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Previously on The Shield:

I set up an appeals panel

to review your retirement.

The review board is
ready to see you now.

Detective Mackey!

This is Cruz Pezuela.

This city needs cops like you.

I can get you your job back.

I have larger interests
I'd like to protect.

I may have future jobs for you.
Good.

The Mexican mob is
buying up Farmington?

Aramboles was a
Mexican intelligence officer

assigned to investigate
the cartels.

Speculation was
he switched sides.

Pezuela's a connection.

I can't tackle Cruz alone,

so there's gotta be trust.

I gotta take a run at Aramboles.

Call Pezuela.

On the ride home,
you can explain to him

how you just lost his trunk
full of leverage.

This is a paternity suit
for Rabbi Korman.

"Senator Bradwell,
Campfire Boys." Blackmail.

That's how Pezuela's
gotten everyone

on board the train
to Carteltown.

You think this goes far enough
up the ladder to save my job?

The Armenian money train?
Got robbed a few years back?

That was Vic.

We'll have to deal with him too.

You can't kill
Vic's wife and kids.

Sorry.

You both need
to come with me, OK?

Why? What's going on?

Shane!
Corrine, get in the van!

OK, get in.

Corrine, just stay here, OK?

I'm Ellis Rezian.

I made a bad judgment call,
pairing up with Diro.

She's got some bad intel
about a couple innocents.

Who will she use
to do the whack?

Zadofian.

Rezian pulled off a power play,

taking control
of the Armenian operations.

You either join him
or you bleed out and die.

We just got a shots fired call.
It's Corrine's address.

Where's my family?
I don't know.

Oh, Jesus Christ!

When that money train
was robbed,

the organization lost
over two million dollars.

I need to be reimbursed.

I'll make sure your cop friend
and family don't get hurt.

Your favors and protection
will serve as ongoing payment.

He said he was doing it
to protect us

from something you did.

What are you gonna do about it?

Shane sent us a warning.
We're gonna crush him.

Jesus Christ. Mara.

Uh. Vic.

- Vic.
- Shut up.

Vic, listen, man.
Shut up.

You don't understand, buddy.
Shut up.

Corrine? My kids?

Vic. You don't understand, Vic.

I had to save their lives.

The Armenians know
about the money train.

What do they know?

You cozying up to Diro,
got her spooked.

She started to turn over rocks.

She made you
for the money train grab.

There's only four people
in this world

who knew we did that robbery.

And three of them
are in this room.

The other one
you blew to pieces.

You told her it was us
and you left yourself out.

You think I'm an idiot?

Eventually that Armenian bitch

and her mob buddies will
figure out that I was involved.

Yeah, and me too, asshole.

Diro greenlit your family.

When I heard about the hit,

I went back to Rezian

and I made a deal
to shut down Diro.

Now Rezian thinks

that the both of you
are behind it too.

Jesus Christ.

I'm paying off
your debt in favors

to keep you
and your family safe.

You're paying off
my money train debt?

What the hell
have you gotten us into?

Look, man,
I'm on an island here for you.

For you and your family.

Rezian told me
who Diro hired for the hit.

That was the blood
in your house.

I put a bullet in the asshole.

What's the asshole's name?

It's Zadofian.

He's Armenian muscle.

I... I capped him and he...
And he ran off.

You let the guy who was hired
to kill my family get away?

I stopped him from killing
Corrine and your kids.

He's still out there?
Look, Vic,

if we just can work together
on this thing...

We don't work together
on shit anymore.

I'm gonna find Zadofian.

And I'll find out the truth too.

Until then,
you stay out of my way.

Yeah, I get it, man.
I know you hate me.

Hey. Hey!
But you gotta understand, man.

I would never do anything
to hurt your family.

Lem was family.

What the hell was that?
Are you okay?

What the hell was that?
Just hold on.

Buddy, everything's fine.
Look, I'm sorry.

A washcloth in my mouth?
Vic would never hurt us.

He tied me up
and he beat the shit out of you.

What is that,
the good-neighbor policy?

I got word that the Armenians

were coming after Vic
for the money train robbery.

I scooped up Corrine and Cassidy
to keep them safe.

I didn't have a chance
to call him and fill him in.

So you protect his family

and he pays you back
by terrorizing us?

