"Previously on Shark:" "That's my lawyer, boys." "Why not let me go right now?" "We're starting a unit in the DA's office to nail folks with lawyers like you." "What schmo would take that job?" "Come on." "Me, a prosecutor?" "I eat prosecutors for breakfast." " They're my main source of fiber." " Who better to shake up the DA's office?" "Winning is what you do." "Trial is war." "Second place is death." "Truth is relative." "Pick one that works." "Having reached the age of 16, you must now designate which parent will act as custodian until your 18th birthday." "I choose to live with my dad." "Do you know what it takes to raise a teenage girl alone in Los Angeles?" "This is the biggest case you're ever gonna get." "Don't blow it." "You are a good attorney, but the people in your office, they..." "What's the word I'm looking for?" "Suck." "Well, this should be fun." "Jeez, Manny, it took you less time to settle the transit strike." "Come on." "That wasn't my money." "Call." " Shapiro?" " Raise 500." "Oohh." "Profiles in courage." "Position in the Ninth Circuit?" " Judicial restraint." " Wolfie?" " These cards are crap." " Your bet, big guy." " A, I'm gonna put you all in." " Great." "And B, if you win, I am writing a check for 10 large to that soup kitchen on Fig that you're trying to save." "And if you pull off this miracle?" " I need decent workspace for my unit." " That's Jessica's call." "You're the Mexican Monty Hall." "Make a deal." "I've got you cold, hermano." "You need a queen to beat me." "Ten G's buys a lot of minestrone, Manny." " Sorry to interrupt." " Hey, Julie." " There's my golden girl, huh?" " How's it going?" "Three-eight at the Beverly School." "What do you think?" " Heredity is such a beautiful thing." " Not to break up this touching moment." " Can we get back to this?" " We never left." "You're virtually drawing dead." "I have a million outs, okay?" "So you're either gonna call like a man or fold like a mouse." "Yes." "Give me the club, give me the queen." "Queen of clubs, thank you very much!" "Send the sherbet to Herbert." "Send the bread to Fred." "I am thinking kind of open floor plan." "Very modern with traditional touches." " Problem?" " For both of us." " What do we got, chief?" " One of ours." "Detective Joe Rodriguez." "Undercover narcotics." "Wife with two kids." "In the middle of a buy?" "I'll call you." "You can earn a few bucks getting the scumbag acquitted." "You missed the memo." "I'm on your side now." "Stay behind the yellow tape." " Something I said?" " They risk their lives putting away bad guys." "You made a living letting them go." " Yeah, but it was never personal." " It was for them." " Who is that?" " It's the dead cop's partner." "You wanna make things right with the L.A.P. D?" "You nail the son of a bitch who did this." "The murder of Detective Rodriguez is a crime against our entire city." "My office will work closely with the L.A.P. D to ensure that this vicious cop killer is apprehended, prosecuted and convicted." "Deputy Chief Martinson will now take your questions." "Thank you." "Do you have any leads yet?" " I want Sebastian on this one." " The cops hate his guts." "You have an election in two months, Jess." "You need a win." "The relationship between this office and the L.A.P.D. Is a powder keg." " And Stark's a blowtorch." " Exactly." "And if he loses, they'll be scraping him off the pavement and not you." "All this on the turn of a card." "This place rocks the planet." "Narcotics must be pissed." "It's like working at a real firm." " Minus the salary." " We got a kitchen." " Nice priorities." " I get hungry." " How did you get Devlin to sign off?" " We worked out a system." "I go behind her back to get what I want, she wonders what happened." "Strap in, we caught last night's cop killing." " Who's the suspect?" " Cover your ears." "Scott Ransom." "Big money family." "Busted twice for selling drugs." "Walks both times." "Undercover narcs are about to pop him for moving methamphetamine." "Things blow up." "Ransom pulls a gun." " Detective Rodriguez ends up dead." " Any witnesses?" "Yeah, Rodriguez's partner, Detective Wright, was monitoring the buy." "Says he saw Ransom standing over his partner's body." "We got a police eyewitness, we're golden." " Why haven't they picked up Ransom?" " Wright didn't see the shooting." "And Ransom's got an alibi." "Says he was with his