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They came home about half past eight.

Well, I thought I got a cold, I couldn't delay.

When I came home to my surprise, yeah, she was standing there with that

dream of mine.

I tried to treat my baby right.

All I want to do is bust a fight.

All night long.

This wave just got me down.

My baby's running round.

I treat her like a queen all the time.

Hey, it's my club.

Oh, but she spends my money down to my left eye.

And she's my date.

Well, I told her one day my name will be in life.

Yeah, I'll just have to stand in line just to say goodnight.

I try to treat my baby right, but all she wants to do is fuss and fight.

All night long, I'm working overtime.

And my baby's running now.

She's out with half the cow.

This baby's got me down.

I'd like to welcome all of you jive and hep cats and you jitterbug and sex

kittens to the grand opening of our new club, the Scarlet Rose Ballroom.

We have happening a swing swing in this juke joint in the world.

So who is this Scarlet Rose anyway?

An amazing singer and dancer back in the 40s.

She got brutally murdered.

They dumped her body about a mile down the beach.

So why did they name the club after her?

She used to live upstairs.

Dated the owner of Dreamland.

They say her ghost still haunts this place.

So who murdered her?

We'll answer that and you'll crack the city's biggest unsolved murder.

Oh, baby, I know we agreed to keep it friendly, but... Oh, hey, it's hotter

outside than it is inside.

Oh, I forgot my jacket.

You take your time, baby doll. I'll be out here doing my thing.

Don't try to talk it down, why everyone bags

on my town.

So bad that's me, it was for me.

Take a look around,

it's just another day in L .A.

Be more than me.

Anybody.

Please see it's free.

Someday.

One day less down.

Just another day.

A ghost, huh?

How do you know it was Scarlet Rose?

I've studied her case since I was a kid. I've seen her pictures.

Look, I know you don't believe me.

What I do believe is that you had three Cosmos and they got bopped in the head.

She was there, T .C.

And you're on medical leave, Cruz.

Oh, you should have seen Bobby move last night. Oh,

he was amazing.

Are we talking dancing? Well, we went swing dancing as friends.

But that doesn't mean he can't teach me a few moves.

Feeling any better?

Nope. What happened up there?

Unexpected vacation.

So what are you going to do?

What can I do for you?

I'm looking for a diamond.

No, no, no, no, no. Joy.

Joy.

Don't touch it.

Joy, stay away from the floor alarm.

Deck off.

I want all the diamonds.

Now.

Da, listen to him.

Carmen, open the cage.

Please. You're going to get hurt.

Don't break it. Just take the rest.

Please, let him have it. No! Come on, we don't have time for this. Get the pink

heart.

No,

don't touch!

Carmen!

The court of an alarm. Possible 211 in progress. Carmen's Jewel, 435 Main

Street.

This is 1PB3 requesting paramedic.

Hold on. The paramedics are on their way.

You're going to be okay. You're going to be all right.

What?

She died right after that. Yeah, obviously Kate's ablaze. They knew where

alarms and cameras were hidden.

Any other jewel robbies with the same M .O.? LAPD Central Division reported

three similar heists involving a woman and two gunmen.

They think it's some Russian -Armenian gang working downtown.

Taking over five million diamonds.

Why don't you get a copy of that Central Division?

See if we're dealing with the same suspects.

Yeah.

You okay?

Fine. It's all right not to be, you know.

The woman died.

He was a real beauty.

One in ten million.

Never seen anything like it in your life.

You knew her?

Damn shame they had to cut her up like that.

I thought only one person killed her.

Who's that?

She's gone.

She ain't coming back.

There's just one in the same.

Had to lend a little brain to a low -down cat.

To make the scene, cause he knows where it's at.

I said, brother, can you spare a dime for me?

Brother, can you help?

Brother, can you spare one dime for me?

Brother, can you help?

I'm sorry, I just thought you were... Scarlet?

Yeah, but that's impossible.

I'm Lily.

Well, listen, you really shouldn't be walking alone out here like this. It's

dangerous.

Is it?

Yeah.

I'm just going to walk down to the water.

Well, would you mind if I join you?

I know all about her case.

I've read all the police files.

The idiot police screwed up the investigation.

They won't reopen it, so why did they let you look into her case?

Why do you care about her so much?

I'm her granddaughter.

Scarlett didn't have any children.

My mother was adopted.

You're not much of an investigator, are you?

I'm a researcher.

I read about her when I was growing up.

What happened to her.

The way she died.

It's always haunted me.

How did you find out Scarlett was your grandmother?

By looking in the mirror.

