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RJ Decker - Season 1 - Episode 07: You've Got Bale
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00:01Previously on RJ Decker
00:04Levi Brenner just got out of Apalachee
00:06Well, if he comes looking for me again, he ain't gonna find me here
00:08I'm going home
00:10You want a tour, I can tell
00:11Call it morbid curiosity
00:14When I tried to apologize for what I said at your trial
00:17You didn't want to hear it
00:18If you think I don't know, it was under words from your father
00:20It was, but it was still wrong
00:23I'm sorry
00:25That house where your pretty ex-wife lives
00:27With her pretty new wife and her pretty little daughter
00:30Never come within miles with me
00:31I didn't break in
00:33That's bold
00:33I'm telling the truth
00:37Three, two, one
00:42The playground at Rosa Romero Elementary reopened today
00:46Welcoming students for the first time since Hurricane Martin
00:48Tore through the area six months ago
00:50Florida State Senator Victor Ochoa made the playground's restoration
00:53A key part of his broader storm recovery initiative
00:56Recovery isn't about bricks or budgets
00:59It's about investing in people
01:02In hope
01:07Hey, just a couple more things
01:09Yeah, and then I'm gonna go to the lottery line
01:13Okay
01:15Thank you
01:16Customer assistance
01:16E.V. Gary
01:18Pistler
01:18Price check on item 2.17
01:40Thanks for shopping your whippies.
01:49Sir? Excuse me, sir? I think you forgot to pay for that.
01:55Oh, I'm sorry. Did I miss something?
01:58Yeah, the whole cart. Your friend in the lotto line, she bagged him up to look paid for when you
02:02walked out.
02:03Dude, how is this any of your business?
02:05My name is R.J. Decker, loss prevention detective.
02:09That sounds made up.
02:10It's not made up. I'm under contract with the Whippies chain.
02:13I blend in and I watch. I make sure nothing goes out unpaid.
02:17So you're an undercover supermarket cop?
02:21Most days, I'm a PI.
02:24Produce inspector?
02:25No, man. I'm a private.
02:28You know what? I want to go back inside. We'll sort this out quietly. No cops.
02:33Right. Yeah, why wouldn't you call the cops?
02:34Because cops mean reports and statements and a court date six months from now
02:39where I gotta wear a tie and explain shrinkflation to a judge.
02:41I don't want that. You don't want that.
02:44Don't take the eggs, man.
02:46You take the eggs, I'm gonna chase you.
02:48Please?
02:49Oh, honey! I haven't paid for those yet!
02:54There she goes.
02:59I'll just pay for the eggs.
03:06You have a runner?
03:07Yeah.
03:08Weak morals, but strong lads.
03:11This is true.
03:11Leave everything here. I'll put it back on the shelf myself. Okay?
03:14Okay.
03:15Thanks, Arturo.
03:16Now, smile!
03:17Catch you next one!
03:44Yeah, you forgot about dinner I forgot about dinner
03:48I waited 30 minutes
03:52that reservation wasn't easy to get even for me long day have a beer with me an apology beer please
04:03coming right up
04:08here you go so what happened grand theft avocado at work today no i was working on the robbery at
04:17mel and cass house i thought that was your old prison buddy the guy who robbed the armored truck
04:22well it turns out he and his partner they had an alibi he said someone else must be coming after
04:26us i think he might be just messing with my head because i've been at it a week now and
04:30everything
04:30says run-of-the-mill burglar to me a lot of work for run-of-the-mill well mel's daughter
04:36sophia
04:37she's been having nightmares since it happened so i figured catch the guy we uh we go sleep better
04:42hmm is this a suspect to be determined yeah a neighbor reported seeing a suspicious man in
04:52the neighborhood there's just the type who sees a lot of suspicious men in the neighborhood
04:55yeah so who knows
05:02you look amazing by the way i know
05:10oh this tastes like hot yoga yeah it's the uh it's the hops buy better beer at the supermarket tomorrow
05:19hey that's it let me make it up to you the dinner please
05:25good luck with your side quest
05:34night crew never tosses their boxes who closed wait let me guess terry
05:42man works hard all night making sure none of this gets done
06:03what the hell that didn't sound like boxes
06:25it's not a smash and grab honest to goodness coordinated op clean entry and egress they got
06:36away with close to 10 grand in inventory okay it's one of our cops for a robbery huh well the
06:41crew that
06:41did did this they didn't just rob us they killed one of our employees what arturo correa arturo the
06:50sweet old guy that works at the front that killed him 85 years old been with us for decades and
06:55get
06:55this he was just three weeks from retirement okay i'm confused why was he working at night can't wax
07:00the floors while stores open kerps restrained him in an office chair killed him then threw his body in the
07:06the baler the baler the baler the thing that crushes up the boxes sarah the stock clerk found the body
07:13she worried that she killed him when she turned the baler on but i told her liver temp indicated
07:17he'd been dead for at least four hours prior
07:22how do you know all that i've heard a couple of csu guys talking okay also i watch bones of
07:29course
07:31there were ligature marks on arturo's neck strong evidence of strangulation as cause of death emmy
07:38still needs to confirm but bruising doesn't happen post-mortem sir step away from the tape yeah yeah
07:44of course i'm not going to warn you again my bad yeah gavin just to be clear my fee structure
07:51after change is when the job goes from loss prevention to homicide oh you're not here to
07:58solve the murder you're here to find my stolen inventory oh okay so watch what happens at 11 56.
