"NARRATOR:" "Previously on The Closer:" "Got an advance copy of the department's organizational chart." "You will be directing all of your inquiries to new Assistant Chief Russell Taylor." "Did Major Crimes Investigate the murders... of an elderly convenience-store owner and his 8-year-old grandson... referred to as the Shootin' Newton murders?" " What is this about?" " Turell's mother has filed a suit... against the city, the L.A.P.D., Chief Pope, yourself... and every member of your division for the wrongful death of Turell Baylor." " How about I just quit?" " I'll tie this lawsuit around your neck... and tell the attorney whatever happened to Baylor... was a consequence of your own personal actions." "[GROANS]" "FLYNN:" "Chief!" "Chief, are you okay?" "BRENDA:" "Chief!" "GABRIEL:" "Come on, now." " This is Deputy Chief Johnson." "I've got an officer down." "Repeat, we have an officer down." "QUINTERO:" "During his years of service..." "Chief Thomas Delk embodied the core values of the L.A.P.D.:" "To serve and protect." "The aneurism that cut short his life... has also robbed us of his vision for our city's future In law enforcement." "Chief Delk was afamily man... and he brought the same level of commitment and dedication... to his second family, the L.A.P.D." "And I know that he would agree that in our interim chief... the torch has passed to a worthy leader... one who will guide us through this next and even more difficult transition." "I" "Chief William Pope." "Will?" "Today is not about our future purpose but our present loss... and the too-short life of a 30-year veteran of the L.A.P.D." " The king is dead." " Yeah, long live the pope." "POPE:" "I had the privilege of working closely with Chief Delk... during the few months of his too-short tenure." "On behalf of the department and the city... I offer Tommy's wife, Nicole, and his sons..." "Carlton and Tommy Jr... our deepest condolences." "Brothers and sisters, let us pray." "FLYNN:" "How long do you think the commander Is gonna stare Into that grave?" "You guys might wanna consider putting Taylor on suicide watch." "Delk was his only way up." " Poor guy." "PROVENZA:" "Yeah, It's a real tragedy." "Flynn, lend me a hankie, huh?" "[CELL PHONE RINGS]" " Major Crimes." "Detective Gabriel." " Uh, Chief Pope?" "I would've told you the mayor appointed me Interim chief... but I just found out myself in the car." "So I guess this means that Commander Taylor... is not going to be assistant chief?" "That'd be a pretty good guess." "Budget savings anyway in my keeping both positions." "So we're back to normal?" "As long as there's "interim" In front of "chief"..." "I'm planning to move carefully." "Eventually, yeah." "BRENDA:" "And what about, uh, I Captain Raydor's investigation..1 into Major Crimes, the Shootin' Newton case?" "Is that over?" "GABRIEL:" "Chief?" " Uh, one second." "GABRIEL:" "Yeah." "Chief?" "We caught a murder." " Chief?" "Murder?" " Yes, detective." "Murder." " Where?" "FLYNN:" "Over here, chief." "How'd y'all get here so fast?" "Did you take the freeway?" "Sepulveda." "Anyway, about an hour ago... officers responded to a 911 call from inside the house." "When they entered they found the victim... female, early 20s, dead for days." "BRENDA:" "Who called this in?" "FLYNN:" "The homeowners." "Daniel and Emily Dixon." "That's their son, Jesse." "They just returned from vacation to find their home burglarized..." "I" " ...and their house sitter dead." " The, uh, victim's name Is Ashley Reed." " She was found by Mrs. Dixon." " Excuse me, uh, detective?" "Oh, no, uh, sorry, Mr. Dixon." " The person you'd be looking for" " I'm Deputy Chief Johnson." "Mr. Dixon, would you mind telling me• what y'all did when you first got home?" " Did you touch anything?" " No." "No." "Urn, I don't know." "Like I told the officer, my, uh, son just graduated from high school." "We took him to Hawaii for 10 days." "Uh, got back, was getting the bags out of the car, and I heard my wife scream." "I ran in, and, uh, I saw Ashley." " Ashley was your house sitter?" " She wasn't just a house sitter." "Her mother and I are best friends since college." "I've known Ashley since she was a baby." "She was family." "My God, this is my fault." " It's not your fault, honey." " I'm the one who asked her to