Murder in the First

You bought 10 smartphones from Chestnut Connect,

is that right?

Yeah.

Um, they were Christmas presents for Normandy's crew.

I wanted to make a good impression.

Did you give one to Billy?

He was Normandy's number one.

I wanted to make sure that he liked me.

Well, here's one of the phones that you bought.

We found it in Billy's possession.

So?

It's his phone.

What does that have to do with me?

Well, it's passcode-protected, so we can't hack it.

There could be information on it

that could help us break the case.

You know Billy didn't do this all on his own.

Is there any possible way you would remember

what the passcode might be?

It was a joke.

I made the passwords the same for all the phones.

Please tell me you remember it.

Sure.

I mean, Billy might have changed it since then.

All right, well, you got eight chances

before the phone permanently erases itself so...

No pressure.

A-L-I-C-I-A.

Alicia.

Hey, online dating is the only way to really meet people.

What? How else are you gonna do it?

Hey, you're up, guys -- domestic, female.

All right.

Thanks. Yep.

Fellas, Alicia unlocked Billy's phone. Whoa!

She's finally useful for something.

That's mean.

They're not our friends, Hildy, okay?

Don't overinvest.

Okay, well, Keefer's waiting on this phone, so...

I won't start the celebrations just yet.

Hey.

Hey.

Speak.

I got a female D.B. in an ugly state,

to say the least.

The neighbor who called it in

wouldn't open up the door to talk us.

Uh-huh.

He told us that he heard a lady screaming

and then he hit 911 and then turned up the volume on his TV.

By the time we got here, victim was D.O.A.

No suspects.

Is this her apartment? Not sure yet.

We got to call in to the landlord.

All right, good.

Hey.

Bet you're glad you got here before lunch.

This is one of the worst beatings I've ever seen.

I can feel three breaks in her mandible alone.

Her left orbital socket is basically dust.

Done by somebody's hands? I think so.

An instrument would have literally caved in her face.

There's a lot of breaks. They're all shallow.

These are just the newest ones,

'cause she shows hematomas at various stages of absorption.

Punching bag.

Yep. Pretty much.

Is that her?

Uh, could be --

I mean, general height, weight, coloring,

but, given the damage,

I'll probably need to run prints for a positive I.D.

So, I'm ready to remove her.

Man: Maria?

Uh, sir, this is an active crime scene.

My daughter! Where is she?! Sir.

Sir! Sir! Please!

Maria!

Sir, please!

No!

You want to know who did this?

Her husband -- Freddie Rivera.

Federico.

He hurt her since they got together.

She finally threw him out two days ago,

changed the locks.

He came back, didn't he?

I'm gonna put out an A.P.B.

Any idea where we might find Freddie now?

He runs with the Mission Locos.

They're always around.

He has them watch Maria when he can't.

Gangbangers, you know? Mm-hmm. Yeah, I do.

Okay, we're gonna get on this.

We'll be in touch.

I begged her to...

I begged her to come home to me a-and her mama.

She said no.

I said...I would sleep outside her door,

keep her safe.

She wouldn't let me.

I should've done it anyway.

I should have been here.

Keefer: I don't really know what I'm looking for.

Well, keep going.

We'll know when we see it.

He deleted all of his e-mail accounts...

deleted his text messages...

cleared his search history. Yeah.

He knew he'd have to give outside access to his phone.

Did he delete his photos?

Those are always hard to lose.

These albums date back to Christmas.

Okay.

Kind of scroll.

Okay.

Nice life, huh?

Yeah.

Oh! Oh.

That's Normandy's wife. Mm-hmm.

I can see why Billy liked her.

Mm-hmm.

Easy.

Okay, okay.

Keep going. I'm getting embarrassed now.

What is it with guys and their cellphone cameras?

They never expect to get caught.

Women know better. Mm-hmm.

What about voice memos?

Huh. Okay.

Timing's right on that. You're right. Let's hear it.

Billy: Yo, I'm not sure about this.

Man: Billy, come on, man.

This a win-win for you.

I mean, Normandy's the only one who loses here.

And who better, right?

So, what's your life been like since he cut you off?

Does he give a shit? I mean, you're nothing to him.

15 "G" ain't enough, man.

I know, man, but the way he treated you,

come on, Billy.

I would have thought you'd done it for free.

20. I'm taking all the risk here.

All right, well, you know what we'll do?

5 up front, 15 when it's done.

Half up front.

Look, this is what I got right now.

When Normandy's out of the way, I'll be back in Alicia's life,

and I'll have access to more money.

You know that, all right? And I'll pay the rest later.

Yo, I'm not using my own piece.

You don't need to. I'll get you one, all right?

It's clean. I got all this planned.

May 17th.

Yo, that -- that's his birthday.

What do you care? End of voice memo.

There you go. All right.

That's Alicia's father -- Paul Barnes.

I recognize the voice. That's him.

That's not good enough for a warrant.

Ah! I-I, uh, brought Barnes in for an interview

right after Lippman got, uh, arrested.

Uh, it was recorded. We can compare audios.

Good idea. Do that. Yes, sir.

Hildy: Billy must have thought it was insurance --

you know, if he was ever gonna cut himself a deal.

That's why he gave it to his lawyer.

Or he kept it to blackmail Barnes

for the rest of the money...

which got him killed instead of paid.

But he outsmarted the smart guy.

He gave us Barnes.

Assuming the audio matches.

It'll match.

What?

A promise is a promise.

Dad, I didn't -- I didn't actually expect you to do it.

Get in.

What?

That was a dick move of me, asking you for a car.

You had every right to be pissed off at me, Michael.

Okay, but that's no excuse.

I shouldn't have squeezed you.

You negotiated.

Eh, not really.

True.

You can take it back if you want.

I don't.

It's yours.

And you're gonna need a car next year

when you're away at college.

Is that actually gonna happen?