At the Police Station, Jesse listens carefully to all that his officers have to say. He looks over the near mountain of merchandise found in Mookie's car along with the open bottle of whiskey and the gun. Seeing that all the evidence has been carefully labeled and cataloged, he then orders that the gun be dusted for fingerprints and sent to the police's ballistics lab.

Knowing that The Chandlers have reported several items missing from their home, over the recent weeks, and seeing evidence that would lead him believe that the stolen items could belong to them, he tells an officer to make a call and have someone from the family come down to see if they can identify anything.

He then goes to another area of the station with Derrick, Tad, Zack and the two arresting officers with him. The group views the surveillance video from the police car's dash-cam. They then read Mookie's statements, both officer's statements and the incident report.

Jesse coming through the door of an interrogation room, with both arresting officers and Derrick Frye, he signals Tad and Zack to go into an adjoining room and listen to their interrogation of Mookie, through a one-way mirror set inside the shared wall.

The policemen hold back their laughter and, in a most professional manner, they prepare to question Mookie. Jesse's words barely begin when Mookie, interrupting him, immediately begins his rehearsed claim of innocence in near hysteria.

Jesse allows Mookie to drone on about his claims of being framed, about evidence being planted on him and in his car. He begs Jesse to believe his lies.

When Mookie pauses for a moment, Jesse stops him short and says, "Mookie, you need to wait for your lawyer before you say anything more. We've seen the extensive video from the police cruiser's dash-camera and you are clearly identifiable in that video evidence."

Mookie holds his tongue and fixes his eyes on Jesse's face as he searches his mind for another more convincing lie.

Jesse looks at Mookie and waits quietly for the next tale to help further dig Mookie's grave.

After a brief moment Mookie starts with, "Chief? There must be some way -some way that just you and I can talk?"

Jesse most curious by Mookie's offer, and although hoping that Mookie will continue to bury himself deeper, stops him and says, "I have to inform you that you need to wait for your legal counsel before you say anything more. Really, I do insist."

Mookie in near panic protest, "Chief, please? I want to speak to you. Can't I wave my right to a lawyer? Can't just you and I talk? Without a lawyer?"

Looking around the room at the other officers he continues, "Also, without all these other cops here! I want to talk with just you, Chief Hubbard! Can't I do that?"

Jesse looking curiously at Derrick responds, "Well, yes. You can if you insist, and sign that you've waved your right to council, but it is not advisable for you to do so."

Derrick speaking up says, "It is not in your best interests to speak any further without benefit of counsel, son. I strongly recommend against you taking any such actions."

Mookie snapping at Derrick shouts, "I don't give a damn what you advise! I want to talk, with my friend, The Chief, here!" Then scanning the room with his eyes, like a caged animal, he barks, "Alone!"

Derrick quickly looks to Jesse with stunned shock and, in response to Mookie's claim, says "You're good friend?"

Jesse raises his eyebrows in surprise as Mookie answers, "Yes, my friend." Looking at Jesse, Mookie continues, "We go way back. Don't we, Chief?"

Jesse looking to Derrick says, "Mookie is a, former, friend to Maya. He and I share no other connection, I assure you."

Mookie quickly speaks up with, "Oh, Chief, that hurt, man."

Derrick looking at Jesse with confusion says, "Chief, a private word with you, please?"

Jesse and Derrick both exit the interrogation room, leaving Mookie with the arresting officers, and enter the adjoining room with Tad and Zack.

Before they can speak Tad, standing to the side of the window, half watching Mookie in the interrogation room and half looking at Jesse and Derrick come through the door, excitedly says, "Alright, Jess! What a gift you've been given today."

Jesse looking to Tad with a bit of hesitation says, "Not so fast, Tad. I can't be the sole interrogator with this kid."

Zack speaking up says, "Well, why the hell not? He's already saying that he doesn't want an attorney. It's a home run, Jesse."

Derrick interrupting says, "Hold up a minute. Jesse cannot be an interrogator, in this case, at all."

Jesse's head whips to look at Derrick and with a sharp voice says, "What do you mean Derrick?"

Tad and Zack instantly freeze their initial shock, at the statement, and listen for Derrick's answer too.

Derrick moving to sit at the small table, resting in the middle of the room, pulls the four chairs out and says, "Sit down, guys. Please?"

