1 00:00:13,146 --> 00:00:15,842 +++++ -= The Closer S03E11 =- +++++ 2 00:01:04,734 --> 00:01:06,370 All right, come on. 3 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,012 Keep coming. Keep coming. 4 00:01:09,422 --> 00:01:10,638 Come on. 5 00:01:11,423 --> 00:01:13,273 Plenty of room. 6 00:01:13,546 --> 00:01:15,857 Let's go. Come on. Come on. Come on. 7 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,413 Come on. Come on. Plenty of room. Plenty of room. 8 00:01:24,127 --> 00:01:25,386 That's good. 9 00:01:29,493 --> 00:01:30,683 Chief, are you sure 10 00:01:30,684 --> 00:01:33,224 you've recovered enough from your surgery to be doing this? 11 00:01:34,698 --> 00:01:36,785 I have a note from my doctor, sergeant. 12 00:01:37,590 --> 00:01:39,540 You can read it if you'd like. 13 00:01:40,982 --> 00:01:42,132 Thank you. 14 00:01:52,317 --> 00:01:53,584 Morning, everybody. 15 00:01:55,147 --> 00:01:56,444 Where's our victim? 16 00:01:56,624 --> 00:01:59,023 A traffic-chopper pilot 17 00:01:59,114 --> 00:02:01,508 spotted the car at 6:00 this morning, 18 00:02:01,696 --> 00:02:02,774 dialed 911. 19 00:02:02,911 --> 00:02:05,494 Fire and rescue repelled down the hill, found a body... 20 00:02:05,632 --> 00:02:07,130 Female, early 40s, 21 00:02:07,300 --> 00:02:08,743 declared dead on the scene... 22 00:02:08,862 --> 00:02:10,061 Called the patrol car. 23 00:02:10,181 --> 00:02:13,136 - Most of our vic is over there. - Most of her? 24 00:02:13,323 --> 00:02:16,292 Yeah, coyotes came by the body during the night, chief. 25 00:02:16,357 --> 00:02:17,450 Yuck. 26 00:02:18,288 --> 00:02:20,779 So, it's a traffic accident. And we're here because? 27 00:02:20,890 --> 00:02:22,649 The victim's I.D. was found in the car. 28 00:02:22,702 --> 00:02:24,273 Her name is Marguerite Scott. 29 00:02:24,321 --> 00:02:27,129 She worked with the department of homeland security. 30 00:02:27,248 --> 00:02:30,243 Our fire-and-rescue guys brought this up. 31 00:02:30,430 --> 00:02:31,673 The car was a rental. 32 00:02:31,793 --> 00:02:35,168 The victim picked it up five days ago at LAX. 33 00:02:35,359 --> 00:02:37,045 Paid extra for a hybrid. 34 00:02:37,283 --> 00:02:41,126 Our accident investigators saw no signs of a collision, 35 00:02:41,358 --> 00:02:44,786 no skid marks. It seems like she accelerated right off the cliff. 36 00:02:45,816 --> 00:02:49,400 If she's from D.C., she might have been lost, didn't see the turn. 37 00:02:49,470 --> 00:02:51,254 Or she did it on purpose. 38 00:02:51,538 --> 00:02:54,158 A woman so concerned about the planet 39 00:02:54,264 --> 00:02:56,836 that she rents a hybrid to kill herself in? 40 00:02:56,927 --> 00:02:59,364 Maybe she saw a tree down there she wanted to hug. 41 00:03:04,718 --> 00:03:05,795 Detective Daniels, 42 00:03:05,796 --> 00:03:08,489 could you please get in touch with someone from homeland security? 43 00:03:08,490 --> 00:03:11,122 Ask them what Ms. Scott might have been doing here. 44 00:03:11,268 --> 00:03:12,268 Yes, ma'am. 45 00:03:12,394 --> 00:03:14,315 Thank you. Pardon me, sir. 46 00:03:14,507 --> 00:03:17,227 I'm deputy chief Brenda Johnson of the LAPD, 47 00:03:17,317 --> 00:03:21,719 and, um, I need to examine the scene of the accident, 48 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:23,652 but I'm just recovering from abdominal surgery, 49 00:03:23,695 --> 00:03:25,240 so I was wondering if you could, 50 00:03:25,334 --> 00:03:27,398 pretty please, give me a lift. 51 00:03:28,056 --> 00:03:29,086 Let's go. 52 00:03:29,558 --> 00:03:32,649 Um, chief, you are not physically ready for this. 53 00:03:32,715 --> 00:03:34,052 I need ti see the body. 54 00:03:34,053 --> 00:03:35,815 We don't have training on those harnesses. 55 00:03:35,816 --> 00:03:37,328 We're not supposed to use them. 56 00:03:37,370 --> 00:03:39,059 You're not doing it, sergeant. 57 00:03:39,244 --> 00:03:41,939 Take the rest of the crew and climb down, and I'll meet you there. 58 00:03:42,059 --> 00:03:43,394 Ready whenever you are. 59 00:03:43,513 --> 00:03:46,654 Now, wait, wait, wait! I have a duty! Okay, wait! 60 00:03:47,262 --> 00:03:48,625 Damn it, chief! 61 00:03:57,037 --> 00:03:58,037 Let's go. 62 00:04:00,793 --> 00:04:02,386 Watch your step, guys. 63 00:04:02,949 --> 00:04:05,297 - You're not coming? - I don't hike. 64 00:04:12,115 --> 00:04:15,647 Hard to tell which injuries are from the crash and which are from the coyotes. 65 00:04:16,032 --> 00:04:17,976 Looks like they didn't touch her face. 66 00:04:19,667 --> 00:04:21,197 Thank you. 67 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,302 Let's take a look at the car. 68 00:04:23,774 --> 00:04:26,775 We didn't find a handbag or cellphone. 69 00:04:27,296 --> 00:04:29,409 Detective Sanchez is still doing a search 70 00:04:29,410 --> 00:04:31,078 of the perimeter of the crash site. 71 00:04:31,138 --> 00:04:32,748 Now, she was from out of town, chief, 72 00:04:32,749 --> 00:04:35,359 so she may have been using the gps system 73 00:04:35,685 --> 00:04:36,952 that comes with the car. 74 00:04:37,045 --> 00:04:38,852 Assuming the motherboard's still intact, 75 00:04:38,899 --> 00:04:41,590 we can see what addresses she was punching in. 76 00:04:47,780 --> 00:04:49,801 I see a valet ticket down there. 77 00:04:50,312 --> 00:04:52,705 Uh, let's check her hotel room, 78 00:04:52,938 --> 00:04:55,428 drag her room phone, and try and find her cell. 79 00:04:55,799 --> 00:04:57,650 See who she was talking to. 80 00:04:58,001 --> 00:05:01,095 Lieutenant Flynn, if you could grab that valet ticket, please. 81 00:05:01,375 --> 00:05:04,660 Uh, lieutenant Tao, as soon as Buzz has what he needs here, 82 00:05:04,807 --> 00:05:07,003 please have this car towed to the print shed. 83 00:05:07,098 --> 00:05:10,335 And, sergeant Gabriel, see if you can take the body to the morgue, 84 00:05:10,430 --> 00:05:13,247 please. See if we can determine the exact cause of death. 85 00:05:15,155 --> 00:05:17,363 - Chief ! - Detective Sanchez, you find anything? 86 00:05:17,433 --> 00:05:19,527 I found a toe, chief. I bagged it. 87 00:05:19,647 --> 00:05:21,796 - Hand it off to sergeant Gabriel. - Chief. 88 00:05:21,915 --> 00:05:23,503 - To the morgue. - Chief, listen. 89 00:05:23,563 --> 00:05:25,035 Yes, Buzz, what is it? 90 00:05:25,154 --> 00:05:27,403 You're standing in poison oak. 91 00:05:44,979 --> 00:05:47,789 - Are you okay? - Perfect. Perfect. 92 00:05:48,311 --> 00:05:51,833 I just need to, uh, take these painkillers that the doctor gave me, 93 00:05:51,891 --> 00:05:53,842 but I cannot seem to find them. 94 00:05:54,355 --> 00:05:57,219 So, was Maggie Scott's death an accident or what? 95 00:05:57,283 --> 00:05:58,451 Oh, we don't know yet. 96 00:05:58,510 --> 00:06:01,953 She is a department of homeland security employee, 97 00:06:02,092 --> 00:06:04,724 and detective Daniels says that she was here on business, 98 00:06:04,725 --> 00:06:07,579 but they won't tell us why or what she was doing. 99 00:06:08,568 --> 00:06:10,118 She was an accountant, 100 00:06:10,298 --> 00:06:11,847 and she was auditing us. 101 00:06:13,393 --> 00:06:14,848 You called her "Maggie." 102 00:06:15,881 --> 00:06:17,424 yeah, she was a friend. 103 00:06:18,831 --> 00:06:21,105 Listen, I'd appreciate it if you, uh, 104 00:06:21,225 --> 00:06:23,870 kept me very closely advised about what happened to her. 105 00:06:23,990 --> 00:06:25,676 S- sure. 106 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,106 And no worries about overtime on this one. I'll, uh... 107 00:06:29,945 --> 00:06:31,399 I'll cover it somehow. 