High Potential 1x8

1. Official LAPD business.

2. Keep my baby close. This won't take long.

3. What exactly are you doing?

4. Helping the cops solve cases.

5. - We're really doing this, huh? - We're doing it.

6. - You know this woman? - I'm his partner.

7. - We're not partners. - Non-romantic partners.

8. We're not partners.

9. She's actually just a consultant.

10. We work on cases together in a partner-y fashion.

11. Morgan did good work on this case.

12. Did you tell her that?

13. I obsess over every little problem I see.

14. My mind is constantly spinning out of control,

15. which makes it impossible to hold a job, relationship.

16. I'm Tom, janitorial staff.

17. Are you asking me out on a date?

18. I think I am.

19. When I agreed to take this job—

20. I promised to look into your missing ex,

21. Roman Sinquerra.

22. A month before he went missing,

23. Roman was cited for painting a mural

24. in an unauthorized location.

25. Back then, the area was a hotbed for criminal activity.

26. - Roman wasn't a criminal. - Well, then I'm wondering

27. if he saw something in the area he shouldn't have.

28. Honey, your father loved you so much.

29. - That's why he left. - It's more complicated than that.

30. Whatever. I don't even remember him.

31. - If he could be here— - I'm glad he's not.

32. I know how early it is.

33. Do you want a spot for us and our kids or not?

34. Will you just put on some shorts and get down here?

35. Help!

36. So, I gotta be honest,

37. I haven't been on many breakfast dates.

38. Hmm, yeah. Maybe because they suck.

39. - Oh, that's great. - You don't— You don't suck.

40. I'm glad you're here.

41. I just feel bad that this is all the time I have.

42. My life is kind of insane. It's not ideal, I know.

43. Okay. So, what's your ideal date?

44. Oh, um...

45. Well, there'd be a cocktail involved.

46. - Great. - And maybe just dinner with an adult

47. where I'm not worried about waking kids up.

48. I could be that adult.

49. Plus, didn't you say your kids were away

50. with your ex this weekend?

51. They are, but I am on call with the LAPD,

52. and every time I'm on call, they seem to call.

53. Okay, this is what we're gonna do.

54. Let's hope that crime takes a holiday,

55. and then I'm going to keep Saturday night open.

56. No, you do not need to do that.

57. It's too late. I just did it.

58. Just canceled all my plans.

59. - Just now? - Just now.

60. Listen, I don't want to celebrate alone.

61. What are we celebrating?

62. You remember that whole hostage situation—

63. - Oh, yeah. - ... where I got shot?

64. Yeah. How's that going?

65. It's going good. Just finish my rehab.

66. I'm as good as new.

67. And I'm also a pretty good cook.

68. - Really? - Yeah, I almost said great,

69. but I'd rather under-promise and over-deliver.

70. Oh, look at that. They're calling.

71. Saturday night. I have a good feeling about it.

72. I like the optimism. I really do.

73. - Enjoy your day. - You, too.

74. - Go solve crime. - Thank you.

75. - Am I good here? - Do you always park like this?

76. Do you want to try gliding this big boat into a tiny spot?

77. Be my guest.

78. Seriously, though, am I going to get a ticket?

79. - No. - You know what you should do?

80. You should get me, like, um, a universal parking pass.

81. Like, a citywide permit. You know?

82. Something I can hang from my rear view.

83. Or a sticker would work.

84. Consider it done.

85. - You're a terrible liar. - Thank you.

86. Hey, guys. What have we got?

87. Unidentified female, late 20s.

88. Blunt force trauma to the head.

89. Lifeguard was just showing up for their shift,

90. heard a woman yell for help, and ran over to perform CPR.

91. She was alive at the time, but barely.

92. When the EMTs arrived, they took over,

93. but she didn't make it.

94. Time of death was called at 8:32 a.m.,

95. about half an hour ago.

96. You think an accident or foul play?

97. We started canvassing the area.

98. So far, no eyewitness accounts

99. of anyone matching the woman's description

100. have turned up in the last couple hours

101. at local businesses.

102. I don't think she was planning on swimming

103. in these clothes.

104. Plus, there's nothing at the crime scene

105. indicating what caused that head wound.

106. - So, we're looking at a murder. - Maybe.

107. Give me your watch. - Why?

108. - Just g— - Okay.

