Golden Boy (2013) s01e05 Episode Script
Vicious Cycle
1 MAN: We're way over schedule today, Commissioner, so I called the Urban Healing Council to postpone.
CLARK: The victim's advocacy group? I set the appointment myself.
We got so booked, I figured you'd prefer a longer lunch with the mayor.
Blow off victim's advocates for a guy I don't like? Cycles of violence don't merit my attention now? Commissioner did I overstep? Look, I got a personal stake in this, all right? And when a cop has a personal stake in something, you take a step back or get bit.
(tires screech) Rochelle! Please, Rochelle, open the door! We got to talk! (panting) Rochelle! (gasps, pants) Same dream, honey? (breathing slows) Yeah.
Oh.
Try to get back to sleep.
(sighs) (alarm clock buzzing) Oh, yeah.
That's just beautiful.
(clattering) (groans) Ooh Got the cocktail flu, big brother? So, I'm a little, uh foggy on how I got home last night.
Blonde detective, Deb? McKenzie.
Mm-hmm.
(sighs) Oh.
Yeah, right, McKenzie.
She was at that charity function.
I saw her at the bar.
I don't think I've ever seen you so lit.
I tried to do my partner a favor and it backfired.
Did I, um did I do anything inappropriate in any way? She practically had to carry your ass home.
Yeah.
And then you ate ice cream sandwiches in your undies.
Yeah.
You're really enjoying this.
(laughs) She did, too.
She's cool.
I like her for you.
That guy she's with sounds like a real jerk.
Arroyo? How'd you know she's with Arroyo? You mentioned it last night.
Something about how she's too good for him.
What, I said that to McKenzie? Mm-hmm.
(speaking indistinctly) Hey.
What's that about? I can't tell.
Hey, uh, Agnes said you got me home last night, so I owe you one.
Mm.
Yeah, you were pretty hammered.
(laughs) Yeah.
Uh, you know, if I said anything crazy, it was it was probably the booze talking, not me.
Oh.
My experience, when you're trashed like that, you usually spill the truth.
(laughs softly) Yeah, well, apologies and, uh, especially for the ice cream moment.
I'll always remember it as Clark-in-his-underwear moment.
ARROYO: Wow.
I guess I missed quite a party, huh? Ice cream, booze underwear? Guess my invite got lost in the mail.
It's not how it sounds, all right? (chuckles): Oh, no? KANG: All right, listen up.
Sanitation found a body.
183 Liberty Street.
Arroyo, you have to catch.
Am I still riding with you? Unless you'd rather walk.
Look, I-I know how badly I screwed up, all right? I never should've spoken for you.
Keep going.
I figured with Tim Novak dead, covering up his past crimes was worth it to get you a bump in grade, but that's Something you would do, not me.
Okay, that lesson is stored away.
You know, you got a natural instinct to play political angles.
But it's one thing when you make decisions that you have to live with but leave me out of it.
Done.
Absolutely.
You look hungover.
Yeah, I had a terrible morning.
You know the worst part of it? Thinking I had damaged our relationship in some way.
So, obviously, I got a lot to learn.
Nah, we've only got, like, a million more lessons to go.
Both radio cars that drove through got flats already.
There's nails everywhere.
Just park here.
Thanks.
A garbageman called in a suitcase leaking blood.
Inside, we found this guy.
Male, black, mid-30s bruised to all hell.
Not a lot of blood here, though.
Looks like a dump job.
Don.
Who is it? I'm taking the case.
You're the last one who should work this case.
I ain't arguing with you about this, understand? You're taking a backseat.
We'll notify next of kin.
Perhaps I wasn't clear.
You're taking a backseat; start the canvass.
You you just gave that case away without a fight.
What's up with that? What's up with you having a panty party in Clark's apartment? Wow.
You're really on fire today.
OWEN: Victim is Calvin McGee.
He's 32, from South Bronx.
Me and Arroyo crossed paths with the victim's family, so there's history.
So you and Arroyo, you were partners? For a while.
This DOA has two sisters.
One of them was murdered three years ago.
She was a CI.
She was the one you were close with, right, and Arroyo leaked her identity? Right now, we're working the case of Calvin McGee, okay? Just Calvin McGee.
Calvin wanted to meet up for dinner last night.
I kept calling him, but nothing.
When was the last time you spoke with him? Day before.
Look, I'm sorry, this is just messed up, right? That out of all the cops in New York, you're standing here? Right where you stood three years ago telling me Rochelle was dead? Damn.
Look, when I saw Calvin's name, I pretty much thought the same thing.
Yeah, well, I don't think this is gonna work.
I don't know how much I trust you.
I can promise you, no other cop is gonna give this investigation what I will.
You made a lot of promises to my family.
You promised to have my sister's back.
We need to ask some questions about Calvin, April.
We're trying to find your brother's killer.
Please can we come inside? I thought Arroyo was to blame.
What's her beef with you? I made mistakes, too.
Golden Boy 01x05 Vicious Cycle It's like my family's just caught in this cycle, spinning around.
Are we just cursed? Is that it? You've had a run of terrible luck, but that's gonna end now.
So, your brother.
How long did Calvin work for the airport? A few years.
He was a baggage handler, then he got promoted to supervisor.
I was so proud of him.
His life was together.
Now, I know from back in the day, your brother used to run with a really tough crew.
He was clean.
Both of us.
I'm going to night school.
We're both going to church.
In honor of Rochelle.
'Cause she never got a chance to.
April, did, uh did Calvin ever mention any personal issues he might've been having? He was all about that job.
Any problems there? I told you, he was doing well.
He got promoted.
When a guy who supervises baggage handlers is killed and his body is disposed of the way it was, it could be someone sending a message.
So anything you can think of, anything at all A few days ago, he had a bruise on his face.
He said he fell at work.
I just figured that was the truth.
All right, we'll look into that.
Calvin McGee was one of six supervisors for baggage handlers on international flights.
He was hardworking and had a lot of respect from the guys.
Everybody paid him respect, or were there folks he didn't mesh with? (laughing): No, uh-uh.
Except the guy who punched him in the face, right? Uh (laughs) All I can say on that is, uh, you know, some folks here (laughs) I don't know how they pass the background.
