All language subtitles for +A.Murder.In.Oakland.Beauty.Is.Deadly.2025+

Sean

Baby.

Baby go back to sleep.

It's about six o'clock.

You got about an hour and a half left.

I know what time it is and I will be ready for work soon.

What's up with you?

Nothing, I just got this new case.

Look, you got an hour and a half.

Just go to sleep.

But baby.

What?

You haven't eaten breakfast yet?

I know, I'm just going to get something

from 7-Eleven or something.

7-Eleven?

Not happening, no.

You need some spinach, some eggs, some real food.

7-Eleven.

Like a scramble, you going to make me a scramble?

Yeah, or maybe the omelet you like.

Alright.

Your neck still hurt?

Yeah, every time, look.

You already know, every time you get your hair done,

you take all the pillows and I get crack in my neck.

That's 'cause you're supposed to be sleeping closer to me.

You can't be touching my hair.

You love me, right?

Yes.

So why I can't have all the pillows?

You can have all pillows, my neck just hurt.

And baby, that tie,

I mean it does compliment your skin,

but I think you could still look better.

You bought me this.

You bought me this tie.

Na babe, I'm just, I'm just playing.

You look good in everything you put on.

Forget it, no tie.

Hey love.

My name is Tori.

What can I get you on today?

Oh, hey.

Hi.

Yeah, I'll take a fruit salad.

All right, that's a nice choice.

And what can I get you to drink on today?

I think I'll take a tea.

All right, hot or cold?

Hot.

Okay.

Any selection of the green tea or spice?

Yeah, what kinds do you have?

Earl Gray, spice, green tea.

What would you like?

I'll take a Earl Gray.

Okay, that's actually my favorite.

So I will be back with your order as soon as I can.

Okay, love.

Are you waiting on anybody by the way?

No, it's just me.

Okay, so let me get this out of your way

right quick, okay?

I will be right back.

Right here is your order,

your bowl of fruit and your tea.

Thank you.

So, do you mind if I have a seat with you?

No, not at all.

Okay, thank you.

So I couldn't help but notice

that you seemed a little down earlier,

nervous or, so I wanted to ask what was wrong?

'Cause here in our restaurant,

people are usually all smiles and stuff.

So could I ask what's wrong?

I didn't think it was that noticeable.

It actually is.

And for handsome guy like yourself,

I wouldn't think you would be down or anything.

Thank you, you're beautiful yourself.

Thank you, I'm no Beyonce, but I'm trying to keep there.

So what's wrong?

You know what, just feel a little out of place.

This is my first day here in Oakland

first time being far away from family and friends.

Okay, I know that feeling.

I'm from Memphis and I'm a long ways from home

and I've been here actually for a year now.

But you get used to it when you've been here

for a while.

I mean, it's been a year for me,

but I've been used to it so far.

I've made some friends here.

It's been a little bit enjoyable for me.

I love the people I have here

and the familiar faces that's here already.

Yours kind of stood out so I knew you're a bit new.

And one thing I'll tell you, I'm here

so you can always come to this restaurant.

I'll be here, I'm here at nights,

most times you'll catch me here in the mornings.

I'll be here, okay?

So you can always talk to me.

Oh, okay, I've got a table.

So I'll catch you later, okay.

Nice meeting you.

Wills, I got some news for you.

'Cause of your recent performance and your actions.

We're gonna put you with a new partner.

A partner?

You need a partner.

I do good work for you Captain.

You do great work for me.

But we still at this point need you to have a partner.

It's best for our organization

and it's best for the city right now.

Damn politics.

Who is it, Roger?

It's not Rogers.

It's Detective Michael Adams coming to us from Fresno.

He's got a couple accommodations.

Looks like he just came off

of a long undercover, we need to get him off the.

It's no crime in Fresno.

There's lots of crime in Fresno.

He knows what he's doing, he's not a rookie.

And don't forget that.

Look, we got some new evidence on a cold case.

You familiar with Seaside Killer?

Yeah, Kevin Hunter, right?

That's it, I want you guys

to be working this case together.

All right, when can I meet him?

Hey Mary, send in Detective Adams.

He's here now?

He's here now.

Detective Adams, how you doing?

Pretty good Chief.

You guys are gonna be partners here now.

Detective Michael Adams.

Sean Williams.

Nice to meet you.

So I want you to show him the ropes around Oakland.

Use your detective knowledge that you used in Fresno.

Yes sir.

All right, we have the file cap?

This the Seaside Killer file for you alright.

And then I can get the rest of the stuff for Mary, right?

Mary has more.

All right, you ready?

Definitely.

Look forward to working with you.

Likewise, let's go.

Nice meeting you Chief.

Make it work Wills, make it work.

Alright.

All right, thank you guys all for coming.

Captain Baker gave us this case, I've given you briefs.

We're back to the Seaside Killer, okay.

For whatever reason, Captain Baker thinks

that Seaside Killer did not kill Mercedes.

Which is the last murder in your, yeah, the last one.

So we need to figure out the discrepancies in this

and why this guy is in jail for this.

