Detroit 1-8-7 s01e18 Episode Script

Ain't no love in the heart of the city ain't no love in the heart of town ain't no love and it sure 'nuff is a pity ain't no love Sergeant Longford? Some days I'll be out there, slushing through the snow to a scene, wind cutting through my bones, but up here? I'm already in Tuscany.
You bring your retirement package? Oh, yeah.
Uh-huh.
Here you go.
I, uh, I got this villa in Seggiano.
It sounds much bigger than it is, but it it's got this view of Monte Amiata You forgot to initial this one.
Yeah, it's, uh, it's up on a hill.
Olive trees as far as the eye can see.
My, uh, wife picked out the spot.
Lucky woman.
Says here your retirement is voluntary? Hey.
I've been a cop in Detroit so long, when I started, half the suspects was white.
So That's a "yes"? - Yeah.
- Okay, then.
A retirement date has been set This submission is binding and cannot be rescinded unless expressly approved by the chief of police.
Can I just double-check something on there for a second? Okay.
I, uh, I changed my mind.
Forget I ever came down here, okay? I'm sorry, Sergeant Longford, but it's not that easy.
Thank you, doctor.
Maybe this prosecutor will get off my friggin' back now.
So I hear your long-distance flame is finally coming to visit.
Yeah, she's coming.
I'm gonna show her - what living in the "D" is all about.
- You gonna take her to Slows for barbecue? Yeah, that You know, maybe not ribs.
You must be psyched to finally meet her.
Yeah.
Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Or not.
Oh, no, I'm thrilled, really.
It's just it's just that she's this idealized fantasy woman who only exists in your head, and she couldn't possibly live up to your expectations? Maybe.
I'm pretty good at getting inside people's heads.
So you got a female situation? A what? No.
There's, uh There's not really much time.
You should meet someone.
That Sanchez is pretty cute.
She's got the whole Latin thing.
Plus, she likes you.
How do you know? It's pretty obvious.
And if you don't make your move, you're gonna get Lipschitzed.
Lipschitzed? There's this girl I liked since the fourth grade.
I was too shy to talk to her.
Then in the sixth grade, I find out that she liked me the whole time.
But she already kissed Greg Lipschitz in the closet.
This guy was a total, like, weaselite.
Anyway, it took me a whole spring break to get over it.
Trust me, you don't want that kind of hurt.
Sorry I'm late.
Apparently, you gotta be a rocket scientist to put one of these strollers together.
Oh, come on, Rickey.
I'm asking you for a favor here.
Look, I want to help you, Jesse, but How can I say this? The department is looking to a new generation in order to reinvigorate the force.
I understand.
I get it.
Look, I know it's hard to hear.
No, no.
Really, it makes perfect sense.
Take the knowledge and experience off the street and replace it with some new breed of green commuter cops? Come on, Jesse.
You know, back in the day, we'd do anything for each other.
Of course, you wouldn't know nothing about that, would you, Mr.
Chief? Oh, excuse me.
Deputy Chief.
- You should stop now.
- Mr.
Deputy Chief "my daddy knows the mayor, so I got this job" Johnson.
Can't you smooth things over? With who? Deputy Chief "my daddy knows the mayor"? I guess I might've gone a little you went a lot.
You've been going on about Tuscany for a year now.
Maybe you're just having the jitters.
Given your age Jesse, there will come a day where you're too old to do this job, and you'll be too old to enjoy retirement.
I'm not done, Maureen.
Not yet.
You're not gonna change your mind again tomorrow? I'll die in Italy.
I'll put in a call to the chief.
- I'm not sure it'll do any good.
- Okay.
Seriously? Omaha? I can't ride with this guy.
He's fresh off the bus.
This guy has got plenty of experience.
Busting cow tippers? I don't like him.
You haven't even met him.
Excuse me, Maureen.
I'm just gonna need to, uh Mason.
Take a number, will you? We got a scene.
- Take Longford.
- We need to discuss this later, detective.
Bad time? I'm just letting you know some more of my people are gonna be coming in.
Your people? Just got word from the J.
T.
F.
Albert Stram is in Detroit.
Steam engines! Cool! You're doing great, man.
- How can you tell? - He's having a good time, ain't he? I guess so.