Yeah, I know.
Talking to the police about people like that can be risky, but But we got a homicide, and you being resistant puts a spotlight on your department, and that drags everyone down to the precinct to be pawed over when you, Pete, could have just said a name.
Landis Murphy.
Landis Murphy.
Calvin could hold his own.
He just didn't tolerate anything shady.
He fired Landis last week.
Shady? Meaning what? Looting suitcases.
Did he report it to the police? Calvin just sacked him.
Listen, I'd appreciate it if you didn't reveal the source.
Stop being such a mealy-mouthed slug, all right? Yeah.
McKENZIE: We're gonna need any security footage of Landis stealing and also his last known address.
Good.
Landis Murphy took a couple collars up in Boston-- assault, burglary.
He'd been working for the airline for six months, and I have no clue how this guy even gets the job.
No sign of the guy at his apartment.
We got a team sitting on the location.
We gave his photo to patrol, and we've flagged his ATM and credit cards.
Anything on the canvass? No one saw a car drive into the vacant lot, and surveillance in the area is worthless.
I called the DOA's sister to see if she knew of this Landis Murphy.
She never heard the name.
You called April? Yeah, I just got off.
She didn't know him.
KANG: Owen, I know you have history with the family.
You gonna be okay with this? Right as rain, Lieutenant.
Listen to me.
If we need anything from April, I will contact her.
I don't want this family disturbed any more than necessary.
ARROYO: Hey, Don? Can I offer a quick notion here? Maybe looking at the possibility of a theft ring in the airport? Based on? Well, when we first met Calvin McGee, he and his sister, Rochelle, were running with a drug gang.
And he cleaned up.
Listen, we are not heaping dirt on the DOA off your little theory.
You shredding everyone who lifts a finger on this case? Detective Clark, there's a Nora that left word for you? Uh, when'd she call? She's actually downstairs.
Said she'd be waiting across the street? All right.
Thanks.
I need a few minutes.
There he is! Cop of the Year! Hey, I'm surprised you're not wearing a crown, the way the papers keep talking about you.
Such handsome pictures, hmm? Look, I hope you don't mind I came to the precinct? What? I-I didn't know where you lived.
I thought we had an arrangement.
You know, I send you money, you leave me and Agnes alone.
Anyway, I'm-I'm working a homicide.
I heard about the promotion.
I was terrified when I heard you'd been shot, but then, the new job, so (laughs) Look, I-I completed rehab.
"Again?" Is that what you were gonna say? No, I was going to say, "Congratulations," actually.
Yeah, and I've-I've been keeping up with my meetings, too.
I just finished what they call a "90-in-90"" That means 90 meetings in 90 days.
90 days, yeah.
Well, I'm happy for you.
But, uh, I assume you need some more money, so I've really worn your trust to the quick, haven't I? You know, actually, I was gonna give this back to you.
This is the check you sent me for this month.
I don't need it, because I got a job lined up, so But-but thank you.
Really? You got a job? Things are different now.
I'm different, and I want to be back in your life again.
In Agnes' life.
What? No.
You you think you can just turn up out of the blue and just? No um, not without your say-so.
She doing okay? Sweetheart? I'm just asking for a chance.
Mom The lies, the drugs, the theft, the booze.
I expect that, all right? But Agnes-- she-she was six when you left, all right? So I I can't put her through it.
I can't.
I learned a lot in the facility this time, so I understand.
But if you give me a shot, I will make it my life's work never to disappoint you again.
I hope you call.
(sighs) Landis Murphy used his ATM card about an hour ago at a gym in Hell's Kitchen.
Who was that? Uh, no one.
Just my neighbor.
She's just dropping off her keys.
She's leaving town.
I just lied to you.
That woman is my mother.
She has a long history of drugs, alcohol, ripping people off-- including her own kids.
Last straw, she ran out when Agnes was six years old.
She's fresh out of rehab.
And she wants back in? We all make mistakes in this life.
Everybody deserves another chance.
I don't feel like we're talking about my mother anymore.
I appreciate your honesty.
You know, you're so worried about me-- I'm worried about you.
I got it covered.
(hip-hop music playing) Hey, you know where Landis Murphy is? Hey, you two, take off your headgear.
What's going on? Landis Murphy, step out of the ring.
What'd he do? Are you seriously trying to get involved in my business here? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-- relax, all right? Relax.
Going somewhere, buddy? (exhales) I'm coming, man, I'm coming.
Are you blind? How many stupid pills did you take this morning? Excuse me? Okay, come on, candy panties, let's go.
Give me a reason, come on.
Come on, move.
You got this covered, huh? That's you.
Lifted it out of lost baggage right into your trunk.
CLARK: You worked at the airs six months-- we got footage of you ripping off five other bags.
What was in them? People's stuff.
I'd root around just looking for electronics and money.
What's that gonna get me-- six months? So you just stole other people's stuff? From a restricted area.
With a badge that was stolen from Calvin McGee.
Account for yourself last night.
I was at home watching TV.
Yeah? Was that before or after you ran up this bar tab on your credit card? At a bar located very close to where Calvin McGee was last seen alive.
Okay, right, so what? After the Boy Scout fired me, we had a couple words, and that was it.
All those bags you stole all trace back to the same flight number.
A nonstop from Jamaica.
So, what was in the bags, Landis? Cocaine? Heroin? Weed? So, whatever was in those suitcases came in from overseas, right? Which makes this case federal, so when Calvin caught you red-handed, threatened to turn you in, that must have scared the steroids out of you.
I didn't kill him.
Then who?! Because there's no way that you are in this by yourself! It's time for you to start talking deal.
I don't even know what was in those suitcases, man.
I just take 'em from point "A" to point "B.
" And point "B" was who? (scoffs) You really think you're some kind of a badass, don't you? Beating up guys at your little gym.
Beating Calvin McGee to death, who's 50 pounds lighter than you.
Okay, wiseass, I'm gonna show you what a real beating feels like.
Whoa! Whoa! Point "B" was who?! Whoa, get this guy away from me, man! Sit down! Listen, I want a lawyer.
And till then, I'm not saying nothing else.
From Landis Murphy's apartment.
