The Beast s01e02 Episode Script

Previously on "the beast" - It's a good deal.
- Put the gun down! Put the gun! You shot me.
I shot you in the vest, son, to keep you from getting killed.
He said he handpicked me.
Honestly, I don't have the first damn clue why.
I'm having the proverbial day from hell, right? And the only thing that's gotten me this far is the thought of seeing you.
When you work for who we work for and do what we do, you'll find that there are things in life that you have to protect.
That's a defense intelligence blade drive.
It's the absolute bible of all foreign operations.
- It's what people die for.
- Who can you trust? You can trust your damn case file, and you can trust me.
Where is the blade drive? Ellis, calm down.
It's not what you think.
We fear Barker's strayed.
We're concerned how far.
That's bullshit.
See, I got a job.
I'm Barker's partner.
So, that paper's from the suburbs.
You planning on moving? My wife has dreams.
- How about you? - Me? I like where we're at.
I sit on my porch with the paper every morning.
This jogger runs south on sedgewick, wearing nothing but his tennis sneakers.
His business flying all over the place.
The neighborhood calls him the sedgewick streaker.
Not very likely to find yourself a sedgewick streaker in highland park.
Big drug shipment is coming to town.
D.
e.
a.
swung and missed, and now it's our problem.
- What's the intel? - It's imminent.
Big cargo.
Nine-figure take.
All we know, the seller keeps a low profile, uses our fair city as a gateway to the rest of the midwest.
So, with that much product, the chances are that the seller's gonna be looking to unload to a buyer here.
Got any ideas? That was an idea.
Got any more? You Miss me? I caught you and put you here.
No, I don't Miss you.
So, there's a big shipment coming in, and I need to know who the buyer is.
There is payment for these services? You get the u.
s.
attorney to offer me a deal? A transfer to something medium-security? Nope.
You didn't drive all the way out here empty-handed.
Actually, you're gonna pay me.
And if you don't, I cannot guarantee the safety of this address.
The witness-protection program is my bitch.
Jimmy Casserly is the buyer.
You like spy novels.
Can't get enough of them myself.
What, does everyone have a key to my apartment? Your eye It's all better now.
- The name is Raymond.
- I don't care, Raymond.
If you want to leave through the front door, I suggest you do it now.
Do you really think if I leave now, it will all just go away? There's a job the bureau wants you to do.
Not interested.
Not interested in what? The job or the truth? My loyalty is to Barker.
You know, I thought I made myself pretty damn clear on the train to you and your friend.
What happened to her, anyway, your iceberg girlfriend? She didn't get you to take the gig.
That's what happened to her.
I guess you'll be joing her, 'cause you didn't, either.
Oh, I will.
I'm here for the long haul.
Do me a favor.
Lock the door on your way out.
Oh, by the way, i'd password-protect my computer if I were you.
You're late.
Well, I didn't know they served breakfast here.
They don't.
- Hey, Moe, could I grab a cup - Moe give us a few minutes? So, you ever heard of Jimmy Casserly? - This another test? - Not if you know the answer.
He's a heavyweight buyer.
Cocaine, ecstasy.
He gets the stuff wholesale and lets it trickle down to the mid-level dealers.
He happens to be on the receiving end of a big-ass shipment coming in.
So, we pick him up, we show him the alternative to not cooperating with the FBI.
Wrong.
Our only way into this drug deal is Casserly.
So, if we pupressure on him in any way, he's gonna see us as the law and run.
Then we're out on a seller, and we're out on a drug shipment, and that is lose-lose.
We're gonna partner up with Jimmy.
We convince him that we're indispensable for moving his coke around.
Which puts us on the inside of the deal.
Win-win.
Right.
On the other hand, Jimmy may pass on the offer.
No businessman worth his salt ever passes on a better deal.
I got a snitch that will lead us to him.
So go get the car.
And hurry up.
I'm not your valet, you know.