girlfriend all night in Los Feliz." "Hey, thanks." "Doesn't a detective trump a dealer's girlfriend?" "Normally, but don't forget, this kid has already beaten two drug raps due to the fact that he is represented by none other than Elliott Dasher." " When was the last time that guy lost?" " 1999, County of L.A. V. Pendleton." "When he worked for the law firm of Stark Bell." " You were his boss?" " Taught him everything he knows." " Let's hope he forgot." " Can I get back to work?" "Thirty seconds." "You're a champ." "All right, assignments." "Raina, Martin." "Rodriguez's widow is having people over." "Pay our respects." " Since when are you so sentimental?" " Since never." "This is the hard part about a case like this." "These undercover narcs, they're around drugs and cash all day long, every day." "Any defense attorney worth his salt is gonna impugn the integrity of the dead officer." " Get over there, sniff around." " Meaning?" "I wanna makes sure I got a dead hero, not a dirty cop." " The woman just lost her husband." " You wanna be a nun, join a convent." "You wanna win, stick a Band-Aid on that bleeding heart." "Madeleine, Casey." "Judge Pearlman denied Kaufman's search-warrant petition for Ransom's condo." "Cops have been staking it out since the murder." "Ransom is lying low, probably at his lawyer's." "So I don't care what it takes, you get us inside that condo before drug boy decides to head home and destroy evidence." "You got me?" "By any means necessary." "The whole world's watching." "No mistakes." "There's the widow." "Let's just tell Stark that we talked to her." "I'll handle it." "Gracias." "Thank you." "We'd like you to come in and prepare a testimony." "Whatever I can do." "We really wanna put this guy away." "It would help to know anything that could potentially hurt the case." " I don't understand." " We're sorry for your loss." "In cases like this, the defense often tries to blame the victim." "How could this be Joey's fault?" "It couldn't, but reputations come into play." "Lawyers pry into your private lives." " Are you asking if he was a criminal?" " No, of course not." "Does this look like the house of a dirty cop to you?" "You see a lot fancy cars?" " I didn't mean to imply..." " The hell you didn't." "You come here speaking Spanish, pretending like you give a damn?" "I'll testify, but it won't be for you." "Now, get the hell out of here!" "The slug they took out of Rodriguez appears to be 9 mm." "Ransom has a 9 mm handgun registered in his name." "The report's vague." "We need a conclusive finding to get a warrant." "The partner's statement puts Ransom at the scene." "Judge Pearlman is a Fourth Amendment freak." "We have no gun." "She won't grant our petition unless the bullet's a match." "Ballistics will confirm the slug in a few days." "We don't have a few days, we need to get into the condo now." "It's not like we can misstate the report." "Of course not." "That would be unethical." "Unless it was a simple oversight made under time pressure." " Forget it." " Fortune favors the bold." "And what's that supposed to mean?" "That sometimes you gotta have some balls." "Well, I've never had any complaints." "So I hear." "So it was an oversight." "Happens all the time." "Okay, better." "Good." "Just tap the brake, though." "You don't wanna stomp on it, right?" "I barely even touched the pedal." "These brakes are different than on Mom's car." "That's because these brakes cost more than Mom's car." "Okay, good." "See?" "Nice." "This thing is so huge." "Who needs a car this big?" "Just think of it as eight Priuses welded together." "There you go." "Good." "Okay, good." "When's your, uh, test?" "Tomorrow morning." "I can't believe I'm gonna get my learner's permit." "I still remember my driver's ed teacher, Mrs. Romanoff." "Built like a Buick." "I mean, tremendous calves." " Hello." "Daughter." " Right, sorry." "I noticed you're still living out of boxes upstairs." "Oh, yeah." "It just takes a while to settle in." "Yeah." "I was thinking I might have my decorator..." "Remember Sophia?" " Call you and help you pick out some cool stuff." "Make the place your own." "Thanks." "But I was just gonna hang some posters and paint the walls." " You're gonna paint?" " Yeah." "My friend Kim just redid her room this amazing shade of purple." "Wow." "Oh, here we go." "Uh, we gotta go back to the house." "Carefully." "Hey, you