The Shield s03e07 Episode Script
Safe
- Jesus, it's freezing out here.
- Decoy Squad's in the clubhouse We're working late tomorrow night, boys.
You got any plans, change 'em.
Uh, I got tickets forJourney.
What's goin'on? We're getting the marked money list out of Aceveda's safe What? I thought there was no way? - Things change.
The president's in town campaigning.
- What, in Farmington? His schedule changed.
Added a stop in Century City.
Which takes him right through our shitty neck of the woods at about 65 miles an hour What's that got to do with the list? Every cop on duty's stuck on security detail.
Which means a skeleton crew inside the Barn all day and night tomorrow.
Yeah You forgetting about the combination? Aceveda's safe is county issue.
That means the combination's on file.
Anybody from Property ever ask you for a favor, you do it We get one shot.
After the president's gone, that's it.
This works, I might even have to vote for the guy All right.
I'm going.
It's 6:00 in the morning Come on You got to stop that It's just one to start the day - To go with the other eight butts right there? - Six of them are yours Maybe you should stop, too, for Christ's sake That's just the hormones talking My mom knows about the baby Jenny opened her big mouth to my aunt Okay So-So now she knows - God, she's gonna milk this one.
- She can't be that bad.
Yeah? Well, I'm the only one that still talks to her, so that means I get all her crap All right, don't don't worry about your mom, okay? - You're supposed to be off today - Well, now I'm on.
The-The-The president's in town Bye Okay It's half an hour before morning shift is back on duty It's a ghost town out there Boo All right Clear Four, eight, five, two, one Oh, shit Oh, shit She's here Nina's here Get down Get down - Hey, you're here early - So are you You gotta beat the bad guy to the punch - Where's the list? - Ask your property guy when he pulls his head out of his ass Oh, Christ - You sure you punched in the code right? - Oh, yeah, I'm sure - We got to figure out another way - There is no other way.
Especially when "employee of the month" clocks in two hours early I might be able to crack the safe, if I had enough time - You ever tried something like that? - Never stopped me before Look, Shane was in there 30 seconds.
We almost got caught.
If we could get the safe out some time tonight, Ronnie could take his sweet time And how's Aceveda not gonna notice a missing safe? He'll be gone Plus we'll put in a twin That safe is standard police issue There's gotta be a thousand of them floating around Hey, your girlfriend's back Oh, Christ.
This I don't need right now.
- Detective - Mrs Mrs Maldonado Reina's friend give me this song It says he killed her It says he stabbed and killed mi hija.
This is supposed to be hip? It sounds like a Chihuahua threw up on an accordion It's a narcocorrido a song about crimes Very popular in Mexico And making their way up north.
Chaydez loved her, but he couldn't have her.
Couldn't let her go It's a love song Not quite.
As they made love, he stabbed her once for every day they were together And buried her by the underpass in Frogtown Flats by the river.
- A real chart-topper - Who's this victim, Reina? Fifteen year-old girl, disappeared about six months ago It's Bobby's case - I helped out for a day checking gang angles - And? Wasn't gang Chaydez worked for her father He was the only suspect I guess nothing ever came of it Ever since Bobby took early retirement, Mom's been coming to me looking for updates.
- Do we know the singer? - Otilio Ramirez Self-published The cowboy crap is straight ranchero Let's see if we can locate him Also, get a canine unit and look for the body - Why? - Because the song says she's buried there We gonna bring in Eminem every time he raps about killing his ex? Rap songs are fantasies Narcocorridos are recorded history Oh Learn something new every day If we're looking for a body, it must be Lauren Hey Careful Boris doesn't play well with other dogs Oh, I must have the magic touch Give him time to get to know you better.
Heel! Sit! So, um, what brings us together this time? Heard a song about a lovesick cholo, buried his chiquita out here They brought us out here because of a song? Look at it as quality time You still got that boyfriend? - Still got that wife? - No Still got that boyfriend? - The cook, right? - Chef - Find - How's that going? Um, he's trying to establish his career Been a while Still don't see a ring Don't worry He'll get to it Body They don't write love songs like they used to Body Body.
I need more flags Hey, can I get your autograph, man? Yeah, like on a confession? Pack up.
- Who are you? - We're big fans - The biggest - What're you doing? Let's go - What're you doing with Otilio? He didn't do nothing - Oh, yeah? He seems to know where all the bodies are buried, don't you, partner? - You can't silence me - Hell, no We're gonna make you talk Just get your wiry ass in the car Look, I know all my rights Relax You might get a new album out of it Is that our corridor? Yeah Not as tough as he sings They pulled eight bodies out of Frogtown All young women in various stages of decomposition Eight? Any of them stabbed? Some were there too long to tell We'll have to wait for the ME So these guys actually write songs celebrating crimes? - The popular ones even get commissioned.
- Musical confessions? I'm gonna go see what they recovered from the dead women's bodies.
- You gonna start with Otilio? - I'll make him sing Your song says that Reina Maldonado was stabbed to death and dumped by the railroad tracks that sound familiar? - My songs speak for themselves - I'd rather hear it from you, rock star.
She was 14 years old when she went missing - You sing about Chaydez stabbing her - What are you doing? Trying to find out why your shitty CD led us to eight dead women.
Help! Help! Help! - Jesus Christ! - Y-You stay away from me - What's your problem? - Help! Help! Help! - What's going on? - Nothing - Really - I don't want to be alone with him I didn't touch him.
Go look at the tape.
- No, I'll just sit in - That's not necessary.
Everyone's on presidential detail.
I can lend a hand.
Now where were we? I don't commit crimes I'm a journalist Is that what you think you are? Did Chaydez commission that song? A reporter protects his sources - Reporters don't protect killers - I just write the truth Arrest me, arrest the L.
A.
Times too Sol Negro needed money for his family.
