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Provenza: oh, these screens
Again. Buzz!

Buzz: it's not me.
It's fraud downstairs.

Our remotes
Use the same signal.

If you'd just let me change
The frequency --

No! Fraud can change
Their remote.

But they won't.

Sanchez: well, the signal
Shouldn't be able

To go through the floor
Or walls, anyway, buzz.

Tao: there's a design flaw
In this part of the building.

Provenza:
Yeah. Uh, lieutenant provenza,
Major crimes.

I want to speak to whoever's
In charge down there.

Good evening. L.A.P.D.
Major crimes. Detective gabriel.

Buzz, where's
The mushroom pizza?

There's nothing here
That's vegetarian.

I'm sorry, ma'am.
There's no detective erico here.

They were out of mushrooms,
So I got you a pizza with
Bell peppers on it instead.

Bell peppers?!
Guys, I can't hear.

When have you ever seen me
Eat a bell pepper?!
Hello?

It's a vegetable!
Ma'am, are you
In some kind of trouble?

Guys! Would you shut up,
Please?!

Hello
Are you still there?

Woman: there's somebody in
My house. There's somebody here.

O
Give me your name and address.

And we'll get someone
Over to you right away.

I need detective erico.

Okay. Uh, detective erico.
Erico! Guys...

Anyone ever hear
Of this erico?
Ma'am, we're searching
For detective erico.

But right now, I need you
To tell me where you are.

What's your address?
Oh, no.
You won't get here soon enough.

I'm in trouble now!
Ma'am --

All right. Ma'am, just...
There's somebody here.
I have to go get my gun.

Okay, just stay calm
And tell me your address.

Look, I can't talk louder.
If I can just get to my gun...

Erico?
Anyone

No erico here.
Maybe a different
Spelling.

Okay, ma'am, stay calm, okay?
My gun -- my gun is gone!

It's -- it's not here!

Oh, my go--

Hello
Ma'am, are you there

Damn it!
We got to get her back.

We got to get her back
Right now!
Her phone line
Is blocked.

So unless she calls us back,
There's nothing we can do.
Except find
Detective erico!

Why couldn't you guys
Find detective erico?!

She might've been running
The two words together.

There's a detective "Verico,"
With a "V,"

Works
Threat management.

Stalking cases.

Provenza: tao, yeah, let's get
This detective verico up here

With his open case files.
Where's chief johnson?

She's in an interview with some
Police commissioners downstairs.

Somebody should run down,

Pass her a note
About what's going on.
Buzz.

Detective verico's
Got the week off.

They said it's gonna take
At least an hour before they
Bring his case files up here.

Give me that.
This is commander taylor.

I want verico's cases,
And I need lights and sirens

Headed to every female
On his list of stalking victims.

Unh-unh, unh-unh.
Right now.

Officer: everything to the rear
Of the residence is clear.

Nobody home.
Copy that.

Same with the front rooms.
There's nothing here.

All clear
On the second floor!

Yeah, we got nothing
Down here, either.

I'm very sorry
For the intrusion.

I hope you understand.

We, uh, we just have to check
These things out sometimes.

Not a problem --
Really.

Officer:
Clear! Clear the door!

16863. I have a female down
Inside my location.

Gunshot wound.

She does not appear to be
Breathing. Roll paramedics.

And advise major crimes
We found their victim.

Gabriel:
Danielle ross.

43 years old.
Single. Lived alone.

She dialed my extension
By mistake

Little over two hours ago
Looking for detective verico,

Who works
In threat management.

Ms. Ross was shot once
In the right temple area.

The bullet
Entered and exited,

Hitting the wall
Over there by sanchez.

Judging by what looks to be
A .40 caliber casing

Over here on the floor,

The weapon was fired
From somewhere around...Here.

We found a .40 caliber hand gun
In a trash can behind the house.

It might be her weapon.

We're checking the registration
Right now.

Box cutter?

With a broken blade.

Think maybe she used that to try
And fend off her attacker?

Maybe, chief.
But look at this.

Gabriel: she was shot...

And her throat was cut.
Ugh.

Yeah, the, uh, throat injury
Happened postmortem.

