"Hey!" "Look out!" "Drags you down in the morning..." "That ravenous hole in your heart." "Is it loneliness?" "Is it sadness?" "Is it lust?" "Jesus said, "Blessed are those"" ""who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied."" "When you find Jesus," "Those empty places inside you will be filled with His love." "You will never be hungry again." "Welcome, brother." "Are you hungry for piece of mind?" "Can we help you find what you're looking for?" "I think so." "Are you Paul Curtis?" "In the humble flesh." "Thanks, Reverend." "You've been served." "Hallelujah!" "You got to be kidding me." "Randy Wilkins." "Give me that, you little shit!" " DWP meeting is at 4." " Yeah." "So you're gonna have to really hustle to the school board meeting right after." "No, no, no." "Absolute..." "Nix the school board." "I have dinner plans." " Hey, you." " Hey." "And what are you hungry for?" "I have an appetite..." "I was thinking steak." "Might want to change that." "All those protests at Harris High are making Vasquez jumpy." "She's going to force a vote on a name change." "What is she talking about..." "I told her to give me a couple of weeks." "She knows we don't have the votes." "Then we better get them ASAP." "People are tired of waiting on Their Majesties the Harrises to give them independence." "They're chucking tea in the harbor now." "The Harrises just need time." "Nobody likes to be told they're obsolete." "Pop, you should be more concerned about what your constituents think." "Izzy, can you back me up?" "I say listen to your son." "Pernell Harris might have millions of dollars, but he's only got one vote." "One vote." "And half the City Council, the DWP, and most of the school board sucking at his teat." "Don't underestimate him." "But you went on the record saying that the name was going to change, so if the name doesn't change, everyone's gonna know whose titty you're sucking." "I've got calls in to three of the four board members." "Yeah, yeah." "That's..." "Too late for that." "Thank you, though." "Where are you going?" "You don't want to know." "Here, come on." "Mayor Boston?" "Yeah." "Hey, how's it going?" "You have been served." " Are you serious?" " Yeah." "Come back here, you Urkel-looking motherfucker." "Is he serious?" "How are you feeling, Mr. Harris?" "Like I've been kicked in the face." "Me getting out today?" "No." "I'm afraid we can't release you." "God will never release you, Pernell." "More drugs." "That help last time?" "God sees you, whether you want Him to or not." "There's no escaping Him." "You know who I am?" "His wife." "It's not poisoned." "On TV you said you were being framed." "Look me in the eye and tell me you didn't murder my husband." "I didn't kill him." "Did you know Julio Farkas was looking for you?" "Yeah." "I heard that after they found the body." "I had nothing to do with that, either." "You know, no matter what you think," "Shane was a good man." "He loved his family." "Just wanted us to have nice things." "And when it got to be too much, he tried to quit, but they wouldn't let him." "Who wouldn't let him?" "Shane made a video recording." "He thought it would help him get out of the life." "Julio was bringing it to you." "It's probably why he was killed." "You have it?" "I can tell you what's on it, but not for free." "I need to get my kids the hell out of this town." "If you don't have the recording..." "You want to know what's on that recording?" "Believe me, it's not just about dirty cops." "It's about your son." "Ma'am, you can't be in here." "No, no, it's okay." "She's family." "I don't care who she is." "Visiting hours don't start until 9." "I can't get a name off of Apex's phone number." "He's Casper the fucking Ghost." "So Plan B." "Wait." "I can at least... narrow down where his calls are coming from." "Shit." "He's using an IMEI generator." "It's to hide his location." "He could be right next door, but the call would look like it's coming from Spokane or wherever the fuck." "There's even one from Yemen on here." "Bitch-ass." "You're running out of swear words." "God damn it." "Okay, so Plan B." "I just call him and I tell him..." "No." "That's Plan Stupid." "He's going to be expecting Anne Wu, and I haven't heard you do a British accent, but I bet it sucks." "He won't believe you." "Can I get you something?" "I work better when I'm not starving." "Plus I'm waiting to hear back from a friend who knows the phone