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Ballard Season 1 Episode 2
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00:00Previously on Ballard
00:02You're detective Ballard, right? I heard about what you did last year
00:08Don't move
00:10LAPD. Who are you? Renee Ballard, RHD. What do you want? I want the files you stole from me
00:15You call them the flower girls. I've been assigned their cases. You think this is still your case, Bosch?
00:19It's not. It's mine. They're cutting me out.
00:22Moves flash, dad.
00:24We're retired
00:26LAPD!
00:28You do good work, Renee. You saved a life. Maybe somewhere down the line we'll get to work together again
00:34Parker was the I.O. on the John Doe case we just pulled. Remember me? I worked a murder back in 2020. Mexican guy, had a baby
00:41This is from a bus station in San Diego, one of the last places John Doe was seen alive. That baby was never found
00:46What happened? Yulia is dead. Someone killed her.
00:53Yulia?
00:55The primary focus of this unit remains the murder of Councilman's sister. He was the number one suspect in 01.
01:01He killed her. Sarah Pearlman's killer left DNA behind in another crime scene. Laura Wilson, back in 08.
01:07We might have a goddamn serial killer on our hands. Who was the investigator?
01:11Harry Bosch.
01:13I didn't know I was expecting company.
01:23How are you doing? Rene Ballard, RHD. Detective Naylan, Valley Bureau. This is my scene. Not sure it's sexy enough for RHD.
01:30Blue suit say it's a robbery gone wrong. Is that what you're thinking?
01:37Shots were fighting around 10.05. She walked in on a 211 in progress. Spooked the robber, got herself shot in the back.
01:43I'm not sure it's sexy enough for RHD.
01:47Blue suit say it's a robbery gone wrong. Is that what you're thinking?
01:49Shots were fighting around 10.05. She walked in on a 211 in progress. Spooked the robber, got herself shot in the back.
01:56What's your interest here? There's a slight chance this may relate to an unsolved case of mine.
02:01How's that? My Vic stayed here.
02:03That's all? Pretty much. It was an execution-style killing. His body was dumped in the foothills about five years ago.
02:09Plenty of unsavories make their way through this place, mostly by the hour, and this here is just another sad result of that. Nothing exotic like your execution.
02:21Hey, do you mind if I just take a quick peek since I'm already here?
02:27Knock stuff out.
02:35You don't mind if I take a few photos, do you?
02:37Whatever you want.
02:42Is anything actually stolen?
02:43I'd have told them this mess.
02:46The manager said three people paid cash for last night.
02:49Impromptu shooty gallery is my bet.
02:51Maybe a guy was searching for remnants.
02:53You get the fixed name?
02:55The secretary now.
02:56I just gotta have something to tell the captain.
03:00Uh...
03:02Yulia Kravitz.
03:05Is that Kravitz with an E?
03:07Yeah.
03:08Did you look in here?
03:09Of course I did.
03:10Why?
03:11Yulia was already in here when your suspect showed up.
03:12How do you figure?
03:13Toilet paper.
03:14You see that decorative fold?
03:15There's no water spots on the mirror.
03:16She had already cleaned the bathroom when your killer shot her.
03:17You've seen enough?
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04:05Mind if I, uh, take a look at the security footage?
04:08Do you guys not talk? I already told the other guy.
04:10I know. I just need to check one more thing.
04:14Be my guest.
04:17Really appreciate your help.
04:19Mm-hmm.
04:35Come on, come on, come on.
04:59Oh, hey.
05:00What are you still doing here?
05:01You know, I came back to give you my card for ballistics.
05:05Time for you to go.
05:06Sure.
05:16That guy's an asshole.
05:18Nalan? He's just marking his territory.
05:21You think she's the woman who called RHD looking for you?
05:24If she was?
05:26What if somebody was trying to shut her up?
05:28We're gonna find out.
05:29And the fastest way to do that is to find Yulia's killer and get him to talk.
05:32How?
05:33When Nalan's shutting us down.
05:35That's not happening.
05:37We're working this case.