08:11so i'm thinking emp device like an oceans 11. an emp device to rob a supermarket well danny ocean
08:20stole what a couple hundred mil retail theft is a hundred billion dollar industry okay well let's
08:25assume for a second this wasn't the work of danny ocean the cameras can only be shut down from the
08:29inside pull up the backroom feeds we talked about this cameras in the back room and we talked about
08:38this day one i i know i know i've been waiting for corporate to approve the request and that takes
08:42time
08:44all right well what about arturo any of the guys who did this they coerced him he turned off the
08:48cameras
08:49first thing the cops and i checked yeah i see all right pull up all the feeds the the sales
08:57floor
08:57all of them pull them up for me yeah yeah yeah
09:11there watch the bottom shelf on the left there
09:16you said the police didn't find any evidence of a break and it's because it wasn't a break in
09:20it was a break out
09:31okay so he camps on the shuttle closing kills the cameras then signals his crew to roll in but they
09:38hit a snack they weren't alone and arturo stumbles onto them yeah it's the tidy version i checked out the
09:44electrical ring panels breakers circuit boards everywhere this guy's not finding the switch to
09:49cut the power by accident you think it was an inside job actually i know it was watch this
09:57mira if i didn't know a guy died last night i would post that yeah but watch same time different
10:02part of the store see arturo hears the cans but he goes right on working check his face it's the
10:06same
10:07look you give me when i moved the thermostat by like one degree irritation yeah you think our victim
10:12was the inside man i talked to the guy that hired me arturo was weeks away from retirement but i
10:17dug
10:17deeper he was getting pushed out arturo decided to stick it to the store and then his partner stuck
10:24it to him store closes at 10 9 50. and then this was planned it was coordinated if arturo was
10:34involved
10:34we need to talk to his family see who's been hanging out with lately
10:42the supermarket thinks you're out looking for their groceries but the truth is you're just using
10:47that to go out onto a murder investigation you know what i knew arturo okay i liked him he was
10:52always
10:52working hard always smiling besides we find the groceries we find the killer here we go
11:00uh excuse me we're looking for arturo's daughter maria
11:15i don't speak spanish either
11:22don't mind baltazar he's an old amargao enjoys being difficult we're just looking for maria
11:28she's inside in the kitchen thank you
11:34i hope you don't mind me saying but you don't seem all that surprised your dad might have been
11:38involved in a robbery i'm not not exactly i just thought this part of his life was in the past
11:44your
11:44father had a criminal history no not like you think he was an anti-castro dissident in cuba
11:50he wasn't violent he wasn't about arson or or bombs he was about theft
11:58sabotage being a thorn in fide castro's side one time he hijacked a government truck full of tvs and
12:03radios confiscated from families labeled gusano sorry um gusanos what's this maggots it was what
12:10castro called anyone who opposed him and did he sell the electronics he gave them back to the families
12:16all of his mischief was for cuba and its people but by 1974 he felt those walls closing in
12:25and he was worried that he would get disappeared so he came here
12:32but he always dreamt of going back but not until cuba was free again how do you take the idea
12:38of
12:38retiring from the supermarket hate it is exiles don't know the meaning of slowing down we think that
12:44frustration got him tangled up with the wrong people they killed him to get his cut of the
12:48profits um do you know who these guys might be the taller one no but the short one with the
13:01limp
13:01that's my father's oldest friend balthazar did you say balthazar
13:07i was in the neighborhood why are you really here
13:37i'm here to talk about this
13:57can i help you uh tony cruz i'm detective abreu this is mr decker looking for your father balthazar
14:03is he home is he home yeah uh hang on i'll just go get him
14:09papi
14:12papi jazen
14:13papi uh mr cruz everything okay i don't know my dad just climbed out of the window in the back
14:26out
14:27go go go go go go
14:44We just want to ask some questions.