A friend of mine has a cabin over in Canada.
I'm gonna take him ice fishing.
What the hell you know about ice fishing? Look, you you lower a hook into a hole.
How hard can that be? Listen About the baptism, now we still haven't chosen a godfather.
- I appreciate the gesture.
- It's not a gesture.
You can do better than me.
Okay? That's all I'm saying.
Come on, man.
It'd mean a lot to Lauren and me if you just reconsider.
I know you have some reservations, but we talked seriously about this.
Just think about it, okay? That's all I'm asking.
Excuse me.
Can you tell me where the Rosa Parks bus is? This is some smart boy.
We were just discussing, uh, steam engines, how you need heat and pressure in order to apply force.
Okay, Bobby, go ask Damon to show you the Wright brothers plane.
Okay? - Sure.
- Later, kid.
Nice boy.
His mother raised him right.
What do you want from me? Information.
Well, homicide doesn't give me access to anything you'd want to know.
There's a task force out of Chicago.
One of the agents is working out of your office.
Hudgens Harkins.
I don't know him.
You do know her.
Don't ever lie to me again.
All I want to know is what she knows.
I'm not gonna help you.
Bobby is a sweet kid.
But you know what they say about the sins of the father? You can't protect him.
I'm everywhere.
Hey.
Didn't see you come in.
They got shot last night sometime, uh, whole family, the angels.
Angel that's the name? Yeah.
The, uh, father is, uh, Carter, mother is Tanya, little boy is Samuel - The little girl? - Jasmine.
Just about to hit the news with her photo.
She's missing? Yeah.
Sorry.
I thought you knew.
Darryl Angel, 16.
The kid hears shots, goes to the back door.
He opens it.
There was a gun in his face.
Excuse me.
Who does this? You sound like there's a reason for it.
As senseless as it seems, there's always a "why.
" No one does this without a reason.
Oh.
No.
She hid in there.
They hunted her down.
- Is the cabin big? -It's big enough for us.
What's wrong? Nothing's wrong.
Everything's great.
Fitch.
No.
No, I can't come now.
You know I have my son here.
I can't leave him with anybody.
I can't bring him to a homicide.
I can come.
No, you can't.
How many? All right.
I'll meet you back at the office.
We drop all other business until these animals are off the streets.
What do we know? all shot with .
45s.
Ballistics report confirms that all the slugs came from two different guns.
So we're looking for two shooters.
Where are we on motive? Nothing appears to be stolen from the house.
So that rules out home invasion.
I talked to the neighbors.
They all said Fitch? Are you with us? Nothing stolen from the house, blatant overkill of innocents.
Looks to me like someone was trying to send a message.
I just got off the phone with a buddy in vice.
He's got a C.
I.
Who said that Darryl Angel recently stole money from a known drug dealer Owen Hayes.
If the C.
I.
heard Darryl stole from Hayes, word obviously got around.
Hayes doesn't want to come across as a chump.
Sends a blackout team to wipe out the family.
I want this Owen Hayes in custody.
Hit all known addresses simultaneously.
If he knows we're looking for him, he might leave town.
Yeah, you look like you're about 11.
What's the matter, cat got your tongue? Hey.
Aren't you a little young to be hanging out back here? Best seat in the house.
Bobby! Damn it, I tell you to stay somewhere, you stay! Hey, hey.
Easy on him, man.
Don't tell me what to do! You gotta stay close to me.
Okay, you cannot wander off, never.
Hey.
We just got a bead on Hayes.
S.
R.
T.
S are gonna pick him up.
Let's go.
Is he all right? Doesn't look like it.
Looks like you got yourself a case here.
I'd be worried if I were Stram.
He's running his drugs in through Canada.
You know that? How he's getting under the nose of customs, we haven't figured out.
Sounds like a slippery character.
And a sociopath.
Came over from Scotland when he was 16, moved into a working-class Italian neighborhood in New York, started as an ice man for the mob, killed his bosses, and took over.
Of course you knew that already, huh? N.
Y.
P.
D.
Files, freshly unsealed.
Funny how you neglected to mention that you ran an investigation against Stram in New York.
That was a long time ago.
Still strange.
I mean, a few weeks ago, I mention Stram, you act like you never even heard of him, which is basically a lie.
