The Shield

Previously on "The Shield"...

My here and now

is how to bring down Pezuela in the 10 days

I still have a badge.

Pezuela is one of the biggest contributors to my campaign.

These files turned up at my office.

I realized Pezuela was using them

to blackmail prominent citizens.

The Mexican drug cartel is using Pezuela as a front.

This is an I.C.E. Investigation now.

Chaffee's making this case a priority.

They need someone on the inside,

and that only means me.

Pezuela's guard's up.

That's why I have to give him back the blackmail box.

I got a plan that'll give Lem the justice he deserves.

Take a look around.

Vic and Ronnie tried to kill me tonight.

They set me up.

They think I'm too stupid to even realize it.

Now we have no idea what Shane knows,

what he suspects, or what he'll do.

I think he broke my goddamn jaw!

Two-man snatched her by the hair,

bashed her in the face.

I knew I wasn't ever gonna see that breezy again.

I arrest you for murder,

but you can work with me.

Work with you how?

I need your help getting rid of somebody.

That's gonna mean looking somebody in the eye

and pulling the trigger, though.

You ain't serious.

You don't know how goddamn serious I am.

I want to play with that.

I know, but not right now.

Why?

'Cause it's time to go to bed.

No, uh, keep him up, okay?

But it's late. He's fussy.

Good, let's let the whole block know

that we're both at home, dealing with a cranky kid.

Come on.

So, uh, run through this with me.

In 30 minutes, I go online.

I check the georgia bulldogs score.

I keep checking every 10 minutes.

I log in,

answer your E-mails...

you order the pizza at 11:00,

and you turn on the shower.

Delivery guy comes, and

I yell to you for some cash.

Make sure he sees this.

I know.

Go.

Okay.

Not used to love letters so late at night.

What's so urgent?

You think I'm wired?

We're more involved now.

Rules of engagement change.

Midnight texts,

chaperones, engagement...

sounds like we're becoming an item.

I need you to put a drug dealer out of business.

You came to the best.

This is your drug dealer?

Father morton is letting gang members

deal heroin and cocaine out of his mission

for a cut of the profits.

He another one of your blackmail-box buddies?

What do you want me to do, arrest him?

He submits his yearly fiscal report to the diocese next week.

I want him to recommend that they close St. Luke's.

This church is nearby Pezuela-ville, isn't it?

Across the street from our renewal project.

Yeah, you can't get a liquor permit

if there's a church within 1,000 feet.

looked like they were gonna close last year,

but they didn't.

So we need to give them a little push.

Force his recommendation for closure

by end of day tomorrow.

Pezuela wants to close the church

to get his liquor permit.

How many commandments does that violate?

He wasn't his normal suave self.

He was kind of tweaked. He had a bodyguard.

Things are heating up.

You've got federal approval to play along.

Rattle the priest, get him to agree.

It's the first step in an extortion charge.

I'll have to clear the time with Wyms.

I already did...

told her I needed your gang expertise for a day,

and she suggested I take you for the week.

The love just keeps coming.

About my expertise...

my hearing was yesterday.

I'm out in eight days.

I know.

I'm sorry.

What I've been doing for I.c. E. Here...

I'd like it to be a regular thing.

You're forgetting I've read your file.

More importantly, so has my boss.

Farmington's becoming a cartel hot zone.

When word gets out that I've crossed the line

and I'm working rogue muscle for Pezuela,

it's gonna open a lot of doors.

I need a soft landing,

you need a pair of eyes on the inside.

It's a win-win.

Not my call to make, but...

I'll pass it up the line.

In the meantime, follow through with Pezuela's dirty deed.

Hey, uh...

you're not actually gonna let Pezuela shut that church down.

We'll get to someone in the diocese before that happens.

Well, good.

I wouldn't want to piss off Jesus

on top of everyone else.

Cool car.

Thanks. So, how long you been bartending?

Couple years.

But, uh,

I go to school days to be a dental hygienist.

Really?

Good for you.

Yeah, Ronnie, what's up?

Holy shit. You get a look at the guy?

Black guy,

but his face was covered.

My date took a frag in the arm.

All right, man, don't worry.

I'm coming. I'm on the way.

Sync: Vine

Holy shit. Hope he had the wrong address.

Glad I moved to the valley.

So much safer.

You feeling okay?

Don't talk to me, shithead.

So much for your bamboo-cage fantasy.

Claudette called north valley.

Barn's handling the case.

Jesus.

And you're in one piece?

What happened to hanoi Hannah?

She caught a stray.

She'll live.

Not sure if I'm gonna get date number two out of it.

Date number one was ending up here?

I'll explain it to you sometime.

We'll have corrections spit out a list of recent parolees,

see if one of the names don't jump out at you.

I could think of a dozen dickheads

who'd try something stupid like this.

Porch light bulb was unscrewed.

You see or hear anything?

Didn't see his face.

Black guy, though.

Saw his arms.

He was riding a motorcycle and had a big gun.

That's all I know.

.357.

That's, like, armor-piercing.

Somebody wanted you dead two or three times.

There's only a few places in town

you can get high-end lead like this.

It's a place to start.

You okay, Ronnie?

Yeah, I'm fine, thanks.

Shonda here spotted the motorcycle,

got a partial plate.

I don't really like to get involved in messy shit,

but you helped my cousin out with that thing,

so I figured it wouldn't be right, not helping.

I appreciate it.

What'd you see?

The bike was black and red,

one of those fast asian models.

I got some of the plate number.

Thank you very much.

Timing's kind of creepy,

with all this shit going on with Shane lately.

First thing that crossed my mind.

We'll find the brother on the other end of the gun,

squeeze the truth out of him.

Hey, you want to crash at my house?

You got a bamboo cage?

For Christ's sake.

Oh, shit, I got that I.c. E. Thing

first thing tomorrow morning.

Olivia still got you working a Pezuela angle?

Well, since Pezuela squeezed her,

Olivia wants to nail that asshole worse than I do.

But don't worry. I'll cancel it.

No, no, that's gonna screw you with setting up Pezuela.

Listen, stick with it.