1 00:00:02,650 --> 00:00:03,880 Previously on Fatal Attraction... 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:06,040 - Hi. - Hold on. 3 00:00:08,390 --> 00:00:09,540 God... 4 00:00:09,730 --> 00:00:12,230 - Beatrice. Here for Kosna? - Oh. Yep. 5 00:00:12,430 --> 00:00:14,320 It's been a while since I've been up against 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:16,060 one of Norman's juries. 7 00:00:16,260 --> 00:00:18,590 I have a thing with Macksey. 8 00:00:18,790 --> 00:00:20,940 - Oh. - Mm. 9 00:00:21,140 --> 00:00:22,940 Okay, so just... Shh. 10 00:00:23,140 --> 00:00:24,330 You ever hear any rumors about Alex? 11 00:00:24,530 --> 00:00:25,940 I did see her on the fifth floor once. 12 00:00:26,140 --> 00:00:27,290 She was arguing with this guy. 13 00:00:27,490 --> 00:00:29,560 I think he was in Legal Aid. 14 00:00:29,750 --> 00:00:31,730 - DAN: What's all this? - The rest of the prints came back. Two more hits. 15 00:00:31,930 --> 00:00:34,870 We now have Olena Kuzma and Elijah Acosta. 16 00:00:35,060 --> 00:00:36,690 MAUREEN: Is there somewhere else Ellen would go? 17 00:00:36,890 --> 00:00:38,170 What do you mean? Did you go to our house? 18 00:00:38,370 --> 00:00:39,830 What is it? What's the matter? 19 00:00:40,030 --> 00:00:41,510 MAUREEN: I'm there now, Dan. I don't see her. 20 00:00:43,470 --> 00:00:44,480 Ellen? 21 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:46,010 I found her half a block away. 22 00:00:46,210 --> 00:00:48,750 Oh, my God. Ellen, Daddy's not mad at you. 23 00:00:48,950 --> 00:00:50,450 - Dan. Dan! - I just need you to try and remember. 24 00:00:50,650 --> 00:00:52,140 - Did they tell you anything? - You need to calm down. 25 00:00:52,340 --> 00:00:53,670 - Did they tell you where they took you? - Enough! 26 00:00:53,870 --> 00:00:54,360 - Did she tell you who she was? - Come here, baby. 27 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:55,620 [grunting] 28 00:00:55,820 --> 00:00:57,540 What is wrong with you?! 29 00:00:57,740 --> 00:00:59,060 [grunting] 30 00:00:59,260 --> 00:01:00,540 I don't fucking care anymore. 31 00:01:00,740 --> 00:01:03,330 I'm gonna call in every favor from anyone 32 00:01:03,530 --> 00:01:04,980 who has ever owed me anything 33 00:01:05,180 --> 00:01:06,420 to make sure that you go away. 34 00:01:06,620 --> 00:01:09,150 ♪ 35 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,030 [indistinct chatter] 36 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,210 [elevator dings] 37 00:01:44,270 --> 00:01:46,370 It's my first day, so I don't know anything. 38 00:01:46,570 --> 00:01:49,160 But am I crazy? Where is 3100? 39 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,120 Uh, yeah, Victim Services? 40 00:01:51,310 --> 00:01:52,940 Other way. 41 00:01:53,140 --> 00:01:55,030 But the sign says that the even numbers are to the right 42 00:01:55,230 --> 00:01:56,600 and the odd numbers are to the left. 43 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:58,770 Well, if you want to trust signage. 44 00:01:58,970 --> 00:02:01,170 I just know 3100 is to your left. 45 00:02:01,370 --> 00:02:03,260 Because bureaucracy, or...? 46 00:02:03,460 --> 00:02:05,430 Or because confusion weeds out 47 00:02:05,630 --> 00:02:07,170 the people who aren't that motivated in the first place? 48 00:02:07,370 --> 00:02:08,180 Who knows? 49 00:02:08,380 --> 00:02:10,000 [chuckling]: Right. 50 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:11,660 Okay, well, here I go. 51 00:02:11,860 --> 00:02:14,660 I might be shouting out your name to come help me. 52 00:02:14,860 --> 00:02:17,320 Well, I'll still be right here because: these elevators. 53 00:02:17,510 --> 00:02:18,530 What is your name? 54 00:02:18,730 --> 00:02:20,440 Oh, sorry, I'm Clay. 55 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:25,410 DAN: It sounds dramatic, 56 00:02:25,610 --> 00:02:26,980 but I feel like I have to say it anyway, 57 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:30,980 without you, there would be no justice. 58 00:02:31,180 --> 00:02:35,290 As a direct result of the actions of the defendant, 59 00:02:35,490 --> 00:02:39,770 a mother of four can't be with us here today. 60 00:02:39,970 --> 00:02:44,300 A grandmother of two, a beloved colleague, 61 00:02:44,500 --> 00:02:47,520 trusted friend, can't be here. 62 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,300 Lucilla Mendes cannot take the stand 63 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:52,610 and tell you what the defendant did to her, 64 00:02:52,810 --> 00:02:55,650 because he murdered her. 65 00:02:56,690 --> 00:02:59,400 And so since she can't be here, 66 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:00,580 I am. 67 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:03,670 To be her voice. 68 00:03:03,870 --> 00:03:06,970 To speak for the actual victim in this crime. 69 00:03:07,170 --> 00:03:10,850 In the hope and the confident belief that ultimately 70 00:03:11,050 --> 00:03:13,840 you will choose to speak for her, too. 71 00:03:15,540 --> 00:03:18,160 Second time in two weeks I heard him do "voice of the victim." 72 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:22,080 Can't even be bothered to write new material. 73 00:03:22,270 --> 00:03:23,860 Must be nice. 74 00:03:24,060 --> 00:03:26,340 Don't give me that look. I'm mad at you, too. 75 00:03:26,540 --> 00:03:30,520 So, there you go. Everybody's mad at everybody. 76 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,390 Oh, hi. I'm Emma. 77 00:03:32,590 --> 00:03:33,520 I live here. 78 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,480 If you need anything whenever, 79 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,350 just feel free to knock. 80 00:03:37,550 --> 00:03:39,270 Thank you. Um, I'm Alex. 81 00:03:39,470 --> 00:03:42,230 - Hi. - I need them to fix the elevator. 82 00:03:42,430 --> 00:03:44,360 Oh, I know. It's so temperamental. 83 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,750 I've just taught myself to live without it. 84 00:03:46,950 --> 00:03:47,970 You've met Luis? 85 00:03:48,170 --> 00:03:50,100 The super? Mm. Yeah. 86 00:03:50,300 --> 00:03:51,540 Anything else about the building, 87 00:03:51,740 --> 00:03:54,150 or your unit, he can help you. 88 00:03:54,350 --> 00:03:55,940 Just... not the elevator? 89 00:03:56,130 --> 00:03:58,720 Just not that, that its own thing. 90 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,200 Oh, detergent? 91 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:01,810 Does he have detergent? 92 00:04:02,010 --> 00:04:03,770 No, no, no, could-- Do you have any detergent 93 00:04:03,970 --> 00:04:04,770 that I could borrow? 94 00:04:04,970 --> 00:04:06,950 Oh, do I? [laughs] 95 00:04:07,150 --> 00:04:09,080 I absolutely do, sorry. 96 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,340 Would you like me to bring some over? 97 00:04:11,540 --> 00:04:13,300 - No, I can... - Oh. Oh, great. 98 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:14,520 Yeah. Oh... 99 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,130 Are you allergic to cats or dogs? 100 00:04:17,330 --> 00:04:19,090 You have cats and dogs? 101 00:04:19,290 --> 00:04:21,400 No, but if you're not allergic to them, 102 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,530 you won't be to rabbits either. 103 00:04:24,730 --> 00:04:26,840 Come here. Come here. 104 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:27,970 [laughs] 105 00:04:28,170 --> 00:04:30,360 This is Eddie Rabbitt. 106 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,450 You're not old enough to know who that is. 107 00:04:32,650 --> 00:04:35,980 No, I-I definitely am. The, um... 108 00:04:36,170 --> 00:04:38,800 ♪ Oh, I'm drivin' my life away♪ 109 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,720 ♪ Lookin' for a better way.♪ 110 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:42,240 - Yeah. - [both laughing] 111 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:43,900 Exactly. 112 00:04:44,100 --> 00:04:45,720 Oh, do you need fabric softener? 113 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,770 - No, that I am allergic to. - Okay. 114 00:04:47,970 --> 00:04:49,590 Well, come on in. 115 00:04:50,850 --> 00:04:52,910 - He wanted someone to talk at. - Mm. 116 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:55,130 Just coked out of his mind. 117 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,780 And then my other housemate was a health nut 118 00:04:57,980 --> 00:04:59,690 who used to go through my groceries 119 00:04:59,890 --> 00:05:01,310 and throw away stuff because it was bad for me. 120 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:02,700 - No. - Mm-hmm. 121 00:05:02,900 --> 00:05:04,570 - No. - [laughing] 122 00:05:04,770 --> 00:05:07,050 I only didn't live alone once and that, I mean, 123 00:05:07,250 --> 00:05:10,880 all three of my housemates, kind of slobs, 124 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:12,100 very gossipy, 125 00:05:12,300 --> 00:05:14,540 so I tried not to be home a lot. 126 00:05:14,740 --> 00:05:15,970 I don't blame you. 127 00:05:16,170 --> 00:05:17,800 Yeah, and then one of them, 128 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,410 her mom actually bought the house and put it in her name. 129 00:05:20,610 --> 00:05:23,460 Because I guess it made more sense for her to... 130 00:05:23,660 --> 00:05:25,890 get a mortgage and charge rent than to... 131 00:05:26,090 --> 00:05:28,510 pay rent, so she was actually our landlord. 132 00:05:28,710 --> 00:05:30,290 - Oh. - Yeah. 133 00:05:30,490 --> 00:05:31,420 And then when I dropped out, 134 00:05:31,620 --> 00:05:32,680 she made this whole federal case 135 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:33,900 about how I was breaking the lease 136 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:35,560 and I needed to honor it 137 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:36,990 even though the whole reason why I was living there 138 00:05:37,190 --> 00:05:39,080 in the first place was to go to school. 139 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:40,870 So... 140 00:05:41,070 --> 00:05:42,690 I... 141 00:05:42,890 --> 00:05:45,180 invoked the city brothel law, 142 00:05:45,370 --> 00:05:48,660 which then made all three of our tenancies 143 00:05:48,860 --> 00:05:51,750 illegal technically because you can't have four persons 144 00:05:51,950 --> 00:05:54,310 living under the same roof, unrelated persons. 145 00:05:54,510 --> 00:05:55,840 Hmm. 146 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,540 You dropped out of law school? 147 00:05:58,740 --> 00:06:01,490 I thought you said you graduated. 148 00:06:03,660 --> 00:06:06,060 Did I? So? I mean, you didn't even go. 149 00:06:08,410 --> 00:06:10,030 I know. 150 00:06:10,230 --> 00:06:11,590 - I'm not saying I care. - Good. 151 00:06:11,790 --> 00:06:12,810 Because why would you care? 152 00:06:13,010 --> 00:06:15,590 It's, like, none of your business. 153 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,380 It really isn't. 154 00:06:28,690 --> 00:06:31,920 My mother still doesn't understand 155 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:33,830 how they let me work in Legal Aid 156 00:06:34,030 --> 00:06:35,530 even though I'm not a lawyer. 157 00:06:35,730 --> 00:06:38,270 She also doesn't know what a clerk does. 158 00:06:38,470 --> 00:06:39,710 But because I'm a clerk, 159 00:06:39,910 --> 00:06:42,920 she assumes it must be something stupid. 160 00:06:45,660 --> 00:06:48,980 And maintenance had been screwing around with whatever 161 00:06:49,180 --> 00:06:51,850 electrical problem above the wall in the landing, 162 00:06:52,050 --> 00:06:54,240 for like a month, so I thought they would notice 163 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:58,070 the fire door was broken and fix it, but... 164 00:06:58,270 --> 00:06:59,900 I mean, in retrospect, I don't even know 165 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:02,080 what I was worried about. 