stay." "Ashley's family is in Chicago." " What am I gonna tell her mother?" " Better let us deal with that, ma'am." "Urn, I'm gonna look inside now." "But if you could keep talking to, uh, Lieutenant Provenza here... about Ashley, we'd like to learn everything we can." " I'm sorry." " Thank you." "I'm..." "Please don't be mad." "I put a blanket over her." "I just couldn't stand the though of anybody seeing Ashley like that." "Like what?" "FLYNN:" "Okay, Buzz, come on, let's go upstairs." " Was it the fall that killed her?" " Neck's broken, but I can't say for sure." "There's a lot of decomp." "She's been dead a good four or five days." "She's practically naked." "Her shirt's torn." "Any sign of sexual assault?" "Hard to tell in a body in this condition." "You'll have to ask the doctor." "Yeah, that's her." "Ashley Reed." "I got her Illinois driver's license and her student ID from USC." "Found her cell phone and a suitcase full of clothes In the downstairs guest room." "What was she doing upstairs?" "Wow, this is worse than the master bedroom." "Well, he is a teenager." "Some of this mess Is probably from before the break-in." "But look, flat-screen TV is still here." "So is the stereo and the Xbox." " If this is what they left behind" " What did they take?" "TAO:" "Cell?" " Yeah." "Battery's dead." " Not a problem." " No sign of forced entry, chief." "If it wasn't a break-in, who would Ashley open the door for dressed like this?" "The, uh, Dixons' story seems leg it." "They showed me their plane tickets to" ".and then I had them open up those fancy suitcases." "Did you see those sunburns?" "Guess they never heard of skin cancer." "Make sure they weren't here during the time of the murder." "So check the airports and the hotel in Maui." "The house has been picked over, but they didn't bother with the big-ticket items." " Maybe they were interrupted." "SANCHEZ:" "I don't know, chief." "This burglary looks really amateur." "Yeah, so maybe somebody rapes Ashley... throws her over the railing to stage the scene." "I got Ashley's phone working." "The last few days, she's received lots of the same text messages:" ""Where are you?" However, the last messages she replied to were sent..." " Five days ago." " Exact" "Four-thirty p.m. from A. Banks:" ""Pick you up at 6:30?"" "To which Ashley replied, "Great."" "And then at 9:14 p.m., another one from A. Banks:" ""How was bedtime?" Ashley wrote, "All's well." "Kids are asleep." "Have fun." "So she was house-sitting here and babysitting somewhere else?" "Okay, so we have a phone number for an A. Banks." "Can we get an address?" "[DOOR BELL RINGS]" "Mrs. Banks, good morning, I'm Deputy Chief..." "Oh, God, what happened?" "Is it Alex?" " Alex?" "Is that your husband?" " Yes." "Yes." "Was there an accident?" "Uh, no, ma'am." "Sorry to alarm you." "We just wanna ask you a few questions about Ashley Reed." "Ashley?" "She's one of Alex's students." "He's a journalism professor." "And does Ashley also babysit for you?" "BRENDA:" "Like last Wednesday evening, for example?" "Uh, yes." "My husband and I went to dinner for our anniversary." "What's this about?" "And have you heard from Ms. Reed since?" "No, not since Alex drove her home." "Oh, God." "Did something happen?" " Is Ashley filing a complaint?" " Ma'am?" "Oh, my God." "That's why he poured me that extra wine at dinners" "How could I be so stupid?" "And he hasn't said a thing about it for almost a week." "I'm sorry, I have to call him right away." "Mrs. Banks, may I come in for a moment, just to talk?" "Thank you." " The husband?" " Yes, find him." "RAYDOR:" "So Turell Baylor confessed to the murder of 74-year-old Charlie Niles... and his 8-year-old grandson, Chris." "This case could not be prosecuted, however, because as you know... at your request, the DA's office had given Mr. Baylor Immunity... in exchange for his statement." "Chief Johnson then released Mr. Baylor at his home." "Later, he was found beaten to death behind his residence." "But Chief Johnson's conduct during this Investigation and that of her division... fell entirely within California state law and the rules and policy of the I.A. P. DI" "Case closed." "I am done." "I gotta say, captain, on the face of it this audit seems incredibly superficial." " Sir?" " I want you to go