Rogue

Previously on Rogue...

People call me a conspiracy nut.

He just wanted to talk about some

real estate deal I closed.

Hutchings has been talking to everyone involved in that deal.

He's got shit on all of us.

Adam Hutchings, 2005, Ford Focus, towed three weeks ago.

What the fuck!

Hutchings was a reporter, chasing a story.

This is what they do.

- What is that? - It's urban art.

You wanna go? Go.

I'll say goodbye to your dad for you.

Did Sam make that for you?

He made it on his first day of school...

So, Leo, what is it that you do?

- I'm a connector. - What do you connect?

- He didn't tell you 'bout our business? - Nah.

'Cause we're looking for investors.

You know, partnership's... It's expensive.

- How expensive? - Thirty.

Thirty grand? I can get that shit easy.

This is... Oh, yeah. Okay, cool.

General Howard's building a case against you.

What?

He seems pretty motivated, too.

He sent me across the country to do it.

He's turned on you, Marty.

He must know about the guns.

I'm not here voluntarily, Marty.

What the fuck does that mean?

It means, I think that you and I could be valuable to each other.

The General's fucking his biographer.

- That's original. - Yeah. They just left the hotel.

So, I'm gonna check the room, see what I can find.

All right.

So why would Sophie Hale pretend not to know Ethan?

Maybe she wasn't pretending.

They work at the same law firm,

how could they not know each other?

Who's that?

What's her name?

Fine.

All I'm saying, it's not outside

the realm of possibility

that Sophie and Ethan never met.

Then why did she shut up all of a sudden

when I brought up Hutchings?

Speak.

Well, it's just sometimes you can come off

a little strong.

- What? - Look, Deak,

you know I love you.

And given the opportunity,

I would be the caring and tender lover

and partner you so richly deserve...

Suck my dick, Patty.

...but sometimes during interrogations

you can make people feel a little...

Well, reticent.

- Reticent? - Just sometimes.

Hey, any of this fitting together yet?

Still free associating, sir.

What's your narrative on Kelly?

His father said he works for Marty Stein.

Seems to be the common thread in all of this.

Guy's got his greedy fucking fingers in everything.

I lost my best assistant US attorney to him last year.

Can't imagine why anyone would want to leave you, Angela.

We've been running through Hutchings' call sheet.

Seems that he was in contact

with a couple of Stein's lawyers.

Got anything specific?

Well, we talked to Sophie Hale yesterday,

but there wasn't much going on there.

So we're gonna see if we have better luck

with one of her colleagues this afternoon.

And you think Hutchings' death is somehow

going to lead us back to the Kings?

At worst, they were triggermen.

At best, co-conspirators.

Forgive my ignorance.

If the Kings wanted Hutchings dead,

wouldn't it have been a lot easier

to just shoot him in the head?

Yes, but then what the hell would we do around here all day?

Keep us looped.

- Maryellen. - What?

The secretary.

Maryellen.

I swear to God.

This fucking city.

I only have a minute.

I think we should cut ties with Kelly.

All right.

"All right"?

Explain that thought process to me.

He's unpredictable.

He seems more like a dull loner to me.

He's opportunistic. He's short-sighted.

And he thinks he's smarter than everyone around him.

Eight years in the military will do that.

I am worried about what he'll do next.

Were you clear with him?

God damn it.

There are better ways into Marty Stein.

What about the father?

I'm sorry?

The father. George Kelly.

What about him?

Well, Ethan plays fast and loose with his own life.

What about his dad's?

It's hard to say.

I suppose there's some incentive to be found there.

Good.

- Do that then. - Sir.

If we stop now,

we'll have to start over with someone else.

- Yes, sir. - I don't want that.

Do you want that?

- No, sir. - It's your call, Lloyd.

I value your opinion.

I'll pick up the father today.

Hold him until we're done with Ethan.

I always said you were too soft for this work.

Yes, sir.

Hey, Grace, where the hell you at?

The hotel just said you checked out.

Call me back.

She's right, you know...

Guthrie.

Yeah, what's she right about?

This whole conspiracy you've cooked up.

You don't like it? It's a big fucking task force.

Whoa! Jesus.

I'm just saying. You might want to take a step back.

Might be a different line to follow.

Well, I'm open for suggestions.

I need an accent piece for our new office.

Show me.

It needs to be classy.

Of course, ma'am.

But also wild and bizarre.

- Obscene, really. - Yes, ma'am.

It should bleed a primordial eroticism.

Desperate. Violent.

Yet tempered...

Oh, my God!

Yes, this is perhaps

one of our less successful pieces.

Are you kidding me?

My bosses are going to love this.

I'll take it.

This is, like, some serious art shit.

It's vulgar.

- It's freakish. - Mmm-hmm.

Mmm-hmm. But elegant.

Yeah.

I opened the Chicago office first,

then New York, then Milan.

- You bitch. - Complete bitch.

"Executive Assistant to the CEO."

- Wow. - Damn.

Margo, you're, like, inspirational.

You're so lucky.

My bosses are really hands-off.

I'm basically running the company.

Excuse me, miss. You'll have to come with us.

What?

I didn't know it was counterfeit.

It's not like I'm running the company.

You seemed to be spending it in a hurry.

It was almost as if you were trying to unload it

- before anyone noticed. - I told you.

My bosses just sent me out to set up the company.

They just gave me the cash.

And do these bosses have a name?

Leo Taylor?

Yeah.

The fuck you need?

What is this, Marty's commissary?

You guys allowed to eat anywhere else?

What can I say? I didn't want you guys coming by the office.

I assume you have something to ask me.

Yeah.

Why is it when lawyers die,

they're buried 20 feet under the ground?

Because deep down they really are nice guys.

Heard 'em all.

- I thought about becoming a lawyer. - Oh, yeah?

But then you realized you didn't care for Xanax.

No. My dad died. I couldn't afford tuition.

So, I've got about 20 minutes.

And what can you tell us about Adam Hutchings?

Who?

You really want to play it like that?

It's only going to hurt more when you lose.

Are you accusing me of something?

Should I be?

The guy called me about one of the buildings I closed,