K-Ville s01e10 Episode Script
Ride Along
yeah? no? no problem All right,good-bye.
No! Boulet Come on,Captain, you know me too well for this.
I know you could be the best at this sort of thing if you just try.
Besides,the Chief specifically requested the two of you for this.
Chief Lewis requested us? Look,does he know how dangerous this is? Now don't get hysterical.
I'm serious! Captain,does he know the damage this could do the department? You mean,more than what's been done already? You know what, Marlin? I think you're prejudiced.
I'm prejudiced? Yeah, admit it: you don't like reporters; You think they're all the same.
I hate reporters and I know they're all the same, and I really don't need one riding along in the back of my squad car.
Well, I do.
This girl is gonna do a profile on the NOPD for the New York Herald with or without our cooperation.
A million readers a day, worldwide circulation, which is why Lewis wants her to shadow somebody with our best interests at heart.
Now, if you love this city, if you love this department, you'll get out there and show her the love.
Come on! Use that patented Boulet charm.
It's an order.
And Cobb Captain? Smile.
Ah, there she is.
Marlin Boulet.
You must be? Jodi Mazzetta, New York Herald.
Trevor Cobb.
Welcome to the Big Easy.
Thank you.
Everyone's so nice down here.
Frankly, I expected a little more tension given the state of things.
Tension? No, no.
Laissez les bons temps rouler.
Let the good times roll.
You ready? Let's roll.
After you.
We have a streetcar here.
It runs from the river to the cemetery.
It costs you a buck 25, but it's not called "Desire.
" It's called "Canal.
" Over there is the whorehouse, birthplace of Louis Armstrong.
Right here we're passing the city's first drugstore.
Some say the first drugstore in the country.
Was it looted during the storm? All that stuff was blown out of proportion.
A few people got desperate under extreme circumstances.
They grabbed the essentials.
Like DVDs and flat-screen plasmas? I saw pictures of cops walking out of stores with goodies under their arms.
Were they desperate, too? Probably for dry socks and clean underwear.
That's what I took when I was out here six days straight up to my waist in waste rescuing people.
Katrina brought out the worst in some people.
But for the most part, it brought out the best.
Where were you during the storm? I was underwater like everyone else.
MAN A signal 34-S, now a signal 30 in Treme, 3400 block of Piety.
Is that a murder? Are we gonna respond? No, that's a "drunk and disorderly.
" Probably a tourist.
What do you say we hit the Quarter? Yeah, let's hit the Quarter.
What are we doing? It's part of our patrol.
We go through the French Quarter every day.
So you guys are just gonna take me on a free tour of the Big Easy? Nothing to see here, right? Come on.
There's lots to see.
I studied the dispatch codes before coming down here.
A 34-S is an aggravated shooting which just graduated to a signal 30: a murder.
Treme is a rough part of town.
You guys are deliberately not taking me down there.
Let me out.
What? Where are the door handles? This isn't a taxi.
This is a police vehicle.
Are you saying I'm a prisoner? Am I under arrest back here? You're under our escort.
Not anymore.
Pull over.
Louisiana, New Orleans.
Yeah, can you connect me to Yellow Cab, please? Yeah, hi, I'm at a grocery store.
I don't see the name.
They sell codfish pie, muffalettas, I don't know.
What do you think you're doing? Going to that murder.
My deadline's in three days and I'm gonna write this article with or without you.
I'm sure you will.
What's that supposed to mean? Hey, 10-12.
Don't give her a quote.
Right.
Yeah, don't give me anything.
Even though my editor sent me all the way Do you know why the New York Herald commissioned this article? Market research.
A reader survey showed that New Yorkers are interested in New Orleans.
Everybody's interested in New Orleans.
Let me finish.
They see you as a sideshow.
The lawless, promiscuous murder capital of the country, yeah.
This drunk, corrupt, alligator-loving welfare state that's never coming back.
Yeah, well, they're wrong.
Prove it.
Don't take this personal.
This is not your fault that your newspaper has to compete with the TV news, gossip blogs and infotainment.
It ain't enough anymore to just tell the story.
You have to sell it, spice it up.
That I do understand, but you'll have to understand if we don't play along 'cause we've been burned before.
You're right.
It is a game.
Look, I know you've been burned before, but I am not like that.
Okay.
You ready? Give me the camera.
There's no pictures, not of me.
I'm undercover sometimes.
Of course.
Hey, Tambro, what's the what? NHI, no witnesses.
What's NHI? If you don't tell me, I'm just gonna find out on my own.
It means "no humans" involved.
I see.
No, you don't.
This is what I was talking about before.
You hit NHI, and you think the cops don't care.
I didn't say that.
That's what you're thinking.
But the reality is there is a story here, one that we've seen too many times to count.
This murder right here is a killing, not a homicide.
What's the difference? Homicides are rare.
They're the people who don't have it coming.
We get a few of those a year.
Now, a killing is drug-related.
Dealer-on-dealer, and those cases usually close themselves.
Whoever hit this man is gonna get a revenge killing by his gang.
That's what we call "cleared by exception.
" You can't solve the killing until you solve the drug problem.
Take a look at this.
It's a project load: all different casings.
What's that? This killer used a nine-millimeter with different kinds of bullets.
It's what we call a "project load.
" Looks like I got two in the head.
His food's still warm.
That's a lot of food for one person.
Uh-oh.
Whoever this belonged to wasn't sitting in the passe wh he got shot.
The blood splatter comes all the way over here to the passenger seat.
Means we might have a witness out there.
Tag that.
You know, his face looks a little old for the streets, too.
A wallet.
"Travis Frederick, " 27 years old.
This is his house right here.
Which he took good care of.
Let's see who's home.
27's old for the streets? 27's way past the expiration date.
These guy always have a record.
Except Travis doesn't.
This isn't a killing anymore, is it? Welcome to your first homicide.
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All the high schools who don't have a field, they use it.
I played many a game at Tad Gormley Stadium growing up.
You played high school football? Marching band, which is what everyone really comes to see play down here.
Speak for yourself, partner.
I scored three touchdowns right here in '93.
So what, we're here to see a little football? pesky little things you need in homicide.
This is where Travis Frederick worked.
Right.
So the question is why does the stadium janitor get executed in front of his own house? I'll make you a deal, Jodi.
You be reporter.
Let us be cops.
Travis was a hard worker.
Really good kid.
I'm sorry.
I'm just shocked.
I mean, I'm really shocked.
You didn't seem shocked to see our badges.
Well, yeah, I thought you were here about the other murder.
What other murder? Sorry.
What other murder? ng in the the men's restroom.
Probably a drug deal gone bad.
We're gonna need to see exactly where that is, okay? We found the body last week right over here the wall.