14:46The sidewalk ends at about 100 yards.
14:48You're really going to take this onto the streets?
14:50Because I've got to say, I do not like your chances.
14:55All we want to know is where you were between the hours of 10 p.m.
14:58and 1 a.m. last night.
14:59That's it.
15:00Let me see.
15:02Ah, yes.
15:04With your mother.
15:05Was your mom hiding behind a bunch of paper towels on a shelf last night?
15:08Because we know you were, Mr. Cruz.
15:10We have video.
15:11Foul.
15:12Deepfake.
15:13Why'd you run from this, then?
15:15Yes, I'm allergic to fascists.
15:17Funny.
15:18I'm allergic to guys who kill their oldest friends
15:20who take their share of the proceeds from a heist.
15:23Okay.
15:24I helped Arturo rub the store.
15:27But I did not kill him.
15:28Okay.
15:29Who did that?
15:32El G2.
15:33Habla en serio.
15:34Es verdad.
15:35El G2.
15:35What is this?
15:36Is this a gang?
15:36Sort of.
15:37It's the G2.
15:38Cuban intelligence service.
15:39It's like their version of the CIA.
15:41What do you mean?
15:42Like spies?
15:43Arturo was not murdered.
15:45Arturo was assassinated.
15:56As all of us, it was a three-man crew.
16:01Arturo planned everything.
16:02I hide, wait for the store to close, go back, cut the power, reload the truck, leave Arturo tied up.
16:11Wait for the morning shift to find him and make it look like he's an innocent victim.
16:14You were right about Arturo not wanting to retire.
16:17But the store, they say, oh, you're old, useless.
16:22That's how the Cuban government would do it.
16:25Decide for you.
16:27No.
16:28You mean like when you were dissidents?
16:30Activistas.
16:31If you didn't promise freedom, justice, instead we get fear, misery.
16:38The people who had money, they left, Arturo and I.
16:42We stayed.
16:44Somebody had to fight.
16:45One time.
16:48One time we even broke into el Banco Nacional.
16:53You robbed the bank?
16:54Only to take what already belonged to the people.
16:58Por la patria.
16:59For the homeland.
17:00Los militantes question us.
17:02They beat us.
17:03Gave me the stupid limp.
17:05They could prove nothing.
17:08But we knew eventually it wouldn't matter what they could prove.
17:14Mm-hmm.
17:15So you fled.
17:16Came here.
17:17You started over here in America.
17:18We resisted even here.
17:19We helped others escape.
17:21We rammed boats to save the balseros.
17:24But now, we're old.
17:28The fight is different.
17:29We work with other exiles to send donations.
17:33What about the donations you helped yourself to at the store?
17:36You did that.
17:37Where are those?
17:37On a Caribbean cruise to Havana.
17:42Arturo was like, was like family.
17:48I yell at him for 50 years.
17:52But kill him?
17:55No.
17:57Nunca.
17:59Erobermano.
18:00It was the regime.
18:02They are finally coming for us.
18:05Give us the name of the third member of your crew.
18:08The guy that helped you hide behind the paper towels.
18:11You think I'm some crazy old man?
18:13You think he killed Arturo?
18:15Maybe we just want to make sure the G2, they don't get him next.
18:20The third man, he and I left together.
18:23He never hurt Arturo.
18:26The assassin.
18:27He must have been just minutes behind.
18:30Too late for us.
18:32But not Arturo.
18:39I need to send a letter to Fidel.
18:42Ahora mismo.
18:43Si.
18:48Dale, dale, dale.
18:49Muchas gracias.
18:52A letter to Fidel?
18:54That's an old Cuban expression.
18:55It means he has to use the bathroom.
