Unforgettable s02e01 Episode Script
Bigtime
All right, we got a hostage situation.
The place is a private storage facility for high-end art.
We got three guys inside.
We're looking at a minimum of nine hostages.
We believe one of the bad guys is posing as a hostage.
Which one? You know, posing? Indeterminate.
"Indeterminate.
" That's a, that's a tough word.
What do you think, Al? I think we better make some determinations soon or we could lose a lot of people.
Did you do your homework? Oh, yeah.
Here we go.
Move, move, move! Get in there.
Open that door.
One here, one here! Down now! Get down! Down! You, back up! All the way back.
Everything's gonna be all right.
I want everybody to stay down.
All right.
You're done.
Drop the gun.
Get up.
Give me your hands.
All clear.
All clear.
Nice job, everybody.
Good work.
Whoo! That was nice.
Not bad.
We beat our old record by 25 seconds.
What do we get, a gold star in our homework books or something? Ah, you probably filled yours up already.
Okay, seriously, though, don't you ever question the value of these things? I mean, honestly, when was the last time we had a hostage standoff in Queens? What about the convenience store, 31st Ave? - They're the ones.
- Yes.
Right? The old lady who wouldn't leave until they fixed the slushy machine.
- That's right.
- Besides that.
That was touch and go.
Come on.
All right, let's just go over it one more time.
I told you, it was a phone call.
Guy calling himself Deputy something-or-other says he wants to see us at One City Towers.
Please tell me you took care of those parking tickets.
I brought the receipts right here just in case.
Good.
Wow, what kind of cops live here? Not our kind of cops.
Lieutenant Burns.
Eliot Delson, Special Deputy to the Mayor.
Nice to meet you.
And you must be Carrie Wells.
Yes, actually.
- You have questions.
- Let me guess.
You have answers.
Nothing but.
Ah.
Welcome to the Major Crimes Section of the NYPD.
I've heard of it.
- You have? - You haven't? Not like I read Police and Security News every morning with my cornflakes.
Maybe you should.
You handle big stuff, citywide stuff, extra jurisdictional.
Exactly.
How about something I don't know? Have either of you ever heard of Ari Sonnenland? I have.
He's a developer, a big one.
Sunny Meadows Complex in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the Sterling Tower in the Navy Yards, and his brother is a beekeeper.
I have no idea how I know that.
Yes, I do.
Well.
What you don't know is that his daughter was kidnapped this morning in Central Park.
We're not sure, but we believe this might not be an isolated incident, but one in a series of kidnappings targeting affluent families on the East Coast.
Central Park.
Last I checked, we don't have one of those in Queens.
Look, it's pretty simple.
The word's out on you guys.
A 92% solve rate? You're the top of the class.
So that's why you were there this morning.
What was that, a final exam? Yes, I remember you.
I liked the yellow tie better, by the way.
Uh, I spilled tzatziki on it.
There's a lesson in that: Never eat a gyro unwrapped.
As for the exam, I'm pleased to report you passed with flying colors.
Thanks in part to that astonishing memory of yours.
What about our cases? Our real cases? Taken care of while you're working with us.
And this case is very real.
Lara Sonnenland is 11 years old.
She's the starting sweeper for the Darby Diggers.
She has a cat named Maisie.
She needs your help.
I promised you answers.
Now, I, uh, I'm not sure what your setup is like in Queens, but I know guys who work Major Crimes.
They never described anything like this.
What'd you do, raid a Best Buy? As I persuasively explained to the mayor, after 9/11, the feds descended on this city with all their fancy toys.
CIA, Department of Homeland Security, all here to take care of us.
Well, it's time we took care of New York ourselves like we used to.
So, five months later, a little more persuasion, and behold toys of our own and the authority to use 'em.
Anything big goes down between Fort Lee, Block Island, and Stamford, Connecticut, it's mine.
Ours.
And, hey, now yours.
Lara Sonnenland.
Carrie, Al, anything I can do for you, you know where to find me.
Delson.
I don't recall agreeing to all this.
Oh, I do we didn't.
Wouldn't matter.
Eliot's not an asker, he's a teller.
In fact, he told me to catch you guys up on the Sonnenland kidnapping.
How you doing? I'm Jay.
In addition, I'm gonna be your guide to the wonders of the operations center.
Just 'cause I'm Asian, they assume I know all about computers and stuff.
Which you don't.