108 00:06:31,584 --> 00:06:32,584 Okay. 109 00:06:33,664 --> 00:06:35,240 - Thank you. - Sure. 110 00:06:42,598 --> 00:06:43,830 Impossible. 111 00:06:44,266 --> 00:06:47,670 Homeland security gave us a grant for new communications equipment 112 00:06:47,905 --> 00:06:50,863 so police and fire could communicate during a crisis. 113 00:06:51,003 --> 00:06:53,067 Maggie... Marguerite... 114 00:06:53,299 --> 00:06:55,458 Scott was sent by DHS 115 00:06:55,596 --> 00:06:58,131 to keep tabs on how we were spending their money. 116 00:06:58,270 --> 00:07:00,763 Part of LAPD's financial troubles... 117 00:07:00,793 --> 00:07:03,056 For every dollar the feds give us, 118 00:07:03,092 --> 00:07:06,150 we spend two dollars trying to prove we're not wasting it. 119 00:07:06,383 --> 00:07:09,851 Well, there's your motive, chief. Everybody hates an auditor. 120 00:07:10,512 --> 00:07:12,531 Maggie's husband is on his way to L.A., 121 00:07:12,601 --> 00:07:15,780 but our friends at DHS were more eager to talk about Maggie's 122 00:07:15,833 --> 00:07:17,368 missing cellphone and laptop, 123 00:07:17,416 --> 00:07:20,261 both of which are encrypted and contain classified information. 124 00:07:20,447 --> 00:07:22,997 Which is why I can't get her phone dumped. 125 00:07:23,590 --> 00:07:25,338 What have we found in Maggie's hotel room? 126 00:07:25,375 --> 00:07:26,768 No sign of forced entry. 127 00:07:26,888 --> 00:07:29,089 And although she never used the phone in her room, 128 00:07:29,090 --> 00:07:30,953 we couldn't find a cellphone anywhere. 129 00:07:31,042 --> 00:07:33,999 We did, however, find a laptop charger. 130 00:07:35,259 --> 00:07:38,125 We pulled the navigation system out of Maggie's car, chief. 131 00:07:38,268 --> 00:07:39,530 The screen is shot, 132 00:07:39,747 --> 00:07:42,534 but we got the addresses she typed into her gps. 133 00:07:43,732 --> 00:07:45,671 The first one is from her hotel, 134 00:07:45,955 --> 00:07:49,333 and the second is 150 north los angeles street. 135 00:07:49,847 --> 00:07:51,962 She was in our building... this week. 136 00:07:52,009 --> 00:07:55,567 Most likely to see Jim Hanson in fiscal operations. 137 00:07:56,082 --> 00:07:59,569 Then there's the italian restaurant downtown. We called. She dined there 138 00:07:59,787 --> 00:08:01,335 two nights ago... Alone. 139 00:08:01,568 --> 00:08:04,852 The next address is a business in north hollywood... Civilaudio. 140 00:08:05,041 --> 00:08:09,067 Which supplied the radios we purchased with the DHS grant money. 141 00:08:09,355 --> 00:08:11,928 This last address is interesting... Elysian park drive, 142 00:08:12,026 --> 00:08:14,652 precisely where Maggie Scott's car went off the cliff, 143 00:08:15,026 --> 00:08:18,119 and it's only five blocks from LAPD's academy road. 144 00:08:18,262 --> 00:08:21,306 Yeah, but why would she want to know how to get to that exact spot? 145 00:08:21,495 --> 00:08:23,251 There wasn't even a house there. 146 00:08:23,370 --> 00:08:26,698 Maybe she had a boyfriend that no one knew about. 147 00:08:27,076 --> 00:08:30,359 I mean, a lot of couples go up there to, you know... 148 00:08:31,298 --> 00:08:32,625 . ..Check out the view. 149 00:08:32,745 --> 00:08:36,407 Well, she was a little long in the tooth to be necking in her car. 150 00:08:37,202 --> 00:08:39,592 - Priority homicide, Provenza. - Hey, look, 151 00:08:39,657 --> 00:08:42,780 she's a federal employee working for homeland security, 152 00:08:42,925 --> 00:08:44,067 and she's married. 153 00:08:44,187 --> 00:08:46,582 Maybe she didn't want anybody at the hotel 154 00:08:46,819 --> 00:08:48,043 to see who she was with. 155 00:08:48,090 --> 00:08:50,632 That was Gabriel, chief. They're ready for you at the morgue. 156 00:08:50,665 --> 00:08:51,875 Wonderful. 157 00:08:52,302 --> 00:08:54,459 Okay, uh, lieutenant Tao, 158 00:08:54,647 --> 00:08:57,368 I would like to talk to... No, thank you... 159 00:08:57,743 --> 00:09:00,927 This Jim Hanson from the fiscal operations department. 160 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:02,524 All right. 161 00:09:03,385 --> 00:09:04,586 Thank you. 162 00:09:05,907 --> 00:09:09,934 So, chief, you really think Maggie's death had anything to do with us? 163 00:09:10,165 --> 00:09:11,624 I don't know, commander, 164 00:09:11,716 --> 00:09:13,602 but whoever was meeting her 165 00:09:13,684 --> 00:09:17,251 at lover's lane wasn't just interested in Maggie. 166 00:09:17,674 --> 00:09:19,687 They wanted her computer, too. 167 00:09:21,564 --> 00:09:23,298 Carry on, everybody. 168 00:09:35,545 --> 00:09:37,222 Can it wait? I'm sitting on a wiretap. 169 00:09:37,277 --> 00:09:39,590 It won't take long, I have a dead employee 170 00:09:39,660 --> 00:09:42,666 from the department of homeland security by the name of Marguerite Scott, 171 00:09:42,667 --> 00:09:45,821 and I need you to get a dump on her encrypted cellphone. 172 00:09:45,879 --> 00:09:47,872 Why don't you just download it? 173 00:09:49,153 --> 00:09:50,491 It's missing... 174 00:09:51,009 --> 00:09:53,497 Along with her laptop, also encrypted. 175 00:09:55,841 --> 00:09:57,968 I don't know if I should check on this for you. 176 00:09:57,999 --> 00:09:59,784 Oh, if I have to hear one more time about 177 00:09:59,812 --> 00:10:02,364 how your friends are making fun of you for doing me favors... 178 00:10:02,407 --> 00:10:05,759 I am recovering from surgery! Please! 179 00:10:05,965 --> 00:10:07,683 There are new rules in place. 180 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,913 - If you get us involved... - And I can't have chocolate anymore. 181 00:10:11,032 --> 00:10:13,419 Do you understand that? Do you? 182 00:10:13,889 --> 00:10:17,313 Please, just make the call. 183 00:10:17,772 --> 00:10:18,772 - Hi. - Hi. 184 00:10:21,959 --> 00:10:23,180 Okay, Brenda. 185 00:10:24,209 --> 00:10:26,787 Marguerite Scott. 186 00:10:27,771 --> 00:10:29,881 I'll make the call. 187 00:10:34,403 --> 00:10:35,903 Great suit. 188 00:10:37,496 --> 00:10:39,016 Did you get it at fred segal? 189 00:10:39,136 --> 00:10:42,225 Yeah. Yeah, I did. I know this girl there. She gets me a discount. 190 00:10:42,557 --> 00:10:43,965 Love that place. 191 00:10:44,435 --> 00:10:46,188 I live just around the corner from there. 192 00:10:46,307 --> 00:10:49,216 Sorry that took so long. What... 193 00:10:50,201 --> 00:10:53,531 - What have you learned? - It's a little complicated. 194 00:10:54,327 --> 00:10:55,750 Your vic survived the crash 195 00:10:55,809 --> 00:10:59,295 and was well enough to climb out of the car and crawl her way up the hill. 196 00:10:59,481 --> 00:11:00,655 Crawl? 197 00:11:01,901 --> 00:11:03,799 Are you sure she wasn't thrown out of the car? 198 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:04,800 No. 199 00:11:05,173 --> 00:11:06,522 These are seat-belt bruises, 200 00:11:06,568 --> 00:11:10,080 which means she was definitely strapped in at impact. And then look... 201 00:11:11,254 --> 00:11:12,329 At the dirt 202 00:11:12,706 --> 00:11:14,020 under her nails, 203 00:11:14,298 --> 00:11:16,228 the abrasions on her knees and elbows. 204 00:11:16,410 --> 00:11:18,009 She crawled up that hill. 205 00:11:18,238 --> 00:11:20,328 The question is how she was able to climb 206 00:11:20,329 --> 00:11:23,089 when she expired instantly from massive trauma to the head. 207 00:11:23,209 --> 00:11:25,976 But that didn't happen during the crash? 208 00:11:27,900 --> 00:11:30,803 I found a splinter in her head, 209 00:11:31,512 --> 00:11:33,601 indicating someone struck her with a branch 210 00:11:33,671 --> 00:11:35,588 or a large stick. 