166 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:04,730 Anyway, uh... 167 00:07:04,930 --> 00:07:05,990 [chuckles] 168 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,700 How great is that, right? 169 00:07:10,890 --> 00:07:14,000 For returning to like... 170 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,560 mental factory settings. 171 00:07:17,610 --> 00:07:18,830 It's so much from up here. 172 00:07:19,030 --> 00:07:22,580 You can see so much of it all at once. 173 00:07:22,780 --> 00:07:25,230 It makes you realize... 174 00:07:25,430 --> 00:07:26,840 whatever's bothering you, 175 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,440 you just have to let it go. 176 00:07:33,540 --> 00:07:34,580 Alex? 177 00:07:53,690 --> 00:07:55,570 Oh, hi, hon. 178 00:07:55,770 --> 00:07:57,390 I just got your note. 179 00:07:57,590 --> 00:07:59,050 I wasn't here. 180 00:07:59,250 --> 00:08:01,620 I was visiting my daughter, the one in Vallejo. 181 00:08:01,820 --> 00:08:03,400 I don't need to know where you were. 182 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,100 Hey. How about dinner later? 183 00:08:06,300 --> 00:08:07,580 I know you love enchiladas. 184 00:08:07,780 --> 00:08:09,880 And I'm on my way to the market. 185 00:08:10,830 --> 00:08:12,660 Okay... 186 00:08:14,530 --> 00:08:17,150 But... are you all right, though? 187 00:08:17,350 --> 00:08:19,500 Your note said you wanted to talk. 188 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:22,580 Did whatever it was work itself out? 189 00:08:24,060 --> 00:08:27,820 You know, Joanne is in her third trimester, 190 00:08:28,020 --> 00:08:29,820 with a toddler, 191 00:08:30,020 --> 00:08:32,520 so when she calls for reinforcements, 192 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:34,340 Mom has to answer. 193 00:08:34,540 --> 00:08:36,170 But I'm... 194 00:08:36,370 --> 00:08:38,740 really sorry I wasn't here if you needed me. 195 00:08:38,940 --> 00:08:41,090 I don't care what you are. 196 00:08:41,290 --> 00:08:43,480 I don't care about you. 197 00:08:43,680 --> 00:08:45,260 At all. 198 00:08:48,390 --> 00:08:50,000 [door slams] 199 00:08:52,530 --> 00:08:54,060 - [distant siren wailing] - [music playing faintly] 200 00:08:54,260 --> 00:08:56,630 CLAY: Okay, and then it's gonna be two other teaspoons 201 00:08:56,830 --> 00:08:59,060 of sesame seeds... 202 00:08:59,260 --> 00:09:01,240 Whoa, whoa, whoa, that's-- You're not done. 203 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:02,680 Well, the recipe says two cloves. 204 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:04,980 Yeah, two. That means like eight for me. 205 00:09:05,180 --> 00:09:07,810 And it says to mince it. This is... 206 00:09:08,010 --> 00:09:09,940 I don't even know what this is. 207 00:09:10,140 --> 00:09:14,250 Mincing is small... It's like little, tiny pieces. 208 00:09:14,450 --> 00:09:16,470 - Oh. - Yeah. See? 209 00:09:16,670 --> 00:09:18,300 Way smaller than that. 210 00:09:18,500 --> 00:09:20,000 - Okay. - Okay? 211 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:24,180 [laughs] And I don't do measured teaspoons, by the way. 212 00:09:24,380 --> 00:09:27,400 Spices, I just like scoop it. 213 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,270 Like, even the cayenne. Just, you scoop it. 214 00:09:30,470 --> 00:09:32,450 If you're gonna season something, you season it, right? 215 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:34,970 You got to remind yourself that you're alive. 216 00:09:35,170 --> 00:09:36,800 Don't make that face. Don't. 217 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,760 I know that you-- You say you don't like spicy things, 218 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:41,110 I know that you do. Remember the-the... 219 00:09:41,310 --> 00:09:43,110 curry, the Thai beef curry thing? 220 00:09:43,310 --> 00:09:45,890 I remember all the openings in my face exploding. 221 00:09:46,090 --> 00:09:47,200 Okay, well, good. 222 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:48,510 Because that's kind of the point. 223 00:09:48,700 --> 00:09:51,290 [laughter] 224 00:09:51,490 --> 00:09:53,940 [chopping] 225 00:09:54,980 --> 00:09:57,430 ♪ She cries your name♪ 226 00:09:57,630 --> 00:10:00,470 ♪ 227 00:10:00,670 --> 00:10:02,040 Do you remember what else happened 228 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,730 the night we got the Thai food? 229 00:10:06,340 --> 00:10:07,920 I mean... 230 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,180 I remember how you don't say anything 231 00:10:10,380 --> 00:10:12,920 about anything when it's supposedly actually happening. 232 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,050 Because you like to stew and then twist it around 233 00:10:16,250 --> 00:10:18,320 and then blindside me with all the crazy shit 234 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:20,620 that I apparently said and did, which I guess 235 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:22,930 we're about to do right now, so... 236 00:10:23,130 --> 00:10:23,930 - Alex. - ...go for it. 237 00:10:24,130 --> 00:10:25,410 What? What? Let me guess. 238 00:10:25,610 --> 00:10:27,150 It reminds you of growing up in your house 239 00:10:27,350 --> 00:10:29,010 when you were a kid, right? 240 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:31,940 I've never said that. 241 00:10:32,140 --> 00:10:33,290 Okay, fine, you haven't used those exact words, but y... 242 00:10:33,490 --> 00:10:37,200 But maybe, maybe I am saying it now. 243 00:10:38,940 --> 00:10:42,520 My mom's been so unhappy my whole life. 244 00:10:42,710 --> 00:10:44,560 Torment is the word. 245 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:48,090 So afraid of being wrong, 246 00:10:48,290 --> 00:10:50,510 people judging her, leaving her. 247 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:55,130 And so angry about being afraid. 248 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,100 And it's hopeless. 249 00:10:58,300 --> 00:11:00,840 She'll never get help now. 250 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:03,060 Because feeling better now 251 00:11:03,260 --> 00:11:06,370 after all this time, or even different... 252 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:09,720 would be like an indictment of her entire life. 253 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,580 ♪ Three times again...♪ 254 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,380 And... 255 00:11:16,570 --> 00:11:18,640 Alex, it would hurt me a lot, 256 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,560 but to help you... 257 00:11:22,750 --> 00:11:25,990 Alex, I would give up... 258 00:11:26,190 --> 00:11:28,300 whatever we are to each other 259 00:11:28,500 --> 00:11:30,080 for you not to be in pain. 260 00:11:31,690 --> 00:11:33,690 We're nothing. 261 00:11:34,990 --> 00:11:37,000 ♪ 262 00:11:39,820 --> 00:11:42,580 Okay, okay, then whatever we could be. 263 00:11:42,770 --> 00:11:43,880 Nothing! 264 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:45,100 We're nothing! 265 00:11:45,300 --> 00:11:46,190 We're nothing. 266 00:11:46,390 --> 00:11:48,450 We're nothing. We are nothing. 267 00:11:48,650 --> 00:11:50,310 Get out. 268 00:11:51,310 --> 00:11:52,240 Get out. 269 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,060 - Okay. Okay, okay. - Go! 270 00:12:08,290 --> 00:12:09,430 Yeah. This is fine. 271 00:12:09,630 --> 00:12:11,390 And now that I got my work phone, 272 00:12:11,590 --> 00:12:13,040 I can just call myself an Uber, 273 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:14,090 don't even have to carry it all on the bus. 274 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,350 All right. But you have to go 275 00:12:16,550 --> 00:12:17,740 to the one down on Barrington. 276 00:12:17,940 --> 00:12:20,000 You can't go to close Ralph's. 277 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:21,700 It's not big enough. 278 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:23,620 And you can't count on it having everything that you want. 279 00:12:23,820 --> 00:12:25,580 Speaking from experience, sounds like. 280 00:12:25,770 --> 00:12:28,400 Well, just if you don't get the good kind of rice cracker mix 281 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:29,880 and the right brand of tonic water, 282 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,530 she and her pinochle pals will tear you apart. 283 00:12:35,050 --> 00:12:36,890 All right, let me double-check your list. 284 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:39,070 Okay, if this gets too complicated for you, 285 00:12:39,270 --> 00:12:40,720 I can go tomorrow. Just if we don't get down 286 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:41,980 to the court clerk today, 287 00:12:42,180 --> 00:12:42,850 we're gonna have to wait until after Dawn 288 00:12:43,050 --> 00:12:44,200 gets back from vacation. 289 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,120 Anyone can get us whatever we want 290 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,950 on Olena Kuzma, but we need Dawn to help us with Elijah. 291 00:12:50,150 --> 00:12:52,300 We got a mugshot, no rap sheet. 292 00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:53,990 Somebody with actual access, 293 00:12:54,190 --> 00:12:55,170 they're gonna have to fucking dig. 294 00:12:55,370 --> 00:12:56,430 And what about Benny's guy? 295 00:12:56,630 --> 00:12:58,260 The one he saw arguing with Alex? 296 00:12:58,460 --> 00:13:00,740 Biff, Smith, Cliff from Legal Aid? 297 00:13:00,940 --> 00:13:01,870 There could be a relationship there. 298 00:13:02,070 --> 00:13:02,870 Something went bad... 299 00:13:03,070 --> 00:13:04,570 Yeah, I-- Am I gonna bet 300 00:13:04,770 --> 00:13:06,050 the farm on Benny Diaz's memory 301 00:13:06,250 --> 00:13:09,620 15 years after the fact? Eh, eh, ah, I don't know. 302 00:13:09,820 --> 00:13:11,840 - If I have time. - You just don't want to go to Legal Aid. 303 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:13,350 [stammering, chuckling] 304 00:13:14,570 --> 00:13:15,760 Does Ruth Gurian still work there? 305 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:17,190 Ah... 306 00:13:17,390 --> 00:13:19,150 Holy shit, Mike. 307 00:13:19,350 --> 00:13:21,940 Yes, because giant tortoises live for 300 years. Fuck. 308 00:13:22,140 --> 00:13:23,760 We don't have to relitigate 309 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:25,980 the history between Legal Aid and the police department, 310 00:13:26,180 --> 00:13:29,420 all we need is for you to go ask your good friend Ruth 311 00:13:29,620 --> 00:13:32,510 if she remembers a tall, white khaki 312 00:13:32,710 --> 00:13:34,600 named Biff Smithcliff who used to work there. 313 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,300 - Ah. - And don't worry. 314 00:13:36,500 --> 00:13:37,780 She's not gonna eat all of you. 315 00:13:37,980 --> 00:13:39,340 She'll leave the bones. 316 00:13:39,540 --> 00:13:41,870 Well, all you have to do is get the sesame sticks, 317 00:13:42,070 --> 00:13:43,480 and try not to get arrested. 318 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:45,430 Thank you. 319 00:13:46,950 --> 00:13:49,480 Tell Ruth I said hi. 320 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:51,740 ♪ 321 00:13:57,140 --> 00:14:00,020 Hey. How's it going? 322 00:14:00,220 --> 00:14:01,710 Quick question... 323 00:14:01,910 --> 00:14:03,320 Don't talk to him, Anthony. 324 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:04,850 Well, hi, Ruth. 325 00:14:05,050 --> 00:14:07,150 You were hoping I wouldn't be here, I bet. 326 00:14:07,350 --> 00:14:09,330 Well, I was, but really, where else would you be? 327 00:14:09,530 --> 00:14:12,380 Oh, you mean because I have no life? 328 00:14:12,580 --> 00:14:16,420 - Your knives need sharpening, shithead. - Mm. 329 00:14:16,620 --> 00:14:17,950 And, yeah, they're gonna have to carry me out of here, 330 00:14:18,150 --> 00:14:19,730 but they ran you out of here on a rail, right? 