Snapdragon

You will be the best ever.

And the third drive-by shooting

this week resulting in fatalities

has put the community on edge,

and the police department on tactical alert.

And more on that in a moment, but first a traffic update

from Daniel Sherman in Sky Watch 97.

How's it looking up there, Danny?

T-M-C Johnathan, too many cars.

We have sigalerts working on both the Santa Monica west

and the Ventura north,

your afternoon drive out of downtown L.A.

Is gonna be an absolute mess.

The Hollywood freeway traffic reported

a nine-injury tangle between a tanker and a pickup,

traffic is backed up at the four-level exchange,

and Broadway and Chinatown is tied up

with the Chinese new year parade.

Good luck, motorists.

If you have to be in it, be careful,

it's starting to look dangerous out there.

How we doing?

You look good, you want a date?

- What do you want? - Get in.

Hey, hey, I don't have a layaway plan, sorry,

I get the money up front or no deal.

Show me what you got first.

I'm not showing you nothing

- until I get the money. - Why not, come on.

- No. - You wanna play rough?

Huh? Huh?

You son of a...

Alright, alright, alright, I got him, I got him, let go.

Pressed pants, asshole.

Shut up!

I've had it with these animals, they ruin everything.

Looking for reimbursement.

Sit down, sergeant.

Outside, I'll deal with you later.

And Grosky, shut the door.

Guess he showed up a little late again.

He's alright.

- How about you? - I'm fine, don't start.

Come here, I wanna show you something.

Yeah, Firestone from last month.

The same M.O.?

Exactly.

She did it again.

I knew it, I knew she would.

This should be my case, Burt,

I was the first one to call this.

You be careful what you wish for.

What does that mean?

That the case is yours.

Really?

For some ungodly reason Metro seems to think

that you can help them on this.

You've been reassigned, you'll report downtown

- in the morning. - This is my shot, Burt,

this is my chance.

Then you won't disappoint me, will you?

No.

And you will be very careful, won't you?

So get outta here, you got paperwork to do.

- And Peck? - Yeah?

You cover your ass.

Ow, god, what are you doing?

- What? - Peck.

Fuck.

Every fantasy has to have a little pain,

- you should try it. - Oh man,

what are you, crazy?

What's that all about?

Come on doc, lighten up.

Put a little excitement into your dull,

- drab... - No, I don't like

that kind of excitement, forget it.

Trust me, the guys at the department

are gonna find it real exciting.

What are you, embarrassed?

No, I'm just a little old to be walking around

with a hickey on my neck, happy?

I'm gonna have to wear a damn turtleneck all week,

and I hate turtlenecks.

Nice, gee.

No, no.

Thank you.

Ah, you know what, you drink too much.

I'm celebrating.

- Oh, celebrating? - Mmhmm.

What is it now, miss Mark of the Vampire?

- Better than that. - What?

I got transferred to homicide.

Yes.

- Congratulations. - Thanks.

Permanent?

Uh, temporary, but if I'm good I'll probably stay.

Good, good, that's great.

What's the case?

Serial.

Serial?

- Confirmed? - Not officially,

- but I know it is. - Mmhmm, okay.

You know you get in trouble

when you second guess the powers that be.

What's it like, what is it?

Girl screws these guys and then slits their throats.

Probably with a razor or something,

and then she places this black silk cloth over their eyes.

Nice, the kinda girl you wanna bring home to ma.

Actually I read about it, what's the body count?

- Two. - Two,

well then isn't it a little early to call a serial?

Not for me.

That's right, so young and so wise

all at the same time.

That's my girl.

I need a favor.

Please don't do this.

And do a psychological profile

- for me. - Oh,

come on Peckham, don't, we have people who do that,

they're probably doing it as we speak, come on.

- They're not as good as you. - Oh,

come on, I talk to uniforms,

the people who think they're Rambo, John Wayne,

people like you, that's what I do.

What does that mean, people like me?

Cops that drink too much.

Are you kidding me?

We're now gonna enter the room

where the homicide occurred.

Mrs. Cullen, the manager of the hotel is Mrs. Cullen,

room 23, thank you.

We're approximately at the corner of College and Broadway,

on a beautiful sunny day in downtown

- Chinatown. - Kinda hard to think

with you making all that noise.

Hey look, we've been back here three times,

what's to think?

This guy is some borderline sex pervert,

likes to pick up women in the sleazier parts of town,

a real low life.

Geeze, are you still on that kick?

And Firestone, 62, successful businessman,

community leader.

Went to the same church his entire adult life.

And you think there's a connection?

Has to be.

Has to be, my aunt Francis.

Look sergeant, you're new at this.

Take it from me, what you're dealing with

is some cuckoo crackpot broad that gets her rocks off

by slicing some guy's throat while he's getting his off.

Now you got any questions?

- This is the key. - Geeze!

- So? - So,

in the first place I'm not even supposed to be doing this,

so would you please let me finish reading

this stolen file?

- Borrowed. - Yeah right.

I'd guess she's mid to late 20s?

Well I guess your guess is probably right,

keeping in mind of course that at this point

that's all it is, a guess.

There's no prints at either scene, right?

Clean as a bone,

- she's good. - Mmhmm.

Your turn, you guess.

Well, I would say that she was probably sexually abused

as a child, possibly by a family member

or someone who knew her.

Yeah, like a revenge sort of thing.

Could be, but then again maybe not.

You're being very helpful here.

Babe, you get what you pay for, okay?

See, I'm intrigued by the oriental overtones of this thing,

the candles, the black silk cloth over the face,

hide the eyes.

Which means?

The elevating of the soul to a higher place,

the ending of life on a sexual high,

pleasure, not pain.

Now she's doing these guys a favor.

I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that, you.

Look, this is what I find most fascinating.

Yeah, what is it?

I haven't a clue.

Yeah, well neither does anybody else, can you find out?

You want me to do your legwork for you too, huh,

- your research? - I do things for you.

- Oh come on Peck. - Try this one on,

I stopped at pathology on the way over here.

- You did? - Yeah,

and they said that both of these guys probably ejaculated

after they died, while she was still on top of them.

I didn't know that was possible, Jesus.

I guess that's what they call last rites, huh?

Not funny.

Nah, it's not funny at all.