Chief Johnson arrives at the crime scene where two men have been gunned down at close range in a parking garage. Witnesses tell the police there was a vehicle with a gunman shooting the victims and exiting. No further description was available of the suspects and with that limited information Brenda goes to work bringing forth the perpetrators. One victim had a dubious past and connected with terrorist activities, yet the spouse was present at the scene and she gives the police the picture of a vehicle containing the murderer. The FBI is involved due to their activity planting two million dollars through a middleman in order to determine exactly the business ties the victim had. The victim was from Iran, coming to the U.S. with his son, daughter and wife to Los Angeles, in order to flee the tyranny of Iran and to set up his business here. Brenda's keen senses provide her evidence the second victim was an honorable veteran acting as the drive and bodyguard. He never returned fire because his weapon had been tampered with and there were eleven casings recovered from the scene, all those belonging to the shooter. Brenda determines there was no vehicle involved after all. The killer walked close enough to the victims and shot them both dead.
Brenda discovers the bodyguard's gun had been tampered with leaving him easy prey for the killer and the last two people to see the victims alive were actually the killer and collaborator. Brenda's sees through the wife's story garnering a confession from her while the shooter, her daughter's physician, is told to be silent or face arrest for murder. Brenda hears the tale from the grieving spouse about how her husband treated her and Brenda does admit it would probably play well in a courtroom. The doctor shot and killed both men trying to save the wife from further strain. Like Brenda said to Fritz at the episode end, why not just get a divorce?
This was not the best of the season one group of thirteen episodes, but it is worth watching nonetheless, because the story is twisted with the FBI intervention, and a surprise finish to the guilty parties. The title can be brought from Sgt. Gabriel getting fed up with his boss, Chief Johnson, not wearing sunglasses on their way to the crime scene; this is L.A., the sun shines 329 days a year.
Brenda discovers the bodyguard's gun had been tampered with leaving him easy prey for the killer and the last two people to see the victims alive were actually the killer and collaborator. Brenda's sees through the wife's story garnering a confession from her while the shooter, her daughter's physician, is told to be silent or face arrest for murder. Brenda hears the tale from the grieving spouse about how her husband treated her and Brenda does admit it would probably play well in a courtroom. The doctor shot and killed both men trying to save the wife from further strain. Like Brenda said to Fritz at the episode end, why not just get a divorce?
This was not the best of the season one group of thirteen episodes, but it is worth watching nonetheless, because the story is twisted with the FBI intervention, and a surprise finish to the guilty parties. The title can be brought from Sgt. Gabriel getting fed up with his boss, Chief Johnson, not wearing sunglasses on their way to the crime scene; this is L.A., the sun shines 329 days a year.
