[rattle]
[knob clicking]
[lock clicks]
Stay where you are and put your hands in the air.
[dog whimpers]
My safe. Did you open my safe?
[grunts, figurine shatters]
Stop! [gunshots]
[sirens wailing]
[tires screeching]
[grunts]
Hands behind your back!
Get up. On your feet.
[police radio chatter]
Thanks.
Just a couple bucks, buddy. Help a guy out.
Just need to know if you saw anything, sir, anything at all.
Mmm.
I don't know.
Maybe if you tell me what you're lookin' for
'I could help you out.'
I don't know. Loud noise, gunshot.
Did you see anyone unusual? Anyone acting unusually?
Maybe I did.
Or..
...or maybe I didn't.
You give me a couple bucks
maybe help me remember better.
[sighs]
- You got two bucks? - No. You?
[Van Pelt] 'Looks like a robbery gone bad.'
Victim's name was Ted Fisher. He owned the place.
Something's off here.
The alarm was set off during the break-in
and the killer still took the time
to tear the place apart?
[Van Pelt] 'Watch the blood. Rug's pretty soaked.'
[camera shutter clicking]
And if the killer broke the door entering
why is the victim over here with his back turned?
- Something's off here. - That's very astute, Lisbon.
There's more here than meets the eye.
There you are. Where have you been?
I haven't been anywhere. I was out back checking escape routes.
Really? Any clues?
Only that the murderer didn't find what he was looking for.
And...how do you know that?
Because this whole room has been torn apart.
You find what you're looking for, you stop the search, right?
So a part of this room would be untouched.
Unless he found it in the very last place he was looking.
Do you know the probability of finding something
in the last possible place?
It's extremely improbable. Hmm.
I'll see you two back at the office.
Why are you in a hurry?
Well, as much as I enjoy these lovely surroundings, Lisbon
we have a job to do.
Am I wrong?
- 'Bye.' - Bye.
[liquid pours]
Hey, sir. What are you doing here so late on a Friday night?
My house was burglarized. I caught him red-handed.
Whoa. You want one of my people to question him?
No. Sac PD can handle it. It's a slam dunk.
Come Monday, when court opens
the man who broke into my house will be very sorry that he did.
Ah.
Donny Culpepper.
What a surprise to seeyouhere.
Monday I go before a judge.
You got till then to get me outta here.
Yeah, well, um...that could be a little problematic.
Otherwise I will tell everyone
how you hired me to rob your boss' house.
Well, that's just snitching. Isn't that against your..
...code of honor?
No.
[theme music]
I paid you very well on the understanding
that you wouldn't get caught.
Did you at least get what I wanted?
No. I looked everywhere. Got into his safe. Nothing.
Just some old coins, a watch
and a Tupperware like tub thing.
Tupperware.
Did LaRoche say anything when he found you?
He wanted to know if I got into the safe.
- What'd you tell him? - Nothin'.
I threw somethin' at his head and took off.
Yeah, you really blew this. I thought you were a professional.
Don't talk down to me.
If you don't get me outta here by Monday
you're the one who's gonna have to pay for it. Trust me on that.
[cell phone ringing] Trust. Yeah, really off on the good foot
with trust, are we?
- Hi. - 'Where are you?'
I thought you wanted to get working on this case.
I-I do. I just ran across the street
to the, uh, fruit place to pick up some fresh fruit.
'Flavonoids, it's very good for logical reasoning'
'and visual memory, you know?'
Very interesting. Get here quick.
Yep. I'm on my way.
The clock's running, starting now.
You close your eyes and count to a hundred.
Thank you.
Fisher owned the repair shop about a year and a half.
Seemed like a good citizen, volunteer work
with underprivileged kids and the homeless.
Dig a little deeper.
Find out what he did before he bought the shop.
- Will do. - Hey, boss.
Just talked to Fisher's girlfriend.
She was at the morgue, IDing the body.
Kinda upset, but she agreed to meet us
at the apartment she shared with Fisher.
- Alright, let's go. - Okay.
AgentLisbon, a word?
