06x01 - The Overlook

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An LAPD homicide detective works to solve the m*rder of a 13-year-old boy while standing trial in federal court for the m*rder of a serial k*ller.
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06x01 - The Overlook

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Last season on Bosch...

Any airport out there reading this, this is Detective Harry Bosch, LAPD.

Time to jump, cop. In-air incident.

One passenger dead.

One missing.

I am inbound to Whiteman Airport. Out.

Did you k*ll someone?

I did. They were trying to k*ll me.

How many people have you k*lled?

Why the hell would you ask a question like that?

His name is Gary Wise.

He was my C.I.

This is not your fault, J. It feels like it.

What happened?

I think someone saw him talking to Marcos and Arias.

Thing is...

I put 'em together.

Did you work the Skyler m*rder case?

Somebody in my office said they're investigating it.

No basis for it. It's bullshit.

I've never planted evidence. Never.

I believe you.

Clear, right? Wait!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Crate and Barrel.

This is the perfect opportunity to clear out the dead wood.

We can't force 'em to retire. No, but we can move them.

Where?

CAPs. f*cking CAPs. Jumped on cases.

Bunch of "he said, she said."

No. f*ck that!

I'll eat my g*n first!

Charlie Hovan.

DEA. You under?

14 months.

What's all the blue? Districts where you're leading in our preliminary polling.

You are aware police chiefs have not had much success as mayoral candidates.

Somebody's juking the stats. I'll look into it.

You really think it's gonna come to that? -What?

Blowing the whistle.

I got a text this morning from someone in the D.A.'s office.

Who's your source?

Now, you know I can't tell you that.

The matter before the court is withdrawn.

Detective Bosch, I wish you the best of luck, sir.

And you're welcome in my courtroom anytime.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Maybe Maddie could come intern with me, see how the other half lives.

I know what you did.

What's going on? Boyfriend trouble?

'Cause I noticed a little tension. It's not him.

It's you.

Me?

What'd I do? Nothing.

You're just you. Something curious came up when we searched Gary Wise's apartment.

We found a Smith & Wesson nine mil, confiscated in a drug bust.

How'd it get back on the streets? Mm. Good question.

It's got to be an inside job.

What did Gary have to do with these people?

Why'd they k*ll my son?

Your source... what's his name?

Jacques Avril.

Runs a chain of 7-Elevens in the South Bay.

Does it ring a bell or...? Ki sa?

Are you who I think you are? And who is that?

Jacques Avril, the Butcher of Pétionville, who m*rder*d my mother's brother?

What was his name?

Antoine Hector.

Wasn't me.

That was my father.

Stolen weapons had to be an inside job.

Whoever did it, they're worried about exposure.

Dirty cops. Looks like.

Who?

I cut my teeth trolling the streets of this great city.

A cop is who I am, who I always will be.

But I stand before you today to announce that I am exploring a run for mayor of Los Angeles.

You think you can save me. You all right?

Don't talk to me. f*ck off.

You think you're the only one that's ever tried.

She O.D.'d! Call 911!

I clocked the "rest in peace" tattoo.

Who's Daisy?

It's her daughter.

She was m*rder*d.

About ten years ago. She was 14.

I'd get f*cked up.

She'd get bored, run off.

Then one day, she went off and, uh, didn't come back.

Police found her body.

But not her k*ller.

Alicia?

Pop the trunk.

Where is it?

Close by. Close by.

As soon as you let her go.

f*ck that.

I have to know she's safe.

Don't. Don't, don't, please.

Y-You need me!

Hey. You're here early.

Thought I'd get a jump on the day.

Daisy Clayton?

Yup.

How many times you been through those friggin' cards?

One more can't hurt.

Any news?

Not so far.

If you can bear to tear yourself away from the distant dusty past, I have a live one for you.

Thought Vega and Pierce were up.

They are and they are on it, but they have a "be there" subpoena on their body parts case.

Billet says you and Edgar need to take the lead.

