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I want you dead alive.

Come on. Hey, stop. Come on.

You're going to make me cry.

It's still filming.

Is that a car?

How'd you find me? Well, when you wouldn't take my calls, I had to stalk

reviews. Turns out Steve from Pentax, very satisfied with his Thursday lawn

care. Five stars.

What can I help you with, Morgan?

I'm just wondering why you'd give me your business card and then ghost me.

asked me to check on you and his kid.

I told him you were good.

The job is done.

You and Roman are what, pen pals?

Before I got the call, I hadn't spoken to the man in 15 years.

Someone you haven't spoken with in over a decade calls and you drop everything

to go pick up a backpack in Nevada and then spy on my daughter and me?

Yeah, well, it sure seems that way.

Do you know where Roman is?

Roman called me from a burner, all right? I didn't even see him when I got

there, so... I want that backpack.

Then why don't you ask some of your cop friends about that?

They can help you with it. Yeah, you're right. I am friends with some people in

the LAPD, including the Financial Crimes Division.

I wonder if they would peek into your business for me. You know what?

You probably have nothing to worry about. I'm sure you've reported every

dollar of your cash -only business to the IRS, right?

Good. I'll be in touch with a time and a place.

Keep up the five -star work, Arthur.

One of the things I'm most proud of as your lieutenant?

is this team's commitment to its duty. Every day you tackle the toughest crimes

the city throws at you with honor and tenacity.

Tenacious is also how I would describe Captain Wagner.

His track record speaks for itself.

Welcome, Captain Nick Wagner.

Thank you, Lieutenant Soto. I know what it's like to have a change in command

and all the uncertainties that come with it, which is why I want to be clear up

front. I'm not here to step on toes.

My job is to support you so you can do yours.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you better.

And to start that process, I'm going to be meeting with you individually.

It's nothing formal, just some talk.

And since my office is on three, I was hoping Lieutenant Soto wouldn't mind if

used hers as home base for a few days.

Whatever you need, Captain.

Great. Thank you, everyone.

Back to Boswell.

Free for a chat?

Sure.

Hey.

You okay with all that? Are you referring to getting kicked out of my

or Captain Wagner in general?

Yeah.

I'm fine. Really. First few days of new command is always a little bumpy.

Daphne, what do we know about Wagner?

Well, I know he's one of the Wagners. What does that mean? The Wagners are an

LAPD dynasty.

Grandfather, father, uncle, all made captain.

His dad retired a decade ago and went into politics.

I heard his dad pulled some strings to get his son into command.

Must be nice to have that kind of in.

Hey guys, I just got a call. Dead body found at Shea Ranch Pond. Go check it

out.

What are we looking at?

Victim was shot in the chest. No ID.

Car is registered to a Tory Nolan 31.

We pulled the pic from the DMV. We think the car might have been stolen by the

Vic.

No, she didn't steal Tory Nolan's car.

She is Tory Nolan.

Looks like Tory had some work done recently.

Botox, microplaning, thread, cheek fillers, eyelash extensions.

Chopped her hair off and dyed it brown.

Sounds like she went through a lot of trouble to change her appearance.

Yeah, either she succumbed to the pressures of being a woman in L .A., or

was hiding from someone. Hey, these bullet wounds definitely came from a

caliber, maybe a .380. Well, those are steam burns, but look, these seem

chemical. There's red staining on her clothes and skin, too. None of them

like blood.

Is she going to die?

All the windows are missing.

Might have been shot out.

Looks like Tori had a storage unit.

Hold on.

Why is it still dripping and the rest of the dash is dry?

Okay.

So Tori Nolan changed her face, carried a gun, only to get shot, burned, and

dumped into a pond.

Whoever she was hiding from, it looks like they found her.

Hula hound. And you know about this place because...

I know all the bars in L .A. with trivia nights.

Don't judge me. Knowing random facts is the whole point of a pub quiz. They love

it.

Maybe they don't love it because, you know, I'm banned from most of them, but

that's not why we're here. We're here because you said Tori had a storage

right? Yeah.

Okay.

Ta -da!

Nobody's popping into the hula hound for no reason, and I'm thinking Tori's

reason was proximity.

Yeah, it's as good a place to start as any.

Tori's last known address was in Koreatown, but the landlord said she

lived there for years.

So let's see what she was storing.

Let's see.

What do these mean?

I don't know yet.

