History Recap / BoschS7E03

The man who seemed to be representing la Eme (Mexican mafia) is actually wearing a wire as he harshly interrogates Pedro Alvarez in the cell. Bosch, Edgar, and Collins watch from a video feed. Alvarez is visibly frightened by his cellmate but refuses to name anyone in Las Palmas as ordering the fire. He claims that he had no intention of hurting anyone. He says it was La Mayorista’s idea but then claims she did not give the order. Alvarez will not definitively assign the order to anyone else.

Collins, Bosch, and Edgar go for tacos after the funeral. Bosch assures Collins that they are monitoring any phone calls from La Mayorista and Alvarez in their respective jails. Edgar gets a call and says he must leave for an appointment with Dr. Garcia as part of his therapy. He lies, claiming to be doing well, and denying that he's indulging in self-medicating, insomnia, or depression.

Later, Billets gets some interesting information from officers Hunter and Lloyd. Apparently, Officer Leonard and his partner Clyde Norris are problematic officers. Hunter and Lloyd recently had to deal with those two officers ghosting them when they put out a help call for what was feared to be a dicey gang situation. While they tried raising a fuss with Lt. Thorne, nothing came of it.

Of course, Franzen was not going to comply with Chandler's request to lay low and not reach out to anyone. He contacts his mistress, Alessandra Dowd, who arrives by a car service. Franzen hushes her while he answers the door for Maddie, as she stops by the house to drop off paperwork, a thumbdrive with his video testimony, and a laptop to watch the video. As Maddie returns to her car, and noting that Franzen did not even say “thank you”, we see someone watching the house from another car parked across the street.

* InternalAffairs: Grace makes a 128 report to IA about the obscene message painted on her car. Cooper and Thorne are pissed.

As a precaution, Bosch shuts Edgar out of the interrogation of Gladys and asks Spanish-speaking Vega to join him instead. Gladys reveals nothing and then, sure enough, as Bosch feared, her lawyer arrives demanding her release. But the detectives have enough probable cause to put La Mayorista in lockdown at Van Nuys for the weekend. Vega gives Gladys her card, should she decide she wants to provide them with information.

At City Hall, Irving has a short debrief with Lopez at her office about the case. Lopez pledges her support in finding the killers. The mayor emphasizes that the people want closure. She inquires about Irv's lunch with Francis Alexander in the previous episode. Irv explains that Francis is a longtime friend. Lopez mentions Francis stepping down (on account of his cancer diagnosis), and Irving feigns ignorance about the subject. Later, Lopez holds a press conference demanding that Irving find those behind the arson. She looks into the camera and condemns Irving, saying he “must do better” and that it is “time for change”. Irving is not happy about this provocation, so he reaches out to an old friend of his, Sgt. Cletus Brown, and offers him a “special assignment” to serve as Lopez's driver and find dirt on her.

Honey Chandler has her work cut out for working for Franzen. Not only is he a fraud, he's also pretty uncooperative. Chandler takes him to a safehouse in Beachwood Canyon where he can hide away from the media and any potential arrest for new charges (as the relatively low bail he got led to a bunch of new victims coming forward). It is a beautiful cottage packed with all the essentials. She gives Franzen a burner phone to call her only if he needs something. He is not to call anyone else or bring anyone inside the home, not even food delivery. He suggests she does not trust him when she makes him surrender his personal phone.

The following day, Bosch and Ddgar drive to Sonia and her mother’s funeral. The homicide partners watch the funeral from a distance with Detective Collins. Mickey Pena of Los Palmas is there. Collins points out that Pena purchased the lavish cross flower arrangement. Bosch walks away, telling Collins and Edgar that he is going to “rattle [Pena’s] chain”. Pena replies he has no problem sleeping and curses at Bosch.

* TheFaceless: Somebody knows where Vincent Franzen is hiding and is watching the safe house, but all the viewer sees is a hand tapping a steering wheel.

* TheMistress: Vincent Franzen has one, and he invites her to the safe house where he's hiding, against Honey Chandler's strict orders.

Hunter, Morgan, and Bosch search the apartment while Jerry holds Gladys out in the hall. They uncover another gun and some drugs. When Harry returns to the hall, Gladys is talking with another woman while Jerry is distracted on his phone. Jerry says he was working out logistics for the boys with [=LaTonya=], which does not go over well with Harry, who fears that Gladys took advantage of Jerry not understanding Spanish to get word on to her lawyer.