Okay. All right.

Where the f*ck are these mooks?

You got someplace to be?

Harry.

We caught a case.

I thought Pierce and Vega were up.

Uh, they may have court later.

Text me the address.

See you when you get there.

You got to go? In a minute.

Bosch.

Remind you of anything?

The Overlook.

Remember her name?

The actress? No.

Linda Foster.

Tell me what you got so far.

Jogger called it in a couple hours ago.

I.D.?

Dr. Stanley Kent. 42.

Married to Alicia Kent, same address.

Recovered his phone, too. Good luck with that, unless his wife knows his passcode.

My wife knows mine.

Your wife knows your password?

Absolutely. Your husband know yours?

Seriously? Crunch it anyway.

The Porsche?

Registered to a business.

K and K Medical Physicists.

What's a medical physicist?

Something heavy made these.

Hey, big dog.

Hey, Harry.

Still working the time of death.

Ballpark?

Eh... midnight-ish, give or take.

Plastic rings?

No idea.

Like something you'd find in a box of cr*cker Jacks.

I'll circle back with you on time of death.

Yep.

sh*t twice, in the back of the head.

Fell forward, face first.

Abrasions, cheek, forehead.

No exit wounds.

Small caliber.

Forced to his knees, execution-style.

You guys do an emergency welfare check on the wife?

Not yet.

What's that, Potts, I.D. tag?

St. Agatha's. Flip it over.

Swipe card.

Okay, thanks, Potts.

Go to St. Ag's.

If Kent had an office there, lock it down.

Get a search warrant for everything: phone, e-mail, swipe card, the whole nine. What about the wife?

I got it.

Hands up!

Turn around. Turn around.

Knees!

All right.

There you go. There you go.

No te f*cking muevas.

Put your hands out. There you go.

There you go. There you go.

All right.

Turn them around.

There it is.

Hold these.

Stand up. Stand up.

Oh. Oh, what do we got here?

What do we got here? Oh.

You f*cking piece of f*cking sh*t. Mm.

If they don't book the g*ns and cash, we got 'em.

Dollars to doughnuts they don't.

Why is Marcos staring at us?

He's a paranoid m*therf*cker.

He feels us.

The hairs on the back of his chest are standing up.

You're paranoid.

Clear?

Go now.

Ron. Hey.

Good to see you. I think you know these guys.

Indeed I do.

LAPD's finest. Sorely missed.

Malarkey.

Respectfully.

Detective Rodgers. Chief.

Keeping busy? Writing my memoirs.

Detective Jackson. Chief.

I trust I have your vote. Well, if I still lived in L.A.

I forgot.

So how's life in, uh, Walnut Creek?

Well, nothing so swank.

Petaluma.

Your checks are still good in L.A.

Grassroots fundraising.

No contributions over a hundred bucks.

And I was gonna spring for a grand.

IrvingForMayor.com. All one word.

Well, I'll let you all get back to your flapjacks.

Someone I really want you to meet.

Ray Thacker.

Chief Irving.

Jen. Mr. Thacker.

What a pleasure.

Please, join me.

I can't believe we've never met.

Ray worked on Mayor Ramos's campaigns.

Both of them. Set records.

I'd like to do the same for you.

I'm not sure that's really necessary.

We're doing fine with our small donors approach.

Chief, you've spent your professional life in a system where rank and promotion are achieved by merit.

Well, mostly merit. More or less.

This is a new world for you.

The best man doesn't always win.

At the end of the day, this is about money.

Ray can raise the dollars you need to become mayor.

I'm feeling a little bushwhacked here.

Jack Killoran's about to jump into the race. Killoran?

The car dealer?

He's white and self-funded, and he is gonna hurt you in the Valley.

Susanna Lopez has East L.A. sewn up, and the two of you split the south side.

Whoever takes the liberal Westside takes it all.

And both have deeper pockets.

And lighter complexions.

That's the reality.

LAPD. Anyone home?

