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00:00Previously on The Rookie.
00:01Remember the criminal Garza flew back from Vegas?
00:03Everett, right?
00:04As we've been digging deeper into his criminal operation,
00:06an unexplained connection inside the Pentagon.
00:10Hey, counselor, there's Novak.
00:12Hunting by victims, that just fills me up.
00:15It seems clear that we have a second serial killer at large.
00:18I think Glasser is my guy.
00:19They're in my head.
00:20Ryan Dearborn's misfortune is Liam Glasser's blessing.
00:23If you're implying I had something to do with this.
00:30He said I do know his name.
00:32His name was Martin.
00:39Don't worry, I'm up.
00:42You're looking pretty horizontal to me.
00:48Yeah.
00:51Hey, there is no shame if you're not ready, all right?
00:55And what you experienced was deeply traumatic.
00:58And it doesn't just disappear in a few weeks.
01:01It just would be easier to process if he was a violent criminal.
01:06You know, but he's not.
01:07He's a victim, too.
01:09I hear you.
01:10But listen.
01:11It doesn't matter.
01:13Okay?
01:14And this is going to sound cold-blooded,
01:16but in the moment,
01:17Martin Carpio was a homicidal maniac
01:20about to drive a linoleum knife through your chest.
01:23If you hadn't acted,
01:26I was going to spend the last couple weeks
01:28picking out a coffin
01:31and putting your body on the ground.
01:32And I know this is complicated for you,
01:35but for me, it is very simple.
01:36You're alive because you did what you had to do
01:39to stay that way.
01:45Okay.
01:46I need a shower and a coffee.
01:49I'm on it.
01:50Of course.
01:51Look, you're not going to have to worry about me, okay?
01:53I will pull my weight.
01:55Yeah, if you can, you will.
01:56But what I need most from you right now is the truth.
01:59All right, do not push yourself to failure
02:02because that failure can get other cops killed.
02:04Understood.
02:06Okay.
02:15I'm afraid I have some bad news.
02:18Given the severity of the challenges
02:20to prosecuting William Glazer,
02:21the DA has instructed me to offer a plea deal.
02:25Involuntary manslaughter for the death of Grand Nogales.
02:27What?
02:29One charge for a serial killer?
02:31And how is manslaughter even on the table?
02:34The dearth, the physical evidence,
02:36the tainted police investigation,
02:37the lack of eyewitnesses,
02:39the false confession
02:40and subsequent mental breakdown of Ryan Dearborn.
02:42The fact that Glazer piggybacked his burial site
02:44with another killer's bodies.
02:46Okay, but Harrison Novak is clear
02:48that he didn't kill Glazer's victims.
02:50And Dearborn was drugged into a mental health crisis.
02:52Ryan had drugs in his system,
02:53which Glazer's lawyer will argue he took himself,
02:55even though I think Glazer's lawyer
02:57is the one who did the drugging.
02:58But we have zero evidence
02:59that Malcolm Walsh did anything.
03:01Right?
03:03Unfortunately.
03:04Selina and I went over the CCTV footage
03:06and spoke to the staff at Ryan's halfway house.
03:08There's no proof that anyone tampered with Ryan's meds.
03:12But what about that guy we found
03:13handcuffed in Glazer's shower?
03:15A stock full of needles?
03:16I know it's not murder,
03:17but we gotta be able to convict him for that.
03:19And for attacking Nolan in the basement.
03:21Glazer claims that Phil Warren
03:22was an unhoused person
03:24who broke in and took shelter from the fires.
03:26And that he thought that we were looters,
03:28not cops,
03:28so he was defending himself.
03:30Bottom line,
03:31it's all a mess.
03:33Look,
03:34I'm sorry.
03:35We did our best.
03:36At least with the plea deal,
03:37Glazer will be off the streets for a decade
03:39while we continue to gather evidence
03:40to charge him for his other crimes.
03:45Hey.
03:46How's Lucy?
03:46Better than she was.
03:47Not as bad as she thinks.
03:48You gave her that tough love speech?
03:50Almost word for word
03:51from the one you gave me.
03:52Oh.
03:55How are things with Luna?
03:57Well, I'm still living in a hotel.
04:00Luna says she wants to talk,
04:01but I say if she won't quit her job,
04:03they have nothing to talk about.
04:04Rinse and repeat.
04:05So no one's filed the paperwork yet?
04:06No.
04:08I don't want to get divorced,
04:10but we're both too stubborn to give an inch.
04:12Anyway,
04:14you ever run
04:15with anyone
04:16sporting an Ego
04:17in Nemecos' tattoo?
04:18The Night Strike guys?
04:20No, they're always wound way too tight.
04:21What if I told you
04:22Bailey saw their tattoo
04:23on a woman at the Pentagon?
04:24It's connected to the Every case?
04:25Yeah.
04:26So we don't know how he's involved,
04:27but a war criminal
04:28with ties to the Pentagon
04:29is all kinds of bad.
04:31There's never been a female operator
04:32in that spec ops team.
04:33I mean, she could be intelligence.
04:35You know,
04:35some case officers feel
04:36an unhealthy connection
04:37to their kill squads.
04:39Go ahead.
04:41Bradford.
04:44Understood.
04:47What's wrong?
04:48Harrison Novak
04:49is coming in to,
04:50quote,
04:50unburden himself
04:51of additional crimes
04:52he committed, unquote.
