The Shield

Previously on "The Shield".

I'm going back to work.

There's a nursing shortage, and the pay is good.

How's that gonna work with the kids?

People are wondering what you're doing about the beating you took.

Still can't prove who did it.

Everybody here knows who did it.

And they're watching you.

Julien, please!

I was thinking that we both talk to Aceveda...

...about teaming up. It might bring us back together.

Maybe but I like the way things right now.

- I'm pregnant. - Bullshit.

It was an accident.

- We'll get married. - No!

Hey.

Marry me.

David's bringing in the Decoy Squad from Wilshire.

They're gonna be working with you. I'm gonna be in charge of both teams.

I think you guys got the wrong room.

Wyms told us to shack up here.

We're the Decoy Squad. We just transferred in. I'm Walon.

Eddie, Annie, Trish.

- They'll be gone soon. - Yeah, or we will.

They made 15 arrests last night.

We keep hauling in this many fish...

...we might need to find you new digs.

You didn't hear, dude? Shane's getting married.

Smokes for everyone.

Dutch.

This mean you're coming off the market?

He's a family man now. He's gonna be stuck at home with a rug rat.

You having a kid? Didn't know you're married.

I'm not. Must've been an immaculate conception.

Congratulations. Who is she? She your cousin?

Vic.

Amazing thing is, she's not a stripper.

How's Mara feeling?

She's got morning sickness already.

It's crazy, isn't it, man? I'm gonna be a daddy.

Yeah.

Listen, we haven't talked plans. I don't know, we may just elope.

But whatever we do, I want you there.

Absolutely.

Someone call for a detective?

That was me.

Mrs. Mackey? I didn't know you worked here.

I just started. Corrine Mackey.

Dutch Wagenbach. Vic's wife?

Yeah, technically. Dr. Genty asked me to call you.

- Hi. - Doctor.

A patient came in with a bad case of food poisoning.

- It's his third time this month. - Fast food'll kill you.

Especially when it's laced with thallium.

- Thallium. What's that? - Poison.

Odorless, colorless, almost impossible to detect.

Maybe someone's messing with things at my grocery store.

We'll look into that.

Check other hospitals, see if they have people with similar symptoms.

We need to make sure none of the packages were tampered with.

Maybe it's a mix-up at the lab? I mean, I feel better now.

We ran two different samples.

We have to ask, but...

Did you try to poison yourself?

God, no.

- No cell phones, please. - Okay.

Where did you eat today?

Home. My brother stopped by, we had breakfast.

What about the other times you got sick?

- Home, I think. - Your brother stop by then too?

Yeah. He feels awful.

I give him shit for being such a terrible cook.

That was Aceveda. You're on your own.

What's up?

Thinking of transferring off the team.

Why?

Not as much fun as I thought it'd be.

I'm not fitting in the way that I wanted.

You're wanted.

- We're a tight bunch. - There's no hard feelings.

You're cool, but...

Shane.

Look, I need to be somewhere where I can be the go-to guy.

Detective?

Just sit tight, okay? I got plans for you. Trust me.

Aceveda and Detective Wyms need to see you.

Victim's Karen Rivas, the homeless advocate.

She and her child were apparently carjacked after a robbery.

Fortunately, the baby's fine.

The owner and his son. That's three dead, including a public figure.

This is Claudette's case. Both teams will take her lead.

Why both? We've knocked down cases like this before.

- So have they. - Don't worry, Mac man.

- You can back us up at the arrest. - We huddle in five.

Get your marching orders.

Random crime. No video. Media attention.

Lucky we're here.

Look, the boss ma'am's waiting.

What do you say we put down a few notes on this?

First team to bring in the shooter wins.

Who needs money?

Why don't we put up something that really counts, like your pride?

All right, you guys lose, Sasquatch has to take a bath.

Better yet, how about this?

The losing team streaks through the Barn.

- Very 1 974 of you. - You okay with that, daddy?

What sort of bet is that? Put some money up.

