male announcer: IN NEW YORK CITY'S WAR ON CRIME,
THE WORST CRIMINAL OFFENDERS
ARE PURSUED BY THE DETECTIVES OF THE MAJOR CASE SQUAD.
THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.
- HMM.
[chips clinking]
- YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS?
SIMPLE.
THERE'S PLAYERS.
AND THOSE THAT GET PLAYED.
WHICH ONE ARE YOU?
- GOD'S NOT SMILING ON ANYONE.
'CAUSE I'M FEELING HIS WARMTH.
[clears throat]
TEMP'S UP.
30K.
HARTLEY, THAT YOUR PACEMAKER MAKING ALL THAT NOISE?
YOU NEED TO GET THAT THING LUBED.
- GIVE IT A REST.
- 30K, WHAT IS THAT?
KID'S PRIVATE SCHOOL.
WIFE'S TRIP TO EUROPE.
SOMETHING'S MAKING YOU SWEAT.
WAKE ME WHEN IT'S OVER.
[clears throat, yawns]
- 30...AND 30 MORE
SAYS YOU AIN'T GOT ZIP.
[laughs]
- YOU STUPID SON OF A BITCH.
I AM TIRED OF GETTING HIT IN THE SEAT FOR YOU.
- LOOK, LOU, I RAN BAD FOR A COUPLE OF GAMES.
- COUPLE OF GAMES? TRY NINE MONTHS.
"JOSH SNOW, POKER GENIUS." WHAT A JOKE.
- LOU-- - SHUT UP.
- I WANT WHAT YOU OWE ME, JOSH.
- [scoffs] WHAT, I'M SUPPOSED TO PULL 80K
OUT OF MY EAR?
- HONEY, HIS GAME'S GONNA COME BACK.
- I'M NOT WAITING ON THAT.
YOU WORK IT OFF.
COLLECTIONS.
- NO, I TOLD YOU, I CAN'T DO COLLECTIONS.
- LIKE YOU HAVE A CHOICE.
HIS FATHER WAS A LOSER.
BAG MAN.
IT'S IN THE BLOOD.
ANGELA'LL BRING YOU AROUND.
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING HE GETS ENDS UP WITH ME.
- YEAH...GAME WENT LATE.
BE THERE IN A LITTLE WHILE.
ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME AN HOUR.
- YOU THINK THAT LAST CALL WAS A CHARGE?
- WHAT? - THIS IS A CHARGE.
- OOH, BACK OFF. - YOU GOT ME FOULED OUT!
- YOU MOTHER-- - JEROME!
TAKE A SHOWER.
GO ON!
- I SHOULD HAVE LET HIM CLEAN YOUR CLOCK.
THOSE WERE ALL LOUSY CALLS.
- THE VIG PLUS FIVE GRAND?
THE GUY OWES ME 15K.
- NOT ALWAYS EASY, LOU.
- HE TOOK A BEATING TO GET THAT.
- THANKS.
[ice bag crinkling]
WHEN YOU COLLECT, YOU DON'T GO LIGHT.
- AH.
- I'LL SHOW YOU A TRICK I USE.
THIS COMES HOME EVERY NIGHT.
[knocking]
- [exhales]
[beep]
- WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?
- YOU OWE LOU CARDINALE.
- SO LOU'S SENDING KIDS NOW, HUH?
- I CAN'T HEAR YOU, TUBE STEAK.
- OH, YEAH? - YEAH.
- LISTEN TO THIS.
- OH, SO YOU'RE REALLY GONNA DO THIS?
AAH!
[gasps]
- BET AGAIN?
YOUR HEART FOR 20K?
- THE GUY PISSED HIMSELF.
- [laughing]
- YOU ARE INTENSE, JOSH.
- I'LL TELL YOU, LOU WAS RIGHT.
BLANKS REALLY PUT THE SCARE IN PEOPLE.
- LOU SHOOTS NOTHING BUT BLANKS.
[both laugh]
DOING THIS IS GONNA BE REALLY GOOD FOR YOU, JOSH.
- OKAY, GIVE ME THE BLANKS.
- OKAY, THAT'S KIP.
- I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
- HEY.
- WHAT?
- YOU OWE LOU CARDINALE.
- WHAT ARE YOU, HIS MUSCLE?
[tires screech]
- GET IN!
COME ON, GET IN!
[tires screech]
[honking]
[honks]
- THEY PULL UP,
HONK, LEAVE A SHOOTING VICTIM.
HAPPENS MORE TIMES THAN YOU THINK.
- CROWN VIC, DARK BLUE, MAYBE BLACK.
DRIVER'S MALE, APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET.
- YOU CAN SEE THE LICENSE PLATE HERE.
- YEAH, I CAN ENHANCE THAT.
[beeping]
THERE YOU GO.
- "DQF-8093."
- I'M ON IT.
- SOON AS OUR PEOPLE GOT THERE, HE TOOK OFF.
- AND RULE OUT ROBBERY.
STILL HAD ON AN EXPENSIVE ROLEX WATCH
AND A WALLET FULL OF CASH.
- WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM?
- HIS NAME IS KIP MCGONAGLE. 42, HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER.
HE DIED WITHIN AN HOUR OF ARRIVING.
NEVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS.
- ANY IDEA WHERE THE SHOOTING OCCURRED?
- WE'RE CHECKING 911 CALLS.
NO GUNSHOTS REPORTED IN THIS AREA.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
- THE OWNER OF THE CROWN VIC HAS A DEFAULT WARRANT
FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSION.
- I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW KIP MCGONAGLE.
