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01x09 - Collateral

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Ballard". Aired: July 9, 2025.*
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LAPD Detective Renee Ballard oversees a new cold case division in the department.

01x09 - Collateral

Post by bunniefuu »

[Ballard] Previously
on
Ballard...

Bosch's guy pulled 14 numbers
off of Driscoll's phone.

All burners. We traced one of them
directly to Olivas last night.

[Ballard] Number ends in 0666.

[Martina] Manny Santos.

My boyfriend. He was
getting texts from Olivas.


Manny Santos? Hey!

No!

[Ballard] You're burned, Manny.

You're just the only one
who knows it right now.

Don't you wanna
keep it that way?

My name is Officer
Emmanuel Santos.

I'm cooperating of
my own volition.

I was a part of group of cops

across the LAPD that colluded
with the Zacatecas Nuevas cartel.


You don't call me,
Manny. I call you.

-What do you want?
-[Ballard] I just wanted to see your face.

[officer] LAPD. Put
your hands on your head.

[Abril] Does the
cartel has my son?


We are going to keep
looking for him.

You said that there was a
video of Luis with Gael.

I narrowed it down to seven kids who
could be a match for Gael Ibarra.

These are the addresses where
each one first entered the system,

but this one was surrendered at a
firehouse six blocks from the Sunbeam.

[Ballard] The connection between
these victims is behavior.

What if our k*ller was punishing these
women for stepping out of their place?

It's lipstick.

It was found under Sarah's
bed like she dropped it there.

That's not Sarah's. That's Othella.
It's a brand for Black women.

There was no analysis done
on the lipstick inside.

If it wasn't Sarah's,
then whose was it?

Results on the lipstick?

Yep. You were right.
Lipstick wasn't Sarah's.

Original IO only
swabbed the outside.

{\an8}Darcy tested the actual lipstick.
Got a sample, and a hit in CoDIS.

Hell yes.

DNA matched a woman named Naomi Bennett.
In the system for a 2003 felony.

Naomi Bennett. Arrested in 2003
for a hot prowl in Sacramento.

-Hot prowl?
-A burglary with an occupant inside.

Naomi broke into the home of
a woman. Twenty-six years old.

Living alone, asleep
in her bed at the time.

Sounds like one of our victims.

What if our k*ller
wasn't a solo act?

Hmm. You think this Naomi
person may be working with him?

-Could be.
-Female accomplice?

It's not that uncommon actually.

Gerald and Charlene Gallego, Myra Hindley
and Ian Brady, the Ken and Barbie K*llers.

Okay, Reddit.

-[grunts]
-All right. Deep dive on Naomi.

Every database we got, forwards
and backwards from '03.

Get creative.

Flag on the play. The serial k*ller's
accomplice theory doesn't hold.

November 2000.
Sawtelle. Check it out.

-Naomi Bennett was assaulted?
-Strangled in her home. Left for dead.

November 2000.

That was five months before
Sarah Pearlman's m*rder.

Naomi Bennett wasn't
an accomplice.

She was a victim.

A victim who survived.

[gasps, cries]

This is huge. She could
ID your serial k*ller.

That's what we're hoping.
Thing is, she's in Madera.

-Madera?
-It's a cow town. Central Valley.

I did check.

The department
plane is available.

That's not happening.

Just get Madera PD to set
up a virtual interview.

You want me to re-traumatize
an as*ault victim on Zoom?

And then try to extract


Good point.

Have a nice drive.

Right. [sighs]

On the corruption case, DA's office
wants written statements from your team.

Are you hearing
anything else from them?

Case is strong.

Indictments should be coming
in the next week or two.

I bet it feels good.

Knowing what you've been
through with Olivas.

But Renée, he's well liked.

So, just keep your head down.

Copy that.

Hey, Parker. Pack a bag.

Meet me at the Ahmanson.
We leave in 45.

Whoa. Renée Ballard.

J. Edgar. It's been
a while. You good?

Trying to be.

Heard you're breaking the
Sarah Pearlman case open.

Turned a cold m*rder hot?

-Heard from who?
-Mutual friend.

[chuckles] I'm glad, Ballard.

-I'm glad you landed on your feet.
-Mmm. Jury's still out. [scoffs]

I don't know. I'm
hearing rumblings.

Y-You close this big one, they
might bump you back to Homicide.

[chuckles] How many department
rumors turn out to be true? Come on.

Well, this one has legs.

I'm crossing my fingers 'cause
I could use a new partner.

