All language subtitles for High Potential 02x05 Content Warning [2025-10-14 22-00] uswabc HQ

Let me do it. Come on. Hey, stop. Come
on.

You're going to make me crash. No.

Look. It's still filming.

Is that a car?

How'd you find me? Well, when you
wouldn't take my calls, I had to stop

review. Turns out Steve from Penn Tech,
very satisfied with his Thursday lawn

care. Five stars.

What can I help you with, Morgan?

I'm just wondering why you'd give me
your business card and then ghost me.

asked me to check on you and his kid.

I told him you were good.

The job is done.

So you and Roman are what, pen pals?

Before I got the call, I hadn't spoken
to the man in 15 years.

So someone you haven't spoken with in
over a decade calls, and you drop

everything to go pick up a backpack in
Nevada and then spy on my daughter and

me? Yeah, well, it sure seems that way.

Do you know where Roman is?

Roman called me from a burner, all
right? I didn't even see him when I got

there, so... I want that backpack.

Then why don't you ask some of your cop
friends about that?

They can help you with it. Yeah, you're
right. I am friends with some people in

the LAPD, including the Financial Crimes
Division.

I wonder if they would peek into your
business for me. You know what?

You probably have nothing to worry
about. I'm sure you've reported every

dollar of your cash -only business to
the IRS, right?

Good. I'll be in touch with a time and a
place.

Keep up the five -star work, Arthur.

One of the things I'm most proud of as
your lieutenant?

is this team's commitment to its duty.

Every day, you tackle the toughest
crimes the city throws at you with honor

tenacity.

Tenacious is also how I would describe
Captain Wagner.

His track record speaks for itself.

Welcome, Captain Nick Wagner.

Thank you, Lieutenant Soto. I know what
it's like to have a change in command

and all the uncertainties that come with
it, which is why I want to be clear up

front. I'm not here to step on toes.

My job is to support you so you can do
yours.

I'm looking forward to getting to know
you better.

And to start that process, I'm going to
be meeting with you individually.

Nothing formal, just some talk.

And since my office is on three, I was
hoping Lieutenant Soto wouldn't mind if

used hers as home base for a few days.

Whatever you need, Captain.

Great. Thank you, everyone.

Detective Osdell, free for a chat?

Sure.

Hey.

You okay with all this? Are you
referring to getting kicked out of my

or Captain Wagner in general?

Yeah.

I'm fine. Really, first few days of new
command is always a little bumpy.

Daphne, what do we know about Wagner?

Well, I know he's one of the Wagners.
What does that mean? The Wagners are an

LAPD dynasty.

Grandfather, father, uncle, all made
captain.

His dad retired a decade ago and went
into politics.

I heard his dad pulled some strings to
get his son into command.

Must be nice to have that kind of in.

Hey, guys, I just got a call. Dead body
found at Shea Ranch Pond. Go check it

out.

What are we looking at?

Victim was shot in the chest, no ID.

Car is registered to a Tory Nolan 31.

We pulled the pick from the DMV. We
think the car might have been stolen by

victim.

No, she didn't steal Tory Nolan's car.

She is Tory Nolan.

Looks like Tory had some work done
recently.

Botox, microplaning threads, cheek
fillers, eyelash extensions.

She chopped her hair off and dyed it
brown.

Sounds like she went through a lot of
trouble to change her appearance.

Yeah, either she succumbed to the
pressures of being a woman in L .A. or

hiding from someone.

Maybe these bullet wounds definitely
came from a small caliber, maybe a .380.

Well, those are steam burns, but look,
these seem chemical.

There's red staining on her clothes and
skin, too. None of it looks like blood.

Is she going to die?

All the windows are missing.

Might have been shot out.

Looks like Tori had a storage unit.

Hold on.

Why is it still dripping? The rest of
the dash is dry.

Okay.

So Tori Nolan changed her face, carried
a gun, only to get shot, burned, and

dumped into a pond.

