- Brenda's investigation into the murder of a psychiatrist and the drug trial he was conducting is disrupted when Pope leaks confidential information that Flynn uses against her.
- Brenda and her team investigate the death of a well-known psychiatrist killed in his own office. The victim was one of several doctors treating young addicts and running a clinical test of a new anti-depressant meant to keep them from returning to illicit drug use. Turns out the drug may have had serious side effects, which the leader of the study is less than cooperative about discussing. The case takes an interesting turn when it turns out the drug may not have anything to do with the murder. Meanwhile, Lt. Flynn, still trying to undermine Brenda's authority, learns that Brenda was the subject of an ethics investigation while with the Atlanta PD.—garykmcd
- A psychiatrist is found murdered in his office, no sign of any items stolen, personal or otherwise. His records are plainly displayed about his desk, including his appointment calendar and some patient files. Gabriel updates Brenda, we've got no signs of a break-in, no theft, he's still got his wallet on him. Brenda observes the victim's mouth, I have the feeling Dr. Rainey spent his last few seconds gasping for air. Yeah, red dots on the eyes, petechial hemorrhaging. Gabriel concludes, he was suffocated. Det. Daniels imparts the victim's wife would like to see the body, Brenda asks to see her somewhere in another room. Brenda orders Det. Sanchez to put down the files he has in his arms and also orders Lt. Provenza to do the same with the doctor's appointment book; they are both considered privileged information, and cannot be removed from the premises. Brenda directs Provenza to collect the couch cushions, have SID pack them up and take to forensics, please.
Leah Rainey laments she warned her husband, explaining to Chief Johnson the study her husband was conducting is a clinical trial, an antidepressant designed to treat drug addiction in teenagers. She was concerned this could happen. I'm a psychiatrist also working with juvenile offenders, we wanted to do something to save these children.
The murder room discussion is led by Lt. Tao, over 2,000 addicted teens are in the program. Provenza quips, so, we have a few suspects. Flynn stabs the conversation with so it seems not to be working. Tao adds details, maybe because only half the kids got the medication, one-half were given a placebo. Flynn asks, and we can't go through the doctor's files, Chief? Brenda reacts, no, not an option. How is the clinical trial going? Det. Daniels interjects some news of a family suffering a loss through their son Cody as a result of the medication. Flynn insists the special master obtained through a judge he knows will allow the patient files accessible. Brenda dismisses his idea. Flynn is disturbed with the fact Brenda does not want to pursue the special master, and he takes his problem to Pope. Pope explains to Flynn the manner in which Chief Johnson is approached yields a better chance to get results. Pope tells Flynn there was an incident in Atlanta where she was brought up on charges of ethics violations and therefore has been going by the book ever since. Pope discloses the ethics charge was dismissed but is a matter of record. He asks Flynn to start the special master paperwork and he will speak with Chief Johnson. Pope requests Flynn not to mention anything about the ethics inquiry, it stays just between us.
Brenda talks to Dr. Jerome in his office to get up to speed about how the program is progressing. Dr. Jerome gives his explanation of the trial's progress, for instance, if the drug was abruptly withdrawn, it would produce health risks, such as convulsions, coma and death. After Cody Hammond died, Dr. Jerome suggested to Dr. Rainey the trial should be shut down, but the drug company would not even consider it. Dr. Jerome has his phone ring a few times during the interview with he stating it is common when treating adolescents. It could cost as much as one-hundred-million dollars to shut the whole program down because of restart up costs. There is a knock at the doctor's door and a group of teenagers is seen outside ready to start their session. He excuses himself to Chief Johnson, but the group session is there to begin. Brenda gets the name of the drug company lead, a Dr. Dawson.