They each cautiously move to sit around the table. Zack can stand the suspense no more and says, "I hope you have a good explanation, Derrick."

Tad gently resting his hand on Zack's arm says, "Wait a minute. Let's hear him out. However, if it involves letting this punk go - ?"

Derrick looks at Tad with impatience and says, "Just give me a chance? Would you, guys?"

Jesse gives Tad a look to be quiet and with some defeat in his voice, as he knows most of what Derrick is thinking, he says, "Go ahead, Derrick, say it."

Derrick starts with, "Look guys, it is more than clear to all of us, just by looking at all the stolen property along with the fact that this guy was apprehended less that five miles from the Chandler Estate, coupled with the fact that the Chandler's reported that their home was burglarized several times." Derrick pauses to glance at Mookie's continued protest with Officer Evans and Kennedy, through the glass, and then turning back to them he says, "Then add to that the little known fact that you all have been tailing him, in connection with the shooting at the Chandler Mansion- " Derrick pauses and looks to Jesse with sorrow and regret in his eyes and putting a comforting hand to Jesse's hand, he continues, "Jess, you know very well that this guy just well may be - and depending on what ballistics comes up with on his gun, he quite probably is our shooter - Natalia's murderer." He pauses out of sorrow and respect for Jesse and then bending his neck to look directly into Jesse's eyes he sympathetically says, "Right, Jess?"

Jesse's voice soft and weak inches out a single word, "Right." A single tear escapes his eye and he quickly catches it, with an open palm, as it races to his chin.

Derrick then looking at Tad and Zack, with still sympathetic and understanding eyes, finishes with, "Right?"

Tad reaches over to take Jesse's other hand, in an effort to comfort his old friend, as he responds, "Yes, Derrick."

Zack's voice comes softly as he gently breaks the grief and tension in the room and says, "Okay, so we're all agreed. Mookie could be our man. So, now what?"

Tad's frustration boiling over says, "We hang the bastard."

Derrick, wanting to be certain that everything is in complete order at all times, says, "Look Tad. Zack. Since we've been friends along time – and because I know you really are two of the good guys – even though you are not policemen and have no legitimate business inside the inner workings of this case… I'm going to allow you to sit here. However, do me a favor and shut up."

Tad quickly standing from his chair causing it to slam against the wall behind him angrily says, "No legitimate business? Are you serious, Derrick? Need I remind you that, Marissa – my grandson's mother – was a victim in that shooting also?"

Jesse quickly standing, puts a hand on Tad's shoulder and tries to calm him down, "Tad? Tad? Just calm down a minute, man."

Tad boiling over says, "Calm down? Jesse?"

Jesse shouting now says, "Damn it, Tad. If we don't run this investigation to the letter perfect, with every 'I' dotted and every 'T' crossed, every single bit of evidence carefully screened and examined by experts…" He pauses for a moment and lowers his voice, and continues with, "then this scumbag is going to walk. Worse yet, if this isn't our shooter, but just some thieving punk, we don't want to nail him for it and have the real shooter still out there running free."

Tad listening carefully to Jesse's words, sits back in his chair in defeat, as Jesse continues, "I know you want to nail the bastard that did the shooting too, but we must be patient." Looking to Zack now he finishes with, "We've done our part, of this job. I appreciate all the help you two have been with this, but now we need to back out of it and let Derrick, the lab and the detectives tie this up."

Derrick interrupts and says, "Jesse has already recused himself from this case. He cannot be on it – from this point forward – and neither can the two of you."

Zack speaks, "Not if we want to see to a hard conviction, of the real shooter. If this guy is the shooter – and the evidence proves that – then we have to allow the police and the District Attorney do the rest, from here. Otherwise, some smart ass lawyer will get him off on some silly technicality."

"Exactly!" Jesse says, "And believe me, nobody wants to nail the real shooter, and Mookie, more than I do."

Tad listening carefully in his frustration says, "Okay, I understand. I know you're right. We'll back off." Looking to Zack with a sigh, he says, "Guess our work is done here, Boy Wonder."

Zack standing and moving back to watch Mookie through the glass says, "Yes, it's time to hang up your cape, Batman. We'll have to let the real heroes handle it from here on out."