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High Potential S02 - Episode 4
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00:05He shot her.
00:07I don't know what to do.
00:09He just shot her.
00:16Dad, he's here.
00:39I know. I get it. I'm late.
00:41Honestly, I didn't notice.
00:42I got a ticket. And I did stop this time.
00:45Was it a complete stop?
00:47Not necessarily. That's poor time management.
00:49By the sound of your voice, this is somehow my fault.
00:51This get-out-of-jail-free card?
00:53Not a get-out-of-jail-free card. That is a police consultant ID badge.
00:56It's useless, is what it is.
00:57You should just go back to flirting to get out of tickets.
00:59Doesn't work, but at least it's fun.
01:01Or you could quit rolling through stop signs.
01:02Okay, you know what I don't need you to do?
01:03I don't need you to tell me what I should and shouldn't do with stop signs.
01:06Morgan, read the room.
01:10Oh, you guys are so bad at pretending to work.
01:17I should put on a clinic. What's going on?
01:19Soda's up for captain.
01:20Slot's been open for a while. Word is she's got the inside track.
01:23Okay, that's exciting.
01:25Is that a good call or a bad call?
01:28I was just about to ask you.
01:30That's not what you all thought. When I have news, I will tell you.
01:33You two, come.
01:349-1-1 had a call a few minutes ago. You two should have the file.
01:37Here's the audio of the call.
01:39He shot her.
01:42I don't know what to do. He just shot her.
01:46Oh, Adele. He's here.
01:50Dispatch, trace the call to the address of Reina Vieira.
01:53Okay, we could have two victims and a shooter on the loose skull.
02:12Reina Vieira, you made a call to 9-1-1 about a shooting and an intruder in your home?
02:17No. I've already told the other officers. I made no such call.
02:20Okay, well, we listened to the call and it was traced to this address. Anyone else live here?
02:25I live alone. No one else was here. I don't know what else to tell you. It wasn't me and
02:30that's the end.
02:31Ooh. Except that it was.
02:35Are you calling me a liar?
02:36No, no. She's just calling you Gullah Geechee from the coastal community in the southeast.
02:40Yeah, beautiful accent, but it's also very rare. In my life, I've only known one other person who had it.
02:45My old boss at the DMV. Her name was Pearl.
02:48Lord, Morgan, I got the fire, you girl.
02:51I have no idea what you're talking about.
02:54Oh, well, the picture over there of you under the loblolly pines that are native to South Carolina,
02:59plus your accent, which I've caught twice now.
03:01Oh.
03:02And that deer.
03:03Kind of proved that you did make that 9-1-1 phone call.
03:06Well, unless having an accent is a crime, you can go.
03:09And we will be happy to go, ma'am, just as soon as we clear this up.
03:12Would you mind if we just take a quick look at your cell phone?
03:15Why would I lie about calling you?
03:17We just want to make sure you're safe. That's it.
03:19Well, if it'll make you leave, go ahead.
03:25No 9-1-1 call.
03:27Weird.
03:28Yeah.
03:29Well, just real quick, for me, just because otherwise it's going to drive me nuts the whole way home.
03:33You have such a beautiful kitchen, so what's up with these cheap pans on your stove?
03:38You know, I have pans like that. That makes sense for me, but it doesn't really fit into this kitchen.
03:44Is she for real?
03:45We're good here.
03:46We appreciate your cooperation.
03:48Oh.
03:53She makes a call to 9-1-1, and then she denies it? What does that tell you?
03:58That maybe she saw something, but now she's afraid to talk.
04:00Yeah, exactly. So if someone's pressuring her to stay quiet, how do we leave now?
04:03Because she told us to get out of her house, and she hasn't committed a crime, Morgan.
04:07Patrol canvassed the area. No one saw or heard anything, and my guys swapped the place.
04:10There's no sign of foul play, and no intruder hiding inside.
04:13Right now she's safe.
04:14Oh. What a relief.
04:16I'll put in a request for unmarked surveillance outside the house.
04:26Roman asked me to put eyes on you and Ava.
04:29I sincerely wish you'd stop using my computer.
04:31Maybe you should get a less guessable password.
04:33I take it you're still worried about Renovir?
04:35Of course I am. Soto getting surveillance approved helps.
04:39She fast-tracked it. She actually took some juice.
04:41Maybe it's a sign that Soto got the captain's gig.
04:43Really?
04:44Yeah.
04:44Okay, so if she moves up to captain, where do you go?
04:47Probably in there, as acting lieutenant.
04:49Then who am I with?
04:50Uh, someone else.
04:52I don't want to be with someone else.
04:53Unless it's Oz or Daphne.
04:54They're already partners.
04:55I can just work with them.
04:56There's no thruples in law enforcement, Morgan.
04:58Well, that's just a failure of imagination.
05:01Yeah. Look, I get it.
05:03A mind like yours, everything is organized chaos.
05:05So when things outside your control change, it's disrupted.
05:08I don't like it.
05:11If there's a transition, it will be smooth.
05:13We'll make it work.
05:15Okay.
05:19Karatek.
05:34We did everything we could, Morgan.
05:36Did we?
05:37It wasn't enough.
05:49Daphne's finishing up with the neighbors.
05:51So far, no one saw or heard anything suspicious.
05:53No signs of gunshot wounds or other damage.
05:55Looks like she just fell and hit her head.