I just discovered that you investigated my burglar
for a murder about a year ago, Donny Culpepper.
- Culpepper? - Donny Culpepper.
I remember him. He threatened to kill me.
You'll have to narrow it down a little bit more.
The jewelry store case.
We picked him up, found him in the hot tub.
I wonder if there's a connection.
Uh, he's a criminal. He does wrong things.
Yeah, probably just a coincidence then.
Mm.
Yeah. Probably.
I'll let you know.
- Is there a connection? - No.
Absolutely not.
[elevator bell dings]
Oh, damn. I forgot something. Uh, I'll meet you there.
Forgot what?
Uh, my, uh, frumbahollymorgansterning.
Miss Blue?
I'm Agent Lisbon. This is Agent Rigsby.
We're really sorry for your loss.
Just have a couple questions for you.
Okay. Sure.
Just a few small things. Where were you last night?
When it happened? Um, home, asleep.
I had the early shift at the animal shelter.
- Do you mind if we talk inside? - Okay.
Did your boyfriend, Mr. Fisher, work that late very often?
Sometimes. If he had a big project he had to finish.
But it's not like work was his life or anything.
He was in balance.
Right. And, uh, how long ago did you meet him?
Um, about a year ago. We met at yoga.
That's weird.
I'm sure I locked that.
Stand back, ma'am.
Clear.
Jane was right.
Looks like somebody wanted something Fisher had.
Call it in. Put somebody to watch the shop.
If Jane is right, maybe they'll go back there.
Okay, you got it.
I can't believe this level of hostility.
There's nothing here worth stealing.
Nothin'?
Ted and I weren't really into material stuff.
He spent, like, eight years in the Peace Corps.
[woman gasps] Oh, my gosh.
Oh, excuse me.
I'm sorry. Ma'am, can I ask you a question?
Oh, I'm sorry. I don't mean to be intrusive. I live upstairs.
There was a break-in here. Did you see or hear anything?
No. A break-in? I was at the market.
- Did they steal anything? - Thank you for your time.
Uh, if you think of anything
you can give me a call at this number.
Alright.
Okay. Thanks.
Sac PD put a man on the store.
Check on the girlfriend.
She's got no real alibi other than being a hippie.
Something bugging you, boss?
Behind us. Dark late model sedan.
I'm pretty sure I saw it outside the repair shop.
I think it's following us.
Got it.
And there it goes. It's probably nothing.
Just a look-alike.
Maybe. Run the plates.
See if you find anything.
Hey.
You're new to me. Uh, who-who are you now?
Detention Enforcement Officer O'Donnell.
Guarding the prisoner up to and until transport.
Gung ho. Good to see.
Well, welcome, O'Donnell.
I'm Patrick Jane. I work with the CBI.
- Okay. - No worries.
Uh..
...did you-did you lose this?
A quarter. I don't think so.
Well, it's less of a quarter
more of a good luck piece, really.
I mean, take a closer look.
Look at the way the light hits it.
Shines and gleams
like liquid sunshine.
Keep looking at it.
Kind of soothing the way it shines, isn't it?
You can feel your worries and responsibilities
just fading away.
You might even want to close your eyes
and just have a little sleep.
My uncle had a Buffalo nickel.
He was always gonna sell it and buy a ranch and all that
but he lost it in a poker game.
So not yours, huh?
No. Maybe check upstairs.
Will do. Thank you.
I checked up on the girlfriend. She seems clean.
No priors, committed pacifist.
People I talked to say she and Fisher were close.
Alright. Let's keep an eye on her, though.
Okay.
Hey. I pulled a message off the victim's cell phone.
Think you wanna hear it.
[man speaking in accent] 'Fisher, you dog!'
'You think you can get away with this? I find you, Fisher!'
'You're gonna pay for what you done!'
'You hear me, Fisher? You pay!'
He doesn't sound very happy.
What's the accent?
I sent a copy down to Pete in Forensics.
He can tell us. He's a genius with accents.
What time did the call come in?
11:45 last night.
Coroner puts time of death between 11 and 2. Bingo. Maybe.