109. The paramedics didn't detect a pulse?

110. Right. That's why—

111. Wait, what are you...

112. Because there was no detectable pulse at the time.

113. She's still alive.

114. Hey, get those EMTs down here now!

115. How is that even possible?

116. It's called the Lazarus effect.

117. You've never heard of it?

118. Lazarus from the New Testament?

119. That's the guy. He was raised from the dead,

120. and as a reward, he has a medical anomaly named after him.

121. It's the spontaneous return of circulation

122. after failed attempts at resuscitation.

123. So, it's like a miracle.

124. - No, it's medical. - How is our Jane Doe?

125. Hospital said she had a skull fracture.

126. She should be out of surgery in a few hours if all goes well.

127. The moment she's up, I want us there.

128. See if she can identify her assailant.

129. What about forensics?

130. Trace amounts of metal found in the head wound.

131. I'm thinking our weapon could be a hammer or something.

132. Guys, I think ID'd our Jane Doe.

133. Heather Wallace, 27, graduate student at UCLA,

134. according to her boyfriend, Morris,

135. who filed a missing persons report last night

136. when she didn't show up for dinner.

137. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

138. - Is that her? - That's Heather.

139. How long were you together?

140. Only a few months.

141. He's a little older than Heather.

142. A little?

143. I was shopping at Abbot Kinney

144. when she asked me for directions to the canals.

145. I walked her over there, and we just clicked.

146. I'm sorry. Can I get one of those?

147. Morris Jardine, 57, lives in the Palisades.

148. Founder of a leisurewear company he sold last year.

149. Looks like he did quite well.

150. And where were you last night?

151. I was at home, picking out tile.

152. I'm putting in a new pool.

153. I was frustrated. So many choices.

154. Mosaic. Glass. Porcelain.

155. I wish that I was better about not losing perspective.

156. I was in a bad mood because of pool tiles.

157. I thought that was so important.

158. Now, she's in the hospital fighting for her life.

159. I want to like this guy, but I don't.

160. I'm with you. Something feels off about him.

161. How about the fact that he hasn't asked to see Heather yet?

162. - Lieutenant. - Talk to UCLA?

163. Uh, yeah, but there's no record

164. of a student named Heather Wallace.

165. So, I ran our victim's fingerprints

166. and got a hit from when she applied

167. for a real estate license two years ago.

168. Penny Hall.

169. If Penny gave Morris a fake name,

170. then she definitely had something to hide.

171. And maybe after he found out, he attacked her on the beach.

172. I'm no detective, but it seems like

173. figuring out who our victim is

174. would help us figure out who wanted to kill her.

175. Do you have an address? - We do.

176. You and Karadec go find out if Morris is lying to us

177. and why Penny was lying to him.

178. Here we are. 11D.

179. Penny's my favorite tenant. - Oh, yeah?

180. Yeah, I offered her an upper unit

181. when it opened up, but she wanted to stay

182. after what happened to her boyfriend.

183. What happened to her boyfriend?

184. Well, he died. Murdered, I think.

185. Uh, Morris Jardine, white guy, 50s?

186. No, that doesn't sound right.

187. Um, a young guy, uh, about her age.

188. His name was Marcus— no, Lucas.

189. Lucas Phillips. Yeah. Sweet guy.

190. Poor girl stayed in for weeks after that.

191. I do hope she's alright.

192. Thank you.

193. This must be Lucas.

194. Morris never mentioned anything

195. about Penny having an ex who was killed.

196. But if she didn't trust him with the real name,

197. she probably wasn't telling him much.

198. Um, do you have any idea how much this bag cost?

199. - I have absolutely no idea. - A lot.

200. You know, I think Penny got scared when her ex was killed.

201. Tried to stay off the killer's radar by using a fake name,

202. but whoever killed her ex finally caught up with her.

203. Uh, these are very expensive shoes

204. for a person who lives in a crappy part of town.

205. Well, then maybe we have

206. a sugar daddy situation gone wrong.

207. Not with those credit card bills on her counter.

208. This doesn't make any sense.

209. You're right.

210. Morris wasn't paying for the clothes or the bags.

211. She was.

212. Well, that's strange.

213. Penny is paying 2,500 bucks a month

214. for a billboard on PCH.

215. Billboard for what?

216. We'll certainly find out.

217. You're right. This is weird.

218. Penny lives here, except for any one of her outfits

219. would pay my mortgage for an entire month.