game better than me." "Too late." "You texted him." "He has the encryption key, and he wants us to call him." "I'm risking everything to help you, and you blow it because you can't wait an hour?" ""50K 8 p.m. tonight." "Same place."" "Same place?" "Okay." "And?" "Where's the meeting?" "Shit." "Postpone until we can figure it out." "I'll tell him we need a few days to get the money together." ""Now or never."" "Fuck." "Did you check downstairs?" "Yeah." "He's not here." "Just tell me what's got you so freaked out." "Alicia, I just..." "I..." "I need to think." "About what?" "Why are you making such a big deal" " out of the subpoena?" " If..." "If Pernell thinks I'm going to talk, he's going to send KD to kill me." "I need to go to Pernell and promise I'm not going to say anything." "Maybe you should come with me." "He likes you." "And plus if you're there..." "Paul, what could you possibly say?" "Why are they so afraid of you testifying?" "The night I baptized KD, he begged me to take his confession." "He said he killed people, including that police officer Shane Caldwell." "And he did it because Pernell told him to do so." "Yeah." "Working on your memoirs?" "Did I tell you to watch McCauley trying to discredit me on TV?" "Fucker's been on every goddamn channel this morning." "When you accuse the cops and prosecution of corruption, you had to know they'd come back swinging." "What if I'm right, Bobo?" "What if they're dirty and they're just afraid" "I'm going to expose them?" "Pernell, that was a brilliant move." "I'm sure you planted a seed of doubt in every potential juror's mind, but, conspiracy against Pernell Harris?" "I mean, I don't..." "Okay." "We got other stuff to talk about." "Yeah, I talked to Tramble." "I know about the subpoena." "No, no." "I can handle McCauley." "I'm..." "I'm here for something else." "What else is there?" "Ahem." "The whole name change at Harris High School." "I thought you said that was going to blow over." "Yeah, well, it's, it's gotten bigger." "Time is not on my side." "The full change squad is forcing a vote tonight, and if the school board doesn't change the name," "I'm on the verge of losing my base." "Ungrateful assholes." "Ahem." "Don't tell me you think an 80% black and brown school should still be named after your dead racist fuck grandpa." "You know what?" "Just leave it up to the board." "If they want to change the name," "I won't get in the way." "Good." "Yes." "Happy to hear that." "But you know the school board wouldn't wipe their asses without the Harris family blessing, and your aunt Val already put the fear of God in them." "I mean, they're not going to change anything unless you personally tell them it's okay." "So I need you there." "Come on, Pernell." "Let's just you and me get this over with." "You just don't get it, do you?" "You got a platoon full of fucking kids, and I got a dead son." "They're already lining up the firing squad for me." "The future of my entire family is at stake, and now you want me to disavow my past?" "Are you kidding me?" "You got Harris Park, the Harris Building, half the streets in this city." "Okay." "Let me put it to you like this." "Every time you needed me, I've had your back." "Now I need something, and where are you?" "Do you know what it feels like to put someone else first?" "I put the "Mayor" in front of your name." "How's that feel?" "You didn't make me mayor." "You just sped things up." "Who gets the credit, the horse or the jockey?" "I don't know." "You tell me." "You still remember the name of the guy who rode Secretariat?" "Fuck you." "See what I mean?" "Pernell, the future you're talking about, it's not just yours." "It's ours." "Wasn't that the plan?" "I mean..." "That's what I want." "Don't mess this up over some words on a wall." "I'll be there." "Thank you, brother." "You got me pulling teeth over here?" "Want me to send a car to come pick you up tonight?" "No, I'm good." "Hey, how about a candy striper give you a little sponge bath?" "Nothing?" "There's six or seven mentions of a meeting, but they only talk about date and time, never where." "If I had the GPS records from Anne's personal cell," "I could correlate its location with these dates and times." "It wouldn't be that hard to find the location of the meeting." "Let's do it." "Let's get the records." "I tried remote accessing Anne's phone for weeks." "It's dead." "Yeah." "I think I know another way to get