did great." "And I'm gonna have Sophia give you a call." "Just, you know..." "Trust me, you'll love her." "Easy." "Take a breath." "Nice place, for a condo." " My dad says hi." " Sebastian Stark, a prosecutor." "It's like Babe Ruth getting sent down to the minors." "Heard you haven't lost in a while, Elliott." " It's like riding a bike." "You never forget." " Are we done?" "My client has a meeting." " Is there a rave without enough crank?" " Screw you." "It's a date." "Hope you like it rough." "What do you say we end this farce?" "Mr. Ransom has an alibi." "His father is a respected business leader." "I'm not a third-chair associate." "We got something." "Found a baggie by the back door." "Looks like methamphetamine." " Hook him up." " And that's blood on the bag." "No way." "That's not mine." " Make sure you read him his Mirandas." " I'm being set up." "Mr. Dasher is an excellent attorney." "I wondered what it would be like to take you on." "Be careful what you wish for." "What was that you used to say?" "Trial is war, second place is death." "I'll notify your next of kin." " You got a second, detective?" " I already gave my statement." " There are some things I need to clarify." " I'm busy." "Look, I get that I'm not on the L.A.P.D. Christmas card list but I am trying to convict the guy who shot..." " You don't even remember, do you?" " Enlighten me." "Eight years ago you defended a scumbag named Palmer on an assault charge." "Yeah, so?" "So?" "So I was the arresting officer." "The guy you accused of beating your client." "Coming back to you?" "Technically that wasn't an accusation." "It was more like subtle innuendo." "I faced a disciplinary board." "They cleared me, but I had to switch precincts, start over again." "I'll make you a deal, okay?" "You help me out and I promise you I will screw Scott Ransom 10 times harder than I ever screwed you." " If you cross me again..." " I promise you I won't." "We were setting Ransom up on a bigtime meth score." "Joey was running point." "I was backup." "Everything was SOP." "Joey was about to get the cash when a truck pulls in front of the alley I'm set up in." "By the time I get the guy to move his rig Joey's on the ground and Ransom's getting in his car." "Detective, I saw you drive up to the scene." "Where did you go after the shooting?" "After the paramedics arrived, I went after Ransom." "But he drives one of these Italian sports cars with a damn airplane engine." "I couldn't even get close." "It wasn't your fault, Isaac." "Look, I don't need your sympathy, Stark." "Just put Ransom away." "Cops haven't found the murder weapon." "Who cares?" "The blood type on the baggie matches Rodriguez." "We're a DNA test away from paradise." "My opening will be brilliant." "Whoa." "Who said anything about her opening?" " She asked." " Can I close?" "I have no idea." "Can you?" " I'm just kidding." " So can I close?" "No." "Judge called a suppression hearing." "Dasher's challenging our warrant petition for Ransom's condo." "The petition states the bullet that killed Detective Rodriguez was 9 mm." "The ME's report makes no such conclusive finding." "Hence the search and all evidence yielded should be excluded." "This is a desperate request based on a trivial error." "I'm inclined to grant Mr. Dasher's motion and recommend disciplinary action against both Ms. Poe and Mr. Woodland." "I take full responsibility for this oversight." "Should I pursue disciplinary action against you?" "STARK:" "Your prerogative, of course." "But I assure you that this oversight was completely unintentional." "Caused by our zeal for justice in the wake of the loss of an officer." "That heartfelt explanation notwithstanding the warrant was obtained with a flawed petition." "That's true." "But I'm going to deny your motion to suppress the search." "The court finds that even without the prosecution's misstated claim there remains sufficient factual basis for probable cause." " But I warn you, Mr. Stark." " Ma'am." "You represent the people of Los Angeles now." "Conduct yourself accordingly." "Proud to serve." "Proud to serve." "Well, we can settle at any time." "Oh, you wish." "Impressive team." "Thought you had higher standards." "You screwed up, I fired you, you landed on your feet." "Let it go." "Like you used to say, never let go of your grudges." "They make you stronger." " They can also get you killed." " For the