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00:01Previously on RJ Decker
00:02You wanted to see me?
00:03You can stay here one week, and then you go.
00:05I don't need some pretend PI looking over my shoulder,
00:09let alone one flopping in my pool house.
00:10Need I remind you, you're on conditional release.
00:13You get caught breaking into a car, they'll violate you back to prison.
00:16It's just in the neighborhood.
00:17You want something?
00:18Where would the FLPD be without the help of low-rep PI's?
00:22Well, technically, I'm a no-rep PI.
00:54What was that asshole?
00:58None of the neighbors saw anything.
01:00It's who I am.
01:01You're lucky the car alarm wokey before it melted.
01:04Molly wanted to get one of those doorbell cameras last Christmas.
01:07Might have been a good idea.
01:09You sure you don't know what this is all about?
01:15Sorry, we have no idea.
01:22What do you mean your house rolled into a sinkhole?
01:25Uh, well, Officer Penmar, I mean exactly that.
01:28I was actually home at the time.
01:30If you've ever wondered what the spin cycle feels like, it hurts.
01:33Well, under reason for parolee's change of address,
01:37we'll just write act of God.
01:39Yes.
01:39Oh, my, uh, new address for now.
01:44This is your ex-wife's place, right?
01:46Mm-hmm.
01:47Her and her wife's.
01:49Detective Mel Abreu FLPD.
01:51A cop?
01:52Yep.
01:53And Sophia, age 11, is...
01:55Mel's daughter.
01:56Y'all need to go on Family Feud.
01:59Okay.
02:00So, they excited to meet me tomorrow night?
02:03I mean, who wouldn't be excited to meet their houseguest parole officer?
02:06Well, here in Florida, it is conditional release officer.
02:10Right.
02:10And you're the one who decided to change their address.
02:13It's true.
02:13A home visit is just a procedure.
02:16Hey, you! Off of the dolphin!
02:18This is a golf course, not a jungle gym.
02:22So, this place, it's, uh, it's all yours now, huh?
02:25Uh, yeah.
02:26Divorce is final as of a week ago.
02:28He got the boat, and I got this headache.
02:31So, how's your side hustle going?
02:33Well, Decker Investigations is not a hustle side or otherwise.
02:36I even got a website.
02:39Take a look.
02:41Yeah.
02:42Covert surveillance, asset recovery, and wrongful death investigations.
02:48This is where I remind you that you're required to avoid contact with criminals.
02:52If you don't keep your nose clean, you're going right back to Appalachee.
02:55Clean is in Fort Loud, I promise.
02:58Are you sure it would be easier if I just gave you a job here?
03:01You could be, I don't know, my snow cone guy.
03:04That is tempting.
03:05Actually, I'm supposed to meet some clients in 30 minutes, so if we're done here...
03:09Yeah.
03:12Uh, RJ?
03:14Yeah?
03:15Behave yourself.
03:17Well, thanks to you, I feel like a man without any plans.
03:27Uh, okay.
03:28Bryce, Molly.
03:29Forgive me, but you can't hide from who?
03:32From Goose.
03:34We're pretty sure it was Goose.
03:36This guy I dated a few times years ago.
03:38His real name's Jared Tapp.
03:40Everyone just called him Goose because he loved Top Gun so much.
03:43He was also a big fan of meth.
03:45But he was a long time ago.
03:47It's not your fault.
03:48Yeah, Goose has been in and out of prison, in and out of rehab.
03:51Every couple of years, he shows up wanting something.
03:54Hmm.
03:55The other night after the cops left, I'm back in the house.
03:58I found this.
04:05Your past is coming back to haunt you.
04:0710K under the green bench at Loggerhead Park tomorrow by noon.
04:12The next time I light up your house.
04:15And the reason you didn't want to take this to the police is...
04:18Goose has a cousin who's a cop.
04:20He's made things go away for Goose before.
04:24We were afraid if we told them.
04:26Yeah.
04:27No, I get it.
04:27I get it.
04:28I get it.
04:28Um, and I think I know what to do.
04:31Can you get the 10K together before noon?
04:34Yeah.
04:35But the whole reason we came to you was so we wouldn't...
04:37I'm not recommending you pay him.
04:39Well, I am, but only temporarily.
04:41I'm gonna put the money under the bench,
04:42and then I'll watch from a distance until he comes for it.
04:45I'll take pictures we can take to the police.
04:48It won't matter who Goose's cousin is,
04:50if we have photographic evidence.
04:54That sound like a plan?
05:00You know, this is like finding out about Santa Claus.
05:04It's devastating, honestly.
05:06What are you talking about?
05:08Learning your job is this boring hurts my soul.
05:12Well, I didn't invite you, remember?
05:13You asked to come.
05:14Yeah, because I assumed that a stakeout would be awesome.
05:16Not a damn, I don't know, sleep aid.
05:22How'd it go with your CRO today?