Mrs. Kent?

Door. Open door, open door.

LAPD. Anyone home?

Clear.

Clear. Clear.

Clear.

Clear.

Mrs. Kent, I'm Detective Harry Bosch, LAPD.

You're safe.

I got you.

I got you. I got you.

Stay still. Stay still.

Where's my husband?

I got you. I got you.

Where is he?

You all right?

Easy, easy, easy. Here. Sit down.

I'm just dizzy. It's okay.

Okay, okay. What do you need?

I need... my robe, in the closet.

Here.

Please, tell me... is my husband okay?

You need to hire him before somebody else does.

I'll think about it.

Don't think too long.

That's it.

There was a car in the drive.

I thought it was Stan.

These two men pushed their way in.

Can you describe them?

I couldn't see their faces.

They were wearing ski masks and gloves.

I thought they were gonna r*pe me, k*ll me.

They... dragged me by my hair into the bathroom.

They put a Kn*fe to my neck, said that they were... were gonna cut my throat if I didn't give them what they wanted.

Which was?

Keys to my car and password to my cell phone.

I... blanked.

I couldn't remember the f*cking passcode.

One of them slapped me hard, and I gave them the code and they tied me up.

The way they talked... black, white, Latino?

Could you tell? Yeah, one was definitely white.

He had a, um, tattoo on his wrist, mm, a number.

308.

After they tied you up?

They took a picture of me with my cell phone and they sent it to Stan.

And then they left.

Is this your phone? Where did you find it?

In the garage.

Can I have it back, please?

It-It's evidence. We'll get it back to you as soon as we can.

Okay.

Did they ever say what they wanted?

No.

I assume money.

What does your husband do?

He's a medical physicist.

He handles...

...handled radioactive material for cancer treatment.

Cesium and iridium.

This stuff, is it valuable?

No. It's dangerous.

It's extremely toxic.

If it gets in the wrong hands, it...

You think that's what they're after?

I'm gonna show you something.

Yeah, those are radiation rings, used to read radiation exposure.

Those are Stan's hands.

Oh, my God.

Where'd he go?

Nuclear Med Lab.

No CCTV? No.

Let me fast-forward.

What's that he's rolling?

A pig.

Lead container for transporting radioactive materials.

Show us the lab.

Hmm. What?

Odd hour to be accessing this material.

And hardly anyone uses cesium anymore.

It's old-school.

Gone.

The whole inventory's gone.

The log says he only took one.

Note says he took 32.

What time he empty the safe?

Uh, 10:38 last night.

Feds have landed. -FBI?

Should be coming your way any minute.

Voilà. Just walked in.

Check back later.

Gentlemen. Jack Brenner.

FBI, Special Agent in Charge.

Agents Maxwell, Reece.

You must be Bosch and Edgar.

Your lieutenant told us where to find you.

We just came from the crime scene.

That was fast.

Stanley Kent's on a watch list. Tell us what you know so far.

According to Mrs. Kent, two men invaded their house last night, held her at knifepoint.

Dr. Kent got a demand text from his wife's phone, picture of her bound and gagged.

What was the demand?

"Get us cesium or else," which he did.

32 tubes from the Nuclear Medicine Lab at St. Ag's.

Any sign of the cesium? No.

But there are marks in the trunk of Kent's car consistent with a heavy container.

We sent a HRT team to the crime scene, see if they can pick up the scent. You can track it?

We can't detect it as long as the cesium's in the pig, but... if they were to take it out and use it... -Use it how?

As a w*apon.

Released in the right environment, catastrophic, mass casualties.

LAX, City Hall, Dodger Stadium... unusable for 300 years.

Jesus.

What did Mrs. Kent say about her assailants?

Not much. No faces. Masks and gloves.

White, by the way they talk.

I need to see that demand text.

Interview Mrs. Kent as soon as she's up for it, send a full forensics team to the crime scene, and get me an update from St. Agatha's. -Done.