It was just him thinking
that I was taking our bad blood

to the next level.

That bad blood is spraying
all over this family.

Look, I keep trying
to do the right thing.

Vic is never
gonna forgive you for Lem.

You gotta get away from him.
Yeah.

It's the only way
you're gonna get right.

So what happens
with your hearing now?

Well, walking out
didn't weigh in my favor.

SIS offered me a spot.
I think I'm gonna take it.

I'm not staying
in Farmington with Shane.

Thanks for coming out so late.
I appreciate the gig.

Security work's
been pretty lean lately.

I think five years on the force
will qualify you for more stuff.

Not sure how you wanna
handle the payment.

Yeah.

This'll handle the first week.

I ruffled
some Armenian feathers.

Looks like they might
wanna strike back.

I need you to look after
Corrine and the family.

I'll be like a mother bird
with her eggs.

The guy's name is Zadofian.

I'll e-mail you
his Interpol photo.

My family's staying at my place.

They can't know
that they're being watched.

They don't know anything
about the threat.

I don't want them scared.

Not a problem.

You got a gun?

Good. No chances.

You had me arrested.
You make the case go away.

I already took a big-ass risk
losing those ledgers.

Now, I start altering reports,

I will be in a jail cell
right next to you.

That does not help you.

As long as I'm locked up in here
and Diro is out,

everything is at risk.

Diro's probably back in Munich

playing quarters
with co-eds by now.

Diro Kesakhian has been working

for her father's illegal
businesses since she was 15.

And she's not going to stop now.

I need to find her.

I'm not your Armenian LoJack.

I don't know where she is.
Zadofian.

The hit man that you shot.

He'll know where Diro is hiding.

Find him.
Turn him over to my men.

They will extract the truth.

And I'll get Diro.

And where do Armenian hit men
nurse belly wounds these days?

He's dick-sweet
on this little Filipina whore.

Street name's Darla.

Find Zadofian in one piece
before your police friends do.

How'd your hearing
go last night?

You haven't heard?

I'll let it be a surprise.

I'm tired of blood.

Ronnie, you're taking
lead on anything gang-related.

Vic, until your status
is determined,

can't have you
headlining anything.

Captain, car dragged two bodies
all the way down Kearney Street.

Victims were Salvadoran.
Castillo's crew.

Salvadorans and Mexicans
both run a piece of this block.

Till now, they've always
shared lunch money.

Call in Vendrell.
Whole team figures out

who broke the truce and why.

Can I help you?
Agent Olivia Murray, ICE.

You folks usually lob
the obligatory courtesy call

before you muscle in on a case.

I'm not a muscling kind of gal.

I'm here unofficially.
Curiosity call.

What's your unofficial
curiosity?

Captain Wyms.

Special team member
Detective Vic Mackey.

I share, you share?

Dragging bodies to designate
new boundaries in blood

is right out of
the Manada de Muerte handbook.

Death mob?
Cartel mercenaries.

Ex-Mexican military
and Federales.

Make ten times as much
protecting the cartels

than they do citizens.

What are they doing
in Farmington?

That's the curious part.

Since those San Marcos murders,
this place has been a hot zone.

Tell me about it.

All that blood,
all those hacked up body parts

and ICE couldn't flush out
a single player or operation.

Our bureau chief
shut down my investigation.

You're freelancing,
trying to kick-start your case.

If I can tie the
cartel to a local player,

Olivia's back in the hood.

We could use the jackets

of those Mexican cops
who've fallen from gracia.

I'll make it happen.

Okay.
Barn's at your disposal.

Ooh. Next time,
take the bus, boys.

Some banger over in County
was threatening

to off a cop's family.

Cass, go check
on your brother and sister.

I'm old enough to hear this.

It's okay.
It's all right.

Now, the guard thought the
prisoner was talking about me.

He tipped off Shane.

When Shane couldn't get
in touch with me, he panicked.

Put you guys away
for your own safety.

What about
the blood in our house?

Just talked to Wyms about that.

Looks like it was a break-in
gone sideways.

It happens a lot. They get
nervous, hear someone coming,

they accidentally cap
one of their own guys.

So I'm to believe all this
happened at the same time

Shane locks us in a box
for our well-being?

