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Narrator: Garrett Storme
was a successful meteorologist,

working on the future
of weather intervention.

He was pursuing
his life's interests,

engaged to be married.

Not a care in the world.

Until date night turned deadly.

Julie. Julie!

No. No.
Noooo!

Narrator:
That's when Garrett Storme

took justice into his own hands
and became...

Gold Storm.

Don't look now, gentlemen, but
the forecast calls for blood!

Chris Walker is Gold Storm.

Coming this fall to ONC.

Hmm. Chris Walker
was making a comeback

from his awkward teenage years.

Yeah.
And now he's dead.

Age 24.

Probably an overdose.

Well, nice place for it.

Paid for with Hollywood dollars,

which I don't know
anything about.

So maybe
you can help me out here.

Would it be in anybody's
best interest, showbiz-wise,

for Chris to suddenly die?

I mean, doesn't that mean his,
like, new show gets canceled?

Well, not necessarily.
Look.

He's in his superhero costume
a lot.

Might be able to loop
another actor's voice

into the scenes with the gold
mask, re-shoot the rest.

Why? Do you think
Chris was murdered?

Well, no.

But a friend from AA...

Actually, it's my daughter's
cousin by marriage, Jared.

He was Chris'
sober living assistant,

hired to make sure that Chris
didn't drink or snort anything.

And my daughter
just loves Jared.

And Jared failed.

Well, Hollywood Division
thinks so,

especially since Chris' body
showed no sign of a struggle.

But Jared is convinced that
the killer snuck in the house

when they went out
a couple of nights ago.

And arranged an overdose
in advance?

Well, that's another reason

patrol didn't take him
seriously.

I mean, look,
Jared is probably wrong,

but I promised my daughter

that I would give him
a serious listen.

So, could you just
hear him out with me?

Yeah, sure.

Hopefully Jared's
not too defensive.

It wasn't an accident.

And Chris didn't relapse.
He was murdered.

Jared, no one is doubting you.

Sorry. I'm just
hyper-emotional right now

because when the police
first arrived.

They
treated like I was some
kind of drama queen.

Just walk us through
what happened.

Okay.

Yesterday, I woke Chris
at around 6:00

for his morning urine test,
required by the network.

It was completely clean.
No oxy, no heroin.

Then his personal trainer
got here,

and they spent an hour
lifting weights in the home gym.

After that, I made Chris his
post-workout protein smoothie.

My mother called, and
that's when Chris went to steam.

But when I hung up with my mom,
I realized

that I had been on the phone
with her for 50 minutes,

and Chris was still
in the steam room.

I opened the door,
and there he was...

Facedown on the floor
with no pulse.

I mean, I know I should have
checked on him sooner.

It's just my mom is one of those
people who constantly digresses.

Like, right now, she's planning

this co-ed baby shower
for my sister.

Hired a mariachi band, which
no one wants except for her,

so my Aunt Sylvia told her
that she's not going to that...
Excuse me, Jared.

Are you 100% sure
Chris is not using drugs again?

No. 200%.

Plus, the police brought in
those drug-sniffing dogs.

You know what they found?
Nothing.

Look, I am a doctor...
Used to be a doctor.

Used to be a doctor.
God.

I showed up high
for work at the E.R. once.

A couple of times.
So unfair.

Getting caught, I mean.
And having my license jerked.

But no one can take away
my ability or experience.

I'd have known
if Chris were high.

I'd have known.
For now, as things stand,

if Chris died of an overdose,
no one will ever hire Jared

as a sober living assistant
again.

I see. Well...

were there any problems
on the set of "Gold Storm?"

No. We were two episodes in.
Everything was going great.

Hmm.
I can check on that.

Who you calling?
My agent.

Your agent? Really?

He'll give us the inside sco...

Hey, Rick.
Michael Tao.

Tell me, what do you know
about the actor Chris Walker?

Rusty: So, he's basically
a dude in a gold raincoat

who figures out how to change
the weather to fight crime.

Wow.
So believable.

How did the actor die?

Well, that's what Andy
is trying to figure out,

but Chris
may have been murdered.

Or he could have just given in
to an old drug habit.

Well, the guy
had a really high-paying job,

someone hired
to keep him drug-free,

and he still died
of an overdose?

My mom works all day
for minimum wage,

she takes classes at night,

and she relies on house-sitting
for a place to live,

and she's been sober
for two years.
Hold on.

In your voice just now,

did I detect a little compassion
for your other mother?
Okay, no.

