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S1 E15Unfinished Business

(Manny Trillo makes a statement saying he has changed.)

That's a charming story.

(Cal pulls out a bag lunch and a drink from his briefcase.)

Do you mind? I missed lunch.

. . .

(Cal comes by the prison yard for another visit.)

Stopping by for lunch?

Hey, if she has strong feelings for Trillo, then she has to learn to put them aside.

Oh, so I guess if-if someone's got to teach her to how to avoid her feelings, then you're the most qualified.

CMChief Morrow

Hazing is as much a part of this life as alarm bells.

And if one of your men goes into anaphylactic shock and dies, c'est la vie.

It's like they never left the frat house.

You know, it's not just frat houses. Initiation rites can be found in all major cultures.

You're defending these guys?

Hazing can serve an important psychological function.

Oh, that's funny. I don't remember reading any articles in the APA Journal on 'swirlies.'

Initiation for you MIT mathletes was pretty hard-core, huh?

You know, you make fun, but you try waking up in a shower stall with a killer hang over and a quart of macaroni salad shoved up your--

Your procerus doesn't move, which means you had your nose fixed, right? You don't strike me as particularly vain, so what is it then? Who was it? Was it your dad? You dad smack you around? Huh?

I know violent people. They don't change. You said so yourself: most people learn this kind of trigger.

I'm sorry about before. (Ria raises her eyebrows at him) Sometimes I see so much, I don't know how not to tell people.

Yeah, I get that.

You're right; most people don't change. Right? I've been there, waiting for it, hoping for it, and then they just... don't.

(Ria takes an unsteady breath.)

But there are a few, I think, who can.

Any other life lessons?

(leans forward in his chair) When someone... bashes you around, who's twice your size, just whenever he feels like it, you learn to read emotions pretty fast. We adapt to survive. Your abuse made you a natural. He made you what you are.

(takes another unsteady breath) Well, I'll be sure to thank him.

(Cal laughs and sits back in his chair)

So what about you?

Nah, I'm not a natural. I had to learn this.

Why did you want to learn? What, you all of a sudden became obsessed with facial expressions? (she reads his face) I didn't think so. So who was it? Who made you who you are?

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