Shane overreacted.
His heart was in the right place

but unfortunately, his brain
was a couple of steps behind.

And we were never in any danger?

There's nothing to be afraid of.

We're not in any danger now?
No, I promise.

This whole thing
really rattled my cage.

I'd really, really love it
if you'd hang around here.

I mean, I'd just feel better if

you were under my roof
for a couple of days.

Close to me. Okay?

Vic.

Saw him lurking behind
your neighbor's shrubs,

watching your door.

I need those files.
This Zadofian?

Actually it's not.

Then who the hell is this?
Don't ask.

Hey, screw, screw.

Don't you move.

See you, sweetie. See you later.

Pezuela send you after me?
Might as well kill me.

If I don't return
Ia caja de pecado, I'm dead.

Box of sins?
That's clever.

All those files.

All those blackmail files
I took from your trunk.

I spent two and a half years,

hundreds of thousands of dollars
gathering that intel.

It's political payback

for L.A.'s most upstanding
and influential citizens.

Sound a little bitter.

I watched those hypocrites
do everything,

from fixing parking tickets
to ordering murders.

I'm the one
who gave Pezuela his leverage.

Made him indispensable
to the cartel.

And he's gonna pay you back by
putting a bullet in your head.

That sucks.

Cartel doesn't know
you lost their blackmail files.

Pezuela either.

No.

Who sent
the death squad up here?

Mexican drug lords
are getting nervous

about their investment
in Los Angeles.

Especially
the Salvadoran resistance.

They sent that manada de muerte
to help with the cause.

Why draw the blood lines
down Kearney Street?

Pezuela is expanding
his development.

It's where
he wants his new hotel.

Wait.

You're just gonna leave me
chained here?

Trust me, I could do worse.

Got a call from County
this morning.

Wanting to know if they should
issue a monthly guest pass.

Seems like you've been making
regular visits to Ellis Rezian.

Uh. The Armenians
had a front-row seat

to this whole
Mexican-Salvadoran beef.

And he's facing a charge.

I'm trying to convince him
it's in his best interest

to share the knowledge.

Vice had a CI who got
patched up by an Armenian doc.

If Zadofian's looking
to get sewn up

outside the system,
this is where he'd go.

Dr. Edna Lucine.
Bow-wow and Meow.

What, she's a vet?
Hate to be part of that HMO.

I'm gonna go check
on our doggie doc,

make sure Zadofian got neutered.

Dutch.

Could you fill my box?

Anything to help.

Packed tight.

You got the unis doing admin?
What would you prefer?

Three people quit, downtown's
hit us with a hiring freeze.

Why? We're already
understaffed.

Billings' lawsuit.
You're kidding me.

The guy tapped
his head on a desk.

City's gonna settle
with him today.

They want him done and gone.

You'll be flying solo.
Operative word being fly.

Billings was
a weight around my neck.

Glad to see
your partner's absence

hasn't dampened your humility.

Dr. Lucine, I presume.

Uh. I'm in
the middle of an exam.

You're in the middle
of a whole lot more than that.

I understand you're chief
surgeon at Armenia General.

I'm a veterinarian.

So I check
your pharmaceutical logs,

all I'm gonna find
are doggy meds?

I borrowed money from loan
sharks to pay for school, okay?

I didn't know
patching up criminals

was gonna be
part of my monthly payments.

Did an Armenian come in here
with a belly wound?

The bullet missed vital organs,
but he lost a lot of blood.

Where is he now?

I stabilized him. I drove him
to the Edgemont Hotel.

Second floor.

That's right.

That's right, you're doing good.

Was gonna say pussy-gram,
but that seemed obvious.

What the hell is this?

Don't worry, pops.
I'll have her back before

the blue pill wears off.
Come on, let's go.

What the hell do you want?
I'm looking for Zadofian.

Don't go blond on me.

Rezian told me
you were his main cooch.

I haven't seen him.

Want me to tell Rezian
you were uncooperative?

Now, where does he stay
when he's in town?

The Edgemont Hotel.

Hey, Dutch.

Do you have a minute?

Let me go first.

What happened last night,

we were both vulnerable,
a little lonely.

One-time thing
between good friends.

No reason for us
to get all uncomfortable.

There's a guy here,
says he killed his wife.

Oh. Uh, okay.

Well, I better get on that.