As a precaution, Bosch excludes Jerry from the interrogation of Gladys and asks Spanish-speaking Vega to join him instead. Gladys reveals nothing and then, sure enough, as Bosch feared, her lawyer arrives demanding her release. But the detectives have enough probable cause to put La Mayorista in lockdown at Van Nuys for the weekend. Vega gives Gladys her card, should she decide she wants to provide them with information.

Honey Chandler has her work cut out for working for Franzen. Not only is he a fraud, he's also pretty uncooperative. Chandler takes him to one of her properties in Beachwood Canyon where he can hide away from the media and any potential arrest for new charges (as the relatively low bail he got led to a bunch of new victims coming forward). It is a beautiful cottage packed with all the essentials. She gives Franzen a burner phone to call her only if he needs something. He is not to call anyone else or bring anyone inside the home, not even food delivery. He suggests she does not trust him when she makes him surrender his personal phone.

Honey meets with Burton Devore, an investigator from the SEC, to inform him that Franzen has information to trade. Franzen then joins Honey at her office to rehearse his testimony for the DA about the insider trading scheme. Maddie runs the camera as Miller, who would normally be doing this, is out sick. After recording the testimony, Chandler has Maddie make copies of the video, one for Franzen and one for Chandler. As Franzen leaves the room, he tries to act all fatherly, telling Maddie to learn all she can from Chandler. He then pats her on the arm a little too long and leaves.

Antonio joins Maddie and Harry at the Bosch house for dinner. As a pediatric nurse, he talks about the pain of losing patients at the Children’s Hospital. Antonio asks Harry about the pain he experiences with homicide victims. He wants to know if it “ever get[s] any easier”. Harry is quick to say no. He goes on to talk about Sonia, not just as “Little Tamale Girl” (like the press are dubbing her), but as a real person who enjoyed life, did well in school and loved her parents.

The following day, Harry and Jerry drive to Sonia and her mother’s funeral. The homicide partners watch the funeral from a distance with Detective Collins. Mickey Pena of Los Palmas is there. Collins points out that Pena purchased the lavish cross flower arrangement. Harry walks away telling Collins and Jerry that he is going to “rattle [Pena’s] chain”. Pena replies he has no problem sleeping and curses at Harry.

Collins, Bosch, and Edgar go for tacos after the funeral. Harry assures Collins that they are monitoring any phone calls from La Mayorista and Alvarez in their respective jails. Jerry gets a call and says he must leave for an appointment with Dr. Garcia as part of his therapy. He lies, claiming to be doing well, and denying that he's indulging in self-medicating, insomnia, or depression.

As La Mayorista walks to her cell, a fellow prisoner quietly tells her, “You know too much.” Gladys looks nervous. Sometime later, she decides to swallow her pride and make the call to Vega. The same woman who told her she knows too much stares at Gladys in the phone line as Gladys makes the call, but only gets Vega’s voicemail and hangs up. Shortly thereafter, Gladys is killed in her cell when someone slits her throat, meaning there's no chance of her providing more information.

The man who appears to be representing la Eme (Mexican mafia) is actually wearing a wire as he harshly interrogates Pedro Alvarez in the cell. Bosch, Edgar, and Collins watch from a video feed. Alvarez is visibly frightened by his cellmate but refuses to name anyone in Las Palmas as ordering the fire. He claims that there was no intention of hurting anyone. He says it was La Mayorista’s idea but then claims she did not give the order. Alvarez will not definitively assign the order to anyone.

Collins has some intel on where La Mayorista may be. Bosch and J. Edgar show up there with a warrant. Gladys claims to be house sitting at her friend’s apartment. Officers Hunter and Morgan accompany them to assist with the search. Office Hunter searches Gladys’ purse and finds a handgun, which Gladys claims is legal.

Hunter, Morgan, and Bosch clear the apartment while Jerry holds La Mayorista out in the hall. Harry’s search produces another gun and some drugs. When Harry returns to the hall, Gladys is talking with another woman while Jerry is distracted on his phone. Jerry says he was working out logistics for the boys with Latonya. Harry is angry at Jerry for not paying attention to the suspect and fears she has passed word to get her lawyer.

