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Cross - Season 2 - Episode 05: Climb
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00:06Previously on Cross.
00:08I met her yesterday at the blackjack table.
00:11Is that...
00:12You? Yeah.
00:13I'd like to have you with me.
00:18Department of Labor just found underage workers.
00:20We need talking points.
00:21Damage control strategy.
00:23I can destroy Lance Duran.
00:25But with the evidence you gave me on this drive,
00:27I can destroy the whole fucking system.
00:28We just want to holla at you about Raymond Price.
00:31He got shot last week over the gardens.
00:33I can't give you no names,
00:34but I can't give you some initials.
00:36Look, I am telling you,
00:37I don't know nobody named TK.
00:43Sick motherfuckers.
00:44The feds are in the casino.
00:46They're not going to find him.
00:48Luz, you said no one's life is more important than the mission.
00:51That was your rule,
00:52and now you want to break it?
00:54Then it gets to the city.
01:04Luz, you said no one's life is more important than the people.
01:14Then it's a world that is not so important than the people.
01:26Then it's one of my children.
01:28It's a world that will make you so well.
01:28My brothers, we walk with you.
01:31Yes, yes, yes.
01:46Hispanic male, age 33.
01:50Subject has multiple tattoos.
01:53The largest tattoo is a chest piece.
01:55Dark-haired, young woman surrounded by flowers.
01:59Maybe a sink.
02:04Entry wound angle of the bullet and tissue damage
02:07in the cage shot was fired at point-blank range.
02:11Stippling around the entry went along with blowback and GSR
02:14on the right hand to support strong possibility
02:16that the wound was self-inflicted.
02:22Death occurred within seconds.
02:25I want to look at you
02:27every movement
02:30a dream that I have
02:33a wish I have
02:36to respect you
02:38never forget
02:40to give you my time
02:56If the sky were to fall, I'd be the first to call.
03:02Some of us, some of us are brave.
03:08Peace and love to the ones who give praise
03:11Take a bow as the light as the face
03:14See me now
03:17I'm loud and proud
03:20And to those who fear leads them to hate
03:23What a pity to belong to my place
03:27I know you'll see me now
03:35Some of us, some of us are brave
03:58I know you'll see me
04:10Shoot the messenger, you don't get the news
04:14Fuck Bobby, why are you in my place?
04:17Well, I've got a question for you
04:20I joined Craig
04:21And I just need to see you
04:24Just need to see you on set
04:26You found something?
04:28Yes ma'am
04:30Show me
04:30Right your way
04:38So Uncle Sam's got the tab on this, right?
04:41I'm still paying off my rotator cuff
04:46I needed the ledgers for bad religion
04:49Just keep watching
04:53Help
04:53You're okay
04:54Help me
04:55You're good
04:59Make it stop, please
05:00Make it stop
05:17That's not me
05:19That's funny
05:20You sure look like you
05:22It's not
05:23It's a deep fake
05:25It's a deep fake
05:26People do that
05:26Especially my people
05:28Yeah
05:28But why would they want to do that to you?
05:31Because there's this thing
05:32That's coming to light
05:33All right
05:33It's a program
05:34They don't want people to know about
05:35And they're trying to fucking pin it all on me
05:39So you're saying you had nothing to do with it?
05:40I did
05:41I-I
05:42No
05:43I didn't
05:44I-I sold
05:47Untraceable guns
05:47And-and vetted soldiers for a study
05:49But I sure as hell didn't fucking know anything about
05:51Whatever the hell this is
05:55We can prove it
05:57Can your guy remove my face?
05:59I mean if we can see who's under there
06:01We'll know who's behind it
06:03Yeah
06:04We'll go with your answer
06:05For now
06:07But if it's just more killer Craig under there
06:09Well, I'll be the one removing your face
06:15All right
06:16That's the way we do it
06:20Hey, you keep ordering like this
06:21We're gonna have to start calling you three, John
06:23Pretty soon
06:24I am committed to keeping y'all in business, Ms. Taylor
06:26Oh, we are doing just fine
06:27Thank you
06:30Keep it that way
06:30Yes, ma'am
06:32Anything good from the autopsy?
06:35Bottom line is
06:36Hondo says Esteban's death is consistent with suicide
06:39Pending further investigation
06:41Due to suspicious circumstances
06:44It's hard to fake a suicide by gunshot
06:46You got prints on the gun
06:48GSR
06:49Bullet trajectory
06:50It all fits
06:50I know
06:51But it doesn't feel right
06:53Esteban was angry
06:54Not suicidal
06:55And why would the mystery woman from the casino
06:58Want to put him down?
06:59I don't know
07:00But
07:01Check this
07:05He has a tattoo of her on his chest
07:07The way his design makes me think she was the light he talked about
07:12And look at her face
07:15Isn't that the same lady he painted on the subway tunnel in Chicago?
07:17That makes even less sense
07:19That would mean both of them were trying to put down Lance Duran
07:22Why would you want to kill somebody from your same team?