She has a good reason right now
to cut back on risky behavior.

Which reminds me...
I have to get up early

to drive her
to the doctor's office.
She okay?

Yeah, yeah, but since Gary's
parents are adopting the baby,

they want her
to have more regular care,

and so they're paying
for a sonogram.

A sonogram?
Yes.

At 8:00 a.m.

So I'm off to bed.
Hold on.

That means you'll be able to
tell if it's a boy or a girl!

I think so, yeah.

I don't know
if it'll be all that exciting.

Well, you may be surprised.

Ha.
If I'm even awake.

Okay, good night!
Good night.

Night.

Okay, so...
what do you think?

Any way Chris
could have been murdered?

Well, if he was,
that would be a major crime,

but Jared's suspicions aside,
the question we need to ask is,

was there anyone
who wanted this young man dead?

Tao: Chris Walker wasn't winning
any popularity contests.

My agent put me in contact
with his entertainment lawyer.

I asked for this.

Three serious lawsuits
were filed against him

in the past six months.
Three?

One from his former rep,
Sean Wheeler,

who said Chris switched
to a big agency behind his back

to make the deal
for "Gold Storm."

Sean was suing
for his commission,

which would have been
10% of Chris' huge salary.

Amy?
Oh.

Um, Marsha Walker.

Sharon R.: Is that
Chris Walker's mother?

Or as we like to say
in the business, "Momager."

"As we say in the business."
Geez.
Provenza: What?

Momager. A mother who also
guides her child's career.

Like Marsha did for Chris
before he fired her.

She's also suing him for part
of the "Gold Storm" deal.

Provenza:
And the third one is... Ah.

Tina Walker.

Now, what is
she dragging him to court for?

Sanchez: Divorce, sir.

After Chris got clean,
he backed out of their marriage.

Said there was
too many temptations

around Tina and her crew.

What kind of temptations?

TMZ is saying that Tina Walker's
drug of choice was oxycodone,

which is
what put Chris in rehab.

Oxy... the most addictive

prescription painkiller
available.

Okay, Andy, at the very least,

we can ask Mr. Walker's
litigious friends and family

to join us for a conversation.

About what? I mean,
the kid died of an overdose.

And we won't suggest murder,

but we can ask if they know
where he got his drugs

and confirm with Dr. Morales
that he was taking them.

Your victim died of
a self-inflicted gunshot wound

entering through
his right temporal bone

and exiting through the back...
No. No, no, no, no.

That can't be right.

Whoops. Sorry.

Uh, wrong report.

140 new bodies
since last Wednesday.

Old people drop like flies
in this heat,

so stay cool, you guys.

Oh, right.

The actor.

Okay.

No contusions,
but before he bit the dust,

your victim also bit down
on his tongue.

Indicates a seizure.

Could be drug-related,
but we haven't tested

the guy's stomach contents yet.

Smelled like vanilla.

His last meal
was a protein shake.

As if dying
wasn't depressing enough.

Well, there were rumors
that the kid

abused oxycodone and heroin.
Makes sense.

See the little red dots
under his belly button?

God. Who shoots heroin
into their stomach?

A junkie who wants to keep
his arms clean for some reason,

like starring
on a new TV show, maybe.

Except Jared told me
that he was with Chris 24/7.

Right. Right.
Look.

Jared knew
that Chris was using again

and is trying to blame the
kid's death on somebody else.

But, for your daughter's sake,

we will search everything
in Chris' house...

just to prove I'm right.

Sharon B.: Ooh.
That's a little cold, Doctor.

I know,
but don't move because...

There we go.

Wow.

Is that like a halo?

No.

That was the baby's hair.

It already has hair?

Sure does.

Oh.
You don't need to film this.

I'm making a DVD.

I can e-mail you the video,
if you like.

Yeah, thanks.

The baby looks good.

Very good.

And since you want to know
the sex, congratulations.

You are about to bring
a little girl into the world.

I'm having a baby girl.

Wow.

How will it work
with Gary's parents, anyway?

Work?
Like, how often

will you get to visit the baby?

Oh.

Well... never.

What?

No, it's not like it sounds.

Wait, so you're just giving her
to the Lewises and walking away?

I spoke to Jim and Linda
about it,

and we all agreed that it's best

if I either come and live
with them

or I give the baby up entirely.

Not... Not even... Not even
like a visit now and then?

I already have to listen
to one kid

call somebody else "Mom,"

and I don't really want
any more distance

between you and me
than there already is.

