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I haven't seen her since the hospital.

You ain't been stopping by to check in on her? A little inconsiderate, ain't

Ask you to stay, but we'll probably kill each other. No doubt about that.

Something came to mind, actually. A place I think you might like. A

I'll pack up the house for you. I can bring you what you need.

Randy told me about Diana.

And Diane.

Happy for you.

Touchy Tony is my CI.

Is Lala back at work yet? Yeah.

Yeah? No kidding. Good for her, man.

Tony was shorter in that last round.

Let's go! Let's go!

We had this place in the middle of nowhere.

It was an old safe house where we'd meet up with all our CIs, confidential

informants.

It takes a special kind of person to bring them into the fold.

Lala was the best at it.

Over weeks, months, sometimes years, she'd take the time to get to know them,

earn their trust.

She made them feel safe.

Safe enough to trust her with their secrets.

A CI named Bambi Rose helped Lala take down a prostitution ring.

A guy we called Black Kenny had ends on gambling, drugs.

He'd go the extra mile to track down the answer if Lala was the one asking.

Because she put in the time.

And when you put in that much time, you're going to have a favorite.

Lala's favorite was a guy we called Twitchy Tony.

She first brought him to the safe house a couple of years before I got to NIS,

back when she was still new on the job.

Tony was a former boxer and a functioning alcoholic.

She said he was nervous as hell that first day.

No, don't worry.

When it is nuts out there. Yeah, safe house, you know, I can't not.

Yeah, you know, safest place you ever seen him, sure.

Do you play cards?

Oh, you know, my mother, Taylor, you know.

Oh, I always got buttons. We could do something like poker for buttons instead

of chips.

They played poker for buttons for hours that first night.

Well, I threw her old digital watch into the pot. She thought it would make Tony

smile. But he was more worried about the questions she was going to ask.

He knew she wanted tips on an illegal steroid ring. But Tony didn't have any

contacts back then.

Hell, he didn't even have any friends.

Yeah, you know, but I think I could get people talking if they're wasted, but no

one really puts me on, like, a friend kind of level.

Oh, I mean, no, don't, like, don't get all, you know, I got my mom.

Sure, Lala was trying to cultivate a CI, but she also saw that here was a guy

that didn't have a friend in the world.

I want you to hold on to this watch for me.

Oh, no, I mean, that's... I can't. That's, like, that's really... I wasn't

gonna take that if I won, man. Who knows?

Maybe when you check the time, you'll know someone's in your corner.

Sorry. Oh, my God.

It's nothing. It's super cheap and old.

No, it's just like that's something my sister might do, you know.

Like, give me a watch.

Say that corner thing.

For the next two years, they met up in that safe house once every couple of

weeks, playing poker for buttons.

He really did see her like a sister.

And he was her favorite of all the CIs.

That's why what was about to happen would break her heart.

What are you doing here? I'm on my way out. Wait, no, already?

Yeah. Frank took the day off to go visit his brother. I told him I'd do his

morning paperwork. I got the job.

What? Jordan's Financials wants me, baby.

I thought that was just a prelim thing. No, exactly.

I never thought they'd hire me on the spot. I mean, it's just glorified

assistant stuff to start, but they're going to pay for my CPA course.

This time next year, I'll be a full -blooded accountant.

Congrats. Thank you.

So there is one potential bug.

But I really see it as a feature.

It's for their LA office.

And I knew you wouldn't know what to say.

But you don't have to say anything.

Just move with me.

To LA?

Yeah. There's an NIS office there. I checked. It's bigger than the Pendleton

one. We should ask Randy about it at dinner tonight.

I mean, think about it. We could get a little apartment, give this thing a real

go.

I can't move. No, but you don't have to answer right now. I'm not moving.

My family is here.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't... I thought Shannon and Kelly were buried in

Pennsylvania.

Um... Leroy, I can't pass this up.

Why not?

And long distance is for idiots.

I know.

Why are you baking in a cup?

I was taking it to go.

Yeah? Gibbs, something's going on with Tony. He paged me from the warehouse

number.

Can you meet us there?

I'm not a... What?

Twitchy Tony paged me 911.

He's never paged me 911.

Something's wrong.

At the warehouse?