05:26Still not such a fan of the whole P.I. thing.
05:30She offered me a job making snow cones.
05:36Benefits.
05:38You tell me it's not more exciting
05:39than what we're doing right now.
05:42Come on.
05:46Oh, you got eyes on the target?
05:48Yeah, it could be Goose.
05:48He's heading straight for the money.
05:50What, the guy in the dorky hat?
05:51Yep.
05:52What is that?
05:53A bandage on his hand?
05:54It could be from that flamethrower you mentioned.
05:56Hey, wait.
05:57Where are you going?
05:58I don't have his face.
05:59I need a better look.
06:00Hey, stay here.
06:00Watch the car.
06:01Hey, she's...
06:13Damn it.
06:18Man!
06:34Man, what the hell is wrong with you?
06:40It's okay, officer.
06:41I'm okay.
06:43All right, roll over.
06:44Show me your wrist.
06:45Are you serious?
06:47Come on.
06:48Let's go.
06:50Thanks.
06:52Yeah!
06:59Thanks.
07:00Thanks.
07:05Say never.
07:07Never.
07:08Uh...
07:08Never.
07:09Never.
07:11Never.
07:12No stupid.
07:12Say never.
07:14Again.
07:14Right.
07:15Uh, never again.
07:16Uh-huh.
07:17Uh, you know this is like a terrible place to stab someone, right?
07:20You want the good news first or the bad?
07:22Oh.
07:23I take it the...
07:24Good news is that the hot dog vendor's not to press charges?
07:28The bad is you're about to buy him a new cart and all the hot dogs you spilled.
07:33Done.
07:35And thank you.
07:36Mm-hmm.
07:37If you're looking for missed calls from your CRO, there shouldn't be any.
07:40This went into the system as an incident report and not an arrest.
07:43She wasn't notified.
07:46But...
07:47It would make an interesting story to tell at dinner tomorrow night, don't you think?
07:51It would.
07:51But if you don't, there might be a hundred hot dogs in it for you.
07:55Get out.
07:56Okay.
07:57And with this one here a little less blurry?
08:00I don't know.
08:01If it is, Goose, he's a little thicker these days.
08:04Yeah.
08:04Then again, his weight was always kind of yo-yoing up and down.
08:07You know, when money's tight, less meth, more carbs.
08:12Is that something on his hand or is that like a smudge?
08:14Nah, it's a bandit.
08:15It's really the only identifiable feature I got.
08:17I'm sorry.
08:18But if you want, we can still take it to the police.
08:21We can share your suspensions.
08:22No.
08:22No.
08:23It's okay.
08:24If...
08:24If I know, Goose, this is over now.
08:26I don't want to put Bryce through any more craziness.
08:30Yesterday, you made it sound like you and Goose, you weren't all that serious.
08:34Yeah.
08:35I tried to give people that impression, especially in front of my husband.
08:39Two had a real history, huh?
08:40We were a thing for over a year.
08:42This was before he put the career in career criminal.
08:46But Bryce doesn't know it was serious, so if he could not mention.
08:51Thing is, is that I feel responsible for the money you lost.
08:55If you let me, I'd like to try to get it back.
08:58How?
08:59You know where he lives?
09:01Any old friends still in touch?
09:03I mean, I may have a few old numbers somewhere.
09:06A couple buddies of his, an aunt, an uncle.
09:09But I'd be surprised if he's still on speaking terms with any of them.
09:13Send him to me.
09:14Let's see if I can get a beat on him.
09:17What?
09:17I learned my lesson, you know.
09:19I really didn't need another reminder that I made a huge mistake a long time ago.
09:25You ever have five minutes of your life you'd do anything to have back?
09:28I know exactly what that's like.
09:35Yeah, that's right, Miss McCann, it was your nephew's car I hit.
09:38I was, uh, towing this Nissan Z, repo job, well, it don't matter.
09:42But there was his dog, eh?
09:44I up and swerved and...
09:47No, ma'am, no, no, no, ma'am, no.
09:48I won't feel right till I get a check in his hand.
09:51Fourteen hundred dollars.
09:53Right.
09:54Try to limit yourself to forty or fifty, please.
09:58You say he's there most afternoons, do you?
10:00All right.
10:01Yes, ma'am.
10:02Yes, ma'am.
10:03I'll send him your love.
10:04Absolutely.
10:05That was Remy Tremblay.
10:08Big ol' tub from Cell Block D.
10:10Used to take my pudding cup at lunch.
10:12What are you talking about?
10:13That was my client's ex-boyfriend's aunt.
10:16Oh, the voice you were doing.
10:19Remy.
10:21I wish, eh?
10:23I wish you'd give me that pudding.
10:25Chills.
10:26Yeah.
10:27So what, they didn't tell you where to find Goose?
10:29Yeah, he's staying with a buddy at the Los Olos trailer parks.