There was no laptop in Tori's car.

Maybe the killer took it.

Look at these.

Huh.

All these match up with the places on the filing cabinet.

Toy was traveling the world under assumed identities.

Who was this girl? Carmen Sandiego?

It's going to take days to piece all that back together.

We might not have to.

Okay, so everywhere Tory traveled, there was some sort of big scandal.

Crystal Lake had this massive E. coli outbreak from faulty water pipes in July

of 2018.

Late 2023, an American au pair agency was running a human trafficking ring out

of Cambodia.

And do you see these red symbols right here?

Those are editing marks. And these numbers, they're dates and issue numbers

a magazine.

Tory wasn't an international woman of mystery. She was an investigative

reporter. Well, whatever story she was covering now.

I might have gotten her killed.

Find anything in Tori Nolan's financials?

Oz.

Oz.

Sorry. Okay, you've been acting weird ever since your meeting with the

I thought you said it went well.

Yeah, it did.

I think.

I don't know.

You'll see when you meet with him.

Okay, I cross -referenced the location, dates, and issue numbers you sent.

Morgan was right.

Tori was a journalist for Takedown magazine, an online publication known

exposés. According to her editor, Tori always wrote under a pseudonym.

Apparently, she got doxxed after an article she published in her college

newspaper. Having her private information blasted all over the

traumatic, she dropped out of school.

Did the editor know what Tori was currently investigating?

No. But that wasn't unusual.

She said Tori would drop off the grid when following a story.

Good news is, they... This is on getting proof of life from her whenever she was

undercover, so I'm sending that to you now.

This is recent.

She had the same nails on when she died.

There's no craw out around the cuticles.

If this picture could have been taken anywhere, Morgan, there's no landmarks

anything else in the background we could use.

Not true.

We got a poodle dog.

There's literally no poodle.

Okay, I get it. We're looking for poodle dog plants.

But how do you know this is the right area?

Because there was a fire in these hills just a few months ago.

Poodle dog bushes are pyrocytes.

Fire followers.

Their seeds lie dormant until the intense heat of a fire wakes them up.

the size of the plant in this picture she took, the location fits the

Yeah, yeah, yeah, look.

Look, we're getting close. See?

Okay, stop.

Check it out.

She took the picture right here.

Okay, if I am Tori, I am not taking no trespassing for an answer.

If you're Tori.

Well, why would I? Any bozo can buy a sign, tack it to a fence. Morgan,

put up that sign, they might mean it.

Tori's embedded herself in some dangerous situations with some dangerous

so we don't know what we might be walking into here.

What is

this place?

Oh, you don't have a teenager.

This is a content house.

These

guys

all live here and shoot videos for their streaming platforms.

Could explain Tori's enhancements. She'd have to be camera ready 24 -7 if she

was going undercover as an influencer.

This isn't really on par with the other stories she went after. What was she

investigating here?

Can I help you?

I'm Detective Karadek. This is Morgan Guillory, LAPD.

Do you recognize this woman?

That's Darla.

She lives here.

Is she okay?

No. Unfortunately, she's not.

She's dead.

Hey.

Anyone else want to take a dip in the gel, Chrissy?

That's a no?

Darla, well, Tori, I guess. She'd only been in the house a few weeks, but

everyone liked her. What kind of content did she make? ASMR videos.

Her channel wasn't doing great, but it was growing.

When's the last time you saw Tori? A day ago, maybe two.

When everyone's filming, we tend to lose track of time.

Do you know of anyone who would want to hurt her? No.

We've all had creeps in our comments, but Tori never mentioned anyone she was

concerned about.

Do you think one of her followers killed her?

Well, we're not ruling anything out.

Thanks. We'll be in touch.

No one claims to know what happened.

You got anything?

Just that these kids are under a crazy amount of pressure.

You know that bit that Pranks was doing?

A six -ounce box of gelatin makes two cups.

A standard kiddie pool is about 400 gallons. That's 3 ,360 boxes just to

up. I'm guessing from set -up to clean -up, that's, what, 30 hours of work for

30 -second video?

That's barely going to move the needle on his goal chart.

This guy Phineas is running this place like a sweatshop.

Looks like we found Prank's lair.

Red dye?

Like the red dye that was all over Tori's body?

What are you going to say? You don't even know what happened?

Something you guys want to tell us?

We did it.

We did it. We killed her. It was an accident.

