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- Previously on "Major Crimes"...
- What's Mr. Stroh want now?
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Says you got one week
to figure out
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how to get rid of either
the boy or the woman.
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Taylor: So, our dead gangbangers
were murdered
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by the same guy
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who's been writing letters
for Phillip Stroh?
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We're real close
to catching him.
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[ Fire alarm blaring ]
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Sharon: LAPD!
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It's not over yet.
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Unfortunately, the guy who tried
to kill you is still out there.
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Rusty, next week, you take
the stand against Phillip Stroh.
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[ Breathing heavily ]
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Major Crimes 02x19
Return To Sender, Part 2
Originally Aired January 13, 2014
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==sync, correction by dcdah==
for www.addic7ed.com
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[ Grunts ]
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[ Both grunting ]
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[ Breathing heavily ]
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[ Birds chirping ]
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[ Clinking ]
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[ Exhales sharply ]
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[ Crinkling ]
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[ Gasping ]
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[ Grunting ]
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[ Gasps ]
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Sanchez:
It's all right.
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I wake up screaming, too.
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[ Inhales sharply ]
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This place
is pretty scary, huh?
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[ Door opens ] You'll feel better after
you say your piece in court today.
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- Has there been an arrest yet?
- Don't worry about that guy.
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I'm gonna kill that guy.
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But what if he doesn't turn up?
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All right.
That's enough, Julio.
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Uh, Mr. Beck,
you need to start getting ready.
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We got a big morning
ahead of us.
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[ Knock on door ]
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Sit down. Sit.
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Yeah?
Woman: It's me.
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Oh, my God.
This place...
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Ever thought about cleaning up
after yourself, lieutenant?
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Yeah, the last person
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that said that to me, Sykes,
I divorced... twice.
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Rusty, stop helping her
and get in the shower.
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What if there's news?
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There's not. We've followed up
on every single person
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for whom Phillip Stroh
served as defense counsel...
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a lot of fun, since he
specialized in sex crimes...
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and none of them
are connected to our suspect.
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Well, that can't be right.
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Okay, so, this guy,
this suspect...
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is he going to
come after me again?
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We have his fingerprints.
We have his DNA.
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We have bullets from his gun.
We have his face on film.
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And now we have
the FBI helping us, too.
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We will find this guy.
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I promise.
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We'll find him.
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Unfortunately,
it's gonna take awhile.
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This is still
the best picture of his face
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we could pull off your video
from the chess park.
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Sharon:
We've used every
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image-processing tool available
to create this composite,
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but without a better front-facing
view...
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We're screwed.
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Flynn: Yeah, so far,
no hit off his prints or DNA
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to any database,
State or Federal,
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and the bullets from his gun
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don't match up to
any known weapon, either.
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So, besides this loose
connection to Phillip Stroh,
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what's the sum total
we can say about this man?
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He's white, about 5'10",
25 to 35 years of age.
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Oh, and get this...
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A bar customer where
he picked up his last victim
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said that the freak
had a good sense of humor.
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Which means
he's socially skilled.
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And from the way
he interacted with Rusty,
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it's equally clear that he is
comfortable with young people.
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Whenever I feel bad
about the stuff I've done,
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I remember...
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Who I was isn't who I can be.
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The streets... they brought out
my worst instincts.
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But they could also
bring out my best.
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If I fight to do better,
who I become is up to me.
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- It's up to me.
- Good work, Jake.
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[ Applause ] Remember that, guys.
It's up to you.
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It is up to you.
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Well done.
[ Knock on door ]
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Uh, so,
I'll see you all tomorrow,
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and remember to hand
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your attendance slips
in to the office.
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I thought Mrs. Whitley
gave you this week off.
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She did, but, uh,
before I left...
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What happened there?
Did you hurt yourself?
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Oh. [ Chuckles ]
Yeah, I know.
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I fell off my bike...
First time ever.
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Uh, look, I meant to go away,
but then I thought...
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Oh, I know. You're waiting for
Tyler to come back, aren't you?
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He hasn't checked in
with us for three days.
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I just want to make sure
he's okay.
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Wade, I hate to see you
wasting this much energy
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on another hopeless kid.
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Tyler's more trouble
than he's worth, I promise you.
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We can't just abandon children
because they're troubled.
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We don't abandon kids.
They abandon us.
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And you ought to
know that by now.
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Look, finish up your work,
and take your vacation.
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Honestly, you look like
you could use a little getaway.
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Fritz: The good news
is he's localized.
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All of his letters were mailed
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from post offices
within this seven-mile radius.
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Now,
our behavioral-science guys
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feel pretty sure he lives in LA.
[ Taps wall ]
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What about the couch covers?
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They come from a company
in Phoenix called...
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Imperial synthetics.
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Now, Sykes has been
going through their invoices
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from the past three years,
cross-referencing them
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with everything else we know...
It might take awhile.
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Captain,
Phillip Stroh's attorney's
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waiting in the break room.
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Linda Rothman is here?
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[ Door opens ]
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Taylor: Linda.
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It's not like you
to pay social calls
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right before a hearing.
[ Sighs ]
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Once again, the LAPD
jumps to the wrong conclusions.
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I'm here to see Rios,
but since you're both available,
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perhaps you can
help our young D.D.A.
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Understand the rare opportunity
I'm about to offer her.
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Uh-huh.
Just... get to the point.
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Unless the situation
has been grossly exaggerated
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to justify
a preliminary hearing,
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I understand
some deranged young man
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has tried to murder
your material witness?
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Aah!
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That is not an exaggeration.
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My client believes he may know
the identity of this young man.
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Really?
What a shock.
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Ms. Rothman, we already have
evidence that Mr. Stroh
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is in communication
with this psychopath.
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That's not really evidence,
is it?
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An uncorroborated statement
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from a rapist
who barely speaks English?
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Now, before you get all hot
under your kevlar vests,
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allow me to tell you a story
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that I feel could make a big
difference in all our lives.
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A few years ago,
a boy like Rusty Beck...
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Homeless, abandoned...
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disappeared off the streets
of Los Angeles.
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Atypically for a teenager
in his situation,
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this boy was reported missing
to the police.
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The detective investigating
his disappearance
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managed to alarm a potential
suspect, a young man,
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who, in turn, contacted a lawyer
specializing in sex crimes...
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An attorney
named Phillip Stroh.
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Ms. Rothman.
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If the suspect
that you are referring to
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is the man who tried
to kill my material witness
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and you are
withholding that name,
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then you had better
give it to us...
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[ Scoffs ]
right now.
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Did I imply that I knew
this person's identity?
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No, I am simply relaying
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information
I received last night.
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Let's go back
to the other thing.
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Did... did you just say
Phillip Stroh may have
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helped someone get away
with kidnapping a teenage boy?
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I'm not sure
it was just the one boy...
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Or that the crime
ended with kidnapping.
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This was delivered
to my house last night.
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As you can see,
I haven't opened it,
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but I can guess its contents.
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There are six names here.
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Six names?
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How horrible.
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However, I will remind you
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that the young man
Phillip Stroh advised
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was never charged
with any crimes.
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Could we have more context?
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Perhaps running the names
in that envelope
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could provide you with that.