07:25Maybe Kayla and I got too close
07:28That would make him a risk you couldn't afford
07:31That's cold
07:34And we have no idea who this woman is?
07:36No
07:37But you know who might?
07:39Lance Duran
07:40Man, don't even get me started on him
07:43Did you see the footage from the raid in Toledo?
07:45Out here using kids as slave labor
07:47His janky ass has been lying to us since day one
07:51I know you pressed him before
07:53But he didn't crack
07:55That was a love, Ted
07:56This motherfucker about to get a full dose today
08:01We're also shocked to hear what was in the news
08:06Not very often you get to meet your heroes
08:07Am I right?
08:08Yes
08:09And I understand that you and President Obama are good friends now
08:13You mentioned during our break that he called you yesterday
08:16What did he say?
08:19He's, candidly, I think he's disappointed
08:20I got a lot of phone calls from friends who are disappointed over, you know, over the last couple of
08:25days
08:25Yes
08:26This is regarding the revelations that, and I quote
08:28Crestbrook Industries has used undocumented migrant children to work in their plants and fields
08:35And what did you say?
08:36I mean, I'd love to know, because he can call you directly for answers
08:40But a lot of regular Americans were also shocked at the news that they heard
08:45I found out when the rest of America found out
08:48And frankly, it broke my heart
08:56It's not who I am, that's not who Crestbrook is
09:00It's all good and well to say that, but it sounds like spin
09:03Hillary, let me be clear
09:06I did not know, but that is not an excuse
09:10Okay? Ignorance, that's not a, that's not a defense
09:16I just, I would like to take a moment right now in front of the studio audience
09:20And, and, and, um
09:23Whew, the audience at home
09:27I want you to know that I take full responsibility for this
09:33That I am
09:37Deeply ashamed
09:39And I am so sorry that this happened
09:47I will accept any punishment that is coming my way
09:51And I think it's important to acknowledge the fact that I understand that it is on me
09:57To fix this
10:00No, no, no, honestly
10:02I appreciate that, but
10:03I can just use this as a moment to ask what I think is
10:08Is the real question, the bigger question here
10:10Which is
10:11Why are families sending their children to our country
10:16To work?
10:19Hmm?
10:21And the answer is
10:22Those families don't have enough to eat
10:25That is why I'm supporting
10:27Senator Pete Ashford's world hunger reduction legislation
10:32It is the key
10:34To allowing us to spread our prosperity seed around the globe
10:38The prosperity seed that grows
10:40Where nothing else will
10:42And with it, we will end world hunger forever
10:46Thank you
10:47Thank you
10:49Stay with us
10:56I think it looks
10:57I actually think it looks good
10:58Maybe I leave it on
11:04That was impressive
11:06Thank you
11:07We come across professional lives every single day
11:10You might be the best I've seen
11:12No, no, no
11:12Not better than Ramsey
11:14Oh, you're
11:15Okay, you
11:15Yeah
11:16Second best
11:16Yes, yes
11:17Second
11:18Do you have an update or are you just trolling me?
11:22Just a question
11:23Do you recognize this woman?
11:27Hmm, should I?
11:28Don't answer a question with a question
11:30People hate that
11:31We have reason to believe she may be our killer
11:33Well, I've never seen that woman before
11:35So I don't know why you think I know her
11:37Well, you've been lying to us from the beginning
11:38So we can only assume
11:40Watch your tone, Cross
11:40You might be able to speak to criminals that way
11:42But not to
11:43Instruction of justice is a crime
11:45Human trafficking is a crime
11:47So if he walks like a duck
11:50Okay
11:51Out
11:52And I'll be on the phone to McElhannon
11:53No, you watch your tone
11:54Okay, all right
11:55Okay, now
11:56Look, this is a
11:57This is a difficult question
11:59And we at Crestbrook
12:00We embrace the difficult
12:01So let me ask you a question
12:03Is there anything that Crestbrook can do
12:04To make you, you know, more effective at your job?
12:08Listen, I don't work for Crestbrook
12:10No, no
12:11You work for Metro PD, right?
12:13But what's your current assignment?
12:15It is to find and stop the person
12:16Who's trying to kill who?
12:17Me, Lance Duran
12:19The CEO of Crestbrook Industries
12:22So, if it walks like a duck
12:24Mr. Duran, we asked you
12:26Why would someone want to kill you?
12:29You fed us some bullshit about COVID exceptions
12:31If you want us to be more effective at our job
12:35Start with the truth, okay?
12:37You want me to just list my sins?
12:39No, that would take too long
12:40Just give us the big ones
12:41You know, human trafficking
12:42The kind that would make someone want to kill you
12:44Alex, I know
12:45Detective Cross
12:47Yeah, I don't believe in those kind of formalities
12:49So, I am going to call you Alex
12:52Or maybe, you know, Al
12:55Feel free to call me Lance
12:57Or, you know, Sir
12:59Look, I know these recent allegations have given you
13:02Allegations?
13:03We saw a truckload of kids headed to one of your plants
13:06That's fine, okay?
