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00:01Previously on RJ Decker, you wanted to see me.
00:03You can stay here one week and then you go.
00:05I don't need some pretend PI looking over my shoulder,
00:09let alone one flopping in my pool house.
00:10Need I remind you, you're on conditional release.
00:13You get caught breaking into a car, they'll violate you back to prison.
00:16It's just in the neighborhood.
00:17You want something?
00:18Where would the FLPD be without the help of low-rep PIs?
00:22Well, technically, I'm a no-rep PI.
00:58None of the neighbors saw anything.
01:00It's who I am.
01:01You're lucky the car alarm wokey before it melted.
01:04Molly wanted to get one of those doorbell cameras
01:06last Christmas.
01:07Might have been a good idea.
01:09You sure you don't know what this is all about?
01:15Sorry, we have no idea.
01:22What do you mean your house rolled into a sinkhole?
01:24Uh, well, Officer Penmar, I mean exactly that.
01:28I was actually home at the time.
01:30If you've ever wondered what the spin cycle feels like,
01:33it hurts.
01:33Well, under reason for parolee's change of address,
01:37we'll just write Act of God.
01:39Yes.
01:39Oh, my, uh, new address for now.
01:45This is your ex-wife's place, right?
01:46Mm-hmm, her and her wife's.
01:49Detective Mel Abreu, FLPD, a cop.
01:52Yep.
01:53And Sophia, age 11, is...
01:55Mel's daughter.
01:56Y'all need to go on Family Feud.
01:59Okay.
02:00So, they excited to meet me tomorrow night?
02:03I mean, who wouldn't be excited to meet
02:05their houseguest parole officer?
02:06Well, here in Florida, it is conditional release officer.
02:10Right.
02:10And you're the one who decided to change their address.
02:13It's true.
02:13A home visit is just a procedure.
02:16Hey, you! Off of the dolphin!
02:19This is a golf course, not a jungle gym.
02:22So, this place, it's, uh, it's all yours now, huh?
02:25Uh, yeah.
02:26Divorce is final as of a week ago.
02:28He got the boat, and I got this headache.
02:31So, how's your side hustle going?
02:33Well, Decker Investigations is not a hustle site or otherwise.
02:36I even got a website.
02:39Take a look.
02:41Yeah.
02:42Covert surveillance, asset recovery,
02:45and wrongful death investigations.
02:48This is where I remind you that you're required
02:50to avoid contact with criminals.
02:52If you don't keep your nose clean,
02:54you're going right back to Appalachee.
02:55Clean is in Fort Loud, I promise.
02:58Are you sure it would be easier if I just gave you a job here?
03:01You could be, I don't know, my snow cone guy.
03:04That is tempting.
03:05Actually, I'm supposed to meet some clients in 30 minutes,
03:07so if we're done here...
03:09Yeah.
03:13Uh, RJ!
03:13Yeah.
03:15Behave yourself.
03:17Well, thanks to you, I feel
03:23like a man without any chance.
03:27Uh, okay.
03:28Bryce, Molly, forgive me, but you can't hide from who?
03:33From Goose.
03:34We're pretty sure it was Goose.
03:36This guy I dated a few times years ago.
03:38His real name's Jared Tapp.
03:40Everyone just called him Goose
03:41because he loved Top Gun so much.
03:42He was also a big fan of meth, but he was a long time ago.
03:47It's not your fault.
03:48Uh, yeah, Goose has been in and out of prison,
03:50in and out of rehab.
03:51Every couple of years, he shows up wanting something.
03:54Mm-hmm.
03:55The other night after the cops left back in the house, I found this.
04:05Your past is coming back to haunt you.
04:0710K under the green bench at Loggerhead Park tomorrow by noon, next time I light up your house.
04:15And the reason you didn't want to take this to the police is...
04:19Goose has a cousin who's a cop.
04:20He's made things go away for Goose before.
04:24We were afraid if we told them.
04:26Yeah.
04:27No, I get it.
04:27I get it.
04:28I get it.
04:28Um, and I think I know what to do.
04:31Can you get the 10K together before noon?
04:34Yeah.
04:35But the whole reason we came to you was so we wouldn't...
04:37No, I'm not recommending you pay him.
04:39Well, I am, but only temporarily.
04:41I'm gonna put the money under the bench, and then I'll watch from a distance until he comes for it.
04:45I'll take pictures we can take to the police.
04:48It won't matter who Goose's cousin is if we have photographic evidence.
04:54That sound like a plan?
05:00Well, you know, this is like finding out about Santa Claus.
05:03It's devastating, honestly.
05:06What are you talking about?
05:08Learning your job is this boring hurts my soul.
