History Recap / BoschS7E05

In City Hall politics, Chief Irving gets a visit from newly appointed Police Commissioner Nestor Delgado. Delgado presses Irving on gang labeling reform. Irving notes that the issues Delgado wants tackled are ones that cannot be fixed overnight, but Delgado suggests that this issue could affect whether the Commission decides to grant Irving a second term or appoint someone else to replace him. Irving views Delgado’s concerns about this issue as insincere, and a tool to undermine Irving's credibility within the Commission. Later, Irving arrives on the scene of Jen Kowski getting ticketed for using her phone while driving and almost rear-ending another car. He has his driver pull up right next to Jen’s car. As Jen realizes this traffic stop was staged by Irving to force her to talk to him, he gives her a message to pass on to Lopez: he will continue with the FBI’s investigation of her even though the FBI put it to rest.

Billets decides to reach out to someone in Pacific Division to get some scoop on Leonard and Norris, as this was their last assignment before they transferred to Hollywood Division. At Mank's suggestion, she reaches out to Julia Brasher, who was transferred to Pacific at the end of season 1 when Bosch would not corroborate her lies. Billets meets with Brasher for lunch. And sure enough, Brasher also has had a bad experience with Leonard and Norris. She and her partner were in a dangerous altercation in Oakwood between Black and Hispanic gangs. They called for help, and everyone came to the scene except for Leonard and Norris. Brasher confronted them about their behavior, and they gave a derogatory excuse. So she reported them, but ultimately they got transferred to Hollywood to avoid a 128 complaint.

It's a trip down memory lane when Harry pays a visit to Dr. William Golliher, the pathologist who way back in season 1 helped identify the bones of Arthur Delacroix. Golliher is boxing up his psosessions as he prepares to retire. He asks about Sonia Hernandez and points out that she was close in age to Delacroix. Harry makes the distinction that Sonia was a child who was happy and well-cared for, unlike Delacroix who was abused. He asks Dr. Golliher if he still believes there is a better place waiting for these victims. Golliher admits that he does not feel so certain anymore, as he's experiencing a "crisis of faith” like a “cancer of the soul”. The doctor turns the tables on Harry and asks if he still believes justice is possible. Harry replies that the “jury’s still out” on that.

Later, Harry drops Edgar off in Pena’s neighborhood. Harry pulls up to Pena’s gate as he hangs out with fellow members of Las Palmas, acting as a distraction while Edgar plants a tracker on Pena's car. He tells Mickey that Alvarez named him as the one who ordered the fire. Pena scoffs at the accusation, suggesting that Alvarez would say anything out of fear or to reduce his sentence. Harry warns him that la Eme cannot touch Alvarez in light of his keep away status being granted. He also claims Trejo will probably talk as well, but Pena says his guys don't make deals, and they will be released soon. When Harry tells Pena that Alvarez is in federal custody now, Pena dismisses Harry and tells him to get lost in a way that suggests he already knows that Alvarez was behind a federal firewall.

In city hall politics, Chief Irving gets a visit from newly appointed Police Commissioner Nestor Delgado. Delgado presses Irving on gang labeling reform. Irving notes that the issues Delgado wants tackled are ones that cannot be fixed overnight, but Delgado suggests that this issue could affect whether the Commission decides to grant Irving a second term or appoint someone else to replace him. Irving views Delgado’s concerns about this issue as insincere, and a tool to undermine Irving's support within the Commission. Later, Irving arrives on the scene of Jen Kowski getting ticketed for using her phone while driving and almost rear-ending another car. He has his driver pull up right next to Jen’s car. As Jen realizes this traffic stop was staged by Irving to force her to talk to him, he gives her a message to pass on to Lopez: he will continue with the FBI’s investigation of her even though the FBI put it to rest.

At Hollywood Division, it is none other than Harvey Pounds at the station reporting to Captain Cooper on Internal Affairs' findings related to the photoshopped image of Billets that's been circulating. Pounds reports to Billets that they were able to trace the photo back to an anonymous message board, but they have no evidence that Norris and Leonard put the photo into circulation. Billets counters by sharing some documents showing that Leonard and Norris are incels, and this is actually a department-wide problem, not an isolated one. Before Pounds leaves the station, he comes face to face with Bosch right outside the same window that Harry threw Pounds into at the end of season 1. Harry rattles Pounds by stepping in front of him like he is not going to let him through. Harry laughs it off as Pounds moves past him.