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Or, given recent events,
Mr. Stroh might be convinced
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to set aside privilege
and identify this young man
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if you postpone
his preliminary hearing,
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take the death penalty
off the table,
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and allow him to serve
his sentence
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in a federal prison
of his own choosing.
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Excuse me. One moment.
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Listen, Rios,
this offer gives you
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two for the price of one.
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Take it, and be grateful.
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Here we go. Charles Perry...
16, a runaway found dead
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from multiple stab wounds
three years ago.
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[ Cellphone vibrates ] Flynn: The
next two names are teenage boys
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who went off the grid
the year before.
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Sanchez: Another kid
on Stroh's list
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was reported missing
in Vegas in 2010.
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And this one, Gary Barton...
He was arrested multiple times
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for solicitation in 2011
and then nothing, ma'am.
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Finally!
The DNA from our suspect.
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You found him?
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A familial hit
to a Susan Mills,
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currently being held
at metropolitan detention center
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on a 20-year
federal drug sentence.
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99% probability
this is our guy's mother.
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Ah, captain, thank you
for coming back so fast.
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Rios, here, has taken
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- an extremely stubborn attitude toward...
- Ms. Rothman,
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we have just located
the mother of our suspect,
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and I expect that
within a few hours,
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she will give us the name that
Phillip Stroh is withholding,
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and I don't think
that we'll need to
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offer your client
a deal after all.
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Hmm.
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Without a deal,
I'll have no choice
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but to discredit
the people's material witness,
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if that means anything to you.
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Emma: Please tell Phillip Stroh
we're looking forward
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to seeing him downtown
in one hour, as planned.
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The accused has a right
to face his accuser...
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not an obligation.
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Mr. Stroh feels
under the weather.
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We'll continue without him.
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Taylor: Hey, Linda.
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Stroh can still
save us the time it would take
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to pull this freak's name
from his mother.
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Oh, yes,
I almost forgot to say...
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as far as securing mama's help?
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I wish you luck.
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See you in a bit, Rios.
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So, Sharon's not even
coming to, like, say hello?
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She'd rather be here,
and you know it.
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But she's, uh, hunting for
the guy who tried to kill you.
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Okay, well,
why can't you come in?
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Just for the beginning?
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Well, I-I-I can't listen
to you on the stand
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because I'm involved
in this case, too,
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and hearing you could
get my testimony excluded.
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Okay, what happens
after I finish today?
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Do I get to go home?
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If Rios can introduce
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all the threatening letters
against you as evidence
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and you do a good job...
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Then, yeah, you can...
maybe go home. Mm-hmm.
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And if the letters get...
what was the word you said?
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"Excluded."
D-don't think about that.
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Look, um, this is definitely
not the advice I usually give.
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But when you get in there,
be completely honest.
250
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Uh, if... if you tell a lie or
even try to cover anything up,
251
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that Rothman woman will smell it
like a shark does blood.
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And you, my friend...
[ Chuckles ]
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will be dead in the water.
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I, um,
think I need to teach you
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how to tie this knot yourself.
256
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Oh.
You're up, kid.
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[ Clears throat ] Thank you.
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As you walk through that door,
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just remember that
I'm very proud of you, Rusty.
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Very proud.
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[ Heartbeat ]
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Grove: Remain standing
and raise your right hand.
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Do you solemnly swear to tell
the truth, the whole truth,
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and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?
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I do.
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Be seated.
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Could you please spell
your name for the record?
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00:14:36,404 --> 00:14:41,040
Uh, sure. It's Russell...
R-u-s-s-e-l-l...
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Thomas...
T-h-o-m-a-s.
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Uh, as a juvenile,
just your first name
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and middle initial are plenty.
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D.D.A. Rios,
your direct.
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Thank you, Judge Grove.
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Russell, how do people
normally address you?
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Everyone calls me Rusty.
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Where do you reside, Rusty?
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44111 Los Feliz Boulevard,
Apartment 1109.
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00:15:02,630 --> 00:15:05,131
And with whom do you live?
My guardian,
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Captain Sharon Raydor
of the LAPD.
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Why don't you live with family?
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00:15:11,038 --> 00:15:13,306
My father...
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Um... sorry.
283
00:15:17,611 --> 00:15:19,279
My, uh...
My father signed away
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00:15:19,346 --> 00:15:20,880
his parental rights last year,
285
00:15:20,915 --> 00:15:25,919
and, uh, a while before that,
my mother...
286
00:15:25,953 --> 00:15:27,921
She ran off with her boyfriend.
287
00:15:27,955 --> 00:15:31,624
And why did she leave you?
288
00:15:31,659 --> 00:15:34,594
[ Elevator bell dings ] Uh,
her boyfriend didn't like me.
289
00:15:34,628 --> 00:15:36,563
And my mom had...
290
00:15:36,597 --> 00:15:40,200
has...
has a drug problem.
291
00:15:40,234 --> 00:15:41,668
I-I'm not sure.
292
00:15:41,702 --> 00:15:44,370
Look, if... if you want to know
why my mom ran off,
293
00:15:44,405 --> 00:15:45,672
you have to ask her.
294
00:15:45,706 --> 00:15:49,609
But you'd have to
find her first.
295
00:15:53,247 --> 00:15:55,048
Sharon:
Thank you for allowing us
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00:15:55,082 --> 00:15:57,984
to interview you today,
Ms. Mills.
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00:15:58,018 --> 00:15:59,986
Do you know why you're here?
298
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Something to do with my son,
Ryan?
299
00:16:01,288 --> 00:16:03,456
How many sons do you have?
300
00:16:03,491 --> 00:16:06,960
Just one, but I haven't
seen him since 1998
301
00:16:06,994 --> 00:16:09,128
before I stopped using heroin.
302
00:16:09,163 --> 00:16:11,097
Wonderful...
there are 97 Ryan Mills
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00:16:11,131 --> 00:16:12,232
listed in the federal database.
304
00:16:12,266 --> 00:16:13,566
Do you think
we could have come up
305
00:16:13,634 --> 00:16:15,201
with a suspect
with a more common name?
306
00:16:15,269 --> 00:16:17,036
We're especially interested
307
00:16:17,104 --> 00:16:19,405
in where your son, Ryan,
might be living right now.
308
00:16:19,473 --> 00:16:20,707
Where Ryan might be living?
309
00:16:24,645 --> 00:16:27,280
I have no idea.
310
00:16:27,348 --> 00:16:29,949
Anyway, if he's in trouble,
why would I help you?
311
00:16:29,984 --> 00:16:32,285
Maybe 'cause you're up
for parole in six months.
312
00:16:32,319 --> 00:16:35,121
How do you feel about
another five years in prison?
313
00:16:37,324 --> 00:16:39,459
Your Honor, I object...
I fail to see how the sad story
314
00:16:39,493 --> 00:16:41,461
of Russell's adolescence
relates to the charges
315
00:16:41,495 --> 00:16:43,663
- against my client.
- Your Honor, if the defense doesn't plan
316
00:16:43,697 --> 00:16:45,532
to ask Rusty questions about his
time on the streets, then I...
317
00:16:45,566 --> 00:16:48,067
No, I never suggested
that the witness's character
318
00:16:48,102 --> 00:16:50,570
- should be off the table.
- Ms. Rothman, you're overruled.
319
00:16:50,604 --> 00:16:52,305
Thank you, Your Honor.