- HE JUST WALKED UP WITH A FATAL GUNSHOT WOUND
AND ASKED FOR A RIDE?
- I SAW HIM STAGGERING.
KNEW HE WAS HURT BAD.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
- WELL, HE BLED ALL OVER THE SEATS.
RIGHT? THE WHOLE CAR WAS A BLOODY MESS.
YET YOU TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.
- YOU SAYING I SHOULD HAVE LEFT HIM?
- IT'S JUST HARD TO BELIEVE.
- I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK.
DUDE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.
I COULDN'T JUST LEAVE HIM IN THE STREET.
- SO A GOOD SAMARITAN...
PICKS UP A FATALLY-WOUNDED GUY
AND DUMPS HIM AT THE E.R.,
AND THEN TAKES OFF.
- IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD, DASHAWN.
- LOOK, I GOT A GOOD JOB, MAN.
CLEANING OFFICES, YOU KNOW?
THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT OLD WARRANT.
IF I WOULD HAVE STOPPED,
THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND OUT AT WORK.
IT COULD MESS ME UP.
I'M BEING STRAIGHT.
CHECK MY TIME CARD.
- SO WHERE DID THIS HAPPEN?
- CHINATOWN.
MARKET STREET.
- GUY'S DEAD.
KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
I MEAN, YOU GAVE US THE GUN...THE SHELLS!
- YOU ARE NOT PUTTING THIS ON ME.
- LOU, IT WAS SOME WEIRD ACCIDENT.
- ADMIT IT. HE WAS SHOWING OFF.
FOR YOU.
LOOKING TO GET HIS ROPE GREASED.
- [scoffs] - DON'T BE A PIG.
- YOU WAIT IN THE BACK.
- LOOK, YOU GOTTA BELIEVE ME, LOU--
- TALK ABOUT GRIEF.
IT IS AROUND THAT KIP OWED ME 11 GRAND.
HE'S DEAD. KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
YOU LEAVE, AND I DO NOT WANT YOU NEAR THIS PLACE.
YOU GOT IT?
NOW GIVE ME THE GUN AND THE BLANKS.
- GIVE YOU THE GUN I SHOT SOMEONE WITH?
SUCKER'S NOT IN MY JOB DESCRIPTION, PAL!
- HEY, YOU DO NOT TALK TO ME THAT WAY!
- SO MCGONAGLE'S HIT, AND HE GOES DOWN.
- THE BLOOD TRAIL GOES PAST THE GUTTER.
- STEPS OUT INTO THE STREET.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WHY DOES HE GO THIS WAY?
THERE'S NOTHING HERE.
YOU KNOW, WHY NOT HEAD TOWARDS CHINATOWN?
YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE TRAFFIC.
PEDESTRIANS.
- MAYBE HE THOUGHT HELP WAS OVER THERE?
LET'S GET A FULL CANVAS OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
- HMM.
THINK MAYBE WE CAUGHT A REAL BREAK.
- WHY?
- GOREN AND EAMES. I KNOW THOSE COPS.
- KNOW THEM HOW?
- THEY PUT AWAY THE GUY THAT KILLED MY FATHER.
- KIP MCGONAGLE DESCRIBED HIMSELF ON THE LEASE FORM
AS A SINGLE MAN.
GUESS WE KNOW WHAT THIS PLACE WAS FOR.
[door squeaks]
- PORN AND SPORTS.
- THE ELEMENTS OF KIP'S SECRET LIFE.
BETTING SLIPS?
HE WAS KEEPING TRACK OF A LOT OF ACTION.
I'D SAY MORE THAN JUST HIS OWN.
- THIS LOOKS LIKE FLASH PAPER.
YEP.
SO IN CASE THERE'S A RAID,
THEY CAN GET RID OF IT QUICK.
YOU KNOW, FLASH PAPER AND ALL THAT ACTION.
THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN THE CHANGE IN HIS BETTING PATTERNS.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE HE MOVED UP THE SCALE
TO A MINI BOOK OPERATION.
- AND BECAME SOMEONE'S COMPETITION.
- I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
- YOUR HUSBAND TAUGHT HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE?
- THAT'S RIGHT. 11 YEARS.
- I DON'T MEAN TO BE BLUNT,
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE TEACHERS
ARE FINALLY GETTING PAID WHAT THEY'RE WORTH.
YOUR HOUSE IS SO BEAUTIFUL. I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF--
- HE DID A LOT OF MOONLIGHTING.
HE TUTORED KIDS. HE REFFED COLLEGE BASKETBALL.
HE WAS REFFING YESTERDAY.
- OH, YEAH? UH, WHERE?
- CITY COLLEGE. HOME GAME.
- AND AFTER THAT?
- I DON'T KNOW. I--I WAS AWAY.
- IT WASN'T STRANGE
THAT HE DIDN'T COME HOME AFTER THE GAME?
- WHAT ARE YOU SUGGESTING?
- WHAT DID HE USUALLY DO AFTER REFFING?
- THERE...WAS A SPORTS BAR WHERE HE'D UNWIND.
UM...PLAYERS OR PLAY-- I DON'T KNOW.
SPORTS WASN'T SOMETHING WE SHARED.
- WELL, MAYBE WE CAN FIND IT IN THE RECEIPTS.
WE'RE GONNA NEED TO SEE HIS FINANCIAL RECORDS,
PHONE BILLS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
- KEEPING RECORDS WASN'T HIS STRONG SUIT.
- THIS IS ONE OF KIP MCGONAGLE'S LAST GAMES AS A REF.
WE WANTED TO SEE IF HE MADE ANY OBVIOUS ENEMIES.