If someone had severed
Her jugular

While she
Was still alive...
...We'd be walking
In blood.

Any idea
How the killer got in?

No.

And, uh, there's no sign
Of forced entry.

Now, there are three doors
To the house.

The front door,
Which was dead-bolted

And chain-locked
From the inside --

Uh, before
We breached it.

And this door leads
To the garage,

Which was locked
When we got here.

And the electric
Garage door

Is shut.

And the back door
Is the only other exit.

No chain but dead-bolted.

Also, all the windows
Were barred and locked.

So there was no way
For the killer to enter or exit.

Yeah, it's kind of like
A crime scene and a magic trick.

Hey, I found the tip
To that box-cutter blade.

Must have snapped off

When the, uh, cord
To this phone was cut.

All right, then. We know
How this conversation ended.

Let's go back
To how it began.
Ms. Ross
Called my desk.

I thought she was asking for
A detective erico -- not verico.

And she said
Someone was in her house.

She needed to get her gun.

She said
It was in her nightstand,

Back in her bedroom,
I guess.

Someone's in my house!
Someone's here!

I can't speak louder.

Somebody's in my house.

I have to get my gun.

My gun is not here!
It's gone!

Should be in my nightstand.

[ camera shutter clicks,
Police radio chatter ]

Ms. Ross
Spoke to you from here.

While she was searching
For her weapon, yeah.

There's no door out
Of the house from here.

And the windows
Are barred.

Maybe she made a run
For it?

Chief,
This is detective frank verico

From threat management.
Sorry it took me so long
To get here.

I'm off this week.
Thank you for coming,
Detective.

Any idea
How all this happened?

No.

But twice I tried to convince
The commissioner

She needed police protection --
She wouldn't take it.

Excuse me. Uh, did you
Just refer to our victim
As 'commissioner'?

Yes, I did.

Danielle ross heads --

Headed the california state
Parole board.

And why did you think

Commissioner ross
Needed protection?

Did it have something to do

With a prisoner
She refused to release?

I'm not sure.

There was no verbal
Or written threat.

But about a month ago,
She stopped on her way home

From work
For a doctor's appointment.

And while her car was parked,
Someone broke into it.

And how did that become
Your problem?

Patrol called me in

Because the commissioner's
A high-ranking state official.

You know,
To be honest,

I thought what happened
To her vehicle

Was more like vandalism
Than anything else.
Why do you say that?

Because nothing was stolen
From her car

And she had cash and
Credit cards in her console.

I suggested she get
Police protection just in case.

Commissioner
Turned me down flat.

Didn't think
It was worth the cost.

Neither did I, really.

Until someone
Broke into her home.

You mean
Before tonight?

Yes, ma'am.

Last wednesday.

She called and said

Somebody had been in her house
While she was at work.

Maybe that's why
Someone broke into her car --

To get her home address.

No. If they knew which car
Was hers,

They could've
Just followed her home.

Hold off on the car
For a minute.

We've just been through
Commissioner ross' house,

And it's all
But hermetically sealed.

Detective, do you have any idea
How someone

Could have slipped
Through the bars on her windows

And the locks on her doors --
Twice?

No.

And, just like her car,

She said nothing was stolen
From her residence.

And before you ask me why
Someone would burglarize her car

And her home
And not take anything,

I don't know --
Neither did she.

Where is everybody?
Excuse me?

Have you even notified
The sheriff's department yet?

Do we have protection
In place

For the other members
Of the parole board?

You should at least have
Gang support down here
Reviewing the case.

Look, before we do all that,
I'm getting a few facts here.

You want facts?
Here's a fact.

The head of a state
Law-enforcement agency

Was murdered while on the phone
With major crimes!

That's a fact!
Verico:
That's not their fault, chief.

The commissioner mixed up the
Last two digits of my work phone

And got detective gabriel
Instead of me.

You're verico?
Yes, sir.

You were the lead investigator
Into these threats

Against
Commissioner ross?

Uh, excuse me, but there
Were no actual threats.

Well, she's dead.

And she was murdered

When the l.A.P.D. Had an open
Case with her name on it.