Look, doing what you wanted here
is important,

but it's also important
that this little girl

doesn't grow up
with any confusion

about who her real family is.

Okay, Ms. Beck.

Everything looks terrific.

Now we'll do a blood draw,
and you can be on your way.

I tested a small sample of
this Very Vanilla protein powder

that we brought back from the
search of Chris Walker's house.

Bronze equals a match
for oxycodone.

So the drugs were mixed
with vanilla protein powder.

Very Vanilla,
which is why the dogs

didn't find anything
when Hollywood did their search.

The protein shake
covered up the oxy scent, ma'am.

So, Jared killed his own client
with a post-workout smoothie.

Except, Lieutenant, Jared
might have gotten away with it

if he hadn't called Andy
for help.

What about the other tub
of vanilla protein powder?

Very Vanilla.

It looks okay to the naked eye.

But up close, you'll see
a mixture of two colors...

Off-white being the protein
and bright white being...

oxycodone.

Yeah, maybe that's how the drugs
were getting past Jared.

Yeah, but that's
a lot of oxy, though.

I mean, the whole 2-inch layer
in the middle of the tub?

Any addict would have known

that they were scooping up
a fatal dose.

So, Chris was also shooting
drugs in his stomach.

And it wasn't heroin.

He was injecting himself
with HGH.

Human growth hormone.

Against the rules for athletes
but not actors.

Well, Chris Walker
was playing a superhero.

Half the job is staying ripped.

But to use HGH,
you need a prescription.

Did Chris have one?

The stuff we found at the house
didn't have pharmacy tags.

So, the fact that Dr. Jared
didn't tell us about this HGH

makes him
sound even more suspicious.

Yeah, but where is
Jared's motive?

He loses
both his job and his future.

Still, Andy,
while we find and interview

our potential suspects,

why don't you ask Jared

to join us as a kind of
a background adviser?

We'll start with Chris' agent.

Provenza: If Chris was
your biggest moneymaker,

you must have been pretty upset
when you got dumped.

Was Sean Wheeler
angry with Chris?
Sean: All of my clients
throw me overboard

when their ship comes in.
There were
some nasty phone calls.

And when the contract
for "Gold Storm" was announced,

Sean sent a bouquet of dead
roses over to the house.

"The big agents
call and say, "Hey,

you deserve a representative
with more clout."
Well, that sounds angry.
But that's no motive.

He won't be able to get
Chris' commissions now.

You see, that's the irony
of running a boutique agency.

I help people climb the ladder
they use to abandon me.

But until last February,
Chris was the exception.

I mean, he stuck with me,
and I stuck by him, too...

when no one would hire him
because he'd been drunk and high

on the set
of his last two films.

How did he get into rehab?
Me.

Who loaned him
half the down payment

for the mortgage on his house
when his mother wouldn't?

Me.

Who got him back into shape,
hired his trainer,

pried him away from that child
predator that he married?

Me.

You talked Chris
into leaving Tina?

Absolutely.
She was toxic.

Was she really
that awful?
Tao: It seems you had a lot
of influence over Chris.

I mean, Tina didn't help.

I think she was afraid the
longer Chris stayed sober...

Maybe more than anyone else
in his life.

The more likely
he was to leave her.
What happened?

And she wasn't wrong.
Sean: Chris always
turned down television,

but when I read "Gold Storm,"

I saw a complex character
worthy of his skill.

Especially since
he looked so good wet.

You know... with the rain.

Anyway, I was shocked when Chris
told me that he hated it.

But then a week later,
I read on "Deadline"

that Chris accepted...
That's a showbiz website.

The role of Gold Storm

and was being repped by CUA,

one of the largest
talent agencies on earth.

That's how I found out
that Chris dumped me

and his mother...
By reading it online.

CUA... a bunch of crooks.

You're lucky
not to be in my industry.

Oh, boy.
Here it comes.

Actually, I'm a consulting
producer on "Badge of Justice."

Sean: With Jon Worth?
"Badge," "Badge," "Badge."

Great guy.

That show is becoming a staple.

Which Mike has
every right to be proud of.

Every right.
Jon says he thinks
it could go another five...

Here's the announcement
Sean Wheeler was talking
about, Captain.

Oh.

His mom didn't seem
to have a very good reaction

to Chris taking the part,
either.

"My son doesn't appreciate
any of the sacrifices...

Sean: Well, my advice is, live
the life you're living now.
I have made for his career."

Oh, I'm getting anxious to hear
what Mama Walker has to say.