220. That's not to mention the handbags or the shoes.

221. Why does a woman hide her identity,

222. date a rich guy while going into serious debt,

223. trying to keep up appearances?

224. Could have something to do with that.

225. So, our victim was investigating another victim?

226. It was a cold case,

227. and Penny was pulling out all the stops.

228. Oz, do the honors.

229. She did this?

230. That's Lucas Phillips, Penny's boyfriend.

231. Found dead two years ago, just after the 4th of July.

232. Detective Clark Beaudine worked the case.

233. Yes, I remember.

234. He was really upset about that one.

235. Remained unsolved when he retired.

236. The police report suspected Lucas was robbed on the beach.

237. Poor guy died from blunt force trauma just after 10:00 p.m.

238. Just like Penny Hall.

239. But we know Penny wasn't robbed,

240. otherwise that diamond necklace would have been long gone.

241. Exactly. I don't think the motive

242. for Lucas's murder was robbery, either.

243. The killer just wanted us to believe that.

244. So, it's looking like Lucas and Penny

245. were attacked by the same person.

246. What's with the rice?

247. Tiny pieces of rice found in Lucas's hair.

248. No one found an explanation for it.

249. Yeah, or for the antifreeze in his nose.

250. Yeah, no, I saw that. But rice?

251. How does somebody get rice in their hair?

252. I mean, where was this guy? At a wedding?

253. I doubt that milling rice was his idea of a good time.

254. I'm just saying, make a note. - Noted.

255. What else we got?

256. For the two years prior to his death,

257. Lucas worked as a tennis coach

258. at the Marina Azul Beach Club.

259. So, do we think Lucas's killer is part of the beach club set?

260. Uh, Detective Beaudine interviewed

261. at least a dozen people from the club.

262. According to his investigation, their alibis check out.

263. Well, Penny didn't think so.

264. There are club members all over her board,

265. and her receipts show she went there a lot.

266. If you can't afford a membership at the club...

267. - Date a member. - Morris.

268. So, we know Penny came up with an identity,

269. bought clothes to blend in,

270. then started going with Morris

271. to do her own investigation into the death of her boyfriend.

272. Which probably means either Morris found out

273. and filed a missing persons report on his own victim—

274. Or whoever killed Lucas wanted to silence Penny

275. because she was getting too close.

276. Go find out which.

277. Okay, but why would you think that they wouldn't let you in?

278. I've worked in these kinds of places,

279. and we didn't let me in.

280. Oh.

281. There's Morris.

282. Looks like he belongs on the campaign trail.

283. Tracks for a place like this.

284. Can I help you with something?

285. Yes, we're investigating a crime in the area.

286. Who's in charge here?

287. That would be Mr. Wilson,

288. but I'm afraid I can't let you past the main foyer.

289. Yeah.

290. You guys have a strict dress code?

291. Sorry, but yes, we do.

292. - And I'm not passing it. - I'm afraid so.

293. Club rules state no denim, no shorts, and no graphic tees.

294. But I can offer you a blazer.

295. Oh, a blazer. Do you hear that?

296. Oh, hang on, though.

297. What about my car and my bank account

298. and my kids in public school?

299. I guess what I'm asking is,

300. how much does this blazer actually cover?

301. Like, is it a magic blazer?

302. My grandfather founded the Marina Azul Beach Club in 1974.

303. About 20 acres of beachfront property

304. for less than I paid for a year of grad school.

305. It's very nice.

306. Yeah, our members seem to think so.

307. Oceanfront dining, poolside café, ten tennis courts.

308. We're not here for the tour, Mr. Wilson.

309. Did you hear about the young woman

310. that was found a mile down-shore?

311. No. No, we have a private beach,

312. so we don't really mingle with the public.

313. Different crowd.

314. Edward.

315. Yo, Ross wanted to switch the Cab

316. with his favorite Merlot, but I thought we agreed

317. the '95 was garbage. - I'm with guests, Blaine.

318. This is Blaine, our head of guest services here at the club.

319. I'm also his brother,

320. which Eddie likes to, uh, leave out.