The investigation into the shootings of Franzen and Chandler continues, as Bosch and Edgar interview Carl Rogers and learn that his attorney is the infamous J. Reason Fowkkes. Rogers denies any relationship with Franzen. He and Fowkkes suggest that Franzen was grasping at straws, trying to find something to avoid the lengthy prison sentence he was facing. Fowkkes points out that there is nothing else to discuss, because with Franzen dead and Chandler still in a coma, there's no one to corroborate whatever Franzen might've been planning to reveal about Franzen. Jerry fires back that they do have another witness. Fowkkes is surprised to hear that.

Harry is livid at Edgar, as he's just put Maddie in danger. He may not have named Maddie, but it's only a matter of time before someone figures it out. He immediately calls Maddie and tells her to have Antonio meet her at the house. She should check in with him regularly until he gets home. Maddie is unnerved but follows her father’s instructions.

Harry arrives home and receives a call from Judge Sobel. Sobel is calling to check on him and Maddie. Bosch appreciates her concern. He goes inside, and has Antonio take Coltrane for a walk so he can talk to Maddie in private. Harry explains that Maddie is a potential target like Chandler and Franzen were, so she'll have to testify in front of a grand jury the day after next. After that, she should be in the clear. He's met in the interim with ADA Tegan Boyle, who's reminded him of a loophole that might just keep Maddie safe and allow her to give her testimony: if a grand jury witness is killed to keep them from testifying at trial, their grand jury testimony is rendered admissible as evidence. This loophole exists as a deterrent to protect witnesses who might otherwise be killed.

After the altercation with Harry, Jerry meets with Billets to request some time off to get his life in order. He later visits with Mama Roux, and admits to her that he wanted Jacques Avril dead after he had Gary Wise's father killed. Mama Roux wants to help relieve Jerry of the demons that are haunting him. He decides to fix things by staking out the Bosch house, keeping a watchful eye on Maddie from a distance.

While Bosch deals with protecting Maddie, the work on tracking down the gunman is left to Pierce, Vega, Robertson and Bennett. Vega is able to identify the strange mask the shooter is wearing as a distortion mask commonly used to deter facial recognition software. The ballistics expert, Lester Poole, eventually identifies the gun type. With an idea as to the shooter's ''modus operandi'', the detectives do a nationwide search for shootings with similar circumstances, and find some organized crime hits in Miami and Las Vegas with similar scenes to theirs. Upon getting word from Bosch that Fowkkes is Rogers' attorney, Crate and Barrel go through old records on all of Fowkkes' past cases looking for connections to organized crime in those cities. They find a case where Fowkkes worked for a Vegas mobster named Willy Datz, where a key witness who would've implicated him in a bust-out scheme [[DeadlyEuphemism disappeared]]. The special master assigned to the case, Rodney Belk (Harry's attorney during the Flores civil suit in season 1), agrees with the detectives' suspicions that Fowkkes is the kind of person with the connections to hire a hitman.

The police also are able to identify the shooter's car. Through combing the surveillance cameras in Beachwood Canyon near the Franzen crime scene, they're eventually able to get a plate. It's determined that the killer was driving a Nissan Altima that was rented to someone using the name of George [=McClellan=] at Long Beach Airport on the morning of the Franzen shooting, but was never returned. Instead, it was dumped in the long-term parking lot at Burbank Airport. It's clear that the gunman is not local, he was flown in from out of state to do the hits and left as soon as his work was done. Meaning that the only way they'll find the shooter is if he strikes again.

-->'''Santiago''': Am I dating myself?

* ThereAreNoCoincidences: Played with. While Bosch said ThereAreNoCoincidences in the previous episode, regarding the Franzen and Chandler shootings being mere hours apart, Santiago puts it differently when talking to the SEC investigator.
-->'''Santiago''': There is such a thing as coincidence. This ain't it.

It's old home week when Harry pays a visit to Dr. William Golliher from season 1, the pathologist who helped identify the bones of Arthur Delacroix. Golliher is boxing up things as he is retiring. He asks about Sonia Hernandez and points out that she was close in age to Arthur Delacroix. Harry makes the distinction that Sonia was a child who was happy and well-cared for. He asks Dr. Golliher if he still believes there is a better place waiting for these victims. Golliher admits that he does not feel so certain anymore. He says he is experiencing a “full-blown crisis of faith” like a “cancer of the soul”. The doctor turns the tables on Harry and asks if he still believes justice is possible. Harry replies that the “jury’s still out” on that.