No, actually I do.
Worked for a while for a little company in Redmond: Internet security, scareware.
But I missed New York.
Anyways, uh, this is the crime scene.
You can almost read the license plate.
Want to read the license plate? No, that's okay.
Okay.
So, Lara Sonnenland, on her way to a soccer game on the Upper East Side.
Kidnappers created some kind of diversion to get the car onto a service road.
Bang-bang, they shoot the driver, snatch the kid, and exit the park, we believe, on the north side in an as-yet-unknown vehicle.
Driver's listed as critical at Mount Sinai.
What about security video from inside the park? Al, we're looking, but there are a lot of ways to blend in and hide, even from us.
Eliot mentioned other kidnappings.
Two of them, actually.
Brookline, Mass, 2011, and Westport, Connecticut.
That was just nine months ago.
May I introduce Cherie Rollins-Murray, the Cherie Rollins-Murray, late of the FBI? Just Murray, please.
It's less of a workout.
So, uh, Brookline, Westport.
What makes you think it's the same guys? East Coast targets, same M.
O.
: time of day, - street diversion.
- You I.
D.
anyone? This is all we have.
From the last one in Westport.
Birdwatcher inadvertently shot what we eventually learned was their hideout.
The Westport case ended badly.
The victim's family relied on a professional hostage negotiator, guy named Paulson.
Said he could do a better job than the Bureau.
Imagine that.
Huh.
Well, he didn't.
Something went wrong at the money drop.
The kidnappers panicked and pulled out.
But first they killed the child.
His name was Ethan.
He was nine years old.
What went wrong? According to agents on the scene, Paulson screwed up.
You said they handled it privately.
Why were there agents at the drop? Well, I wasn't there.
But the Bureau handles these things by the book.
Well, maybe the book needs to be rewritten.
I got all the forensics from Brookline and from Westport.
Plus about a half a gig of high-res photos from the Central Park crime scene.
I'll do a little 3-D stitch and make you a virtual walk-through.
I'd like to do an actual walk-through.
You know, like, in my body.
Our CSU has been all over that scene.
Well, you know, maybe they missed something.
You know, Frederick Law Olmsted actually designed these hills and gullies to be out of sight from the surrounding landscape.
He probably didn't have this in mind.
Fan of the park, Jay? Fan of the city.
Yeah, me, too.
Pretty fancy school bus.
Ari Sonnenland not a guy who flies commercial.
What about the mother? Alison Sonnenland, née Schoenfeld.
Former corporate attorney.
Lara's their only child.
Yeah.
Okay.
The Sonnenlands are ready to talk.
We're not accusing you, sir.
Well, I'd appreciate you modulating your tone.
My wife and I are in no mood to be harassed.
Mr.
Sonnenland, the last thing we want to do is make this any more difficult for you.
We're merely trying to determine the identity of the people who took your daughter.
So if there are any business associates, rivals who might want to hurt you Of course there are people that want to hurt me.
My entire life is competition, okay? I bid on projects.
If I'm lucky, I-I get them, I win.
Which means someone else loses.
Right.
Look, I understand how confusing and difficult this must be for both of you.
I don't know why we're having this conversation! I have K&R insurance, a lot of it.
The company pays off, we get Lara back.
We don't care who took her.
We just want her back.
I promise you we will do everything we can to bring Lara home, but we have to work together.
Since they haven't contacted you, we're at an advantage.
We can set up a trap-and-trace on your phone.
Isn't that dangerous? Wouldn't they know? No.
They'll have no idea we're listening in.
Please let us help you.
All right.
Whatever you say.
Just get her back.
He loves her very much.
We didn't think that we'd have children.
I understand.
Alison, do you think I could take a look at Lara's bedroom? To get to know her a little? It might help.
Okay.
It's so pretty.
Yeah, she picked out the pattern herself.
I have no design sense at all.
Me either.
That's recent.
Those are her friends from school.
Oh.
Well, that's quite the collection.
Oh, all the girls have those.
You mind? No, of course not.
Alison, why didn't you tell me - they'd contacted you? -- What? The first thing they'd do to let you know they had Lara would be to send you something of hers.
This was on her backpack.
There's mud all over it.
It won't be hard to prove it's from the park.
Don't make me waste precious time.
It's her favorite.
That's why I-I put it back on the shelf.
She-She'll want it when she comes home.
They sent a package with a note.