record, I didn't screw up." "I lost." "I'm sorry." "Is there a difference?" "You're about to find out." "You dodged a bullet." "Not even a BB." "Everything's under control." " I want Poe and Woodland reprimanded." " I'm gonna read them the riot act." "Listen up." "Everybody stop talking and listen to me." "Nod your heads, pretend I just kicked your puppy." "You understand me?" "Right, GQ?" "Do you?" "Thank you." "Good." "We're in great shape." "All we have to do is break down Ransom's alibi and we are home free." "I want you to go over to the girlfriend's house use that million-dollar smile and knock her off her story." "Do you understand me?" "Say yes." " Yes." " Thank you." "You and you, talk to Ransom's Venice neighbors see what they know." "Got it?" "So you're not mad about the petition thing?" "Almost forgot." "Consider this a lesson." "The next time that you cheat, don't get caught." "Got it?" " You're pretty cute for a cop." " Thanks." "But I'm from the DA's office." "Casey Woodland." "I've seen you at the clubs, right?" "You used to go out with that Australian model chick." "Total psycho." "Listen, I need to ask you a few questions about Scott Ransom." "Forget it." "I told the detectives he was with me the whole night." " There's no way he killed that cop." " He's a bad guy, Carrie." "You lie for him, you're an accessory to murder." "You're a rich kid, right?" "Your daddy's some big-shot congressman?" "Senator." "Well, my daddy's a used-car salesman in Rhode Island, all right?" "Scott pays for this place." "He takes care of me." " He's a great guy." " There's better ways to pay the rent." "Well, that's easy for you to say." "Nice chatting with you." "Excuse me." "Hey, sorry to bother you." "I'm with the District Attorney's Office." "You live right here?" "Thirteen years." "So you've heard what's going on?" "Yeah." "Just a matter of time." "Carrie's a sweet girl, but her boyfriend..." "Stupid Ferrari." "That's a pretty loud car." "Must have woken you up a few times." "Yeah, try every night." " Excuse me." " Oh, yeah." "Hold it." "Okay." "And open." "Ta-da!" "Congratulations, baby." " You got me a car?" " It's not just a car." "It's the ultimate PC mobile for young tree-huggers on the go." "Half a cylinder, solar-powered, 400 miles to the gallon." "It's you." " And you hate it." " No, it was really sweet of you." " I asked." "It doesn't come in purple." " No, that's not the problem." " I failed my driving school road test." " That's funny." "I can't get my learner's permit." "Julie, how is that possible?" "I don't know." "I got distracted." "The other kids in the car were talking, the instructor started yelling at me..." "I'm sorry, is this funny?" "No." "No." "Just a little..." "But, hey, it's okay." "You can just take it over." "I have to take the whole stupid course again." " I didn't know that." " Glad I could amuse you." " Thanks for the car." " Julie, please." "Julie, sweetie." "I'm sorry." "Hey, come on." "Ransom's alibi is dead." "The girlfriend's neighbor has a bedroom window overlooking her driveway." "Whenever Ransom pulls in or out, this guy gets a 12-cylinder wake-up call." "He heard Ransom leave at 12:45 the night of the murder." "And he came back at 1:37." "How can he be so precise with the time?" "Because the guy's got a 5-month-old." "When Ransom pulls in or out, this guy checks the baby monitor which has a time code." " Wright put the shooting at 1:15." "That's enough time for him to kill." " Not bad for a pretty boy." " Not good either." " What are you talking about?" " Sharpie." "Ransom leaves Los Feliz at quarter to 1." "Heads into L.A. To make his buy." "He shoots Detective Rodriguez at 1:15." "He's back in girlfriend's loving arms at 1:37." "But under our theory, Ransom didn't go straight back to Los Feliz did he?" " The bag of drugs." "Exactly." "So Ransom would have had to drive from downtown the murder scene, to his Venice condo drop the incriminating bag of dope and make it back to Los Feliz." "And this, what, in 22 minutes?" "Forget a Ferrari." "Couldn't do that in a helicopter." "So if Ransom didn't put the drugs in the condo, who did?" "Can I help you?" "Hey!" "Tell me, scale of one to 10, just how incredibly stupid are you?" "You weren't at the scene when I arrived." "Where were you?" " I went after Ransom." " Which took five minutes." " Where did you go after that?" " Get out of here." "What