18:56Hmm?
18:58Mm-hmm.
18:59Mm-hmm.
19:05So I don't think you killed Arturo, but all this spy and assassin stuff, you buying it?
19:09I mean, I believe he believes it.
19:13Yeah.
19:13Mi abuela, she would talk about the revolution.
19:16When Castro took over, neighbors turned on each other.
19:18You know, one accusation, one word, gusano.
19:21Armed militantes would drag you from your home.
19:24Executions, they weren't just public.
19:25They were televised.
19:27Now, do I think a spy killed Arturo over powdered milk?
19:30No.
19:30I still like a tercer hombre, the third man.
19:33Yeah, Baltazar said they left together.
19:35Yeah, he could have circled back, strangled Arturo while he was still tied up.
19:39Odds of getting his name out of Baltazar.
19:42I'll charge him with theft, lean on him with jail time, but if he really withstood torture from the regime,
19:48I'll do probably zero.
20:07Decker investigation, Slope.
20:09Mr. Decker.
20:10Yeah.
20:10I'm sorry to call so early.
20:12My name is Isabel.
20:13I am a friend of Arturo's.
20:15We met at his house yesterday.
20:16Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
20:17Hi, uh, the front yard.
20:18I remember.
20:19How can I help you?
20:19His daughter told me you're investigating what happened.
20:22She gave me your number.
20:24I, I may have information for you.
20:34I usually go all the way to Hialeah for a café con leche this perfect.
20:38Owner of Ventanita on Calle Ocho may have let his family recipe slip after one too many rum shots one
20:45night.
20:48So, you were saying on the phone you, you might know something about what happened to Arturo.
20:53I sometimes help out at an exile advocacy group.
20:57Oh, is it the same one Baltazar and Arturo belong to?
21:00Yeah.
21:01The last time we met, I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but sometimes old men talk louder than they realize.
21:08A few weeks ago, I heard them talking about un trabajito.
21:12A, a little job.
21:13You speak Spanish?
21:15We poco.
21:16Do you think they were talking about the Whippy's robbery?
21:20At the time, I didn't know what they meant.
21:22Hmm.
21:23But now, yes.
21:25I heard them say they wanted to bring in Danny, Arturo's grandson, to help.
21:30The boy has trouble in him.
21:33Criminal trouble.
21:34Gang friends.
21:36He's been arrested for stealing.
21:39A few months ago, Arturo brought him to my house to help with repairs.
21:43Days later, things were missing.
21:45And I just knew.
21:47I told Arturo.
21:49But he didn't want to believe it.
21:51And now Arturo is dead.
21:53And according to Maria, Danny disappeared yesterday.
21:59What do you mean disappeared?
22:00Maria told him Arturo had died and he just left.
22:04She thinks he's grieving, but...
22:06You think he may actually be on the run.
22:08I mean, the street value of what they stole is worth just under 10K.
22:13Do you really think Danny would kill his own abuela to get his share?
22:16Ay, mijo.
22:18I've seen family turn on family for less.
22:24Is there something else?
22:26I know finding Arturo's killer is what matters.
22:30But if you find Danny, could you also look for the things he took from me?
22:38Of course.
22:39Yeah, I'll do what I can.
22:40Thank you, mijo.
22:43What do you got?
22:44John Doe.
22:45I spotted him during my regular patrol at the bike path.
22:47Thought he might have fallen asleep.
22:49Well, then I saw the wounds to his neck.
22:50No wallet, no phone.
22:52Probably stolen.
22:53Thought about canvassing the nursing home to see if anyone's missing any residence.
22:56Uh, no need.
22:56I can make the ID.
23:00His name's Balthazar Cruz.
23:02He was in the station last night.
23:05He even used our bathroom.
23:12His son, Tony, bailed him out last night.
23:15They got into an argument.
23:17Balthazar didn't like being lectured, so he left.
23:19Tony said he went to the park sometimes to clear his head.
23:21Any cameras in the area?
23:23None that caught anything useful.
23:24On the plus side, the Emmy did pull skin from under his nails.
23:28So Balthazar fought back.
23:30We're running it through CODIS.
23:32Any luck, we'll find a match.
23:34You might want to run it against Arturo's DNA, too.
23:37See if you get a familial hit.
23:39I met with one of Arturo's friends this morning.