05:12Well, I didn't invite you, remember? You asked to come.
05:14Yeah, because I assumed that a stakeout would be awesome.
05:16Not a damn, I don't know, sleep age.
05:22How'd it go with your CRO today?
05:26Still not such a fan of the whole, uh, PI thing.
05:31She offered me a job making snow cones.
05:36Benefits.
05:38You tell me it's not more exciting than what we're doing right now.
05:42Come on.
05:46Oh, you got eyes on the target?
05:48Yeah, it could be Goose. He's heading straight for the money.
05:50What, the guy in the dorky hat?
05:51Yep.
05:52What is that, a bandage on his head?
05:54It could be from that flamethrower you mentioned.
05:56Hey, wait, where are you going?
05:58I don't have his face.
05:59I think you'd better look-
06:00Hey, stay here, watch the car.
06:02Hey, she's-
06:13oh, damn it's fine.
06:22Oh, no!
06:32Oh, no!
06:35No!
06:37Man, what the hell is wrong with you?
06:40It's OK, officer.
06:41I'm OK.
06:43All right, roll over.
06:44Show me your wrist.
06:45Are you serious?
06:47Come on.
06:48Let's go.
06:51Thanks.
06:52Thanks.
07:05Say never.
07:08Uh, never.
07:09Again.
07:11Never.
07:12No, stupid.
07:12Say never again.
07:14Right.
07:15Never again.
07:16Uh-huh.
07:17You know this is like a terrible place to stab someone, right?
07:20You want the good news first or the bad?
07:22Oh, I take it the good news is that the hot dog vendor's not going to press charges?
07:28The bad is you're about to buy him a new cart and all the hot dogs you spilled.
07:33Done.
07:35And thank you.
07:36Mm-hmm.
07:37If you're looking for missed calls from your CRO, there shouldn't be any.
07:40This went into the system as an incident report and not an arrest.
07:43She wasn't notified.
07:46But it would make an interesting story to tell at dinner tomorrow night, don't you think?
07:51It would.
07:51But if you don't, there might be a hundred hot dogs in it for you.
07:55Get out.
07:56OK.
07:57You want this one here a little less blurry?
08:28I don't know.
08:30Yesterday, you made it sound like you and Goose, you weren't all that serious.
08:34Yeah.
08:34I tried to give people that impression, especially in front of my husband.
08:39Two had a real history, huh?
08:40We were a thing for over a year.
08:42This was before he put the career in career criminal.
08:45But Bryce doesn't know it was serious, so if you could not mention.
08:51Thing is, is that I feel responsible for the money you lost.
08:55If you let me, I'd like to try to get it back.
08:58How?
08:59You know where he lives?
09:01Any old friends still in touch?
09:04I mean, I may have a few old numbers somewhere.
09:06A couple buddies of his, an aunt, an uncle.
09:09But I'd be surprised if he's still on speaking terms with any of them.
09:13Send him to me.
09:14I'll see if I can get a beat on him.
09:17What?
09:17I learned my lesson, you know.
09:19I really didn't need another reminder that I made a huge mistake a long time ago.
09:25You ever have five minutes of your life you'd do anything to have back?
09:28I know exactly what that's like.
09:35Yeah, that's right, Miss McCann.
09:36It was your nephew's car I hit.
09:38I was, uh, towing this Nissan Z repo job.
09:41Well, it don't matter.
09:42But there was this dog, eh?
09:44I up and swerved and...
09:46No, ma'am.
09:47No, no, no, ma'am.
09:48No, I won't feel right till I get a check in his hand.
09:51Fourteen hundred dollars.
09:53Right.
09:54Try to limit yourself to forty or fifty, please.
09:58You say he's there most afternoons, do you?
10:00All right, ma'am.
10:01Yes, ma'am.
10:02Yes, ma'am.
10:03I'll send him your love.
10:04Absolutely.
10:05That was Remy Tremblay.
10:08Big ol' tub from Cell Block D.
10:10Used to take my pudding cup at lunch.
10:12What are you talking about?
10:13That was my client's ex-boyfriend's aunt.
10:16Oh, the voice you were doing.
10:19Remy.
10:21I wish, eh?
10:23I wish you'd give me that pudding.
10:25Chills.
10:26Yeah.
10:27So what, they didn't tell you where to find Goose?
10:29Yeah, staying with a buddy at the Los Olos trailer parks.
10:31This time of day, it's pretty deep into a six pack or three.
10:35All right.
10:35So what's the plan?
10:37You need to go over there and ask him nicely for 10K?
10:39Nicely, not so nicely.
10:41I guess it depends how drunk he is.
10:51There he is.