Three of the six suitcases he nabbed.
Tags from Kingston, Jamaica.
Tags and passenger names match up? All different.
An I.
C.
E.
says each passenger left the U.
S.
the day after they arrived.
Mules.
DIACO: But for what? The lab did an ion scan for drug residue but came up blank.
M.
E.
's time of death on Calvin McGee coincides with Landis Murphy drinking in Queens, so Landis Murphy did not kill Calvin McGee.
Yeah, but he knows who did.
We dumped his phones.
There's numerous calls to a burner cell.
He's got a partner in this thing, which we won't be getting from him now.
He's in there talking to his lawyer.
Guys lawyer up.
It happens to the best of us.
Hey.
I'm offering you first crack at something.
If you don't want it, I'd like permission to pursue it.
April McGee's '91 Reliant had a nail-damaged tire replaced last night at a tire shop, half a mile from the crime scene.
And? Two radio cars got flats pulling into the crime scene this morning, right? Yeah.
So you canvassed tire stores in the area? The nail recovered was consistent with those found in the lot.
That's smart.
Did the tire store say that there was a female that came in? Did they identify April? ARROYO: They're still working on the buyer.
Pulling surveillance.
Look, Don, I'm not saying that April was involved.
Well, she couldn't have been.
I'm just saying that her car might have been used to dump the body.
That's all.
All right, I'll call April in.
And I'm running the interview.
Can I have a word with you, please? Hey, I don't want to hear nothing about me walking Landis Murphy into lawyering up, understand? (clears throat) Look, in the interest of closing the case the way Don Owen would do it is there any wisdom to listening to Arroyo? Kid, you're getting on my nerves.
(quietly): All right.
The tire store security camera.
This is the car the tire was purchased for, which is registered to you.
And this is the guy who brought it in.
Does he look familiar? What is this? This is my boyfriend Dominic Quinlan.
Do you know Dominic drove your car last night, April? He borrows it all the time.
I think he's driving it now.
So what? We need to locate this vehicle.
It could contain valuable information, like maybe your brother's blood in the trunk.
The guy who killed my brother is out there in the streets, and you're in here questioning me about my boyfriend? (sighs) Are you crazy? I'm trying to plan a damn funeral.
How did you and Dominic meet? At the hotel where I work.
He stayed when he was here on business.
Well, how serious is it with this guy? Four months pregnant serious.
Why are you asking me this? We want to know why you're protecting this guy, April.
Because I trust him.
Which is more than I can say for you.
Dominic wouldn't hurt Calvin-- they liked each other.
Calvin helped Dominic's friend get a job at the airport.
Dominic's friend? Is this the guy? I don't know his name.
Landis Murphy.
Your brother fired him last week.
April, is Dominic at the hotel right now? Why you keep pulling me back into this crap? Why does that keep happening? I'm not telling you anything.
OWEN: Police! Clear.
Still warm.
We just missed him.
You got something on your mind? Nah, Don.
I'm just kicking myself.
I sat on that information about the tire for an hour.
If I'd have just gone to April myself, we'd already have the guy.
And you had to run it by me-- that's your beef? Trying to do right by your wishes.
Back off.
Look, I know I did wrong with Rochelle McGee, all right? I know that-- I think about it.
I blew it.
But you-- you were the one who was reckless.
You were the one sleeping with her.
(sighs) I'm gonna do this alone.
So, can you please make sure the observation room is clear? Because it's between me and her.
You haven't said a word since the hotel.
You got this covered, right? Hey, hey, Walter, wait.
I mean, you, you know the truth now.
That I was with my Rochelle McGee, my CI.
I'm not looking to pry into your personal life, Don, all right? This is a woman I really cared for.
It was a complicated situation and it's haunted me for a long time.
Look, that is your business, all right? I don't even want to ask Junior, do me a favor.
Just shut up, hmm? I'm trying to tell you what happened.
It broke me for a long time.
And my role in this is very difficult to admit to you.
We all make mistakes.
Right? My respect for you is concrete.
I got nothing else to say.
That's all right-- I do.
I think you know that the evidence against Dominic is stacking up.
I don't believe that.
Some things are true whether you believe it or not.
Problem is you don't trust me, and I can't expect you to until you and me can settle up our past.
I've been having the same nightmare for the last three years.
And every time I'm hoping for a different ending.
I'm at this motel room door, and I'm banging on it and screaming for Rochelle to come and open the door, but she never does.
And then I wake up What do you want from me? I wouldn't tell anyone who my informant was, including my partner at the time.
But he felt like that gave me a leg up on him, so he tailed me one night.
And then he got sloppy and he mentioned your sister's name to the gangbanger that she was outing, and a day later Rochelle was dead.
I blame myself.
My relationship with Rochelle got blurred, and I was intimate with your sister.
And my feelings for her crossed the line in my marriage and my work.
And because of those feelings, I wasn't able to see things clearly.
And I got to live with that.
But, April, you don't have to make the same mistake.
You can put your emotions aside, and you can end this cycle for yourself and your baby.
I'm sorry, April.
(door opens) He turn her yet? No.
Listen I think I got something worth trying.
But you're giving it to me? Are you interested or not? (knocking on door) We got something.
You recognize it? That's my brother's chain.
He never took it off.
He was wearing it when he died.
You see those dark spots? That's his blood.
His killer beat him senseless, and the remnants are still there.
And guess where we found it.
Dominic's hotel room.
Crime scene unit just recovered it.
Now, if Calvin was wearing this when he was brutally murdered, how the hell did it end up in your boyfriend's hotel room? Only one way that happened, April, and the sooner we get that through to you, the sooner we put a killer behind bars.
Dominic left a package in my apartment about a month ago.
I was supposed to meet him with it in two hours.
He said he had business in Texas, (voice breaking): and Calvin Calvin getting killed was just the excuse we needed to run away together.
Just us and the baby.
I can't believe this.
Dominic left 50 grand hidden in April's apartment.
OWEN: The plan is for her to meet him with it at a diner in Queens.
Figure we set up on it and grab him.
We sure April's on board? We'll get her through it.
(Owen calls out) Clark tells me the gold chain came from you.
That chain was found on the DOA's body.