The street fighting place? Yes!

Aren't you listening? Can you meet us? it's there or not.

Yeah, I just need a minute. Forget it, Randy's here.

No, I can...

Hey,

ma

'am.

Detective Fields, Oceanside Homicide. Somebody called you all in?

No, he paged me.

He's my CI.

Well, neighborhood folks heard a gunshot.

Somebody came in, found him, called 911.

NIS, come in through.

Lala, what's going on? Why aren't they getting him loaded up? Got a second

wound and a punctured lung.

They've been trying to seal him up, but something happened with his airway.

They've been working on him damn near 30 minutes.

Hey, you okay?

Tube's good. Airway's clear. Let's go. Randy! Yeah.

Folks, I talked to you, didn't see anything. Tony was unconscious by the

anyone got here. Get all the info you can.

Make sure they're processing the scene right. Cops gave me a hard time on the

way in.

CI status doesn't make it our case. I said make sure it's done right!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, ma 'am. Can't let you on that vehicle. Ma 'am, unless

you're family, I can't let you pass!

Let her through. Unless she's family. Last I checked, this is my crime scene.

unless you fancy me grabbing a handful of balls and twisting, I suggest you

your trap and let the lady ride to the hospital.

Damn.

Patient is secured.

Go.

Agent Frank.

How you doing, Abe?

Brother says you got a special delivery from Texas.

Made you cold last night.

Asked me to bring this one ASAP.

It's come in handy. Hey, hang on. Hey.

Whoa.

Come here.

Oh, boy.

Oh, boy.

How long does it usually take to break them?

Depends on the horse.

Mikey, you made it.

Told you I would.

I'll tell you what, this is a sight for sore eyes.

The one I've been using ain't broken in.

How long you been at it with him?

Better part of two weeks.

He's got the strongest will I've seen since Trigger.

Trigger? Yeah.

I'm sure everyone would love to hear the stories.

You should stay for lunch. I invited him for the day. He was going to head back

after dinner. I should have told you.

No, happy to hear it.

More the merrier.

Stanley,

what are you doing? Get out of there!

Stanley, get out of there.

All right, let's go. You okay? What are you doing? This ain't a pet zoo.

Look at me.

You feel woozy?

Stanley, look at me.

It's never a good idea to get in with an animal like that unless you've got

experience.

Beth, grab the first aid kit, will you? What happened? Did he hurt? He's okay.

It's just a cut.

Agent Franks, there's a call for you.

Phone's in the kitchen.

Damn it.

That's, uh...

Sure, it's Twitch. Yeah, boss, it's him.

Lala's at the hospital with him now. She's taking it pretty hard. Yeah, she

with them CIs.

Plus, her and Tony got that brother -sister thing going.

Randall can tell you all about it. Yeah, so Tony used to be a boxer, like a

really good one. And his dad was a trainer, while the dad was an alcoholic.

Randall. He was drunk driving one night, and he crashes into a pole, kills

himself, and Tony's sister. So Tony starts drinking, boxing career goes...

down the tubes, and he starts running these underground fights. That's when he

met Lala. So she told Tony we'd look the other way on the illegal fights if he'd

help us with pips on the steroid ring that was starting to reach Marines on

base, which he had.

But the steroid ring keeps popping back up, you know? Did I miss anything, boss?

I made you tell him after we hung up.

Oh, my bad.

Anyway, we thought you might want to give us some kind of stand -down order

tell Lala. It's Oceanside's case.

Are you two on something?

Ain't no way she's standing down from this. Call Oceanside. Get them to make

this a joint investigation.

Boss, that could be a problem.

The lead detective seems kind of... I don't know. She's like a female you.

How's that supposed to mean?

It's fine.

We'll take care of it.

Get me posted on Tony. I'll be in the mall.

I'll call Detective Lady Frank.

Hey, with everything going on, we should probably reschedule dinner with Junie

and Diane.

Dinner's off. Me and Diane broke up. What? We didn't really have a choice.

What was it? Your work hours? The fact that you're a horrible communicator?

happened? She got a job in L .A., and... I don't know. Yeah.

Communication.

Ah, dude.

No.

I get it. Like, we don't have to talk about it. Breakups are frickin' awful.

