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Ballard Season 1 Episode 10
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00:00Previously on Ballard
00:02So what, are you riding this thing now?
00:03Keep doing your jobs and the money will keep flowing.
00:05I'll make sure the cartel knows it's business as usual.
00:07We traced another number from Griscoll's cell phone.
00:09I wanted you to see it for yourself.
00:12Wow, wow.
00:17LPD, Olivas, hands up!
00:18Easy! You got no idea what you've done.
00:20I bet it feels good knowing what you've been through with Olivas.
00:23Surprise!
00:24He used to love watching your dad build his boards.
00:27My dad when I was 14.
00:28Surfing accident.
00:29Tutu in there thought it would be cathartic for me to build his board.
00:33You know, everything is coming up cold case unit.
00:35You can feel it, right?
00:36Are something bigs coming around the corner?
00:38November 2000, Sawtell.
00:40Check it out.
00:41Naomi Bennett was assaulted.
00:42She was a victim.
00:43A victim who survived.
00:45This is huge.
00:46She could ID your serial killer.
00:48These men may or may not have been involved in your attack.
00:50Can you tell me if you recognize any of them?
00:52It's number four.
00:54Oh, it's him.
00:55What are you prominent?
00:56The councilman's dad?
00:57We found a living victim.
00:58Ross, where are you?
01:00I stopped by Jake's place.
01:02With his dad.
01:03No, Gary!
01:04Ross?
01:05Ross?
01:06Any side of the shooter?
01:07No, ma'am.
01:08Cars in the garage.
01:09Must lift on foot.
01:10Lock down this neighborhood.
01:11No one goes in or out.
01:12Roll over.
01:13Roll over.
01:14No, no, no.
01:15No, no.
01:16No, no.
01:17No, no.
01:18No.
01:19No, no, no.
01:20No, no.
01:21No, no, no.
01:22No, no.
01:23No, no, no.
01:24No, no.
01:25No, no.
01:26No, no, no.
01:27Any side of the shooter?
01:28No, ma'am.
01:29Cars in the garage.
01:30Must lift on foot.
01:31Lock down this neighborhood.
01:32No one goes in or out.
01:33Roll over.
01:34How bad is it?
01:49He's hanging in, but we've gotta move.
01:51Oh, no, Rolls.
01:53God damn it.
01:56Where is your car?
01:58Where is your car, Miss?
02:04You're hanging there.
02:09Wait on fire.
02:11Pull up DMV registration for Ted Rawls.
02:13Put out a crime broadcast on his BMW ASAP.
02:15Suspect is Gary Pearlman.
02:17He is armed and dangerous.
02:18Copy.
02:24What?
02:25Um, what's the news?
02:27He's hanging in, but he's lost a lot of blood, Tom.
02:30They're putting him in the ambulance right now.
02:34Any sign of Gary?
02:35No, but I think he stole Rolls' car.
02:37We're putting out a bolo.
02:38I need you to coordinate with Metro.
02:40Get Naomi somewhere safe until this guy's in custody.
02:42I need her on lockdown.
02:45Hey.
02:47Hey!
02:48Hey!
02:49I gotta go.
02:50Is that my dad?
02:51Jake.
02:52Is that my dad?
02:53Is he okay?
02:54Jake, stop, stop, stop.
02:55What are you doing here?
02:56Where's my dad?
02:57Jake, it's not your dad.
02:58It's Rolls.
02:59These murders we've been investigating?
03:04They were committed by your father.
03:08No.
03:09That can't be.
03:10It was Gary all along.
03:11No.
03:12He killed Sarah.
03:13He killed all of them.
03:14I'm sorry.
03:15I'm so sorry.
03:16No.
03:17No.
03:18No.
03:19No.
03:20No.
03:21I want the major case management system running before the hour's on.
03:24Willis, you're heading in.
03:25Make sure we have the Canvas teams pulling video in Perlman's neighborhood and start interviewing
03:32potential witnesses.
03:33I want Cyber up on it.
03:35Cooper.
03:36Do you have any questions?
03:37No.
03:38No.
03:39No.
03:40No.
03:41No.
03:42No.
03:43No.
03:44No.
03:45No.
03:46No.
03:47No.