10:52Looks like I'm just in time.
10:55I know you.
10:56Yep.
10:57I'm the ghost of your future.
10:59I'm here from the year 2034.
11:01Huh?
11:02No?
11:02You don't recognize me from this morning?
11:04The hot dogs, the running.
11:06You know what?
11:07Forget it.
11:07The sixer is a peace offering.
11:09You give me the 10 grand, I give you the beer.
11:11No one calls the cops.
11:12We both call them happy.
11:13What do you say?
11:1410 grand?
11:15Yeah, Goose.
11:1510 grand.
11:1610 grand.
11:17You give it to me, you give it to the cops.
11:19That's up to you.
11:19You know what?
11:20How about instead, I just kick your ass?
11:24Whoa!
11:26Whoa.
11:26You have a prosthetic foot?
11:28Yeah.
11:29Since when?
11:30I don't know.
11:30A year ago.
11:31I flipped my ATV when I was out in Punta Gorda.
11:33Are we going to fight or not?
11:34Not, because I don't think you beat me in a foot race
11:37this morning.
11:37Are you making fun of me?
11:38No, I'm not making fun of you.
11:40But you're not getting my beer either.
11:42Probably going to need it more than you anyway.
11:44Hey!
11:45All right, in position!
11:46In position!
11:47Let's go!
11:48Let's go!
11:49Let's go!
11:50Danny, second!
11:51Hayden!
11:51Move your butt.
11:52You're playing third.
11:53Slide over.
11:55Good.
11:55You got this.
11:56Vince, hang it up.
11:57Let's get the good vibes going.
11:59All right.
12:00Two, two.
12:01This one's coming to you, Hayden.
12:03There it is.
12:04Okay, boys.
12:05Go!
12:08Mr. Decker, hi.
12:09Hi.
12:10Uh, is now a good time for an update?
12:13We're at Henry's baseball game, but it's fine.
12:15I just sat down.
12:16So, the person you made off with your money this morning wasn't Goose.
12:21What?
12:22Are you sure?
12:24Wish I weren't.
12:25I don't understand.
12:26If it wasn't him...
12:27We should talk.
12:28I want to know if there's anyone else that...
12:31Dad!
12:32Dad!
12:33What's the matter?
12:34Henry?
12:35Molly, what's going on?
12:36What is it?
12:36What's wrong?
12:38You okay?
12:41I picked up my glove and all that.
12:43It fell out!
12:47You made me run.
12:49Your turn.
12:58Brooks, why don't we show Henry where he's gonna be sleeping at night?
13:02Thanks, Vince.
13:04Gotta bite.
13:08You're positive this wasn't Goose.
13:11Even if he had both of his feet.
13:12He was three sheets the wind when I left him.
13:15There's no way he could have gotten in and out of that dugout without someone noticing.
13:19I don't know if this is making any sense.
13:20The note we got at the house said our past was coming back to haunt us.
13:24But if it wasn't Goose...
13:26Well, look.
13:27First things first.
13:28Do you feel safe here?
13:30At least for tonight?
13:31Yeah, we've known Vince and his wife for years.
13:33And Henry and Brooks are on the same all-star teams.
13:37And I can't think of a reason that the person who's doing this would think to look for us here.
13:42Okay.
13:44Well, good news.
13:45Whoever he is, I think he may have screwed up tonight.
13:48You see this?
13:50I'm hoping that's blood.
13:52The guy I chased today, he had a bandage on his hand.
13:54Maybe when he put the bullets in, he left a little of himself behind.
13:57Now, obviously, I can't run DNA, but if we did take it to the police...
14:01I told you the other day, we're not going to the police.
14:03Right, but that was because of Goose's cousin.
14:05And now that we know Goose isn't our guy...
14:07Well, do we?
14:08Sweetie just told us.
14:09We know that the guy that he was chasing wasn't Goose, but maybe that was Goose's cousin.
14:12Maybe they're working together. What then?
14:14Well, Goose isn't the only one with friends in the police department.
14:17If you want, I can introduce you to...
14:19No!
14:20We did everything you told us to do this morning. Everything.
14:23And what happened?
14:24The guy who did this spotted you.
14:26And now $10,000 isn't enough. He wants us to leave town, too.
14:29The message didn't say leave town. It said run.
14:31Is there a difference?
14:32It's okay. He's right.
14:34Today did not go as planned.
14:36I'm sorry. I really am.
14:39So I'm hoping you guys will let me stay on and work for you free of charge.
14:43At least until you two and Henry feel safe.
14:45We would appreciate that.
14:47All right, is there anyone else you can think of that will put you through all this?
14:51I mean, I teach kindergarten and he does people's taxes.