So obviously, she was under
Some sort of a threat.

While we figure that out,
Detective verico,

I think it would be in the best
Interest of the department

If you just, uh, continue
With your week off.

How does this happen?

How does major crimes take
A call from this woman --

Sir -- sir,
I can explain.

You can explain why -- why not
One officer, not one patrol car

Was dispatched to --
To the commissioner's house

Until after she was murdered --
You can explain that?!

I tried to get her --
Okay, excuse me.
Excuse me!

Chief pope, can we talk
In my office for a moment?

Thank you very much.

Look, danielle ross
Was on the phone

For less than a minute with us
Before the line went dead.

She never identified herself
Or gave her address.

Okay
Even if that's true,

The l.A.P.D. Knew
That commissioner ross' safety

Was at risk before she
Was gunned down in her home!

All right, look.
Here's what I need you to do.

I need you to launch
A thorough investigation

Of every inmate
Who's been denied parole

For the last six mon--
Make -- make it a year --

Uh, hold on.
Hold on.

Will, asking me to stop
What I'm doing now

May end up slowing down
Our process.
Slow down?!

Brenda, I don't think
You get this!

We're so far behind now,

I don't -- I don't know
If we can catch up!

How did this happen?

Look, will, for your own sake,
Just take a deep breath, okay?

I-I know you're feeling
Some extra pressure

Because of
This whole chief business --

So now,
On top of everything else,

You're accusing me
Of overreacting?!

You want to know
What I think?

I think your own reaction
To this case

Has been slow, unimpressive,
And potentially dangerous

To the rest of the parole-board
Members in the state.

Okay! That's it!

You don't like the way
I'm handling this case,

That's just fine.

You should just take it over
Yourself.

You know what? That's
Exactly what I'm gonna do.

Operation: swift justice.

What a ridiculous name.

And all these people
Pope's brought in to...

Watch him throw everything the
Department has at this murder.

And they're all from
Law enforcement, so maybe
They'll end up helping us.

They're not gonna end up
Helping pope.

If he thinks we really made
Some kind of mistake

With commissioner ross,

He just announced it
To the whole state.

And then asking us to review

Everyone up for parole
Over the past year --

That's a complete
Waste of time.

Well, look, maybe not.

I got an interesting fax

From the warden at folsom
This morning.

He's got a prisoner --
Tomas medina.

Commissioner ross denied him
Release just two months ago.

He's serving time
For a murder-for-hire.

And he's implying that he put
A hit out on the commissioner.

Murder-for-hire.

You didn't tell pope
About this, did you?

No. No. I don't want him to do
Anything too hasty.

Believe me, I know exactly
What we're up against here.

I'm doing everything I can
To conduct this investigation

So it doesn't blow up
In our faces.

Excuse me.
Uh, chief pope wants you.

Oh.
Okay. Thanks.

Well, if it does blow up,
Be aware.

It's set to explode
In your murder room.

Pope isn't the only one
Who needs to watch his back.

Thanks.

I guess you have a good reason
For not telling me about medina.

Who?

Tomas medina.

Currently serving the 20th year
Of a 30-year sentence at folsom

For hiring a busboy at
His restaurant to off his wife.

The warden at folsom
Contacted you this morning

After searching
Medina's cell

And finding articles
About the commissioner,

The last of which had a photo
With the word "Dead"

Scrawled across her face.

Please don't pretend any of this
Is news to you.

I'm not. I'm just
Trying to figure out
How you know all this.

I'm being copied on all
Information on this case.

And I've ordered air support
To fly medina down from folsom.

He should be here
By 2:00 p.M. Today.

What?!
You can't do that!

I know next to nothing
About him.

Well,
Then educate yourself.

Because with state police
And sheriff's deputies

And state prison officials

Here helping
With operation: swift justice,

We need equal emphasis
On "Swift."

This is not the way to handle
This, will. It just isn't.

All right,
Can you say for sure

That
Commissioner ross' murder

Was an attack against her
And her alone

And that the rest
Of the state parole board

Is in no danger
Whatsoever?

Because unless you can state
That with absolute certainty,

Time may not be
On our side.