03:48No.
03:49No.
03:50No.
03:51No.
03:52No.
03:53No.
03:54No.
03:55No.
03:56You cannot just take him to my office.
03:59I want Cyber up on Gary Perlman's bank accounts, on his phones, his e-mail, his social media.
04:03And I want to find Ted Rawls' car.
04:06Right now that's the best chance we have of locating Gary.
04:08Forseers like that should come with GPS tracking.
04:10I'll get into it.
04:11hot clen how one of your people talk to Jay, who could get a list of friends and family
04:16his father might seek out, places he might go.
04:18Copy that.
04:19Sir I'd like to be the one to talk to him.
04:22The captain, no disrespect to the detective.
04:23I've built a rapport with him.
04:24Sir, my team runs these drills.
04:25We know what we're doing.
04:26And I know these cases, and I know the people involved.
04:29If the lieutenant would like to...
04:29Detective Ballard.
04:34Coughlin, I want her with Jake.
04:37Yes, sir.
04:38All right, let's get to it.
04:40Want to tell me what the hell happened with the DNA?
04:42You ran Sarah's weeks ago.
04:43Why didn't we get a familial match?
04:44The only thing I can think of is that Gary's not Sarah's biological father.
04:49You think the wife had an affair?
04:51She could have.
04:51I've got a volunteer working in right now with Darcy to confirm that.
04:55Make me your first call.
04:57Yes, sir.
04:59You got Naomi's support away?
05:01Yeah, Parker's taking her to a safe house in Hollywood.
05:04She's pretty freaked.
05:05I bet she is.
05:06You busy?
05:11After Mom died, he folded in on himself.
05:16You know, their friends were hers anyway.
05:21He's got nobody.
05:24Except me, I guess.
05:28So you can't think of anywhere he may have gone?
05:31Places he talked about.
05:36You know, I found her that night.
05:41Sarah.
05:42I got home from a friend's.
05:48I thought everyone was gone.
05:49It was so quiet.
05:51I went upstairs.
05:55Her door was open.
06:00And...
06:01God.
06:04He must have heard me pull up, and that's why he went out the window.
06:06It wasn't five minutes later before he came through the front door, like he just got home himself.
06:22I looked up to him.
06:23He came to my games.
06:26He helped me with homework.
06:26He...
06:27Gave me advice.
06:34I mean, none of it makes any sense.
06:37How can he be this...
06:38This monster at the same time?
06:42Hey.
06:50Hi.
06:51You talked to Jake?
06:52He's in rough shape.
06:53It's good that you're here.
06:56Have you heard anything yet?
06:57No.
06:58I'm on my way to the hospital now.
07:00If there's anything I can do.
07:03Colleen, how's Rawls?
07:11Um, last I heard, in surgery.
07:15But I haven't seen the doctor in a while.
07:17Okay, I'm on my way to you.
07:19Hey, listen.
07:20I heard from Darcy.
07:21That palm print on the windowsill in Sarah's bedroom definitely belongs to Gary.
07:27Jesus.
07:28And, um, Jake and Sarah don't share paternal DNA.
07:31So Mom had an affair.
07:32What a mess.
07:34What about Gary?
07:35Any news on where he is?
07:37Not yet.
07:38But we'll find him.
07:39I just...
07:40I can't believe it was him.
07:43He seemed like such a nice man.
07:49I gotta go.
07:51Call me if there's any updates.
07:56Captain?
08:00Excuse me.
08:01I know that the assumption is always that the suspect is going to run.
08:05But I don't think Gary Pearlman is going to do that.
08:07Why wouldn't he?
08:08You know we found a woman, Naomi Bennett, that he left her dead back in 2000.
08:12So?
08:13So based on what I know about him, I don't believe that he would leave her behind.
08:18Sir, explain.
08:20She's not just a loose end.
08:22The guy wants to wrap it.
08:23There is no doubt in my mind.
08:24I agree.
08:25He wants to run.
08:26But there's a part of him, the part that killed all his women, that won't let him do that.
08:32The fact that Naomi is still out there and she's alive means that she won.
08:36I don't think he'll walk away from that.
08:38I'm sorry, this is just a complete rant.
08:39Just wait a second.