Last thing you need is me reminding you how awful it is. Although we've come to

the end of the road, still I can't...

Last two weeks, every time I turn on the radio, come to the end of the

road.

Best breakup song of all time, am I right? Yeah. Please, Gibbs and Diane are

parting ways. It's fresh.

Oh, Diane.

Sorry to hear that, man.

Does Lala know?

If any of you see Dalton Basement, do not agree with him that he needs the

buster for his office.

The man's trying to get me to buy it for him out of petty cash. That's not

happening. What's wrong?

Nothing.

I prefer your letter.

You want me to go around and have everybody sign it? No.

Why are you moving like that? Because it was supposed to be a surprise.

Never mind. Herm, I wrote a petition of reinstatement for you.

Everyone's going to sign it, and I'm going to submit it to Wheeler.

For real?

Yeah. Teams are always short -handed, so it'd be great to be able to tap you as

a field agent every once in a while.

Appreciate it, bro.

Give it here.

I'll sign it now.

Crap! I gotta call Oceanside. Joint investigation.

You get an update on Tony's condition?

Look at that sign.

Well, it's not our fault. None of us got mom's artistic abilities.

Okay, so the discharge paperwork says you're supposed to massage the scar for

10 minutes, three times a day. You want some water? We stocked the fridge.

I'm fine.

Let's go, sis. Leg up. Stop it. I'm fine.

Ah, hey.

Lala's house.

Welcome home.

Hey, okay, so we know you can't go out anytime soon, so we brought the club to

you.

Sparkling fire!

Shake that body.

Shake that body.

Go, la, la, go, la, la, go. Go, la, la, go, la, la, go. Go, la, la, go, la, la,

go. Go, la, la, go, la, la, go.

I didn't know anybody was in here.

I'll come back. No.

Are you family?

No.

Fine.

They, uh... They know when he's gonna wake up?

They don't think he's gonna make it.

Where'd you get that watch?

That's Tony's watch.

What happened? I wanted her down.

Did you see a guy run out of here? No.

Hey, hey.

Good to know a duck, ain't he? Who? Stanley?

He ain't normal.

He gives me the creeps.

Some might say the same about you.

He's had a hard life.

That's how he ended up here.

You having trouble with that horse, I can tell you another way.

Again?

Learned it from an old -timer on a ranch in Arkansas after he kicked me out the

house. I'm sure Stanley would love to hear all about it.

You okay?

Yeah, he's okay.

He's got a little overzealous.

Been waiting on that horse for three weeks.

Wife's guilty of encouraging him.

Didn't realize y 'all were married. Yeah, going on three years now. She's

one that had the idea about bringing in this Mustang.

Bureau of Land Management has a horse overpopulation problem in Nevada, so

trapped him and transported him in. Yeah?

Y 'all still trying to be a nature reserve?

Fight off that company that's trying to take your land? Yeah, not a reserve,

more of an adoption corral.

Hoping to get a long -term contract with the BLM.

Hey, listen.

After lunch, you mind if Stanley moves his chair over here?

Maybe you can explain to him that breaking thing.

He spends a lot of time in his room alone. Beth and I are trying to

him to be out here.

Yeah, I ain't so good with kids.

He's 22.

There you go. There you go, buddy.

Still.

Ocean Side has an officer posted outside Tony's room. I sent the clothes he was

wearing and the extracted bullet over to Woody. We need to ID the guy that ran

from me.

Good chance he's our guy.

He was wearing the watch I gave Tony.

Probably stole it after he shot him.

Tony would never give that watch away.

Hey, you think this could be about a tip Tony gave you? No, he hasn't given me

anything worth acting on in months.

Because when you called me about him this morning, I never heard you like

before.

Something else going on with you?

Is there something going on with you? Because when I called you, it sounded

you didn't give a crap.

Me and Randy talked to some of the regulars down at Tony's fight. They said

kept track of all the bets, money, who owed what. He was obsessive about it.

Wrote it all down in a ledger. It's reddish brown.

You find it?

No.

Someone wants to erase what they owe, so they shoot him and take his book.

Hey, anybody got a lot?

Voila, you're back. Great.

Detective Fields was nice enough to approve our request for a joint

investigation. Yeah, well, plenty of case to go around. Plus, I like the fact

she don't take no for an answer.