320
00:16:52,373 --> 00:16:55,341
Rusty, when you
found yourself alone
321
00:16:55,376 --> 00:16:59,045
on the streets in Los Angeles,
how did you survive?
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00:17:02,249 --> 00:17:04,350
Hustling.
323
00:17:05,653 --> 00:17:10,199
Mostly, I... I hustled.
324
00:17:10,319 --> 00:17:13,259
By hustling, you mean
engaging in acts of sex-for-hire
325
00:17:13,294 --> 00:17:16,596
with men who picked you up
on the street?
326
00:17:18,065 --> 00:17:20,400
Yes, that's what I mean.
327
00:17:20,434 --> 00:17:23,369
It was easy money,
and I was just trying to
328
00:17:23,404 --> 00:17:26,072
find some way
for Ryan and me to survive.
329
00:17:26,106 --> 00:17:29,576
- And pay for your drug habit?
- Yes.
330
00:17:29,610 --> 00:17:34,547
I was strung out back then,
but one night we met a man...
331
00:17:34,615 --> 00:17:37,417
A nice man.
I thought he was a nice man.
332
00:17:37,451 --> 00:17:38,685
Henry Jinks.
333
00:17:38,719 --> 00:17:41,187
He took an interest in us,
334
00:17:41,221 --> 00:17:42,522
and we moved in
with him for awhile.
335
00:17:42,556 --> 00:17:45,258
He had a place
in Marina del Rey.
336
00:17:45,292 --> 00:17:47,760
Uh...
337
00:17:47,795 --> 00:17:50,763
I'm not sure you'll understand
what happened after that.
338
00:17:50,798 --> 00:17:52,765
Sharon: It doesn't sound
that complicated.
339
00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:56,069
You needed heroin
and a place to stay,
340
00:17:56,103 --> 00:17:57,737
and you started sleeping
with Henry Jinks.
341
00:17:57,771 --> 00:18:00,440
No.
342
00:18:00,474 --> 00:18:02,408
I didn't sleep with him.
343
00:18:05,779 --> 00:18:06,813
Not me.
344
00:18:11,185 --> 00:18:14,454
My God.
345
00:18:14,488 --> 00:18:17,090
I'll go run Henry Jinks' name,
see what comes up.
346
00:18:17,124 --> 00:18:20,193
Flynn: Are you saying
that this really
347
00:18:20,227 --> 00:18:23,496
great guy slept with your son?
348
00:18:23,530 --> 00:18:27,500
There were two bedrooms.
349
00:18:27,534 --> 00:18:29,369
I had one.
350
00:18:29,436 --> 00:18:31,137
Henry and Ryan
shared the other.
351
00:18:31,171 --> 00:18:33,339
I didn't think anything
of it at the time,
352
00:18:33,374 --> 00:18:37,677
except Ryan had
more stability in his life.
353
00:18:37,711 --> 00:18:40,513
How old was Ryan at the time?
354
00:18:43,150 --> 00:18:44,450
[ Voice breaking ] 14...
355
00:18:46,353 --> 00:18:48,221
Almost.
356
00:18:50,157 --> 00:18:52,058
Almost 14.
357
00:18:52,126 --> 00:18:56,396
This is very hard to talk about.
I'm a different person now.
358
00:18:56,430 --> 00:18:59,599
I've written Ryan
several letters of apology,
359
00:18:59,633 --> 00:19:01,868
in case he ever found me...
Part of my making amends.
360
00:19:01,902 --> 00:19:04,437
Letter writing...
runs in the family, I guess.
361
00:19:04,471 --> 00:19:09,208
And what did you make amends
to Ryan for in those letters?
362
00:19:09,243 --> 00:19:11,577
Henry stopped
bringing home drugs,
363
00:19:11,612 --> 00:19:14,280
which was very hard for me.
364
00:19:15,683 --> 00:19:19,185
So Henry...
365
00:19:20,721 --> 00:19:23,589
He gave me $20,000
366
00:19:23,624 --> 00:19:28,561
to go and start my life over
in San Francisco.
367
00:19:28,595 --> 00:19:31,230
Without Ryan?
368
00:19:31,265 --> 00:19:33,833
I was coming back
on his birthday.
369
00:19:33,867 --> 00:19:36,269
And when was that?
The date?
370
00:19:36,336 --> 00:19:38,471
September 15, 1998.
371
00:19:38,539 --> 00:19:41,274
And I did come back,
but Henry had moved away,
372
00:19:41,308 --> 00:19:45,745
and... he took...
373
00:19:45,779 --> 00:19:48,815
he...
he took Ryan with him.
374
00:19:48,849 --> 00:19:50,650
All right, finally,
something we can use.
375
00:19:50,684 --> 00:19:55,254
He was 14 in 1998.
That makes him 29 now.
376
00:19:55,289 --> 00:19:58,758
So, run this through the DMV,
see how many guys we turn up
377
00:19:58,826 --> 00:20:00,326
that are from
Los Angeles county,
378
00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:03,262
and they were born
on September 15, 1984.
379
00:20:03,297 --> 00:20:06,766
Yes, sir. Don't you think he might
have changed his identity by now?
380
00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,135
Criminals change their names
all the time,
381
00:20:09,169 --> 00:20:11,137
but they almost always
keep their birthday.
382
00:20:11,171 --> 00:20:14,240
- I don't know.
- Keep me posted, guys.
383
00:20:14,274 --> 00:20:15,641
I'm gonna check on something
for your captain.
384
00:20:15,676 --> 00:20:18,644
I don't know. I don't know.
[ Sniffles ]
385
00:20:18,679 --> 00:20:21,581
Maybe I should never have
gone away in the first place.
386
00:20:21,615 --> 00:20:23,182
[ Sniffles ]
387
00:20:23,217 --> 00:20:26,519
Maybe... maybe...
I should have waited it out.
388
00:20:29,256 --> 00:20:31,624
Tyler.
389
00:20:31,658 --> 00:20:33,192
Finally, you're back.
390
00:20:33,227 --> 00:20:35,928
Hey, Wade.
What? You miss me?
391
00:20:35,963 --> 00:20:37,597
Where have you been?
Oh, you know how it is...
392
00:20:37,631 --> 00:20:39,298
One minute,
you're bumming a cigarette
393
00:20:39,333 --> 00:20:40,633
on Santa Monica Boulevard,
394
00:20:40,701 --> 00:20:42,201
and the next,
you're waking up on Zuma Beach.
395
00:20:42,236 --> 00:20:44,837
Why? Something wrong?
396
00:20:44,905 --> 00:20:46,781
I have to leave.
397
00:20:48,776 --> 00:20:51,410
[ Scoffs ]
What do you mean, leave?
398
00:20:51,478 --> 00:20:54,347
What, like,
away from LA?
399
00:20:54,414 --> 00:20:56,315
[ Scoffs ] Leave and go where?
400
00:20:56,350 --> 00:20:59,619
I don't know yet,
but I wanted to see you first,
401
00:20:59,686 --> 00:21:01,587
see if you were all right.
402
00:21:01,622 --> 00:21:03,656
You're all right, right?
403
00:21:03,724 --> 00:21:06,726
Come on, Wade.
You can't go.