Now, medina is coming.

And ready or not,
I need you to talk to him.

Okay, lieutenant provenza,
I want you to search

All crime reports where a
Box cutter was used as a weapon

And see if there's
A connection to tomas medina.

And until
Mr. Medina arrives --

Don't worry, chief.
I'll keep pope distracted.

Thank you so much.

Uh, detective sanchez,
Lieutenant flynn,

I want to know everything there
Is to know about mr. Medina.

Friends, family,
Associates.
We'll get a morgue report
While we're at it.

Thank you.
Lieutenant tao, please examine

Commissioner ross'
Personal and work computers.

Maybe there are threats
On there she didn't let
Detective verico know about.

Detective gabriel, I'd like
To speak to detective verico.

So would I, chief, but
He's not answering his phone.

No, I don't mean call him. I
Want to speak to him in person.

The way pope sent him home,
That's going to be tough.

Hey, chief, considering
How swamped our office is,

You have some idea where
You'd like us to regroup?

Johnson...
Detective verico,
Thank you for coming.

Why don't you have a seat?

Yeah, let's,
Uh, have a seat

And we can all chat
About what happened yesterday.

How about I sit
When I'm ready?

Because if you asked me here

To go over everything
I did wrong again,

You can talk to my union rep.

Detective, we asked you
Here because we could
Really use your help.

Gabriel: listen, when I spoke
To commissioner ross,

The only person
She wanted to talk to was you.

She was in trouble, and it was
You she was reaching out to.

I called her every other day,
You know?

Just to make sure
She was all right.

I even helped her get the locks
On her house changed.

Brenda: I'm sure you did
Everything you could, detective.

Please sit down.
Come on, frank.

You know why it took me so long
To get to her house

The night
She was shot?

Because almost
The entire l.A.P.D.

Is seven days on,
Seven days off.

How am I supposed to look out
After people

If the budget determines
When I can work?

Maybe if the right person
Becomes chief,

Our budget priorities
Will turn for the better.

Uh, detective verico,
The other night you told me

That danielle ross thought
Her house had been broken into

A week
Before she was murdered.

Since nothing was stolen,
What made her so sure of that?

Seemed to her like someone
Had gone through her mail.

Uh, closet light
Was left on.

But what really convinced her
Was the smell of gardenias.

Specifically
In her bedroom.

Gardenia? You mean like
The flower

Like a perfume.

It wasn't much to go on,

But I printed the entire house
Anyway, questioned neighbors.

And, again,
I contacted state police

And urged her
To accept protection.

But she refused.

Yeah.

I don't know
What I missed.

Come on, frank.

I'll take you home.

Thank you so much
For coming.

Did you find out yet
How someone broke into her house

And why
Nothing was stolen?

Uh, something was stolen,
Detective.

She was shot to death
With her own gun.

But -- but she didn't even
Know it was missing

Until
She went looking for it.

So I did miss something.

Come on, man.

Lieutenant tao!
No! No people food for joel!

I'm sorry, chief.
Oh, for heaven's sakes.

What do you think
You're doing?

What do you think
You're doing, huh?

No begging.
Go on, now.

Go on,
You little smushy-smush!

Okay, lieutenant.
What'd you find out?

No threats
And nothing compromised

With the commissioner's
Computers,

And I even refragged
Their registries.

You know,
Most people think

Refragging
Is a big waste of time.
Lieutenant.

What'd dr. Morales
Have to say?

Commissioner
Had no defensive marks.

No sexual assault.

And the cut on her neck
Definitely happened postmortem.

Gabriel: see, I -- that's
The part I don't understand.

Why do you cut the throat
Of someone you just murdered?

It's a symbolic gesture
Of some kind.

Just don't know
What it means yet.

Yes, lieutenant?

Are you gonna eat
That crust?

Yes, I am.

Oh.

Okay.

Uh, in the 20 years
That he's been at folsom,

Tomas medina has only had
One visitor -- his grandmother.

And that was
About 17 months ago.

Here's his record
And a complete transcript

Of the hearing
Before commissioner ross.

What about phone calls?

Zero.
Incoming or outgoing.