He planned to take it from a liquor store on San Marco but the shop owner hated Mexicans, pulled a gun Sol Negro bravely shot him in the neck - I remember that shooting You remember that shooting? - I sure do It was Christmas Yeah It can't be this easy, can it? Otilio's got three CD's Who knows how many cases we might close Run "Sol Negro" See what street name comes up Show the mug shot to the victim Who am I, the Strike Team all of a sudden? - What? - That sounded like an order It's not How do you want to go? The same way It's just It's nice to be asked - Are you arresting Chaydez? - He's just here for questioning - Does he know where Reina is? - If he knows, I'll know Listen, this could take a while - So why don't you go home, get a little rest? - I want to stay here For the good news You hear that, Chaydez? He's singing about you.
Just a song No, it's a map to eight dead girls - and I got a big bet that Reina Maldonado is one of them - You're wrong What I don't understand is why an asshole like you would put a stabbing to music.
- I didn't write that song - No, you killed Reina and had Otilio write it for you - Never happened - Narcocorridos are real They're not made up The singer's reputation depends on it Now he sung about a dead body We found eight You were off my radar Now you're back - Can I see you two outside? - Later Now, I think We heard from the lab Early best guess says that the deaths look like poisoning from long-term chemical meth exposure Reina was hooked up with some asshole cooking crank? Maybe not Her dental records are on file She wasn't there She wasn't one of the bodies we pulled Oh.
Maybe there's another burial ground.
So we have a meth operation that's poisoning its workers and a missing girl.
Claudette, you run the meth thing with Dutch Vic, you stay with Reina - What about the singer and his muse? - Keep 'em till we find out more How? We're at the deadline.
We got nothing to charge them with.
Find something The Secret Service wants to meet with some of the captains.
I'll be back in about an hour What did he tell me to do? Drum up charges to hold them? Trust me that doesn't work He didn't mean it, right? I could free up part of the Decoy Squad for a few hours - Then I'll cut Chaydez loose, keep a tail on him - That's your call, not mine Okay I'll take responsibility When Walon's team comes into the Barn, cut him All right, get it inside the clubhouse Aceveda's out of the office for an hour.
Decoy Squad's on the way in.
- Just enough time to make the switch - I really don't like this Well, you'll pretend - What's with all the Rolaids, man? - I got an ulcer - Since when? - Since the Armenian mob started looking for me This helps Stop worrying your guts out, man.
We're not gonna get busted.
What are we doing breaking into a captain's office? We've nailed 20 guys we can lay the cash off on, get 30 cents on the dollar Let them worry about washing it.
Partner up with criminals? I'm trying to find the flaw in that plan I'm just saying there's other ways That are fine if you want huge risk and 30 cents on the dollar.
But I want a dollar on the dollar - Hey Somebody moving? - Well, we're just, uh moving a little stuff out of the clubhouse, make some room for you and your team Oh.
I thought you wanted us out? I do Might as well be all comfortable in the meantime Listen, I heard you guys came by to help us out Well, it beats going home to an empty bed I can't help you with that tonight Oh, don't worry I haven't needed a slump buster yet Hey, uh, what happened with the Secret Service? It got postponed Uh, thank you for the, uh, the help with the Maldonado case.
I was kind of glad when you, uh, came in when you did Listen, I-I-I just about wrote this girl off for dead I poked my head into it for a little while but when we hit the wall, I just checked out.
- Then make it right - You're not hearing me Um, Reina's father died a month ago from a heart attack He just couldn't stand his daughter missing, you know, not knowing I was just hoping to get the mom some good news, that's all Well, just keep trying - How's your stomach now? - Better when this is done - We're halfway home - Right - Let's go - Yeah All right, you're on.
We gotta get inside this safe and make a copy of the list before the day shift comes back on - Glad there's no pressure - Lend him a Rolaids - Three-hole punch - Yeah.
39-73.
- Any tape dispensers? - I got five units Right Stapler - Six - Great Only 57 more to find And then we'll see what our next punishment is.
Look, I told you that I was gonna go to Aceveda and you still went out there - It was the right thing to do.
- Maybe But you could've also gotten hung out to dry It was the right thing I had to make a deal with Aceveda to get my job back Tell him if I saw any cops going out of line When I made that promise, I sure didn't think that you'd be one of'em One-inch binders Got it Liquor store ownerjust I.
D.
'd Sol Negro, a.
k.
a.
Julio Gallegos as our shooter in that Christmas robbery If we close any more cases because of Otilio's songs, we should deputize him Maybe I can get him to write a tune about my cuddler rapist.
- You coming? - Can't.
One of our dead women had a friend's phone number in her pocket She should be here any minute That's Leticia She was my best friend in Mexico Well, her body was found along with seven others all showing signs of long-term chemical exposure What kind of chemical? The kind they use to make methamphetamines.
She would have had to breathe an awful lot to die of exposure.
She never touched drugs - When did she come to L.
A.
? - I don't know She saved up for a coyote to bring her up, but I never saw her - She called me two weeks ago, but I only got a message - Saying what? That she needed help But then it hung up - And you didn't report her missing? - To who? To say what? That she was being smuggled over the border and needed help? Sol Negro spelledjust like it sounds.
- Any problems? - Piece of cake - I'm gonna jump back on the cuddler case - I need some help I've hit a wall ID'ing some of the other bodies So, what, we're just gonna drop all of our other cases, is that it? Since when does eight dead women not fire your engine? I don't want to lose momentum on the rape case I can't do both - FineJust give me a second - Thanks.
Otilio! Otilio! Buzz me! Buzz me! Get up! - You guys all right? - Evan, get him to the ER Make sure they take an X-ray - What was that guy saying? - "There's your next song" - Tell me I'm rich again - I can't crack it Well, can you pull the lock out? - Not so you wouldn't notice - This keeps getting better How do we get the safe back inside with Aceveda still here? Let's worry about the list first.
We got one window and in about three hours it's gonna slam shut We'll each take turns tracking Aceveda's movements - Smitty could get in the safe - No! I wanna keep this in-house until we absolutely have to Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.
Look, I'm really busy, Mara - Guess who I just spent four hours on the phone with? - Can we talk about this later? She calls me in a panic.
It's always the same old shit.
My mom says that they're gonna kick her out of her apartment if I can't help her with the rent.
I haven't even sold a single house yet.
- We'll talk about it later, okay, baby? - Later? When? Are you ever coming home? I really need you I'll be back as soon as I can, okay? - Hey, Dutch, we have to do the annual inventory - Lucky you Yeah Listen, uh, did you check out a departmental laptop computer about 10 months ago? - No - According to this you did.
