The Shield

Previously on The Shield...

He screwed my ex wife with the sole purpose

of making this investigation seem like a personal vendetta.

This guy's just pissing,he's pissing all over us.

- I've made you coffee and I've been patient, - you need to go.

Just stop, stop. Stop!

- I'm gonna take a deal. - I report for processing tomorrow morning.

We gotta wait for you to get to mexico. We got money parked in an account for you.

- It's all set up. - I'm not going that route.

They're gonna make you give us up.

Why'd you even come back here tonight if you weren't planning on leaving?

Shane?

We're gonna find out who did this. And we're gonna kill him.

It's Guardo, he stepped on his protection twice.

Killing lem was a message to stay away.

You've murdered two of your own team members.

- You're done with Mackey. You're off of it. - I have proof that Vic had lemansky killed.

I say that Vic used me as a middle man to set up the hit on his guy.

I'm just trying to get you to tell the truth.

It's just somebody else's truth, that's all.

You get emolia to lie for you. You just stepped onto an entirely new playing field.

I hope you know the rules of the game.

Sorry. Claudette had us running down a lead on the san marcos house slaughter.

I thought that was robbery/homicide.

They'd get their loafers dirty knocking on doors. Who's the bag of bones?

Jupo nunez. Founding father of the salvadoran gang.

Granted parole yesterday after 50 years of a life sentence.

- Why the early release? - He's terminal.Lung cancer.

Hey.

You think you can hang on long enough to answer a few questions?

- Do I know you? - Vic Mackey.You're before my time.

But your male nurse probably heard of me.

He's the farmington cop, grandpa. Had the run-ins with Guardo.

You're the one raging war against us.

Come to tear down a dying man?

My beef's with Guardo. He calls the shots now.

I built this gang from the ground up.

Guardo, all of them,owe me everything.

Leaving you here to live in paradise. After a lifetime of service.

That's one hell of a pension plan.

You came here to insult me?

I came here to give you a chance to salvage your life's work.

Now you give me Guardo.

I turn on one of my own,I disgrace myself.

The salvadoranslost their honor after Guardo killed a cop.

You old school guys. You knew never to do that.

And in return, we showed you a level of respect.

Giving him up is a step towards restoring the glory days.

- I don't know he killed one of you. - We do. Besides,

maybe your new leader would have a better sense of history.

How to treat their heroes.

The new generation. No respectfor the rules.

That's disgraceful.

What's worse is kids like your grandson here

are gonna have to pay the price for that disrespect.

That gat he's hiding under his shirt, that's a felony.

Who knows what else I might find if I decide to bea hardass.

Guardo killed danny rosa.

All I have is a number.

It's where we call him to give him a message.

Vic, it's asher.

- what's going on? - I'm at your house.Serving a search warrant.

- For what? - I don't know.

- Well, who's there? - kavanaugh,wagenbach, captain wyms.

Is there anything you need me to do? Anything to clean up?

No. There's nothing to find. Thanks for the heads up though.

Jesus christ, kavanaugh's at my place. He's got a search warrant.

Based on the emolia's bullshit story?

Hey, hey. Is there something that I need to know?

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

Is there anything there to find?

- About lem or anything else? - No.

Nothing in Vic's closet. You?

Just leftovers.

Did you lookin the trash?

You see the brand new jacket? Garbage is what god made unis for.

I thought you were gonna take a personal day.

It's thursday. I figured I take it tomorrow. Get the 3-day weekend.

Check the bathroom,would you?

Claudette!

Claudette.

- Yeah. - Found this balled up in the trash. The circle there is

where portillo autobody is.

- Where lemansky was killed. - Yeah.

Mackey said he'd never been there.

Just keep looking. Cause if he's this sloppy, maybe there's more.

You've read the statement.

You swear it's entirely truthful, everything about detective Mackey?

- Yes. - Ok. Sign and date here.

Finished the search of Vic's house and found these.

This is a matchbook from tama's costora.

Where emolia's been working.

Vic said he hadn't seen or spoken to her since he cut her off as an informant.

Of course, we don't know when he picked up the matchbook.

$500 cash tucked inside his yellow pages.

Exact amount that emolia said Vic offered to give lem up to Guardo.

Vic or any of the other guys return our calls?

Not yet.

- Was the cash loose in the phone book? - No. It was in that envelope.