Bosch and Edgar are ready for Alvarez to spill the name of the person who ordered the fire. They need to hear him say Mickey Pena's name. After all, they kept their part of the bargain, and keep away status was granted to Alvarez. The detectives arrive at the jail only to learn that Alvarez has been transferred to federal custody. A visit to the Department of Justice gets Harry no closer to Alvarez, as the DOJ is not talking. Bosch leans on Irving to run interference with the feds. They are so close to getting the testimony they need to hold Pena accountable.

Later, Harry drops Edgar off in Pena’s neighborhood. Harry distracts Pena while Jerry places a tracker on Pena’s car. Harry pulls up to Mickey Pena’s gate where he is outside with fellow members of Las Palmas. He tells Mickey that Alvarez named him as the one who ordered the fire. Pena scoffs at that notion, suggesting that Alvarez would say anything out of fear. Harry warns him that la Eme cannot touch Alvarez because he was put on keep away status. He also claims Trejo will talk as well, but Pena says his guys will not make deals, and they will be released soon. Harry tells Pena that Alvarez is in federal custody now. Pena dismisses Harry and tells him to get lost, in a way that suggests he already knows that Alvarez was with the feds.

In city hall politics, Chief Irving gets a visit from newly appointed Police Commissioner Nestor Delgado. Delgado presses Irving on gang labeling reform. Irving notes that those things cannot be fixed overnight, but Delgado suggests that this issue could affect Irving’s second term. Irving tells his wife about the meeting with Delgado and insists that Delgado’s concerns about the gang labeling issue are insincere, that he's just trying to undermine Irving's support. Later, Irving arrives on the scene of Jen Kowski getting a traffic ticket for using her phone while driving and almost slamming into the back of another car. He has his driver pull up right next to Jen’s car, so he can give her his classic Irving stare. It becomes pretty obvious that this traffic incident was staged by Irving to get Jen to talk to him. He tells Jen to pass a message to Lopez, that he will continue with the FBI’s investigation of her even though the FBI put it to rest.

At Hollywood Division, it is none other than Harvey Pounds at the station reporting to Captain Cooper on Internal Affairs' findings related to the photoshopped image of Billets floating around. Cooper and Pounds meet with Billets. Pounds explains that the source of the image has been traced to an anonymous message board. Cooper chimes in saying they have no evidence that Norris and Leonard are involved. Billets counters by sharing some documents showing that Leonard and Norris are incels, “involuntary celibates, sexually repressed male supremacists”. She goes on to say that it is not limited to them, but a problem that is department-wide. Before Pounds leaves the station, he comes face to face with Bosch right outside the same window that Harry threw Pounds into at the end of season 1. Harry rattles Pounds by stepping in front of him like he is not going to let him through. Harry laughs it off as Pounds moves past him.

Billets decides to talk to someone in Pacific Division to get some scoop on Leonard and Norris, as this was their last assignment before transferring to Hollywood Division. Mank reminds Grace that they have someone there who might talk to them: Julia Brasher, who was transferred to Pacific at the end of season 1 when Bosch would not corroborate her lies. Billets meets with Brasher for lunch. And sure enough, Brasher turns out to have had a bad experience with Leonard and Norris. She and her partner were in a dangerous altercation in Oakwood between Black and Hispanic gangs. They called for help, and everyone came to the scene except for Leonard and Norris. Brasher confronted them about their behavior, and they gave a derogatory excuse. So she reported them, but ultimately they got transferred to Hollywood instead of being charged with a 128 complaint.

To test the waters at Hollywood, Billets walks into the breakroom where Norris and Leonard are ranting about a woman they pulled over recently while making small talk to Rodriguez. Grace brings up the Oakwood incident, claiming that it must have been a crazy situation. She asks why they did not go to the scene to help. Leonard gives the excuse that they were at a traffic stop. Billets inquires as to way there's no document of the response. Leonard lies and claims they did not call because they wanted to keep the frequency open.

The investigation into the shootings of Franzen and Chandler continues, as Bosch and Edgar interview Carl Rogers and learn that his attorney is the infamous J. Reason Fowkkes. Rogers denies any relationship with Franzen. He and his attorney suggest that Franzen was grasping at straws as he was being faced with punishment for his crimes. Fowkkes points out that there is nothing else to discuss because there are no witnesses to corroborate the accusation. Chandler is in critical condition at the hospital and Franzen is dead. Jerry fires back that they do have another witness. Fowkkes is surprised to hear that.

Harry is livid at Edgar, as he's just put Maddie in danger. Even without naming her, Bosch knows it is only a matter of time before someone figures it out. He immediately calls Maddie and tells her to have Antonio meet her at the house. She should check in with him regularly until he gets home. Maddie is unnerved but follows her father’s instructions.