A Dell 5100.
- Well, whatever you're looking at, it's wrong - Is that your signature? - Yeah - Good work out there today.
- Thank Boris - Yeah I saw him out there - Uh, he seemed a little restless - He's frustrated He gets worked up and he wants to go all night long Corpus interruptus You know, one of these days we're gonna meet up under better circumstances - Why leave it to chance? - Why isn't the narcocorrido in the cage? Uh, I don't know.
I could check the logbook if you want.
- Then you go get it.
- I gotta get Koto Narcotics called and they said that they wanted him to sniff out an after-hours club.
- Uh, good luck - Okay See ya Where's Chaydez and the singer? We had to cut them loose.
Oh, Christ You cut them loose after I told you to keep them in custody? His hold time was over We had no choice You think you can disobey a direct goddamn order? He didn't I did You? We have to protect the case.
I don't think you realized how long we had them in custody I realize that I am still captain here! And I will not put up with shit like this again! Hey Um, did you find that computer yet? - No, not yet Did you? - No If you don't locate it, the city's gonna bill you.
- Yeah Um, I did remember what I was using it for - What? Child porn I had some downtime, so I was going to local chat rooms, uh, Web sites to see if anybody was peddling smut or trying to lure kids and, uh, I got drawn to something else, forgot about it So when we find this computer that was last signed out by you it's gonna be loaded up with kiddie porn? Yeah I-I would appreciate a chance to delete any files before anybody gets a look I- I swear it was just work Nina, my guys need some new things for the clubhouse Could you pull out your scissors and cut through some red tape? You have to submit a request to each department Ah Everybody knows you need something done, come to you I've got my own emergency to deal with right now Well, maybe I can help Not unless you're a licensed locksmith Locksmith? Smitty's your guy I have one Thanks Thank you Hector Moreno? Please Try Pelican Bay He got sent up on a burglary eight months ago We've used Smitty before But, hey, you know what you're doing I'm sorry Is this Smitty person nearby? Why are we meeting in the back of a van? We need a little help getting into a safe.
Listen, guys, I'm kinda turning over a new leaf, you know what I mean? - Yeah It's about time - Sounds like a good idea.
I gotta be kinda selective about the jobs I take I'm gearing up a new business now - Home security, right? - Yeah.
We got a start-up gift for you Home burglaries in Farmington over the last two months, plus addresses and phone numbers You say hello to a hundred and fifty sure things First things first I'm gonna need the combination - This could take a while - Just get it open Let me know when you get in - Yeah? - Five, nine, five Five, four, six.
All right, make a copy of the list, get it back here quick.
- Aceveda's got some other stuff in here - Forget 'em.
Just get the list.
- Come on, come on, come on.
- Got it - Go! Go, baby, go.
- Got it Just came from the bank Chaydez cleaned out his account the minute the bank opened - Who's on him now? - Walon.
Chaydez had that account in two names.
- I showed a picture to a teller She ID'd the Maldonado girl - Reina? - When did she see her? - About a week ago.
She's alive? Uh, the teller's sure it was the same girl? She says she remembers because they seemed like an odd couple Said she seemed too old to be his daughter and too young to be his girlfriend Reina was seen a week ago I knew it I knew she was alive How well did she and Chaydez know each other? Not well Chaydez, um, worked for my husband Tiling I knew he was hanging around her too much Could they have been closer than you think? No No! No Her papa would have killed her What if Reina kept it a secret? She was 14 She don't keep a secret like that from me No No Oh, no, wait Hang on He's coming back - Activity at Chaydez's house.
- What kind? - Where is he now? - In and out ofhis garage.
- He's unloading something out ofhis van.
- What's he taken out? Boxes and a bunch of bags Something that looks like wire or rope He's getting ready to move something - No sign of the girl? - Nothing.
- Stay on him - What if she's the thing being moved? - Is there any way to see inside? - The shades are drawn What about the back? - Same thing - Same thing.
- Go in - What? He could be prepping to kill her right now Uh, if he's got her stashed someplace else, we might never find her And any evidence we find might be thrown out We can give him a few more minutes I said go in! Get the girl! - No sign of her? - Some clothes, shoes - She was there for a while at some point - Any proof she's still alive? Found a receipt for some makeup bought three days ago It's not admissible Nothing in the house will be We don't know that for sure We went inside in good faith We have to assume it's no good So we can't even get him on playing house with a minor? We found her clothes in your apartment - a receipt dated a week ago.
- I haven't seen her The bank teller remembers you two opening an account together.
That's a problem, seeing how you're still on probation for one statutory rape.
You got something against pubes, man? I didn't do anything wrong Well, as you see it, you're in love Yeah.
Forget the fact she's barely out of algebra.
You're connected to the dead women.
We'll find out how.
What I still want to know is what happened to Reina It's just one more.
You help us, maybe we can help you.
I can see how you liked her.
Uncomplicated.
Too inexperienced to see what a dick you really are I liked her, but I wouldn't be with her.
H- Her parents were crazy.
- She was 14 - You keep telling the mom I had something to do with it and she keeps coming by my place looking for her That's why you had him write the song, right? To get the parents off your back - It's just a song - I'm talking to you! Look at me I liked her She liked me Enough to go to prison for her? Or did you hate the mom so much you made the song come true? I got it She's not a victim.
She loves me.
Hey! Hey! Enough! Enough! Enough! You sit down there, keep your mouth shut I had to put a new door on Here's the combination Write him a check Enough! Enough Ever see her before? She died of chemical meth exposure She had a phone number on her.
We checked the records, found out she used your phone to call it Maybe I dialed the wrong number - And left a message doing an impression of her? - I have a few cell phones.
I don't keep track of'em all the time - What kind of work do you do? - Whatever I can, whenever I can You trying to pass yourself off as a migrant worker? I'm from Sinaloa.
We are migrants.
That's nice threads Must have found better work than picking strawberries in Oxnard Now she was found with traces of lye and red phosphorous in her lungs - She worked in a meth lab - Horrible Bullshit She worked in your meth lab She used your phone I don't think so Vic, Chaydez give you anything? Nothing Hey, uh, thanks for taking all the heat with Aceveda - Where is he now? - He had to run out Baodelo was arrested in Sinaloa last year for manufacturing meth.