404
00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:08,961
You're, like, the only
person in the whole world
405
00:21:09,029 --> 00:21:10,696
who actually cares about me.
406
00:21:10,731 --> 00:21:13,633
I feel the same way about you,
but I have to go. I have to.
407
00:21:13,667 --> 00:21:15,434
Why, though?
408
00:21:17,271 --> 00:21:18,571
Um...
409
00:21:18,605 --> 00:21:20,807
there's a guy.
410
00:21:27,514 --> 00:21:29,348
What guy?
411
00:21:29,383 --> 00:21:31,684
[ Sighs ] There's a guy
I owed a favor to,
412
00:21:31,718 --> 00:21:34,921
and he wanted me to do something for him.
[ Scoffs ]
413
00:21:34,988 --> 00:21:37,523
I tried to get it done.
I really did.
414
00:21:37,558 --> 00:21:39,425
But I couldn't.
415
00:21:39,459 --> 00:21:42,395
Look, I would have left
already, but I...
416
00:21:43,497 --> 00:21:47,333
I had to see you to say goodbye
417
00:21:47,401 --> 00:21:49,268
and... and to explain
418
00:21:49,303 --> 00:21:53,372
that my going away has...
nothing to do with you.
419
00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,675
Take me with you.
420
00:21:57,344 --> 00:22:00,446
Oh, man. Really?
421
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:03,850
[ Grunting ]
422
00:22:03,884 --> 00:22:07,019
No, no, no.
Tyler, I couldn't do that.
423
00:22:07,054 --> 00:22:09,589
- No, you need...
- Dude, I know what I need.
424
00:22:10,991 --> 00:22:13,593
I need you.
425
00:22:13,627 --> 00:22:16,127
Please don't leave without me.
426
00:22:16,330 --> 00:22:17,697
Please?
427
00:22:17,764 --> 00:22:20,366
Woman: 911.
What's your emergency?
428
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,568
Rusty: Uh, uh,
someone just tried to kill me.
429
00:22:22,603 --> 00:22:24,770
That's the emergency.
I got away.
430
00:22:24,805 --> 00:22:26,939
But he hit me with a shovel,
and he threw me over a cliff.
431
00:22:26,974 --> 00:22:28,741
Sir, do you need
medical attention?
432
00:22:28,775 --> 00:22:30,443
No, but, like, the guy...
He's still up there right now,
433
00:22:30,477 --> 00:22:33,512
and, uh...
He was burying a body.
434
00:22:33,547 --> 00:22:35,548
[ Click ] That's the call
435
00:22:35,582 --> 00:22:38,050
the people's witness described
making to the authorities,
436
00:22:38,085 --> 00:22:40,853
the call
that helped the LAPD
437
00:22:40,888 --> 00:22:45,524
find and unearth four murdered
girls buried in Griffith Park,
438
00:22:45,559 --> 00:22:50,237
the call that led this young man
to be detained by the police,
439
00:22:50,357 --> 00:22:52,331
to be attacked
by Phillip Stroh,
440
00:22:52,366 --> 00:22:55,301
to be threatened at
the defendant's instigation
441
00:22:55,335 --> 00:22:57,336
- from giving his testimony here today...
- Objection!
442
00:22:57,404 --> 00:22:59,338
Your Honor, the prosecution
can present no evidence
443
00:22:59,373 --> 00:23:02,041
that my client attempted to
intimidate Russell in any way.
444
00:23:02,075 --> 00:23:04,744
Your Honor, we have almost 30 threatening
letters that were sent to...
445
00:23:04,778 --> 00:23:06,913
The authenticity of those
letters is doubtful, at best.
446
00:23:06,947 --> 00:23:08,447
Doubtful? Doubtful?!
447
00:23:08,482 --> 00:23:09,515
That's not what you were
saying three hours ago!
448
00:23:09,549 --> 00:23:12,068
Hold on, ladies!
Hold on.
449
00:23:12,188 --> 00:23:13,920
I don't allow cross-talk
in this courtroom.
450
00:23:13,954 --> 00:23:15,788
You'll address me,
not each other.
451
00:23:15,822 --> 00:23:18,491
First...
452
00:23:18,525 --> 00:23:20,359
What are
these threatening letters?
453
00:23:20,394 --> 00:23:23,396
Your Honor, both this boy and
his guardian, Captain Raydor,
454
00:23:23,430 --> 00:23:25,631
received menacing letters
suggesting terrible things
455
00:23:25,666 --> 00:23:28,034
would happen if they continued
to assist the prosecution.
456
00:23:28,068 --> 00:23:30,136
The people intend
to link those letters to...
457
00:23:30,170 --> 00:23:31,971
What you intend to do
and what you can prove today
458
00:23:32,005 --> 00:23:33,105
are two different things.
459
00:23:33,140 --> 00:23:34,640
Neither the prosecution
460
00:23:34,708 --> 00:23:37,443
nor the witness
may enter these letters
461
00:23:37,477 --> 00:23:39,879
into the record during the
hearing if Ms. Rothman objects.
462
00:23:39,913 --> 00:23:42,682
Let's keep it moving,
D.D.A. Rios.
463
00:23:42,749 --> 00:23:45,718
We still have several
witnesses to go.
464
00:23:47,421 --> 00:23:50,957
Your Honor, this is normally
when I would ask if Rusty
465
00:23:50,991 --> 00:23:53,092
could identify the person in the
courtroom who tried to kill him,
466
00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:54,927
but, by sheer coincidence,
467
00:23:54,995 --> 00:23:57,797
Mr. Stroh has fallen ill
this morning.
468
00:23:57,831 --> 00:24:00,166
So, if I may
approach the witness...
469
00:24:02,769 --> 00:24:06,739
Can you point out
which of these six men
470
00:24:06,773 --> 00:24:10,543
held a knife to your throat
and slashed your leg?
471
00:24:14,181 --> 00:24:16,326
Rusty:
Sure. It's number four.
472
00:24:20,053 --> 00:24:21,921
Let the record show
473
00:24:21,955 --> 00:24:26,726
that the witness identified
a photo of Phillip Stroh.
474
00:24:26,793 --> 00:24:28,728
No further questions
at this time, Your Honor.
475
00:24:28,795 --> 00:24:31,042
Ms. Rothman,
your witness.
476
00:24:48,351 --> 00:24:49,740
You didn't wait for the police
477
00:24:49,860 --> 00:24:52,988
after your heroic 911 call,
did you, Russell?
478
00:24:53,022 --> 00:24:54,689
No, I-I didn't.
479
00:24:54,724 --> 00:24:56,925
Your Honor, let's listen to
the rest of the conversation
480
00:24:56,993 --> 00:25:00,195
between the witness and the
emergency operator that night.
481
00:25:00,229 --> 00:25:02,163
- Sir...
- Hey!
482
00:25:02,198 --> 00:25:03,632
Hey, what are you
looking at, huh?!
483
00:25:03,666 --> 00:25:04,866
What are you looking at?!
484
00:25:04,901 --> 00:25:06,167
Sir, are you
under the influence?
485
00:25:06,202 --> 00:25:08,837
No, I'm not under the influence!
Are you?!
486
00:25:08,905 --> 00:25:10,238
Or do you just not care
487
00:25:10,273 --> 00:25:11,806
that you have some killer
on the loose right now?!
