01x03 - Hot Clues

[bunniefuu]

The winds of change.

A man who sought
piece on these streets

comes to rest.

The long one. The
forever arrest.

Moidah.

So, who did it?

Was it the foul play of a mayor

wishing to keep this city his?

Or was it something
more personal?

Was it part of the
dark complications

you find behind those closed
doors in every family?

Well, I... I know someone
was giving this thought.

Yeah, just now. This morning.

Is that it for the questioning?

Because I have a doctor's
appointment that...

That's it for now.

I'll find you when I want more.

Johnson, we're opening
up Smith's phone.

If he made a call
while you and I were on

our beat last night,
then you're scot free.

The timeline will make it clear

that you had nothing
to do with it.

We'll have that phone
report in an hour.

David, I had nothing
to do with it.

Look, I'm sorry
I didn't tell you

I encountered him last night.

Before.

I-It's all been so confusing.

Well, I'm gonna go for a walk.

I really want a lime
right now... God damn it.

I want to go for a
walk and get centered.

Gail, it's gonna be okay.

Yeah, well, I'm just worried
about my kid right now, Mills.

Mills, now, when
you say limes...

Yeah, I mean scotch.

I do have a thing with limes,

but I also have a
thing with scotch.

That's got the wife worried...
Scotch... a little bit.

She doesn't like that.

She doesn't like the
lime thing either,

but she really doesn't like
the Scotch thing because...

I get it. Yeah, 'cause
when I get drunk,

I focus on my
limes all the time.

I work on my lime collection.

I lose family focus.

Antonio doesn't like that.

It's a struggle.

It's a lime struggle.

My lime struggle.

So, uh, I guess we're sisters.

I guess so.

Is your arm... Is your arm okay?

It's backwards, but,
y-yeah, thanks for asking.

We're so terribly
differently sized.

I'm ordinary,

and, well, you're magnificent.

Well, that's one way to put it.

Do you want to get a cup
of coffee or something?

Pancakes? Trish?

Well, I don't... I-I don't know.

I have an awfully long
day ahead of me and...

Yeah. Me, too.

I-I have to start wrestling
in underground lady fights

to make some money with
a backwards arm, so...

Tomorrow? What's that?

Tomorrow morning.

Coffee, pancakes.

Yeah.

Do you know Delmonico's?

8:00? Good.

Who do you think did
it? I haven't a clue.

Yeah, well, I hope the cops do.

Who has the bag? The Motherless.

So, they have the money?

Yeah, but I have
a plan to get it.

My mom is wrestling in
these back alley matches

to make that money back,
and... she got hurt already.

I'm worried what's
gonna happen to her.

I want to get that money back.

Be careful.

Mm, rain soup.

Yeah, rain soup.

How are
those lungs, Chuck?

Oh, well, just harder and harder

to catch my breath.
Chuck, I'm sorry.

I wish I could do better
than the rain soup.

I guess being a male prost*tute

wasn't the best strategy
for long-term security

while we were waiting
for that ship to come in.

You sold an HJ in May.

I did. I did sell an HJ in May.

But that ain't gonna get us
that white picket fence, kid.

It's around the bend.

Darkest before...

Darkest before...

I will deliver at
the Tenderloin mark.

Darkest before...

The dawn, yeah.

You're not gonna be able to walk

to the doctor today, are you?

You'll have to go.

Get the news.

For sure.

They'll give you
the X-rays and such.

You're my common law husband
by now, street hustler boy.

I guess I am, 34th Street Chuck.

"We" by now.

Yeah, "we."

Narrator: The
little ones here...

They have to toughen.

The little ones.

To take care of themselves
and those they love very much.

Here, the little ones.

Which leads me back to suits.

Did you know doctors will
spend 80% greater time

with a person who cares to
come to their visit in a suit?

Probably greater care.

Subconscious, probably.

Nevertheless, harder.

Life... if you can't snag a suit

for those heavier-suit moments.

Is that true?

The suit thing?

And doctors?

That's a fact.

Hey, how about a paper?

Mm, well, I see that you're not

holding any money. Right.

A-And I can see also that
you're not wearing any pants.

Right. So, hmm.

Well, there are no
pockets in your situation.

There are no pockets
in my situation.

So there's no money
in your situation.

There is no money
in my situation.

Yeah, well, here's the news.

Read all about it.

Why were you asking
about doctors

and... and suits?

I have a doctor's
appointment this afternoon.

It's pretty serious, so I guess

I'd like to be taken seriously.

Well, you should
wear pants, then.

Yeah, I should.

Hey, let's make you some
newspaper paper pants.

What do you say?
Go on, take a few.

That's yesterday's news.

Yeah, so am I.

Johnson. Johnson, it's Mills.

The old man's
phone report is in.

He made a call at
10:20 last night,

and you and I were together
from 8:00 until this morning.

You're clear.

But Gavin's taking you off it.

Because the guy's your family.

You're off the case, Johnson.

Our suspects,
they're your family.

So you're going to
robbery, Johnson.

I get another guy. Robbery?

I worked my way up
through Robbery already.

Well...

Narrator: In what sort of
city does its mayor conspire

in the open with the
city's major crime lord

and a police captain at
the feet of strippers?

In Ultra City, sister.