Yeah? Who they got you with?

They got me with Tomlinson,
and I kid you not,

this guy spends all
day checking Bitcoin.

[both chuckle]

Stay out of trouble, Renée.

[inhales deeply, sighs]

I cannot believe you got
Berchem to approve the plane.

-Well...
-Well?

He didn't. Hope you
like a road trip.

-I guess.
-[phone buzzes]

-As long as you let me DJ. [chuckles]
-[chuckles]

-What? News on the corruption case?
-No. It's Laffont.

He just got approval to go
see Gael and collect his DNA.

We might actually reunite
this kid with his mom.

[scoffs] You know, everything
is coming up Cold Case unit.

Look, I know we took some bad
beats, but you can feel it, right?

Like something big's
coming around the corner?

You sound like Colleen.

[chuckles]

Okay, sounds good. Will do.

That was Ballard.

She said that the DA's office
is requesting written statements

on the Manny Santos case, so while
we wait for her and Parker...

-Written statements?
-Letters make words. Left to right.

[scoffs] Can you
put that thing down?

No, I mean, statements
about what exactly?

-Well, let's ask the expert. Detective.
-[Laffont grunts]

The DA's office wants
statements about the...

Oh, uh, I heard.

Um, detail your actions during
the investigation. Be specific.

Stick to your own POV. It'll
be different for each of you.

[scoffs] Homework.

You okay with that?

Uh, yeah.

[clicks tongue] I think
I'm gonna enjoy this.

-Especially the ending.
-Just stick to the facts.

And if you need any help...

[sighs]

-Hey. Everything okay?
-Yeah.

I got Gael's DNA.

Oh, that-that's a
good thing. Isn't it?

Yeah, Darcy's gonna run it,
but it's just the foster home.

I mean, it's a caring place,
but they're under-resourced.

Even when, uh, the system is working,
it's not working well enough.

[clicks tongue,
sighs] It's a shame.

[sighs] God, I hate this part.

Ms. Bennett? I'm
Detective Renée Ballard.

This is Officer Parker.

We're with the LAPD. We'd like
to ask you some questions.

About?

November 2000.

[sighs]

All of them are dead...

And-And I'm-I'm the only one.

I know.

It's a lot to process.

[inhales shakily]

That was decades ago and I could
barely remember any details back then.

The detectives, they
would ask me questions,

but it's like my mind didn't want
me to remember. [inhales sharply]

I-I don't know
how to explain it.

I understand.

I do.

But the smallest
detail could help us.

We'd like to show
you some things.

See if they spark your memory.

[grunts, sighs]

I don't know. [sighs]

Actually, you know,
why don't we, um...

Why don't we give you the night?

And we can speak to
you in the morning.

Okay?

Yeah.

You had a feeling?

Now who sounds
more like Colleen?

I know.

But I could tell that
she was boxing us out.

[sighs] Sometimes you
only get one shot.

[Ballard] Yeah, but
it can take time.

You know. You've
been through it.

[sighs]

I still can't
believe we got him.

[sighs]

-[clears throat]
-Oh, boy.

Well, I don't know what
business brings ladies like you

to this fair part of the country,
but God bless capitalism.

-[both chuckle]
-[chuckles] Work trip, am I right?

-You sure are, cowboy.
-I knew it.

Let me buy you a round.

Uh, we're still in the
middle of this one actually.

Oh, come on. All work
and no play? Is that it?

-Let's have some fun. [laughs]
-[laughs] Oh.

Oh, don't you worry.
I got a permit for it.

-Ah.
-And, uh, I know how to handle it.

[chuckles]

-Fastest hands in the west, I bet.
-Like Billy the g*dd*mn Kid.

[chuckling]

So, how about it?

Yeah, we're just finishing
up our wings and...

Tired of tipping
back beers? Hmm?

Well, what if I could get my hands
on something to, uh... [sniffs]

...light up the
night a little bit?

-Catch my drift?
-[chuckles]

-I think we do.
-Yeah?

-Mm-hmm.
-[chuckles]

-Oh. Um...
-You know what?

I got a permit for mine too.

-Right. [chuckles] I, uh...
-Go on now.

-Just gonna... Okay.
-Get.

[Ballard laughing]

[sighs] Sometimes
it's just too fun.

[sighs]

I don't wanna move
too fast with Naomi.

She's got that as*ault
buried so deep,

we could lose our chance if
we don't tread carefully.

I don't know.

What if we do the opposite?

[knock on door]

-Good morning, Ms. Bennett.
-Good morning.

