High Potential 1x2

1. No, no, no, no, no. Yo.

2. Too damn sloppy on the heel stand...

3. to hop shuffle-ball change.

4. Here we go. Two. A-one, two, three, four.

5. What do you think? Too much for my first day?

6. Not enough.

7. Huh?

8. Yep. We're always on the same page.

9. I like that.

10. Okay. What do you think?

11. Huh?

12. You're pleased?

13. Great. As long as you are happy.

14. Let's do it! Huh? Yeah.

15. You're my best—

16. Am I in a dream? - Chocolate-chip pancakes.

17. Eggs a la Elliot.

18. Oh. Which are what exactly?

19. - Scrambled eggs. - Sausage pucks.

20. - Uh-huh? - Freshly brewed cup of coffee.

21. And a squeezed-forever-ago OJ.

22. You guys. I don't even know what to say.

23. You're the best. - We wanted you to be ready

24. for your first official day doing...

25. What exactly are you doing?

26. Helping the cops solve cases.

27. Ooh. Do you get your own squad car?

28. No, but I will be making enough money

29. that we can get our actual car back.

30. You know, speaking of more money,

31. we should talk IRAs at some point soon—

32. simple, SEP, and Roth. - Uh, yeah.

33. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

34. The point is, this job, you guys,

35. if I don't quit or get fired,

36. is gonna help us out in lots of ways.

37. Oh.

38. Okay. Got to run.

39. Thank you so much again.

40. Don't eat those.

41. - Wasn't planning on it. - Good morning!

42. - Dad! - You are just in time.

43. And good news. She's a barfer today.

44. Oh! Barfy baby! I got her.

45. - Thank you. - You're welcome.

46. Now that the LAPD is paying me to manny.

47. I love you!

48. - Bye, Mom. - Love you.

49. Sampson, you busted out the monk straps?

50. What the heck?

51. Who's the lucky lady? - She's a florist.

52. Loves chess. Lives close.

53. You dog.

54. Better be invited to that wedding.

55. Let's hope.

56. Aren't you our cleaning lady?

57. Not today.

58. Check back in with me tomorrow after we see how this goes.

59. We're really doing this, huh?

60. We're doing it.

61. Damian Ross. Fell three stories onto his car.

62. 911 got an anonymous call from someone who heard the impact.

63. EMTs rushed him to County General.

64. He's in surgery now. Not sure if he'll make it.

65. At first blush, I'm thinking suicide attempt.

66. Strange as it may sound, Damian was found wearing tap shoes,

67. so maybe he jumped after one last dance.

68. - Mm. - "Mm" what?

69. Oh.

70. N-Nothing. Just, I mean, you know...

71. No, I don't know.

72. Morgan, if this is gonna work—

73. and I can't believe I'm actually saying this—

74. you have to say what you're thinking.

75. Okay.

76. I think we need to get up on that roof.

77. Okay. See how easy that was?

78. Okay. So let it rip.

79. - Let it rip? - Yeah.

80. I thought you were gonna hit me with a bunch of obscure

81. scientific or historical details about rooftops or something.

82. Okay. Well, "Lay it on me" would work there

83. Okay.

84. Was anything attached to this when you guys first got here?

85. The techs haven't been up here yet,

86. so we're first to the scene. - Okay.

87. - Uh, M-Morgan. - What?

88. Gloves, please.

89. Yes. Gloves. How could I forget the gloves?

90. So if something were attached to this tripod

91. and it got knocked over, it would be...

92. Huh.

93. Looks like you found Damian's phone.

94. - Hmm. - "Hmm"?

95. I don't know if this was Damian's phone.

96. So you think someone else was up here with him?

97. I certainly don't think he was up here dancing by himself.

98. Whoever's phone this is was left-handed

99. based on the smudge patterns.

100. We'll dust for prints.

101. I don't know who this little guy is.

102. Ah. The Perros de Tijuana. Mexican baseball team.

103. They won the title a few years back.

104. Okay. So you're good for the obscure sports references.

105. Got it. What are you doing?

106. - Turning on the phone, Morgan. - I can turn a phone on.

107. I'm sure you can.

108. It is possible that Damian was a left-handed baseball fan,

109. you know. - Oh!

110. Michelangelo's 1487 painting "The Torment of St. Anthony."

111. It's a glorious depiction of the struggle

112. suffered by the patron saint of lost things.