Whoever she was hiding from, it looks
like they found her.

Hula Hound. And you know about this
place because... I know all the bars in

.A. with trivia nights.

Don't judge me. Knowing random facts is
the whole point of a pub quiz. They love

it.

Maybe they don't love it because, you
know, I'm banned from most of them, but

that's not why we're here. We're here
because you said Tori had a storage

right? Yeah.

Okay.

Ta -da!

Nobody's popping into the hula hound for
no reason, and I'm thinking Tori's

reason was proximity.

Yeah, it's as good a place to start as
any.

Tori's last known address was in
Koreatown, but landlord said she hasn't

there for years.

Let's see what she was storing.

What do these mean?

I don't know yet.

There was no laptop in Tori's car.

Maybe the killer took it.

Whoa.

Look at these.

Huh.

All these match up with the places on
the filing cabinets.

Tori would travel in the world under
assumed identities. Who was this girl,

Carmen Sandiego?

It's going to take days to piece all
that back together.

We might not have to.

Okay, so everywhere Tori traveled, there
was some sort of big scandal.

Crystal Lake had this massive E. coli
outbreak from faulty water pipes in July

of 2018.

Late 2023, an American au pair agency
was running a human trafficking ring out

of Cambodia.

And do you see these red symbols right
here?

Those are editing marks. And these
numbers, they're dates and issue numbers

a magazine.

Tori wasn't an international woman of
mystery. She was an investigative

reporter. Well, whatever story she was
covering now might have gotten her

killed.

Finding anything in Tori Nolan's
financials?

Oz.

Oz.

Sorry. Okay, you've been acting weird
ever since your meeting with the

I thought you said it went well.

Yeah, it did.

I think.

I don't know.

You'll see when you meet with him.

Daphne, what'd you find out?

Okay, I cross -referenced the location,
dates, and issue numbers you sent.

Morgan was right.

Tori was a journalist for Takedown
magazine, an online publication known

exposés. According to her editor, Tori
always wrote under a pseudonym.

Apparently, she got doxxed after an
article she published in her college

newspaper. Having her private
information blasted all over the

traumatic, she dropped out of school.

Did the editor know what Tori was
currently investigating?

No. But that wasn't unusual.

She said Tori would drop off the grid
when following a story.

Good news is, they insisted on getting
proof of life from her whenever she was

undercover, so I'm sending that to you
now.

This is recent.

She had the same nails on when she died.

There's no craw out around the cuticle.

This picture could have been taken
anywhere, Morgan. There's no landmarks

anything else in the background we can
use.

Not true.

We got a poodle dog.

There's literally no poodle.

Okay, I get it. We're looking for poodle
dog plants.

But how do you know this is the right
area?

Because there was a fire in these hills
just a few months ago.

Poodle dog bushes are pyrophytes.

Fire followers.

Their seeds lie dormant until the
intense heat of a fire wakes them up.

the size of the plant and the picture
she took, the location fits the

Yeah, yeah, yeah, look.

Look, we're getting close. See?

Okay, stop.

Check it out.

She took the picture right here.

Okay, if I am Tori, I am not taking no
trespassing for an answer.

If you're Tori.

Well, why would I? Any bozo can buy a
sign tacked to a fence.

Morgan, whoever put up that sign, they
might mean it.

Tori's embedded herself in some
dangerous situations with some dangerous

so we don't know what we might be
walking into here.

What is this place?

Oh, you don't have a teenager.

This is a content house.

all live here and shoot videos for their
streaming platforms.

Could explain Tori's enhancements. She'd
have to be camera -ready 24 -7 if she

was going undercover as an influencer.

Hmm, yeah.

This isn't really on par with the other
stories she went after. What was she

investigating here?

Can I help you?

I'm Detective Karadek. This is Morgan
Guillory, LAPD.

Do you recognize this woman?

That's Darla.

She lives here.

Is she okay?

No, unfortunately, she's not.

She's dead.

Hey, anyone else want to take a dip in
the gel cookie?