05:39We're just not gonna tell him about it.
05:40Hey, I'm still at the motel.
05:54I got the Vick's name.
05:55Hit me.
05:56Yulia Kravitz.
05:57K-R-A-V-E-T-Z.
05:59Start sourcing info on her, but do it on the down low.
06:02The detective working this case is a little touchy.
06:04Uh, yeah.
06:06I know the type.
06:07Speaking of which...
06:08Harry Bosch.
06:09His captain reassigned the Laura Wilson case after Bosch was put on leave, but looking at the book, he's the only one who did any meaningful work on it.
06:17We should probably loop him in, right?
06:21Tell him his killer left DNA at our scene?
06:24We should, but just hold off for now, all right?
06:27My plate's already full.
06:28Okay.
06:31Sure.
06:32Talk soon.
06:37They're starting on Yulia.
06:39In the meantime, let's take a look at this.
06:42Yulia's shooter?
06:43I mean, that's my guess.
06:46It's time-stamped right before the murder.
06:48Look at that.
06:48There could be a gun in there.
06:51Nalen says it's a robbery gone wrong, but I don't buy it.
06:54Yulia had cleaned the bathroom already before she was shot.
06:58So she didn't walk in on the shooter.
07:00He walked in on her.
07:02She was targeted.
07:03We don't know that.
07:04I knew something was weird about this place five years ago.
07:06Parker.
07:07One step at a time.
07:08Hey.
07:13Is that the woman you spoke to?
07:16Claudia.
07:18She clammed up when she figured I was with the police.
07:21Maybe she'll have more to say away from the lights and sirens.
07:30Hola.
07:33Claudia?
07:34Mm-hmm.
07:35Habla ingles?
07:36No.
07:37Es una detective.
07:39Y necesita hacerte algunas preguntas más.
07:41Bien?
07:42No, no, no sé nada.
07:44Lo siento.
07:45The girls that work at the motel, they don't talk to cops.
07:49They're undocumented?
07:53You can go.
08:02So the girls, they don't talk to the cops.
08:04Do they talk to you?
08:06Some of them.
08:09What about Yulia?
08:10She did.
08:12Sweet girl.
08:14I did her hair.
08:16Wild orchid.
08:18It was her color.
08:20She bent through a lot.
08:22Was she undocumented, too?
08:25She came here from Ukraine.
08:27Through Poland first, then Mexico.
08:30Paid a coyote to get her over the border.
08:32Any idea who might have wanted to hurt her?
08:37A boyfriend, maybe?
08:40Not sure.
08:43Do you recognize this man?
08:45I've seen him around.
08:51He comes in from time to time, asks for water and change.
08:56So maybe homeless.
09:00We're going to have to work this one outside of typical avenues, since it's not our case.
09:04Can't exactly run prints or DNA.
09:06Yeah, on that, why are we catching a fresh one?
09:09You missed the part where she said Yulia might be tied to the John Doe?
09:12At the moment, this guy's our only suspect.
09:14And if he didn't kill Yulia, he could be a witness.
09:18I'm fine.
09:18How do we catch the schmaule?
09:19Well, Ballard and I did a cursory check on encampments around the motel.
09:22But there are plenty more in the neighborhood.
09:24Worth checking nearby shelters, soup kitchens, churches.
09:27And libraries.
09:28Quite a few unhouse folks use the facilities at my branch.
09:30That's a whole lot of ground to cover.
09:33I know.
09:35We should get started.
09:36We don't even know if this is our guy.
09:38And it's 95 degrees out there today.
09:40Bring a hat.
09:46Evidence from the Laura Wilson case.
09:48It's just landed.
09:50Let's get him open.
09:50Get it on the board.
09:52That's what we got.
09:55Right.
10:00September 7th, 2008, 1300 hours.
10:06Arrived at 877, Tamarin, pursuant to the reported homicide.
10:15What a mess.
10:17That's what 17 years with no arrest looks like.
10:21Laura Wilson, age 26, black.
10:25Aspiring actress.
