Taxi Brooklyn (2014) s01e11 Episode Script

Previously on Taxi Brooklyn Luke Capella's been released from prison.
The Corleones of South Brooklyn? I met Giada.
She's really nice.
My father was after the Capellas.
He shot and killed Tommie Capella.
But you were obviously friends with this man's granddaughter.
Annabella was my best friend.
- You must be Ryhs.
- And you must be Leo.
He's British.
That's different.
Who was the other target? You, bitch.
Luke Capella never ordered a hit on your father.
Annabella took over the family business after your dad killed Tommie.
She's the new godfather.
You would not believe the disgusting sounds that are coming out of your mouth.
God, police work is boring.
Not if you catch the bad guy.
We don't even know if there's a bad guy.
He don't look bad to me.
His name is Mario Maura, and we believe that he is somehow involved with the Capellas in wholesale drug dealing.
Of course, the Capellas.
I should have thought about it No wonder I was sitting out here in the middle of the day.
It's your favorite family.
I got an anonymous tip that there's a criminal enterprise being run out of this apartment house, and Mario just happens to live there.
Based on the neighborhood, I would say that your tipster is a junkie.
Junkies are people too.
I think I heard that Yeah, Sesame Street.
What are you doing? Strengthening my grip.
I'm playing in the two-on-two tournament in the Village.
You play basketball? I grew up playing round ball in Marseilles.
It's pretty big over there.
- Are you any good? - Excuse me? - Excuse me? - Well? - Yeah.
I got moves.
- Okay, that means no.
My homeboy Roger even thinks we have a shot at taking the championship.
Seriously, we already made it to the semis.
The winners take 10 grand home which I am going to use to get my Nico over here.
You need $10,000 to get Nico from Marseilles to New York? Unfortunately, my ex-wife will only fly first class.
And since my consulting fees with the N.
Y.
P.
D barely suffice to fill up my gas tank - Here we go.
Okay.
- I think I have to win.
- What's this? - Messenger service.
What are we looking for? - She didn't say.
- She? Yeah.
- I'll call for backup and an ambulance.
- Hey.
Police.
An ambulance is on its way.
I need backup on Kent and DeKalb.
In pursuit of a shooting suspect on a motorcycle.
Suspect is armed and dangerous.
- Don't say a word.
- I'm not.
What do you got? We got a Theodore Allan Whitley.
He's a messenger.
.
32-calibeto.
Cat and Leo saw this happen.
What were you doing here, Detective? Anonymous tip.
Female.
Said something was going down today.
- She say what? - No.
Can I say something? I think maybe the vic knew the perp.
You're starting to sound like bad television.
No, no, no.
Why do you think he does? Well, in this neighborhood, he would have shied away from a stranger, right? But he led with his face.
I actually saw him smile at the killer.
Any idea what he was delivering? No, but the guy he was going to, Mario Maura in 4D, is also M.
I.
A.
We've got a file on him.
Possible wholesale drug dealer.
All right, check it out.
And see me when you get back to the precinct.
Okay.
There's pretty nice stuff, considering the building.
No offense.
So what does Mr.
Maura do for a living? Nothing, as far as I know.
He gets high.
Ah, so many addicts in this building, but it's none of my business.
Unless they're late with the rent.
Oh, he never is.
Mario, I mean.
He's Italian.
From Italy, you know? That's usually where those Italians are from.
You know, Italy.
I figured he had family over there sending him money.
Typical smack delivery.
Junkie bushwhacks the messenger, takes off with the drugs.
Call me as soon as you see him, please.
I wish my knee didn't hurt that much.
Cripples my game.
That's 'cause you're an old man.
- You're an old man.
- I'm How's it going? - I want to apologize to you.
- Back off.
- I'm sorry for the way I acted.
- You acted like a caged animal.
- In heat.
- I want to take you to lunch.
Why would I go to lunch with the woman who broke up my marriage? - According to my shrink, I must have - What is called? Clee Clee Closure! Gregg.
You want closure for having an affair with my husband by taking me to lunch? Do you like sushi? Call me.
I like sushi.
Yes, Mother? I just want to tell you that I'll be out of town for a few days.
John and I are going to a B & B upstate, and it's supposed to be very, very retro.
Mom They even have water beds.
That's really Yeah.
Have you ever done it on a water bed? Please Oh, my God.
I gotta go.
Please don't drown.
- What's this? - Your new wheels.
Are you kidding? 'Cause if you are, I'm gonna be really pissed.
Do I look like I'm kidding? I'm reinstating your license.
You put so much as a scratch on it, you're back in the taxi.