- Yeah, be a man. - Yeah.

Well, a real man puts his dignity on the line.

Afraid your boys will fall short?

You guys have ladies. I gotta be a gentleman, offer you an out.

Only ladies I see are you pussies afraid to take this bet.

All right. You're on.

- And yours are gonna be off. - Yeah, we'll see.

Rivas was driving a 1 999 white Mercedes S420.

Vic, put your guys on finding it.

Get the license plate and VlN number. Put out an APB.

- Got it. - Unis combed the crowd.

Of course, no one seems to have seen anything.

- Walon, you find somebody who has. - Annie, hit this crowd up again.

Trish, across the street. Eddie, hit the neighboring stores.

Two cases inside were cleared out.

The shooter was looking for something.

He couldn't get the register, took something so it wasn't a bust.

Check if something's missing.

Ronnie, play bookworm.

I know a fence who'll buy anything. Maybe the stuff will end up there.

Find out what's missing, take Shane.

Better yet, I'll start hitting the fences.

- Call with the info. - I'll come.

Let us know?

Good luck.

If the killer dumped the car, it'll turn up.

Since he didn't get the till, maybe he flipped it.

Let's hit the chop shops.

- Good. Report anything to me. - Okay.

Already got a witness.

It was horrible.

I heard shots,...

...and then I saw this white guy and this black girl run out...

...and they jacked this lady's car, shot her dead...

...and threw her baby to the curb.

And all I could do was scream for somebody to call 911.

How come you didn't report what you saw immediately?

I went home to change, put some makeup on.

- Why? - I saw all the cameras.

I need the tape.

I been out here for six months. You can't land a gig without tape.

- You're an actress? - You have any idea how tough it is?

Aren't you worried the killers know you can identify them?

- They don't know my name. - It's on the news, right?

- But they won't know where I live. - Are you in the phone book?

Y'all are gonna protect me, right?

- Edixon? - All right.

Ronnie says the Decoy Squad brought in some other witnesses.

Aceveda's definitely auditioning them to replace us.

- Yeah, won't let it happen. - Yeah, damn straight. Edixon. Hey.

Edixon!

Hey, it's getting harder to find you.

Took me all of two phone calls today to track you down.

No.

- No Mercedes? - No, no Mercedes.

Not another chop shop, Edixon.

Who's stealing for you? Evil churro vendor?

- Now. - Now!

Hey.

- lf I find Mercedes, I call, okay? - Not good enough.

You're gonna tell everyone that you're looking to buy. Pay top dollar.

- Yo. - Tavon, yo.

- This is my partner, Shane. - What up?

Listen, we're looking for some things.

They were taken from Ling's over on 5th.

Saw it on the news. Can't say I'm sorry.

Those rat slants always did outbid me.

Still, that's a rough way to go out of business.

- Haven't seen any of it. - You sure?

If you shelled out cash, you wouldn't wanna say.

Yeah, I'm sure.

What you doing back there?

Like my partner says, just looking for a little stolen bling-bling.

- Stuff involving a triple murder. - And I don't have it.

Yeah, what do you have?

- Yo, man, what's up with partner boy? - Hey, Shane, Meaty's cool.

If he says it ain't here, it ain't.

- Shit. - Got a license to sell these?

Serial numbers filed off. There's four in the box.

Look, asshole. I said I didn't see your shit.

Now, leave mine alone.

Yeah? You're under arrest. Turn around, skinny, let's go.

Hey, Shane. Come on, what are you doing?

- Being an asshole. - Come on, if it turns up, he'll call.

- Not anymore. - See?

You gonna stand there? Can I get a little help, please?

Your cuffs, man. One pair just isn't doing it for this cat.

Don't worry. There's thousands more.

Can we finish this later? My 15 minutes are ticking away.

- Sit down. - The truth is, I saw the sister good.

But the white guy with her, they all sort of...

It's hard to differentiate. Know what I'm saying?

Keep looking.