10:27Strangled manually.
10:30Defensive wounds to hands and fingernails.
10:32No signs of sexual assault.
10:43Victim was single, lived alone.
10:45Discovered by her mother after Laura missed church on Sunday.
10:48Last seen by friends Saturday night at Barney's Beanery in West Hollywood.
11:10They were celebrating a commercial Laura shot.
11:12Time of death, early the next morning, September 7th, roughly 0-100.
11:37Ballard.
11:37Martina, track down a charger for that Blackberry.
11:46Parker, Colleen, look for any ties between Brian Richmond and Laura.
11:50Lafont, pull the DMV records of all of our wits.
11:53And call me if there are any updates on you, Leah.
11:56Going to see Laura Wilson's mom.
11:59On it, boss.
12:02Just Ballard's fine.
12:03Come on, baby.
12:19It's a little early to call it a day, don't you think?
12:23I'm going to conduct an interview.
12:24Family member of a victim.
12:26Which case?
12:27This new Laura Wilson murder or the one you caught this morning?
12:29Because it seems to me your opening case is faster than you're closing them.
12:34I'm sorry that you see it that way.
12:35Look, when you took control of this unit, you assured me that my sister's case was going to be a top-
12:39Laura Wilson was strangled in 2008 by the same person who killed your sister.
12:43So working her case is working Sarah's.
12:46And even if it wasn't, Councilman, your sister is not more or less important than any of my victims, okay?
12:53Their families have been grieving, too.
12:55You said Laura was murdered in 2008?
12:58What do you mean?
12:59Yeah.
13:00Yeah.
13:01September 7th, 2008.
13:03Why?
13:04Then Brian Richman couldn't have done it.
13:07What do you mean?
13:09He was out of the country in 2008.
13:12Look, I kept tabs on him for years.
13:17He was in Iraq.
13:18October 2007 to May 2009.
13:20Two tours.
13:21He didn't come back to the States once.
13:23We linked the killings through DNA.
13:26And the DNA is wrong.
13:27That's highly unlikely.
13:28I put my faith in you, okay?
13:31And what you're talking about isn't even possible.
13:33It is possible if Brian Richman isn't the killer.
13:38God, look.
13:39Look, if what you're saying about his deployment is true, then he didn't kill Laura and he didn't kill Sarah either.
13:51I spent 24 years hating that man.
14:08It was infuriating watching him walk free while my sister was in the ground.
14:15My, um, mom died last year.
14:20She was never sure about Brian.
14:22And I think that's what killed her.
14:26The not knowing.
14:27Ate her up inside.
14:32I can't let the same thing happen to my father.
14:37Or to me, frankly.
14:42Then let me get back to work.
14:45Hello?
15:03Brian Richman is off the board.
15:06You're kidding?
15:07No, we gotta confirm with the NPRC, but according to Perlman, he was serving in Iraq when Laura died.
15:12Laura died. So it's time to call Bosch in, right? Get his take on Laura Wilson? No, no, no, no. I got
15:19Pearlman to deal with. I got Naylan to work around. I got Rawls. Last thing I need is another swinging
15:24dick. No offense. None taken. It's just given my last go around with Bosch, I just don't want to
15:33ring that bell yet. Vivian Wilson, I'm Renee Ballard, LAPD. No one told me about a cold
15:52case unit. We've only been up and running a few weeks, and when I reopened your daughter's
15:56case... I wasn't informed it was closed. There's been some movement. Do you recognize this
16:04girl? Her name is Sarah Pearlman. I found evidence that suggests that she may have been killed
16:13by the same man who killed Laura. It has been nine years since the LAPD sent someone to talk
16:20to me about my daughter. But now that her death is connected to the murder of a white girl,
16:25here comes the cavalry. Mrs. Wilson, Laura is important to me. Do you understand the pain
16:31of losing your only child? No, I don't. And I'm sorry to do this. I need to ask these questions
16:39because the killer is out there right now, and he could still be active.
16:48I've never seen this girl, and Laura never mentioned her. There's nothing else I can do for
16:54you, detective.