One of you shot Tori.

She was shot?

How do you think you killed her?

Like that.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Darla, Tori leaves the house every Wednesday afternoon to do errands. Since

knew she'd be in her car, Pranks and I set up a situation in her backseat.

What kind of a situation?

The devil's toothpaste.

Exactly what happened to Detective Karadek, except bigger.

Show me.

You're ready.

It's been so many years.

Sorry, Charlie, but you asked for this.

Oh, my God.

What do we do? I don't know. Hurry. It's still rolling.

We need to get out of here.

Did you check on her? Well, we freaked out, so we called Phineas.

He runs Cloud House.

Phineas said Darla was fine, but really mad. She was just going to go for a

drive and cool off. No, with a force like that, Tori was definitely

She wasn't driving anywhere.

You guys, that was a really dangerous prank.

I know. I didn't think it would be that big of an explosion.

All right, what was in it?

Just dye, soap, yeast, and peroxide.

How much peroxide?

A lot. A lot. Okay, well, that explains the steam burn.

When hydrogen peroxide meets yeast, It produces a lot of oxygen and a lot of

heat. The oxygen forms a fabulous foam.

And the higher the peroxide percentage, the bigger the boom.

It also explains the lack of blood in Tori's car. The peroxide would have

cleaned it up.

In the video, you said Tori asked for it. Why?

She stole my L3 protein powder.

Live, laugh, lift.

I was supposed to do an exclusive promo for them. I'm the only content creator

in the country to get L3 before the launch. I was going to bring a ton of

traffic to my channel, but Tori stole the powder before I could film it. Why

would she do that?

Probably because her own channel wasn't doing so well, so she wanted to sabotage

mine.

Those morons could have killed Tori with that dumb prank, but I don't think they

shot her. I think someone else did.

Look.

Red dye and tire tracks extend down into those weeds.

I think this is where Tori was shot.

I wonder who would have wanted to do that.

Let's get back to the car. I'll put out a bolo. Hold on a second.

Can you just try and chase after a sports car?

It was an instinct. Your instinct was that you could catch up to a twin -turbo

V8? Morgan.

This might be the best day of my life. Uh -huh.

I just want to thank you for that beautiful gift. Okay.

We didn't know you'd be home early.

Clearly. What is this?

A PB &J?

Cookies are not bread.

Air Patrol's out looking for a guy, so I got a little time.

That's so cool.

You should have asked for a fly along.

I prefer to do my barfing on land.

Hey, Elliot, can you go grab your sister?

I thought you were hiring a babysitter. Can you just go get her?

Please, you're her favorite person in the whole wide world.

I know you're just saying that to manipulate me.

Is it working?

Yes. But only because it's true.

She's a big Elliot fan.

Aren't we all?

He's all right.

Gross.

The other reason I wanted to swing by home was to let you know that I tracked

down Arthur this morning.

The guy who knows my dad?

Does he know where he is?

No, but he did agree to give me his backpack.

Okay, let's go get it. Hold on a second.

We haven't figured out a time or a place yet, but when we do, I will get the

backpack. I can't go with you? No.

Why not?

We don't even know who this guy is. I'm not letting him anywhere near you, no.

But, Mom, what if he has information or... It's not a negotiation.

Okay.

I'll take your post -it.

Keeping his mouth shut is probably the smartest thing he's done in a while.

I'm not interrupting, am I?

No.

Detectives Oz and Carradick are letting Phineas sweat a bit before starting

their interrogation.

Good. So Detective Forrester has a minute.

I hope you don't mind, but I stopped at your desk and I couldn't resist.

No, that's what I'm here for.

I never had a sweet tooth until I joined the force.

Now I can't go a day without having sugar.

Well, there is worse habits.

True. And there's some habits that serve you well on your job. I saw your file,

detective. Have you ever considered sitting for the sergeant's exam?

Yeah,

I thought about it, but nothing serious.

You should.

I have a friend that used to be a test assessor. He can give you tips, give you

the right study materials.

That's great.

But, you know, I'm really happy here. Of course you are, but it never hurts to

be curious about broadening your horizons.

I'm sure Lieutenant Soto would agree.

I do.

I'd love to hear it.

I'll set it up.

Thank you.

What'd I miss?

Nothing. They haven't started the interrogation yet, but I'm glad you

Morgan. I was hoping we could sit down and have that talk. Oh, you know what?