No conviction Not even a trial - But he was arrested.
- What, did you expect the policía to be honest? I expect them to at least pretend It makes three dead ends we've hit Uh, Chaydez, Baodelo and the narco.
- Your guy know our guy? - I don't think so Why? 'Cause Chaydez is chewing his ear off.
- Maybe our two cases are related.
- Hey, Dutch.
I understand you lost a department computer? - I saw it missing on their inventory report.
- Yeah Yeah - Still haven't located it? - No, not yet But it'll turn up Well, just so you know, I had to call IAD - Excuse me? - They're gonna have to investigate Any missing city property valued at over $500 has to be investigated by IAD I just wanted to warn you - Smitty do you right? - Yes, thank you Sorry, Dutch-boy Um, please tell me you put her up to that I didn't Sorry We'll find it We'll find it - Hey, I'm coming home soon - I'm bleeding It's the baby Bleeding? Are-Are you sitting down? - No - Sit - Did-Did you call your doctor? - No, I called you - Page her Tell them it's an emergency - Shane, our baby Hey, call the doctor, all right? Lie down I'm-I'm on my way home right now Got something Our boys, Chaydez and Baodelo, are second cousins Huh So, uh, Chaydez finds out about his cousin's meth lab cemetery possibly helps him bury the bodies and passes one along to Otilio for the song Any thoughts on how to get our killing cousins to turn against each other? Maybe we should take it to the press Not only is Reina not buried by the tracks, she's not buried at all She's alive.
So much for yourjournalistic integrity.
But I saw a body And now you just admitted to being an accessory No No, I didn't Chaydez had a second cousin in the meth business Somehow all his workers seem to end up dead That's who you saw I thought you reporters were supposed to get your facts right? - That makes you a fraud - How's that gonna play down in the barrio? Thought you guys were supposed to be all about the truth? I thought it was the truth Yeah, well, I'm gonna make sure everybody knows it wasn't Wouldn't want your fans paying good money for a corrido con job, huh? They talking? Oh, Chaydez can't keep his mouth shut Trish took a bath in Southern Comfort.
Gotta say, she commits.
Let's hope her Spanish is as good as her homeless routine.
Chaydez told the truth, the whole truth and kept telling the truth He's been hiding her out at a friend's place Guy's name is Joaquin - We'll find the friend - Also said his cousin runs his meth lab out of a truck Right now it's in an industrial park in Boyle Heights Let's go - Go! Go! - Go! Okay.
Let's get the trailer open.
Hazardous fumes Don't breathe inside the trailer Policía! Welcome to the land of promise.
Come be our slave.
Yeah Heard that one before There Chaydez? Hello, Reina We're here to rescue you - All right, you're gonna wait in here - Do I have to see her now? Yeah, you do S- Sit down - Reina's safe She's safe She's okay - Where is she? Uh, she's inside But there's something I gotta tell you first She, uh, she went away with Chaydez on her own What? No She knew that you and your husband would never approve Pero the funeral? She didn't come Well, she's young She thought she was in love - She made a mistake - No You're wrong She's still your daughter Reina's only 15 She made a mistake Let her fix it She needs to see you No! Not now Look familiar, you big perv? - Where was it? - Desk drawer back in the storage room Also found your renewal card for Tiger Beat.
I mailed it in Funny later, not funny now You're back Yeah I had this odd feeling I'd made a mistake in my paperwork - You never made one before - You can't be too sure Maybe you were just hoping you'd run into me There is a difference between confidence and overconfidence - Boyfriend cooking for you tonight? - He works weekends - I can throw parsley on a plate with the best of them - It's a bad idea - Name one bad thing about it - I'm involved Mentally, you're already checked out What makes you say that? I'll explain it over dinner - What do you have to go back to work for? - It's just for a couple hours We'rejust finishing something up.
I'm having a miscarriage, and you're leaving It's just spotting Doc says everything's gonna be all right But you got to take it easy You gotta take care of our baby Hmm Now you sure you don't need anything else before I go? Just for you to stay I'll be back as soon as I can I promise Bye-bye.
- You should know - You want to try drawing a house like this? That's not bad - Hey, guys - Can we watch a movie tonight, Daddy? Well, maybe.
What's going on? - Can I talk to you for a second? - Sure Hi, honey - Fix this - Oh, it's okay - Can I ask a favor? - What? Can you take the kids this weekend? - I don't have them till next weekend - Please? - Why? - Um, I have some things I have to do and I, um Um, I don't want them to be around me like this Has something happened? Is it your mother? No Um did you know it'd be this hard, this-this empty? I I don't know what it would be I'm having a hard time Uh, can you take the kids this weekend? I really don't want them to be - Sure Sure - I'll take them next weekend if you want.
- That's okay I miss them - Okay.
Great I'm gonna be all right.
Um okay.
- I'm sorry.
I can't do tonight.
- Everything okay? A better offer Two nights with my kids - It's probably a sign - It's a scheduling snafu Next week? No, it feels like a sign Maybe we'll catch another case again together sometime We made the case against Chaydez.
Found Reina.
Good - What's this? - Interrogation room tape from today.
You cut me a break when I went off the grid for Tommy Can't stand owing you something - Dad, let's go! - I'm coming, baby! Hey, Rigo There a family reunion I didn't know about? How you doin', man? You all right? - What, you couldn't stop them? - He had a gun to my head.
- You couldn't do anything? - What would you have done? - Does Aurora know? - Nobody knows Man, all I wanted to do was survive.
See my wife and See my wife and my little girl again And now all I do is make up excuses not to go home You did what you had to do No one can blame you I went after a suspect today and I kicked the shit out of him And the only thing that stopped me was I started to piss my pants I'm losing control of everything Then take it back.
I don't know how You're a captain.
You command 200 men.
Hell, you're gonna be the next city councilman.
You have power, David.
You have a gun and a badge.
Now these werejust a couple of punk assholes.