08:40God damn it.
08:42Say you're right, then what?
08:45What would you have us do?
08:47Make sure he knows that somehow.
08:49How do we do that?
08:50Put me on the news.
09:02What?
09:02Like this isn't already a circus castle.
09:04Sir, let me tell him what he's leaving behind and then maybe, I don't know, but maybe he will reveal himself.
09:16I hope you brought a change of clothes.
09:20I hope you brought a change of clothes.
09:50The diligent work of the LAPD's cold case unit uncovered a mountain of evidence that Gary Pearlman left behind,
10:05including most recently a living victim, a woman who survived to tell her tale and to ID him.
10:11Now, with the full force of the department focused on locating him, we are confident Gary Pearlman will be in custody very soon.
10:18When we count the casualties this man left behind, not just the women he murdered and their families who suffered,
10:24but his family suffered too.
10:27And with that, I know that Jake Pearlman would like to say a few words.
10:33Dad, please, just turn yourselves in.
10:37Anything you do now is only going to make it worse.
10:41Please, do the right thing and cooperate.
10:44All right, we need him over there.
10:54Have a ride.
10:56They got a location in Rawls' BMW?
10:58Yeah.
10:59A block away from Union Station, where people go to leave the city.
11:02MTA Security has Pearlman on camera entering the building, but they lost him in the crowd.
11:10He could be anywhere.
11:12Hey, can you bring up that track five again?
11:15Come on, I need a name. I need a name.
11:16San Francisco, Phoenix, Bakersfield, San Diego, and those are just the train tickets that he bought.
11:25He also bought two bus tickets and a subway pass.
11:29Coordination, his credit card company rented a car, too.
11:31I want your team coordinating with MTA, Greyhound, Amtrak, budget rent-a-car, whatever.
11:37Follow each lead down however long it takes. One of them's got to lead us to it.
11:41Yes, sir. SIS is on it.
11:43Sir.
11:44If we need more context on Pearlman, we'll reach out to you. Understood?
11:55What's going on?
11:57He's in the wind.
11:59Hey, you good?
12:03Yeah. Let's just get to the hospital.
12:06Bet you're happy now, huh, Renee?
12:08Now that IA bought whatever bullshit that you sold him.
12:12It's not bullshit.
12:13You ruined my husband's career.
12:14Olivas made his own choices.
12:16No. You did that.
12:18You lumped him in with all those dirty cops.
12:22Samira, you know. You were his partner.
12:25He's a good man.
12:26Damn it.
12:27Dareth, why don't you go to the hospital first?
12:30I'll meet you there?
12:32Right.
12:34Okay.
12:34How could you do that to our family?
12:44You don't need to believe me.
12:45All right?
12:46But if you want to know the truth...
12:48Captain Bertrand will tell you everything.
12:57Take care of yourself.
12:58Sir, I just got to the hospital.
13:12Ballard, a woman was found in the trunk of a car.
13:15Alive, thank God.
13:17But she works at the Robecks and Union Station.
13:20Home and carjacked.
13:21That's how he got at it.
13:22Where's the car?
13:24Authorities frowned in near the Mexican border in Arizona.
13:26They're flagging him with border patrol.
13:28But Gary probably crossed hours ago.
13:32We missed him, Ballard.
13:36Yeah.
13:38Okay, thanks.
13:39Thanks.
13:53Thanks.
14:17Bye.
14:18Bye.
14:19Bye.
14:20Bye.
14:20Bye.
14:21Bye.
14:22Bye.
14:22I'm surprised to see you in your house.
14:52I'm surprised to see you in your blues.
14:54Figured he would have liked it.
15:22Some people might assume that reserves are outsiders, not full sworn, not brothers in blue.
15:39I think they're as blue as the rest of us.
15:44Maybe more so.
15:46Because they don't do it for the pension.
15:48They certainly don't do it for the salary.
15:51They do it because they're part of the world that they're trying to improve.
15:58And Rawls, Ted, he wanted to make a difference.
16:06And he may not have been full-time sworn.
16:10But he was no tourist.
16:14And when you lose a guy like that, you don't just lose the man.
16:18You lose the justice that he was going to chase down to.
16:22And so we have to go out there and chase it down for him.