Wouldn't want him to kill
anybody else's wife. Heh.

Yeah, huh-huh.

So you, uh...? You killed
your wife two years ago?

A little over two years now.

And no. I had
my friend Hector kill her.

I ground up sleeping pills,
put it in her wine.

She took a bath, I went to work.

Hector was supposed
to push her down in the tub,

make it look like
she got wasted and drowned.

Douche bag showed up too soon.
She was awake.

Had to force her head
underwater.

That's how you guys knew
it was murder.

You were tried and acquitted
for the crime.

And you can't arrest me now

'cause I'm protected
by final jeopardy.

Right.

Why not give up Hector at trial?

DA had a shit case.
I knew I'd get off.

If I gave up Hector, he would
have told them I planned it.

What was in it for Hector?

I fronted him the money
to start a business.

So you and your buddy
killed your wife.

You got no remorse about that?

You had to know her.

I just want
Hector behind bars now.

Why the sudden interest
in justice?

I never thought I'd wanna
get married again, you know?

Understandable.

And then, bam.
I meet Lorena.

Fall head over heels, man.

Let me guess.

Lorena's with Hector.

She works at his siding company.

I know she loves me,
but she's afraid to leave him.

Him being a murderer and all.

Exactly.

Zadofian?
Room 11.

Listen, I don't know
how this is gonna go.

You can take a pass.

If Shane's telling the truth,

this guy's a threat
to all of us. I'm in.

Hey.

Don't move.

Who shot you?
Screw you.

Who?

Had to be someone
working for Rezian.

Is that the guy?

Yeah, that's him. Who is he?

You went after my family.

Goddamn it. Goddamn it.

Hey.

Vic.

Think about it, Vic,
think about it.

He was in Corrine's house.

His blood is on her floor.

This is too messy.

I'm just a soldier.
Don't know who or why.

We need to know where
to find Diro.

Page her.

Claudette.

Emilio knows he can't be
re-tried for the murder.

Gave me all the details about
how Hector killed his wife.

Well, see what
Hector has to say.

Actually, original detective
already did that.

Ruled him out as a suspect.

Detective Steve Billings.

See if he has
the strength to talk.

Vic.

Julien's got a witness
for the body dragging in 1.

Where's Gardocki?

He's running down
a Salvadoran lead.

Should be back soon.

Whatever information you
give up could save lives.

I look like Wonder Woman to you?

I'm wearing some magic bracelet
that's gonna deflect bullets

when people find out that
I'm talking to you assholes?

Here's another one now.

Byz Lat queen.
Who's the lucky cholo?

Jimmy Mendez.

Forget it. She'll never talk.

She can't.
Way the street's been lately,

they even find out she was down
here, it'll be Jimmy next.

Just because
I got into a cop car,

don't mean
I'm giving anything up.

I hope you can
convince them of that.

Sorry to trouble you.

Give her a minute.

Anybody ever tumble
over this thing?

Not without a friendly push.

Hey, choir boy.

That's for me.

I'll take the stairs.

Vic.

If I, like, remember something,

can you make sure nothing
happens to Jimmy?

Ain't doing this baby shit
by myself.

Goddamn it.

No, no, my Salvadoran lead
didn't pan out.

- Vic back yet?
- Yeah.

He and Julien are going at
a witness to the body-dragging.

Okay, I got one more lead
to run down. I'll check back in.

That's Diro, returning my call.

That Diro's number?
Yeah, that's her.

Shouldn't I answer it?

No. No, it's not necessary.

Ah. Shit.
Oh, shit.

Oh, shit.

Files on all Mexican Federales

kicked off the force
in the last five years.

Cartel must have
one hell of a pension plan.

What's this?
Death mob candidates.

Ex-Federales.
Bounce it off our witness.

Maybe she can pick out
who's painting the streets.

Captain, we got shots fired
at the Edgemont Hotel.

Shit, that must be retaliation
for the draggings.

Stay with Julien.

Vendrell's in transit,
I'll have him check it out.

Okay.

Somewhere on the second floor.

Holy Christ.

Clear.

One-Tango 17,
we got a 187 at this location.

Please advise.
Hey.

Holy shit, you got here fast.

Johnny-on-the-spot.

Ouch. Footloose and fancy-free.