back down... to Major Crimes, interview everyone, make sure we have no vulnerabilities." "We always have vulnerabilities." "Okay." "If you want further analysis of our legal defense... then I think the city..." "No, I'm not opening our files to any outsiders, period.." "My relationship with Chief Johnson Is already complicated." "Well, you're the one who decided on a career In Internal Affairs." "I don't know exactly what happened... but dropping Baylor off In front of angry gang members... .was not Chief Johnson's finest hour." "And insisting on immunity for a child-killer was not yours." "Listen, captain." "I plan on keeping this job." "Part of that plan... is making sure this lawsuit does not reflect badly on the L.A.P.D." "You will go back down to Major Crimes and finish your audit." "Seeing that I am legally prohibited... from discussing with Chief Johnson why I am haunting her murder room... would you perhaps consider telling her... that I am there under direct orders from you?" "What do you think?" "GABRIEL:" "This is the worst part of my job." " Great to see you as well, detective." " You know what I mean." " Not much I can tell you." "Five days on the floor, even with a.c., the body's In terrible condition." "Intra-cranial bleeding and broken neck are consistent with a fall." "But look." "Bruising that appears to be perimortem." "She was grabbed, trying to get away from the killer, maybe." "Or being thrown off the landing." "And, urn, what about rape?" "No evidence of foreign biological materials." "Though she was dead for so long, I can't rule it out." "When you open her up, see if Ms. Reed was pregnant or recently had an abortion." "You know something I don't?" "Ashley was babysitting for one of her professors... a Mr. Alex Banks, who drove her home the night she died." "According to his wife, the professor had an affair with another student." "How'd the wife find out?" "The professor paid for the woman's abortion on his credit card." "Mm-hm, careless." "That's why it's a good Idea to keep cash around the house." "You think Ashley might have been the professor's latest girlfriend?" "Maybe she just found him more resistible." "The last one, he knocked up." "This one, he knocked down." "Ah." "Everything about the Dixon Maui trip checks out." "Their alibi holds." "So I had the family give me a list of everything stolen from the house." "TAO:" "I doubt we'll recover any of It... but I'm putting it into the Stolen Property System Just In case." "Chief, I got Professor Banks Mirandized and waiting for you In Interview 1." "I, uh, took his cell phone, so he hasn't had a chance to speak to his wife." " But he's got lots of questions." " Yeah, so do I." "Chief?" "Chief, could you hang on there just one second?" "BRENDA:" "What's the matter, lieutenant?" "PROVENZA:" "Urn..." "Captain Raydor." "And I know you asked me to give her everything she needs... but now she's wants to interview every member of our division... starting with me." "The guys are starting to ask questions." "Chief, what is this all about?" "I don't know anymore." "Captain Raydor, may I speak with you for a moment, please?" " Oh, of course, yes." "BRENDA:" "Thank you." "What on earth are you still doing here?" "I am conducting a transparency audit on the Shootin' Newton murders." "Ordered by Chief Delk." "And he's dead." "I'm positive that Chief Pope will reverse that decision." "I" "But until I am ordered to leave..." "You understand?" "Until I am ordered to leave, then I must proceed." "I need to interview every member of your division... .including Commander Taylor and Buzz Watson... as long as it doesn't interfere with the proper execution of their duties." "BRENDA:" "All right, then." "Uh, Detective Sanchez... get a warrant to search the professor's home, car and office." "And, uh, take Buzz along with you to document everything." "You have an interview." "Shouldn't I be...?" "No, thank you." "And, Commander Taylor, are you here?" "TAYLOR:" "Yeah, I'm here, chief." " Of course you are." "Urn, I'd like you to supervise the rest of the squad on a grid search." "Please get copies of the theft reports and see If you can find... the Dixons' stolen property anywhere between their home and the professor's." "Yes, ma'am." "A grid search." "Breaks up my day a little." "Is