113. Well, maybe Damian was a Catholic.

114. Until we know for certain— - You know, Karadec,

115. normally I drive a 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser.

116. It's in the shop right now. But I love that car.

117. I love it so much. It loves me. We take good care of each other.

118. It's probably the healthiest relationship I've ever had.

119. Here's my point. Damian loved his car.

120. He was obsessed with it.

121. If he was trying to take his own life,

122. I am not buying for a second

123. that he would take his beloved '81 Cutlass with him.

124. And you may very well be right, Morgan.

125. But that's still just a theory. I need—

126. Evidence! You need your evidence.

127. You love your evidence. I'm learning that.

128. Have you ever seen tap dancing live?

129. It's captivating. Here's what I think.

130. Damian was up here, dancing under the stars,

131. fully immersed

132. in the intoxicating art of improvisation that is tap,

133. when someone pushed him over the edge.

134. So I just checked in with CSI to see if Damian

135. had his cellphone on him when he arrived at the hospital.

136. - And? - He did.

137. This phone belongs to someone else.

138. So now we pray to St. Anthony

139. that he helps us find whoever pushed Damian off this roof.

140. Daphne, I need an update on Damian.

141. I'm on hold with County General.

142. Stand by. - Oz, talk to me.

143. Fast-tracking CSI evidence from Damian's car.

144. Good. Karadec and Morgan are in transit

145. with the suspect's phone.

146. I want it processed within the hour.

147. - Selena. - Lieutenant Melon.

148. Do what do I owe the pleasure? - You feeling generous today?

149. I need an extra pair of hands in robbery/homicide.

150. Oh. Well, it's your lucky day,

151. because we're just hanging around here in major crimes

152. with a whole lot of nothing to do.

153. This is serious.

154. Six jewelry stores hit in the last two months.

155. I'm getting hammered in the press.

156. Cap's all over me.

157. I'm even catching heat from my girlfriend

158. 'cause she's too scared to go shop for an engagement ring.

159. Aren't you supposed to shop for the engagement ring?

160. I need to catch this guy before someone gets hurt or killed.

161. You know I wouldn't ask if I didn't really need the assist.

162. 'Cause if there was a scuffle on the roof,

163. we can assume our suspect's gonna—

164. - Have scratches. I get it. - Well, not just scratches.

165. I mean, based on this photo. Look.

166. That's an ass pattern.

167. An ass pattern.

168. Yeah.

169. Listen. I've fallen a lot in my life.

170. And trust me, whoever made those marks

171. has lacerations all over the buns

172. and likely a bruised coccyx.

173. Tailbone. - I know what a coccyx is.

174. Daphne, what's the latest on Damian?

175. - Still on hold. - Hey. Melon alert.

176. - Oh. - Melon alert?

177. All right. Listen up. Teamwork makes the dream work.

178. And right now our friends in robbery need our help.

179. Beggars can't be choosers. I'll take anyone.

180. Except the cleaning lady.

181. You owe me one.

182. I'll ride with Lieutenant Melon.

183. Damian's out of surgery but on life support.

184. It could go either way. - All right.

185. So starting right now, we treat this as a murder case

186. because of this young man dies, it will be.

187. Daphne, pull all security footage

188. from surrounding buildings.

189. We need eyes on everyone who was there that night.

190. You two go to the hospital.

191. See if this boy's family knows anyone who might want him dead.

192. I'll be right there.

193. Hey. Can I talk to you for a second?

194. Of course.

195. So, when I agreed to take this job—

196. I promised to look into your missing ex.

197. Um, S...

198. Roman Sinquerra.

199. Yeah. I'm assuming you might need more than just his name.

200. You said he disappeared 15 years ago.

201. Can you tell me what happened?

202. Yes. He went out to buy diapers for Ava, my oldest.

203. She was just a baby back then.

204. He was driving a 1995 Mazda RX-7,

205. California plates— AAHQ729.

206. It's the last time I saw him.

207. - Had you and Roman been— - Fighting? No.

208. Listen. I know what it sounds like.

209. Like he went out for milk and never came back.

210. It's a cliché for a reason.

211. That wasn't Roman.

212. All right. I'll see what I can find.

213. Thank you.

214. You know what the best part of my day has been so far?

215. Am I gonna be flattered or offended?

216. Hopefully neither.

217. The best part of my day was showing up to that crime scene

218. and not seeing a body on top of that car.