I told her.
Alison, they said they'd kill her.
No, she's right.
I trust her more than I trust them.
I hope to hell you're right.
She is.
Hey.
All set.
I don't trust the dad.
That's okay; He doesn't trust us.
You okay with all this? I mean, of all cases, right? She's practically the same age your sister, Rachel, was.
What are the odds, right? I'm fine.
I'll be more fine when we bring Lara home, but I am, I'm fine.
All right.
Here we go.
Yes? You received our little package? These guys know what they're doing.
Call is being matrix-routed through multiple cell towers.
Just like Westport.
Yeah, but last time we weren't listening.
Let me talk to Lara, please.
Just let me talk to her.
In good time.
Jay? - Again, know that you must not involve - Getting close.
the police in any way if you want to see your daughter alive.
We won't; I-I understand.
We won't.
Say it again.
Just a few more seconds.
I will not involve the police in any way.
Good.
- Please put her on.
- Sometime between 2:00 And 3:00 this afternoon, you will receive another call with our demands.
And? We couldn't trace it.
No I.
D.
You have nothing? We have his voice, and there's one man who knows that voice.
Jack Paulson.
That was the Katherine Simpson case, out on the Island.
Lovely girl.
She went missing from a beach in Sag Harbor.
Albanians they're into everything.
Wanted a billion dollars.
Too many movies.
I got 'em down to a cool mil.
Wowed 'em with my knowledge of Tirana.
- Smart.
- Well, I read travel books to put myself to sleep.
I look at postcards.
Um, Peptomol.
I get this acid now.
It's an unfortunate side effect of being permanently unemployed.
Mr.
Paulson, we understand the insurance company you worked for let you go after the Westport kidnapping? Four days I worked those guys.
Finally set up a drop, secure location, good access, piece of cake.
The damn Bureau had my phones monitored.
They went in early and they blew it up.
This is a business built on reputation, and you guys destroyed mine.
We weren't involved in the Westport case.
So, feds, state, local, it's all the same.
Your business is catching bad guys.
Mine is saving people from bad guys.
We're not the same, believe me.
Why should I believe you? Because we're not afraid to ask for your help.
And you need my help why? In good time.
Again, know that you must not involve the police in any way if you want to see your daughter alive.
I understand.
Say it again.
It's from the Sonnenland kidnapping.
Is that the man you did business with in Westport? Oh, yeah, yeah, that's him.
I'd never forget that voice.
They're calling back within the hour to arrange the drop.
Can you be there? Jack, listen to me.
The feds screwed up, and a little boy died.
With your help, Lara doesn't have to.
Yeah, Jay? Hey, they're calling again.
It's them.
Can you patch it through? Sure, just keep your phone on mute.
Please don't hurt her.
You wanted to talk to her? You want to talk to your daddy? - Daddy? - Lara? Daddy, please.
Lara, honey.
That's enough.
Listen very carefully.
You will put $5 million in cash in a duffel bag and place it on a chair beside the table near the backpacks at Gansevoort Plaza at exactly 3:35 p.
m.
tomorrow.
After the bag is retrieved, an olive green gypsy cab will pull up to the southeast corner of Gansevoort and Greenwich, plate number T038191C.
Your daughter will be in that cab.
Any attempts at interference by the police, and she will die.
Do you understand? Yes, I understand.
Say good-bye, Lara.
Good-bye, Daddy.
Lara I'm saying we should hire him.
Look, Paulson has gone up against these guys before; he knows their moves.
That gives him an expertise that none of us have.
A little boy died.
That is expertise I can do without.
The feds were running a three-ring circus in Westport.
If they'd listened to Paulson He lost a child.
There's a lot of baggage that goes with that.
You have an opinion on this or are you just keeping score? There's no question Jack Paulson was the best K&R guy out there, and I know he wants these guys pretty bad.
That is the last thing we need is a loose cannon running around.
Rolling around.
Cannon.
I have Carrie up by two.
Yeah, fine.
We'll run him as a consultant.
Thank you.
Now, what are you two actually doing? Besides hiring other people to do your work for you? We were actually thinking about hiring another person to do our work for us.
You're not easy to like, you know that? We just want to get a fresh pair of eyes on the forensics from the other kidnappings, and there's an M.
E.
we worked with in Queens, - Don't say Joanne Webster.
- Joanne Webster.
Great minds.
Guys, she literally got herself thrown off the island.