He was shot in the head a couple times.
A young kid, 19, 20.
Wearing a necklace that probably cost moran my car.
Damn kids coming in here with their guns and drugs.
I keep telling 'em we need metal detectors.
You're not in the picture.
Hey was Travis working the day that kid got shot? I'm going to tell you exactly where he was.
I keep a log of everything right here on my little doodad.
Travis was The fan was broken, so he was outside working on it all day.
Travis was right there when the shots rang out.
In direct view of the killing.
Seems like it's dangerous to witness anything in this town.
Even more dangerous to talk about it.
I keep seeing that billboard everywhere, you know, the one with the chalk outline of the body that Oh, yeah, "Silence Fuels the Violence.
" Right.
That's the crimestoppers program.
Snitch big, win big money.
Of course, the only problem is, people calling the hotline, all they get is an answering machine.
Hey, Glue Boy, will you stop pestering the nice lady, please? We were just talking.
Well, we could talk if you like, but you said you were busy.
It's just boring case stuff.
It's not boring to me.
Come on.
Our bathroom boy- his name is Keeshawn Teague, a low-level drug dealer.
We like to call that a "buzzard.
" So, his killing led to Travis' homicide.
Oh, so now you're catching on.
Hey, Boulet Yeah.
The detective on the bathroom murder's a Raerson.
Report says casings found at the scene were from a project load.
Just like Travis.
Yeah, except there's nothing about a hardworking janitor in the report.
Or any witness to the crime.
You're only in danger if you talk.
See, Travis, he had to talk to somebody.
The way he was killed in front of his house- sent the message to the whole hood: "Don't snitch.
" Maybe he called that crimestoppers hotline? Maybe he told someone who was wearing red lipstick and eating fried chicken in his car.
Hey, Love Tap, how we coming on lipstick girl? Travis' mom thought he had a girlfriend.
Said he never brought her around or mentioned her name.
Well, maybe he was a guy and he didn't want her to know.
Glue Boy, why you got to make everything so complicated? Love Tap? Glue Boy? What? It's a long story.
Girlfriend, boyfriend, whatever the case may be, stay on that path.
Check all of his credit card receipts.
See where he likes to chill, what bars he went to.
Because they would know his love life.
Meanwhile someone on the stree is bragging about killing this Keeshawn character.
Let's hit the streets.
Who would believe it? A liquor store in a Laundromat.
You already said that twice.
The novelty refuses to wear off.
So how long do we have to wait for your guy in the Laundromat with the liquor store? Patience.
He is worth the wait.
What is he, a washer/dryer repairman? Nicky moves around a lot and this is the closest thing he has to a permanent address.
Nicky.
Yeah.
Nicky! Hey, Marlin, hi.
How you doing? What you doing here? You carrying? What? Hmm? No, man, I told you I don't do that junk no more.
How'd you find him? He's Boulet's guy.
Hey, get up.
Yo, man, I'm busy.
Get up.
Get up.
I'm working.
Get up, now.
I I Whoa, wait a minute.
It's all right.
It's all right.
It's just for show.
I don't do that stuff no more.
Get up there.
You've got to stop stealing other people's laundry.
I know your mama raised you better than that.
Felice is supposed to do laundry.
I don't know where she is.
Turn around.
You don't know where Felice is? She's with Mabel.
I told her Mabel was nothing but trouble, man.
She's always running around causing problems.
tey.
y! no t Keeshawne - whkied I didn't hear nothing.
My girl just up and left me.
y! All right? Keeshawn Teague.
Keeshawn Teague, Nicky.
I don't even know if I want her back this time.
I'm tired of chasing her I I You got get you some food, all right? Something you got to chew before you swallow.
Go.
On a good day, Nicky's a gold mine.
He's one of my best Cls.
This didn't seem like a good day.
No.
That'd be too easy.
What's the hard way? Buzzard hunting.
Hey! Shut up.
Shut up! Shut up! You ain't doing nothing right.
You hear me talking to you, boy.
Get down right there.
Get off of me.
Uh-huh, you like it when I rub on you like this.
Don't you? Let me go.
Hey, why's your heart beating so fast, huh? What's this? Beating so fast, it feels like it's gonna bust.
It only beats that fast when you're lying or you're in love.
So what is it? You in love with me? You know Keeshawn Teague, don't you? Huh? Get up.
Get up out of here.
Got a rock.
You know Keeshawn Teague, don't you? you know keeshawn teague, don't you? Man everybody know Keeshawn.
Then everyone knows who smoked him.
Man, I don't know.
Yeah, you don't know.
I think you dropped something.
BUZZMa#2:hat n, tain't mine.
Let me just return this back to its rightful owner.
Hey, partner, check our friend here for narcotics.
My pleasure.
Let me see here.
What do we got? What's this? Oh, look.
t Man, idn've that.
I'm not in the mood for legal loopholes today, so you tell me what I need to know and these grams come off you.
You hear what I'm saying? We're not asking you to snitch.
We're asking you to gossip.
All right? 'Cause I can't put you on the stand for hearsay.
Now, I want you to say it and I'm gonna hear it.
You do it and I make these grams go away, and you won't be looking at your third strike.
who killed him? Caveman.
What'd you say? I said the Caveman did Keeshawn.
Why? Are you serious, man? Hold on, hold on.
Was Keeshawn moving in on Caveman's turf? Man, I don't know.
You don't know? That's just the word on the street.
Ain't nothing else.
Turn around.
You run from me again, I'm gonna hurt your ass.
You hear me? I hear you.
Go on, get out of here.
Stay out of trouble.
You believe him? If he was lying, he would have picked somebody smaller.
I heard about half of that.
What did he say? He said your story just got bumped up to the front page.
No, n-no, no, not Captain Caveman.
The Caveman.
Yeah, his real name is Reginald Lawrence.
No, this isn't funny, Harris.
This man is in a book of the 112 worst criminals in New Orleans.
He's been arrested eight times in the last two years- twice on murder charges - and none of it sticks.
No, you know why? Rumor is he personally kills his witnesses.
I ran Travis Frederick's credit card.
h of charges from a bar called The Half Moon Bar.
Oh, yeah, I know the bartender there- Eddie.
Uh, well, maybe he knows about Travis' girlfriend or boyfriend.
Or whoever he didn't want to bring home to meet his mama.
Yeah, I'll look for him.
No, I think I see him right now.
All right, I appreciate it.
Boulet.
Yeah.
Homicide, Third District, is here.
Let me call you back.
You Ray McPherson? McPHERSON: Yeah.
Trevor Cobb.
This is Marlin Boulet.
Hey, how you doing? What's up? Y'all don't return phone calls around here or what? No, we thought it'd be better if we talked face to face.