17:24No one offers to help. No one even looks at me, and Wendell gets away. But he didn't get away, did he? You arrested him in the back of that dry cleaners.
17:30No one offers to help. No one even looks at me, and Wendell gets away.
17:46But he didn't get away, did he? You arrested him in the back of that dry cleaners.
17:51What I find interesting is how this dream might relate to another recent event in your life.
18:00Renee, it's common when victims of rape or sexual violence...
18:03I wasn't raped.
18:06Because you fought him off.
18:08But I do wonder if running cold cases is proving to be a secondary trauma.
18:14You're reaching.
18:15Am I?
18:17It's a position you were forced into precisely because your brothers in blue turned their backs on you.
18:24In a way, maybe that betrayal is harder to stomach than what will leave us...
18:29You know what?
18:31Can we just focus on the shooting, please?
18:34That's what I'm mandated to talk to you about, isn't it?
18:36There she is.
18:52Only woman I know who takes her shotgun to the cleaners.
19:02All the shrinks are on six.
19:03Who have they got you talking to?
19:04Sandoval.
19:07I like her.
19:08Nice rag.
19:10You're an idiot, Pintero.
19:12What? I'm kidding.
19:14You're always so uptight, Mallard.
19:16Leave it.
19:20Hope the traffic's not too bad.
19:23Long way back to the ombudsman.
19:29Have a good day, Renee.
19:30Come on, Chastain. Hurry up.
19:34I like her.
19:50Audition footage of Laura Wilson's toothpaste ad.
19:54I found it in one of the more morbid corners of the internet.
19:58She'd shot a series of spots for the brand,
20:00but they shelved the campaign after her murder.
20:05Martina, you got something?
20:07I-I don't know if it's...
20:09There are no bad ideas.
20:13I was looking through Sarah's yearbook.
20:16She was in drama club,
20:17so acting something she could have in common with Laura.
20:20Definitely not rare in L.A.
20:22Could be how they cross paths.
20:24Maybe worth a look?
20:25Mm-hmm.
20:25Got an email from NPRC
20:27confirming Brian Richmond's alibi, Iraq 08.
20:31All right.
20:32So we're back to square one on the Perlman-Wilson murders.
20:37Anything is worth a look.
20:41Where are we with Rawls' search?
20:43No luck yet.
20:44But I'm itching to get out there myself if you don't need me here.
20:47Yeah, good, go.
20:48Make sure he's not just soaking up A.C. somewhere.
20:52Yellow!
20:53Hey, Robbie.
20:55The morgue.
20:58No.
20:59No, I appreciate it.
21:00Thanks for getting back to me.
21:03Turns out Nalen was a no-show at Yulia's autopsy.
21:07It's his case.
21:07We need to get that bullet ourselves and take it into ballistics.
21:14There's gonna be hell to pay if you go behind his back.
21:17I'm not going.
21:18You are.
21:18The sooner we know if Yulia's bullet ties back to John Doe, the better.
21:23Okay.
21:27Can I go with him?
21:31You want to go to the morgue?
21:33Definitely.
21:34You know, for some real-world cop experience.
21:39Heard you had a crazy full moon a few nights ago.
21:42Yeah.
21:43Eleven homicides alone.
21:45Made for some good overtime, though.
21:49Strapped up an hour ago.
21:50The bullet we removed from her back.
21:59You clear this with Nalen?
22:00As far as you know.
22:01Hey.
22:09Hey.
22:11You okay?
22:15Thanks.
22:16You're welcome.
22:27Uh-uh.
22:29You don't work for that.
22:30It's a tent.
22:33Rules are rules.
22:34Oh.
22:36Ugh.
22:38Sorry about that.
22:54What?
22:56This is a blanket from the motel.
22:59Huh?
23:00Don't be all full of yourself now.
23:05Hey, everybody know whose tent this is?
23:07Who's?
23:07I've just won the top.
23:23We found DNA that ties Sarah's killer to another murder.
23:26You're gonna pin this one on me, too.
