The Shield

Previously on "The Shield."

Oh, my God.

Matthew doesn't even think he did anything wrong.

What are we supposed to do? Put him in a home?

- We are not gonna put him away. - I don't want to.

Then don't bring it up again.

Tavon's up and talking.

Bad news is he remembers getting in a fight with Shane...

... before Mara clocked him over the head with an iron.

Alright, he threw down first.

Then why didn't you just tell us that instead of making up some bullshit?

It was my call not to tell you, guys. Not Shane.

I was just trying to protect the team.

You think this is still a team?

One foot's a trophy. Four's just plain weird.

They killed these Armenians looking for a money train cash.

You remember Margos Dezerian?

The Armenian drug guy who killed a man in our cage?

- Then ecaped the paddywagon. - You think he's involved?

It would explain the severed feet. Margos is a big foot fetish guy.

Our main suspect in the Armenian money train robbery, Neil O'Brian.

He just disappeared from his apartment.

- Oh, damn! No feet. - Oh, man.

We gotta make O'Brien disappear. If he's dead, Dutch, Treasury,...

... they'll turn over every rock.

Eventually, we'll be under one of them.

All right, so how do we get rid of him?

Damn it. I know where to do it.

We might fool Dutch and the Feds, but the Armenian knows the truth.

Trust me we're a team. We just gotta get through this.

We never should've taken that money.

This isn't just Margos calling the shots, he's in town.

He got a thing for feet and he's taking them off himself.

I don't know who amped up these psychos.

But they ain't stopping until they get their money back.

You think you can do something?

I make them, this Margos creep, my number one priority.

You give me the word to hit back hard.

I'll unravel them, foot by foot.

The mole is local from Glendale.

He worked kibbutz in lsrael for two years.

He was enjoying the nightlife in Tel Aviv...

... when some connected Russian émigrés got their claws into him.

- What's his connection to O'Brien? - None.

He provided the Armenians with classified intelligence in return for cash.

Had a few girlfriends with expensive tastes.

It sounds like you've got things handled. Why am I here?

We set up a trap on our computer system.

He signed on...

... accessed information on four of your men.

Which officers?

You gave the Armenian mob information on my men?

They called, asked for intel on the Farmington Strike Team.

How much information did you pass on?

It just... just names and photos.

Did they ask for anything else? Home addresses? Relatives?

They wanted everything.

The system here shut down before I could get the rest.

The Armenian mob is on a killing spree.

If my men are in danger, I need to know.

Look, they ask for information, I get it to them.

But in your experience, what is that mean?

It probably isn't good.

Hey, what's with the uniform?

I spoke to Heather about cutting back my hours. I'm, uh...

... working part-time days now.

I thought you were quitting.

I'm only gonna work when the kids are at school or with the therapist.

I'm not gonna give up every other aspect of my life.

Heather said I could choose my own hours.

Listen... uh..

... as soon as the house is livable again, ...

I'd like for Cassidy to stay here with me for a while.

It'll give you a chance to focus on Megan and Matthew.

I'm not splitting up my family.

They'll still be together on weekends, holidays.

I'm just talking a day-to-day... A trial basis.

How can you even handle her on a day-to-day?

I'll do whatever I have to do. I'll hire people just like you.

Now, you're doing your best,...

But Matthew almost burned the house down.

It's not working.

So just this once, we're gonna try it my way.

Hey.

Brought you some contraband.

Don't let the nurses see it.

When we get you out of here, we're gonna...

... wrestle you up some live ones.

Bet.

Um... they're, uh.. sending someone over at the station to talk to you.

They come by yet?

Uh, tomorrow, I think.

Oh, good.

Last thing you need is IAD crawling up your ass.

Well, how... How do you mean?

They find out you started the fight with Shane, hit Mara...

... you could lose your job, your pension...

Maybe even your health benefits.

Lem said you don't remember much about what happened.

I... I don't. But I wouldn't hit a woman.

Mara's pregnant, remember?

The department could come down pretty hard.

Look, I... You know, I'll tell my side of the story, let him tell his...

... and then they can just sort it out.

Tavon didn't bite.

What if I come forward? I take responsibility for hitting him.

That's smart. Walk into a police station...

... admit the three of us have been covering it up for 2 months.

I'm just trying to do what's best.

- I gave you the chance to do that... - I made the call.

- I mean, can't you just talk to him again? - He's not listening to me.

Well, Tavon's always had a soft spot for Lem.

Maybe the both of you can work on him.

All right, it's time to go slap the Armenian mob.

We'll talk about it on the way.

Try not to land the three of us in jail while we're gone.

What are you looking at?

What's this?

You got something for me?

"Euro Rug Imports." Is that your business?

I do work for them.

What kind of work?

Euro-rug imports.

Right.

Show and tell, kids.

Show us what you're doing, we tell you why it's a crime.

Hey!

Oh, damn.

That's Armenian for "Oh, damn."

That was some serious bookkeeping you had going on down there.

Wanna tell me what all the accounting was for?

What, did you open up a branch of H&R Blochian?

I'm in the rug business.

There are only a half-dozen rugs in that place.

The numbers your girl was crunching went into the six digits.

Well, I guess we'll have to sweat her.

No, she doesn't, uh...

She doesn't what?

We're all just in the rug business.

Three months ago, you were living in the duplex in Kirovakan...

... running your family's tile business.

You're educated. No criminal record.

How'd you end up in the stupid of L.A...

... cooking the books for the Armenian Might?

What do they have on you?

My... father... uh...

... lost money to them.

He got sick, couldn't pay.

And now you're covering the debt.

He died two weeks after I left.

Then why do you stay here?

My sister, Sosi.

He has her here.

He will kill her if do I not keep helping.

Who has her?

Don't know name. They fear him.

Long hair.

Margos.

Is he here in Los Angeles?

Yes.

Not know where.

He tells Petrosh nothing.

Treats him like dog.

Uh, tell me about the accounting.

They steal gas, sell it, pay no taxes.

Sosi,...

She doesn't even know our father is dead.

The DA asked me to come down.

A public defender was shot?

Lisa Kensit.

She was a good lawyer. She tried a bunch of cases of mine.

She made me look like a fool a couple times on the stand.

I know, it's hard to believe.

She's at Mission Cross.

- Don't think she's gonna make it. - We know what happened?

She just come from sentencing for her client,...

A gang member in the One-Niners.

He got 10 in Chino, no chance of parole.

You think this is payback for a guilty verdict?

No one likes lawyers.

Having a thankless job's bad enough. Getting shot for it's just insulting.

Hey! Hey, pull over.

Right here, pull over.

Put your hands where I can see them.

License and registration.

Get your ass down here, right now.

I.. I do something wrong?

Sit down.

What were you doing at Gas 55?

Just making a delivery.

Tanker's at 92 percent capacity.

Making a delivery, huh? You were delivering for 20 minutes.

- The tank's almost full. - I just started my run.

Maybe you're filling up, not dropping off?

Let's go, gas man.

Protection for fuel.

That the deal the Armenian Might cut with the local pumps?

Once a week...

Once a week, I hit about three or four places.

I.. I fill up the truck, and then I unload the gas at our stations.