13:07That's fine
13:08You can just stay there
13:09But you have to understand something
13:11I asked for the best
13:12And they gave me you two
13:14I'm going to assume
13:15That you can put your personal grievances to the side
13:17And just do your job
13:18You have a suspect, right?
13:22Why don't you go find her?
13:24You know what?
13:25You're right, Lance
13:25You're right
13:27We are the best
13:28We are going to find her
13:30And we are going to save you
13:31But just know this
13:32When we're done with that
13:35I'll be pointed at you
13:36Sir
13:43Excuse me
13:44If someone died in the D.C. metro area
13:47Is this where I would come to find a homicide detective to assign?
13:51Crayla called us in for a debrief, Lieutenant
13:53It's time sensitive
13:56Hey
13:58How's the case going with your mother?
14:00As soon as I get done here
14:01I'm going to run down some leads on this TK that's saying the shoot
14:04Okay
14:04Vegas found something to see
14:07Hey, Lieutenant
14:09You sitting in on this?
14:10Hell no
14:11I may have to tell you
14:12I can't have my whole unit sucked into this task force
14:15You need more bodies
14:16Tell the feds they can send more bodies
14:19Capisce?
14:20Yes, ma'am
14:20Thank you
14:21All right
14:22All right
14:28Ladies and gentlemen
14:29Our manhunt is now a womanhunt
14:34I want you all to meet
14:38Our brand new prime suspect
14:40We believe she killed Helvig in Hartsfeld
14:43Is targeting Lance Durant
14:45And was involved in the death of Lincoln Esteban
14:48So what?
14:49She forced him to kill himself?
14:51She is the light that Esteban was talking about
14:54He worshipped her
14:55Now we think either she killed him or he sacrificed himself
14:58But they're connected
14:59The path to ID her is through him
15:02We found everything from Lincoln's tunnel
15:03Other than the shrine, she's not in it
15:06We didn't know who we were looking for
15:07And now we do
15:08I still don't get how we're so sure she's the killer
15:11And not him
15:12The more we learn about Esteban
15:14The less he fit the profile
15:16He wanted justice
15:18Our suspect is bent on revenge
15:20The kills are brutal up close
15:22And include torture
15:24That kind of rage means it's personal
15:26Exactly
15:27Now
15:29Something terrible happened to her
15:31Or someone she loves
15:32And she blames Lance Durant
15:34Alright
15:36This begins and ends with him
15:38Terrible like somebody dying?
15:40Yes, that would fit, Akbar, yes
15:42Okay
15:43Well then Esteban kept an article from 1998
15:47About a woman that died of an apparent overdose
15:50The coroner ruled it is suspicious
15:53Danton, Iowa
15:54Victim was a Gabriela Poraz
15:56She worked as a doctor at a Crestbrook funded clinic
15:58Now, I ruled this out because there was no connection between her and Esteban
16:02What if our new suspect has a connection?
16:06Nice word
16:07Alright
16:08You and Hardy dig into her, find out who loved her
16:13Poraz
16:13That name sounds familiar
16:21Gabriela Poraz
16:23Sued Lance and Crestbrook
16:26Oh shit
16:28That same year
16:29Looks like it was a whistleblower lawsuit
16:31Wrongful death and injury of workers
16:33We only got the top half of this complaint
16:36Fine, I got the rest
16:37Gah
16:38Would you get a copy of that lawsuit in its entirety?
16:41Yeah, I'm on it
16:43Yep, got a no bit
16:44Poraz was survived by her six-year-old daughter
16:47There's no name
16:49I think our suspect could be in her mid-30s
16:51Sounds right to me
16:52Mm-hmm
16:55John, tell Ogba she had a kid
16:56We need her name
16:57Tell him to check the birth records in the schools in the area
17:00Kindergarten to second grade
17:01Our dating's a small town
17:03There can't be too many
17:04Cool
17:19This is new
17:22It's beautiful
17:25It's for Lincoln, isn't it?
17:30Yeah.
17:34This would make him happy.
17:37You mean if he was alive?
17:39Wherever he is, he's smiling.
17:44He should be here.
17:52Maybe it would help to think of him as a martyr.
17:58His death let us go on.
18:01Finish what you started.
18:04It's a gift.
18:05It's a waste.
18:08Only if you don't finish this.
18:19I got a name on our avenging angel.
18:23I was able to find four female Porazzes
18:26in the Natan County, Iowa elementary schools
18:28in the time period that we need.
18:30But there was only one named Luz.
18:32Luz Poraz?
18:33Luz as in the light in Spanish Luz?
18:35That's right.
18:36This is her right here.
18:37Ms. Waller's first grade class.
18:38Oh, that's gotta be her.
18:40You know where she is right now?
18:42That's the thing.
18:43The Luz Poraz trail ends shortly after this photo
18:45was taken.
18:46Which is also around the time of her mother's death.
18:48After that, there's no record of the girl or that name.
18:51And yet you're far too happy for a man with a dead end.
18:54Bingo.
18:55Because our little Luz has an auntie.
18:58Guadalupe Clara Poraz.
19:00She also disappeared around that time.