All right, but before we get started,

this is Detective Adams.

I'm gonna let him talk about his himself.

So go ahead, introduce yourself.

Yes, I'm Detective Michael Adams.

Just recently transferred from Fresno.

I worked many years undercover

and for that reason I can't return back

to working as a regular cop.

So now I'm here in Oakland working in Cold case.

How many years did you work

in there and see many, how many?

Undercover.

Undercover, okay, welcome to the police squad.

- Welcome. - Welcome.

Okay, so what do we know about this case?

Seaside Killer is Kevin Hunter, okay.

He has killed four women, African American

and then Mercedes will be the fifth,

for whatever reason he did not admit to Mercedes,

but he did admit to the other four.

What can you tell me?

I don't feel that he killed number five, Mercedes.

He admitted to killing the four

and he's in jail for the rest of his life.

He's never gonna get out.

Why would he say he killed four, five doesn't matter.

It's not gonna get him no more jail time.

Who is the one that?

You think Woods might have kind of padded that one?

I don't know, you know, he's one of us,

so I kind of don't want to.

Four bodies dead on him.

They got a fifth one that's the cold case.

Close the cold case, that's another one killed.

And it could be political

'cause he didn't move up to Sergeant.

Well wait a minute, excuse me.

We're talking about Sergeant Woods here.

So many citations from the mayor to the governor

and here you are defending the killer?

Listen, it's not about defending the killer,

it's about, our job is based on evidence.

We need evidence.

Facts.

So we need to talk to, let's talk to Kevin.

Can somebody set up a meeting with Kevin?

I can.

Spears, I need it to be either today or tomorrow.

Let's get this off calender.

This killer's locked up, right?

Yeah.

Don't we have someone on the inside?

Yeah, Spears is just going to handle that.

What else I need?

I'll do social media, Facebook, all the victims

gatherings of friends from social media in the workplaces

and where they worked in those surrounding areas

before they were killed.

Good, I need next of kin.

I need, like you said, employer.

I need who she talked to, where she went.

Think right here is good, forensics.

I need differences in the, you know, similarities.

You got that Foster?

I'm on it.

Good, thanks Foster, okay, so we need.

Somebody needs to check with Sergeant Woods, talk to him.

Smart.

As a matter of fact, can you set that up?

Yeah, first of all, I'm offended.

And Sergeant Woods would be offended

if he was notified about this.

All right, thank you.

We're not disrespecting him.

We just want to find the truth, like.

What's your story?

Well I just transferred from Fresno, California.

I know that shit.

No, tell me something I don't.

Oh well I'm a Capricorn.

Like to go on long walks in the beach.

Listen, listen, listen.

Like I don't need hear to ask shit either.

I need to know if I can trust you though.

So tell me, tell me something that happened in the field.

Oh, when it comes to crime,

Fresno is more like nickel and diming.

The idea of becoming a police officer

was wanting to protect and serve.

And there's not too much crime in Fresno.

You only deal with just the meth addict and meth labs.

It's just a real quiet area.

I wanna be a part of the big crimes.

That's why I came here.

You ain't out here playing, you know that right?

I knew that coming in.

That's good.

Believe me, sir, it's not what I came here to do.

All right, but I ain't heard a thing about you.

That's the thing, that's what I don't understand.

I know you've been undercover, I know a lot of stuff is,

you know, off the record, under the books

and not supposed to know.

But I'm the little uneasy about that.

So tell me something that's gonna make me feel more at ease.

Try to protect and serve.

Kevin.

Kevin Hunter.

Seaside Killer.

Hello Detectives.

Hey, Kevin,

listen, we'll make this brief.

Here to talk to you about Mercedes.

What can you tell us?

I told you, I don't know the bitch.

Says here, you strangled her from the front.

She died, everything was still there.

All her belongings, sounds similar to other murders, right?

Say, you said you did it in the front, right?

That's what it said.

I don't do it in the front.

I do it from the back.

You're saying you didn't do this?

No.

Who did Kevin?

Somebody is trying to copycat me.

You guys just don't get it.

I only had four victims, not five, not Mercedes.

So help me, help you.

You've murdered four other people.

That you admitted to, right?

Yes.

But you're not admitting to this one.

Why not just take the credit?

I don't, I don't at all.

Well, last thing.

If you didn't do it.

Who did it?

I don't know who did it.

And even if I did know,

still wouldn't tell you.

All right, we gone look into this.

Let's go.

What's up Melissa, how you doing?

I'm amazing, how are you?

Good, you're looking amazing.

Thank you.

Let me do, let me get a Pepsi.

Pepsi 'cause you're on duty.

Yeah, you know, I can't drink on duty.

I understand, anything interesting today at work?

Nah, they got me with this new partner.

I feel like I'm babysitting, he not even from here.

I gotta tell him what Oakland is.

But other than that same old stuff,

I got this, how can I put that?

Got this new case, right?

I can't tell you too much about it.

But are you still into music videos?

I am, for sure.