I... Great. I can't, though, because I've got to give this my attention,

Maybe now someone can tell me anything about it.

Maybe.

Of course.

Let's talk about Tori Nolan.

Who? The reporter you shot and then dumped in a pond.

We're thinking you found out she was embedded at your house, you were worried

about the story she'd run, and so you got rid of her.

You mean Darla?

So the details are familiar, but not the name.

I didn't know that was Darla.

I definitely didn't know that she was a reporter. Why was she at Cloud House? We

were wondering the same thing. But then we had a look at your financials.

$200 ,000 sports car.

Several stays at the Ibiza for a season. You work the kids hard. Pay them way

less than they're earning and then skim all the profits for yourself.

That sounds like a story to me. Any money that I take from the creators is

their room and board. Right.

$50 ,000 a month each.

Seems a bit steep, doesn't it, Phineas? Even by Los Angeles standards.

I gotta do a quick mic pop.

A what?

You need to see his watch.

Watch, please.

Check out the joint.

There's corrosion in there. You see that? That's what happens when titanium

comes in contact with concentrated peroxide.

Oh. See, after the explosion, Tori was covered in that, Phineas, and you must

have gotten a good bit of it on yourself, too, when you moved her body

driver's seat.

You were in Tori's car after Raquel and Pranks foamed it. You're the one who

shot her and then moved the car.

I moved the body, but I swear I did not kill her.

There was so much foam everywhere, I had no... I had no idea that she was shot

until I got to the pod. If you didn't kill her, why'd you move the body?

Because I'd lose the lease on the house.

Landlord's been trying to evict Cloud House for months.

The neighbors hate him. And if they kick us out, I'd have to shut the entire

thing down.

Can you prove that you didn't kill her?

I can.

Do you guys know what bots are?

Fake account holders on social networks?

People use them to pad their followers? Yeah.

Exactly. Darla's numbers, Tori's numbers were terrible. And right before, pranks

from Raquel came running up.

I was in my office buying bots to pump up to where he's channeled.

Which you never would have done if you were planning on getting rid of her a

minute later.

Exactly.

Damn it.

We booked Phineas for evidence tampering and illegal transport.

He offered up Tori's bag as a bargaining chip for leniency. Say he took it to

keep anyone from IDing her. Nobody who loves cars didn't think we could find

through her VIN number?

Great.

Tori has state -of -the -art encryption on here.

Not surprising for someone with her job.

Raquel was right.

Tori did steal the protein powder. But why? I checked Tori's Cloud House

channel. She never advertised it. Yeah, well, why would she? She didn't actually

care about her numbers, which means she wouldn't sabotage somebody else's.

Morgan, how about this? You recognize anything in these lab results?

No. Nothing super interesting.

Except castoreum.

What's that?

Fever butt secretion.

The flavoring agent.

So is ethyl methyl phenyl glycinate.

Artificial strawberry.

I know that from my weekly fight with my kids in the cereal aisle.

Yep.

Strawberry. Okay. So Tori wasn't investigating the content house. She was

investigating the protein powder. Why? Yeah, the woman made a career out of

exposing major scandals.

She covered corruption.

She saved animals from abuse.

She took on big oil and then protein powder?

Going after a small -time product doesn't make any sense.

We said she was doxxed, right? Yeah. She wrote an article about a classmate who

was running a test taker for her business. He cyberbullied her for

His name was, um, Robert Romano.

Well, I think he goes by Bobby now.

Thank you. Robert Romano?

Whoa, my full name.

That's what my mom calls me when I'm in trouble.

Wait, am I in trouble?

Well, we just want to talk. It's an impressive operation you got here.

man. Yeah, it's exciting times at L3.

Yeah, our pre -orders are flying. I'm trying to stay humble, but I got a

Live Laugh Lift is going to revolutionize the fitness industry.

Really? Huh.

Because it kind of looks like you're just repackaging a bunch of protein

from China and slapping your label on it. Oh, no, no, no, no.

It's way more than that. Is it?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. L3 is a movement.

Okay? This guy gets it. I mean... I can tell.

Sandima's delivery's gonna be late. The truck got him flat.

If you two are from the health department, our certification's out of

compliance. Don't worry. They're not health inspectors. They're just cops.

Guys, this is Lamar Volpes. He's my operations manager.

Can we help you with something?