Look, I'm-I'm so sorry.

I-I stayed up all
night racking my brain,

and I really wanna help you,
but there's nothing to tell.

-I've moved on. Thank you.
-Naomi.

[sighs] Look, hear me
out. I know this is hard.

But the reality is we
need you to do this

for all the women that he's hurt,
and all the women that he could hurt.

[inhales sharply]

It's not that I don't want to.

I just can't.

Yeah, because you're
too far from it.

It's like you said,
your mind won't let you.

Maybe that'll change
if you go all in.

Come back to LA with us.

Wait? Come back to LA?

Maybe if you go back and you immerse
yourself, it's a way to remember.

[breathes deeply]

[sighs]

[inhales sharply, sighs]

[breathes shakily] Wait.

Is that...

That's how we found you.

Wow.

[sniffles, sighs]

[sighs]

Everything fell apart for
that girl. [inhales sharply]

Can you tell us more?

Um...

[sniffles]

Um, after what happened, I,
um, I just left, you know?

I thought getting
away would help.

I started drinking.

And then, I couldn't
drink enough.

The first time I tried coke,
I was like, "Thank God."

But eventually that wasn't
enough either, so...

[sniffles]

After that, um, I got arrested.

The burglary in '03?

I tried to break into my
friend's house, and, ugh...

that was my rock bottom.

That was the end of a nosedive
that all started with him.

[inhales sharply] Things
were good before that.

So, it's like, I look at
this girl and I just...

It just crushes me, you know?

[swallows] When you say "good"?

[inhales deeply] I was happy.

I had my own place.

I'd been grinding through beauty
school... [sniffles] ...for years,

and paying my own way.

And then I finally, finally
got a chair in a salon.

And I was like...

Man.

I mean, I skipped
to work every day.

It might not seem
like much, but...

But it was everything to me.

[sniffles, sighs]

Two months before Naomi was attacked,
she landed a chair at Jolie in Mar Vista.

That sounds familiar.

Like Elena's promotion, or
Laura Wilson's commercial gig.

But for that to motivate
our guy to go after Naomi,

-he'd have to know about it.
-Exactly.

So look for anyone with proximity.
Friends, family, employees at the salon.

Uh, employees at the
Jolie strip mall. Anyone.

Councilman Pearlman.

Everything all right?

Things are turning nasty,
with the election coming up.

My opponent... [sighs]
...wants to make my connection

to the Cold Case unit a central
campaign point against me.

-Guys, I am working as fast as I can.
-And we recognize that.

But we have another ask.

I'm setting up an interview with KTLA
to get in front of the narrative.

-And we want you to...
-No.

We want you to join
Jake on camera.

Hell no. You came
here to talk politics?

-I-I have a million...
-We wanted to meet in person.

-Talk it out.
-Bullshit.

You knew that if you called
me, I'd hang up on you.

Okay, just t-try to think
big picture here, Ballard.

It's not just Councilman's
political career that's on the line.

It's his influence.

What's this?

Everything about my relationship
with Manny. Right up to his arrest.

And why are you giving it to me?

Make sure it's
thorough. Professional.

I don't want anything
to screw this up.

Oh.

I'm sure Laffont probably...

Laffont's too nice to be honest.

You lack the tact to be polite.

Okay then.

-Hey, Ballard.
-[Ballard] Hey.

-I found, uh, something.
-[phone buzzing]

Back in 2000, there
was a hot wings spot

at the Jolie mall,
right next to the salon.

Had an employee
named Casey Robbins.

-Casey Robbins have a record?
-Oh, no. Something more than that.

[inhales sharply] In 2000,
Casey Robbins lived in Palms

on Jasmine Avenue,
just north of Venice.

One of the same blocks
that another victim,

Josie Culver, canvassed
for Hillary Clinton.

Josie Culver knocked on
Casey Robbins's door.

He has a connection
to two of our victims?

-That's something, all right.
-I told ya.

Can you get a photo
of him from 2000?

[sighs]

[sighs] Naomi, I know it's been a long
time, but do you recognize this man?

[breathing shakily]

Um, I'm not sure.

[stammers] I still can't picture
his face, but I'm trying.

Don't worry about it.

-It's okay.
-Thank you.

Where's Casey right now?

I couldn't find a current on him.
But found his mom. Woodland Hills.

All right. Rawls and I
will go check it out.

You guys cross reference every victim
with this guy Robbins, all right?

This is our angle.

Rawls.

[scoffs]

What?