10:31This time of day, it's pretty deep into a six-pack or three.
10:35All right.
10:35So, what's the plan?
10:37You go over there and ask him nicely for 10K?
10:39Nicely.
10:40Not too nicely.
10:41I guess it depends how drunk he is.
10:51There he is.
10:52Looks like I'm just in time.
10:55I know you.
10:56Yep.
10:57I'm the ghost of your future.
10:59I'm here from the year 2034.
11:01Huh?
11:02No?
11:02You don't recognize me this morning?
11:04The hot dogs, the running.
11:06You know what?
11:07Forget it.
11:07The Sixer is a peace offering.
11:09You give me the 10 grand, I give you the beer.
11:11No one calls the cops.
11:12We both call them happy.
11:13What do you say?
11:1410 grand?
11:15Yeah, Goose.
11:1510 grand.
11:17You give it to me, you give it to the cops.
11:19That's up to you.
11:19You know what?
11:20How about instead, I just kick your ass?
11:24Whoa!
11:26Whoa.
11:26You have a prosthetic foot?
11:28Yeah.
11:29Since when?
11:30I don't know, a year ago.
11:31I flipped my ATV when I was out in Punta Gorda.
11:33Are we gonna fight or not?
11:34Not, because I don't think you beat me in a foot race this morning.
11:37Are you making fun of me?
11:38No, I'm not making fun of you.
11:40But you're not getting my beer either.
11:42Probably gonna need it more than you anyway.
11:44Hey!
11:45All right, in position!
11:46In position!
11:47Let's go!
11:48Let's go!
11:49Let's go!
11:50Danny, second.
11:51Hayden, move your butt.
11:52You're playing third.
11:53Slide over.
11:55Good, you got this.
11:56Vince, lighten it up.
11:57Let's get the good vibes going.
11:59All right.
12:00Turn two.
12:02This one's coming to you, Hayden.
12:03There it is.
12:04Okay, boy.
12:05Go!
12:08Mr. Decker, hi.
12:09Hi.
12:10Uh, is now a good time for an update?
12:13We're at Henry's baseball game, but it's fine.
12:15I just sat down.
12:16So, the person who made off with your money this morning wasn't Goose.
12:21What?
12:22Are you sure?
12:23I wish I weren't.
12:25I don't understand.
12:26If it wasn't him...
12:27We should talk.
12:28I want to know if there's anyone else that...
12:31Dad!
12:32Dad!
12:32Dad!
12:33What's the matter?
12:34Henry?
12:35Molly, what's going on?
12:36What is it?
12:36What's wrong?
12:38You okay?
12:41I picked up my glove and all that.
12:43Fill out!
12:47You made me run.
12:49Your turn.
12:58You made me run.
12:59Brooks, why don't we show Henry where he's gonna be sleeping at night?
13:02Thanks, Vince.
13:04Gotta bite.
13:08You're positive this wasn't Goose?
13:11Even if he had both of his feet, he was three sheets to the wind when I left him.
13:15There's no way he could have gotten in and out of that dugout without someone noticing.
13:19If this is making any sense, the note we got at the house said our past was coming back to
13:23haunt us.
13:24But if it wasn't Goose...
13:26Well, look.
13:27First things first.
13:28Do you feel safe here?
13:30At least for tonight?
13:31Yeah, we've known Vince and his wife for years.
13:33And Henry and Brooks are on the same all-star teams.
13:37And I can't think of a reason that the person who's doing this would think to look for us here.
13:42Okay.
13:44Well, good news.
13:45Whoever he is, I think he may have screwed up tonight.
13:48You see this?
13:50I'm hoping that's blood.
13:52The guy I chased today, he had a bandage on his hand.
13:54Maybe when he put the bullets in, he left a little of himself behind.
13:57Now, obviously, I can't run DNA, but if we did take it to the police...
14:01I told you the other day, we're not going to the police.
14:03Right, but that was because of Goose's cousin.
14:05And now that we know Goose isn't our guy...
14:07Well, do we?
14:07That's what he just told us.
14:09We know that the guy that he was chasing wasn't Goose, but maybe that was Goose's cousin.
14:12Maybe they're working together.
14:13What then?
14:14Well, Goose isn't the only one with friends in the police department.
14:17If you want, I can introduce you to...
14:18No!
14:20We did everything you told us to do this morning.
14:23Everything.
14:23And what happened?
14:24The guy who did this spotted you.
14:26And now $10,000 isn't enough.
14:27He wants us to leave town, too.
14:29But the message didn't say leave town.
14:30It said run.
14:31Is there a difference?
14:32It's okay.
14:33He's right.
14:34Today did not go as planned.
14:36I'm sorry.
14:37I really am.
14:39So I'm hoping you guys will let me stay on and work for you free of charge.
14:43At least until you two and Henry feel safe.
14:45We would appreciate that.
14:47All right.