19:02Now since the aunt was already an adult
19:04by the time the two of them dropped off the timeline,
19:06I was able to run a facial recognition
19:08based on how she looked 27 years ago.
19:10And I got a match on a DMV photo.
19:13Meet Claire Matthews.
19:16Of Sunrise, Florida.
19:18Who?
19:19And our little Luz is now Rebecca Matthews.
19:24How close is Sunrise to Hollywood, Florida?
19:26It's the next town over.
19:27And get this, that casino, 10 minute drive from their house.
19:31Ah.
19:33We headed back to Florida.
19:34Yeah, we're gonna need a full workup on Rebecca Matthews
19:37just by the time we land.
19:37I'm on it.
19:41I'm pulling up to the crime scene now.
19:43You found something that could help LaDonna?
19:44I'll show you when I get there.
19:45Yeah, it's safe here.
19:48It was several times,
19:48How am I now now?
20:12How did we run,
20:15With TK in the wind, we got our work cut out for us.
20:19What do you want to show me?
20:21I went back through my notes like you asked.
20:23Report says five shots fired.
20:25Mm-hmm. Listen to this.
20:26I checked the shot seeker audio
20:28from the night of Raymond Price's murder.
20:29At 11.15 p.m., it catches the gun firing.
20:33How many shots you hear?
20:38Six.
20:40But they only found five bullets.
20:42Pulled two at a price and three out of the walls.
20:45Here, here, and here.
20:47The techs never found any other slugs.
20:49Shit.
20:50Then where's the six bullet?
20:52Maybe it ricocheted at a weird angle and went through the window.
20:55We call the techs back.
20:57Maybe they can find it.
21:07What if the bullet found another way out?
21:11Take a look at this.
21:13It's been bothering me, but now it's starting to make some sense.
21:17All right, you got a trail of blood that leads to here.
21:19Right?
21:21Where a pool's underneath Price's body right there.
21:23Right.
21:24Shot there, moved there, died there.
21:28So why is this area clean?
21:31I mean, the guy's bleeding out all along here.
21:33And he stops bleeding for this bit and drops dead right there.
21:38Holy shit.
21:42We got a witness out there walking around with our six bullet in him.
21:44And if he's still alive, he can tell us to do the shooting.
21:55She's poking around.
21:56She's trying to get to the bottom of her mother's death.
21:59Setting off alarm bells.
22:01Exactly.
22:02Then Sheriff Mitch comes to Florida.
22:05Our girl's young.
22:06She's female.
22:07He thinks he can scare her off.
22:09Instead, he becomes her...
22:11Her first victim.
22:12But then...
22:12Then nothing.
22:13I mean, nothing.
22:15She just becomes the most boring woman on the planet.
22:17She graduates with average grades.
22:19Gets a few average, non-distinct jobs.
22:21No car.
22:22No house.
22:23One credit card she uses to buy painfully ordinary things on Amazon.
22:28She went underground.
22:29This woman is...is avenging her mother's death.
22:33Gets her first taste of blood and then goes silent.
22:36For ten years.
22:40A serial killer with that kind of...of patience, that kind of discipline.
22:43I've never seen anything like it.
22:45That's because killing isn't a compulsion for her.
22:48It's a mission.
22:50She wasn't just patient.
22:52She was preparing.
22:54It's...it's a job.
22:56It's obsessively deliberate.
22:58That's why she doesn't make mistakes.
23:01Everybody makes mistakes sooner or later.
23:03We just need to find the right button and press it.
23:06Well, let's go press some buttons.
23:33Luz Perez?
23:35No one here by that name.
23:37Right.
23:38Rebecca Matthews.
23:40I'm Agent Craig.
23:42FBI.
23:42This is Detective Cross.
23:44You met him at the blackjack table.
23:46We'd hoped to speak with you, but you eluded casino security and ran.
23:49It's not ringing a bell.
23:52We'd like to speak with you now.
23:55About what exactly?
23:57Lincoln Esteban.
24:02Should I know who that is?
24:03We know that you were in the penthouse with him when he died.
24:06We also know that you killed Mitch Morgan and Richard Helvig.
24:09I'm so sorry. I don't know any of those people.
24:12We know why you're after them. Especially Lance Durant.
24:16What he's done.
24:17What he's still doing.
24:18For migrant children.
24:19You're not here to make friends, so are you gonna arrest me?
24:22Well, you know we can't do that.
24:25Yet.
24:26Then you should leave.
24:29You're not gonna be able to stop Lance Durant on your own.
24:32Not anymore.
24:34I think we can help each other.
24:40Great.
24:52Jani?
24:55Jani, honey, I'm so sorry I'm late.
24:58Damon and Berto needed to be dropped off.
24:59What's wrong?
25:00I was supposed to get matching hair workings for all the girls that could track me.
25:04I was gonna ask Uncle John to stop on the way home from school.
25:07But then I had to be.
25:08And Coach says you have to eat before the meet or you'll be slow on your feet.
25:12Slow on your feet. And...
25:13You forgot the ribbons.