Yeah, we were hoping to take a look around, Lamar.

Sure. You got a warrant?

I don't know. Is there something here that warrants a warrant?

Whoa, no, no. They don't need a warrant, dude.

We're just talking, right?

That's right. Yeah. Look, Lamar, I'll call Stan Demas.

You got it, boss. Okay. Thank you.

I know, he seems pretty tough, right?

That's just his job.

I couldn't run the place without them.

Yeah, I don't doubt it. I mean, your other businesses were all scams, right?

Designer shoe company that turned out to be low -end knockoffs.

The concert app that was kicking out fraudulent tickets.

Oh, yeah, that one got you pinched for wire fraud. You did two years in prison,

right? Yeah, the feds got interested in you because of an anonymous tip, but she

wasn't so anonymous for you, was she?

Yeah, you're talking about Tori Nolan?

She just has it out for me. Oh, yeah? You think it had anything to do with the

time you doxed her so bad she had to drop out of school?

I really regret that.

I was a stupid kid and I did stupid things.

Please.

So why are you asking about Tori? Well, Bobby, um, she's dead.

That's heavy.

Mm -hmm.

Well, you don't think I had something to do with her?

Strong and smart. He's the whole package.

Thanks. When's the last time you had contact with Tori?

Well, she called me a week ago. She told me she was this big reporter now, and

she was going to take me down for good this time. Well, how was she going to do

that? I had no idea. I hung up on her.

The kind of negative energy is not what live, laugh, lift is all about. That's

nonsense anyway, because L3 is legit.

Okay, so that must have really pissed you off that she was trying to take it

down. I wouldn't hurt anyone.

You can look around all you want. I'm an open book.

Morgan. Deredek, he's an open book.

I'm cool with it. He's cool with it.

He was at a gym across town when Tori was shot.

Because I never skip leg day.

Can you verify that? Yeah.

Oh, you meant like an alibi. Yeah.

My pump partner can dodge for me.

Oh, this is getting better.

I'll check out Bobby's alibi. See if the gym had cameras.

You're saying you don't...

Trust the word of his pump partner?

No. Even if his story is true, it doesn't mean he had nothing to do with

death. He could have hired someone to kill her.

Yeah, maybe.

His mad bat doesn't have him going to Cloud House ever. It does say that he

stops by a place called Serenity Arms at least once a week.

Sounds like a cult.

No, actually it's a halfway house for ex -cons. Maybe Bobby stayed there after

he got out of prison.

Might be a good place to get some confirmation as to how reformed he

is.

Great. I'm being summoned for my meeting with the captain.

No, thank you.

Good timing, though. I gotta grab my car from the station and deal with the

family thing.

Everything okay?

Oh, yeah.

Never any drama in the Guillory household.

Oh, never.

Detective Karadek, come in.

Don't worry, it's not yours.

I wasn't worried.

Nor should you be. I didn't even read your file.

Your reputation precedes you. Please.

Morgan Guillory. Tell me about her.

I thought this meeting was about me. It is, but she's your partner.

And I think we can both admit that it's unconventional.

And really not your style, detective.

So you have read my file? I don't need to read anything to know that you're a

badge and oath kind of guy.

But Morgan, she doesn't strike me as somebody who stays in her lane.

Well, we work well together if that's what you're getting at. You certainly

Your case rate has increased ever since you two teamed up.

You were smart to claim her as your partner.

You don't know, Morgan, if you think anyone can claim her.

Was there something else you needed, Detective?

Hey, heard back from the guy that runs Serenity Arms?

Gavin Tillman.

Available to meet.

Let's go.

I think you forgot something.

I want to talk first.

About what? This is very simple. You've got the backpack.

You give me the backpack. End of transaction.

So you really think that whatever's in that bag will give you answers and not

just more questions?

You didn't look in it, did you?

Why?

I don't know. I thought about it.

You know?

But I know Roman.

Okay? The dude is solid.

And he wouldn't just up and disappear from his people for no reason.

So I keep asking myself, what the hell happened 15 years ago that was bad

to make a good man run?

And to be quite honest, I'm not sure if I want to know the answer to that.

Do you?

Yes. So give us the bag.

What are you... How did you know where I was?

The family tracker app. You can see my location and I can see yours. No, we're

not doing this. Okay, stop. We didn't get the bag yet. You can go, but I'm not

leaving here without it.

You look just like your dad when he's about to start digging into something.