Yes.
I got a little romantic weekend to get to.
I heard about it.
Please don't When I get back, it better be immaculate.
You hear me? Yeah.
Okay.
Hey, Romba, nice job.
Don't be a stranger.
I won't.
No problem.
This is great.
Congratulations.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You were You You were You were a great driver.
Look, if you want to swing by the court and watch me play someday, that'd be nice.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
Okay, well good-bye.
Yes.
Oh, yes.
I'm back.
Nice.
Was that a pterodactyl? What? Hey, Sullivan, look.
That dispatcher is here.
And? Can you come out and talk to her, please? Like now? I can't believe he gave you a car.
We're not talking bicycles here.
These guys can cover a lot of ground on a motor in an hour, so they freelance.
They get their runs by checking in with dispatchers like me.
If they're in the right place, they pick up.
If they're not, they call somebody else.
- It ain't rocket science.
- You've never seen 'em? Only when they come in to get paid.
And now a lot of them use direct deposit, so some of them I've never seen.
So what about Theodore Whitley? I knew Teddy.
A sweetheart.
Everybody loved him.
Him dying sucks.
I'm sorry.
It's one of my guys.
Do you mind? What? Did we wake and bake this morning, Morris? It's not the Flatiron Building.
It's the Cast Iron Building.
It's West 11th at Broadway.
Imbecile.
Yeah.
Where was Teddy's pickup last night? Red Hook.
It's the transit dock.
That's where boats come in and out to drop off.
- Was there a name on the boat? - There usually isn't.
They just look for the motorcycle.
Do you usually know what's being delivered? Never.
It might be plutonium.
It could be poop.
It's none of my business.
Can you tell me the number of deliveries that have been made to the apartment in Sheepshead Bay? I can when I get in front of my computer back at the office.
I'll call you with it? Yeah.
Be great.
Thanks.
Whoo! Net.
Good shot.
There we go.
Uh-huh.
Whoo.
Hold up, bro.
Let me take this.
- You all right? - Yeah.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Look, tell me.
How long have we known each other? Since the day I set foot in America.
Since the day I set foot in America.
Big day.
So you would say you and I, we're close, right? - We're like blood, Leo.
- Oh.
So I can ask you this like a brother.
Why is a messenger delivering you an envelope full of cash? You know, it ain't no big deal.
My mom, she just sent me over some help for rent.
- Your mom? - It's true, bro.
True.
Hey.
Hey! I cannot believe this.
My Ah.
No.
Super says Mario's here.
- Are you sure he's here? - He was 10 minutes ago.
Okay, could you just let us in, please? Step back.
Thank you.
We got a runner.
- I'll cover the front.
- Yeah.
Stop.
N.
Y.
P.
D.
Hey, stop.
Oh, gross.
Ugh.
Ugh.
All over my clothes.
I'm afraid to look.
He didn't dent my door, did he? - Why are you following me? - What can I say? I was wrong.
My life is pretty boring without police work.
Without me, you're trying to say? No.
Without police work.
- Hey! - What? - Sorry about that.
- Are you kidding me? So how bad is your habit? Come on, man.
How much heroin was in the delivery? I told you.
I ordered a pizza.
Do you realize how much trouble you're in? See, I personally believe that you shot the messenger to make it look like a robbery? - I'm not a killer.
- Ah.
The next thing you're gonna tell me is that you're a lover.
- I am Italian.
- Are you trying to be funny? No.
Just honest.
What happened after you buzzed him through the door? He never came up, so I went down.
That's when I found him.
Poor guy was, like, my age.
Mm-hmm.
And then what? I was scared, so I went to a friend's.
Did you get high there? Come on, Mario.
We found the works in your apartment.
You're an addict.
Can we at least agree on that? It was my weekly delivery.
- How much? - Half an ounce.
- That's all? - I'm not a dealer, if that's what you're getting at.
That's exactly what I am getting at.
Roll up your sleeves.
I can bring people in here that would take great pleasure in doing it for you.
It was just for my girlfriend.
I wanted for her to get clean more than anything in the world.
But it's hard to watch somebody you love go through the withdrawal.
We've been to the emergency room twice already.
I almost lost her both times.
So I save for the day I can put her in a decent rehab.
So you buy her enough drugs to get through the week? Who's your supplier? Listen to me.
A woman called here saying that the Capella family I knew she was obsessed with the Capellas.
Welcome to my world.
Was that your girlfriend? I don't want my girlfriend brought into this.
She is my life, and I will do anything to protect her.
Where is she? Somewhere safe.
