- While the team investigates a massacre that included an up and coming rapper, Delk begins a major restructuring at Major Crimes, including a surprising new boss for Brenda.
- Deputy Chief Brenda Lee Johnson and her Major Crimes unit investigate multiple deaths - 5 men and 2 women - at the home of rap singer Chris Brooks, known as C-Game. A large amount of money was found at the scene and the police suspect drug dealer Antwone Decker of being behind the killings. Jealousy is at the root of it all. Meanwhile, Brenda learns that she and the LAPD are being sued for the wrongful death of Terrell Baylor, a gang member and murder suspect who was released and returned to his home. The suit alleges the police knew he would be killed by his fellow gang members. Chief Delk puts Captain Raydor in charge of a detailed review of how the case was handled.—garykmcd
- Brenda and the squad investigate the owner of a hip-hop record label when one of his rap artists and six innocent bystanders are gunned down. The case hits home for Gabriel who knows two of the victims from church. Meanwhile, Chief Delk is getting ready to announce the department's new organizational chart just as Brenda becomes the target of a civil suit against the police department.—TNT Publicity
- A music video for a rap song plays on a flat-screen television in an upscale home. As we get a better view of the room, the rapper from the video is on a couch with a woman on top of him. Both of them are dead from gunshot wounds to the head. Chief Johnson and the Major Crimes team are on the scene, pulling evidence together as they examine five other dead bodies in the house.
The shooting victims include two strippers, upcoming rapper Christopher "C-Game" Brooks, and his brother Kevin Brooks. The Chief suspects gang involvement but Lt. Gabriel insists otherwise. Chris Brooks and his brother were the sons of the Deacon at Gabriel's church; he knows the family well and doubts they had any involvement with gangs or drugs. However, a briefcase stuffed with $750,000 found in Kevin's bedroom suggests otherwise.
Some digging at Major Crimes headquarters reveals that Shanked Inc., the record company that hired C-Game, is run by a life-long Crip named Antwone Decker. Cellphone records from the strippers gives the detectives a decent timeline of events the night of the shooting. The party began around 11 P.M, someone ordered pizzas around midnight, and then a call to 911 was logged at 2 AM but disconnected. "Where was the pizza?" Brenda wonders. They found drugs, strippers, and vodka at the crime scene but no pizza.
Commander Taylor makes a show of packing up his "office", which puzzles the rest of the department.
Pope pulls Brenda aside to show her Delk's new departmental chart. Delk is keeping Major Crimes but has demoted Pope to Captain of Traffic and promoted Taylor to the Assistant Chief position. The news barely has a chance to sink in before Chief Delk and Captain Raydor unexpectedly arrive.
Delk and Raydor question Brenda about her involvement in the "Shootin' Newton" murder case and about the details of Turell Baylor's release. Shortly after being escorted home, Baylor was beaten to death by his own gang. His mother is suing the L.A.P.D. and the entire Major Crimes office for his wrongful death. Raydor asks Brenda if she left Turell Baylor at his home with the knowledge that he would likely be killed. "I'm not a fortune teller. He asked me to take him home, I took him there," Brenda responds. "I did nothing wrong."
Delk commands Captain Raydor to audit the "Shootin' Newton" murder case and stipulates that Brenda is not to discuss the case with anyone else in the department. Brenda threatens to quit rather than let anyone question her conduct. Delk is more than prepared to let Brenda take the fall and threatens to tell the city attorney that Baylor's fate was due to Brenda's personal actions.
Captain Raydor tries to explain that she didn't instigate the audit but Brenda snaps at her and says Provenza will get her the information she needs.
Brenda returns to the case at hand without letting on about how upset she is over the lawsuit. Lt. Tao discovers that C-Game had a girlfriend over at the house only a few hours before the shooting. The detectives are on the lookout for the girlfriend and the missing pizza boy.
Meanwhile, the press are suggesting that C-Game's death was a planned hit. Especially since C-Game's single is now on the top of the charts due to all the publicity surrounding the murder. Fritz arrives at Major Crimes to ask Brenda why her department wants to question Antwone Decker. The FBI has been investigating Decker for money laundering for years but have never been able to pin drug charges on him. C-Game's brother/manager Kevin was dealing cocaine and planning to sign C-Game to a different record label. Decker found out about it.
Brenda meets with Antwone Decker's lawyer but refuses to open the briefcase found at the scene without Decker present.
Detective Flynn finds the missing pizza delivery guy dead in the trunk of a car.
Once at home, Brenda vents to Fritz about her frustrations over the lawsuit and her current case. Fritz makes her life a little easier by handing over a list of people who might have told Decker about Kevin's plans to swap his brother's record company.
The next morning, Brenda finally gets to interrogate Antwone Decker. He clearly only showed up to see the contents of the briefcase and he's furious to find it empty. Curious to see who Decker would blame for stealing the cash, Brenda had the money taken out of the case before the interrogation.
The Detectives track Decker's car and tap his phone calls. They overhear him plan to kill C-Game's girlfriend Keisha and a man named DeAndre. The team arrives just in time to prevent Decker from murdering them both.
Back at Major Crimes, Chief Delk is furious that Brenda endangered the lives of two people by lying about Decker's money. Raydor warns her that Turell Baylor's lawyers could use this case as an example of a pattern of recklessly endangering suspects. Pope defends Brenda and convinces Delk to allow her to wrap up the case.
Keisha explains her side of the story to Brenda and Provenza. She was afraid of Decker because she knew that Kevin went behind his back about C-Game's record deal. She hid at her ex-boyfriend DeAndre's house for protection. Brenda recognizes a tattoo on Keisha's back as the same one on a young woman in C-Game's music video.
Brenda moves on to questioning DeAndre. He grew up with C-Game and Kevin and he used to date Keisha. After C-Game got his big break, everyone was suddenly too busy for an old friend. Brenda confronts DeAndre about the lyrics of C-Game's hit song; they appear to be personal insults directed at DeAndre. Particularly the lyrics about a stolen girlfriend.
After Brenda presses him, DeAndre explodes and confesses to killing C-Game and everyone in the house because he was humiliated by the song.
Commander Taylor unloads a box of his things in Pope's office. Pope still hasn't packed up entirely and decides to take one last look around the place.
Brenda hands over the $750,000 to Fritz because it's now FBI property. Raydor requests that DeAndre receive protective custody on his way to jail. Brenda agrees and Fritz suggests that Raydor might have Brenda's back on the lawsuit.
Chief Delk gathers everyone for an informal meeting. He admits to Brenda that he overreacted about how she handled the case. Suddenly, Delk starts slurring his words and collapses on the floor. Chaos erupts as Delk loses consciousness and several detectives attempt to revive him.
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