23:41She thinks his grandson, Danny, might be our third man.
23:44She told me he's been in trouble with the law before,
23:45and that he took off right after Arturo's body was found.
23:49Balthazar thought the stuff they stole was already on its way to Cuba.
23:52Maybe it wasn't.
23:53Maybe Danny stashed it somewhere.
23:55Now, with Balthazar dead...
23:57There's no one left to split the take.
23:59I'll put out an APB on Danny.
24:07Papi.
24:08The whole back patio.
24:10At lunch hour, no less.
24:12You know this isn't good for Joaquin's business.
24:16I like the quiet.
24:18You wanted to see me because...
24:21Actually, you set this meeting.
24:22The only reason to visit Ray at a shop is to summon me.
24:27So, tell me.
24:29How can I help?
24:33Ray wouldn't admit it.
24:34But I know he broke into a home
24:36owned by a Fort Lauderdale homicide detective
24:39and a journalist for the Broward County Herald.
24:42Just like I know you're the one who asked him to do it.
24:47Nothing to say.
24:50Sorry.
24:52I was just thinking about my old friend, Ed Carter.
24:56How he had a very honest conversation with you.
25:01Only to find out later you were wearing a wire.
25:04Do you think I would do that to you?
25:06These days, mija?
25:07The things you do.
25:09The company you keep.
25:12None of it makes much sense to me.
25:17Explain that.
25:19That journalist you mentioned, Catherine Delacroix?
25:22A few weeks ago, it becomes apparent she's taking an interest in our family.
25:26She starts making calls.
25:29Calls get made to me.
25:31I find out that she used to be married to someone we both know.
25:38Are you really going to pretend that you haven't been in touch with RJ, Declan?
25:43What we did to him?
25:45Was for what he did to Lucas.
25:47Lucas, who was in the commission of a crime that night.
25:49Lucas, who threw the first punch.
25:51No one hurts an Ochoa and gets away with it.
25:54It's not sincere, you're going to ask.
25:59The night Ray broke into the house.
26:03Was he looking for something, or was it just to scare them?
26:08How many years have I protected you from the things you don't want to know?
26:13Are you really asking me to stop now?
26:18Maybe I am.
26:23Let's just say Ray won't be paying them a second visit.
26:32If you're thinking about telling your new friend, I wouldn't.
26:36You sound afraid.
26:38He has a temper, Mija.
26:40Just ask your brother.
26:43The last thing I would want is for things to...
26:48Escalate.
27:02First my father, not Bata, sir.
27:04Mm-hmm.
27:05And you have no idea who killed them?
27:07Specifically, no.
27:09But we think there's a good chance it was the people or person they were planning on selling the goods
27:13to.
27:14I can't believe those viejos dragged my son into their stupid plan.
27:18You help me find him.
27:19I can keep him safe before the police get a handle on what's going on.
27:23He took his grandfather's death very hard.
27:27Danny fell into the wrong crowd after his father died.
27:32He made bad choices.
27:36But my father saw a bit of himself in Danny.
27:40You know, he pulled him back.
27:42He taught him the difference between good trouble and bad.
27:45When I told Danny he was gone, he...
27:48He couldn't even speak.
27:50He just drove off in his grandfather's car.
27:52He even forgot to take his phone.
27:57I'm sorry, Danny left his phone behind?
27:59I think it was the shock.
28:00And you have no idea where he might have gone.
28:02I'm sorry.
28:04May I?
28:06Your dad's wearing two hearing aids here.
28:09But I know CSU only recovered one from the scene.
28:12I'm not surprised.
28:13He was always losing one or the other.
28:15My ex-wife's grandmother, she had the same problem.
28:17But she had an app to help her locate them.
28:18My father's hearing aids were trackable, too.
28:21He ever leave them in his car?
28:22All the time.
28:25Why?
28:29If I'm right, your dad's car is at the Starlight Sands Motel in Florida City.
28:34Does that...
28:35Does that mean anything to you?
28:37If Danny went there, I have no idea why.
29:16Hey, what's up?
29:17Report just came back from the lab.
29:19The DNA under Balthazar's fingernails isn't a match for his grandson.
29:22You're saying I just drove all the way to Florida City for no reason?
29:25What?
29:26Nothing. Sorry.
29:27Here's the crazy part.
29:28The DNA is a match for DNA from an unsolved homicide back in 92.
