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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.
00:58The feds are in the area of the rain.
01:12I'm in the middle of the rain.
01:16I'm in the middle of the rain.
01:21You said no one's life is more important.
01:24You think it's more or less important than the heaven that I can use?
01:27And you're in the middle of the rain.
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
02:45without mistake
02:48to fail at all.
03:02With your words
03:04I will not fail.
03:06and grow.
03:12I was the lightest to face, see me now, I'm loud and proud, and to those who fear leads them
03:23to hate, what a pity to belong to my place, I know, you'll see me now.
03:35Some of us, some of us are brave.
04:11Some of us are brave.
04:12You don't get the news.
04:15Fuck, Bobby. Why are you in my place?
04:17Well, Oz got a question for you,
04:21Agent Craig, and I just need to see you.
04:25Just need to see you on set.
04:27You found something?
04:28Yes, ma'am.
04:30Show me.
04:31Oh, right your way.
04:38So Uncle Sam's got the tab on this, right?
04:40I'm still paying off my rotator cuff.
04:46I needed the ledgers for bad religion.
04:49Just keep watching.
04:52Help.
04:53You're okay.
04:54Help me.
04:55You're good.
04:59Make it stop, please. Make it stop.
05:17That's not me.
05:19That's funny.
05:20You sure look like you.
05:22It's not, it's a, it's a deep fake.
05:24It's a, it's a deep fake.
05:26People do that, especially my people.
05:28Yeah, but why would they want to do that to you?
05:31Because there's, there's this thing that's coming to light.
05:33All right?
05:33It's a program.
05:34They don't want people to know about it,
05:36and they're trying to fucking pin it all on me.
05:39So you're saying you had nothing to do with it?
05:40I, I did, I, I...
05:42No.
05:43I didn't.
05:44I, I sold untraceable guns and, and vetted soldiers for a study.
05:49But I sure as hell didn't fucking know anything about whatever the hell this is.
05:55We can prove it.
05:57Can your guy remove my face?
06:00I mean, if we can see who's under there, we'll know who's behind it.
06:03Yeah.
06:04We'll go with your answer.
06:06For now.
06:07But if it's just more killer Craig under there,
06:10I'll be the one removing your face.
06:15All right, that's the way we do it.
06:20Hey, you keep ordering like this, we're gonna have to start calling you three, John, pretty soon.
06:24I am committed to keeping y'all in business, Miss Taylor.
06:26Oh, we are doing just fine. Thank you.
06:30Keep it that way.
06:31Yes, ma'am.
06:32Anything good from the autopsy?
06:35Bottom line is, Hondo says Esteban's death is consistent with suicide.
06:39Pending further investigation due to suspicious circumstances.
06:44It's hard to fake a suicide by gunshot.
06:46You got prints on the gun, GSR, bullet trajectory, it all fits.
06:51I know.
06:51But it doesn't feel right.
06:53Esteban was angry, not suicidal.
06:56And why would the mystery woman from the casino want to put him down?
06:59I don't know.
07:00But check 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.
07:10Look.
07:11Look at her face.
07:15Isn't that the same lady he painted on the subway tunnel in Chicago?
07:18That 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.
07:29That 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 been lying to us since day one.
07:51I know you pressed him before, but he didn't crack.
07:55That was a love, Ted.
07:57This 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, am I right?
08:08Yes, and 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.
08:21I got a lot of phone calls from friends who are disappointed over,
08:24you know, over the last couple of days.
08:25Yes, this is regarding the revelations that, and I quote,
08:29Crestbrook 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.
08:45Uh, I found out when the rest of America found out, and...
08:50Frankly, it...
08:54It broke my heart.
08:56It's not...
08:57That'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-I 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 and...
09:20And-and, um...
09:23Whew, the audience at home.
09:27I want you to know that I take...
09:31Full responsibility for this.
09:33That I am...
09:37Deeply ashamed.
09:39And I am...
09:41So sorry that this happened.
09:47I...
09:48Will 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, I appreciate that, but...
10:03Yeah, if I can just use this as a moment to ask what I think is...
10:08Is the real question, the bigger question here, which is...
10:11Why are families sending their children to our country...
10:16To work?
10:18Hmm?
10:20And the answer is, those families don't have enough to eat.
10:25That is why I'm supporting Senator Pete Ashford's world hunger reduction legislation.
10:32It is the key to allowing us to spread our prosperity seed around the globe.