Dominic never had it.
That's correct.
Christian Well done.
Everyone's set.
Owen was pushing me, Deb.
It had to be said eventually.
You should have done it in private.
(phone beeps) (phone rings) Any news on Dominic? McKENZIE (over phone): He just pulled up.
All right.
Hey.
(kissing) You got the bag? So, we good to go? To Texas? Exactly.
Everything's gonna be great.
You all right? I'm fine.
Why isn't she going to the ladies' room? That's the plan, right? (people screaming) ARROYO: What's going on? OWEN: April! Put down that gun.
DOMINIC: Sweetheart, what are you doing? Put the gun down.
Police! Everybody stay calm.
Why would you do that to my brother? April, put that down.
I-I don't know what you're talking about.
CLARK: Put the gun down, April! Why would you take him from me? DOMINIC: I didn't, I didn't do anything.
OWEN: April if you make this decision, it's gonna haunt you for the rest of your life.
Don't do that to yourself, April.
Don't do that to your baby.
(gasps) Put the gun down, April.
(cries) (grunts) Don't move, you stupid son of a bitch.
(crying) Give me the gun, sweetheart, give me the gun.
Yeah, it's over.
It's over.
It's over, honey.
Just sit down shh.
DOMINIC: I get that April's under a lot of stress with the brother and the pregnancy, but this-this accusation is it's insane.
So, you met April at the hotel? About a year ago; she checked me in at the front desk.
How long after that did you find out she had a brother working at the airline? She mentioned it once in passing; what does that have to do with anything? See, I'm guessing that when you heard that, you recognized an easy mark.
And I just came up with some kind of money-smuggling scheme because her brother happened to work for the airline? No, because you've done this before.
Your fingerprints in your hotel room yielded a lot of different aliases in different cities.
I'm a businessman, all right? I own and distribute vending machines.
You wash money for a drug-dealing Jamaican.
You're a con man.
You met April you saw that she was trusting, that she had a good heart, and then you pounced.
(sighs) So, the money in the bag was mine.
Okay.
But I didn't kill anyone-- you know what? I think it's time I spoke with a lawyer.
Well, you can absolutely do that.
But I'm just curious-- what are you going to tell your lawyer when he asks you how you got this, hmm? These scratches.
How'd you get those? Getting funds out of one of my soda machines.
One of your soda machines.
Who the hell do you think you're talking to? We pulled a DNA sample from a coffee cup in your hotel room.
My guess is it's gonna match the skin under Calvin McGee's fingernails when he scratched your neck fighting for his life! DNA, Dominic! Unlike you it don't lie.
(sighs) "I lured Calvin to a desolate spot in Brooklyn, "saying I wanted to show him property I planned "to buy for his sister.
"He knew I was trying to scare him.
He tried to fight me.
" Arroyo feels guilty.
And as much as I hate to admit it he made this case-- he's a good detective.
He's a damn good detective.
You must've made a hell of a team before things went sour between you two.
Like us.
And let's keep it that way.
Without the truth here, Junior, we got nothing.
You start lying to people you care about, it destroys their trust, and when that happens, that's how you end up like me and Arroyo.
Your mother didn't just pop up out of the blue, did she? I know you said your sister was talking about finding her.
You being honest with her? (sighs) No.
Consider it.
Look, I know I can be an ass sometimes.
So I told Lorraine that we're working overtime tonight.
We can get a room, share some wine I think we need to talk.
All right, sounds serious.
It's like I don't know who you are half the time.
You got this side of you I don't even like.
Like what-- ambition? Wanting more? What's so wrong with that? Because you can be such a good cop when you want to be, but you step on people to get ahead.
Yeah, but in a lot of cases for good reason.
Like to protect myself when someone else was doing the same.
You do it to me.
So, let me make it up to you.
And you say that a lot, too.
Not tonight.
Hey, Joe.
Hey.
You shacking up with me tonight, brother? Just not ready to go home yet, you know? Woman troubles? Whew, daily.
Somebody needs to crack the code.
You know, it's a wonder that male heads all over the world are not just spontaneously combusting every second of every day.
Yeah, complicated.
Yeah, it's even harder when you're dating them after the divorce.
What are you talking about? I'm dating my ex-wife.
No, you're not.
It's very new and exciting.
(laughing): Yeah.
But I'm between places now, and the alimony issue puts a crimp in my spending, so Wow.
You know, I didn't think anybody had it worse than I did.
So, thank you for that, Joe.
(chuckles) NORA: I feel so safe here, you know.
(gasps) Mm.
(anxious laugh) Hey, you're driving your dad's old Fury, huh? Yeah, well, it still runs, so why not? Yeah.
Look, I'm thrilled to see you, Bear.
I just shared about you.
I want to be proud of you for this, Ma, but But I got to earn you back.
That's what you're saying, right? I will.
I get it.
Hey, look, we're all going for coffee.
You want to take a walk? Look, I can't be hurt.
All right, I'm, I'm past that.
I think everybody can be hurt.
But I can look after myself.
All right, Ma? Agnes-- Agnes, she can't.
All right, she acts out, and betraying her trust-- it could be very damaging.
You understand that? So you want to know if you can trust me.
Is that what you're saying? You just got to have faith.
Wait, you were sending Mom money? You knew where she was and you didn't say anything? I was doing it to protect us.
Okay? To protect you.
You didn't say anything.
Even when you knew I wanted to look for her? I mean she must have been pretty bad for you to pay her off and lie to me.
Okay, she was.
Trust me.
And she has been that bad in the past.
But she said she's trying, Agnes.
How long have you been doing this? Over a year.
And I'm sorry that I lied to you, all right? I am so sorry.
I'm a big girl, Walt.
I know you are, okay? And maybe maybe that's something I can't get my head around and I need to.
But I know that I cannot make decisions for you anymore.
I know that, so if you If you really want to see her I can set it up.
Hi.
Hi.
(crying) (whispering): Thank you.
WOMAN: In closing, I would add that, if any member of our community is adversely affected by acts of violence, we as a community have to have the resources available to them for recovery.
If we can provide that, I truly believe, in healing them, we can slowly begin to break the cycle.
(quiet laugh) Commissioner Clark, what is it you find funny? My apologies, April.