She was expelled as chief medical office I wasn't expelled, Ellie, I was promoted.
Hello, Joanne.
Joanne.
You had a few less formal names for me when you sold me out to the city council.
I didn't sell you out; You did that yourself when you called the mayor a corporate toady.
- It's just an opinion.
- It was an opinion until you expressed it to New York One, and then it became a Post headline.
So you guys know each other.
That's great.
Yeah, I met Ellie when he was working at City Hall.
You had the dry cleaning and lunch run.
I was 23 years old.
Well, you've certainly grown up.
Well, one of us has.
That's true.
How's your prostate? Okay, why don't we get to work? Drop location is that table.
First on the left with no umbrella.
In addition to cameras, FBI will have spotters in adjoining buildings and in unmarked delivery trucks parked adjacent.
I'd nix the delivery trucks.
Well, these guys do their homework.
Anything off schedule, we're blown.
Well, there won't be any trucks there that aren't supposed to be there.
We do our homework, too.
What's she doing? What she does.
You never know what will be important later.
Your guys are gonna blow it just like in Westport.
- Come on, you don't know that.
- Yes, I do.
You want my advice? Pay the money, be done with it.
So, what, they can go off, kidnap someone else? And why shouldn't they? We've guaranteed their success.
Now you sound like one of them.
I don't think you are.
You were right about the forensics of the previous kidnapping.
Not so thorough, right? Well, that's being polite, which I almost never am.
Ethan Kandel, the boy who died in Westport the M.
E.
up there indicated strychnine was the cause of death, but generally, when there's a kidnapping of minors, you find tranquilizers.
So I took another look at the chem analysis.
Well, see for yourself.
Looks like a poodle.
Oh, it is a poodle.
Sorry.
My niece's birthday.
That is an alkaloid molecule almost identical to strychnine, curare.
Curare? As in poisoned arrows and blow darts? Curare in small doses can be a very powerful sedative.
It's quite popular amongst the criminal class in certain Amazonian countries.
Nice work, Jo.
So, what in God's name are you and Al doing with Eliot Delson? I don't know.
He called.
It's mostly Al; it's not me.
Bright lights, big city.
You know? I was gonna say, "Been there, done that," but this is quite a setup.
Yeah.
What is your take on Eliot? Oh, Eliot's okay, as long as you realize it's never about you.
He has his sights set way down the road, and Major Crimes, you, me, we're just stepping stones.
To what? Brighter light, bigger city.
I don't think Eliot knows.
You ever miss it? The bright lights? Oh, sure.
But bright lights tend to cast long shadows.
Yeah.
Thank you, sensei.
Wax on, wax off.
See you later.
Bye.
Now, I heard a rumor that you may have linked our bad guys to South America? Possibly.
Like possibly maybe Colombia, South America? Possibly possibly.
What do you got? Good morning, by the way.
- Good morning.
- Okay.
So, uh, I checked all the electronic surveillance reports from the Westport kidnapping.
A lot of back and forth by our bad guys but all on untraceable burner cells.
We got a program that can I.
D.
the actual phones.
And it seems a bunch of 'em were purchased three months before the kidnapping in a place called Leticia, Colombia.
Wow.
I'm impressed.
- Thank you.
- I'd be really impressed if you were tracking the rest of the phones from that same lot.
Well, you said they bought a bunch.
Right? Maybe they held on to a few.
Good idea.
- I have 'em occasionally.
- Hey, listen, um, uh, I just want to say, you know, now that, you know, we've worked together for a day, I think it's really freaking cool, your whole memory thing.
- Aw.
- Yeah, I read about it.
- Yeah? Thanks.
- So You mind if I? Oh, fine, go ahead.
Okay, yeah.
Okay, how about, uh, I don't know, August 23, 1999? August 23, 1999.
It was a Monday.
Sunrise was at 6:19 a.
m.
The first case of West Nile Virus was reported in New York City.
I had lunch at Buster's.
Turkey club and French fries it was good.
And the Yankees beat the Rangers 21 to 3.
Ouch oh! And it was Eve's birthday.
My sister? How'd you know that? It's on your desk.
Oh, yeah, yeah, oh, right.
No, I always forget.
I never do.
I just got word we're on for the drop.
Dad's on the move.
Dad's in place.
Copy.
We see it.
Everyone hold.
Both teams hold until prize is acquired.