25:15Now it's too late.
25:16And everybody's gonna be mad at me.
25:20You know some folks, especially us girls,
25:23feel like we gotta get everything right.
25:26Be everything for everybody who needs something from us all the time.
25:31But the truth is, Jani, you can't be anything for anybody unless you look out for yourself.
25:37So...
25:40Forgive yourself when you make mistakes.
25:43And even ask somebody else who has a little less on their plate to bring the damn hair ribbons to
25:48practice.
25:49Does that sound good?
25:51Yes.
25:51Good.
25:52Are you here because you're bringing everything to everybody?
25:57No, baby girl.
25:59I'm here because I love you.
26:03All of us?
26:04Of course.
26:12Let's go get your bag.
26:13If we leave now, we can get the hair ribbons before practice.
26:28Hey, hold on a second.
26:35Hey, Bobby, can your guy remove the deepfake?
26:37Could've.
26:38But we got a problem.
26:40His whole op got raided last night.
26:43Did you...
26:44Did you mention him to anyone?
26:47What? No. No, of course not.
26:48Well, Ian, I'm thinking someone really dumbbong through the sea underneath that rock.
26:54Do you know anyone good enough to unravel that video?
26:59Yeah, I do, but he's FBI. We can't use him. I can't risk being exposed.
27:04Well, we might have different definitions, but to me, you already exposed.
27:13Fuck it. This is a break glass in case of emergency time.
27:18His name's Bruce Folsom. I'll send you the info.
27:20No.
27:36Where are you?
27:38Well...
27:39Right here. Right here with you.
27:51What?
27:57Cross.
27:58I've been thinking about your offer, detective.
28:01I'm ready to talk.
28:03The Royal Bombay. Tomorrow at 1pm.
28:06Yeah, that's fine.
28:08I'll see you there.
28:12You're not gonna meet with that cop.
28:14They got nothing on me.
28:16That's even more reason to steer clear.
28:18Law enforcement was a part of the plan from the very beginning.
28:21That was the plan for after we take down Lance Duran.
28:24Now is too soon. You can't do it.
28:27I'm not asking.
28:28Luz, we're on your side.
28:30But acting rashly now won't bring Lincoln back.
28:33Don't talk about him.
28:38We all wish that Lincoln didn't have to go that way.
28:42But that is life.
28:44He was an innocent and he's dead because of me.
28:47I gotta live with that.
28:51We're gonna take a ride.
28:54And I'm not asking.
29:07Get a dick girl a bounce.
29:10Yeah.
29:12White boy like you.
29:13Need all the juice.
29:15You can swang.
29:16Hey.
29:19Sir, have we met before?
29:21No.
29:22But we got a friend in common though.
29:25Kayla Craig.
29:27Yeah.
29:28Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
29:29She needs a favor.
29:31And she say, you owe her.
29:43A Crestbrook plant.
29:45Why?
29:46You'll see.
29:47No.
30:09What is this place?
30:12This is why I do what we do.
30:18My family's farm is just over that hill.
30:21Close enough that we can smell the diesel fumes from the trucks that rolled in.
30:25Then they started dumping chicken waste in the fields.
30:29Only they didn't call it dumping.
30:31They called it composting.
30:33Poison.
30:34It dried to a dust.
30:36And it covered everything.
30:37It covered every inch of my house.
30:40My little sister started using inhaler.
30:42My dad, he didn't have the energy to work in the fields like he used to.
30:46But by then it didn't matter because this factory used so much water.
30:50It ran our wells dry and we couldn't grow anything anyway.
30:53And you wanted to make them pay.
30:55I snuck in here one night and I lit up that chicken coop.
31:00I wasn't planning it.
31:03I was just fucking angry.
31:07And then I heard the screams.
31:16That's the front door.
31:20It had metal handles.
31:22And when I touched them, I could feel my palms sit down to the bone.
31:25This is where it happened?
31:27I jumped in through a window, but...
31:30With the smoke, it was so black inside.
31:33I couldn't breathe.
31:35I found the bodies piled up by the door when I tripped over them.
31:41How was I supposed to know?
31:43They have goddamn kids living in the chicken coop.
31:45Donny, it's okay. Okay?
31:47I can still hear them in my dreams.
31:49I can fucking smell them.
31:54I do know what it's like to carry something loose.
31:57You didn't know what you were doing.
32:00I did.
32:05Paying can be an anchor pulling us down, but it can be a reminder too.
32:11Reminding us that we have a debt to the dead, and if you let that cop get in your head,
32:16we don't pay that debt.
32:18That means those kids, Lincoln, they die for nothing.
32:28You think about that when you talk to that cop.
32:39Come on, Kayla, you better fucking answer.
32:58I need you back in D.C. now.
33:01Well, we're on a suspect. I can't just...
33:03First flat out, Kayla.
33:05Wait a second. What is this?
33:22Nice table, Detective.
33:26You're late.
33:27I wanted to give you enough time to get your surveillance team set up.
33:31There's no team. Just her.
33:43Uncle Maris, $18.56.
