The Closer

Eric!

Eric!

The Closer 7x04 Under Control Original Air Date on August 1, 2011

Eric!

== sync, corrected by elderman ==

Eric?! Eric!

Eric!

Eric, honey!

Eric!

Eric!

Eric, honey, where are you?!

Eric!

Eric!

Eric!

What I don't understand

is why it took me coming here to pick up my son

for someone to notice that Eric never showed up this morning!

Mr. Lynch, this is a voluntary summer camp.

Attendance is not taken.

I couldn't find Eric anywhere.

Damn it, Tina. How could this happen?

When he left the house this morning, I --

"When he left the house"?

What, you couldn't tear yourself

away from your boyfriend long enough to bring him here?

He wanted to ride the bike -- the bike you gave him.

It's two blocks!

The boy is 9 years old.

Wha--

Uh, Ms. Novick...

My dad's here to pick me up. You want me to get him?

He's an L.A.P.D. Detective.

So, Eric Lynch's parents are divorced.

Any ongoing custody issues you know of?

It seems settled. I don't know.

Any stepdads?

Eric's mom has a boyfriend she lives with.

Eric talks about him sometimes. I think his name is Marc.

Julio, it's Tao.

I need you to check into something for me.

Chief Johnson, this is only a transparency audit.

If it were an investigation, I'd want your lawyer present.

I don't need a lawyer, Captain.

I suggest you rethink that decision.

At any rate...

The discussion we're having today

about Turell Baylor and the Shootin' Newton murders

should remain much more informal.

You will notice I'm not taking notes.

If we hear anything,

you'll be notified immediately.

Excuse me.

Come on, Kev.

Say hi to your Uncle Julio.

Hey, Kevin.

Hey, Uncle Julio.

So, I stopped by the mother's house

to see if the kid headed home.

He wasn't there.

But the boyfriend was -- a Mr. Marcus Winslow.

And he was doing weird stuff in the backyard.

What kind of weird stuff?

Stretching.

He says he's a yoga instructor, but I don't like it.

He wants to keep out of the search

and said he'd stay at the house in case the kid came back.

Oh, and he gave me these -- recent pictures.

That's him. That's Eric.

- Let's hand them out to patrol. - Okay.

It's Eric's bike!

That's Eric's bike!

That's Eric's bike!

All right, don't touch it! Don't touch it, ma'am!

Don't touch it!

I told you...

Not to let him keep the bike

unless he used it responsibly.

Was it here before?

I-I-I don't know!

The house is a block and a half away.

You ran right by here. Was the bike here before?

- Maybe! I don't know! - How can you not know?!

Sir, that's enough.

- How can you not know?! - I don't know!

Sir, I said that's enough!

Provenza...

It's Tao.

I can say anything I want

about what happened in that store?

As long as it's the truth, yes, you can.

And it can't be used against me in court?

No, it can't.

Fine, then.

I did it.

You did what?

Reggie didn't shoot nobody in that store.

I did. I killed those people.

So, after this interview

where Mr. Baylor confessed to a double homicide,

you returned him home.

At his request, yes.

And you saw several people there, waiting for him.

Define "several."

Did you think that they were members

of his own gang, the 110 Crips?

Just because they were African-American

doesn't mean they were gang members.

Did you know that there was a strong likelihood

that after you dropped Mr. Baylor off at his home,

he'd be beaten to death by his fellow Crips?

I did not know that.

But I do like happy endings.

And that answer

is exactly why we are not recording this interview.

Calling Turell's murder a "Happy ending"

is not something that you want a jury to hear you say!

Sure we do...

After they see this interview with the so-called victim.

After they see this interview,

they will understand that you were stuck with the confession

of a brutal murder of an elderly man and his grandchild

that you couldn't use at trial.

And lacking legal recourse,

you dropped Turell Baylor off at his home,

where you knew he was likely to be executed.

This interview is not your friend.

It is your motive.

Okay.

Um, my division is rolling out,

so I need to find out where they're going.

And you will...

After we finish.

I've interviewed every member of your division.

I promise they are fully competent

to handle whatever the world throws at them.

You know, maybe it would help if you'd just tell me

in simple English what it is you're looking for.

We are hunting for a 9-year-old male Caucasian --

4'6", blond hair, and blue eyes.

Last seen wearing a yellow T-shirt, khaki pants,

and red tennis shoes.

Keep an eye on the trees and backyards, people.

We need to bring this kid home.

Let's go a little bit wider, partner.

They're doing a pretty good grid search down below us.

Let's try a little bit outside the perimeter here.

Maybe we can get lucky.

Lieutenant, what do we got?

Uh, you need to talk to Tao.

He's the incident commander.

Sir, I have Detective Sanchez

in an air unit searching the area.

Lieutenant Provenza requested 18 black-and-whites

to canvass the neighborhood.

We're sending out detectives

to check in with all the local sex offenders.

And Lieutenant Flynn and Detective Gabriel

are dealing with the parents.

Speaking of the parents, at what point do you suggest

we let the press in on this?

Well, in a missing-child case, I'd say the sooner the better. Lieutenant?

Well, I suppose we could let the parents talk to the reporters,

but they're divorced.

Yeah, we just spent the last 20 minutes

refereeing a shouting match between Eric's mom and dad.

What are they shouting about?

Uh, it's a long story, but apparently the --

Mr. Lynch blames Mrs. Lynch for not bringing Eric to camp.

Uh, Chief Pope, this is my son Kevin.

He's a volunteer at the community center,

one of Eric's camp counselors.

Well...

Good work, Kevin.

Thanks for your help.

All right, Lieutenant, where do we go from here?

Hey, back the other way! Back! Back! Go back!

Yeah, I got it back there.

Back here, partner. Come around. Come around.

All units, be advised --

I got a body in a pool

on Wells between Palmer and del Rio,

third house down.

I repeat -- between Palmer and del Rio.

No, no, no. That's not good.

Sorry, Mike.

Ah, damn it.

Okay, Buzz, that's enough.

According to Kendall's preliminary examination,

Eric Lynch had been dead between four and five hours

when we found him.

No visible signs of abuse. No bruises, scratches.

And no one we've talked to so far saw Eric get

into a car or walking.

And the owners of the house where we found this boy?

They were upside-down on their mortgage --

stopped making payments a while ago

and then moved back to Sacramento.

Technically, the property's abandoned.

Oh, well, Eric picked the perfect place to drown, didn't he?

How does a 9-year-old boy