16:28Ted, you were an important part of our team.
16:37And you will be missed.
16:39Dearly.
16:40He thought I was still angry with him.
16:54I knew you wouldn't always be.
16:57How you doing, Ballard?
17:17Hey.
17:20What is it?
17:22I can't stop thinking about this guy at my dad's funeral.
17:26One of his front teeth was missing.
17:29Anyway, he told me later that morning that it was actually my dad who knocked it out.
17:34They were 18.
17:35Got into a bar fight.
17:37Next day, my dad shows up at the pier for this new gig on a longliner.
17:42And guess who he's working with?
17:44Gap-toothed guy.
17:46They thought for sure one of them was going to go overboard by the end of the day.
17:50But you know how it goes.
17:52Small boat.
17:53Big ocean.
17:55Friends for life.
17:58Yeah.
17:59I guess you're not coming back to homicide.
18:08No.
18:11I think I'm good where I'm at.
18:13I think I'm good where I'm at.
18:14I think I'm good where I'm at.
18:20You know.
18:22No.
18:24People are so small.
18:25I think I've been on a large run.
18:27I don't think it's true.
18:28I don't see any people.
18:29No.
18:30No.
18:31It's not too much.
18:32No.
18:33I think that was good.
18:34I know, I think I was a little bit.
18:35I think I'm a little bit more.
18:37Oh, my God.
19:07It's quiet around here.
19:14After hours.
19:17How are you holding up?
19:21Not even sure I've really processed it.
19:27His records were a mess, but I think I got everything.
19:41Thanks for putting all this together.
19:44There's still victims we haven't ID'd yet, so this could help us do that.
19:48Some of us could even lead us to him.
19:51Yeah. Good.
19:53Good.
20:14All this, um, who he is, I, I, I, I just can't wrap my head around it.
20:25I feel like, like I'm in one of those Escher drawings where everything holds together but nothing makes sense.
20:36It's ironic, you know.
20:46I pushed for all this to get closure and some peace.
20:51I got everything but.
20:53You gave that to other people, though.
20:55Other families that were hurting.
20:57You have to remember that.
20:58It matters.
21:02I hope so.
21:05Hey, do you mind if I take a few of his things with me?
21:17You're gonna have his things bring it to his family.
21:20That'd be nice.
21:22He, um, called me on his way to my house that morning.
21:37He was angry with me.
21:38He was coming over to have a word.
21:39About what?
21:40He thought it was pretty messed up.
21:43He got blindsided in that news interview and he thought we were crazy to think about replacing you.
21:52I've, uh, decided to suspend my campaign.
21:57Not like I had a chance after all this, so.
22:01But, um, I want you to know that you'll still have friends on the council even after I'm gone.
22:10I appreciate that.
22:15Hey, um...
22:20When you do find him, if you can, bring him in alive.
22:27Hey, Tutu.
22:39Just wanted to say hi, see how you were doing.
22:55I'm fine.
22:59I'm just working.
23:01How's it feel?
23:04Quiet.
23:08And a little weird, to be honest.
23:13This protein powder is still in the break room.
23:15Mmm.
23:16When are you coming home?
23:18I think now's a good time.
23:21I'll pack up and head out.
23:23Good.
23:24I'll chill a couple.
23:26I like the sound of that.
23:29Love you.
23:30Yeah, yeah.
23:48This bloody team.
23:49Nice window.
23:50I thought you were doing a good time when you all areVOx of you.
23:52You're taking care of this ride.
23:54You seem a little bit better today.
23:56But it's has to be ordered in a boat around you.
23:57I think it's very quick.
23:58Whatever your world is...
24:00Anything else?
24:01Oh, my God.
24:31You really think you're going to walk away from this, Rene?
24:54Huh?
25:01We both know how this ends.
25:03No!
25:05No!
25:07No!
25:09No!
25:11No!
25:41You bitch!
25:59This is Detective Renee Ballard.
26:02I'm at the training center.
26:03Advise responding units.
26:05Code 4.
26:06Suspect's in custody.
26:07I need an RA for a male.
26:09White.
26:09Approximately 70 years old.
26:12Suffering from a pretty messed up hand.
26:15Oh!