23:29Murder that happened in 08.
23:32When you were deployed.
23:36We know it wasn't you, Brian.
23:39We know you didn't kill Sarah.
23:40I need to ask you if you've ever seen this woman, Laura Wilson.
23:56I need to ask you if you've ever seen this woman, Laura Wilson.
23:56Is it possible that Sarah knew her?
23:58Are you kidding me?
24:00I'm sorry.
24:02I know how much you've been through.
24:06I just thought that maybe this would give you some kind of peace.
24:09I was 19 when Sarah was killed.
24:15I was on defense from day one because of you people.
24:21How the hell do you think you're gonna give me peace?
24:23I was on defense from day one.
24:24I was on defense from day one.
24:26I was on defense from day one.
24:28Can you just go?
24:32Please.
24:37Take care of yourself, Brian.
24:53Rawls, what's up?
24:54Hey, we got a lead.
24:56This homeless woman, I'm sorry, unhoused woman,
25:00she had a blanket from the motel.
25:02Said she got it from a dude named Frosty,
25:05and even ID'd him off of your photo.
25:06Now, the volunteer at the shelter
25:08said Frosty's real name is Sean Wright.
25:10And if he's not here, you can find him
25:12squatting at some drug dam off of San Fernando.
25:14You got an address?
25:23Cops!
25:33L.I.P.D., get your hands up!
25:46L.I.P.D., hands up, hands up!
25:48Sean!
25:50Sean, hands up!
25:52Go, go, go!
25:53Out!
25:54Everybody out!
25:58Stay behind me, Rawls!
26:00Hands!
26:01Move, move, move, move!
26:03Don't stop, keep going.
26:10Rawls!
26:13You good?
26:14Sean Wright, hands on your head!
26:17Hands on your head, on your knees, now!
26:20Down, down, down!
26:21Now!
26:30Holy shit!
26:39Whoa!
26:40Oh!
26:43Oh!
26:44Oh!
26:46Oh my God!
26:49Oh my God!
26:50Ah!
26:51Ah!
26:52Oh!
26:53Oh!
26:54Oh!
26:55Oh!
26:56Oh!
26:57Oh!
26:58Oh, my God!
27:03Jesus!
27:05He's running with a broken leg.
27:07Shit can never just be easy.
27:16Hi.
27:17Ouch.
27:19What happened to you?
27:20Oh, no, it's fine.
27:21Uh, come on in.
27:22Tutu's not home?
27:23No, she's at a poker tournament in La Jolla.
27:26Hmm.
27:27I'm not sure I feel right being here without a chaperone.
27:30I'm sure La Jolla will keep an eye on you.
27:40I'd hate to see the other guy.
27:42You know, he actually did more damage to himself than I did to him.
27:46He's currently in the hospital getting a fibula reset
27:50and, um, coming down from PCP.
27:54Some days the biggest danger I face at work is a sunburn.
28:00Better watch out.
28:01That face is no good to me, and it's got a youthful glow.
28:07I knew you'd had a bad day when you called.
28:10How?
28:13Honestly.
28:14Hmm?
28:15Those are the only days you call.
28:19That's not true.
28:30Sometimes it's just better for me.
28:34If I can keep you in the dark, because then maybe I can join you there.
28:40One is true.
28:41Oh, you know I'll take care of you.
28:46I'll take care of you.
28:49I'll take care of you.
28:52I'll take care of you.
28:53I'll take care of you.
29:04I'll take care of you.
29:05You know, I can get used to this.
29:23So could I.
29:26Uh, wow, this is embarrassing.
29:29Don't be silly. I've seen all kinds.
29:31Renee told me that you were, uh...
29:33In La Jolla? Yeah.
29:34I came home this morning.
29:36Busted out on the first round of the tourney.
29:39That's too bad.
29:40Ren was gone when I got home.
29:42Uh, she said the captain called her in early.
29:45Uh, well, I'll just...
29:46Grab a seat! I'm making breakfast.
29:48You want some coffee?
