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Sure don't get many attractive

women in this line of work.

I'm an M.D. with a specialization

in criminal psychiatry.

I have a master's degree

in forensic science.

I was top of my class

in med school but, uh,

Private practice never

really appealed to me. Screen.

So I, uh, was approached by the Agency,

Took the offer and

headed for the Academy.

Weren't you, uh, top

of the class there, too?

You got my file, you tell me.

So what about your weapon?

You ever fire it in the line of duty?

I qualified as an expert marksman.

I'll take that as a no.

Neil Roberts, 21 years old.

Jesus Christ.

Probably his first real job, huh?

Tell me. Has anybody else been in here?

No, I secured the area

before I called the PD.

Do me a favor. Let's

try and keep it that way.

We don't want anybody else to

contaminate the crime scene.

Where you going?

Hey.

What have you got?

The shooter's position.

I think you might be right.

Yeah. It's where he rested the rifle.

This guy was a pro.

No shell casings. Took

his brass with him.

Two shots rapid succession in the dark.

It's not your average street

thug, I'll tell you that much.

I'm going to check the security cameras.

Why don't you go up to the

mayor's office, see what you find?

Everything is fine for the first hour.

Then, this.

My guess is the storm

took the system out.

That's pretty convenient,

don't you think?

Not a single camera rolling,

two vics were killed?

No. Power goes out. Camera goes out.

What about the traffic

cameras? Anybody check those?

Not yet. Okay, well get on that.

If you find something, contact me ASAP.

You find anything?

Who's this?

Ah, that's James Durant.

Mayor's Chief of Staff,

his right hand man,

His go to pretty much for everything.

Any reason why he'd want his boss dead?

None that I could imagine.

It's not going to hurt to ask

him a few questions though.

I say we go through procedure.

I'll start by running a background check

On any military in the area.

All right.

I'll do a search for anybody

With a background in security, too.

This system was breached far too easily.

Yeah.

Okay.

Morning, Grace.

Mom? How are you feeling?

I always feel better when I see my boy.

Now, how do you really feel?

Well, there are good days and bad days.

This just isn't one of the good days.

I'm sure tomorrow is going to be better.

You need to find out who killed Stan.

And you need to find out why.

I'm way ahead of you, trust me.

Good.

So why don't you tell me about

that new partner of yours?

What's she like?

I don't even know how you know this.

I have my sources.

I'm sure you do.

There's, there's nothing to

say. Really. That's too bad.

There's not. Okay, Mom.

All right, I got to go.

Try and get some sleep, all right?

John?

Be careful on this one.

I'm always careful, Mom.

I love you.

I love you.

Try and get some sleep.

Okay.

Let's see what we got.

Come on, baby. Daddy needs an A.

Hello?

Hey, man. Yeah.

Uh, not much. Just

downloading some stuff

From outside City Hall

for my time lapse project.

Uhhh, yeah, okay. One

beer, but that's it.

Okay, maybe two.

Yeah. Okay, I'm going

to leave in a minute.

I'll see you soon.

Okay. Bye.

Son of a...

Come on. Show me your

face, show me your face.

Yeah, it's Archer.

Hello?

Hello?

What the hell are you still doing here?

I could ask you the same thing.

Come on.

You work too hard.

Let's go get a beer. Take the edge off.

I'm going to stick around here.

Run through this one more time.

Just see if there's something I missed.

Beer? Security tapes?

Beer wins this one, boss.

Well, you enjoy yourself.

Hey, Tommy.

Can I grab two beers

And a shot of Jamey, please?

Finally gave it up, huh?

Yeah. Yeah, I just needed a break.

So, uh,

What's your new partner doing?

Oh, Christ.

Well, the jury's still out,

but she's not my partner.

Looks like you lost your beer, though.

Cheers.

How you doing?

Uh, no thanks.

Okay.

You always this pleasant?

Hm? Oh. Yeah. Pleasant. Mm-hm.

Wow. We're going to

have a lot in common.

So what have you got there?

Uncover anything new?

Um, I'm running a background

analysis on Durant.

I'm checking to see if there are any

unusual patterns in his recent behavior.

We should bring him in

and ask him some questions.

Is that how you run things around here?

Just bring them in, rough

them up a little bit?

See what happens?

Well, that's how we start.

We bring them in, we sit them down,

Ask them some questions.

See if any red flags pop up.

You know, since we're

here working together,

I say we collaborate on our approach.

I think that's a good idea.

Welcome aboard.

Did you find anything

on the surveillance tapes?

No, that's all useless.

This whole thing reeks of a cover-up.

Don't buy the electrical

storm theory, huh?

Not for a second.

Bullets fired from a

gun killed this good man,

Girls and boys.

That's my theory, John.

And I'm sticking to it.

Now, the bullet entered

the front of his head here.

You can tell from the

relatively small entrance wound.

The larger hole is

closer to 13 centimeters.

That's basically a damn big exit wound.

We found, uh, these

Near the body, some several feet away.

Caliber of weapon?

Ah. You're in luck.

Fragments of

a. 30-06 bang-bang.

And that's not all.

From a different caliber.

Now how do you suppose those got there?

So we got two weapons.

Which introduces the

possibility of two shooters.

It's very plausible.

These are from a much smaller weapon.

Yeah. Probably a. 22.

A professional's weapon of choice.

Yeah. It makes sense in

a twisted sort of way.

The first shot killed him instantly,

The second shot was for insurance.

The third shot was just...

An entertainment.

The primaries are coming up and

the mayor's suddenly killed.

There's two candidates that

could possibly benefit from that.

I'd say that's a good place to start.

Yeah.

Oh, sh*t. I shouldn't have done that.

No.

No, no.

Jessie, Jessie. It's Alex.

I have an emergency. A big one.

Yeah, I'm coming over.

No, no, today.

Please, Jessie. Please, please, please.

Okay. Thank you. Thank

you. I'll owe you.

No. I'll, I'll pay you. I can pay you.

I'm going to have to run a

complete diagnostic check, Alex.

How long is that going to take?

I'm pretty backed up but once I

figure out what's wrong with it,

Within a couple of

hours. Okay, so, today?

Maybe. It has to be today.

I'll do my best.

Okay, look. You don't understand.

I needed this, like, yesterday.

I have a project due

in a couple of days.

Come on, Jessie. I've

been coming to you forever.

I'll do what I can.

Get out so I can work.

So... tonight?

Get out.

Thank you.

With the

jobless and crime rates

At an all-time high,

This city needs someone

who can deliver results.

So, if you want results,

And you're tired of broken promises,

Then vote Lee Rudman.

You'll be glad you did.

I'm Lee Rudman. And I

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