211 00:11:35,959 --> 00:11:37,953 And the final blow might have come from a rock 212 00:11:38,072 --> 00:11:40,180 after she drove off the cliff 213 00:11:40,884 --> 00:11:42,715 Not her best day. 214 00:11:42,948 --> 00:11:46,419 Two last things... Notice anything unusual about your vic's face? 215 00:11:47,547 --> 00:11:48,784 Don't make me guess. 216 00:11:48,904 --> 00:11:51,531 Coyotes always feed on the body's soft tissue first. 217 00:11:51,670 --> 00:11:55,221 My guess is they left her face alone because of the seasoning. 218 00:11:57,345 --> 00:11:58,345 Excuse me? 219 00:11:58,748 --> 00:12:00,694 Someone doused your vic with pepper spray, 220 00:12:00,813 --> 00:12:04,187 which might explain why she drove off the cliff in the first place. 221 00:12:07,938 --> 00:12:09,344 Maggie Scott is dead? 222 00:12:09,580 --> 00:12:12,912 I'm afraid so, Mr. Hanson. I'm so sorry about that. 223 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:14,876 Oh, my god. 224 00:12:15,115 --> 00:12:18,349 The LAPD was put through this exhausting audit for nothing? 225 00:12:18,582 --> 00:12:21,631 Sorry to see you're so broken up over Maggie's death. 226 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,069 No, no... Yeah, I'm sorry, 227 00:12:24,211 --> 00:12:26,931 all right? But the woman was a time waster. 228 00:12:27,118 --> 00:12:30,070 This section manages a billion-dollar annual budget. 229 00:12:30,257 --> 00:12:33,820 2% of that comes from the DHS, yet I spent 80% of my time 230 00:12:33,917 --> 00:12:36,009 justifying expenses to Maggie. 231 00:12:36,100 --> 00:12:38,053 The woman was in my office every other month 232 00:12:38,087 --> 00:12:39,272 for almost two year 233 00:12:39,338 --> 00:12:42,544 You have no idea how much extra work she created. 234 00:12:42,871 --> 00:12:45,093 During Maggie's last visit out here, 235 00:12:45,222 --> 00:12:47,561 she also stopped at a place called civilaudio. 236 00:12:47,699 --> 00:12:50,449 Do you have any idea what she was looking for? 237 00:12:50,888 --> 00:12:53,310 This month it was civilaudio. I have no idea what it was. 238 00:12:53,311 --> 00:12:54,563 Last month, it was... 239 00:12:54,619 --> 00:12:57,472 I don't even rember. The point is it doesn't matter anymore. 240 00:12:57,566 --> 00:12:58,568 Why is that? 241 00:12:58,569 --> 00:13:00,461 Because the way the federal government operate 242 00:13:00,493 --> 00:13:03,310 It'll be ages before they send anybody to pick up where she left off, 243 00:13:03,311 --> 00:13:04,724 if they even bother at all. 244 00:13:04,742 --> 00:13:07,071 Well, maybe we shouldn't wait for the federal government. 245 00:13:07,072 --> 00:13:09,575 Maybe you should let my detective take a look at your books. 246 00:13:09,694 --> 00:13:11,239 Fine. I'll, uh... 247 00:13:11,568 --> 00:13:13,698 I'll make sure you get everything you need. 248 00:13:13,818 --> 00:13:15,320 Uh, Mr. Hanson, 249 00:13:15,989 --> 00:13:17,640 do you know if Maggie was seeing anyone 250 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:19,581 romantically while she was here? 251 00:13:19,684 --> 00:13:20,964 Did she have a boyfriend? 252 00:13:21,083 --> 00:13:23,264 Or maybe she was having an affair of some kind. 253 00:13:23,384 --> 00:13:25,420 She didn't discuss her personal life with me, 254 00:13:25,540 --> 00:13:28,467 and I am not the type of guy to spread rumors. So, if you'll excuse me, 255 00:13:28,586 --> 00:13:31,746 It's gonna take me a minute to put your paperwork through. 256 00:13:31,866 --> 00:13:35,294 You know what, though? I will offer one opinion, ma'am. 257 00:13:35,703 --> 00:13:37,365 Maybe you should let me spend more time 258 00:13:37,449 --> 00:13:38,736 helping you fight crime 259 00:13:38,855 --> 00:13:40,777 and not fighting accountants. 260 00:13:40,948 --> 00:13:42,498 That's just a thought. 261 00:13:49,242 --> 00:13:51,476 Watch your step. You'll take nasty fall here. 262 00:13:51,596 --> 00:13:54,868 I'm so sorry to bother you on a saturday, 263 00:13:55,337 --> 00:13:58,337 Mr. White, but according to our files, your company provides 264 00:13:58,451 --> 00:14:01,762 the LAPD and fire department with first-responder communications. 265 00:14:01,952 --> 00:14:04,013 Civilaudio's not my company. 266 00:14:04,151 --> 00:14:05,209 I'm just the cfo. 267 00:14:05,328 --> 00:14:08,231 I've been there since 9/11. Before that, I was on the job. 268 00:14:08,652 --> 00:14:11,652 - LAPD? - Yes, ma'am. 15 years. 269 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:13,387 Tactical technology unit. 270 00:14:13,643 --> 00:14:15,093 So civilaudio's a good fit... 271 00:14:15,094 --> 00:14:16,955 Better pay, and no one ever shoots at me. 272 00:14:17,231 --> 00:14:18,966 Sorry about the mess. 273 00:14:19,156 --> 00:14:21,361 Overbudget. Stupid contractor. 274 00:14:21,686 --> 00:14:23,050 Air-conditioner's out. 275 00:14:23,426 --> 00:14:24,875 I had to cancel the pool. 276 00:14:25,161 --> 00:14:27,399 Now I have two kids who are gonna be very disappointed 277 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,101 when they come back from summer camp. 278 00:14:29,148 --> 00:14:31,813 - Oh. That's just tragic. - Right this way. 279 00:14:32,239 --> 00:14:33,980 - Thank you. - Thank you. 280 00:14:38,239 --> 00:14:39,944 It is hot. 281 00:14:41,630 --> 00:14:43,442 Mr. White, can you tell me 282 00:14:43,443 --> 00:14:46,605 what Maggie Scott was doing in your office earlier this week? 283 00:14:49,838 --> 00:14:51,649 Auditors are like police officers. 284 00:14:51,703 --> 00:14:54,338 They don't tell you what they're looking for until they find it. 285 00:14:54,403 --> 00:14:57,868 She wanted all our billing records to LAPD, so I gave them to her. Why ? 286 00:14:58,281 --> 00:15:00,411 Is old Maggie givingyou a hard time? 287 00:15:00,448 --> 00:15:02,120 In a manner of speaking. 288 00:15:02,585 --> 00:15:05,845 Her car went over a cliff last night, and we found her this morning, 289 00:15:05,885 --> 00:15:06,885 dead. 290 00:15:10,310 --> 00:15:12,172 Hey, I'm going for takeout. 291 00:15:14,561 --> 00:15:16,094 Something wrong? 292 00:15:17,046 --> 00:15:18,642 Well, yes and no. 293 00:15:19,414 --> 00:15:22,584 Remember that crazy woman I told you about, the one from homeland security ? 294 00:15:22,671 --> 00:15:24,306 The horrible accountant lady ? 295 00:15:24,464 --> 00:15:25,855 She died last night. 296 00:15:25,974 --> 00:15:27,224 That's too bad. 297 00:15:28,210 --> 00:15:29,210 Gosh. 298 00:15:30,586 --> 00:15:31,542 Well... 299 00:15:31,582 --> 00:15:34,643 Just get me whatever you're having. Thanks. 300 00:15:35,318 --> 00:15:36,552 Sorry to interrupt. 301 00:15:41,404 --> 00:15:45,437 I've got to tell you, the outpouring of sadness for this woman so far, it's... 302 00:15:45,601 --> 00:15:46,751 It's touching. 303 00:15:47,048 --> 00:15:49,205 Obviously, I feel bad about what happened. 304 00:15:49,714 --> 00:15:51,264 I mean, it's terrible. 305 00:15:51,580 --> 00:15:54,217 But just the idea of going through another audit with Maggie... 306 00:15:54,336 --> 00:15:56,612 She's brutal. Just talk to your people. 307 00:15:56,731 --> 00:15:59,439 - Ask Jim Hanson. - I'm sorry, did you say another audit? 308 00:15:59,797 --> 00:16:03,106 - Starting monday morning. - Jim Hanson didn't mention that. 309 00:16:03,138 --> 00:16:05,528 Not that it was gonna be much different from the last one. 310 00:16:05,574 --> 00:16:09,112 Maggie was investigating the way the LAPD paid us for almost two years. 311 00:16:09,152 --> 00:16:10,155 Poor Jimmy. 312 00:16:11,308 --> 00:16:13,084 And his wife just left him, too. 313 00:16:16,369 --> 00:16:17,369 Look... 314 00:16:19,031 --> 00:16:21,917 I appreciated Maggie's tenacity. I did. 315 00:16:21,957 --> 00:16:25,116 But I just hope whoever takes her place will be a little less rabid. 