If the Capellas are involved, nowhere is safe.
Look who bailed out Mario.
One of the Capella lawyers.
Must be important to them.
Yeah, well, he's just a kid.
Hey, lady! Okay, here's where we are in the closing seconds of this very exciting semifinal.
Reds down by five.
Romba with the ball.
He passes it to Gordon who takes the 20-footer.
- It's good.
- That was great.
They'll take it out.
But Romba steals it.
He's off.
He passes off to Gordon.
He scores.
Let's go.
Gordon grabs at the inbound this time.
He goes to Romba on the side.
- Let's go.
Let's go.
- And gets fouled.
Go! That's no good.
Let's get these.
Down by three with 28 seconds to play.
Leo, we need those free throws, baby.
Come on.
If you make them, we'll both do you.
Whoo.
Hello! Come on.
Let's go.
And swish.
It's good.
All right.
- In.
- Swish.
Looking pretty.
All right.
- Roger.
- Come on, Roger.
Romba tries to get in.
Shoots it back out to Gordon.
Shoots it up and misses.
Blue off by one point.
He's got a steal by Romba.
He flips it back to Gordon.
Shoots and misses again.
Offensive board by Romba.
He drives hard.
Five seconds on the clock.
He goes up.
It's good.
Red wins by one, and they go to the finals.
Good game, baby.
- Okay, thanks, man.
- Good game.
Good game.
Thank you.
Good game.
Sorry about that, man.
I couldn't jack today.
That's all right, man.
No matter.
We're in the final.
Yeah, baby.
You guys were fantastic.
Weren't they, girls? Oh, my God.
I just love this game.
There's so much sweating.
Nice of you to drop by.
- You came.
- Yeah.
You're lucky you won.
What? - Yeah.
- Who's this? - This is Cat.
You remember? - Hi.
Oh, so this the ball buster you work for? Come on, man.
That was before.
Now she's she's not that bad.
Yeah, thanks.
But you guys are not gonna win if you don't pick up your defense and start controlling your offensive boards.
How does she know so much about basketball? Yeah, how do you know so much about basketball? Starting point guard in high school.
We went all city and all state my senior year.
- Really? - Look.
Can I All right.
Come on.
Good game.
Listen.
I, um I need you to follow me.
You need me? I like the sound of that.
Ohh.
No.
I've I've gotta find Mario's girlfriend, all right? I believe that she's the tipster and she knows what's going down.
I don't know.
Junkies are pretty good at hiding.
Oh, what's going on with your car? That's why I need you to follow me.
I've got an auto body guy.
I just Sorry.
Here.
Use that.
Oh, Cat.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Watch yourself.
You'll get dirty.
Oh, a little grease never hurt anybody.
Oh, that's my girl.
This is Leo.
He's been helping me.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too.
- Is that a 332? - Oh, you know your engines.
The guy patrols the L.
I.
E.
with this thing.
It's a damn beast.
I, uh I need a big favor, Uncle AJ.
The whole world has been gunning for this car, and I need to have it cherried out by tomorrow.
- Am I crazy asking? - Yeah.
Yeah.
Look at this.
Oh, my God.
The trunk here.
And the piece is out.
- I - The whole top.
What's the smell? The front seat.
Oh, God.
How important is it? It's practically life or death.
Then it'll be ready.
You are the best, Uncle AJ.
Daddy always said so.
I miss him.
Are you still looking for the killer? Yeah, but nobody else knows that.
Did I tell you about the last time I saw him? He needed Freon for that beat-up LeSabre he loved.
You know who was with him? Ned Lipinski.
You're kidding.
Ned hadn't been indicted yet.
He was just another detective.
Or at least everybody thought so.
Who is he? He's a dirty cop who worked for Luke Capella directly.
Where is he now? He's doing 25 years in Poughkeepsie.
Maybe Dad was investigating him.
And maybe Ned found out and killed him.
I don't know about that, Kitty.
Ned was on the take, but I don't think he was a killer.
Well, we gotta go.
Uh thank you.
I'll do it.
Bye.
Sullivan.
On my way.
What? Mario Maura is dead.
Found off the pier.
Two in the back of the head.
Capella style.
He didn't deserve that.
He was a sweet kid.
He was, but he was also working for the Capellas.
So why did they spring him and then kill him? Maybe that's why they bailed him out to kill him.
'Cause as long as he's in custody, he might talk.
That's good.
Give me another maybe.
Well, maybe the package wasn't drugs.
Maybe it was something else.
Like what? Look, my boy Roger had a wad of cash delivered to him by motorcycle messenger.