those records." "What are you doing here?" "Here." "This ought to help you start a new life." "What are you talking about?" "Look, if you want more money," "I'm going to have to hear what I'm paying for." " I don't want your money." " Hey." "Hey." "Didn't you come by my hospital room this morning?" "Do you want me to call 911?" "How about Lesley Levay?" "That would be a good story." "Kill a cop, now you're harassing his widow?" "I'm sorry." "I thought you..." " You ready?" " Yeah." "3, 2, 1." "Liftoff!" "Ha ha!" "Hey." " Here." " Okay." "I got you." "Still no word from the inspector?" "He called." "He said he'd be here between 12 and 5." "That's great." "It's not like I have things to do." "Hey, guess who helped me at the store today." "Who?" "Remember that girl that was flirting with you?" "Renata?" "Yeah, you remember." "I told her you thought she was cute." "Well, I wish you didn't." "Well, it made her smile." "And she asked me to give you her phone number." "Well, I don't need you to speak for me." "Now don't be shy, KD." "I promise if you ask her out, she'll say yes." " I don't want to." " Yes, you do." "That's why you knew who she was as soon as I brought her up." "I'm telling you, a girl that pretty, she'll be snatched up if you wait too long." "Look, just call her and say hi." "I don't want to, I said!" "I didn't ask you to speak for me." "I'll clean all this up." "Got something a little special." "I don't have time for that." "Did you get them?" "You the judge?" " You the hacker?" " Play nice." "Do you have the records?" "Would you mind giving us a second?" "Pernell, there's a clock on this." "Remember our trip to Morro Bay?" "This was the champagne." "Épée et Bouclier." "Can we not stroll down Memory Lane right now?" "Are you gonna help me or not?" "Subpoenas went out today." "That means the trial is just around the corner." "God only knows when the next time you and me are going to have a chance to drink together." "Well, we can do this later." "We could have dinner at the Court Club." " How about that?" " Can you just sit down for two minutes and drink your goddamn champagne and listen to my goddamn story?" "First time I drank this, my old man had just kicked me out on my ass." "He threatened to cut me off, stop paying for my law school, and..." "I'll never forget what you said." "You said, "You're going to finish law school"" ""if I got to fuck the dean and the whole fucking faculty."" "I knew right then and there you were the girl for me." "We shouldn't have to go back 31 years to find a good memory." "Next day... went out and sold my old man's Rolex." "Bought a bottle of Épée... and your engagement ring, which you should be wearing right now." "Used to be you and me against the world once." "Remember?" "I remember telling you I didn't need a ring, and you didn't listen to me then, either." "Do you have the phone records?" "I couldn't get them in one day, even if I had a court order." "What the fuck!" "That's not what you said, Pernell." "Well, I can get you Anne's phone." "That's as good, isn't it?" "How?" "So we're just going to sit here for three hours and not say anything?" "I didn't mean to upset you earlier." "I thought I was being nice." "You were." "I shouldn't have acted that way." "Why did you?" "KD, we're friends, right?" "I'd like to think so." "See, now, friends can talk to each other about things like this." "They help each other." "They trust each other." "Whatever it was that made you get so upset, that's something you should talk about with a friend." "Girls like Renata... you're supposed to take them out on real dates... nice dinner, go to a movie... hold hands and stuff." "What's wrong with that?" "Nothing." "I..." "I've never done that before." "Never?" "No, that can't be." "This is stupid." "No, no." "I'm just..." "I'm just surprised." "So wait." "When you say never," " do you mean..." " No." "That's not what I'm saying." "I've been with women, just not like her." "I wouldn't even know how to kiss someone like Renata, or... that's just not what I'm used to." "See?" "Stupid." "No." "No, it's not." "It's a little sad but kind of sweet." "But it... it's not stupid." "Well, that's why I don't ask girls out, because how do you explain that?" "I don't want to do that." "Say, Keith, you in here?" "Is there something you needed?" " Can we talk?" " Yeah, in the back." "I'm, picking a color for the trim." "You have a favorite?" "They're all