316 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,178 Well, Hanson said there wouldn't be another audit. 317 00:16:28,250 --> 00:16:30,200 Well, that's wishful thinking. 318 00:16:30,568 --> 00:16:33,594 DHS might not get to it right away, but they'll be back. 319 00:16:36,465 --> 00:16:37,870 Hey, if we're done, uh, 320 00:16:37,910 --> 00:16:40,720 I got about three times as many people here as usual. 321 00:16:40,891 --> 00:16:44,841 I threaten to fire them, and suddenly they can't finish fast enough. 322 00:16:48,797 --> 00:16:51,213 If there's anything I can do, just let me know, 323 00:16:51,443 --> 00:16:52,443 okay? 324 00:16:52,727 --> 00:16:53,830 Thank you, sir. 325 00:16:54,998 --> 00:16:56,348 Thank you so much. 326 00:17:10,124 --> 00:17:13,844 How long before you start feeling the symptoms of poison oak? 327 00:17:14,108 --> 00:17:16,808 Probably not until tonight sometime. 328 00:17:17,111 --> 00:17:20,218 - I told you not to go down there. - Oh, I know. I know. 329 00:17:23,581 --> 00:17:25,198 - Oh, come on. - Oh, chief. 330 00:17:25,567 --> 00:17:27,943 No luck getting access to Maggie Scott's encrypted phone. 331 00:17:27,999 --> 00:17:30,805 Oh, I'm sure we'll be hearing from the FBI any minute now. 332 00:17:31,768 --> 00:17:33,710 The victim's husband, uh, ken... 333 00:17:34,216 --> 00:17:36,529 He just flew in from washington. He's in your office. 334 00:17:36,569 --> 00:17:38,273 Maggie Scott's rental-car company called. 335 00:17:38,274 --> 00:17:40,457 Their accident investigators wanna know when they can 336 00:17:40,458 --> 00:17:42,778 - get a look at their hybrid. - What did you tell them? 337 00:17:42,779 --> 00:17:45,654 What I always tell them: "Sure. No problem." then I hung up. 338 00:17:45,895 --> 00:17:47,513 The car's still in the print shed. 339 00:17:47,553 --> 00:17:50,554 We hang on to Maggie's car until we know what happened to Maggie. 340 00:17:51,387 --> 00:17:54,153 And I want that steering wheel tested for pepper spray. 341 00:17:57,748 --> 00:18:01,198 How am I gonna tell that man his wife was eaten by coyotes? 342 00:18:03,926 --> 00:18:04,926 Poor woman. 343 00:18:08,025 --> 00:18:09,361 What are all these about? 344 00:18:09,481 --> 00:18:11,255 Financial records from Jim Hanson. 345 00:18:11,528 --> 00:18:13,123 Exactly what you would expect, chief. 346 00:18:13,124 --> 00:18:15,770 Bury the two paragraphs of information you actually want 347 00:18:15,890 --> 00:18:17,519 in a big load of bullpucky. 348 00:18:17,741 --> 00:18:19,256 I'll start working on it, chief. 349 00:18:19,338 --> 00:18:21,741 Oh, bless you. Bless you. 350 00:18:28,199 --> 00:18:30,624 Nobody's told me when I can see my wife's body, 351 00:18:30,684 --> 00:18:32,615 and I've been here almost an hour. 352 00:18:32,734 --> 00:18:36,277 Actually, sir, I think you might want to wait for a funeral home or 353 00:18:36,317 --> 00:18:38,244 mortuary to take a look at your wife. 354 00:18:38,363 --> 00:18:40,927 Are you sure it's her? Are you absolutely certain? 355 00:18:40,989 --> 00:18:42,767 I'm sorry, sir. Yes, I am. 356 00:18:43,672 --> 00:18:45,499 Is there anything I should know? 357 00:18:46,552 --> 00:18:47,935 Did she die quickly? 358 00:18:49,054 --> 00:18:50,054 I... 359 00:18:50,684 --> 00:18:52,873 Don't think she saw it coming. 360 00:18:53,993 --> 00:18:56,545 Oh, god, I don't know how I'm gonna tell our daughter. 361 00:18:58,834 --> 00:19:01,303 Sir, do you know anyone who might have wanted 362 00:19:01,517 --> 00:19:02,867 to hurt your wife? 363 00:19:03,064 --> 00:19:04,151 Did she ever 364 00:19:04,530 --> 00:19:06,390 talk to you about a threat or... 365 00:19:06,538 --> 00:19:07,538 No, no. 366 00:19:08,129 --> 00:19:11,580 The only thing Maggie ever complained about was the travel. 367 00:19:11,848 --> 00:19:14,060 I think she was happier lately not having to come back 368 00:19:14,107 --> 00:19:15,585 to L.A. every other week. 369 00:19:16,063 --> 00:19:17,412 Every other week? 370 00:19:21,474 --> 00:19:25,687 According to DHS, Maggie was in Los Angeles every other month. 371 00:19:26,897 --> 00:19:29,864 Do you know if she had other business here, or did she have any relatives 372 00:19:29,865 --> 00:19:31,819 - or friends? - No, it was work. 373 00:19:33,793 --> 00:19:35,444 Why else would she come? 374 00:19:41,006 --> 00:19:42,006 Chief Johnson, 375 00:19:43,013 --> 00:19:46,248 special agents Blackburn and Horlacher from the FBI. 376 00:19:48,087 --> 00:19:49,737 It's about Maggie Scott. 377 00:19:51,812 --> 00:19:53,662 I'm... I'm terribly sorry. 378 00:19:56,845 --> 00:20:00,512 I am right slapdab in the middle of interviewing the victim's husband. 379 00:20:00,610 --> 00:20:03,523 Good to see you again, too, chief Johnson. Sorry to interrupt. 380 00:20:03,694 --> 00:20:05,877 But the FBI needs to speak with Mr. Scott right now. 381 00:20:05,922 --> 00:20:08,782 I've been in touch with special agent Fritz Howard about all of this. 382 00:20:08,865 --> 00:20:10,999 That's who called us. Thank you for informing him 383 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,620 about the encrypted laptop and cellphone that have gone missing. 384 00:20:13,657 --> 00:20:16,662 Which makes this investigation a national-security issue. 385 00:20:16,984 --> 00:20:20,440 I hardly think Maggie Scott was killed by terrorists, 386 00:20:20,661 --> 00:20:22,539 unless you think the evildoers are trying 387 00:20:22,540 --> 00:20:24,177 to destroy the world with pepper spray. 388 00:20:24,178 --> 00:20:26,692 We're talking about the murder of a federal employee, 389 00:20:26,732 --> 00:20:28,763 plus the theft of classified materials. 390 00:20:28,803 --> 00:20:31,329 So we would like all the evidence you've collected. 391 00:20:31,378 --> 00:20:34,350 And we're gonna take the victim's husband with us right now, too. 392 00:20:34,831 --> 00:20:37,810 If you have any further questions for Mr. Scott, let us know. 393 00:20:37,929 --> 00:20:39,333 Great to see you again, ma'am. 394 00:20:39,452 --> 00:20:40,452 Oh, I bet. 395 00:20:40,925 --> 00:20:41,925 Ma'am. 396 00:20:46,802 --> 00:20:50,913 Lieutenants Flynn and Provenza, I'd like you to copy everything that we have 397 00:20:50,953 --> 00:20:53,556 please,before we hand it off to these gentlemen. Thank you. 398 00:20:53,596 --> 00:20:58,599 And, detective Daniels, please give the boxes for fiscal operations to the FBI. 399 00:20:58,646 --> 00:20:59,912 That should keep 'em busy. 400 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:03,217 While they're looking at our finances, let's take a look at Mr. Hanson's. 401 00:21:03,282 --> 00:21:04,282 Thank you. 402 00:21:05,333 --> 00:21:08,115 Lieutenant Tao, please put the car's computer in the desk. 403 00:21:08,790 --> 00:21:09,790 Thank you. 404 00:21:10,164 --> 00:21:11,592 And, uh, detective Sanchez, 405 00:21:11,632 --> 00:21:14,543 I'd like you to move Maggie's rental car out of the print shed. 406 00:21:14,911 --> 00:21:17,248 - To where? - Someplace the FBI won't find it. 407 00:21:28,191 --> 00:21:29,788 Listen, just because... 408 00:21:31,592 --> 00:21:33,912 Just because the FBI is starting an investigation 409 00:21:33,947 --> 00:21:35,783 doesn't mean you have to halt yours. 410 00:21:35,827 --> 00:21:37,875 Let them look for the laptop. You find the killer. 411 00:21:37,927 --> 00:21:40,676 Well, I still have lots of questions for Maggie's husband. 412 00:21:40,774 --> 00:21:43,126 - Is he suspect ? - Well, he's the only person so far 413 00:21:43,192 --> 00:21:45,095 who seems at all upset about her death. 