Um, could you please -- phone.

Thank you.

Deputy chief johnson.

Where are you?

Is that chief johnson?

My proctologist.
You need something?

No, no.
I just...

You're asking where
Your proctologist is?

Yes.

I hate it
When he surprises me.

Chief --
Chief, medina is here.

What?!
He wasn't supposed to arrive

For another two hours
At least.

Well, air support
Had a cancelled pick-up,

And so medina
Was flown in directly.

And pope is not happy that our
Suspect is here and you're not.

Oh, for heaven's sakes,
Tell him I'm on my way.

Let's go.

C

Yes.

Provenza: and now,
My guy gives you pictures
Of the colonoscopy

After it's over.
All right,
Here we go, everyone.

Do you realize how long
You've kept everyone
Waiting here?

Before I start asking
Questions, I need to know
At least some of the answers

Or we'll never get
Anywhere.

Chief, I have sanchez bringing
Medina up from holding.

Uh, where
Do you want him?

Hard interview 1.

No. I'd prefer to question
Mr. Medina

In one
Of my interview rooms.

It's less intimidating.
He's been in folsom
For quite a while.

I think he expects
Some intimidation.

And you're missing
The point here.

We're not doing this
Interrogation to prove

Man: buzz.
...That he committed the murder,
But to show the likelihood

That commissioner ross' death
Was not the beginning

Of a string of attacks
Against the whole parole board.

Well, you may not need a
Confession, but I certainly do.

The guy's in prison
For life. What more
Are you gonna do to him?

And why are these screens
Still not working?

That's not my fault.

Bank fraud's projector
Is keyed

To the same
Remote signal as ours.

All right, just -- just get it
Fixed, please? Thank you.

Here. We may need to communicate
During the interview

In case
There are questions.

From whom?
From me!

Put in the earpiece, and let's
Hear what medina has to say.

Buzz, are we all set?
Speakers

We'll know as soon
As they start talking, chief.

Mr. Medina, I'm deputy chief
Brenda leigh johnson.

This is detective gabriel.

I hope you enjoyed
That hamburger.

There's another one coming
For you

Just as soon
As we're done here.

We just have a few questions for
You. It shouldn't take too long.

I got nowhere to be.

You can ask me anything
You want.

Good.
What, if anything,

Can you tell us about
Commissioner danielle ross?

I can tell you
She's dead.

And how did you hear
About that?

Good news
Travels fast.

Does it?

When someone like ross
Gets offed,

Yeah, it does.

Even the guards
Are talking about it.

I take it you weren't
One of commissioner ross' fans.

That black bitch passed me up
For parole three times.

Maybe it's because
She didn't like being
Called a black bitch.

Yeah, well,
She's dead and I'm not.

So who has the final word
On that, huh?

Just because
I'm in lock-up

Doesn't mean that I don't have
People on the outside

Who care about me.

Get in my way,
Somebody moves you.

He's all
But admitting it.

Tell chief johnson
To cut to the chase.

Chief johnson,
Let's, uh --

Let's get
To the point here.

And these people on the outside
Who care about you --

Are any of them
A girlfriend?

You looking
For a conjugal, mija?

Hey!
Watch your mouth, sir!

Sir?

Keep that up,

I'll have you drive me
Back to the airport, boy.

I wouldn't call any of them
My girlfriend,

But, uh, I do all right.

And when, exactly, do you
"Do all right," mr. Medina?

Because according
To the people at folsom,

You haven't had a visitor
Or even a phone call

In over a year.

Hmm.

So, maybe the people
You do all right with

Are the men
In prison with you.

Well, obviously I have a little
Army on the outside, boy.

Yeah, well, a man who hires
A guy to kill his wife

And then rats that guy out
Usually isn't too popular.

Detective gabriel's right
About that.

You might not be as popular
With the people at folsom

As you think you are.

You want to know
How to make friends in prison?

You get rid of the black bitch
Who's keeping us all in there.

You see, whoever does that
Gets loads of respect.

All right,
He's almost there.

Let's ask him
Something concrete,

Like, uh, does he know
Commissioner ross' address.

Mr. Medina, do you know where
Commissioner ross lives?