26:16Oh!
26:18Oh!
26:19Oh!
26:35You know, I knew she was one of them
26:37the minute I saw her face.
26:39Standing at the counter going on and on with the sales girl.
26:46I'm sorry.
26:48You said she was one of them.
26:51Who is them?
26:55A certain kind of woman.
26:59Uppity.
27:01Selfish.
27:01Not lady-like.
27:03Not lady-like.
27:06You said she was talking to the salesperson.
27:10Yeah, at the jewelry store.
27:13She had just gotten a promotion.
27:15And, uh, she was going to put everything on hold for this job.
27:21Marriage.
27:21Kids.
27:22Kids.
27:24Who's doing them a favor?
27:27She wasn't the marrying kind.
27:33We'll come back to that.
27:40We didn't connect any, uh, souvenirs to Sarah.
27:43I guess you had plenty around the house.
27:47She seemed like a nice girl.
27:50Honor role.
27:50Cheerleader.
27:51Theater club.
27:53How did your daughter fit the pattern?
27:54She wasn't my daughter.
28:00But I raised her anyway.
28:02Like she was.
28:04Because I believe in family first.
28:10And yet she dared to accuse me of infidelity.
28:14That night?
28:14She found some things in my truck.
28:16And she thought I was cheating on her mother.
28:18She found your souvenirs.
28:22The lipstick.
28:23She thought you were having an affair.
28:25She had no idea.
28:26She shouldn't have been looking through my things.
28:29That's enough.
28:36You copped all your victims?
28:38The ones we've ID'd, yeah.
28:40Font's working the other three unmatched souvenirs we have left.
28:44What about Laura?
28:45Can you give you anything new?
28:46Only that he killed her because she wasn't going to make us coffee anymore.
28:50Come again.
28:51Laura was a barista at Gary's local spot.
28:56She was nice to him.
28:57She talked to him.
28:59He liked her until she landed the commercial.
29:02And then he said that she was no longer humble.
29:05She was bragging about getting the role and that she didn't have to pour coffee anymore.
29:11Just.
29:13He was upset that she was leaving him behind.
29:16I'm going to guess.
29:20All goes back to his childhood.
29:22Mom left when he was eight.
29:24Dad took it out on him pretty severely.
29:26Told him he was the reason.
29:28And the world gains another psychopath.
29:31Looks like he related a number on this place.
29:35Caught me by surprise.
29:36I thought he'd go after our living victim, Naomi, but I had the psychology right.
29:44Just the wrong target.
29:46Probably a good thing you don't actually think like a killer.
29:49I'm glad you got the bastard, though.
29:54Even after all those years, the haystack blown over the investigation.
29:59Well, past is always present, right?
30:02Renee, let me tell you something.
30:04If anyone ever takes me out, I hope you catch the case.
30:07That's a high compliment coming from you.
30:15What about your conspiracy case?
30:17Believe us and those other shit-burned cops.
30:19Well, it's with the DA's office now.
30:21And they're keeping me at arm's length, of course.
30:24I should know more when I see you next.
30:25Here's everything I got on Laura's case.
30:35It's a long list of casualties with this guy.
30:40Yeah.
30:41It is.
30:45Until next time.
30:55You got back late last night.
31:22Yeah.
31:23I went out with the team.
31:25We needed some time to be done.
31:29It's beautiful.
31:31You gonna finally take it out?
31:34Why not?
31:37He'd be proud of you.
31:55Only the strong survive.
32:00Only the strong survive.
32:04Only the strong survive.
32:07Only the wrong.
32:09We live their lives.
32:12We've been here a thousand times.
32:24I wish I could go back and find
32:28Letters I wrote you in my mind.
32:32We're gonna need more shelves.
32:34Perhaps I could unnoticed from this awful bind.
32:43Most I have forgot are all very refined.
32:49Take care.
32:50I'm coming out of you.
32:54I'm coming out of you.
32:54Okay.
32:55I'm coming out of you.
32:56Love is a sickness geared by time.
33:00Love is a sickness geared by time.
33:00And bruises all end up benign.
33:06Love is a sickness geared by time.
33:09Love is a sickness geared by time.
33:11Love is a sickness geared by time.