I got a feeling he's trying to control the tournament by some gambling types.
- What do you mean? Fix games? - Yeah.
How? You guys won all of yours.
The point spread.
He played like Kobe in the preliminary round.
We won by 10.
And then he totally tanked, and we won by one.
Could be the spread.
Let's talk to the messenger that made the same delivery last week.
- What for? - Find out what the package looked like.
Sure, I remember.
We don't get a lot of pickups from boats.
I made that run a lot.
Was it always the same boat? No, but it was fast jobs.
Big sport fisherman types.
I mean, that ain't my thing boats, you know.
- I'm strictly a motor man.
- Bikes.
Huh.
- Who delivered the package? - Different people.
What kind of people? What were they like? - They were kind of scary.
- You were scared of them? They just looked a little on the shady side.
Shad Shady Italian.
Not like I got anything against Italians.
- Love the food.
- What was the package like? Always the same.
Briefcase.
What kind of briefcase? Hard one.
About this big.
Fits perfectly inside a standard motorcycle saddlebag.
How much do you think it weighed? No more than about five pounds.
Was it always the same guy who collected in Sheepshead Bay? Yeah.
Another Italian.
With an accent.
But a nice guy.
He wasn't scary.
Five pounds of heroin would be worth a lot of money.
Yeah, but why send it to a neighborhood loaded with heroin addicts? That's like asking for trouble.
Yeah.
- Hi.
- Yo, where are you headed? The precinct.
Um, could I could I meet you up there? Sure.
What's going on, bro? You all right? We have to lose the final.
What? We have to lose the final, or they're gonna kill us, man.
All we gotta do is lose, and they'll pay us 20 grand.
- Or they kill us.
- I'm sorry.
I guess I got in over my head.
So you were playing the point spreads in the other games? We were winning.
It wasn't really that hard.
When I first got to New York, wanna know what I did first? - What did you do? - I went straight to West 4th to watch basketball.
That's how famous this place is.
The whole world is talking about it.
I heard about those courts on the playgrounds in Marseilles.
You know all the legends have been there Barkley, Magic, Iverson, Earl Manigault.
And now you want me to throw a championship there? Leo, we'll make twice as much as the purse for winning.
I came here to start over.
Isn't that why this country is supposed to be so great? - Hmm? - Leo.
- Nobody cares about your mistakes.
- Leo.
- Nobody cares about your past.
Shh.
- Leo.
These people stand to make six figures on this.
We're in the precinct.
They will kill us.
No, my friend.
They will kill you.
I'm not playing.
What about your son? You need this to get him here.
Don't even try to bring my son into this.
You understand? I'll figure out another way.
If it's not gonna be Roger, then who did you put down as an alternate? In a two-on-two tournament, you always have to put down an alternate.
So who Who? Who'd you put down? Who? Me? Yeah, I put you down.
- You put You put me - Yeah.
You didn't even know I could play.
Look, I couldn't very well put Ronnie down, could I? That's true.
And I don't know anybody else, so I put you down.
I had no idea Roger would throw the final on me.
Okay.
I'll play.
Be serious for a second.
You really don't think that I got game.
Well, I will have you know that I was a star on a great team.
I don't mean to disrespect you, but this is the highest level of street basketball there is, and you're a woman.
That's extremely disrespectful.
Look, you got two choices, okay? You can either forfeit or you can take me on my word that I am as good as I say I am.
Your choice.
Okay.
So what are we looking for? Something that'll tell us where Mario's girlfriend is.
Hey, look what I found.
Receipts for the deliveries.
- Don't thank me.
- I'm not going to.
It's very organized.
These are all in chronological order.
And, okay, what else do we have? Cash and a note, and I am assuming that is Italian.
- Well, don't look at me.
- What? Mr.
Rosetta Stone himself does not speak Italian? Wait.
Let me see.
We know someone who speaks Italian.
You were short on Angie's weekly.
She's running out on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Tuesday or Wednesday.
Also, package contents may be known by other parties.
Please advise.
Mario.
This was two weeks before the messenger was murdered.
"Angie's weekly" must be her heroin.
Maybe the rest of the package wasn't drugs.
Oh, this is so freaking exciting.
- What? - Police stuff.
I feel like I'm in a TV show.
If the note is here, he never sent it.
Maybe he was scared.
He knew someone found out what was in the briefcase.
Angie would know.
- Of course she would.
- Shut up.
Mario was really in love with her, so I mean, I can't imagine that he wouldn't keep her close.
There's an Angie in 5D.
It's right above Mario's.
Angie.
It's okay.