I'm working on getting the subscriber info
for the number from the phone company right now.
- Good. - Oh, boss, one more thing.
I've been looking into Fisher's past
and hit a snag with the Peace Corps thing.
What kind of snag?
Well, they've got no record
of Fisher being a member
'going back ten years.'
'I'm having them check to see'
if it could be a clerical error or spelling mistake.
Talk to the girlfriend. Find out where he was stationed.
Alright.
Are you taking a vacation from this case or what?
Huh? No.
Boss, I put the license
of the car that you thought was following us in the system.
It was rented from the airport three days ago.
'Corporate account to some shell company I couldn't track.'
I just got a fresh hit.
The car was ticketed a half hour ago
just two blocks away from the victim's repair shop.
Nice. Let's go.
You coming or what?
- Are those bulletproof vests? - Yeah.
Uh, think not.
- Good luck. - Okay.
[whispers] No light.
[whispers] Locked.
[indistinct chatter]
Freeze! Drop your weapons!
Put your hands on your heads!
Hello.
Okay.
So yesterday you were bumming change.
Here you are today with a $1000 handgun
'nicely maintained.'
'You can understand our puzzlement.'
Sir, my name is Cole Ruger.
I have a license for that and a carry permit.
Okay, Mr. Ruger, what do you know
about the death of Ted Fisher?
Nothing.
Fisher was a buddy of mine. That's all.
You and he were in the Peace Corps together?
Hmm. No.
We worked at Sagaris together.
What is Sagaris?
A security firm.
We provide services
the regular army isn't equipped for.
Wait. You and Fisher were mercenaries?
Private security contractors.
Where did you do most of your contracting?
All over. Mostly Iraq. Fallujah, Basra.
Where were you when Fisher was killed?
Ted called me two days ago and said he was in trouble.
He needed help.
Whatever it was, he couldn't say it over the phone.
And you just dropped everything, no questions asked, headed here?
That's right. Wouldn't you?
Where were you coming from?
I was overseas.
What did Fisher tell you when you got here?
Nothing.
He was already dead.
I was too late.
At which point you disguised yourself as a homeless man
to get close to the crime scene.
I was trying to gather intel, figure out who killed Ted.
Which is why you broke into his store with a loaded handgun?
'I was staking out the place. I heard a noise inside.'
The back door was open. I went in.
I encountered that woman. She was armed.
So I drew my weapon. Like I said, it's fully licensed
and I have a carry permit.
Look..
...agent, I wanna work with you guys
to find out who killed Ted.
Whatever I can do. So as soon as you cut me loose--
Cut you loose?
Sure.
I haven't committed a crime.
Or should I call my attorney?
Okay. Obviously, you're not the victim's neighbor
and I need you to explain this.
My name is Vivian Griswold.
I had nothing to do with the murder of Ted Fisher.
A client hired me six months ago to observe Mr. Fisher.
What kind of client? What exactly do you do?
I work for a company providing corporate intelligence
and covert surveillance.
A private sector spy. Who's the client?
Mm. Tsk. Can't tell you that.
What I cantell you is that it involved a major theft
from my clients, overseas, two years ago.
- And Fisher was connected how? - He was a person of interest.
Mr. Fisher left his job
shortly after an investigation was launched.
His reasons for leaving were questionable.
You said you had Fisher under surveillance.
So where were you the night of his death?
I had information that led me to believe
that Mr. Fisher would be at a different location.
Obviously, that was bad information.
I guess.
So how did you come to be in Fisher's locked shop
carrying a weapon?
I was surveilling the shop when I heard a noise inside.
The back door was open, and I went in.
Finding an armed man inside
I drew my fully licensed and permitted weapon.
That's all.
Now...my lawyer is already on the way over
but wouldn't we all rather skip the formalities?
You getting anything?
Well, they're both professional liars.
Beyond that, I can't read either of them.
They're both good for the murder
so each gives the other reasonable doubt.
We need to come at this from another angle.
Just got off the phone with Pete in Forensics.
He says the accent's Iraqi, probably from Baghdad.