04:55Good morning.
04:56I had a wonderful moment
04:57of clarity over the weekend.
04:59Yeah, sure.
05:00I don't get mad
05:00at a bug
05:01that splatters my windshield,
05:02so why would I get
05:04so worked up over you?
05:06I'm not taking the bait, Vivian,
05:07so you can just get to the point.
05:08I heard
05:09about the Glasser plea deal.
05:11It's a rough break.
05:13You know,
05:13I think the important thing is
05:14that he'll be off the streets.
05:16He's going to do some time.
05:17Mm-hmm.
05:17It's not really worthy
05:18of a press release, though,
05:19is it?
05:20Serial killer does some time
05:21over heinous murders.
05:24On a happier note,
05:26I'm heading over
05:27to Mid-Wilshire.
05:28Harrison Novak
05:29is coming in
05:29to confess
05:30to more crimes
05:31after pleading guilty
05:32to all the ones
05:33I charged him with.
05:34If only you'd caught his case
05:36rather than Liam Glasser,
05:37you might actually have a shot
05:38at winning the DA race.
05:40Well,
05:41thank you for the heads up.
05:43Have a nice day.
05:45You too.
05:51Hey.
05:52Why didn't you tell me
05:52that Harrison Novak
05:53was coming in
05:54to confess to more crimes?
05:54I didn't know.
05:56Novak's coming in.
05:58He's an attention whore.
05:59He probably just wants
05:59to stretch his legs
06:00and get a catered lunch.
06:02Yeah, maybe.
06:03Will you keep me posted?
06:04I, uh,
06:05I just got a bad feeling about it.
06:06I will,
06:07but I'm sure it's nothing.
06:10Okay.
06:14Hey.
06:15Hey.
06:23I'm supposed to talk
06:24to you about something.
06:25Bradford said it was important.
06:27Um,
06:27important that I talk to you.
06:29Oh, wait.
06:30I'm not supposed to ask you
06:31about what you did
06:32on penalty of.
06:33Smitty,
06:34my office.
06:34Now.
06:37I didn't actually ask her
06:38about that email.
06:43Did you tell everybody
06:44to avoid me?
06:45I mean,
06:46I might have encouraged
06:47a few people
06:48to give you your space.
06:49Well,
06:50don't yell at Smitty.
06:51He obviously just forgot.
06:52I'm not.
06:53He's getting a temporary
06:54promotion to interim
06:55watch commander
06:55while I go on patrol
06:56with you.
06:57Damn,
06:57I don't want special
06:58treatment.
06:58You're not getting it.
06:59Look,
06:59all Smitty has to do
07:00is smile and nod
07:01in a few Zoom meetings.
07:02I already disabled
07:02the laptop mic.
07:03I'm telling you,
07:04as watch commander,
07:05I would do this
07:05for any of my
07:05returning patrol officers.
07:07I promise.
07:08All right,
07:09fine.
07:09But I want to choose
07:10where we're having lunch.
07:12No.
07:13Hello.
07:15Do you think
07:16Lucy's okay?
07:18She seemed
07:19all right in roll call.
07:20You know,
07:21everyone handles
07:21taking a life
07:22in the line
07:23differently,
07:23and there's
07:24no way of knowing
07:25how it's going to
07:25affect you
07:26until it happens.
07:28I want to check
07:29in with her,
07:29you know,
07:29but I'm worried
07:30I'll make things
07:31awkward.
07:32And you know
07:32she's not supposed
07:33to talk to us
07:33about that.
07:34I know,
07:34because if God
07:35forbid this goes
07:36to trial,
07:36we'll be asked
07:37to testify
07:37about her mental
07:38state.
07:39It's just weird,
07:40you know,
07:40that I can't ask
07:41my girl how
07:41she's doing.
07:47John Nolan.
07:48I'm worried
07:48about Bailey,
07:49John.
07:50Who is this?
07:51You should
07:52recognize my voice,
07:53John.
07:54Zuzu,
07:55why are you worried
07:56about my wife?
07:57There's been
07:57an uptick
07:58in searches
07:58for her name,
07:59information requests
08:00plugged into
08:01government systems,
08:02listening devices
08:03on her phone.
08:04How do you know
08:05that?
08:05Because I'm
08:06listening as well.
08:07She's not safe,
08:08John,
08:08but you need
08:08to be careful
08:09about how you
08:10warn her,
08:10or you could
08:11make it worse.
08:13Hey,
08:13what's going on?
08:14I don't know.
08:167 and 15,
08:17possible 1066
08:18reported at the
08:18Hollywood Premier Motel.
08:207 and 15 copies,
08:21show us on route.
08:36Hey,
08:37couldn't you have
08:38parked on the street?
08:39I don't need everybody
08:40in Hollywood knowing you're here.
08:42We're here on the daily,
08:43or you need one of those signs
08:45that say days since police
08:46last visited so we can keep
08:47marking it back to zero.
08:49The way everybody's
08:50a comedian, huh?
08:51Hey, so where's the body?
08:52This way.
08:53There we go.
08:55So, uh,
08:57one of our guests,
08:58uh,
09:00he checked out
09:01a little early,
09:02and, uh,
09:02yeah, I, I,
09:03I covered him
09:04with the towel.
09:05You know you're not
09:05supposed to tamper
09:06with a potential crime scene, Earl.
09:07We're a, uh,
09:08family establishment.