Okay.
- What the hell do you want? - You know what I want.
You want the 411, you got to pay the man.
- You tell 'em, baby.
- Shut your mouth! You're the law.
You ain't gonna use that gun.
You're right.
Every time you come here, you beat the shit out of him.
I did not touch him.
You broke my nose! Try some frozen peas.
Don't know what I ever saw in that guy.
Well, you don't leave, so there must be something working.
He could be gentle.
He's just pissed off at how toxic the shit in the street is these days.
So, I'm looking for Jimmy Casserly.
Chicago pd picked him up at 5:00.
Yeah? How you know that? Who's this? He's my new boy.
I know 'cause me and my girlfriends were with him, pretty.
And because you wanted to be near Jimmy when the shipment came in? Everybody wants to be around Jimmy now.
Chicago pd, too.
Look at it this way, you're chicago pd, and a big shipment's due, heading for Jimmy.
Now, you don't know when it's coming in or where.
So, logical question: Why would you pick him up before it gets here? The safest bet with CPD is laziness.
Yeah, Conrad.
So, guess what.
Jimmy Casserly's the buyer, and CPD picked him up.
I need you to get him out.
Press a button, call a u.
s.
attorney.
I don't care.
I just need him on the street.
Where we going now? You are gonna go get me some coffee.
Black.
No sugar.
Right.
Coffee, black, with six sugars.
Sweet.
Thank you very much.
Rose.
Everybody, this is Ellis.
Ellis, this is everybody.
Ellis is a What do you do, Ellis? I'm a consultant.
He is a consultant.
All right, I have Peters V.
Bowman 1.
Who has pvb2? I got it.
Here you go.
Are you familiar with Peters VSV.
Bowman, Ellis? It's the case that established the idea of an attractive nuisance.
- Anybody need anything? - No, I'm cool.
No, tanks.
- I should have called.
- I was thinking the same thing, Well, you know, work, It's been busy.
You're busy.
I'm busy.
We're all busy.
Why don't you just let me take you out for a drink some time? It sure looks like you could use one.
Is this funny to you? 'cause I'm pissed.
How pissed? Your coffee, sir.
So, what's the word? Conrad says there is no button to press.
There is no Jimmy Casserly in custody.
No Jimmy? Not according to the CPD's arrest report.
Your snitch lied to you.
Do you want me to call the bureau coroner? No.
That is a mess I am not interested in.
You know, in all this time, not once did she ever say, "get me out of this hell.
" Not once.
You got to respect that kind of clarity.
And she was not lying about Casserly.
The cops did take him.
There's no arrest record.
Which is why I need you to get a look at her police jacket.
She said that when Jimmy was taken, she was with her girlfriends.
So, whoever they are, they could verify her story.
And do not go through the chicago police.
You start asking too many questions, they'll start to flag why we're after.
Find another way.
What do you want to do about Kelly? I'll take care of her.
So, you doing cool shit? Thank you.
Vcmo, man, that's where it's at.
God, I wish I was you.
Thanks.
You sure? Look at the legs onthatone! You getting a lot of skirt? Since I joined the bureau, I've been sitting in an office with no windows watching internet porn, while you're out here catching ass like head lice.
Look, I need you to do me a favor.
I need some records from the chicago pd.
Now, this cannot come back to me or my case.
You understand? I need an arrest record for one Kelly Hearns.
What you're asking me to do is an act of gross misconduct, subject to censure and/or dismissal.
- I'm in.
- Thank you.
But you have to do me a favor in return, okay? You got to set me up with a girl.
OK? Now, she doesn't have to be a 10.
- Let's say an 8.
- An 8? - You see a lot of 8's walking around? - That's the point.
I'll do it for you.
All right.
But I need one more thing.
Surveillance tapes from the chicago field office evidence room.
This, Klly Harns' police file and the security-camera video.
They from the same case? No.
They're not.
- She better be an 8.