331 00:14:19,930 --> 00:14:21,910 Had to jump before you got pushed? 332 00:14:22,110 --> 00:14:24,130 "Sometimes there's God so quickly." 333 00:14:24,330 --> 00:14:25,430 Now how it happened, Anthony. 334 00:14:25,630 --> 00:14:28,260 Mike was Robbery-Homicide. 335 00:14:28,460 --> 00:14:31,350 After that, he ran Investigations Bureau. 336 00:14:31,550 --> 00:14:33,490 We all spent a lot of hours 337 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:37,320 here mongoosing against your cobra ass back in the day. 338 00:14:37,510 --> 00:14:40,140 Why he is not off with his cronies 339 00:14:40,340 --> 00:14:44,190 goose-stepping in Northern Idaho now, I do not know. 340 00:14:44,390 --> 00:14:46,720 I just know that whatever he's asking for 341 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,840 from anyone in this office he doesn't get. 342 00:14:52,150 --> 00:14:54,990 Ruth, hey, 15 years ago, 343 00:14:55,180 --> 00:14:57,990 there was a guy working here, Cliff or Smith. 344 00:14:58,190 --> 00:14:59,380 Something like that. 345 00:14:59,580 --> 00:15:02,780 In this office, 2008. Possibly a Biff. 346 00:15:02,970 --> 00:15:05,210 - The fuck is a Biff? - Okay, this has been terrific... 347 00:15:05,410 --> 00:15:08,000 I mean, do you hear yourself? 348 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,040 Fuck off, Baconator. 349 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,520 Thank you for your time. 350 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:13,860 Lovely. 351 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:16,650 Good luck, bud. 352 00:15:20,310 --> 00:15:22,840 GABRIEL: This like a "one day at a time" kind of thing? 353 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,150 COURT OFFICER: Well, they just call me in when they need me. 354 00:15:25,350 --> 00:15:26,490 That's not a bad gig. All right, man. 355 00:15:26,690 --> 00:15:27,800 - Good to see you. - All right, you too. 356 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,530 Take care. 357 00:15:32,190 --> 00:15:33,550 What's this now? 358 00:15:33,740 --> 00:15:35,940 What? I can't ask how it's going? 359 00:15:36,140 --> 00:15:37,720 Oh, sure, you can. 360 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:39,990 But since your BFF was just here trying to jam me up, 361 00:15:40,190 --> 00:15:42,380 what are the odds you came by to say fucking hi 362 00:15:42,580 --> 00:15:43,510 after however many years? 363 00:15:43,710 --> 00:15:45,340 Tell me I'm wrong. 364 00:15:45,540 --> 00:15:47,300 I'm just playing catch-up here, okay? 365 00:15:47,500 --> 00:15:48,780 Whatever you two are up to, 366 00:15:48,980 --> 00:15:50,130 you better leave me out of that shit. 367 00:15:50,330 --> 00:15:51,820 But I'm not sure how Dan presented this... 368 00:15:52,020 --> 00:15:54,430 Say anything else, I'm gonna think you didn't hear me. 369 00:15:55,910 --> 00:15:58,130 Sorry for the misunderstanding. 370 00:16:06,130 --> 00:16:08,140 [muffled thudding] 371 00:16:19,930 --> 00:16:22,720 ♪ 372 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:24,340 [door opens] 373 00:16:24,530 --> 00:16:26,690 DAN: And you'll have to do it yourself. 374 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:27,980 [door slams] 375 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,010 ♪ 376 00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:08,200 ♪ 377 00:17:57,460 --> 00:17:58,730 I still stayed up to watch the end. 378 00:17:58,930 --> 00:18:00,520 Again, I can't say it doesn't hold up. 379 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:02,260 Well, I'm not saying that, 380 00:18:02,460 --> 00:18:04,170 I'm saying Hollywood never gets that these officers 381 00:18:04,370 --> 00:18:05,780 would all be young fucking guys. 382 00:18:05,980 --> 00:18:07,480 Right? They got to make it to the end of fields 383 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:09,570 full of snipers, climb, you know, hundred-foot cliffs, 384 00:18:09,770 --> 00:18:11,920 and that's before you even engage with the goddamn enemy. 385 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:14,660 Right? You know, a 45-year-old guy gets a load of that shit, 386 00:18:14,860 --> 00:18:16,400 he got to lie down first. 387 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,320 - Hey. - Earl. 388 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,100 Thank Christ. 389 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:22,410 I was starting to worry RHD was gonna punt on this one. 390 00:18:22,610 --> 00:18:23,500 Here you go, pal. 391 00:18:23,700 --> 00:18:25,150 Where's the body? 392 00:18:25,350 --> 00:18:27,110 MULLINS: I don't know. Started out as a wellness check, 393 00:18:27,310 --> 00:18:29,980 then they found this, what you see here. 394 00:18:30,180 --> 00:18:32,290 Super says the tenant's a lady named Forrest. 395 00:18:32,490 --> 00:18:33,990 That stuff there I just gave you, 396 00:18:34,190 --> 00:18:36,370 seems like she does something for the DA's office. 397 00:18:37,630 --> 00:18:39,640 No body, no weapon, lots of blood. 398 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:40,910 This potato is hot. 399 00:18:41,110 --> 00:18:41,910 - All right. - All right. 400 00:18:42,110 --> 00:18:44,070 - Have fun. - Mm-hmm. 401 00:18:46,210 --> 00:18:47,480 [line ringing] 402 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:48,350 CINDY: District attorney's office, 403 00:18:48,550 --> 00:18:49,390 human resources. 404 00:18:49,590 --> 00:18:51,660 Hey, Cindy, it's Earl. 405 00:18:51,860 --> 00:18:52,920 Hey, you guys pick a school yet or what? 406 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:54,790 While we wait for USC 407 00:18:54,990 --> 00:18:56,310 we're pretending we're gonna let him go to Florida. 408 00:18:56,510 --> 00:18:58,050 Oof. That's a dangerous game you're playing. 409 00:18:58,250 --> 00:19:00,400 Hey, can you check if you guys got someone working there 410 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,490 named, uh, Alexandra Forrest? 411 00:19:02,690 --> 00:19:04,060 Checking. 412 00:19:04,260 --> 00:19:06,150 - Yeah, Victim Services. - Hmm. 413 00:19:06,350 --> 00:19:07,540 Picture to start? 414 00:19:07,740 --> 00:19:09,280 - Send you a screenshot now. - My girl. 415 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:10,410 Fight On To Victory, Cindy Lou. 416 00:19:10,610 --> 00:19:12,020 [laughing] 417 00:19:12,220 --> 00:19:13,030 Hey. 418 00:19:13,220 --> 00:19:14,720 - Your dad serve? - Marines. 419 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,860 Yeah. Army. Mine was a lieutenant, he was like 23. 420 00:19:18,060 --> 00:19:19,600 You know, you just got all these movies with these 421 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:21,730 Tom Hankses and goddamn Sizemores playing the captains 422 00:19:21,930 --> 00:19:23,690 and sergeants when in reality they'd be like, 423 00:19:23,890 --> 00:19:25,730 "What are all these old fucking people doing on this bridge?" 424 00:19:25,930 --> 00:19:27,080 That's what I'm saying. 425 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:30,160 - [chuckles] - [phone chimes] 426 00:19:31,950 --> 00:19:34,090 MIKE: I'm waiting to go to grand jury still, I can't leave. 427 00:19:34,290 --> 00:19:36,140 I'm gonna come pull you out. We got to get on this. 428 00:19:36,340 --> 00:19:37,700 No, I'm-- How's that gonna look? 429 00:19:37,900 --> 00:19:39,230 Just stay focused, we need to lay out 430 00:19:39,430 --> 00:19:40,440 a pretty precise timeline for the Feds. 431 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:41,840 Just think about that. 432 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:43,620 You have someone specific we can go to? 433 00:19:43,820 --> 00:19:45,880 Schiller. Former New York guy. 434 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:47,670 About as normal as they come in the Bureau. 435 00:19:47,870 --> 00:19:49,410 - You think he'll bite? - Yeah. 436 00:19:49,610 --> 00:19:51,720 One thing those jarheads love is kid kidnappings. 437 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:53,890 Just sit tight. We'll turn the tide. 438 00:19:54,090 --> 00:19:56,190 See you as soon as I'm done. 439 00:19:59,450 --> 00:20:00,330 [door opening] 440 00:20:00,530 --> 00:20:02,030 Hey. 441 00:20:02,230 --> 00:20:03,640 We've, uh... 442 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:06,510 We have got a situation, okay? 443 00:20:06,710 --> 00:20:09,260 A woman named, uh, Alexandra Forrest, 444 00:20:09,460 --> 00:20:11,040 she's saying that you assaulted her last night. 445 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,300 What? 446 00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:14,830 What does that even mean? 447 00:20:15,030 --> 00:20:16,520 Hey, look, first off, we're good. 448 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:18,570 Okay? She made the complaint over the phone to Carmen, 449 00:20:18,770 --> 00:20:20,090 Carmen knows that I know you, 450 00:20:20,290 --> 00:20:21,960 so she gave me a heads-up and I pulled it. 451 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,220 So, that's where we're starting. 452 00:20:25,780 --> 00:20:27,190 Thank you, Earl. 453 00:20:27,390 --> 00:20:29,490 Yeah, but we still got to get in front of it. 454 00:20:29,690 --> 00:20:31,540 This ain't the old days where you could just tear it up 455 00:20:31,740 --> 00:20:33,540 and put it in the circular file, right? 456 00:20:33,740 --> 00:20:35,800 You got to... You got to give me something. 457 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,670 Anything solid to make this go away. 458 00:20:42,670 --> 00:20:44,590 [sighs] 459 00:20:47,940 --> 00:20:49,850 She's a stalker. 460 00:20:50,900 --> 00:20:52,250 If that's what you mean. 461 00:20:54,510 --> 00:20:56,480 Conchita put her on a couple of my cases. 462 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,640 And then she just became... 463 00:20:59,860 --> 00:21:01,390 I mean, obsessed is the only word. 464 00:21:01,590 --> 00:21:03,270 She was up here all the time. 465 00:21:03,470 --> 00:21:04,920 She followed me down into the garage once. 466 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:07,140 Crazy shit like that. I mean... 467 00:21:07,340 --> 00:21:09,010 It got to the point where I was ducking and covering 468 00:21:09,210 --> 00:21:10,970 all over the building just to be able to do my job. 469 00:21:11,170 --> 00:21:13,490 Jesus. Y-You make a report of her? 470 00:21:13,690 --> 00:21:15,450 Just... nutcase insurance? 471 00:21:15,650 --> 00:21:17,630 I thought about it, but... 472 00:21:17,830 --> 00:21:20,810 Ultimately, I didn't, I... [sighs] 473 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,760 You know what a gossip mill this building is. 474 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:24,770 A-And I was hoping that she would just come to her senses. 475 00:21:24,970 --> 00:21:26,250 You know, I didn't want to end her career. 476 00:21:26,450 --> 00:21:27,550 But now with this... 477 00:21:27,750 --> 00:21:29,340 Well, no good deed unpunished, huh? 478 00:21:29,540 --> 00:21:30,510 Yeah. Right? 479 00:21:30,710 --> 00:21:31,510 What a fucking mess. 480 00:21:31,710 --> 00:21:33,600 Well, uh, the good news is, 481 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,130 uh, her complaint was pretty specific. 482 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:37,600 You showed up at her place last night, 483 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,680 you came in, you assaulted her. 484 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,040 But till last night, where you really were was... 485 00:21:45,390 --> 00:21:46,790 At home, with my family. 486 00:21:46,990 --> 00:21:48,920 Yeah. [sniffs] 487 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:51,050 This woman needs help, Earl. 488 00:21:51,250 --> 00:21:54,530 It's... It'd be sad if it wasn't so terrifying 489 00:21:54,730 --> 00:21:55,750 how delusional she is. 490 00:21:55,950 --> 00:21:58,050 I don't even know where she lives. 