did you do?" "Let me guess." "You found the drugs on the ground sitting in your partner's blood." "The ambulance arrives, you take off after Ransom." "You get to the condo, he's not there, so you plant the bag of drugs and take off." " Am I getting warm?" " I don't know what you're doing here." "You got everything you need to nail the guy." "And I could have done it without your help." "I've seen too many rich perps walk by hiring hotshot lawyers willing to lie and cheat to win." "Yeah?" "Well, thanks to you, it's about to happen again." "If Dasher finds out that Wright planted that bag forget his testimony, we are done." "Wright never admitted it." "He's the only one who could have dropped drugs at Ransom's place." " That's exculpatory evidence." " We have to turn it over." "What if we don't call Wright?" "He's our eyewitness." "We've got squat without him." "Correct." "So here's the deal." "Casey never talked to the girlfriend's neighbor." "We're gonna trade the hole in Ransom's alibi for the drugs at the condo." " You'd let Wright lie?" " He doesn't have to lie." "He just testifies to what he saw and nothing more." "Exactement, nothing more." "Rule number two, truth is relative." "Pick one that works." "I will just never ask Wright where he went after the shooting." "That's grounds for disbarment and unethical." "You are so getting on my nerves." " You want Ransom to get away with it?" " This is all about winning." " How dare you say that." " Screw the law, screw the system." "And I'm here to tell you that sucks." "Hello?" "Yes, I can." "Thank you." "I've been summoned to a meeting with the L.A.P.D." "Now my problem is I don't believe in God and he hates me for it." "Ah, the gang's all here." "Did you barge into Crenshaw and accuse a detective of planting evidence?" "Let me try to remember." "Uh, yeah, that was me." " This isn't a joke." " You're right, it isn't." "My case is in the crapper." "DELGADO:" "Can you prove he planted evidence?" "No." "But I'm praying the defense can't either." "Because he was the one with motive and opportunity." "You pissed off a lot of people." "Did you know about this?" "If I did, we wouldn't be here." "I think we can agree Mr. Stark's actions were regrettable." "My actions?" "A police detective plants evidence?" "Allegedly." "The department's just coming off Rampart." "Recruitment is up." "The public's starting to trust cops." " We don't want another scandal." " Relay that to the troops." "The relationship between the DA and the L.A.P.D. Is based on trust." "When that trust is violated, the system suffers." "Cops don't show up to testify." "Evidence suddenly disappears." "Nobody wants that." "This relationship goes both ways and I don't respond well to threats." "That went pretty well." "What was that you were saying about avoiding political fallout?" " Not your finest hour." "I'm just the messenger here." " We can't afford war with the police." " Is there enough to convict Ransom?" "That's not the point." "We have an obligation to disclose what we know." "You two work out the legal stuff." "This is your deal, Jessica." "I can't give you any cover." "MAN:" "That's the best I can do for you." " Hey, how you doing?" " You here to enroll?" "No, no, I'm looking for Norman Elby." " It's pronounced Elby." " That's too bad." "Hey, listen, I think you, uh..." "I think you examined my daughter yesterday." "Julie Stark." "Wait." " You're on TV, right?" " I host a game show." "You know, Julie's a really great driver and a great kid." "She was a little nervous yesterday." " So, Norm, can I confide in you?" " I have a class in about five minutes." "Julie's going through a hard time now." "Her mom went to New York, she's very vulnerable." "She violated the posted freeway speed limit." "She rolled a stop sign." "In other words, she's perfectly qualified to drive in Los Angeles." "Anything else?" "Yeah." "January 23rd, 1999." "That ring a bell?" " Not at all." " Oh, really?" "You were stopped here in Culver City for driving erratically." "Suspected DUI?" " Pretty big ticket, Norm." " How did you find out?" "I'm a game show host." "We know people." "I made a deal with the prosecutor, they dropped the charges." "But did you tell your bosses about it, Norm?" "They like to know who's teaching safe driving skills to minors, don't you think?" "So, Norm, how'd you like to trade your job for what's behind curtain