You really knew my dad?

Oh, yeah.

You know, I mean, me, we went way back. I mean, we came up together.

We were practically inseparable.

And he spent so much time at my house, ate so many meals that my mom started

calling him plates.

We need your help.

I don't understand why my dad left me, but I need to.

When I heard his voice, it was like time hadn't passed.

But it had.

I mean, 15 years is a long time to disappear.

And I miss him.

My mom's, like, ridiculously smart. So if there's a clue in that bag, she'll

find it. And then maybe we'll find him.

Please?

I'll get it to you.

Wonderful.

Ready?

I know you didn't want me. Not another word. No, do you see? I helped.

Stop it. He wouldn't have, like, given it to me. We will talk about this later.

Right now, I am so angry, I don't trust anything that would come out of my

mouth.

What can you tell us about Bobby Romano?

I've run this place 22 years, and I can honestly say I've never met anyone like

Bobby.

Is that a good thing? Oh, yeah. See, a lot of people land here, they're fresh

out of prison, they're mad at the world, they want to burn it all down. But not

Bobby. He dusted himself off and decided to make the world better. With protein

powder.

Okay, yeah, I know it sounds silly, but Bobby believes in it.

What's the harm?

If Bobby felt so strongly about his business...

How far do you think he'd go to protect it?

What are you asking?

A woman's been murdered.

Tori Nolan.

She and Bobby had a bit of a past.

Do you know that name? Bobby mentioned Tori a few times when he first got here.

Said that she actually helped put him in prison. But he wasn't angry about it.

Like I said, Bobby left all that behind when he got out.

But then she threatened him. He told her she called him. Oh, she did more than

that. She showed up at his warehouse.

She said not only would she ruin his launch, but she'd see to it that he went

back to prison for life.

What did Tory find out?

Probably wouldn't say.

But when he missed his last group session that morning, I called him.

He was frantic.

He said, I should have taken care of this 10 years ago.

Look, I thought he meant get a restraining order or something.

I didn't think he'd hurt her.

LAPD! Bobby, open the door!

How long has Bobby been dead?

Emmy says a few hours.

An employee told us that Bobby was very upset after we spoke with him. Sent

everyone home early and locked himself in his office.

And we're guessing that's where he swallowed enough pills to overdose?

Mm -hmm. What'd he say?

It's a new party drug called Dazzle Kitty.

It's a euphoria -inducing stimulant, like X and Z, but five times more

In large quantities, it can cause cardiac arrest, which we believe is what

happened to Bobby. The L3 was a cover for shipping the drugs. We found bags of

it hidden in the powder canisters.

Now, most of these are real companies just purchasing protein powder, but this

code, 44889, corresponds to the orders that had bags of drugs in the powder. We

assume they're being trafficked to distributors around the country. We also

found a .380 pistol in his desk that matches the gunshot wounds on Tory.

We're sending you two ballistics for testing. Beef and barley soup!

Beef and barley soup.

Saying it again doesn't make it any clearer, Morgan. Somebody wants us to

that Bobby killed Tori and then OD'd. But you don't buy it. No, when we were

here earlier, Bobby couldn't wait to show us around.

Now, he's not the brightest bulb, but even he's smart enough to not want cops

digging around in a place where there's drugs.

Plus the soup.

Soup? I opened his mouth and I smell inside of it, and it definitely smells

beef and barley soup. And he dribbled a little bit on his T -shirt. You can see

it right there. That wasn't there before. This guy ate the soup and died

around the same time.

Okay. There's no soup container.

We checked all the trash cans. Nothing. We also checked the sink drain.

Is that a carrot?

Mm -hmm, and a half -melted capsule of dazzle kitty.

So either Bobby drugs his own soup, ate it, and then high as a kite dumps the

rest down the drain, magics the container away before passing out, or...

someone else put the drug in the soup. And that someone wants us to think that

the drug operation and Tori's murder were all Bobby's doing. And now that

dead, it's a closed case. Yes, I think whoever killed Bobby also killed Tori

masterminded the whole thing.

Then who's the brain?

I hope you're curious how we found out about this, because I've been pretty

excited to tell you. At first, we thought, oh, for sure, it's Lamar. Yeah,

brought him in for questioning, but he wouldn't give anything up. He's loyal,

isn't he? I'll give him that. But Bobby didn't get the same courtesy.