I, uh I just wish my old partner could be here right now.
CLARK: The victim's advocacy group? I set the appointment myself.
We got so booked, I figured you'd prefer a longer lunch with the mayor.
Blow off victim's advocates for a guy I don't like? Cycles of violence don't merit my attention now? Commissioner did I overstep? Look, I got a personal stake in this, all right? And when a cop has a personal stake in something, you take a step back or get bit.
(tires screech) Rochelle! Please, Rochelle, open the door! We got to talk! (panting) Rochelle! (gasps, pants) Same dream, honey? (breathing slows) Yeah.
Oh.
Try to get back to sleep.
(sighs) (alarm clock buzzing) Oh, yeah.
That's just beautiful.
(clattering) (groans) Ooh Got the cocktail flu, big brother? So, I'm a little, uh foggy on how I got home last night.
Blonde detective, Deb? McKenzie.
Mm-hmm.
(sighs) Oh.
Yeah, right, McKenzie.
She was at that charity function.
I saw her at the bar.
I don't think I've ever seen you so lit.
I tried to do my partner a favor and it backfired.
Did I, um did I do anything inappropriate in any way? She practically had to carry your ass home.
Yeah.
And then you ate ice cream sandwiches in your undies.
Yeah.
You're really enjoying this.
(laughs) She did, too.
She's cool.
I like her for you.
That guy she's with sounds like a real jerk.
Arroyo? How'd you know she's with Arroyo? You mentioned it last night.
Something about how she's too good for him.
What, I said that to McKenzie? Mm-hmm.
(speaking indistinctly) Hey.
What's that about? I can't tell.
Hey, uh, Agnes said you got me home last night, so I owe you one.
Mm.
Yeah, you were pretty hammered.
(laughs) Yeah.
Uh, you know, if I said anything crazy, it was it was probably the booze talking, not me.
Oh.
My experience, when you're trashed like that, you usually spill the truth.
(laughs softly) Yeah, well, apologies and, uh, especially for the ice cream moment.
I'll always remember it as Clark-in-his-underwear moment.
ARROYO: Wow.
I guess I missed quite a party, huh? Ice cream, booze underwear? Guess my invite got lost in the mail.
It's not how it sounds, all right? (chuckles): Oh, no? KANG: All right, listen up.
Sanitation found a body.
183 Liberty Street.
Arroyo, you have to catch.
Am I still riding with you? Unless you'd rather walk.
Look, I-I know how badly I screwed up, all right? I never should've spoken for you.
Keep going.
I figured with Tim Novak dead, covering up his past crimes was worth it to get you a bump in grade, but that's Something you would do, not me.
Okay, that lesson is stored away.
You know, you got a natural instinct to play political angles.
But it's one thing when you make decisions that you have to live with but leave me out of it.
Done.
Absolutely.
You look hungover.
Yeah, I had a terrible morning.
You know the worst part of it? Thinking I had damaged our relationship in some way.
So, obviously, I got a lot to learn.
Nah, we've only got, like, a million more lessons to go.
Both radio cars that drove through got flats already.
There's nails everywhere.
Just park here.
Thanks.
A garbageman called in a suitcase leaking blood.
Inside, we found this guy.
Male, black, mid-30s bruised to all hell.
Not a lot of blood here, though.
Looks like a dump job.
Don.
Who is it? I'm taking the case.
You're the last one who should work this case.
I ain't arguing with you about this, understand? You're taking a backseat.
We'll notify next of kin.
Perhaps I wasn't clear.
You're taking a backseat; start the canvass.
You you just gave that case away without a fight.
What's up with that? What's up with you having a panty party in Clark's apartment? Wow.
You're really on fire today.
OWEN: Victim is Calvin McGee.
He's 32, from South Bronx.
Me and Arroyo crossed paths with the victim's family, so there's history.
So you and Arroyo, you were partners? For a while.
This DOA has two sisters.
One of them was murdered three years ago.
She was a CI.
She was the one you were close with, right, and Arroyo leaked her identity? Right now, we're working the case of Calvin McGee, okay? Just Calvin McGee.
Calvin wanted to meet up for dinner last night.
I kept calling him, but nothing.
When was the last time you spoke with him? Day before.
Look, I'm sorry, this is just messed up, right? That out of all the cops in New York, you're standing here? Right where you stood three years ago telling me Rochelle was dead? Damn.
Look, when I saw Calvin's name, I pretty much thought the same thing.
Yeah, well, I don't think this is gonna work.
I don't know how much I trust you.
I can promise you, no other cop is gonna give this investigation what I will.
You made a lot of promises to my family.
You promised to have my sister's back.
We need to ask some questions about Calvin, April.
We're trying to find your brother's killer.
Please can we come inside? I thought Arroyo was to blame.
What's her beef with you? I made mistakes, too.
Golden Boy 01x05 Vicious Cycle It's like my family's just caught in this cycle, spinning around.
Are we just cursed? Is that it? You've had a run of terrible luck, but that's gonna end now.
So, your brother.
How long did Calvin work for the airport? A few years.
He was a baggage handler, then he got promoted to supervisor.
I was so proud of him.
His life was together.
Now, I know from back in the day, your brother used to run with a really tough crew.
He was clean.
Both of us.
I'm going to night school.
We're both going to church.
In honor of Rochelle.
'Cause she never got a chance to.
April, did, uh did Calvin ever mention any personal issues he might've been having? He was all about that job.
Any problems there? I told you, he was doing well.
He got promoted.
When a guy who supervises baggage handlers is killed and his body is disposed of the way it was, it could be someone sending a message.
So anything you can think of, anything at all A few days ago, he had a bruise on his face.
He said he fell at work.
I just figured that was the truth.
All right, we'll look into that.
Calvin McGee was one of six supervisors for baggage handlers on international flights.
He was hardworking and had a lot of respect from the guys.
Everybody paid him respect, or were there folks he didn't mesh with? (laughing): No, uh-uh.
Except the guy who punched him in the face, right? Uh (laughs) All I can say on that is, uh, you know, some folks here (laughs) I don't know how they pass the background.
Yeah, I know.