491 00:22:07,630 --> 00:22:09,630 This... 492 00:22:10,930 --> 00:22:12,980 ...is some messy shit. 493 00:22:14,420 --> 00:22:16,770 Yeah, obviously. 494 00:22:19,380 --> 00:22:20,870 But she's lying. 495 00:22:21,060 --> 00:22:24,120 So, just let me know what else you need from me. 496 00:22:26,510 --> 00:22:28,570 Yeah, I need to... 497 00:22:28,770 --> 00:22:30,310 figure out what to do about how your prints 498 00:22:30,510 --> 00:22:33,790 are all over her place, you don't even know where it is. 499 00:22:33,990 --> 00:22:36,100 All over a bathroom sink, 500 00:22:36,300 --> 00:22:39,620 kitchen, bedframe, that you say you've never seen. 501 00:22:39,820 --> 00:22:41,620 It's a fucking conundrum. 502 00:22:42,790 --> 00:22:43,980 Or is it? 503 00:22:44,170 --> 00:22:46,800 She is a fucking psycho, Earl. 504 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,760 You go brace her, I promise you her story won't hold up. 505 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,550 Just talk to her for ten minutes and you will understand. 506 00:22:51,750 --> 00:22:53,720 I would if I could, but she's dead. 507 00:22:55,980 --> 00:22:57,410 What? 508 00:23:05,550 --> 00:23:06,650 Where is the body? 509 00:23:06,850 --> 00:23:08,820 I was hoping you would tell me. 510 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:13,310 Earl, you don't know the kind of person 511 00:23:13,510 --> 00:23:14,700 that we're dealing with here. 512 00:23:14,900 --> 00:23:16,360 Okay? Sh-- 513 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,050 She broke into my home. 514 00:23:18,250 --> 00:23:20,190 I'm pretty sure that she had something to do with 515 00:23:20,380 --> 00:23:21,320 my mother-in-law's death, 516 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:22,710 and she took my fucking kid, 517 00:23:22,910 --> 00:23:24,830 she kidnapped her right off the bus. 518 00:23:26,790 --> 00:23:28,450 [scoffs] 519 00:23:30,060 --> 00:23:31,490 The Rubidoh case. 520 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,160 I told her about Sylvia Rubidoh, I told-- 521 00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:37,160 I told her that I couldn't charge the case 522 00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:38,990 because I didn't have the body 523 00:23:39,190 --> 00:23:42,560 and I was worried that the victim was gonna walking in... 524 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,080 She is fucking with me. 525 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:45,600 Do you see that? This is what she does. 526 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:47,770 She's fucking with me. It's like a game for her. 527 00:23:49,810 --> 00:23:51,430 [sighs] 528 00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:53,390 You're saying this whole thing's a frame-up? 529 00:23:53,590 --> 00:23:55,430 She's framing you, t-that's what you're saying? 530 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:01,660 So I guess you're not gonna tell me 531 00:24:01,860 --> 00:24:04,050 where you put her at, huh? 532 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,270 [sighs] 533 00:24:09,490 --> 00:24:11,370 Okay. 534 00:24:11,570 --> 00:24:13,360 So here's what's gonna happen. 535 00:24:16,100 --> 00:24:17,850 I'm gonna find her body. 536 00:24:18,050 --> 00:24:21,020 And then I'm gonna put you under the prison. Okay? 537 00:24:24,980 --> 00:24:27,160 Y-You got nothing to say now? 538 00:24:28,330 --> 00:24:30,250 See, that's not like you. 539 00:24:31,550 --> 00:24:34,030 You always got something to say. 540 00:24:36,250 --> 00:24:37,830 MARCELLA: Okay, what is it? 541 00:24:38,030 --> 00:24:40,740 I don't even know how to say this to you, Marcella. 542 00:24:41,870 --> 00:24:43,140 A woman is missing. 543 00:24:43,340 --> 00:24:45,970 Alexandra Forrest is missing and Earl Brooker 544 00:24:46,170 --> 00:24:47,490 presumes that she's dead. 545 00:24:47,690 --> 00:24:48,750 And he thinks that I had something to do with it. 546 00:24:48,950 --> 00:24:50,840 Oh, Jesus, okay. 547 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:52,020 I know, I know, but I need you to-to... 548 00:24:52,220 --> 00:24:54,580 call RHD and... 549 00:24:56,010 --> 00:24:57,590 What's his boss's name? I'm blanking on the name. 550 00:24:57,790 --> 00:24:59,150 - Hailey. - Yes. Hailey. 551 00:24:59,350 --> 00:25:00,680 So, I need you to call Hailey. 552 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,160 This is a flex. Earl is fucking with me. 553 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:04,770 And you, because you're my boss. 554 00:25:04,970 --> 00:25:07,420 He's so obsessed with all the power moves 555 00:25:07,620 --> 00:25:08,860 that everybody else is making, 556 00:25:09,060 --> 00:25:09,990 he's trying to make a power move on us. 557 00:25:10,190 --> 00:25:14,430 Okay, well, let me just, uh... 558 00:25:14,630 --> 00:25:18,030 catch up with you here, um... 559 00:25:19,300 --> 00:25:22,220 Okay. Alexandra Forrest. 560 00:25:22,420 --> 00:25:23,660 I'm only asking so I know. 561 00:25:23,860 --> 00:25:26,360 Is the Alex Forrest who vouched for you 562 00:25:26,550 --> 00:25:28,040 when Jeanette Ruiz was looking into... 563 00:25:29,260 --> 00:25:30,660 Okay. 564 00:25:30,860 --> 00:25:32,840 Is there any more context to all that? 565 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:34,230 Something I should know? 566 00:25:34,430 --> 00:25:35,890 No. 567 00:25:36,090 --> 00:25:38,020 Well, just in light of what you're saying now, 568 00:25:38,220 --> 00:25:40,240 because this... 569 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:42,850 [sighs] It's a very long limb I'm about to go out on for you. 570 00:25:43,050 --> 00:25:44,840 I know. I know. 571 00:25:46,150 --> 00:25:47,680 You also know that I am your friend, 572 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,730 who's gonna do everything I can for you. 573 00:25:50,930 --> 00:25:52,370 Which is a lot. 574 00:25:54,110 --> 00:25:55,340 Okay? 575 00:25:55,540 --> 00:25:58,780 All right, LAPD. It's its own thing. 576 00:25:58,980 --> 00:26:01,690 So I'm gonna need as much information as I can get, right? 577 00:26:01,890 --> 00:26:05,180 Because if they know more than I do going in, 578 00:26:05,380 --> 00:26:06,700 I'll be fucked. 579 00:26:06,900 --> 00:26:08,830 So, I just want to ask those questions that 580 00:26:09,030 --> 00:26:11,050 I already have the answers to. 581 00:26:11,250 --> 00:26:12,710 So, Dan, please... 582 00:26:12,910 --> 00:26:15,000 Okay? 583 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:18,570 Did you? 584 00:26:20,230 --> 00:26:22,020 Were you... 585 00:26:22,220 --> 00:26:24,400 involved with her, at all? 586 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,840 With Alex Forrest. 587 00:26:35,020 --> 00:26:36,630 Oh, my God. 588 00:26:38,110 --> 00:26:40,460 What's the matter? 589 00:26:41,730 --> 00:26:44,080 How could you do this to me? 590 00:26:45,690 --> 00:26:49,080 How could you think that I'm involved in this? 591 00:26:53,430 --> 00:26:56,010 - [Dan sighs] - [line beeps] 592 00:26:56,210 --> 00:26:57,790 [Dan scoffs] 593 00:26:57,990 --> 00:27:00,090 [door opens] 594 00:27:03,830 --> 00:27:05,540 MARCELLA: Don't forget to keep your housekeys. 595 00:27:05,740 --> 00:27:08,140 They're gonna need your cell. 596 00:27:09,230 --> 00:27:12,060 You're not going back into your office. 597 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:14,640 You're going to need to get somebody 598 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:16,470 to pick up your stuff for you. 599 00:27:16,660 --> 00:27:18,810 But not today. 600 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,430 BETH: What does that even mean? Missing from where? 601 00:27:23,630 --> 00:27:25,740 DAN: Can't talk about this on the phone, okay? 602 00:27:25,930 --> 00:27:27,480 Not even on my personal phone. 603 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,090 - This is not a good idea. - BETH: Where are you now? 604 00:27:29,290 --> 00:27:31,000 Downtown. They took my fucking car. 605 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:32,870 Okay, tell me where you are. I'll come get you. 606 00:27:33,070 --> 00:27:34,790 Going to Beatrice Alba's. 607 00:27:34,990 --> 00:27:36,180 Her office is walking distance. 608 00:27:36,380 --> 00:27:37,220 Who's that? 609 00:27:37,420 --> 00:27:38,750 Criminal defense attorney. 610 00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:40,230 Should've called her right away. 611 00:27:40,430 --> 00:27:41,840 - Dan? - Yeah? 612 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:43,580 Text me the address and I'll meet you there. 613 00:27:43,780 --> 00:27:44,830 Okay. 614 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:51,540 I am so sorry you had to wait, Dan. 615 00:27:51,740 --> 00:27:54,890 My God, can some people not tell a story, right? 616 00:27:55,090 --> 00:27:57,070 [chuckling] 617 00:27:57,270 --> 00:27:59,730 Jesus. Are you okay? 618 00:27:59,930 --> 00:28:00,730 What's going on? 619 00:28:00,930 --> 00:28:02,470 I'm fucked, Bea. 620 00:28:02,670 --> 00:28:03,990 I don't even know where to start, 621 00:28:04,190 --> 00:28:05,210 but I'm gonna need the best. 622 00:28:05,410 --> 00:28:07,640 R-Representation? You are? 623 00:28:08,810 --> 00:28:11,820 Uh, okay. 624 00:28:12,020 --> 00:28:14,600 Tell me. No bullshit. Go. 625 00:28:16,990 --> 00:28:19,960 A woman that I work with has gone missing. 626 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:21,530 Her name is Alexandra Forrest. 627 00:28:21,730 --> 00:28:22,920 We worked on a couple of cases together, 628 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:24,450 she was in Victim Services, 629 00:28:24,650 --> 00:28:26,400 she became fixated on me, 630 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,320 I asked her to back off, then I told her to back off, 631 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,410 she couldn't do it, there's some... some... 632 00:28:31,610 --> 00:28:32,930 mental health issues there. 633 00:28:33,130 --> 00:28:34,190 And now she's missing and they think I'm the guy... 634 00:28:34,390 --> 00:28:35,890 - Oh, Dan, good Lord. - I-I know. 635 00:28:36,090 --> 00:28:37,980 I told you, I'm fucked here. But, look, 636 00:28:38,180 --> 00:28:39,420 she is way out there. 637 00:28:39,620 --> 00:28:40,420 All right? S-She's completely delusional. 638 00:28:40,620 --> 00:28:41,900 You won't even have to try 639 00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:43,860 - to make her look unreliable. - No, I know. 640 00:28:44,060 --> 00:28:45,470 - I know. - But I'm gonna need the best with me here, please. 641 00:28:45,670 --> 00:28:49,030 Don't say anything else. Okay? 642 00:28:50,420 --> 00:28:52,820 This is not for me. 643 00:28:53,020 --> 00:28:54,820 Beatrice, this is perfect for you. 644 00:28:55,020 --> 00:28:55,910 - Please. - No. 645 00:28:56,110 --> 00:28:56,960 We have a history together. 646 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,050 No, I mean I don't want it. 647 00:28:59,250 --> 00:29:02,530 I know, I used to take these kinds of cases 648 00:29:02,730 --> 00:29:05,530 and I did it so that someday I wouldn't have to do it. 649 00:29:05,730 --> 00:29:07,750 And then someday came. 650 00:29:07,950 --> 00:29:11,410 I don't need to go after the victims anymore, so I don't. 651 00:29:11,610 --> 00:29:13,020 This is... 652 00:29:13,220 --> 00:29:15,850 serious shit you're in, Dan. 653 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,200 You need to put a killer on the road right now. 654 00:29:18,390 --> 00:29:21,020 You need someone that will trash the victims. 655 00:29:21,220 --> 00:29:22,290 And likes it. 656 00:29:22,490 --> 00:29:24,070 [phone buzzing] 657 00:29:24,270 --> 00:29:25,980 You want names? 658 00:29:35,810 --> 00:29:37,990 [indistinct chatter] 659 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,920 Hey. Is chagaccino the thing that you said 660 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:45,440 was mushroom coffee? 