Back at the station, Bosch excludes Jerry from the interrogation with Gladys and asks Spanish-speaking Vega to join him instead. Gladys reveals nothing and then, sure enough, her lawyer arrives. But the detectives have enough probable cause to put La Mayorista in lockdown at Van Nuys. Vega gives Gladys her card should she decide to talk and make a deal. As La Mayorista walks to her cell, a fellow prisoner quietly tells her, “You know too much.” Gladys looks nervous. Sometime later, she decides to swallow her pride and make the call to Vega. The same woman who told her she knows too much stares at Gladys in the phone line as Gladys makes the call, but only gets Vega’s voicemail and hangs up. Shortly thereafter, Gladys is killed in her cell when someone slits her throat, meaning there's no chance of her providing more information.

At City Hall, Irving and Lopez have a short debrief at her office about the apartment fire case. Irving tells her that it was meant to be a warning from the drug operation, according to Alvarez. Lopez pledges her support in finding the killers. The mayor emphasizes that the people want closure. The exchange is frosty but civil. She inquires about Irv having a meal with police commissioner Francis Alexander. Irv explains that Francis is a longtime friend. Lopez mentions Francis stepping down on account of his cancer diagnosis, and Irving feigns ignorance about the subject. Later, Lopez holds a press conference demanding that Irving find those behind the arson. She looks into the camera addressing Irving, saying he “must do better” and that it is “time for change”. Irving is not happy about this provocation, so he reaches out to an old friend of his, Sgt. Cletus Brown, and offers him a “special assignment” to serve as Lopez's driver, to spy on her.

At Hollywood Division, Billets confides in Mank about the slur written on her car. He agrees that it looks like a cop’s handiwork. He promises to investigate it discreetly, but is shocked and concerned when Billets counters that she has already reported the vandalism and filed a 128 to get an internal affairs investigation opened. Lieutenant Thorne is pissed at Billets for filing the 128 against his patrol officers. But Billets points out that she never said it was one of his officers who were involved. Cooper's not happy either about Billets going outside the chain of command. Suspiciously, he neglects to express his concern for Billets until she points out that he only said he felt bad about the damage to her car.

Later, Billets gets some interesting information from officers Hunter and Lloyd. They tell her about the failure of Officer Leonard and his partner Clyde Norris to show up after responding to a call when Lloyd and Hunter were in what could have been a dicey gang situation. Apparently, they said something to Lt. Thorne, but nothing ever happened.

Honey Chandler has her work cut out for working for Franzen. Not only is he a fraud, he also acts like a petulant toddler when he does not get his way. Chandler takes him to one of her properties in Beachwood Canyon where he can hide away from the media and any potential arrest for new charges (as the relatively low bail he got led to a bunch of new victims coming forward). It is a beautiful cottage packed with all the essentials. She gives Franzen a burner phone to call her only if he needs something. He is not to call anyone else or bring anyone inside the home, not even a food delivery. He suggests she does not trust him when she makes him surrender his personal phone.

Honey meets with the SEC to tell them that Franzen has information to trade. Franzen then joins Honey in her office to work on his testimony for the DA about the insider trading scheme. Maddie runs the camera as Miller is out sick. Chandler asks Maddie to make copies of the video. As Franzen leaves the room, he tries to act all fatherly, telling Maddie to learn all she can from Chandler. He then pats her on the arm a little too long and leaves.

It is then back to the canyon cottage for Franzen, but, of course, he doesn't follow the rules. He has called his mistress who arrives by a car service. Franzen hushes Alessandra as he answers the door for Maddie. Maddie is delivering paperwork, a thumb drive with his video testimony and a laptop to watch the video. As Maddie returns to her car, and noting that Franzen did not even say “thank you”, we see someone watching the house from another car.

Antonio joins Maddie and Harry at the house for dinner. As a pediatric nurse, he talks about the pain of losing patients at the Children’s Hospital where he is a nurse. Antonio asks Harry about the pain he experiences with homicide victims. He wants to know if it “ever get[s] any easier”. Harry is quick to say no. He goes on to talk about Sonia, not just as “Little Tamale Girl” but as a real person who enjoyed life, did well in school and loved her parents.

Collins has some intel on where La Mayorista may be. Bosch and J. Edgar show up there with a warrant. Gladys claims to be house sitting at her friend’s apartment. Officers Hunter and Morgan are there to assist with the search. Office Hunter searches Gladys’ purse and finds a handgun, which Gladys claims is legal.