Uh, that's enough.

Darla, well, Tori, I guess. She'd only
been in the house a few weeks, but

everyone liked her. What kind of content
did she make? ASMR videos.

Her channel wasn't doing great, but it
was growing.

When's the last time you saw Tori? A day
ago, maybe two.

When everyone's filming, we tend to lose
track of time.

Do you know of anyone who would want to
hurt her? No.

We've all had creeps in our comments,
but Tori never mentioned anyone she was

concerned about.

Do you think one of her followers killed
her?

Well, we're not ruling anything out.

Thanks. We'll be in touch.

No one claims to know what happened.

You got anything?

Just that these kids are under a crazy
amount of pressure.

You know that bit that Pranks was doing?

A six -ounce box of gelatin makes two
cups.

A standard kiddie pool is about 400
gallons. That's 3 ,360 boxes just to

up. I'm guessing from setup to cleanup,
that's what, 30 hours of work for a 30

-second video?

That's barely going to move the needle
on his goal chart.

This guy Phineas is running this place
like a sweatshop.

Okay, looks like we found Pranks' lair.

Red dye?

Like the red dye that was all over
Tori's body?

What are you going to say? You don't
even know what happened.

Something you guys want to tell us?

We did it. We did it. We killed her. It
was an accident.

One of you shot Tori.

She was shot?

How do you think you killed her?

Like that.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. You might
want to... Told you.

Darla, Tori leaves the house every
Wednesday afternoon to do errands. Since

knew she'd be in a car, Pranks and I set
up a situation in her backseat.

What kind of a situation?

The devil's toothpaste.

Exactly what happened to Detective
Karadek, except bigger.

Show me.

Get ready.

I'm just thinking so many things.

Sorry, Darla, but you asked for this.

Did you check on her? Well, we freaked
out, so we called Phineas.

He runs Cloud House.

Phineas said Darla was fine, but really
mad. She was just going to go for a

drive and cool off. No, with a force
like that, Tori was definitely

She wasn't driving anywhere.

You guys, that was a really dangerous
prank.

I know. I didn't think it would be that
big of an explosion.

All right, what was in it?

Just dye, soap, yeast, and peroxide.

How much peroxide?

A lot. A lot. Okay, well, that explains
the steam burns.

When hydrogen peroxide meets yeast, it
produces a lot of oxygen and a lot of

heat. The oxygen forms a fabulous foam.

And the higher the peroxide percentage,
the bigger the boom.

It also explains the lack of blood in
Tori's car. The peroxide would have

cleaned it up.

In the video, you said Tori asked for
it. Why?

She stole my L3 protein powder.

Live, laugh, lift.

I was supposed to do an exclusive promo
for them. I'm the only content creator

in the country to get L3 before the
launch. I was going to bring a ton of

traffic to my channel, but Tori stole
the powder before I could film it. Why

would she do that?

Probably because her own channel wasn't
doing so well, so she wanted to sabotage

mine.

Those morons could have killed Tori with
that dumb prank, but I don't think they

shot her. I think someone else did.

Look.

Red dye and tire tracks extend down into
those weeds.

I think this is where Tori was shot.

Wonder who would have wanted to do that.

Let's get back to the car. I'll put out
a bolo. Hold on a second.

Did you just try and chase after a
sports car? It was an instinct.

Your instinct was that you could catch
up to a twin -turbo V8?

Morgan.

This might be the best day of my life.
Uh -huh.

I just want to thank you for that
beautiful gift. Okay.

You didn't know you'd be home early.

Clearly.

What is this?

A PB &J?

Cookies are not bread.

Air Patrol's out looking for a guy, so I
got a little time.

That's so cool. You should have asked
for a fly -along.

I prefer to do my barfing on land.

Hey, Elliot, can you go grab your
sister?

I thought you were hiring a babysitter.
Can you just go get her?

Please? You're her favorite person in
the whole wide world.

I know you're just saying that to
manipulate me.