Do you know who they are? I could find out But even then, what? If it was me, I'd kill them Sous-titres rippés par KB
- Decoy Squad's in the clubhouse We're working late tomorrow night, boys.
You got any plans, change 'em.
Uh, I got tickets forJourney.
What's goin'on? We're getting the marked money list out of Aceveda's safe What? I thought there was no way? - Things change.
The president's in town campaigning.
- What, in Farmington? His schedule changed.
Added a stop in Century City.
Which takes him right through our shitty neck of the woods at about 65 miles an hour What's that got to do with the list? Every cop on duty's stuck on security detail.
Which means a skeleton crew inside the Barn all day and night tomorrow.
Yeah You forgetting about the combination? Aceveda's safe is county issue.
That means the combination's on file.
Anybody from Property ever ask you for a favor, you do it We get one shot.
After the president's gone, that's it.
This works, I might even have to vote for the guy All right.
I'm going.
It's 6:00 in the morning Come on You got to stop that It's just one to start the day - To go with the other eight butts right there? - Six of them are yours Maybe you should stop, too, for Christ's sake That's just the hormones talking My mom knows about the baby Jenny opened her big mouth to my aunt Okay So-So now she knows - God, she's gonna milk this one.
- She can't be that bad.
Yeah? Well, I'm the only one that still talks to her, so that means I get all her crap All right, don't don't worry about your mom, okay? - You're supposed to be off today - Well, now I'm on.
The-The-The president's in town Bye Okay It's half an hour before morning shift is back on duty It's a ghost town out there Boo All right Clear Four, eight, five, two, one Oh, shit Oh, shit She's here Nina's here Get down Get down - Hey, you're here early - So are you You gotta beat the bad guy to the punch - Where's the list? - Ask your property guy when he pulls his head out of his ass Oh, Christ - You sure you punched in the code right? - Oh, yeah, I'm sure - We got to figure out another way - There is no other way.
Especially when "employee of the month" clocks in two hours early I might be able to crack the safe, if I had enough time - You ever tried something like that? - Never stopped me before Look, Shane was in there 30 seconds.
We almost got caught.
If we could get the safe out some time tonight, Ronnie could take his sweet time And how's Aceveda not gonna notice a missing safe? He'll be gone Plus we'll put in a twin That safe is standard police issue There's gotta be a thousand of them floating around Hey, your girlfriend's back Oh, Christ.
This I don't need right now.
- Detective - Mrs Mrs Maldonado Reina's friend give me this song It says he killed her It says he stabbed and killed mi hija.
This is supposed to be hip? It sounds like a Chihuahua threw up on an accordion It's a narcocorrido a song about crimes Very popular in Mexico And making their way up north.
Chaydez loved her, but he couldn't have her.
Couldn't let her go It's a love song Not quite.
As they made love, he stabbed her once for every day they were together And buried her by the underpass in Frogtown Flats by the river.
- A real chart-topper - Who's this victim, Reina? Fifteen year-old girl, disappeared about six months ago It's Bobby's case - I helped out for a day checking gang angles - And? Wasn't gang Chaydez worked for her father He was the only suspect I guess nothing ever came of it Ever since Bobby took early retirement, Mom's been coming to me looking for updates.
- Do we know the singer? - Otilio Ramirez Self-published The cowboy crap is straight ranchero Let's see if we can locate him Also, get a canine unit and look for the body - Why? - Because the song says she's buried there We gonna bring in Eminem every time he raps about killing his ex? Rap songs are fantasies Narcocorridos are recorded history Oh Learn something new every day If we're looking for a body, it must be Lauren Hey Careful Boris doesn't play well with other dogs Oh, I must have the magic touch Give him time to get to know you better.
Heel! Sit! So, um, what brings us together this time? Heard a song about a lovesick cholo, buried his chiquita out here They brought us out here because of a song? Look at it as quality time You still got that boyfriend? - Still got that wife? - No Still got that boyfriend? - The cook, right? - Chef - Find - How's that going? Um, he's trying to establish his career Been a while Still don't see a ring Don't worry He'll get to it Body They don't write love songs like they used to Body Body.
I need more flags Hey, can I get your autograph, man? Yeah, like on a confession? Pack up.
- Who are you? - We're big fans - The biggest - What're you doing? Let's go - What're you doing with Otilio? He didn't do nothing - Oh, yeah? He seems to know where all the bodies are buried, don't you, partner? - You can't silence me - Hell, no We're gonna make you talk Just get your wiry ass in the car Look, I know all my rights Relax You might get a new album out of it Is that our corridor? Yeah Not as tough as he sings They pulled eight bodies out of Frogtown All young women in various stages of decomposition Eight? Any of them stabbed? Some were there too long to tell We'll have to wait for the ME So these guys actually write songs celebrating crimes? - The popular ones even get commissioned.
- Musical confessions? I'm gonna go see what they recovered from the dead women's bodies.
- You gonna start with Otilio? - I'll make him sing Your song says that Reina Maldonado was stabbed to death and dumped by the railroad tracks that sound familiar? - My songs speak for themselves - I'd rather hear it from you, rock star.
She was 14 years old when she went missing - You sing about Chaydez stabbing her - What are you doing? Trying to find out why your shitty CD led us to eight dead women.
Help! Help! Help! - Jesus Christ! - Y-You stay away from me - What's your problem? - Help! Help! Help! - What's going on? - Nothing - Really - I don't want to be alone with him I didn't touch him.
Go look at the tape.
- No, I'll just sit in - That's not necessary.
Everyone's on presidential detail.
I can lend a hand.
Now where were we? I don't commit crimes I'm a journalist Is that what you think you are? Did Chaydez commission that song? A reporter protects his sources - Reporters don't protect killers - I just write the truth Arrest me, arrest the L.
A.
Times too Sol Negro needed money for his family.
He planned to take it from a liquor store on San Marco but the shop owner hated Mexicans, pulled a gun Sol Negro bravely shot him in the neck - I remember that shooting You remember that shooting? - I sure do It was Christmas Yeah It can't be this easy, can it? Otilio's got three CD's Who knows how many cases we might close Run "Sol Negro" See what street name comes up Show the mug shot to the victim Who am I, the Strike Team all of a sudden? - What? - That sounded like an order It's not How do you want to go? The same way It's just It's nice to be asked - Are you arresting Chaydez? - He's just here for questioning - Does he know where Reina is? - If he knows, I'll know Listen, this could take a while - So why don't you go home, get a little rest? - I want to stay here For the good news You hear that, Chaydez? He's singing about you.