How long does this take? Not long.
When they go, we move on the bag and your daughter.
Hold on.
Possible incoming.
Green gypsy cab heading north on Greenwich.
It's too early.
They said that they were gonna grab the bag first.
Hold for verification on the cab.
Anyone got eyes? Got the plates T038191C.
What the hell's it doing here? Hold on.
Okay, people, this is it.
Ready to go.
Drop location is that table.
First on the left with no umbrella.
On my count.
In five Al, that guy was there yesterday with his family.
He's not part of this.
four, three Al, I'm telling you, he's not our guy.
Hold.
Repeat all hold.
Holding.
Honey, would you go pay for this? Lady's good.
since the drop.
They wouldn't wait this long.
He's right.
Something's wrong.
Okay, close it out.
Go.
All go.
All go, go! Get out of the car! Get out! Pop the trunk.
Right here, right here.
What'd I do? We don't have the girl.
Repeat, we don't have Lara.
But I didn't do anything.
Spread your legs.
I just drove over here.
What'd I do? We said no cops.
You screw with us again, the girl dies.
Nothing on the cab driver.
Guy was hired from a pay phone, stolen credit card.
Big surprise.
How about you? It's just, I I'm trying to find something, anything.
Background noises, a train.
I got nothing.
We'll catch a break.
How's this? Something on the dad.
Friend of mine at Justice told me on the QT, Sonnenland's company, Meridian, has been under investigation for months.
Seems he overextended himself after the crash of '07, ended up leveraged to the hilt.
He's broke.
Six months ago he pulled out of a project he was putting together in Moscow.
A state-of-the-art mall called Cosmos Park.
I know that.
Alison, they said they'd kill her.
There was a working model of it on his desk.
Well, if Sonnenland is getting back into Cosmos Park, he's got to be getting the cash from somewhere.
$5 million in K&R money would be a good start.
What are you suggesting? Can you explain how you're suddenly back in play with Cosmos Park? Well, that's none of your business.
We, and the Justice Department by the way, are curious to know how you got the funds to move forward.
You have over $5 million in K&R insurance isn't that right? So you've come up here to accuse me of kidnapping my own daughter? Mr.
Sonnenland, it's not gonna be hard to track your e-mails and phone records.
Now, if there's a legitimate explanation, we're happy to hear it.
You want to know how I got back into Cosmos? I am getting a loan.
On the side from some people I met in Moscow.
I assume you have a record of this? Yes, I have a record of it.
And phone numbers and addresses.
So why don't you take a look at that and get the hell out of my life? I'm calling Len Foster in the mayor's office.
You people are useless.
You can expect to hear from my lawyer.
Can't wait.
Maybe his Russian loan sharks grabbed Lara.
Murray's trying to verify the transaction.
I don't know.
Maybe.
Either way, you know his next call's not to his lawyer.
He's gonna have his buddy at City Hall put us on the first boat to Queens.
Hey, maybe that's not such a bad thing.
Carrie, are you not seeing the opportunity here? Look.
Look around, all right? It's the big time.
If we deliver here, you see the kinds of cases they handle, the resources I don't care about the big time, Al.
I don't care about their resources.
I have all the resources I need right here.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I, uh This case Yeah.
Of all cases, right? I had finally decided to make my peace with the fact that I might never know who murdered my sister.
It's been 28 years.
I told myself it's time to put it to bed.
Give it a rest.
But now we're here with this case with little Lara.
Al, I'm afraid to let my sister go.
How could you think? You of all people? You could never let her go.
Let's bring Lara home.
- Hey, um - What? Just so you know, I already think you're the big time.
- Oh, yeah? - Mm-hmm.
Ambitious Al? I like Ambitious Al.
- Well, that would be a first.
- It worked.
Your idea about the cell phones, it worked.
I ran the numbers of the entire shipment of phones against cell calls made in the New York City metro area around the time of the Sonnenland kidnapping.
And check this.
Several of the phones were used in Brooklyn a week before the kidnapping.
And they stopped suddenly, but there they were.
Where's there? Triangulating off of cell towers, I got it down to a 150-foot radius in Sunset Park.
- I think we got 'em.
- Tell Eliot we're on our way.
And tell Paulson to meet us there.
Go, go, go.
Go left.
Clear.
Clear.
Al! I got a body in here.
Got a body.
I got two more.
Who do we have here? Can you unzip those bags, please? Don't worry.