05:56Well, Reina had three missed calls from somebody named Lucy.
05:59Let's find out who that is.
06:00Yeah, will do.
06:01Huh.
06:02Got my own heart down here.
06:04Oh, yeah?
06:04You first.
06:05Reina's got a stain on the back of her shirt.
06:07Doesn't look like dried blood, dirt, maybe.
06:09Right in the middle of her back.
06:10I doubt she put it there.
06:12Sip myself into enough dresses.
06:13That's a tough spot to reach.
06:14Yeah.
06:15My thinking exactly.
06:16Your turn.
06:17Well, when you're about to eat it at the top of the stairs,
06:19you grab the banister, right?
06:20Look at all the rings on her hands.
06:23There'd be scratches, but there's not.
06:25So either she jumped or somebody pushed her.
06:31Reina witnessed a murder and somebody killed her
06:33before she could finish reporting it.
06:34Okay, so where's that crime scene?
06:35According to the neighbors,
06:36there was a wild party across the street.
06:38Let's start there.
06:42This place doesn't look so good.
06:45So, rough night?
06:48Just a few people over for a hang.
06:50You mean a couple of dozen people.
06:51Throw in some alcohol.
06:52Things get out of hand.
06:53Maybe someone left worse than they came.
06:55Or maybe they didn't leave at all.
06:56Well, I don't know what you think happened here, man.
06:59Are there any guns in the house, Logan?
07:00Because we received a 911 call from your neighbor
07:02about a shooting.
07:03And we're starting to wonder
07:03if maybe they got shot here.
07:05Maybe a drug deal gone bad?
07:06Drug deal based on what?
07:08How about not judging the cover of a person
07:09without reading the book?
07:11Oh, boy.
07:12It was close.
07:14Uh, no, not judging, just noticing.
07:16The unicorn sticker on your mailbox
07:17signaling to your customers
07:19that you're open for business.
07:20Customers like that jittery guy out there,
07:22just circling around on his bike
07:24waiting for us to leave
07:25so he can come in and you can sell him drugs.
07:27Oh.
07:28Drugs that I'm guessing are in that drawer
07:30that you looked at when I mentioned your drugs.
07:35Oh!
07:35Yep.
07:36There they are.
07:38Logan!
07:39Hey!
07:40Right behind ya.
07:43Yo, yo, yo, yo.
07:43Give me the bike.
07:44Give me the bike.
07:44Sorry, man.
07:46Logan!
07:49Oh!
07:53Oh!
07:54Oh!
07:55Oh!
07:57Oh!
07:57Oh!
07:57Oh!
08:00Oh!
08:00So, Logan, here's what we're thinking.
08:02Someone died at your party,
08:03Raina had a front row seat,
08:04and you killed her.
08:05I didn't kill anybody.
08:07And Raina, bro, I was helping her.
08:08Mm.
08:09Helping her how?
08:13You were her dealer.
08:15I don't identify by that characterization.
08:17I'm a legit unlicensed neighborhood pharmacist.
08:20Mm.
08:20Okay.
08:20So, uh, drug dealer?
08:22No.
08:23I robbed Peter to treat Paul
08:25when the system denies the meds people need.
08:27Mm.
08:28And, uh, what did Raina need?
08:31Migraine meds.
08:32She fell on hard times,
08:33lost her insurance,
08:34couldn't afford the meds,
08:34so I hooked her up.
08:35I really liked that lady.
08:36I would never hurt her.
08:37Logan, around 9.30 this morning,
08:39Raina made a 911 call reporting a murder.
08:41Where were you?
08:42With Raina.
08:43She was showing me some stuff in her basement,
08:45things that she could sell for bills.
08:46Then I get a call from Bones,
08:47so I popped upstairs.
08:48I hang up with him,
08:49and then Raina comes back upstairs.
08:51And she made no mention of a 911 call
08:53or witnessing a murder?
08:54No, I swear!
08:55She was completely calm.
08:56What time did you talk to Bones?
08:58Probably around the same time
08:59y'all got that 911 call.
09:009.30 or so.
09:02Okay.
09:03So, Raina calls 911
09:05while witnessing a murder
09:07from her basement?
09:08That seems weird.
09:09Yeah.
09:10Assuming Logan's telling us the truth,
09:12but I think I have a way
09:13to check his timeline.
09:17Blacklight, huh?
09:18What are you looking for?
09:19Is this, like, a fluid situation?
09:20No, it's not.
09:21There's no way Raina witnessed a murder in here
09:23unless it happened in here.
09:24Okay.
09:24So, Logan might be lying?
09:25Well, but if we can find his fingerprints down here,
09:28it means he could be telling the truth.
09:29Instead of waiting a day or two
09:30for forensics to dust and process prints.
09:32You are bending the rules.
09:34Look at you.
09:35Logan's behavior tells me
09:36he's got a ton of drugs in his system.
09:37That changes the way fingerprints look.
09:39Under a black light,
09:41they shine brighter than normal.
09:43You see the difference?
09:44Yeah.
09:45Yeah, I can almost guarantee
09:45the glowing print is Logan's,
09:47which puts him here in the basement,
09:48but in order to clear him as a suspect,
09:50we have to place him upstairs at 9.30.
09:51My turn.
09:53Do you remember the four beeps in the 9-1-1 call?
09:56Yeah, it was faint, but I heard it.
09:58I don't know what to do.