414 00:21:45,250 --> 00:21:46,744 But here's the thing, will. 415 00:21:46,864 --> 00:21:49,440 Maggie was visiting los angeles every other week 416 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,979 last year for reasons other than DHS business. 417 00:21:52,156 --> 00:21:53,753 She lied to her husband about that, 418 00:21:53,873 --> 00:21:57,823 and her car went over a hillside at a place where people sometimes go to... 419 00:21:58,919 --> 00:21:59,919 You know. 420 00:22:00,408 --> 00:22:03,444 So I'm guessing that she might have been having an affair. 421 00:22:03,563 --> 00:22:06,201 I can promise you who she was seeing last year 422 00:22:06,241 --> 00:22:08,126 has nothing to do with her death. 423 00:22:08,246 --> 00:22:09,378 How can you say that? 424 00:22:09,497 --> 00:22:12,347 Because the affair she was having was with me. 425 00:22:14,895 --> 00:22:17,554 Tell me that you had been sleeping with my murder victim? 426 00:22:19,299 --> 00:22:21,949 Well, there wasn't really so much sleeping. 427 00:22:22,984 --> 00:22:25,949 Look, do you want to hear about this, or do you just want to get all mad? 428 00:22:26,063 --> 00:22:28,290 I'm investigating her murder, will. 429 00:22:28,410 --> 00:22:30,160 Okay, you want to get mad. 430 00:22:31,848 --> 00:22:33,241 Look, we met 431 00:22:34,129 --> 00:22:35,644 about a year ago 432 00:22:36,121 --> 00:22:37,271 and we started 433 00:22:37,489 --> 00:22:38,681 seeing each other 434 00:22:38,927 --> 00:22:40,577 whenever she was in town 435 00:22:41,051 --> 00:22:42,401 Every other week. 436 00:22:43,381 --> 00:22:46,525 I... I flew her out sometimes and 437 00:22:47,134 --> 00:22:48,134 put her up at 438 00:22:48,236 --> 00:22:49,486 the cielo hotel. 439 00:22:50,458 --> 00:22:51,462 And it ended 440 00:22:51,594 --> 00:22:52,832 six months ago. 441 00:22:52,952 --> 00:22:55,306 I was never involved in any of her audits, so there's no 442 00:22:55,412 --> 00:22:58,362 conflict of interest, and her husband never knew. 443 00:23:00,145 --> 00:23:03,977 So you were seeing Maggie while you were still married to estelle. 444 00:23:04,096 --> 00:23:05,281 Technically, 445 00:23:05,618 --> 00:23:07,290 yes, but 446 00:23:07,330 --> 00:23:09,289 after Estelle filed for divorce. 447 00:23:10,090 --> 00:23:11,144 Look, 448 00:23:11,527 --> 00:23:13,618 Estelle was already seeing someone else. 449 00:23:14,262 --> 00:23:16,286 I was pretty much alone, 450 00:23:16,632 --> 00:23:17,933 as you well know 451 00:23:23,418 --> 00:23:26,088 What should I have done? Should I have just...stopped living? 452 00:23:26,208 --> 00:23:28,302 - Is that what you think? - She was... married. 453 00:23:28,349 --> 00:23:30,688 You couldn't have found someone single? 454 00:23:35,786 --> 00:23:36,786 Forget it. 455 00:23:41,448 --> 00:23:42,617 Are there e-mails 456 00:23:42,881 --> 00:23:44,115 from you on her computer? 457 00:23:44,222 --> 00:23:45,909 Not on the government account. 458 00:23:47,250 --> 00:23:49,020 I mean, did she ever check 459 00:23:49,152 --> 00:23:51,522 personal mail on her encrypted laptop? 460 00:23:52,296 --> 00:23:53,296 I don't know. 461 00:23:56,617 --> 00:23:57,617 What? 462 00:23:59,909 --> 00:24:00,909 What? 463 00:24:02,130 --> 00:24:04,139 There's a female investigator 464 00:24:05,183 --> 00:24:07,809 working for an intelligence agency, 465 00:24:08,009 --> 00:24:11,387 who was in a relationship, who you... seduced 466 00:24:11,850 --> 00:24:15,224 into... coming to Los Angeles on a regular basis. 467 00:24:15,669 --> 00:24:20,255 It all sounds so familiar, and yet, um, I'm surprised. 468 00:24:22,675 --> 00:24:24,025 Do you want to... 469 00:24:24,568 --> 00:24:25,934 Talk about this? 470 00:24:27,992 --> 00:24:28,992 In detail? 471 00:24:30,609 --> 00:24:31,759 Just drop it. 472 00:24:31,860 --> 00:24:34,110 - 'Cause we can. - Drop it, I said. 473 00:24:37,835 --> 00:24:39,385 And tell me what else 474 00:24:39,736 --> 00:24:40,897 you know about 475 00:24:41,506 --> 00:24:43,357 the victim that can help me. 476 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,310 Maggie was... 477 00:24:47,266 --> 00:24:48,266 Honest. 478 00:24:49,916 --> 00:24:52,190 Except about me with her husband, 479 00:24:52,945 --> 00:24:54,176 she was an honest person. 480 00:24:54,213 --> 00:24:56,270 She was a relentless investigator. 481 00:24:57,883 --> 00:25:00,623 She, uh, believed in what she was doing. 482 00:25:03,615 --> 00:25:05,612 Her personal life may have been a bit of a mess, 483 00:25:05,666 --> 00:25:08,495 but she was extremely professional. 484 00:25:10,089 --> 00:25:13,202 And she was stubborn when she was right, 485 00:25:15,911 --> 00:25:17,986 which she almost always was. 486 00:25:23,635 --> 00:25:24,635 Thanks. 487 00:25:27,412 --> 00:25:28,428 Wait. Um... 488 00:25:31,528 --> 00:25:33,212 I know how this is going to sound, 489 00:25:33,277 --> 00:25:35,407 but the outcome of this investigation, 490 00:25:35,494 --> 00:25:36,682 the timing of it, 491 00:25:36,748 --> 00:25:38,888 could affect my custody agreement. 492 00:25:41,216 --> 00:25:42,216 My kids. 493 00:25:46,937 --> 00:25:49,041 Well, I'll try to find out what happened to Maggie 494 00:25:49,098 --> 00:25:50,819 before that becomes an issue. 495 00:25:51,825 --> 00:25:52,825 Thank you. 496 00:25:53,671 --> 00:25:54,671 Look... 497 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:56,941 - Yes. - I'm... 498 00:25:58,673 --> 00:25:59,853 Really sorry. 499 00:26:00,617 --> 00:26:01,617 Again. 500 00:26:04,079 --> 00:26:06,516 You're really sorry again. 501 00:26:24,702 --> 00:26:25,786 Yes, gentlemen? 502 00:26:25,905 --> 00:26:28,056 What more can I do for you today? 503 00:26:28,351 --> 00:26:30,885 Maybe we weren't clear when we said 504 00:26:30,951 --> 00:26:33,829 we want everything you have on the Maggie Scott case. 505 00:26:33,895 --> 00:26:35,486 You have her husband. 506 00:26:35,523 --> 00:26:38,271 We're handing over the rest of our evidence. What more do you need? 507 00:26:38,272 --> 00:26:40,574 We need the car Mrs. Scott was driving when she crashed. 508 00:26:40,575 --> 00:26:43,391 - It's not in your printshed. - It's got to be around here somewhere. 509 00:26:43,392 --> 00:26:45,521 It was certainly in no condition to go driving off. 510 00:26:45,590 --> 00:26:49,573 M'am you should know the FBI issued a national-security letter, 511 00:26:49,639 --> 00:26:51,693 which compels you to turn over every aspect 512 00:26:51,759 --> 00:26:53,692 of your case to us. 513 00:26:54,142 --> 00:26:56,171 And when investigating matters of this import, 514 00:26:56,205 --> 00:26:58,372 we shouldn't even be dealing with you at all, really, 515 00:26:58,426 --> 00:27:01,797 but rather the homicide task force in your own counterterrorism bureau. 516 00:27:01,874 --> 00:27:02,874 Wait. 517 00:27:03,020 --> 00:27:05,057 - Okay. No problem. - What? 518 00:27:05,097 --> 00:27:06,637 Just one moment, chief. 519 00:27:06,669 --> 00:27:08,690 If we hook you guys up with our counterterrorism 520 00:27:08,734 --> 00:27:11,102 bureau's homicide task force, you guys will be cool 521 00:27:11,143 --> 00:27:14,593 with a joint operation? You would have no more complaints? 522 00:27:15,174 --> 00:27:16,174 None. 523 00:27:16,877 --> 00:27:18,330 Great. Let's do it. 524 00:27:18,374 --> 00:27:19,433 All right, then. 525 00:27:19,509 --> 00:27:21,038 Follow me, gentlemen. 526 00:27:34,046 --> 00:27:35,191 What the hell is this? 527 00:27:35,229 --> 00:27:37,786 You guys said you wanted to work with the homicide task force 528 00:27:37,833 --> 00:27:40,362 of LAPD's counterterrorism bureau. 