Provenza (GW Bailey) tells Brenda and Gabriel (Corey Reynolds) they must sign in. The Vic was parked illegally. Taylor (Robert Gossett) was called, who in turn called Major Crimes. Cos the car was registered to Turrell Baylor. James Turner was shot in the backseat four times. Sanchez (Raymond Cruz) IDs him as a member of the 1-10 Cripps. Flynn (Tony Dension) tells him Goldman's card was found in his pocket.
Pope (JK Simmons) says there's no connection to the Federal law suit and Brenda adds finding the card on his DB is a clue. Gabriel interrupts them yet again and mentions his friend who carried out a credit rating check for him, the info is untraceable. Goldman was in Oakland and specifically at San Quentin. Reggie made a call. Buzz (Phillip P Keene) says the prison is sending them the audio file of the call to a disposable cell. The audio file tells of 5 investigators on the case and one talks too much. Gavin (Mark Pellegrino) says he is to be interviewed by Raydor (Mary McDonnell).
Goldman refuses to answer questions. Raydor comments he signed in at the prison so his visit is a matter of public record. Brenda says he has a good motive, meaning J Rock, the DB, was a witness to Turrell's murder. He says he couldn't ID the gang members. Raydor says Goldman is withholding their names. Gabriel finds the cell is registered to a company in Seattle.
Brenda confronts Goldman, cos no one saw her leaving and offers him protection. He refuses and she comments she'll know where to start looking if he doesn't show up for work. He's afraid but doesn't admit it. Gavin adds if Goldman knows the names then they can settle the lawsuit. Raydor tells them Brenda wants to be cleared in court. Pope wants to ensure Goldman doesn't wind up dead and he tells Brenda to also address the leak in the Division, "be aware of all the moving pieces on the board."
Sanchez finds the family already knew of J Rock's death. Morales found he was shot by 9mm bullets. Provenza tells Brenda that if Goldman doesn't give up the names, then he's not their problem. Taylor says Turrell's mother would give J Rock the car. Tao (Michael Paul Chan) found lots of prints in the car, especially inside. Sanchez offers to show her what happened and she tells the others to listen to the audio tape as they converse privately in the car. J Rock was killed by his own gang and this wasn't done without permission. Brenda wants to follow the money. Sanchez says they won't get the man in charge that way.
Brenda realizes the violence goes back to the store owner, Charlie. They have to find out who paid for the funerals. Sanchez suggests she should follow up without the others cos of the mole. "if when you're not sure who you can trust Chief, don't trust anyone," which are Sanchez's words of wisdom. She replies she knows them. Boy they sure are making it difficult for us to figure out who the mole is with all these red herrings floating around. It's okay for those who have watched it, but we've still got another 6 eps and I don't want to read anything until I figure it out myself 'til the end. Provenza looks at Sanchez.
Fritz (Jon Tenney) wants her to figure out what she's doing here. She asks if he wants her to give up "everything I own, or everything I am." Charlie's daughter sold his store for three times it's value and was converted into a cell store by Marvin Evans (Jason George). He covered the cost of the funerals. Brenda tells Fritz he's the only one she can trust and he's happy he can actually help. Adding if Goldman finds out about Marvin then so will the leak.
Brenda didn't order surveillance, it was requested by Raydor to protect Goldman. There were 12 prints in the car belonging to Cripps' members. Brenda wants the entire team watching the interview with Marvin. Marvin's lawyer is Tommy Wong (Tom Choi) and Marvin isn't going to cooperate with her. Notice how Taylor was last in the room along with Flynn. Though don't suppose that means anything. Brenda tells him he has to care about J Rock. Fritz sends her a message she's 'good to go.' Brenda tells him Goldman is implying he knows the names of Turrell's killers which could put him in danger.
Flynn says that didn't go well. Raydor; "it all depends on what you think just happened. Goldman knows who Marvin is and she told him . Marvin will put a contract out on him, which still changes nothing. Brenda says protection can still be arranged and Goldman admits he knows the names. Raydor tells him this isn't a pre-trial conference. Pope wants the list of Turrell's murderers who were Ided by J Rock. Brenda: "so much for the conscience of the justice system.
C Jazz and Deloin have tickets to Vegas, Turner a trip to NY. Bugsy was paid money. Brenda goes off to finish the conversation with Marvin, her team can't know about it. Well, she wouldn't go alone so obviously she's got something up her sleeve and it's not a wire. She's not here to arrest him, which she wasn't but he searches her for wires. J Rock was meant to expose Brenda and Marvin killed him for himself, not her. Marvin ordered the hit on Turrell and that's when her troubles started. Marvin didn't want him to talk. Charlie was there for all of them and helped them survive. Brenda wonders if Charlie would be proud of how he paid them back. Goldman needs to go. Their partnership is at an end and the FBI arrests him. That's the message from Fritz, telling her his place was wired.
Ricky Turner shot his own brother. Gavin has reached an agreement and Raydor wants her to read it anyway. Brenda's name is dropped from the suit and Goldman is paid a million dollars. Brenda doesn't agree with this. Gavin says it doesn't matter if she agrees cos she's no longer being sued. She doesn't want The Johnson Rule : a special order that states when the LAPD releases a suspect, they will not be released into a knowingly or hostile environment. Brenda angrily fires Gavin. The rule is disgraceful and "you're selling me out." Which in effect they were.
Goldman is in danger when he leaves the building and Brenda wants Raydor to ask him to reveal the leak and order protection for him, whether he likes it or not. Raydor calls it the 'honourable thing to do.' Brenda: "it's the Johnson Rule." Well, they were selling her out just to save themselves really and the LAPD. Isn't the Johnson Rule a roundabout way of actually admitting Brenda was responsible for Turrell's death and that she knew he was in danger when she let him go. Haven't they been denying that all along!
Another great episode of the show with yet more references to the leak but did Brenda really think Goldman will reveal who the leak is, when she told Raydor to ask him, they should be able to find this out for themselves, if they can catch criminals, surely they can come up with some sort of a trap to catch out the leak. Loved the way Brenda used her police 'methods' she uses on suspects on Goldman, having the tables turned on him like that and putting him in danger was good to watch. He deserved a little of his own medicine acting all high and mighty and as Brenda told him, it wasn't about justice at all. It was making a name for himself and taking that money too, re the settlement.
Sad to see they could hang Brenda out to dry like that with the Johnson Rule, after all she's done in her line of work and putting away dangerous criminals, she doesn't deserve this sort of treatment. But this storyline was all for Kyra leaving the show.
Goldman mentions the Rampart case. This was the revelation of widespread corruption in the LAPD's anti-gang division, Rampart Division of the late 1990's. This was brought to light by Officer Perez, leading to convictions being overturned due to his testimony. However the extent of the corruption is unknown as many cases have not been solved.
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