Same to you, Detective.

You can sit over there.

Thanks. Don't mind if I do.

It looks downright cozy.

Now, a lot of these numbnuts and Tony's fights were juicing. And my team's

thinking this might have something to do with that.

You folks aware the steroid ring keeps popping up? Yeah, boss. I mean, ma 'am.

A couple of the regulars we talked to thought Tony kept steroids somewhere in

the warehouse.

We did a sweep of the place, didn't find none. No, Tony just ran the fight. A

lot of the fighters used illegal steroids, but he had no part of that.

people thought he did, it could be that this was a robbery gone wrong.

Freckles, what about the guy you said ran from her at the hospital?

Actually, I don't have freckles. Well, you look like you should.

This is the best I could do.

Frank says right about this thing. It sucks.

Mary Jo!

Here, sign this. Randy wrote a petition to get Hearn back out there as a field

agent, as needed.

What? Oh, I was about to buzz you. Is there any way you can get me a better

decipher kit?

There aren't enough options in here.

You should get Dalton to help you.

Dalton Basement?

Yeah, he's a talented artist. You didn't know that? Oh, Gail just brought Tony's

mom into the conference room. Why didn't you tell me she was here?

I was about to buzz you, but then you came in complaining about your kit.

So, yeah, it's like, you know, I'm stoked.

that everybody wants me back in the field.

But what if I freeze up again?

Why'd you freeze up the first time?

I don't know.

Guys are firing at us.

Baby, I know what happened.

I'm asking you why it happened.

I went to the hospital, but I couldn't bring myself to get out of the car.

I don't want to see him like that.

I want to think of him like this.

He talked about you all the time.

How proud he was of your tailoring business.

Every time I saw him, he had buttons in his pockets when he visited you.

You're just how he described you.

He lost his sister, but he found you.

Did he tell you anything about his watch?

About it getting stolen, maybe?

The one you gave him?

He always had it.

I know that Anthony ran with a rough crowd.

But he protected me from all that. He didn't talk about them. He didn't bring

them around.

I don't know if you should have this picture.

I should get back to the hospital, even if I can't go in.

It still means something, me being there.

Don't you think it means something that I'm there for him? Thanks for stopping

by all the time.

It means a lot.

And I will never say no to you delivering.

Last time MJ ordered from there, they forgot Frank's egg foo young again.

No!

We'll be like, Mary Jo!

Fix my food, damn it! Mary Jo!

How am I supposed to fill up on rice?

How's everyone?

How's Gibbs?

Still hasn't come to see you yet, huh?

Not since the hospital.

And I don't count that, because I was unconscious.

He's seeing someone.

Her name is Diana, same as my haircut lady.

And she's the realtor that sold Gibbs' house.

And she seems really nice.

I didn't know if I should tell you, but you were going to find out at some

point, anyhow.

Why wouldn't you tell me?

That's great.

I'm happy for him.

My fitness for duty test is coming up. The old leg is ready to go. As soon as I

pass, I'm going to strut into the bullpen like Mick Jagger.

Best day ever when you get back.

Can you describe it?

The nose?

Yeah. Did it have a bulbous tip?

I don't know.

It kind of went down.

Let me ask you this.

Do you feel like the basement rooms collect more dust than...

Are there areas of the office?

Sorry to interrupt.

Woody called. He's got something.

Randy and Gibbs are already headed over.

I was just letting you know. Mary Jo, while I have you... Dalton, the dust

buster isn't happening. You bring it up again, you'll be sorry. You hear me?

Guys?

Guys, can you please shut it off?

Gibbs just got dumped. Hey, you're kidding.

It was a joke, right?

It was mutual.

Hey, sorry about the song, man.

Couldn't get it out of our head.

Figured we'd just give in to it.

We had no idea it would affect you like that. No idea.

There's ice cream in the kitchen. Would that help?

Come here.

Don't worry about it, you know. You'll probably get a new girlfriend by the end

of the day. What do you have for evidence?

And you're tall, you're good looking.

No. That's evidence.

Oh, about the case, yeah. Sounds good, buddy. Let's get you numbing the pain

with work.

This is the bullet we extracted from Anthony Baldino.