29:52Yeah.
29:52Yeah.
30:01September 10th, 2008.
30:041640 hours.
30:06Spoke to witness Adam Lennox,
30:08friend of Laura Wilson.
30:10Lennox stated he saw a blue van
30:12parked outside Wilson's apartment.
30:13Eller, let's go.
30:14Have a seat.
30:23I believe you know Detective Naylin.
30:25I do, sir.
30:27Good morning.
30:29You're supposed to be working the Perlman case, correct?
30:32It is one of the investigations I'm focused on, yes.
30:35And is that in any way relevant to the Sunbeam murder
30:37you hijacked from Detective Naylin?
30:40Sir, I didn't hijack...
30:41Simple, yes, you know.
30:45No, sir.
30:46The Sunbeam case has nothing to do with Sarah Perlman,
30:48but I do believe it's related to another cold case
30:50that I'm working, and I wanted to be a team player.
30:52You said you were RHD.
30:54I am RHD.
30:55Cold cases.
30:56It barely counts.
30:58She stole my ballistic evidence.
30:59She's way out of line.
31:00I couldn't agree more.
31:05But she's run circles around you.
31:08What are you talking about?
31:10She arrested your guy yesterday.
31:11Before you even had your first lead.
31:14I was pursuing...
31:15Ballard's case now.
31:16She earned it.
31:22You're dismissed.
31:23I heard you got a little roughed up bagging the guy.
31:41I don't like you getting in these skirmishes.
31:43I had backup.
31:44A reserve officer and a volunteer.
31:46Well, Parker's a former cop,
31:48and she's put in for her full-time reserve,
31:50so she's...
31:50The suspect you got down at county.
31:52Case against him's thin.
31:54Short of tying him to a murder weapon you don't have,
31:57you're going to need him to confess.
32:01Yes, sir.
32:03I stuck my neck out for you, Ballard.
32:06Recommended you for cold cases,
32:07when the chief and others had a different idea.
32:11Yes, sir.
32:12I know.
32:12I'll sew it up.
32:37Good and slide under.
32:38Renee Ballard.
32:45Bearing a gift.
32:47Hey, Freddie.
32:50Ooh.
32:51She's a beauty.
32:52Mm-hmm.
32:54Must be a big ask.
32:56Well, I was hoping you could bump me to the front of the line.
32:59Uh, this is about the bullet Lafont dropped off?
33:02Yeah.
33:02Yulia Kravitz murder.
33:04Cap's really riding me on this one,
33:06so sooner the better.
33:08There she is.
33:10Hey, do you think you could also check ballistics
33:12against John Doe I'm working?
33:15Freddie, did I mention this pot?
33:17Hand-painted.
33:22You got it.
33:24Case number?
33:25April 23rd, 2011.
33:32Re-interviewed Adam Lennox.
33:33No new info.
33:35February 1st, 2012.
33:37No new info.
33:39June 1st, 2013.
33:42No new info.
33:43No new info.
33:43Ma?
33:59What?
33:59Ma?
34:00Ma.
34:07What, ma?
34:10Okay, and I will come see him tomorrow.
34:13I promise, I'm not gonna...
34:14Dr. Geller, please report to the burn unit.
34:16What?
34:18No, it's nothing.
34:21It's just some woman in the store.
34:24I don't know, ma.
34:28I have to go.
34:31Okay, I love you, too.
34:33Dr. Bernard, call line two.
34:36Dr. Bernard, line two.
34:37She has some feelings about my time in the LAPD.
34:43And if she gets a whiff of what I'm doing right now,
34:45she'd have a lot more.
34:47Don't sit on it too long.
34:51How'd it go with Bertram?
34:53Well, he gave me the case, officially.
34:56Great.
34:57Yeah, but Poaching Nalen's investigation
34:59puts a target on my back,
35:00so I gotta make something of it.
35:02Okay, well, let's get this guy to confess.
35:04Yeah.
35:14Mr. Wright?
35:15Did you know Yulia Kravitz?
35:16I didn't like her one bit.