Send it to the crime lab. See if you can get Vic's prints off of it.

Fine. But if you ask me,this is all bullshit.

There's no way Vic offed one of his own guys.

Phone number tracks here. Nydia hernandez.

So what now?

We're gonna go inside. Wait for Guardo. Take him someplace private.

Find out how he got close to lem.

Then we're gonna kill him. And anybody else involved.

all units stand by for crime broadcast. Wanted for questioning,detective Vic Mackey.

Farmington detectives.Requesting any information on his current location.

- All units... - They must have found something in your house.

- There was nothing to find. - Why else would they issue an apb?

Look, why don't we just go back to the barn, see what the hell they found,

and clean this mess upright now before we dig ourselves in any deeper.

Now might be our last shot at Guardo.

He's right.

We're all clear.

- Looks like she's Guardo's cooch. - What are we gonna do with her?

I don't have too much concern for Guardo's loved ones.

all right. Someone's here. Don't get trigger happy.

I want this guy alive long enough to ask him questions.

Esta Guardo?

He's not there.

Gracias.

What's she doing now?

She's making lunch.

How's the newfoot patrol going?

It's ok, but community relations is boring.

We're not getting any action.

Putting a friendly face on the department is important.

People need to feel comfortable bringing their problems to us.

Robbery/homicide faxed this over.

It's a composite of the man seen leaving the side of the san marcos house murders.

Get copies made.Pass it along.

If you're here to get an update on Vic,

I'm too busy. I'll try to find someone to get you up to speed.

Well, I might have to wait awhile. Your cupboard down there looks pretty bare.

Half my men are out looking for Vic. The other half

are helping rhd with this house slaughter.

Would it make your life any easier if i could get you additional personnel?

Cops, I need. A future bill in my mailbox, I don't.

You've been captain for a week. Your homicide rate's quadrupled.

- What are you talking about? - The san marcos triangle's a no man's land between

wilshire, central, and farmington.

The body count should've been divided out in equal percentages.

Their captains managed to dump all 12 on you.

- How'd they do that? - You're low on the totem pole.

Just happened.

Crime stats will go down.

All I need is time to make my input.

Actually, things are only gonna get tougher.

The mexican police authority is consolidating three prisons.

So any inmates with 3 years or less left on their sentences are being released.

Based on their gang affiliations, you can expect a large influx across the border

and up in farmington.

Some are probably already here.

Ok. How does this work?

I file the paperwork for a budget bump.

As far as the wilshire and central captains, I'll try to persuade them to

even out the percentages so that our district doesn't take the entire hit.

- It's that easy. - No.

But that's how it is.

Now, uh, what can you tell me about Mackey?

Jesus, how long does it take to eat a salad?

We should be glad she didn't take a dump.

All right. She's gone.

International prefix.

Guardo's in mexico.Goddammit.

- We're just gonna have to wait then. - Not necessarily.

- We can't rush this. - We gotta handle it right.

There's an apb out for me. This doesn't wait.

Look, neither one of you can be seen with me.

That means I gotta do this on my own.

Why don't you go back to the barn. Be my eyes and ears.

Gather as much intel as you can.

You lied to me, aldo. You told me you didn't know where Guardo was.

You keep coming around here asking questions. The salvadorans are going to sniff it out.

- You want me killed? - You lie to me again, I'll do it for them.

- Guardo's in san miguel. - Why?

- Last favor I have todo for you. - Fine.

He's bringing a load of scrips out next week.

Mexi gangs are making a big play into the game.

- How long has he been in mexico? - As far as I know,just a couple of days.

Where's your cell phone?

Now leave the keys and get out. Now get out.

I'll return it with a full tank.

Where have you two been?

Running down that lead for robbery/homicide. What's going on?

We've been callingyour phones all morning. Why didn't you pick up?

We turned them off. We were in the field. We didn't want toblow our cover.

The only reason we're here is we heard the apb out on Vic.

- You got a search warrant for his house? - I can't discussthe details.

When was the last time you saw Vic?

Called this morning.Said he was taking a personal day.

Wagenbach and I need to speak with you two.

Yeah. Yeah, let's get this cleared up.

Your official statement taken the night lemansky died

says neither you,Vic, or gardocki

had ever been to the portillo auto body.

- Yeah.That sounds right. - So why did Vic have a map

of the portillo auto body at his house?