- You betcha.
You know, you took me away from one hell of a sandwich, right? You drove a stiff into the FBI parking garage? See to it she gets a proper burial.
What? Who who is she? Just get her a proper burial, will you, and send me the bill? I told my wife I'd pick up my daughter after soccer.
Look, you want me to make this case or not? Now pop your trunk.
I'll give you a hand.
No.
- Yeah? - What did you send me? I sent you what you asked for, the surveillance video tape.
It cuts out, all right? It's missing, like, 1:20.
What do you want me to tell you, man? That's what was there.
Somebody got to the tape.
You texted her.
Actually, we texted her.
Rose, right? Said something like, "I'm running a half-hour late.
Been thinking about you.
" Real nice and sweet.
You hacked into my phone.
A case came across my desk From the guy who runs the evidence cage, ield office.
Complaint.
He says at 6:00 a.
m.
, you broke into the cage.
He described you as emotional and irrational.
You asked about Barker, searched the shelves for something, took nothing and left.
Now, the time you reportedly arrived tells me a lot.
It tells me you went there right after you left us on the train.
What were you looking for? I left my wallet there.
Popcorn.
A movie.
So romantic.
That's what we have on Barker.
Not enough to make a case against him.
If it were, we wouldn't need you.
But it'll make you wonder.
Now, you have two choices.
One of them is to give that disk to Barker.
She's pretty.
A bit high-maintenance for this place.
She's none of your business.
Take a look at the disk, Ellis.
Are you early or am I late? Yes.
Can I buy you a drink? Yeah.
You can buy me several.
I need you, your family, and your father to vouch for me.
Did you know they don't give you nail clippers here? Ever since Alcatraz, the brain trust fears you're gonna chisel your way out.
So when they reach a mandated length, they cut them for you.
- You want a set of clippers, I'll - I want some goddamned respect! You want something I want something.
I'll make a call and see if I can get you transferred out of this zoo to some Fed country club.
But no promises.
No promises? I'm gonna tell you what my father would tell you.
I'd sooner cut off my hands than vouch for that piece of shit! Guard! So, where are you from? Missouri.
That's where I went to high school.
Hold up.
Now loosen your fingers just before you shoot.
I know how to play pool.
Are your parents still in Missouri? No parents.
So, you were hatched.
My mom died when I was 5.
And my dad, well, he went out for a pack of cigarettes.
That's tough.
I only wished he'd started smoking sooner.
It all kind of sounds like a country/western song.
You know that joke? What happens when you play a country song backwards? You get your wife back, you get your truck back, you get your job back, and then your dog comes home.
Hadn't heard that one, but it's funny, though.
You know, I'm sorry.
I got to go.
I got another study group.
One of us is always leaving.
Kelly's girlfriends, you got any names? Yeah, there's one girl that comes up every time Kelly's busted.
Lucy Platko.
She's a stripper at platinum cats.
- You been there? - I've been to strip clubs.
No, have you been there? - No.
- Perfect.
I'm an alcoholic, and I, I feel safest with those who understand the meaning of that.
I feel like You're kidding me.
How did you find me? You only turn your phone off when you go to A.
A.
Meetings.
That's right.
I, too, am respectful of what goes on in there.
I need to transfer Joe Saldano jr.
Out of super max.
You sent him downstate yourself, now you want to move him to a country club? I got to have somebody vouch for me on this drug deal.
Only the father can do that.
Moving junior is the way I get it.
Wh what do you want from me? I need you to talk to department of justice.
They won't do it.
Junior was a family gun.
He's got contract kills to his name.
D.
O.
J.
thinks he should have fried.
I'd make the call if I didn't know what the answer was gonna be.
Fine.
Well, what are you gonna do now? I'll improvise.
You remember what she looks like, right? Yeah.
I saw the file.
She's hard to forget.
Never send a boy to do a man's job.
Yeah, right.
My name's Lace.
