Title: "Devil in the House"
Directed by: Alex Zakrzewski
Written by: Tom Bernardo
Air Date: April 13, 2018
Previous: Dreams of Bunker Hill
Next: Past Lives
Guest Starring: Paul Calderón, John Getz, Winter Ave Zoli, Mimi Rogers, John Marshall Jones, Kristen Ariza
"Devil in the House" is the 3rd episode of the fourth season of Bosch.
Eleanor becomes convinced that she's being tailed on the way home from the game with the creepy Chinese gangsters. She's still eager to get back into the game of law enforcement, however. Later, she reviews with Agent Griffin the surreptitious phone footage that she took. It turns out that Agent Chuck Deng was the person who was tailing her.
Martin Elias opens the door to several other young men, who burst in and beat the heck out of him.
Terry Drake, Robertson's old partner, sneaks into Hollywood Station to snoop around all the material in the Elias task force room, only to be caught by Pierce. Later, Drake meets with Frankie Sheehan and Doug Rooker, the other cops on the Michael Harris case. Drake tries to make sure the others are keeping their mouths shut, but Sheehan is spiraling into an alcoholic pit of despair. He is terrified that the murder will get pinned on him, because he has no alibi.
Robertson and Pierce respectively interview Stan Pipes and Jeremy Fix from the Harris task force, and eventually Drake. They are all hostile, but they appear to have alibis. Sheehan does not show up.
Martin Elias interviews with Bosch and claims he was at a fancy restaurant with his girlfriend at the time of the murder. Bosch investigates and finds that the restaurant is out of business. Martin then later comes in of his own accord and tells the truth: he and his girlfriend were selling fake speed to sorority girls.
Jerry Edgar struggles to fire his gun at the range, as he rehabs from his shoulder. He tries to get LaTonya to come to a cop picnic with him but she refuses, seeming to want to keep her distance, so he instead goes with Joan Bennett from RHD and some of his Hollywood Division colleagues.
Mayor Ramos, Irving, and Bradley Walker commiserate about leaks from the department and the growing civil unrest regarding the Elias murder. Walker presses Irving about Bosch's cold case, but Irving feigns ignorance. Crowds of protesters begin to gather outside of Hollywood station.
Pierce, Lincoln, and Snyder review the security cam footage of the Elias murder. All they can see is the killer's hand.
Maddie gets a phone call from stepfather Reggie Woo that isn't very reassuring; he's in Hong Kong, his passport was revoked, but he's "safe". Eleanor doesn't tell Maddie very much.
The episode ends with Bosch coming home and finding a despondent Frankie Sheehan on his deck.
Tropes:
- Brick Joke: When Drake gets up from the bench at Hollywood station, he reveals that he was sitting on a towel. Twice previously on the show, the audience has seen drunk, vomiting Bad Santas sitting on that very bench.
- The Bus Came Back: Reggie Woo pops up for the first time since Season 1. Maddie isn't happy to hear that he's being held in Hong Kong.
- Chiaroscuro: The Bradbury Building with its distinctive architecture looks even more otherworldly after closing time when most of the lights are out. Bosch meets Honey Chandler there amidst the shadows.
- Cut Himself Shaving: Martin Elias lamely claims that "I was elbowed playing ball" when Bosch sees his face beat all to hell.
- Down L.A. Drain: Sheehan, Rooker, and Drake meet at the LA River. Drake complains about how ugly it is.
- Hand of Death: In-Universe with the killer's hand, seen firing the gun at Elias in the security video.
- Stepping Out for a Quick Cup of Coffee: Drake takes advantage of Pierce being frustrated by the Keurig machine in the breakroom to infiltrate the task force conference room.