14:47Is there anyone else you can think of that will put you through all this?
14:51I mean, I teach kindergarten and he does people's taxes.
14:54We're the family that gives out king-size candy bars at Halloween.
14:57I thought everyone liked us.
14:59What about one of your clients?
15:01Anyone ever get really angry when they found out how much they owed the government?
15:05No one comes to mind.
15:06But my partner is more the face of the company.
15:09So if someone had a problem, they'd go to him.
15:18Are you kidding?
15:19It's a dump.
15:19I believe the listing calls it a fixer-upper's dream.
15:22We can't show this to RJ.
15:24It's worse than his old place and his old place is upside down in a crater.
15:27You are aware of the man's budget, yes?
15:29He is paying us rent in babysitting and day-old hot dogs.
15:33This sudden interest in rehousing RJ, it wouldn't have anything to do with the dinner we're hosting for his conditional
15:38release officer tonight, would it?
15:39It wouldn't not have anything to do with it.
15:43No.
15:44Sofia!
15:45Meet the nice lady who collects Uncle RJ's pee every few weeks to make sure he isn't doing drugs.
15:49Sweetie!
15:50He was supposed to be here one week.
15:52Okay?
15:52And, yes, he's a good guy.
15:55He means well.
15:56I get it.
15:57But he's also...
16:00What?
16:00A crap magnet.
16:02He attracts trouble.
16:03Trouble attracts him.
16:04It's only a matter of time before he tracks him right in here.
16:10He hasn't always been that way.
16:14Not when we were buddies at the Herald.
16:15Not when we were married.
16:16I mean, he took chances.
16:18Most photographers do.
16:19But he always knew where the lines were.
16:20He didn't go looking for trouble.
16:21I didn't say he goes looking for trouble.
16:23You said he finds it.
16:25Mm-hmm.
16:25And you're right.
16:27The thing is, I worry.
16:28Sometimes it's a little my fault.
16:30How?
16:31When we separated, the problem wasn't that we didn't love each other.
16:34It's that we were only ever supposed to be pals.
16:36And so, afterwards, we stayed pals.
16:38But then, once you and I got together, I pulled back a little and then a lot.
16:43I mean, me and my ex getting beers washed in the Marlins twice a week.
16:48Sort of a lot to explain to my sexy new girlfriend.
16:50But because I pulled back, I...
16:53I wasn't there when things fell apart.
16:55So, really, if we think about it, it's my fault he went to prison.
16:59Okay, beating up that guy who broke into his car, that isn't anybody's fault but his.
17:03Mm-hmm.
17:04But it took him a while to get to that place.
17:07And I guess I wish I'd been paying better attention.
17:11Babe, I am not asking to adopt him, I promise.
17:15I just want to be more there for him this time.
17:19You still show him the fixer-upper's dream?
17:22Yeah.
17:25Okay.
17:40Wow.
17:40You went full mystery wall.
17:43Gotta be honest, I don't know why they do that in the movies.
17:47It's depressing looking at everything you don't know.
17:51Did you sleep last night?
17:56I just need some more time.
17:58But the dad, Bryce, he...
18:00He came apart last night.
18:02I was walking him out, he started talking about moving his family to Santa Clara.
18:06Where he went to grad school.
18:08I can think of worse places to start over.
18:11Yeah, I know.
18:11But why should they?
18:12Oh, I don't know.
18:14A maniac with a grudge and a flamethrower?
18:17I gotta go meet his business partner.
18:19See if he can think of anyone with a grudge and a flamethrower.
18:23What's up, you need something?
18:27Just wanted to make sure that you're still on for dinner with your special friend tonight.
18:30Oh yeah, wouldn't miss it.
18:32I mean, not without getting violated back to prison.
18:35Gosh, Mr. Decker, I'm at a loss.
18:37We like the people we work for and they like us.
18:39Hard to imagine anyone going after Bryce.
18:42And you sure you can't think of anyone who might have gotten ticked when they owed Uncle Sam more than
18:46they were expecting?
18:47Well, sure.
18:48But nobody who ever shot the messenger or flamethrowered him, you know?
18:51You don't have any idea when he'll be back to work, do you?
18:54I'm sorry, I don't.
18:56We'll save him, okay?
18:57I love the guy.
18:59And if I'm being honest, I'm screwed if he doesn't come back soon.
19:01He's the one who keeps this place humming.
19:03He does, huh?
19:05Hm.
19:06That's funny.
19:06I noticed it was just your name on the door and the sign and the letterhead, the ads, everything.
19:12If I had a nickel for every time I offered to make him partner, he always just says he doesn't
19:16need the credit.
19:17Plus, you know he'd have to be certified.
19:23Sorry, are you saying Bryce isn't a CPA?
19:26Really?
19:29Last night he told me he went to grad school in Santa Clara.
19:32Did he?
19:33Huh?