- ONE OF OUR COUNCILMEN CALLED HIM A MODEL CITIZEN
WHO GAVE HIS TIME TO OUTREACH PROGRAMS.
NOT EXACTLY A MODEL REF.
WE'RE SEEING SOME QUESTIONABLE CALLS HERE.
- ISN'T THAT WHY EVERYONE HATES REFS?
- THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
HE'S CALLING REPEATED FOULS ON THE SAME PLAYERS.
THAT'S SEVEN FOR THE HOME TEAM,
NONE FOR THE VISITORS.
- IT'S MORE THAN JUST BAD REFFING.
KIP MCGONAGLE HAD SOME KIND OF AGENDA.
- WHAT?
- YOU'VE TAKEN UP ACCOUNTING?
- IT'S THE FINAL SCORES FROM KIP'S GAMES
FROM THE PAST TWO SEASONS.
THIS IS THE POINT SPREAD OF KIP'S GAMES.
I COMPARED IT TO THE VEGAS SPREAD FROM THE SAME GAMES.
- THE GAMES HE REFFED USUALLY BEAT THE VEGAS SPREAD
BY A COUPLE OF POINTS.
- 85% OF THE TIME.
YOU KNOW THE CHANCES OF THAT?
- KIP WAS SHAVING POINTS.
THAT COULD HAVE PAID FOR HIS LIFESTYLE.
- YEAH, THEN HE STOPS BEATING THE SPREAD MID-SEASON.
PROBABLY HIS LOCAL BOOKIE GOT WISE AND,
YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T TAKE HIS BETS.
- BUT WE SAW HIM MAKE BAD CALLS THE DAY OF HIS DEATH.
- HE FOUND ANOTHER WAY OF BETTING.
- WELL, I CAN'T IMAGINE HIS OLD BOOKIE
WOULD HAVE LIKED THAT.
- FAMILIAR TO MANY THROUGH HIS WORK
WITH UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS,
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS PRAISED HIS DISPLAYS OF--
- IT'S ALL OVER THE NEWS.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS SAYING HE'S SOME KIND OF DO-GOODER,
AND THE COPS WILL STOP AT NOTHING
TO GET HIS KILLER.
[chamber snaps shut]
- LIKE I DON'T FEEL BAD ENOUGH AS IT IS.
SINGED ENDS.
NO LEAD.
THERE'S NO WAY THIS COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEBODY.
UNLESS...
- LOU RIGGED IT?
- I THINK WE'RE GETTING FRAMED, ANGELA.
- "WE"?
- WELL, IF I GO DOWN,
THE COPS GOT YOU ON A FELONY MURDER
JUST FOR DRIVING THE CAR.
- WE GOT TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THIS, JOSH.
- WITHOUT LOU FINDING OUT, YOU MEAN.
- YEAH.
- THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN.
- SO THIS PAD--
ANY WITNESSES SEE WHO COMES AND GOES?
- WELL, HE CHOSE WELL.
FOUR FLOORS, SIX APARTMENTS.
NOBODY SEES ANYTHING.
- WHAT ABOUT HIS FINANCES?
- SHOULD HAVE STUCK WITH THE GAMES THAT HE FIXED.
'CAUSE WHAT HE WON ON THOSE, HE BET ON OTHER SPORTS.
- HIS ACCOUNTS ARE MAXED OUT.
HE MADE WEEKLY ATM WITHDRAWALS
FROM A CASH MACHINE DOWN THE STREET
FROM A SPORTS BAR HE FREQUENTED.
- PHONE RECORDS?
- NUMEROUS CALLS TO THE BAR.
THEY STOPPED A FEW MONTHS BACK.
THE BAR IS OWNED BY LOU CARDINALE.
- NOT JUST ANY OLD BOOKIE.
OWING LOU WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE ITS RISKS.
- YEAH, HON, I FOUND THAT CAR YOU WANT.
A DEMO.
I'LL HAVE SOMEONE BRING YOU TO SEE IT.
OKAY, GOTTA GO.
SWEETS...RUN MY WIFE OVER TO SEE THAT CAR.
- SURE.
- SO, DETECTIVES...
- WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ONE OF YOUR REGULARS.
KIP MCGONAGLE.
- TERRIBLE WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
WE'RE ALL SICK ABOUT IT.
- ARE THOSE REAL HAWKEN'S RIFLES?
- AUTHENTIC.
ANY ONE OF THEM COULD HAVE BELONGED TO DANIEL BOONE.
- WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW MR. MCGONAGLE?
- KIP?
HE HASN'T BEEN AROUND HERE IN A WHILE.
BUT MY BARTENDER WOULD KNOW FOR SURE.
NAME'S LON FIORE. I'LL GET YOU THE NUMBER.
- YOU REALLY SEEM TO HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.
SO WHAT KIND OF ACTION WERE YOU TAKING FOR KIP?
- WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT?
- KIP GAMBLED, THIS IS A SPORTS BAR,
AND YOU'VE HAD NUMEROUS INDICTMENTS FOR BOOKMAKING.
- HOW MANY CONVICTIONS?
- HOW MANY ASSAULT CHARGES?
- ALL DISMISSED.
DO I HAVE TO CALL MY LAWYER AND GET BILLED,
OR CAN WE KEEP THIS CIVIL?
PEOPLE COME IN HERE.
THEY MAY BET AMONG THEMSELVES,
BUT I MAKE IT MY BUSINESS NOT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT.
- HEY, THAT'S JOSH SNOW.
[pool balls clack]
JOSH SNOW, ISN'T IT?
HE COMES IN HERE?
- YEAH.
YOU FOLLOW TOURNAMENT POKER?
- I DO, I DO.