219. Pretty sure I don't have to tell you why.

220. But now...

221. Now we don't know what we're walking into.

222. You know, in this line of work, Morgan,

223. you have to hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.

224. It's your first day, so if you want to wait in the waiting—

225. I'm good.

226. Okay.

227. Ms. Ross.

228. Please. Call me Winnie.

229. Winnie, I'm Detective Karadec. This is Morgan Gillory.

230. She's assisting me on your son's case.

231. We are so sorry about what happened.

232. How's he doing?

233. The doctors said they don't know if he'll survive the night.

234. And if he does, they don't know if he'll walk again.

235. But growing up where he did, he's beat the odds before.

236. He'll do it again.

237. I know this is a very difficult time, Winnie.

238. We believe somebody pushed Damian off that roof, and...

239. Well, I have to ask.

240. I know what you're gonna ask, Detective, and the answer is no.

241. There is nobody in this world who would want to hurt my boy.

242. You know, on the way over here, I had the opportunity

243. to watch your son tap, and it took my breath away.

244. Your kid can really dance.

245. When Damian falls in love with something, watch out.

246. Passionate and stubborn, that one.

247. I wonder who he gets that from.

248. Damian has made his share of mistakes

249. before he started working at BSB.

250. But they've helped him get his life together.

251. I'm sorry. I'm not familiar with BSB.

252. Um, Body Shop Brothers. It's a custom auto shop.

253. They hire at-risk youth and ex-cons

254. to fix up cars and get their lives back on track.

255. Damian is saving the money he's making from working at the shop

256. for a plane ticket to New York.

257. He's Broadway-bound...

258. if he can... just pull— pull through this time,

259. if he can just...

260. Beat the odds again.

261. Like you said.

262. Mama Ross?

263. Pardon me a moment.

264. I see two lefties.

265. And at least one Catholic. Not exactly a smoking gun.

266. - The phone was his. - Whose?

267. The one who's got his arm around Ms. Ross.

268. You see that elbow scar

269. tattooed over to look like baseball stitching?

270. That's from a Tommy John injury,

271. from a torn ulnar ligament.

272. I think he was a pitcher.

273. For the Perros de Tijuana.

274. Sorry to interrupt.

275. I'm Detective Karadec.

276. Can we talk? It'll just take a minute.

277. Mm. Damian.

278. Quite the talent. - He's next level, no question.

279. Good-looking too.

280. So, Roland, how jealous of him were you?

281. Jealous enough to push him off a roof?

282. I told you.

283. I didn't push him. - But you fought with him.

284. That's when you dropped your phone, right?

285. No! Damian and I never fought.

286. Check his coccyx!

287. Sounds like you have a suggestion.

288. - They got to check his coccyx. - I know this looks really bad.

289. We have reason to believe there's bruises and lacerations

290. on the suspect's... backside.

291. We could get a warrant and make you show us.

292. Or you could just tell us.

293. Make the right choice for us all. Please.

294. You're right.

295. We were up there last night.

296. But Damian, he's like a brother to me.

297. We met at the shop.

298. When I told him I used to dance, he offered to teach me.

299. He helped me get my life back together.

300. Then what happened on the roof?

301. Someone else pushed him.

302. Roland, do you actually expect us to believe that?

303. I don't know where the guy came from, okay?

304. He must have been waiting there or something,

305. because one minute we were dancing, and then...

306. he knocked me on my ass.

307. By the time I got up, Damian was gone, him too.

308. So I ran. - And let me guess.

309. it was too dark for you to see his face.

310. Without a witness who actually saw Roland push Damian,

311. we barely have enough to hold him.

312. Daphne, what about eyes in the sky?

313. Well, security cameras across the street

314. show Damian's car pull in at 1:42 a.m.

315. - Any cameras in the alley? - No.

316. Got them everywhere else, though.

317. It's an old office building. No occupants since last year.

318. Maybe squatters took up residence in the building

319. and didn't like the noise coming from upstairs.

320. We checked. They got the space locked down tight.

321. No one going in or out in the last week.

322. So either our third guy teleported in and out

323. or he doesn't exist.

324. He might.

325. What'd you guys do with Damian's car?

326. I see I'm not the only one

327. who likes a little color on the nails.

328. What have we got here? Mushroom Mimosa?

329. - Biscotti Body, but close. - Ooh!

330. - Oh, boy. - Okay. I'm sorry.

