- Judge Grove: This is textbook murder-for-hire. The defendant shows zero remorse, which is worse considering the girl's age, and now you're asking...
- D.D.A. Emma Rios: Your Honor, the defendant...
- Judge Grove: Don't interrupt me, Rios! You come in here asking for manslaughter and eleven years, reducible to seven? With good behavior? What the hell? What the hell?
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Your Honor, we believe that Jason Goss is part of a larger criminal enterprise and we may...
- Judge Grove: You believe. And do you have evidence to support that belief?
- D.D.A. Emma Rios: We aren't taking him at his word, Your Honor.
- Captain Sharon Raydor: If he doesn't provide us with the promised information, of course his deal goes away.
- Judge Grove: And then does that 19-year-old girl return to life? Why isn't Goss facing the death penalty?
- Lt. Mike Tao: Despite having DNA that links the defendant to the crime, we may not have the material evidence to secure a murder conviction with special circumstances...
- Judge Grove: So, I'm supposed to accept this plea because you guys haven't done your job? No way. You want manslaughter, you come back with answers to all my questions. And don't even think about shopping for another judge, or you'll find out what I'm like when I'm really mad.
- Assistant Chief Taylor: Look, why don't we turn our limited resources back to where they belong - the victim, Briana Mathis? You already know who's responsible. He's seated right there, in the next room, hopin' for a deal. Get him to cooperate with you.
- Lt. Louie Provenza: Maybe you haven't noticed, but Goss's lawyer won't even let Goss talk to us.
- Assistant Chief Taylor: Chief Johnson could have found a way around this.
- Lt. Andy Flynn: She would have, but then we would be back defending ourselves in court.
- Lt. Louie Provenza: We don't have to convince Jason Goss to confess. He's already done that. Now, we have to convince Jason Goss to confess again under less favorable circumstances.
- Captain Sharon Raydor: And I am sure that Chief Johnson could have done that, too. On the other hand, she never would've reported to you, and as it so happens, I intend to begin our second investigation by following through on this 911 call.
- Lt. Andy Flynn: Okay, so tell me, if your tracking device was so damn fantastic, how did you not know what was happening to this girl, huh?
- Scott Shaw: I think Briana was drugged before she got into the car. Her heart rate and respiration slowed. We thought she had just fallen asleep on the way to an appointment. She did that sometimes. Then, abruptly, there was a spike in her pulse and blood pressure, probably as she struggled. And...
- Detective Julio Sanchez: And what?
- Scott Shaw: Her vital signs went off-line. Look, give me Jason Goss and I promise you, I'll make sure he pays for what he did here. I promise.
- Detective Julio Sanchez: Just like you promised Briana?
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Actually, we could give him to you now as part of a plea agreement to Murder Two. The judge would accept that, as would Goss, if we had just a little more proof that he killed Briana.
- Assistant Chief Taylor: Good point, Captain. Does the FBI have anything on Goss they could afford to give up?
- Scott Shaw: Okay, look... that scumbag she thought was her boyfriend...
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Hm, Cory? Cory something?
- Scott Shaw: Mm-hm.
- Captain Sharon Raydor: He drove a Mercedes-S, I think?
- Scott Shaw: I can tell you, on the record, that was the car Briana was pushed from. Cory was behind the wheel of it when she left the club. Let me see if we can bring the kid in without harming our case.
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Excuse me, uh, I have a call.
- Lt. Louie Provenza: [phone rings] Joe's Pizza.
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Lieutenant, I've got it. We've got information from the FBI that gives us probable cause and a straight and narrow path to the Mercedes outside Goss's Statement of Facts.
- Lt. Louie Provenza: So we can arrest Cory Stark and apply for a search warrant based on FBI information?
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Yes, but in order to use him against Mr. Goss, I need Cory Stark alive and talking.
- Rusty Beck: Uh, that girl, Briana? You said you were looking for her boyfriend. Did you find him yet?
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Um, yeah, but unfortunately, he was already murdered.
- Rusty Beck: Why?
- Captain Sharon Raydor: Well, because, if you hang out with criminals, you eventually are going to become a witness, a suspect, or a victim.
- D.D.A. Emma Rios: Now that Cory won't ever be able to testify, maybe we should just hand Goss over to the FBI.
- Captain Sharon Raydor: No, no, no. Cory may not be able to testify, but he still has plenty to say.
- D.D.A. Emma Rios: What are you gonna do? Conduct a séance with his phone?
- Captain Sharon Raydor: More or less.
- Judge Grove: The deal which Mr. Goss agreed to, includes revealing those targeted for murder, along with the workings of the larger criminal enterprise?
- D.D.A. Emma Rios: Yes, it does.
- Judge Grove: Mr. Goss, given the issue of public safety, I will accept this plea. You are hereby remanded into state custody. Uh, now, DDA Rios, will I be seeing the driver of the car, this Cory Stark, in my courtroom as well?
- Lt. Mike Tao: No, Your Honor, we regret to inform the court that Cory Stark was shot to death before we could take him into custody.
- Jason Goss: Wait, what?
- Detective Julio Sanchez: Mr. Stark was murdered yesterday afternoon. The FBI is holding several suspects. As part of their ongoing investigation, we've agreed to let them sort it out.
- Jason Goss: You people lied to me.
- Peter Page: All right. Take it easy.
- Jason Goss: What do you mean take it...? You lied to me!
- Judge Grove: It's nice to confirm that I was right and manslaughter was not the proper plea.
- D.D.A. Emma Rios: I disagree, Your Honor. Because you held up our original deal, a man lost his life.
- Judge Grove: You're referring to this Cory Stark guy, who drove the car from which his own girlfriend was pushed? Hold on, I'll get you a hanky.
- D.D.A. Emma Rios: Your Honor, may I speak frankly? Off the record?
- Judge Grove: Knock yourself out.
- D.D.A. Emma Rios: As far as I'm concerned, the failure to give Mr. Goss a deal led directly to the execution of another person, and that is not how the justice system is supposed to work.
- Judge Grove: It is in my courtroom. And anyway, we're adjourned.
- Detective Julio Sanchez: [as DDA Rios sighs] Let's go. Buy you a cup of coffee.
- D.D.A. Emma Rios: Oh, does this mean you're not mad at me anymore?
- Detective Julio Sanchez: No. Means gonna buy you some coffee. Come on.
- Scott Shaw: I guess you're right. I guess I forgot she was a witness and not a professional and that...
- Captain Sharon Raydor: She wasn't on your side.
- Scott Shaw: No. Briana was on her own side. She was fighting for what she wanted. Guess I was so focused on guarding her from the bad guys that it just never even occurred to me she would need protection from herself.
- Captain Sharon Raydor: And remember, Briana didn't become an informant by hanging out with all the right people. Her judgement, it was off from the beginning.
- Scott Shaw: Oh, well, we live and learn, right?
- [pause]
- Scott Shaw: Thank you, Captain.