King (2011) s02e05 Episode Script

Previously on King.
That is Take care of yourself.
And the baby.
No jumping jacks, no jogging, nothing.
I'm sorry.
Could have called.
I was worried.
- What'd you think I was doing? - I want to think you weren't gambling.
I don't know what to say yet.
About you playing cards, about the miscarriage, about getting pregnant.
- I can stay someplace else.
- No.
I want you here.
Thirty-two twelve on scene.
Blood.
Thirty-two twelve.
We need an ambulance, a sergeant, and two more cars.
Taylor.
Police! Don't move! I hate to go to these things alone.
Danny won't even go.
He thinks it's like a bridal shower, but instead of bows there's guns.
This is my first time.
I'm not much of a joiner.
Well, the Women in Law Enforcement Gala is a great event.
It's very important to nurture young female officers, and it's an open bar.
- Now I understand.
- Yeah.
I wouldn't be going if I couldn't drink.
Not that nurturing.
I'm almost ready.
I just gotta grab my purse.
You know, you can tell a lot about a person by what's on their bookshelf.
Three copies of the Kama Sutra? No.
- Cute tiger.
- It's a leopard.
- Cute leopard.
Is it a gift? - Yeah.
- For who? - Our baby.
Let's go.
Tequila shooters on me.
- It's an open bar.
- Yeah.
Even better.
- Danny Sless.
- Hank Odum.
Jim That's Sunil Sharma.
He made the 9-1-1 call.
Found him in the backyard there covered in blood.
He's not talking.
Won't say a word.
All right, take him in.
It's rough in there, Hank.
It always is, Dan.
There's another one in here.
So that's four.
And the dog.
We, need to put this food away.
- The food? - Yeah.
Before it goes off.
There's there's yoghurt in that dairy.
Hank? What we gotta get is some of those, uh, uh, plastic wrap.
Plastic wrap.
KING S02 Ep05 - Sunil Sharma Morning, boss.
Detective Constable Pender Martin, a woman left this at the front desk for you.
- Thanks.
- Looks like banana bread.
Yeah.
Is that a leopard? Keen powers of observation, Detective.
It's a little early for donations to a toy drive, isn't it? It's for my husband.
- Danny collects stuffed toys? - Nope, Martin, he doesn't.
A woman gave Martin here banana bread.
- She bake it herself? - Yes.
- And it's not just banana bread.
- Of course it is.
Look at it.
It means something, Martin.
That's what we're saying.
- What's with the toy? - It's for Danny.
Anybody seen Hank Odum this morning? Yeah, he was putting a suspect in the box as I came in.
Be right back.
Come on, Hank.
Do you need this room? - 'Cause we got it booked.
- No, no.
Just thought I'd Whatcha working on? Multiple homicide.
- How's Hank doing in there? - He's fine.
- Get a statement yet? - We're close.
- The suspect is talking? - We're making progress.
- Has the suspect said anything? - It's a shoo be.
We don't need your help Detective Sergeant Odum.
How is he doing? Hank is freezing out the suspect.
It's a classic technique.
We're good! How long since either of them said anything? - Not long.
- How long? Forty-five minutes.
Forty-five minutes of silence is not a technique, Detective; it's a cry for help.
Jesus.
It's hot.
You don't find it hot in here? Hank, what's going on? Wh wh what are the early signs of a of a stroke? - You think you're having a stroke? - No.
Would it, uh would it be tingly? You need to see a doctor.
Hank.
King, listen.
You you gotta take the case, I can't do that.
Well, you take everybody else's cases.
- Then I'll call your unit commander.
- No! No! Listen.
He'll write me up.
Look, King, I just, uh I just gotta duck this one.
You know? I mean, and, uh you know, I'll put in for a transfer and, and I'll take a little time off, and, uh, you know, I'll be good to go when I come back.
It's gonna look bad on my team, OK? We get enough crap as it is.
King, I'm I'm Hank Odum.
I know.
That name it means And it won't any more.
OK.
Hank.
Hank.
OK.
I'll take it.
- OK.
- But I want to see the crime scene before I interview the suspect, OK? Tell Ident to hold the scene.
Yeah.
Sure.
Look, y-you, uh you can't tell anybody else why you're doing this.