19:34Maybe he just never sat for the exam?
19:35Maybe, but if he's as good as you say he is, then why would he go to grad school without
19:39getting certified?
19:41He really never mentioned Santa Clara to you?
19:43Sorry.
19:44No.
19:45Uh, but you know us number crunchers is not always great at the interpersonal stuff.
20:00Come on, here's the legs.
20:01Here's the legs.
20:02Here's the legs.
20:03Oh.
20:04All right.
20:09You're about scared the bejesus out of you.
20:11I'm sorry.
20:11I needed a quiet place to work.
20:13I'm sorry.
20:14You're fine.
20:18Something got you in a state.
20:21Last night, Bryce Danner told me he went to grad school in Santa Clara, but I searched every school in
20:26the area.
20:27There's no record of anyone with that name.
20:29Yeah, well, there's probably no record of me attending Iron Tiger Taekwondo, but I did take six classes. Broke a
20:35board and everything.
20:36There were graduating notices for a Bryce Cartman, Bryce Wachtell, and a Bryce Hempstead.
20:43So I thought there might be some clerical error. Search those names. I found this. Come here.
20:50What you got?
20:55Bryce Wachtell, stabbed in San Francisco, 2011. Nearly died.
21:02Yeah.
21:02Police never found the perp. They suspected it was due to a business dispute between Bryce Wachtell's business partner and
21:09a Chinese triad.
21:13Well, that's very interesting, but I think you have to help the Bryce you have before you move on to
21:18another, no?
21:18Well, that's the thing. They're the same guy.
21:23The last 15 years, Bryce Wachtell has been living under the name Bryce Danner.
21:29So he let you and his wife think they were being terrorized by an ex-boyfriend, but if I'm following,
21:35the more likely scenario is...
21:37Someone who realizes he's on the run from the triad.
21:52You say something.
21:54I can't believe I mentioned Santa Clara last night.
21:58I'm sorry.
22:00I was scared. I am scared. I just, I...
22:03Start from the beginning. Tell me everything.
22:0515 years ago, I was living in San Francisco.
22:07I was doing tax work with a partner. Same as now.
22:12One of our clients was this chain of car washes.
22:16They had an unusual corporate structure, but they paid their bills, paid their taxes.
22:21Bryce, they were a triad business. You were helping them launder their money.
22:24They were laundering their money.
22:26We had no idea we were in bed with the triads.
22:29We only ever met the guy who, on paper, owned the car washes.
22:33Then one day, this triad gangster shows up at the office.
22:37He's pissed off. He's, he's accusing us of stealing almost a million dollars.
22:41Did you?
22:41No.
22:42But when we looked at it, the, the business had a hole in its books.
22:46That money was disappearing into a shell company.
22:49Shadow Blade Enterprises.
22:51Josh and I had never even heard of it.
22:53Believe me, a name that stupid, we would have remembered.
22:55I take it, the guy that stabbed you, he didn't believe you, right?
22:58I'm 99.9% sure the guy who stabbed me was embezzling the money himself.
23:03I might have been able to prove it if he hadn't gotten himself killed in some gang war before I
23:08got out of the hospital.
23:10I was there for a while.
23:12Liver transplant.
23:14Okay.
23:16After I got out, Josh and I went on the run.
23:19We, we moved out here, helped each other create new identities.
23:23I'm sorry.
23:24Josh lives in the area too?
23:26Yeah.
23:26And obviously he knows your real name is Bryce Wachtel.
23:29Trust me, he is not the one doing this to us.
23:32Would Molly agree?
23:35Molly doesn't, um, know about any of this.
23:38She's never heard of Josh or Bryce Wachtel.
23:42When she and I first met, I had only been here for a couple of months.
23:45And I was worried if I told her the truth, I would lose her.
23:48Bryce, I understand not wanting to scare her back then, but now?
23:52Letting her think that the guy that lit your car on fire was her ex?
23:55I did think it was him at first.
23:58But then last night, whoever it is, didn't just put bullets in Henry's glove.
24:03There was a thumb drive too.
24:05I had all of my medical records from San Francisco, my surgery, my real name.
24:09It was all there.
24:10All right.
24:10Who has access to these records?
24:12Out here, uh, my GP.
24:15I told him a long time ago that the name change was for business reasons.
24:18It didn't bump him.
24:19I have a copy at my office and, uh, and Josh has one.
24:25He was my emergency contact.
24:27It was in case anything went wrong with the transplant.
24:29But I repeat, he would never do this to us.
24:33Josh is in as much danger from the triad as I am.
24:37Two things.
24:39You give me the thumb drive.
24:41You tell Molly the truth.
24:43And she deserves to know she has nothing to do with this.
24:51All right.
24:56No, Brooks, come on.
24:57You gotta step towards your target, okay?
25:00Is it okay to go back in there now?
25:05Uh, yeah, I'd give him another minute.