The sh*t women have to
deal with is messed up.

[sighs] I just... I read
Martina's statement.

And... [stammers] ...everything
that happened to Naomi.

I mean, all-all these cases.

Yeah. It's not ideal.

And you're expected to date under
these circumstances. I mean...

Honestly, what's that like?

I mean, I guess it's
like getting on the 405.

The traffic sucks, but you
still gotta get across town.

[chuckling]

What about you?

D-Dating wise.

Oh, you mean my foundation?

What?

Oh. Ted Rawls's Foundation
for Hungry Single Women.

It's our mission to feed
any hungry single woman

at LA's finest establishments,

drinks included, for four dates, give
or take, until we amicably part ways.

Jesus, Ted.

[chuckles, sighs]

I mean, I date. I...

I haven't been in a
relationship in forever.

Psych 101 probably says
that you can't have my dad

and come away with a
winning approach to love.

I don't know. Maybe I'm
part of the problem.

Well, at least you're rich.

[both chuckle]

Yeah.

Yeah, I could believe a
serial k*ller grew up here.

[scoffs] Yeah.

Only one car.

-Why don't you check out back?
-Uh-huh.

-Hi.
-You're here about the dog then?

-The dog?
-You're a little early.

Don't just stand there.

[sighs]

[gasps] You're a cop.

I love Law & Order.

"You have the right to
remain silent." [chuckles]

You know, after the apocalypse,

all that will be left are
c*ck and cop shows.

And that will be
just fine by me.

You live alone?

Oh, I did, till my
son moved back in.

Casey.

He's a real mama's boy.

[Ballard] Is your
son here right now?

[stammers] No?

No. He stepped out.

Do you mind if I
use your restroom?

I just had too much
coffee on the way in.

Uh... [stammers] ...sure.

Sure, if you're brave
enough. You go right ahead.

Thanks.

[knocking on door]

[Casey's mom] You okay?

Hope you didn't fall in.

"Right to remain silent." Oh.

-[sighs]
-Well, come on now.

Let's get what you came for.

Uh, actually, I just
realized that I need...

[Casey] Mama?

Oh, dear.

There you are, sweetie. Hi.

Who the hell is this?

-She's the woman about the dog.
-That woman canceled.

Who the hell are you?

She's a cop.

-Got a badge and everything.
-Yeah. I think I should get out of here.

That's a good idea.

"Anything you say can and
will be used against you."

Step aside.

Step aside!

-Step...
-Everything good in here?

[Ballard] Rawls.

Do you want to get
the car started?

Get animal services
over here, and call SIS.

That creep doesn't go
anywhere without a shadow.

Looked like a horror show in there.
Think he'll consent to a search?

He doesn't have to.

-I already got his DNA.
-Oh. [chuckles]

-Hey, now. [chuckles]
-[Ballard] Hey.

Tutu? Wow. I mean, it's...

It's 9:30.

A perfectly respectable
time for mimosas.

[chuckles]

This new lead sounds like
a cause for celebration.

Maybe. Under normal
circumstances.

And how would one describe
current circumstances?

Well, if I solve
this serial case,

there could be a move back
to Homicide in my future.

And that's not a good thing?

[stammers, sighs]

You like where you are.

[sighs] You know,
I think I might.

Even more reason to celebrate.
I'll get the glasses.

-[chuckles]
-[phone buzzes]

g*dd*mn it.

[sighs]

-Hey, what's up?
-[Ballard] Hey, Parker. Casey's a bust.

The toothbrush sample didn't match
the DNA we got from the palm print.

No.

[groans] I know we were
supposed to take a morning off,


but I need you to get Naomi
into a black and white.

It's time for her to
go see the apartment.

-You sure she's ready for that?
-I mean, she has to be.

[stammers] Okay.
We'll meet you there.

Frack! You know what? I can't.

I gotta go meet Pearlman and Hastings
to prep for this stupid interview.

[sighs] You know what?

-You go. Take Laffont.
-You got it.

-No notes. Great job.
-Really?

[Ted] Actually, one note.

That guy was an as*h*le.

Uh... Uh, wait. Two notes.

You know you deserve
better than that, right?

Okay. Good.

-Good morning.
-Good morning.

-[sighs]
-How'd you sleep?

[sighs] I'm not sure
that I did. Uh...

[grunts] Well, unit's currently empty,
so we can take all the time we need.

Okay.

-[breathing heavily]
-The memories are there.

Just let them surface.

[breathing heavily]

It's weird.