33:45Yes.
33:46And tequila and soda with lime. Anything else?
33:49No.
33:49We're good.
33:51You ordered from me.
33:53Yeah.
33:54Coming on a little strong there.
33:56Did I get it right?
33:59Yeah, you know what?
34:02Gabriela.
34:06No one called her that.
34:11But it is connected to her, isn't it?
34:14Part of the ritual.
34:16I mean, you order tequila and soda.
34:18I'm guessing that's her favorite drink.
34:20And then you play, what is it, 3 and 16 on the roulette table?
34:23Her birthday.
34:24And you spin the wheel, you walk away, and just like clockwork,
34:27a few days later somebody ends up dead.
34:29Right?
34:30Just another body on the revenge door for mommy.
34:34It's a theory.
34:36Yeah.
34:37Or it's just a drink.
34:39Not for you.
34:41For you, it's intentional.
34:44You know, I bet everything you do is intentional.
34:48And what about you, detective?
34:50Hmm?
34:52Why are you here?
34:54Same reason as you.
34:56I want justice.
34:58And what would you consider justice for a mass murderer?
35:02A trafficker of children?
35:05And the person you think killed your mother.
35:07I know he did.
35:09Then why is he still alive?
35:11You were close enough to do it.
35:14No.
35:15No, me? No, no.
35:17But I would guess whoever's doing this,
35:21they must have started down this path because they wanted justice
35:25for Gabriela Alejandra Porras.
35:28And then they learned that her death was part of a larger pattern.
35:32A depraved machine built to enrich Lance Duran and his cronies
35:37and to treat innocent people, like those children and my mother,
35:42as collateral damage.
35:45You know, Lincoln Esteban was collateral damage.
35:49But it wasn't Crestbrook who sacrificed him, was him? No.
35:53It was you.
35:55I didn't know him.
35:56Yes, he did.
35:59And I think that you loved him.
36:01And he worshipped you.
36:03You know, it must be so hard for you.
36:08Sign up to fight for truth and justice just to wind up working for a monster.
36:16Okay.
36:25Mike's off.
36:26Let's talk.
36:29I believe Lance Duran is entirely capable of killing your mom.
36:33And I bet she's not the only body he left behind.
36:36That man deserves everything you planned for him.
36:39He deserves to be watered and blood, just like his prosperity scene.
36:42And what you need to do is get out of the way.
36:44Don't lose.
36:45At any moment now, we'll gather material evidence linking you to a killer.
36:49And in the meantime, we are on you 24-7.
36:53You won't get within a mile of Lance Duran.
36:55That dream in your head?
36:57It died the moment we knocked on your door.
37:01But you can still stop him.
37:03If you have evidence, give it to me.
37:06We'll take him down the right way.
37:08Come on, detective.
37:09I know how that goes.
37:11He's gonna get a slap on the wrist and a fine that won't even amount to what he spends on
37:15a private jet to Daos.
37:16I won't let that happen.
37:16You can't help but let that happen.
37:19Do you know what that badge in your pocket makes you?
37:22An errand boy for the landowners.
37:32Okay.
37:36All right.
37:37Let me tell you something.
37:42Fuck it.
37:43My wife was murdered.
37:48And I was filled with rage.
37:53Just like you.
37:56I wanted justice.
37:58I did.
38:00But all of my actions, they were all about vengeance.
38:09Just like you.
38:12I became somebody I didn't recognize.
38:16I hurt people who didn't deserve it.
38:21Luz.
38:23How many more Lincolns are you willing to sacrifice?
38:29He sacrificed himself.
38:31If that's true, then he did it so you could go on.
38:39What kind of future would he have wanted for you?
38:43What would your mother have wanted?
38:45My mother wanted justice.
38:48That's why they killed her.
38:50It's too late to do it the way you planned, but it's not too late to make sure their sacrifices
38:54matter.
38:55No.
38:57If we do it my way, I promise, if we do it my way, we can finish the mission.
39:03For them, Luz.
39:09I want 24 hours.
39:14And I want to say my goodbyes.
39:16Alex.
39:18Can you promise me you will take down Lance Duran?
39:30I don't like it.
39:31What's not to like?
39:32It doesn't fit the profile.
39:35We've been describing a zealot who will stop at nothing and what she's all of a sudden just gonna quit.
39:39Now push the right buttons.
39:41Yeah, you think?
39:43Look, if you'd heard what she said, not just what she said, but how she said it.
39:47Yeah, I couldn't because my partner turned off the recording device.
39:54I needed to bond with Luz, okay? That was part of it. You should be happy right now.
39:58Happy?
39:59Yeah.
40:01Must have missed an epic performance.
40:03Did she cry?
40:04She cried, didn't she?
40:07Contrary to popular belief, the great Alex Cross cannot in fact see into everyone's souls.
40:12We still talking about Luz?
40:13It's an EG case all over again.
40:16You making the decisions, you getting credit.
40:18But that's what this is all about.
40:19Your relentless need for credit.
40:22You know what? The depths of your insecurity is mind boggling.
