It's hard to pull a weapon on someone, right? Squeeze that trigger?
I'm sorry. If you're a reporter, I got nothing to say.
You know what else is hard? Sharing a squad car with somebody every day and stabbing him in the back when he had yours.
No, it can't be easy actually facing me.
No, I'm telling you that we can't speak.
I mean, you know what you're doing affects my family, but it's much easier when we're out of sight.
I'm not supposed to have any interaction...
Like saying you're in a relationship with my husband.
I don't even know why they're suggesting that.
So you're only comfortable with some of the lies?
So Danny told you to say that Pete Miller was holding the gun?
How many words does it take?
He suggested...It... it was how he put things.
I don't have to explain myself to you.
No, you don't. You know why? I get this. This is self-preservation, plain and simple.
Think about this, Lauren. If the roles were reversed and Danny was in your shoes, you really think that he'd be looking out for number one?
None of this was my choice. From the moment that I pulled that trigger, it was all out of my hands. I always wanted to tell the truth.
So look me in the eyes, Lauren. Right now. It's just the two of us. Tell me that Danny Messer told you to lie.
I just found out they're putting Danny on modified assignment.
It's part of procedure, Lindsay. It doesn't mean anything.
But there's going to be a hearing, and maybe even criminal charges. This is like a natural disaster, Mac. You see it coming, and you can't do anything to stop it.
Yeah, I know it feels like that now, but there's a long road to go before anything's decided here.
Danny's career is on the line, and I don't even know why. He didn't do anything wrong.
Maybe our suspect is still running around with the green fairy.
We're talking about a suspect who walked up to a random stranger and blew him away.
Well, guy's not playing with a full deck.
But he's got a loaded gun.
If you find the gun, it will clear Officer Cooper.
Well, not necessarily. I mean, even if you close this case today, it's still an embarrassment for the department. They're still gonna want to point the finger at somebody.
You have any idea how many administrative regulations there are, Sheldon? I do, 'cause I stayed up all night reading about them.
Look, Lindsay, I know you're worried, okay? But we're scientists, and there's no empirical evidence to suggest Internal Affairs is on a witch hunt.
Well, I hope you're right.
Officer Cooper, she's smart, she's got instincts. I think she'll be a good cop.
Well, she speaks highly of you, as well. Says you're a great boss.
Let's review your choices last night. You went out drinking with your patrolmen, you brought a loaded weapon into a crowded bar, got into an altercation with a patron. Ended up the night half-unconscious on the pavement as one of your officers shot the patron to death with your own weapon. You seem capable, Sergeant Messer. Things you did in that lab... way over my head. But as a boss, you're way over yours.