You want some company? What's up, Lace? You busy tonight? Not too busy for you.
You're a player? I got to dance for you, baby? Actually, looking for To order off the menu tonight.
"Order off the menu.
" What gets you off? You, Lace, and more of you.
What's your name? What's my name? John.
John smith.
Aren't we all? Right? I'm john smith, and I got 2.
3 kids and a wife that doesn't get me.
I'm here for a smartphone convention.
And you're Lucy.
You love to dance.
- I mean, what's the difference? - What did you say? - I said you love to dance.
- You called me Lucy.
Shit.
- Who's Lucy? - I never told you my name was Lucy.
You a cop? - Cop? What are you talking about? - Get off it! Every day, the last two weeks, every cop in the district's coming around, looking for Jimmy Casserly.
- Same as you, right? - Jimmy who? Just keep it down.
Shut up.
Didn't they send you the memo that they got him last night? Oh, and give my father a message.
Tell him to leave me the hell alone about Jimmy.
I know.
I messed up, all right? The Lucy thing, it just slipped out.
You were too damn worried about impressing me and not focused on job.
Who's her daddy? - What? - She said, "tell my father.
" So who's her daddy? Morning.
Can I help you? You getting out of town? My wife and I have our eyes on a cabin up the lake.
But if you're interested in this house, I could give you a tour.
I'm not here for your house.
I'm looking for Jimmy Casserly.
Don't know a Jimmy Casserly.
Does he live around here? No, this Jimmy Casserly, he wouldn't spend much time here.
- He doesn't like cops.
- And what are you, a fed? - I'll take that as a yes.
- Lieutenant Platko You may not know Jimmy, but your daughter does.
I don't have a daughter.
That's not what Lucy says.
You went to see Lucy? I wanted her to help me find Jimmy.
She wouldn't.
I was hoping you would.
Look, - I know how you feel, but I don't - You know how I feel? What do you know about how I feel? You know what Casserly did to my baby girl? He took her, and I could never get her back.
I can never get my girl back.
If you'll excuse me, I got to clean up.
If you help us, maybe you get a shot at this guy.
No.
6:00 today, my gun and badge goes down.
CPD forced retirement.
So? So, he told me he whiffed on ever getting Casserly.
You think he lied to you? No, I think he's telling the truth.
He spent years trying to build a case and never got him.
Well, at 5:00 a.
m.
yesterday, the cops got him.
At 5:00 a.
m.
yesterday, Platko decided he was not interested in building a case anymore.
It's personal.
This is about lucy? Well, what it's not about is our drug shipment.
Understand this: As long as Casserly is away, there's no chance this deal will go down.
Let's go.
Here, put these on.
Whatever you do, do not let them draw.
Special day.
Special day, L.
t.
How you doing? What are you doing? You're a goddamn cop.
Not as of 11 minutes ago.
Now I'm just Lucy's father.
Put him in my car - Down on the ground! - What the hell? - Don't move.
- Get down! Do not move.
What's up, Jimmy? Take this.
- Who the hell are you? - We are your new partners.
We're gonna handle your product distribution from Denver to Minneapolis.
Minneapolis?! That's saldano territory! Not anymore.
You could be gotti for all I care.
You ain't cutting into this deal.
Son of a We just saved your ass.
We hijacked you from the Chicago pd, and this is the thanks we get? - 60-40 split is the least you could do.
- No, thanks.
Look, 60-40, or I hand you back to some really pissed-off cops.
No! No way! Okay! Okay! Deal! Just get out of here! Come on, let's go, drive! - Now what? - Now what? We wait, you freak.
The shipment rolls to us.
I got to take a piss.
- How did you find me? - What's the difference? You should feel lucky I found you.
The location is a hundred yards south of the pine street bridge.
The factory road.
Have our men sit tight.
You protecting someone? I found you through a skank named Lucy.
No, Lucy's no skank.