14:54We're the family that gives out king-size candy bars at Halloween.
14:57I thought everyone liked us.
14:59What about one of your clients?
15:01Anyone ever get really angry when they found out how much they owed the government?
15:05No one comes to mind, but my partner's more the face of the company, so if someone had a problem,
15:11they'd go to him.
15:18Are you kidding? It's a dump.
15:19I believe the listing calls it a fixer-upper's dream.
15:23We can't show this to RJ. It's worse than his old place and his old place is upside down in
15:26a crater.
15:27You are aware of the man's budget, yes?
15:29He is paying us rent in babysitting and day-old hot dogs.
15:33This sudden interest in rehousing RJ, it wouldn't have anything to do with the dinner we're hosting for his conditional
15:38release officer tonight, would it?
15:39It wouldn't not have anything to do with it.
15:43No, Sophia! Meet the nice lady who collects Uncle RJ's pee every few weeks to make sure he isn't doing
15:49drugs.
15:49Sweetie!
15:50He was supposed to be here one week, okay?
15:52And yes, he's a good guy, he means well, I get it, but he's also...
16:00What?
16:01A crap magnet. He attracts trouble, trouble attracts him.
16:05It's only a matter of time before he tracks him right in here.
16:10He hasn't always been that way.
16:14Not when we were buddies at the Herald, not when we were married.
16:16I mean, he took chances. Most photographers do, but he always knew where the lines were.
16:20He didn't go looking for trouble.
16:21I didn't say he goes looking for trouble.
16:23You said he finds it.
16:25Mm-hmm.
16:26And you're right.
16:27The thing is, I worry. Sometimes it's a little my fault.
16:30How?
16:31When we separated, the problem wasn't that we didn't love each other.
16:34It's that we were only ever supposed to be pals.
16:36And so afterwards, we stayed pals.
16:38But then, once you and I got together, I pulled back a little and then a lot.
16:43I mean, me and my ex getting beers washed in the Marlins twice a week,
16:48sort of a lot to explain to my sexy new girlfriend.
16:50But because I pulled back, I wasn't there when things fell apart.
16:55So really, if we think about it, it's my fault he went to prison.
17:00Okay, beating up that guy who broke into his car, that isn't anybody's fault but his.
17:03Mm-hmm.
17:04But it took him a while to get to that place.
17:07And I guess I wish I'd been paying better attention.
17:11Babe, I am not asking to adopt him, I promise.
17:15I just want to be more there for him this time.
17:19You still show him the fixer-upper's dream?
17:23Yeah.
17:26Okay.
17:40Wow.
17:40You went full mystery wall.
17:43Gotta be honest, I don't know why they do that in the movies.
17:47It's depressing looking at everything you don't know.
17:52Did you sleep last night?
17:56I just need some more time.
17:58But the dad, Bryce, he came apart last night.
18:02I was walking him out, he started talking about moving his family to Santa Clara,
18:06where he went to grad school.
18:08I can think of worse places to start over.
18:11Yeah, I know, but why should they?
18:12Oh, I don't know.
18:14A maniac with a grudge and a flamethrower?
18:17I gotta go meet his business partner, see if he can think of anyone with a grudge and a flamethrower.
18:23What's up, you need something?
18:27Just wanted to make sure that you're still on for dinner with your special friend tonight.
18:30Oh yeah, wouldn't miss it.
18:32I mean, not without getting violated back to prison.
18:35Gosh, Mr. Decker, I'm at a loss.
18:37We like the people we work for and they like us.
18:40Hard to imagine anyone going after Bryce.
18:42And you sure you can't think of anyone who might have gotten ticked when they owed Uncle Sam more than
18:46they were expecting?
18:47Well, sure.
18:48But nobody who ever shot the messenger or flamethrowered him, you know?
18:51You don't have any idea when he'll be back to work, do you?
18:54I'm sorry, I don't.
18:56We'll save him, okay?
18:57I love the guy.
18:59And if I'm being honest, I'm screwed if he doesn't come back soon.
19:01He's the one who keeps this place humming.
19:03He does, huh?
19:05Hm.
19:06That's funny.
19:07I noticed it was just your name on the door and the sign and the letterhead, the ads, everything.
19:12If I had a nickel for every time I offered to make him partner, he always just says he doesn't
19:16need the credit.
19:17Plus, you know he'd have to be certified.
19:23Sorry, are you saying Bryce isn't a CPA?
19:26Really?
19:29Last night he told me he went to grad school in Santa Clara.
19:31Did he?
19:33Huh?
19:34Maybe he just never sat for the exam?
19:35Maybe, but if he's as good as you say he is, then why would he go to grad school without
19:39getting certified?