321. Are you, uh, are you a new member?

322. Nope. You recognize her?

323. Yeah. Yeah, maybe. Uh, what's her name?

324. She's, um, she's with Morris, right?

325. Yes.

326. Have you seen her talk to anyone recently?

327. Sorry, guys.

328. I meet a lot of members' girlfriends,

329. but I don't really keep track until one's wearing a rock

330. and they want to rent the place for a wedding.

331. You guys must remember this one.

332. - Oh, they do. - Yeah.

333. That's, uh, Lucas.

334. He was a tennis instructor here.

335. He was very popular. A real shame.

336. - Anything else? - Not really.

337. It's been a couple of years, man.

338. You know what? I'm going to give you my card.

339. You give me a call if you remember anything.

340. I'll tell you what.

341. If I think of anything else,

342. I'll just call 911.

343. Of course they're brothers.

344. Very handsome, very smug. - Very unhelpful.

345. I'm going to try to get a warrant

346. so we can take a look at their personal profiles.

347. Ah, yes. Thank you. I can take that.

348. Yeah. Burn it.

349. How'd you get that black eye?

350. Oh, I'm fine, thank you.

351. - Did a member do that? - No, it wasn't one of ours.

352. Yesterday, a gentleman on the beach

353. was trying to sell some illegal goods.

354. Got him off the property. He landed one on me.

355. Did you get this gentleman's name?

356. Cameron Smith, AKA Swizz.

357. Two priors for assault,

358. one for possession, one for public nudity.

359. Club attendant says he's out here at the same time every day.

360. And if he was kicked out of the club

361. an hour before Penny was attacked,

362. then he must have been in the area.

363. What does he have to do with what happened

364. to Lucas and Penny? - Well, maybe nothing,

365. but if Lucas was killed because of something

366. that happened in the club

367. and this guy was selling drugs to its members,

368. he had to know something.

369. Here's our guy. - You sure?

370. Pretty sure.

371. You're comfortable over there?

372. Matter of fact, I am.

373. Help yourself.

374. So, why are y'all being so nice to me?

375. Are people not normally nice to you?

376. In general, no,

377. but maybe I haven't done myself any favors.

378. Shouldn't have to. People should still be nice.

379. Did you know Lucas Phillips?

380. Found dead on the beach a couple of years ago.

381. How about this?

382. What about her, hmm? His girlfriend at the time.

383. You know her, right? - She's clinging to life

384. after being hit in the head and dumped on the beach.

385. She barely had a pulse when we found her.

386. Did you see her last night?

387. There's a detective in that bullpen

388. doing a track and trace on your phone right now,

389. so you might as well just tell us the truth.

390. Especially if you didn't do anything wrong.

391. Besides assaulting a valet guy,

392. which I could arrest you for right now.

393. Have you seen her recently?

394. - Yeah, I saw her. - And?

395. And all I did was tell her to stop coming around,

396. acting like I'm the one that killed Lucas.

397. I don't like being accused of things that I didn't do.

398. That girl wouldn't let up.

399. And about what time was that?

400. I don't know, like 9:00,

401. just before I went to the beach club.

402. I know it looks bad, okay,

403. but I wasn't selling drugs on their beach.

404. I was just trying to get in the club to see Blaine.

405. He's been dodging me for weeks.

406. Why is Blaine dodging you?

407. Because he still owes me money.

408. I'm sorry. Blaine owes you money?

409. See, that's the problem right there.

410. You folks spend all your time judging guys like me,

411. but never shine the light on all those privileged ass people.

412. Maybe we will.

413. First, we're gonna go talk to Penny

414. because she just woke up.

415. Penny. Hi, I'm Detective Karadec.

416. This is Morgan. She's assisting me on your case.

417. Hi. Glad you're back.

418. It's good to be back.

419. She's feeling much better.

420. Uh, Morris, would you mind giving us a minute?

421. Of course.

422. I can't believe he's still here.

423. He didn't even know my real name until yesterday.

424. Penny, tell us everything you remember about last night.

425. I was responding to one of the calls.

426. - From your billboard? - Yes.

427. But this one seemed legit.

428. They said they saw the attack on Lucas.

429. So, I went to meet them at the beach.

430. And then what happened?

431. I-I felt something hit me from behind.

432. The next thing I remember is waking up in the water.

433. I didn't even see their face.

434. I just want all this to be over.

435. The good news is, that's why we're here.

436. Thank you, but I should have never gone this far.

437. But I had to know who killed Lucas.

438. Yeah. Sounds like he was a pretty special guy.

439. He was one of a kind.

440. That's a really beautiful necklace.

441. He gave it to me the week that he died.

442. Um, Penny,

443. we may have to reopen Lucas's case

444. to find out who did this to you.