Well, you don't have long
to wait, ma'am.

Marsha Walker's getting
her visitor's badge right now,

and I guess patrol's still
hunting for the ex-wife.

She didn't show up for her
"fat freezing" appointment.

Provenza:
One last question.

How do you think Chris
was able to sneak the drugs

past his sober living assistant?

No idea.

I heard that Jared guy
was pretty relentless.

And from the gossip that I heard

from the "Gold Storm" set,

Chris was sober
and on top of it.
I did my job.

Yeah, I did.

Tao: Well, that's all for now,
Mr. Wheeler.

Thank you for coming in.

Um, I...
Provenza: I guess
we'll call you if we need you.

Listen.
There's something...

I have something I'm gonna do.

Oh, excuse me, Mr. Wheeler.

Sorry to bother you.

Lieutenant Andy Flynn.

Um, just a couple
of follow-ups.

If Chris Walker had not died,

you would have made a lot of
money off "Gold Storm," right?

Considering all the motions
CUA would have buried me under,

I'd have settled just for
the first year's commissions.

Not what I deserve,
but good enough.

And is it fair to say
that you're familiar

with what people make
on a television show?

Very, yes.

So, um...

consulting producer, who's
like a technical expert, um...

what's the going rate
for something like that?

Well, it varies.

But the meteorologist
on "Gold Storm"

gets something like
$10,000 or $12,000.

That's all?

Small change in
the general scheme of things...

Oh... my... God.

Sean.
Marsha.

Just when you think things
couldn't get worse...

Along comes a spider.

Do you know why I compare Chris'
mom to a spider, Lieutenant?

Spiders also eat their young.

Sean likes to take the credit,

but it was my son's soul
that made him a star.

Chris was special?

To their parents,
every child is special.

Incredibly special.

Nature makes you
feel that way about them

so you don't start beating
the shit out of them

when they turn 16.

And the more special
the child is,

the more discipline
and direction they need.

That's an understatement.

I mean,
I never met the woman...
I should know that...

but from the way
Chris talked about her...
because I was going to be
a concert pianist

his mother
was a control freak.
before I gave up
my future for Chris.

In what way a control freak?

When Chris first started acting,

she wouldn't let him eat
after 6:00 p.m.

Everything I put
into my music...

The only thing
he could drink...
my energy,
my passion for detail...

was flat water
and vegetable juices. No dairy.
my precision
as a performer...

No proteins
except for turkey and fish.
and my dedication
as an artist...

Nothing fried.
I transferred
all of this to my son.

Were those protein shakes

part of his mother's
dietary regimen, Buzz?
Sanchez:
Making sacrifices for a kid.

The captain wants to know

if Ms. Walker
knew about the Very Vanilla.

Could you tell us a little
about Chris' diet growing up?

I see that you've read
that trash

that Larry Bass calls a book
about Chris' early career.

Yes.
I watched what he ate.

And he booked
every job he went up for

because he looked so young.

He was able to play 15
when he was 18.

Do you think
that really would have happened

if he was a little fatso?

Is that why he was mostly
subsisting on vanilla smoothies?

Very Vanilla.

I have no idea about smoothies.

I assume he was doing it
to get his weight back down.

He wouldn't have had to worry
about that crap on my watch.

Why are we talking
about smoothies?

I mean, didn't you ask me here

to find out how Chris
got his hands on drugs?

You know?
Tina.

Of course.

That wretched woman
that he married

because I mistakenly
let him do "High School Sucks."

When the producers
cast Tina as his mother...

His wife played his mother?
I tried to pull him out.

Kind of gross.

I mean, she has a reputation
for seducing younger men,

especially
naive, rich co-stars...
Hey, buddy.

That can finance her drug habit.

Sanchez: Uh, ma'am, we're having
trouble locating Tina.

You know where she is?

Of course I know where she is.

Now that she's a widow instead
of a soon-to-be divorcée,

you will find her
at Chris' house,

which is now legally hers.

I went by there today to pick
up some important keepsakes

and collect my piano.

That bitch moved back in

the second you people
took your tape down.

She said she was having
a pool party this afternoon

to celebrate.

Slammed the door in my face.

♪ She got, she got, she got,
she got, she got, she got ♪

♪ She got that tranquilizer ♪

♪ Tranquilizer ♪

♪ That girl's a hypnotizer ♪

♪ She's such a victimizer ♪

♪ She don't pretend
to play fair ♪

♪ There's fear in the air ♪

♪ She got that tranquilizer ♪

So, I was on a boat with him...