Is it working?

But only because it's true.

She's a big Elliot fan.

Aren't we all?

He's all right.

Gross.

The other reason I wanted to swing by
home was to let you know that I tracked

down Arthur this morning.

The guy who knows my dad?

Does he know where he is?

No, but he did agree to give me his
backpack.

Okay, let's go get it. Hold on a second.

We haven't figured out a time or a place
yet, but when we do, I will get the

backpack. I can't go with you? No.

Why not?

We don't even know who this guy is. I'm
not letting him anywhere near you, no.

But, Mom, what if he has information
or... It's not a negotiation.

Okay.

I'll take a post -it.

Phoenix's orange Lamborghini wasn't hard
to find.

Highway Patrol picked him up in Ventura
an hour ago. So far, he's had nothing to

say. Keeping his mouth shut is probably
the smartest thing he's done in a while.

I'm not interrupting, am I?

No.

Detectives Oz and Carrot are letting
Phineas sweat a bit before starting

interrogation. Good. So Detective
Forrester has a minute.

I hope you don't mind, but I stopped at
your desk and I couldn't resist.

No, that's what I'm here for.

I never had a sweet tooth until I joined
the force.

Now I can't go a day without having
sugar.

Oh, well, there is worse habits.

True. and there are some habits that
serve you well in your job. I saw your

file, Detective.

Have you ever considered sitting for the
sergeant's exam?

Uh, yeah, I thought about it, but
nothing serious.

You should.

I have a friend that used to be a test
assessor. He can give you tips, give you

the right study materials.

That's great.

But, you know, I'm really happy here.
No, of course you are, but it never

to be curious about broadening your
horizons.

I'm sure Lieutenant Soto would agree.

I do.

I'd love to hear it.

I'll set it up.

Thank you.

What'd I miss?

Nothing. They haven't started the
interrogation yet. But I'm glad you

Morgan. I was hoping we could sit down
and have that talk.

You know what?

I... Great. I can't, though, because
I've got to give this my attention,

Peter?

Maybe.

Of course.

Let's talk about Tori Nolan.

Who? The reporter you shot and then
dumped in a pond.

We're thinking you found out she was
embedded at your house, you were worried

about the story she'd run, and so you
got rid of her.

You mean Darla? So the details are
familiar, but not the name.

I didn't know that was Darla.

I definitely didn't know that she was a
reporter. Why was she at Cloud House? We

were wondering the same thing. But then
we had a look at your financial.

$200 ,000 sports car.

Several days of the Ibiza Four Seasons.
You worked the kids hard. Pay them way

less than they're earning.

and then skim all the profits for
yourself. That sounds like a story to

money that I take from the creators is
for their room and board. Right.

50K a month.

Each. Seems a bit steep, doesn't it,
Phineas? Even by Los Angeles standards.

We gotta do a quick mic pop.

A what?

We need to see his watch.

Watch, please.

Thank you.

Check out the joints. There's corrosion
in there. You see that? That's what

happens when titanium comes in contact
with concentrated peroxide.

Oh. See, after the explosion, Tori was
covered in that, Phineas, and you must

have gotten a good bit of it on
yourself, too, when you moved her body

driver's seat.

You were in Tori's car after Raquel and
Franks phoned in. You're the one who

shot her and then moved the car.

I moved the body, but I swear I did not
kill her.

There was so much foam everywhere, I had
no idea that she was shot until I got

to the pot. If you didn't kill her,
why'd you move the body?

Because I'd lose the lease on the house.

Landlord's been trying to evict Cloud
House for months.

The neighbors hate us. And if they kick
us out, I'd have to shut the entire

thing down.

Can you prove that you didn't kill her?

I can.

Do you guys know what bots are? Fake
account holders on social networks?

People using to pad their followers?
Yeah.

Exactly. Darla's numbers, Tori's numbers
were terrible. And right before Pranks

and Raquel came running up, I was in my
office buying bots to pump up Tori's

channel. Which you never would have done
if you were planning on getting rid of

her a minute later.