19:41He really never mentioned Santa Clara to you.
19:43Sorry.
19:44No.
19:46But you know us number crunchers, not always great at the interpersonal stuff.
20:00Use your legs.
20:01Use your legs.
20:03Oh.
20:04All right.
20:07Ah.
20:09You're about scared to bejesus, haven't you?
20:10I'm sorry.
20:11I needed a quiet place to work.
20:13I'm sorry.
20:14Fine.
20:18Something got you in a state.
20:21Last night Bryce Danner told me he went to grad school in Santa Clara, but I searched every school in
20:26the area.
20:27There's no record of anyone with that name.
20:30Yeah, well, there's probably no record of me attending Iron Tiger Taekwondo, but I did take six classes. Broke a
20:35board and everything.
20:36There were graduating notices for a Bryce Cartman, Bryce Wachtell, and a Bryce Hempstead.
20:43So I thought there might be some clerical error. Search those names. I found this. Come here.
20:50What you got?
20:54Uh, Bryce Wachtell. Stabbed in San Francisco, 2011. Nearly died.
21:02Yeah. Police never found the perp. They suspected it was due to a business dispute between Bryce Wachtell's business partner
21:07and a Chinese triad.
21:13Well, that's very interesting, but I think you have to help the Bryce you have before you move on to
21:18another, no?
21:19Well, that's the thing.
21:21Another same guy.
21:23The last 15 years, Bryce Wachtell has been living under the name Bryce Danner.
21:29So he let you and his wife think they were being terrorized by an ex-boyfriend, but if I'm following,
21:35the more likely scenario is...
21:37Someone who realizes he's on the run from the triad.
21:52You say something.
21:54I can't believe I mentioned Santa Clara last night.
21:58I'm sorry.
22:00I was scared. I am scared. I just, I...
22:03Start from the beginning. Tell me everything.
22:0415 years ago, I was living in San Francisco. I was doing tax work with a partner. Same as now.
22:12One of our clients was this chain of car washes. They had an unusual corporate structure, but they paid their
22:20bills, paid their taxes.
22:21Bryce, they were a triad business. You were helping them launder their money.
22:24They were laundering their money. We had no idea we were in bed with the triads. We only ever met
22:30the guy who, on paper, owned the car washes.
22:33Then one day this triad gangster shows up at the office. He's pissed off. He's accusing us of stealing almost
22:40a million dollars.
22:41Did you?
22:41No. But when we looked at it, the business had a hole in its books. That money was disappearing into
22:47a shell company. Shadow Blade Enterprises.
22:51Josh and I had never even heard of it. Believe me, a name that stupid, we would have remembered.
22:55I take it. The guy that stabbed you, he didn't believe you, right?
22:59I'm 99.9% sure the guy who stabbed me was embezzling the money himself.
23:03I might have been able to prove it if he hadn't gotten himself killed in some gang war before I
23:08got out of the hospital.
23:10I was there for a while. Liver transplant.
23:14Okay.
23:16After I got out, Josh and I went on the run. We moved out here. Helped each other create new
23:21identities.
23:23I'm sorry. Josh lives in the area too?
23:26Yeah. And obviously he knows your real name is Bryce Wachtel.
23:29Trust me, he is not the one doing this to us.
23:32Would Molly agree?
23:35Molly doesn't know about any of this. She's never heard of Josh or Bryce Wachtel.
23:42When she and I first met, I had only been here for a couple of months. I was worried if
23:46I told her the truth, I would lose her.
23:48Bryce, I understand not wanting to scare her back then, but now, letting her think that the guy that laid
23:53your car on fire was her ex?
23:55I did think it was him. At first. Then last night, whoever it is, didn't just put bullets in Henry's
24:02glove. There was a thumb drive too.
24:05I had all of my medical records from San Francisco, my surgery, my real name. It was all there.
24:10Who has access to these records?
24:12Out here, uh, my GP. I told him a long time ago that the name change was for business reasons.
24:18It didn't bump him.
24:19I have a copy at my office and, uh, and Josh has one. He was my emergency contact. It was
24:27in case anything went wrong with the transplant.
24:29But I repeat, he would never do this to us. Josh is in as much danger from the triad as
24:35I am.
24:37Two things. You give me the thumb drive. You tell Molly the truth.
24:44But she deserves to know she has nothing to do with this.
24:51All right.
24:56Now, Brooks, come on. You gotta step towards your target, okay?
25:00Is it okay to go back in there now?
25:05Uh, yeah, I'd give him another minute.
25:10So this is everything that you have on the thumb drive?
25:12Yeah, it's 22 pages of Price's medical records. There you go.