Brenda has Dr. Dawson in her office where he is adamant about not shutting down the program and putting his company under suspicion. Dawson threatens Chief Johnson telling her to leave his company alone. Lt. Flynn tells Det. Daniels and Lt. Tao he believes he might have found the chink in our Chief's armor-plated Wonder-Bra. He describes the ethics violation inquiry in Atlanta and has his source from the press help him dig for information about the case. Brenda wants to solve the case of murder to Dr. Rainey and if he had published the cases of failure in the experimental drug program, wouldn't that have had the same effect on the program being delayed? I'm looking for a bad guy that killed someone. Dr. Dawson continues his mean demeanor in Chief Johnson's office, even referring to Atlanta and a possible lawsuit to the LAPD. Pope corners Brenda explaining how Lt. Flynn's idea of the special master would help uncover a possible suspect. Pope waves over Flynn and Brenda imparts, there is no better time than the present, step into my office, please. Brenda proceeds to state how unhappy she is Flynn went over her head. This idea of yours is a no go because she does not want wait around two months for a judge to consider the document where they could lose time in solving the case. Brenda makes it incredibly clear to Flynn she is not interested unless the sun explodes, then she would consider the proposal. She directs to Flynn, get the students in here to be interviewed now. Flynn rejoins, whatever you say ma'am.
Gabriel to Brenda, can we talk a minute regarding ethics? Certainly, detective. There nothing that would please me more than to get information from Dr. Rainey's office files or from Dr. Dawson's company files. It is not just an issue in ethics, Brenda makes the point to Gabriel, it's a matter of logic, if Dr. Rainey's files are so important, then why are they still in the victim's office? If Dr. Rainey's files could tell us who murdered him, then why didn't the killer take them? Gabriel replies, that's a very interesting question. Brenda directs her ire, so while Lieutenant Flynn gets all bent out of shape with me, I want to find out who is all bent out of shape with Dr. Rainey. For example, the parents of Cody Hammond. Brenda and Gabriel visit the Hammonds in their home. Mr. Hammond claims Dr. Rainey killed his son, because when he got sick while on the medication, they took him off the drug altogether. Mrs. Hammond recalls, when the paramedics arrived, my son was lying dead near the dining room table. None of that matters, because you didn't come here to investigate what happened to Cody anyway, did you? Mrs. Hammond gets up from her chair to grab her drink sitting next to the near-empty Stoli bottle. Mr. Hammond expresses his feelings about Dr. Rainey and the drug company where they continue along their paths like nothing happened. Brenda and he have a poignant exchange about the two deaths, Cody and Dr. Rainey.
Pope asks Flynn, Lieutenant, what's all this? Flynn quips, it's bring-a-juvenile-offender to work day. Chief Johnson wanted us to interview as many kids associated with the drug trial as we could put names to. Pope's response to Flynn, instead of going through the victim's files? Yeah, we're filling up the joint with teenage junkies. Pope abides with Flynn, I'll have another talk with Deputy Chief Johnson, after Flynn informs him she passed on the summary judgement. Flynn wants to pursue another angle with Chief Johnson before Pope has another talk with her.
Flynn to Gabriel, I brought in all the names from the phone dump like she asked me, plus some high-school junior Dr. Rainey put on the no admit list for dealing pot, Eric Plackton. Mr. Plackton was a little more reluctant to stop by, he put Sanchez through hell. Gabriel to Flynn, hey lieutenant, it's what she wanted, not me. Flynn retorts, well, you keep telling yourself that Sergeant, maybe it will sound believable. Flynn walks away as Gabriel shakes his head in disgust.
An officer or two officers interview the teen-agers, while Chief Johnson and Dr. Jerome observe in the media room. Lt. Tao to Teri, were you mad at him? Teri says, no. I just wanted back in the drug trial. Provenza and Sanchez interview the drug dealer Julio had to run to catch. Gabriel is interviewing Gretchen. Gretchen reveals, I never had a problem with medicine, no side effects. It completely changed my life. Mrs. Schiller adds, we don't see the depression anymore.