Those Armenians know how to send
a message, don't they?

No shit.

You okay?

Shane was
telling the truth about

Zadofian
going after your family.

Are you okay?

Talked to Claudette,

pulled the trigger
a minute later.

We're both covered.
Hey, man,

I need to see that distant stare
come off your face.

I'm okay.

Good.

You get Diro's number?
Yeah.

Time comes,
I can GPS it in a heartbeat.

Good. We'll shut down
Rezian first.

Far as anyone knows, you were
following up on the Salvadorans.

Vic, our witness
ID'd one of the Federales.

Our lucky day.

We'll be right in.

I gotta go check
on the great brown hope

about keeping my badge.

Hey,

you firing on enough cylinders
to handle this death-mob thing?

Yeah, I'm good.

Those, uh, other Salvadoran
leads pan out?

No, they were dead ends.

What's with the cab?

You know, ever since the injury,

I have these blackouts.

Makes driving too risky.

I'm gonna need you
to reimburse me for this.

Some insurance papers
I need to sign?

Yeah, thanks for coming down.

It's against my better judgment.

Supposed to avoid the stress.

While you're signing
the paperwork,

there's some information
I need about a case

that you shared with the Barn
while you were at Central.

I'll try to help,
but I got these huge memory gaps

ever since the injury.
Yeah.

How is the bump on the head?

The brain is the most mercurial
organ in the human body.

Yes, it is.

You remember
the Doris Borrego homicide?

That was a while back.
What about it?

The husband who was acquitted
came into the Barn today,

confessed, fingered Hector
Jimenez for the murder.

The DA tanked that case.

It was a slam dunk.
Encardi totally blew it.

You know,
from what I can recall.

You remember why you
ruled out Hector?

Who?

I'm gonna need you
to check your notes,

see if anything
jars your memory.

Maybe you should
call that cab back.

I'm getting
a little lightheaded.

Okay, uh, I'm just trying
to help my partner here.

But if the DA
pulls you back into this,

it might delay the progress
on your lawsuit.

Right.

Might need to make a sushi run.

Protein helps
with my memory capability.

I'll get right on that.

You and I have the only two
copies of the keys.

What are you doing?

There are over a hundred
blackmail files in this box.

I only need one
to get my badge back.

So you're gonna blackmail
someone just like Pezuela?

No, I'm gonna give them
their sin back,

grant them absolution.

Him giving me my badge back

is just gonna be his way
of showing gratitude.

Right now, this intel
is the only proof that we have

that Pezuela's dirty.

Using it as leverage
will compromise it as evidence.

Plus, Pezuela will know
that you have the box.

We can't risk exposing that now.

But now that your Kodak moment
is out of this box,

the hell
with everyone else, right?

We're never gonna be friends.

We both know that we're
just here for survival.

Now, you wanna be mayor.

All I wanna do
is keep being a cop.

We can't use this information
to get your job back.

But we can begin to use it
to hurt Pezuela.

Those body-dragging murders
you're investigating.

Pezuela sweeping away
the Salvadorans.

What of it?

So he can build his new hotel.

There's a vote tomorrow night,
a major rezoning bill.

Councilman Dowd
is chairman of the committee.

Dowd's in the box.

Pezuela's twisting his arm
so the vote will go his way.

What if we made
a copy of the file

for our case against Pezuela

and send Dowd the original,
anonymously?

Untwist his arm.

Pezuela spent a lot of money,

shed a lot of blood
for that hotel.

He's gonna be pissed.

Pull the file.

Any luck?

No, not yet.

But I seem to vaguely recall

that Hector
had some kind of alibi.

Maybe if you took off
the sunglasses,

you could actually
see something.

Doctor's orders.

Fluorescents exacerbate
my migraines.

Oh, here it is.

Lorena Francisco.

All night. Great rack.

Well, this sounds
like your notes.

She said she was with Hector
the night of the murder.

And I do recall
she had great tits.

Billings.

See you in my office.

I just got a call
from the city attorney's office.

Said your lawyer turned down
our settlement offer.

I'm not at liberty
to discuss the case.

That's what my bitch dyke
lawyer's for.

Bad enough criminals sue us,

but cops filing bogus suits?

I was injured on the job
and now I'm disabled.

You know where that payoff
money comes from?