09:10Manson family, maybe.
09:12Oh.
09:13When did you find him?
09:1420 minutes ago.
09:16He was here
09:16when I clocked in
09:18at 5 a.m.,
09:20I thought he was asleep.
09:22With two ice picks
09:23in his head?
09:24Yeah, I didn't, uh,
09:25really look that close.
09:27And I suppose
09:27you still don't have
09:28any working security cameras?
09:29These haven't been repaired
09:30since the last time
09:31they were vandalized.
09:32Control, we got a 187.
09:34Victim is male
09:35in his 40s.
09:35They send the M-E-T-I-D
09:37and send a supervisor
09:38to my location.
09:40Control 7,
09:41Adam 100, responding.
09:43You sure you want
09:43your first call
09:44to be a dead body?
09:45We can start
09:45with something easier.
09:47Are you kidding?
09:48This is right out
09:49of the Tim Bradford
09:49School of Trauma Recovery.
09:50You ought to get right
09:51back on that horse.
09:51If you get punched
09:52in the mouth,
09:53you should...
09:53Hey!
09:53What?
09:55Get out of there!
09:56You know he can't hear you,
09:57right?
09:58Wait, is that...
09:58Is that the Fernando
09:59Valenzuela baseball?
10:00Put that down!
10:09Watch commander's office.
10:10Put that ball away
10:11or I'm coming back there
10:12and shoving it down your throat.
10:16There are some very interesting events
10:19taking place in the world
10:21at home.
10:48Looking fine, ladies.
10:52There he is.
10:54The next district attorney
10:55of Los Angeles.
10:59Though I, uh,
11:01hear my case is hurting
11:02in the polls.
11:05These are on, right?
11:07Good.
11:08Gonna need to, uh,
11:10get the footage
11:11for the Hulu doc we're filming.
11:12You're not serious?
11:14I am.
11:16Involuntary manslaughter
11:17with a chance of parole
11:18after 15 years.
11:20You could be out
11:20in time to see your son
11:22graduate from college.
11:23College is overrated.
11:25I never went
11:26and look how I turned out.
11:29I have a confession to make.
11:32You see, last year
11:33when I took you
11:34to my little burial site,
11:37I lied to you.
11:40See, I told you
11:41that some of the bodies
11:42you dug up weren't mine.
11:44And that,
11:47that wasn't true.
11:48If I take the deal,
11:51isn't that the same
11:51as pleading guilty?
11:53Yes.
11:55Then how can I,
11:56in good conscience,
11:58confess to something
11:59that I didn't do?
12:02Everybody
12:03in that field
12:04was put there by me.
12:08Liam Glasser
12:09had nothing to do
12:09with any of those murders.
12:17Hey.
12:23Okay.
12:24This guy got a name?
12:25Several.
12:25TID is getting started
12:27on his room, 212.
12:28So far we have IDs
12:29for Jack Dawes,
12:31Patrick Sullivan,
12:31Roger Newman,
12:32and Ken Marigold.
12:33Let's go knock
12:33on some doors.
12:34Maybe somebody saw something.
12:35Right.
12:36Yeah.
12:36Can I grab you
12:37a second before we get started?
12:38Yeah, sure.
12:39I need to call Bailey
12:40at the Pentagon,
12:41but I can't call her phones.
12:44Is there something
12:44I should know?
12:45I don't know.
12:45Might be nothing.
12:46Hopefully it's nothing.
12:47All right, I'll make a call.
12:48I got a few people
12:49in the building
12:49that can get her a clean phone.
12:51Yeah.
12:57Hi, sir.
12:57I'm Officer Quartes
12:58with LAPD.
13:00There was a murder
13:00this morning
13:01and I was wondering
13:02whether you...
13:05First name kissed
13:06my last name ass.
13:07Is there a hyphen
13:09in there somewhere?
13:11Did you notice
13:11anything suspicious?
13:14Look, we're not here
13:15for your pet,
13:16Mr. Jaffe.
13:17Although I'm pretty sure
13:18that snake is venomous.
13:19Did you talk to the man
13:19in 212?
13:22Ma'am,
13:23it may be allowed
13:23with smoking
13:24while using an oxygen tank
13:25as a fire hazard.
13:29Officer John Nolan.
13:30Randy?
13:31What are you doing here?
13:31I'm on the trail
13:32of a devious con man.
13:33I've been watching him
13:34every second of every hour
13:35or every day for weeks.
13:37The man in 212
13:37will not escape my grasp.
13:39The man in 212 is dead.
13:41Verdammt.
13:43Hey, this is a disaster.
13:44I know, it sounds bad
13:45but I think we can
13:46turn it around.
13:47How?
13:48Harrison Novak
13:48just confessed to
13:49Liam Glazer's murders.
13:50The timing cannot
13:51be a coincidence.
13:52I mean, Glazer basically
13:53laughed in my face
13:54when I made the plea offer.
13:55It's like he knew
13:56that Novak's confession
13:56was coming.
13:57We'll figure out
13:57the connection later.
13:59For now, let's see
14:00you and me blow
14:00a few giant holes
14:01in Novak's fake confession
14:02and send him back
14:03to prison with his tail
14:04between his legs.
14:07We got this.
14:15Turn this on
14:17and call your husband.
14:20I'm confused.
14:21Who is your client?
14:22Frau Linda Chandler.