529 00:27:40,417 --> 00:27:42,005 That would be us. 530 00:27:42,099 --> 00:27:44,437 We even passed our weapons-of-mass-destruction training. 531 00:27:44,491 --> 00:27:46,141 This is a bunch of crap. 532 00:27:46,195 --> 00:27:48,565 Chief Johnson, this is not what we agreed to. 533 00:27:48,620 --> 00:27:50,804 Oh, I'm so sorry, agent blackbird. 534 00:27:50,874 --> 00:27:52,275 It's exactly what we agreed to. 535 00:27:52,318 --> 00:27:54,066 But it's also not my problem. 536 00:27:54,109 --> 00:27:57,986 Lieutenants Provenza and I aren't part of the CTB's homicide task force. 537 00:27:57,987 --> 00:28:00,654 You'll have to address your concerns to lieutenant Flynn. 538 00:28:00,817 --> 00:28:02,882 We want the car. 539 00:28:02,914 --> 00:28:05,568 We gave you the gps information from the car's computer. 540 00:28:05,612 --> 00:28:07,791 - We still need the car. - What for? 541 00:28:09,731 --> 00:28:12,494 This really isn't my business any more, but, detective Sanchez, 542 00:28:12,548 --> 00:28:15,541 do you know where these men might find Maggie's prius? 543 00:28:18,393 --> 00:28:22,129 Uh, well, it was probably towed to the central garage. 544 00:28:22,183 --> 00:28:24,914 - I could take you there. - Why don't you do that, huh? 545 00:28:24,968 --> 00:28:27,536 Sirs, don't forget your evidence. 546 00:28:33,130 --> 00:28:35,030 Just the boxes, boys. 547 00:28:35,576 --> 00:28:37,717 The cart belongs to LAPD. 548 00:28:45,014 --> 00:28:48,050 Make sure you lift with your legs. Don't hurt yourself. 549 00:28:50,225 --> 00:28:52,103 Payback's a bitch, boys. 550 00:28:54,670 --> 00:28:57,247 Chief, I checked the prius's online service manual. 551 00:28:57,291 --> 00:28:59,984 If you use a cellphone with a bluetooth wireless connection, 552 00:29:00,021 --> 00:29:01,534 you can make calls through the car. 553 00:29:01,553 --> 00:29:04,159 Maggie's car could probably have a record of numbers she dialed 554 00:29:04,235 --> 00:29:05,287 and received. 555 00:29:05,363 --> 00:29:07,398 That's why the FBI wanted the car. 556 00:29:07,429 --> 00:29:10,530 They can't get into Maggie's encrypted cellphone yet, either. 557 00:29:10,555 --> 00:29:13,719 Well, it is our patriotic duty to help them out. 558 00:29:14,817 --> 00:29:16,270 Let's go take a look. 559 00:29:16,861 --> 00:29:18,924 The prius's bluetooth system isn't really designed 560 00:29:18,989 --> 00:29:21,272 to display the information without the menu. 561 00:29:21,327 --> 00:29:24,509 We tinkered around a little and found the phone numbers. 562 00:29:24,586 --> 00:29:26,016 And here they are in order. 563 00:29:26,125 --> 00:29:27,982 And the last call Maggie Scott received 564 00:29:28,054 --> 00:29:31,129 came from Joe white, the cfo of civilaudio. 565 00:29:31,176 --> 00:29:32,200 Right after that, 566 00:29:32,201 --> 00:29:34,432 she punched in the address of where we found her body. 567 00:29:34,433 --> 00:29:36,454 While I'm looking into mr. Hanson's finances... 568 00:29:36,508 --> 00:29:38,256 Yes, thank you Detective Daniels 569 00:29:38,310 --> 00:29:39,654 Please look into Mr. White's. 570 00:29:39,719 --> 00:29:41,835 I knew Joe White when he was on the job. 571 00:29:41,933 --> 00:29:44,019 There's no way he'd murder anyone. It's ridiculous. 572 00:29:44,059 --> 00:29:47,209 Well, Joe was a bit of a player when he was around here. 573 00:29:47,263 --> 00:29:49,832 Maybe he and Maggie were doing the big nasty 574 00:29:49,897 --> 00:29:51,371 and she was gonna tell his wife. 575 00:29:51,414 --> 00:29:53,457 You think White would try to take somebody out 576 00:29:53,493 --> 00:29:55,510 with a can of pepper spray? 577 00:30:02,481 --> 00:30:04,119 You can't keep doing this. 578 00:30:04,710 --> 00:30:06,711 - Doing what? - Being angry at me. 579 00:30:06,748 --> 00:30:08,166 You insisted... Insisted... 580 00:30:08,213 --> 00:30:09,762 I get the FBI involved. 581 00:30:28,177 --> 00:30:29,367 I'm not angry. 582 00:30:29,642 --> 00:30:32,896 So, what is this? So I recognize the mood when I see it again. 583 00:30:33,377 --> 00:30:34,720 It's disappointment. 584 00:30:34,873 --> 00:30:37,983 You knew what would happen when you called your buddies 585 00:30:38,022 --> 00:30:40,927 at the FBI, and you didn't tell me. 586 00:30:42,204 --> 00:30:43,831 I'm a little let down, frankly. 587 00:30:43,898 --> 00:30:45,742 I told you the request was a bad idea. 588 00:30:45,797 --> 00:30:47,457 You demanded I do it anyway. 589 00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:50,111 Then you hung up on me before I could explain. 590 00:30:50,187 --> 00:30:52,088 And you're saying I let you down? 591 00:30:53,891 --> 00:30:57,124 Well, just be aware, most of the time, 592 00:30:57,244 --> 00:30:59,297 I'm never gonna ask for your help again. 593 00:31:00,107 --> 00:31:01,878 That is fine, because what happened here, 594 00:31:01,954 --> 00:31:03,901 in reality, is you confided in me, 595 00:31:03,930 --> 00:31:05,906 and I tried to do something about your problem. 596 00:31:05,947 --> 00:31:07,927 And apparently, I just made it worse. 597 00:31:11,615 --> 00:31:13,493 That's exactly what happened. 598 00:31:14,117 --> 00:31:16,914 You tried to help me, and you only made it worse. 599 00:31:17,352 --> 00:31:20,584 Let's see if I can't provide that same kind of help to the FBI. 600 00:31:25,809 --> 00:31:27,021 Don't scratch! 601 00:31:31,204 --> 00:31:33,278 As CFO of CivilAudio, 602 00:31:33,649 --> 00:31:36,583 Joseph White pulls in nearly $500,000 a year. 603 00:31:36,835 --> 00:31:38,679 That's a lot of radios, chief. 604 00:31:38,771 --> 00:31:41,055 A ton more cash than he was making here. 605 00:31:41,133 --> 00:31:43,809 But his new residence cost three times as much 606 00:31:43,876 --> 00:31:46,171 as he got for his condo, which, for the record, 607 00:31:46,253 --> 00:31:48,369 is two blocks away from the scene of the accident, 608 00:31:48,437 --> 00:31:50,103 right above academy road. 609 00:31:50,512 --> 00:31:52,260 He knew the area well. 610 00:31:53,566 --> 00:31:56,417 Joe White paid $1.5 million for this house? 611 00:31:56,485 --> 00:31:59,489 Oh, how are we ever gonna be able to afford a new house? 612 00:31:59,557 --> 00:32:00,557 How ? 613 00:32:00,622 --> 00:32:04,430 And for the past two years, Mr. White has been spending 614 00:32:04,473 --> 00:32:06,466 more than double his declared income 615 00:32:06,535 --> 00:32:08,678 without incurring any obvious debt. 616 00:32:08,746 --> 00:32:11,742 It's like he's pulling money from someplace off the books. 617 00:32:11,811 --> 00:32:13,572 He did, however, cancel a charge 618 00:32:13,613 --> 00:32:15,510 to his contractor four days ago. 619 00:32:15,606 --> 00:32:18,364 He was complaining about them going overbudget on the remodel. 620 00:32:18,432 --> 00:32:20,671 But there were construction workers in his backyard. 621 00:32:20,753 --> 00:32:23,294 'cause saturday morning, the charges were reauthorized, 622 00:32:23,327 --> 00:32:25,152 provided that the contractor would guarantee 623 00:32:25,178 --> 00:32:27,625 everything would be finished in three weeks. 624 00:32:27,744 --> 00:32:28,768 Timeline... 625 00:32:28,932 --> 00:32:31,775 Maggie Scott drops by Joe White's office 626 00:32:31,882 --> 00:32:34,080 at civilaudio, tells Joe that, uh, 627 00:32:34,258 --> 00:32:36,132 his accounting doesn't quite add up. 628 00:32:36,251 --> 00:32:38,719 That night, Maggie flies off a cliff, 629 00:32:39,024 --> 00:32:41,050 and Joe continues his remodel. 