And set a powwow for LAPD Major Crimes and Hollywood Homicide.

This you bigfooting my case in the name of national security?

I hope to continue our cooperation, Detective.

I work my m*rder. And we want you to.

Just so we're clear, you share what you find.

Just so we're clear, goes both ways.

We'll keep you in the loop. Okay.

I hear you're a capable detective.

I do my job.

You have a checkered history with the FBI.

Yeah, well... you know the circumstances.

We cut you some slack.

I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Think they know about the tattoo?

They will after they talk to Mrs. Kent.

308. That could be anything.

Area code. Time of day.

Batting average.

I.Q.

"Do what we say.

All the cesium. No cops."

What will they do with it?

Hold the city hostage.

Make 32 IEDs.

Contaminate the water supply.

Build a dirty b*mb. Sky's the limit.

Well, I set up a meeting with MCD and the special agent in charge.

Yeah, Brenner. Promised to keep us in the loop.

We all know what that's worth.

They're gonna shroom us.

Keep us in the dark and feed us sh*t.

Work your m*rder.

I intend to.

What a f*cking shitstorm.

I have a pro bono case I want you to work on.

It's an erroneous conviction claim.

We're filing an application with the Victims Compensation Fund.

Our client's the victim?

Wrongfully convicted of m*rder.

Ten years in prison.

Thanks to DNA, now a free man.

And entitled to compensation for time served.

What do you want me to do?

Read and summarize the trial testimony.

I can do that.

It's a lot of material.

Be diligent.

Take your time.

Understood.

How much is he entitled to?

That's set by state statute.

$140 for every day of wrongful incarceration.

Ten years.

3,650 times 140...

It's a little over half a million dollars.

That doesn't seem like much.

It's not.

It's a start.

Bosch reports to me directly.

I will make sure that he keeps you informed, Chief.

No voice mail, no messages. Me, personally.

On an up-to-the-minute basis, Lieutenant.

Are we clear?

Yes, sir.

Double-sh*t? Triple.

You're a lifesaver.

Eight hours to go and I'm already fading.

This nine-year-old kid came in with a skull fracture.

He gonna make it?

Absolutely.

I don't know how you do what you do.

Uh, how's your work?

Guess who got a new assignment.

Something interesting, I hope. No.

Same old, same old. m*rder, prison.

Wrongful conviction, DNA exoneration, major lawsuit.

Boring. Yeah.

Can you sneak away for a bite?

Things are really crazy.

I mean, everyone's on call.

What's going on? I don't know.

Ebola? Measles? Typhoid fever?

Who knows?

My friend at Cedars texted me; it's the same deal.

Marcos and Arias booked the g*ns.

Cash, too. Every buck.

sh*t.

Maybe you're right.

Maybe they are onto us.

We're this close.

Have a drink.

I got a case.

Hey. How was dinner?

Dinner was a triple-sh*t latte.

He couldn't get away.

Nine-year-old kid with a fractured skull.

Accident?

Probably not. Tough job he's got.

Pediatric nurse? You couldn't pay me enough.

Not that he could've had dinner, anyway.

Hospital's got everyone on call.

Other hospitals, too.

How come? I don't know.

Antonio thinks something's going on.

Some kind of outbreak.

Jesus. Hope not.

Going somewhere?

New case. All hands on deck.

Just came home to shower and change.

Don't know when I'll be back.

Stay in touch.

Promise.

Feed Coltrane for me?

I know the drill.

Part of your case?

I don't know. Maybe.

Night.

Night.

Jerry.

Look at this.

I ran "308" as a tattoo through CalGang.

Russ Aborn. Van Nuys.

Sovereign citizen.

Folsom. Serving three-to-five for bribery and filing false documents.


308?

Some so-called sovereign citizens believe invoking Section 308 of the UCC exempts them from local, state and federal law.

That's a lot of exemption.

Anything that's not English common law, they reject.

They're exempt.

Taxes? Taxes.

Business contracts.