14:24The con man in 212
14:25stole her retirement savings
14:26in a Heim-Türkisch scheme.
14:27He told her she was investing
14:28in a Florida condominium
14:30but it was Zümflant.
14:31Now she has nothing
14:31but the clothes on her back.
14:33Well, we found at least
14:34five IDs
14:35odds are he's running
14:36all sorts of scams
14:37all over the country
14:38with different victims.
14:39It's going to take a while
14:39to unwind this.
14:40No need.
14:41I've located a bread trail
14:43that led me to what
14:44the rappers call
14:44his government name,
14:46Charles Deacon.
14:47That's good work.
14:48Okay, we're going to need
14:49to speak with your client.
14:50Oh, yes.
14:50I'll air-bop you her contact.
14:52Uh, I'm sorry.
14:53I have to take this.
14:57Hello?
14:58Why did a stranger
14:59hand me an audio jammer
15:00and a burner phone
15:01and tell me to call you?
15:02I have been told
15:03that you are in danger.
15:04Told by who?
15:06Zuzu.
15:07The homicidal AI?
15:09Since when have you
15:09become besties
15:10with that thing?
15:11I-I'm not.
15:12It's complicated,
15:14but it-it called
15:16to warn me
15:16that someone has been
15:17doing a deep
15:18background check on you.
15:20That your phones,
15:21your apartment,
15:21your office,
15:22they're all most likely bucked.
15:23And it could just be
15:25Zuzu playing games.
15:26Well, on the other hand,
15:27I had a fairly strong feeling
15:29I was being followed
15:30last night.
15:30And you didn't call me?
15:31I wasn't sure.
15:33Things have just felt
15:34a little off
15:34ever since Wade
15:35asked me to knock
15:36on a door.
15:36What door?
15:37It was a task force
15:38thing,
15:38something Everett related.
15:40And I am gonna kill Gray.
15:41Why don't you try
15:42looping him in first
15:43and I'll act normally.
15:44Bailey.
15:45It's fine.
15:45Nothing's gonna happen
15:46to me in the building.
15:47Hi.
15:48How many doors left?
15:49Uh, three.
15:50Okay, well,
15:51if they've got a warrant,
15:52they're probably gonna lie low
15:53until we're out of here.
15:54Right.
15:56I know I'm not supposed
15:57to ask how you are,
15:58but if you need me
15:59for anything,
15:59I'm good.
16:00Yeah, thank you.
16:04Excuse me, sir.
16:05Hey!
16:05Police!
16:06I gotta go.
16:07Sir!
16:07Hey!
16:11Stop them, Waters.
16:12Yeah.
16:13Hey, Randy.
16:15Randy, you okay?
16:16Yeah, but my bell
16:17is really ringing.
16:19The hell happened
16:19to his accent?
16:20What are you talking about?
16:22Schnitzel.
16:23Strudel.
16:24Schwarzenegger.
16:25What is happening
16:26to me, John Nolan?
16:27I sound so flat,
16:29so bland,
16:30so...
16:31American.
16:36I wanted to keep
16:37my ammo unpredictable,
16:38so I killed men
16:40and women.
16:41I just buried the dudes
16:44in a different area.
16:46Didn't want them
16:47mingling.
16:48All the men were strangled,
16:50but the women were bludgeoned.
16:51I'd like to mix it up.
16:53What about the needles?
16:54You want us to believe
16:55that you only injected
16:56the men with foreign substances
16:57and not the women?
16:58Oh, well,
16:59the men were there
17:00for a very different purpose.
17:02They were there
17:03to be tortured physically,
17:04whereas with the women,
17:05it was much more...
17:09psychological.
17:10Okay, so let's go
17:11case by case.
17:12As we said before,
17:13all the men were strangled.
17:15Is that right?
17:15Yes.
17:16Wait.
17:17No.
17:20This dude,
17:21I want to say
17:22his name was...
17:24Conrad?
17:26Conrad almost
17:27got away from me.
17:29So I had to
17:31kill him with a hatchet
17:32I kept in my car.
17:35That information
17:35was never released,
17:37not even to the family.
17:38I can see
17:39that you want
17:39more specifics.
17:41Okay?
17:44Victim number one,
17:46Gran Nogales.
17:47Only one that I actually
17:48knew personally
17:49I would see him
17:50when I was a patient
17:50at Westview
17:51restocking the snack machine
17:52when Glasser
17:53had a day off.
17:55Second was just
17:56some homeless guy
17:57abducted out of an encampment
17:58on Sepulveda.
17:59Oh, there he is.
18:00Poor JJ.
18:03Now this one...
18:07is not mine.
18:10Nice try.
18:10How do you get this?
18:13Stock photos?
18:15Victim number three.
18:18I picked him up
18:19by the side of the road
18:20in Carpinteria.
18:21Fun fact,
18:23strangled him
18:23with his own belt
18:24then buried him with it.
18:27I have a feeling
18:28that little detail
18:29didn't make the papers.
18:36My best guess
18:38is foreign accent syndrome.
18:39How do I fix it?
18:41And why is he now Southern?
18:43It could be his brain's
18:44way of working
18:44its way back to normal.
18:46Your CT scan was clean
18:47so there's really
18:48no immediate medical
18:48treatment I can offer.
18:49But will he get better?
18:50Probably,
18:51but not a certainty.
18:52Right now,
18:53you just have to learn
18:53to live with it.