630 00:32:42,845 --> 00:32:44,458 Sing whatever song you want. 631 00:32:44,526 --> 00:32:46,236 I still don't believe Joe White 632 00:32:46,311 --> 00:32:48,881 would have anything to do with something like this. 633 00:32:49,236 --> 00:32:52,850 He was building a pool. He didn't want to disappoint the family. 634 00:32:53,849 --> 00:32:58,504 And what about Jim Hanson, our fiscal operations director? 635 00:32:59,173 --> 00:33:01,249 His divorce left him strapped for cash. 636 00:33:01,331 --> 00:33:03,393 Almost maxed out on all of his credit cards. 637 00:33:03,474 --> 00:33:05,836 But his personal investments seem solid. 638 00:33:08,553 --> 00:33:11,229 Detective sanchez, where did you last see 639 00:33:11,297 --> 00:33:14,664 special agents blackburn and horlacher? 640 00:33:14,746 --> 00:33:16,916 They were checking our impound facilities, 641 00:33:16,975 --> 00:33:19,360 but I had the car moved again a few hours ago. 642 00:33:19,415 --> 00:33:21,621 - They'll never find it. - Excellent. 643 00:33:21,661 --> 00:33:24,180 Uh, lieutenant flynn, please call our FBI friends 644 00:33:24,222 --> 00:33:26,529 and tell them what we've discovered about Joe White. 645 00:33:26,597 --> 00:33:29,300 Chief, we share our information with the FBI, 646 00:33:29,341 --> 00:33:31,935 they're likely to take matters into their own hands 647 00:33:32,044 --> 00:33:34,297 and make our situation worse. 648 00:33:34,475 --> 00:33:36,550 That is the established pattern, lieutenant. 649 00:33:36,602 --> 00:33:39,075 Let's hope it holds on for another day. 650 00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:53,297 Gentlemen, gentlemen! 651 00:33:53,337 --> 00:33:55,447 Gentlemen, I have to ask you to wait. 652 00:33:55,567 --> 00:33:57,301 You cannot take White away like this. 653 00:33:57,342 --> 00:33:58,789 We called you,remember? 654 00:33:58,855 --> 00:34:01,778 Sergeant, we're questioning Mr. White today. 655 00:34:02,733 --> 00:34:04,593 It could be you'll have a crack at him later. 656 00:34:04,667 --> 00:34:06,763 We agreed to share our information. 657 00:34:07,883 --> 00:34:09,534 All right, just for you. 658 00:34:09,712 --> 00:34:13,623 Mr. White here seems to have faked civilaudio's invoices 659 00:34:13,787 --> 00:34:16,135 to police and fire departments all through the southwest, 660 00:34:16,199 --> 00:34:18,428 adding on a little surcharge for every radio he sold 661 00:34:18,470 --> 00:34:21,677 - and keeping it for himself. - And the victim knew all about it. 662 00:34:35,198 --> 00:34:37,742 - Chief, where are you going? - Hopefully, I'm gonna find out 663 00:34:37,780 --> 00:34:40,671 where Maggie's encrypted cellphone and computer are. 664 00:34:43,524 --> 00:34:45,367 This is all a terrible mistake. 665 00:34:45,449 --> 00:34:47,370 Joe would never kill anyone, 666 00:34:47,451 --> 00:34:50,715 except maybe in self-defense. He was a police officer. 667 00:34:50,761 --> 00:34:53,009 Our accident investigators agree. 668 00:34:53,076 --> 00:34:56,381 They say Maggie's car drove straight over that cliff. 669 00:34:56,449 --> 00:34:58,597 Oh, you have to tell that to the FBI, please. 670 00:34:58,665 --> 00:35:00,495 Oh, I will. I will. 671 00:35:01,095 --> 00:35:04,672 But what I was wondering is why you didn't just tell them that yourself. 672 00:35:04,707 --> 00:35:06,650 - Tell them what? - That you were there, 673 00:35:06,735 --> 00:35:08,723 that you witnessed the accident. 674 00:35:08,791 --> 00:35:11,631 - But I wasn't there. - Mrs. White, I'm not gonna lie to you. 675 00:35:11,685 --> 00:35:14,512 Leaving the scene of an accident is punishable by 6 months in prison 676 00:35:14,541 --> 00:35:16,627 or a $10,000 fine. 677 00:35:16,764 --> 00:35:19,176 Before we talk about it, I should inform you 678 00:35:19,216 --> 00:35:21,148 of your rights. 679 00:35:21,257 --> 00:35:23,086 You have the right to remain silent. 680 00:35:23,127 --> 00:35:26,019 Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law 681 00:35:26,060 --> 00:35:28,378 You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford 682 00:35:28,407 --> 00:35:30,732 an attorney one will be appointed to you by the state. 683 00:35:30,750 --> 00:35:33,321 Have you heard and understood these rights? 684 00:35:33,458 --> 00:35:34,458 Yes. 685 00:35:35,178 --> 00:35:38,372 Now, if you really want to help your husband... 686 00:35:38,446 --> 00:35:39,865 I do. Of course I do. 687 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,050 Then you're gonna have to fess up. 688 00:35:42,093 --> 00:35:43,568 Because I know that you were there 689 00:35:43,616 --> 00:35:46,132 when Maggie Scott drove herself off that cliff. 690 00:35:46,336 --> 00:35:47,887 Why do you think that? 691 00:35:48,343 --> 00:35:50,816 The last call she received was from this house. 692 00:35:50,903 --> 00:35:52,741 And immediately following the phone call, 693 00:35:52,841 --> 00:35:55,922 she punched in an address to the gps system on her prius, 694 00:35:55,965 --> 00:35:57,956 an address only four blocks from the condo 695 00:35:58,028 --> 00:35:59,772 where you and Joe used to live. 696 00:35:59,867 --> 00:36:00,867 She... 697 00:36:03,154 --> 00:36:08,042 And she drove there for a spur-of-the-moment meeting of some kind. 698 00:36:08,082 --> 00:36:09,698 Now, I don't think she would have agree 699 00:36:09,780 --> 00:36:12,551 to meet alone at night in a deserted corner 700 00:36:12,633 --> 00:36:16,483 of the world with anyone she was about to accuse of embezzlement. 701 00:36:17,234 --> 00:36:20,980 Now, if I'm wrong, Mrs. White, just tell me. 702 00:36:21,108 --> 00:36:23,970 If it was your husband she was meeting with, not you, 703 00:36:24,065 --> 00:36:27,041 if our accident investigators made a mistake... 704 00:36:30,231 --> 00:36:31,231 Listen, let me... 705 00:36:31,317 --> 00:36:32,969 Let me just explain. 706 00:36:33,485 --> 00:36:36,996 What Joe did was not embezzlement at all. 707 00:36:37,242 --> 00:36:39,112 He borrowed a little bit of money 708 00:36:39,262 --> 00:36:42,418 because we went so far overbudget with this remodel. 709 00:36:42,541 --> 00:36:45,121 Our contractor lied to us about what everything would cost. 710 00:36:45,179 --> 00:36:47,401 And we have this adjustable mortgage, 711 00:36:47,469 --> 00:36:49,491 and the payments have skyrocketed. 712 00:36:49,544 --> 00:36:52,466 We put everything we have into this house. 713 00:36:52,604 --> 00:36:56,017 Joe was just trying to keep us from losing our life savings. 714 00:36:56,221 --> 00:37:00,276 And... I wanted Mrs. Scott to know that. 715 00:37:00,371 --> 00:37:02,078 That sounds reasonable. 716 00:37:02,255 --> 00:37:04,173 So you wanted to explain that to her. 717 00:37:04,241 --> 00:37:06,945 So I called her, and I told her where to meet me. 718 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:10,276 I said I had some information she need for her audit. 719 00:37:11,122 --> 00:37:12,760 I was waiting for her. 720 00:37:12,868 --> 00:37:15,861 When she drove up, she, um... 721 00:37:15,930 --> 00:37:19,506 She rolled down the window without turning off her engine. 722 00:37:19,616 --> 00:37:22,322 I told her... I said if she would just give us a month, 723 00:37:22,369 --> 00:37:25,421 Joe would make things right, that he would flip the house 724 00:37:25,503 --> 00:37:28,329 and put all the money he borrowed back with interest. 725 00:37:28,397 --> 00:37:29,397 She agreed? 726 00:37:29,585 --> 00:37:31,223 No. She didn't. 727 00:37:31,306 --> 00:37:33,110 She said Joe would go to jail, 728 00:37:33,182 --> 00:37:37,183 she was going to report him, that she was just following orders. 