445. Was there anything about the days leading up to his death

446. that stuck out to you?

447. I've gone over it a million times in my head,

448. but I could never find anything concrete.

449. What about the beach club? We spent a little time there.

450. Can you tell us anything about that?

451. Lucas loved it. The job, the people.

452. I thought the whole idea of it was weird.

453. What do you know about Blaine?

454. We saw that you had a picture of him in your closet.

455. Lucas and Blaine had some nasty run-ins.

456. One of them was so bad, Blaine suspended Lucas,

457. said if there was another problem, he'd fire him.

458. I tried to get to him, but it was hard

459. because he is well protected by his brother.

460. Oh, I think that about does it for us, Penny.

461. We'll make sure we leave one of our officers here with you

462. while we keep investigating.

463. You rest, continue to heal.

464. We're gonna go find out who did this.

465. I hope you're right.

466. I know my brother. He wouldn't hurt anybody.

467. Are you sure about that?

468. Because everyone we talked to says

469. he just plays by his own rules.

470. Blaine's not perfect,

471. but I know he can explain all this when he gets back.

472. And when might that be?

473. I don't know exactly.

474. Can I ask you a serious question?

475. Did you rob an airport gift shop?

476. What? No.

477. Each year Blaine and I pick a different country to visit.

478. We've been doing it since we first traveled

479. the Mediterranean as kids.

480. You gonna arrest me for that?

481. Well, if your brother murdered one person,

482. tried to kill another, and you've been protecting him,

483. I will absolutely arrest you.

484. I would do anything for my brother, and I have,

485. but we're talking about murder here.

486. Getting him through rehab, that's one thing, okay?

487. Covering up his money troubles? Sure.

488. But what you're suggesting, it's insane.

489. And, Blaine, I've been there to help him

490. through the lowest of lows, and now he's through the fog.

491. So, I really don't appreciate you standing there

492. and accusing him of something I know he didn't do.

493. I can appreciate that.

494. But we still need to talk to him.

495. He was checking in with the sponsor a few hours ago.

496. Feel free to come back.

497. Oh, we'll be back.

498. I think Morris is out.

499. Blaine is clearly dodging us.

500. A meeting with his sponsor shouldn't take this long.

501. Yep, I agree.

502. I might have someone just as interesting for us to talk to.

503. Who?

504. Her.

505. Oh, I love your necklace.

506. Oh, thank you.

507. My husband had it custom-made for me

508. to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary.

509. Aww.

510. Do you want to guess how many diamonds?

511. You go ahead.

512. I'm guessing 120 diamonds for 120 months of marriage.

513. That's right.

514. One of a kind, he said. Just like me.

515. Corny, I know.

516. I mean, I guess it's not corny if you mean it.

517. Did you say it was one of a kind, though?

518. Yeah, because we just saw one that looked exactly like that.

519. We did. We did. Right?

520. Except that one was real diamonds.

521. This one's Moissanite.

522. Sorry, I'm not familiar.

523. Oh, you're about to be.

524. Yeah. Sodium carbide.

525. It was discovered by French scientist Henri Moissan

526. in a meteor crater in 1893.

527. Nowadays, they're lab grown,

528. but that makes them a great alternative to mined diamonds.

529. And you can barely tell the difference.

530. They're more ethical, better on the environment,

531. certainly more economical.

532. And their double refractory properties

533. makes them throw rainbows,

534. whereas diamonds throw white.

535. Who are you guys?

536. The ones investigating the attack on this young woman.

537. You recognize her?

538. I'm sorry. I don't know who that is.

539. What about her boyfriend, Lucas?

540. I gave the real one to Lucas.

541. Why would you give it to him?

542. Should we just ask your husband about it?

543. Shelby Havertz was having an affair

544. with the club's head of guest services, Blaine Wilson.

545. Shelby's not just any member.

546. Her husband is on the city council,

547. which means if he found out,

548. the club's liquor license goes away.

549. Lucas found out about Shelby and Blaine.

550. Shelby didn't want her husband to ruin

551. her boyfriend's business.