Who's this? Jodi Mazzetta, New York Herald.
I don't talk to reporters.
What is this, a set-up or what? No, no.
No.
Hey, Jodi, why don't you wait for us over there for a minute? No, Ray, this is not a set-up.
We're working connected murders: Keeshawn Teague and Travis Frederick.
Yeah, I know, I got to read off the Teletype my witness is dead.
Yeah, well, at least we posted it.
We had to find out about Keeshawn through the maintenance manager at city park.
Hell, we had to dig up your report.
Well, man, I'm sorry to put you out.
Relax, we're all on the same side, okay? We know Caveman shot your vic.
We know Frederick witnessed it.
He was on the roof of the bathroom, repairing the exhaust fan.
Now, we think that Caveman found out and blew him away.
Caveman didn't find out.
Travis came to me the next day, told me he saw it, saw Caveman do it, and that's why I didn't post it.
I don't want that getting out there.
Why didn't you put up Travis in a motel, ?to go to a motel.
He didn't want to go.
He didn't want the repercussions on his friends or on his family.
Well, he told at least one family member or friend.
We're hunting for a girlfriend who might have been there.
Travis wanted to testify.
He was brave, not stupid.
He wasn't going to tell anyone.
I mean, damn, I had this thing locked up.
Well, if we find out anything, we'll let you know.
All right, I'll do the same.
Thankyou.
You think Travis talked to someone, or are you guys betting on McPherson? A corrupt cop in New Orleans.
Kinda has a familiar ring to it, no? Hello? Hey.
You ever been to this Half Moon Bar? That's in the lower Garden District, right? Mm-hmm.
You guys are really not gonna talk to me just because I asked a tough question? Look, lady, there's a few roads that we're gonna go down before we arrive at dirty cop, you understand? So it doesn't bother you, this reputation you all have? You're happy to turn a blind eye? We don't turn a blind eye to anyone, all right? We're investigating a homicide right now, which means we look for clues and we follow leads.
We just don't jump to conclusions and edit our evidence to fit our assumptions.
Or yours.
Just asking questions.
Ho, ho, ho, ho.
What the hell?! Hey, hey.
Right there.
I'll be back in a minute! Just stay behind me.
Stay here.
Don't move.
Shh.
What the hell you doing? Shh! Are you kidding me? A cat? He is not just a cat.
Belonged to a friend of mine who died in the storm.
Be careful, now.
I got it.
Come on, kitty.
Come on, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.
Shh.
Here you go.
Come on, kitty, kitty.
Shh! Right there.
Right there.
Right there.
Damn it! Come on, kitty, kitty, kitty.
Kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.
What can I say? Hands of magic.
A talent honed through many a long night of lonely frustration, I'm sure.
Are you sure I can't take a pictures of you? Because this is this is pretty good.
I'm glad you like it.
Hey! Is the cat okay? Magic hands, partner.
Don't bet 'em.
He's got a straight.
Eddie! Been a while, Marlin.
How you doing? Been a while, man.
It has been.
Double bourbon, right? Ah, hey, no.
I'm on the job right now.
Oh, come on.
We're in New Orleans.
Trevor just fell through a house.
I'm stuck in the backseat with a cat.
We need a drink.
In fact, I'm buying you a drink.
I don't drink, but I'll take a club soda.
Put in two limes.
Okay, a club soda, Jack and ginger for me and double bourbon for Marlin, right? Yeah, sure.
You got it, sweetie.
Hey, Eddie.
Hey! You ever keep a tab for a guy named Travis? A janitor down there at Tad Gormley? Yeah.
I mean, I heard what happened to him.
It's a damn shame.
That's Travis' chair right next to you.
He always sit alone? Not for the past few months.
Fell in love with this girl that work at the Steamboat Natchez; white girl, blonde hair.
White girl? Well, maybe that's why Travis didn't tell his mom about her.
She ain't from here, huh? How can you tell, Eddie? Hey, this girlfriend, she got a name, Eddie? Yeah, um Hayley.
Hayley O'Something-or-another.
Ask the Natchez, man, they'd know.
Oh, well, hey thanks for the drink, Eddie.
Yeah, bro.
Hey, we barely touched our drinks.
Yeah, we got a cat waiting.
Let me just get that.
No, baby, you ain't got to pay for this.
Take care of the cops, they take care of you.
With your sexy self.
We took this out of your boyfriend's car.
I've got odds to say that that's your DNA trapped in its filter.
Doesn't prove anything.
He was my boyfriend.
He took me around in that car all the time.
Like the night he was shot? He let you smoke in the car that night, right? I wasn't in the car when he was shot.
But you know he was shot in the car.
Because you were there.
I didn't see anything.
Now, you're going about this the wrong way.
We're trying to help you.
Hmm? I see last year you got into a little trouble.
Nickname was "Hot Check Hayley, " huh? I see two, no, three outstanding warrants.
I got into some money trouble.
We've all been there, believe me.
It'd just be a real shame if you went to prison for something like this.
You're a mom, right? I got a two-year-old, yeah.
Yeah, he's staying with my folks right now.
They willing to baby-sit him for the next ten years? Ten years? One of your checks was for $512, and according to Orleans Parish law, that's a fine of $3, 000 and up to ten years in prison.
Yeah.
Bobby was sick and I needed to take him to the emergency room.
Well, while you're in prison, the state'll look hard at his living arrangements.
They're threatening to take her kid away? That seems a bit extreme, no? She's a suspect on three counts of fraud and witness to a murder.
Cobb and Boulet can tell her I'm the Pope if it gets her to talk.
But they wouldn't really do that, right? theyiy're Ing to her? Just like the Supreme Court said they could.
Hayley let us help you.
And then what? Okay, he doesn't know that I saw him.
But once you arrest him We can protect you, even before the trial.
We can move you, your son, and your folks away from here.
Some place safe.
It's a lot better deal than you're going to get from the shooter.
The bathroom at The Chicken Box was busted, so we stopped by Travis' house on the way to the movie.
He waited in the car.
You came out and? And, uh He was standing near Travis' car and leaned in and, um, and just shot him twice.
Who shot him? Are you sure? Do you know his name? Caveman.
You scared? My college boyfriend's a TV reporter in Iraq right now.
Always talks about going out with the troops.
I guess this is what he's talking about.
You sure it's safe for her to be here? It's not a problem.
You just stay close to us and stand where we tell you.
If it's not a big deal, what's with all the shock and awe? Nobody ever said it wasn't a big deal.
This is how we roll with high-risk warrants.
A guy sees this kind of hardware, and he tends to go along peacefully.
Now, the Caveman being an old pro, he'll probably smile when he surrenders.
'Cause he always beats the rap.