25:10So this is everything that you have on the thumb drive?
25:12Yeah, it's 22 pages of Price's medical records.
25:15There you go.
25:17And this is helpful how?
25:20Page 16.
25:22Page 16.
25:25What am I missing?
25:26Coffee ring.
25:27I mean, maybe it was there whenever whoever left the thumb drive scanned the original.
25:32So you go to Bryce's doctor and his pal Josh and see which one has a copy with a coffee
25:37ring on the same page.
25:38I'm hoping.
25:39Yeah.
25:41Small detail.
25:42Last time I checked, PIs don't have subpoena power, so how are you gonna get them to show you their
25:46copies?
25:46Wish is gonna help me with the doctor tomorrow, but Josh, now living under the name Sonny Tedescu, is gonna
25:51be a bit trickier.
25:52Bryce didn't have a current address, so I gotta dig one up.
25:56Hmm.
25:58Mom, check it out!
25:59Hmm?
26:00Uncle RJ's teaching me how to make cheesecake.
26:02Wow.
26:03He didn't even use a cookbook.
26:04Well, you know, it sort of reminds me of this famous prison recipe I know.
26:07It doesn't have to be baked or refrigerated so inmates can make it using ingredients they find in the canteen.
26:12Cheesecake is cheesecake, am I right?
26:15Ooh, your date! I'll get it!
26:18Sophia, it's not my date.
26:19Not even close to my date.
26:23Amazing.
26:24And that's when my father decided that RJ got him in the divorce.
26:31Which reminds me, he texted us the other day, asked how the house hunt was going.
26:36Uh, well, poorly, if I'm being honest, but that's mostly because my not-a-side hustle has been keeping me
26:44busy.
26:45But I repeat, this is all just temporary.
26:48You will be visiting me somewhere new very soon.
26:51Not that we're in any rush.
26:57So, I mean, as long as he's around, I think you ought to make him cook more often.
27:02Yeah.
27:02Yeah.
27:03Well, you know what?
27:04I really do hate to dine and dash, but I've got to get back to the course.
27:09Should I walk you out?
27:11Actually, Mel, could you?
27:13Mm-hmm.
27:14I mean, you know, it's just a paperwork thing.
27:25It's not a paperwork thing.
27:28Yeah.
27:28No, I...
27:30I'm a detective.
27:31I, uh...
27:32I detected that.
27:34I don't want to create problems, but I couldn't help picking up that you don't exactly love him living here.
27:41I didn't say that.
27:42No, you did not.
27:43But if that's how you feel, I just want you to know that you can call me.
27:48And you would?
27:49I would tell RJ that I think he needs a different situation.
27:54I want the best for everyone that I supervise.
27:58I'm rooting for all of them.
27:59But successful reintegration into society is complicated.
28:04And it shouldn't cost others their own happy home.
28:09You decide you want him gone?
28:12Give me a call.
28:13I'll be the bad guy and no one else would need to know.
28:17Call it a professional courtesy.
28:21Good night.
28:21Good night.
28:44How'd it go?
28:45Well...
28:46You win some, you lose some.
28:47Your client's doctor was unwilling to prescribe human growth hormone to satisfy my curiosity on what might grow when you
28:55take it.
28:56Okay.
28:57On the other hand...
28:58Hey, you got the file. Good work.
29:02Yeah, a little lady running the records room had to abandon her station when a toilet in the restroom very
29:07mysteriously began to overflow.
29:13Is that not the copy you're looking for?
29:15No.
29:16No.
29:16No coffee ring on page 16.
29:18Plus, every one of these pages is marked for internal use only.
29:21They must have done that when the doctor took Bryce on as a patient.
29:24All right.
29:24So, wherever the blackmailer laid his hands on Bryce's records...
29:28Yeah, he didn't do it here.
29:29Okay.
29:31Hey, Kath, what's up?
29:32Hey, I was in our assignment meeting at the Herald this morning when a familiar name popped up.
29:37Sonny Tedesco?
29:38He's your client's old friend from San Francisco, right?
29:41Yeah.
29:41I mean, well, Bryce thinks they were friends.
29:42I'm not so sure he isn't the blackmailer, though.
29:45Yeah, he isn't.
29:46He was executed out in Sunrose this morning, gunned down in his doorway.
29:50What?
29:51Whoever did it wrote the Chinese symbol for a thief on the house.
29:54I thought you wanted to let your client know.
29:56Looks like someone brought the triad to town.
30:12Bryce!
30:12Jeez!
30:13You scared me!
30:17Guys?
30:18You the one that's been doing this, Alan?
30:20Did you give Josh up to the triad?
30:22Who to the what now?
30:24Josh!
30:25My friend!
30:26Josh!
30:27Did you have him killed?
30:28Was it some sort of a warning to me?
30:30Why?
30:31Bryce!
30:31Please!
30:32I don't understand.