25:17And this is helpful how?
25:20Page 16.
25:22Page 16.
25:25What am I missing?
25:26Coffee ring.
25:27I mean, maybe it was there whenever whoever left the thumb drive scanned the original.
25:32So you go to Bryce's doctor and his pal Josh and see which one has a copy with a coffee
25:37ring on the same page.
25:38I'm open. Yeah.
25:41Small detail. Last time I checked, PIs don't have subpoena power, so how are you gonna get them to show
25:45you their copies?
25:46Wish is gonna help me with the doctor tomorrow, but Josh, now living under the name Sonny Tedescu, is gonna
25:51be a bit trickier.
25:52Bryce didn't have a current address, so I gotta dig one up.
25:58Mom, check it out!
26:00Uncle RJ's teaching me how to make cheesecake.
26:02Wow.
26:03He didn't even use a cookbook.
26:04Well, you know, it sort of reminds me of this famous prison recipe I know.
26:08It doesn't have to be baked or refrigerated so inmates can make it using ingredients they find in the canteen.
26:12Cheesecake is cheesecake, am I right?
26:15Ooh, your date! I'll get it!
26:18Sophia, it's not my date. Not even close to my date.
26:23Amazing. And that's when my father decided that RJ got him in the divorce.
26:31Which reminds me, he texted us the other day, asked how the house hunt was going.
26:36Oh, uh, well, poorly, if I'm being honest.
26:41But that's mostly because my not-a-side hustle has been keeping me busy.
26:45But I repeat, this is all just temporary.
26:48You will be visiting me somewhere new very soon.
26:51Not that we're in any rush.
26:57So, I mean, as long as he's around, I think you ought to make him cook more often.
27:02Yeah.
27:02Yeah.
27:03Well, you know what? I really do hate to dine and dash, but I've got to get back to the
27:09course.
27:09Should I walk you out?
27:11Actually, Mel, could you?
27:13Mm-hmm.
27:14I mean, you know, it's just, uh, a paperwork thing.
27:25It's not a paperwork thing.
27:27Yeah.
27:28No, I...
27:30I'm a detective.
27:31I, uh...
27:32I detected that.
27:34I don't want to create problems, but I couldn't help picking up that you don't exactly love him living here.
27:41I didn't say that.
27:42No, you did not.
27:43But if that's how you feel, I just want you to know that you can call me.
27:48And you would?
27:49I would tell RJ that I think he needs a different situation.
27:54I want the best for everyone that I supervise.
27:57I'm rooting for all of them.
27:59But successful reintegration into society is complicated.
28:04And it shouldn't cost others their own happy home.
28:09You decide you want him gone?
28:12Give me a call.
28:13I'll be the bad guy and no one else would need to know.
28:16Call it a professional curse.
28:21Good night.
28:44How'd it go?
28:45Well...
28:46You win some, you lose some.
28:47Your client's doctor was unwilling to prescribe human growth hormone to satisfy my curiosity on what might grow when you
28:55take it.
28:56Okay.
28:57On the other hand...
28:59Hey, you got the file. Good work.
29:02That little lady running the records room had to abandon her station when the toilet and the restroom very mysteriously
29:07began to overflow.
29:13Is that not the copy you're looking for?
29:15No.
29:16No.
29:17No coffee ring on page 16.
29:18Plus, every one of these pages is marked for internal use only.
29:21They must have done that when the doctor took Bryce on as a patient.
29:24All right.
29:24So, wherever the blackmailer laid his hands on Bryce's records...
29:28Yeah, he didn't do it here.
29:29Okay.
29:31Hey, Kath, what's up?
29:33Hey, I was in our assignment meeting at the Herald this morning when a familiar name popped up.
29:37Sonny Tedesco?
29:38He's your client's old friend from San Francisco, right?
29:41Yeah.
29:41I mean, well, Bryce thinks they were friends.
29:43I'm not so sure he isn't the blackmailer, though.
29:45Yeah, he isn't.
29:46He was executed out in Sunrose this morning, gunned down in his doorway.
29:50What?
29:51Whoever did it wrote the Chinese symbol for a thief on the house.
29:54I thought you'd want to let your client know.
29:56Looks like someone brought the triad to town.
30:12Bryce, jeez, you scared me.
30:17Guys, you the one that's been doing this, Alan?
30:20Did you give Josh up to the triad?
30:22Who to the what now?
30:24Josh.
30:25My friend!
30:26Josh!
30:27Did you have him killed?
30:28Was it some sort of a warning to me?
30:30Why?
30:31Bryce, please.
30:32I don't understand.
30:33Bryce was keeping medical records in the cabinet over there.