10:39The prosperity seed that grows where nothing else will.
10:42And with it, we will end world hunger forever.
10:49Yes, thank you.
10:51Stay with us.
10:56I think it looks... I actually think it looks good. Maybe I'll leave it on.
11:01Excuse me.
11:04That was impressive.
11:07We come across professional lives every single day.
11:10You might be the best I've seen.
11:12No, no. Not better than Ramsay.
11:14Oh, you're... Okay, you...
11:15Yeah.
11:16Second best.
11:16Yes, yes.
11:17Second.
11:19Do 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. People hate that.
11:31We have reason to believe she may be our killer.
11:33Well, I've never seen that woman before, so I don't know why you think I know her.
11:37Well, you've been lying to us from the beginning, so we can only assume...
11:40Watch your tone, Cross.
11:40You might be able to speak to criminals that way, but not too...
11:43Instruction of justice is a crime. Human trafficking is a crime.
11:48So if he walks like a duck...
11:50Okay.
11:51Out.
11:52And I'll be on the phone to McElhannon.
11:54No, you watch your tone.
11:55Okay. All right. Okay, Nat.
11:56Look, this is a...
11:58This is a difficult question.
11:59And we at Crestbrook, we embrace the difficult.
12:01So, uh, let me ask you a question.
12:03Is there anything that Crestbrook can do to make you, you know, more effective at your job?
12:08Listen, I don't work for Crestbrook.
12:11No, no. You work for Metro PD, right?
12:13But what's your current assignment?
12:15It is to find and stop the person who's trying to kill who?
12:17Me, Lance Duran, the CEO of Crestbrook Industries.
12:22So, if it walks like a duck...
12:24Mr. Duran, we asked you, why would someone want to kill you?
12:29And you fed us some bullshit about COVID exceptions.
12:31If you want us to be more effective at our job, start with the truth.
12:36Eh?
12:37You want me to just list my sins?
12:39No, that would take too long. Just give us the big ones.
12:41You know, human trafficking. The 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? That's fine.
13:08You can just stay there.
13:10But you have to understand something.
13:11I asked for the best, and they gave me you two.
13:14I'm gonna assume that you can put your personal grievances to the side and just do your job.
13:19You have a suspect, right?
13:22Why don't you go find her?
13:24You know what? You're right, Lance. You're right.
13:27We are the best. We are going to find her, and we are going to save you.
13:31But just know this, when we're done with that...
13:35I'll be pointed at you, sir.
13:43Excuse me.
13:44If someone died in the D.C. metro area, is this where I would come to find a homicide detective
13:50to assign?
13:51Crayla called us in for a debrief, Lieutenant. It's time-sensitive.
13:57Hey, how's the case going with your mother?
14:00As soon as I get done here, I'm gonna run down some leads on this T.C. that's saying the
14:03shoot.
14:04Okay.
14:05Vegas found something to see.
14:07Hey, Lieutenant. You sitting in on this?
14:10Hell no. I may have to tell you, I can't have my whole unit sucked into this task force.
14:15You need more bodies, tell the feds they can send more bodies. Capisce?
14:20Yes, ma'am.
14:21All right.
14:26All right.
14:28Ladies and gentlemen, our manhunt is now a womanhunt.
14:34I want you all to meet...
14:38...our brand new prime suspect.
14:41We believe she killed Helvig in Hartsfeld, his targeting Lance Durant,
14:45and was involved in the death of Lincoln Esteban.
14:48So, what? She forced him to kill himself?
14:51She is the light that Esteban was talking about.
14:54He worshipped her.
14:56Now, we think either she killed him or he sacrificed himself, but they're connected.
15:00The path to ID her is through him.
15:02We found everything from Lincoln's tunnel.
15:04Other than the shrine, she's not in it.
15:06Well, we didn't know who we were looking for, and now we do.
15:08Still don't get how we're so sure she's the killer and not him.
15:12The more we learn about Esteban, the less he fit the profile.
15:16He wanted justice.
15:18Our suspect is bent on revenge.
15:20The kills are brutal, up close, and include torture.
15:24That kind of rage means it's personal.
15:26Exactly.
15:29Now, something terrible happened to her or someone she loves, and she blames Lance Durant.
15:34All right?
15:36This begins and ends with him.
15:38Terrible like somebody dying?
15:40Yes, that would fit, Akbar, yes.