Smells the same.

[inhales deeply, exhales deeply]

I'd only been here a few months.

My first place by myself.

[inhales deeply, sighs]

Uh... That night, I, uh...

I had drinks after work with a
few friends from the salon, and...

and then I came
home, not too late.

Do you remember anything
being off when you got home?

[sighs]

No.

[floor creaks]

That creak.

[stammers, breathes shakily]

I used to step over that creak.

[breathes shakily]

But that night, I heard it and I
knew somebody was in the apartment.

-[breathing shakily]
-[floor creaking]

Where were you?
When you heard it?

[breathing shakily, stammers]

I was...

I was asleep.

In bed.

There.

[breathing shakily]

There was a dresser
on that wall.

Used to be... [stammers]
...a fan there.

What's that sound?
It was after, uh...

Was it after? [gasps]

[gasping]

I remember when he was...

[breathes shakily] There
were people outside.

They were laughing.

[sniffles] His, uh...

[cries] His eyes.

[breathes shakily]
I remember his eyes.

They were brown.

You're sure?

[breathes shakily] I'm positive.

Um...

[breathes shakily] Oh, God.

I can almost see his face.

[cries] And then it fades away.

[breathing shakily]

-sh*t. Okay.
-Okay, okay. Don't worry.

Don't force it, okay? This
was really good, Naomi.

I just need a minute.
[breathes shakily]

-Okay.
-I just... [breathes shakily]

Progress.

A little.

Just...

-I just hope it was worth it.
-Oh, she'll get there.

She's doing good.

I'll call Ballard, ask her to put
in a request for a sketch artist.

There are over 6,000 unsolved
murders in this city.

Many of them involving
victims with families

who don't have the
power to pull strings.

As the son of a blue-collar mom
and dad, I know what that's like.

And now with this unit,
I'm using my position

to fight like hell for all those
families waiting for answers.

But Councilman, what do you have
to say to those critics who say

you are funneling money into
solving your sister's m*rder,

while the city's crime and homelessness
problems spin out of control?

I'd say those critics are
misguided... [stammers]

Councilman?

-May I?
-Please.

Cher, you mentioned
funneling money.

[chuckles]

The Cold Case unit has one
full salaried employee. Me.

The rest of my team are volunteers. We
work in the basement of this building.

And yet we're still
getting results.

Just last week,
we closed a case.

m*rder of a 19-year-old boy.

We arrested a k*ller who was
walking the streets for seven years.

Well, that's impressive,
but if Detective Ballard

{\an8}is actually clearing cases like she
says, then why is it that your office


is in discussions with the police
commission about replacing her?

Well, I'm not sure where you're
getting your information,

but whenever we play
with taxpayer money,

it's always important
to constantly reassess.

-Even if changes aren't necessary...
-What the hell?

First time hearing about it.

...just to ensure that resources
are properly allocated.


It was due diligence after
the attack at your house.

-That's all. A contingency plan.
-Then why didn't you say that?

There were also some concern about
the other case you were building.

-Against Robert Olivas.
-What?

It was suggested that there might
have been some personal motivation.

-Oh.
-We should've back channeled.

This was a mistake.

Oh, on that, I
wholeheartedly agree.

Oh, gosh.

-[Ballard] Hey.
-Oh, hey. [clears throat]

-Please tell me you bought beer.
-I did, but, um...

-I... I told him he could come in.
-What?

But...

[sighs]

Hey.

Hi.

Sorry to swing by. I wanted
to talk to you in person.

Okay.

Um...

We...

We started this casually.

That was the agreement.

And it was good.

It was great. [chuckles]

But when you were attacked, and I was on
the other end of that call with you, I...

[stammers] It was awful.

I mean, it... I was worried
about you, obviously, but...

it was more than that.

And I realized...

I want something more.

[sighs]

I... [sighs]

I don't know what to say.

No, you don't have
to say anything.

Because I know you can't give
something more right now anyway.

[sighs]

I can't let myself
be a casualty here.

I'm sorry, Renée.

You're quiet this morning.

More than usual.

Everything good?

Brown eyes.

That's all we got so far. She
didn't give you anything else.

Okay, but she will.

Or she might.

You know, she was with the
sketch artist all morning.

Maybe there was
some progress made.

We're putting her through
all of this again.

How much damage is worth doing to her?
If we don't even get what we need.

Come on.

You know sometimes it just takes
one thing to blow open a case.

Just one tiny thing.

And you know that sometimes
that thing never comes.