Yeah, sure.

She used to invite me over
For sunday roast every weekend.

Is this your first time
Doing this?

Do you really think
I'm stupid enough

To say that I killed her
To you?

Or to them?

No, mr. Medina.
I don't think you're stupid.

But I also don't think you
Had anything to do with
The commissioner's murder.

What is she saying?
Why are you saying that?

However, since good news
Does travel fast,

I have a feeling
You may already know

Who is responsible
For her death.

And if you were to help me
Figure that out,

I could end up getting
Your sentence reduced.

That's a -- that's a commonly
Used negotiating tactic.

No promises
Have been made.

I guarantee it.

That's not a promise.

You know
What would happen

If anybody found out
I was talking to the cops?

I don't kiss and tell,
Mr. Medina. Nobody --

Don't say
Nobody will find out

Because
Somebody always does!

And the deals
You people make --

You know,
I actually fell for it once.

Yeah, eligible for parole
In 17 years.

I'm in two decades already,

And I'm starting to figure out
That it's all bullshit!

You know what?

You people ain't never
Letting me out of here.

Instead, you're
Just filling up the streets

With all those freaks.
What freaks?

The crackheads, the perverts,
The thieves

That you're letting out
Of prison

Because the state ran out
Of money to keep them there.

You know what?
If I had just beaten my wife

Instead of having some idiot
Shoot her in the head,

I'd be a free man today.

You did everything
But curtsy to the guy.

Then you offer him
A reduced sentence.

Did you not just hear
Medina say

That he could have hired someone
To kill commissioner ross?

His little army --
All the freaks

The early-release program
Lets out onto the streets.

The early-release program
Is for nonviolent prisoners,

Not murderers.

But the fact
That they're nonviolent

Only supports the theory

That the commissioner's murder
Was carried out

By an amateur mr. Medina hired
From inside prison.

Why do you say
"Amateur"?

Because an experienced killer
Would never have waited

For commissioner ross
Inside of her house.

Or vandalize her car

Or break into her house
A second time.

Leave a box cutter behind,

Spray gardenia perfume
Everywhere.

And medina used an amateur
To kill his wife.

So, that's his m.O.

So, can you at least
Just go back in there

And get him to tell us
Some of that?

I could probably get him
To say almost anything right now

If I offered him a milkshake
And a side of fries.

Yeah, but
What if we arrest medina now

And two days later,
Your worst fears come true

And another commissioner
Is shot to death?

Where will operation:
Swift justice be then?

Oh, I forgot.
It's your investigation.

I'll do
Whatever you want.

Heaven's sakes!

Chief, where
Are you taking us?

Chief pope commandeered our
Offices, so we're gonna use his.

While he's looking at people
Who were in jail last night,

We may find someone

Who was actually available
To commit the crime.

Oh! Why can't I ever find
That ridiculous keycard?

Oh. Oh, wait.

Here. Here, chief.
Try this one.

Oh, thank you.
Well, don't thank me.
It's flynn's card.

W-what are you doing
With my card?
I lost mine, okay?

You went through
My desk?

Uh, uh, chief...

I'll, uh...I'll take care
Of pope's secretary.

She's sweet on me.

Oh, hi, linda.

Um, chief pope suggested

That we use his conference room
For a bit.

Uh, we won't be long.
It's all right yeah?

Well, I'm beginning
To get discouraged.

Should we include
Unidentified sharp objects?

Tao might have something,
Chief.

It's not exactly right,
But...

Richard conway.
Convicted of drug possession.

Served 20 months
Before being let out

On the early-release
Program.

Two days
After his release,

Conway killed 32-year-old
White male -- scott weber --

At an atm downtown.

Cut his throat
With a box cutter.

Chief. Check out
The crime-scene photo.

Look familiar?

A little too familiar.

But mr. Conway was arrested
12 hours later.

He confessed
To the murder.

So he's got the same alibi
As mr. Medina.

He's in jail now!

Gabriel:
There's this. Look.

Commissioner ross signed
His conditions of parole.

Gabriel,
This guy was in the lock-up

When the commissioner
Was murdered.