09:59She shot her.
10:00Okay, I think that was Raina's bougie coffee maker.
10:03Yeah, she was drinking a cup when we walked in.
10:05I think it was set to turn on at 9.30 in the morning,
10:07but the thing is,
10:08coffee makers like these beep eight times
10:10when the pot is ready.
10:11I've had some really bad bosses
10:13with great taste in coffee.
10:14But we only heard four beeps.
10:15That's right.
10:15Somebody turned the alarm off,
10:17and I think that someone was Logan.
10:20This proves Logan was here at 9.30.
10:22So she definitely made that 9-1-1 call from down here.
10:25Okay, but why?
10:25What could she have seen from the basement?
10:27Let's see.
10:29Who are you?
10:31Oh, look.
10:342007's calling.
10:36Raina had a second phone.
10:37Yeah, but without cell service.
10:38That doesn't matter.
10:38Since 96, the FCC requires that all cell phones,
10:41active or not, have the capability to call 9-1-1.
10:43Hm.
10:44You knew that already, didn't you?
10:45Yeah, I did.
10:46I was hoping you did, too,
10:47because I thought it'd be nice to let you have this one.
10:49Appreciate it.
10:50Okay, she turned it on from here,
10:52made the call from here,
10:53but why?
10:53What did she see?
10:54Three boxes of brand-new, cheap pots and pans.
10:57Buy one, get two free?
10:59No.
11:00She needed them as backups,
11:01because she kept burning hers.
11:02She was leaving the stove on,
11:04and she was also putting items from her kitchen
11:06in the wrong spots.
11:07Pills she was taking weren't for her migraines.
11:09Those pills also treat early-onset dementia.
11:11So Raina wasn't lying
11:12when she said she didn't make the 9-1-1 call.
11:13She just didn't remember.
11:14Dementia can rob you of your memories,
11:16but it can also jumble them all up.
11:17So new memories can get lost,
11:19and old ones can resurface,
11:20but something would have had to trigger it.
11:22So you think while she was looking for stuff to sell,
11:24maybe something set her off?
11:25Yeah, I think so.
11:26And honestly, it really could be anything.
11:28It could be a smell or a sound.
11:31Morgan.
11:33Oh!
11:33Uh, or a blood-stained dress?
11:36That looks like a trigger to me.
11:37Yeah, that would do it.
11:38So Raina did witness a murder.
11:39The question is, when did she see it?
11:47So Raina witnessed a murder,
11:49we just don't know when it happened.
11:50But if we can date the dress,
11:51we can date the cold case.
11:52Well, the earliest age most people start to form memories
11:55is of right around three or four.
11:57Well, given Raina's age,
11:58we can rule out any cases prior to 1975.
12:00That's 50 years of cold cases.
12:0315,320 cases, give or take.
12:06Someone needs to whittle that down.
12:07Didn't you tell me one time
12:08that vintage is your love language, Morgan?
12:10I've never once said love language to you,
12:12but I can take a crack at it.
12:17Lot of staring.
12:18Everybody just staring right at me.
12:20Yeah, a little space.
12:25I need a lighter.
12:26You just asked for space.
12:28Now you need a lighter?
12:28Yeah, I'm a complex woman.
12:29Can I have a lighter, please?
12:31This fabric has a slight shine to it.
12:33It's not as glossy as satin,
12:34but it's more polished than cotton.
12:36I think it might be tensile.
12:37Anything else?
12:38Yeah, some scissors.
12:40You do know this is evidence, right, Morgan?
12:43Yeah.
12:43Yeah, you should probably turn around.
12:52Yep, burns quick and clean.
12:53This is tensile, which was not available until 1985.
12:57Now the fabric is just the first clue.
12:59Is the U.S. Register identification number the second?
13:01It most certainly is, Daphne.
13:03Okay.
13:05One, seven, eight, five, four, nine.
13:08This dress was manufactured by Sibrian Creations,
13:11but they went out of business in 2015.
13:15Okay.
13:15You guys know when they started putting tags in clothes?
13:18In 1971, manufacturers had to provide clear instructions
13:21so that people wouldn't screw up their clothes
13:23when they were doing laundry.
13:24In 1998, the FTC approved the use of symbols.
13:27The care tag in this dress, it's all symbols.
13:30The final piece of the puzzle is the one that's missing.
13:33There's no barcode.
13:34There's no inventory number.
13:36This dress was made before the year 2000.
13:41See, I like this staring.
13:42That time frame leaves us with 200 cases.
13:46Yeah, but Raina's 911 call, she said the person was shot.
13:50And then there were nine.
13:52No, that's not it.
13:54Okay, only one case had a victim wearing a dress
13:56that looks a lot like Raina's.
13:58Greta St. John, 25-year-old black woman,
14:00up-and-coming singer,
14:01last seen New Year's Eve 2000
14:03at a club called the Black Jewel.
14:05She was found across town in an alley.
14:07Died of a gunshot wound to the chest,
14:08but no weapon found at the scene, no witnesses,
14:11not many suspect interviews.
14:13The ME didn't even list a clear time of death.
14:14The ME noted powder burns and shrapnel on her right side,
14:18but did very little about it.
14:19This case didn't get any attention.
14:21Young black woman found on the wrong side of town.
14:23Let me guess.
14:23It wasn't a top story on the evening news.
14:25Okay, so 25 years ago,
14:27Raina witnessed the murder of Greta St. John.