white." "Not all whites are the same." "We should go." "I'm sure Pernell already knows that we're here." "This is Gilbert McCauley." "He's prosecuting the Harris case." "I asked him to join us." "Mr. McCauley, as we already told Chief Clay, you have the wrong idea." "Paul is not going to testify, so you need to take him off the witness list." "Now." "I'm afraid that's not how it works." "I don't need your cooperation." "I can compel you to testify." "And if you don't, I can arrest you." "We don't think so." "According to California Evidence Code." "Section 1034, clergy cannot be made to testify." "Reverend Curtis doesn't have to say a thing." "Is someone threatening you, Reverend?" "Do you need protection?" "We can help you." "You just have to tell us what you know." "I'm not saying a word." "You can't protect me." "And considering Pernell's on trial for murdering a cop, it seems like you can't even protect yourselves." "Better walk from here." "I'll be back." "You mad?" "Hey, Crys." "Come on." "I didn't know she was going to be there." "You probably should have called first." "Awkward having two wives in the same room at the same time." "Crys, I told you." "I haven't seen," "I haven't spoken to Tessie in months." "Hey, marry as many hookers as you want." "I'm not mad." "You're not my problem anymore." "You're pissed." "I can tell." "And you know what?" " Don't." " I'm all for it." "Don't tell me what I'm feeling." "No." "You're pissed." "That means you still care." "No." "It means you're an asshole." "Who you love." "Who you love." "Loved." "Past tense, right?" "Right?" "That's why you're so mad?" "That's why you want to hit me right now?" "You want to hit me right now." "I know you do." "Shit." "Holy shit!" "Well, I guess I was right?" "Actually..." "I wasn't even thinking about it till you brought it up." "Don't worry." "You'll have time." "If he ever gets back." "It's dirt, not dust." "Here." "Thank you." "Water?" "So how do you know this Apex guy's got the encryption key?" "I don't." "I'm hoping he does." "You should let me come with you in this meeting." "Maybe." "You should also let me move back in." "I thought I was on a roll." "Maybe." "This is it." "Thanks." "Let's go, let's go." "We've got four hours." "Phone records." "Where did you get that?" "Doesn't matter where we got it." "The hell it doesn't." "The woman who that phone belongs to is missing at best." "I know because I tried to track her down." "She hasn't used her credit cards, sent an email, posted a selfie, nothing." "She hasn't even contacted her family." "So when you walk in with her phone, it matters." "Wilson, wait." "Listen to me." "You told me you didn't know what happened to Anne or where she was." "So where did you get that?" "Crystal." " I killed her." " Crys." "What did you say?" " I killed her." " Crys!" " Stop it!" " I..." "I didn't mean to, but..." "Do you even know what Anne did to get this?" "She seduced PJ." "She had his wife raped right in front of him." "He killed himself, my only child, because he thought it was all his fault and he couldn't live with it, and who could?" "And my husband?" "She broke him with grief..." "Stop it." "I don't want to hear this." " No." "No." " Don't touch me." "Listen to me." "You are going to understand because you're not leaving here until we've finished this." "Finished what?" "This." "This is what Anne wanted, and her greed and her spite and her jealousy destroyed my family." "This is all I have left." "And I am begging you." "This is PJ's legacy." "If we don't give it to the world, like he intended... then I have nothing." "Please." "I'll help you find the meeting spot... but then I'm out." "I'm here." "Hey." "Did the inspector come?" "No." "What if he did?" "And what if he had questions about things I don't know the answer to?" "I'm back now." "I can finish those." "Okay, but Pernell shows up, and you just drop everything and disappear for two hours?" "For what?" "It was important." "What was important?" "What do you do for him, KD?" "Ahem." "I could ask you the same question." "I saw the way you acted when he walked in." "It seemed like people had a lot of stuff they didn't want to say." "What was that about?" "I don't want to talk about it." "Why not?" "We're friends, right?" "Pernell used to be one of my clients." "You understand?" "You're a prostitute." "I was." "Yeah, but the way you acted, there was something more than that." "A former