Nine millimeter, nothing fancy.

But we did find microscopic pieces of paper and red leather embedded in it.

Yeah, file mentioned a missing ledger. We think he could have had it in his

when threatened and held it up in a defensive manner.

Bullet went through the book.

Into his chest. Shooter must have taken it then. This is the jacket Tony was

wearing when he was shot. We're pretty proud of ourselves with this one. I

noticed that the lining of the jacket had been restitched. And I noticed the

slight outline of a foreign object inside.

Yeah. Yeah.

We're good scientists.

This was sewn into the jacket lining?

Names amounts owed.

This is a page from the ledger. Yeah. What the heck was so important about it

that you'd go through so much trouble to hide it?

Easy, pal. Easy. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Abe said you were going to teach me about this breaking stuff.

Hey, there you go.

Just like that. Hey, hey, hey.

When the horse faces him, Mason rewards him by loosening the rope. When the

horse struggles, tighter the rope gets.

You do it that way, teaching the animal who's boss.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That horse is me.

You ever feel like that?

Come on, now.

Like the planet's got a rope around your neck?

Oh, okay.

Grab yourself a drink. Let me have a go.

No.

I'm getting somewhere now. I got my old rope. Hey, hey, hey.

I'm telling you.

I've seen this other way of work on Broncos. It's stubborn as is.

Launcher Aristotle over there says he's got plans tonight. I don't think I'm

going to make it till then.

Don't eat it.

Get it off.

Get it off.

Hey.

There you go.

All right.

Let's see what you got, Mr. Nodal.

All right, you see this? See how I'm doing this?

See, I'm making it his decision.

He looks at you, he engages, and then you reward him by stepping back. If he

says no, you back off, you try again.

See, I'm showing him it's safe.

There ain't nothing to be scared of.

You keep doing this over and over until he touches his snot to your hand.

And what then, moron?

You got a friend for life?

Yeah, I'm gonna do you a favor and keep my mouth shut on that one.

You got something to say this year?

I don't need your help, Mikey.

You're the one begging me to bring the damn rope.

You got a thing against everything.

You don't like Stanley.

You don't like how I'm breaking that horse. It ain't about the horse. You

me. It ain't my fault you showed up on my doorstep with your tail between your

legs. Yeah? How about them pillows on your bed?

What? I looked in your room. You got eight pillars on your bed, and not one

them's for sleeping. They're all decorative.

The hell are you talking about?

You got light beer in your fridge, Mikey.

I saw it with my own eyes. And then you're gonna come in here pushing your

-pamby way to break that horse?

You gone soft, and you're looking to be my mama.

Well, I don't need a mama.

All I needed was my damn rope.

What, is that all you got? You should look into some light beer. You're about

busting out of your Wranglers.

Oh, come on, Mikey.

What about dinner?

I'd rather go to work than deal with your dumb ass.

Got it.

Thank you, Ms. Valdino.

Cop tracked down Tony's mom in her car in the hospital parking lot.

Oceanside PD getting it done.

Mom said she didn't sew the ledger key into Tony's jacket.

She taught him to sew. She thinks he did it himself.

She know why?

Said it's something he does.

Hides valuables in a safe spot.

He's done it since he was a kid.

When he started drinking, that made it tough.

You get drunk, you black out, you forget where you put stuff.

Happens to me all the time.

She said he started making copies of things or getting multiples.

If that ledger was important to him... She bet her life there's a current copy

hidden out there. Well, this sheet isn't current. It dates her from five years

ago. Everybody on there is either dead, out of state, or in prison. It's

probably Blitz when he sewed it into his jacket. Forgot he put it in there.

Ain't gonna help us, no. But if there's a current copy out there, it's gotta

have some info about our shooter in it. Any idea where he might hide it?

You know, I'm gonna... I'm gonna get my guys off the rest and do another sweep

of the warehouse.

Hey, anybody know who sings that song?

It's got a really deep voice. It's like...

Girl, I'm here for you. No, it's like all those times that... Why are you guys

acting so weird?

Everyone knows it's Boyz II Men, End of the Road, all over the radio.

With a Z.

Now I can hunt down the cassette single.

You want to finish this or what?

Hey.