Not this time.
I wonder how much he'll be smiling when he finds out we got a witness.
We're here.
Caveman, his apartment's on the first floor.
Left-hand side, three doors in.
Boulet, we got a problem.
What? We got a spotter, 1:00.
Oh, no.
No! No! No! No! he move! Breach! Breach, now! Go! Go! Go! Go! Set up a perimeter with a ten-block radius.
ready to go hall to hall, you get it?! And since it rained yesterday, I want you to be keeping eye out for muddy footprints at every doorway.
He's gone.
You lost the Caveman because a reporter girl's flash went off? Why'd you bring her on a tactical operation anyway? Should've been 10-20-30, and it wasn't.
Because you two were being cowboys.
Caveman knew we were coming anyway, Cap.
Oh, yeah? How do you figure? He had a spotter.
He planted a kid on a fire escape to lookout.
The kid saw us.
He went into the apartment icked the lights on and off twice to signal Caveman that we were here.
And that signal came before Jodi used her flash.
But why would he need a lookout? Caveman doesn't care if he gets arrested or not.
Unless he knew we had a witness, which I think he found out somehow.
FAS was the only unit who knew about this operation, Cap.
Think about it.
Embry.
Yeah, they're here.
Well, that's perfect.
More good news.
Your witness just developed amnesia.
Th-this was a mistake.
I don't want to do this.
Hayley, calm down.
Why am I still here? I've been waiting in this room for hours! We're waiting on the DA to approve the paperwork to move you to a safe location.
All right, now, just hang in there a little while longer, and we'll get him in custody soon.
You don't have him yet?! He's still out there? We'll get him.
I'm so stupid.
He's gonnalked.
I know you're scared right now, but you're not in this alone.
You know what he does to his witnesses? Do you know? He killed one of them by slamming her head into a car door, and that was his girlfriend! He's gonna kill me! We're not gonna let that happen.
Oh, you couldn't even arrest him without screwing it up! Would you rather go to jail? You'll be away from your baby boy for years.
And it'll be rough for him growing up with his mammabehind Better than growing up an orphan.
You know, when you arrest me, I want you to book me out front so everyone can see I'm not a snitch.
Guys Not now.
Look, I don't know how many times I have to apologize Look, it's not about you, all right? We lost Caveman, we lost our witness, and I don't have time to comfort you right about now.
Boulet? Yeah.
They told me this was your cat.
It pissed all over the locker room.
Oh, God Just get rid of it.
Why he had to bring it to me? Come on, man.
I - I know where to take you.
Let's go.
Where are you guys going? Nowhere with you.
You can either stay here, or go back to your hotel room.
Hey, Nicky.
Nicky, wake up! Yeah.
Found your girl.
Oh, Felice? No.
We found Mabel.
Hey.
We found her at an abandoned house over on Baronne, looked like it used to be real nice once.
Hey, man, this is not my cat.
It's Felice's.
Man, I don't even like cats.
I mean, look at her.
You could've at least cleaned her up a little bit.
She's a mess now.
when Felice come home.
Let me tell you something, when Felice get home, man Well e in Baton Rouge October 5, 2005.
Felice isn't coming home? Marlin? No.
Nicky, no, she's not.
But she would have wanted the two of you to take care of each other, man.
She's counting on that.
You can do it.
Take care of yourself.
ll see you around, okay? What, you follow us here? I thought I told you to go back to your hotel room.
I know and I'm going to.
I just wanted to say You already apologized.
Thank you.
You really opened my eyes, and I think you're gonna do the same for a lot of other people.
You're welcome.
Now, please, stop following us.
No problem.
I've got a deadline to make.
Good luck.
Everyday Heroes.
What? Well, I was just thinking for the title.
I think people want to read about a happy ending down here.
Well, just know that this ain't the end.
We're gonna catch the Caveman.
Central Dispatch put out a BOLO on Caveman's silver car and his black SUV.
Like he's gonna be driving either one of those right now.
I figure he's gonna be with one of his cousins.
And I got a whole pile of them right here.
You got anything on the spotter? No.
Just a project kid paid off to watch out for cops.
You really think it was a cop that told Caveman that we were coming? That we had a witness? You mean, do I think the reporter was onto something? No, she thought it was McPherson.
You said it was someone in this unit.
Mmm.
You think I'm wrong? I think you should've played it closer to the vest.
We could've looked into it on our own, Boulet, before going to Embry.
Yeah, you're worried about an internal investigation.
If PIB does a sweep of this unit, they're gonna take an extra close look at me, and they're gonna find a big hole in my past.
They're gonna ask me questions that they didn't ask when I signed up.
Right.
Well I say we look into this on our own, then.
Be the first to find that rat.
All right.
Cap waiting on us? Mm-hmm.
by his mom's house again? I think I can't think until I get me some coffee.
This'll wake you up.
She screwed us.
Who? Jodi Mazzetta.
"Bad Cop/Bad Cop"? What the hell is this, Cap? Read it.
Better yet, let me give you the highlights.
It's about two maverick cops in the Big Easy who drink on the job, threaten witnesses, and fail to get the city's "most dangerous criminal" because they're too busy chasing down a kitty-cat.
That bitch.
Cap, this is all exaggerated I know that.
Problem is, no one else reading it will.
Okay, Cap, as soon as we catch Caveman, I'm hopping on a plane and I'm going to to New York, and I'm going to have a little talk with Ms.
Mazzetta.
Hmm, you don't have to wait that long.
I know you're upse Explain what? You trashed us, just like I said you would.
You lied to our faces, and you lied in this article.
I didn't lie to you.
I wrote the article I said I would.
Everyday Heroes? What about that? That is Harris Goldman, my editor.
I e-mailed him my article, all my research.
He called it a puff piece.
So he went back to my notes, and he rewrote it.
Well, if he wrote it, why is your name still on it, huh? Why didn't you take your name off? Oh, it's because it's the front page, isn't it? See, I thought you were a real journalist interested in telling the real story.
Real stories get printed.
If I want to be a real journalist, I have to get printed.
Look, if I tell my boss to go to hell, he fires me and he rewrites it anyway.
You don't understand how it works.
Oh, I understand.
I just thought you were a little different.
I am.
I just have to earn my way to a place where I can prove that.
You know what? Just shut up for a second.
What? "One of their sources "whom they visited repeatedly "during the course of their investigation, "a junkie in a motorized wheelchair "who they're trying to find a new home for, "so that he and his cat "could leave the liquor/laundromat they called home.
" Hey.
That's Nicky.
Everybody's gonna know who that is.
