Lieutenants Flynn and Provenza, here, now.
Chief, now I know you're a little upset, but --
There are no buts, lieutenant! I am suspending you both for the next seventy-two hours.
On the grounds that you procured outside employment without authorization, used LAPD equipment to conduct a warrantless search, enlisted a civilian in your illicit activities. Need I go on?
No, that's a pretty complete list.
And since Major Crimes has agreed to leave the pursuit of Mr. Hirschbaum to the FBI, I would be appalled if you, as private citizens, tried to serve him again by tracking a number that might point to his current whereabouts. [hands Provenza a piece of paper with a number on it] Tell Buzz that he and his "catfish" device are suspended as well.
I say we just cut our losses and get out of here.
We can't afford to cut our losses! We are in the middle of a very deep hole, which is now filling with water. We need the money to break even!
[trying to get Buzz to go along with their illicit actions] And we'll give you a third of our take! Two hundred dollars!
[later]
So, even if Buzz's insurance covers part of the repairs, if his deductible is a thousand dollars, we're still three thousand in the hole.
[later: Buzz has just won ten thousand dollars of reward money for finding Hirschbaum]
You know what this means!
No! You're going to split this three ways!
Sure! You can each have a third. Two hundred dollars.
S7 E9Star Turn
TRTelevision reporter
[news broadcast] "Daddy Say Yes" has broken into the top ten in downloads following her father's tragic accident. A bit of comfort for the folks gathering here in the Fort Wayne theater community.
Ugh. It's only a bit of comfort if you believe Bob Michaels found a fresh pizza on a mountain trail one hour before he was pepper sprayed and shoved off the side of a cliff by the Invisible Man. It's so frustrating that you couldn't find any footprints.
Yeah, too many feet on the trail to tell who's who. Obviously somebody neatened up near the edge of the cliff. It's not my fault.
Ooh! That song again! It makes me want to jump off a cliff.
You've got to admit, it's kind of catchy.
PGPeter Goldman
Let's just cut to the chase here: what do you want?
The same thing you want, Mr. Goldman; to find the people who killed JRock, who from what you just told Captain Raydor, are probably the same crew who killed Terrell Baylor.
GGoldman
You don't actually expect me to believe you care about that do you? If you arrest Terrell's killers you'll end up making my case against you!
If you know the names of these people you better tell me who they are before they do to you what they did to JRock.
GGoldman
Oh, sorry. Your usual scare tactics wouldn't work with me even if I knew those names, which I don't. Now, if you'll pardon me, I'm sure you have other people you want to try intimidating, and I have work to do.
Please. Look, wait a minute. If you're determined to leave here without helping me, at least let me offer you some protection.
GGoldman
Oh, would that be the same kind of protection you offered Terrell Baylor? Would you also like to offer me a lift home?
At least I'll know where to start looking for you when you don't show up for work tomorrow.
Chief, Goldman is here, in this print shed, right now. Everything you say and everything that you do will get back to him. You need to follow up without us. When you're not sure you can trust, chief, don't trust anyone.
But Julio, these people are my friends.
That's what JRock was thinking when he parked the car.
[walking away, so angry she's crying] Don't talk to me right now. I know you refused on the settlement. I know it's not your fault, but I just don't want to talk about it right now.
RRaydor
Don't talk, then listen: I know this didn't end the way we wanted, but considering the list of suspects he gave us there is the chance that Peter Goldman will be in danger the moment he leaves this building. So what do you want me to do about that?
So, ask Goldman to reveal his leak in Major Crimes nicely, and if he refuses, well, order him protection whether he likes it or not.
RRaydor
That is the right and honorable thing to do.
It's the Johnson Rule, Captain. [wipes away a tear] Thank you.
S7 E17Fool's Gold
In the interest of maintaining a low profile of this investigation, it would be best that you and Captain Raydor work together and share on this case. In doing this, remember how the words "together" and "share" are traditionally defined.
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