15:43Okay.
15:43Well, then Esteban kept an article from 1998 about a woman that died of an apparent overdose.
15:50The coroner ruled it as 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.
16:07All right.
16:08You and Hardy dig into her.
16:09Find out who loved her.
16:12Poraz.
16:13That name sounds familiar.
16:21Gabriela Poraz.
16:23Sued Lance and Crestbrook.
16:25Oh, 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.
16:36Fire got the rest.
16:37Gah.
16:38Would you get a copy of that lawsuit in its entirety?
16:41Yeah.
16:41I'm on it.
16:43Yep.
16:43Got a no bit.
16:44Poraz was survived by her six-year-old daughter.
16:47There's no name.
16:49Think our suspect could be in her mid-30s?
16:51Sounds right to me.
16:52Mm-hmm.
16:54John.
16:55Tell our boss you had a kid.
16:57We need a name.
16:58Tell him to check the birth records in the schools in the area.
17:00Kindergarten to second grade.
17:02Dayton's a small town.
17:03There can't be too many.
17:04Cool.
17:12We brought our keyboard to the house.
17:19And this is new.
17:23It'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.
18:18I got a name on our avenging angel.
18:23I was able to find four female Porazzes in the Natan County, Iowa elementary schools in the time period that
18:29we need.
18:30But there was only one named Luz.
18:32Luz Poraz? Luz as in the light in Spanish Luz?
18:35That's right. This is her right here. Miss Waller's first grade class.
18:38Oh, that's gotta be her. You know where she is right now?
18:42That's the thing. The Luz Poraz trail ends shortly after this photo was 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. Because our little Luz has an auntie. Guadalupe Clara Poraz.
19:00She also disappeared around that time.
19:02Now since the aunt was already an adult by the time the two of them dropped off the timeline,
19:06I was able to run a facial recognition based on how she looked 27 years ago.
19:10And I got a match on a DMV photo. Meet Claire Matthews.
19:16Of Sunrise, Florida.
19:18Hmm?
19:19And our little Luz is now Rebecca Matthews.
19:24How close is Sunrise to Hollywood, Florida?
19:26It's the next town over. And get this, that casino, ten 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 by the time we land.
19:37I'm on it.
19:40I'm pulling up to the crime scene now. You found something that could help LaDonna?
19:44I'll show you when I get there.
20:15We're 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.
20:25Listen to this. I checked the shot seeker audio from the night of Raymond Price's murder.
20:29At 11.15 PM, it catches the gun firing.
20:33How many shots you hear?
20:38Six.
20:39But they only found five bullets.
20:42Pulled two at a price, and three out of the walls.
20:45Here, here, and here.
20:47Techs never found any other slugs.
20:49Shit.
20:50Then where's the sixth 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, right?
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 sixth bullet in him.
21:45If 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.
22:30This 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.
24:10I don't know any of those people.
24:12We know why you're after them.
24:14Especially Lance Durant.
24:16What he's done.
24:17What he's still doing.
24:18For my every 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.
24:27Then 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.
24:52Janie.
24:55Janie, 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.
25:12And...
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, feel like we gotta get everything right.
25:25You can't be everything for everybody who needs something from us all the time.
25:31But the truth is, Janie, 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.
25:52Good.
25:52Are you here because you're bringing everything to everybody?
25:57No, baby girl.
25:59I'm here because I love you.
26:03Alois?
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 you guy remove the deepfake?
26:37Could've, but 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.
26:49Well, Ian, I'm thinking someone really don't want you to see underneath that rock.
26:54Do you know anyone good enough to unravel that video?
26:58Mm?
27:00Yeah, I do, but he's FBI. We can't use him. I can't risk being exposed.
27:04Mm, well, we might have different definitions, but to me, you already exposed.
27:13Fuck it. This is a break glass in case of emergency time.
27:17His name's Bruce Folsom. I'll send you the info.
27:37Where are you?
27:39Well...
27:40Right here. Right here with you.
27:51What?
27:57Cross.
27:58I've been thinking about your offer, detective.
28:01I'm ready to talk. The Royal Bombay. Tomorrow at 1pm.
28:06Yeah, that's fine. I'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 swag.
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,
29:32you owe her.
29:43A Crestbrook plant.
29:45Why?
29:46You'll see.
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, they call it a composting.
30:32Poison.
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.
31:15That'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 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 had to 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.