Any luck tracking down the caller?
Prepaid cell phone. No subscriber info.
I tried calling it, but the minutes must be up.
Great.
Agent Lisbon.
I just got a call from the state department about your case.
What should I know?
The state department? What'd they say?
Our victim, Fisher, was suspected of getting too close
to shady Iraqi businessmen.
A theft may have occurred.
Nothing could ever be proven.
They would like to be kept abreast of developments.
We've got a threatening call from somebody
who may or may not be Iraqi and two suspects in holding
'who've got experience with counterintelligence.'
And you have strong leads?
Something for me to tell Washington?
Nothing concrete, sir.
Early indicators say that it's revenge
for whatever happened in Iraq.
Hmm.
What about you, Mr. Jane?
What dazzling insights have you gleaned?
Uh, I've got nothing.
Hmm. That's disappointing.
- Off your game somehow? - Mm.
- Distracted? - No, not at all.
Sorry to interrupt, boss, but I just talked
to the girlfriend, Heather Blue. She's frightened.
'Says someone is prowling around her apartment.'
Let's go and see her.
I wanna ask her about that Peace Corps thing anyway.
Jane, are you co..
[whispers] Damn.
- Problem? - Not at all, sir.
- Keep me informed. - Okay.
These people are lying to you.
Teddy was in the Peace Corps. I told you that.
We checked.
Ted Fisher worked for Sagaris Private Defense
from 2000 to 2009 since he first got out of the army.
He was a mercenary.
No. He wasn't.
Not possible.
Heather, you called us here because somebody frightened you.
[inhales deeply] Oh, well, uh..
...yeah, I was watching TV when I heard the noise.
He was trying to come in the back
but when I yelled, he ran.
Did you get a look at him?
No, I just saw the glint of the knife
he was using to cut the screen.
You can't remember anything else about him? Size? Hair color?
Um, uh, he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, I think.
A little taller than me, maybe.
Are you sure it was male? Could it have been a woman?
I don't know. Maybe. God, my heart's going a mile a minute.
We've assigned you a protection detail.
Nobody's gonna hurt you.
You really want me to believe Ted lied to me?
The whole time, he was lying to me?
I'm sorry.
[whistling]
O'Donnell. How goes it?
Fine. As long as they keep bringing food
every couple hours,I'm good.
Yeah. Well, I brought you a chair.
Just opens up, and..
- There. - Great.
Yeah, it's my pleasure.
Just glad to know we got a good man like you on the job.
Just...and ease your way into it.
That's it. Just ease your way down.
- Okay. There we go. Got it? - Yeah.
Okay, fantastic. Um, I'll check on you later on.
Okay.
Thanks.
Whoever was trying to get into the apartment
it wasn't Ruger or Griswold.
'They were only released an hour ago.'
Well, maybe they have someone else working with them
orthe girlfriend is having some very bad dreams.
Okay. Do you have any intention
of actually taking part in this case?
It's all under control.
Wait. You know who the killer is?
The what?
Oh, the killer. No. No, I misspoke.
What's going on with you?
You've been acting strange since this case started.
Strange. Strange, how?
Strange like.. Whee!
Or..
Boss, Rigsby's..
...got somethin'.
Oh!
Just got a call from the guys in evidence.
Fischer's phone was ringing.
It's been going off every half hour.
And where did the call come from?
Same number. Prepaid cell phone.
I thought you said the cell phone angle was dead.
[Cho] 'He must have put more minutes on it.'
[phone ringing]
This is Cho. Yeah, we're all set here.
'How are you guys coming along?'
Cho's talking to the phone company so that when the call
'comes through, we can triangulate off the cell towers'
'figure out exactly where the call came from.'
[cell phone ringing] I need you to keep him on the phone for at least two minutes.
[clears throat] Hi, this is Patrick Jane. Listen, I know who you are.
[man on phone] 'Shut up! I am coming to get you.'
'I don't know who you are but I will make you pay for this.'
[Jane] 'No, you shut up. You listen to me. I know what you want.'
The only way you're gonna get it is if you meet me in person.