Maddie waits for Antonio at the house. Before he arrives, she pulls a gun from the record cabinet and puts it in her backpack. They sit down with a couple of Fat Tire beers. She mentions how she went to Du-Par’s earlier that day, watching the parking space where her mom was gunned down in season 4, as Chandler reminds her of Eleanor. Maddie describes both women as very formidable and brave. Antonio listens intently as Maddie begins to cry and bemoans how much she misses her mother.

Harry arrives home and receives a call from Judge Sobel. Donna is calling to check on him and Maddie. Bosch appreciates her concern. He goes inside, and has Antonio take Coltrane for a walk so he can talk to Maddie in private. Harry explains that Maddie is a potential target like Chandler and Franzen were, so she'll have to testify in front of a grand jury the day after next. After that, she should be in the clear. He's met in the interim with ADA Tegan Boyle, who's reminded him of a loophole that should help keep Maddie safe and allow her to give her testimony: if a grand jury witness is killed to keep them from testifying at trial, that witness’s grand jury testimony is considered admissible. It is an exception that serves as a deterrent to eliminating a witness.

After the altercation with Harry, Jerry meets with Billets to request some time off. Billets obliges. He later visits with Mama Roux, and admits to her that he wanted Avril dead. Mama Roux wants to help relieve Jerry of the evil spirit haunting him. He decides to fix things by staking out the Bosch house, keeping a watchful eye on Maddie from a distance.

While Bosch deals with protecting Maddie, Robertson and Bennett focus their efforts on tracking down the gunman. They make some headway with the help of Pierce and Vega. Vega is familiar with the strange mask the shooter is wearing. It's a distortion mask commonly used to deter facial recognition software. The ballistics expert, Lester Poole, eventually identifies the gun type. The detectives do a nationwide search for shootings with similar circumstances, and find some in Miami and Las Vegas where the victims had mob associations. Crate and Barrel help by looking for any of Fowkkes’ former clients and cases that may have connections to organized crime in those cities. They find a case where Fowkkes worked for a Vegas mobster named Willy Datz, where a key witness [[DeadlyEuphemism disappeared]]. The special master assigned to the case, Rodney Belk (Harry's attorney during the Flores civil suit in season 1), agrees with the detectives' suspicions that Fowkkes is the kind of person with the connections to hire a hitman.

Pierce and Vega learn that the gunman was driving a Nissan Altima that was rented to someone using the name of George [=McClellan=] at Long Beach Airport. Later they track the vehicle to a parking lot at Burbank Airport. When Robertson and Bennett arrive to the car, it is being towed and they see a plane fly overhead. They realize the gunman flew in and flew out.

Billets decides to talk to someone in Pacific Division to get some scoop on Leonard and Norris, as this was their last assignment before transferring to Hollywood Division. Mank reminds Grace that they have someone there who might talk to them: Julia Brasher, who transferred to Pacific at the end of season 1 after Bosch would not corroborate her lies. Billets meets with Brasher. And sure enough, Brasher turns out to have had a bad experience with Leonard and Norris. She and her partner were at a dangerous altercation in Oakwood between Black and Hispanic gangs. They called for help, and everyone came to the scene except for Leonard and Norris. Brasher confronted them about their behavior, and they gave a derogatory excuse. So she reported them, but ultimately they got transferred to Hollywood instead of being charged with a 128 complaint.

To test the waters at Hollywood, Billets walks into the breakroom where Norris and Leonard are ranting about a woman at a traffic stop. Grace brings up the Oakwood incident, claiming that it must have been a crazy situation. She asks why they did not go to the scene to help. Leonard gives the excuse that they were at a traffic stop. Billets inquires as to way there's no document of the response. Leonard lies and claims they did not call because they wanted to keep the frequency open.

Maddie waits for Antonio at the house. Before he arrives, she pulls a gun from the record cabinet and puts it in her backpack. They sit down with a couple of Fat Tire beers. She mentions how she went to Du-Par’s earlier that day, watching the parking space where her mom was gunned don in season 4, as Chandler reminds her of Eleanor. Maddie describes both women as very formidable and brave. Antonio listens intently as Maddie begins to cry and bemoans how much she misses her mother.