I was born in the wrong time.

Then I read this really sick book about actors who died in Hollywood, and when I

saw Scarlett's picture, it's like looking in a mirror.

That's how you know?

She was me.

Checked my mother's birth records, found out she was born in Idaho Falls,

Scarlett's hometown.

It all makes sense.

We're connected.

Do you ever feel that way with certain people?

Yeah.

We're closed.

The police said that nobody... I am the police.

You were here this morning.

Yes.

So you're closing the shop?

Yes, this was Carmen's dream.

I'm not very good with people.

So why did you come back?

Well, I know I shouldn't have. It's just...

When I found your wife, she said something.

Promise me.

I just never got to find out what that meant.

See this? I made that for her 15 years ago when I first started.

Little tiny stone.

Probably a quarter carat.

It's worth nothing.

And everything.

And they took it.

That's what she meant.

She was promised to get it back for her.

She came to Hollywood to become famous.

In a weird way, I guess she did.

She's got a way of getting under your skin, doesn't she?

Some women have that power.

Some men hate them for it.

The guy who won Dreamland was a prime suspect.

I read he got jealous when he saw men watching her sing and dance.

Yeah, but he was cleared at the inquest.

And what about the mobster, Mickey Cohen?

She broke up with him three months before.

Police were trying to nail him down for anything.

Couldn't make it thick.

Maybe he bought them off. They're all corrupt.

No. The force was all over this case.

They were tracking down thousands of leads.

Checking out, false confessions, status, sex offenders.

What did the file say really happened that night?

Do you really want to know?

Santa Ana's were blowing.

Why tonight?

The report said a woman called the Santa Monica Hospital at 1 .03 a .m.

The operator reported hearing a woman choking like...

She was being strangled.

The only word she could make out was... Blood.

They sent an ambulance, but when they searched the place, she was gone.

So the guy strangled her and took her down to the beach?

Well, that's the mystery. There were no strangulation marks on her neck.

Her throat was cut.

But they didn't find any blood in her room.

And it would have been impossible for her to talk if her larynx was cut.

How did the autopsy say that she died?

She had a 12 -inch gash from her throat to her heart,

which was cut out.

Do you know where they left her?

Yeah, this report said that this couple was walking down the beach and they

found the body, right?

It's a copycat murder.

There's no way it's the same killer.

Why does this girl look so familiar?

I saw the crime scene photos. Scarlett was cut and laid out in the exact same

way. Well, then whoever killed her saw the same pictures.

The detectives held them back to weed out false confessions.

The pictures were never made public.

So she was the one you saw in the window?

What if that ghost isn't real?

Well, if he looks like Scarlet to me, I'm going to need to talk to her.

Listen, maybe I can get further with her if you say we don't work together.

Further? She doesn't trust cops.

Hey, Ghostbuster.

Hey,

Bobby. Promise I get fingerprint hits on the girl.

Marlena Hanson, 19.

Her Norwegian visa expired six months ago.

Recognize her now?

My God, this was the girl that was dancing next to us at the club.

Well, maybe whoever murdered her was there, too, and got turned on thinking

about Scarlet Rose and picked another dancer.

I'm sorry to blow your theory, but this woman was involved in the jewelry store

robbery. How do you know?

Security video.

The owner of the store said she was freaking out after he saw those guys

his wife.

Maybe he thought she was going to talk.

So they killed her?

Then why cut her up?

Stop the investigation from getting to the truth.

Come on, baby.

Put down those bonbons. Come on over here.

Come on, baby.

Won't you come on back there?

You were supposed to make her disappear, not put her on the front page.

I did not put her there.

Wait, are you saying you didn't...

Is your sense of tether?

This is the real thing.

We have worked so hard.

I took care of the problem.

I took care of it. And you created a bigger one. No, I created a bigger

A bigger crowd.

This is good for business, man. It's good.

This proves our next gig.

No way.

We are not giving up a million dollar score.

What do you know about Scarlett?

Starstruck kid with schoolgirl dreams of fame.

As soon as their beauty goes, they go too.

Like that girl on the beach?

Hi.

Nice veil.

Well, it's the only way I could get in without people thinking I was...

Scarlett?

away from him oh my

god it's lily i hope you don't mind

my name in the club after you no i'll show you where scarlet used to be

We restored it to exactly the way that Scarlett had it.

I cannot believe that you are not related to her.

I mean, it is incredible how similar, how similar you look.

She had an amazing life.

And death.

Why do you think they killed her?

She was a terrible flirt.

Like a first -class tease.