We got something to settle here.
'Outside the repair shop in one hour.'
'You be there, you get what you want.'
If you don't, you'll never see it again.
Simple as that.
- Wh.. - What was that?
I said two minutes. That was hardly 30 seconds.
Well, I just thought it'd be simpler to bring him to us.
It's okay. Thank me later.
Now the strangeness we were talking about..
- Never mind. - Okay.
[bell clanking]
[train chugging]
[dramatic music]
Hello. Oh, hey!
[train chugging]
[grunting]
Hey!
No!
Hey, don't..
Where is that bastard, Fischer?
No!
Let me go. Where is that bastard, Fischer?
'Who are you?'
Come on.
My name is Omar Hassan.
Okay.
Why were you so angry with Ted Fischer?
My father worked for the Americans.
Helping to establish a free and democratic Iraq.
He and Fischer worked together?
Yes.
Before my father was killed.
How did he die?
Bomb, two years ago.
Fischer was involved in his death?
No, but when it became clear
that my father's life was in danger
Fischer promised he would take care of my family
if anything happened to my father.
And Fischer told you this?
After my father was killed..
...Fischer quit his job.
He, he wanted no more of killing.
He promised to help get us to America
and that the two million dollars
'will be waiting for us when we arrived.'
That's a lot of money.
The state department thinks Fischer was engaged
in criminal activity in Iraq.
Is that where the money came from?
No, it came from my father.
It was our family fortune.
Your father put a lot of trust in Fischer.
He believed he was a good man.
He stayed under our roof.
He-he broke bread with us.
So Fischer helped to get the visas necessary
to come to America..
...and your family arrived four days ago. Is that correct?
And what happened when you met up with Fischer?
We were supposed to meet two nights ago
but he never showed up.
You thought he double-crossed you?
That he stole the money, and that's why you cut the screen
and tried to break into the apartment?
Yes.
What about Fischer's friend, Cole Ruger?
Did you ever meet him or did Fischer ever talk about him?
No, I-I don't know him.
What am I to tell my mother?
My sisters?
I mean, we have nothing now.
Yeah, it's a tough break.
I'll be right back.
The kid doesn't seem like a killer.
I'm not sure the revenge motive works.
Mm.
What are you doing?
- What is that? - None of your business.
- Are you even listening to me? - Every word.
- Let's go catch this killer. - How are we gonna do that?
The killer was looking for the Hassan family's
two million dollars, the rest is easy.
And now you want me to ask you what the plan
you worked out is, don't you?
No, I just want you to round everyone up.
- Get 'em to the repair shop. - Everyone? Who's everyone?
Uh, well, let me see. There's the girlfriend.
And Omar there. And, uh, Griswold and Ruger.
- I think that about covers it. - Ruger and Griswold?
They've already been released, and from what I've seen of them
we're not really equipped to track 'em down.
- Oh, no. It's gonna be easy. - Easy?
Ruger bought a plane ticket out of the country
the second he left the CBI.
Griswold disappeared even after we put a tail on her.
Ruger is not leaving the country.
He is after the money. You heard Omar.
He'd never even heard of Ruger.
Ruger worked with Fischer, but I bet they weren't friends.
- And Griswold? - She's after the money too.
I expect they're both trying to get into the repair shop
as we speak. You just have to round them up.
- Call me if you need any help. - Wait a minute.
You're leaving again? What is going on with you?
When have I ever steered you wrong before?
I mean, when have I ever reallysteered you wrong?
Where I've done something that didn't work out..
- The way we wanted it to? - Seriously?
Okay, fine. Let me put it this way.
When have I ever intentionally screwed things up
so that we couldn't solve the case?
No. Not that I know of, at least.
Uh, that's right. Thank you. Have a little faith, Lisbon.
[Rigsby] Okay, Jane said they're here somewhere.
Let's take a look.
Probably not the homeless guy.
No, Ruger tried that one before.
How about the food guys?
No, too short.
Gotta be the truck.
- That's it. - Yep.
- Hey, guys, I got this. - Yes, you do.