this grid search really necessary?" "If the burglary was a cover-up for Ashley Reed's murder... the killer or killers would've dumped the items." "You're sending your entire division on a scavenger hunt... to frustrate my investigation." "Your investigation is history the moment I brief Pope." "I'd love to be a fly on the wall for that." "Make sure you let me know what Pope says." "[DOOR OPENS]" "Professor Banks, I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting." "I'm Deputy Chief Johnson." "I wanna thank you so much for dropping In." "I didn't drop in." "I was practically arrested." " Someone tell me what is going on here." " Oh, I apologize." "Um..." "We're conducting an investigation... .and we didn't want any details leaked to the press, so..." "I'm sure being a journalism professor, you can understand." "Maybe if we were in Soviet Russia." "Part of my citizenship test covered the openness of the American legal system." "So I'm a little bit surprised to be dragged downtown on secret police business." "It's not a secret." "And you did get your rights read to you." "Are you familiar with a woman by the name of Ashley Reed?" "Familiar?" "Yes, I'm familiar with Ashley." "She's a student in my seminar." "I'm her Independent study adviser." "Do you have a personal relationship with her, outside of class, I mean?" "I" "She's done some work for my family." "She looked after your children for you and your wife last week, Is that right?" "Ye " "And when she was done?" "I drove her back to..." "Well, she was house-sitting nearby, so..." "And when you dropped her off, did you by chance walk her to the door?" "No, I don't believe I did." "Simple question." "You walked her to the door or you didn't." "I didn't." "She got out of the car, and I went straight home." " You didn't go inside the house with her?" " No." "And you didn't take her clothes off?" "God, no." "What the hell is this about?" " Has Ashley made a complaint?" " Do you have a history of complaints?" " I don't understand your question." " How about this, then?" "Have you ever had sexual relations with any of the girls In your class?" "Of course not." "If I were to ask your current students... .and former ones that question, they'd agree?" "Absolutely." "Now, these questions are personal and I have no idea what they're about at all." "I'll give you the headline." ""Coed Brutally Slain."" "Not a picture you could put on the front page, I Imagine." "Now, take a good look, professor, if you would." "Do you recognize that woman?" "I know it might be hard because she's been dead for five days." "Ashley's been dead for five days?" "And from what you just told me, you're the last person to see her alive." " You can't think I did this?" " Well, the thought crossed my mind." "Especially since you lied about having an affair... with one of your students and the abortion you paid for." "At least, If what your wife tells me Is true." "You spoke to Sara?" "Oh, my, did I just reveal my source?" "Oh, well." "[BRENDA CLEARS THROAT]" "Would you like to comment on the murder of Ashley Reed... for the record?" "Yes, sir, it is a big task ahead." "But, uh, under these unfortunate circumstances..." "I'm, uh, very grateful to have such supportive partners." "Okay." "Thank you, sir." "Okay." "Bye-bye." "Could you knock?" " Just since I'm chief?" " Interim chief." "You wanted to see me?" "Why did you pull 20 uniforms off patrol... .and send them on a grid search with your division?" "Because I couldn't get a confession and the suspect faked the burglary... of the Dixon house to cover up the rape and murder of my victim." "Then he probably dumped whatever he stole on the way home." "You sent your whole squad out on legitimate police business... and not just to avoid Captain Raydor?" "Oh, Will, please, please, can't you just make her go away?" "It's inconvenient, I know." "Look, when Delk assigned Raydor this audit, I openly opposed It." "But since it's underway now, we need to see It through. •" "By the way, I saw myself on TV in the uniform." "Why did you not tell me I'd gotten so...?" "Sorry." "You're fat." "Feel better?" "Look, I'm a little more concerned... about Captain Raydor Interviewing my division..." " and asking Taylor about me." " That's annoying." "How much longer is he gonna