18:54I gotta go.
18:55Excuse me.
18:57Well, Randy,
18:58I know even for you
18:59this is a little weird.
19:01I'm lost, John Nolan.
19:03Without my accent,
19:04man, I'm just another
19:04generic, handsome
19:06beefcake in Los Angeles.
19:10Nolan, go to Channel 11.
19:11Go for Nolan?
19:12You still with Randy?
19:14Guten tag.
19:14Listen, the contact details
19:15you gave us
19:16for the woman who hired you
19:17are a literal dead end.
19:18She died of a stroke
19:19two years ago.
19:20Did you think I was
19:21hired by a ghost?
19:22Over.
19:22No.
19:23Let me get this straight.
19:25Randy was hired to find
19:26a con man using dozens
19:27of aliases by a woman
19:28who was using an alias?
19:30Correct.
19:31Okay, just wanted to
19:32say it out loud.
19:33Randy, you didn't verify
19:34her identity when she
19:35hired you?
19:35No, you silly goose.
19:36My clients don't hire me
19:37to background check them.
19:39Right.
19:40I'm gonna take Randy
19:41back to the station
19:42and have him work
19:42with a composite artist.
19:43I'll call you
19:44if we find anything useful.
19:45I wanna hold my breath.
19:47How's he doing?
19:48Same.
19:49Still in the Zoom meeting.
19:51I don't know about that.
19:53What do you mean?
19:54Well, has he moved at all?
19:56It's frozen.
19:58Or it's a photo
19:59he propped up on the camera.
20:01No.
20:02Yeah.
20:08Why you put so much effort
20:09into being lazy?
20:10Wouldn't it be easier
20:10to just do the job?
20:11It's his passion.
20:14What the hell
20:14have you got my wife into?
20:16I don't know what you're talking.
20:16You had her knock on a door.
20:18Now she's being surveilled.
20:19How do you know that?
20:20That's a story
20:21for another time.
20:22More importantly,
20:22what are you and Garza
20:23gonna do to ensure her safety?
20:25Everything.
20:25I'll call Garza right now
20:27and come up with a plan.
20:28Okay, but he's gonna see
20:29this as an opportunity
20:30to stalk the stalkers.
20:31I am telling you
20:32her safety is more important
20:34than any investigation
20:35you got her wrapped up in.
20:36I hear you.
20:37I'll make this right.
20:38I'm sorry.
20:39We never intended
20:39to put her in danger.
20:41Harrison Novak
20:41has seen Blasher's file.
20:43That is the only way
20:44that he can know
20:44all of these details.
20:46I'm telling you,
20:46first Malcolm
20:47dosed Ryan Dearborn
20:47and now he's somehow
20:48convinced Novak
20:49to come in
20:50with this false confession.
20:52Malcolm Walsh
20:52was just brought up
20:53to speed on the Novak
20:54confession and
20:55he didn't rub it
20:56in my face.
20:56Because he knew
20:57it was coming in
20:58and he didn't want
20:58to overplay his hand.
20:59Any luck tying him
21:00to Novak in prison?
21:01Nothing direct,
21:02but Malcolm represents
21:03two prisoners
21:03on Novak's cell block.
21:04It would have been easy
21:05for him to communicate
21:06through one of them.
21:06As a true crime fetishist,
21:08Novak would have been
21:09following the public details
21:10of Glaser's case
21:10in the media.
21:11All Malcolm had to do
21:12was fill in the blanks,
21:13but there is
21:14one other possibility,
21:16a simpler path
21:16directly from the DA's office
21:18to Novak.
21:19Novak has been
21:20representing himself,
21:21which means he would
21:21have been dealing
21:22directly with the ADA
21:24prosecuting his case
21:24to negotiate his plea deal.
21:27Are you saying
21:28that Vivian was the one
21:29to spill the Glaser secrets?
21:31I can't,
21:32I mean,
21:34Vivian can be ruthless,
21:35but conspiring
21:36with a serial killer
21:36to put another killer
21:37back on the street,
21:38that's beyond
21:38her usual dirty tricks.
21:39Is it, though?
21:40She was running
21:41for DA unopposed,
21:42she had the job
21:43in the bag
21:43and then you jumped
21:44in front of her path
21:45and now she's got
21:45to get you
21:46out of the way quick.
21:47Desperate times
21:47call for desperate measures.
21:50An emergency hearing
21:51was just scheduled
21:51with Judge St. Clair
21:52to discuss the admissibility
21:53of Novak's confession.
21:54I bet a million dollars
21:55that Malcolm had
21:56that request teed up
21:57and ready to go.
21:59I'm going to lose Glaser
22:01and the DA's race.
22:02You don't know that.
22:03Judge St. Clair
22:04is a straight shooter
22:04and we're not done fighting.
22:06Yeah, you're right.
22:08I've got to swing by the office
22:09to work on my argument.
22:10Wish me luck.
22:11Good luck.
22:12I can't believe
22:13this is really happening.
22:15Glaser is on the verge
22:16of going free.
22:17Wesley will find a way
22:18to stop it.
22:20He has to.
22:27Officer Chen.
22:28Hi.
22:28I'm Joan Carpio.
22:30Martin was my brother.
22:31I'm sorry,
22:32but this conversation
22:33is not happening.
22:33I killed my brother.
22:35I want to know why.
22:37Yeah.