40:26But don't worry. I'm fine just catching the bad guy.
40:29I will make sure to say the real hero is Kayla Craig.
40:33That's not what I want.
40:35Bullshit.
40:35No. Cross almighty.
40:38What I want is for you to consider that occasionally you're not perfect.
40:42And this is one of those times you are not reading her correctly.
40:49Considered and dismissed.
40:51Then have her turn herself in at the local FBI headquarters.
40:53No, I can't. That would spook her.
40:56So you're just cool with going to a rendezvous of her choice?
40:59I will take precautions.
41:03You do that Alex.
41:05Just make sure you keep your fingers in your pockets.
41:08Okay.
41:09I've been called back to DC.
41:34What is this deep throat shit?
41:36Oh, yeah. We're not doing this in the office, Kayla.
41:39Oh, so there's going to be a quickie in the car then?
41:42All these years you still can't tell when I'm dead serious?
41:46What's the problem, Roy?
41:47I knew you'd have to get creative.
41:50You may not look the other way when you let that psycho Bobby Trey out of the cage.
41:55But yesterday I find out from my boss.
41:58From?
41:59My boss.
42:01That your psycho approached and threatened an FBI tech at your direction.
42:07Hmm?
42:08Is there a memo?
42:09And an incident report.
42:13Stupid.
42:14I told you the only thing you couldn't do was use FBI assets.
42:18I have no choice. I have to prove I'm not the one in the video.
42:20Fuck the video. I'm your problem now. You understand me?
42:25You put me in the boat, Kayla.
42:28If I can only save one of us, if that, it will be me.
42:33What does that even mean?
42:34Well, for starters, your badge is good for the next three hours.
42:37You're going to get in, get your shit, get out, and do not leave a mess.
42:42Then you will go home and you will wait, and I might be in touch.
42:48Roy.
42:50I didn't want this.
42:53It's...
42:53It's important that you know that.
43:01What is this?
43:02You remember when everyone was real nervous when Ramsay got put away?
43:06Wondering where his treasure trove of blackmail was?
43:13See, I always thought you were a climber.
43:14That's why I liked working with you, because I understand climbers, but...
43:19I was wrong.
43:21You don't climb, you push.
43:23Like you push the man who was in your job before you.
43:27Who gets accused of selling classified documents, commits suicide before he stands trial.
43:32Or at least that was the story.
43:35But this proves that you were actually the leaker.
43:40So do you want to try this again?
43:44What do you want?
43:50Roy sent me.
43:52Setting up in the kitchen.
44:04You coming?
44:06Why, you got some other blackmailers waiting for you?
44:12I delegated five things.
44:14What do I do with the other tin?
44:16Well, I think you need a plan, baby girl.
44:19And I got you covered.
44:24For you.
44:26For you.
44:27I know a lot of people use their phones, but I like to write things down.
44:31This planner belongs to...
44:33I'm gonna write Queen Janelle Cross.
44:37Okay, Queen.
44:39You are so welcome.
44:41Now there is a rule, a very important rule with this.
44:44You control the planner.
44:46The planner does not control you.
44:48Now take a look at mine.
44:53See how I have everything organized by activity.
44:58Right?
45:03Who is Trevor?
45:07Uh, he's a good friend of mine.
45:09We actually work together sometimes.
45:12Is Trevor your boyfriend?
45:16We'll see.
45:18Jury's still out on that one.
45:20Does Daddy know?
45:24Mm-hmm. He does.
45:27You said that you loved us.
45:30Hey.
45:33I do love you.
45:34Very much.
45:37But you are Daddy and I.
45:44It's just not gonna happen.
45:46And I'm sorry, Janie, because I know you were hoping it would.
45:50Why won't it happen?
45:52I don't want you to worry about that.
45:55Because you and me, we are family.
45:59And that will never change.
46:01I promise you.
46:02Well, you should have asked me.
46:04Because I don't want to be that kind of family.
46:07Janie.
46:16Can I get another one of those?
46:21Okay.
46:23You know what?
46:23How about a little less drinking and a little bit more peeling my face off so we can see what's
46:29underneath.
46:30Yeah?
46:32Look, this isn't face off, okay?
46:34When you're dealing with deep fake, the original image is destroyed.
46:39When the new data, meaning your face, is introduced to the new image.
46:43So there's literally nothing to peel.
46:46So you can't do it?
46:47No.
46:48I didn't say that.
46:50Just waiting on a few last pieces here.
46:56Whoever did this used photos of your face to train the AI.
47:00Which mapped them onto the original face.
47:02But it needs a lot of images of you from, like, different angles just to match a moving figure.
47:11See that?
47:11You see how our head turned sharply there?
47:13It's because the AI lost one of the landmarks.
47:16There's no Kayla image data for it.
47:18Right?
47:19But you get, like, a little speck of their original face becoming visible.
47:24And you can't make a positive ID off of a single speck's worth of face.
47:28No.
47:30But I can watch the video frame by frame on loop for hours and catch every little piece of where
47:36their AI failed.