Exactly.

Damn it.

We booked Phineas for evidence tampering
and illegal transport.

He offered up Tori's bag as a bargaining
chip for leniency. So he took it to

keep anyone from IDing her.

Nobody who loved cars didn't think we
could find her through her VIN number?

Great.

Tori has state -of -the -art encryption
on here. Not surprising for someone with

her job.

Raquel was right.

Tori did steal the protein powder.

But why? I checked Tori's Cloud House
channel. She never advertised it. Yeah,

well, why would she? She didn't actually
care about her numbers, which means she

wouldn't sabotage somebody else's.

Morgan, how about this? You recognize
anything in these lab results?

No. Nothing super interesting, except
castoreum.

What's that?

Beaver butt secretion.

It's a flavoring agent.

So is ethyl methylphenylglycinate,
artificial strawberry.

I know that from my weekly fight with my
kids in the cereal aisle.

Yep.

Strawberry. Okay. So Tori wasn't
investigating the content house. She was

investigating the protein powder. Why?
Yeah, the woman made a career out of

exposing major scandals.

She covered corruption. She saved
animals from abuse.

She took on big oil and then protein
powder?

Going after a small -time product
doesn't make any sense.

We said she was docked, right? Yeah. She
wrote an article about a classmate who

was running a test taker for her
business.

He cyberbullied her for revenge.

His name was, um, Robert Romano.

Well, I think he goes by Bobby now.

Robert Romano?

Whoa, my full name.

That's what my mom calls me when I'm in
trouble.

Wait, am I in trouble? No, we just want
to talk. It's an impressive operation

you got here. Thanks, man.

Yeah, it's exciting times at L3.

Yeah, our pre -orders are flying. I'm
trying to stay humble, but I got a

Live Laugh Lift is going to
revolutionize the fitness industry.

Really? Oh, because it kind of looks
like you're just repackaging a bunch of

protein powder from China and slapping
your label on it. Oh, no, no, no, no.

It's way more than that. Is it?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. L3 is a movement.

Okay? This guy gets it. Bobby. I can
tell.

San Dimas delivery is going to be late.
The truck got a flat.

If you two are from the health
department, our certifications aren't

Don't worry. They're not health
inspectors. They're just cops.

Guys, this is Lamar Volpes. He's my
operations manager.

Can we help you with something?

Yeah, we were hoping to take a look
around, Lamar.

Sure. You got a warrant?

I don't know. Is there something here
that warrants a warrant?

Whoa, no, no. They don't need a warrant,
dude.

We're just talking, right? That's right.
Yeah. Look, Lamar, I'll call San Dimas.

You got it, boss. Okay, thank you.

I know, he seems pretty tough, right?

That's just his job. I couldn't run the
place without him.

Yeah, I don't doubt it. I mean, your
other businesses were all scams, right?

Designer shoe company that turned out to
be low -end knockoffs.

The concert app that was kicking out
fraudulent tickets. Oh, yeah, that one

you pinched for wire fraud. You did two
years in prison, right? Yeah, the feds

got interested in you because of an
anonymous tip, but she wasn't so

for you, was she?

You're talking about Tori Nolan?

She just has it out for me. Oh, yeah?
You think it had anything to do with the

time you doxed her so bad she had to
drop out of school?

I really regret that.

I was a stupid kid, and I did stupid
things.

Please.

So why are you asking about Tori? Well,
Bobby, um, she's dead.

That's heavy.

Mm -hmm.

You don't think I had something to do
with it?

Strong and smart. He's the whole
package.

Thanks. When's the last time you had
contact with Tori?

Well, she called me a week ago. She told
me she was this big reporter now, and

she was going to take me down for good
this time.

Well, how was she going to do that?

I had no idea. I hung up on her.

That kind of negative energy is not what
Live, Laugh, Lift is all about. That's

nonsense anyway, because L3 is legit.