While Bosch deals with protecting Maddie, Robertson and Bennett focus their efforts on tracking down the gunman. They make some headway with the help of Pierce and Vega. Vega is familiar with the strange mask the shooter is wearing. It's a distortion mask commonly used to deter facial recognition software. The ballistics expert, Lester Poole, eventually identifies the gun type. The detectives do a nationwide search for shootings with similar circumstances, and find some in Miami and Las Vegas where the victims had mob associations. Crate and Barrel help by looking for any of Fowkkes’ former clients and cases that may have connections to organized crime in those cities. They find a case where Fowkkes worked for a Vegas mobster named Willy Datz, where a key witness [[DeadlyEuphemism disappeared]]. The special master assigned to the case, Rodney Belk (Harry's attorney during the Flores civil suit in season 1), agrees that Fowkkes is the kind of person who would hire a hitman.

Harry arrives home and receives a call from Judge Sobel. Donna is calling to check on him and Maddie. Bosch appreciates her concern. He goes inside, and has Antonio take Coltrane for a walk so he can talk to Maddie in private. Harry explains that Maddie is a potential target like Chandler and Franzen were, so she'll have to testify in front of a grand jury the day after next. After that, she should be in the clear. He's met in the interim with ADA Tegan Doyle, who's reminded him of a loophole that should help keep Maddie safe and allow her to give her testimony: if a grand jury witness is killed to keep them from testifying at trial, that witness’s grand jury testimony is considered admissible. It is an exception that serves as a deterrent to eliminating a witness.

While Bosch deals with protecting Maddie, Robertson works with Bennett to identify the gunman. They make some headway with the help of Pierce and Vega. Vega is familiar with the strange mask the shooter is wearing. It's a distortion mask commonly used to deter facial recognition software. The ballistics expert, Lester Poole, eventually identifies the gun type. The detectives do a nationwide search for shootings with similar circumstances, and find some in Miami and Las Vegas where the victims had mob associations. Crate and Barrel help by looking for any of Fowkkes’ former clients and cases that may have connections to organized crime in Miami or Las Vegas. They find a case where Fowkkes worked for someone named Willy Datz, where a key witness [[DeadlyEuphemism disappeared]]. The special master assigned to the case, Rodney Belk (Harry's attorney during the Flores civil suit in season 1), agrees that Fowkkes is the kind of person who would hire a hitman.

Guest Starring: Creator/AnnieWersching, Creator/AlanRosenberg, Natalia Castellanos, Adrian Bustamante, Moronai Kanekoa, Bess Armstrong, Creator/ReedDiamond, Creator/EricLadin]

* TheBusCameBack: Several characters not seen since the first season make reappearances here, including Julia Brasher (who made a cameo appearance in season 2), Dr. William Golliher (the pathologist who examined Arthur Delacroix's bones), Rodney Belk (Harry's city lawyer in the Season 1 lawsuit, now working for Chandler), and Captain Harvey Pounds (last seen when Bosch put him through a plate glass window; now working for IA).

At Hollywood Division, it is none other than Harvey Pounds at the station reporting to Captain Cooper on Internal Affairs' findings related to the photoshopped image of Billets floating around. Cooper and Pounds meet with Billets. Pounds explains that the source of the image was an “anonymous message board”. Cooper chimes in saying they have no evidence that Norris and Leonard are involved. Billets counters by sharing some documents showing that Leonard and Norris are incels, “involuntary celibates, sexually repressed male supremacists”. She goes on to say that it is not limited to them, but a problem that is department-wide. Before Pounds leaves the station, he comes face to face with Bosch right outside the same window that Harry threw Pounds into at the end of season 1. Harry rattles Pounds by stepping in front of him like he is not going to let him through. Harry laughs it off as Pounds moves past him.

* TheBusCameBack: Several characters not seen since the first season make reappearances here, including Julia Brasher (who made a cameo appearance in season 2), Dr. William Golliher (the pathologist who examined Arthur Delacroix's bones), and Captain Harvey Pounds (last seen when Bosch put him through a plate glass window; now working for IA).

* PopCultureOsmosisFailure: Detectives Santiago and Bennett get the report from Poole of ballistics about the bullets used in the Chandler and Franzen shootings. After Bennett summarizes their findings--"Gun for hire"--Santiago says "Paladin." They look blankly at him and he says "''Series/HaveGunWillTravel''?".

* TheBusCameBack: Several characters not seen since the first season make reappearances here, including Julia Brasher (who made a cameo appearance in season 2), Dr. William Golliher (the pathologist who examined Arthur Delacroix's bones), and Captain Harvey Pounds (last seen when Bosch put him through a plate glass window; now working for IA).

"Jury's Still Out" is the fifth episode of the seventh and final season of ''Series/{{Bosch}}''.