47:38Put all the little pieces together.
47:43Holy shit.
47:44You know her?
47:44It's Felicia.
47:48Um, yeah, hold on.
47:52Yeah, hey, um, this is not a good time for me right now.
47:55Look, I'm sorry I cut the feed, alright?
47:58Are you?
47:59I still think I made the right move, but I just want to make sure that we're okay.
48:04It depends. Are you on the way to the airport?
48:05At the next intersection, turn right.
48:08Great.
48:11You know, at least tell me you brought back up.
48:16Uh, well, I got three cars of Fez waiting for me at the meet point, huh?
48:20But Kay, I, uh, I shouldn't have said what I said yesterday.
48:24I know how hard you work to get here.
48:26How much you do deserve the credit.
48:28And yet there you are.
48:29Off to play lone hero again.
48:31I just think how good it'll feel to dunk on me if I'm wrong.
48:42Alex?
48:45Alex.
48:48How awful is that DC traffic?
48:51It's the worst.
48:52I just have to say thank you so much for meeting with me, Senator Ashford.
48:56Of course.
48:57I admire your organization quite a bit.
49:00Uh, my aide said that there would be four of you?
49:02No, just me.
49:03But I brought all the details for the, uh, scholarship we're starting in your parents' name.
49:08Well, they deserve it.
49:09It's been ten years now, I'm still trying to live up to their example.
49:12Oh, I bet.
49:13Your mom was the first female judge appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court.
49:19She was also an investor in Crestbrook Industries, is that right?
49:23Well, back then it was Crestbrook Farms, but, yeah, she was an early investor.
49:28Which is why she should have recused herself from the many lawsuits against Crestbrook.
49:34But instead she made sure they all came to her courtroom so that she could dismiss them and protect her
49:38investment.
49:39What is this?
49:42That's an outrageous accusation.
49:44Forty-three lawsuits.
49:45All dismissed.
49:46By your mother.
49:49Human trafficking, unsafe work conditions, underage employees, wrongful death.
49:54Your mother helped Crestbrook Farms become Crestbrook Industries and she did so at the expense of children.
50:01Can't be true.
50:02But it is.
50:03And now Lance Duran wants to take his criminal operation on the road.
50:07Prosperity Seed will feed the world.
50:09Sure it will.
50:10On the backs of child labor.
50:12My mother couldn't have known this.
50:14The blood money your mother got for protecting Crestbrook bought your education, your first car, your weddings, both of them,
50:24and funded every single campaign you have ever ran.
50:29Except for that last one.
50:32Because Lance Duran paid for it.
50:38What are you doing?
50:39What are you doing?
50:43Your old housekeeper said your mom left you more than an inheritance.
50:47She left you her leverage.
50:48I'm doing a took-
51:09You need a little help.
51:17You need a Project and the business.
51:21Sorry, detective, but no life is greater than a mission.
51:45Hey, Dale.
51:47Crossy cross.
51:49Bobby Trey?
51:50What the fuck are you doing here?
52:01Come on, now.
52:02Come on.
52:02Come on.
52:04Come on.
52:04Come on.
52:05Come on.
52:05Come on.
52:05Come on.
52:07Come on.
52:16Come on.
52:19Come on.
52:26Come on.
52:29What the fuck are you doing here?
52:31Ah!
52:34Fuck!
52:49Kayla Craig seemed to think.
52:51You're alive.
52:52We're safe.
53:06We're safe.
53:10People talking like they want the smoke.
53:14I could nuke you, but I let it go.
53:18Speaking of my life like you know.
53:22You don't know shit about how I wrote.
53:26Stepping out the trenches, see me glow.
53:28See me glow.
53:30Merking all my demons in this show.
53:34Yeah.
53:34Moving so fast, it feels slow.
53:37Feel slow.
53:38Swimming on this track, watch me flow.
53:41Who moves, speak the truth, no capital.
53:43You can see it, that my fruit takes the passion.
53:44A lot of lies feel bringing on the masses.
53:47Catch a predator, now I'm Chris Hansen.
53:49Bitch nigga, clean it up, need a napkin.
53:51Feel my touch through the screen, come and tap.
53:52Nigga suited for the field, I was chappin'.
53:54Shorty went to sack, throwin' all the passes.
53:57On her phone, when my songs call it classics.
53:58Got instructions, so I'm movin' all in passing.
54:01KC, but rejectin' me for glasses.
54:03Seen lookin' glass self, I'm a blacksmith.
54:05Minus leeches in this film, no Brad Pitt.
54:06But eat the R-rate, move out that action.
54:08For the fam, McCormick, you can get clapped in.
54:11Do your rules in the bar, stayin' strapped in.
54:12I'm makin' the shade, I'm makin' the shade.
54:16I'm makin' the shade, I'm walkin' that way.
54:18I stay out the way, you on my way, bitch.
54:21I keepin' it safe, I'm keepin' it safe.
54:24Let me be great.
54:25Look at my weight.
54:33I keepin' it safe, I keepin' it safe.
54:40Let me be great, look at my weight.
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