Could have been one of a thousand guys.

A jealous lover, you know.

Or maybe someone trying to swipe that necklace.

That would be worth half a million dollars today.

And it disappeared the night she died.

Now, there's a rumor that she haunts the place looking for where she hid it. And

it's a shame that you're not related to her, because if we ever find the damn

necklace, it would rightfully be yours.

Really? But, you know, there's better ways to make money.

Doing what?

By being our hostess.

Name your price.

I'll double it.

$3 ,000 a week?

Where do you guys get that kind of cash?

I don't know.

I didn't come here for money anyway.

That's weird. I thought I left the light on.

Maybe the maid turned it off.

Let me get that for you.

There's a lamp by the window.

Look, it's just a mirror.

There's nothing to be afraid of.

What?

Just the similarity.

I got her voice, too.

Look, um... I don't want you to think... I don't want

you to either.

Seeger Benjamin, a .k .a. Benny. Juby convictions include assault, burglary,

GTA. Went to college years in Chino State Prison, where he met Keyes

Convictions on vagrancy, lewd conduct, burglary, credit card fraud. It was

telling for three years.

Cruz, you're on medical leave.

Why are you working this?

That dead girl was at the jewelry store and their club.

They'd have motive to kill her, so she couldn't ID him.

I'm telling you, they're scoring big bucks somewhere. They leased the club

without a bank loan, paid cash.

Central Division believes the gang is Russian -Armenian.

No, no, the girl was Norwegian. She faked a Russian accent. Maybe they did,

How do you explain the similarities of her death to Scarlett's?

There's this old guy down at the club. He knows things about Scarlett's murder.

Maybe he did both.

The only way to nail these guys is to catch them in the act again. Well, what

about getting a search warrant for the diamonds in the murder weapon?

We don't have probable cause.

Diamonds are untraceable if they're reset.

These were probably fenced already.

If we go in too early, we'll blow this conviction.

What are we going to do?

We're going undercover.

Corey and Jamie will target the old guy, get fingerprints so we can positively

ID him.

Monica will target the club owners.

I need to borrow some diamonds from the evidence firm.

Excuse me?

Well, I can't go trolling for sharks without the right bait.

I've been looking for you. I called your hotel, but... Scarlet!

Sweetheart.

Come on, darling. I've got some VIPs want to meet you.

Scarlet?

You took the job?

You said you wouldn't.

Come on, baby doll.

I've got to go.

But I'll talk to you later.

I'm on a two -way ride.

I'm on a one -way destination.

I gotta take a four -two -way ride.

Hi. You mind if we order here?

Yeah.

But not if you let me treat you.

I'm Ray.

I own the place?

I'm Monica, and so do I.

Yeah, you look like you do.

Funny, you don't.

What are you looking for?

A, B, B, D. A bigger, better deal.

Oh, baby.

I'm the biggest, best deal around here.

Actually, you look like something I'd throw back.

I've flopped men for less.

They like it?

I don't know. I didn't wait for them to get back up to ass.

So what's your thrill?

Sex? Money?

Power?

Adrenaline. Dance.

Life has to be one crazy ass thrill ride.

Scariest thing for most people is death.

I ain't afraid of dying.

Come on. It's got to be something that scares you.

What's your pleasure, ladies?

I'd like a sex on the beach.

I prefer a screaming orgasm.

Wouldn't we all?

I'm Corey.

This is Jamie.

And I do believe you are blushing.

My name is Walter.

How do you do, ladies?

on a dare, so be kind.

I'm trouble.

One very dangerous danger.

Big, big, big, big, big trouble.

You are the moth. I am the flame.

Take a good long look at me.

Wouldn't you just love to be in trouble?

Come on, let's dance.

Oh, no, no, baby, I'm too old.

Everything that's old is new again. Come on.

It's just a souvenir.

You're making a mistake.

What, dancing with you?

Working with you guys.

I know they're using me.

But I'm using them right back.

Leave your wife come knocking on my door.

Leave your children coming, beg for more.

Leave your house and all your money too.

You'll have nothing but trouble by the time I'm through.

Cause I'm trouble.

Everybody knows I'm trouble.

I'm too much car for you to drive You'll never make it out alive

I'll burn you to the ground I'll leave a pile of smoking

rubble Everybody wants to

be

is dying to be in trouble.

Thank you.

You were amazing!

You're hired.

Um, actually, I'm leaving tomorrow. I met a man who was a villain at Ibiza.

No. Here's to saying.

Thank you, baby, but next... Here's to saying. You like adrenaline?

Dared? Like something really scary?