[radio chatter]

[Naomi] Good morning.

-Good morning.
-Morning.

-[sighs]
-How are you doing?

[groans] I'm fine.

But, uh, why're we here if the
as*ault happened in my apartment?

Because we're struggling, Naomi.

Ballard.

It's true that, uh, the picture we showed
you of Casey Robbins, that was a miss.

And we ran the list of employees
at the strip mall three times.

Nothing. So... [sighs] ...maybe
being back here will spark something.

Can you tell me which
one the salon was?

[sighs] Um, my chair
was by that window.

Do you remember any male
clients that stood out to you?

Jolie only serviced women.

Any coffee shops or restaurants
nearby that you'd go to?

I used to bring my own
food. [breathes shakily]

What are the chances of you
actually finding this guy?

I mean, if I can't remember.

Is there some other way?

[Parker] We're figuring it out,
okay? Don't get discouraged.

Why didn't she park in the lot?

That employee.

She didn't park in the lot.

Um, when I worked here, the
company that owned the mall

didn't allow employees
to park out front.

So we had to park around the
corner, up a side street.

Can you show us where?

Let's find out who
lived here back in 2000.

If Naomi was parking here, she could
have been spotted on the way to work.

You know that building?

It was under
construction back then.

Parker. Listen, I...
Naomi, thank you.

All right, guys, we're expanding our
search to the 1400 block of Ashland.

Naomi parked off-site, so there's a
chance she encountered our k*ller there.

All right. I'll look into ownership
records, divvy them up with Martina.

Okay. Hey, where's Rawls?

-Isn't he supposed to be here?
-He called.

Uh, said he had something
to do on his way in.

All right, well, fold
him in when he gets here.

-Laffont.
-Mm-hmm.

Naomi didn't recognize
her attacker,

which means he was on the
periphery of her life.

Someone she never noticed,
but who noticed her.

Yeah. There was a real
estate office on the corner.

It was renovated in 2000.

I spoke to the owner and he said he was
gonna send me a list of sub-contractors.

Oh, he already did. Great.

I'm gonna forward this to you,
so that you can have a lo...

No.

No way.

What?

No f*cking way. That, uh...

That's gotta be a
coincidence, right?

Naomi, these men may or may not
have been involved in your attack.

But can you tell me if
you recognize any of 'em?

[sighs]

Okay. [breathes shakily]

All right.

[breathing shakily]

It's number four.

Definitely. Oh, my God.
[stammers] Oh, my God.

Naomi, are you sure?

[inhales heavily]

-Okay?
-Yeah.

[breathes shakily]

So?

Tom, it's him.

Who?

Gary Pearlman.

What?

The Councilman's dad?

Oh, my God.

Pearlman Electric was one of the subs
on the Landmark Realty build-out.

Gary watched her walk to
her new job every day.

To her new life.

[sighs]

She was on top of the world.

And he couldn't have that.

Why didn't anyone flag
a connection in the DNA?

There wasn't one.

I reviewed the results
with Darcy myself.

We need Gary's DNA. Where's...

Where's Rawls?

I mean, she ruffles
feathers. I get it.

But replacing her would be a
colossal mistake, and Jake...

He-He needs to know that.

[sighs] I'm sorry. He said
he'd be about 20 minutes.

-You don't mind me waiting here for him?
-[Gary] No, not at all.

You've really, uh, changed
your tune on her, haven't you?

Can I assume she's making
headway in Sarah's case?

Oh, yeah.

We found a living victim.

Can you believe that?

-You're... You're kidding.
-No.

No, k*ller left her
for dead in 2000.

Wow.

So, uh, what has she told you?

I mean, did she ID
the son of a b*tch?

No, but it's been a
lot of years, you know?

A lotta... lotta
trauma to wade through.

Yeah.

But Ballard, you know, she
doesn't waste an opportunity.

Speaking of...

-Yo, boss. What's up?
-[Ballard] Hey, Rawls.

Listen, I know this is gonna
sound crazy, but it's true.

Naomi just ID'd Gary
Pearlman. He's our k*ller.

-What?
-[Ballard] Yeah.

We need you back here. Now.

Uh...

Yeah. Yeah, I can
work on that for you.

-Rawls, where are you?
-Uh, I...

I stopped by Jake's place.

I'm with his dad.

Um...

But I'll be back
at the office soon.

It's all good.

-No, Gary! Wait! Don't...
-[g*n fires]

[gasps] Rawls?

[pants] Oh, my God. [sighs]