I'll I mean, I'll be finished.
- Then you'd better get dressed.
- What? You gotta get out there and you gotta sell this thing.
You tell everybody what a bitch I am.
King, come on.
Don't worry about it.
Everyone's doing it.
OK.
Damn it! What's going on? You know what? Jess King can go to hell.
She wants to you know, she wants a few more notches under her belt, she can go ahead and earn them like the rest of us.
Instead of ripping files off other cops who do all the leg work! This coming back on you, King! Hard! I just hope I'm there to see it when it happens! Let's check in with the local detectives, get their notes, send them home.
I just got a call from Jim Reilly.
- How is young Jim? - Angry.
- So are the rest of the guys in Homicide.
- Spilled milk.
Ingrid, check on the canvas.
We need info on the victims.
Martin, check in with Ident.
You really want to alienate us from every copper in the city, don't you? Just give me the reason why you took this one, so I know what to say to these guys.
Since when do you need a reason to talk? - Since it's Hank Odum.
- Let's get to work.
Coming from the kitchen, he got interrupted.
The way her fingers are coins were probably placed before early stages of rigor not too long after she was killed.
Ident estimates time of death between, uh, 10 and 15 hours ago.
Shot in the back.
Probably trying to hide.
That's a Ganesh.
They're Hindu.
Gift cards.
Must have been a party.
Looks like two shots - trying to get away.
- King.
Dad in his favourite chair.
Brain matter on the flat-screen.
Brain matter is pure protein.
Never get it on your clothes.
It doesn't come out.
I ruined one of my favourite pairs of - Martin? - I'm good.
Didn't come across this sort of thing in surveillance? I'm fine.
Look past the vividness to the significance.
Listen to the story the evidence is telling you.
I'm listening.
The stippling on the back of the head.
Dad was shot close range from behind.
The angle's wrong for a murder-suicide.
And there's no gun.
So, a shot from the front and the back.
So So Dad was shot in the neck first, bled here on the tiles, then staggered back or was held back to the chair.
Is that what you see, Spears? Yeah.
- Is that a Shih Tzu? - Yorkie.
My grandmother had one.
Well, don't mention the dog to the press.
Rover is gonna be our holdback.
- An honour killing? - Don't, Spears.
Just don't call it that.
We're looking at brown people and a white guy.
Honour killing.
- By using the term, you condone it.
- Occam's Razor.
Just saying.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Razor schmazor.
Let's call it murder.
We've got four victims.
Ingrid? Three members of the Sharma family: father, Bipal, 58; mother, Leela, 54; daughter, Ayesha, 27.
The white male is Jordan Wright, 29.
They'd just come home from a Sangeet party, part of the Hindu wedding custom.
Ayesha and Jordan were getting married this weekend.
Which explains the mehndi on the daughter's arms.
- Honour killing.
- The coins, Martin? In Hindu burial traditions, coins were placed on the left hand for use in the afterlife.
They would have been placed by someone who knew the tradition.
- Honour is motive.
- Spears.
We heard you.
OK, OK.
Martin, follow up on the coins, see if we got any prints.
Ingrid, I want the names and address from the gift cards.
Spears, find Hank Odum.
I want his notes.
In my office.
We had a deal, Danny.
No, we didn't have a deal, Jess.
You told me what I was supposed to do.
I didn't ask for any special treatment no foot massages; just one request, OK? Don't buy anything for the baby until it's born.
No booties, no onesies, no stuffed animals.
It's bad luck.
OK, you want to talk about bad luck? Canvas reports on your murder.
One family on vacation, a couple of drunk guys watching hockey, some old lady who's hard of hearing had the TV too loud and fell asleep early.
- Eleven gunshots? - Yeah, no one heard anything.
That's luck.
You could have bought it later - like seven months later.
- OK, are you saying that by purchasing a stuffed animal I caused a miscarriage? - No, Danny, I'm not saying that.
- OK.
It's been a long day, OK? It was important to me.
Fine, maybe the tiger killed our baby.
It's a f Leopard.
Fine.
Maybe it was the leopard, then.
Or maybe it was the stress of this job.
Do you ever think about that? All the time, actually.
Thanks for the canvas report.
I gotta get back to work.