Y-you think he broke out of jail
To kill the commissioner,

Then he broke back in jail
And nobody noticed?

Detective verico said
That he thought

Commissioner ross' stalker
Might have been a woman.

So, what
If this conway guy --

What if he had a girlfriend?
Or a wife?

Would it really hurt
To bring him in for questioning?

Well, it's either that

Or we go back
To operation: swift justice.

No.No.
No.No.

God, no. Anything but that.
Yes, bring him in.

Thank you.
Thanks, chief.

Hey, gabriel, when you question
This guy, remember to ask him

How he got in and out
Of commissioner ross' house

With all the windows barred
And all the doors locked.

Think I figured that out
Already.

Um, I never t-thought
It would come to this.

You know, killing someone
For a little rock.

Addiction is a terrible thing,
Mr. Conway.

Did you have anyone
To talk to about it?

A wife or --
Or girlfriend, maybe?

No.

But even if I had,
It wouldn't matter.

When I need it,
I-I-I need it.

And that night...
I needed it.

Gabriel:
So when you saw mr. Weber

At the bank machine,
You thought,

"Here's where I can get
The cash to buy my drugs."

Yeah.

Yeah, so I-I got out
Of -- out of this pickup
That I stole,

And I went through the bed,
And there --

There was this toolbox.

That's where you found
The box cutter.

Yeah.

The guy thought
I was joking.

He told me to take off
Or he would call the cops.

But I-I needed
That money.

And when he wouldn't
Hand it over?

I-I cut his throat.

And I left him there
At the atm.

I-I took him
F-from his wife and his f-family

F-for 40 -- $40.

But they should have never let
Me out of prison.

'cause I-I said so
In court.

I told them,
"I'm only gonna get high, man."

But they didn't care.
They didn't care at all.

If -- if they
Hadn't paroled me,

It would
Have never happened.

Killing that guy
Was not my fault.

Everyone else hated
Commissioner ross

Because she kept them
In prison.

This moron hates her
Because she let him out.

Can you believe it?

I'm sorry, detective.
I-I think we're done here.

Thank you so much, sir.

Wait.

Uh...

I-I h-hate to ask this.

But could you --

Could you tell her
That I'm sorry?

Tell who you're sorry?

The guy's wife.

Could you tell her, um...
I

And...
That I'm, uh, sorry?

Ann weber?

Yes?

I'm deputy chief
Brenda leigh johnson

Of the l.A.P.D.
Major crimes.

Thank you so much
For coming in today.

I've got an apology
To pass along to you.

I-is there
More bad news?
I'm afraid so.

But I should probably let
The detective in charge

Explain it all to you.

By the way, that is
A lovely perfume you're wearing.

Reminds me of home.

A flower,
I think?

G-gardenia.

Yes, gardenia.
I thought so.

Ma'am, I'm
Detective david gabriel.

I'm one
Of the original officers

Who investigated
Your husband's murder.

Um, I just want to say

That we're really sorry
About all this.

Sorry about what?

What's wrong?

Well, as it turns out,
Mrs. Weber,

The man who we arrested
For murdering your husband --

He is innocent.

No. That's --

That's not possible.

I'm afraid it is.

Ma'am, you see, the blood

That we found
On mr. Conway's clothes,

It does not match up
To that of your husband.

No!

Oh, my goodness!

Hold on.
Hold on.

Okay.
Okay, mrs. Weber. Hold on.

Detective sanchez,
Would you get her a glass
Of water, please?

Mrs. Weber, I-I know
That this is just terrible news.

But -- but I promise you

That the l.A.P.D. Is doing
Everything that we can,

Even as we speak,
To find the real killer.

But he -- he confessed.

How could he confess
To something he

He was so high
When the police picked him up,

He would have admitted
To anything.

Mrs. Weber?

She's going into shock,
Chief.

I'm fine.
I just need to lie down.

Well, the least we can do
Is drive you home.

Where's your car?

Detective sanchez,
Why don't you follow us?

Want to show us
Where your car is, mrs. Weber?

Why don't we head on down
To the garage right now?

Gabriel: mrs. Weber,
We're really sorry

About how long it's taken us
To figure out our mistake.