30:36They're connected to everything that's going on between him and his family.
30:40We came in here this morning to get them.
30:42They're gone.
30:43I don't understand.
30:44Medical records?
30:45Bryce, buddy, this is crazy.
30:47I would never do anything to hurt you.
30:48You're the only one who's in this office unaccompanied.
30:51What are you talking about?
30:52Bryce.
30:52No one else even has a key.
30:54Bryce, wait.
30:54Stop.
30:55That door jamb looks like it was repaired pretty recently.
30:59So what?
31:00So was there a break in it here?
31:01If there had been, do you think I wouldn't have mentioned it to you?
31:04He's right.
31:05That's not from a break in it.
31:06It was the firefighters.
31:08What firefighters?
31:10It was like a month ago when you were up in DC for that conference.
31:13Some kids got into the storefront downstairs one night, let off some fireworks as a prank.
31:17When I got in in the morning, there were firemen all over.
31:20They forced their way in to make sure no embers got in.
31:22Why didn't you tell me about that?
31:25I don't know.
31:25Why would I?
31:26I called a handyman.
31:27He fixed the jam.
31:28That was it.
31:28Who cares?
31:29If you don't believe me, go downstairs and see for yourself.
31:35These idiot kids could have burned down the whole building.
31:38I'm not so sure it was kids.
31:41All this could have been staged as cover for someone to get upstairs and go through your files.
31:46The guy who's been tormenting us.
31:48If he was the one that busted through the door, there'd be no way to tell after the firefighters came
31:52through.
31:52Yeah, that's one possibility.
31:54Is there another one?
31:55What if the guy that was trying to get upstairs was one of the firefighters?
32:01Positions! Positions!
32:03Alright, we got one down. Play it first.
32:05Here we go. Look alive, Brooks.
32:07Charge it! Charge it! Charge it!
32:08Play! Finish the play! The first!
32:10Yeah!
32:11That'll win a B! That'll win a B!
32:17You don't mind taking over for this.
32:22Alright, guys.
32:24Are you alright?
32:25Yeah, I just want to let you know, Bryce and his family, they won't be there when you get home
32:30tonight.
32:31You find the person who's messing with them?
32:34Yeah, man, I'm speaking. Yeah, I did.
32:38How long you been a firefighter, Vince?
32:42Yeah, I saw your t-shirt yesterday.
32:45Fort Lauderdale's Bravest. It had the logo on everything.
32:48Yeah, you lit that car on fire the other night.
32:51And later you came back with the rest of your company and put it out.
32:55All so you could walk through the front door in a respirator.
32:58Leave the blackmail the man without anyone noticing.
33:00Hey, Denny! Get your glove down!
33:03Pulled the same trick so you could get into Bryce's office a month ago.
33:07Saw some fireworks so your company would get called in.
33:10Obviously that's when you got his medical records.
33:12Were you looking for him?
33:15Did you already have an idea that Bryce wasn't who he said he was?
33:18Something about Bryce just never added up.
33:21So what? You went looking for secrets? You hit the mother load?
33:24See, what I don't understand, what Bryce doesn't understand, is why? Why?
33:29He says you guys weren't close to his pals through coaching, but this?
33:31This is something you do to someone you hate.
33:35Attaboy! That's what I'm talking about. That right there. You see that?
33:38Brooks is a natural shortstop. Not an outfielder. Shortstop.
33:46And so you're saying you did all this so Brooks could take over Henry's position? Is that what you're saying?
33:51Don't give me a roll. Henry, he's a huge talent, but he can play anywhere. Shortstop is for Brooks.
33:58Do you know how early kids get scouted these days?
34:02And I don't mean pros, I'm talking traveling teams, sports academies, even some colleges.
34:08The places that put you on the path to the pros.
34:12No way should Bryce get to take that away from my son.
34:18So what, you go and kill his ex-partner?
34:20Yeah, that's right. I know you didn't stick to try it on him.
34:24I know you killed him yourself.
34:26The paint you used to draw the symbol on his house was the same paint you used on the Danners'
34:30garage.
34:32The Danners were told to run.
34:35Hell, I took the men so they could hear me telling them, guys, I'd run.
34:40But they had you in their ear, telling them that he'd help.
34:45Maybe they needed to see what could happen.
34:51It's funny.
34:53I wonder why you just didn't take this all to the cops.
34:57Oh, right. You can't.
35:01Because you'd know the first thing that I'd start to do is talking about who Bryce really is.
35:07Loud.
35:09So loud, they'd hear it all the way in San Francisco.
35:16Jenny, come on, don't be afraid of the ball.
35:18He ain't gonna hop up and bite you.
35:20Hey, Coach.