661 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:47,400 Yeah, that I hate but you would probably like? 662 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:48,830 [sniffs] 663 00:29:49,870 --> 00:29:51,490 Oh, shit, a-are you okay? 664 00:29:51,690 --> 00:29:53,530 He ended it. 665 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:56,620 Out of nowhere. 666 00:29:57,880 --> 00:29:59,060 Said that... 667 00:29:59,260 --> 00:30:01,280 he had been worried for a while, 668 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,200 that we were taking too many risks, 669 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,940 that the way he felt was making him forget 670 00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:10,640 that what we were doing was dangerous. 671 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:14,020 Out of nowhere. Just... boom. 672 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:17,990 I'm really sorry. 673 00:30:19,550 --> 00:30:21,550 Yeah, me too. 674 00:30:23,340 --> 00:30:24,740 OLENA: She was my advocate. 675 00:30:24,940 --> 00:30:26,220 Years ago, I had drug case. 676 00:30:26,420 --> 00:30:27,870 Before my children. 677 00:30:28,070 --> 00:30:30,080 Okay, but just through the courts then, right? 678 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,050 Well, so how...? Why would your fingerprints 679 00:30:34,250 --> 00:30:35,480 be in her apartment? 680 00:30:36,830 --> 00:30:38,440 [sighs] 681 00:30:40,010 --> 00:30:42,140 I had drug case, but also there was Artem. 682 00:30:43,310 --> 00:30:45,060 My boyfriend was Artem. 683 00:30:45,260 --> 00:30:47,410 He had a delivery service. 684 00:30:47,610 --> 00:30:49,900 He would get calls for pills, or I would drive over 685 00:30:50,100 --> 00:30:51,330 what the people wanted. 686 00:30:51,530 --> 00:30:55,990 He was jealous, very angry always, Artem. 687 00:30:56,190 --> 00:30:57,210 Put me in hospital once. 688 00:30:57,410 --> 00:30:59,120 - I had to have operation. - Ooh. 689 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,990 She wanted me to get away. Alex. 690 00:31:02,190 --> 00:31:03,390 If I wanted, she told me she would help. 691 00:31:03,590 --> 00:31:05,740 And did you? I mean, did she? 692 00:31:05,940 --> 00:31:08,090 She had said she could get emergency placement, 693 00:31:08,290 --> 00:31:10,130 but she called and all of them are telling her 694 00:31:10,330 --> 00:31:11,960 to check back, check back. 695 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:13,960 Busy weekend, hot weather. 696 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:15,830 I'm waiting in a diner while she's trying, 697 00:31:16,030 --> 00:31:19,840 but there's nothing, so she just took me home, to her home. 698 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,410 And did you end up staying with her? For how long? 699 00:31:22,610 --> 00:31:25,190 She had to go to work next morning, 700 00:31:25,390 --> 00:31:27,190 but she's still calling the places for me. 701 00:31:27,390 --> 00:31:29,370 I said, "I'll go to my cousin's to wait," 702 00:31:29,570 --> 00:31:33,940 - but I went back to Artem. - Mm. 703 00:31:34,140 --> 00:31:35,550 But it wasn't her fault. 704 00:31:35,750 --> 00:31:37,550 Was she angry? 705 00:31:37,750 --> 00:31:42,380 For not being able to help when she promised me she would? Yes. 706 00:31:42,580 --> 00:31:44,690 Angry at me for going back? No. Never. 707 00:31:44,890 --> 00:31:47,610 Or not that she showed. 708 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,480 - She was always kind with me. - [girl squeals] 709 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,180 But so that's how the fingerprint... 710 00:31:53,380 --> 00:31:54,610 - [kids shouting] - Sorry. 711 00:31:54,810 --> 00:31:55,830 I've just got to see what they're doing 712 00:31:56,030 --> 00:31:56,960 - to each other this time. - Okay. 713 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:58,780 Ugh! 714 00:32:03,260 --> 00:32:05,610 [phone chiming] 715 00:32:08,570 --> 00:32:11,240 Oh, you know, the people that say you're slow 716 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:12,630 and inefficient don't know you like I do, Dawn. 717 00:32:12,830 --> 00:32:14,630 DAWN: Wait, who says that? 718 00:32:14,830 --> 00:32:16,810 Goddamn you, Mikey! 719 00:32:17,010 --> 00:32:18,330 You ready for what I found you on Elijah Acosta, 720 00:32:18,530 --> 00:32:19,590 or are you ready? 721 00:32:19,790 --> 00:32:22,730 Ready as a porcupine for winter. 722 00:32:22,930 --> 00:32:25,030 Also, before I forget, you heard Judge Mills 723 00:32:25,230 --> 00:32:26,300 is retiring? 724 00:32:26,500 --> 00:32:28,120 Rackets tomorrow at 3:00. 725 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:29,870 Believe it or not, there's gonna be people there 726 00:32:30,060 --> 00:32:31,740 - who would love to see you. - Of course there are. 727 00:32:31,940 --> 00:32:33,950 But the question is why? 728 00:32:36,170 --> 00:32:39,140 Meatball, Italian, grilled cheese, patty melt, 729 00:32:39,330 --> 00:32:40,830 tortas, panini, anything, classy PB&J. 730 00:32:41,030 --> 00:32:42,050 DAN: I know what sandwiches are, Mike. 731 00:32:42,250 --> 00:32:43,660 Eat in, take out, 12 hours a day, 732 00:32:43,860 --> 00:32:45,320 seven days a week. 733 00:32:45,510 --> 00:32:46,800 One night somebody beats him to death in there. 734 00:32:46,990 --> 00:32:48,450 Right? 735 00:32:48,650 --> 00:32:50,490 Elijah is the son. They iris in on him 736 00:32:50,690 --> 00:32:52,890 pretty quick, they charge him, case goes to grand jury. 737 00:32:53,090 --> 00:32:56,500 Grand jury returns no true bill. 738 00:32:56,700 --> 00:32:58,240 - Wow. - Yeah. 739 00:32:58,440 --> 00:32:59,850 Fuckin' moonwalks out. 740 00:33:00,050 --> 00:33:02,290 Probably thinks, from a technical standpoint, 741 00:33:02,490 --> 00:33:04,200 it's like the whole thing never happened. 742 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,680 [door lock buzzes] 743 00:33:09,550 --> 00:33:11,300 [dance music playing] 744 00:33:11,500 --> 00:33:15,610 Fuck, I've put a lot of people in a lot of prison... for this? 745 00:33:15,810 --> 00:33:17,430 I'm having-- what do you call it?-- 746 00:33:17,630 --> 00:33:19,040 like a cognitive dissonance. 747 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,480 Yeah. It was the law, 748 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,350 and then all of a sudden it just wasn't. 749 00:33:23,550 --> 00:33:24,830 - Yeah. - Right? That's fucked up. 750 00:33:25,030 --> 00:33:29,050 Hi, buddies. Do we need recommendations? 751 00:33:29,250 --> 00:33:31,490 Actually, we were hoping to talk to Elijah. 752 00:33:31,690 --> 00:33:33,480 HOSTESS: Well, that's him over there. 753 00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:39,240 How you fellas doing? 754 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:43,240 Uh, I wanted to talk to you about Alex Forrest. 755 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:47,200 Oh, never heard of it. Are you guys growers or... 756 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,290 Your fingerprints were found in Alex Forrest's apartment. 757 00:33:49,490 --> 00:33:52,080 Oh, it's a person. Okay, who's that? 758 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,170 Wait, what do you-- 759 00:33:54,370 --> 00:33:55,650 what do you mean my fingerprints? 760 00:33:55,850 --> 00:33:56,990 Why do you have my fingerprints? 761 00:33:58,550 --> 00:33:59,740 They said when the case got thrown out, 762 00:33:59,940 --> 00:34:02,260 my prints would be erased from the system. 763 00:34:02,460 --> 00:34:04,090 I don't know who "they" are, but that doesn't just 764 00:34:04,290 --> 00:34:05,090 happen automatically. 765 00:34:05,290 --> 00:34:06,440 You have to file a petition 766 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:07,310 to have your print card destroyed. 767 00:34:07,510 --> 00:34:08,790 Are you shitting me? 768 00:34:08,990 --> 00:34:10,920 - No. - The cops decided I was their guy 769 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,190 just based on me existing and them being lazy fucks. 770 00:34:13,390 --> 00:34:14,710 Okay, and so having no case, not even being able 771 00:34:14,910 --> 00:34:16,710 to get me indicted, but here you guys are 772 00:34:16,910 --> 00:34:17,930 asking me do I know someone? 773 00:34:18,130 --> 00:34:19,370 And my fingerprints, 774 00:34:19,570 --> 00:34:21,060 you think that's fucking right, dude? 775 00:34:21,260 --> 00:34:23,720 I-- that doesn't really have anything to do with us. 776 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:25,420 Oh, it's got something to do with you. 777 00:34:25,610 --> 00:34:27,160 All we know is that your prints were in her apartment, 778 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,160 whether you remember her or not. 779 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:30,460 Okay, it's a her? 780 00:34:30,660 --> 00:34:31,640 When the fuck are we talking about? 781 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:33,340 2008. 782 00:34:33,540 --> 00:34:35,210 [laughs] 783 00:34:35,410 --> 00:34:37,210 Fucking unbelievable. Uh, where'd she live? 784 00:34:37,410 --> 00:34:38,990 - She live downtown? - She did. 785 00:34:39,190 --> 00:34:41,690 Yeah, did she eat food, you think? 786 00:34:41,890 --> 00:34:45,440 Okay, so maybe she ordered food that I delivered. 787 00:34:45,630 --> 00:34:47,830 Like a chump on a beach cruiser with a basket on the front, 788 00:34:48,030 --> 00:34:48,960 'cause my dad said he didn't want to waste money 789 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:50,010 on a bike with actual gears 790 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:51,050 when we already had this one 791 00:34:51,250 --> 00:34:52,180 my fucking grandma wasn't using. 792 00:34:52,380 --> 00:34:53,700 Yeah, I never want to forget 793 00:34:53,900 --> 00:34:56,490 those good times. Thanks, guys. 794 00:34:56,690 --> 00:34:58,100 What, you said I had to file a petition? 795 00:34:58,300 --> 00:35:01,410 A petition, yeah, of factual innocence. 796 00:35:01,610 --> 00:35:03,630 If it's granted, then they destroy your arrest record 797 00:35:03,830 --> 00:35:04,890 and your print card. 798 00:35:05,090 --> 00:35:07,240 Great. 799 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,190 Hmm. 800 00:35:11,100 --> 00:35:12,640 So these two names are the flower strain 801 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:15,070 - and the hash strain? - Exactly. 802 00:35:15,270 --> 00:35:17,340 So in these, the flower would be Lotus Diesel, 803 00:35:17,540 --> 00:35:19,560 and the hash strain is Wet-Ass persimmon. 804 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:20,770 Do I want that? 805 00:35:20,970 --> 00:35:22,990 What's a tincture? 806 00:35:23,190 --> 00:35:25,820 Ooh. 807 00:35:26,020 --> 00:35:27,690 What's this? 808 00:35:27,890 --> 00:35:30,260 It's pizza. What do you mean, "What's this?" 809 00:35:30,460 --> 00:35:31,740 Is there ketchup? 810 00:35:31,940 --> 00:35:35,530 No, because life's an asshole. 811 00:35:35,730 --> 00:35:38,580 Oh, uh... 812 00:35:38,770 --> 00:35:40,830 Oh, hi. 813 00:35:42,790 --> 00:35:45,180 Plenty of alternate goos in here. 814 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,280 Okay, ketchup-adjacent goos. 815 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:51,630 Well, 816 00:35:51,830 --> 00:35:55,200 one of these has to work. 817 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,540 [sighs] 818 00:36:00,020 --> 00:36:01,600 He was great today. 819 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,170 - Who, the Weed Baron? - Yeah. 820 00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:04,860 In what sense? 821 00:36:05,060 --> 00:36:06,650 Well, in the for-purpose sense. 822 00:36:06,850 --> 00:36:10,090 He's emotional, quick to anger, 823 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:11,870 a suspect in another violent death. 