stay In that stupid cubicle?" "Brenda, I can't start shuffling people around until my own situation Is settled." "Taylor is temporary." "Raydor is temporary." "Unless you want somebody new... coming in who may or may not dismantle Major Crimes... we need to focus on making me permanent." "What's the point of being in charge If you can't change anything?" "Just be patient." "I'm working on it." "These things take time." "TAYLOR:" "You spend your whole life in the system." "You trust that your hard work and years of service will be recognized... and good things will come to you." "Then, poof, your reward drops dead right in front of your eyes." " I should've brought my own car." " I played the game." "I played the game as well as anyone." " Guess I was just riding the wrong horse." " Probably the extra weight that killed him." "Gabriel!" "Gabriel, did you find anything?" "Uh, no, actually." "The, uh, garbage on this side of the street was picked up yesterday." "I sent the patrol officers to the dump." "When they get back, we can check across the street over there..." "Oh, no, no." "No waiting." "Now, I am not going to stay here any longer than I have to." "So you get your coveralls, young man." "You're going in." "[SCOFFS]" " Are you gonna help?" " I don't Dumpster." "[TAYLOR GROANS]" "TAYLOR:" "God." "This warrant gives us the right to search your home... automobiles, computers and e-mail." "But if you could sign this consent form, It would show your cooperation." "I need to talk to my husband." "He's not answering his phone" "I mean, have you found some kind of evidence that he...?" " I mean, is he under arrest?" " We just need to search the house." "Hope you guys aren't too hot." "it I find a big umbrella, I'll make you some shade." "He had me to his house, you know, Delk." "Right before he died. "Trust me" he says." " "I got big plans for you."" " Hey, wait, wait, wait." "Hey." "Whoa, hang on, hang on." "Gabriel, get down here." "Gladly." "PROVENZA:" "Huh?" "Now, that's the same kind of luggage that the Dixons had." " The ones they took to Hawaii." " You sure?" "Yeah, yeah." "Must be part of a set." "Open that up, David." "Unbelievable." "Good catch, lieutenant, Yeah." "Good catch." "Oh, it's password-protected." "Let me see If I can get a hold of the manufacturer." "If you give them a serial number, they can give you a workaround." " Excellent job, commander." " I can't believe you found anything." "Well, never bet against my years of experience, captain." "Yeah, we couldn't have done it without you." " A regular Nancy Drew." "TAO:" "English." "You find Professor Banks' fingerprints on any of the items that you recovered?" " Urn, flop but we'll get him." "Don't you worry." " Tech support." "Hey, so I'm entering the stuff we found Into the Stolen Property System." "It's a funny thing." "The Dixons, they never mentioned a missing laptop." "Representative." "Maybe the computer belonged to Ashley Reed... and the professor took it to hide communication between them." "Representative." "Representative." "Ah, jeez, I'm gonna be here all night." "Chief, the professor's wife is here to see him." " We set them up in the break room." " I wired the walls and the ceiling." "I can't guarantee they'll always be on camera, but the sound should be fine." "All right, then." "Let's see what the, uh, lovebirds have to say to each other." "How many more were there?" "Just tell me, Alex." "How many students were you screwing?" "None, Sara." " Heh," "Lets it's not true." "Just get it all out, okay?" "Now that things are as bad as they can be." "The police tore apart our house, Alex, right In front of the children." "Just tell me what you did to that poor girl." "You don't really believe I murdered her?" "Do you seriously think that I'm capable of something like that?" "I didn't think you were capable of cheating on me either." "I never thought that you could lie to my face while destroying our family." "I promised I would never do anything like that to you again." "I've been taking counseling seriously, spending time with the kids." " I am trying so hard to rebuild our trust" " Yeah, we II, It's not working." "Did you marry me to become a citizen?" "Just tell the truth, Alex." "Was I a way out of visas and green cards?" "Let's not have this conversation