331. I'm not the one who names nail polishes.

332. Morgan, you've got three very patient officers with you

333. here in the impound garage, and I can tell you

334. that at least one of them would like to know the reason why.

335. Well, the reason why is... plasma chameleon paint.

336. See, plasma chameleon paint is known

337. for its color-changing properties

338. because the pigment makes the color change

339. depending on the angle and the lighting.

340. And that is why it is used sometimes for nail polishes

341. and sometimes for custom paint jobs for luxury cars.

342. Now, your lab f— Well, our lab—

343. Our lab found traces of paint in the trunk of the car,

344. which didn't surprise us, given that he does work

345. in an auto-body shop that paints cars.

346. But Damian loved this baby so much, there's no way

347. he wasn't vacuuming every square inch of it over the weekends.

348. That is correct.

349. And since there's not a trace of that paint

350. on the outside of the car

351. and I highly doubt any of those men hopped into the trunk

352. and painted his nails... Anybody?

353. You think whoever pushed Damian off the roof

354. worked at the body shop and hid in the trunk of his car.

355. Yes, I do.

356. Roland was telling the truth.

357. There was a third man on the roof,

358. and that man hitched a ride to the scene of his own crime.

359. That would explain why we didn't see anyone arriving.

360. The assailant got out of the car in the alley

361. and then followed them up. - It's a good theory, Morgan.

362. The only problem is that this is an '81 Regal.

363. The trunk-release safety feature wasn't introduced

364. until the mid-'80s, which means

365. if someone did sneak in the trunk,

366. they wouldn't have been able to get themselves out.

367. I thought about that too.

368. But what if one of Damian's co-workers

369. decided to give him a little unwanted trunk job?

370. That sounded grosser than I wanted to.

371. - Morgan, you are not helping. - Close me in.

372. I don't think that's a good ide—

373. That was aggressive.

374. This is getting weird.

375. - Mm-hmm. - Okay. Yeah. Give her a minute.

376. Yeah. There's no more minutes for this.

377. Yeah. Found it.

378. Little rigged latch-release thingy.

379. Turns out... trunk job it is.

380. Looks like you and Morgan

381. have to go see the Body Shop Brothers.

382. Am I helping now?

383. Detective Karadec.

384. Knox, right?

385. Chased you through Echo Park a few years back.

386. What was it? Stolen property? Identity theft?

387. Both.

388. What are you doing here, Detective?

389. Just doing my job.

390. We have reason to believe that the person

391. who tried to kill Damian works here too.

392. Detective...

393. if you're insinuating what I think you're insinuating,

394. we don't appreciate that. - Yeah.

395. I'm not here to earn your appreciation, Knox.

396. I'm here to find out who tried to kill Damian.

397. - Then go find him already. - I have an idea.

398. Uh, hear me out.

399. What if we did a trade?

400. Brought yourself a random hot blonde, man?

401. I don't know about random.

402. She's a consultant. Let me handle this, please.

403. What kind of trade?

404. You guys tell us where you were last night

405. and we get Damian's car back to the shop ASAP.

406. It's at impound. That takes months.

407. What if it doesn't have to?

408. I'm listening.

409. I bet Detective Karadec here could call in a favor

410. and get Damian's car back faster than he ran you down, Knox.

411. Which isn't really saying much, but...

412. Morgan, actually, I can't.

413. That way, you guys will have time to fix up his car

414. and get it all ready for him when he wakes up

415. and comes home from the hospital.

416. I didn't know the guy, but I'm getting the sense

417. he would do the exact same thing for you.

418. Damn right he would.

419. Excuse me.

420. Give me two minutes with these guys.

421. - For what? - Two minutes,

422. and I will get their alibis or I quit right here on the spot.

423. - You promise? - Can you go?

424. Just make a phone call. See if you can get the car.

425. Otherwise, we're not getting anything out of them.

426. You know that.

427. Two minutes.

428. Okay.

429. Getting the sense that some of you are very angry

430. about what happened to your friend.

431. Or numb.

432. Heartbroken.

433. All very reasonable emotions to have right now.

434. But wouldn't you guys feel a little bit better

435. if you could help us find the guy who hurt your friend?

436. You guys got to tell me where you were last night.

437. 'Cause if you don't tell me right now,

438. the cops are gonna waste time talking to other people like you

439. who did absolutely nothing wrong.