14:29And then was killed before she could tell us what she knew.
14:30It stands to reason that Raina and Greta
14:32were killed by the same person,
14:34likely someone who knew them both.
14:35Okay, well, according to the file,
14:36there was a guy named Eddie Friedman
14:38who managed the Black Jewel at the time of the murders.
14:40Look, see what he knows.
14:41Lucy, the woman that called Raina three times,
14:43just got back to me.
14:44She's willing to talk to us.
14:46Divide and conquer.
14:46You guys track down Eddie?
14:47We'll talk to Lucy.
14:48Copy that.
14:52What can you tell us about Greta St. John?
14:54Oh, she had a voice like no other.
14:57The New Year's Eve show was her moment.
14:59She was about to go big.
15:01And did that rub anyone the wrong way?
15:02Oh yeah, Raina Vieira.
15:05So Lucy, how did Raina and Greta know each other?
15:07They were rivals at the Black Jewel.
15:09I mean, Raina was a singer too,
15:11but she didn't like talking about Greta all too much.
15:13Any specific reason why?
15:15I met Raina when I photographed her
15:17for a piece I did in Static Vinyl magazine.
15:19It was about lost voices of the 90s.
15:22Talented women who just never really broke into
15:24the cutthroat LA music scene.
15:26I think it was hard for Raina to talk about Greta.
15:29She defied the odds when Raina hadn't.
15:31Greta's evolution as an artist was something else.
15:35It made sense to all of us why her star was writhing.
15:39During that New Year's Eve show,
15:41everyone knew who the star was.
15:47This doesn't really sound like an artist on her way up.
15:50You're right.
15:50See, that was Greta before.
15:52And this is Greta after.
15:59Got my head held high and my deuces up
16:02And I'm doing my thing
16:04I don't give a what
16:05Not every light stays
16:07Some teach you how to leave the dark behind
16:11I don't need you
16:14Oh, wow.
16:15That hardly sounds like the same woman.
16:17Yeah.
16:19So this song was recorded after something happened.
16:22What was it?
16:23Mac Epps.
16:24His name came up in my research.
16:26He was Greta's manager at first,
16:28but then he started working with Raina.
16:30And now he owns the Black Jewel.
16:32So two rivals and the same manager?
16:34Sounds like a bad idea.
16:35Did Raina ever talk about Epps?
16:37Not really.
16:37But I did get the sense that she blamed him for her career
16:40and ever taking off.
16:41He was shady.
16:43After Epps got arrested on a drug charge,
16:45Greta found her voice.
16:46Literally and figuratively.
16:47But after Epps got out,
16:48he wanted to be a part of it.
16:50Did Greta give in to his demands?
16:51No.
16:52And he didn't take it well.
16:53He started harassing her.
16:54The rumor was the only reason
16:56he started managing Raina was to get close to Greta.
16:59He was using Raina as a pawn.
17:01I think Raina realized
17:02he wasn't really interested in her career.
17:04Then why didn't she leave?
17:05He was a dangerous man
17:07with powerful friends, even then.
17:09I mean, that's why Greta wanted nothing to do with him.
17:11He turned her family's life upside down for decades.
17:15It explains why everyone was radio silent
17:17during the original investigation into Greta's murder.
17:19I should have told the cops what I knew back then,
17:21but I was scared.
17:23We all were.
17:24If you have any photos or videos
17:27from the black jewel that we could borrow,
17:28that'd be helpful.
17:29You bet.
17:29I have more than you could ever want or need.
17:32Lucy, we think Raina may have been keeping a secret
17:35that got her killed.
17:35Do you have any idea what that could be?
17:37No.
17:38I have no idea who would want to hurt her.
17:40I can't believe she's gone.
17:42She and I got really...
17:44close.
17:45She was like a second mother to me.
17:48We're gonna find who did this.
18:14The mailbox is full.
18:16We do not accept any messages at times.
18:19How long till the lab gets back to us
18:21with the results on that stain?
18:22No, a lot longer than we'd like.
18:23But you know what's faster than the lab?
18:25Me?
18:26Hmm.
18:27Can I have everyone's attention, please?
18:30You may have heard that I was up for the captain's chair.
18:34Turns out you're stuck with me.
18:36Ah.
18:38Don't be so disappointed.
18:41Right now, all I know is they're bringing someone in
18:43from another squad.
18:44But no matter who the captain is,
18:46I expect you to treat him with the same respect you treat me.
18:50You're still my squad.
18:52Continue to do me proud just like you always do.
18:56Let's get back to work.
18:57It's not fair.
18:58Should have been you.
18:59Clearly they don't know who keeps things on the rails around here.
19:01I appreciate all that.
19:03Why are you being so cool right now?
19:04I hate this.
19:05What are this new guy's qualifications?
19:07I'm assuming it's a guy.
19:08Statistically, yes.
19:09But you know what I hate?
19:11Unsolved cases.
19:13We have two right now.
19:14So how about we focus on who killed Greta and Raymond?
19:17So, suspects.
19:19Well, Eddie Friedman alibied out.
19:21He was at Corbin Lane's with his bowling league.
19:23Lucy Hastings was at a photo shoot at Griffith Park.
19:26She was alone, but her pictures were time stamped.
19:28Yeah, that leaves Mac Epps as our prime suspect.
19:30He's built an empire.