Okay, all right, so a couple years ago,

maybe three, four years ago, there was this

There was this model

A vixen I guess her name is Mercedes.

Local, she did some Too $hort, some E-40

I think she did some Mistah F.A.B. stuff

and you know, something happened to her.

I just wanted to know if you remember her,

if you even remember seeing her, anything about her?

I don't.

No big deal.

I'm just asking around a little bit, but.

Well, do you want any appetizers?

I have wings, Roberts' in the back.

Nah, you know, Robert take forever.

I ain't got that much time.

Makes his food with love.

Yeah, I guess so.

All right, well, I'm gonna head out,

but I'll be back to see you, what time you get off?

Whenever you come back, I'll be ready to go.

Quit playing, all right, I'll holla at you.

All right.

Have a nice day.

Detective Williams you were ordered to see me

after the last department scandal with your partner.

How are things progressing since then?

Same old shit.

I come in here every single week.

You ask me the same questions over and over and over.

I'm tired of coming here, what do you want from me?

Sir, I can't clear you until you exhibit growth.

You come here every week.

I haven't seen any change in you.

You've got the same attitude.

And I - I was found innocent.

That means I didn't do it right?

So what am I coming here for?

I feel like y'all trying to handle me.

You give me this goddamn new partner who has no idea

what he is doing from fucking Fresno?

Huh, Fresno.

Have you ever considered that this might be a chance

for you to redeem yourself?

I don't need to redeem myself.

I need everybody to back the fuck off.

That's what I need.

I understand that you were close with your partner

and I understand that this has sabotaged your career,

but you're just going to keep digging yourself

into a deeper hole until you start

to work on the real problem.

I don't need no fucking partner

because I told Baker the same thing,

when he brought him into me,

I said, let me do this on my own.

I don't want a partner because now I gotta babysit.

He's fucking incompetent.

Have you seen this dude?

It's ridiculous.

I gotta talk to him like a little kid.

I don't want to have somebody else I'm responsible for.

I'm trying to be responsible for myself.

But y'all got me in here being hand-held,

I don't need that.

Bring up these old ass cases

that should have been solved right the first time.

But what you gone get Super-Cop, that's me,

to fix everything.

And now you got somebody here trying to sabotage it, why?

So what are the numbers, doc?

Mr. Williams,

I mean, you are at high risk for hypertension,

stroke, your blood pressure's pretty elevated,

coming in at 140 over 90.

Is that, that's bad?

Yes, it is.

I mean, what have you been under a lot of stress lately?

I mean, my job is what it is.

You know, crime is crime,

but I've been doing this for years.

I think things at home,

I'm going through a little stuff with my wife,

but who's not right?

But I feel fine, I feel great.

Okay, and what's your exercise regimen like?

Two times a week or I try to go two times a week.

Okay, and when you go, I mean, what are you focusing on?

Are you doing cardio or weight lifting?

Nah, I don't believe in walking for fun.

So na, I don't do that, but I do hit the bench press

and then I try to jump in,

get a massage real quick, that's pretty much it.

Well, I'm thinking maybe you wanna increase it

to at least three to four times a week.

We can kind of monitor that and kind of see how that goes.

And as far as your eating habits,

what's your diet like?

I'm not really on a diet, you know,

I only eat two, three o'clock in the afternoon.

I really don't eat breakfast, I run out the house.

But, you know, whatever's open, fast food, you know.

No, no, no, no, Mr. Williams, not a good idea.

No, you really wanna avoid anything fast food.

I'm talking your typical fast food, let it go.

You have to focus on fruits, vegetables,

incorporating that into your diet.

And I think when you make those changes,

I think we'll see this blood pressure go down a little bit.

As I said earlier, high blood pressure

can lead to hypertension.

You don't want that, heart attack, you know?

Yeah.

It's a big deal.

Okay, all right.

So do I gotta come back?

So let's do this.

Let's look at coming back in a couple of weeks

and we'll retest you.

Okay.

And after you make those changes,

we should really start to see some results.

All right, thanks doc.

So yeah, I think we go start with the agent.

See what the agent got to say.

You know, everybody's in it.

They got a little piece of something, right?

So we just gotta figure out

what piece are they in to make.

Know, everything is about money.

Oh yeah, anybody can be paid off.

Yep, we gotta figure out

where the money is and follow the money trail.

So we got the agent.

Got to figure out if she got friends.

Gotta figure out, we gotta talk to her mom,

boyfriend, all of that.

Gotta figure out who's in connection and who's running.

Because usually the person that's leaving town

they're the ones that got something to hide,

It's usually the first instinct.

Always.

So I'm gonna tell you, it's a lot different here

than, than Fresno.

All right, people here, they know how to play the game.

They'll make you think they your friend

and they coming right behind you.

So you gotta be careful.

Yeah, learn to play the game.

Yep.

I know you just now getting out of, you know,

undercover, this is different.

Now you not whoever,

whoever the dude you was, you not him.

I need to figure out who you are.

So you go, I to get a grips on that.

Understood.

We gone bust this left.