440. Go ahead, man.

441. Yeah. Uh, I guess I'll go first.

442. Okay.

443. First up is Dane.

444. Dane was on his fifth

445. and hopefully final date with, uh, Lola last night.

446. The woman sounds like a nightmare.

447. I hope he makes a good choice, but he's young and stupid.

448. Then we got "Big Bear" Knox.

449. Knox was in Big Bear with his dad.

450. They have a family cabin.

451. They go there pretty much weekly to vamp it up a bit.

452. Fun perk of the job— I did get an open invite to visit.

453. Not a perk of the job.

454. Not for you.

455. Then we got Slappy. Tall drink of water.

456. Handsome fella. He's a tough nut to crack.

457. But I tell you what— - Morgan.

458. Is it safe to assume you have this kind of info

459. on all these guys?

460. Yeah. That was the job.

461. Where were you?

462. - Um... - So Slappy was on a date with—

463. Uh, Morgan, hold up.

464. I'm in the middle of painting a picture.

465. You guys keep interrupting, I have to say.

466. And I'm sure it's as stunning as the Sistine Chapel,

467. but we really don't have time for this.

468. Oh. I'm sorry.

469. You don't have time

470. to give these gentlemen the benefit of the doubt?

471. Did you all hear that? Interesting.

472. Is that because they have a hard time with authority?

473. Who doesn't? - Lots of people.

474. Just download Daphne with the details.

475. I'll make a case file to share with a four-person team

476. that will track and trace the movements of every suspect

477. as part of our ACP.

478. ACP.

479. Alibi confirmation protocol. Come on.

480. Right. She's a lot more fun than you.

481. All right. We got our work cut out for us.

482. Mm.

483. I want to find out which one of these body-shop bros

484. is our prime suspect by sunrise.

485. And since it turns out Roland was telling the truth

486. about the third person... - I'll process this release.

487. Did you know that in 13th-century Sweden,

488. anyone could put a thief to death?

489. Anyone!

490. Say I caught Ava swiping my Rubik's Cube.

491. I could chop her head off, and it would just be like,

492. "Ho-hum. Why is the head rolling around the floor?"

493. "Don't know. I guess she must have stolen something."

494. Ava, did you take Elliott's Rubik's Cube?

495. Yeah, Mom. I lust after that Rubik's Cube.

496. When are we getting the car back?

497. I'm tired of leaving 45 minutes early to take the bus.

498. As soon as I can afford to get it out of the shop.

499. You've been saying that forever.

500. I know I have, Ava.

501. And every single time I have to say it again,

502. it kills me a little more.

503. Ava got an A on her art project,

504. You did? That's great.

505. Why didn't you tell me? Let me see it.

506. I think it shows some real Cubist influence.

507. Look! It's Whiskers!

508. Buddy, that is really good.

509. It's okay.

510. Follow me.

511. What are you showing me?

512. This.

513. What are they?

514. They're murals painted all over Los Angeles.

515. Aren't they great?

516. Yeah. They're pretty cool.

517. Your father painted those.

518. Awesome. Thanks for showing me these.

519. Hey. You've been upset that you didn't inherit my talents.

520. But look. You got your dad's.

521. I got the talent of the guy who walked out on us. Cool.

522. He did not walk out on us, Ava, okay?

523. I know it in my bones. He just didn't do it.

524. He loved us.

525. And now I've got the full weight of the LAPD looking into it.

526. We're gonna get to the truth.

527. How about they work on getting our car back instead?

528. So, what?

529. Just because you can't sleep, I don't get to either?

530. Do you remember how Damian's mom said no one in the world

531. would want to hurt her son?

532. Mm-hmm. Sometimes even moms get it wrong, Morgan.

533. Maybe this time we did.

534. Let's dance. - What are we doing?

535. Come on.

536. Okay.

537. We thought the third man came up onto the roof to kill Damian.

538. - And now you don't? - Well, maybe.

539. But the best place for the killer to hide

540. where he wouldn't be seen by the dancers is over here,

541. behind this structure.

542. So when Damian is close to the edge,

543. that is the killer's moment.

544. He's got to move without hesitation.

545. He bolts forward. He knocks over the tripod.

546. The cellphone goes flying. - All of which we already know.

547. So what are we missing? - We forgot to look up.

548. Are you familiar with the opposition effect?

549. Remind me

550. The opposition effect is an astronomical phenomenon

551. during the first- and last-quarter phases

552. of the moon cycle.