488
00:25:11,841 --> 00:25:13,808
All right, sir,
the GPS on your phone says
489
00:25:13,843 --> 00:25:15,310
you're actually
right across the street
490
00:25:15,344 --> 00:25:17,012
from the Greek Theatre.
491
00:25:17,046 --> 00:25:18,680
If you'll just
go stand by the box office,
492
00:25:18,748 --> 00:25:20,248
we'll send some
police officers to you.
493
00:25:22,318 --> 00:25:24,319
Could you give me
your name and age, sir?
494
00:25:24,353 --> 00:25:28,156
Sir? Are you there?
Is anybody there? Hello?
495
00:25:28,190 --> 00:25:32,727
An emergency worker trained
to detect drug users
496
00:25:32,762 --> 00:25:36,064
over the phone
inquired if you were high.
497
00:25:36,132 --> 00:25:38,733
But, I-I wasn't, though. Then why
not wait for the authorities?
498
00:25:38,768 --> 00:25:40,068
Because, obviously,
you knew that the police
499
00:25:40,136 --> 00:25:42,837
would want to speak
with a sober eyewitness.
500
00:25:42,905 --> 00:25:45,707
I-I wasn't drinking
or taking drugs.
501
00:25:45,741 --> 00:25:47,863
Because underage hustlers never do anything
like that, do they?
502
00:25:47,983 --> 00:25:49,250
Your Honor, I object!
503
00:25:49,370 --> 00:25:52,681
Even if Ms. Rothman is more
familiar with underage hustlers
504
00:25:52,748 --> 00:25:54,049
than we're aware,
she can't make inferences
505
00:25:54,083 --> 00:25:56,418
about the witness
based on stereotyping.
506
00:25:56,452 --> 00:26:00,088
Sustained. Ms. Rothman,
the question about drugs
507
00:26:00,122 --> 00:26:02,257
has been asked and answered.
508
00:26:04,260 --> 00:26:06,895
When the police
finally caught up with you,
509
00:26:06,929 --> 00:26:09,264
they asked your age.
510
00:26:09,298 --> 00:26:11,032
And what did you say, Russell?
511
00:26:11,067 --> 00:26:13,168
That I was 18.
512
00:26:13,235 --> 00:26:16,171
But you weren't. You were 16.
You lied, didn't you?
513
00:26:16,205 --> 00:26:18,707
- Yes, yes, I did, but only...
- What else did you lie about?
514
00:26:24,814 --> 00:26:28,450
About having sex for money.
515
00:26:28,484 --> 00:26:30,251
Aha. Okay.
516
00:26:30,286 --> 00:26:33,054
So, how many lies did you
tell the police altogether?
517
00:26:33,089 --> 00:26:36,691
- Between 5 and 10? Between 5 and 500?
- I-I don't know.
518
00:26:36,726 --> 00:26:39,728
Well, you lied about what
you were selling on the streets.
519
00:26:39,762 --> 00:26:40,862
Did you lie about
why your mother left you?
520
00:26:40,896 --> 00:26:42,897
Did you lie about being gay?
521
00:26:42,932 --> 00:26:45,300
Your Honor, I object!
No one ever asked me that!
522
00:26:45,334 --> 00:26:47,469
No one ever asked me that! The witness is a
minor and any question about his orientation
523
00:26:47,503 --> 00:26:51,706
is not only irrelevant
but completely inappropriate.
524
00:26:51,741 --> 00:26:56,378
Sustained.
Ms. Rothman, the witness is 17.
525
00:26:57,313 --> 00:26:59,014
Move on.
526
00:27:00,816 --> 00:27:02,117
[ Cellphone rings ]
527
00:27:02,151 --> 00:27:03,918
Yes, Chief.
528
00:27:03,953 --> 00:27:06,121
I've been listening
to the kid testify.
529
00:27:06,155 --> 00:27:08,456
Thank you for that,
Chief. Thank you.
530
00:27:08,491 --> 00:27:10,825
- How's he holding up?
- Fine. Okay.
531
00:27:10,860 --> 00:27:14,162
Look, when we first picked
Rusty up, he lied about his age,
532
00:27:14,196 --> 00:27:18,166
which makes me wonder... if our
suspect is fixated on boys,
533
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,235
maybe he lied
about his age, too.
534
00:27:20,302 --> 00:27:22,070
[ Snapping fingers ]
535
00:27:22,138 --> 00:27:23,805
Rusty tried
to make himself older,
536
00:27:23,839 --> 00:27:25,306
but our suspect would
want to be younger, maybe.
537
00:27:25,341 --> 00:27:27,842
Right. Thank you, chief.
Thank you.
538
00:27:27,877 --> 00:27:29,744
And thank you
for looking in on Rusty.
539
00:27:29,812 --> 00:27:31,946
- I do appreciate that.
- Glad to be here.
540
00:27:32,014 --> 00:27:34,883
- Stay focused, captain. Later.
- Yes, sir.
541
00:27:34,950 --> 00:27:37,352
Captain, our guy is maybe
pretending to be younger.
542
00:27:37,386 --> 00:27:39,020
How much younger?
543
00:27:39,055 --> 00:27:41,022
Yeah, yeah,
younger means our...
544
00:27:41,057 --> 00:27:43,792
Our batch run goes
from hundreds to thousands.
545
00:27:43,826 --> 00:27:45,927
He's just concerned
about extra printer ink.
546
00:27:45,961 --> 00:27:49,064
Julio, keep September 15th,
but add the next five years.
547
00:27:49,098 --> 00:27:51,332
Flynn: And let's hurry up
a little because this dirtbag
548
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,935
isn't just standing around,
waiting for us to find him.
549
00:27:53,969 --> 00:27:55,303
Captain, I've got a receipt
550
00:27:55,337 --> 00:27:57,305
for 40 sets
of these plastic couch covers
551
00:27:57,339 --> 00:28:00,542
sent to a homeless shelter
for teenagers called Angel City.
552
00:28:00,576 --> 00:28:02,377
And there's a connection
to Gary Barton,
553
00:28:02,411 --> 00:28:04,913
the boy on the list
that was arrested multiple times
554
00:28:04,947 --> 00:28:06,948
for soliciting
before he disappeared.
555
00:28:06,982 --> 00:28:08,249
Each time he was busted,
556
00:28:08,284 --> 00:28:10,085
it was within a half-mile
of Angel City Shelter.
557
00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:12,821
And Charles Perry,
the first victim...
558
00:28:12,855 --> 00:28:14,489
he was a resident at Angel City
when he went missing.
559
00:28:14,523 --> 00:28:17,892
- Excellent, Amy. Julio.
- Uh, Captain, there are thousands
560
00:28:17,927 --> 00:28:19,461
of guys born on September 15th.
561
00:28:19,528 --> 00:28:21,062
It's gonna take hours
562
00:28:21,097 --> 00:28:23,798
to print up all of
their photos from the DMV.
563
00:28:23,833 --> 00:28:27,268
Lieutenant Provenza, grab Buzz
and some consent forms.
564
00:28:27,303 --> 00:28:29,137
We should look
over Angel City Shelter,
565
00:28:29,171 --> 00:28:31,172
and they should
look over these photos.
566
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,274
Rothman: So, let's examine
this 911 call you made
567
00:28:33,309 --> 00:28:36,111
from a different perspective
for a moment.