29:3392?
29:34It was a Cuban defector.
29:35Gave up intel on Cuban operatives inside the U.S. in exchange for asylum.
29:39Case went cold, but the FBI always suspected the G2.
29:42And get this.
29:42The murder weapon was some kind of ligature.
29:45Same as Arturo and Balthazar.
29:47Yeah, exactly.
29:49Oh, hey, I gotta go.
29:50That's my friend at the FBI.
29:52I gotta tell her there might really be a Cuban spy out there.
29:55Hey.
29:57Are you the guy?
29:59Come on, man. Are you him?
30:00My name's RJ Decker. I'm a private investigator.
30:03I'm here because I think he might be in danger, Danny.
30:05I know you helped the grandfather and his friend rob that grocery store.
30:10They're dead.
30:11I'm worried you could be next.
30:12I heard about Balthazar on the news.
30:15How do I know you're not the one who killed him and me, Abuelo?
30:17You don't.
30:19But take this. I'll stand here.
30:20You call the cops. They come get us both.
30:23A minute ago you said, are you the guy?
30:25What did that mean?
30:26Are you supposed to meet someone here?
30:29I don't know his name.
30:31Abuelo just told me that if anything ever happened to him,
30:34I had to get this lockbox he kept under his floorboards in his room,
30:38bring it here, he said, to this motel,
30:40and wait for someone to come and pick it up.
30:41Did you say why you had to do all that?
30:44He just said, por la patria.
30:46For the homeland.
30:48This is going to sound kind of crazy,
30:49but I think maybe it's why him and Balthazar were killed.
30:54Where's the box now, Danny?
31:05You didn't open it.
31:06I didn't think I should.
31:08Uh, Abuelo, back in the day, he was like a,
31:11I don't know, like a Robin Hood meets James Bond.
31:14He was a, uh...
31:16Dissident. Yeah, I know.
31:17The stories he told me, the stuff he got out to,
31:20could be anything in there.
31:21Like microfilm or plans for some nerve gas
31:25for tapes to feel on the Russians, you know?
31:27Por la patria, that's all I know.
31:30Bore your knife.
31:43Well, it's very nice your grandfather
31:45wanted the Cuban people to have this,
31:47but of all the things I've heard
31:48are in short supply there,
31:52baseballs are not one of them.
32:04I can't believe Abuelo would do me like this, man.
32:08Punk me or test me,
32:10whatever this whole thing was.
32:14Danny, Arturo, he was what?
32:16He was 85 years old.
32:17Maybe he lost a step.
32:19He got confused.
32:20No, man, no, he was, he was sharp as a tack.
32:24Your mom, she told me how close you guys were.
32:27Yeah, when I was, uh, struggling
32:32and making bad decisions,
32:35Abuelo, he didn't punish me,
32:37he didn't even lecture.
32:38He just, he gave me jobs to do, you know?
32:43A reason to show up and do better.
32:46I just, I would have done anything he asked.
32:48Like rob a supermarket?
32:49We didn't steal from that store just for money.
32:52It was for the people struggling in Cuba.
32:54Let's pretend for a second this does matter.
32:56Did Arturo ever say anything
32:58about what was inside the box?
33:00No, just that,
33:02that he took it from right under Fidel's nose
33:03and that he didn't want to return to Cuba
33:06until its people were free.
33:07You know, I figured some friend
33:09or some other dissident would show up
33:11to get off my hands,
33:12but the only person who showed up was you.
33:15Yeah, say some guy was supposed to meet you.
33:17He could have been Arturo's age, older.
33:19Maybe the reason it didn't show
33:21is because he's been gone for years.
33:23So what do we do now?
33:25Well, we're going to tell your mom you're safe.
33:27Then you should sleep here tonight.
33:29There's a fold-out cot in the storage closet.
33:31I'll get it.
33:32Tomorrow morning,
33:33we're going to go to the police.
33:35We're going to tell them everything,
33:36including how you helped rob that store.
33:38Okay?
33:41Yeah, I understand.
33:44Danny,
33:46don't go disappearing again, okay?
33:49No, I won't.
33:51I bought Lori's me better than that.
33:57Oh!
34:07Hey, Decker Investigations.
34:09Mr. Decker,
34:09this is Claire at Emmy Ochoa's office.