553. That is when the moon is at a 90-degree angle to the sun,

554. and that's when it's at its brightest.

555. - And that happened last night. - Not only that.

556. Roland called 911 at 2:14 a.m., right?

557. So let's say he needed 10, 15 minutes

558. to get down off the roof, get himself safe,

559. pull himself together, and make a phone call

560. Which would have placed the time of impact shortly after 2.

561. Which places the moon... right there.

562. So what do you think the killer saw?

563. Roland and Damian were in full shadow.

564. The moon was shining right into the killer's eyes.

565. Moving fast under these conditions,

566. he couldn't see who it was he was pushing.

567. Damian's mom was right. No one wanted to kill her boy.

568. Our assailant pushed the wrong guy.

569. He meant to kill Roland.

570. We released him from custody a few hours ago.

571. If someone still wants him dead, they could try again.

572. We got to find Roland before the killer does.

573. Yeah.

574. Hey, mama.

575. Hey. Everybody's okay back there?

576. We're good. I already put Chloe to bed.

577. And our son's Mandarin's really coming along.

578. Though I guess I wouldn't know. - Yeah. Ava's okay?

579. She is still in her room.

580. She came out for some ice cream

581. and acknowledged me with a grunt, which is reassuring.

582. Daphne just texted me Roland's number and home address.

583. Ludo, I got to go.

584. I'm gonna be later than I thought.

585. I'm so sorry. - Yeah. Is everything okay?

586. Yeah. No. I'm fine. Don't worry about me, okay?

587. Thank you so much. - Mor—

588. Yeah. She's gone.

589. - Yeah? - Roland, it's Detective Karadec.

590. Who?

591. Can you turn the music down, please?

592. - Not in my car, bro. - He's not at home.

593. It's Detective Karadec with the LAPD, Roland.

594. Where are you, buddy?

595. We need you to get someplace safe.

596. - What? - We believe you are in danger.

597. Sorry, man. Can't hear you.

598. This is Roland. Leave a message.

599. I'll have Daphne see if she can locate him with a trace.

600. - I think he's at Gateway Towers. - What?

601. It's a warehouse that hosts parties.

602. - And you think he's there? - Yeah.

603. I heard the song change from "Flip Fantasia"

604. to Culture Beat, so I googled "'90s remix party,"

605. and the only one that came up for tonight

606. was at Gateway Towers. - Gateway Towers.

607. It's a little crime-fighting tool called Google.

608. This might be a good time to call for backup.

609. They're on the way, but we don't have time to wait.

610. Okay. When Roland left the precinct,

611. he was wearing a green hoodie,

612. black-and-white Adidas Superstars,

613. and a red Casio watch.

614. Let's hope he didn't change.

615. Hey!

616. Hey! Where's Roland?

617. - I don't know. - Is he here?

618. - What's going on? - They're looking for Roland.

619. How many times can you arrest a guy in one day?

620. We're trying to help the young man.

621. Where is he? - I don't know, man.

622. He was here. I ain't seen him in a minute.

623. Please help us find him.

624. Okay.

625. We're going this way.

626. Excuse me.

627. Aah. I feel like I'm on the bus.

628. Roland!

629. Hey! Roland!

630. No, I'm John.

631. Nice to meet you, John. Excuse me.

632. Yo, yo! He's over here!

633. Roland. Roland, come on, man. We got to get you out of here.

634. You—

635. You know, Morgan, what happened tonight

636. is just part of the job.

637. It's the worst part of the job.

638. I wish I could tell you it gets easier, but it does not.

639. We didn't get here fast enough. Not tonight.

640. But next time we will.

641. And when we do, I know we're gonna have you to thank for it.

642. 'Cause what you did on that roof tonight, that was...

643. that was something.

644. Can't really take all the credit for it.

645. I had an assist. - Oh, yeah?

646. Yeah. My daughter Ava. Her dad's a painter.

647. He was a painter. I don't know if he still paints.

648. I haven't seen him in a long time, but, um,

649. he used to tell me light was the most important part of the job.

650. Hey, guys.

651. Found something you're gonna want to see.

652. - If this is too much for you— - No. I'm good.

653. Let's find this guy.

654. All those people and nobody noticed a man being shot?

655. Too loud. Plus all the lights.

656. The gunshot was just one more flash in the dark.

657. But if we look closer...

658. Looks like Roland knew his killer.

659. And the killer knew everyone there would have a phone on,

660. so he hid his face.