824 00:36:12,070 --> 00:36:14,300 I like him. 825 00:36:15,780 --> 00:36:17,530 'Cause you can see it in him. 826 00:36:17,730 --> 00:36:21,920 The potential. What he did to his dad. 827 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:26,140 How angry he still is this many years later. 828 00:36:26,340 --> 00:36:27,710 That's what I'm in this for. 829 00:36:27,910 --> 00:36:29,370 - [door closes] - You know? 830 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:32,540 Cause a new trial, judge says you didn't do it. 831 00:36:32,740 --> 00:36:35,020 That still leaves the person who did. 832 00:36:35,220 --> 00:36:39,110 The person I kind of burned my life down believing in. 833 00:36:39,310 --> 00:36:43,630 And until I find him, I'm not done. 834 00:36:45,980 --> 00:36:47,510 I can't even think about 835 00:36:47,710 --> 00:36:50,600 somebody else getting caught, convicted... 836 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,520 It feels so far away. 837 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:56,040 Denormalizing. Denorm-- 838 00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:58,700 - Demormalizing. - [both laugh] 839 00:36:58,900 --> 00:37:00,790 Demormonizing. 840 00:37:00,990 --> 00:37:03,830 [laughing]: Can't say demoralizing. 841 00:37:04,030 --> 00:37:06,920 Well, don't worry about it, 842 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:12,060 but just know that for me... [sighs] 843 00:37:12,260 --> 00:37:13,880 it is the endgame. 844 00:37:17,750 --> 00:37:21,900 Wait, what'd you do with Mom's... pinochle snacks? 845 00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:26,200 [gasps] Pinochle snacks... 846 00:37:27,980 --> 00:37:29,510 So he actually stopped seeing her at all, 847 00:37:29,710 --> 00:37:31,120 even as an analyst, because he didn't want to hurt 848 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:32,650 his wife and daughters, 849 00:37:32,850 --> 00:37:35,170 until he realized that his attraction to her 850 00:37:35,370 --> 00:37:36,740 was coming from his unconscious. 851 00:37:36,940 --> 00:37:39,130 And if he didn't act on it, 852 00:37:39,330 --> 00:37:42,870 if he didn't explore his erotic potential, 853 00:37:43,070 --> 00:37:45,750 he would actually be damaging his daughters 854 00:37:45,950 --> 00:37:47,400 by making them witness to his unlived life, 855 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:49,310 and therefore ruining their Eros. 856 00:37:49,510 --> 00:37:53,490 Okay, so his daughters needed him to fuck around 857 00:37:53,690 --> 00:37:57,450 on their mom with this Toni Wolff woman, 858 00:37:57,650 --> 00:37:59,800 or they would never feel whole. 859 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:01,240 He did it for them. 860 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:02,630 - Or... - I got it. 861 00:38:02,830 --> 00:38:04,550 Or, if he didn't, 862 00:38:04,750 --> 00:38:07,120 then they would grow up watching him fight 863 00:38:07,310 --> 00:38:08,680 the drive of his spirit to connect. 864 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:10,290 And then they would learn to fight that drive, too, 865 00:38:10,490 --> 00:38:12,380 and then they would never truly be happy 866 00:38:12,580 --> 00:38:14,690 or live completely in the world. 867 00:38:14,890 --> 00:38:16,430 I mean, I don't think that, 868 00:38:16,630 --> 00:38:18,950 but I think that that's what he meant. 869 00:38:19,150 --> 00:38:21,900 Do you think your father killed Alex Forrest? 870 00:38:23,910 --> 00:38:25,260 - What? - I'm-I'm sorry. 871 00:38:25,460 --> 00:38:27,270 I'm not trying to make things weird, 872 00:38:27,470 --> 00:38:29,570 I just fell down a fucking Google hole the other night. 873 00:38:29,770 --> 00:38:31,880 No, he didn't. 874 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:33,390 You sound really sure. 875 00:38:35,220 --> 00:38:37,970 You probably know what his alibi was then, I guess. 876 00:38:38,170 --> 00:38:41,580 Just the... the threads online 877 00:38:41,780 --> 00:38:44,060 and the excerpts of the trial transcripts said 878 00:38:44,260 --> 00:38:45,150 that he didn't have any. 879 00:38:45,350 --> 00:38:46,890 He did. He was at home with us. 880 00:38:47,090 --> 00:38:50,680 All right, just seems like if you're being 881 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:54,370 tried for murder, you'd want to bring that up. 882 00:38:58,030 --> 00:39:00,250 I gotta pee. 883 00:39:05,770 --> 00:39:07,910 MIKE: What are they gonna find on your phone, Dan? 884 00:39:08,110 --> 00:39:09,610 Nothing. Nothing. 885 00:39:09,810 --> 00:39:11,610 I wiped it the second he walked out of the office. 886 00:39:11,810 --> 00:39:13,400 I didn't think it was gonna be Marcella who was coming for it, 887 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:14,920 but I knew somebody would. 888 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:16,450 Okay, just don't talk to anybody about anything. 889 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,140 That's the rule. 890 00:39:18,340 --> 00:39:19,710 But if you got to talk to somebody about something, 891 00:39:19,910 --> 00:39:21,840 - why the fuck would it be Earl? - I know, I know. 892 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:23,630 And you didn't just talk to him, you lied to him. 893 00:39:23,830 --> 00:39:26,280 He smells blood in the water now, goddamn it. 894 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:27,760 What does he think he has on me? 895 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:28,940 I don't know. I went down to Robbery-Homicide, 896 00:39:29,140 --> 00:39:30,240 and I talked to Hailey. 897 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:31,900 Aw, Christ, Captain Headline himself. 898 00:39:32,090 --> 00:39:34,330 And according to him, what Earl's got is 899 00:39:34,530 --> 00:39:36,160 everybody's blessing down there to go at you 900 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:39,030 as hard as he fucking can. 901 00:39:39,230 --> 00:39:40,860 Even if they had enough to arrest me, 902 00:39:41,060 --> 00:39:43,040 there's no way that Marcella's authorizing a charge, right? 903 00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:44,560 It's an election year coming. 904 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:46,650 Her slogan is "equal justice under the law." 905 00:39:46,850 --> 00:39:49,300 It's hard to beat taking down your own Chief of Major Crimes 906 00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:51,310 to prove you're serious about that. 907 00:39:51,510 --> 00:39:54,000 - This is a joke. - [sighs] 908 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,220 Right? This is a joke. Alex is playing a joke on me 909 00:39:56,420 --> 00:39:59,270 because she knows exactly how to fuck with me. 910 00:39:59,470 --> 00:40:01,140 I don't believe she's actually dead. 911 00:40:01,340 --> 00:40:02,930 - I can't. - I know. 912 00:40:03,130 --> 00:40:05,100 Why don't you say it ten more times? 913 00:40:05,300 --> 00:40:07,710 Maybe I'll go for it then. 914 00:40:07,910 --> 00:40:09,630 Fuck. 915 00:40:09,830 --> 00:40:11,940 He betrayed you and humiliated you, 916 00:40:12,130 --> 00:40:15,810 and now-now... now he makes you his goddamn bagman. 917 00:40:16,010 --> 00:40:18,680 Okay, enough with the moral outrage, Dad, okay? 918 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,680 These kinds of things can cost upwards of $500,000, 919 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:23,430 - retainer and fees. - [muttering] 920 00:40:23,620 --> 00:40:25,300 And things are gonna start to move quickly. 921 00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:26,860 We don't have time. 922 00:40:27,060 --> 00:40:28,260 Did you kill that woman? 923 00:40:28,460 --> 00:40:31,430 Oh, my God, of course he didn't. Dad! 924 00:40:31,630 --> 00:40:33,480 Even if I had that kind of liquidity, 925 00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:35,390 even if I could, I wouldn't. 926 00:40:35,590 --> 00:40:37,220 BETH: Do you think if I had any other choice, I'd be asking... 927 00:40:37,420 --> 00:40:39,310 WARREN: That money was for you and Ellen. Not for... 928 00:40:39,510 --> 00:40:41,230 BETH: ...begging you-- What-what do you think Mom would want? 929 00:40:41,420 --> 00:40:43,180 - If it was for me and Ellen... - WARREN: Mom? Mom would want me 930 00:40:43,380 --> 00:40:45,100 - to protect you... - BETH: ...then give it to me, I need it. 931 00:40:45,300 --> 00:40:47,930 - We need it. - WARREN: Because someone should! 932 00:40:48,130 --> 00:40:50,500 It's just too much for him to react to 933 00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:52,150 on top of everything. 934 00:40:52,350 --> 00:40:54,540 He just, he needs to sit with it. 935 00:40:54,740 --> 00:40:57,330 He'll come around. He loves you. 936 00:40:57,530 --> 00:40:59,370 More than he hates Dan? 937 00:40:59,570 --> 00:41:00,900 More than anything. 938 00:41:01,100 --> 00:41:03,770 But you probably don't have the time to wait. 939 00:41:03,970 --> 00:41:06,080 And if you push him right now, 940 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:08,600 - he's just gonna dig in. - Nope. 941 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,910 - But that's okay. - Yeah. 942 00:41:12,110 --> 00:41:13,740 Because we're gonna do it. 943 00:41:13,940 --> 00:41:16,350 - What? - You're gonna do what? 944 00:41:16,550 --> 00:41:17,700 Pay for it. 945 00:41:17,900 --> 00:41:20,790 The lawyer, the retainer, whatever else. 946 00:41:20,990 --> 00:41:22,610 Alan's gonna call you. Our accountant. 947 00:41:22,810 --> 00:41:24,700 - What are you talking about? - JULIA: We don't have kids. 948 00:41:24,900 --> 00:41:27,710 - ARTHUR: It's done. - You can't take it with you. 949 00:41:27,910 --> 00:41:29,870 This is happening. 950 00:41:31,750 --> 00:41:33,500 He's sad he won't be able to afford 951 00:41:33,690 --> 00:41:36,150 the solid gold house and rocket car 952 00:41:36,350 --> 00:41:39,200 he was planning to get after I'm gone, 953 00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:41,850 - but he'll get over it. - Yeah. 954 00:41:42,050 --> 00:41:44,510 And everyone will have a rocket car eventually. 955 00:41:44,710 --> 00:41:46,410 - [Julia chuckles] - I just gotta be patient. 956 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:49,250 Listen, I don't want you to do this. 957 00:41:49,450 --> 00:41:52,820 We're gonna, though, with pleasure. 958 00:41:53,020 --> 00:41:57,340 I mean, not with pleasure, but... you know what I mean. 959 00:41:59,470 --> 00:42:02,650 I've just been so worried 960 00:42:02,850 --> 00:42:05,090 that you aren't gonna know 961 00:42:05,290 --> 00:42:07,300 how much I loved you. 962 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:19,530 [indistinct chatter] 963 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:23,020 Deputy District Attorney. 964 00:42:23,220 --> 00:42:25,720 Not too much trouble finding us, I hope. 965 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:27,510 You better tell me you got a lawyer coming, 966 00:42:27,710 --> 00:42:28,990 'cause I'm not getting this tossed over some 967 00:42:29,180 --> 00:42:30,120 "you technically weren't represented 968 00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:31,730 at the time" bullshit. 969 00:42:31,930 --> 00:42:34,160 I'm Beth Gallagher. I'm his wife. 970 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:36,430 Pleasure, Mrs. Gallagher. 971 00:42:36,630 --> 00:42:37,780 Wish the circumstances were different. 972 00:42:37,980 --> 00:42:40,870 Okay, let's go, Detective. 973 00:42:41,070 --> 00:42:44,740 Or were you offering drink service first? 974 00:42:44,940 --> 00:42:46,960 That's cute. 975 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,610 - No, we're actually ready. - Excuse me. 976 00:42:49,810 --> 00:42:51,050 I want a Polaroid of all the fillers in place 977 00:42:51,250 --> 00:42:52,970 before I decide my client's position. 