Don't - Amal Palekar? - Yes.
Detective Sergeant King.
I understand you'll be representing your nephew? - Yes, I will.
- OK, then.
This way.
My condolences for your sister and her family.
Thank you.
I'm holding Sunil under I know.
Investigative detention.
I understand the law.
I know this boy.
He is not capable of committing such a crime.
I'll release him as soon as I have evidence that clears him.
You arrested Sunil because he has brown skin.
We arrested your nephew because he was covered in blood.
A South Asian is murdered, and police only ever investigate the family.
I bet the odds.
If I find a murdered wife, nine times out of 10, I like the husband for it.
I see an Indian bride murdered before she marries a white man, - I'm investigating the family.
- I bet the odds too.
If I can persuade enough jurists, I can win a multi-million dollar racial discrimination case.
OK, then.
After you.
911.
What's your emergency? Something's wrong with my family.
There's blood.
What's the address of your emergency? - It's my my fault.
- Stay on the line with me.
Sir, can you tell me what happened? - I don't even know.
- Do you need an ambulance? It's it's my fault.
Sunil, can you tell me what you meant by "it's my fault"? I bet, somewhere along the line, some family dinner or something, you advised your nephew that if he ever got in trouble with the police not to talk.
Am I right? - I may have.
- Lawyers, you're just That's bad advice.
- Sunil, that's just dopey.
- Excuse me? We have his clothes.
There's blood all over them.
He just said it's his fault.
Sunil, I can charge you with murder.
I will charge you with murder if you don't start speaking very soon.
OK.
Why weren't you with your family last night? After Sangeet I I left.
- I - Where'd you go? I needed to see a friend.
And then what? I drove to my parents' house.
Can you help me understand how all that blood ended up on your clothes? I went in, and I saw I saw my I-I called the police, and I went back in.
We have very strict traditions for Hindus.
I had so much to do, things to prepare.
Water in the mouth it's supposed to be from the Ganges, but I used tap water - and coins in the hands.
- You placed the coins in their hands? I used all the change in my pockets.
He's in shock.
His family was murdered, and he was complying with our traditions.
Surely you can see that.
I should have been there.
It's it's my fault.
I might have been able to stop it.
To help! OK.
Anything? The Sangeet party was held at the King's Garden Banquet Hall.
OK.
I want a list of the guests, of the wedding, and the banquet, including people who declines.
Canvas hasn't turned up anything.
Well-liked family.
- No known enemies.
- So we're saying.
No witness, no murder weapon, no suspects.
You don't like Sunil? - Not enough to ask him out.
- Why not let him go? - No evidence to clear him.
- Just find your family dead and get thrown into jail.
That that's a bad day.
Could be worse.
Get home an hour earlier, you're lying on the floor with them.
Spears.
Anything? Yeah.
- This is what we got.
- OK.
Leave it with me.
You and Martin go check out the banquet hall.
Let's go.
Ingrid, I got an idea for a great second date.
I can't handle another open bar.
We're heading back to the crime scene.
I knew you were a romantic.
The manager says there's only a few staff around.
Just a golden wedding anniversary this afternoon.
Might as well start here, Excuse me.
We'd like to ask you a few questions.
There's so much to do.
Can it wait? - It won't take long.
What's your name? - Denise Henson.
Did you work the party last night? The Sharmas? Indian Yeah.
That was strange.
I'd never worked one before.
- Sangeet.
- Yeah, I guess.
And what do you remember from last night? The couple seemed happy.
A lot of guests didn't show.
A tonne of empty tables.
Martin.
So empty tables? Yeah, the back, there were place cards, and it was just, like, empty.
There was an argument at the start.
The bride's father and some guy.
And what did he look like? Indian.
Older guy.
What were they arguing about? I don't know.
It was a different language.
Hello? Hello? You didn't hear me calling back there? I'm on my break.
You were at that party last night? Indian music.
The san gria? Yeah.
How was it? Nice party? I had my head in the pot the whole time.
- Can I bum one of those? - Yeah.
Did you notice anything unusual? I mean, anything stick out that you remember? The bride's mom came in here after.
Wanted leftovers.
There were, like, a tonne.
Said we could keep some for the staff.
Real lady.
She looked good too.