They don't mind.
All right, you heard her.
What appears to be an entrance wound in the frontal bone directly above the left suborbital process.
Massive discoloration of the flesh wow.
Wait a second.
Birdwatcher inadvertently shot what we eventually learned was their hideout.
The Westport case Oh, my God.
These are the Westport kidnappers.
How do you know? I recognize the tattoo.
Jo, how long has this guy been dead? Oh, at least five days, maybe a week.
If we haven't been dealing with these guys, who have we been dealing with? Someone who's gone to an awful lot of trouble to make us think that we have.
Is that the man you did business with in Westport? Oh, yeah.
Yeah, that's him.
I know that voice anywhere.
You want my advice? Pay the money and be done with it.
Jack Paulson.
Okay, thanks.
Murray's over at Paulson's office.
He's gone.
No sign of Lara.
You think he was in this from the beginning? I don't know how I missed it.
It's the perfect plan: Two birds with one stone.
Paulson takes out the Westport kidnappers and collects $5 million from Sonnenland.
Three birds.
He also gets back at the cops - who ruined his career.
- The thing is, he's got to know, we find the bodies, we figure it out.
So, bye-bye, Jack.
Yeah, Jay, what's up? Okay, the girl's father's on the move.
He left his house around 45 minutes ago.
Took his car over to a car wash on 10th Ave.
- All right, thanks.
- Wait a second.
What's the name of the car wash? Uh, place called Easy Clean Tenth Ave and 24th.
He's dropping the ransom money.
Paulson's back on plan.
Listen to me.
When we brought him in when I brought him in all he had to do was make sure things went south at the drop.
Then he goes to Sonnenland, convinces him to let him make the drop himself.
Okay, thanks.
Bye.
According to the manager, Sonnenland came in an hour ago, got a basic wash, then left a bag off, gave the guy a 20 to hold it for Jack Paulson.
Paulson called ten minutes ago, said he's on his way to get it.
On his way out of the country.
Jay's been on Paulson's credit cards, said he just purchased a ticket to Honduras.
What happens to the girl? Why don't we ask him? Paulson.
Owner's worried about his lost business.
Yeah, well, tell him we're cops.
We'll buy a lot of air fresheners.
He's not talking.
Any attempts at interference by the police, and she will die.
He'll talk to me.
Let's go.
Where's Lara? I told you, I want a lawyer.
You don't deserve a lawyer.
Where's Lara? I have no idea.
Why were you headed to JFK? Who says I was? The ticket in your pocket.
You found out we were on to you, you panicked, and you ran.
Where's Lara?! Jack, your guys? They know we brought you in.
When you don't show, they're going to assume you gave them up and they are going to kill that little girl! So that's it? You're just gonna let her die? I saw your face when you heard her voice.
- You bought that? - Yes.
No, I figured I'd go along for the ride, maybe put a couple bucks in my pocket, get back in the game.
Oh, so it's just business? If it was just business, why do you have a signed David Ortiz ball on your desk that once belonged to a poor, murdered little boy? Those bodies we found the real Westport kidnappers that was you.
You wanted justice for Ethan Kandel's murder because that is your business, that's what you do.
You save people from the bad guys.
Only this time, you are the bad guy.
Jack I know you never intended for Lara to get hurt.
How are you going to live with yourself if she dies? It's too late.
It's never too late.
I was supposed to be there a half an hour ago.
She may be dead already.
If there's even the slightest chance that she's still alive, we have to help her.
Jack, please.
I could use some Peptomol.
Buy you a case when we're done.
Something tells me I won't need it then.
Hey, Wells, this make me a good guy again? Maybe so.
Fair enough.
Where's Dubio? He went to get the car.
Where the hell were you? Oh, it was that damn E train.
First, it's late, then they pull it from service.
Swear to God, I thought I was gonna kill somebody.
Yeah, you're 47 minutes late.
They make you swim? Oh, come on now.
You know I can walk on water.
Here, make yourself busy.
Count that.
It's all there.
Hey, sweetheart, we are going home.
He's with her.
Yes! All units stand by.
Okay.
What are you doing? We're done here.
I'm taking her out.
That's not what we said, Jack.
We go together in the car.
Well, sometimes plans change, Don.
Look, I promised the father, okay? You can hold on to my share if you want.
For an hour.
Don't forget I know where you live.
I said leave her alone, Jack.