552. Yeah, so, Shelby gave Lucas her expensive necklace

553. to keep him quiet and bought herself a cheaper replica.

554. And then Lucas gave the real diamond necklace to Penny.

555. Now, Blaine didn't think Lucas would keep quiet.

556. That's motive. - Where's Blaine now?

557. We're waiting on confirmation, but supposedly with his sponsor.

558. Uh, is this about the rice?

559. No, it's about his shorts.

560. Look, His shorts are wet, but his hair's dry.

561. But if he was killed at 10:00 p.m.,

562. wouldn't his body be on the beach all night long?

563. - Yes. - Okay, well, the problem is,

564. high tide happens around here twice a day.

565. Once in the afternoon, once between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m.

566. So, when they found his body on the beach in the morning...

567. He should have been totally soaked from the tide,

568. but he wasn't.

569. So, either we have the wrong time of death—

570. Or Lucas didn't die on the beach.

571. I think Lucas was killed somewhere else.

572. For all we know, he could have been stuffed inside a suitcase,

573. probably by someone who waited until the beach would be empty.

574. His body was placed there by the killer

575. sometime after high tide.

576. Which means we have to find the actual crime scene.

577. Daphne, where are we at with the Lucas Phillips cold case?

578. Sending all CCTV for Carbon Beach

579. and surrounding areas on the day of Lucas's murder

580. back to the team for review.

581. And everyone's clear on what we're looking for?

582. Anyone moving a bag that can have a body inside.

583. Detective, I need you and Wyans to double check the alibis

584. of everybody on this board, please.

585. On it.

586. I don't care if they want a statement.

587. The answer is no. Talk to me.

588. Well, now that we're looking for

589. a completely different crime scene,

590. I think we should circle back

591. to a few of these people one more time.

592. - Which ones? - It's too soon to tell,

593. but we'll zero in.

594. Oz is going back over all the forensics now.

595. Only 15% of cold cases get solved.

596. Less than 10 after two years.

597. Yeah, we have our work cut out for us, Morgan.

598. That's why we're digging in, right?

599. I know. I just wish I could see what I'm missing.

600. Don't be so hard on yourself.

601. You just figured out Lucas's body was moved.

602. And if we find where he was actually killed,

603. it could lead us to— - To who actually did it.

604. Yes, I understand that,

605. but are we really spinning our wheels

606. looking for a two-year-old crime scene?

607. And Daphne's going to spend the next 18 hours doing what?

608. Looking for a car that drove near the beach

609. that maybe had a dead body in it

610. that we wouldn't be able to see anyway?

611. Morgan, it's time well spent if it gets us somewhere.

612. Even if it takes days or weeks.

613. Or months or even years. Yeah, I'm well aware.

614. Yeah, that's what we do. Review evidence with fresh eyes.

615. I will eat and sleep here if it means finding something

616. on Lucas's body that came from the real crime scene

617. that sends us to a new location.

618. A new location sends us back to one of those suspects

619. on the board.

620. I mean, we weren't looking at it through the right lens before.

621. We are now because of you.

622. Is this your first bullpen speech?

623. Out loud? Yeah.

624. Very inspiring.

625. So, what do you think?

626. Maybe Lucas was attacked in a kitchen or a restaurant.

627. Yes. We can't forget about the rice.

628. Look, we've been burning it at both ends.

629. Let's regroup and hit it hard in the morning, shall we?

630. Morgan, I know why this case is hitting a nerve.

631. I feel your frustration.

632. Look, I've kept my commitment to digging deeper into Roman,

633. but I need to know that you— - It's not just about me.

634. In many ways, I've moved on.

635. My daughter thinking that she was abandoned by her dad?

636. That's gonna hang over every moment of her life.

637. Okay.

638. Go home. I'll see you tomorrow.

639. Lucas and Blaine had some nasty run-ins.

640. I would do anything for my brother, and I have.

641. I don't like being accused of things that I didn't do.

642. Hi. It's me.

643. - I can see that. - I just texted you a menu.

644. Do you like Chinese?

645. Would you like to come in?

646. Does anybody live here?

647. Oh, is that a blue rose? Love those.

648. You know, they don't grow out of the ground like that, right?

649. People make them. - Mm.

650. The Italians believe they represent a longing

651. for the impossible or a relationship.