But I'm on my break, so is it OK if I? Just, uh, just one thing.
Here's my card, in case you remember anything.
What's your name? Pia.
Pia Sodano.
Sodano.
All right.
Thanks.
King.
We found out there was an argument at the party last night.
Yeah, pretty heated.
The father and somebody.
We don't know yet.
OK.
Call the unis who are canvassing the guests.
Get them to ask if they know who was fighting and what they were fighting about.
Thanks.
That silver car that was here where's that? Ident took it downtown.
It belonged to Sunil Sharma.
That's not how I make coffee.
Only way to kill dead-person smell.
How's Martin doing? He seemed kind of off today.
Learning about life outside the tape.
So, what about the family's financials? Are we missing anything? Nothing unusual-overdraft, mortgage, two car loans.
You ever thinking about having a family, Ingrid? Didn't need to.
Already had my sisters, their kids, and my mother.
You know what I mean.
Never happened for me.
I got over it.
You OK? Absolutely.
You know, if you weren't, second date is when you start to open up.
Second date is where you apologize for what you did on the first.
Did you say two car loans? And some creditcard debt.
There is a car missing.
Maybe it's in the shop.
Or maybe the killer is driving it.
- Where's Spears? - Ten-seven.
OK, go down to the auto squad to see if their contacts can help us locate the Sharma's minivan.
It's missing.
Killer shows up, kills four people, doesn't have his own car? Ingrid and I are going to check the bus routes and taxis that were in the area.
- Had to get there somehow.
- OK.
Martin.
If the dream recurs, talk to somebody.
- What dream? - The one about the crime scene.
- How do you know I'm - You learn things in Homicide.
Like everybody has their breaking point.
Usually it's dead kids, but sometimes it's something like this.
And there's no shame in it.
Is that what happened to Hank Odum? - Hank's fine.
- That's why you took over his case? Find the car.
Find the killer.
If there's no shame, why is it a secret? He just got here.
I was gonna text you.
- Thanks.
- Look.
I found something.
Can I just have one second? Please? Just one second? I'm sorry.
OK? I know, I said that that your job in Major Crimes, that it caused the I just I take it back.
- Can't take it back.
- I just took it back.
No take-backsies.
What'd you find, Ingrid? - I didn't mean it, Jess.
- You said it.
You meant it.
- Can I se the file? - Jess.
Restraining order.
You know how you said that the tiger caused the Leopard.
Three years ago, an ex-boyfriend of the bride's, Patrick Rushman.
Maybe he wasn't happy she was getting married.
Maybe she tried to make him quit his job.
Bring him in.
I loved Ayesha.
- And she got a restraining order.
- It was a misunderstanding.
According to the court report, Patrick, they found you in their house.
No, I-I-I was just I was just getting my stuff back.
- But that wasn't the only incident.
- I was angry.
I I was.
When you found out Ayesha and Jordan were getting married, were you angry then too? Patrick, tell me what you were doing last night.
I was at my apartment.
I wasn't angry when I heard they were getting married.
I was - I was scared.
- You were scared? Not for me, but for them.
You were scared for Ayesha and Jordan? Her uncle, Amal, he he had a problem because I wasn't Hindu.
He used to come by my place.
And he said if I disgraced Ayesha any more he was gonna hurt us both.
- I I I saw this coming.
- Saw what? This is exactly what he said was gonna happen to me.
Are you saying you think Amal Palekar killed the Sharmas? Absolutely.
I mean who else would do something like that? Going through all the wedding gifts, this is the only one from Amal Palekar.
A matchbook? One match folded upward, a Hindu symbol of scandal and disgrace.
Hindu symbols of scandal? What are you, going to night school? I had a case.
A young woman, arranged marriage.
Strangled in front or her kids.
Won't ever forget it.
- I don't get it.
- It's to light a funeral pyre.
That means someone's someone's gonna die.
It was my wedding present.
Big spender.
I put it in the gifts at the party to be clear as to how I felt.
You gave them a threat as a wedding gift.
How do you feel about their murder? I'm grieving, of course.
OK, but how do you feel? You imagine that there is only one way to grieve and if I do not feel as if you think I should it's an indication of guilt.
What did you argue about with your brother-in-law the night of the party? His disrespect for our culture, our values.