22:38I had no choice.
22:40Sergeant Chen,
22:40can you give us a minute,
22:41please?
22:46Ma'am,
22:48you can't speak to Sergeant Chen
22:49while this investigation
22:49is ongoing.
22:50My brother is dead.
22:53I need to know
22:54why he died.
22:58Martin was a good person.
23:01He was a kind person.
23:02He was not a killer.
23:03Okay, ma'am.
23:05I'm sorry,
23:06but you're going to have
23:06to get back in your car
23:07and you're going to need
23:07to leave.
23:13Look, I am sorry
23:13that that happened.
23:14How can she not know?
23:15The families
23:16of the Westview victims
23:17were briefed
23:17on the contamination
23:18and the subsequent
23:18violent behavior,
23:19but that briefing
23:20was limited.
23:21She needs to know
23:22that I was defending myself.
23:24She never saw her brother
23:25in that altered state.
23:26She can't imagine
23:27the killer he became.
23:28Well, then show her
23:29my body cam footage.
23:30I mean, it's right there.
23:30When that footage
23:31is disclosed
23:32is up to the department lawyers.
23:34This was obviously
23:35very upsetting.
23:37Maybe you should
23:37consider clocking out
23:38for the day.
23:39Stop.
23:40We are on the job right now.
23:41I don't need
23:42boyfriend Tim
23:43stepping in, okay?
23:44Good,
23:44because he's not here.
23:45As your watch commander,
23:46I am telling you,
23:47you can finish your shift,
23:48but you're not going
23:49back out on patrol.
23:51Okay.
23:54I've been going through
23:55the list of people
23:56our victim scammed
23:57over the last decade.
23:59It's long.
24:00How long?
24:01I mean, about,
24:02as of now, about 50.
24:04Yeah, a lot of them
24:05are elderly,
24:05but not exclusively.
24:07I mean, he conned
24:08anyone he could
24:08get his hooks in.
24:09I mean, the victims
24:10were left with nothing.
24:11That's a lot of people
24:12who wanted Charles Deacon
24:13dead.
24:13Mm-hmm.
24:15This is the woman
24:15who hired me
24:16to find her con man.
24:23Maybe we should
24:23take him back
24:24to the hospital.
24:25What, it's not helpful?
24:25No, this is great.
24:28I'm going to,
24:28we're going to get
24:29that circulated.
24:31Officer Juarez
24:31was just filling this
24:32in on the victims' victims.
24:34I've run them
24:34against Deacon's
24:36aliases,
24:36and the most
24:37interesting one
24:38is Morgan Jones,
24:40a stockbroker
24:41from New York.
24:42He managed to use
24:43that identity
24:43to land a house
24:44in the Hamptons.
24:45A 17-year-old girl
24:46ended up dead in the pool
24:47while he was having
24:48a blowout party.
24:49Deacon was initially
24:50questioned by police,
24:51but by the time
24:52they learned
24:52he was the one
24:53that provided
24:53the drugs
24:54that killed her,
24:55he had disappeared.
24:56Who was this poor girl
24:56who met such a tragic aunt?
24:59Paula Leonardi.
25:00Of the Leonardi
25:01crime family?
25:02Yeah, I mean,
25:02her father is
25:03El Jefe,
25:04or whatever they call
25:05the boss of bosses
25:06in Italian.
25:08That's her?
25:09The one who hired me?
25:10What?
25:10Are you sure?
25:14Right.
25:15So what's the plan?
25:16Well, our plan is
25:18to dig deep
25:19on Grandma Leonardi
25:20so we can get
25:21enough for a warrant.
25:22Your plan is
25:23to go home.
25:24It's not bad enough
25:25I sound like a freak.
25:25You would deny me
25:26the satisfaction
25:27of avenging my tainted honor?
25:28Okay, nobody's denying
25:29your tainted anything.
25:31This is all my fault.
25:32I called the Fraulein
25:33and told her exactly
25:34where the man
25:34who killed her granddaughter
25:35would be.
25:36I must be involved
25:37in making things right.
25:38And you will be.
25:39It's just going to take
25:40a minute to get the warrant.
25:42But when we do,
25:42and it's time to
25:43bring her into custody,
25:44I will definitely call you.
25:49You're relieved.
25:50Uh, I've actually
25:52got a food order coming.
25:53Um, uh, just text me
25:56when it arrives.
25:57And by the way,
25:58the stapler was broken
25:59when I got here.
26:15It's simple.
26:16I can't think of anything
26:17more prejudicial
26:17to the jury
26:18than to allow
26:18Harrison Novak
26:19on the witness stand
26:20to falsely confess
26:21to murders
26:21he did not commit.
26:22Your Honor,
26:23Novak possesses
26:24intimate details of crimes
26:25for which my client
26:26has been accused.
26:27Mr. Rivers is prosecuting
26:28the wrong man.
26:29Liam Glaser
26:30is guilty of those murders.
26:31I plan to prove it in trial.
26:33This morning,
26:33you are begging me
26:34to take a deal.
26:34Play deal sounds
26:35like a wonderful compromise.
26:36Resent the implication
26:37that I was begging,
26:38but, uh,
26:38the offer still stands.
26:39It is rejected.
26:40Oh, okay.
26:41Your Honor,
26:42Harrison Novak's testimony
26:43is probative
26:44to my client's innocence.
26:45The jury should be allowed
26:46to hear it
26:47and make up their own minds.