♪ That girl's a hypnotizer ♪

Interesting wake
you have going on here.

Excuse me?
Ah.

I'm sorry.
What's going on here?

Hello, uh,
we're listening to that.

Yeah, well,
you don't mind if the L.A.P.D.

has a look around, do you?

Uh, Lieutenant, over here.

I don't think
these are green M&M's.

Okay, hold on. I have
prescriptions for all of those.

And your guests?

Do they all have
prescriptions, too, ma'am?

Or are you dealing drugs?

No.
Those are just for me, okay?

I had a horse-riding accident
in '08.

What is going on, Tina?

Just shut the hell up, Ramon,
okay?

Let me handle this.

These white pills...
It's oxycodone.

It's the drug which your husband
O.D.'d on a couple days ago.

What?!
You're married?!

Uh, ma'am, drop your margarita

and put your hands
behind your back.

Provenza: Okay.

Everybody grab a towel!

You're all under arrest.

L.A.P.D.

Come on, let's go.
Let's go!

Grab a towel!

Man, worst pool party ever!

Steak. Gus, you shouldn't
spend that kind of money.

Oh, he didn't have to.
He won them at his restaurant.

You did?
Yes.

$2 a ticket, and the restaurant

raffles away
something special every week.

God, my boss is a nice guy.

I'm just happy
he's taken an interest in me.

It sounds like.

Hey, so, um, did Buzz
ever follow up with you

on using the partial

to identify a witness
in his father's murder?

Not yet.
Because I feel like he has
a really compelling rationale

to go beyond
the L.A.P.D. point system.

I'm looking forward
to hearing it.

So, what did you find out
this morning

at your mother's
doctor's appointment?

Oh. Well...

it's a girl.

You're gonna have
a little sister in your life.

Well, you would

if she wasn't going to be
living with Gary's parents.

Actually, uh, Gary's parents

invited my mother
to move in with them.

Said that they could all
look after the baby together.

Really?
Yeah.

Except my mom
said that she doesn't want

to risk putting
any more distance between us.

And since I said that I wanted
the baby to be adopted...

Excuse me.
I am out of this discussion.

Just... Just cooking.

So, where do
Gary's parents live?

Cathedral City.

It's right outside
of Palm Springs.

Mm.
That isn't so far, really.

Yeah. Yeah, except what if my
mom, like, wakes up one morning

and decides that she wants to
take off with this little girl,

and then Jim and Linda
don't have the parental rights

that they need to go after them?

Like, why did I go and watch
the sonogram with her?

Like, seeing that baby
is clouding my judgment.

Really?

Clouding your judgment?

Sorry.

Just... Just cooking.

Trusting an addict
to do the right thing...

It is a risk.

I know that.

But what do you gain
by giving up on them?

Provenza:
Well, I hope being sober

hasn't ruined your morning.

And take off
those damn sunglasses.

It's just plain rude.

Flynn: How could
she play Chris' mom?

She's not even
10 years older than him.

Hollywood years.

Tina:
I have a headache,

and I am
in chronic, chronic pain.

Well, that's the least
of your worries, Tina.

While you were enjoying
the aftereffects

of that green pill/
margarita combo,

all your so-called friends were
spilling your dirty secrets.

No, not my Ramon.

Oh, especially your Ramon.

We've learned
that you distribute drugs

not only to your swim buddies,

but you're also known
as a pill peddler to the stars.

Oh, no.
I am the star, darling.

That little group?

They're just actors
jealous of my career.

Chris wasn't jealous
of your wild success.

But you were
slipping him drugs, too.

No, no.
He was so clean.

He'd gone back
to being Christopher Robin.

That was his nickname
when I met him

because he'd stayed a child
for so long.

Mama's little boy.

Now, as your husband,

he must have known
where you got your drugs.

Watch it.

I recurred as a deputy D.A.

for two seasons
on "Legal L.A."

You keep talking like this,
and I will ask for a lawyer.

Well, you'll probably need one
when we arrest you for murder.

What murder?

Chris died of an overdose.

But not by his own hand.

Think you'll still be a star
when the L.A.P.D.

announces to the media
you're our prime suspect?

If you don't tell us
where you get your drugs,

we are leaving here,
going to a press conference,

and you will be identified

as the prime suspect
in Chris' homicide.

All right, fine.

I get them from Deb.

From Dr. Deb.

Dr. Deb.

Does Deb have a last name?