Well, I call 'em like I see 'em.
No.
She was 14 when she came to me.
Nice kid.
Pretty.
Clean.
She got hooked on the junk so fast, she wanted me to put her out on the street.
I had no choice.
So, it was the junk that made her a whore? You had nothing to do with it? Or the whore was always in her, and the junk just helped bring it out.
Yeah, maybe.
So, you pull the car around the back.
You get out.
And, Jimbo, we'll have two guns on you.
So you so much as twitch, I will drill you in the back.
Look at me, Casserly! Son of a Look at me! You dragged my little girl down into your world of filth and twisted her into believing she didn't have a home.
She had a home.
Please don't do this.
Now I'm gonna send you back to that rathole you crawled out of.
Are you scared? - Good.
- Don't do it.
It's over now.
Lock him in the car.
I'd do it again.
Here they come.
How are we gonna explain this? - Shoot me.
- What? Shoot me.
- Come on, shoot me! - I ain't gonna shoot you, no! Oh, god! Oh, for god I sure hope you have a plan.
So, what happened here? We had a Slight disagreement, but everything's worked out now.
The prick tried to kill us.
- And you are? - Jimmy's partners.
Jimmy doesn't have partners.
He does now.
No Jimmy, no party.
Now, look Look, what's done is done.
We handle the distribution for Saldano now.
You call him.
The old man will vouch for us.
Listen, Jimmy Casserly was shorting Saldano on the deal.
Jimmy didn't want to cut Saldano in, so we cut him out.
Call him.
Call him.
Don't tell me what to do.
All right.
Hello.
- Who is this? - Who is this? This is Joe Saldano, you jackass.
It's 3:00 in the morning.
What are you calling me for? You're a dead man! You hear me?! You're a dead Hey, you.
Pretty boy.
Come haul your goodies away.
And you, my friend.
I'm gonna tell you just like I told Jimmy when I got in business with him.
I am not a man to be trifled with.
I can see that.
If by "trifled with," you mean "screwed" consider yourself trifled.
What do you want to do with him? It's over, right? How did you find us? I've been a copper for 36 years.
You think I can't find anybody I want? You know how many dirtbags I put away on my watch? Book 'em and burn 'em and never gave two shits.
But this one guy that screwed up my little girl.
Him, I couldn't lay a hand on.
Think on that.
My guys knew What it felt like leaving the job while that bastard was still on the street.
So they made him a present to me.
I figured i'd shoot him up on drugs, like he did my baby, stick some bad-crap-junk in his arm so he'd die slow Same way she's dying slow.
That was the plan.
Didn't want to just blow him away.
But this feels Plan "b" works, too.
Cut him loose.
He just shot someone in front of us.
Jimmy got killed in the crossfire.
Cut him loose.
You want to cut him loose, cut him loose yourself.
Go.
Right now.
Go.
I saw the same shit you did, Barker.
Guy trying to get right by his daughter.
But is it really our call? I am not gonna sit here teaching the difference between right and wrong.
Bottom line You don't make it your call, you'll wake up 20 years from now wondering why you did any of it.
Then your life is nothing but a big joke.
- How's your shoulder? - Hurts.
Come on in.
You want a beer? Yeah.
Beer would be great.
I love what you've done with the place.
I like to have a couple of different places I call home.
Gives me options.
Here.
No beer, milk.
The diac blade drive.
That's Isn't that evidence? It was evidence.
Now it's a bookend.
I need it to ensure the safety of an informant.
And, believe me, it is better off with me than in that evidence room.
So, what was so important? I met a girl.
That's happened to you, right? You met a woman, you ask yourself Bra clasp is usually in the back.
Press in and push forward.
Very funny.
Look, you look really busy, so I should just go.
Thanks for the advice.
So, what? It's killing you to lie to her? Get rid of her.
No excess baggage.
Nothing you can't leave behind.
- See you tomorrow, right? - Yep.