Property deeds.

They make their own license plates, print their own currency and occupy other people's property.

Look at this.

"No driver's license or insurance required."

I dig that. No standing in line at the DMV.

m*rder. What about m*rder?

These guys exempt from m*rder? m*rder's covered by common law.

So, homeboys still on the hook for this.

Oh, yeah.

So, Major Crimes will liaise with the Bureau and Hollywood Homicide.

Yes, sir.

And in the interest of preventing a full-blown citywide panic, let's try to keep a lid on this bubbling cauldron of sh*t as long as we can.

Sir.

Mrs. Kent all right?

Must be a terrible shock.

You notice anything unusual that night?

As a matter of fact, I walked the dog late.

Around the block. What time was this?

Midnight.

There was a car parked around the corner.

Uh, some kind of black sedan.

Odd license plate.

Odd how? Didn't look real.

Sort of homemade, like paper or cardboard.

Was it a new car?

The DMV issues temp plates made out of paper.

Didn't look like a new car. Did you get a number?

No number, just a bunch of slashes and dashes.

Fake plates. Tattoo.

Sovereigns, for sure. So it would seem.

Look who's here.

Detectives.

Brings you here?

Canvassing the neighborhood.

You said Kent was on a watch list.

We monitored his use of radioactive material.

We met with him, made sure, uh, he was following protocols.

Kent in particular?

Doctors like Kent.

He ever receive threats?

It's a thr*at-laden environment, Detective.

Let's leave it at that. Eh, so, we'd like to circle back, have a follow-up conversation with Mrs. Kent.

It's not possible at the moment.

Why not?

She's not here.

We put her in a safe house for the time being.

So much for keeping us in the loop.

Hey, Bosch? Yeah.

Uh...

I just wanted to say I-I knew Eleanor Wish.

I worked with her.

She was a class act.

That she was.

What were you and Bosch talking about yesterday?

At the scene. The Overlook.

Beautiful morning, day like yesterday.

I was the first on the scene.

Female, 20s, in her car.

GSW to the heart.

Bosch rolls up. First thing he does?

Moves the body.

No way.

First thing they teach you: don't touch the body till the coroner comes.

Right?

Then he reaches under the seat, finds a g*n.

su1c1de.

sh*t herself in the heart.

Bosch just knew. Uh, he had a hunch.

Solved it on the spot.

There you are. Lieutenant.

You off to court? Yeah.

Oh. Pierce.

What? Your collar.

God, men.

Used to have to do this with my ex-husband.

There, you clean up good.

And you, too. Thank you.

Listen, you did great work.

Both of you.

I mean, no hunches, just good solid police work.

All right?

Give 'em hell.

I promise never to do that.

What? Fix your f*cking collar.

You're her favorite.

f*ck off. Seriously.

Seriously. f*ck off. Mm.

The woman has boundary issues.

She does that to everyone. Doesn't bother you?

Not particularly. Ah, she's so touchy-feely.

It bugs me. Who is?

My cousin, sir.

Can't keep her hands to herself.

Ah.

Good luck in court this week.

Thank you, sir.

That's disappointing.

You sure?

Better safe than sorry.

You sound like my grandmother, you know.

"A stitch in time save nine."

How long?

Long as it takes.

When things cool off.

Might have to go somewhere else in the interim.

Understandable.

What's our exposure?

Zero.

Zero is a number I don't believe.

Zero. Guaranteed.

Zero don't exist.

You make it clear to him.

We pay him well, and that's the deal.

I will not be beholden. Of course not.

Not to him, not to the donors he brings in.

That has to be understood from the get-go. -Ray knows that.

A donation, large or small, doesn't buy access, and it doesn't buy me.

Goes without saying.

I'm saying it, loud and clear.

It's an investment in the future.

Of this city.

This is Bosch. Leave a message.

Where?

On it.

A jumped on?

Sunset and Las Palmas. Wow.

That's an ominous corner. Mm-hmm.