Go talk to this agent.

See what they gotta say.

So, what's this agent's backstory?

I don't know, but I'm gonna tell you this,

when you get in there,

I'm gonna do all the questioning.

All right, you new, I don't know what you know yet,

so let me do what I gotta do

and you be there to back me up, alright?

Don't go in there trying to be Mr Super-Cop, alright?

All right?

Like I said that sir.

All right, no, no, no.

It's gonna be some shit, I'm telling you right now.

Don't do that in front of people.

I need to make sure that we go in there,

we are cohesive unit.

I'm here to learn off you, sir,

I heard nothing but great things

and it's an honor to be by your side.

All right, it's an honor to be by my side too.

Good evening, Anyo, I'm Detective Adams.

This is Detective Williams.

No, no, listen, I'm Detective Williams.

Sean, I got this.

Don't tell me what, hold up for a second, listen.

I done told you I'm running the show.

I'm Detective Williams and that's Detective Adams.

Well, how can I help you Officer?

You know why we're here.

I just talked to you on the phone.

You told me to meet you here.

We're gonna have an honest conversation and already

you acting like you don't know what we're doing here.

We're here regarding death of Mercedes.

Tell us about the last.

Don't start on.

She died by the Seaside Strangler.

You were the last one to see her.

How could I be the last one to see her

if she died by the Seasides Strangler?

No, okay, listen, this is how you ask a question.

Tell me what happened the last day you saw her.

Last day I saw her.

She came walking in here looking like something

the cat drug in.

I can't be sending models out looking like that.

So I tried to get her to go to a hotel

and clean up for a while.

She started getting competitive.

She ended up leaving slam the door.

Competitive? Competitive about what?

She tried to beat you at what?

I mean she has in the past,

but I never retaliated her anything.

Oh, she has in the past.

So you guys fought frequently, right?

Obviously you've never been in the modeling agency.

These girls are.

Oh, so people just fight.

So you saying that people just fight?

They're yelling all the time,

arguing and sometimes it gets physical.

So y'all didn't have any kind of, ya know,

none of that?

We have in the past.

Okay, well everything is a past now.

She doesn't have a future.

Right?

Where were you that night?

What night?

The night that Mercedes was killed.

Why y'all thought we don't.

By the Seaside Strangler killed her.

She was found in the woods, not in the office.

Which woods was she found at?

I don't know, you want me to get you a newspaper?

We didn't mention anything about woods.

Or where she was found.

It was in the newspaper.

Did you not read the, did you not investigate the story

you're coming to talk to me about?

Are you too some kind of clowns?

What kind of interview is it?

We not playing that game today.

What the hell was that?

Look, I had him, he was gonna talk.

What do you mean you had him?

Before we went in there

I said let me do all the questioning.

You don't get too many moments like that

When you have them, you gotta take them.

It's not a game, Adams.

I get that.

Were are you here when we had that conversation?

I understand that.

Were you here when we had that conversation?

Yes, I was.

Did he talk, did he?

No he didn't because you wanna go

and play all this hero cop stuff.

Let me do what I do.

I get that, but he was gonna talk.

I've seen it happen before.

It works.

Well then why didn't it?

You don't know these people here in Oakland.

This is not Fresno,

this not Kitty Camp.

People end up dead out here all the time.

Mercedes is dead, right?

We're trying to figure out a murder right now.

I'm about to get to my breaking point.

And this is just day one Adams.

Day one.

Look, I get that.

He was gonna talk, I know he was gonna talk.

Listen.

Imma pull over right here and tell you

exactly what's about to happen. Okay.

This what's gonna happen, I'm taking you home.

I'm gonna go question the next two people by myself.

That's what's about to happen

because we cannot end up like this tomorrow.

Do you understand, do you understand?

Yes.

Your job is to learn.

I'm gonna tell you like this day one you fucking up.

You gotta do better than that.

You are here to learn.

And then work, okay?

You understand?

If you got a question, you ask me.

You don't go questioning somebody.

You have no idea what you asking them.

Look, I had him, I could see it in his eyes.

He was going to talk.

Either they do or they don't, that's it.

There is no gonna there is no maybe,

perhaps, we don't play those words here.

Do you understand?

Do you understand Adams?

Yes sir.

There was a coworker walking up in there right there.

He trying to get them from me.

But actually, you know, I ain't tell

you I got this new client I'm about to sign, you know?

Oh, that's great.

Oh yeah, we gonna celebrate.

I'm gonna cook, you know, as the dinner

that we got planned, mom is coming over

and I'm gonna see, you know,

it's gonna be some Italian, you know, stuff.

I can't even pronounce the double,

and all that, you know, stuff they talk.

Anyways, I'm gonna see you love, you woman.

You know I have a appointment

at seven tonight, right?

Appointment.

Whatcha talking about?

I told you before, I have an appointment at seven.

I couldn't move it.

Team.

Appointment for work?

I have a client.

That was the only time he could come in.

But you could Uber there, I'll get you an Uber.