661. And this is all we got?

662. Yeah, for now.

663. Any update on Damian?

664. Last we called the hospital, it was still touch and go.

665. You okay?

666. Yeah.

667. I'm just gonna take a little walk.

668. There's nobody in this world who would want to hurt my boy.

669. In this line of work, Morgan, you have to hope for the best

670. but be prepared for the worst.

671. Yes?

672. Do you have this on surveillance?

673. - Uh, yeah. - Play it.

674. Uh, excuse me. What are you doing?

675. Play the robbery.

676. Okay.

677. Oh. You take orders from her now.

678. This is highly inappropriate.

679. Uh...

680. Hang on. Hang on.

681. Stop. Right there.

682. You see those sparks after the muzzle flash?

683. The color and the trajectory. That is a very old gun.

684. Oh, now you're a munitions expert.

685. I'm not, but I took my kids to Pioneer Town once,

686. and the gunsmith went on and on about guns in the Wild West.

687. What's going on?

688. Come here. Look at these sparks.

689. These sparks occur when there is copper

690. or lead left in the barrel—

691. usually a very old or poorly maintained gun.

692. And they cause a flash, like the one in this robbery

693. and in the one that killed Roland.

694. So great. Our robber is at the OK Corral.

695. You're saying you think his robber and our killer

696. are the same guy? - I'm saying same gun.

697. What do you think?

698. I think you should give her some time with your board.

699. You serious? My board?

700. - Coming through. Thanks. - Excuse us.

701. Eyes up.

702. Lieutenant Melon has terrible handwriting.

703. Oh, the worst.

704. You really think his robber is our killer?

705. I don't know, but I know we got to figure it out.

706. Okay. So where do we start?

707. We start with why.

708. Why would this guy want to murder Roland?

709. You believe this?

710. The cleaning lady is rearranging my boards.

711. You see a cleaning lady. I see more.

712. Okay, Sparkles. That's enough.

713. Morgan, what do you got?

714. I noticed something.

715. We've got five robberies, right?

716. The first three are here, here, and here.

717. And at each site,

718. an eyewitness saw the robber get into a different getaway car—

719. a red Camaro, a blue Mini...

720. And an orange Corvette.

721. She gonna read my entire case board back to me?

722. Now, at the fourth and fifth site,

723. there was no report of a getaway car at all.

724. So it's possible the driver could have parked farther away.

725. Or something happened to the car.

726. Or practice makes perfect.

727. They got faster and no one saw him go.

728. What do you think?

729. I think the robber lost his getaway car.

730. More importantly, I think he lost his driver.

731. Now, see what these last two jewelry stores have in common?

732. Okay. I'll give you a clue.

733. Oh, now she's drawing on my map.

734. Uh...

735. Really? Does no one take public transit?

736. Okay. Well, guess who does. This guy.

737. So let me walk you through this. This is the red line.

738. Right here are two stops along the red line.

739. These are two jewelry stores

740. that are within one block of those two stops.

741. You think the robber was on foot?

742. Yes, I do.

743. And I think the missing getaway driver,

744. someone who had access to multiple cars...

745. was Roland.

746. Think about it. He worked at the shop.

747. Any of the cars that stayed there overnight,

748. he would have had access to.

749. And the robber started hitting stores on foot a month ago.

750. That's right, and that was around the same time

751. that Damian helped Roland escape a life of crime

752. and they started posting their dancing videos together.

753. That's right.

754. So Roland tells the robber, "I'm out."

755. But the robber can't trust that Roland won't out him.

756. He knows that Damian and Roland

757. are dancing on rooftops all over L.A.

758. He decides to rig Damian's trunk to push Roland off the roof.

759. But he pushes the wrong guy.

760. Now he's got to find Roland at the club.

761. And to make sure he does it right this time...

762. he brings his gun.

763. This is great police work, Morgan,

764. but do you know who this guy is?

765. No. I don't.

766. But I do have an idea about how we can find him.

767. All units and 6A37. We have a 187.

768. Respond Code 3.

769. Repeat— All units and 6A37. We have a 187.

770. Respond Code 3.

771. Hands in the air! Nobody move!

772. - LAPD! Put your hands up! - Drop your weapon!

773. - Freeze! LAPD! - Put the gun on the ground.