Right? And what's also suspiciously curious is that your investigation just kinda fell apart.
Hmm.
We couldn't get near him.
So you just gave up? Funny 'Cause that just seems so Un-you.
Mahajan.
Ma-ha-jan.
Ma m-a h-a no, "h.
" No.
Vik V-vik you know what? Victor Jones.
Victor Jones is fine.
Yeah.
I'm trying to make plans for when Anjali comes next week.
I really want to show her a good time.
You could show her the walking trails of Tuscany.
You know, when you first met your wife, how did, you know, you know? Well, I didn't at first.
We'd known each other for years.
She was a teacher, so I'd go speak to the class.
And, uh, you know, one day, there was this kid that wouldn't stop talkin'.
Real pain in the ass, like you.
And, um, I was gonna take him aside, but she handled it.
And it was something about the way she was with him real sweet, you know, like, uh, she could always see the good in everybody.
So you got that feeling? I don't know.
I got all confused, tongue-tied.
Maybe that is the feeling.
Hmm.
The only feeling I ever get is in my pants.
But maybe Anjali's gonna be different, you know? Maybe I'll finally Hey.
I gave Darryl some money to deliver for some product.
- He came back empty-handed.
- He stole from you.
He says he got robbed.
Either way, you didn't get your drugs or your money, so you killed him and his family - to send a message.
- I didn't kill anybody.
Darryl was like a little brother to me.
Our granddads were friends back in the day.
His granddad is a customs agent or somethin'.
He pulled some strings and got me out of juvie.
Really put you on the right track, didn't he? Grandfather was a customs agent? He's a supervisor at the ambassador bridge.
Do you believe this place? They've even got a bootleggers' tunnel that runs all the way down the block.
- You should see it.
- I know you killed that family, and it's only a matter of time until everyone else knows, too.
Aren't you Detroit's most respected detective? Tell them it was someone else.
They'll believe ya.
They won't believe me.
Give me the gun.
This is the gun that killed the kids.
You can't argue with ballistics.
You expect me to frame an innocent man? - Innocence is no defense.
- I will hide my kid - in a place you'll never find him.
- You can't hide everyone.
- I'll put him on the moon if I have to! - You remember New York?! See, maybe that's why you've had so many partners in this town.
Afraid of attachments.
Then there was Washington.
Oh.
I remember that look.
Think about this.
Every day at 4:00, Mrs.
Washington takes little Martin for a bath, and she gets right in there with him, you know? Amazing how she lost all that baby weight.
Now if I go down for these murders, it's gonna be New York all over again, so you take that smug look off your face and go do what you do best.
Go catch us a killer.
What are you looking at? - The bag.
- Why? - I don't know.
- Curious? No.
That's a lie.
I'm in here ten seconds, I already know you're a lying piece of trash.
'Course you're curious, - so why don't you just ask me? - 'Cause I don't care.
That's another lie.
Ask me what's in the bag.
- No.
- Ask me.
You're crazy, man.
- What's in the bag? - I don't know.
- What's in the bag? - I just said, I don't know.
What's in the bag, Owen? I don't know.
It's your bag, fool! I don't know! - Ask me! - No! - Go ahead! Ask me! - Fine.
What's in the damn bag?! Proof! Proof that you went into that house and shot those people - first the parents, and then the kids.
- Man, that's a lie! You got a 3-year-old kid, right? You get locked away in Baraga, way out there in northern Michigan, in six months, you're gonna be a distant memory to him.
What do you think's gonna happen in six years? Or 20 years? Or 50? I want outta here, man.
I went to the impound yard.
I went through your vehicle.
Now the techs missed something, but I found it.
Oh, yeah.
You're going away for this.
But I didn't do it.
I can put you someplace where your kid can come and visit, but if you make me open that bag, things are gonna get very difficult for you.
- Don't do this to me, man.
- I am offering you a deal.
- This ain't right! - Don't think of your kid, okay? Admit what you did! - Please! - Don't make me open that bag! I didn't do nothin'.
Owen, come on.
We're all guilty of somethin'.
You missed your chance.
Wait.
A minute? Your guy didn't do it.
How do you know? 'Cause our guy did.
We got intel Al Stram killed the family.
Stram? W-why? Tanya Angel's father was a customs supervisor - who refused to take bribes from Stram.