Lamar was very quick to tell us that he met Bobby in prison, and Bobby brought

him in to his L3 drug operation.

See, the problem there is that neither of those things are true.

A, Bobby had no idea there was a drug operation, and B, they weren't in prison

at the same time. They sure weren't. After they got out, they spent time at

halfway house, Serenity Arm.

Once we made that connection, Lamar was much more cooperative. Oh, yeah, he gave

me right up. Yeah, but Lamar insisted he had nothing to do with Tori and Bobby's

deaths, and he had the alibis to prove it. He sure did.

Now, that was all you, but you were honest with Karadek and Oz.

Bobby did tell you about Tori in his sessions, and Bobby did talk to you

Tori's threat.

Bobby had no idea what Tori was talking about, but you did.

Tori reaching out to Bobby blew her cover.

You knew exactly where to find her.

So you waited at Cloud House.

And when Tori's car came into view, you shot her.

Couldn't have predicted the state she'd be in, but you just used it to your

advantage. At that point, Bobby was a liability.

Lamar said he called you right after we showed up to the warehouse.

You needed to tie up loose ends.

When we talked to you at the halfway house, Bobby was already dead.

I want a lawyer.

Oh, I bet you do.

Maybe more than one.

Go deep on that bench.

I spoke to the editor of Takedown Magazine.

They're going to finish Torrey's last article and put out a tribute issue.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah. Oh, I like that. The world needs more Torreys in it.

Yeah.

I'm going to get out of here before the captain ambushes me. You know, you can't

avoid him forever.

Um, I have owed the Culver City Public Library $3 .50 since the 90s, so I'm

going to beg to differ.

You know, there's always some growing pains when a new person joins a team.

There is?

I remember nothing but absolute delight when I came on board.

See ya.

Hey, need some help?

No, I'm good.

She just needs some coolin' or she gets cranky.

Not cranky.

Assertive.

I thought you were going to come by for a chat today.

No, I made that up to buy some time so I could get out of it. I thought I was

busy, you know, doing my job.

Yeah, you like working here.

Is that a question?

No, it's a surprised observation.

Why surprised?

I just heard some rumors you don't respond positively to authority.

I don't respond positively to authority that abuses their power.

Is that how you see me?

I don't know.

I haven't decided on that yet.

Well, what have you decided on?

Um, I've decided I'd like you to get your car out of my way so I can go home

my kids.

All right, Guillory.

Let me have it.

All right.

Let's see.

You're from a legacy family, right? So that tells me you could take the easy

road, but you choose not to because you want to prove to everybody that you can.

And that's admirable, but it also makes you smug.

You like being captain. You like the respect.

You like the authority.

Love the boots.

But you also miss being in the field a little bit more than you thought you

would. You like to be in the action, right? Because that makes you feel

important.

Anything else?

Mm -hmm.

You like to keep people guessing if your interest in them is real or just a way

to get something you want.

Pretty good.

I got two out of the three.

Yeah? Which one did I get wrong?

I'm not as good at this game as you are.

But I've learned one thing for sure.

You give Morgan Guillory a puzzle she won't stop thinking about it until it's

solved

Hey

You're so mad.

Yeah, I am.

I love you more than anything in this world, so I'm going to do whatever I

to do to keep you safe. If I say no to you, I expect you to listen. But nothing

bad happened. That's not the point.

I told you no, and you went off and did whatever you wanted to do anyway.

Sounds familiar.

Excuse me?

If you don't agree with someone, you never listen to them.

What would you have done if you were me?

Yeah, exactly.

Ava, you're not wrong, okay?

The difference is I am an adult.

I get to make those choices. You don't. You're such a hypocrite. Okay, I'm glad

the SAT prep is paying off, but let's watch the tone, please. I'm serious.

You're being unfair. I'm being your mom.

Ava, I make mistakes all the time. This isn't one of them, okay? And actions

have consequences.

What does that mean? It means I need to think about how much I want to involve

you in this stuff with your dad until I can trust you again. You're never going

to trust me enough because you don't want to. I'm sorry. Trust is something

you earn from a... No, stop!

You think you're some cool mom or something, but you're really just

embarrassing.

Pick up the pieces. Pick up the pieces.

Oh, I don't know.

Cause I've seen everything.

Oh, I know.

Cause I've seen everything.

Every second counts. You find people who can't be found? Something like that.

You got a plan?