Back at the station, Bosch excludes Jerry from the interrogation with Gladys and asks Spanish-speaking Vega to join him instead. Gladys reveals nothing and then, sure enough, her lawyer arrives. But the detectives have enough probable cause to put La Mayorista in lockdown at Van Nuys. Vega gives Gladys her card should she decide to talk and make a deal. As La Mayorista walks to her cell, a fellow prisoner quietly tells her, “You know too much.” Gladys looks nervous. Sometime later, she decides to swallow her pride and make the call to Vega. The same woman who told her she knows too much stares at Gladys in the phone line as Gladys makes the call, but only gets Vega’s voicemail and hangs up. Shortly thereafter, La Mayorista is murdered in jail, meaning there's no chance of her providing more information.


At City Hall, Irving and Lopez have a short debrief at her office about the apartment fire case. Irving tells her that it was meant to be a warning from the drug operation, according to Alvarez. Lopez pledges her support in finding the killers. The mayor emphasizes that the people want closure. The exchange is frosty but civil. She inquires about Irv having a meal with police commissioner Francis Alexander. Irv explains that Francis is a longtime friend. The mayor mentions Francis stepping down on account of his cancer diagnosis, and Irving feigns ignorance about the subject. Later, Lopez holds a press conference demanding that Irving find those behind the arson. She looks into the camera addressing Irving, saying he “must do better” and that it is “time for change”. Irving is not happy about this provocation, so he reaches out to an old friend of his, Sgt. Cletus Brown, and offers him a “special assignment” to serve as Lopez's driver, to spy on her.

Honey Chandler has her work cut out for working for Franzen. Not only is he a fraud, he also acts like a petulant toddler when he does not get his way. Chandler takes him to one of her properties in the canyon where he can hide away from the media and any potential arrest for new charges. It is a beautiful cottage packed with all the essentials. She gives Franzen a burner phone to call her only if he needs something. He is not to call anyone else or bring anyone inside the home, not even a food delivery. He suggests she does not trust him when she makes him surrender his personal phone.

It is back to the canyon cottage for Franzen, but, of course, he doesn't follow the rules. He has called his mistress who arrives by a car service. Franzen hushes Alessandra as he answers the door for Maddie. Maddie is delivering paperwork, a thumb drive with his video testimony and a laptop to watch the video. As Maddie returns to her car, and noting that Franzen did not even say “thank you”, we see someone watching the house from another car.

Later, Billets gets some interesting information from officers Stella Hunter and Teri Lloyd. They tell her about the failure of Officers James Leonard and Clyde Norris to show up after responding to a call when Lloyd and Hunter were in what could have been a dicey gang situation. Apparently, they said something to Lt. Thorne, but nothing ever happened.

Guest Starring: Linda Park, Creator/ReedDiamond, Vanessa Born, Bess Armstrong]

** With Pierce considering applying for D2, Billets cautions him on the difficulty of the orals section. This was the section that Billets struggled with on her Captain’s exam in season 3.

* DiesWideOpen: How Gladys met her end, in a pool of blood on the floor of her cell.

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Lt. Thorne says that if Grace thought the obscene message was written by his guys she should have come to him. She says "I never said it was one of yours," which brings him up short.

Later, Billets gets some interesting information from officers Hunter and Lloyd. They tell her about the failure of Officers James Leonard and Clyde Norris to show up after responding to a call when Lloyd and Hunter were in what could have been a dicey gang situation. Apparently, they said something to Lt. Thorne, but nothing ever happened.

Later, Billets gets some interesting information from officers Hunter and Lloyd. They tell her about the failure of Officer Leonard and Officer Norris to show up after responding to a call when Lloyd and Hunter were in what could have been a dicey gang situation. Apparently, they said something to Lt. Thorne, but nothing ever happened.

Directed by: Patrick Cady\\
Written by: Eric Ellis Overmeyer\\

Guest Starring: Linda Park, Creator/ReedDiamond, Vanessa Born]

* TheShrink: Jerry makes his last visit to the shrink he has to see about the Avril shooting. He lies to Dr. Garcia that his life is going just fine, and that he is ''not'' self-medicating and things are going great with his ex-wife.

** With Pierce considering applying for D2, Billets cautions him on the difficulty of the orals section. This was the section that Billets struggled with on her Captain’s exam in season 3.

"Sabes Demasiado" is the third episode in the seventh and final season of ''Series/{{Bosch}}''.