Provenza continues interviewing the teen drug-dealer Eric while others watch in the control room. Provenza avows, you knifed another boy. Dr. Jerome discloses to Brenda, somebody must have pulled some strings for this kid, because we weed out kids like him. He should have never been in the study at all. Brenda to Dr. Jerome: Dr. Rainey's wife warned him about kids like that. Dr. Jerome: Leah Rainey sees the worst kids in the city. Provenza exclaims to Eric, the day Rainey died, campus security caught you on tape. Eric discloses, I sneak in every day, I go where my customers are. Dr. Jerome is in the media room watching Gretchen, and standing next to Brenda. Gretchen to Gabriel: Dr. Rainey did not want me to see my boyfriend anymore either. Gabriel: What did Dr. Rainey have against your boyfriend? Gretchen: When you are that old, you forget, I think, what it is like to be in love. This medication changed my life, if he hadn't put me in that study, I would not have known how to care for someone else. Eric, teen-drug-dealer, you never even read me my rights; you don't have crap on drug charges. Brenda politely asks Dr. Jerome, could you please wait for me outside in the hallway, thank you. She then turns and speaks to the guys in the media room, you guys are acting like a bunch of dentists in a strip club; out, out. She adds, if you can't book our drug dealer on possession, get him out of here. Brenda yells at Lt. Provenza, she is sixteen years old, he continues to stare at Gretchen in the video, sarcastically saying I am so ashamed, as he finally exits.
Lt. Tao asks Lt. Flynn, you're emailing a reporter? Flynn counters, you want to dig through the dirt, get yourself a worm.
At Brenda's house answering the phone from Gabriel, are you sure it was Dr. Jerome's office and not Dr. Rainey's? Which files did he say were stolen? How far away are you? There is a knock at the door at Brenda's house, she is surprised to Det. Gabriel. This is Special Agent Fritz Howard of the FBI, so we will pick up in a few days, then I'll call you. They all leave Brenda's.
At the doctor's offices, Det. Gabriel expresses, there is no forcible entry, Lt. Tao adds, she wants a complete SID workup anyway. Dr. Jerome comments, they took my laptop. Tell me, Miss Johnson, why would one of the kids do this to me?
Brenda questions Gabriel, did you do all your homework on Dr. Rainey's wife? He retorts, need to talk with her again first thing in the morning. The victim's wife Leah Rainey is a psychiatrist also, working in the same building. Gabriel interviews Dr. Rainey. I will try to make this as painless as possible. Your husband never called the Hammonds? Mrs. Rainey ripostes, he would have liked to, but he was counseled against it by the insurance company, malpractice issues, saying you are sorry for someone's loss can be misconstrued as an admission of guilt. Gabriel inquires, can you think of any reason your husband might have broken a confidentiality agreement? Dr. Rainey reacts with yes, when a crime has been committed, privilege goes away, you call the police. Gabriel pursues his questioning, suppose one of the teenagers opened up to your husband about a crime, how could I access that file? Mrs. Rainey rejoins, privilege belongs to the patient, or in this case their legal guardians; do you even know who these kids are? Only a few, he replies.
Pope is looking at the newspaper article while talking to Brenda as they walk the hall at HQ. Pope expresses wow, could they have put sexual misconduct in any bigger type. Brenda asserts the writer said the source is a high-ranking officer close to the chief's office. Pope retorts, well, you know it wasn't me because I know the whole thing was bogus. A lot of people could have leaked that story. Didn't you tell me that jerk from Curson was threatening you? While you're questioning their ethics, maybe they are returning the favor; reporters disguise their sources all the time. Gabriel slaps the newspaper article down on Flynn's desk in front of him, gives him a cold stare; no words are exchanged.
Pope is in Brenda's office listening, do I look hurt to you, Will? No, if I'm not mistaken that's your angry face, as it is with most things. Brenda looks perplexed listening to Pope's comment on what came down in Atlanta. Julio enters her office, that good looking girl we had in here yesterday, Gretchen Schiller. She was just rushed to the hospital with convulsions.
Brenda greets the Schillers at the hospital, while Gabriel has choice words for Dr. Dawson, who questions why LAPD is at the hospital; the doctor is put in his place quickly by Gabriel. Mrs. Schiller is frantic, the doctor said they couldn't find any sign of the medicine in her bloodwork. Does that make any sense to you? Brenda reacts, it's beginning to, yes. Brenda to the Schiller's, what happened to Gretchen is not your fault.
Brenda is in the electronics room viewing the original interviews of Gretchen and Eric; she is instructing Buzz to play them, rewind and play them again. The conversations are Gretchen saying no side effects, with Gretchen's mother adding she has even started dating again. Brenda realizes Gretchen's mother was right, she was taking the medication. Brenda has Buzz play back interviews of drug dealer and Gretchen Shiller. The drug dealer student speaks, I didn't care, I was getting a placebo anyway. Now Brenda knows, uttering to the dual-screens and Buzz, I was concentrating on the wrong person. Brenda is referring to the drug dealer as the wrong person rather than Gretchen. Det. Gabriel, I'm going to need Gretchen's cell phone again and I want to see your notes from your interview with Dr. Rainey's wife.