You think, uh...?

Teddy Hobbs? Yeah.

Ha. I'd bet on that.

So would I.

Chief.

Chief.

Why the f*ck haven't I heard from Bosch?

Um...

They call themselves the Three Oh Eight Squadron.

We're talking a small cell, less than a dozen.

Couple of families, basically.

Social media?

They've upped their game recently.

More than just talk?

No overt v*olence yet.

But real-world provocations by local sovereigns are on the rise.

Especially confrontations with cops.

Traffic stops, station invasions.

One of those in the Valley last month. Van Nuys.

Three Oh Eights were involved in that incident.

So where can we find these guys?

They appear in public if they're not hassling cops?

They pass out literature, hawk their ideology.

Recruit. Exactly.

Pancake breakfasts, barbecues.

Where do I start?

Hi-yo, baby.

All right, don't forget Riverside.

That all right with you, Craver?

Or is it a little out of your comfort zone?

Whatever you say, Heather. I'm down with it.

Haven't seen you here before.

Ah, a buddy said I might find some, uh, kindred spirits here.

Yeah. You well might.

I'll check it out.

What's your name?

My friends call me Barrel.

I know a fence-sitter when I see one.

Time is coming, brother.

Have to choose sides.

Sovereign citizens?

Am I in the right place?

How'd you hear about this little get-together?

Russ Aborn.

Is that right? How is old Russ?

Not so good. Yeah. Corcoran's a tough place.

Folsom. He's stuck in Folsom prison.

And time keeps dragging on.

Russ has a tattoo.

Three Oh Eight. That's who I'm looking for.

The Three Oh Eights.

Ugh, what?

Are you a cop?

You carry yourself like a cop.

What if I am?

Are you?

That's how me and Russ met. I wrote him up for a fake plate.

f*ck you.

It's all right. We got cops.

So I hear.

Let me see some I.D.

f*ck you.

I wipe my ass with that sh*t.

Free man don't need no government-issue I.D.

Are you a drinking man?

Of course.

There's a tavern out in Canoga Park.

Bartender has a very, very heavy pour.

I'll check it out.

Hey, hey. Thanks, brother.

How was the Q?

How bad could it be?

Later, gator. Later.

If this goes sideways in any way, I'm done.

Great leaders are forged in crisis.

Sorry. I-I know that sounded self-serving.

Of course I'm concerned for the citizens of this city above all else.

I know that.

And they do, too.

You sure you won't join me? God knows we deserve it.

I can't.

Why not?

I'm pregnant.

I'm, uh...

...surprised.

So am I.

Guess nothing's foolproof.

Besides surprised?

I don't know.

Jun, I'm old enough to be his or her grandfather.

Who cares? He or she might.

He won't.

He?

He.

It's a lot to process.

Sorry, I don't... I don't mean to ambush you.

Baby, you need to get out of town.

Don't be silly.

No, just for a few days, till this thing blows over.

I suppose I could call my aunt in Oakland.

Then do that. Call her.

Where the f*ck have you been?

Took you long enough. Count was off.

Let's get the f*ck out of here.

f*cking knucklehead.

Oh, hang on.

The Two Jakes.

What's up, bruh?

What's up?

Now it's zero.

It's mine.

Hello?

On my way.

You got to go?

You do, too.

What?

Bennett.

It's ours now.

Whatever you need from I.A.

Witnesses? Dozens.

And ain't none of them talking.

Sorry.

All hell's breaking loose. I have to get to the scene.

These two detectives, um... did you know them?

J. Edgar mentioned them.

Under investigation?

Yeah, too soon to tell if this had anything to do with that.

I won't keep you.

So you have a lead on the cesium? Possibly.

A group of sovereign citizens, call themselves the Three Oh Eights.

Are the Feds on them yet?

We have to assume, but you know how that goes.

Feds.

I'll get you as much information as I can.

Keep working it.

Bosch.

Let me hear from you.

Will do.
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