number one?" "Today is your lucky day, Mr. Ransom." "I'm offering a sentence of 15 years to life." "Fifteen years?" "That's a bad joke." "Might I ask why the DA has decided to make a plea offer at this time?" "Yeah, I was kind of wondering that myself." "The death of a police officer is a traumatic event." "The sooner this is settled, sooner we can move on." "That's touching, but I assume there's more." "You bet your sweet ass there is." "Scott's old man controls half the portfolios on the West Side." " A lot of campaign contributions there." " You shut your mouth." "This is a one-time offer." "You have 30 seconds to make up your mind." " No deal." " Thank you, God." "You're gonna like it in Folsom, Scotty boy." "Guys up there are gonna vote you Miss Congeniality." "You know, this little water ballet notwithstanding you clearly have a flawed case." "Or you wouldn't be offering an alleged cop killer a break." "And sooner or later, I'm gonna find that flaw." " I liked the campaign contribution thing." " You were a little over the top." " I gotta be over the top." " You gotta drop the case." "No way." "Fine." "But you will turn over everything you have to Dasher." "I will." "Eventually." "MARTIN:" "I know this is difficult." "The defense attorney will try to rattle you, Mrs. Rodriguez." "Just relax and try to tell the truth about your husband." "RAINA:" "You all right?" "The killing of a police officer represents the ultimate crime against society." "Focus, you idiot." "It's about their sense of security, so make it personal." "Personal, personal, personal." "When we walk down the street, we feel safe because every few minutes we spot a police officer." "Men and women willing to put their lives on the line to protect us." " Sounds good." " Then..." " Hey." " Sorry, I know you're working." "No, I'm glad to see you." "L..." "I wanted to apologize." "I was a jerk." "That's not exactly a first." "Look, it's not your fault that I failed my driving test." "I totally freaked out and choked, so..." "What is this?" "Apparently, your brilliant lane changes put you over the top." ""Driving course completion certificate."" " How did?" " Brief negotiation." "God, Dad." "You went down there and you bribed someone?" " I don't bribe." " So you threatened someone." "Depends what your definition of threaten is." " You don't get it, do you?" " I thought you'd be happy." "I don't need you to fight my battles for me." "I can pick out my own car." "I can decorate my room." "God, can't you see, Dad?" "I'm not a little girl anymore." "You missed that part." "While you were busy in here, I grew up." "I'm trying to make it up to you." "You can't, because this is where we are." "You're the one who wanted this." "It was your choice to move in here, not mine." "I had to make this choice because we both know you weren't gonna fight for me." "Why?" "Why didn't you fight for me, Dad?" "Shouldn't we be prepping our opening statement?" "We are." "What do you see here?" "This is the spot where Detective Joseph Rodriguez was killed." "Right here." "This is where Ana Rodriguez became a widow." "Where two little girls lost their father." "A murder trial is not about facts and evidence." "Which is good for us, since we're screwed on both." "It's about asking a jury to demand justice for this family." "We don't want them to see a lawyer." "We want them to see Ana Rodriguez." "A young mother in pain." "That's no problem." "Good." "Because I'm giving it to Raina." " Me?" " You gotta be kidding." "Those kids got to you." "I saw them." "Use that bleeding heart of yours." "Make 12 people understand what Scott Ransom took away." "Joseph Rodriguez woke up like it was any other morning." "He kissed his wife, Ana, brushed his daughters' hair made them some oatmeal, then he left for work." "He never saw them again." "Detective Rodriguez loved working as a narcotics officer." "See, he knew what drugs could do to a neighborhood especially the children." "He wanted his daughters to grow up in a city where poison wasn't being sold on every street corner." "The evidence will show that he was killed by the defendant trying to protect his kids and yours from that poison." "He wanted drug dealers like Scott Ransom off the street." "Now it's up to you to step up and finish what he started." "Is the defense prepared to make its opening statement?" "Your Honor, information has just come