652. Morgan, my apartment is not a case or a crime scene, so...

653. Okay. Got it. Um, okay. This is what I was thinking.

654. And feel free to kick me out or tell me to shut up or whatever,

655. but I kind of knew you'd be here working on this,

656. and I can't seem to shut it down, either.

657. So, I thought that maybe—

658. You'd just swing by uninvited

659. in the hopes that together we might find

660. something that helps with the case?

661. Yes.

662. I like it. Let's get started.

663. Oh, great.

664. - What? - I just—

665. if I don't eat something soon, I'm gonna pass out.

666. So, if you could just check out the menu...

667. I don't understand what's going on with the antifreeze, right?

668. That doesn't make any sense.

669. Can you make it make sense?

670. How are you gonna look at that face

671. and tell me that you don't hate this face?

672. No, I hate that face, but we cannot prosecute the face.

673. Did you see how tall his hair was?

674. I don't trust that.

675. I already looked through all of this.

676. Right here, we've got a flimsy alibi,

677. a bad attitude, and a bruised ego,

678. so that's motive. - Bad mustache.

679. There you go.

680. Maybe this was a mistake.

681. The pop by, or ordering Chinese?

682. Both.

683. Well, we are going to solve this thing, Gillory.

684. I can feel it in my bones.

685. They teach you that in the Academy?

686. Feeling things in your bones.

687. I'm just saying I wouldn't bet against us.

688. I like the confidence.

689. Know who else would like that confidence?

690. Tom.

691. Tom cooks.

692. Wanted to cook me dinner.

693. He asked about last night,

694. but we are still working this case,

695. so I don't see that happening anytime soon.

696. It'll happen.

697. Do you want it to happen?

698. Yeah, I think I do.

699. Her name was Lucia.

700. When I proposed, she made that for me.

701. Eh, it's for the best.

702. She deserved to be with a man who wasn't

703. more in love with something else.

704. This.

705. I'll see you later.

706. See you.

707. She's back. - We gotta go now.

708. - Go where? Why? - I'll explain it all in the car.

709. But I know who killed Lucas.

710. And how do you know it was Edward?

711. Okay, so in the late 1870s,

712. a man named Erwin Percy

713. was trying to develop an ultra-bright light source

714. for a surgical lamp.

715. But what he accidentally ended up inventing

716. was the snow globe.

717. Snow globe?

718. Morgan, there are a dozen officers

719. racing down PCH right now.

720. Why are we talking about snow globes?

721. Because a snow globe was the murder weapon.

722. I think that's a bit of a leap.

723. - Just stay with me, okay? - Mm-hmm.

724. Throughout history, they've tried tons of different things

725. to make the snow in snow globes float—

726. wax, soap, sand, bone fragments, metal shavings, sawdust.

727. And last but not least... - Rice.

728. And the trace amounts of glycol found in Lucas's nasal passages?

729. Antifreeze.

730. Antifreeze is what they put into snow globes

731. to keep the liquid from freezing.

732. So, you think Edward used a snow globe to kill Lucas?

733. I do. Do you remember when we were in his office?

734. They had all those souvenirs from their world travels.

735. Edward was talking about that one fancy trip

736. to the Mediterranean.

737. That's Italy, Greece, France, and Spain.

738. I saw souvenirs from Italy, France, and Spain.

739. I did not see a souvenir from Greece.

740. - The snow globe. - That's right.

741. Here's what I think happened.

742. I think Lucas had had it with Blaine.

743. The affairs, the drugs, the fraud— he had to go.

744. But Edward was never going to turn his back on his brother,

745. so when Lucas came to Edward

746. and gave him an ultimatum— fire Blaine

747. or he spills all of his secrets,

748. Edward killed Lucas

749. to protect his brother and the club.

750. - But then there was Penny. - The case was cold.

751. She was the only one keeping it alive

752. because she was obsessed with solving the crime.

753. And Edward was obsessed with covering it up.

754. You do realize, Morgan, this is all circumstantial

755. unless we can get Edward to confess.

756. Great. Let's go do that.

757. On me.

758. Moskowitz, Kingston, west exits now.

759. Morgan, please remember— - I hang back, you go first.

760. How could I forget?

761. Everybody out of the building right now!

762. Let's go. Nice and slow.

763. Excuse me. What the hell is going on?

764. - Where's your brother? - My brother? Why?

765. Where is he?

766. - Our office. - Thank you.