568
00:28:36,178 --> 00:28:38,046
How many times have you been to
569
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,982
that section of Griffith Park
where the bodies were found?
570
00:28:41,016 --> 00:28:43,852
Five or six... about.
571
00:28:43,886 --> 00:28:45,648
Uh-huh.
And was it fun for you?
572
00:28:45,768 --> 00:28:48,864
No.
It was... horrible.
573
00:28:48,984 --> 00:28:51,179
It was how I made money to eat.
574
00:28:51,299 --> 00:28:52,827
So, it would be fair
to characterize your situation
575
00:28:52,862 --> 00:28:56,261
on the night you made
the 911 call as desperate?
576
00:28:56,381 --> 00:28:58,749
I was hungry, half-naked,
chased by a killer,
577
00:28:58,817 --> 00:29:00,485
and shoved off a cliff.
578
00:29:00,519 --> 00:29:02,587
- I was desperate. Sure.
- Your Honor?
579
00:29:02,654 --> 00:29:05,289
You need to answer
Ms. Rothman's questions
580
00:29:05,324 --> 00:29:07,291
without adding
a lot of extraneous detail.
581
00:29:07,326 --> 00:29:09,527
You understand? Rusty?
582
00:29:12,397 --> 00:29:15,533
I was desperate. Yes.
583
00:29:15,567 --> 00:29:17,702
Beckwith: But those are the kind
of boys we're here to help.
584
00:29:17,736 --> 00:29:20,238
People say they're runaways,
but they're not.
585
00:29:20,272 --> 00:29:21,906
They're more like
thrown-aways,
586
00:29:21,940 --> 00:29:23,574
and we're here to fill
a void in their lives...
587
00:29:23,609 --> 00:29:25,510
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Excuse me.
588
00:29:25,544 --> 00:29:29,347
But who orders the plastic
couch covers for this place?
589
00:29:29,381 --> 00:29:30,681
Well, that...
That would be Wade Weller.
590
00:29:30,716 --> 00:29:34,519
He's in charge
of the safe spaces.
591
00:29:34,553 --> 00:29:36,854
Is this Wade Weller?
592
00:29:36,889 --> 00:29:39,524
Do you recognize him?
I don't know. Maybe. The...
593
00:29:39,591 --> 00:29:43,528
Well, this one's the wrong hair
color. I-I can't say for sure.
594
00:29:43,595 --> 00:29:45,830
Does Wade Weller
have his own office here?
595
00:29:45,864 --> 00:29:46,964
He has a desk right here.
596
00:29:59,711 --> 00:30:01,512
Where is Mr. Weller
right now?
597
00:30:01,547 --> 00:30:03,714
Oh, he took a boy
who's been out of the shelter
598
00:30:03,749 --> 00:30:06,317
for awhile to DCFS
for a health check.
599
00:30:06,351 --> 00:30:09,987
Hey, you don't mind
if I have a beer?
600
00:30:10,022 --> 00:30:11,455
I'm a long way from 21.
601
00:30:11,490 --> 00:30:13,391
You're an old soul.
It's one beer.
602
00:30:14,526 --> 00:30:17,562
Be back up in a minute.
Tyler: All right.
603
00:30:20,632 --> 00:30:23,501
[ Controller chimes ]
604
00:30:23,535 --> 00:30:25,269
His application
and employee record.
605
00:30:25,304 --> 00:30:30,641
He lists his birthday as...
September 15, 1990.
606
00:30:30,676 --> 00:30:34,645
This is our guy.
Oh, my God. This is him.
607
00:30:37,015 --> 00:30:38,749
[ Echoing laughter ]
608
00:30:38,817 --> 00:30:41,285
[ Indistinct conversations ]
609
00:31:01,506 --> 00:31:03,040
[ Echoing continues ]
610
00:31:19,391 --> 00:31:22,693
Circulate this photo. Wait. I don't
know what you think Wade's done.
611
00:31:22,728 --> 00:31:24,996
But I promise you,
he's a terrific guy.
612
00:31:25,063 --> 00:31:26,564
Let me just call Wade
and get this...
613
00:31:26,598 --> 00:31:28,966
No. Mr. Beckwith,
I'll hold onto this for you.
614
00:31:29,001 --> 00:31:31,502
Do you mind if I look
at your contacts? Thank you.
615
00:31:31,536 --> 00:31:33,571
I have a print match
from his desk.
616
00:31:33,639 --> 00:31:35,606
[ Gunshots, screaming ]
617
00:31:35,674 --> 00:31:38,843
Hey, dude, this game is sick.
I didn't know you play.
618
00:31:38,877 --> 00:31:41,579
Oh, yeah.
I'm a regular killing machine.
619
00:31:41,613 --> 00:31:44,982
I bet. Hey, uh...
What's in the basement?
620
00:31:45,017 --> 00:31:46,984
That where you keep
your victims?
621
00:31:50,689 --> 00:31:52,690
[ Echoing laughter,
conversations ]
622
00:31:52,724 --> 00:31:54,692
No.
623
00:31:54,726 --> 00:31:56,060
No, I wrap my victims up
in plastic couch covers,
624
00:31:56,128 --> 00:31:57,862
like the one
that you're sitting on,
625
00:31:57,896 --> 00:32:01,065
and then I bury them in the
backyard or dump them somewhere.
626
00:32:04,002 --> 00:32:05,736
[ Chuckles ]
627
00:32:06,772 --> 00:32:08,606
Yeah, right.
628
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,808
Fritz: Our cellphone-tracking
equipment is better than yours.
629
00:32:10,842 --> 00:32:13,778
We can tell you where Weller
is within three feet,
630
00:32:13,845 --> 00:32:15,379
but you can get
a warrant faster.
631
00:32:15,414 --> 00:32:17,915
I need to know more
than where Mr. Weller is.
632
00:32:17,949 --> 00:32:19,717
I need to know
where he's going.
633
00:32:19,751 --> 00:32:22,486
Detective. I'll let you know
when the warrant's in place.
634
00:32:24,189 --> 00:32:27,458
The boy that Wade Weller
took to DCFS...
635
00:32:27,492 --> 00:32:30,561
I need his name
and a description.
636
00:32:30,595 --> 00:32:32,430
Mm. Beckwith: Tyler Lang
he's a brunette,
637
00:32:32,497 --> 00:32:34,932
slight build, very sensitive.
638
00:32:34,966 --> 00:32:36,834
[ Gunshots ]
639
00:32:36,902 --> 00:32:38,703
You ready?
640
00:32:40,439 --> 00:32:42,573
- For?
- Time to go.
641
00:32:42,607 --> 00:32:44,842
Sure. Okay. Where to?
642
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:49,949
Rothman: Even though
you're no longer struggling
643
00:32:50,069 --> 00:32:51,438
with life on the street,
644
00:32:51,564 --> 00:32:53,598
you've still been
under a lot of stress.
645
00:32:53,633 --> 00:32:54,733
How are you holding up?
646
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:56,868
Fantastic.
Thanks for asking.
647
00:32:56,903 --> 00:32:58,870
Fantastic?
Is that why your guardian
648
00:32:58,905 --> 00:33:01,072
asked the psychologist
Dr. Joseph Bowman
649
00:33:01,107 --> 00:33:03,808
to perform an evaluation
of your mental status?