It's community programs,
education, gang intervention.

You should've thought
about that before

you let Mackey
and Kavanaugh out of control.

This is on you.

Get out.

Department must be
pretty desperate,

you begging me to settle.

I got the brass by the balls
and it's squeezing time.

You're a goddamn joke.

I'll add slander to my suit.

Captain.
Witness turned up a match

from our ex-Federales list.
It's just in time.

Julian? You remember a case,
Doris Borrego?

You shared it with Central?
Yeah, that's right.

Sure, it's my first dead body.
Bathtub.

Did you testify at that trial?

Didn't do much good.

Defense ripped
Billings' police work to shreds.

Encardi chewed him out.

Half of downtown heard it.

Yeah, thanks.

According to Billings,

Encardi was the one
that tanked the case.

Seems like it really
got under his skin.

Maybe Steve would be interested
in a chance to redeem himself?

I'm all about second chances.

On our body draggings,
witness ID'd Marcus Villanueva.

Thrown off the Policia Federal
two years ago.

Him and his partner accidentally
slit the throat of a suspect.

On-the-job training
for his next gig.

His brother owns
an Army surplus store.

If he's there, he's probably
not alone or empty-handed.

Strike Team leads it.

I'll see if downtown
can shake loose a SWAT unit.

I'll make sure that happens.

Set up strategic
on the 101 on-ramp

near 59th and Olive.

You ready for this?

Absolutely.

Place is closed.

They got six cars
parked out back.

One of them is a truck
our witness identified.

We should move while
we got them.

These psychos get off
on collateral damage.

Your call.

SWAT's 15 minutes out.
We'll wait.

Where's Vic?

Trying to head off Salvadoran
retaliation. He's on his way.

Heard things didn't go so well
at your hearing.

That's unfortunate.

Must have been a full moon.

Bad night for everyone.

A cartel death squad
used a couple of Salvas

to draw blood lines
down Kearney.

You wouldn't know anything
about that, would you?

It's awful.

Almost as awful

as having a former employee
sell off your private files.

What files are those?

Whatever they are,

they sure got
the cesspool bubbling.

ROC, Salvadorans, Niners,

they're all bidding.

The word is,
intel belonged to you.

What's your interest?

Same as yours.

Get back what I lost.

Your badge?

Squeezing Aceveda
was a waste of time.

He's a eunuch.
My point.

You need someone with balls.

I keep my badge,

I got the resources
to be that guy.

Your dismissal
is already in motion.

What?

We gotta move on this death mob.

Lost SWAT to some hostage thing
in South Central.

Could use you watching my back.

All right,
I'll call in for the 20.

Not sure if I can help you,
detective.

Not sure if I can
help you either.

Let's keep talking.

We got movement at the shop.
One vehicle pulling out.

Pickup truck?
No, grey Jeep.

Get the plate number.

We gotta do this
without SWAT, now.

We're moving out.
Let's go. Let's go.

Police, let me see your hands.

Gun!
Get back.

Man down. Under fire.

Call Wilshire for backup.

Come on.

Easy.

Got an officer down.
Three or four shooters.

Give me a radio.

Ronnie, Ronnie,
I'm gonna create a diversion.

You, show me your hands.

Don't move.

We need
an ambulance immediately.

Thought you were gonna
create a diversion.

What, this not
big enough for you?

Everybody whole?

More or less.

Any idea how I should explain
this one to Phillips?

He knows I've always had trouble
following directions.

Just tell him
I took a wrong turn.

Come on, let's go. Move.

Hey, Danny, we gotta
inventory these illegal weapons.

Good, more paperwork.

Charger totaled?

Nothing a good body man
can't make right.

Look, your story
about Zadofian panned out.

Good.

Heard the hit man took a hit.

Nature of the job.

You had a chance to chat
before he took two in the chest?

Yeah, we did.

Lucky for us.

That eliminates
the immediate threat.

Looks like I'm gonna need you

to get my family
clear of this thing.

Well, then I'm here for you,
Vic.

Yeah.

I got a plan how to deal
with the rest of this problem

but I'll tell you
back at the Barn.

I don't understand.
That trial is over.

Just closing out
some unfinished details.

Do you know Hector Jimenez?

Sure.