again!" "I understand why you're so upset." "I do." "But this is important." "If you talk to the police again... you need to tell them... that I came straight home after I dropped Ashley off... and that you were awake when I got Into bed." "What?" "Why?" "Because that's what I told them." "Here we go." "Let's hope." "You mean you didn't come straight home?" "Oh, my God, Alex." "What did you do?" "[ALEX CLEARS THROAT]" "I drove around for a little bit." "I wasn't tired..." " What did you do, Alex?" " I didn't feeling like going home." "Just tell me the truth." "What did you do?" "I drove by Chloe's house again." " Chloe?" "Who's that?" " That's the former student/mistress." "What?" " Sara, let me explain why..." " You went to that whore's house again?" "Are you serious?" "While I was passed out from the extra wine you put In my glass?" "While your own children were sleeping In their beds... on our anniversary?" "ALEX:" "It was the- It was the wrong thing to do." "1 am really sorry, and I am completely ashamed right now." "SARAH:" "Oh, please." "Ashamed." "ALEX:" "But 1 did not go into her house." "I did not get out of the car." "I did not talk to her, even." " And I came right home!" " Why are you even telling me this?" "Because I lied to the police, and they may ask you where I was." "So if I still mean anything to you, Sara... listen." "Knowing how this would make you feel..." "I would never tell you that I drove by Chloe's house unless it were true." " If you could just" " Don't touch me." "Sara, this is my life we're talking about." "It's not what you think." "You wanna know what I think?" "I think you need a lawyer." "I think I need one too." "That's enough to hold him overnight." "Lieutenant Flynn, would you please extend an Invitation to the professor?" "FLYNN:" "Mm-hm." "I told you." "Didn't I tell you?" "I told you, do not trust Pope." " Look, Will is in a difficult position now." " Difficult position?" "He's chief." "Now that he's on top, he's gonna fight to stay, throwing you under the bus." "You know, Will is on this lawsuit too." "It's Raydor." " Now she wants to interview my division." " Aha!" " What 'aha"?" " Pope sicced Raydor on you... so you could take the blame and he gets to keep his fourth star." "Your friend Chief Delk sicced Raydor on me." "She's still following you, isn't she?" "Because Pope wants her to." "He is a survivor, that guy, like a cockroach." "[CELL PHONE RINGING]" "Look, when it comes to Will, you are just Irrational." "Yeah, well, you're just too trusting." "If you don't look out for yourself, no one else in the L.A.P.D... and I mean no one, is gonna end up having your back." "Lieutenant Tao, you're still at work?" "TAO [OVER PHONE]:" "I'm sorry to call so late, chief" "You know that computer we found In the Dumpster?" "I couldn't get past the password." "The company was no help." " I'm sorry." " Oh, that's okay." "I just think it's so great you stayed so late to help me with my case.." " I knew you had my back." " Hey, Tao doesn't count." "Okay." "Uh, but, chief, here's some news." "I just got around to entering the laptop In the SPS, the Stolen Property System." " I know what that means" " It turns out it was stolen." " Well, obviously it was stolen." " No, chief." "The laptop was put into the system four months ago." "Four months ago?" "Then who owned it before last week?" "Well, I don't remember needing a password to access it..." " ...but this is my old laptop." " And what makes you so sure?" "The, uh, Q is sticky and It's about to fall out." "And this scratch on the top here." "I had the computer on the sofa.." ".And my dog jumped up on it land did that with her nails" "Oh, and I brought my receipt." " See there?" "Gerald Wein." " Uh-huh." "That's me." "Do you know how the burglars gained entry into your home?" "Don't really know." "They disabled the alarm." "There wasn't any sign of a break-in." "And where were you, Mr. Wein, during the time of the burglary." "I took the family skiing up In Dodge Ridge." "We were gone for a week." "We came home to find the front door open and the house completely trashed." "It wasn't as bad as it looked." "They didn't touch the artwork." "And aside from the computer and some of my wife's jewelry... not much was stolen." "The detective who came to the house, I