But you knew that, and I told you my mom was coming

and we was gonna have a very nice dinner tonight

before a couple of minutes ago that I just told you

that I just mentioned that I let you know.

And you know about this, I'm cooking the whole thing.

You supposed to pick me up five o'clock.

We got a seven o'clock dinner night and you make.

Look, I'll be there.

I'm just gonna be a little late.

I'm not gonna be able to pick you up.

So gonna pick me up, I'm catching the bus.

My wife can't pick me up because work is more important.

So her man gotta catch the bus.

I told you I'm really busy right now.

This is a really big case.

This is the biggest case I've worked on.

Since when did work

become more important than your family?

It's not the work is more important,

but I'm providing for us too.

And I can't even keep track of how many times I've told you.

Like sometimes I need to stay later.

And I can't even remember how many.

This is a really big case, okay?

It's really big case.

And I'm losing sleep and my manager's on me about it.

And I can't miss this appointment.

I'm not asking you to be happy right now,

but I'm asking you to understand where I'm coming from.

I'm trying to understand.

But how can I keep understanding

when this thing keeps happening?

This ain't something

that's just been happening just one time.

This been happening quite a bit, lady.

Yes it is.

So what am I going to tell my moms?

I'm allowed to have a career too.

Excuse me?

Yes, I'm allowed to have a career.

I'm allowed to be busy.

It's not my fault that I'm needed

outside of the nine to five hours that you work.

Babe, I just wish you could understand this.

You right.

No, you right.

All right.

Well, we'll talk about it tonight.

I hate seeing you like this.

I don't want see you like this.

All I'm saying is that,

I don't know what I'm saying, but I'll see you tonight.

I'll catch some Lyft or Uber or whatever.

You gotta deal with these people.

Okay.

I love you, woman.

I don't love your job, but I love you.

Let me get the hell up out here, I'm gone, all right.

I don't even wanna fight with you no more.

I won the argument, but, all right.

Detective Adams, you transferred to us

after working in Fresno Undercover.

How is the transition going for you?

First off, doc, I didn't know who to talk to today.

I've never been forced to take a day off

over some bullshit.

I was just doing my job.

And have you tried expressing this to him?

He won't give me a chance to talk.

Like I said, it's do this, do that.

Don't say this, don't do that.

It's fucking frustrating.

I can see that you're frustrated

and I can understand how exasperating

it must be to feel unheard.

I just wanna be given a chance, doc.

I wanna show my worth, show that it can be trustworthy.

I've earned that in Fresno.

Well, it must be quite a shock to pick up and leave

and start over in a new town with a new partner.

I have nobody out here.

And on top of that,

I have a partner that doesn't even wanna be my partner.

I might not be with them tomorrow.

I don't know what is going on right now.

I'm just left in the dark.

So I see Sonya, Mercedes, Tiffany, Trish,

they were all really, really close.

All grew up together, you know them all very well.

Yes.

Did they ever have any kind of ill will

so to speak towards Mercedes?

Not that I'm aware of.

They all grew up together in school.

They went to church together.

They participated in a lot of activities together.

And I never saw any animisity, animosity.

Never.

So here's the thing, Ms. Martin,

we have the Seaside Strangler in custody right now, and.

Thank God.

Well here's the thing.

There's some things that are not really coherent

as far as how things are put together.

So we don't think that he is responsible for Mercedes.

You don't say?

We don't.

So you can't think of anything out

of the ordinary about Mercedes

that may have slipped your mind

that you didn't think was too pertinent before?

Not that I can think of, no.

What about, I don't know, what about Mercedes agent?

Has he said anything?

The agent?

Yeah, Mercedes' agent.

I really haven't heard from him since the funeral.

I don't know if there's anything else

you could think of, just please.

Well, she was in the process

of getting out of the modeling industry

when she was murdered.

So I don't know if that has anything to do

with the Strangler guy or, you know, I have no idea.

Where was she going?

Do you know when she got out the business,

where was she headed?

I do remember that day she was planning on going to Atlanta.

She was leaving modeling altogether

and open to other facets of life.

You know, she was going to Atlanta to meet her cousins

and discuss some other things to do with herself.

Atlanta, okay.

She already had her clothes packed up.

You know, remember when you guys looked through the house,

her clothes were packed up.

She had already cleared everything out

of her bank accounts and everything.

She was ready to go.

See, and that's the problem.

Clearing everything out of her bank accounts

seems like there's something else going on

people typically don't clear out their bank accounts

right when they go out of town.

I mean, the bank account still works.

They still need their bank, so that part right there

is a really big red flag for us.

Sounds like maybe she was on the run.

Where was she running from?

I would have no clue.

She never told me anything about being on the run.

She just told me she was finished with the runway life.

She didn't want do modeling anymore.

Hey, beautiful, how you doing today?

Hey.

Good to see you.

It's good to see you too.

So what do I owe the pleasure?

Hey, Anyo, I just don't wanna do this anymore.

What?

Look, the photo shoots

the music videos, they're cool,

but I just don't like the way the rappers talk to me.