client walks in with his wife?" "I'm not offering them lemonade." "I mean, it was awkward." "What do you want me to say?" "Why did you hide behind that table?" "Shouldn't he be told?" "I want to raise this baby by myself without any complications." "If Pernell knew about it, he would want to be a part of it." "He would want to control it." "That is the kind of man he is." "It would probably turn into some custody thing, and me against him?" "I know how that would turn out." "Yeah, maybe he just would want to help." "Well, I'm not taking any chances." "I am never going to tell him." "And neither are you." "You hear me?" "Okay." "Promise me." "I promise." "Crys, I..." "I promised Bobo." "Go." "I should be back in plenty of time." "Don't." " But the meeting..." " No." "Crys, you can't keep blaming me for what happened." "I don't." "You didn't make me do it." "You didn't put the bottle in my hand." "But if you hadn't snapped," "I never would have been there." "And that's what scares me." "How bad it could be when it happens again." "It won't." "It's all in the past." "I know you want that." "You almost had me believing it's true." "You're still having visions." "Crys, no." "No." "The medicine I'm taking is for anxiety." "I mean, come on." "Haven't you heard?" "I'm on trial for murder." "I know about Dr. Olinari." " He told you." " No." "Don't blame Bobo." "He's scared." "We're going to fix it." "That's what this doctor's for." "I hope you're right." "I do." " Crys." " Don't." "I need you to go, Pernell." "Everything looks good." "Got to say, Ms. Graham," "I thought this place was a lost cause." "I'm impressed you were able to rescue it." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "I'll help you..." "Thank you." "He's right." "You did a fantastic job, KD." "I burned it." "I got to make it right." "Now it looks better than it did before." "Once you pick the paint, it'll really sparkle." "Hey, I..." "I want to try something before I go." "What?" "Close your eyes." "No." "You don't have to." "No." "I..." "I want to, KD." "I'm not a charity case." "I know that." "We're friends, right?" "Yeah." "So close your eyes." "Now you kiss me." "Now this time I want you to part your lips a little more." "Keep them soft, gentle." "You don't take kisses." "You give them." "You can call Renata." "Okay." "Watch it." "She's moaning about the name of some damn school." "Not like her illiterate kids ever show up." "We show up." "And we shouldn't have to put up with racists like you when we do." "You want me to call him?" "No, he said he'd be here." "But if Pernell doesn't show, what are your chances?" "You should bail, Pop." "He's going to have you standing here looking like Carrie at the prom." "Who's that?" "Thank you, my friend." "Anything for a pal." "You all right?" "Yeah." "Fine." "Please take your seats." "Crystal sends her best." "Settle." "Settle." "Have a seat." "We want to thank everyone for sharing their thoughts during the public comments, some of you more enthusiastically than others." "Now, before we move on to the vote," "Pernell Harris has asked to speak." "We thought it only appropriate that we allow him a statement." "Ahem." "My, great-grandfather was not a good man." "That's right." "But he was a great one." "Come on." "Eli Harris built this town from nothing with little more than his bare hands." "His name is carved into the cornerstone of the very building we are sitting in right now." "Should we be surprised that he had flaws?" "I don't think so." "What great man doesn't?" "Washington had slaves." "And hell, Jefferson raped his slaves." "And yet we aren't picketing the schools that are named after them." "Eli Harris said some... very ignorant, very hurtful things, and, and his descendant, I apologize for that." "But I..." "I think those words are outweighed by what he did for this town." "He put this great city on the map." "To take his name off of a building is to betray San Vicente." "And I would rather die than to betray my city like that." "Leave the name the way it is, the way it should be." "Looks like you had a good day." "Pssh." "Well, It's going to get even better." "I got summoned by McCauley." "Prick's just giving these out like candy?" "It gets worse." "I heard from my friend Betsy at the DA's office that McCauley drew up witness-v papers for Paul Curtis." "Sounds like that boy band preacher of yours is selling his testimony." "Shit." "Drop by the