Let's go! Including Caveman.
you? hey nicky? we? i think? this is? go get? face? get? where? where is? where is nicky? nicky nicky ho, no what? that's? sorry ni i'm sorry he told? he told me? i'm? i'm gonna? then? not? not did? this? and? hey? man? yeah hey? i don't? come on? give? and? but? i never? you? come? i? just? yeah ok
No! Boulet Come on,Captain, you know me too well for this.
I know you could be the best at this sort of thing if you just try.
Besides,the Chief specifically requested the two of you for this.
Chief Lewis requested us? Look,does he know how dangerous this is? Now don't get hysterical.
I'm serious! Captain,does he know the damage this could do the department? You mean,more than what's been done already? You know what, Marlin? I think you're prejudiced.
I'm prejudiced? Yeah, admit it: you don't like reporters; You think they're all the same.
I hate reporters and I know they're all the same, and I really don't need one riding along in the back of my squad car.
Well, I do.
This girl is gonna do a profile on the NOPD for the New York Herald with or without our cooperation.
A million readers a day, worldwide circulation, which is why Lewis wants her to shadow somebody with our best interests at heart.
Now, if you love this city, if you love this department, you'll get out there and show her the love.
Come on! Use that patented Boulet charm.
It's an order.
And Cobb Captain? Smile.
Ah, there she is.
Marlin Boulet.
You must be? Jodi Mazzetta, New York Herald.
Trevor Cobb.
Welcome to the Big Easy.
Thank you.
Everyone's so nice down here.
Frankly, I expected a little more tension given the state of things.
Tension? No, no.
Laissez les bons temps rouler.
Let the good times roll.
You ready? Let's roll.
After you.
We have a streetcar here.
It runs from the river to the cemetery.
It costs you a buck 25, but it's not called "Desire.
" It's called "Canal.
" Over there is the whorehouse, birthplace of Louis Armstrong.
Right here we're passing the city's first drugstore.
Some say the first drugstore in the country.
Was it looted during the storm? All that stuff was blown out of proportion.
A few people got desperate under extreme circumstances.
They grabbed the essentials.
Like DVDs and flat-screen plasmas? I saw pictures of cops walking out of stores with goodies under their arms.
Were they desperate, too? Probably for dry socks and clean underwear.
That's what I took when I was out here six days straight up to my waist in waste rescuing people.
Katrina brought out the worst in some people.
But for the most part, it brought out the best.
Where were you during the storm? I was underwater like everyone else.
MAN A signal 34-S, now a signal 30 in Treme, 3400 block of Piety.
Is that a murder? Are we gonna respond? No, that's a "drunk and disorderly.
" Probably a tourist.
What do you say we hit the Quarter? Yeah, let's hit the Quarter.
What are we doing? It's part of our patrol.
We go through the French Quarter every day.
So you guys are just gonna take me on a free tour of the Big Easy? Nothing to see here, right? Come on.
There's lots to see.
I studied the dispatch codes before coming down here.
A 34-S is an aggravated shooting which just graduated to a signal 30: a murder.
Treme is a rough part of town.
You guys are deliberately not taking me down there.
Let me out.
What? Where are the door handles? This isn't a taxi.
This is a police vehicle.
Are you saying I'm a prisoner? Am I under arrest back here? You're under our escort.
Not anymore.
Pull over.
Louisiana, New Orleans.
Yeah, can you connect me to Yellow Cab, please? Yeah, hi, I'm at a grocery store.
I don't see the name.
They sell codfish pie, muffalettas, I don't know.
What do you think you're doing? Going to that murder.
My deadline's in three days and I'm gonna write this article with or without you.
I'm sure you will.
What's that supposed to mean? Hey, 10-12.
Don't give her a quote.
Right.
Yeah, don't give me anything.
Even though my editor sent me all the way Do you know why the New York Herald commissioned this article? Market research.
A reader survey showed that New Yorkers are interested in New Orleans.
Everybody's interested in New Orleans.
Let me finish.
They see you as a sideshow.
The lawless, promiscuous murder capital of the country, yeah.
This drunk, corrupt, alligator-loving welfare state that's never coming back.
Yeah, well, they're wrong.
Prove it.
Don't take this personal.
This is not your fault that your newspaper has to compete with the TV news, gossip blogs and infotainment.
It ain't enough anymore to just tell the story.
You have to sell it, spice it up.
That I do understand, but you'll have to understand if we don't play along 'cause we've been burned before.
You're right.
It is a game.
Look, I know you've been burned before, but I am not like that.
Okay.
You ready? Give me the camera.
There's no pictures, not of me.
I'm undercover sometimes.
Of course.
Hey, Tambro, what's the what? NHI, no witnesses.
What's NHI? If you don't tell me, I'm just gonna find out on my own.
It means "no humans" involved.
I see.
No, you don't.
This is what I was talking about before.
You hit NHI, and you think the cops don't care.
I didn't say that.
That's what you're thinking.
But the reality is there is a story here, one that we've seen too many times to count.
This murder right here is a killing, not a homicide.
What's the difference? Homicides are rare.
They're the people who don't have it coming.
We get a few of those a year.
Now, a killing is drug-related.
Dealer-on-dealer, and those cases usually close themselves.
Whoever hit this man is gonna get a revenge killing by his gang.
That's what we call "cleared by exception.
" You can't solve the killing until you solve the drug problem.
Take a look at this.
It's a project load: all different casings.
What's that? This killer used a nine-millimeter with different kinds of bullets.
It's what we call a "project load.
" Looks like I got two in the head.
His food's still warm.
That's a lot of food for one person.
Uh-oh.
Whoever this belonged to wasn't sitting in the passe wh he got shot.
The blood splatter comes all the way over here to the passenger seat.
Means we might have a witness out there.
Tag that.
You know, his face looks a little old for the streets, too.
A wallet.
"Travis Frederick, " 27 years old.
This is his house right here.
Which he took good care of.
Let's see who's home.
27's old for the streets? 27's way past the expiration date.
These guy always have a record.
Except Travis doesn't.
This isn't a killing anymore, is it? Welcome to your first homicide.
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All the high schools who don't have a field, they use it.
I played many a game at Tad Gormley Stadium growing up.
You played high school football? Marching band, which is what everyone really comes to see play down here.
Speak for yourself, partner.
I scored three touchdowns right here in '93.
So what, we're here to see a little football? pesky little things you need in homicide.
This is where Travis Frederick worked.
Right.
So the question is why does the stadium janitor get executed in front of his own house? I'll make you a deal, Jodi.
You be reporter.
Let us be cops.
Travis was a hard worker.
Really good kid.
I'm sorry.
I'm just shocked.
I mean, I'm really shocked.
You didn't seem shocked to see our badges.
Well, yeah, I thought you were here about the other murder.
What other murder? Sorry.
What other murder? ng in the the men's restroom.