35:20Did you shoot her, Mr. Wright?
35:22Uh-huh.
35:23I never met her before.
35:25You didn't like her, but you never met her.
35:30When we arrested you, we found $600 in your pocket.
35:33Where'd you get the money?
35:35A man gave it to me.
35:37He paid me.
35:38He paid you for what?
35:39My soul.
35:45Did he tell you anything about Yulia?
35:49He said she was rotten, and she'd make me rotten, too.
35:54Can you describe this man?
35:56He was blinding his eyes.
35:59Did he pay you to kill Yulia?
36:01I thought you said he'd be sober by now.
36:07He's dead sober.
36:08Our records show that he has a history of severe mental illness.
36:11This is just who he is.
36:16Whoever paid him knew he was long gone.
36:19They used him as a weapon.
36:23Where'd you put the gun, Sean?
36:24Oh, I planted it like a seed in the earth.
36:28I need you to tell me where you put the gun, Sean.
36:32I planted it, and it grew into a rose garden.
36:50She started at the Sunbeam in February, right?
36:56Hey, what's up?
36:58Nothing.
36:59I'm fine.
37:06The morgue.
37:08I cannot stop thinking about it.
37:10All that sadness in one place.
37:14When I was a boot at RHD,
37:16my first partner told me that our job was to honor the dead.
37:22I tried to think,
37:24if they could talk,
37:26what would they want from me?
37:28So, Sean Wright was a bust, huh?
37:36The guy's barely coherent.
37:38Even if he did confess,
37:40he would never hold up in court.
37:42Do we really need to find that gun?
37:44Yes, we do.
37:45I sent Rawls and Parker to search the area around the drug den,
37:49but I need you to coordinate with them to set up a proper grid search.
37:53Also, he mentioned burying the gun.
37:56So, check all tree-lined streets, all surrounding parks.
38:00Ballard.
38:03Harry.
38:04I have spent years building a rapport with Vivian Wilson.
38:16You blow it up in one night?
38:17There have been developments.
38:18Bullshit.
38:19You just want to show the councilman you're out there shaking trees.
38:22I'm not shaking trees.
38:23You're trying to connect Laura's murder to Sarah.
38:26I'm not trying.
38:27They are connected.
38:29Through DNA.
38:30There was no DNA at the Pearlman crime scene.
38:32Everyone knows that.
38:33Everyone was wrong.
38:35I lifted touch DNA from the fingerprint tape.
38:37Smart.
38:47Thanks.
38:51Let me buy you lunch.
38:53Sure.
38:55Should I take it personally?
38:57Take what personally?
38:58Well, if she didn't call me up to come and...
39:01throw in your cold case, Claude.
39:06You would never last.
39:07You're a lone wolf, Harry Bosch.
39:09Oh, yeah.
39:10Says the detective who decided not to reach out and get the background on the Laura Wilson case.
39:18You know, I'm just trying to get my head around how to run this unit.
39:21Wasn't exactly my five-year plan.
39:24But brass didn't give me much choice.
39:26I really pissed some people off.
39:28Yeah, I heard about that.
39:29I'm sorry it didn't go your way.
39:31Well, ironically, I'm now defending the institution that shit all over me.
39:34Yeah.
39:35Sounds about right.
39:36You know, it doesn't even matter if it's a family member or a former suspect.
39:40Everyone is so mad at the LAPD.
39:43And I'm the punching bag.
39:44Yeah, I don't envy you.
39:47Finding a killer is like finding a needle in a haystack, except with a cold case.
39:54Haystack's been blown all over the field.
39:57Too bad I'm not good at anything else.
39:58Amen, sister.
40:00But I think the worst way is to live out your career.
40:05Working with the team you handpicked out at the Amundsen, away from all the prying eyes.
40:14I miss homicide.
40:16I understand.
40:17Somehow I think if I prove myself in cold cases that maybe things can go back to the way they were.
40:24The way things were might not exist anymore.
40:36Let's look at the Laura Wilson book.
