Iceman?

Um, no, uh, I don't recall anyone by
that name. No. No. Oh, I see. Okay,

appreciate your time. Great, no problem.

Thanks. Sure.

Welcome to South Central.

And now the other half minutes.

What's popping?

We got a problem. The cops are coming
down on Brian.

He knows enough to keep his mouth shut.

Not if they tie him into you.

If he has to beat a murder charge.

He'll turn us both in without a second's
hesitation.

You take care of my money.

I'll talk to the boy.

Mr.

Brown.

I'd like to work with you.

I don't think you and I got anything to
say to each other, okay?

I want to apologize.

I told you Michael was still in the
gang.

Well, the more I check it out, the more
I find that's not the case.

Well, if I caused you or your family any
grief...

I appreciate you telling me that.

Mama will be glad to know.

Thanks.

I'll be in touch, okay?

Yeah. 208 and 128, come in.

Captain Devane on tack two.

28 here.

Have you found anybody else that saw
that Lander kid talking to Iceman

I'm still checking it out.

I'll get back to you.

Well, listen, let me know as soon as you
find someone, all right?

Right.

Hello? Hi, it's me.

Hi.

You packed?

Well, it's getting there.

We're taking an awful lot for a weekend
in the Bahamas, don't you think?

Yeah, well, maybe if we like, we'll stay
a while longer.

Look, I'm only a few minutes away. Be
ready, okay?

Shots fired. Officer needs help.

Thank you.

It was awfully hot out here. Look, I
don't know nothing about Michael and

Well, you're going to do the time for
them if you don't start talking to me.

Now, Lander was investing Scorpion drug
money, wasn't he?

And Jorgensen was in on it, right?

Walter, why don't you take this guy down
to the clubhouse and book him on three

counts of murder.

It wasn't me that killed Michael and
Eddie. Yeah, well, who was it?

Iceman done it.

Iceman done it. There's a surprise.

McCall, why don't you take Jorgensen?
I'll take the Iceman.

Thanks a lot.

shotgun i said drop it

one william 156 come in please

56 go hunter i've got jorgensen but
there's something else the divers can't

lander's body where are the bags let's
go ryan where are the

bags you had michael killed didn't you
didn't you

What, are you crazy?

Where did you hear that?

From me.

You were the last person on earth I
thought would ever sell Michael out.

What, are you crazy? I love Michael.

You had him killed.

Come on, come on, Curtis. Come on, this
is Brian.

Just put the gun down and we'll talk.
You're gonna talk all right, or I'm

kill you now. I want to hear the truth

Kurt, I got money. You can have it all.
Oh, no, no, no. You're not going to buy

your way out of this one. You tried to
buy Michael off, didn't you? He was

to go away.

Would he refuse?

You had him killed.

Drop the gun, Curtis. He's not worth it.
He killed my brother.

I've got to make it right for Michael.

Michael wouldn't want to.

And you know it.

You said you wanted to give Michael
something that you had never had.

Now's your chance to do that.

Do something for Michael.

Do something for him.

Curtis.

Learn to read.