So you're upset that Ayesha was marrying a non-Hindu.
Yes, I was very upset.
I warned them that they would all be punished.
- You warned them? - Karma.
Karma is the law of cause and effect.
You can't escape karma.
Where did you go after left the banquet hall, Mr.
Palekar? You imagine that I did something, something extreme to prevent the marriage, But in my culture, a matchbook, that's extreme.
Your deductions about the significance is evidence of narrow-minded police work.
The match was to light the fire of my funeral.
Because of family shame, it says, "I might as well be dead".
Not them! What do you think? He's a lawyer who likes the sound of his own voice.
Do you think he's capable of murder? I don't think he pulled the trigger, but I think it's possible he found someone to do it for him.
King.
Great.
OK.
I'm on my way.
They found the minivan.
Where'd they pick it up? It was abandoned three blocks away from the banquet hall.
The banquet hall? It was wiped clean, but looks like we got lucky.
The guys here found trace blood smears on the steering wheel and on the driver-side door.
- Any clean prints? - Partial.
I'm running it now.
If it's somebody on the system, well, we'll get a name and a picture.
What do you guys think? White bread, or brown bread? Pia Sodano? - Wasn't she at the banquet hall? - Yeah.
I talked to her.
Theft, mischief There's nothing even there.
- I talked to her.
- Your first mass murderer.
Spears, let's go.
Martin, it's all good.
You hang here in case something else comes up.
Whatever.
No, whatever.
I don't care.
- I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
- No, it's OK.
It's OK.
- Pia Sodano? - Yeah? Detective Sergeant King.
- Can you come with me for a minute? - Why? - We can talk outside.
- Martin, what's up? We just found a second partial on the passenger side.
There were two of them.
Pia.
Pia, hey.
Stay down! Don't move.
So, the partial print puts Pia Sodano in the stolen vehicle, - but what about this one? - No physical evidence, but honey did run, and we know Pia wasn't alone.
That's not gonna get you a murder conviction.
I know.
So what's the plan? First, soften 'em up; second, put 'em in the car; third, put 'em in the house Put the gun in their hands.
See who pulled the trigger.
Wish me luck.
I worked yesterday, but I didn't even know that family.
OK, Denise, let's just leave what happened last night, and let's put it aside for a while.
Let's talk about Pia.
Is she OK? You two, is it safe to say that you're friends? - Yes.
- What's the relationship like? - Could I just talk to her? - Pia's busy right now.
Would you say she's a reliable person? - I-I don't usually drink pop.
- Has Pia ever done anything to hurt you? - She loves me.
- That's good.
To be loved.
But what I was asking, actually, is if Pia has ever hurt you.
Denise.
She's not always reliable, but it's not intentional.
Denise.
I need you to listen to me.
Are you listening? Yes.
Your fate is not in your hands.
It's in hers.
Your fate in this matter is in Pia Sodano's hands.
If Pia decides to swim, you're gonna be the one who drowns.
You need to think about that.
Is Denise crying? She's a crier.
Denise likes to talk.
She's giving us her statement right now.
Denise will say anything to make you like her.
She's just telling us the truth.
I know what you're doing.
You're playing us off.
- You know what else, Pia? - What? I know that you're gonna lie to me.
I just want to give you the chance to come up with a really good one.
Wait.
It's gonna have to be amazing, it's gonna have to be, like, the best lie ever.
Ready? Here's the question.
Can you explain how your fingerprints, stained with the blood of a recent murder victim, ended up in that minivan? We found it on the street.
We took it for a joy ride.
OK.
Denise is the one with the license.
- She, she wanted to.
- But you were driving.
Denise likes it when I drive.
- Where'd you get the keys? - They were inside.
- So you just drove around, the two of you? - Crazy, We didn't kill anyone, though.
Seriously, that's the best you can come up with? Yeesh.
Pia gave us Denise.
We've got both of them in the bloody minivan.
Next we just have to put 'em in the house.
Who you gonna go back to? The punk, or the woman that loves her? I'm going love.
- Can I go home? - Denise, I want this process to be open and honest, OK? So I'm gonna tell you that not only do I have physical evidence that you and Pia were in the minivan last night I just need to go home.