30:33Bryce was keeping medical records in the cabinet over there.
30:36They're connected to everything that's going on between him and his family.
30:40We came in here this morning to get them.
30:42They're gone.
30:43I don't understand.
30:44Medical records?
30:45Bryce!
30:46Buddy, this is crazy.
30:47I would never do anything to hurt you.
30:48You're the only one who's in this office unaccompanied.
30:51What are you talking about?
30:52Bryce.
30:52No one else even has a key.
30:54Bryce, wait!
30:54Stop!
30:55That door jam looks like it was repaired pretty recently.
30:59So what?
30:59So, was there a break in it here?
31:01If there had been, do you think I wouldn't have mentioned it to you?
31:04He's right.
31:05That's not from a break in it.
31:06It was the firefighters.
31:08What firefighters?
31:10It was like a month ago when you were up in D.C. for that conference.
31:13Some kids got into the storefront downstairs one night, let off some fireworks as a prank.
31:17When I got in in the morning, there were firemen all over.
31:20They forced their way in to make sure no embers got in.
31:22Why didn't you tell me about that?
31:25I don't know.
31:25Why would I?
31:26I called a handyman.
31:27He fixed the jam.
31:28That was it.
31:28Who cares?
31:29If you don't believe me, go downstairs and see for yourself.
31:35These idiot kids could have burned down the whole building.
31:38I'm not so sure it was kids.
31:41All this could have been staged as cover for someone to get upstairs and go through your files.
31:46The guy who's been tormenting us.
31:48If he was the one that busted through the door, there'd be no way to tell after the firefighters came
31:52through.
31:52Yeah, that's one possibility.
31:54Is there another one?
31:55What if the guy that was trying to get upstairs was one of the firefighters?
32:01Positions!
32:02Positions!
32:03Positions!
32:03All right, we got one down.
32:04Play it first.
32:05Here we go.
32:05Look alive, Brooks.
32:07Charge it!
32:07Charge it!
32:08Charge it!
32:08Play!
32:09Finish the play!
32:09The first!
32:10Yeah!
32:11That'll win a beat!
32:12That'll win a beat!
32:17You know, I'd like to go a minute.
32:19Got it.
32:24You ready all right?
32:25Yeah, I just want to let you know, Bryce and his family, they won't be there when you
32:30get home tonight.
32:31You find the person who's messing with them?
32:34Yeah, man, I'm speaking.
32:35Yeah, I did.
32:38How long you been a firefighter, Vince?
32:42Yeah, I saw your t-shirt yesterday.
32:45Fort Lauderdale's Bravies.
32:46It had the logo on everything.
32:48Yeah, you lit that car on fire the other night.
32:51And later you came back with the rest of your company and put it out.
32:55All so you could walk through the front door in a respirator, leave the blackmail the
32:59man without anyone noticing.
33:00Hey, Denny, get your glove down!
33:03Pulled the same trick so you could get into Bryce's office a month ago.
33:06Saw some fireworks so your company would get called in.
33:10Obviously that's when you got his medical records.
33:13Were you looking for him?
33:15You'd already have an idea that Bryce wasn't who he said he was?
33:18Something about Bryce just never added up.
33:21So what?
33:21You went looking for secrets so you hit the mother load?
33:24You said what I don't understand, what Bryce doesn't understand, is why?
33:27Why?
33:29He says you guys weren't close to his pals through coaching.
33:31But this?
33:31This is something you do to someone you hate.
33:34Attaboy!
33:35That's what I'm talking about.
33:36That right there.
33:37You see that?
33:38Brooks is a natural shortstop.
33:41Not an outfielder.
33:43Shortstop.
33:47Vince, are you saying you did all this so Brooks could take over Henry's position?
33:50Is that what you're saying?
33:51Don't give me a roll.
33:52Henry, he's a huge talent but he could play anywhere.
33:55Shortstop is for Brooks.
33:58Do you know how early kids get scouted these days?
34:02And I don't mean pros, I'm talking traveling teams, sports academies, even some colleges.
34:08The places that put you on the path to the pros.
34:12No way should Bryce get to take that away from my son.
34:18So what, you go and kill his ex-partner?
34:20Yeah, that's right.
34:21I know you didn't stick to try it on him.
34:24I know you killed him yourself.
34:26The paint you used to draw the symbol on his house was the same paint you used on the Danners'
34:30garage.
34:32The Danners were told to run.
34:35Hell, I took them in so that they could hear me telling them,
34:37Guys, I'd run.
34:40But they had you in their ear, telling them that you'd help.
34:45Maybe they needed to see what could happen.
34:51It's funny.
34:53I wonder why you just didn't take this all to the cops.
34:58Right.
35:00You can't.
35:01Because you'd know the first thing that I'd start talking about who Bryce really is.
35:07Loud.
35:09So loud, they'd hear it all the way in San Francisco.