I LIKE THE SUSPENSE, YOU KNOW.
THE TELLS, YOU KNOW, THE BLUFFING AND...HEH.
- THAT'S THE BEST PART OF ANY GAME.
- HE'S SMOOTH.
- YOU KNOW, JURIES,
THEY USUALLY SEE BOOKMAKING AS A VICTIMLESS CRIME.
- WELL, IT WASN'T VICTIMLESS FOR JOSH SNOW'S FATHER.
MURDERED OVER A GAMBLING DEBT.
NOW JOSH IS IN THE SAME WORLD.
- I'VE SEEN HIS NAME... A FEW TIMES.
HE PLACED HIGH IN, UH, TOP POKER TOURNAMENTS.
THEN HE FELL OFF THE MAP.
- YOU CAN BET HE'S STILL CLOSE TO SOME GAME.
THEY NEVER LOSE THE ITCH.
- OMAHA, HIGH-LOW.
- BAIL OUT.
- I WANT TO SEE THE FLOP.
- RAISE YOU.
- GARBAGE.
- GAME'S BORING YOU?
- A LITTLE.
[chips clink]
- JOSH SNOW.
- WHAT?
- WELL, I WAS JUST SAYING THERE'S NO JOSH SNOW HERE.
YOU KNOW?
- WHAT ARE YOU, A GROUPIE?
- WELL, YOU KNOW WHO HE IS?
- JOSH SNOW.
WHO THE HELL IS JOSH SNOW?
WHO'S UP?
WHERE ARE WE AT?
- THAT'S CLEVER.
- WHAT?
- WELL, LET ME GUESS.
UH, SOME OVER-THE-COUNTER SPEED.
MAYBE A COCKTAIL OF COCAINE AND CAFFEINE.
YOU KNOW, KEEP YOU DRENCHED IN SWEAT
SO THAT YOU'RE HARD TO READ.
EXCEPT THIS DEODORANT HERE,
IT'S NOT GONNA COVER UP THIS CHEMICAL SMELL, YOU KNOW?
- AND I SHOULD CARE WHAT YOU THINK?
[tapping]
OH, JEEZ.
- HUH, I WONDER WHAT'S IN HERE.
SO...JOSH SNOW.
PLAYED HIM AND YOU BEAT HIM?
I MEAN, FOR SOME REASON YOU FELT THE NEED TO BRAG
WHEN HIS NAME CAME UP.
I WAS WONDERING.
- [scoffs] AND I DIDN'T READ YOU FOR MUCH OF A PLAYER.
YEAH...I BEAT JOSH.
BUT YOU MIGHT SAY I TOOK ADVANTAGE.
THAT THING WITH HIS WIFE MADE HIM RUN BAD.
- PENELOPE? - I DON'T KNOW HER NAME.
BUT SHE DIED OF CANCER, AND IT KILLED HIS GAME.
HE'S HAVING TO DO COLLECTIONS FOR LOU CARDINALE.
[chuckles]
ARE YOU ACTUALLY TAKING ME IN?
[pills rattling]
- JOSH IS A BIT SMALL FOR COLLECTIONS.
- YOU KNOW FRANKIE MARTIN?
- I DON'T KNOW, REMIND ME,
WHILE I'M FORGETTING ABOUT ARRESTING YOU.
- HE'S A DEGENERATE WHO BETS COLLEGE GAMES.
LOST A LOT OF MONEY TO LOU A FEW MONTHS BACK.
SAID JOSH LOOKED REAL BIG... WITH A .38 IN HIS HAND.
- JOSH SNOW, YEAH.
SO WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?
- HE COLLECTED SOME MONEY FROM YOU?
- YEAH, HE CAME, AND I PAID.
WHAT'S THE CRIME?
- IT WAS THAT EASY?
YOU'RE, LIKE, TWICE THE GUY'S SIZE.
- HE WAS PERSUASIVE.
AND I WAS AFRAID THAT LOU HAD FOUND OUT
THAT I HAD SHIFTED.
- YOU MEAN YOU WERE BETTING WITH SOMEONE ELSE?
- I GAVE KIP MCGONAGLE SOME ACTION.
AND I THOUGHT, IF THIS IS WHAT THIS IS REALLY IS ABOUT,
I COULD BE DEAD.
- SO JOSH THREATENED YOU WITH A GUN.
- HE SHOT AT ME... AND MISSED.
OR I'D BE PLAYING DRAG ACTS.
AN ESCALADE WAS OVER THERE, AND HE JUMPED IN.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. - WELL, HANG ON A SECOND.
- ESCALADE. DID YOU SEE THE DRIVER?
- NO.
- [laughing] BABE. BABE.
ALL RIGHT, COME ON, I'M TRY--
I'M TRYING TO DRIVE.
HEY.
- I'M KEEPING IT.
- GIVE ME THE HAT BACK.
- NO.
- GIVE ME THE HAT. - [giggles]
- GIVE ME THIS, I WILL-- - [laughing]
I WILL BUY--I'LL BUY YOU ANOTHER ONE.
- I KNOW. IT'S FOR HER SON.
- TOMMY.
- HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOUR WIFE PASSED?
- YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT HER.
- I HAD AN AUNT DIE OF CANCER. IT WAS REALLY--
- I SAID DROP IT, OKAY?
DAMN.
YOU BETTER TAKE THE CAR.
WHATEVER'S HAPPENING HERE, YOU SHOULDN'T BE A PART OF IT.
HUH.
DIDN'T GET THE CARD ABOUT OUR REUNION.
- JOSH.
YOU REMEMBER DETECTIVE EAMES.
- YEAH.