Pia told me that it was your idea to steal the van.
No, she didn't.
Do you have pets you need to feed? No.
You said you needed to go home, I wondered.
But we have a search team going over there now.
They could No.
Pia's allergic.
That's too bad.
You like animals? I love them.
I thought you were the one who hated animals.
Pia told us what you did in the house, and I, well, I thought it was strange.
I didn't kill the dog.
I-I'd never do that.
The dog was a holdback.
We didn't release the information that there was one, so the only way, Denise, that you could know about it is if you were in that house.
You got Denise in the house and Pia in the car.
That's enough to press charges.
Boys back from the search yet? - Not yet.
- It'd be nice to have a weapon.
You don't need one.
- Then I need a confession.
- No, what? No, you don't.
Wouldn't it be fun to get them pointing fingers at each other in court? Something bad happens in a relationship, someone's gotta take the blame.
Jess.
I want to know who did what, and I want to know why.
About what Danny said, you know it's not your fault, right? Ingrid, your timing is I'm not finished.
My grandparents worked three jobs, they had 11 kids in a two- bedroom house with one hotplate.
Babies get born when bombs are being dropped.
Miscarriages happen because pregnancies aren't viable.
No one's to blame.
It isn't anybody's fault.
Thanks, Ingrid.
Can I go and try and get my confession now? I didn't kill anybody.
Denise, I know how things can get out of hand.
I didn't! You were in that house, you were in that minivan.
- I want to talk to Pia.
- Mistakes get made.
That's only human.
We become ashamed of things we've done.
Sometimes we need help.
It took me over a month to learn how to ride a bike because I wouldn't let my dad help me wouldn't let him hold the seat.
So while all my friends were out riding their bikes, there I was falling down over and over and over.
And this was before helmets.
It was awful.
And then, one day, my little sister, she offered.
She said she would hold the seat running along beside me until I could find my balance.
So I let her.
And pretty soon I was out riding my bike with my friends.
Denise, let me do what my little sister did for me.
Let me help you.
Where What do I say? Start by telling the truth.
I didn't even know where we were going.
Pia made something up about the leftovers they took home, how they might be off or something.
So they let us in.
They had all these gift envelopes.
They were supposed to be full of money.
But there wasn't any money.
Only gift cards.
Pia she was so s so angry.
I-I didn't kill anyone.
I I didn't know about the gun.
And what happened, it it wasn't her fault.
The they, that family, th-they should have they should have known.
They should, they shouldn't have They She kept she kept shooting.
Did you try to stop her? I don't I don't remember.
I don't remember.
I've got Denise's statement.
Which means I've got you.
Denise comes from a broken home.
She has major daddy issues, and she lies.
If she told you anything, it was a lie to get attention.
Is that the mirror that everybody looks through? First-degree murder, Pia.
Four times.
Whatever.
I don't I don't care.
Did you like, or dislike this family? Well, I didn't know them.
I mean, how did you feel that night in the house? - You mean like emotions? - Yeah.
Kind of like when the cable goes out.
And just a little empty and frustrated.
If they'd just left me alone It's not like I could leave any witnesses.
I had to.
So you killed them all.
I left one for Denise.
The father.
Can I have another pop? Pia wanted me to He he was in the throat.
He was he was choking.
He was still alive and looking at us.
Pia said, "No witnesses".
I did I didn't want to.
I I I tried to make him comfortable.
And I I told him to relax.
And it'd be OK.
My-my father he was he was so, so angry.
Me and my mom P-Pia said she thought it'd be good for me.
Are You're still gonna help me, right? - I'll get rid of it.
- Don't.
I mean you can, but I wasn't thinking that things would I guess I was just Optimistic.
You were being optimistic.
Why wouldn't you? So was I.
I don't want you to stop working, Jess.
I know.
I don't want you not to do your job, honey.
You're amazing at it and you love it, and that would just be Danny.
Come here.
I was so scared.
Of what? Of everything.
Of getting pregnant, of And I was so happy.
And then - It's OK.
- I know.
- I should have - No.
No.
It just happened.
Bad things happen.
Yeah.
I won't forget her.
OK.
Can we keep the leopard, or? Yeah.
Yeah, we can.
It's a cute leopard.