Just a song No, it's a map to eight dead girls - and I got a big bet that Reina Maldonado is one of them - You're wrong What I don't understand is why an asshole like you would put a stabbing to music.
- I didn't write that song - No, you killed Reina and had Otilio write it for you - Never happened - Narcocorridos are real They're not made up The singer's reputation depends on it Now he sung about a dead body We found eight You were off my radar Now you're back - Can I see you two outside? - Later Now, I think We heard from the lab Early best guess says that the deaths look like poisoning from long-term chemical meth exposure Reina was hooked up with some asshole cooking crank? Maybe not Her dental records are on file She wasn't there She wasn't one of the bodies we pulled Oh.
Maybe there's another burial ground.
So we have a meth operation that's poisoning its workers and a missing girl.
Claudette, you run the meth thing with Dutch Vic, you stay with Reina - What about the singer and his muse? - Keep 'em till we find out more How? We're at the deadline.
We got nothing to charge them with.
Find something The Secret Service wants to meet with some of the captains.
I'll be back in about an hour What did he tell me to do? Drum up charges to hold them? Trust me that doesn't work He didn't mean it, right? I could free up part of the Decoy Squad for a few hours - Then I'll cut Chaydez loose, keep a tail on him - That's your call, not mine Okay I'll take responsibility When Walon's team comes into the Barn, cut him All right, get it inside the clubhouse Aceveda's out of the office for an hour.
Decoy Squad's on the way in.
- Just enough time to make the switch - I really don't like this Well, you'll pretend - What's with all the Rolaids, man? - I got an ulcer - Since when? - Since the Armenian mob started looking for me This helps Stop worrying your guts out, man.
We're not gonna get busted.
What are we doing breaking into a captain's office? We've nailed 20 guys we can lay the cash off on, get 30 cents on the dollar Let them worry about washing it.
Partner up with criminals? I'm trying to find the flaw in that plan I'm just saying there's other ways That are fine if you want huge risk and 30 cents on the dollar.
But I want a dollar on the dollar - Hey Somebody moving? - Well, we're just, uh moving a little stuff out of the clubhouse, make some room for you and your team Oh.
I thought you wanted us out? I do Might as well be all comfortable in the meantime Listen, I heard you guys came by to help us out Well, it beats going home to an empty bed I can't help you with that tonight Oh, don't worry I haven't needed a slump buster yet Hey, uh, what happened with the Secret Service? It got postponed Uh, thank you for the, uh, the help with the Maldonado case.
I was kind of glad when you, uh, came in when you did Listen, I-I-I just about wrote this girl off for dead I poked my head into it for a little while but when we hit the wall, I just checked out.
- Then make it right - You're not hearing me Um, Reina's father died a month ago from a heart attack He just couldn't stand his daughter missing, you know, not knowing I was just hoping to get the mom some good news, that's all Well, just keep trying - How's your stomach now? - Better when this is done - We're halfway home - Right - Let's go - Yeah All right, you're on.
We gotta get inside this safe and make a copy of the list before the day shift comes back on - Glad there's no pressure - Lend him a Rolaids - Three-hole punch - Yeah.
39-73.
- Any tape dispensers? - I got five units Right Stapler - Six - Great Only 57 more to find And then we'll see what our next punishment is.
Look, I told you that I was gonna go to Aceveda and you still went out there - It was the right thing to do.
- Maybe But you could've also gotten hung out to dry It was the right thing I had to make a deal with Aceveda to get my job back Tell him if I saw any cops going out of line When I made that promise, I sure didn't think that you'd be one of'em One-inch binders Got it Liquor store ownerjust I.
D.
'd Sol Negro, a.
k.
a.
Julio Gallegos as our shooter in that Christmas robbery If we close any more cases because of Otilio's songs, we should deputize him Maybe I can get him to write a tune about my cuddler rapist.
- You coming? - Can't.
One of our dead women had a friend's phone number in her pocket She should be here any minute That's Leticia She was my best friend in Mexico Well, her body was found along with seven others all showing signs of long-term chemical exposure What kind of chemical? The kind they use to make methamphetamines.
She would have had to breathe an awful lot to die of exposure.
She never touched drugs - When did she come to L.
A.
? - I don't know She saved up for a coyote to bring her up, but I never saw her - She called me two weeks ago, but I only got a message - Saying what? That she needed help But then it hung up - And you didn't report her missing? - To who? To say what? That she was being smuggled over the border and needed help? Sol Negro spelledjust like it sounds.
- Any problems? - Piece of cake - I'm gonna jump back on the cuddler case - I need some help I've hit a wall ID'ing some of the other bodies So, what, we're just gonna drop all of our other cases, is that it? Since when does eight dead women not fire your engine? I don't want to lose momentum on the rape case I can't do both - FineJust give me a second - Thanks.
Otilio! Otilio! Buzz me! Buzz me! Get up! - You guys all right? - Evan, get him to the ER Make sure they take an X-ray - What was that guy saying? - "There's your next song" - Tell me I'm rich again - I can't crack it Well, can you pull the lock out? - Not so you wouldn't notice - This keeps getting better How do we get the safe back inside with Aceveda still here? Let's worry about the list first.
We got one window and in about three hours it's gonna slam shut We'll each take turns tracking Aceveda's movements - Smitty could get in the safe - No! I wanna keep this in-house until we absolutely have to Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.
Look, I'm really busy, Mara - Guess who I just spent four hours on the phone with? - Can we talk about this later? She calls me in a panic.
It's always the same old shit.
My mom says that they're gonna kick her out of her apartment if I can't help her with the rent.
I haven't even sold a single house yet.
- We'll talk about it later, okay, baby? - Later? When? Are you ever coming home? I really need you I'll be back as soon as I can, okay? - Hey, Dutch, we have to do the annual inventory - Lucky you Yeah Listen, uh, did you check out a departmental laptop computer about 10 months ago? - No - According to this you did.