978 00:42:53,170 --> 00:42:55,490 I want rap sheets on all the fillers who have them, 979 00:42:55,690 --> 00:42:57,320 and personnel records of all the fillers 980 00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,010 who are off-duty cops. 981 00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:01,970 Do you have those things to which I'm entitled 982 00:43:02,170 --> 00:43:04,670 prepared to give me? 983 00:43:04,870 --> 00:43:07,890 Then you're not actually ready. 984 00:43:08,090 --> 00:43:09,460 Wow, you really must be shitting yourself 985 00:43:09,660 --> 00:43:12,770 to hire this mutt, huh? 986 00:43:12,970 --> 00:43:15,590 Don't ever directly address the mutt's client again, please. 987 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:25,640 I'm gonna go give him some acid reflux. 988 00:43:42,660 --> 00:43:45,540 Clay Bishop, it turns out, not Cliff Biffsmiths. 989 00:43:45,740 --> 00:43:46,890 Ruth wouldn't tell me he existed, 990 00:43:47,090 --> 00:43:49,850 but she told him I was asking. 991 00:43:50,050 --> 00:43:52,330 Do you still work in Legal Aid, or...? 992 00:43:52,530 --> 00:43:55,160 At the foundation now, but yeah. 993 00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,250 Huh. So we must have crossed paths back in the day. 994 00:43:57,450 --> 00:43:59,510 We did. 995 00:43:59,710 --> 00:44:03,430 So, uh, we've heard from a reliable source 996 00:44:03,630 --> 00:44:07,650 that you were in a relationship with Alex Forrest 997 00:44:07,850 --> 00:44:10,430 at some point in the year before her death. 998 00:44:10,630 --> 00:44:13,480 For a few months, yeah. 999 00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:15,210 What happened? 1000 00:44:17,170 --> 00:44:18,920 I fucked it up. 1001 00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:20,610 In what sense? 1002 00:44:22,220 --> 00:44:23,710 There are... 1003 00:44:23,910 --> 00:44:27,930 weremental health issues in my family. 1004 00:44:28,130 --> 00:44:32,670 Being around Alex, I could see so many things 1005 00:44:32,870 --> 00:44:35,240 in her that were familiar from growing up. 1006 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:39,030 But you've got to be careful when you try to 1007 00:44:39,230 --> 00:44:41,120 go there with someone who thinks no one knows 1008 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,820 they're not okay, and I wasn't. 1009 00:44:44,020 --> 00:44:46,170 I went about it the wrong way. 1010 00:44:46,370 --> 00:44:49,690 I never got another chance. 1011 00:44:49,890 --> 00:44:52,740 Did you ever think about coming forward? 1012 00:44:52,940 --> 00:44:55,650 That was my defense-- her mental state. 1013 00:44:55,850 --> 00:44:57,440 No, yeah, I know. I was there. 1014 00:44:57,640 --> 00:44:59,480 I went to court every day. 1015 00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:02,310 I heard all about how you were so appropriately polite to Alex 1016 00:45:02,510 --> 00:45:03,920 that she lost her mind. 1017 00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:06,060 Heard you describe someone unstable 1018 00:45:06,250 --> 00:45:09,060 and scared and lost as evil. 1019 00:45:09,260 --> 00:45:13,980 Mr. I'm The Victim's Voice. "I speak for the victims." 1020 00:45:14,180 --> 00:45:16,110 Prosecutor's toolbox, right? 1021 00:45:16,310 --> 00:45:19,420 Evil's elemental. It means no one has to feel guilty. 1022 00:45:19,620 --> 00:45:23,800 Not even you, after you gave her death for needing help. 1023 00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,110 But they still hated you more. 1024 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:33,730 At least there was that. 1025 00:45:34,810 --> 00:45:37,860 Finally a jury saw the real you. 1026 00:45:44,780 --> 00:45:46,130 [Mike scoffs] 1027 00:45:47,610 --> 00:45:49,230 Okay, okay. 1028 00:45:49,430 --> 00:45:51,490 He made some cutting remarks that maybe now 1029 00:45:51,690 --> 00:45:53,890 you're internalizing. 1030 00:45:54,090 --> 00:45:55,970 But it doesn't mean he didn't kill her. 1031 00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:01,630 Hey, let's go to Andolini's later, okay? 1032 00:46:01,830 --> 00:46:04,590 - No, I... - Judge Mills' retirement racket. 1033 00:46:04,790 --> 00:46:06,990 Drink your feelings, like an Irishman should. 1034 00:46:07,190 --> 00:46:09,240 Come on. 1035 00:46:11,980 --> 00:46:14,300 All right, I'll take you back to work. 1036 00:46:14,500 --> 00:46:16,430 You drive my car there, you can drive it home. 1037 00:46:16,630 --> 00:46:17,910 I'll take an Uber. 1038 00:46:18,110 --> 00:46:20,300 Since I'm gonna engulf so much free vodka 1039 00:46:20,500 --> 00:46:21,960 at this fuckin' thing they're gonna make me 1040 00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:25,340 the president of Poland. Come on. 1041 00:46:27,870 --> 00:46:29,870 [busy chatter] 1042 00:46:34,570 --> 00:46:36,060 No one said you were coming. 1043 00:46:36,260 --> 00:46:38,020 Oh, fuck, I live to disappoint. 1044 00:46:38,220 --> 00:46:39,670 [laughter] 1045 00:46:39,870 --> 00:46:41,670 - Hey, Mikey. - Oh, shit. 1046 00:46:41,870 --> 00:46:43,500 Urbanek, you rockin' a beard now? 1047 00:46:43,700 --> 00:46:46,630 What a horrible day to have eyes. 1048 00:46:46,830 --> 00:46:48,940 Shit, Mikey, I don't see you for years, 1049 00:46:49,140 --> 00:46:51,510 now I can't get rid of you. 1050 00:46:51,710 --> 00:46:55,080 - Following you like a bad smell. - Mm-hmm. 1051 00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:57,170 Hey, you see Gonzales is here? 1052 00:46:57,370 --> 00:46:58,860 - Oh, no shit? - Yeah. [chuckles] 1053 00:46:59,060 --> 00:47:00,210 - "Vigil" Gonzales? - Yeah. 1054 00:47:00,410 --> 00:47:01,910 - That's what it was. - No sh-- Yeah. 1055 00:47:02,110 --> 00:47:03,480 Now, why did we call him that again? 1056 00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:05,440 - Was it the serial case in Newton? - Yeah. 1057 00:47:05,630 --> 00:47:07,220 'Cause Gonzales goes, "Hey, we can't call it 'Operation Vigil' 1058 00:47:07,420 --> 00:47:08,610 "because 'Vigil' and 'Villain' both start 1059 00:47:08,810 --> 00:47:10,530 - with a V." - [laughs] 1060 00:47:10,730 --> 00:47:12,050 And fucking Evrard goes, 1061 00:47:12,250 --> 00:47:13,660 "Hey, yeah, but your first name is 'Hector,' 1062 00:47:13,860 --> 00:47:15,710 "and Hector starts with an H, and so does 1063 00:47:15,910 --> 00:47:17,800 'Ho, my God, would you shut the fuck up?'" 1064 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,490 - That's right, that's right, that's right. - Fuckin'... 1065 00:47:20,690 --> 00:47:23,060 - [sighs] - Yeah. 1066 00:47:23,260 --> 00:47:26,370 - Hey, you remember a case a while back? - Hmm. 1067 00:47:26,570 --> 00:47:29,590 Guy got murdered, had a sandwich place downtown, 1068 00:47:29,790 --> 00:47:31,810 case never make it out of grand jury? 1069 00:47:32,010 --> 00:47:33,420 Yeah. 1070 00:47:33,620 --> 00:47:35,470 Ackroyd... No. Acosta. 1071 00:47:35,660 --> 00:47:38,210 Yeah. 1072 00:47:38,410 --> 00:47:40,950 Son pureed him with a 60-inch pipe wrench 1073 00:47:41,150 --> 00:47:43,160 and then walked off into the sunset. 1074 00:47:46,340 --> 00:47:48,260 Tell you what. He better hope that the guys 1075 00:47:48,460 --> 00:47:51,000 that worked that case don't get some kind of terminal disease 1076 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:52,790 'cause he's gonna be their last stop before they kick it. 1077 00:47:52,990 --> 00:47:54,880 - [scoffs] - That psycho shitstain. 1078 00:47:55,080 --> 00:47:56,970 Unbelievable. 1079 00:47:57,160 --> 00:47:58,970 - That is unbelievable. - Mm. 1080 00:47:59,170 --> 00:48:01,800 Also, psycho shitstain's prints being 1081 00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:03,700 in Alex Forrest's apartment is unbelievable. 1082 00:48:06,180 --> 00:48:08,270 Except for how they were. 1083 00:48:11,450 --> 00:48:13,020 BETH: I mean, 1084 00:48:13,220 --> 00:48:14,500 I'm sorry your friend has the Internet, 1085 00:48:14,700 --> 00:48:16,030 and-and that she blindsided you. 1086 00:48:16,230 --> 00:48:18,030 Drunk people do kind of like to do that. 1087 00:48:18,230 --> 00:48:20,630 I mean, she's right, though, about the alibi. 1088 00:48:21,850 --> 00:48:23,910 About his not having one being weird. 1089 00:48:24,100 --> 00:48:25,860 He did have one. 1090 00:48:26,060 --> 00:48:27,600 Right, but nobody testifying to it 1091 00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:29,480 - was like saying that he didn't. - Right. 1092 00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:31,390 And the person testifying to it would have been me, 1093 00:48:31,590 --> 00:48:32,960 and that would have opened me up 1094 00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:34,520 to being asked if he'd had an affair. 1095 00:48:34,720 --> 00:48:36,310 Your father gave up his alibi 1096 00:48:36,510 --> 00:48:38,090 so I wouldn't be charged with perjury. 1097 00:48:38,290 --> 00:48:39,750 I know. 1098 00:48:39,950 --> 00:48:41,790 I know you know. Did you tell her? 1099 00:48:41,990 --> 00:48:44,140 Or are you saying you agree with her a little? 1100 00:48:44,340 --> 00:48:45,620 [scoffs] 1101 00:48:45,820 --> 00:48:47,410 How would I agree with her a little? 1102 00:48:47,610 --> 00:48:49,970 Think Dad killed Alex Forrest, but just part of her? 1103 00:48:50,170 --> 00:48:51,890 Just killed her partially? 1104 00:48:52,090 --> 00:48:54,200 Well, it's pretty shitty that she did that, I think. 1105 00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:57,500 That she said those things, tried to pick a fight with you. 1106 00:48:57,700 --> 00:48:59,420 Maybe a good question to ask would be 1107 00:48:59,620 --> 00:49:01,760 what's up with your friend? 1108 00:49:06,110 --> 00:49:08,040 I don't think so, but I have played hearts. 1109 00:49:08,240 --> 00:49:09,820 I was pretty good at hearts. 1110 00:49:10,020 --> 00:49:13,870 Well, pinochle and hearts are both trick-taking games. 1111 00:49:14,070 --> 00:49:16,700 Well, maybe I'll sit in next time. 1112 00:49:16,900 --> 00:49:18,340 You're not invited. 1113 00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:22,650 How's your thing going? Good? 1114 00:49:23,690 --> 00:49:25,360 Yeah. We're making progress. 1115 00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:27,230 Ah, that's nice. 1116 00:49:27,430 --> 00:49:31,020 I won't ask why you're bothering. 1117 00:49:31,220 --> 00:49:33,980 What's that old saw-- Socrates, or someone? 1118 00:49:34,170 --> 00:49:36,670 "The clouds change, but people don't"? 1119 00:49:36,870 --> 00:49:39,020 [laughs] 1120 00:49:39,220 --> 00:49:41,500 I've always found that to be true. 1121 00:49:41,700 --> 00:49:44,420 Uh, about their minds, at least. 1122 00:49:44,620 --> 00:49:47,370 People don't change their minds. 1123 00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:52,430 Maybe that's Joni Mitchell. [chuckles] 1124 00:49:52,630 --> 00:49:56,210 Hey, next time, don't forget the sesame sticks. 1125 00:49:56,410 --> 00:50:00,220 Fannie Sykes gave me a big ration of shit. 1126 00:50:00,420 --> 00:50:03,350 I-I didn't. I-I didn't forget them. 1127 00:50:03,550 --> 00:50:05,650 - I bought them. - Then where were they? 1128 00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:19,630 - [grunts] - How you like me at your fucking house, 1129 00:50:19,830 --> 00:50:21,330 - motherfucker?! Huh? - [grunting] 1130 00:50:21,530 --> 00:50:22,810 - You like it? - [groans] 1131 00:50:23,010 --> 00:50:24,160 I come to your house now. 1132 00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:26,590 Maybe I'm gonna talk to your wife now, 1133 00:50:26,790 --> 00:50:28,160 dogshit motherfucker. 1134 00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:29,600 MIKE: Hey, hey, hey, hey, stop 1135 00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:31,250 whatever the fuck you're doing right now. 1136 00:50:31,450 --> 00:50:33,510 Stop it. Go faster than that, you asshole. 1137 00:50:33,710 --> 00:50:35,080 Get down on the ground. 1138 00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:37,910 Get down on the fucking ground away from him 1139 00:50:38,110 --> 00:50:41,220 before I get mad. Or madder. 