chapel any time." " We'd love to have you." " Thank you." "You fucking hustler!" "You ruined my life." "Now you want to sell me out?" "I ruined your life?" "I brought you to the Lord." "You should look inside yourself and ask how you could fall so far." "Maybe I am falling, but it started with a push." " Don't touch him!" " It's fine." "My son dies." "I lose my balance." "Do you lift me up?" "No." "You just kept pushing till a few more bucks fell out of my pocket and then another push and another!" "You think this guy is a preacher?" "He's a fucking vampire." "He'll suck out your soul, and then he'll sell it back to you for 50 grand a pop." "Sir, you can turn your back on God, but He will never turn His back on you." "You know why?" "Because you've been found." "Really?" "Which God found me?" "The one that sends planes into the Twin Towers or the one that kills little kids in school?" "Which God, Reverend?" "The God you reach for in your darkest hour." "I ain't reaching for shit." "Then why are you here?" "You're here because you're suffering." " Bullshit!" " The Bible says when you are suffering, return to the Lord your God and listen to Him." "He will not abandon you or forget the oath He promised you." "God doesn't keep his oaths." "God doesn't make oaths." "There is no God." "There's only people like you who lie to people who are weak and confused." "You tell us we can depend on God." "He'll always fail us!" "Every goddamn time!" "It isn't God that fails us." "It's our faith in Him that fails us." " Man." " Are you..." "What?" "God doesn't exist, asshole." "If God doesn't exist, why are you so angry at Him?" "You're mad at God because He didn't give you what you wanted on your terms." "But he is God." "He's not your fucking bellboy!" "Somebody do something!" "And no matter how hard you hit or how far you run, there's no escaping Him..." "Not for me, not for you, not for anyone..." "Because you've been found!" "You've been found!" "God, Paul." "What is wrong with you?" "How I feel about you, but I don't know if I do." "But I can't do this anymore." "Anne, please... please... stop calling." "Jocelyn and I... we're trying to have a baby." "Um, I'm sorry." "I shouldn't have let..." " This is fucked up." " No, no, no." "Wasn't fair to you." "You got to let me go." "I was starting to forget what his voice sounded like." "Okay?" "You don't think it's going to happen, but it does." "Goodbye." "I don't have time for this shit." "Wilson, thank you." "Thank you for... getting me to this point." "I found the location." "Corner of Sutter and York on the east side." "I'll meet you there in a couple of hours?" "I thought you were done with me." "We've gotten this far together." "Plus I'd like to see the look on Apex' face when he realizes that we're not Anne Wu." "He is not going to care who we are because... we're paying him double." "Hey." "Sorry." " Is it really bad?" " Yeah." "Fuck." "Shit." "Somebody tagged me in the video." "I did." "Hashtag you've been found." "Why?" "Because I have never been prouder of you." "And you show it by having the whole world watch me get my ass kicked on Worldstar?" "I'm a punch line now." "No." "They need to see a Christian man standing up for his faith." "Yeah, I wasn't standing for much of it." "Hey, live a life worthy of the calling you've received." "Be humble... and gentle." "Patient, kind." "Bear one another in love." "You have been listening to my sermons." "I'm your biggest fan." "But not your only one." "Look." "2,172 likes." "Shit." "You overheat?" "Excuse me?" "Your engine." "Want me to take a look at it?" "Yeah." "Sure." " Where are you?" " The car broke down." "What am I supposed to do until you get here?" "At some point he's going to notice I only got 20 bucks." "You have to stall." "With what?" "I ought to dance?" "Ma'am, here's your problem." "Your radiator hose was disconnected." "If I didn't know better, I'd say somebody had a hand in it." " Who's that?" " Wilson, d-don't wait for Apex." "I need you to get in your car..." "Too late." "He's here." "Stay on the line." "You Apex?" "You got the money?" "It's on the way." "I reconnected your, hose." "I'd let your car run for a little bit." "And you should be good to go." "Ma'am?" "Is everything okay?" "Yeah, fine." "If I were you, I'd get out of this neighborhood and go home." "It's not safe after dark." "Shh." "Shh." "It's not your fault." "You just pulled on the wrong thread."