Wait, did somebody say something to you?

Do I need to talk to someone?

No, no, no, no, no.

What are you trying to say?

Look, I just want out of the business.

I wanna move on with my life and start over.

So you're just gonna leave.

How can you do this to me?

I'm sorry for such short notice.

It's just my heart is not in it anymore.

Fine.

But look, you're gonna need some money

when you go right?

And I got this photographer showing up anytime,

we do this one last thing,

you can have some money in your pocket

and we'll be square.

Just one last gig.

One last gig, I swear.

Okay, I'll do it.

Great.

You're really saving my ass on this one.

So tell me about your work.

It's part of my job

to assess whether or not you're ready for the field

after being undercover for so long.

Doc.

It's clear that these feelings

have been brimming for a long time

and if you don't address them now,

it's going to keep building up

and escalating until it becomes a much bigger problem.

Well, the most important thing to do right now

is to give yourself time to rest.

So I'm going to write a note for you.

I'm going to recommend you take the next two days off

and I want you to come back here and see me in two days.

You know what? Two days is fair.

What you want cuz?

I'm actually looking for a William.

Sorry, a Herbert Washington.

Who the fuck is that?

It says he's a up and coming rapper, Big Poppa.

Yeah, that's me.

Then why is you playing?

Man, what do you want man?

Listen, I'm Detective Williams.

I'm here to talk to you about somebody

who was in one of your videos, Mercedes.

Does that name ring a bell?

Oh shit, Mercedes man.

Yeah, that's my girl though.

Good.

You got a prescription for that?

Man, that ain't none your damn business.

What you want?

Mercedes, what can you tell me about her?

Man, I don't have to tell you shit.

Listen, I'm here to help you.

I mean, you say it's your girl, right?

Right.

Let's figure out what happened to her.

So what do you know what can you tell me?

You swept the murder under the rug.

You know what I'm saying?

Why would you say that?

Come on Seaside Strangler?

Man, that's fucking shitty bullshit, bruh.

So you don't think the Seaside Strangler is up for this?

What do you think?

I don't know, that's why I'm talking to you.

So who do you think did it?

Man, it is like this, man.

You want to quit this biz man.

You know what I'm saying?

About to leave the agency and shit, right?

What do you think happens when a cash cow is cut off, right?

Who's gonna stand to benefit from that shit?

You know what I'm saying?

Some good stuff, okay.

The answer is in front of you, dawg.

Thank you Herbert, Pappa.

I'll be back.

Take over that jersey, it's the Raider town.

Fuck you.

Get the fuck out.

Man it's a cool day, you know?

You know I was thinking after New Year's,

I have two weeks PTO.

Ooh.

I know you've been talking

about wanting to go to Portland.

Thinking.

Yes indeed.

You know, I was actually thinking

about getting you this outfit

for something like that, you know?

And you know,

I don't know about your size, you know what I'm saying?

Brother had to guess but.

Babe, just a second, all right?

Hello?

Yeah, I turned it in Friday.

Are you sure?

Lemme check real quick.

It says it sent on my end, but maybe something went wrong.

I'll send it again when I get home today.

All right, yeah, no problem.

All right, bye.

Cousin, auntie?

It was work, I forgot to turn in an email, okay.

You know?

Yeah, I thought we had this talk.

Look, we were having a nice day.

I can't have a nice day when it's work, you know?

I don't work any nice days.

You know, I mean, we've been talking about this.

Look babe.

Yeah, we've been talking.

You don't understand.

I worked really hard to get to where I am at work

and I can't just, you know, I can't just shut off.

I can't not answer my phone.

It could be something important.

Someone could need me right now.

You've been working hard to get to a case.

So you're 911?

You saving lives?

Yes, I am saving lives.

And I'm sorry that that's not important to you.

I didn't say that.

Yes you did.

I'm sorry.

I just wish that you could be

a little more supportive of me.

I've been there for you this whole time,

that you've been working your way up

and now I'm working my way up

and it's like you can't be bothered.

Everything I do is a hindrance to you.

It is gonna take me to understand timing, that's all.

I really want this to work.

I do too, a hundred percent.

I need to be there, if I slip up,

everything could go wrong really quickly.

Naw, it's me, it's me, you know.

It's not you.

I'm not saying that either.

Hey, we're having a nice day.

We can keep having a nice day.

This doesn't have to be a big deal.

Yeah, I'm with you.

We just forget about it, please.

I'll try, you know.

You make me a grilled cheese when we get home,

I'll really forget.

Yeah, I'll make you a grilled cheese.

Yeah.

Come on, let's go.

Let's go.

How's your home life affecting your work?

Don't fucking handle me doc, don't handle me.

My home life is what it is.

You want me to trust you?

How's your home life?

Huh, how have you been?

I'm here to help you.

It's my job to make sure that you're okay

to be on the field.

Listen, I understand your job.

I respect what you do.

But you gotta see it from my point of view.

I don't need to be hand-held, I'm a good fucking cop.

You know that, you seen my record.