Buzz, we need
to schedule an appointment.

Dr. Debra Morrow.

The captain
wants to see if Dr. Deb

has an availability today.

You know, I haven't been
feeling myself lately.

Think Dr. Deb could help?

Um, she's got like
a three-month waiting list.

Plus, if you're not in movies
or television,

you can forget it.

Oh, well,
L.A.P.D. is in a lot of movies

and some of the best
television shows on cable.

I bet Dr. Deb would make
an exception for us.

Maybe you could call her,

suggest that
your new best friend, Gia,

should jump the line.

You think somebody's gonna
mistake you for an actress?

They've done it with you.
Why not?

Uh, look at it this way...

You either call your lawyer
or Dr. Deb.

It's entirely your choice.

♪♪

Dr. Deb: It's open.

Dr. Deb,
this is Gia Winston.

Dr. Deb: Hi, Gia! Come in.
I know that you're busy.
Hi.

Thank you, Ethan.
We'll only be a few minutes.

Thank you.

Mmm!

Oh, I know.

Sit. Sit.
Okay.

So, you have a new series.

Congrats.
Yes.
It's my first.

Yeah, before this,
I only did Broadway,

national tours,
a couple commercials.

Oh, honey.

And those sons of bitches
in production

made you do your own stunts.

Uh.

And you've already managed
to hurt yourself.

Oh. Well, uh...

We'll say yes. Okay?
Okay.

So, let's talk about what kind
of pain those stunts caused you.

Put a number to it.

This all sounds
perfectly legitimate.
What's a good place
to have issues?

Or like Dr. Deb got her
medical degree online, maybe.
I don't know about numbers.

Okay, well, let's say
you hurt your lower back.

Oh. Mm-hmm.
And also your neck.

So with numbers,
we go through from 1 through 10

in terms of intensity.

So, the pain you're living
with right now is an 8...

A 9?
9.

Ouch.
Wow.

Well, you deserve
the super deluxe special.

This oxycodone
should do the trick.

Oh.

Um, are you experiencing
any anxiety

from all the lines
you have to learn?

How did you know?

Well, we could
give you a little Valium

for your stress.

Okay, Ms. Gia.

With the consultation,
plus the acceleration fee,

your total today
comes to $3,500.

Oh, wow.
Um, okay, uh...

Aren't you gonna ask
for my insurance information

or make me fill out
some kind of medical form?

Oh, you're so adorable.

No, no.
The appointment is free.

What I charge my patients for
is this... vitamins, minerals.

See how it works?

Okay, Amy.
Appointment's over.

I do. I do.
Oh, good.

Which is why you're
under arrest, Dr. Deb.

Oh, my God!

Hold on! Wait!
What are you doing?!

Are you jok... You're not.
You're serious?

- You don't have an appointments!
- Oh, that bitch Tina! Oh!

You have the right
to remain silent.

This is entrapment.
Anything you say can

and will be used against you
in a court of law.

You have the right
to an attorney.

If you cannot afford one,
one will be appointed for you

by the state.
- I want to talk to my lawyer.

Well, you can call your lawyer

after we put you
through booking.

I'm sorry, Ethan.
Move my car!

Greenwood:
This is bullshit.

My client
is an industry-recognized

medical professional and
shouldn't be treated this way.

Unfortunately, we're forbidden

to treat her
the way she really deserves.

But we're willing
to consider calling in a D.A.

and settling on a plea

if she'll tell us to whom she
prescribed all these opiates.

Dr. Deb
keeps names off the books

to shield the identities
of her celebrity clientele.

And HIPAA protects the...

Illegally pushing
controlled substances

does not constitute
a medical practice,

especially during
a murder investigation.

Murder? What? Wait.

Chris Walker
was supposed to be in recovery.

Your prescription sent him
straight to the morgue.

No, no, no.
I never sold oxy to Chris.

Dr. Deb, ple...
Shut up.

I only sold them
to his dietician.

I swear.

His dietician?
Could that be his mother?

Flynn: Oh, no.

I have a bad feeling about this.

Does this dietician have a name?

Yes. Jared Scopes.

A little high-strung, under
a lot of pressure, apparently.

Thank God my daughter is
used to me disappointing her.

Jared. Jared.

Hey. Lieutenant.

How's the murder
investigation going?

Oh, terrific.

We have lots and lots
of suspects but no motive.

In fact, everyone
involved in the case

had a vested interest
in keeping Chris alive.

Except maybe Chris.