Talking to the police about people like that can be risky, but But we got a homicide, and you being resistant puts a spotlight on your department, and that drags everyone down to the precinct to be pawed over when you, Pete, could have just said a name.
Landis Murphy.
Landis Murphy.
Calvin could hold his own.
He just didn't tolerate anything shady.
He fired Landis last week.
Shady? Meaning what? Looting suitcases.
Did he report it to the police? Calvin just sacked him.
Listen, I'd appreciate it if you didn't reveal the source.
Stop being such a mealy-mouthed slug, all right? Yeah.
McKENZIE: We're gonna need any security footage of Landis stealing and also his last known address.
Good.
Landis Murphy took a couple collars up in Boston-- assault, burglary.
He'd been working for the airline for six months, and I have no clue how this guy even gets the job.
No sign of the guy at his apartment.
We got a team sitting on the location.
We gave his photo to patrol, and we've flagged his ATM and credit cards.
Anything on the canvass? No one saw a car drive into the vacant lot, and surveillance in the area is worthless.
I called the DOA's sister to see if she knew of this Landis Murphy.
She never heard the name.
You called April? Yeah, I just got off.
She didn't know him.
KANG: Owen, I know you have history with the family.
You gonna be okay with this? Right as rain, Lieutenant.
Listen to me.
If we need anything from April, I will contact her.
I don't want this family disturbed any more than necessary.
ARROYO: Hey, Don? Can I offer a quick notion here? Maybe looking at the possibility of a theft ring in the airport? Based on? Well, when we first met Calvin McGee, he and his sister, Rochelle, were running with a drug gang.
And he cleaned up.
Listen, we are not heaping dirt on the DOA off your little theory.
You shredding everyone who lifts a finger on this case? Detective Clark, there's a Nora that left word for you? Uh, when'd she call? She's actually downstairs.
Said she'd be waiting across the street? All right.
Thanks.
I need a few minutes.
There he is! Cop of the Year! Hey, I'm surprised you're not wearing a crown, the way the papers keep talking about you.
Such handsome pictures, hmm? Look, I hope you don't mind I came to the precinct? What? I-I didn't know where you lived.
I thought we had an arrangement.
You know, I send you money, you leave me and Agnes alone.
Anyway, I'm-I'm working a homicide.
I heard about the promotion.
I was terrified when I heard you'd been shot, but then, the new job, so (laughs) Look, I-I completed rehab.
"Again?" Is that what you were gonna say? No, I was going to say, "Congratulations," actually.
Yeah, and I've-I've been keeping up with my meetings, too.
I just finished what they call a "90-in-90"" That means 90 meetings in 90 days.
90 days, yeah.
Well, I'm happy for you.
But, uh, I assume you need some more money, so I've really worn your trust to the quick, haven't I? You know, actually, I was gonna give this back to you.
This is the check you sent me for this month.
I don't need it, because I got a job lined up, so But-but thank you.
Really? You got a job? Things are different now.
I'm different, and I want to be back in your life again.
In Agnes' life.
What? No.
You you think you can just turn up out of the blue and just? No um, not without your say-so.
She doing okay? Sweetheart? I'm just asking for a chance.
Mom The lies, the drugs, the theft, the booze.
I expect that, all right? But Agnes-- she-she was six when you left, all right? So I I can't put her through it.
I can't.
I learned a lot in the facility this time, so I understand.
But if you give me a shot, I will make it my life's work never to disappoint you again.
I hope you call.
(sighs) Landis Murphy used his ATM card about an hour ago at a gym in Hell's Kitchen.
Who was that? Uh, no one.
Just my neighbor.
She's just dropping off her keys.
She's leaving town.
I just lied to you.
That woman is my mother.
She has a long history of drugs, alcohol, ripping people off-- including her own kids.
Last straw, she ran out when Agnes was six years old.
She's fresh out of rehab.
And she wants back in? We all make mistakes in this life.
Everybody deserves another chance.
I don't feel like we're talking about my mother anymore.
I appreciate your honesty.
You know, you're so worried about me-- I'm worried about you.
I got it covered.
(hip-hop music playing) Hey, you know where Landis Murphy is? Hey, you two, take off your headgear.
What's going on? Landis Murphy, step out of the ring.
What'd he do? Are you seriously trying to get involved in my business here? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-- relax, all right? Relax.
Going somewhere, buddy? (exhales) I'm coming, man, I'm coming.
Are you blind? How many stupid pills did you take this morning? Excuse me? Okay, come on, candy panties, let's go.
Give me a reason, come on.
Come on, move.
You got this covered, huh? That's you.
Lifted it out of lost baggage right into your trunk.
CLARK: You worked at the airs six months-- we got footage of you ripping off five other bags.
What was in them? People's stuff.
I'd root around just looking for electronics and money.
What's that gonna get me-- six months? So you just stole other people's stuff? From a restricted area.
With a badge that was stolen from Calvin McGee.
Account for yourself last night.
I was at home watching TV.
Yeah? Was that before or after you ran up this bar tab on your credit card? At a bar located very close to where Calvin McGee was last seen alive.
Okay, right, so what? After the Boy Scout fired me, we had a couple words, and that was it.
All those bags you stole all trace back to the same flight number.
A nonstop from Jamaica.
So, what was in the bags, Landis? Cocaine? Heroin? Weed? So, whatever was in those suitcases came in from overseas, right? Which makes this case federal, so when Calvin caught you red-handed, threatened to turn you in, that must have scared the steroids out of you.
I didn't kill him.
Then who?! Because there's no way that you are in this by yourself! It's time for you to start talking deal.
I don't even know what was in those suitcases, man.
I just take 'em from point "A" to point "B.
" And point "B" was who? (scoffs) You really think you're some kind of a badass, don't you? Beating up guys at your little gym.
Beating Calvin McGee to death, who's 50 pounds lighter than you.
Okay, wiseass, I'm gonna show you what a real beating feels like.
Whoa! Whoa! Point "B" was who?! Whoa, get this guy away from me, man! Sit down! Listen, I want a lawyer.
And till then, I'm not saying nothing else.
From Landis Murphy's apartment.
Three of the six suitcases he nabbed.
Tags from Kingston, Jamaica.