Okay, so that must have really pissed
you off that she was trying to take it

down. I wouldn't hurt anyone.

You can look around all you want. I'm an
open book.

Morgan. He's an open book.

I'm cool with it. He's cool with it.

He was at a gym across town when Tori
was shot.

Because I never skip like day.

Can you verify that? Yes.

Oh, you meant like an alibi. Yeah. My
pump partner can dodge for me. Oh, this

getting better.

I'll check out Bobby's alibi. See if the
gym had cameras.

You're saying you don't trust the word
of his pump partner?

No. Even if his story is true, it
doesn't mean he had nothing to do with

death. He could have hired someone to
kill her.

Yeah, maybe.

But NAVAP doesn't have him going to
Cloud House ever. It does say that he

by a place called Serenity Arms at least
once a week.

Sounds like a cult.

No, actually, it's a halfway house for
ex -cons. Maybe Bobby stayed there after

he got out of prison. Might be a good
place to get some confirmation as to how

reformed he actually is.

Great. I'm being summoned for my meeting
with the captain.

No, thank you.

Good timing, though. I gotta grab my car
from the station and deal with the

family thing. Everything okay?

Oh, yeah.

Never any drama in the Guillory
household.

Oh, never.

Detective Karadick, come in.

Don't worry, it's not yours.

I wasn't worried.

Nor should you be. I didn't even read
your file.

Your reputation precedes you. Please.

Morgan Guillory. Tell me about her.

I thought this meeting was about me. It
is, but she's your partner.

And I think we can both admit that it's
unconventional.

And really not your style, detective.

So you have read my file? I don't need
to read anything to know that you're a

badge and oath kind of guy.

But Morgan, she doesn't strike me as
somebody who stays in her lane.

Well, we work well together if that's
what you're getting at. You certainly

Your case rate has increased ever since
you two teamed up.

You were smart to claim her as your
partner.

You don't know, Morgan, if you think
anyone can claim her.

Was there something else you needed,
Detective?

No.

Hey, heard back from the guy that runs
Serenity Arms?

Davin Tillman.

Available to meet. Cool. Let's go.

I think you forgot something.

I want to talk first.

About what? This is very simple. You've
got the backpack. You give me the

backpack. End of transaction.

So you really think that whatever's in
that bag will give you answers and not

just more questions?

You didn't look in it, did you?

Why?

I don't know. I thought about it.

You know?

But I know Roman, okay?

Dude is solid.

And he wouldn't just up and disappear
from his people for no reason.

So I keep asking myself, what the hell
happened 15 years ago that was bad

to make a good man run?

And to be quite honest, I'm not sure if
I want to know the answer to that.

Do you?

Yes. So give us the bag.

What are you... How did you know where I
was? The family tracker app. You can

see my location and I can see yours. No,
we're not doing this. Okay, stop. We

didn't get the bag yet. You can go, but
I'm not leaving here without it.

No, it's... You look just like your dad
when he's about to start digging into

something.

You really knew my dad?

Oh, yeah.

You know, him and me, we went way back.
I mean, we came up together.

We were practically inseparable.

And he spent so much time at my house,
ate so many meals that my mom started

calling him plates.

We need your help.

I understand why my dad left me, but I
need to.

All right, look, I get it, okay?

When I heard his voice, it was like time
hadn't passed, but it had.

I mean, 15 years is a long time to
disappear.

And I miss him.

My mom's, like, ridiculously smart, so
if there's a clue in that bag, she'll

find it, and then maybe we'll find him.

Please?

All right.

Okay.

I'll get it to you.

Wonderful. Ready?

I know you didn't want me to... Not
another word. No, do you see? I hope...

it. He wouldn't have, like... We will
talk about this later.

Right now, I am so angry, I don't trust
anything that would come out of my

mouth.

What can you tell us about Bobby Romano?

I've run this place 22 years, and I can
honestly say I've never met anyone like

Bobby.