Hey, um...

do you have time
for a person question?

Maybe very personal?

Oh, uh, well,
is it about you and Gus?

No.

Oh, well, yeah, hey.

I think I got a second.
What's up?

When did you know for sure

that you weren't
an alcoholic anymore?

Oh, no.
I'm still an alcoholic.

What do you mean?

I always will be an alcoholic.
Only, I don't drink.

Okay, but how did you
get to that place?

Well, it's not
"How did I get here?"

It's "How do I stay here?"

Look, sober, I am present
in all my relationships.

Why would I trade Sharon
and all this

for another night on the town?

Of course, not everybody
gets to that point.

And how do you know when
to give someone another chance?

There's no formula.

But not giving people
another chance

sometimes hurts you
more than them.

Flynn: All right.
Time to get real.

You lied to me, Jared,

you lied to my daughter,
and you lied to my friends.

We believed
that you really thought

someone else
killed Chris Walker.

Hate to say it, but told you so.

No, you don't.
You love to say "I told you so."
Jared:
Someone else did kill him.

It wasn't me.
Okay. A little.

Stop, okay?
Just stop.

We know you bought the oxycodone

to put in
Chris Walker's protein powder.

Wait, what? Oxy?

In the vanilla powder?
Very Vanilla.

Oh, God.

I made him that shake.

Yeah, you did.
And it killed him.

Come on, Jared.

Dr. Deb identified you as
Chris Walker's dietician friend.

Yeah,
but that oxy prescription...

That wasn't to kill Chris.
That was for me.

Wait a minute. Are you saying
you took the drugs?

How else am I supposed to endure

that whining, entitled,
miserable jerk?

Jared, oxy is an opiate.

You're an addict,
plain and simple.

Yeah, doesn't your job
require that you...
Okay, fine.

I failed.

I failed Chris, I failed
you guys, I failed my mother.

But I did not put oxy
in his vanilla smoothie.

Very Vanilla.
In his Very Vanilla smoothie!

Very Vanilla.

What difference does it make
how vanilla the smoothie is?

Look, that oxy...
That cost me a lot of money.

I would never split it
with that smug bastard ever.

Ooh! Test me.

Took half an oxy this morning.

Yeah, don't worry.
We'll test you.

But that doesn't mean
you didn't kill Chris Walker.

Yeah, but why would I do that?
Why?

Well, because you hated him.

Oh.

Well... yeah.

But now I'm out of a job.

Yeah, I was supposed to be paid
for all episodes produced,

but the network brought me in
this morning and fired me

because Chris died,
like that's my fault.

Wait, wait.
You get paid per episode?

Yes, yes. When we talk
about pay in television,

at least at my level,
we mean by the episode.

Why? Why?

Did you think I punched
a clock or something?

Okay, okay. So, they're
reshooting Chris' scenes?

Yeah. Yes.

Fortunately,
Chris did die early enough

that they can afford it.

Oh, and I saw the new guy
who's playing Gold Storm

while I was walking out
of the producer's office.

Some hunky Australian.

Yeah, and the executives,
they were all over him

like Oscar voters
on Meryl Streep.

"Oh, we love you.
You're a genius."

Hold on.
Hold on.

Buzz, turn the volume down
on the monitors for a second.

They're obsessed with it.

There is a motive
we haven't considered yet.

The show is still viable
with someone else in the part.

What's his name?
Let me check.

You think it's possible
that another actor killed Chris

just to get the role?

Here it is.

Fresh up on "Deadline"...

Evan Minor
from Melbourne, Australia.

Moved to L.A.
three weeks ago.

Sykes: Wow. He looks enough
like Chris to be his double.

Yes, but the timing of his
arrival here is very suspicious.

That's something
his new agent can explain.

♪♪

Okay?

After they learned
that Chris had died,

the network went looking
for a replacement.

I happened to have
a new actor I just signed

that auditioned
and got the part.

That was a complete coincidence.

Police don't believe
in coincidences, Sean.

We spoke with Evan Minor.

A nice kid.
Mm-hmm.

He said
you called him in Australia

and then paid for him
to fly out.

Was that based on the uncanny
resemblance to Chris Walker?

And then you put Mr. Minor
on a special health regimen,

hitting the gym hard.

Dieting like Chris...
Lose weight, build muscle.

And Mr. Minor
seems to have been drinking

a lot
of Very Vanilla smoothies, too.

Finally.
Very Vanilla protein powder?

Lieutenant, isn't that
how Chris Walker died?