SO WE PARTED ON GOOD TERMS. WE GOT A PROBLEM NOW?
- THIS WARRANT...
WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE .38 YOU USED
TO KILL KIP MCGONAGLE.
- IT WOULD HELP IF I KNEW WHO THAT WAS.
- WELL, HE OWES LOU CARDINALE MONEY,
THE MAN THAT YOU WERE MAKING COLLECTIONS FOR.
- LOOK...
I PLAY TOURNAMENT POKER.
LOU BACKED ME IN A COUPLE GAMES.
END OF STORY.
- YOU WERE I.D.'d BY SOMEONE YOU SHOT AT.
- REALLY?
I'M THINKING IF YOU GUYS HAD SOMEONE
WILLING TO PICK ME OUT OF A LINEUP,
I'D BE IN HANDCUFFS RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S THE TELL, SO I CAN RELAX.
- HANDICAPPING?
- YOU WANT A TIP?
- WELL, IT'S JUST THAT,
BACK WHEN WE INVESTIGATED YOUR FATHER'S DEATH...
WHAT WAS IT YOU SAID? NO GAMES OF CHANCE?
- THE NUMBERS ARE A RECREATION.
I ALWAYS GOT "A"s IN MATH.
- BLANKS FOR A .38.
WE'RE GETTING WARM.
WHAT WOULD YOU USE THESE FOR?
- FOURTH OF JULY.
CAN YOU GUYS MAKE A WEAPONS CHARGE ON BLANKS?
I DIDN'T THINK SO.
- I'M SORRY ABOUT YOUR WIFE.
- WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO FIND HERE, GOREN?
10 OF HEARTS?
JACK OF SPADES?
I DIDN'T KILL THAT GUY.
- NOW, DON'T PLAY ME, JOSH.
- [sighs] WHAT HAPPENED?
- THEY GOT NOTHING.
I MIGHT NEED YOU AS A WITNESS, THOUGH.
- WHAT WOULD I SAY?
- YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T MEAN TO KILL THE GUY.
THEY WERE BLANKS. YOU SAW ME LOAD THEM.
- YOU AIMED AT THE GUY, JOSH.
I MEAN, IT'S GOT TO BE SOME KIND OF CRIME.
- MAYBE RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT.
LOOK, WE PLAY THIS RIGHT, YOU GET IMMUNITY,
I PLEAD OUT FOR LESS THAN A DEUCE.
- THEY CONNECT IT TO LOU, CHARGE HIM WITH MURDER?
- WELL, LOU RIGGED IT. THAT'S WHERE MY MIND GOES.
- MY MIND GOES TO HIM KILLING US.
- NOT IF HE'S JAMMED UP.
ARE YOU STILL HOPING
MAYBE HE'S GONNA LEAVE HIS WIFE AND...
- [scoffs]
NO.
I'M HOPING HE'LL GO DOWN.
- HE WILL.
IT'S A GAME, ANGELA.
I'M HOLDING A SOLID HAND.
I'M GONNA TALK TO THE D.A.
- WE'VE EMPANELLED THE GRAND JURY.
- WITHOUT A SUSPECT?
- JOSH SNOW.
- NO MURDER WEAPON?
NO HARD EVIDENCE?
- FRANKIE MARTIN WILL TESTIFY HE WAS SHOT AT.
YOU FOUND WITNESSES
THAT JOSH COLLECTED FOR LOU CARDINALE.
- WHO'LL HIDE BEHIND TEN DEFENSE LAWYERS
THE MINUTE YOU INDICT.
- ISN'T LOU THE PRIZE IN ALL THIS?
- WE'RE THINKING INDICT JOSH,
HE DELIVERS LOU.
- SO, UH, JOSH HAS SPOKEN TO YOU?
- ANY CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT WOULD BE OFF THE RECORD.
I HAVE A MEETING.
- SO THEY WANT LOU.
SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE GONNA GET HIM.
- IF KIP OWED LOU CARDINALE MONEY,
WHY WOULD LOU WANT HIM KILLED?
- UNLESS IT WASN'T ABOUT THE DEBT.
[mechanical humming]
[beep]
- MEDICAL HISTORY FOR JOSH'S WIFE.
SHE DIED OF MULTIPLE BRAIN TUMORS.
- AND HOW LONG WAS SHE SICK?
- LESS THAN A YEAR BETWEEN DIAGNOSIS AND DEATH.
THE SUDDEN LOSS OF A SPOUSE,
YOU'RE IN A DAZE, NUMB.
YOU QUESTION YOUR JUDGMENT.
YOU'RE ANGRY ABOUT THINGS YOU THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE
THAT MIGHT HAVE CHANGED THINGS.
- AND IN POKER, NOTHING WILL KILL YOUR GAME LIKE ANGER.
- COME ON, TOMMY, LET'S SEE SOME HUSTLE!
- HE'S NINE NOW?
- TEN.
- HOW'S HE DOING?
- HE'S OKAY.
HE'S BEEN THROUGH IT.
- ROUGH FOR YOU TOO, RIGHT?
- HMM.
THIS IS WHERE YOU TELL ME...
IT'LL FEEL BETTER IF I TALK ABOUT IT
AND I CONFESS TO SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO, RIGHT?
- YOU'RE TALKING TO THE D.A.
- DID THAT HURT YOUR FEELINGS?
DON'T TAKE IT WRONG.
I TOLD MY LAWYER YOU'D BE HARDER TO PLAY.
- WELL, IF IT'S THE TRUTH, WHAT'S THE PLAY?
- [chuckles]
YOU'RE GOOD.
I ALMOST MISS SEEING YOU.