We saw that guy at the warehouse when we went to go see Tony. Yeah, he was

yelling at Tony for shorting him money.

You get a name? No.

But if we start showing this around, he could get tipped off.

He ran once. He's skittish. We've got to find a way to draw him out. Yeah, this

is turning into an op kind of thing. We should update Frank.

Okay, I'm going to do that. We need copies of that. I think Frank should

there for dinner. Should I tell him to come back?

I'm back.

What?

They're gorgeous.

What did I do to deserve these?

I wanted to give them to you.

Oh, yeah?

What? Oh, hell.

You failed your fitness for duty test.

Report says you can't go back in the field because the limitations are your

lack.

You can still work as an analyst, though. I can't do that. You'll still be

the office with us. I'm not spending the rest of my life typing up theories.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Hey, you okay?

Heard Roy was concerned about you being weird on the phone this morning. Good

for him. He's the one being weird.

No, no.

He wasn't me.

Tough.

I know he's a CI.

It's work.

I know that.

But he did a lot for me.

I see nothing of the doings in the women's bathroom, but Lala. Yeah?

We got a plan. We're going to stake out Tony's warehouse. So Oceanside TD didn't

find a second ledger, but Lady Franks had them secretly spread the word that

there's a copy hidden in there.

You thinking your guy's going to show up looking for it? Oh, hi, Vera. You're in

here, too? Yeah, the shooter stole the first ledger, so we'd probably want to

destroy all copies.

Also, Franks was already on his way back when I called the range, but since he's

not here yet, Herm's going to go on stakeout with us. That's right.

Wheeler, approve the petition. Can I get a hell yeah? I call Herm's car. I

already called it. I call your car. I just told you. I'm with Herm.

What's your problem with Boyz II Men?

Why were you weird on the phone this morning?

What did he want me to be like, Gibbs? My CI page me 911.

Hey, man.

Seriously, though.

Thanks for making this happen.

You good? You look good. A couple little butterflies, you know.

Mary Jo asked me why I froze up the last time.

Honestly, I think I just got scared.

Have you tried putting a song in your head?

It's the power of music to calm. Dude, I'm telling you.

I do this all the time in my head. Give me a beat.

What?

We broke up.

What? Diane got a job in L .A.

She asked me to go with her.

I said no, because my family's here.

She thought I met Shannon and Kelly.

But I was talking about you guys.

That is the dumbest thing I ever heard.

Okay, see this lady? She's my muse.

A lady walks by with a grocery bag. She's got some pickles, got some bread,

that don't dish rag.

You want to know why I sounded like that on the phone? Because Tony is a quality

human being who shows up for people. When I got out of the hospital, he went

through hell to track down my address. Unlike some people, he showed up at my

apartment to make sure I was okay. But you're mad because I didn't go to your

apartment? Yes! I went to the hospital! When I was...

Okay, look, look, I got the dog. A dog walks by and says he's headed to pack.

He's in the club sniffing bush. Then he goes to a pack. I told him, hold up,

puppies. Take a seat.

Cause little puppies ain't got nothing on my jeans.

Callahan.

What? What?

Gary Callahan.

Callahan. You know what? I'm not surprised. This is you. This is what you

Just forget I said anything, all right? You got scared and you pushed me away.

You ruined everything that could have... And now you're doing it again.

You're doing it with Diane with some dumbass excuse about family.

Diane sounds amazing.

I cannot believe you went and ruined that, too.

Look, I... There he is. It's him.

This guy from the hospital is entering our side.

Copy. Heading in.

Wait. We got two entering from the north.

Shots fired. Shots fired. We're going in. Copy. Us too.

Hey, I got you.

You got me. Okay?

I got him. Come on, man.

I didn't know y 'all were cops. This isn't the guy from the hospital. Where's

our guy?

He's running!

Yeah!

Everybody out!

Get your hands behind your back!

Hey! Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

We're a federal agency!

We're a federal agency!

Good to see you.

Good to be back, believe you mean.

He's doing out of evidence.

You missed a lot.

Catch me up.

It's a lot, boss. Maybe we should wait for Randy.

We should grill him in there, bro. Got that rant from her when she was with

in the hospital.

Also, the dude stole Tony's watch.