774. Slowly. Lay down on the floor.

775. Belly on the floor. Now. Down.

776. Hands behind your back!

777. Let's go.

778. He looks confused. Are you confused, Griff?

779. - Lawyer. - You don't want to talk.

780. I get it. You don't have to.

781. But I bet you're wondering how we knew you'd be here.

782. Can I tell him? - Tell him.

783. See, I think you really were upset

784. about what happened to Damian.

785. The red eyes, the tears— Those were real.

786. 'Cause you didn't mean to hurt him.

787. But, you see, mixed in with that sadness,

788. I saw something else— guilt.

789. Oh, side note.

790. Contrition— gonna be helpful for you

791. when you're talking to the parole board

792. after you're convicted of murdering Roland.

793. So how did we manage to show up and spoil your party?

794. Well, joke's on you. It's our party, bud.

795. And we invited you because we noticed

796. that every time you would rob a jewelry store,

797. it would happen right after a Code 3 went out

798. on the police scanner.

799. You figured the fewer units available,

800. the likelier chance you'd have to be able to get away.

801. But luckily for the residents of Los Angeles,

802. there's no actual Code 3 happening tonight.

803. Just a 211— yours.

804. Let's go.

805. Heard a little rumor.

806. Somebody just closed their first official case with the LAPD.

807. So I did help.

808. You had your moments.

809. Which is why Soto asked me to give you this—

810. first official paycheck.

811. Lands early.

812. No way.

813. Oh.

814. Wow.

815. Karadec.

816. Yeah. Got it.

817. That was the hospital.

818. Damian's awake.

819. Please come on in.

820. Hi.

821. There's somebody I want you to meet.

822. These are the people I told you

823. were trying to figure out what happened.

824. Thank you.

825. Damian moved his toes today.

826. Oh. No way.

827. The doctors believe with some work,

828. he'll be dancing in no time.

829. - That's right. - You know, because of you,

830. I was able to find out this guy has never seen a tap show.

831. What, you got something against a good time?

832. - No. No. I-I love a good time. - Mm.

833. One day I'll get you some tickets.

834. Both of you.

835. Least I could do.

836. I heard about Roland and Griff.

837. It's over now, though. Don't worry.

838. Nah. I'm just getting started.

839. Now, what the hell are y'all still doing here?

840. Get your ass back to the shop and fix my car— now!

841. Oh, gosh.

842. That's what I said, for the record.

843. - Uh-huh. Yeah. - Take care.

844. I need some wheels.

845. For real, though.

846. That was not too bad for your first case, Gillory.

847. I'm just glad I was able to help.

848. Mm-hmm. Have you thought about quitting while you're ahead?

849. You know, go out on top? - You do not want me to quit.

850. You're having way too much fun. - Oh, I am, huh?

851. - Yeah. - Like driving you all over town?

852. No. No. That does have to stop.

853. No way!

854. I'm so sorry to just pop by, Morgan.

855. You're firing me in the comfort of my own home.

856. That's a classy move. I respect that.

857. You want to come in? - No. No. That's okay.

858. I have some news.

859. You're on my way home. I thought you'd want to hear it.

860. What is it?

861. I followed up on Roman's car.

862. Turns out it ended up in police impound

863. three days after he disappeared.

864. It was abandoned in a Costco parking lot

865. a couple of miles from where you both lived.

866. In the short inventory of items discovered in the car

867. was a box of diapers.

868. Which, of course, begs the question—

869. If Roman really wanted to abandon your family,

870. why would he stop and buy diapers first?

871. We're gonna find out what happened to Roman.

872. I promise.

873. Thank you.

874. Freeze.

875. Morgan Gillory, major crimes.

876. Oh, it worked.

877. You're frozen.

878. There she is, Janitor Genius.

879. That brain of hers is going to help us close a lot of cases.

880. Looks like a wild night that went south.

881. But was it murder?

882. 100%.

883. I have no idea who kidnapped my daughters.

884. Do you see this?

885. Her girls were holding this in one of the pictures I saw.

886. I know who took the girls.

887. All right, the trick is to see if we can notice

888. things other people can't.

889. Ta da.

890. I'm sorry, who is she?

891. Morgan. Morgan.

892. Morgan.

893. You never take evidence home, ever.

894. You have got to be kidding me.

895. What?

896. He's wearing gloves.

897. New "High Potential," October 8 on ABC, and stream on Hulu.