19:31A mix of illicit and legitimate businesses,
19:34including the Black Jewel.
19:35Yeah.
19:35Annie had a motive to kill Greta because she was about to blow up
19:38and wasn't taking him with her.
19:39And what about Reyna?
19:40Does he look good for her murder too?
19:41Well, Reyna moved into her current home
19:43shortly after Greta's death.
19:44No way she bought that house in her 20s,
19:46unless she won the lottery.
19:47Which is why we looked at the deed.
19:49The first few years, Mac Epps' name was on it.
19:51It was either a gift or more likely a payment for her silence.
19:54Yeah.
19:54A silence she maintained until a dementia-induced episode
19:57led her to reveal the truth.
19:58Any indication Epps knew that could be a possibility?
20:00Well, we dug up CCTV footage
20:03from outside of the Black Jewel a few days ago,
20:05and we found this.
20:06That is Mac Epps.
20:07Yeah.
20:08Doesn't look like a friendly reunion.
20:10No, it looks like a motive for murder.
20:12I think it's time to visit the Black Jewel.
20:28I know your silences, Morgan.
20:31My silences?
20:32Mm-hmm.
20:32It's not a thing.
20:34Huh.
20:34It's a thing.
20:36You get quiet a lot.
20:37You got family drama quiet,
20:38a little fur over the brow,
20:39and you start messing with your cuticles
20:40like you're trying to dig up a secret.
20:42There's case frustration quiet,
20:43clenching of the jaw,
20:44and your eyes start scanning
20:45like you're mentally breaking apart the crime scene.
20:48There's the, uh, pissed-at-me quiet.
20:50That's a classic.
20:51Just a stone-cold stare
20:52and a little flare of the nostrils.
20:54And then we've got this one right here,
20:55which is the something-you-want-to-say quiet,
20:58pursing of the lips,
20:59distant look.
21:03Whatever.
21:05I'm just worried about Soto, aren't you?
21:06Have you talked to her?
21:08No.
21:09I don't plan to.
21:12That's it?
21:13Every cop's wired differently.
21:14If she wanted to open up to me, she would.
21:16Okay.
21:16So your silence is just,
21:18do nothing, say nothing?
21:20Yeah.
21:23Well, it's dumb.
21:24And I don't care for it.
21:28Right back to the piston.
21:29Okay, quiet.
21:30All right.
21:42Miss Steps isn't expecting you,
21:43so I have to ask him if it's okay.
21:44It's okay, because I said it's okay.
21:46Okay?
21:47You know what?
21:47Just let him do his thing.
21:48Otherwise, he's gonna pull his badge out,
21:50get all showy.
21:51It's pretty annoying.
21:52Hey, boss, speak up.
21:52Black apps.
21:55Detective Karadek, LAPD.
21:57This is me.
21:57Yo, my man.
21:58I don't really care who you are,
21:59or whatever she is.
22:01Let me tell you how we do it in a black Jew.
22:03Make an appointment,
22:05come back doing office hours.
22:06Cool?
22:07Yeah.
22:07I don't think so.
22:08Oh, but you can.
22:09Assaulting an officer is a serious charge, son.
22:12I tried to warn you, didn't I?
22:13Just, I just warned him.
22:15Hi.
22:17Hi.
22:18Hi, Morgan.
22:19Hi.
22:19Am I Scooch?
22:19Yeah.
22:20I'm Julie.
22:21I love this jacket.
22:23Girl, I see you.
22:23Your style is everything.
22:25Yeah.
22:26Is this for everyone?
22:27You know what?
22:28I asked the same thing when I got here,
22:29and I didn't get an answer,
22:30so I've just been going in.
22:31You just jumped right in anyway.
22:33You got to.
22:33I like your style, too.
22:34Yes.
22:35Do me a favor.
22:36Ask your questions and go.
22:37Two names.
22:38Greta St. John, Reina Vieira.
22:41What about them?
22:42They're both dead, Mac.
22:44Greta for 25 years.
22:45Case still cold.
22:46Reina?
22:47About 36 hours or so.
22:49You got anything to say about that, Mac?
22:51No.
22:52Nothing.
22:53That's interesting,
22:54because you managed both of them.
22:56Matter of fact, you bought Reina a house
22:58shortly after Greta was murdered.
23:00Suspicious timing, you know?
23:01One thing has nothing to do with the other.
23:04I made a deal with Reina.
23:06Bet big on her.
23:07I got the rights to her music
23:08in exchange for the house.
23:10But you know what?
23:10I lost my ass on that deal.
23:12Her career never took off.
23:14But I let her have the place
23:16out of the goodness of my heart.
23:17Aw.
23:18That's nice.
23:20Um, speaking of your heart,
23:21you were more than Greta's manager.
23:23She had a compass tattoo on her wrist,
23:25and I see that, North Star.
23:26Perfect match.
23:28Two tools of navigation,
23:30the compass leads the way,
23:31the North Star holds steady.
23:32Not so romantic.
23:33So maybe Greta wasn't just walking away
23:35from your business.
23:36Maybe she was walking away from you.
23:37Something personal went down
23:38after that New Year's Eve celebration.
23:40The ball drops, confetti flies,
23:41and then maybe a few hours later,
23:43the next day...
23:44You know what?
23:44I've heard enough.
23:45Now, either of y'all leave now,
23:47I'm gonna tag my lawyer in on this.