Well, bring it on, baby.

Do you have a death wish?

These guys are dangerous.

How do you know?

Your arm?

What are you, a cop?

I want to tell you, bud.

I knew you wouldn't trust me.

And you lied to me, so I wouldn't.

Is there a problem here?

No.

I was just saying goodbye.

Lily, it's Scarlett.

And you're leaving.

I need to talk to her. She said goodbye.

Look, I just wanted... I didn't cut in on your date.

How do you know she didn't tell me you're a cop? I just do.

I'll take that risk.

If there's something big that's going to go down and if we have to catch him in

the act, then I'll be there.

I'm putting a wire on you.

Bad idea.

He'll find it wherever you put it.

Anywhere.

Anywhere.

It'll be in your purse.

Strickland and McNamara will be undercover.

What about me?

You're out this case.

Well, I'm going to get my beauty rest because I'm going to be a busy girl.

You see, you can't do this to me. You did it to yourself by compromising this

investigation.

I've got this feeling like... like something weird is happening.

Scarlett came here at the same age, met up with the wrong people, ended up dead.

History's repeating itself.

Even the same damn wind is blowing.

You gotta let me stay with it.

I need my purse.

No, you don't.

Damn it, you lost it. Because it doesn't go with your new dress.

You want me to strip right here?

I won't look.

I will, though.

And I thought you would snort one.

Well,

now that you boys have had your thrill, what's mine?

There's a man coming in from London tonight.

Lands at nine sharp.

He's a cute.

Oh, yeah, he's pretty cute.

He's about five million dollars in diamonds.

Well, he's just getting cuter by the second.

We need you to show him a good time.

Now, does he know that I'm coming?

No, you're surprised.

Don't be there with two bodyguards. I don't do bodyguards.

The trick is to get rid of them.

You'll flirt with him for a while.

Then ask him back to your room for a drink.

Got your dirty little secret and your dirty little lies.

Babe, I'm tired of hearing all your alibis.

You're out God knows where most every night.

Won't come home till the morning light.

You keep giving me the slip.

And once I catch you, man, you just get me there.

Better listen to me now before you go astray.

Just don't want you to go that way. You better get back. You're on the wrong

side of the track.

Well, you better get back. You're on the wrong side of the track.

Oh, my God.

This is your bigger, better deal now.

You better get back. Better stay clear.

Only one man to play around. Good luck, Walter.

What happened?

I don't know.

Where's Lily?

Looking for the

Scarlet Rose?

Come on.

I'll show you what's left of her.

What are you doing?

It's the Scarlet Rose.

Or what's left of her.

She's a flawless pink.

One in ten million.

She was a cushion shape before they made me cut her to a heart.

You're a diamond cutter?

Yeah.

The Scarlet Rose was a diamond?

Mickey named it after her.

Mickey Cohen?

He gave it to her.

So he killed her when she wouldn't give it back?

No, he wasn't really trying to hurt her. He just sent them to get it.

But she wasn't going to give it back.

So she hid it?

She knew they'd rip her place apart until they found it.

She must have figured there was one place they wouldn't look.

So she swallowed it.

Or tried to.

So she choked?

And when she called the hospital, it sounded like she was being strangled.

They said when they found her, she was unconscious.

So they gave her a tracheotomy.

And seeing as how she was dead anyway, they just kept cutting.

Why? So Mickey wouldn't be blamed.

So they made it look like a sex crime.

And then he made me cut this so it wouldn't be traceable.

Then how did Benny and Ray get it after all these years?

They stole it because one night I got so drunk I told them who owned it. It was

sitting in a little jewelry store called Carmen's. And you told them exactly

what they did to Scarlet Rose?

Yeah.

He told me. What happened?

But the rest came naturally.

And I get your neck.

Scarlet, I'm sorry about what happened.

You're so...

Beautiful.

On

what

planet are you a cop?

Welcome to LA.

Cuff him.

What are you looking for?

Nothing.

Good job, Harper. You want me to take him? No, I got him. Come on.

I can't believe she died for that.

But then again, I guess I can.

Is this what you really wanted all along?

I just want to go home.

You know, when I saw you that first night up in her room, you were... When?

A few nights ago, when I saw you up in the window looking down at me.

I wasn't up there a few nights ago.

But I saw you.

It wasn't me.

I'd never been upstairs until last night.

Don't try to talk it down.

Why everyone back on my town.

Look back at me.

It works for me.

Take a look around.

Just another day in L .A.

She's more than me.

Everybody thinks she is free.

Someday, once it lets down.