Probably a drug deal gone bad.
We're gonna need to see exactly where that is, okay? We found the body last week right over here the wall.
He was shot in the head a couple times.
A young kid, 19, 20.
Wearing a necklace that probably cost moran my car.
Damn kids coming in here with their guns and drugs.
I keep telling 'em we need metal detectors.
You're not in the picture.
Hey was Travis working the day that kid got shot? I'm going to tell you exactly where he was.
I keep a log of everything right here on my little doodad.
Travis was The fan was broken, so he was outside working on it all day.
Travis was right there when the shots rang out.
In direct view of the killing.
Seems like it's dangerous to witness anything in this town.
Even more dangerous to talk about it.
I keep seeing that billboard everywhere, you know, the one with the chalk outline of the body that Oh, yeah, "Silence Fuels the Violence.
" Right.
That's the crimestoppers program.
Snitch big, win big money.
Of course, the only problem is, people calling the hotline, all they get is an answering machine.
Hey, Glue Boy, will you stop pestering the nice lady, please? We were just talking.
Well, we could talk if you like, but you said you were busy.
It's just boring case stuff.
It's not boring to me.
Come on.
Our bathroom boy- his name is Keeshawn Teague, a low-level drug dealer.
We like to call that a "buzzard.
" So, his killing led to Travis' homicide.
Oh, so now you're catching on.
Hey, Boulet Yeah.
The detective on the bathroom murder's a Raerson.
Report says casings found at the scene were from a project load.
Just like Travis.
Yeah, except there's nothing about a hardworking janitor in the report.
Or any witness to the crime.
You're only in danger if you talk.
See, Travis, he had to talk to somebody.
The way he was killed in front of his house- sent the message to the whole hood: "Don't snitch.
" Maybe he called that crimestoppers hotline? Maybe he told someone who was wearing red lipstick and eating fried chicken in his car.
Hey, Love Tap, how we coming on lipstick girl? Travis' mom thought he had a girlfriend.
Said he never brought her around or mentioned her name.
Well, maybe he was a guy and he didn't want her to know.
Glue Boy, why you got to make everything so complicated? Love Tap? Glue Boy? What? It's a long story.
Girlfriend, boyfriend, whatever the case may be, stay on that path.
Check all of his credit card receipts.
See where he likes to chill, what bars he went to.
Because they would know his love life.
Meanwhile someone on the stree is bragging about killing this Keeshawn character.
Let's hit the streets.
Who would believe it? A liquor store in a Laundromat.
You already said that twice.
The novelty refuses to wear off.
So how long do we have to wait for your guy in the Laundromat with the liquor store? Patience.
He is worth the wait.
What is he, a washer/dryer repairman? Nicky moves around a lot and this is the closest thing he has to a permanent address.
Nicky.
Yeah.
Nicky! Hey, Marlin, hi.
How you doing? What you doing here? You carrying? What? Hmm? No, man, I told you I don't do that junk no more.
How'd you find him? He's Boulet's guy.
Hey, get up.
Yo, man, I'm busy.
Get up.
Get up.
I'm working.
Get up, now.
I I Whoa, wait a minute.
It's all right.
It's all right.
It's just for show.
I don't do that stuff no more.
Get up there.
You've got to stop stealing other people's laundry.
I know your mama raised you better than that.
Felice is supposed to do laundry.
I don't know where she is.
Turn around.
You don't know where Felice is? She's with Mabel.
I told her Mabel was nothing but trouble, man.
She's always running around causing problems.
tey.
y! no t Keeshawne - whkied I didn't hear nothing.
My girl just up and left me.
y! All right? Keeshawn Teague.
Keeshawn Teague, Nicky.
I don't even know if I want her back this time.
I'm tired of chasing her I I You got get you some food, all right? Something you got to chew before you swallow.
Go.
On a good day, Nicky's a gold mine.
He's one of my best Cls.
This didn't seem like a good day.
No.
That'd be too easy.
What's the hard way? Buzzard hunting.
Hey! Shut up.
Shut up! Shut up! You ain't doing nothing right.
You hear me talking to you, boy.
Get down right there.
Get off of me.
Uh-huh, you like it when I rub on you like this.
Don't you? Let me go.
Hey, why's your heart beating so fast, huh? What's this? Beating so fast, it feels like it's gonna bust.
It only beats that fast when you're lying or you're in love.
So what is it? You in love with me? You know Keeshawn Teague, don't you? Huh? Get up.
Get up out of here.
Got a rock.
You know Keeshawn Teague, don't you? you know keeshawn teague, don't you? Man everybody know Keeshawn.
Then everyone knows who smoked him.
Man, I don't know.
Yeah, you don't know.
I think you dropped something.
BUZZMa#2:hat n, tain't mine.
Let me just return this back to its rightful owner.
Hey, partner, check our friend here for narcotics.
My pleasure.
Let me see here.
What do we got? What's this? Oh, look.
t Man, idn've that.
I'm not in the mood for legal loopholes today, so you tell me what I need to know and these grams come off you.
You hear what I'm saying? We're not asking you to snitch.
We're asking you to gossip.
All right? 'Cause I can't put you on the stand for hearsay.
Now, I want you to say it and I'm gonna hear it.
You do it and I make these grams go away, and you won't be looking at your third strike.
who killed him? Caveman.
What'd you say? I said the Caveman did Keeshawn.
Why? Are you serious, man? Hold on, hold on.
Was Keeshawn moving in on Caveman's turf? Man, I don't know.
You don't know? That's just the word on the street.
Ain't nothing else.
Turn around.
You run from me again, I'm gonna hurt your ass.
You hear me? I hear you.
Go on, get out of here.
Stay out of trouble.
You believe him? If he was lying, he would have picked somebody smaller.
I heard about half of that.
What did he say? He said your story just got bumped up to the front page.
No, n-no, no, not Captain Caveman.
The Caveman.
Yeah, his real name is Reginald Lawrence.
No, this isn't funny, Harris.
This man is in a book of the 112 worst criminals in New Orleans.
He's been arrested eight times in the last two years- twice on murder charges - and none of it sticks.
No, you know why? Rumor is he personally kills his witnesses.
I ran Travis Frederick's credit card.
h of charges from a bar called The Half Moon Bar.
Oh, yeah, I know the bartender there- Eddie.
Uh, well, maybe he knows about Travis' girlfriend or boyfriend.
Or whoever he didn't want to bring home to meet his mama.
Yeah, I'll look for him.
No, I think I see him right now.
All right, I appreciate it.
Boulet.
Yeah.
Homicide, Third District, is here.
Let me call you back.
You Ray McPherson? McPHERSON: Yeah.
Trevor Cobb.
This is Marlin Boulet.