35:16Kenny, come on, don't be afraid of the ball.
35:18He ain't gonna hop up and bite you.
35:39I didn't mean to scare you, but I have to tell you something.
35:41Well, if it's that you're moving out, I promise my heart will go on.
35:44No, it's not that.
35:52So, this firefighter, you like him for the murder out in sunrise this morning, but we even question him about
36:00it, and he'll start screaming from the rafters that your client has a triad bounty on his head.
36:05Yeah, that's right.
36:06That'll get him killed, his wife, his kids.
36:09And yet...
36:10And yet he killed someone.
36:12Somebody barely knew, for no reason.
36:15If you were hoping, I would know some way to put this guy away and keep him quiet.
36:20But you're right.
36:22What this guy did, he can't stand.
36:26I have a friend, ex-Woodsek.
36:28She might have some ideas on how to help the family.
36:30No, no, no.
36:31They shouldn't have to relocate.
36:32That's the thing.
36:34That'd be like asking you and Kath and Sophia to relocate.
36:39And what they have, what you have.
36:41And no one should be able to take that away from them.
36:43No one.
36:49And yet...
36:50Try it.
36:52Yeah.
36:52Think about what it would be like for your clients.
36:55Seeing those guys in your sleep for the rest of your life.
36:59How would you do any of the things you want to do, knowing they could be around the next corner?
37:07Yeah.
37:09How would you do the things you want to do?
37:21Over here.
37:28I'll admit, I was surprised to hear from you this morning.
37:31I thought we said all we had to say yesterday.
37:35Well, you know, I thought that conversation was a little one-sided.
37:40Plus, I wanted to show you these.
37:41Take a seat.
37:48Oh, Jesus.
37:50Yeah.
37:50Crime scene photos.
37:52Different guys in different parts of the country, all killed by triad execution squads.
38:00They are a creative bunch, aren't they?
38:04See these two?
38:08They were killed in prison. That's important, Vince.
38:11Because that's where you're going.
38:15I thought I made myself pretty clear yesterday.
38:18I get arrested.
38:19You tell the world Bryce Tanner. It's really Bryce Wachtell, I know.
38:23Thing is, you do that, your picture's going to end up in here, too.
38:28I'm not the one they think stole a million bucks.
38:30Oh, but you will be.
38:31That's the other thing I wanted to show you.
38:36Take a look.
38:40What the hell is Shadowblade Enterprises?
38:42It's a company you've owned for almost 15 years now.
38:45The same company that stole that million bucks from the triad back when Bryce and his old partner were doing
38:49their books.
38:50I've never even set foot in San Francisco.
38:52You haven't.
38:53You have.
38:55At least according to these papers.
38:58You have.
39:01You really think I'm afraid of a bunch of phony-ass papers?
39:04You should be.
39:06Because if there's one thing this whole nightmare has made Bryce very, very good at, it's falsifying tax and legal
39:11documents.
39:12Think about it.
39:13All the stuff he had to whip up to start a new life out here.
39:16All the forms.
39:16My friend, she's a police detective.
39:18She says this is some of the best work she's ever seen.
39:24Actually, she's sitting right over there.
39:30You see, in a minute, you're gonna walk over there.
39:32You're gonna confess to killing Bryce's old partner in Sunrise yesterday.
39:36You can say it was for reasons.
39:39Whatever.
39:40Anything but the truth.
39:42Because this is important, Vince.
39:44You say one word about Bryce.
39:46Anything happens to him or his family.
39:50A copy of these documents gets sent to a lawyer in San Francisco.
39:53A lawyer with serious ties to the triad.
40:04It's rough!
40:06It's rough, it's rough.
40:11It's rough!
40:13It's funny anything.
40:17It's rough.
40:17It's rough.
40:17It's rough.
40:19Because I know flesh.
40:20Everything seems rough.
40:21Turning around.
40:21It's rough.
40:22It's rough.
40:25It's rough.
40:30Henry seems good
40:32Kids are resilient
40:33I don't know, I can't wrap my head around it
40:35My third base coach is a psychopath
40:37Man, could he run a good practice
40:40How's Molly doing?
40:42She was getting there
40:43She didn't love finding out I hid all that stuff from him
40:45But she understands, honestly
40:48Speaking of wives
40:50Where's your exits?
40:52I don't know, good question
40:55Hey
40:56Everybody having a good time?
40:57Oh, great time
40:59And yet, here you are, only from the group
41:02Mm-hmm
41:04Want to talk about my offer?
41:05I do, actually
41:07I wanted to say thanks, but no thanks
41:10You sure?
41:15No
41:17But you know how they say you can't pick your family?
41:21I don't think you can unpick them either
41:24I'm gonna pick
41:25I don't want to start singing
41:27I ain't got them good enough
41:29I'm gonna sing
41:31I ain't got them good enough
41:32I ain't got them good enough
41:34How you going?
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