What's the matter with you? I just made you a rich man.
Something's not right.
Give me the girl.
They're not buying it.
We got to move.
All units move in.
Go! Go! What is the big deal? I told you I'll meet you in Jersey.
I said bring the girl over here.
Come here, sweetheart.
Where's my dad? - It's okay.
- Don! Bring her over here! Run! Lara? Hey! Come here, sweetie.
Hi.
Come here.
Clear? Affirmative.
She's secure.
Hold on.
They're coming.
They're coming.
You're okay now, sweetie, all right? Okay.
Jack.
Jack, she's gonna be okay.
There they are.
Go, go.
Daddy.
Thank you both.
- Hey.
- Hmm? You did that.
Oh.
No, we did that.
There you are.
Great job today.
In fact, the mayor just called with a similar observation.
How nice of him.
I hope you're gonna stick around.
Thanks, but we really got to get back.
Okay, about that.
I-I do have something I'd like to show you.
What do you think? Too close? I could move them apart a little.
Although, from what I understand, you two are used to close quarters.
Wow.
You're quite amazing, you know that? What-What was all this, another test? Save the little girl, get the fancy new job? Hardly.
I put your transfers through two days ago.
You can't do that.
Can he? Look, I'm hiring you to work on the highest profile crimes in the greatest city on Earth.
And we report to you? Only to me and hardly even that.
I'm mostly here to cover your backs.
While we cover your ass? Just so you know, about 17 people way up the food chain all called and demanded I back you off Ari Sonnenland.
Did I? So just take the damn job.
Besides, those two like working with you.
And that is a first.
What about Webster? Really? Fine, but if she calls me Ellie again, I'm-I'm gonna ship her off to Ronkonkoma wherever the hell that is.
Look, I know I've been acting like this is some kind of dream job, but if it's not your dream I can't believe I'm gonna say this, but I want to stay.
You do? Mm-hmm.
Listen, when you dragged me back into all of this in Queens, you told me I was ready to be a cop again.
I hadn't seen you in nine years.
I would have said anything.
You were right.
I am ready.
Lara showed me that.
I didn't become a cop just to solve my sister's murder.
I became a cop because she was murdered.
I wanted to keep people from suffering like I did.
And Rachel? Well, you were right about that, too.
I got her.
Wow, I can't remember when I've been so right.
I can't remember either.
Hmm Well, what do we got here? Coming? Nice chair.
The place is a private storage facility for high-end art.
We got three guys inside.
We're looking at a minimum of nine hostages.
We believe one of the bad guys is posing as a hostage.
Which one? You know, posing? Indeterminate.
"Indeterminate.
" That's a, that's a tough word.
What do you think, Al? I think we better make some determinations soon or we could lose a lot of people.
Did you do your homework? Oh, yeah.
Here we go.
Move, move, move! Get in there.
Open that door.
One here, one here! Down now! Get down! Down! You, back up! All the way back.
Everything's gonna be all right.
I want everybody to stay down.
All right.
You're done.
Drop the gun.
Get up.
Give me your hands.
All clear.
All clear.
Nice job, everybody.
Good work.
Whoo! That was nice.
Not bad.
We beat our old record by 25 seconds.
What do we get, a gold star in our homework books or something? Ah, you probably filled yours up already.
Okay, seriously, though, don't you ever question the value of these things? I mean, honestly, when was the last time we had a hostage standoff in Queens? What about the convenience store, 31st Ave? - They're the ones.
- Yes.
Right? The old lady who wouldn't leave until they fixed the slushy machine.
- That's right.
- Besides that.
That was touch and go.
Come on.
All right, let's just go over it one more time.
I told you, it was a phone call.
Guy calling himself Deputy something-or-other says he wants to see us at One City Towers.
Please tell me you took care of those parking tickets.
I brought the receipts right here just in case.
Good.
Wow, what kind of cops live here? Not our kind of cops.
Lieutenant Burns.
Eliot Delson, Special Deputy to the Mayor.
Nice to meet you.
And you must be Carrie Wells.
Yes, actually.
- You have questions.
- Let me guess.
You have answers.
Nothing but.
Ah.
Welcome to the Major Crimes Section of the NYPD.
I've heard of it.
- You have? - You haven't? Not like I read Police and Security News every morning with my cornflakes.
Maybe you should.
You handle big stuff, citywide stuff, extra jurisdictional.