650
00:33:03,843 --> 00:33:05,043
Because you're fantastic?
651
00:33:05,077 --> 00:33:08,013
No. That was...
652
00:33:11,417 --> 00:33:12,918
Um...
653
00:33:17,723 --> 00:33:20,625
That was for another reason.
654
00:33:20,660 --> 00:33:24,329
What reason?
655
00:33:24,397 --> 00:33:29,935
It was related to a lie
that I told Captain Raydor.
656
00:33:29,969 --> 00:33:33,071
[ Scoffs ] So you're
still lying to the police?
657
00:33:33,105 --> 00:33:35,941
I'm surprised.
About what this time?
658
00:33:37,743 --> 00:33:42,781
About what did you lie
to the police?
659
00:33:42,815 --> 00:33:44,950
- I don't think I can say.
- Your Honor?
660
00:33:44,984 --> 00:33:47,519
I-I-I can't...
I can't answer that.
661
00:33:47,553 --> 00:33:48,820
- I really can't answer that.
- Your Honor.
662
00:33:48,888 --> 00:33:50,555
Grove: Rusty,
you will answer truthfully,
663
00:33:50,590 --> 00:33:51,923
as you have been sworn to do.
664
00:33:51,991 --> 00:33:54,759
About what did you lie
to the police?
665
00:33:58,097 --> 00:34:01,399
I lied about all
of the threatening letters
666
00:34:01,434 --> 00:34:04,069
I had received about my
testimony against Phillip Stroh.
667
00:34:04,103 --> 00:34:07,739
- Your Honor, I object!
- To your own question?! Too late.
668
00:34:07,773 --> 00:34:09,608
You asked and demanded
an answer,
669
00:34:09,642 --> 00:34:11,810
and now these letters
are on the record.
670
00:34:11,844 --> 00:34:14,713
I'd like to read them,
D.D.A. Rios,
671
00:34:14,747 --> 00:34:16,982
if you could hand them over
after we're done here today.
672
00:34:19,518 --> 00:34:21,152
Ms. Rothman?
673
00:34:21,187 --> 00:34:22,921
No further questions,
Your Honor.
674
00:34:25,691 --> 00:34:27,959
D.D.A. Rios, redirect?
675
00:34:28,027 --> 00:34:29,861
No, Your Honor.
676
00:34:29,895 --> 00:34:32,530
I think
we've covered everything.
677
00:34:35,157 --> 00:34:36,985
Fritz: You can spring the trap,
captain.
678
00:34:37,105 --> 00:34:38,670
Weller's still driving north.
679
00:34:38,704 --> 00:34:40,138
If you have patrol in place,
then you want to grab him
680
00:34:40,172 --> 00:34:41,973
off the surface streets
before he hits Chinatown.
681
00:34:42,008 --> 00:34:44,009
This is the time
to throw up your road blocks.
682
00:34:44,043 --> 00:34:47,979
Shut it all down now,
and ride the side streets.
683
00:34:48,014 --> 00:34:49,447
We can't let him get away.
684
00:34:49,482 --> 00:34:50,882
Captain, we're almost there.
685
00:34:50,916 --> 00:34:52,150
You might me to send
the Amber alert for Tyler lang?
686
00:34:52,184 --> 00:34:54,886
Not yet, lieutenant.
I want to locate Weller
687
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:56,821
before the public
knows I'm looking for him.
688
00:34:56,889 --> 00:35:00,058
Instead of the largest
vehicle-containment technique
689
00:35:00,092 --> 00:35:02,427
ever employed
by the LAPD,
690
00:35:02,461 --> 00:35:04,796
why don't we just pull
the little whack job over?
691
00:35:04,830 --> 00:35:06,665
He's got a child with him,
lieutenant.
692
00:35:06,699 --> 00:35:08,466
I don't want to risk
a car chase.
693
00:35:08,501 --> 00:35:09,801
That boy's got to be
our first priority.
694
00:35:16,542 --> 00:35:18,843
[ Tires screech ]
695
00:35:20,546 --> 00:35:21,880
[ Screams ] [ Tires screech ]
696
00:35:21,947 --> 00:35:23,048
[ Horn honks ]
697
00:35:23,082 --> 00:35:26,718
[ Tires screeching ]
698
00:35:33,726 --> 00:35:37,195
[ Tires screeching ]
699
00:35:44,303 --> 00:35:47,272
[ Police radio chatter ]
700
00:35:49,642 --> 00:35:52,644
[ Helicopter blades whirring ]
701
00:35:56,882 --> 00:35:58,616
[ Horns honking ]
702
00:36:01,954 --> 00:36:05,090
God. God. Wade, it's not
like we're in a rush.
703
00:36:05,124 --> 00:36:06,825
It's probably just
an accident or something.
704
00:36:06,892 --> 00:36:08,727
I don't know.
705
00:36:08,761 --> 00:36:11,029
[ Honking continues ]
706
00:36:11,097 --> 00:36:14,165
I think there's something
going on up ahead.
707
00:36:16,602 --> 00:36:19,037
All right, captain,
you have him two blocks south
708
00:36:19,071 --> 00:36:21,940
of Olympic on Hope Street...
If that's not too ironic.
709
00:36:21,974 --> 00:36:23,608
If you turn in the alley
off of Pico,
710
00:36:23,642 --> 00:36:25,610
it looks like
there might be a parking lot
711
00:36:25,644 --> 00:36:27,812
directly across
from where the suspect stopped.
712
00:36:27,847 --> 00:36:30,148
If you find him
before I get there, good luck.
713
00:36:30,182 --> 00:36:31,282
Thank you, Agent Howard.
714
00:36:31,317 --> 00:36:33,284
All right, Lieutenant Tao,
715
00:36:33,319 --> 00:36:35,653
send out the Amber alert
and get into position.
716
00:36:35,688 --> 00:36:37,122
Copy that.
717
00:36:37,156 --> 00:36:38,556
Julio and Andy, go.
718
00:36:38,591 --> 00:36:41,159
If he runs and leaves
the boy behind,
719
00:36:41,193 --> 00:36:42,260
we are good to go, everyone.
720
00:36:42,294 --> 00:36:43,661
Copy that.
721
00:36:43,696 --> 00:36:45,663
Oh, my God.
722
00:36:45,698 --> 00:36:48,833
This has to work.
This has to work.
723
00:36:48,868 --> 00:36:50,268
The Amber alert
is now out to authorities,
724
00:36:50,302 --> 00:36:53,605
news agencies,
and about 400,000 cellphones.
725
00:36:53,639 --> 00:36:56,107
And we're
about two minutes away.
726
00:36:56,142 --> 00:36:57,208
[ Gun cocks ]
727
00:36:59,245 --> 00:37:01,780
[ Cellphone chimes ]
728
00:37:06,786 --> 00:37:07,986
[ Cellphone chimes ]
729
00:37:09,989 --> 00:37:11,623
[ Cellphone vibrates ]
730
00:37:13,325 --> 00:37:14,959
God. God. God. God.
731
00:37:14,994 --> 00:37:16,594
What? What?
What's it say?
732
00:37:16,629 --> 00:37:18,830
Nothing.
Just, uh, get down, okay?