35:39I didn't mean to scare you, but I have to tell you something.
35:41Well, if it's that you're moving out, I promise my heart will go on.
35:44No, it's not that.
35:46No, it's not that.
35:52So, this firefighter, you like him for the murder out in sunrise this morning, but we even question him about
36:00it, and he'll start screaming from the rafters that your client has a triad bounty on his head.
36:05Yeah, that's right. That'll get him killed, his wife, his kids.
36:09And yet...
36:10And yet he killed someone.
36:12Someone he barely knew, for no reason.
36:15If you were hoping, I would know some way to put this guy away and keep him quiet.
36:20But you're right. What this guy did, he can't stand.
36:26I have a friend, ex-Witzek. She might have some ideas on how to help the family.
36:30No, no, no. They shouldn't have to relocate. That's the thing.
36:34That'd be like asking you and Kath and Sophia to relocate.
36:39And what they have, what you have.
36:41And no one should be able to take that away from them. No one.
36:49And yet...
36:50Try it.
36:52Yeah.
36:52Think about what it would be like for your clients, seeing those guys in your sleep for the rest of
36:58your life.
36:59How would you do any of the things you want to do, knowing they could be around the next corner?
37:07Yeah.
37:09How would you do the things you want to do?
37:10I don't know.
37:21Over here.
37:28I'll admit I was surprised to hear from you this morning.
37:31I thought we said all we had to say yesterday.
37:35Well, you know, I thought that conversation was a little one-sided.
37:40Plus, I wanted to show you these. Take a seat.
37:48Oh, Jesus.
37:50Yeah. Crime scene photos.
37:52Different guys in different parts of the country, all killed by triad execution squads.
38:00They are a creative bunch, aren't they?
38:04See these two?
38:08They were killed in prison. That's important, Vince.
38:11Because that's where you're going.
38:15I thought I made myself pretty clear yesterday.
38:18I get arrested.
38:19You tell the world Bryce Danner. It's really Bryce Wachtell, I know.
38:23Thing is, you do that, your picture's gonna end up in here, too.
38:28I'm not the one they think stole a million bucks.
38:30Oh, but you will be.
38:31That's the other thing I wanted to show you.
38:36Take a look.
38:40What the hell is Shadowblade Enterprises?
38:42It's a company you've owned for almost 15 years now.
38:45The same company that stole that million bucks from the triad
38:47back when Bryce and his old partner were doing their books.
38:50I've never even set foot in San Francisco.
38:52You have, Vince. You have.
38:55At least according to these papers.
38:58You have.
39:01You really think I'm afraid of a bunch of phony-ass papers?
39:04You should be.
39:06Because if there's one thing this old nightmare's made Bryce very, very good at,
39:10it's falsifying tax and legal documents.
39:12Think about it.
39:13All the stuff he had to whip up to start a new life out here.
39:16All the forms.
39:16My friend, she's a police detective.
39:19She says this is some of the best work she's ever seen.
39:24Actually, she's sitting right over there.
39:30You see, in a minute you're gonna walk over there,
39:32you're gonna confess to killing Bryce's old partner in Sunrise yesterday.
39:35You can say it was for...
39:37reasons.
39:39Whatever.
39:40Anything but the truth.
39:42Because this is important, Vince.
39:44You say one word about Bryce.
39:47Anything happens to him or his family.
39:49A copy of these documents gets sent to a lawyer in San Francisco.
39:53A lawyer with serious ties to the triad.
40:05No one, no one.
40:19Come on.
40:25It's sounds good!
40:28Oh!
40:30Henry seems good.
40:32Well, kids are resilient.
40:33I don't know why I can't wrap my head around it,
40:35and a third base coach is a psychopath.
40:37Man, could he run a good practice?
40:39Yeah.
40:40How's Molly doing?
40:42She was getting there, and she didn't love finding out
40:44I hid all that stuff from him, but she understands,
40:47to be honestly.
40:48Speaking of, uh, wives, where's your
40:50ex's foot or half?
40:52I don't know. Good question.
40:55Hey!
40:56Everybody having a good time?
40:57Oh, great time.
40:59And yet, here you are, only from the group.
41:02Mm-hmm.
41:04Wanna talk about my offer?
41:05I do, actually.
41:07I wanted to say thanks, but no thanks.
41:10You sure?
41:15No.
41:17But you know how they say you can't pick your family?
41:21I don't think you can unpick them either.
41:24Oh, my no.
41:27I don't know.
41:29I know there's no way.
41:31Oh my God.
41:32Oh my God.
41:33Oh sorry, sorry.
41:34I don't know.
41:38But you know they're just
41:52And wait for me.
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