23:49J.J. Pierce.
23:50They call him the badge collector.
23:52Heard of him?
23:53I haven't heard of J.J.
23:54Have you heard of nickel dermatitis?
23:56No.
23:56It's a reaction to cheap metals,
23:58like the ones that are in foil confetti.
24:00When I saw pictures of Greta before midnight,
24:03her skin was so smooth and clear.
24:06Beautiful.
24:07But at midnight, the ball dropped,
24:09and so did the confetti.
24:13And wherever the confetti landed on her skin,
24:15there were hives.
24:17Nickel can trigger hives very quickly,
24:19in under a minute.
24:19They were still there in the autopsy photos.
24:21You put all that together,
24:22and what I'm saying is,
24:23Greta was murdered in this club
24:25just a few hours after midnight.
24:28I'm done talking.
24:29Well, we're not done digging.
24:31I have a feeling we'll see you again real soon.
24:33And next time, put out some little share plates.
24:35It's less confusing and more sanitary.
24:37Morgan.
24:38See how many times I put my fingernails in there?
24:40Ugh.
24:51I just got a call from Epps' lawyer, J.J. Pierce.
24:54What does the badge collector have to say?
24:55That if we ever go back to the black jewel without a warrant,
24:58he will add to his collection.
25:00Well, this is interesting.
25:02Soto, look at this picture.
25:05And this one a week later.
25:07And then this one a month after that.
25:10Do you see what I see?
25:11She had a baby.
25:12She had a baby.
25:13Um, I don't get it.
25:15Yeah, well, that doesn't surprise me.
25:17Love you, LA.
25:19Nobody really teaches you about women's bodies.
25:22People think the party returns when the pregnancy ends,
25:24but being postpartum sucks.
25:26Look, she's got a splint on,
25:27because she had mommy wrist.
25:30Repetitive hand and wrist movements
25:32while holding a baby can do that.
25:33She ditched the heels,
25:35because you're not hauling around a kid
25:36in a diaper bag in high heels.
25:37That's just dumb.
25:38And then she started styling her hair differently,
25:40because it was falling out.
25:42All of these are symptoms
25:43of that three-month period after a baby's born.
25:45It's called the fourth trimester.
25:47And then when Epps was behind bars,
25:49Greta really found herself.
25:50I think it's because she became a mom.
25:52And to protect her child,
25:53she had to hide that baby from a dangerous father.
25:56She had Epps' baby,
25:57and when he eventually found out about the child,
25:59there was a confrontation, and he killed her.
26:01How do we prove he pulled the trigger?
26:02That gun is long gone.
26:04But maybe it left something behind.
26:06Here's what I'm thinking.
26:08Look at all these pictures of Epps.
26:09Do you see his right hand?
26:12Notice anything?
26:13Yeah.
26:13New Year's Eve.
26:14No scar.
26:15New Year's Day.
26:16A bandaged hand.
26:17He hurt himself that night.
26:19That's right.
26:19And Greta's autopsy photos,
26:20the right side of her face.
26:22Powder burns on her jaw.
26:24Yeah, given to her from Epps' gun.
26:26He shot her in the chest,
26:28but that wouldn't have caused the powder burn on her face.
26:30So he fired again,
26:32but that wouldn't have caused the scar on his hand.
26:36An explosion would.
26:37The only way a gun explodes
26:39is by firing it after it was jammed.
26:41So the first shot was to her chest,
26:43the second shot was a jam,
26:44and the third shot exploded,
26:47ripping through his hand
26:49and burning her face.
26:52And Reina witnessed the entire thing.
26:56Which explains the blood on Reina's dress.
27:00That scar puts the murder weapon in Epps' hand.
27:03Looks like the badge collector's about to get his warrant.
27:04I'll get it within the hour.
27:06You go back to the club,
27:07I'll get Daphne and Oz to go to his home.
27:09You stay here.
27:10What? No, I'm coming with you.
27:11Morgan, it's not safe.
27:13I will be fine.
27:14Karadek, I need to see the look on his smug face
27:16when he finds out we got him for murder.
27:18I cannot risk you getting hurt in a raid.
27:19I'll bring in Greta's killer,
27:20you find her child.
27:23Fine, but when you get him,
27:24you'll see his smug face when I put him in the box.
27:26Promise.
27:27Burn he's going.
27:31Do I have to take on you?
27:35I'll take a ride?
27:38Yeah, girl.
27:40I can't .
27:43I can't do anything.
27:44I can't do anything.
27:45I can't do anything.
27:45I can't do anything.
27:46I can't do anything.
27:49I can't do anything.
27:50Ah!
27:51I can't do anything.
27:52Move, move.
27:53Excuse me, excuse me.
27:54I can't do anything.
28:02Put the gun down, Epps.
28:04Nah, I like where it is.
28:06The place is surrounded. The only way out for you is in cuffs.
28:08You must be crazy if you think I'm going back inside.
28:11You should have thought about that before you killed Greta St. John.
28:14Greta got exactly what she deserved.
28:17You tell me, what kind of woman keeps a man from his child?
28:21Huh?
28:22For years, I searched everywhere.
28:25You stand down right now, and I promise you, I will do everything I can to help you find your
28:29child.
28:30It's too late! You stand down, or she's going to end up just like Greta.
28:34If you do that, Mac, you leave me no choice but to respond.
28:40I'd rather be carried by six than try by twelve.