32:08But it can be a reminder too.
32:11Reminding us that we have a debt to the dead.
32:14And if you let that cop get in your head, we 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?
33:06Let's go.
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.
33:32Just her.
33:43Uncle Maris, $18.56.
33:45Yes.
33:46And tequila and soda with lime.
33:48Anything else?
33:49No.
33:49We're good.
33:51You ordered from me.
33:53Yeah.
33:54Coming on a little strong there.
33:56What? Did 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.
34:19And then you play, what is it?
34:21Three and 16 on the roulette table.
34:23Her birthday.
34:24And you spin the wheel.
34:26You walk away.
34:26And just like clockwork, a few days later somebody ends up dead.
34:29Right?
34:30Just another body on the revenge tour for mommy.
34:34It's a theory.
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, they must have started down this path because they wanted justice for Gabriela
35:26Alejandra Porras.
35:28And then they learned that her death was part of a larger pattern.
35:32Oh.
35:33A depraved machine built to enrich Lance Duran and his cronies and to treat innocent people, like those children and
35:41my mother, as 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.
36:17Okay.
36:25Mike's off. Let'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 Dallas.
37:16I won't let that happen.
37:17You 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...
38:03They were...
38:06They 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.
38:21Lose.
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.
38:49It's too late to do it the way you planned, but it's not too late to make sure their sacrifices
38:54matter.
38:57If we do it my way, I promise, if we do it my way, we can finish the mission.
39:03For them, Lose.
39:09I want 24 hours.
39:14And I want to say my goodbyes.
39:16Alex.
39:18Can you promise me you'll take down Lince Duran?
39:30I don't like it.
39:31What's not to like?
39:33Doesn'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 Lose, okay? That was part of it. You should be happy right now.
39:59Happy?
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.
40:12Mm. We still talking about Lose?
40:14It's an EG case all over again.
40:16You making the decisions, you getting credit.
40:18So 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.
40:36Cross 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.
41:03Yeah. You do that, Alex.
41:05Just make sure you keep your fingers in your pockets.
41:08Okay.
41:09I've been called back to D.C.
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.
41:50I looked the other way when you let that psycho Bobby Trey out of the cage.
41:54Mm-hmm.
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.
42:19I have to prove I'm not the one in the video.
42:20Fuck the video.
42:21I'm your problem now.
42:22You understand me?
42:26You put me in the boat, Kayla.
42:28If I can only save one of us, if that, it will be me.
42:32What 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.
42:49Roy, I didn't want this.
42:53It's important that you know that.
43:01What is this?
43:01Do you remember when everyone was real nervous when Ramsay got put away?
43:05And wondering 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.
43:27He 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.
43:37Okay.
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?
44:06I got some other blackmailers waiting for you.
44:08Let's go.
44:12I delegated five things.
44:14What do I do with the other ten?
44:16Well, I think you need a plan, baby girl.
44:19And I got you covered.
44:24For 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.
45:17The jury'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.
45:43That's just not gonna happen.
45:47And 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've 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 feeling my face off so we can see who'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, so there's literally nothing to peel.
46:46So you can't do it?
46:47No, I 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, which 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?
47:12You 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 backup.
48:16Eh, well, I got three cars of feds waiting for me at the meat point, alright?
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. I'll have to play lone hero again.
48:31But just think how good it'll feel to dunk on me if I'm wrong.
48:42Alex?
48:45Alex!
48:47How 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.
48:59Uh, 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.
49:27Which 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.
50:20Your first car, your weddings, both of them, and funded every single campaign you have ever ran.
50:28Except 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.
51:02She left you.
51:07It's a good thing.
51:08It's a good thing.
51:09What the hell?
51:13Fuck.
51:17Fuck.
51:20Fuck.
51:20I'm sorry, detective.
51:23But no life is greater than a mission.
51:45Hey there, crossy cross, Bobby Trey, what the fuck are you doing here?
52:01Come on, now go!
52:03Come on, come on, come on!
52:29Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on!
53:17Come on, come on, come on, come on!
53:42Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on!
54:04Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on!
54:12I'm making the shade. I'm making the shade. I'm making the shade. I'm walking that way. I stay out the
54:19way. You on my way, bitch. I'm keeping the shade. I'm keeping the shade. Let me be great. Look at
54:26my weight.
54:53Let me be great.
55:23Let me be great.
55:53Let me be great.
56:18Let me be great.
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