A Dell 5100.
- Well, whatever you're looking at, it's wrong - Is that your signature? - Yeah - Good work out there today.
- Thank Boris - Yeah I saw him out there - Uh, he seemed a little restless - He's frustrated He gets worked up and he wants to go all night long Corpus interruptus You know, one of these days we're gonna meet up under better circumstances - Why leave it to chance? - Why isn't the narcocorrido in the cage? Uh, I don't know.
I could check the logbook if you want.
- Then you go get it.
- I gotta get Koto Narcotics called and they said that they wanted him to sniff out an after-hours club.
- Uh, good luck - Okay See ya Where's Chaydez and the singer? We had to cut them loose.
Oh, Christ You cut them loose after I told you to keep them in custody? His hold time was over We had no choice You think you can disobey a direct goddamn order? He didn't I did You? We have to protect the case.
I don't think you realized how long we had them in custody I realize that I am still captain here! And I will not put up with shit like this again! Hey Um, did you find that computer yet? - No, not yet Did you? - No If you don't locate it, the city's gonna bill you.
- Yeah Um, I did remember what I was using it for - What? Child porn I had some downtime, so I was going to local chat rooms, uh, Web sites to see if anybody was peddling smut or trying to lure kids and, uh, I got drawn to something else, forgot about it So when we find this computer that was last signed out by you it's gonna be loaded up with kiddie porn? Yeah I-I would appreciate a chance to delete any files before anybody gets a look I- I swear it was just work Nina, my guys need some new things for the clubhouse Could you pull out your scissors and cut through some red tape? You have to submit a request to each department Ah Everybody knows you need something done, come to you I've got my own emergency to deal with right now Well, maybe I can help Not unless you're a licensed locksmith Locksmith? Smitty's your guy I have one Thanks Thank you Hector Moreno? Please Try Pelican Bay He got sent up on a burglary eight months ago We've used Smitty before But, hey, you know what you're doing I'm sorry Is this Smitty person nearby? Why are we meeting in the back of a van? We need a little help getting into a safe.
Listen, guys, I'm kinda turning over a new leaf, you know what I mean? - Yeah It's about time - Sounds like a good idea.
I gotta be kinda selective about the jobs I take I'm gearing up a new business now - Home security, right? - Yeah.
We got a start-up gift for you Home burglaries in Farmington over the last two months, plus addresses and phone numbers You say hello to a hundred and fifty sure things First things first I'm gonna need the combination - This could take a while - Just get it open Let me know when you get in - Yeah? - Five, nine, five Five, four, six.
All right, make a copy of the list, get it back here quick.
- Aceveda's got some other stuff in here - Forget 'em.
Just get the list.
- Come on, come on, come on.
- Got it - Go! Go, baby, go.
- Got it Just came from the bank Chaydez cleaned out his account the minute the bank opened - Who's on him now? - Walon.
Chaydez had that account in two names.
- I showed a picture to a teller She ID'd the Maldonado girl - Reina? - When did she see her? - About a week ago.
She's alive? Uh, the teller's sure it was the same girl? She says she remembers because they seemed like an odd couple Said she seemed too old to be his daughter and too young to be his girlfriend Reina was seen a week ago I knew it I knew she was alive How well did she and Chaydez know each other? Not well Chaydez, um, worked for my husband Tiling I knew he was hanging around her too much Could they have been closer than you think? No No! No Her papa would have killed her What if Reina kept it a secret? She was 14 She don't keep a secret like that from me No No Oh, no, wait Hang on He's coming back - Activity at Chaydez's house.
- What kind? - Where is he now? - In and out ofhis garage.
- He's unloading something out ofhis van.
- What's he taken out? Boxes and a bunch of bags Something that looks like wire or rope He's getting ready to move something - No sign of the girl? - Nothing.
- Stay on him - What if she's the thing being moved? - Is there any way to see inside? - The shades are drawn What about the back? - Same thing - Same thing.
- Go in - What? He could be prepping to kill her right now Uh, if he's got her stashed someplace else, we might never find her And any evidence we find might be thrown out We can give him a few more minutes I said go in! Get the girl! - No sign of her? - Some clothes, shoes - She was there for a while at some point - Any proof she's still alive? Found a receipt for some makeup bought three days ago It's not admissible Nothing in the house will be We don't know that for sure We went inside in good faith We have to assume it's no good So we can't even get him on playing house with a minor? We found her clothes in your apartment - a receipt dated a week ago.
- I haven't seen her The bank teller remembers you two opening an account together.
That's a problem, seeing how you're still on probation for one statutory rape.
You got something against pubes, man? I didn't do anything wrong Well, as you see it, you're in love Yeah.
Forget the fact she's barely out of algebra.
You're connected to the dead women.
We'll find out how.
What I still want to know is what happened to Reina It's just one more.
You help us, maybe we can help you.
I can see how you liked her.
Uncomplicated.
Too inexperienced to see what a dick you really are I liked her, but I wouldn't be with her.
H- Her parents were crazy.
- She was 14 - You keep telling the mom I had something to do with it and she keeps coming by my place looking for her That's why you had him write the song, right? To get the parents off your back - It's just a song - I'm talking to you! Look at me I liked her She liked me Enough to go to prison for her? Or did you hate the mom so much you made the song come true? I got it She's not a victim.
She loves me.
Hey! Hey! Enough! Enough! Enough! You sit down there, keep your mouth shut I had to put a new door on Here's the combination Write him a check Enough! Enough Ever see her before? She died of chemical meth exposure She had a phone number on her.
We checked the records, found out she used your phone to call it Maybe I dialed the wrong number - And left a message doing an impression of her? - I have a few cell phones.
I don't keep track of'em all the time - What kind of work do you do? - Whatever I can, whenever I can You trying to pass yourself off as a migrant worker? I'm from Sinaloa.
We are migrants.
That's nice threads Must have found better work than picking strawberries in Oxnard Now she was found with traces of lye and red phosphorous in her lungs - She worked in a meth lab - Horrible Bullshit She worked in your meth lab She used your phone I don't think so Vic, Chaydez give you anything? Nothing Hey, uh, thanks for taking all the heat with Aceveda - Where is he now? - He had to run out Baodelo was arrested in Sinaloa last year for manufacturing meth.