Tags and passenger names match up? All different.
An I.
C.
E.
says each passenger left the U.
S.
the day after they arrived.
Mules.
DIACO: But for what? The lab did an ion scan for drug residue but came up blank.
M.
E.
's time of death on Calvin McGee coincides with Landis Murphy drinking in Queens, so Landis Murphy did not kill Calvin McGee.
Yeah, but he knows who did.
We dumped his phones.
There's numerous calls to a burner cell.
He's got a partner in this thing, which we won't be getting from him now.
He's in there talking to his lawyer.
Guys lawyer up.
It happens to the best of us.
Hey.
I'm offering you first crack at something.
If you don't want it, I'd like permission to pursue it.
April McGee's '91 Reliant had a nail-damaged tire replaced last night at a tire shop, half a mile from the crime scene.
And? Two radio cars got flats pulling into the crime scene this morning, right? Yeah.
So you canvassed tire stores in the area? The nail recovered was consistent with those found in the lot.
That's smart.
Did the tire store say that there was a female that came in? Did they identify April? ARROYO: They're still working on the buyer.
Pulling surveillance.
Look, Don, I'm not saying that April was involved.
Well, she couldn't have been.
I'm just saying that her car might have been used to dump the body.
That's all.
All right, I'll call April in.
And I'm running the interview.
Can I have a word with you, please? Hey, I don't want to hear nothing about me walking Landis Murphy into lawyering up, understand? (clears throat) Look, in the interest of closing the case the way Don Owen would do it is there any wisdom to listening to Arroyo? Kid, you're getting on my nerves.
(quietly): All right.
The tire store security camera.
This is the car the tire was purchased for, which is registered to you.
And this is the guy who brought it in.
Does he look familiar? What is this? This is my boyfriend Dominic Quinlan.
Do you know Dominic drove your car last night, April? He borrows it all the time.
I think he's driving it now.
So what? We need to locate this vehicle.
It could contain valuable information, like maybe your brother's blood in the trunk.
The guy who killed my brother is out there in the streets, and you're in here questioning me about my boyfriend? (sighs) Are you crazy? I'm trying to plan a damn funeral.
How did you and Dominic meet? At the hotel where I work.
He stayed when he was here on business.
Well, how serious is it with this guy? Four months pregnant serious.
Why are you asking me this? We want to know why you're protecting this guy, April.
Because I trust him.
Which is more than I can say for you.
Dominic wouldn't hurt Calvin-- they liked each other.
Calvin helped Dominic's friend get a job at the airport.
Dominic's friend? Is this the guy? I don't know his name.
Landis Murphy.
Your brother fired him last week.
April, is Dominic at the hotel right now? Why you keep pulling me back into this crap? Why does that keep happening? I'm not telling you anything.
OWEN: Police! Clear.
Still warm.
We just missed him.
You got something on your mind? Nah, Don.
I'm just kicking myself.
I sat on that information about the tire for an hour.
If I'd have just gone to April myself, we'd already have the guy.
And you had to run it by me-- that's your beef? Trying to do right by your wishes.
Back off.
Look, I know I did wrong with Rochelle McGee, all right? I know that-- I think about it.
I blew it.
But you-- you were the one who was reckless.
You were the one sleeping with her.
(sighs) I'm gonna do this alone.
So, can you please make sure the observation room is clear? Because it's between me and her.
You haven't said a word since the hotel.
You got this covered, right? Hey, hey, Walter, wait.
I mean, you, you know the truth now.
That I was with my Rochelle McGee, my CI.
I'm not looking to pry into your personal life, Don, all right? This is a woman I really cared for.
It was a complicated situation and it's haunted me for a long time.
Look, that is your business, all right? I don't even want to ask Junior, do me a favor.
Just shut up, hmm? I'm trying to tell you what happened.
It broke me for a long time.
And my role in this is very difficult to admit to you.
We all make mistakes.
Right? My respect for you is concrete.
I got nothing else to say.
That's all right-- I do.
I think you know that the evidence against Dominic is stacking up.
I don't believe that.
Some things are true whether you believe it or not.
Problem is you don't trust me, and I can't expect you to until you and me can settle up our past.
I've been having the same nightmare for the last three years.
And every time I'm hoping for a different ending.
I'm at this motel room door, and I'm banging on it and screaming for Rochelle to come and open the door, but she never does.
And then I wake up What do you want from me? I wouldn't tell anyone who my informant was, including my partner at the time.
But he felt like that gave me a leg up on him, so he tailed me one night.
And then he got sloppy and he mentioned your sister's name to the gangbanger that she was outing, and a day later Rochelle was dead.
I blame myself.
My relationship with Rochelle got blurred, and I was intimate with your sister.
And my feelings for her crossed the line in my marriage and my work.
And because of those feelings, I wasn't able to see things clearly.
And I got to live with that.
But, April, you don't have to make the same mistake.
You can put your emotions aside, and you can end this cycle for yourself and your baby.
I'm sorry, April.
(door opens) He turn her yet? No.
Listen I think I got something worth trying.
But you're giving it to me? Are you interested or not? (knocking on door) We got something.
You recognize it? That's my brother's chain.
He never took it off.
He was wearing it when he died.
You see those dark spots? That's his blood.
His killer beat him senseless, and the remnants are still there.
And guess where we found it.
Dominic's hotel room.
Crime scene unit just recovered it.
Now, if Calvin was wearing this when he was brutally murdered, how the hell did it end up in your boyfriend's hotel room? Only one way that happened, April, and the sooner we get that through to you, the sooner we put a killer behind bars.
Dominic left a package in my apartment about a month ago.
I was supposed to meet him with it in two hours.
He said he had business in Texas, (voice breaking): and Calvin Calvin getting killed was just the excuse we needed to run away together.
Just us and the baby.
I can't believe this.
Dominic left 50 grand hidden in April's apartment.
OWEN: The plan is for her to meet him with it at a diner in Queens.
Figure we set up on it and grab him.
We sure April's on board? We'll get her through it.
(Owen calls out) Clark tells me the gold chain came from you.
That chain was found on the DOA's body.
Dominic never had it.
That's correct.
Christian Well done.
Everyone's set.
