The Glades

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the fastest sport in the world.

Here now are your Dania Jai-Alai players.

Please give them a warm welcome.

Looking good!

What, me or the grass?

- What grass? - That's my girl.

Hey, you know what I realized these last two weeks that Jeff's been away?

That kid of yours has way too many chores.

Don't worry, you can split them with him after we're married.

Although chores does build character.

They'll be here soon enough. I know it's hard.

Yeah, it's harder on Jeff. And weird.

He doesn't even know where his dad lives. Witness Protection just whisks him off

to some undisclosed location, puts him up in a hotel... here they are.

There you are!

Here I am.

I missed you.

I missed you, too.

I missed you more.

You missed a spot.

I was leaving a spot for you, buddy.

- Welcome home. - Good to be home.

Thanks, Tony.

Yeah, Carlos?

All right, I'll be right there.

Shower much?

Some people enjoy the scent of fresh-cut grass.

It's more like fertilizer, my friend.

All right, got it. Thanks.

Okay, the commissioner sent you to check up on us again?

I wish... Governor's Office.

Our dead woman must be pretty important.

Only woman that important is lady luck.

Figures... Jai Alai's big business.

Brought in almost $60 million in revenue last year.

Just from betting on Jai Alai?

Poker, ponies, and pooches... some of them even have slot machines.

Unless you're a seminole Indian, 'cause, you know,

in Florida, you're not allowed to have gambling without also playing Jai Alai.

Yeah, this Fronton did a $15 million renovation to bring in more gamblers.

And the governor's office doesn't want

- those gamblers scared away by a dead woman with a... - a gunshot wound to the neck.

They don't call Jai Alai ballet with bullets for nothing.

Who is she?

Towel boy who found the body identified her as Lori Aest.

22 years old, from Coconut Grove.

Her favorite food is paella.

Her favorite athlete is Venus Williams.

I read the Q&A on her player's page.

See? She's a Jai Alai player?

Number 27... first woman to go pro in the 600-year history of the sport.

Of course, she gets murdered in Florida three hours ago.

Please tell me you know more than just what her favorite movie was.

Unfortunately, that's "as good as it gets"... the movie and what we know.

Speak for yourself.

I can tell you the stippling and slight star shape around the wound

suggests that she was shot at close range.

Plastic curtain suggests she was in the shower.

And the shower curtain suggests that all our evidence has gone down the drain.

The Glades S04E09 "Fast Ball"

Rip and Resync: Kreator

I drive by this place all the time, but I've never seen a game.

Are you kidding?

You really are part of a lost generation.

Hey. I've never seen a game either.

Well, you're just from Chicago.

Dania Jai-Alai's one of the oldest Frontons in the country.

All the greats used to play here... Arrieta, Minte, Beascoechea.

- Gesundheit. - Yeah, you mock.

Back in the day, you couldn't get in on a Saturday night

unless you bought the ticket Monday morning.

My mother and father would get all dressed up, eat a fancy dinner court side,

play the quinela, and stay out all night long.

Well, my family's favorite game is ping-pong.

Played it all the time growing up. Parents still do.

Ping-pong is a parlor game. Jai Alai is a sport.

Yeah, try telling that to my dad.

You're comparing a children's game played with a plastic ball

to the fastest sport in the world?

Ping-pong's pretty fast.

Yeah, 150-Miles-per-hour fast?

I-it's the most dangerous sport out there.

Yeah, well, it proved to be downright deadly for Lori Aest.

It must have been hard being the only woman.

There, blood spatter.

Yeah, tell me about it.

They couldn't even give her a separate shower area.

They tried to give her some privacy.

The tile and grout around the shower rod looks pretty new.

Detective, there's something under the curtain.

It's a cellphone.

The victim brought her cellphone into the shower?

Probably the only place she could find some privacy.

It must have been an important call.

Yeah, 911... "Help! I'm being murdered!" Either way, they're both dead.

I can fix it, I think.

Too bad the killer didn't drop the gun, too.

Well, we don't know that.

It's worthwhile checking the area.

There's at least 26 acres of property here.