767. Edward?

768. He's on the run.

769. Suspect is on the move. I need all exits covered.

770. He's on foot, heading west.

771. Morgan, we got to get you someplace safe

772. until we lock down the area and get Edward into custody.

773. Come on.

774. - Karadec. - What?

775. I think I know where he's heading.

776. Edward, come on down. It's over.

777. You're right.

778. It is over.

779. Hey, just hold on for a second, okay?

780. Let's talk about this.

781. You were just looking out for your brother

782. the way you have been your whole life.

783. What do you think's gonna happen to Blaine

784. if you step off that ledge?

785. Edward!

786. She's right.

787. Don't do this, man.

788. Look, you're all that I got.

789. I need you.

790. I'm gonna be okay.

791. Alright, let's go.

792. Take care of yourself.

793. Well, I told you we'd solve this one.

794. Look at you being right about something.

795. Looks like I'll be able to make that date with Tom after all.

796. Do you want a ride to his place?

797. No, you can just drop me off at my car.

798. I got a few stops to make.

799. - Wine? - Well, wine, but Penny.

800. I want to be the one to tell her.

801. Hmm.

802. Hey.

803. It was Edward. We got him.

804. When you're ready, we'll fill you in on everything.

805. Okay?

806. I know it doesn't bring Lucas back,

807. but I hope that at least—

808. Now I know.

809. Yeah.

810. Thank you.

811. You're welcome.

812. Why is that so funny?

813. I don't know, I just can't picture you

814. in a high school band uniform.

815. - Why not? - That's actually a lie.

816. I can very much picture it.

817. I just don't think you want me to.

818. Hey, I was very, very good.

819. Second chair clarinet.

820. And those wind section kids were very competitive.

821. Any chance you still have that uniform?

822. I wouldn't hate if you threw it on.

823. Whoa! Slow down.

824. - That's good. - Oh, thank you.

825. They're called torrejas. It's actually a family recipe.

826. Oh, well, then, please thank your entire family for me.

827. I will.

828. You don't know my last name, do you?

829. I could tell you, but I don't—

830. I don't want to rush this.

831. I really appreciate that.

832. - It's— - Flores.

833. - I see what you did there. - Mm-hmm.

834. I hide it well,

835. but I've got a lot going on, too.

836. There are some changes in my life that I had to make

837. that I probably should have made a long time ago.

838. It cost me some relationships that I'm still trying to repair.

839. Don't worry, I'm not going to unpack it all for you

840. and ruin this amazing night.

841. But, um...

842. The point is, is life is messy.

843. Especially when it gets to our age.

844. I'm so much younger than you.

845. I just like being around you. It's as simple as that.

846. So, I'm thinking that if we keep it that way,

847. then I don't know.

848. Maybe the chaos around us starts to feel a little less chaotic.

849. Maybe.

850. You're still picturing me in band, aren't you?

851. I mean, not because I want to.

852. It just won't go away. - I get it.

853. - Sorry. - Go ahead.

854. Hey, Lieutenant.

855. Why don't you close that?

856. Okay. I'm here.

857. Morgan, when someone's been missing as long as Roman,

858. it's hard to find anything besides some old impound files

859. and the diapers he bought the day he disappeared.

860. - I understand. - That's why it's taking me

861. so long to find anything useful,

862. to find someone to talk to who might know something.

863. What are you saying?

864. I'm saying that when I started digging

865. into every aspect of Roman's life,

866. tracking where he was going

867. in the days before he disappeared,

868. I came across a guy.

869. Someone Roman met with more than once.

870. Did you get a name?

871. Gio Conforth.

872. Ring any bells?

873. No, I've never heard that name before.

874. What do we know about him?

875. Clean record. No digital footprint.

876. But I did find out that Gio is known as a concierge.

877. Not the kind normal people use.

878. He procures certain items for individuals

879. on both sides of the law.

880. If Roman was dealing with a guy like that,

881. then let's just say it begs a lot of questions.

882. So, we're working on a plan to get him here.

883. Set up an interview. Get some answers.

884. This Gio sounds like a hard guy to find.

885. He is.

886. But you found him, didn't you?

887. I did.

888. When did you do all this?

889. In the shadows when no one was looking.

890. And that's how it stays until we know a lot more

891. than we know now.

892. Okay?

893. Okay.