to light that may fundamentally impact this proceeding." "I warned you, Mr. Stark." "The neighbor told the prosecution that Ransom departed Ms. Reed's home and then returned such that he couldn't have reached his condo where the evidence was found." "The prosecution knew the implication was that the evidence had been planted and failed to share this information." " That's a flagrant 1054 violation." " Sounds like one to me." "We intended to reveal this as soon as our crime lab could verify that Mr. Ransom's vehicle couldn't have traveled the distance in question." "Give me a break." "Defense moves for immediate dismissal." "Any reason I shouldn't grant Mr. Dasher's motion?" "Yes, Your Honor." "Because his client killed a police officer." "And you don't wanna be the judge to let him walk." "The rules of evidence clearly state..." "I'm familiar with the rules." "You'll invalidate the search and evidence gathered?" "Yes, but I'm also invalidating all inferences of police misconduct arising from that evidence." " It all goes." " Fair enough." "Hardly." "That evidence was clearly planted by Detective Wright." "I should have the right to challenge his credibility if they call him as an eyewitness." " So ordered." "You're gonna take away my key piece of physical evidence and my eyewitness?" "Actually, you did that, Mr. Stark." "And if you lose, you'll be the one who lets a cop killer go free." "It's hard to explain." "I don't know what happened, Mom." "One minute we were talking, the next, we were screaming." "Actually, I was doing most of the screaming." "It was pretty awful." "No..." "No, you don't need to come out here." "No, I can handle it, yeah." "I know." "It's strange being so far away from you too." "New York must be beautiful." "I'm coming out as soon as exams are over." "Look, please don't worry about me." "Things are weird, but I'll be okay." "Yeah, I miss you too." "Okay." "Bye." "You have no drug evidence, no eyewitness." "It's over." "Drop the charges." "Let me play it out." "I'll go after the girlfriend." "You wanna lose, go for it but this is a direct order, stay away from Wright." "Do not embarrass the police." "Got it?" "Yes, ma'am." "All rise." "PEARLMAN:" "Be seated." "Mr. Stark, is the prosecution ready to proceed?" "Mr. Stark?" "Yes, Your Honor." "The prosecution calls Detective Isaac Wright." "Mr. Stark, I remind you that all previous rulings are in effect." "And nothing but the truth, so help you God?" "I do." "Did you witness the murder of your partner Detective Joseph Rodriguez?" " Yes." "You were both working undercover to bust a drug dealer, correct?" " Right." " Is that drug dealer in court?" "There's no evidence my client's involved with drugs." "The jury will disregard any characterization of the defendant as a drug dealer." " He's on tape discussing various drug deals with the victim on several occasions." " What should I call him?" " Mr. Stark." "Withdrawn." "Is the subject of your investigation in this room, sir?" " Yes, he is." " Let the record show that Detective Isaac Wright has pointed out the defendant." "Detective, why were you unable to come to your partner's aid that night?" "A truck blocked me in." " By the time I got free, Joey was hit." " What did you do next?" "After the ambulance arrived, I went after Ransom." "You went to Mr. Ransom's Venice condo, correct?" " Yes." " Was Mr. Ransom home?" " No." " So, what did you do?" " I went back to the crime scene." " You went back." "Is that what you said?" "Back to the crime scene?" "You didn't go to Mr. Ransom's condominium, break in plant evidence implicating him in your partner's murder?" "PEARLMAN:" "You don't have to answer that question." " Did you?" " I'll answer." "PEARLMAN:" "You have a right to counsel." "You want a lawyer or do you wanna be a man?" "You're damn right I planted the evidence." "There was a bag of meth sitting in my partner's blood I went to Ransom's place and I stuck it inside." " Why did you do that, detective?" " Because he killed my partner." "I wanted him to go to jail for that." "Wouldn't your testimony do that?" " Objection." "Calls for speculation." " Overruled." "Rich perps hire expensive lawyers." "They get away with everything." " I couldn't let that happen." " So you broke the law to keep your partner's killer from going free?" "You're damn right, I did." " Do you like being a police officer?" " It's all I