It's gonna take Daniel a long time to search.

- And? - While you're waiting, I wanted you to meet someone.

Corrine Meltzer. I'm the new owner of the Fronton.

Meltzer? As in Brian "the Meltz" Meltzer?

American front-court champion, played in the '70s,

until he got hit with a ball and shattered his knee.

He was my dad. May he rest in peace.

It's always great to meet a fan. Meltz was amazing.

He gave these old-school basque players a run for their money.

We've also got some great new players, as well... Diego, Troy, Arregui, Sebastian.

Come see them play.

We're hosting exhibition games and fan-appreciation events all this week.

What a coincidence. All this week, we'll be solving a murder.

No one is more upset about this than me, Detective.

I'm the one who discovered Lori, turned her into a pro.

I'll do everything I can to help find whoever did this to her.

As long as we don't interfere with the Fronton.

Look... I don't mean to sound callous, but we are in preseason right now.

The new season starts in three days.

I can't afford to have this place shut down by a crime scene.

No, well, when you put it like that, no, that doesn't sound callous at all.

What Detective Longworth means is we will do everything in our power

to make sure your locker room stays open.

I'd appreciate that. Tomorrow, we have early and late games,

so the players need access to their lockers.

Well, we only need access to one locker right now, and that's Lori's.

Is that a problem?

No, of course not. I'm just not sure which one is hers.

I'm gonna go with the locker that doesn't have the picture of a naked woman on it.

- There you go. - I'm gonna need a list of all the players

and everyone who had access to the locker room.

There's not much in here... just clothes, no wallet, house keys, car keys.

Is this her boyfriend?

They were dating... Troy Douglas.

He's a backcourter... plays in the late games.

I don't know what that means.

It means he's very good.

Troy's been playing here for three years.

He used to play in the early games like Lori.

Where was he before?

Florida Gators.

He was a high-school basketball phenom from St. Thomas Aquinas.

Basketball to Jai Alai... that's quite the leap.

Not really.

It's all hand-eye coordination, and he knows how to play the angles.

I'll keep that in mind.

He brought a lot of fans from his basketball days.

Players like Troy are the future of Jai Alai.

He's got style. He's got personality.

He's got... a record... assault and battery.

Drowning your sorrows, Troy?

Waiting for you, Detective.

I-I didn't kill Lori.

Yeah... with your record, you're gonna have to give me more than that.

I know I hurt people in the past, but...

Hurt? You put your last girlfriend's arm in a sling.

I didn't know how to behave myself back then.

Are you okay?

That's not good.

Look, after I lost my scholarship

and I couldn't play anymore, I couldn't find a job,

I ended up here... trying to win rent.

That's how you found Jai Alai?

I fell in love with the game, taught myself how to play,

but I made sure to go back to Spain... learn from the masters.

Playing all the angles.

Hey. Jai Alai saved my life. Jai Alai is my life,

and I wouldn't do anything to mess it up.

What about the other players?

I know it was weird having Lori around for a lot of the others guys.

But after they saw my girl play, they got over it.

Lori was an early player, but she got to substitute in for the late games.

She held her own.

Fans loved it... started coming to see her.

Pretty soon, the guys realized she was good for the sport, and for them.

front-court sensation Lori "the acer" Aest.

Not just a battle of the sexes

but an epic "Battle of the Cestas"

you won't want to miss.

For Lori... La muerta. I'm gonna destroy her.

Well, what about that guy?

Looks like he didn't think Lori was too good for the sport.

Sebastian won the citrus invitational last three years.

He's a doubles front-court champion.

He has the most wins.

And the fact you didn't answer my question answers my question.

That is an amazing view.

Why on earth would you move?

Time for a change.

I've been living here two years already.

Well, no, I can see how after two years you get tired of looking at that.

What do you say?

Show me a beautiful woman, I'll show you a man tired of making love to her.

But you love the ocean.

Your favorite meal is "anything seafood," and you enjoy a run after a game along the beach.

I checked your player profile.

Then you know all this is too much.

I'm a simple man from a very small village.

San Sebastian, Spain, right?

San Sebastian is Basque, not Spain.