1140 00:50:41,420 --> 00:50:42,910 Jesus Christ. 1141 00:50:43,110 --> 00:50:44,650 Dan, go through his pockets. 1142 00:50:44,850 --> 00:50:46,830 See if he's got any ID or something, okay? You okay? 1143 00:50:47,030 --> 00:50:48,920 - Oh, yeah, great. - Good. 1144 00:50:49,120 --> 00:50:51,570 - Never better. [groans] - Whew. In retrospect, 1145 00:50:51,770 --> 00:50:55,060 I got to say, that fifth round-- that was a bad idea. 1146 00:50:55,260 --> 00:50:58,880 - [sighs] - Hey, asshole, kiss the dirt. 1147 00:50:59,880 --> 00:51:01,410 "Artem Fedorko." 1148 00:51:01,610 --> 00:51:04,280 Fe-- Well, that's a silly name. Artem? The... 1149 00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:06,680 Wait. Artem, as in, 1150 00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:09,720 Olena Kuzma has a piece of shit boyfriend named Artem? 1151 00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:11,510 You were talking about Olena's house. 1152 00:51:11,710 --> 00:51:14,290 I was just in there. 1153 00:51:14,490 --> 00:51:16,770 - Oh, she married this asshole. - [door opens] 1154 00:51:16,970 --> 00:51:19,470 - How depressing is that? - Mikey? 1155 00:51:19,670 --> 00:51:21,950 - Hey, Ma. - You want me to call 911? 1156 00:51:22,150 --> 00:51:23,480 No, don't call 911. 1157 00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:25,000 - It's okay. - [groans] 1158 00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:28,050 Ma, on second thought, call 911. 1159 00:51:28,250 --> 00:51:31,220 Tell them it's Code 3, tell them I'm retired, I'm off the job. 1160 00:51:31,420 --> 00:51:33,530 And then, just don't ask 'em if they like working there 1161 00:51:33,730 --> 00:51:35,710 or what they had for lunch. Just hang up the phone, okay? 1162 00:51:35,900 --> 00:51:38,320 - [scoffs] - Ma, thanks. 1163 00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:40,060 - [door closes] - How are you, Danny? 1164 00:51:40,260 --> 00:51:42,190 - [groans] - Okay, good. 1165 00:51:42,390 --> 00:51:44,360 That's one of us. 1166 00:51:48,450 --> 00:51:50,490 ♪ 1167 00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:06,160 [door closes] 1168 00:52:18,130 --> 00:52:19,880 [Quincy barks] 1169 00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:24,010 [barking] 1170 00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:26,100 [drawer opens] 1171 00:52:26,300 --> 00:52:28,800 [silverware clinking] 1172 00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:30,490 [drawer closes] 1173 00:52:43,760 --> 00:52:45,940 [barking] 1174 00:52:50,290 --> 00:52:51,470 [barking] 1175 00:52:56,300 --> 00:52:57,520 [barking] 1176 00:53:03,610 --> 00:53:05,800 [barking] 1177 00:53:05,990 --> 00:53:07,670 - [loud knocking] - [barking] 1178 00:53:07,870 --> 00:53:09,490 [collar jingling] 1179 00:53:09,690 --> 00:53:11,150 [knocking] 1180 00:53:11,350 --> 00:53:13,020 [barking] 1181 00:53:13,220 --> 00:53:14,720 [distant barking] 1182 00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:16,710 [knocking continues] 1183 00:53:37,300 --> 00:53:40,300 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 1184 00:54:48,980 --> 00:54:51,420 I heard all about how you were so appropriately polite to Alex 1185 00:54:51,620 --> 00:54:52,820 that she lost her mind. 1186 00:54:53,010 --> 00:54:56,160 Heard you describe someone unstable and scared and lost 1187 00:54:56,900 --> 00:54:58,810 as evil. Mr. "I'm The Victim's Voice." 1188 00:54:59,160 --> 00:55:01,080 [MENACING MUSIC] 1189 00:55:02,900 --> 00:55:04,220 Something about 106 1190 00:55:04,420 --> 00:55:06,660 that was important in terms of point of view 1191 00:55:06,850 --> 00:55:10,270 is two people in Alex's orbit 1192 00:55:10,470 --> 00:55:13,440 who were there before she ever crossed paths with Dan, 1193 00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:17,270 who saw that she was struggling, 1194 00:55:17,470 --> 00:55:22,450 because Alex's disorder is this terrible combination 1195 00:55:22,650 --> 00:55:25,280 of desperate fear of abandonment 1196 00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:29,550 and inability to have stable relationships with anyone. 1197 00:55:29,750 --> 00:55:31,850 As much as she wants these things for herself, 1198 00:55:32,050 --> 00:55:34,030 or she thinks she wants these things for herself, 1199 00:55:34,230 --> 00:55:36,950 this, like, stable, conventional relationship, 1200 00:55:37,150 --> 00:55:39,560 the emotional stakes are very, very high for Alex. 1201 00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:42,080 CLAY: Alex, I would give up whatever 1202 00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:44,900 we are to each other for you not to be in pain. 1203 00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:46,870 [SOFTLY CHUCKLING] We're nothing. 1204 00:55:47,070 --> 00:55:51,310 She ruins her relationship with Clay, 1205 00:55:51,510 --> 00:55:53,180 who wanted to help her. 1206 00:55:53,380 --> 00:55:54,920 ALEX: Get out, go!CLAY: Okay. 1207 00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:57,750 ALEXANDRA: That makes her immediately devalue him 1208 00:55:57,950 --> 00:56:00,800 because he's found her vulnerability. 1209 00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:03,450 Oh, hi! I'm Emma. I live here. 1210 00:56:03,650 --> 00:56:06,930 And also to a different degree, her neighbor. 1211 00:56:07,130 --> 00:56:10,500 Here is a wonderful maternal person, 1212 00:56:10,700 --> 00:56:13,330 but Alex is damaged when it comes to maternal figures. 1213 00:56:13,530 --> 00:56:15,940 I'm really sorry I wasn't here 1214 00:56:16,140 --> 00:56:18,210 if you needed me.I don't care what you are. 1215 00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:20,290 As soon as Emma isn't there for her, 1216 00:56:20,490 --> 00:56:21,560 she rejects her. 1217 00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:23,730 Because how dare Emma go out of town 1218 00:56:23,930 --> 00:56:25,950 ...to see her own pregnant daughter?[DOOR SLAMS] 1219 00:56:26,150 --> 00:56:28,300 Alex is making her a mother surrogate, 1220 00:56:28,500 --> 00:56:30,130 and then the first time that Alex needs her 1221 00:56:30,330 --> 00:56:32,730 and she's not there, "Now, you're dead to me." 1222 00:56:33,820 --> 00:56:36,610 Do you think your father killed Alex Forrest? 1223 00:56:37,210 --> 00:56:38,220 What?ALYSSA: A huge theme 1224 00:56:38,780 --> 00:56:39,970 with the show in general, 1225 00:56:40,170 --> 00:56:42,140 and just with the character of Ellen, is trauma 1226 00:56:42,340 --> 00:56:46,320 and abandonment wounds and how that would affect 1227 00:56:46,520 --> 00:56:49,320 somebody who would rather not share 1228 00:56:49,520 --> 00:56:51,800 and would rather stuff it down, and sort of from there on, 1229 00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:54,630 you could see how that would go into how you would sort of exist in the world. 1230 00:56:54,830 --> 00:56:57,850 I think Ellen was always very smart 1231 00:56:58,050 --> 00:57:01,340 and very able to keep her own secrets. 1232 00:57:01,530 --> 00:57:03,820 And so, I think that her mental health 1233 00:57:04,020 --> 00:57:07,470 has been sort of percolating in isolation 1234 00:57:07,670 --> 00:57:09,210 because she doesn't trust anyone. 1235 00:57:09,410 --> 00:57:11,130 Because she's been told she can't trust anyone. 1236 00:57:11,330 --> 00:57:14,910 And so, I think she grew up as a quiet and internal 1237 00:57:15,110 --> 00:57:17,170 and not demonstrative kid 1238 00:57:17,690 --> 00:57:20,950 with very few friends by choice. 1239 00:57:21,690 --> 00:57:24,010 And if anything, I think Dan being back in her life 1240 00:57:24,210 --> 00:57:25,920 gives her permission 1241 00:57:26,120 --> 00:57:28,010 to explore it in a deeper sense. 1242 00:57:28,210 --> 00:57:30,190 And that's making her think thoughts 1243 00:57:30,390 --> 00:57:32,580 that she hasn't had to deal with before. 1244 00:57:32,780 --> 00:57:36,070 It's all kind of able to come up, and we're just sort of getting to see 1245 00:57:36,260 --> 00:57:37,620 a little window into it. 1246 00:57:39,580 --> 00:57:40,630 EARL: Hey. 1247 00:57:41,150 --> 00:57:42,540 We've, uh... 1248 00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:44,510 We have got a situation. 1249 00:57:44,710 --> 00:57:46,030 Earl loves his job. 1250 00:57:46,230 --> 00:57:49,510 Earl is always investigating, and you do not know 1251 00:57:49,710 --> 00:57:51,430 if you're getting set up by him or not. 1252 00:57:51,630 --> 00:57:52,520 He's the kind of guy that, 1253 00:57:52,720 --> 00:57:54,340 you know, will make you feel comfortable 1254 00:57:54,540 --> 00:57:56,430 in a room until you start telling on yourself, 1255 00:57:56,630 --> 00:57:57,700 and that was the case with Dan. 1256 00:57:57,900 --> 00:57:59,650 And in terms of Dan and Earl's relationship, 1257 00:57:59,850 --> 00:58:01,440 Earl doesn't really like him because, 1258 00:58:01,640 --> 00:58:02,870 you know, when you're a detective, 1259 00:58:03,070 --> 00:58:04,620 you're out in the streets. You're on the field. 1260 00:58:04,820 --> 00:58:07,050 And then in order to get your case tried, 1261 00:58:07,250 --> 00:58:08,880 you gotta go to the suit. 1262 00:58:09,080 --> 00:58:10,790 And they've never been out in these streets. 1263 00:58:11,310 --> 00:58:12,880 They're privileged. They're entitled. 1264 00:58:13,080 --> 00:58:15,280 I think there's a bit of resentment there. 1265 00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:17,850 And once he finds out that that there's a moment 1266 00:58:18,050 --> 00:58:19,540 where he can kind of get him, 1267 00:58:19,740 --> 00:58:21,150 then it's like a shark in the water. 1268 00:58:21,350 --> 00:58:23,770 Yeah, I need to figure out what to do 1269 00:58:23,960 --> 00:58:26,460 about how your prints are all over a place you don't even know where it is. 1270 00:58:26,660 --> 00:58:29,770 But because he is a narcissist, 1271 00:58:29,970 --> 00:58:32,950 and because he's always been so good in this realm, 1272 00:58:33,150 --> 00:58:38,610 Dan believes in his own powers to charm and evade. 1273 00:58:38,810 --> 00:58:41,910 And for the people who were close to Dan, it's shocking. 1274 00:58:42,110 --> 00:58:46,050 He has presented himself as a decent and noble person, 1275 00:58:46,250 --> 00:58:48,400 and then, the moment that he's tested, 1276 00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:50,220 he goes to the lowest possible tactics. 1277 00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:52,620 It's a sequence of impacts for Dan 1278 00:58:52,820 --> 00:58:54,670 as he realizes that the people closest to him 1279 00:58:54,870 --> 00:58:57,630 did not hold him in the regard that he thought that they did. 1280 00:58:57,820 --> 00:58:59,980 There really is a residual of, 1281 00:59:00,170 --> 00:59:01,410 "I am a golden god." 1282 00:59:01,610 --> 00:59:02,760 "I'm the king of the courthouse." 1283 00:59:02,960 --> 00:59:05,420 He's learning some things about himself 1284 00:59:05,610 --> 00:59:07,370 in the course of this story. 1285 00:59:07,570 --> 00:59:09,330 What he's like when he gets denied 1286 00:59:09,530 --> 00:59:12,160 things that he wants. What it's like to fail. 1287 00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:13,600 He assumed everyone loves him. 1288 00:59:13,800 --> 00:59:15,340 It turns out maybe they don't. 1289 00:59:15,540 --> 00:59:18,250 That is kind of dovetailing with what we're trying to say 1290 00:59:18,450 --> 00:59:21,820 about people who have been born with advantages. 1291 00:59:22,020 --> 00:59:26,090 Not being appointed a judge is the first time that he didn't get something 1292 00:59:26,290 --> 00:59:27,870 that he assumed he was gonna get, 1293 00:59:28,070 --> 00:59:30,180 and he literally doesn't know how to deal with it. 1294 00:59:30,380 --> 00:59:31,700 He blows his whole life up 1295 00:59:31,900 --> 00:59:33,740 as a result of catching feelings. 1296 00:59:35,220 --> 00:59:36,740 [MUSIC CONCLUDES]