ever wanted to be." "Did you realize that by planting evidence, you're putting your career in jeopardy?" " Yes." " But you did it anyway." "Why?" "Why would you do that, detective?" "Why?" "Because I let my partner get killed." "You did the best you could." " It wasn't your fault." " It was." " How?" " Because I fell asleep." "I fell asleep." "We'd been up for 36 hours putting this buy together." "I set up in the alley, I waited for Ransom to show." "I was dead tired." "I closed my eyes for what seemed like a second." "The truck woke me up." "When I ran out of the alley I saw Ransom standing over Joey, who was lying in the street." "You understand that by your testimony here today you will almost certainly lose your job?" "Yes." "Yes." "STARK:" "And yet you were willing to do that rather than let the man who killed your partner go free?" "Telling the truth is the least I can do for Joey." "STARK:" "Thank you, detective." "The L.A.P.D. Could use a lot more men like you." "We're prepared to accept your previous offer of 15 to life." "That offer was good for 30 seconds." "You missed it by 47 hours, 59 and a half minutes." "You managed to make Wright look like a saint." "When I'm done, he'll look like a Mark Fuhrman." "You lost the jury and they're not coming back." " Twenty to life." " Twenty-five." "Or your client's looking at life without parole." "We'll take it." "I say this from the heart, Elliott." "It's good to lose every once in a while." "It keeps you grounded from what I hear." " Hell of an opening." " Thanks for the shot." "You've got a big mouth, you're stubborn and your tedious sense of morality drives me nuts." " I know." " Keep up the good work." "Just tell me one thing." "How did you know Wright fell asleep in the car?" "I didn't." "I wanted to show the guy did the wrong thing for the right reason by planting the drugs." "His guilt over falling asleep in the car was a tragic added bonus." " Mm." "Better to be lucky than good." " Better to be both." "You took a reckless chance that could have caused a rift between this office and the L.A.P.D." "STARK:" "Uh-huh." "You think because you got lucky and won, that makes it all okay?" " Is L.A.P.D. Happy?" " Yes." " Is Delgado happy?" " Yes." "And you nailed a cop killer, but still you're not happy." "You should see someone about that." "Hear you turned in your badge." "I figured I'd save everyone the hassle of a disciplinary hearing." "You got a lot of support on the force." "Maybe you could win, if you had the right lawyer." "Not even you're that good." " Look..." " Save the apology, it's done." " I'm moving on." " I wasn't gonna apologize." "I did what I had to do." "Well, we finally have something in common." " Where you gonna go?" " I don't know." "A friend owns a security company." "Pay is good." " It's a waste of talent." " So is my partner being dead but some things we can't change." "I need an investigator somebody with guts, who'll do what it takes, even when it's not pretty." " You offering me a job?" " Sounds like it." "Why would I wanna work for you?" "Because you like to put away bad guys and that's what I do." " Even if I was interested..." " Which..." " I'm not saying I am." " Of course not, no." "I'm damaged goods." "You'd catch hell." "You say that like it's a bad thing." "I need somebody who can work with the police." " Who better than a hero cop?" " I'm no hero." "That's another thing we have in common." "Oh, wow." " Don't worry, I'll keep the door closed." " No, it's..." "It's colorful." "So I heard you put away the guy who killed the cop." "Yeah, I did." "But I still can't figure out how to talk to my own daughter." " Dad..." " Julie, you listen to me, okay?" "I love that you are here." "The only reason I didn't fight for you is I felt I didn't have a right." "You need to get over that." "The thing is, I thought we were doing better, but..." "I mean, you seemed less pissed off at me and now it's just..." "It's different since you moved in, huh?" "Yeah." "Yeah, it is." "I didn't mean to interfere with the driving instructor." "Dad, look, I know you were just trying to help but, see, the thing is I'm not ready for that." "To rely on you." "I am your father." "Yeah, but I don't..." "I don't trust you yet." "So you want me to step up and be there for you and you have absolutely no faith in me." "Jules, come on." "Look, no one said this was gonna be easy."