Is that a good thing? Oh, yeah. See, a
lot of people land here, they're fresh

out of prison, they're mad at the world,
they want to burn it all down.

But not Bobby.

He dusted himself off and decided to
make the world better. With protein

Okay, yeah, I know it sounds silly. But
Bobby believes in it.

What's the harm?

If Bobby felt so strongly about his
business, how far do you think he'd go

protect it?

What are you asking?

A woman's been murdered.

Tori Nolan.

She and Bobby had a bit of a past. Do
you know that name? Bobby mentioned Tori

few times when he first got here.

said that she actually helped put him in
prison. But he wasn't angry about it.

Like I said, Bobby left all that behind
when he got out.

But then she threatened him. He told her
she called him. Oh, she did more than

that. She showed up at his warehouse.

She said not only would she ruin his
launch, but she'd see to it that he went

back to prison for life.

What did Tori find out?

Bobby wouldn't say.

But when he missed his last group
session that morning, I called him.

He was...

He said, I should have taken care of
this ten years ago.

Look, I thought he meant to get a
restraining order or something.

I didn't think he'd hurt her.

LAPD!

Bobby, open the door.

How long has Bobby been dead?

Emmy says a few hours.

An employee told us that Bobby was very
upset after we spoke with him. Sent

everyone home early and locked himself
in his office.

And we're guessing that's where he
swallowed enough pills to overdose?

Mm -hmm. What'd he take? It's a new
party drug called Dazzle Hitty. It's a

euphoria -inducing stimulant, like
ecstasy, but five times more potent. In

quantities, it can cause cardiac arrest,
which we believe is what happened to

Bobby. The L3 was a cover for shipping
the drugs. We found bags of it hidden in

the powder canisters.

Now, most of these are real companies
just purchasing protein powder, but this

code, 44889, corresponds to the orders
that had bags of drugs in the powder. We

assume they're being trafficked to
distributors around the country. We also

found a .380 pistol in his death that
matches the gunshot wounds on Torrey.

We're sending you to Ballistics for
testing. Beef and barley soup!

Beef and barley soup.

Saying it again doesn't make it any
clearer, Morgan. Somebody wants us to

that Bobby killed Tori and then OD'd.
But you don't buy it. No, when we were

here earlier, Bobby couldn't wait to
show us around.

Now, he's not the brightest bulb, but
even he's smart enough to not want cops

digging around in a place where there's
drugs.

Plus, it's soup.

Soup? I opened his mouth and I smell
inside of it, and it definitely smells

beef and barley soup. And he dribbled a
little bit on his T -shirt. You can see

it right there. That wasn't there
before. This guy ate the soup and died

around the same time.

Okay, there's no soup container.

We checked all the trash cans, nothing.

We also checked the sink drain.

Is that... A carrot?

Mm -hmm, and a half -melted capsule of
Dazzle Kitty.

So either Bobby drugged his own soup,
ate it, and then high as a kite dumped

rest down the drain, magicked the
container away before passing out, or...

Or someone else put the drug in the
soup. And that someone wants us to think

that the drug operation and Tori's
murder were all Bobby's doing. And now

he's dead, it's a closed case.

Yes, I think whoever killed Bobby also
killed Tori and masterminded the whole

thing. Then who's the brain?

I hope you're curious how we found out
about this, because I've been pretty

excited to tell you. At first we
thought, oh, for sure it's Lamar. Yeah,

brought him in for questioning, but he
wouldn't give anything up. He's loyal,

isn't he? I'll give him that. But Bobby
didn't get the same courtesy.

Lamar was very quick to tell us that he
met Bobby in prison and Bobby brought

him in to his L3 drug operation.

See, the problem there is that neither
of those things are true.

A, Bobby had no idea there was a drug
operation, and B, they weren't in prison

at the same time. They sure weren't.
After they got out, they spent time at

halfway house, Serenity Arms.

Once we made that connection, Lamar was
much more cooperative.