But conway said he did it.

Unfortunately, mr. Conway
Was hospitalized for an overdose

During the time
Of your husband's murder.

Oh, my goodness.

Is that a roadblock?

We're having trouble
Getting you home, mrs. Weber.

The president's in town.
There's lots of detours.

I'll try another route.
Let's go this way here.

Do you guys have any idea
Who the killer really is?

Oh, well, we believe so.
Yes, ma'am.

Who?
Who killed my scott?

We're looking for someone
Much smarter than mr. Conway.

We're dealing with obsession
Here, a real stalker.

Oh, my god.

You're scaring me.

Oh, don't be frightened,
Mrs. Weber.

We're very close to an arrest,
I promise you.

Oh, for heaven's sakes.
Another roadblock?

I thought
You were taking me home.

Where are we?

You know very well
Where we are.

Um, I-I've never been here
Before.

Oh, yes, you have,
Mrs. Weber.

Your perfume hung around
Long after your first visit.

And you accomplished
A pretty neat trick, too.

Getting inside this house
And leaving it all
Locked up behind you.

I kept trying to figure out how
Someone could have managed that

When I
Should have been wondering

Why someone would break into
Commissioner ross' car

And not steal anything.

But you did steal something,
Didn't you?

I.D. Cards open everything
These days.

Signals move things
Up and down.

And I'm taking a chance here
That this...

...Opens a garage.

You broke into
Commissioner ross' vehicle

And you used
Her garage-door opener

To reprogram the one
In your own car.

Then you used that signal
To break into her house
And kill her!

Ann weber, you have the right
To remain silent.

Anything you say

Can and will be used against you
In a court of law.

You have the right
To an attorney.

If you can't afford one,
One will be appointed
For you by the state.

Have you heard and understood
These rights, ma'am?

Oh, my god.
How many times?

How many times did you
Come back here before you found

The door from the garage
To the house unlocked, huh?

Once
Eight times?

She never had
That door locked.

Ever.

I could just come and go
As I wanted.

And then one day,
I found her gun.

And I took it.

And the box cutter?

I only had
The box cutter

To show her how
That maniac killed my husband!

The one that I thought
She let out on the street.

The so-called
Nonviolent offender.

How could
You have arrested him?!

How could you have made
Such an awful mistake?!

We didn't.

What?

We didn't make
A mistake.

Richard conway murdered
Your husband

Just like
You thought he did.

You do understand,
Mrs. Weber,

That the
Early-release program

Was not
Commissioner ross' idea.

All she did was sign the papers
The state put in front of her.

Letting conway out --

She had nothing -- nothing --
To do with that.

Yeah, well, she went along
With that! Isn't it obvious?!

What's obvious
Is that you're a lunatic

Who's under arrest
For murder.

And on the subject

Of early-release
For nonviolent offenders?

I'm afraid that that's a policy
That won't apply to you.

In fact, I-I don't think
That your parole hearings

Are gonna go very well
At all.

Lieutenant flynn...

Ann weber,
You're under arrest

For the murder
Of danielle ross.

This way, ma'am.

Detective verico,
I think, uh...

It's unfortunate that my concern
About this murder

Led me to...

Inadvertently
Hold you responsible

For what happened
To commissioner ross.

That's the best you can do?

I don't know
How to respond to that.

I'm not surprised.

Mind if I
Go back to work, sir?

Please do.
Thanks.

And, chief johnson...

...Good luck.

Thank you, detective.
You too.

Good night.

I hate to say this,
Will,

But this whole
Chief

It has not brought out
The best in you.

And if this is how you intend
To run the department,

I'm not even sure
It's a job you should have.

Well, you think
You could do better?

I'd be really disappointed
If I couldn't.

Brenda, you -- you --
You cannot imagine

The -- the kind of pressure

I've been under here
For the last...Few months.

Half-dismantling
Metro division.

Putting experienced detectives
Back out on patrol.

Scrambling to keep our guys
On the streets.

However it may look
From where you're sitting,

I...I'm doing my best
To protect the l.A.P.D.

I really am.

Still no apology.