Hey, how you doing? What's up? Y'all don't return phone calls around here or what? No, we thought it'd be better if we talked face to face.
Who's this? Jodi Mazzetta, New York Herald.
I don't talk to reporters.
What is this, a set-up or what? No, no.
No.
Hey, Jodi, why don't you wait for us over there for a minute? No, Ray, this is not a set-up.
We're working connected murders: Keeshawn Teague and Travis Frederick.
Yeah, I know, I got to read off the Teletype my witness is dead.
Yeah, well, at least we posted it.
We had to find out about Keeshawn through the maintenance manager at city park.
Hell, we had to dig up your report.
Well, man, I'm sorry to put you out.
Relax, we're all on the same side, okay? We know Caveman shot your vic.
We know Frederick witnessed it.
He was on the roof of the bathroom, repairing the exhaust fan.
Now, we think that Caveman found out and blew him away.
Caveman didn't find out.
Travis came to me the next day, told me he saw it, saw Caveman do it, and that's why I didn't post it.
I don't want that getting out there.
Why didn't you put up Travis in a motel, ?to go to a motel.
He didn't want to go.
He didn't want the repercussions on his friends or on his family.
Well, he told at least one family member or friend.
We're hunting for a girlfriend who might have been there.
Travis wanted to testify.
He was brave, not stupid.
He wasn't going to tell anyone.
I mean, damn, I had this thing locked up.
Well, if we find out anything, we'll let you know.
All right, I'll do the same.
Thankyou.
You think Travis talked to someone, or are you guys betting on McPherson? A corrupt cop in New Orleans.
Kinda has a familiar ring to it, no? Hello? Hey.
You ever been to this Half Moon Bar? That's in the lower Garden District, right? Mm-hmm.
You guys are really not gonna talk to me just because I asked a tough question? Look, lady, there's a few roads that we're gonna go down before we arrive at dirty cop, you understand? So it doesn't bother you, this reputation you all have? You're happy to turn a blind eye? We don't turn a blind eye to anyone, all right? We're investigating a homicide right now, which means we look for clues and we follow leads.
We just don't jump to conclusions and edit our evidence to fit our assumptions.
Or yours.
Just asking questions.
Ho, ho, ho, ho.
What the hell?! Hey, hey.
Right there.
I'll be back in a minute! Just stay behind me.
Stay here.
Don't move.
Shh.
What the hell you doing? Shh! Are you kidding me? A cat? He is not just a cat.
Belonged to a friend of mine who died in the storm.
Be careful, now.
I got it.
Come on, kitty.
Come on, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.
Shh.
Here you go.
Come on, kitty, kitty.
Shh! Right there.
Right there.
Right there.
Damn it! Come on, kitty, kitty, kitty.
Kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.
What can I say? Hands of magic.
A talent honed through many a long night of lonely frustration, I'm sure.
Are you sure I can't take a pictures of you? Because this is this is pretty good.
I'm glad you like it.
Hey! Is the cat okay? Magic hands, partner.
Don't bet 'em.
He's got a straight.
Eddie! Been a while, Marlin.
How you doing? Been a while, man.
It has been.
Double bourbon, right? Ah, hey, no.
I'm on the job right now.
Oh, come on.
We're in New Orleans.
Trevor just fell through a house.
I'm stuck in the backseat with a cat.
We need a drink.
In fact, I'm buying you a drink.
I don't drink, but I'll take a club soda.
Put in two limes.
Okay, a club soda, Jack and ginger for me and double bourbon for Marlin, right? Yeah, sure.
You got it, sweetie.
Hey, Eddie.
Hey! You ever keep a tab for a guy named Travis? A janitor down there at Tad Gormley? Yeah.
I mean, I heard what happened to him.
It's a damn shame.
That's Travis' chair right next to you.
He always sit alone? Not for the past few months.
Fell in love with this girl that work at the Steamboat Natchez; white girl, blonde hair.
White girl? Well, maybe that's why Travis didn't tell his mom about her.
She ain't from here, huh? How can you tell, Eddie? Hey, this girlfriend, she got a name, Eddie? Yeah, um Hayley.
Hayley O'Something-or-another.
Ask the Natchez, man, they'd know.
Oh, well, hey thanks for the drink, Eddie.
Yeah, bro.
Hey, we barely touched our drinks.
Yeah, we got a cat waiting.
Let me just get that.
No, baby, you ain't got to pay for this.
Take care of the cops, they take care of you.
With your sexy self.
We took this out of your boyfriend's car.
I've got odds to say that that's your DNA trapped in its filter.
Doesn't prove anything.
He was my boyfriend.
He took me around in that car all the time.
Like the night he was shot? He let you smoke in the car that night, right? I wasn't in the car when he was shot.
But you know he was shot in the car.
Because you were there.
I didn't see anything.
Now, you're going about this the wrong way.
We're trying to help you.
Hmm? I see last year you got into a little trouble.
Nickname was "Hot Check Hayley, " huh? I see two, no, three outstanding warrants.
I got into some money trouble.
We've all been there, believe me.
It'd just be a real shame if you went to prison for something like this.
You're a mom, right? I got a two-year-old, yeah.
Yeah, he's staying with my folks right now.
They willing to baby-sit him for the next ten years? Ten years? One of your checks was for $512, and according to Orleans Parish law, that's a fine of $3, 000 and up to ten years in prison.
Yeah.
Bobby was sick and I needed to take him to the emergency room.
Well, while you're in prison, the state'll look hard at his living arrangements.
They're threatening to take her kid away? That seems a bit extreme, no? She's a suspect on three counts of fraud and witness to a murder.
Cobb and Boulet can tell her I'm the Pope if it gets her to talk.
But they wouldn't really do that, right? theyiy're Ing to her? Just like the Supreme Court said they could.
Hayley let us help you.
And then what? Okay, he doesn't know that I saw him.
But once you arrest him We can protect you, even before the trial.
We can move you, your son, and your folks away from here.
Some place safe.
It's a lot better deal than you're going to get from the shooter.
The bathroom at The Chicken Box was busted, so we stopped by Travis' house on the way to the movie.
He waited in the car.
You came out and? And, uh He was standing near Travis' car and leaned in and, um, and just shot him twice.
Who shot him? Are you sure? Do you know his name? Caveman.
You scared? My college boyfriend's a TV reporter in Iraq right now.
Always talks about going out with the troops.
I guess this is what he's talking about.
You sure it's safe for her to be here? It's not a problem.
You just stay close to us and stand where we tell you.
If it's not a big deal, what's with all the shock and awe? Nobody ever said it wasn't a big deal.
This is how we roll with high-risk warrants.
A guy sees this kind of hardware, and he tends to go along peacefully.