33:17I hope that you can change my mind.
33:22Had to leave this crying all behind.
33:26I hope that you don't think that I'm unkind.
33:31As somebody told me.
33:35Only and only.
33:37Only the strong will survive.
33:47Only the strong will survive.
33:51And I won't ride a woman with a man on my mind.
33:56Hope that didn't sound too unkind.
33:59Just struggling to figure out how only, only, only, only, only, only the strong will survive.
34:17Hope that you can change my mind.
34:21I had to leave this crying all behind.
34:26I hope that you don't think that I'm unkind.
34:29I hope that you don't think that I'm unkind.
34:31I'm unkind.
34:32So somebody told me.
34:34Only and only.
34:36Only the strong will survive.
34:39Only the strong will survive.
34:41I'm unkind.
34:42I'm unkind.
34:43SA Creamery
34:44Sayji
35:08Hey, Harry. What are you doing here?
35:26Reach out to my friend in the DA's office.
35:30Asked about your conspiracy case.
35:33Tell me.
35:35Goes before the grand jury next week.
35:38Charging six officers.
35:41Six? I gave him seven names.
35:44I know.
35:46They're gonna kick Olivas.
35:48He's gonna walk.
35:51Sorry.
36:02So, I want you to be on that two o'clock caller from here.
36:06Chandler, why isn't Robert Olivas being charged with conspiracy?
36:11Give us a moment.
36:13How did you know?
36:14The evidence my team collected indicated he was higher up than any other officer we gave you.
36:18Then I believe you've answered your own question.
36:20He made a deal?
36:25With what? What did he offer?
36:27Conspiracy cases always require an insider who's gonna flip.
36:31We gave you Manny Santos.
36:32Manny is low level. We needed more. Olivas raised his hand.
36:35Of course he did.
36:36And you had to take the easy way.
36:40I know, given your history with Detective Olivas, that you might feel...
36:43My history?
36:45He told us about the issues between you, which you should have shared from the start.
36:50My history has nothing to do with the fact that he's committed serious crimes.
36:54Detective, you're not seeing the bigger picture here.
36:56No. I'm seeing it. Pretty damn clear.
37:04Parker, shit's gone sideways with Olivas. Call me back.
37:06What the hell, Ballard? What are you doing here?
37:25Snake!
37:26You don't care who you are or who you leave behind.
37:29You always get away with it. Always!
37:31Calm down, Ballard. Don't be so upset.
37:34You think the world is fair.
37:36But it's just not.
37:38And it's not my fault either.
37:41I just know how to make the most out of it.
37:44I'm gonna be fine. I'm gonna weather all of this because I always do.
37:49But you...
37:50You're gonna spend the rest of your career in that basement, clawing to get out.
38:00You know, I've been where you are.
38:03Certain that the wind's gonna blow in my direction.
38:05But what you don't know is the whispers have already started.
38:10You're gonna be toxic in the LAPD. They're gonna wipe your name from everything.
38:18Where's your wife, by the way?
38:28Did she take off already?
38:29Take the boys with her?
38:33You've got me to thank for that.
38:34I put her in touch with Bertram.
38:36Give me a reason.
38:42My career may be in a basement.
38:45But at least it's not in a fucking box.
38:47You've got to thank her.
39:00I don't know.
39:03It's a minimum of love.
39:05It's true.
39:06You want to be in a basement?
39:07You're not in the basement.
39:09Oh my God!
39:09Yeah.
39:10What could he possibly have to trade?
39:23I don't know.
39:25We'll probably find out in a year or two,
39:27when everything comes to light, but...
39:30at least he doesn't have a badge to hide behind.
39:40Bet you wish I never knocked on your door.
39:44Nah.
39:48I mean, don't get me wrong.
39:49It kills me that he won't get an ounce of what he deserves.
39:53But...
39:55at least I'm not alone in all this.
40:10Can I help you?
40:17Detective Renee Ballard?
40:19That's me.
40:20You're under arrest
40:21for the murder of Detective Robert Levis.
40:25What?
40:28Ballard, somebody shot him.
40:30He's dead.
40:32Can you hold on just for one second, please?
40:34You don't need to...
40:36Oh.
41:06To be continued...
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