BUT SOMETHING'S ALWAYS IN PLAY.
THE GAME IS ENDLESS.
- LOOK, SINCE YOU'RE NOT OUR MAIN TARGET, YOU KNOW,
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD FILL IN SOME BLANKS FOR ME.
FRANK MARTIN SAID AN ESCALADE WAITED
WHILE YOU... COLLECTED FROM HIM.
WHO WAS WAITING IN THE ESCALADE?
- YOU KIDDING ME?
- WELL, I NEED SOMETHING MORE BASIC, YOU KNOW.
LOU'S MOTIVE.
- YOU'RE FAKING SINCERE.
TILTING YOUR HEAD TO THE LEFT...
AND BREAKING OFF EYE CONTACT TO PUT ME AT EASE.
SAME OLD TELLS.
- YOU GOT SOME TELLS TOO, JOSH.
THE WAY YOU LOOK AT HIM.
- YEAH, WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT.
TELLS OF THE HEART CAN'T BE HIDDEN.
THE PLACES YOU WANT ME TO GO...
I'M SMARTER THAN THAT.
HO HO! HE SCORED!
ALL RIGHT!
NICE ONE, TOMMY!
- MY OFFICE HAS SIGNED OFF ON CHARGES AGAINST JOSH SNOW.
- SO HE'LL BE ARRESTED?
- YEAH, LET ME GUESS.
HE'LL BE INDICTED FOR THIRD-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER,
MAYBE RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, BUT NOT MURDER.
- AND ARE YOU RECOMMENDING A SUSPENDED SENTENCE?
- THE IMPORTANT THING: HE'LL BE INDICTED.
- SURE, AND IT PREVENTS LOU CARDINALE
FROM GUESSING JOSH GAVE YOU A MURDER CASE AGAINST HIM.
- THEN JOSH WILL BE SAFE UNTIL LOU IS GONE.
- THAT WAS A CONSIDERATION.
- I THINK...
THAT YOU'RE BEING PLAYED.
- BY WHO?
NOT JOSH SNOW.
MY OFFICE HAS PROBABLE CAUSE
TO SEARCH THE BAR AND HOME OF LOU CARDINALE.
I'D LIKE MAJOR CASE TO EXECUTE IT.
- AND I THOUGHT ONLY ACCOUNTANTS USED EXCEL.
- ANY BOOKMAKER CAN PASS THE C.B.T.,
NO SCHOOLING AT ALL.
- THEY'RE LEGAL. HE'S LICENSED TO OWN THEM.
- I FIRED A KENTUCKY SQUIRREL RIFLE ONCE.
QUITE AN ART. I DID.
YOU KNOW, LOADING IT.
YOU GOT TO PACK THE POWDER AND THE BALL, YOU KNOW.
- NEITHER OF THEM IS A .38.
- TRUE. OH.
WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST TIME...
REMEMBER HER?
- OH, I REMEMBER.
LOU CALLED HER "SWEETS."
HERE SHE'S STANDING AWAY FROM LOU
WITH HER ARM AROUND ANOTHER GUY,
SO AS NOT TO AROUSE HIS WIFE'S SUSPICIONS.
- LATE MODEL ESCALADE.
WE CAN ENHANCE THAT AND GET THE PLATE.
- SO MAYBE WE FOUND THE DRIVER JOSH WOULDN'T GIVE UP.
- COULD HAVE A LOVE TRIANGLE.
LOU, JOSH, AND... THIS WOMAN.
- SHE BEING THE WILD CARD.
- SHE ENDED UP IN JOSH'S HAND.
- BUT IF SHE'S AN ACCESSORY TO MURDER,
HOW CAN SHE DO JOSH ANY GOOD?
- IT DEPENDS ON HOW HE PLAYS HER, RIGHT?
- I UNDERSTOOD YOU'D BE WITH YOUR ATTORNEY.
- I'M EARLY. SHE'S LATE
SIT DOWN.
- I SUPPOSE WE SHOULD HOLD OFF DISCUSSIONS
UNTIL YOU'RE REPRESENTED.
- WHAT I WANT IS SIMPLE: FULL IMMUNITY.
- THAT CAN ONLY COME AFTER I HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER.
- ONCE MY DEAL IS IN PLACE,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A MURDER CONVICTION
ON LOU CARDINALE.
- I'D LIKE THAT.
BUT WE'LL NEED MORE THAN YOUR TESTIMONY.
WE'LL NEED ADDITIONAL CORROBORATION.
- THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MEET YOU HERE
AND NOT YOUR OFFICE.
I WOULD NEVER HAVE GOTTEN THIS PAST SECURITY.
IT'S REGISTERED TO LOU.
IT'S THE MURDER WEAPON.
- IT'S YOURS.
- IT'S LEGAL.
- IT DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S A MURDER WEAPON.
- I SWEAR, I GAVE THEM BLANKS TO SCARE PEOPLE.
AND I WARNED JOSH: STAY BACK.
EVEN A BLANK CAN CAUSE POWDER BURNS.
- EVIDENCE IN THE TESTIMONY. IT ALL LANDS ON YOU.
YOU ARMED THEM AND SENT THEM TO KILL.
- SO IS SOMEBODY GONNA MAYBE ASK ME
WHY I WOULD WANT THE GUY DEAD?
- KIP WAS COMPETING WITH YOU, RUNNING HIS OWN BOOK.
- EVERY YEAR THERE'S SOME TWINKIE LIKE HIM.
ONE SEASON, AND THEY'RE GONE.
NO ONE KILLS THEM.
AND I SENT THEM TO HIS HOME,
NOT THAT CRIB WHERE HE WAS BANGING ANGELA.