[instrumental music]
Hi, Mr., uh..
How you doin'?
What do you want? I'm not breaking any laws.
[chuckles] We just wanted to ask you into the repair shop.
It would be a big help for us.
Alright. No problem.
[music continues]
One down, one to go.
See anything?
Nope.
[cell phone ringing]
[Jane] 'Cho, how's it going?'
[Cho] 'We found Ruger in a delivery van'
'but Griswold's nowhere in sight.'
Are you near the repair shop?
Yeah, right out front.
Okay, from where you stand
what is the best vantage point to see the shop?
He wants us to look for the best observation post
'for watching the shop.'
How about way over there? That building across the street?
There's a building across the street. Rooftop's good.
[grunts] Do you have a pen and some paper?
What's up? What are you doing?
- Throw me a pen. - A pen?
Nice catch.
[instrumental music]
Oh, you gotta be kidding me.
[music continues]
[yawning]
Hey, O'Donnell, snack break.
- Oh, thanks, buddy. - No problem.
It's about time.
- Mmm. - Turkey.
[instrumental music]
[fizz] Ow!
Crap!
[dramatic music]
Look, you gotta put this on. We don't have a lot of time.
You're gonna use this to get out through the door.
Wait, what are you talking about?
Well, you asked me to get you out of here, that's what
I'm doing. Helping you escape. Now hurry up.
Escape? I'm not escaping, you think I wanna spend
the rest of my life on the run?
No. You get the charges dropped. That's the deal.
Hey, whoa, whoa. I'm not a lawyer.
I can't make charges just disappear.
But I can get you to Mexico.
[whispering] Set you up with a little starter money.
Mexico? Who the hell wants to go to Mexico?
- What? - You get me out free and legal.
Or I start talking.
I'm pretty sure the dirt I got on you
will be worth a get-out-of-jail free card.
You're very annoying.
And you're running out of time.
[instrumental music]
Are they the ones?
Are you going to arrest them?
Oh, hi. You must be Heather. Thanks for coming by.
Ted Fischer was a good man
who kept trust with the Hassan family.
He was murdered over two million dollars
which is somewhere in this room.
Two million dollars?
Ted didn't have two million dollars.
Uh, yes, he did.
They could tell you.
How do you know it's in this room?
Because we've checked every other location
'connected to Fischer, and so have you.'
That's why you're here.
Hasn't this room already been searched..
...both by the killer and by the police?
Yes, but they, I'm sorry, weren't creative enough.
It could be in bearer bonds hidden in the bills
or invoices, or files
or more likely, in the form of jewels
hidden somewhere inside these electronics.
Whatever form it's in, we're gonna find it right now.
Come on in, folks.
'These people are gonna take everything'
and pull it apart until they find the hidden treasure.
Yes, piece by piece..
...until we find it. Thank you, folks.
If everybody could just step outside
and let these people do their jobs. Thanks.
Thank you.
[instrumental music]
They didn't find anything.
No cash, no jewels, no bonds.
- Nothin'. - Huh.
What am I going to do?
'My family is ruined.'
All my father did was for nothing.
What a waste of time.
I'd agree with him, except it's this kind of incompetence
that makes people pay me to produce results.
Hmm.
These people have all been lying to you.
I was right about Teddy.
You were wrong.
Aha! I figured it out.
I know exactly where the fortune is.
[chuckles]
[instrumental music]
Where is it then?
Where's the money?
You're on top of it.
Under the carpet?
No.
It is the carpet.
Touch it. Pure silk, hand-knotted.
[chuckles] It looks like a dirty, old carpet.
Oh, yes, it's very old.
One of the reasons it's so valuable.
- Wow. - I gotta phone this in.
Stop.
Let's talk about this.
If you did call it in
the legal mess will take forever to sort out.
This carpet will just end up in a government locker somewhere.
Yeah, probably.
What if we just..
...took it?
You and me?
We took the carpet..
...sold it, and divided the profits between us?
Exactly.
[laughing]
Hmm.
That's, uh..
That's a great idea.
Isn't it?
Fifty-fifty split?
