Three men are gunned down in a drive-by outside a nightclub. When Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) arrives at the scene, the coroner notices one of the men is wearing army dog tags, as is the other one. One of the Vics is taken to hospital. Gabriel (Corey Reynolds) tells her about one of the men being called 'T-Ball.' It was very typical and stereotypical for them to assume the men were gang members cos of the way they died and their colour. Provenza (GW Bailey) tells Brenda one of the men is still alive and she races to the hospital to question him. Ty (Ace Gibson) is critical and Brenda asks him to squeeze her hand twice if he knows who shot him. He doesn't know but he does know what the shooting was about. Flatlining at that point, Brenda picks up his bloody tags.
She needs Pope (JK Simmons) and someone from the army called in. Ty doesn't make it and it's ascertained the three men had just returned from Afghanistan. 'T-Ball' is a member of the 1-10 Cripps, from the same neighbourhood Ty hailed from. Army contact Major Dorcet (Gary Cole) wants the FBI brought in since it could be a possible terrorist attack and he wants the military alerted to this. Brenda wants it kept quiet since she's not sure what they're dealing with yet.
Taylor (Robert Gossett) informs Brenda that Turell (Ace Gibson) is at the station, Ty's twin brother and Taylor warns Dorcet against raising the threat level for a gang-related shooting. Brenda asks for 15 minutes to question Turell who turns out to be T-Ball. He asks for police protection for himself and his sister, since he was the intended target. He claims to have been shot through a black Sedan on a street corner. Sanchez (Raymond Cruz) is sent to investigate along with Tao (Michael Paul Chan) and to retrieve any bullets. Sanchez confirms reports of a shooting there.
Turell then tells about the shooting at a store, where the owner and his grandson were both shot, but everyone knows the store is off limits to such robberies etc. Flynn (Tony Denison) finds out that Reggie Moses (Dennis L.A. White) was believed to be the shooter by the police. Brenda asks for the FBI liaison to be contacted - being Fritz (Jon Tenney) and asks Taylor to contact Pope again and drag him down here. Brenda allows Dorcet to inform the families of the Vics but for them to keep quiet. She then asks until noon to continue her investigation.
Tao matches the bullets found at the street corner to the ones used in the store killings and those used to kill the the three. Turel's prints were on the counter in the store and that he also owns a black Cutlass. All pointing towards Reggie being the killer. Which appears to be a bit cut'n'dry. Dorcet wants them to give Turell immunity as he asks and Pope agrees. Brenda refuses since they're not certain what happened yet. Yeah leave it to men to botch things up. Dorcet comments twice to Fritz about how they can work with someone like Brenda - the second time he thinks she "needs to get laid." Fritz replies that's not the problem. Glad Dorcet wasn't told Brenda's married to Fritz. Pompous jerk!
Reggie demands a lawyer and denies killing the store Vics. Pope warns Brenda not to begin a war with the army, as it will affect her chances of becoming Chief of Police. DDA Andrea Hobbs (Kathe E Mazur) grants Turell immunity. He admits Reggie killed the store Vics and he found the boy in the backroom. After he followed a blood trail . That was a lie since the CS photos show the absence of any blood, proving Turell was not only there but that he was the shooter, confirming Brenda's worst fears. He'll walk for two murders. She tells him if he lies about anything in his statement then the immunity deal is off and he admits he shot them both. A huge shock for all concerned, but it was heading that way, showing Brenda was right to be doubtful and wanted to take this slowly. Also showing the red tape and bureaucracy she'll have to put with if elected Chief. Well, maybe no more so than now.
Reggie will get the death penalty if he confesses to the killing of the three soldiers and Turell will be free. Gabriel gets Turell to write his statement. Reggie still thinks there's no witness to the shootings. Brenda tells him he should withdraw his request for a lawyer and tells her what happened. Turell killed them and she pulls the plug on the videofeed to the others. Reggie is going to get the death penalty for killing the three men. She lets Reggie make a call - as many as he wants cos she knows he'll call his gang and others to go after Turell.
Pope says again he wants to stay friends and Brenda says she has a plan for handling Turell. Brenda, Sanchez and Gabriel drive Turell home and she tells him his family will be out of police protection as he signed the immunity agreement, so protection is no longer needed. Men approach from all directions and converge at Turell's house. Brenda gets in the car and wants to leave. Gabriel is apprehensive but she insists and he wonders how anyone knew since the media aren't aware of the story yet. Sanchez comments Reggie must have made a call - several calls.
Another good episode with more twists than usual. Especially when Brenda knew there was more to Turell than he was letting on - but his admission to the shootings came as a curveball. Didn't think Brenda had it in her to remove Turell from the picture like that, even if he did deserve some sort of retribution. If the others had listened to her then she wouldn't have been left with that dilemma of a killer walking free. Reggie was getting the death penalty and so was Terrell in the end; with his attitude that everyone owed him something and getting his brother and two other innocents gunned down and the store shootings too.
Some background on Brenda, she was born on a military base and her father was in the air force .
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This episode ending gave me chills
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