Owen was pushing me, Deb.
It had to be said eventually.
You should have done it in private.
(phone beeps) (phone rings) Any news on Dominic? McKENZIE (over phone): He just pulled up.
All right.
Hey.
(kissing) You got the bag? So, we good to go? To Texas? Exactly.
Everything's gonna be great.
You all right? I'm fine.
Why isn't she going to the ladies' room? That's the plan, right? (people screaming) ARROYO: What's going on? OWEN: April! Put down that gun.
DOMINIC: Sweetheart, what are you doing? Put the gun down.
Police! Everybody stay calm.
Why would you do that to my brother? April, put that down.
I-I don't know what you're talking about.
CLARK: Put the gun down, April! Why would you take him from me? DOMINIC: I didn't, I didn't do anything.
OWEN: April if you make this decision, it's gonna haunt you for the rest of your life.
Don't do that to yourself, April.
Don't do that to your baby.
(gasps) Put the gun down, April.
(cries) (grunts) Don't move, you stupid son of a bitch.
(crying) Give me the gun, sweetheart, give me the gun.
Yeah, it's over.
It's over.
It's over, honey.
Just sit down shh.
DOMINIC: I get that April's under a lot of stress with the brother and the pregnancy, but this-this accusation is it's insane.
So, you met April at the hotel? About a year ago; she checked me in at the front desk.
How long after that did you find out she had a brother working at the airline? She mentioned it once in passing; what does that have to do with anything? See, I'm guessing that when you heard that, you recognized an easy mark.
And I just came up with some kind of money-smuggling scheme because her brother happened to work for the airline? No, because you've done this before.
Your fingerprints in your hotel room yielded a lot of different aliases in different cities.
I'm a businessman, all right? I own and distribute vending machines.
You wash money for a drug-dealing Jamaican.
You're a con man.
You met April you saw that she was trusting, that she had a good heart, and then you pounced.
(sighs) So, the money in the bag was mine.
Okay.
But I didn't kill anyone-- you know what? I think it's time I spoke with a lawyer.
Well, you can absolutely do that.
But I'm just curious-- what are you going to tell your lawyer when he asks you how you got this, hmm? These scratches.
How'd you get those? Getting funds out of one of my soda machines.
One of your soda machines.
Who the hell do you think you're talking to? We pulled a DNA sample from a coffee cup in your hotel room.
My guess is it's gonna match the skin under Calvin McGee's fingernails when he scratched your neck fighting for his life! DNA, Dominic! Unlike you it don't lie.
(sighs) "I lured Calvin to a desolate spot in Brooklyn, "saying I wanted to show him property I planned "to buy for his sister.
"He knew I was trying to scare him.
He tried to fight me.
" Arroyo feels guilty.
And as much as I hate to admit it he made this case-- he's a good detective.
He's a damn good detective.
You must've made a hell of a team before things went sour between you two.
Like us.
And let's keep it that way.
Without the truth here, Junior, we got nothing.
You start lying to people you care about, it destroys their trust, and when that happens, that's how you end up like me and Arroyo.
Your mother didn't just pop up out of the blue, did she? I know you said your sister was talking about finding her.
You being honest with her? (sighs) No.
Consider it.
Look, I know I can be an ass sometimes.
So I told Lorraine that we're working overtime tonight.
We can get a room, share some wine I think we need to talk.
All right, sounds serious.
It's like I don't know who you are half the time.
You got this side of you I don't even like.
Like what-- ambition? Wanting more? What's so wrong with that? Because you can be such a good cop when you want to be, but you step on people to get ahead.
Yeah, but in a lot of cases for good reason.
Like to protect myself when someone else was doing the same.
You do it to me.
So, let me make it up to you.
And you say that a lot, too.
Not tonight.
Hey, Joe.
Hey.
You shacking up with me tonight, brother? Just not ready to go home yet, you know? Woman troubles? Whew, daily.
Somebody needs to crack the code.
You know, it's a wonder that male heads all over the world are not just spontaneously combusting every second of every day.
Yeah, complicated.
Yeah, it's even harder when you're dating them after the divorce.
What are you talking about? I'm dating my ex-wife.
No, you're not.
It's very new and exciting.
(laughing): Yeah.
But I'm between places now, and the alimony issue puts a crimp in my spending, so Wow.
You know, I didn't think anybody had it worse than I did.
So, thank you for that, Joe.
(chuckles) NORA: I feel so safe here, you know.
(gasps) Mm.
(anxious laugh) Hey, you're driving your dad's old Fury, huh? Yeah, well, it still runs, so why not? Yeah.
Look, I'm thrilled to see you, Bear.
I just shared about you.
I want to be proud of you for this, Ma, but But I got to earn you back.
That's what you're saying, right? I will.
I get it.
Hey, look, we're all going for coffee.
You want to take a walk? Look, I can't be hurt.
All right, I'm, I'm past that.
I think everybody can be hurt.
But I can look after myself.
All right, Ma? Agnes-- Agnes, she can't.
All right, she acts out, and betraying her trust-- it could be very damaging.
You understand that? So you want to know if you can trust me.
Is that what you're saying? You just got to have faith.
Wait, you were sending Mom money? You knew where she was and you didn't say anything? I was doing it to protect us.
Okay? To protect you.
You didn't say anything.
Even when you knew I wanted to look for her? I mean she must have been pretty bad for you to pay her off and lie to me.
Okay, she was.
Trust me.
And she has been that bad in the past.
But she said she's trying, Agnes.
How long have you been doing this? Over a year.
And I'm sorry that I lied to you, all right? I am so sorry.
I'm a big girl, Walt.
I know you are, okay? And maybe maybe that's something I can't get my head around and I need to.
But I know that I cannot make decisions for you anymore.
I know that, so if you If you really want to see her I can set it up.
Hi.
Hi.
(crying) (whispering): Thank you.
WOMAN: In closing, I would add that, if any member of our community is adversely affected by acts of violence, we as a community have to have the resources available to them for recovery.
If we can provide that, I truly believe, in healing them, we can slowly begin to break the cycle.
(quiet laugh) Commissioner Clark, what is it you find funny? My apologies, April.
I, uh I just wish my old partner could be here right now.