- How reliable is this intel? Stram met with an associate today.
Anyone we should know about? We didn't get a good look at the guy.
He showed up just as we were getting into position.
Directional mics picked up bits and pieces, but it's enough to put Stram away on federal charges.
- Like hell you are.
- Customs is federal.
- It comes - these victims weren't customs agents.
They were innocent citizens of our city.
I understand, Maureen, but this isn't about me.
The J.
T.
F.
Wants to take Stram down.
I'm going over your head.
It's too late.
They're already gearing up as we speak.
Fitch, what's in the bag? Nothin'.
It was a trick.
That's, uh, scary, huh? I mean, you almost got an innocent man to confess.
Hey.
Did you talk to the chief? - I talked to him.
- And? I wouldn't get your hopes up.
What? This is unbelievable.
Anjali found out that I've been sleeping around.
How? She's halfway around the world.
She said she's got this Facebook friend who friended someone she was following on Twitter who retweeted a tweet from that bartender I was sleeping with.
It's not funny, okay? She says she's not coming.
She's breaking off the relationship.
Oh, come on, man.
A few texts, some toots that's not a relationship.
That's a E-lationship.
I sabotage commitment every chance I get.
The closest thing I've ever had to a long-term relationship is with you, and even you're leaving me.
Who's that guy? Tommy Devlin, Stram's right-hand man.
Came with him to Detroit.
That man at the museum It was Stram, wasn't it? Hey, he threaten your kid? Look, I know something's up with you.
You know nothing.
You don't even drink coffee.
You don't want to talk to me? Fine.
Where are you going? Fitch? Now.
I told her.
Let's talk.
Alone.
Stram's after your son? Not just mine.
Uh I had a partner in New York.
We went after Stram.
Stram wanted to scuttle the investigation.
He killed my partner And his wife And his kids.
It was a message to me.
He'll go after Washington? And his family.
- I'm calling the chief.
- That'll only make it worse.
- We're in over our heads here.
- We?! You're damn right.
This is now an "us" problem.
- An "us" problem? I see.
- And you should have come to me sooner! I'm coming to you now! This man you don't know this man, but you know me, and I promise you, if Stram goes to jail You saw what he did to that family! - So what do we do? - I have a few ideas.
Ideas? Nothing you'd sign off on.
Then don't tell me.
Just do it.
Hey.
I'm not gonna let you go into this alone.
Longford.
Mahajan.
What's up? We have a situation.
Before we get into it, I want to tell you, you should feel no obligation to get involved.
- This is an extremely dangerous - I'm in.
- Me, too.
- You could get killed.
Hey Beats going to Tuscany.
I wanna talk to you.
About this whole godfather business, that's why you're checking under the stalls? I know you asked me, but I really need to ask you - Ask me what? - To be Bobby's godfather.
So let me get this straight.
You want me to be the godfather to your kid, but you don't want to be the godfather to mine? - You're not listening.
- I'm offended.
Well, there's no reason to be.
How would you feel? That's like saying, "hey, you can't come to my party, but I'm coming to yours.
" - What are you talking about? - I don't know.
I'm mad.
Look, when I met you Uh, how do I put this? I didn't like you.
I was thinking, this guy'll never make a good detective.
He knows nothing.
He knows less than nothing.
But how do you really feel? My point is I was wrong, and it's not just the job.
The way you are with your family, how you make it all work seeing that Is one of the reasons why Bobby's here.
You see? So I'm asking you to watch out for him.
What the hell is going on? Stram is here, okay? The feds are going after him, but I have to get to him first.
And if you don't? That's not gonna happen.
You're taking Longford and Mahajan? I'm your partner! I should be with you in the trenches! Look at me.
There is nothing more important than what I am asking you.
Okay.
Um I gotta go do something.
- What? - Nothing.
I'm we're just gonna, um, we're gonna go pick up a guy.
- It's nothing, really.
- If it's nothing, why can't they go? You're gonna go to Damon's house, okay? His kid is getting baptized, - and I will meet you there later, okay? - Okay.
See you later, pal? Reckoner You can't take it with you disavow the pleasure I love this city.
You were not to blame for Go, go, go! Dedicated Go, go! It's clear! to all you Clear! All I don't get it.