34:12She asked me to set a lunch
34:13for the two of you for tomorrow.
34:14You're working pretty late, aren't you, Claire?
34:16I am,
34:17but she said it was important.
34:19If 1230 works for you,
34:20I'll send you an address in the morning.
34:22Sure, you can pencil me in.
34:24Thanks.
34:25Have a good night.
34:26You too.
34:29How's our guest?
34:31Boy, he's out cold.
34:33Yeah, as soon as his head hit the pillow,
34:35that was all she wrote.
34:36Yeah, he's had a rough couple of days.
34:38Yeah.
34:39Um, you, uh,
34:41you're positive he's not
34:43a serial strangler, right?
34:45Oh, yeah, like 90%.
34:47Let me ask you something.
34:49Can you think of any reason
34:50why the Cuban government
34:51would kill two old guys
34:53over a baseball?
34:55Well, it's a fact
34:56Castro thought he was
34:58a hell of a ball player.
34:59He was not.
35:00But maybe he popped that baby
35:02over a fence one time
35:03because some scared pitcher
35:05lobbed him a meatball.
35:06Cubans want to put it
35:07in a museum or something.
35:15Do me a favor.
35:16Go stand over there for me, please.
35:19Okay.
35:24All right, what you got?
35:27Yeah, all right.
35:32Roll it back.
35:37That way it rolls,
35:39that ball ain't regulation.
35:41The guy sits over there
35:42in the Jimmy Buffett tribute band.
35:44He works at an overnight
35:45animal hospital, doesn't he?
35:47Yeah, why?
35:51I'm just saying, Wish,
35:52a favor like this
35:53could be repaid
35:54with a gig at the bar.
35:55You know I've heard you play
35:57before, right?
35:58Yeah, man,
35:58but we're so much better now.
36:00Look, Jimmy himself
36:01couldn't tell the difference
36:02between his
36:02Bama Breeze and ours.
36:04Yeah, baseball talk now,
36:06gig talk later.
36:08All right.
36:08All right.
36:10Who cares?
36:15Well,
36:16orange,
36:16is that what I think it is?
36:18A literal baseball diamond.
36:20It's like the song, man.
36:21Diamond as big as the Reds.
36:24It's like Jimmy's
36:25here with us.
36:26Well, if that thing's real,
36:27that's got to be worth, what,
36:28millions, tens of millions?
36:30Well, in the morning,
36:31I'm going to ask the person
36:32who killed Arturo and Balthazar
36:34because I know who it is now.
36:46Hello.
36:47I'm back.
36:48Sorry to keep you waiting.
36:49This is my friend,
36:50Detective Abreu.
36:51Please.
36:51It was so sweet of you
36:53to bring me this
36:54Café con Leche,
36:55not to mention
36:56recovering some of the items
36:57Danny stole from me.
36:59Well, actually,
36:59it's only one item.
37:01We have it in another room.
37:02Follow me.
37:14My grandfather
37:15didn't get to bring much
37:17when he was exiled,
37:18but he brought this.
37:21He played for a Kipo Kuba.
37:24This.
37:26This was from his last game.
37:30It meant everything to him.
37:32It's a great story.
37:34Can I tell you another one?
37:37Once upon a time,
37:38there was a 25-carat diamond.
37:41It was gifted
37:42to the First Lady of Cuba
37:43almost 100 years ago.
37:45In 1926,
37:46it was embedded
37:47into the floor
37:47of the National Capital Building
37:49in Havana.
37:50In the 40s,
37:51it was replaced
37:51with a replica.
37:52The real stone is,
37:53at least according
37:54to the government,
37:55locked away
37:55in Cuba's central bank.
37:56Now,
37:58imagine if two
37:59anti-Castro troublemakers,
38:01guys like your pals
38:02Arturo and Balthazar,
38:04managed to steal it
38:05in the 1970s
38:06and disappeared.
38:07The regime
38:07would never admit it, right?
38:09It's too embarrassing.
38:10But if a Cuban operative
38:11in Florida
38:12infiltrated
38:12in an exile advocacy group
38:14and overheard two guys
38:15bragging about
38:16robbing that bank,
38:17Havana might put
38:18two and two together
38:19and change
38:19their spy's objective.
38:22Get the diamond back.
38:31Is that?
38:32Is that my coffee?
38:34Mm-hmm, it is.