26:48Harrison Novak
26:48is a convicted killer.
26:49A convicted killer, yes.
26:50Claiming to have murdered
26:51more people.
26:52Look, Your Honor,
26:52Your Honor,
26:53bottom line,
26:53the confession's a lie.
26:57You can make that argument
26:58in court, Mr. Rivers.
26:59I'm allowing it.
26:59Thank you, Your Honor.
27:00No hard feelings.
27:02I know that you were
27:03involved in this somehow
27:04and I'm gonna prove it.
27:05Your Honor,
27:06I've been threatened.
27:07Sir,
27:09the Defense Council
27:10has exhibited
27:11a shocking pattern
27:11of unethical
27:12and potentially criminal behavior
27:13throughout this whole process.
27:15So...
27:16Watch yourself, Counselor.
27:17Making accusations
27:18in my presence
27:18without a clear factual basis
27:20won't be tolerated.
27:21It can result
27:21in contempt of court
27:23and possible sanctions.
27:24Am I understood?
27:25Yes, sir.
27:26Great.
27:31I spoke with a detective
27:32in the organized crime unit
27:34in New York.
27:34According to her,
27:36Sabina Leonardi
27:37is old school.
27:38Avenging her granddaughter's death
27:40would be considered
27:40a family obligation.
27:42Do we have enough to arrest?
27:43Well, given Randy's head trauma,
27:44his positive ID on Sabina
27:46won't pass muster
27:47with the judge,
27:47so we're pulling flight records
27:49trying to establish
27:49that she's here in Los Angeles.
27:51Sorry.
27:52Randy, can I call you back?
27:53You can,
27:54but I have exciting news.
27:56I've solved the crime.
27:57Meet me at the motel.
27:58You can prove
27:59Sabina murdered Deacon?
28:00Well...
28:00No, not yet,
28:01but I have a bold plan.
28:03I've invited her
28:04to meet me in my room
28:05where I will get her
28:05to confess
28:06and then hopefully
28:06get another stemple
28:07to the temple
28:08to end this accident nightmare.
28:09That's not bold.
28:10That's insane.
28:11Well, as my great-uncle
28:12used to say,
28:13where wood is chopped,
28:15splinters must fall.
28:17Sounds better in German.
28:18Okay, listen,
28:19you are the only loose end
28:20tying Sabina
28:21to the murder.
28:22You put pressure on her,
28:23they will kill you.
28:24Exactly why I alerted
28:26my good friend,
28:26John Nolan.
28:27Better hurry up,
28:28they're gonna be here soon.
28:31Any available units
28:32in the vicinity
28:32of the Hollywood Premier Motel?
28:37Seven Lincoln 300 affirmative.
28:38I'm about four minutes out.
28:40Seven Lincoln 300,
28:41you were advised
28:41to remain at the station.
28:42Yes, sir.
28:43I didn't want to leave patrol
28:44without their supervising sergeant.
28:46What should I expect
28:46at the motel?
28:49Skip tracer Randy
28:50in potential jeopardy.
28:52Establish a police presence
28:53in the parking lot
28:53and wait for us to arrive.
28:54ETA 10 minutes.
28:55Do not engage.
28:58Why, yes, Randy.
28:59I had to avenge
29:00the death of my granddaughter
29:01by killing the evil man
29:02responsible.
29:19Yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:21Greetings.
29:22Where is the lovely Sabina?
29:30Oh, there you are.
29:31Please, come on in.
29:32Oh, maybe I'd rather
29:33be alone.
29:38What happened
29:39to your voice, Randy?
29:40Well, you see,
29:40it's called
29:41foreign accent syndrome.
29:42You see,
29:42I sustained a blow
29:43to the head.
29:44Oh!
29:45Oh, maybe that cured me?
29:47Oh, what is that?
29:49Might you be able
29:50to hit me again,
29:50but this time
29:51a little harder.
29:52He talks again.
29:53Shoot him.
29:55That'd cure your problem.
29:57Permanently.
29:58This is your own fault, Randy.
30:01If you had just
30:01left it alone,
30:04I would have left you alone.
30:06Now,
30:07we're gonna take you somewhere
30:10and kill you.
30:177-Lincoln-300.
30:18I'm code 624-15.
30:20We'll start me in the unit.
30:24Gentlemen,
30:25I'm gonna need to see
30:25those hands, all right?
30:27Stop moving
30:27and show me your hands!
30:32Stop moving
30:37and show me your hands!
31:03I need an RA for a GSW.
31:06Police!
31:07Drop the gun.
31:08Show me your hands.
31:10Useless!
31:11Hands on the wall.
31:12Spread your legs.
31:13Ma-Ma'am!
31:15Give me a sec.
31:16I'm about to have
31:17a heart attack.
31:18Yeah, and I will
31:18call an ambulance
31:19if you do,
31:19but right now
31:20I need your hands
31:21on the wall.
31:21Okay.
31:23Like this.
31:24Lean on the wall.
31:24Yes, ma'am.
31:25Let's go.
31:27Randy!
31:28Hey, you okay?
31:29Yeah, na ja.
31:30I've never been happy
31:35to be smashed
31:35in the brain.
31:36Oh.
31:37Ah.
31:38I have a headache.
31:39Yeah, let's...
31:40Let's go get that looked at.
31:41Oh, okay.