Brenda is in Pope's office, having a conversation with him and he is to trying to understand why she wants the officer guarding Dr. Rainey's office removed, but not taking the files, making them completely accessible. She affirms, this will help make the case. Brenda hands Pope an authorization for wearing a wire, because she cannot authorize it herself.
Brenda encounters Dr. Jerome and Dr. Watson arguing in the murder room, she declares to Dr. Watson, Gretchen is going to be fine. She is not talking yet but the doctors will find out what happened with her medication. I'm still interested in Dr. Rainey's files. Dr. Watson maintains they're protected. Brenda retorts, I know, confidentiality, but I can still get permission from the patients. Dr. Jerome can give me the names of the parents since the patients are minors. Dawson shouts back, if the parents find out what happened to Gretchen and Cody they're going to pull their kids from the study; you think what happened in Atlanta got ugly, wait. Brenda informs Dr. Jerome, as of tonight, Dr. Rainey's files will be free of police protection, and Dr. Dawson knows that.
Pope to Flynn, handing Flynn a one-page document, Lieutenant Flynn, Deputy Chief Johnson's authorization for a wire. I want it run through the van and through our electronics room here. You'll have to split up the squad, but you've gotten pretty good at that, haven't you? You leak to the press again, I'll have your stripes. Got it? Lt. Flynn acknowledges. Pope's last orders, give her the authorization, take the night off, let the people here do their job.
Brenda is sitting in Dr. Rainey's office with the lights off and near a light switch, Gabriel and Julio are in the van, Louie and Buzz are in the electronics room, all of them are listening to Brenda, wearing a wire, in Dr. Rainey's office. Dr. Jerome enters through the dark, he goes to the file drawer, pulls a file, attempts to leave and Brenda turns on the lights. She speaks to Dr. Jerome, that happen to be Gretchen Schiller's file doctor? Yes, it is Gretchen's file. Dr. Jerome speaks, after you told me the files were unprotected, with Dr. Dawson gone, I got worried, now that I don't have any records of my own. How is it your office got broken into with a policeman down the hall and why would the drug company steal your files and leave Dr. Rainey's files untouched? Brenda looks Dr. Jerome into his eyes, asks him may I be honest with you? I think you killed Dr. Rainey yourself. I think the file contains information Dr. Rainey was going to report you to the police. My guess is Dr. Rainey gave you a chance to turn yourself into the police, and you paid him back by smashing him over the head with his phone and smothering him to death with the cushion from his sofa. . Brenda continues, from Gretchen Schiller's interview, Gretchen said she had a boyfriend Dr. Rainey wouldn't approve. You got the file right there, why don't you open it up and read your friend's notes. Now that you have broken into the office and stolen the file, I cannot open it myself, but a judge can. Dr. Jerome reacts, she is a delusional girl, on serious medication. Brenda ripostes, this is so amazing, holding up Gretchen's cell phone, your entire relationship memorialized in text messages. Dr. Jerome tries to somehow justify his behavior, but Brenda corrects him, in this case it's called murder. Dr. Jerome counters, how is it murder? You said Gretchen was getting better. Brenda retorts, I lied, she's still in a coma, and the person you have been exchanging text messages all day about accidently switching out Gretchen's medication with a placebo is a forty-five-year-old Chinese-American detective in my office. Lt. Tao sends Dr. Jerome the text U R a murderer. When I find cases where someone has been sexually abusing a minor, I usually find it is part of a pattern. You said you specialize in adolescents. How closely do you study them? Transference issues, in law enforcement we call it statutory rape, maybe you prefer molesting. Brenda has reached the point where the case is solved and she has heard enough of Dr. Jerome, murderer of his associate, Dr. Rainey. The officers in the van, Gabriel and Julio, say it is time to leave the van and enter the office. Brenda tells the officers to get him out of here; Gabriel and Julio arrest Dr. Jerome.
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