he said the whole thing looked amateur." "I" "Did he, now?" "And who knew yall were going out of town?" "It wasn't a secret." "My assistant, I guess." "My wife's sister had our complete itinerary." "And my son posted it on his Facebook page." "So basically, the world." "Teenagers." "Yeah." "Gosh, they grow up so fast." "It may have been our last vacation together as a family." "Dennis is off to college in the tall." "Just graduated high school." "Just graduated high school?" "Really?" "Which one?" "FLYNN:" "Right this way, please." " Thank yall so much for coming down." " Anything we can do to help." "We're all just so devastated about Ashley." "Have you spoken to her mother yet?" "She won't talk to me." " Did you find who did this yet?" " Uh, we've made an arrest, yes." " Oh, thank God." " Well, that's good news." " Who was it?" " Someone with a history of bad behavior." "But we're happy to say we recovered most of the items stolen." " It all seems so trivial at this point." " It's been helpful In closing our case." " Oh, there's my watch." "PROVENZA:" "If you don't mind... uh, we have a system here we have to manage." "In order to ensure that all property is returned to its rightful owner..." "I we need a signed declaration for each Individual item." "So if you could just fill out these forms here In triplicate... and date and sign at the X, that would be great." "You can sit down over here." "Then I have to input everything Into the computer." " We can start with the watch, sir," " Okay." "Thank you." "FLYNN:" "Put these on." "You don't wanna get fingerprint dust all over your hands." "And, Jesse, we have your things over here." " My things?" " The thief took a special Interest... in your room." "Right this way." "Come on in, Jesse." "Have a seat." "You're off to college next year, huh?" "That's exciting." " Yeah, I guess." "BRENDA:" "Hmm." "This is one fancy pen." " Let me guess, graduation present?" " Yeah." "I got a few of those." "Uh-huh." "Don't people know y'all only use computers these days?" "Speaking of which..." " Found your laptop." " Thanks." "GABRIEL:" "If you could boot it up for us so we can list it as yours... we can wrap this up." "Yeah, sure." "Okay." "All good, then?" "It's yours?" " Yeah." "GABRIEL:" "Great." "It's funny." "While investigating Ashley's murder..." "I found a series of other burglaries In your neighborhood." "Really?" "In fact, I was just visiting with Mr. Wein." "Name ring a bell?" "His son, Dennis, was In high school with you." "Their house was burglarized when they were on a family vacation Just like yours." "GABRIEL:" "We spoke to a Mr. Simmons and a Mrs. Preston... and they also had burglaries that occurred while they were out of town." "Would you believe they also have kids who just graduated from your school?" "I don't really recognize those names, so, urn..." "Really?" "That's odd." "Their parents knew you really well." "Said you and their kids were thick as thieves." "So tell me, If you really don't know these people... how is it that this computer, which you said was yours... which you somehow failed to report as stolen... which has your password, ended up in your room... when we know for a fact that it was stolen from Mr. Wein?" " Urn, well" " Come on, Jesse." "It's clear you and your friends were robbing each other's houses." "Why?" "Before you tell me..." "Detective Gabriel?" "GABRIEL:" "You have the right to remain silent." "Anything you say can and will be used against you." "You have the right to an attorney." "If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed." "Or we could bring your parents in on this." " Want me to go get your mom and dad?" " No." "No, wait." "It started on a dare." "Like, urn... could we pull off breaking into each other's houses without getting caught?" "Taking stuff our parents wouldn't care about so much... or that the insurance companies would replace." "There was no sign of forced entry in these houses." "We put everything into a pile." "House keys, alarm codes... passwords you use If the rent-a-cops come around." "And, look, our parents are rich." "Half the stuff, they didn't even notice was gone." "It was just something we did during our senior year." " It was a joke." " A joke?" "Because I don't think that murder is funny." "Who all was