We were watching this place the whole time.
Agent harkins! There's a tunnel in the basement.
Fitch.
Tunnel came in handy.
Thanks for the warning.
Don't mention it.
What, did you guys break into this place? Guy who runs it owes us money.
Boss is waiting for you in back.
Go on! Give me a reason.
I'll get Stram.
You're under arrest for the murder of the Angel family.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Check this out.
Remember this? Hmm? Oh.
Partner, look what I found.
A .
45 same caliber used to kill that family.
You think it'll match? Can't argue with ballistics.
- I gotta take this.
- Now? It's him.
The D.
C.
! Hello.
Yes, sir.
Yeah.
Thank you for calling, sir.
Are they gonna find me with a hole in my head and that gun in my hand? Thank you, sir.
I'm back, baby.
I'm back.
Yeah! Yeah! Watch them.
Where are we going? There's a cabin across the border.
Canada? I hate Canada.
That's it there.
- That's it? - Yeah.
I'd have your people wait a few days before they come get you.
Feds are gonna be watching the airports.
You know, when I was a kid in Scotland growing up, I used to go to the movies, see those old gangster pictures.
You know what they used to say when they wanted something done that no one else would do? They'd always say, uh, "we'll get a guy from Detroit.
" Well You're my guy in Detroit now.
You did good, Lou.
Yeah.
See you in a few months.
"And when Jesus was baptized, "immediately he came up from the water, "and behold, the heavens were opened to him.
"And he saw the spirit of God descending like a dove, coming to rest on him.
" On behalf of the whole church, I ask you, do you renounce the spiritual forces of wickedness, reject the evil powers of this world and repent of your sins? - I do.
- I do.
Do you accept the freedom and power God gives you to resist evil, injustice, and oppression in whatever form they present themselves? - I do.
- I do.
Yeah? Go back to New York.
Stay out of my city.
You know I can't do that.
Then we're gonna have a problem.
I'm not gonna die in Canada.
You have my offer.
Servant of God, Martin Washington Is baptized In the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit.
I've got some, um I have some news.
Two hours ago, a cop came out of a diner to find two of Al Stram's men cuffed in the backseat of his cruiser.
Amazingly and, uh, this is the best part the weapon used to kill the Angel family was there on the front seat, just Sittin' there, like a stale doughnut.
- Uh - Wow.
That's that's amazing.
And Stram? Disappeared.
Though curiously his bodyguards claim they were abducted by three men, and wouldn't you know that Fitch was one of them? Huh.
Dad! Where ya been? I was, uh He was here.
At the baptism? That's your alibi? Well, we couldn't have done it without him.
He's Martin's godfather.
Right.
I mean, there's there's a whole thing that you have to, uh, do with the baby.
It's a very big responsibility.
We were all here.
Had you been, you would've known.
I believe you were invited.
I've got two witnesses willing to testify you've got two cold-blooded mob killers.
You're gonna take their word over a squad of highly respected police officers? Congratulations.
Congratulations.
Yeah.
Thanks.
Dr.
Ward? Sorry to get you so late.
Prosecutor wants a duplicate of this report signed for the morning.
Abbey? Hey.
You okay? Um, I'm fine.
I just, um I broke my glasses.
My new glasses are broken.
Oh, man.
I know.
I know.
Hi.
Hey.
I'm taking Bobby ice-skating over at Campus Martius.
Ice-skating? You? Yeah, I know, but, uh, well, he really wants to go, so Anyway, um, you, uh, maybe want to come over for dinner? You know, after he goes to bed? Uh I can cook something Or not.
I mean, that's up to you, 'cause I can go either way on that, - but, uh, if you're busy, we can - No.
I mean, yes.
What I mean is that I have to meet my new partner, but afterwards I'd I'd love to.
Oh.
Okay.
All right.
I'll see you then.
Okay.
Your new partner his name's not Lipschitz, is it? No.
Why? Just checking.
Anyway Thanks for making that call.
It wasn't a hard one.
Yeah.
Uh, listen, Jesse you'd do the same for me.
Have a good night.
Hey, don't tell me what to do.
Ready? Should we stop for a coney and a soda? Dad, they don't say "soda" in Detroit.
They say "pop.
" Like, everyone knows that.