Uh, according to the detective
on the case,

you were with him
on the night of the murder.

When was the last time
you saw Hector?

This morning.
He's my boss.

And your fiancé now, right?

Yeah, so what?

Do you know Emilio Varajas?

Yeah.

He's a friend
of Hector's, right?

Hello.

Glad to see your work ethic
has remained intact, detective.

Encardi, what do you want?

Wagenbach put in a request
to reopen this case.

Coming to see why. Guess
you're sitting this one out.

I'm on disability.
Oh, good.

Maybe we'll actually
convict somebody.

Need you to spin that fiction.
Make Rezian believe

the Mexicans are the Armenians
worst problem since the Turks.

I know just what lie to tell.

Give us a minute.

I just got off the phone
with Phillips.

Save the touching
goodbye speech.

The decision on your badge
has been pushed.

Commissioner Nebel
has taken an indefinite leave.

Health reasons.

And it will be at least 30 days

before they can assemble
a new committee.

I don't know

what kind of voodoo you're using

or whose arm you're twisting.

Just be grateful.

Get another month of Mackey
to firm up your stats.

Gardocki will be
leading this team.

You start feeling
like you got nothing to lose,

you act out in any way,

it'll be a black mark
in his jacket.

You don't give a shit about
risking your future, it's fine.

Maybe you'll think twice
when it's your friend's.

Fewer and fewer of those friends
around these days.

Lorena's sticking to her story.

Too scared to tell the truth.

Encardi's one smug bitch.

Sure seems to be
gunning for you.

Said I was incompetent, right?
Said something like

the only thing weaker
than your detective skills

was your backbone.

Don't worry about it.
It's not your problem anymore.

You work for
Hector's siding company.

Vice president of sales.
Yes.

You told me
Hector was at your house

eating Chinese food
the night Doris was killed.

I don't remember
all the details.

You lied for Hector,
gave him an alibi

so he can go kill Emilio's wife.

No, I was with him.

He didn't do anything.
Bullshit.

Emilio told us the whole story,
sweetheart.

I know he's the one
in big-titty heaven now.

Wants to marry you,
get Hector out of the equation.

I didn't...

That's not my fault.

No, but you lying for Hector

makes you and your twins
co-conspirators.

And I'm sure
those fat white guards

in double-D block

already have a come-stained cot
with your name on it.

You have one chance
to save your ass.

I didn't know about the killing
until afterwards.

Swear to God.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

That's the last of the AK-47's.

Hit that area behind me next.

Callate.

If wanted to spend
my life doing inventory,

I would have worked
for my Uncle Manny, you know?

What happened?

Turned my back for a second,

guy jumps out from behind this.
Shit.

What?
Took off.

That guy could've been armed.
Who the hell cleared this room?

Uh, I'm not sure who cleared it.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I'm just glad nobody was hurt.

If I find out who
failed to clear this room,

somebody's out of a job.

Ah, Steve, come on in.
Sit down.

First, I wanna apologize
for that outburst earlier.

It was unprofessional.

Yeah, and very mean-spirited.

And I wanna thank
you for solving that murder.

It will really help
with our quarterly stats.

You were on the top
of your game.

Yeah, I get
these little bursts of energy.

You know, in between needing
to lie down and so forth.

Well, don't be modest, Steve.

...siding company.
Vice president of sales.

Headaches, disorientation,
lethargy,

memory loss, inability to logic.

What's your point?

Your scam's over.

We've got proof you've been
faking your head injury.

This doesn't prove shit.

No, with the tape and our
testimony from your performance,

the lawsuit is dead.

Maybe throw in your
history of defrauding the city,

with your little
vending-machine enterprise.

All right, look.

Last thing I ever wanted to do
was hurt the department.

I will call my attorney
and take the settlement offer.

You'll take nothing.
Be glad I didn't fire you,

pull your pension.

I spoke to Phillips.

You'll be back
to work tomorrow morning.

If you wanna quit,
it's up to you.

I'll have to consult
my legal team.

Just as long as you're here
tomorrow morning first thing,

you can consult
till your hair grows back.

What are you doing, Cass?

That SUV has been
sitting down the block all day.

It's just a neighbor, sweetie.

Pack your stuff, kids.
We're going home.

My lesbo lawyer says
I'm required to return to work.