Also, guy says that he's an undercover DEA agent. Randy's trying to verify.

Also, we took down two other guys. They're in Holden, but... They're saying

they were just looking to lift some steroids.

You were taking guys down. Also, Herms backed a field agent as needed.

He kicked ass out there.

Appreciate it. It's true.

Tell me about these steroids.

You know, I've been undercover over a year.

The steroid act made him illegal for the DEA. He's been all over them ever

since. I was supposed to be cutting this ring off at the head. My guy saw you

yelling at Tony a couple weeks back. You said he should let you. It was an act.

I was trying to get in good with a couple guys there. Then what are you

with his watch?

You know, you're undercover ain't easy.

You know, people in your old life, they say they're gonna wait for you to get

out.

They don't.

I was, um... I was done.

I, uh...

I wanted to be gone.

Tony didn't know what was really going on with me, but he saw I needed some

of saving.

He said that I could borrow this

so that I knew that at least one person was in my corner.

We barely knew each other.

I guess sometimes one needs a little push to see things different.

Why did you show up at the warehouse?

I heard some guys talking about how there's a second copy of Tony's ledger.

Yeah, I want to find who shot him.

Talk to the DEA.

Your status checked.

You could have told me that in the hospital.

Yeah, well, you were going to arrest me. I said to my cover back months.

And just so you know, I don't think that that ledger was ever in the warehouse.

You know where it is? No, Tony told me he kept a copy.

He said he figured out the best place to keep it, a place he never forgets. He

said it's in the safest place you've ever seen.

Safe house.

Safest place you've ever seen, for sure.

You guys.

We found the note in the ledger that said she was taking money.

Kickbacks to look the other way on the street fighting.

Detective Lady Frank Fields.

Frank said she was nothing like him.

And he was right.

She tried to make excuses for what she did, but... I told her where to go.

She said she heard about all the notes you took.

So she realized her name was probably in your ledger.

You've been paying her off for months.

The only reason I can think you didn't tell me is because you thought you saw

some good in her.

You always saw the good.

Anthony, I'm here.

I'm in your corner.

Tony?

The hell you know where I lay? You know, I had a thing, and then this guy was

like, no way. So I saved up some cash, and I paid him, and he got a... Yeah,

know, it wasn't easy.

Um, I got you this.

I mean, I found it at the Goodwill, but I cleaned it up. It works in everything.

I love it. Yeah, and it's even bigger than a watch. So you look at that and

think, damn, yeah, Tony's in my corner, like, massively.

Thank you.

Yeah. Um, because it's like Randy said you weren't coming back to work because

of your leg and stuff, and I know what the job means to you, so I

want to stop by and...

You got to screw what they're telling you.

You got to get your leg to... You know, there's got to be other stuff you can

do. More rehab. Maybe in a pool, like aquatic or something. I don't know, but

you got to try it all. Like, defy the odds, man. Go to church, too, you know.

Pray for a miracle. I've been praying for you. And it's like... It's like

the last round before the last bell.

You got to fight.

Please, Lala.

You gotta fight.

You gotta defy the odds, Tony.

It's like the last round before the last bell. You gotta fight.

Please.

You gotta fight.

To Lala, they weren't just CIs.

They were people.

They were worth taking the time to connect with.

Lala tried to teach me a lesson or two about connecting.

But that never came easy to me.

I was just going to call you.

I know long distance is for idiots. I don't want to break up.

To being dumb enough to do long distance.

Lala would say to me, this is you.

This is what you do.

You push people away.

She'd say, you get scared, and you ruin things that could have been good.

She wanted me to connect, not just to her, to everyone, to anyone.

She said sometimes people lose everything, like I did, and they go the

their lives without connecting.

She didn't want that for me.

You know what else was dumb?

Bacon.

Bacon? I've never been. No, bacon. Bacon in a cup.

Wait, you've never been to Vegas?

I tried to do what she was telling me, but I could never connect the way she

did. I loaned it to her.

Thanks for getting it back.

Oh, man, that's my watch.

It's your watch.

She told me to quit being scared.

So I got drunk, flew to Vegas, and got married.

I was trying to take her advice, but I guess I took it a little too far.

I mean, you take things that far, hearts are going to get broken by the time you

get to the end of the road.