28:44Let's see who blinks first.
29:03Who's that guy?
29:04I don't like him from out here.
29:06Internal affairs.
29:07What?
29:08You discharge your weapon. It's a big deal.
29:10He saved Julie's life. It's not like he killed the guy.
29:12Doesn't matter. This is the process.
29:14Well, should I be worried?
29:18Abs killed Greta. I think he killed Raina. You can't expect me to just sit at home.
29:22It's policy.
29:23You have to be cleared by behavior science section before you can return to work.
29:27Come on, Solomon. You know how long it takes to get an appointment.
29:31It's my job to make sure you follow the rules, not help you break them.
29:35Okay, fine. So, call and get me on the books first thing. That is not breaking the rules.
29:39No, but it's bending them, and that is not my style. It used to not be yours.
29:46I wouldn't ask if it wasn't important.
29:48Every case is important, Adam. I'm sorry. Policy is policy.
29:52Doesn't policy say that we withhold judgments and investigate every case to the fullest extent of the law?
29:57Hmm? That didn't happen for Greta St. John.
30:00If the job had been done right, I wouldn't have had to pull that trigger,
30:02and Raina Vieira would still be alive because Mac Epps would have been in prison
30:05and not outrunning the streets.
30:10What does policy say about that?
30:19Just this once, I will make the call.
30:24Whatever time they have, I'll be there.
30:25Then go with Morgan to the impound. Check Epps' car for anything tying him to Raina's murder.
30:31Yeah.
30:38I've heard some things about this consultant.
30:41Then you know how invaluable she is.
30:44Her value comes with a lot of things that make me nervous.
30:48The kind of nervous that has me looking at your reports a bit more often.
30:52What happens with my squad is none of your business.
30:57Until it is.
30:59Good night, Selena.
31:14Pretty clean car for such a giant dirtbag.
31:16Well, let's just hope we can find something in here that helps us prove he killed Raina.
31:21Hey, you okay?
31:24I'm fine.
31:25Why?
31:25Because you just shot somebody yesterday.
31:27You don't go from that to fine in 24 hours.
31:30I told you it was a clean shot.
31:32IA will clear me.
31:32I'm not worried about your badge.
31:34I'm worried about you.
31:36Typically, when someone pretends that something big doesn't matter, it means that it really does.
31:42You and Soto are doing a lot of pretending that you're fine.
31:46A cop's worst nightmare is having to discharge their weapon.
31:50Yeah, I bet.
31:51How many times have you done that?
31:54Three.
31:55But I never hit anyone until now.
31:58Epps had a gun pressed to a young woman's temple.
32:02He'd killed before.
32:03Would have had no problem doing it again, so I had exactly two options.
32:06Let him go or shoot him.
32:08Knowing that if I missed...
32:10You might kill the person you're trying to protect.
32:13How'd you do that?
32:14Weren't you worried you might accidentally hit her?
32:17Every morning, I start my day at the gun range.
32:20Discipline.
32:22Repetition.
32:23Endless hours focused on one thought.
32:25What would I do if a day like yesterday ever came?
32:27I'd seen that shot in my mind every day for the last 20 years.
32:31And I took it.
32:33I knew I wouldn't miss.
32:49Check this out.
32:50Some kind of pass.
32:51Monday's when Rena was killed.
32:53It's a visitor's pass to a federal prison.
32:55So Epps was visiting a prison on Monday.
32:58California's got 13 federal prisons.
32:59I'll have Daphne and I start calling each one.
33:02Are there any near the Mojave Desert?
33:03Because that's where this car was.
33:06Yucca moth.
33:08They're dependent on Joshua trees for survival.
33:11So if one hit Epps' windshield, this car was in the Mojave.
33:16Well, the only one out that way is Victorville, but it's a two-hour drive.
33:19Epps confessed to killing Greta 25 years ago.
33:21But if he was two hours away in the desert when Rena was killed...
33:25Then he's not our guy.
33:27All right, so Rena helped Epps cover up Greta's murder.
33:31Which is why we have been thinking Epps pushed Rena down the stairs to keep Greta's murder a secret.
33:34But the prison in Victorville confirmed he was there at the time of Rena's murder.
33:37Mm-hmm, that means Rena and Greta were killed by two different people 25 years apart.
33:41Okay, so if Rena's murder wasn't about keeping secrets, maybe it was about revenge.
33:45You're thinking someone found out Rena's role in Greta's murder and then killed her.
33:48Yep, so now we need to be thinking about family members.
33:50I mean, maybe even Greta's child. We still have no idea what happened to the baby.
33:53Well, there was no record of Greta giving birth in L.A.
33:55She could have used an alias.
33:56Or giving birth somewhere else entirely, making it nearly impossible to find her child.
34:00Well, hang on. I think I know exactly what happened to Greta's kid.
34:04And to Rena.
34:10Detective, Miss Guillory. Is there news about Rena's case?
34:14Yes. We had a big break, actually.
34:16We thought you'd like to know. We finally know who killed her.
34:20That's great.
34:24It's you.
34:26What?
34:28I loved Rena.
34:29That might be true, but she also killed her.
34:32I couldn't have killed her. I told you I was at work.
34:35Right. You said that at the time of the murder, you were taking pictures at Griffith Observatory.
34:39With one of your cameras that has the built-in timestamp.
34:42You know what's more reliable than a timestamp?