No conviction Not even a trial - But he was arrested.
- What, did you expect the policía to be honest? I expect them to at least pretend It makes three dead ends we've hit Uh, Chaydez, Baodelo and the narco.
- Your guy know our guy? - I don't think so Why? 'Cause Chaydez is chewing his ear off.
- Maybe our two cases are related.
- Hey, Dutch.
I understand you lost a department computer? - I saw it missing on their inventory report.
- Yeah Yeah - Still haven't located it? - No, not yet But it'll turn up Well, just so you know, I had to call IAD - Excuse me? - They're gonna have to investigate Any missing city property valued at over $500 has to be investigated by IAD I just wanted to warn you - Smitty do you right? - Yes, thank you Sorry, Dutch-boy Um, please tell me you put her up to that I didn't Sorry We'll find it We'll find it - Hey, I'm coming home soon - I'm bleeding It's the baby Bleeding? Are-Are you sitting down? - No - Sit - Did-Did you call your doctor? - No, I called you - Page her Tell them it's an emergency - Shane, our baby Hey, call the doctor, all right? Lie down I'm-I'm on my way home right now Got something Our boys, Chaydez and Baodelo, are second cousins Huh So, uh, Chaydez finds out about his cousin's meth lab cemetery possibly helps him bury the bodies and passes one along to Otilio for the song Any thoughts on how to get our killing cousins to turn against each other? Maybe we should take it to the press Not only is Reina not buried by the tracks, she's not buried at all She's alive.
So much for yourjournalistic integrity.
But I saw a body And now you just admitted to being an accessory No No, I didn't Chaydez had a second cousin in the meth business Somehow all his workers seem to end up dead That's who you saw I thought you reporters were supposed to get your facts right? - That makes you a fraud - How's that gonna play down in the barrio? Thought you guys were supposed to be all about the truth? I thought it was the truth Yeah, well, I'm gonna make sure everybody knows it wasn't Wouldn't want your fans paying good money for a corrido con job, huh? They talking? Oh, Chaydez can't keep his mouth shut Trish took a bath in Southern Comfort.
Gotta say, she commits.
Let's hope her Spanish is as good as her homeless routine.
Chaydez told the truth, the whole truth and kept telling the truth He's been hiding her out at a friend's place Guy's name is Joaquin - We'll find the friend - Also said his cousin runs his meth lab out of a truck Right now it's in an industrial park in Boyle Heights Let's go - Go! Go! - Go! Okay.
Let's get the trailer open.
Hazardous fumes Don't breathe inside the trailer Policía! Welcome to the land of promise.
Come be our slave.
Yeah Heard that one before There Chaydez? Hello, Reina We're here to rescue you - All right, you're gonna wait in here - Do I have to see her now? Yeah, you do S- Sit down - Reina's safe She's safe She's okay - Where is she? Uh, she's inside But there's something I gotta tell you first She, uh, she went away with Chaydez on her own What? No She knew that you and your husband would never approve Pero the funeral? She didn't come Well, she's young She thought she was in love - She made a mistake - No You're wrong She's still your daughter Reina's only 15 She made a mistake Let her fix it She needs to see you No! Not now Look familiar, you big perv? - Where was it? - Desk drawer back in the storage room Also found your renewal card for Tiger Beat.
I mailed it in Funny later, not funny now You're back Yeah I had this odd feeling I'd made a mistake in my paperwork - You never made one before - You can't be too sure Maybe you were just hoping you'd run into me There is a difference between confidence and overconfidence - Boyfriend cooking for you tonight? - He works weekends - I can throw parsley on a plate with the best of them - It's a bad idea - Name one bad thing about it - I'm involved Mentally, you're already checked out What makes you say that? I'll explain it over dinner - What do you have to go back to work for? - It's just for a couple hours We'rejust finishing something up.
I'm having a miscarriage, and you're leaving It's just spotting Doc says everything's gonna be all right But you got to take it easy You gotta take care of our baby Hmm Now you sure you don't need anything else before I go? Just for you to stay I'll be back as soon as I can I promise Bye-bye.
- You should know - You want to try drawing a house like this? That's not bad - Hey, guys - Can we watch a movie tonight, Daddy? Well, maybe.
What's going on? - Can I talk to you for a second? - Sure Hi, honey - Fix this - Oh, it's okay - Can I ask a favor? - What? Can you take the kids this weekend? - I don't have them till next weekend - Please? - Why? - Um, I have some things I have to do and I, um Um, I don't want them to be around me like this Has something happened? Is it your mother? No Um did you know it'd be this hard, this-this empty? I I don't know what it would be I'm having a hard time Uh, can you take the kids this weekend? I really don't want them to be - Sure Sure - I'll take them next weekend if you want.
- That's okay I miss them - Okay.
Great I'm gonna be all right.
Um okay.
- I'm sorry.
I can't do tonight.
- Everything okay? A better offer Two nights with my kids - It's probably a sign - It's a scheduling snafu Next week? No, it feels like a sign Maybe we'll catch another case again together sometime We made the case against Chaydez.
Found Reina.
Good - What's this? - Interrogation room tape from today.
You cut me a break when I went off the grid for Tommy Can't stand owing you something - Dad, let's go! - I'm coming, baby! Hey, Rigo There a family reunion I didn't know about? How you doin', man? You all right? - What, you couldn't stop them? - He had a gun to my head.
- You couldn't do anything? - What would you have done? - Does Aurora know? - Nobody knows Man, all I wanted to do was survive.
See my wife and See my wife and my little girl again And now all I do is make up excuses not to go home You did what you had to do No one can blame you I went after a suspect today and I kicked the shit out of him And the only thing that stopped me was I started to piss my pants I'm losing control of everything Then take it back.
I don't know how You're a captain.
You command 200 men.
Hell, you're gonna be the next city councilman.
You have power, David.
You have a gun and a badge.
Now these werejust a couple of punk assholes.
Do you know who they are? I could find out But even then, what? If it was me, I'd kill them Sous-titres rippés par KB