The Laughing Mask

* You know it's a sin to tell a lie

* Still you keep saying I love you

* It may be true, I wish I knew

* But I'm giving fair warning to you

* Be sure it's true when you say I love you

* It's a sin to tell a lie

* Millions of hearts have been broken

(sobs) No!

* Just because these words were spoken

Somebody help me!

Help!

* I love you, yes I do, I love you

Help!

* If you break my heart I'll die

* So be sure it's true when you say I love you

(sobs) Please don't kill me.

* It's a sin to have a lie - Please don't kill me please!

* Be sure it's true when you say I love you

* It's a sin to tell a lie

* Millions of hearts have been broken

Somebody help me!

* Just because these words were spoken

* I love you, yes I do, I love you

* If you break my heart I'll die

* So be sure it's true when you say I love you

Help, help!

* It's a sin to tell a lie *

* Folks I'm going down to St. James infirmary

* See, my baby there, she's stretched out

* On a long white table

* She's so sweet, so cold, so fair

* Let her go, let her go, God bless her

* Wherever she may be

* She will search this wide world over

* But she'll never find another sweet man like me

* Now when I die, bury me in my straight-leg britches

* Put on a box-back coat and a stetson hat

* Put a $20 gold piece on my watch chain

* So you can let all the boys know I died standing pat

* Then give me six crap shooting pall bearers

* Let a chorus girl sing me a song

* Put a red hot jazz box at the top of my head

* So we can raise hallelujah as we go along

* Folks, now that you have heard my story

* Say boy, hand me over another shot of that booze

* If anyone should ask you

* Tell them I've got those St. James Infirmary blues *

If I can't find you...

Then I'll make you come after me.

- Hey Cordova, Chief's looking for you.

She doesn't look happy.

When does she?

That woman needs to get laid badly.

All that pent up aggression.

- Man, I wouldn't even speak out loud

about this, she really hates you.

- You know what all that hate is, right?

Sexual tension.

Chief, why the long face?

- The bastard did it now, Cordova,

he killed a goddamn lawyer.

She was a lawyer?

- A crooked lawyer, but very well connected.

She was the commissioner's niece.

Shit.

- Yeah shit, and you have once again

proven yourself to be completely

inept at handling the situation.

All these kills since JC, and we're nowhere

closer to finding any leads.

I'll get Brock on it.

No, the hell you will!

I want Kate on it now!

Don't give me that look.

You know she's the best.

If anyone would want to nail that bastard, it's Kate.

Besides, it's not like you can handle it.

Kate's damaged goods.

She went crazy after JC.

- Please, you've been gunning for her position for months.

Big shot womanizer.

Cordova with a woman Police Chief

and another as his commanding officer.

Yeah.

Crap, when?

All right, send Brock and Amanda.

Kate is the lead on this.

I'll have Cordova meet you all down there.

Damn it.

Another killing.

A hooker.

The Laughing Mask?

We don't know.

Go figure it out.

On it.

Rethink this Kate business, Chief.

She's nothing but a liability in the field.

= Kate.

- So did I rock your world or what, babe?

Or what.

You know what we should do?

We should just take off and fly to Tahiti.

Enjoy the scenery babe, you know what I mean?

- No, no one knows what you mean, Chuck.

Chad, babe.

Whatever.

- So how many orgasms did Chad give you?

None.

Did you just refer to yourself in third person?

I counted three, milady.

- Being jackrabbitted for five minutes

hardly constitutes as a good time.

- Babe, come on, I thought we were having a great time.

- If you call me babe one more time,

I swear to God I'm gonna fucking shoot you.

- Come on babe, Chad is purely awesome in bed, babe.

That's it!

- Oh no, babe, no no, no no, I didn't mean

babe, I meant like a hot cougar.

Cougar?!

Yeah!

Get out!

I'm sorry.

Hello?

Should I consider this the end of my vacation?

How am I possibly gonna get to that crime scene?

- That's a shame right there.

Quite a tragedy.

Now those are nice.

Damn it!

What's up, man?

They're fake.

- Hold on, I could've sworn those tits were real.

Check for yourself.

Checking for a pulse, Cordova?

Well well well.

Look who it is.

Was that really necessary?

- Is your red Porsche really necessary?

How was your vacation, Kate?

- Long, boring, just wanna get back to work.

So what the hell happened here?

- Well Mr. John Green over there,

one of those local hippies that

loves to recycle shit, he found the

body around 1:30 PM.

We have no eyewitnesses and there's

no security cameras.

Who is she?

- She was dumped here naked, no ID, no nothing.

We sent her pictures and now we're

awaiting to hear back the results.

Cause of death?

Asphyxiation.

No signs of a struggle.

Signs of sexual activity.

My best guess would be auto-erotic asphyxiation gone wrong.

- (laughs) You see, that's my kind of girl.

She likes it rough.

- That is so incriminating of you, Brock.

Fuck you, Amanda.

- Ugh, come on Amanda, help me flip the body.

We got some ink.

- Whoa whoa whoa, wait a minute here.

I've seen that tattoo before.

- You are just making yourself the prime suspect today.

- Wait, where have you seen that?

It's Wink's brand.

He's known to tattoo his girls.

Brands them like they're cattle.

Who's Wink?

You've really been out of the

action for awhile Kate, huh?

Let me fill you in.

Wink is this lowlife pimp, drug pushing piece

of shit and he's part of The Rancors.

What the hell's a Rancor?

- New crime syndicate, just popped up

out of nowhere last few months.

Wink, well he runs their prostitution ring.

I mean what the hell have you

guys been doing since I've been out?

Why didn't you bring him in?

- Well you see, he's a slippery bastard.

This guy always has an alibi.

Nobody wants to testify, no one.

Anybody who tries, they disappear.

Where is he?

He's known to hang out at this

strip club called The Barn.

I'm gonna go find him.

- Are you sure you're up for this, O'Malley?

First day back on the job, maybe you

should take it easy, you know?

I can go check it out.

- (laughs) Sure, Cordo, you just wanna

check out the girls, man.

And your point?

No, you guys finish up here.

I got this.