in this little gang, huh?" "I've got fingerprints from all these robberies." "All I need is the names to go with them." "[WHIMPERS]" "All right, uh, Detective Gabriel, would you please manage the suspect here... while I inform the parents?" "You're under arrest for the murder of Ashley Reed." "No, you can't arrest me." "I wasn't there." " I wasn't there!" " It doesn't matter." "Your little senior prank was actually a criminal conspiracy." "When someone gets murdered I during commission of that crime..." " ...it's felony murder." " Please, there was no conspiracy." " You admitted you were part of a gang." " But I quit." "GABRIEL:" "Come on." " We're supposed to believe that?" "You quit, but not before telling them you were out of town." "Now Ashley is dead." "I had no idea they were gonna hit my house." "I would've warned them Ashley was there." "[JESSE SOBBING]" "I loved Ashley." "Okay, so who are they?" "The rest of your merry pranksters." "I know about Dennis, but who else?" "Please, you're asking me to ruin the lives of my friends." "You just said you loved Ashley." "And her life looks pretty ruined to me, don't you think?" "They didn't just steal from your parents." "They took your stuff." "Don't you think they were sending you a message?" "Have you spoken to your co-conspirators since Ashley's murder?" "What'd they say?" "That they stole your stuff and raped Ashley?" "No, no, no." "They did not rape Ashley." "They didn't even know she was there, all right?" "They said Ashley surprised them." "She ran off to call the police." "They were just trying to stop her." "There was no rape." "I need to hear that from them." "I want names now." "Think your friends are going to trust you... to keep quiet the rest of your life?" "They're not." "You're a loose end, my friend." "And in my business, loose ends don't fare so well." "What do you think, Jesse?" "FLYNN:" "Okay, so, what do you want the SKU number or the serial number?" "TAO:" "Give me both." "I've got Bravo-Alfa-six." "Bravo-Alpha-six." "FLYNN:" "Four-Foxtrot-Charlie-Echo." "TAO:" "Four-Foxtrot-Charlie-Echo." "How much longer is this gonna take?" "Oh, urn... not long." "BRENDA:" "Thank you, Jesse." "Well round up these little friends of yours." "I guess, urn..." "I guess I won't be going to Berkeley this fall, will I?" "No." "But we'll find some other state Institution... with a library in it for you." "Will you let me tell my parents?" " I'd rather they hear it from me." " Sure." "[DOOR CLOSES]" "[FOOTSTEPS]" "BRENDA:" "Captain." "Chief Johnson." "Once again, you've managed... to send your entire squad of elite detectives into the field... this time to apprehend suspects... .that could have easily been picked up by patrol." "Murder suspects." "Seven of them in all." "Teenagers, so lots of parents to deal with." "Look, whether or not you like it... whether or not I like it, frankly, I have to finish this audit... which means I need to speak to your people." "[DOOR OPENS]" "No, you don't." "You're questioning my investigation and my orders." "That audit should begin and end with me." "But it won't." "Excuse me." "[SIGHS]" "Professor Banks, uh, we have just finished arresting all those responsible... for the murder of Ashley Reed." "Yeah, I heard about that." "A burglary ring gone awry." "Good for you." "Of course, the real irony here is... if I had actually been having an affair with Ashley..." "If I had walked her to the door and gone inside... she might still be alive." "Heh." "Well, that's the best justification for adultery I've heard In a long time." "Anyway, urn, we are officially sorry about any misunderstanding... and you're free to go home." "Thanks." "But it's been made quite clear to me that I don't have a home to go to anymore.," "I'm sorry about that." "I know this all happened during a difficult time In your marriage." "I certainly know how hard it is to be accused of things you haven't done." "[SCOFFS]" "Yeah." "I'm not exactly innocent, though, am I?" "That's the trouble." "I cheated on my wife and my family." "More than once, honestly." "Because I thought I could get away with It." "But not every mistake can be fixed with an apology... no matter how sorry you are." "You're owning up to what you've done." "That's a start." "At what?" "Synced  Corrected by Shadowmoon"