Oh, yeah, he gave you right up. Yeah,
but Lamar insisted he had nothing to do

with Tori and Bobby's deaths, and he had
the alibis to prove it. He sure did.

Now, that was all you, but you were
honest with Karadek and Oz.

Bobby did tell you about Tori in the
sessions, and Bobby did talk to you

Tori's threat.

Bobby had no idea what Tori was talking
about, but you did.

Tori reaching out to Bobby blew her
cover. You knew exactly where to find

So you waited at Cloud House.

And when Tori's car came into view, you
shot her.

Couldn't have predicted the state she'd
be in, but you just used it to your

advantage. At that point, Bobby was a
liability.

Lamar said he called you right after we
showed up to the warehouse.

You needed to tie up loose ends.

When we talked to you at the halfway
house, Bobby was already dead.

I want a lawyer.

Oh, I bet you do.

Maybe more than one.

Go deep on that bench.

Spoke to the editor of Takedown
Magazine.

They're going to finish Tori's last
article and put out a tribute issue.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah. Oh, I like that. The world needs
more Toris in it.

Yeah.

I'm going to get out of here before the
captain ambushes me. You know, you can't

avoid him forever.

Um, I have owed the Culver City Public
Library $3 .50 since the 90s, so I'm

going to beg to differ.

You know, there's always some growing
pants when a new person joins a team.

There is?

I remember nothing but absolute delight
when I came on board.

See ya.

Hey, need some help?

No, I'm good.

She just needs some coolin' or she gets
cranky.

Not cranky.

Assertive.

I thought you were going to come by for
a chat today.

I made that up to buy some time if I
could get out of it. Because I was busy,

you know, doing my job.

Yeah, you like working here.

Is that a question?

No, it's a surprised observation.

Why surprised?

I just heard some rumors you don't
respond positively to authority.

I don't respond positively to authority
that abuses their power.

Is that how you see me?

I don't know.

I haven't decided on that yet.

Well, what have you decided on?

I've decided I'd like you to get your
car out of my way so I can go home to my

kids. All right, Guillory.

Let me have it.

All right.

Let's see.

You're from a legacy family, right? So
that tells me you could take the easy

road, but you choose not to because you
want to prove to everybody that you can.

And that's admirable, but...

It also makes you smug.

You like being captain. You like the
respect.

You like the authority.

Love the boots.

But you also miss being in the field a
little bit more than you thought you

would. You like to be in the action,
right? Because that makes you feel

important.

Anything else?

Mm -hmm.

You like to keep people guessing if your
interest in them is real or just a way

to get something you want.

Pretty good.

Got two out of the three.

Yeah. Which one did I get wrong?

I'm not as good at this game as you are.

But I've learned one thing for sure.

You give Morgan Guillory a puzzle, she
won't stop thinking about it until it's

solved.

Hey. Hey.

You're still mad.

Yeah, I am.

I love you more than anything in this
world, so I'm going to do whatever I

to do to keep you safe. If I say no to
you, I expect you to listen. But nothing

bad happened. That's not the point.

I told you no, and you went off and did
whatever you wanted to do anyway.

Sounds familiar.

Excuse me?

If you don't agree with someone, you
never listen to them.

What would you have done if you were me?

Yeah, exactly.

Ava, you're not wrong, okay?

The difference is I am an adult.

I get to make those choices. You don't.
You're such a hypocrite. Okay, I'm glad

the SAT prep is paying off, but let's
watch the tone, please. I'm serious.

You're being unfair. I'm being your mom.

Ava, I make mistakes all the time. This
isn't one of them, okay? And actions

have consequences.

What does that mean? It means I need to
think about how much I want to involve

you in the stuff with your dad until I
can trust you again. You're never going

to trust me enough because you don't
want to. I'm sorry. Trust is something

you earn from a... No, stop!

You think you're some cool mom or
something, but you're really just

embarrassing.

Cause I've seen everything Oh I know

Cause I've seen

Oh

I know Cause I've seen