Yes, Captain.

He dropped dead from an overdose
of oxy in his smoothie.

Look...

yes, I put my new client
on the Very Vanilla.

To be considered for...

for athletic roles,

he needed to lose
an additional 5 pounds,

and those smoothies
are very effective.

Oh, very.
You told us that you and Chris
were like family.

You loaned him the money for
the down payment on his house.

Did you also have keys
to his Hancock Park residence?

Did you switch his Very Vanilla

with some that you had
already loaded with drugs

while he and Jared
stepped out a few nights ago?

Because if that's
what happened, Sean,

there is a very good explanation
that does not include murder.

There is?

You're right.
There is.

And that explanation
is that it's, um...

Well, it's, uh...

It's that you knew
Chris would lose the role

if he failed his urine test.

Now, if that's all
you wanted to do, Sean...

Prove that Chris
was using drugs again

so that you could replace him
with someone

that you had scoured the globe
to find...

Well, there's no intent.

And therefore, no murder.

All right.

Yes. Yes.

This was
all just a horrible mistake.

And I am devastated
and so terribly sorry.

All I really wanted

was for Chris to pee dirty
and lose his job.

"Pee dirty?" That's something
I never need to hear again.

All right, then.

All you need to do
is fill out this form

stating that you put oxycodone

in your former client's
protein powder

just so
he would fail his drug test.

Hey, Amy, that's a great form.

Thanks. Yeah, it's just a little
something I slapped together.

Though, I think that
fill-in-the-blank section

by "Your Intent"
was a nice touch.

What's this?
Sean, you said
you didn't know

that the oxy would kill
your former client.

Our lab had a look
at this protein powder.

It tested 1,800 parts
per million for oxycodone.

That means there were
at least 130 crushed-up pills

in that tub.

And one pill would have
made Chris pee dirty.

Okay, "pee dirty"
just sounds disgusting.
One.
And you gave him 90.

What's wrong
with "urine test," people?

And you knew that Chris put
three scoops in every smoothie.

Now, Sean, I'm not very good
with numbers,

but even I can figure out

that three scoops
of 130 pills of oxycodone,

well, that equals
premeditated murder.

24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
52 weeks a year,

I served that little bastard

like a maid, butler,
coach, and parent.

And after all of that,
that asshole dumped me

because I managed
to make him a star.

Is that right?
Is it?

I don't know about that, Sean,
but I do think, like Chris,

it's time for you
to get new representation.

Flynn: Jared, I remember
this little game.

You think, "Oh, I'll stop
when this bottle is finished,"

or, "I'll quit
when the drugs are gone."

You con yourself into believing

that there's another chance
a little further down the road.

But there isn't sometimes.

Look, Andy, I'm a doctor, okay?

I get it.

You're a doctor, huh?

So, uh, where's your practice?

Where's your house?

Where's your job?

I...

Hey, Jared.

You know,
you can always call me.

24/7.

Yeah.

Sharon R.: Well, we need
to speak to you

about this report, Buzz,

because even to use
these partials you found

to form a likely print
of a witness

to your father's murder requires
an investigatory reason.

I have one.

Oh.
Well, let's hear it.

In the video, we have only a
very narrow view of the action.

There might have been someone
standing outside of the frame

who could have seen
what happened,

but decided not to get involved.

But in order to be able to use
the partials, you need to...

I know, Captain.

I need to talk to everyone

I can identify
from the original report

and not just the person
the partial comes back to.

Or people will say

that you didn't properly
search the evidence.

Right.

And you're willing
to do all that?

What choice do I have?

Sharon B.: You're a good son.
You know that?

Jim and Linda are thrilled

that we're gonna be raising
this baby together,

so you've made them
very happy, too.

Open this when you get
to Jim and Linda's.

It's for the baby.

Thank you, Gus.

Um, all right, well,
that's all your luggage, Mom.

You ready?

Okay.

Bye, Gus.
Bye.

All right, I'll text you
when I'm on my way back, okay?

Hey, just be careful
driving out there.

One second, please.

Um...

If anything
ever happened to me...

Damn it. Uh...

What?

I love you.

Gus, I-I...

You changed my life.

And I am a better person now
because of you,

and I don't want to imagine us
anything but together.

I...

I love you.

Nothing?

I'm sorry.
I...

I've been waiting
to say this for so long.

I...

I love you, too.

Okay.

All right.

Well, there it is.

Hey.

I'm gonna hold you
to those words.

I want you to hold me.

Yes.

♪♪