How's the new kid
doing on the case?

Well, a pretty good
cop, turns out.

I thought he rolled
off the turnip truck.

Man, we lucked out.
Lucked out how?

Gail Johnson.

About the best we have.

They would have
made a good team.

But she's a Smith, it turns out.

And she's off it now.

I got her in Robbery.

I just need to keep her there.

So, the kid's getting
a new partner, right?

Well, who's
your worst detective?

Put him with... I
don't have a worst one.

I ever distracted one, though.

A ladies man, a skirt chaser.

Nico Onasis. He's a sensualist.

I don't think he's
made an actual arrest

in three years.

He's probably slept
with a thousand women,

and men.

He's not going to have spare
time to solve a m*rder.

13.

14.

Okay, .

Narrator: Detective Nico
Onasis... sensualist.

Wow, . Been doing 15 reps

for the last 23 years...
Until this morning.

Couldn't get 15 all
the way back up today.

He's 43, man.

That happens.

The fade. Natural as rain.

Oh, man.

This is k-kind of
a situation here.

That's the risk of a
bachelor maxing out.

Rggh, gah!

Oh, wow. We did it!

I did it.

Phew. Oh, my God.

Ah, the Fed.

I'm gonna need a spotter.

I should probably get
married now because of that.

I'm getting married, dude!

Mills. Onasis.

Let's get out
there. Central Park.

The Smith m*rder. You got it.

I swept it last night,
but it was pitch black.

Let's go see what's
shining in the sun.

Clue-wise. You got it.

Announcer:
Are you ready for this,

underground surf
shop wrestling fans?

Disgraced former ladies'
heavyweight champ

and current m*rder suspect of
our beloved Carpenter Smith

is gonna take on 14
regular sized men.

Ding-ding-ding.

Man: TMZ has learned the
identity of the mother

of Ultra City's famous
little forgotten one...

Police station baby...

And it is a stunner.

It was 30 years ago when a
newborn was simply abandoned

in the middle of the city...

Left at the back door of
Police Station House 6.

Sadly left there for
days undiscovered,

police station baby...

Nearly died.

The woman who left her
baby that fateful day...

Academy Award-winning
actress Trish McSapphire.

What are you hoping
to find? Shell casing.

If there isn't one, we're
chasing a pro, Nico,

because he picked it up.

If something's
shining there, well,

we're dealing with
another sort of person...

Desperately unsure.

You get it? You married?

Yeah. I'm getting married.

Congratulations.
When's the wedding?

Yeah, I don't know.

I have to meet my wife first.

Then we'll probably
decide that together.

You haven't met your wife yet?

I just decided to
get married today

when I was working out.

I've been giving it thought,

and... and I'm getting older.

And... And I need a spotter...

Literally, but, uh,
in other way, too...

To help me with the
heavy lifting of life.

And I'll help her... or him.

And now, I can be
better detective

because I won't be
asking everybody out

because I'm getting married.

Let's start this matter, dude!

Let's go see what's
shining in the sun.

Man: Looking forward to having
you back in Robbery, Gail.

We'll get you with your
new partner tomorrow.

Yeah.

That's bull.

It's not fair what
happened to you.

Hey, and I know you're
worried about Trevor,

but chin up, kid.

It's not too late for him.

I just made 43,000.

Look, we can send him
to that clarinet camp

in the Catskills.

I'll get the money in the bank

first thing in the morning

and then pay the
registration fee.

We are not letting the
city take this kid.

I want the money.

I want... the money.

That's not even loa...

I want the money.

Woman: 911. Hold, please.

Man: Dude down in Central Park.

Car 9 on it, 'cause
we were almost there.

'Cause we were hauling a*s there
anyway for clues. Haul a*s!

I'm gonna stick my
chest out the window

to photograph
anyone who might be

fleeing the scene
on my vest cam!

That is a good idea.

Why hasn't anyone ever
thought of that before?

I don't know! I
just thought of it!

But I wasn't thinking
about girls and guys.

That's rad.

Way to go, a new kid. You drove.

I cannot get.

Yeah, nice one. Hot clue?

No, cold. It's been
out here all night.

It's the Carpenter
casing. Way to go, kid.

Smith was shot in
this very same spot.

What is going on here?

Hey, what's that
shining in the sun?

Is it hot? It's hot as hell.

They look a hell of a lot alike.

Maybe they came
from the same g*n.

You read my mind.

Narrator: Maybe you're
wondering... is it a coincidence

that the most dangerous
man in the world

was released this week
back into these streets?

The very week that there's
a scramble for power

in the town this very little
man once ran in a very big way.

TMZ reporter Tim Snodgrass
was shot in the back

in Central Park today.

Cedars Hospital says
the patient suffered

severe spinal damage
and a sustained period

of unconsciousness,
the effects of which

remain undetermined.

Hey, brother.
Nico: Hey, brother.

This thing just got weirder.

The b*llet from our
guy this afternoon?

Yeah? Same g*n that
k*lled Carpenter K. Smith.

We got a bead on
the g*n, brother.

Now we just have to find
out who pulled the trigger.

Bright and early, baby.

Bright and early, baby.

Narrator: Bad time
to go lime, kid.

You're getting close
to catching a k*ller.

Fight the lime.

Way to go, sister!