40:37You know, most departments would have blue suitors on a grid search like this.
40:43Most departments don't let civilians solve murders.
40:45I'm not a civilian.
40:47Reserves can do anything foreign officers can.
40:49Mm-hmm.
40:49Look, I got no problem being out here all this time.
40:53I want to solve Yulia's murder just as bad as you do.
40:56Yeah, I doubt that.
40:57But if Frosty's gun is like the linchpin here, we need more bodies.
41:02We need uniformed officers, cadets even.
41:07What?
41:07What are you looking at?
41:09Frosty said that he planted a gun and it grew a rose garden.
41:18Oh.
41:19Sorry, I got nothing to add to that.
41:24It's a frustrating case.
41:26Yeah.
41:26No major breaks.
41:27That's how the book reads.
41:29Any hunches?
41:30Harmon Harris.
41:32Didn't have a motive for him, but I didn't like his alibi.
41:36What do you mean you didn't like it?
41:37Well, he and this other guy, Adam Lennox, they said that they'd been out together that night.
41:42Their stories were identical.
41:45Just tell you they were rehearsed.
41:46Yeah.
41:47Ironically, this guy, Lennox, was a student in Harris's acting class.
41:51Sarah Perlman was interested in acting.
41:56Maybe Harmon Harris coached her, too.
41:57Good lead as any.
42:02You ready to give up yet?
42:04Guy was coming down hard.
42:07Roasting's probably nonsense.
42:08Do you ever shut up?
42:10Hey.
42:11So, this Adam Lennox guy, he was the one outside of Laura's apartment.
42:20He saw the blue van?
42:20Yeah, a few nights before, and I couldn't figure out if it was part of this whole story that
42:24they'd cooked up, you know, they'd cooked up, you know, false lead, take the heat off of Harris.
42:28Lennox said it was a blue van.
42:30The license plate started with, uh...
42:32A four.
42:32Yeah.
42:34Checked it out.
42:35Over 3,000 vans that fit that description that were on the road at that time.
42:39Yeah.
42:40Needle in a haystack.
42:43Yeah, Parker.
42:44You found a gun.
42:45You did?
42:47Sick shooter.
42:48Next to a mural with a bunch of roses, if you could believe it.
42:51All right, let's get it to FAU and, uh, see if the bullet matches the one that killed Yulia.
42:55I'll see you there.
42:56Okay.
42:57Laura Wilson.
42:58No, it's a different case, but I gotta go.
43:01You need me?
43:02Just whistle real loud.
43:03Thanks, Harry.
43:06Survey says the bullet from Yulia Kravitz's body was indeed fired by the sick shooter you found.
43:12Given Sean Wright's prints are on that gun...
43:15We got Frosty dead to rights.
43:17Any hits in the system?
43:18No, nothing.
43:20Not even on my John Doe?
43:22I looked that one up specifically.
43:23Turns out that bullet from that case was never even analyzed.
43:28You sure?
43:29Could have gotten lost in the shuffle of property.
43:32Happens.
43:33Shame.
43:35No wonder that case went cold.
43:41I called in that bullet to be analyzed.
43:44Perfect.
43:44You're sure?
43:45I know I did.
43:47It was right before I left the force.
43:48Otherwise, I would have followed up on it myself.
43:51I'm telling you, someone in the LAPD let John Doe's murder go cold.
43:55If you're right.
43:59And I'm not saying you are.
44:02We're head freezing dark fucking waters.
44:04Hey.
44:17Hey.
44:17All is bueno.
44:18Case closed.
44:20She arrested the shooter.
44:22You know he's a dead end.
44:23Can't even string a sentence together.
44:25This won't come back on us.
44:26Sure.
44:31I could have a little fun with that.
44:34Sure.
44:36She won't know what hit her.
44:37Sure.
44:38She won't know what hit her.
44:39Hey.
45:03Hey.
45:03I don't know.
45:33I don't know.
46:03I don't know.
46:33I don't know.
47:03I don't know.
47:33I don't know.
48:03I don't know.
48:33I don't know.