- KIP AND ANGELA WERE SLEEPING TOGETHER?
- SO?
- SO MAYBE YOU HAD A MORE PERSONAL REASON.
- NOT ANGELA.
- YOU GOT HER THE ESCALADE.
- YEAH, 'CAUSE SHE'S A DYNAMITE LAY.
BUT THAT'S IT.
I GOT A WIFE AND THREE KIDS.
FAMILY'S EVERYTHING TO ME.
- THE FACT SHE WAS HAVING SEX WITH KIP MCGONAGLE
DIDN'T BOTHER YOU?
- HE WAS ONE OF MANY.
YOU START KILLING OVER ANGELA,
IT'S GONNA BE A LARGE BODY COUNT.
- TELL US HOW LONG YOU WORKED WITH LOU CARDINALE.
- THREE YEARS.
WE MET IN ATLANTIC CITY.
- AND EXACTLY WHAT DID YOU DO FOR HIM?
- A LOT.
HE WASN'T VERY APPRECIATIVE.
- KIP MCGONAGLE OWED LOU MONEY.
WHY WOULD LOU WANT HIM DEAD?
- FOR REASONS THAT WERE PERSONAL.
ME.
- OH, REALLY?
'CAUSE HE--LOU TOLD US
THAT YOU WEREN'T WORTH KILLING FOR.
- SO? SO WHAT?
I MEAN...
HE'S NOT GONNA TALK TO YOU THE WAY HE TALKS TO ME.
- HOW'D YOU KNOW ABOUT
KIP'S APARTMENT ON MARKET STREET?
- I TOOK JOSH THERE WHEN LOU SAID TO FIND KIP.
AND...
OKAY, SO I KNEW WHERE TO FIND HIM.
BUT I SWEAR...
I NEVER THOUGHT KIP WOULD END UP DEAD.
- WE THINK IMMUNITY FOR ANGELA WAS A MISTAKE.
- IT'S OBVIOUS THAT SHE'S LYING.
- WHAT'S WITH YOU PEOPLE?
SHE BROUGHT US THE MURDER WEAPON.
- AND A STORY THAT CONVENIENTLY
HANGS EVERYTHING ON LOU CARDINALE.
- WHERE IT BELONGS.
SHE WITNESSED THE CRIME.
SHE'LL TESTIFY THAT THE GUN, THE AMMO,
THE ORDER TO SHOOT KIP MCGONAGLE
ALL CAME FROM LOU.
- AND WOULDN'T THAT PUT JOSH SNOW
IN THE PERFECT POSITION TO MAKE A DEAL?
- QUID PRO QUO IS AN ACCEPTED PART
OF CRIMINAL LAW.
LEARN TO LIVE WITH IT, DETECTIVE.
[door opens]
- AH, FROM THE SEARCH OF JOSH'S APARTMENT?
- YES, IT'S JOSH'S BETTING NUMBERS.
ODD FOR A GUY WHO SWORE HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN LUCK.
- WELL, MAYBE HIS WIFE'S DEATH CHANGED HIS BELIEFS.
- YEAH, BUT THIS IS MORE RECENT.
HE'S TRYING TO WORK WINNING NUMBERS COMBINATIONS.
- DON'T PEOPLE USUALLY BET NUMBERS THEY FIND
IN THEIR DAILY LIVES?
- YEAH...REAL GAMBLERS BELIEVE THEY CAN
HELP PROVIDENCE, UH, WITH A LITTLE EFFORT.
JOSH PICKED 1864.
IT'S WRITTEN ALL OVER THE MARGINS OF THESE PAPERS.
THEY'RE ALL DATED TWO WEEKS BEFORE KIP'S DEATH.
AND HE BET IT SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?
- WELL, JOSH WOULD HAVE WANTED SOMETHING
THAT WAS MATHEMATICALLY CHALLENGING, RIGHT?
SOMETHING WITH FOUR DIGITS.
SQUARE ROOT.
1864 IS 43.17406.
BUT THE CUBE ROOT OF THE DIGITS--
OF 1864--ARE 124.
- 124. 124 MARKET STREET.
THAT'S KIP'S APARTMENT.
WHERE ANGELA WAS SEEING KIP.
YOU THINK HE WAS JEALOUS?
- I-I DON'T THINK HE WAS JEALOUS.
I THINK HE WAS TRYING TO BUILD THE HAND AGAINST LOU.
THAT HE FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS CHEATING.
AND THEN WHEN THE COPS INVESTIGATE THE CRIME,
THEY THINK THAT LOU HAS A MOTIVE TO KILL KIP.
- HE'S NOT WITHOUT A CERTAIN BRILLIANCE.
AND YOU THINK ALL THIS RELATES TO JOSH'S PAST?
- WELL, HIS FATHER USED HIM AS A POKER PRODIGY.
AND THEN THE MAN WHO KILLED HIS FATHER,
HE TOOK HIM IN FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.
- HE HAD VERY MIXED EMOTIONS
WHEN WE SENT HIS MENTOR TO PRISON.
- SO THEN LOU BACKS HIM, TAKES OVER THE MENTOR ROLE.
DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHY JOSH IS SANDBAGGING HIM.
- WELL, IT COULD BE HE WANTS TO BREAK AWAY
FROM FATHER FIGURES WHO CONTROLLED HIM.
HE'S THINKING THAT IF HE RECLAIMS HIS LIFE,
HE'LL RECLAIM HIS GAME.
- IT'S WORKING.
WE'VE GOT A CASE ON LOU AND NOTHING ON HIM.
- THERE'S STILL A MAJOR PIECE MISSING.