733
00:37:18,864 --> 00:37:20,198
- Get...
- What?
734
00:37:31,243 --> 00:37:34,813
[ Horns honking ]
735
00:37:46,826 --> 00:37:49,127
Wade?
736
00:37:49,161 --> 00:37:51,996
Wade, what are you doing?
737
00:38:01,807 --> 00:38:03,274
Dude, what is going on?
738
00:38:03,342 --> 00:38:06,945
Okay, just, uh... stay here,
Tyler. I'll be right back.
739
00:38:07,012 --> 00:38:08,813
Wade, you can't just go.
What are you doing?
740
00:38:10,115 --> 00:38:11,983
W-Wade!
741
00:38:12,017 --> 00:38:13,051
Wade!
742
00:38:13,085 --> 00:38:16,020
[ Police radio chatter ]
743
00:38:25,030 --> 00:38:28,032
Wade, hold on...
Wade! Come back!
744
00:38:29,001 --> 00:38:32,103
What the hell?
745
00:38:32,137 --> 00:38:33,404
Wade!
746
00:38:40,713 --> 00:38:42,347
[ Siren chirps ]
747
00:38:45,851 --> 00:38:47,085
LAPD!
748
00:38:48,387 --> 00:38:50,355
Drop to the ground, asshole!
749
00:38:51,724 --> 00:38:53,458
Stop!
750
00:38:59,732 --> 00:39:01,466
[ Sirens wailing ]
751
00:39:06,972 --> 00:39:09,941
- Stop! LAPD!
- Please, don't shoot!
752
00:39:09,975 --> 00:39:11,943
Hey, freak! Stop!
Hit the ground, or we'll shoot!
753
00:39:11,977 --> 00:39:13,444
Cross fire!
Cross fire! Damn it!
754
00:39:13,479 --> 00:39:15,780
Stop! Move back,
or I'll kill him!
755
00:39:15,814 --> 00:39:19,384
- I mean it! I'll shoot this kid in the head!
- Wade, please.
756
00:39:19,418 --> 00:39:20,919
Move back!
It's over, Weller.
757
00:39:20,953 --> 00:39:23,955
Drop your weapon!
Let the boy go!
758
00:39:23,989 --> 00:39:26,357
You want to see this kid dead?
Is that what you want?!
759
00:39:26,392 --> 00:39:29,127
Move back!
I don't have a shot!
760
00:39:29,161 --> 00:39:31,029
He's too close to the boy!
761
00:39:31,096 --> 00:39:32,897
Move back!
He's too close!
762
00:39:32,932 --> 00:39:34,399
[ Gunshot ]
763
00:39:40,873 --> 00:39:44,409
That created some distance.
764
00:39:44,443 --> 00:39:46,878
Oh, my God.
765
00:39:46,912 --> 00:39:48,346
Oh, my God!
766
00:40:00,359 --> 00:40:02,160
Last time I qualified
with my weapon,
767
00:40:02,194 --> 00:40:04,429
I scored a perfect target.
768
00:40:04,463 --> 00:40:07,932
Have your friends at,
uh, F.I.D.
769
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:11,836
Come down and take
my after-action report,
770
00:40:11,870 --> 00:40:14,839
and I'll, uh, check in
with my Union Rep.
771
00:40:16,508 --> 00:40:18,509
Excuse me.
772
00:40:40,262 --> 00:40:41,429
Provenza: Phillip Stroh's
going to solitary
773
00:40:41,497 --> 00:40:43,164
until we decide
about his future,
774
00:40:43,199 --> 00:40:45,568
so you won't have to wear
that tie again for a long time,
775
00:40:45,688 --> 00:40:47,315
and it's the end
of your security detail
776
00:40:47,435 --> 00:40:49,903
because we got rid of the guy
who was trying to kill you.
777
00:40:49,938 --> 00:40:52,406
Captain, I think F.I.D.
Is going to clear me
778
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:56,710
as long your final report
ends up agreeing with mine.
779
00:40:56,778 --> 00:40:58,812
It will, lieutenant.
Don't worry.
780
00:41:00,115 --> 00:41:02,082
Rusty, how are you?
781
00:41:04,352 --> 00:41:07,421
Well [Chuckles]
wasn't exactly a... a fun day,
782
00:41:07,455 --> 00:41:10,958
but telling you, he knocked
the ball out of the park.
783
00:41:11,026 --> 00:41:13,494
No kidding. You did.
784
00:41:15,063 --> 00:41:18,032
Right.
Thank you, lieutenant...
785
00:41:18,066 --> 00:41:20,200
for everything.
786
00:41:42,023 --> 00:41:47,027
Some of the questions
Ms. Rothman asked maybe...
787
00:41:47,062 --> 00:41:49,129
brought back
difficult memories?
788
00:41:49,164 --> 00:41:51,265
No, it's not that, Sharon.
789
00:41:53,501 --> 00:41:55,169
It's that, um...
790
00:41:57,539 --> 00:41:59,506
I thank...
791
00:41:59,541 --> 00:42:03,510
thank you for everything
that you've done for me,
792
00:42:03,545 --> 00:42:05,512
but I...
[ Sniffles ]
793
00:42:05,547 --> 00:42:09,149
I don't think I should
live with you anymore.
794
00:42:09,184 --> 00:42:11,218
Why?
795
00:42:11,252 --> 00:42:13,854
Well, because I don't think
you'll want me there.
796
00:42:13,922 --> 00:42:17,091
Rusty, why on earth
would you say that?
797
00:42:17,125 --> 00:42:18,892
Because I...
798
00:42:18,927 --> 00:42:22,896
I played chess
with that Wade guy,
799
00:42:22,931 --> 00:42:24,898
and...
800
00:42:24,933 --> 00:42:28,035
and in some ways, um...
801
00:42:28,069 --> 00:42:31,205
not... not... not...
not the illegal ways,
802
00:42:31,272 --> 00:42:32,940
not...
not the violent ways,
803
00:42:32,974 --> 00:42:36,243
but in other ways,
ways that I-I can't fix,
804
00:42:36,277 --> 00:42:38,045
I'm just like him.
805
00:42:38,079 --> 00:42:39,913
- No, no, no, no.
- Yeah.
806
00:42:39,948 --> 00:42:41,882
You are not like Wade Weller.
807
00:42:41,916 --> 00:42:43,383
Yes, I am, Sharon.
I am just like him.
808
00:42:43,418 --> 00:42:46,253
I'm exactly like him,
and I'm... I'm...
809
00:42:46,287 --> 00:42:50,390
I'm just like Dr. Morales
and... and maybe Dr. Joe
810
00:42:50,458 --> 00:42:54,561
and... and all of those guys
who picked me up on the street.
811
00:42:54,596 --> 00:42:58,132
[ Voice breaking ]
And I can't fix it, Sharon.
812
00:42:58,166 --> 00:43:00,567
I-I can't...
I can't fix it.
813
00:43:02,537 --> 00:43:08,108
I am just like them, Sharon.
I am just like them.
814
00:43:08,176 --> 00:43:10,110
Rusty, what you are...
815
00:43:10,145 --> 00:43:12,246
is who I love...
816
00:43:13,982 --> 00:43:18,986
and all of you is coming home.
817
00:43:23,577 --> 00:43:24,992
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