Make myself available
to render services.

Well, it's good
to have you back, Steve.

Yeah, I'll be back all right.

Putting in my required hours,
mandatory paperwork.

But far as effort goes,

I don't know what's between zero
and the city-mandate minimum.

But from now on,

let's just call that
"the Billings."

Can't we just call it
business as usual?

Here's the blood-test report

from Mackey's ex-wife's house.

This matches Ari Zadofian.

The Armenian we found dead
in the hotel today.

Where were Vic and his guys
when this went down?

No. Vic was here with me.

Rest of his guys
were running down leads.

Strike Team seems
clear on this one.

Of course they do.

How you holding up?

I'm struggling. New medication.

Well, you're doing great.

If you need anything,
let me know.

I found Zadofian.

You turn him over to my guys?

Not unless your guys
work for the County coroner.

He's dead.

The first thing I ask you to do
turns to shit.

What's turned to shit

is your control
over Little Armenia.

I found Zadofian.

With two bullets to the chest
and his feet chopped off.

Old-school retribution.

It was Diro
sending you a message.

She has no power anymore.

She's reaching out
to the Mexicans.

Now, word on the street is,
she's forming an alliance.

We've never
trusted the wetbacks.

Well, this is L.A., baby.

It's Latino land,

and she sees
the writing on the wall.

I know every Mexican gang
from here to Sinaloa.

Which means that nothing
happens to Vic's family

or you lose the only guy
who can stop Diro

and her Mexican threat.

I hope Commissioner Nebel's
health problem

isn't too serious.

Nothing three weeks
in the Caribbean

with his mistress can't cure.

Gives me 30 days

to evaluate your effectiveness,

see if your stay of execution
should become permanent.

Found out the name
of one of your former employees

who was stealing secrets.

Aramboles.

What about the files?

He sold them to Rezian.

Whatever's in that box
is giving him big balls.

The Armenians

are making a hard play
for your barrio sandbox.

And while you're judging
my effectiveness,

you just keep something in mind.

There's no other cop
in this town

who knows those Balkan psychos
better than I do.

Yeah.

Corrine and Cassidy left
minutes ago.

I think she recognized me.

Shit. All right, keep on them.

Is Shane here?
No.

What do you want with him?

The truth.

I know what Shane did to you.

Oh. So he told you? He told you...?
He had to.

Vic came here last night
and did the same thing to me.

Payback.
Vic? No.

He didn't know
about the bogus Armenian threat.

He thought that Shane
was trying to hurt him

by scaring you
and your daughter.

What Armenian threat?

Shane was acting out on some tip
from some banger in County.

I guess one of us
is being lied to.

Listen, Vic's had this ex-cop
watching us all day long, okay?

I don't know what's going on...
I do.

And it's hurting
both our families.

If our husbands won't stay away
from each other,

then maybe we need
to step in so that...

So that somebody
doesn't get hurt.

Cassidy?

Zadofian's prelim
crime-scene report.

Holy shit.

His shoes were attached
when I left him.

Guess who the first detective
on the scene was.

I know. Shane.

Rezian must have sent him
looking for Zadofian.

The feet were some kind of
message to Diro.

There he is.

Shane is neck-deep
in Armenian shit.

Listen, we gotta keep him close,
make him feel safe.

Just like old times.

Soon as we get this situation
under control.

What you did for me today,
I'll never forget.

I thought pulling the trigger
would be the hard part, but...

Don't you ever

get sucked into that black hole
that got Shane.

You got any idea
how Zadofian got that pedicure?

Was like that
when I got on the scene.

Why?
It's just,

he had both his feet
when we got done talking to him.

Look, Rezian wanted me
to find Zadofian

before the cops did.

Turn him over to his guys.

I chopped off the feet

to make it look
like Diro's handiwork.

No idea who shot him.

You?

Probably was Diro.

Right.

Well, either way,
it helped sell the story.

Told Rezian

that Diro's made some
new greasy friends.

Did like you said.

Convinced him that the Mexicans
were his biggest threat.

Good, I got the Mexicans
thinking

that the Armenians are making
a power play for the barrio.

And we help both sides win.

Could get real bloody real fast.

The sooner they bleed out,
the sooner my family's safe.

So...

What now?

We just sit back,

and watch the gang war.