It's okay.
I'm Detective Sullivan.
I need you to talk to me about Mario.
Okay, I'll prepare some tea.
I kicked as soon as I heard about Mario.
All he ever wanted was for me to stop.
I had to for him.
Angie, that's the best way that you can honor his life.
I loved him so much, and it's my fault he's dead.
Why do you say it's your fault? He only took the job to keep me in drugs.
What job? Being the middle man for the Capellas.
- For the drugs? - No.
For the money.
What money? Mario told me never to tell anyone.
It was too dangerous.
Do you really want to kick, Angie? - Yes, I do.
- The tea's ready.
Drink it while it's hot.
Take it.
I think you're gonna Wait.
Oh, yeah.
Give it to me.
I got it.
Give it to me.
If you really want to If you really want to kick, I can check you in.
I will personally see that you are checked in to a rehab facility tonight.
- You will? Really? - Yeah.
A hundred thousand dollars.
Every Friday and Monday.
It was Atlantic City income from drugs and prostitution, protection, anything that was illegal.
It was sent by boat, and Mario was the middle man.
They didn't want it tied directly to them, so they had it delivered here.
And then Mario delivered it to the Capellas? Yes, but he insisted they throw in the heroin for me.
Sullivan, the captain wants to see you in his office.
Woo, this looks like an intervention.
Cat Cat, your father was a dirty cop.
I'm sorry.
Hey, Cat, Cat, Cat.
Hey.
- Hey, Cat.
- What? He He was on the take from the Capellas, okay? We've got proof.
Okay.
You know so much more than I do.
Right? Okay.
Who killed him? Does it really matter? Everything points to Luke Capella.
And you suspected all along that my father was dirty? - All right.
- Careful.
Careful.
Help me.
There you go.
Oh, seriously? How did you know what was in the briefcase? I went on a pickup myself, and I opened it.
You got a lot of balls, stealing from the mafia.
I also got a first class ticket to Rio tonight.
There's $100,000 in unmarked bills in there.
It's yours if you help me get away.
- Oh.
- Whoa.
The captain is gonna kill me.
Come on.
We're late for the game.
If the team of Romba and Sullivan do not report in within the next 60 seconds, they will forfeit the game.
Come on.
Come on.
Can I have a word, Detective? I didn't know this was your game.
I'm good.
So, you're the man behind the betting.
So what? You gonna kill us if we win? Not if I get you first.
That's too bad.
Your father would have threw the game for me.
Your old man was the best cop we had on the payroll.
You all right? Hey.
You all right? And here we go.
This is for all the marbles, ladies and gentlemen Bo passes the ball.
Oh, my god Sullivan fouls Jackson immediately.
You know you're not supposed to do that, right? Bo takes it outfield to Jackson who drives the lane.
And, ooh, once again Sullivan battles him hard.
Jackson is down.
Let's go, Cat.
- Just relax, okay? - What? - Be cool.
- All right.
Come on.
Here's Jackson on top of the key.
Sullivan covering him.
And once again fouls him.
And Jackson is not happy.
Here's Jackson up for the three.
And he drains it.
Time.
Time.
Time out, Red.
Come here.
What's going on? You're a fouling machine.
What happened to the all state point guard? They say my father was a dirty cop.
Is that what he just told you? That's what everyone has told me.
I'm sorry.
So what do you want to do about that, Cat? Whether he was dirty or not, deep down I still want revenge for my father's death.
That sounds very Italian for an Irish girl.
Okay, I get it.
You're gonna go out there and get your revenge.
But for now, can we please win this game? Are you with me? That's the spirit.
Come on.
For Nico.
Let's go, Cat.
Come on.
Let's go.
Oh, yes.
And Red is on the board.
Beautiful pass by Sullivan to Romba.
And he scores.
Oh, yes.
Yeah.
Red.
Red.
Lean back.
Yeah.
Leo, go.
Foul.
Leo, all right.
Come on.
- Let's go.
Let's go.
Let's go.
- Score tied up with eight seconds remaining.
And Bo is bringing it in.
But Sullivan steals it.
She shoots from 45 feet.
And it goes in.
Red wins the tournament on a last-minute jumper by Cat Sullivan.
Leo! Leo! What a final.
Leo.
I can't wait to tell Nico about it.
He's coming.
New York! He's coming to New York! Champion.
Champion.
Champion.
Champion.
Champion.
Champion.
Champion.
Champion.
Champion.
Champion.
Champion.
Champion.
Champion.
- Where's Cat? - Champion.
Champion.
Cat, hey! That was great.
You're a dead man.