HOW DOES A GUN LOADED WITH BLANKS
KILL KIP MCGONAGLE?
- I DON'T KNOW.
I BET JOSH WOULD PLAY THAT CARD, THOUGH.
- MAYBE THAT CARD WON'T HOLD UP.
I THINK IT'S TIME TO FORCE HIS HAND.
- YOU THINK LOU MIGHT ACTUALLY BEAT THIS?
- WELL, ANGELA WILL TESTIFY
THAT SHE SAW YOU LOAD BLANKS.
- I'LL SWEAR TO IT.
- I MEAN, HOW COULD THIS GUN
AND--AND THIS BULLET KILL KIP MCGONAGLE?
- WELL, OBVIOUSLY, I'VE GIVEN THIS A LOT OF THOUGHT.
WHAT LOU MUST HAVE DONE WAS...
BREAK THE LEAD OFF A LIVE ROUND,
POKE IT DOWN INTO THE BARREL OF THAT .38.
- YOU MEAN TURN IT INTO A MUZZLE LOADER?
- YEAH...LIKE THE GUNS IN HIS BAR.
SO I LOAD THE BLANK BEHIND THAT BULLET,
FIRE IT...
IT'S DEADLY.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, THAT COULD WORK.
- IT DID WORK.
- SOMETHING I'LL REGRET FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
- KILLING KIP OR...
GETTING PLAYED?
- GETTING PLAYED?
- YEAH, WELL, YOUR GAME HAD GONE BAD.
YOU NEEDED TO TURN YOURSELF AROUND, RIGHT?
- [scoffs]
YOU'RE WRONG.
- OH, I DON'T KNOW.
LOU GOES DOWN,
YOU GET A SUSPENDED SENTENCE
AND WHAT'S LEFT OF LOU'S EMPIRE: ANGELA.
- KNOWING ANGELA WAS CHEATING ON LOU
SET EVERYTHING IN MOTION.
- JOSH, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
- THEY'RE FISHING.
IT'S THEIR GAME.
- IF HE GOT YOU TO LIE IN YOUR PROFFER,
YOUR IMMUNITY IS GONE.
- JOSH...
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE-- YOU'RE GOOD AT CARD TRICKS.
YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE AMAZING WITH YOUR HANDS.
THAT HE CAN PALM A LIVE ROUND.
[chamber clicks]
DID I JUST LOAD THIS?
- YEAH.
- YEAH? DID YOU SEE ME LOAD IT?
- SURE.
- CAREFUL WITH THAT.
- WHY?
IS IT LOADED OR-- OR IS IT EMPTY?
- I KNOW WHAT I SAW. WHAT IS THIS?
- OH, YEAH? YOU WANT TO BET?
YOU WANT TO BET THAT I DON'T HAVE THE RAGE
TO TAKE A LIFE, LIKE YOU DID?
- I DON'T HAVE RAGE, GOREN.
- OH, YEAH?
- YOU KNOW, YOU LET PENELOPE DIE.
- I DIDN'T LET HER DIE. DON'T YOU EVER SAY THAT.
- YEAH, YOU DID. IT'S OBVIOUS.
YOUR RAGE, YOU KNOW,
IT DESTROYED YOUR ABILITY--
YOUR ABILITY TO READ THINGS.
- I DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING.
- YOU DID! - THERE'S A LIVE ROUND IN THERE.
- NO, YOU MISSED.
YOU DID, YOU MISSED HER TREMORS, YOU KNOW.
HER SLURRED SPEECH. HER--HER DIZZY SPELLS.
AND NOW I'M PLAYING YOU.
- NO ONE'S PLAYING ME.
- YOU MISSED HER TELLS, JOSH.
- MISSED HER TELLS?
- YES.
- I MISSED HER TELLS, HUH?
I MISSED--I MISSED GLASS
BREAKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?
I MISSED HER IN THE KITCHEN WITH ALL THE LIGHTS ON,
TELLING ME THAT IT'S DARK?
TELLING ME SHE CAN'T SEE,
HER FEET CUT AND BLEEDING
FROM THE MUSTARD JAR THAT SHE DROPPED?
I HELD HER AND I CLEANED UP THE GLASS.
BUT IT DIDN'T MATTER. IT WAS TOO LATE.
- AND WHERE WERE YOU FOR THE EARLY SIGNS?
ATLANTIC CITY? LAS VEGAS?
WERE YOU AT LOU'S TABLES?
- HE SAID, "YOU'RE SLACKING, JOSH!
"IT'S TIME AT THE TABLES THAT MAKES A CHAMPION.
ALL WIVES CALL AND COMPLAIN."
LIKE I CARED ABOUT THE TABLES, YOU KNOW?
ALL I WANTED WAS TO BE WITH HER.
HE TOOK THAT AWAY FROM ME.
- HE PLAYED YOU.
LOU PLAYED YOU, LIKE I'M PLAYING YOU NOW.
- NO, NO, I PLAYED HIM.
HE'S IN JAIL RIGHT NOW, PISSING HIMSELF
BECAUSE I PUT HIM THERE-- FOR HER.
- AND YOU KILLED KIP MCGONAGLE?
- YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT I DID.
IT WAS PART OF THE GAME.
NOBODY PLAYS ME.
[trigger snaps]
- YOU SEE? YOU'RE WRONG.
JOSH...
IT'S AN OLD MAGICIAN'S TRICK.
YOU SEE? BEESWAX ON THE THUMB.
IT'S JUST...
JUST AN OLD TRICK.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO...
CALL YOUR LAWYER.
TELL HIM TO MEET YOU DOWNTOWN, OKAY?