38:35My friend here,
38:36he didn't bring you
38:36a café con leche
38:37to be nice.
38:38He did it so he could
38:39get your DNA.
38:40Pretty sure it's
38:40going to tie you
38:41to Balthazar's murder
38:42and the execution
38:42of a defector
38:43back in 92.
38:45You're both crazy.
38:47I'm an old woman.
38:49The other day,
38:49you told me
38:50you overheard
38:50Balthazar and Arturo
38:51planning the Whitby's heist,
38:53right?
38:54That part's probably true.
38:55But you also saw
38:56an opportunity.
38:57Arturo would be tied up.
38:58Cameras would be down.
38:59You could walk in,
39:00torture him,
39:01make him tell you
39:01where the diamond was.
39:04Maybe he told you
39:05it was in the baseball.
39:06Maybe it was Balthazar.
39:08By the way,
39:09you made damn sure
39:10it was on the list
39:10of things you said
39:11Danny stole from you.
39:13The list,
39:14by the way,
39:15it's where you slipped up.
39:17Nothing about Danny
39:18said he killed
39:18his grandfather.
39:19Nothing.
39:20So it made me wonder,
39:21who put me on his trail
39:22to begin with?
39:26You.
39:29Arturo and Balthazar
39:31were gusanos
39:32who stole
39:33what didn't belong
39:34to them.
39:35The diamond belongs
39:37to Cuba,
39:38paid for in blood
39:40and revolution.
39:41Oh, my God.
39:42You have the right
39:43to remain silent.
39:44Anything you say
39:45can and will be held
39:46against you
39:47in a court of law.
39:54Okay, so good news.
39:56Talk to my point person
39:57at Whitby's.
39:58They're not going to
39:59press charges for the heist.
40:00Seriously?
40:01You are banned
40:02from ever visiting
40:02another Whitby's location,
40:03but still,
40:05I think it's a pretty good deal.
40:06I just,
40:07I still can't believe
40:08it was Isabel
40:08out there killing people.
40:09She was always so nice.
40:11Yeah, she was my first spy.
40:13007,
40:1429 years old.
40:16But I guess the good ones,
40:17they're good actors.
40:19I'm just,
40:19I'm glad she didn't get
40:20what she was after.
40:23How about that?
40:25According to the feds,
40:26the Cuban government
40:27is officially denying
40:28the diamond was ever stolen.
40:30Yeah, they're still claiming
40:31it's safe and sound
40:32inside their vault in Havana.
40:35I swear if Pablo Loziri
40:36would laugh so hard at that.
40:38It gets funnier.
40:40The Cubans won't admit
40:41the diamond was ever stolen
40:42from them.
40:42They can't claim it.
40:44For now,
40:45the diamond's locked up
40:46in evidence
40:46until Isabel is prosecuted.
40:47But when the dust settles,
40:51there's a very good chance
40:52the diamond will be returned
40:54to you.
40:55What?
40:55It was your grandfather's.
40:57You were the last one
40:58in possession.
41:00What the hell
41:00am I supposed to do with it?
41:01For me,
41:02I would sell it
41:02very publicly.
41:04If the Cubans
41:04are going to send more spies,
41:05it won't be you
41:06they're coming after.
41:07You could buy yourself
41:09and your mom
41:10the future your grandfather
41:11fought to make possible.
41:14Or?
41:15Or you could use the money
41:16to honor his legacy.
41:18Find new ways
41:19to help the people
41:20he was trying to help.
41:22Por la patria.
41:28Por la patria.
41:44Excuse me.
41:45I have a reservation
41:46under my friend's name,
41:47Emmy Ochoa,
41:48but it doesn't look like
41:49you guys are open yet.
41:50We are open,
41:51Mr. Decker.
41:53Just for us.
41:56Pleasure to finally meet you.
42:00Emilia will not be joining us.
42:02It wasn't her office
42:03that set this meeting,
42:04it was mine.
42:05Yeah, kind of figured.
42:06I apologize for the subterfuge,
42:08but I thought it was time
42:09you and I had a chat.
42:11About?
42:13I assumed it was obvious.
42:15I'd like to know
42:18what exactly are your intentions
42:19towards my daughter.
42:25The world's gonna be ready.
42:40I'd like to know
42:41I'll wait through the next story.
42:49Despite my daughter's house,
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