31:42Hey, how many fingers
31:43am I holding up?
31:45Two.
31:46So you're fine?
31:47No, no, I'm great.
31:48Hey, what happened today?
31:53Hey, how's he doing?
31:54Wunderbar.
31:55Dr. Ashton thinks
31:56my brain bleed
31:56fixed my accent.
31:57That sounds serious.
31:59I'm hoping he won't
32:00need surgery,
32:01but we're closely monitoring
32:01for worsening conditions
32:03such as headaches,
32:03nausea, slurred speech.
32:05My speech is perfect.
32:06Listen,
32:07Schnecken erschrecken
32:07wenn sie Schnecken schmecken,
32:08weil zum Erschrecken
32:09viele Schnecken
32:09Schnecken nicht schmecken.
32:10What?
32:11I might order another CT.
32:13Uh, that's your call,
32:14but I'm pretty sure
32:15that's Randy's baseline.
32:17You disobeyed a direct order.
32:19The order was wrong.
32:20I'm patronizing.
32:21I warned you this morning,
32:22don't push the failure.
32:23And I didn't.
32:24I was thrown,
32:25as anyone would have been,
32:26but I handled it.
32:28You just didn't trust me.
32:30You make a good point.
32:32I know.
32:33I...
32:35And I know that you're just
32:36worried about me
32:37and wanting to protect me.
32:38I know that.
32:38But I wasn't listening
32:41and I'm sorry.
32:44I'm sorry, too.
32:45All right.
32:46So what do you need?
32:48You're not gonna like this,
32:49but I need to talk
32:51to Martin Carpio's sister.
32:52She deserves to know
32:52exactly what happened
32:53with her brother.
32:55Look, I mean,
32:55you know all the reasons
32:56why you shouldn't,
32:57but it's your decision.
33:01I am trying to be a good cop
33:02and follow all of the rules,
33:03but in order for me
33:04to be a good cop,
33:05I need to be
33:06a good human first.
33:08No matter what
33:08comes after that.
33:25Hey, where are the kids?
33:27They're in our room
33:28watching a movie
33:29eating too much sugar.
33:33Some more bad news?
33:35Well, the DA is dropping
33:36all the charges
33:36against Liam Glaser.
33:38The Novak Confession
33:39was the final nail
33:40in the proverbial coffin
33:43for my boss.
33:48Okay.
33:52It's fine.
33:54Okay.
33:55So we dig in.
33:56We go through the case
33:57with a fine-tooth comb
33:58and prove that Harrison Novak
33:59didn't commit the murders.
33:59We'll prove that Malcolm
34:01and Vivian were involved
34:02and then we re-arrest glass.
34:06Tomorrow morning.
34:08I'm going to really want
34:09that pep talk.
34:11But right now,
34:12I just want to
34:12get drunk enough
34:13to forget that Liam Glaser
34:14is currently being released
34:17from prison.
34:27What's going on?
34:29You're going home.
34:43Joan, thank you so much
34:44for coming in.
34:48I thought you weren't
34:49allowed to talk to me.
34:51I'm not.
34:53But if I wait for the investigation
34:55to end on the lawyers
34:56to work everything out,
34:57it'll be a year
34:57before you get the answers
34:58that you need.
34:59And after everything
35:00that your family's been through,
35:01I just can't go along with that.
35:04So we were attacked
35:08the moment that we landed
35:10at Westview.
35:12About a dozen people,
35:13including your brother,
35:14they chased after us
35:15and they were so deranged
35:18from this chemical exposure
35:19that they barely seemed human.
35:22I tried to hide in this tunnel,
35:23but Martin, he found me in there
35:26while I was biting somebody else off.
35:27And before I could react,
35:28he was on top of me
35:29trying to drive a knife
35:30into my chest.
35:31I thought that I was going to die,
35:35and I almost did.
35:35But right before the knife entered,
35:39I managed to twist it away from me
35:41and it went into him.
35:47There was no mercy in his act.
35:51Like, there's no humanity.
35:52He wasn't there.
35:55And whatever it was that poisoned him,
35:56you know, it robbed him of that.
36:01I'm so sorry about what happened.
36:04But, you know, if I...
36:08I would be dead
36:09if I hadn't fought back.
36:10I'm so...
36:13I believe you.
36:16Thank you for being honest.
36:18Yeah.
36:23I need to come in.
36:24I got fresh intel.
36:25How deep Everett's reach
36:26extends into the Pentagon.
36:28We need to compare notes in person.
36:30I'll be on the right eye home.
36:32She set the trap.
36:34Now we see who follows her home.
36:53What the hell are you doing here?
36:55Nyla.
36:57I can only imagine
36:58how upset you must feel.
37:00So,
37:01I brought donuts.
37:03It's my way of saying
37:06no hard feelings.
37:10Careful.
37:12Last conversation we had
37:13by this van got you demoted.
37:16Now,
37:17I am gonna go
37:19and get my life back on track.
37:23You want the donuts or no?
37:27Hmm?
37:29It's your loss.
37:31Got jelly.
37:34Glasser.
37:38This isn't over.
37:47Perfect.
37:48I can.
37:48Yeah.
37:56Take care.
37:57I can.
37:59I can.
38:00I can.
38:00I can.
38:01I can.
38:01I can.
38:01I can.
38:03I can.
38:03I can.
38:04I can.
38:06Yeah.
38:29Damn it.
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