Now, the Caveman being an old pro, he'll probably smile when he surrenders.
'Cause he always beats the rap.
Not this time.
I wonder how much he'll be smiling when he finds out we got a witness.
We're here.
Caveman, his apartment's on the first floor.
Left-hand side, three doors in.
Boulet, we got a problem.
What? We got a spotter, 1:00.
Oh, no.
No! No! No! No! he move! Breach! Breach, now! Go! Go! Go! Go! Set up a perimeter with a ten-block radius.
ready to go hall to hall, you get it?! And since it rained yesterday, I want you to be keeping eye out for muddy footprints at every doorway.
He's gone.
You lost the Caveman because a reporter girl's flash went off? Why'd you bring her on a tactical operation anyway? Should've been 10-20-30, and it wasn't.
Because you two were being cowboys.
Caveman knew we were coming anyway, Cap.
Oh, yeah? How do you figure? He had a spotter.
He planted a kid on a fire escape to lookout.
The kid saw us.
He went into the apartment icked the lights on and off twice to signal Caveman that we were here.
And that signal came before Jodi used her flash.
But why would he need a lookout? Caveman doesn't care if he gets arrested or not.
Unless he knew we had a witness, which I think he found out somehow.
FAS was the only unit who knew about this operation, Cap.
Think about it.
Embry.
Yeah, they're here.
Well, that's perfect.
More good news.
Your witness just developed amnesia.
Th-this was a mistake.
I don't want to do this.
Hayley, calm down.
Why am I still here? I've been waiting in this room for hours! We're waiting on the DA to approve the paperwork to move you to a safe location.
All right, now, just hang in there a little while longer, and we'll get him in custody soon.
You don't have him yet?! He's still out there? We'll get him.
I'm so stupid.
He's gonnalked.
I know you're scared right now, but you're not in this alone.
You know what he does to his witnesses? Do you know? He killed one of them by slamming her head into a car door, and that was his girlfriend! He's gonna kill me! We're not gonna let that happen.
Oh, you couldn't even arrest him without screwing it up! Would you rather go to jail? You'll be away from your baby boy for years.
And it'll be rough for him growing up with his mammabehind Better than growing up an orphan.
You know, when you arrest me, I want you to book me out front so everyone can see I'm not a snitch.
Guys Not now.
Look, I don't know how many times I have to apologize Look, it's not about you, all right? We lost Caveman, we lost our witness, and I don't have time to comfort you right about now.
Boulet? Yeah.
They told me this was your cat.
It pissed all over the locker room.
Oh, God Just get rid of it.
Why he had to bring it to me? Come on, man.
I - I know where to take you.
Let's go.
Where are you guys going? Nowhere with you.
You can either stay here, or go back to your hotel room.
Hey, Nicky.
Nicky, wake up! Yeah.
Found your girl.
Oh, Felice? No.
We found Mabel.
Hey.
We found her at an abandoned house over on Baronne, looked like it used to be real nice once.
Hey, man, this is not my cat.
It's Felice's.
Man, I don't even like cats.
I mean, look at her.
You could've at least cleaned her up a little bit.
She's a mess now.
when Felice come home.
Let me tell you something, when Felice get home, man Well e in Baton Rouge October 5, 2005.
Felice isn't coming home? Marlin? No.
Nicky, no, she's not.
But she would have wanted the two of you to take care of each other, man.
She's counting on that.
You can do it.
Take care of yourself.
ll see you around, okay? What, you follow us here? I thought I told you to go back to your hotel room.
I know and I'm going to.
I just wanted to say You already apologized.
Thank you.
You really opened my eyes, and I think you're gonna do the same for a lot of other people.
You're welcome.
Now, please, stop following us.
No problem.
I've got a deadline to make.
Good luck.
Everyday Heroes.
What? Well, I was just thinking for the title.
I think people want to read about a happy ending down here.
Well, just know that this ain't the end.
We're gonna catch the Caveman.
Central Dispatch put out a BOLO on Caveman's silver car and his black SUV.
Like he's gonna be driving either one of those right now.
I figure he's gonna be with one of his cousins.
And I got a whole pile of them right here.
You got anything on the spotter? No.
Just a project kid paid off to watch out for cops.
You really think it was a cop that told Caveman that we were coming? That we had a witness? You mean, do I think the reporter was onto something? No, she thought it was McPherson.
You said it was someone in this unit.
Mmm.
You think I'm wrong? I think you should've played it closer to the vest.
We could've looked into it on our own, Boulet, before going to Embry.
Yeah, you're worried about an internal investigation.
If PIB does a sweep of this unit, they're gonna take an extra close look at me, and they're gonna find a big hole in my past.
They're gonna ask me questions that they didn't ask when I signed up.
Right.
Well I say we look into this on our own, then.
Be the first to find that rat.
All right.
Cap waiting on us? Mm-hmm.
by his mom's house again? I think I can't think until I get me some coffee.
This'll wake you up.
She screwed us.
Who? Jodi Mazzetta.
"Bad Cop/Bad Cop"? What the hell is this, Cap? Read it.
Better yet, let me give you the highlights.
It's about two maverick cops in the Big Easy who drink on the job, threaten witnesses, and fail to get the city's "most dangerous criminal" because they're too busy chasing down a kitty-cat.
That bitch.
Cap, this is all exaggerated I know that.
Problem is, no one else reading it will.
Okay, Cap, as soon as we catch Caveman, I'm hopping on a plane and I'm going to to New York, and I'm going to have a little talk with Ms.
Mazzetta.
Hmm, you don't have to wait that long.
I know you're upse Explain what? You trashed us, just like I said you would.
You lied to our faces, and you lied in this article.
I didn't lie to you.
I wrote the article I said I would.
Everyday Heroes? What about that? That is Harris Goldman, my editor.
I e-mailed him my article, all my research.
He called it a puff piece.
So he went back to my notes, and he rewrote it.
Well, if he wrote it, why is your name still on it, huh? Why didn't you take your name off? Oh, it's because it's the front page, isn't it? See, I thought you were a real journalist interested in telling the real story.
Real stories get printed.
If I want to be a real journalist, I have to get printed.
Look, if I tell my boss to go to hell, he fires me and he rewrites it anyway.
You don't understand how it works.
Oh, I understand.
I just thought you were a little different.
I am.
I just have to earn my way to a place where I can prove that.
You know what? Just shut up for a second.
What? "One of their sources "whom they visited repeatedly "during the course of their investigation, "a junkie in a motorized wheelchair "who they're trying to find a new home for, "so that he and his cat "could leave the liquor/laundromat they called home.
" Hey.
That's Nicky.
Everybody's gonna know who that is.
Let's go! Including Caveman.
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