729 00:37:37,555 --> 00:37:40,277 I argued with her, and she got really mad. 730 00:37:40,368 --> 00:37:44,308 And she drove off and missed the turn and... 731 00:37:44,363 --> 00:37:46,643 And drove over the side of the cliff. 732 00:37:48,052 --> 00:37:50,441 Oh. I was just so upset. 733 00:37:50,495 --> 00:37:52,844 I got back into my car, and I drove away. 734 00:37:53,008 --> 00:37:55,984 You could have called someone and waited for them to arrive. 735 00:37:56,056 --> 00:37:57,895 I know I should have. 736 00:37:57,991 --> 00:37:58,991 I know. 737 00:37:59,460 --> 00:38:02,804 But it was dark, and I was afraid. 738 00:38:03,072 --> 00:38:04,072 And I'm sorry. 739 00:38:04,101 --> 00:38:06,736 I'm so, so, so sorry. 740 00:38:07,146 --> 00:38:09,291 So sorry that you got in touch with your contractor 741 00:38:09,345 --> 00:38:11,475 and told him to have his workers 742 00:38:11,557 --> 00:38:14,205 finish up the remodel of your house? 743 00:38:14,315 --> 00:38:15,734 Listen... 744 00:38:15,816 --> 00:38:18,950 I was just making the best of a terrible situation. 745 00:38:19,005 --> 00:38:21,612 I thought if we could get the house in shape to sell, 746 00:38:21,650 --> 00:38:25,792 Joe had time to repay the money, 747 00:38:26,487 --> 00:38:28,504 which is what I told that woman we wanted to do. 748 00:38:28,542 --> 00:38:30,498 But she wouldn't listen. She refuses to listen. 749 00:38:30,525 --> 00:38:32,845 Well, that might have been because of the pepper spray 750 00:38:32,903 --> 00:38:35,767 that you spewed all over her face. 751 00:38:37,978 --> 00:38:39,727 That's a report from our scientific 752 00:38:39,795 --> 00:38:41,925 investigation division an the L.A. County 753 00:38:41,993 --> 00:38:43,604 coroner's office documenting 754 00:38:43,686 --> 00:38:45,739 that there was pepper spray on the victim's face 755 00:38:45,775 --> 00:38:47,072 and the steering wheel. 756 00:38:47,153 --> 00:38:49,094 Which is another reason I knew that it was you 757 00:38:49,149 --> 00:38:52,344 that called Maggie and not your husband, because the attack was so inept... 758 00:38:52,384 --> 00:38:54,173 There was no attack! 759 00:38:55,410 --> 00:38:58,016 That woman... She reached through the window, 760 00:38:58,052 --> 00:38:59,722 grabbed me by the arm, and 761 00:38:59,776 --> 00:39:02,527 tried to drag me along the road. 762 00:39:02,568 --> 00:39:04,370 She must have given your arm quite a bruise. 763 00:39:04,405 --> 00:39:05,906 Could I see that, please? 764 00:39:11,388 --> 00:39:13,559 That makes me wonder, Mrs. White, 765 00:39:13,955 --> 00:39:16,248 what else do you have up your sleeve? 766 00:39:17,823 --> 00:39:19,566 It's been awfully hot here lately. 767 00:39:19,641 --> 00:39:21,362 Your husband's in shorts and t-shirt. 768 00:39:21,404 --> 00:39:24,152 Sergeant Gabriel here took his jacket off the moment we sat down. 769 00:39:24,220 --> 00:39:27,456 And yet here you are, all covered up, head to toe. 770 00:39:31,901 --> 00:39:33,375 That is exactly the type of rash 771 00:39:33,453 --> 00:39:36,894 I'd expect to see on someone who was begging for mercy 772 00:39:36,972 --> 00:39:38,590 with a can of pepper spray. 773 00:39:38,923 --> 00:39:41,593 You may notice that I've got a similar rash on my legs. 774 00:39:41,675 --> 00:39:43,673 Like you, I didn't get anything on my hands. 775 00:39:43,701 --> 00:39:45,434 That's because we were both wearing gloves 776 00:39:45,435 --> 00:39:48,022 for different reasons when we were standing in the poison oak 777 00:39:48,078 --> 00:39:49,567 over Maggie Scott's body. 778 00:39:49,674 --> 00:39:52,475 She didn't die in that crash, did she? 779 00:39:54,182 --> 00:39:55,186 No. 780 00:39:55,252 --> 00:39:58,464 No, she pulled herself up out of that car 781 00:39:58,961 --> 00:40:02,807 and, crying for help, crawled her way back up to the road. 782 00:40:03,850 --> 00:40:07,208 She had a husband and a daughter. She was trying to see them again. 783 00:40:07,249 --> 00:40:10,151 She was doing everything she could, but you wouldn't let her. 784 00:40:10,179 --> 00:40:11,430 Stop. Please stop. 785 00:40:11,468 --> 00:40:12,800 Please stop?! 786 00:40:14,493 --> 00:40:17,851 Is that what Maggie said as you hiked down 787 00:40:17,906 --> 00:40:20,268 the side of the hill and beat her with a tree branch? 788 00:40:20,308 --> 00:40:22,728 Was she begging you to stop before you crushed her skull in 789 00:40:22,823 --> 00:40:26,304 and then left her body to be torn apart by coyotes? 790 00:40:26,359 --> 00:40:28,557 "Please stop!" it was far too late 791 00:40:28,614 --> 00:40:31,834 for "please stop." I was only trying 792 00:40:31,971 --> 00:40:34,210 to help my husband. 793 00:40:37,063 --> 00:40:39,781 Let's skip the part where you try to explain yourself. 794 00:40:39,890 --> 00:40:42,470 I just don't have the stomach for it today 795 00:40:53,967 --> 00:40:56,648 Because there's something else I need to know, Mrs. White... 796 00:40:56,715 --> 00:40:59,648 The whereabouts of an encrypted cellphone and a computer. 797 00:40:59,716 --> 00:41:02,337 And it is something I really need to know. 798 00:41:08,177 --> 00:41:10,102 That smells good. 799 00:41:10,252 --> 00:41:11,699 For all your help. 800 00:41:12,627 --> 00:41:15,768 Even withou trying, you always do. 801 00:41:18,417 --> 00:41:22,567 Still, nobody knows who Maggie was seeing all this time she came to L.A. 802 00:41:22,826 --> 00:41:25,712 Yeah, well, some secrets are best taken to the grave. 803 00:41:25,826 --> 00:41:28,415 Oh, uh, speaking of Maggie... 804 00:41:29,325 --> 00:41:33,070 Here are her computer and cellphone. 805 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:34,608 I don't know which is which. 806 00:41:34,663 --> 00:41:38,813 Maybe you could hand them over to agent Blackbird with my regards. 807 00:41:40,832 --> 00:41:42,579 Where did you find them? 808 00:41:43,794 --> 00:41:46,497 Susan White smashed them to bits 809 00:41:46,705 --> 00:41:49,712 and put them in a dumpster behind a nearby home depot 810 00:41:49,832 --> 00:41:51,661 along with the can of pepper spray. 811 00:41:51,729 --> 00:41:55,679 Nice. Got another little baggie in there with Maggie's prius in it? 812 00:41:55,757 --> 00:41:57,662 I'm sure it'll turn up by and by. 813 00:42:01,957 --> 00:42:03,420 The feds will take the residence. 814 00:42:03,421 --> 00:42:06,062 And after we sue civilaudio, our money problems will go 815 00:42:06,123 --> 00:42:07,949 from terminal to merely bad. 816 00:42:08,004 --> 00:42:11,757 Sir, if I might offer a suggestion, being that it was priority homicide... 817 00:42:11,758 --> 00:42:15,512 Actually, this is the first arrest of our new CTB homicide task force. 818 00:42:15,588 --> 00:42:17,203 - Congratulations. - Thank you, sir. 819 00:42:17,230 --> 00:42:18,793 I was wondering if some of the money 820 00:42:18,794 --> 00:42:20,937 could be applied to priority homicide's budget. 821 00:42:20,999 --> 00:42:24,405 The idea of losing personnel at this phase is just, uh... 822 00:42:25,375 --> 00:42:26,375 Oh, no. 823 00:42:28,686 --> 00:42:30,079 Well, that's not my car. 824 00:42:31,116 --> 00:42:33,110 No, sir. It's not. 825 00:42:36,625 --> 00:42:38,975 Sergeant, where is my car? 826 00:42:39,153 --> 00:42:44,126 Sir, I think in an effort to maintain access to the vehicle and other evidence 827 00:42:44,381 --> 00:42:46,981 pertaining to the murder, someone must have thought... 828 00:42:47,022 --> 00:42:50,060 You're just making all this up off the top of your head, right? 829 00:42:50,189 --> 00:42:53,739 I am, sir. I don't know how this happened. This is terrible. 830 00:42:53,821 --> 00:42:55,077 Go find my car. 831 00:42:55,159 --> 00:42:58,039 I'm finding it right now, sir. Thank you.