Aside from this stupid ass scandal

that I am innocent of,

that has been proven, but for some reason everywhere I go,

I got this stench next to my name.

You can't even say my name

without people thinking that I'm guilty.

Fucking justice system.

I'm supposed to be innocent until proven guilty.

But I was guilty first and then I'm found innocent.

And I'm still guilty.

I know you're here to do things by the book.

I know your potential, I've seen your work.

You are a great cop.

But I've seen a lot of great cops

come through here and do terrible things.

Don't say that shit around me 'cause you know better,

out of all people you know better.

You know what we got.

And you wanna sit here and do this

like it's your fucking job, you know me.

Nobody fucking loves me.

That's the problem.

My wife don't give a fuck.

At work, fucking nobody gives a fuck.

You talk like this, but you don't give a fuck either.

I gotta take care of myself, I gotta love me.

I gotta protect me.

Fucking Adams, he's fucking whack ass, young ass.

I don't even know what the fuck he is.

But I don't wanna take care of him.

I got enough that I gotta take care of.

We all need love.

And I want to see you succeed.

You might think I don't care, but I don't care.

I want you too, I mean to succeed.

So what's holding you back?

I think it's me.

You've gone through some tough things.

Your father's no longer with us.

Fuck him too.

Is that really how you feel?

No.

He gave his life for this force too.

He wanted to be fucking Super Cop too.

I think that's where I get it from.

But he wasn't there for me.

His name's on all these plaques and awards.

Everybody looking at me to live up to this name.

But they got this smudge on it now.

I just need a chance to wash it clean.

You're going to get that chance.

And I think your father would be proud of you.

Yeah.

I know that.

I just wanna make somebody proud too.

I just need a good review.

I just need a good review

so I can get from up under this charity case.

Listen, I don't want to be responsible for nobody.

I don't need this partner.

Just let Baker know that at some point

I need to just go at it alone.

I know I gotta finish out this case.

That's not out of reason.

That's not beyond reason.

But you have to prove yourself

if you're going to get your own case.

I haven't proven myself.

You know what I mean.

Take a step back, take the rest of the day off.

Come back with a fresh start tomorrow.

We're making a lot of headway.

Okay.

But what you think about this Mercedes case?

After reading through it,

something just doesn't seem right.

No it doesn't.

Not at all, almost feels rushed.

I think the same thing.

I think it's definitely a rushed case.

I think that whoever was over it

was trying to get it out their hands as quick as possible.

I don't think it's the Seaside Killer.

Seaside Strangler just doesn't have the same DNA.

It doesn't have the same feel, right?

Too many loose ends, not enough evidence.

And he didn't agree.

He agreed to the other murders.

He didn't agree with this one.

Exactly.

Almost like they pinned it on somebody

just because they had too many priors.

It's our job, let's go figure it out.

Seaside Strangler admitted to four murders, right?

Four Strangles.

You had a young African American woman laid out

with strangle marks.

Okay.

It was him.

But he didn't admit to it, did he?

The funny thing is, he did not admit to this one.

He just gave us a smirk.

See that doesn't add up 'cause if he's already in there

And he's gonna spend the rest of his life

in there for doing what he's already been doing.

Why wouldn't he just admit to the fifth one?

Well you know, if you admit to one,

it's already, 25 to life?

But he admit to four.

So yeah.

But he didn't admit to this one.

And there's a reason for that.

We gotta figure out why he didn't.

Any fingerprints.

We already figured out.

He's locked up, there's nothing else we can do.

So where's the evidence though, or the fingerprints?

The evidence is the number of women

that he choked out and strangled.

But he didn't admit to it.

But he didn't admit to, like I said, he gave us a smirk.

His body language told us everything.

Body language and confession

are two different things, right.

With four other confessions.

Yes, four confessions.

But not this one.

Not this one.

You could be a fuck up your whole life.

You could do one thing right, right?

You could kill one person and be locked up forever too.

That is true.

Detective.

He killed four clearly.

Yeah.

He admitted to it.

Correct.

But the one he didn't.

He laughed.

Listen, listen, you fucked up.

You know you fucked up, we know you fucked up.

I got a serial murderer locked up right now.

Who have you guys taken off the streets, huh?

Listen, I hate to break it to you

but your killer's out there.

I hear crickets.

We do too.

Listen, Woods.

I got a confessions, what have you guys got?

Well, clearly you haven't got a confession,

which is why we're standing here.

'Cause he did not confess.

We have proof that the killer's still out there.

That's what we have.

We figure it out.

And what proof?

Proof of your incompetence.

Proof of my incompetence?

Yes.

Who is this guy?

Oh, it's my new partner.

Adams, you'll get to know.

You need a new one.

Detective Adams to you my friend.

Ha.

Hey.

Yeah, just call me on this.

Okay.

Yeah, I heard you through the window.

Okay, listen.

Need you to look up something from me.

Yeah.

All right, let me look it up, hold on.

Okay, I need you to look up the insurance claim.

Model agency.

No E as in Edward, EMZ.

Yeah, last four years.

