The Closer

The Closer 7x15 Silent Partner Original Air Date on December 26, 2011

Guard: Wrist band.

"Moses, Reggie. CDC-S45973."

== sync, corrected by elderman ==

- You want us to stay? - Absolutely not.

All right, sir.

If you need us, just scream.

Well... Since our bad-mannered

correctional officer didn't bother,

allow me to properly introduce myself.

I'm Peter Goldman...

And, as I said in my letter to you,

I greatly appreciate you

allowing me to handle the appeal of your death sentence

and your application for a new trial.

But I'm gonna need your help.

I love helping people.

So, tell me, uh, Peter Goldman,

what can Reggie do for you?

I'm trying to prove that the woman

who took your so-called confession

is a corrupt police officer...

and a murderer.

What good is that for me?

Remember the L.A.P.D.'s Rampart scandal?

Nearly 100 people had their convictions overturned

because police officers lied.

That's your ticket out of here.

Now, when Chief Johnson arrested you for the murder

of Tyrone Baylor and two other army rangers --

Weren't nobody trying to kill Ty Baylor or them army boys.

No, don't say that. Don't admit to anything.

- Just listen. Listen. - We was after his twin brother, Turell.

You listen!! You listen!!

Turell walked into a protected store

and killed the store owner and his little grandson.

And then he put it all on me.

Look at me.

Look at me!!

Chief Johnson put you in those chains.

After your arrest, she gave you a phone

so you could call all your friends

and tell them that Turell was being let go.

"Ricky-Rock, C-Jazz, Deloin,

and Lil Bugsy."

After you talked to them, Turell was beaten to death.

Now, I have a witness who can testify to all of this.

How you know them names?

Reggie, I know everything about Turell's murder.

All I need now...

is for people to say what happened --

out loud, in open court.

You do that,

and Chief Johnson loses her job, her savings,

and everything else she has.

And you?

You walk out of here a free man.

Wait, Reggie. Where are you going?

Come back with my paperwork.

Reggie, it's gonna be a lot harder to get the paperwork --

If it's hard, then you do it hard!

Don't talk to me about being hard!

C.O.!

You come back with my paperwork,

and I'll say anything you want me to say.

All right. All right.

Sign in. Sign in, both of you.

We got to play this one by the book.

Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, Major Crimes.

Detective David Gabriel.

What's going on, Lieutenant?

Uh, we'll get to that later.

Kendall's come and gone.

We'll take a quick look at the victim,

examine his I.D., personal effects,

and then we're gonna have all this towed out of here.

I see the victim parked illegally.

Is that what makes this a major crime?

Flynn: Well, sort of.

Uh, parking enforcement was ticketing the car

when they found the body.

Um, Newton rolled out a couple of homicide detectives.

They ran the plates.

They called Taylor. Taylor called us.

Why?

Car came back registered to Turell Baylor.

Victim's driver's license says his name is James Turner.

Shot from the backseat, four times,

I'm guessing between 1:00 and 3:00 a.m. this morning.

No shell casings found anywhere.

All the bullets are in his body.

Gang moniker database says James Turner goes by "J-Rock."

Member of the 110 Crips, Chief.

The 110 Crips kill another one of their own -- why?

Uh, Chief?

Found this card in the victim's pocket.

Peter Goldman. Attorney-at-law.

You put this case on hold, right?

Of course.

I told my squad to stand down and get breakfast.

Do you know how the victim ended up in Turell Baylor's car?

I know Turell wasn't using it.

This murder doesn't necessarily have any connection

to the federal lawsuit.

Yes, but the 110 Crips

have their own attorneys, and Goldman is not one of them,

so why was his card found on the victim's person?

Well, in my business,

finding that card on a body is what we call a clue.

Come in.

Excuse me. Sorry to interrupt.

No problem, Detective. How was your breakfast?

Uh...Great. Uh, good.

Good. Um...

I-I was just wondering if Chief Johnson

could join me out in the hallway for a moment.

Oh.

No, no, no, you can tell Chief Johnson

whatever you have to tell her right in here.

Go ahead, David.

Okay, well, I have a friend

that works for a credit rating agency,

and I had him look up a couple things for me off the record

just to see where Peter Goldman has been lately.

Oh, my God. You can't get inside information...

It's not traceable. ...on the plaintiff's attorney.

It's not traceable. You simply can't do that.

Well, now we all know about it, don't we?

Or we would if you'd let him finish.

Detective.

Thank you.

Yesterday, Goldman took a flight up to Oakland.

And he rented a car with one of those toll passes,

and he used it to drive over the San Rafael bridge.

He went to San Quentin? Why?

He signed in as attorney for Reggie Moses.

Goldman spoke to Reggie Moses?

Yeah, alone.

And afterwards, Reggie made a phone call.

To whom?

Buzz: San Quentin sent us an audio file

of Reggie calling from a prison phone

to someone on a disposable cell.

Yeah, I'm trying to find out

where that disposable cell was sold and who bought it.

Man: Hello?

Reggie: Hey, dawg.

Saw my new lawyer today.

Peter Goldman.

Gonna file an appeal for me.

He has five investigators researching my case.

One of them talks too much.

Thanks, man. Stay chill.

Five investigators.

Yeah, and one of them talks too much.

J-Rock.

It implies Goldman has a list of names

pertinent to the case.

He needs to be interviewed immediately.

That's what I've been saying.

Not by you or anyone else in this division.

You're all being sued.

All right. Well, who do you have in mind?

Hello, Peter.

Ooh. Love the tie.

I have been thinking about you so much.

It's almost a relief to be able to sit down

and talk to you for a minute.

Well, I'm not answering any questions

about how I'm getting my information

from inside the L.A.P.D.

And interrogating me

on any subject could be interpreted by a federal judge

as a form of harassment.

So you'd better have a damn good reason

for putting me in an interview room.

Oh. I do.

The murder of James Turner, A.K.A. J-Rock,

and your business card, which we found on his body.

So, when was the last time

you spoke with or saw James Turner, A.K.A. J-Rock?

That is none of your business.

Okay, then...

Where you were yesterday afternoon?

Also none of your business.

Might you have been at San Quentin prison

visiting Reggie Moses on death row?

If I find out the L.A.P.D. has been illegally monitoring

my whereabouts -- Wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Before you start huffing and puffing

and trying to blow my house down,

you signed in to San Quentin prison, Peter.

It's a matter of public record.

Now...

You spoke with Reggie Moses, a 110 Crip.

Afterwards, he made a phone call,

and then another 110 Crip, J-Rock, ended up dead.

Reggie is in prison.

So he didn't shoot anyone.

Now, if you want someone who's out and about,