Sure, fifty-fifty.
Deal.
What did Ted say when you suggested that deal to him?
Ted was a soft-headed fool.
Aha! So you knew about the money.
You knew Ted wasn't with the Peace Corps.
- You knew everything. - I didn't..
- I didn't say that. - Oh, yes, you did.
Which means, Heather, it was you that shot Ted.
He told you about his identity. He told you about the money.
- And you shot him for it. - No, uh, that's-that's...no!
Well, forgive me if I, uh, I'm not quite convinced.
But I do have to phone this in. Lisbon will be very happy to--
Stop.
Are you pointing a gun at me, Heather?
The man I loved was in the Peace Corps.
He wanted to make the world a better place.
Ted wasn't who he said he was.
- He was a soldier, a killer. - So, you shot him?
That's a little counter-intuitive.
He lied to me.
This had nothing to do with the two million dollars?
You can't understand, you can only see things
from your bourgeois capitalist mindset.
Do you know how much good could be done
with two million dollars?
How many animals could be saved?
But you couldn't find the money. The clock was ticking.
You looked everywhere, and you couldn't find it.
He caught me searching the shop.
He talked to me like I was some kind of criminal.
Oh, well, pretty much what you are.
No, I'm blessed is what I am.
The universe wants me to have this money.
I'm sorry. I have to kill you.
But I'm doing it from a place of love.
Drop the gun. Put your hands on your head.
[gasps] Oh, wow.
[whispers] I'm gonna leave you with that.
[exhales deeply]
[knock on door]
Hmm.
You were right about Ruger and Griswold.
He's already disappeared, and she's admitted
she was working for the state department
who suspected Fischer of smuggling and theft.
But they've agreed to recognize
the Hassan family's right to the rug
so, everything ends happily.
Mmm. Good.
I waited for you to tell the Hassans. Come on.
- Oh, no, thanks. - What do you mean, no, thanks?
Ah! You know, I don't have time for that kind of treacle.
I have to rearrange my sock drawer.
I have a serious problem I have to solve
and I don't have a lot of time to solve it in.
I knew something was going on with you.
What is it?
The absolute truth, or I beat it out of you.
LaRoche has something I need, so I hired Culpepper
to break into LaRoche's house.
If I can't get the charges dropped
Culpepper is gonna tell on me.
Oh, my God.
Yeah, it's not good.
What does LaRoche have that you want?
[whispering] Hightower didn't murder anybody. She was framed.
Red John has a friend inside the CBI.
The Todd Johnson murder.
LaRoche had a short list of suspects that led to Hightower.
And that's what you were trying to steal, the list.
Yes, there were four names on that list besides Hightower's.
One of them is working for Red John.
- Did you ask LaRoche? - LaRoche? No.
Because if it's not one of those names
then LaRoche is Red John's man.
Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?
I don't wanna put you in danger.
You're an idiot. I will fix this.
But we are gonna have a serious talk after.
Fix it? I've been trying to fix it all weekend.
I had the perfect escape worked out.
And then Culpepper says, "No, I want the charges dropped."
Yeah, yeah. Let's go.
Open it up.
He's in there with his lawyer.
Perfect.
[Culpepper] 'Lady cop.'
Okay, I can get behind that.
A dumb cop who's pretty is better than a dumb cop..
[grunts]
What do you think you're doing? You can't do that.
Oh!
That's a violation of due process.
You just got this case dismissed.
[Culpepper grunting]
[elevator bell dings]
[LaRoche] 'What were you thinking, Agent Lisbon?'
Due to your actions, a criminal is going free.
I'm sorry, sir. The frustrations of the job--
Your apologies are of no import, agent.
Donald Culpepper can no longer be brought to trial.
Well, hang on. He didn't actually steal anything, did he?
[sighs]
The one week suspension is mandatory.
Also, six months of anger management classes.
Oh!
Yes, sir.
Mmm, I thought that went well.
You're gonna owe me big-time.
Uh, for what exactly?
- Oh, I will-- - Ah, two words.
Anger management.
Hey.
Thank you.
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