Damn.

Okay, business interruption.

Okay, insurance claim.

Okay, who was the beneficiary?

Okay, all right, do me a favor.

Tell Adams to meet me at the insurance house.

The agent, for sure.

Freeze!

Oh fuck dammit.

Hey, what the fuck man?

Fucking cartoon cops.

I'll be out of here in an hour.

Think you got it?

Get your badge outta fucking cereal box?

You going dude?

Four years, four years, huh?

Gentlemen, come on in.

Hey Captain.

So we got some good news.

Bring it to me.

You know Kevin Hunter?

He's a piece of shit.

You know he strangled the other three.

Other four I think, right, four.

Yeah, four.

But this one wasn't him.

You know who it was, it was her manager.

What's his name?

Anyo.

Anyo did it.

Hey Anyo, did you see my phone?

No, did you drop it while we were changing?

No, I'm pretty sure I grabbed it.

Well here, why don't you sit down here.

I gotta go look for the photographer,

he was supposed to be out here anyway.

Can you look for my phone while you're over there?

Yeah baby, just have a seat.

You think you're gonna leave me?

Never gonna leave me.

All right, so we definitely have it handled

and everybody's apprehended who needs to be.

Absolutely.

How'd you get this done Wills?

Just good detective work.

Making good team after all.

Will, good bust.

Adams, welcome to your first bus weather organization.

Hope it's the first of many.

Most definitely.

You guys go grab lunch, you come back this afternoon,

I'll have a new case for you.

All right, we go eat something, you know?

We love that.

So what's some good spots around?

That pizza place I was telling you about.

Look, I'm sorry I was late.

I know I've been working a lot lately

and I know it's not really fair to you

that I'm always answering my phone

or I'm always, you know, working on work things.

It's just, it's been really stressful lately.

But I'm going to try to just give this our time.

I really wanna make this work.

You serious?

All right.

I don't know what to say.

Thank you.

That's all I wanted to hear.

We have more time together.

You know, I support you a hundred percent.

I never wanted to make you feel like I don't support you

and I'm sorry if I did make you feel like that.

And you're right, what you do is very important.

Very important,

I mean, you're kind of like a hero to all them, you know?

No, you are a hero, I'm sorry, you know what I mean?

Three years doing this

I've been counting every single day.

My wife been going to work, been great.

I brag to everybody and I guess I just got mad that,

I'm sorry

a little frustrated that I can't have you there with me.

You know, I mean things like this.

Having you here is something that I really treasure.

You know what I mean?

That's why I married you.

You forgive me, but you know, I truly apologize.

You won't even hear this stuff from me anymore.

I want you to be the best you, you understand?

I can't just be the best me and you not be the best you.

I have to encourage you, you know?

I mean, but you've been doing that on by yourself, you know?

So, yeah, yeah, thank you, all right, okay.

I appreciate that.

I think we could both work.

Making this work a little better.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

No doubt, no doubt.

Cheers.

So you've completed your assignment.

Another day, another dollar.

So you know, we solving cases out here.

So what's next for you?

I mean, I don't know, Baker always got something.

You know, I'm back to Super-Cop.

So whatever he got for me,

I'm gonna take care of it. So

I think, you know, Adam's not so bad.

He really pulled through on this last case.

So, you know, everything you said was right about him.

Just give it time and things work out.

I appreciate you Doc.

Well I'm here to help.

So what's next for you?

Well I think this is going to be our last meeting.

I'm clearing you today.

That's what I'm talking about, okay.

But I may start by every so often, I think,

if I'm at all honest,

some of the things you said really did help me.

I'll always be here, you know where to find me.

You're welcome back anytime you'd like.

Okay.

You've come a long way.

Keep up the progress.

Nigga get the fuck out the way.

What's up partner?

What the fuck are you doing?

You thought I was gonna let you fuck with my life

and throw it all away?

Nigga you fucking up everything.

You fucking up the department.

Everything right now.

Fuck that.

I worked my entire life for this shit, my whole life.

You think I give a shit about what anybody says?

So what should gone do?

Not a damn fucking thing.

Get the fuck outta my car Woods.

Shut up.

Okay, so what you do?

You fudge the paperwork and make it look

like the agent didn't shit?

Huh, squeaky clean, huh?

Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about.

Of course I fucking know what you're talking about.

You think I'm a goddamn idiot?

Fucking insurance claim.

Big loss.

I get 50%, which is more than I'm making a year

doing this shit, all of this.

So you fucking took the money?

Of course I took the fucking money and shut the fuck up

You goddamn Poindexter wanna be Super-Cop, shut up.

We work in Oakland, we get paid shit, shit.

These G's and Ching Chongs riding around in Teslas

Could barely speak English.

Meanwhile my black as gotta worry

about getting shot every day.

Do you think that's fair?

No, it ain't fucking fair.

I know it ain't fair

But it's our job to find a better way.

Shut up.

We gotta figure this out Woods.

You're throwing your whole life away right now.

I said shut up.

Listen.

I'm gonna take.