34:45The sun.
34:46A couple cool things about the Griffith Observatory.
34:49The observation deck has these bronze lines built into it.
34:52And it shows you the position of the sun in the sky throughout the year.
34:57And that weird ring sculpture with the wire through it, that's actually a sundial.
35:02So your timestamp said you took those pictures at noon on a Monday,
35:05but the sun tells me they were taken around 3 p.m.-ish last December.
35:10This is crazy.
35:11No, it's not crazy.
35:12It's science.
35:12And we can prove you're the one that pushed Rena.
35:14You see, Rena had a smudge on the back of her shirt.
35:16Drove my partner here crazy.
35:17Yeah, I couldn't figure out what that stain was.
35:19So, once again, your profession was your undoing.
35:22It turns out it was silver nitrate,
35:23something that photographers like yourself use when you're developing pictures.
35:26You must have had a small amount of it on your hands when you pushed her.
35:29The only question was, why would she do that?
35:31Why would you kill Rena?
35:32You said she was like a second mother to you.
35:35And we're guessing that all went out the window as soon as you realized
35:37that she was lying to you about your actual mother, Greta St. John.
35:40The last time we were here, you said that Epps terrorized Greta's family for decades.
35:45It's not something you would know, Lucy.
35:46Not unless you were family.
35:48Unless you were the reason that Greta made all those sacrifices.
35:55I just came here, searching for answers about what happened to my mom.
35:59Yes, I found Rena and I kept my identity a secret.
36:02But then she started having all these episodes because of her dementia.
36:08And that's when she confessed to me that she was a part of covering up my mom's death.
36:12But she wouldn't give you the whole story?
36:13No, and then I find out that Mac Epps is my dad and that he probably killed her.
36:19So I just wanted Rena to tell me the truth about what happened.
36:23So I did.
36:24I confronted her.
36:26But then she just, she flipped out on me.
36:29Threatened to never speak to me again.
36:31I snapped.
36:39I swear.
36:40I swear I did not mean to kill her.
36:44Lucy, we got justice for your mom.
36:46And now we have to do the same thing for Rena.
36:50You're under arrest for the murder of Rena and Vieira.
37:00Come on.
37:01This way.
37:02This way.
37:05Say
37:09You're not afraid
37:13Seriously, Guillory.
37:14We can get your computer.
37:16I'll go get it myself.
37:17How am I going to make you nervous about your search history if I'm on my own computer?
37:21Hmm.
37:26You were right.
37:29I'm sorry.
37:30Could you say that again?
37:30I didn't hear you.
37:33What was I right about?
37:36I've been taking care of myself a long time.
37:39So long that sometimes I forget what it's like to have somebody looking out for me.
37:43You were right about me not going to the Black Jewel.
37:46Certain things a police consultant does not need to be around.
37:53You were right, too.
37:54Yeah?
37:55Hmm.
37:56When I do nothing, say nothing, silence, it's not optimal.
38:01You have no plans to change that, do you?
38:04No.
38:04I don't need to.
38:05I've got you.
38:13Something else?
38:16Yeah, one last thing.
38:20And your feet are bare
38:24And the rain is cold
38:28Oh, but you don't care
38:31And it always happens
38:35When your heart's going
38:38Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
38:40And you're always
38:42You're allowed to be pissed with me.
38:45Morgan, what did you do?
38:46Nothing.
38:47No, I didn't mean you're allowed to be pissed at me.
38:49You can.
38:50You're my boss.
38:51You can do whatever you want, but that's not what I'm talking about.
38:53I feel like I lost track of this conversation before it started.
39:01Despite your overwhelming qualifications, you were passed over for Captain.
39:05And I have to assume that part of you wonders if that has anything to do with you being a
39:09woman.
39:10Because if it were me, you would have gone scorched earth.
39:13Oh, absolutely.
39:14And I would have loved every single second of it.
39:16So they're lucky that you're not me.
39:18You're you.
39:21You've got to be strong for everybody out there.
39:24I understand that.
39:26One of the beautiful things about me not being a cop is that...
39:29Is that I can be pissed with you.
39:32Anything you need.
39:34Anytime you need it.
39:35I could just be your friend.
39:45I'm pissed.
39:46It should have been me.
39:50Yeah.
39:55This never happened.
39:57Never even cared in the first place.
39:59I don't know what you're talking about.
40:00There for you in the bright light.
40:05There for you in the bright light.
40:17There for you in the bright light.
40:30from the Bible. That's right, it is. Peckinpah stole it. Anyway, it's my clumsy way of saying
40:38you look like somebody who's proud of a good day's work. Thank you. I am. I'm also so tired
40:46I might fall asleep in my car. All I want is to fall asleep in my car, just fine.
41:01So what's someone like you doing in a police station? Trying to get that mustache to make sense?
41:08That's good. I've heard about you.
41:14Excuse me? Morgan Guillory, right? Major crime, secret weapon?
41:21I didn't mean to freak you out. I've just been looking forward to meeting you.
41:27Okay.
41:31Are you not getting off?
41:33No, I was supposed to get off at three. I just wanted to finish our conversation.
41:37Third floor. That's command.
41:40So it is. Nick Wagner.
41:45Your new captain.
42:10You're up, darling.
42:13You're up.
42:14Go, go, go, go.
42:15Go, go, go, go.
42:27So fast, sir.
42:30Ha!
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