Exactly.
How about something I don't know? Have either of you ever heard of Ari Sonnenland? I have.
He's a developer, a big one.
Sunny Meadows Complex in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the Sterling Tower in the Navy Yards, and his brother is a beekeeper.
I have no idea how I know that.
Yes, I do.
Well.
What you don't know is that his daughter was kidnapped this morning in Central Park.
We're not sure, but we believe this might not be an isolated incident, but one in a series of kidnappings targeting affluent families on the East Coast.
Central Park.
Last I checked, we don't have one of those in Queens.
Look, it's pretty simple.
The word's out on you guys.
A 92% solve rate? You're the top of the class.
So that's why you were there this morning.
What was that, a final exam? Yes, I remember you.
I liked the yellow tie better, by the way.
Uh, I spilled tzatziki on it.
There's a lesson in that: Never eat a gyro unwrapped.
As for the exam, I'm pleased to report you passed with flying colors.
Thanks in part to that astonishing memory of yours.
What about our cases? Our real cases? Taken care of while you're working with us.
And this case is very real.
Lara Sonnenland is 11 years old.
She's the starting sweeper for the Darby Diggers.
She has a cat named Maisie.
She needs your help.
I promised you answers.
Now, I, uh, I'm not sure what your setup is like in Queens, but I know guys who work Major Crimes.
They never described anything like this.
What'd you do, raid a Best Buy? As I persuasively explained to the mayor, after 9/11, the feds descended on this city with all their fancy toys.
CIA, Department of Homeland Security, all here to take care of us.
Well, it's time we took care of New York ourselves like we used to.
So, five months later, a little more persuasion, and behold toys of our own and the authority to use 'em.
Anything big goes down between Fort Lee, Block Island, and Stamford, Connecticut, it's mine.
Ours.
And, hey, now yours.
Lara Sonnenland.
Carrie, Al, anything I can do for you, you know where to find me.
Delson.
I don't recall agreeing to all this.
Oh, I do we didn't.
Wouldn't matter.
Eliot's not an asker, he's a teller.
In fact, he told me to catch you guys up on the Sonnenland kidnapping.
How you doing? I'm Jay.
In addition, I'm gonna be your guide to the wonders of the operations center.
Just 'cause I'm Asian, they assume I know all about computers and stuff.
Which you don't.
No, actually I do.
Worked for a while for a little company in Redmond: Internet security, scareware.
But I missed New York.
Anyways, uh, this is the crime scene.
You can almost read the license plate.
Want to read the license plate? No, that's okay.
Okay.
So, Lara Sonnenland, on her way to a soccer game on the Upper East Side.
Kidnappers created some kind of diversion to get the car onto a service road.
Bang-bang, they shoot the driver, snatch the kid, and exit the park, we believe, on the north side in an as-yet-unknown vehicle.
Driver's listed as critical at Mount Sinai.
What about security video from inside the park? Al, we're looking, but there are a lot of ways to blend in and hide, even from us.
Eliot mentioned other kidnappings.
Two of them, actually.
Brookline, Mass, 2011, and Westport, Connecticut.
That was just nine months ago.
May I introduce Cherie Rollins-Murray, the Cherie Rollins-Murray, late of the FBI? Just Murray, please.
It's less of a workout.
So, uh, Brookline, Westport.
What makes you think it's the same guys? East Coast targets, same M.
O.
: time of day, - street diversion.
- You I.
D.
anyone? This is all we have.
From the last one in Westport.
Birdwatcher inadvertently shot what we eventually learned was their hideout.
The Westport case ended badly.
The victim's family relied on a professional hostage negotiator, guy named Paulson.
Said he could do a better job than the Bureau.
Imagine that.
Huh.
Well, he didn't.
Something went wrong at the money drop.
The kidnappers panicked and pulled out.
But first they killed the child.
His name was Ethan.
He was nine years old.
What went wrong? According to agents on the scene, Paulson screwed up.
You said they handled it privately.
Why were there agents at the drop? Well, I wasn't there.
But the Bureau handles these things by the book.
Well, maybe the book needs to be rewritten.
I got all the forensics from Brookline and from Westport.
Plus about a half a gig of high-res photos from the Central Park crime scene.
I'll do a little 3-D stitch and make you a virtual walk-through.
I'd like to do an actual walk-through.
You know, like, in my body.
Our CSU has been all over that scene.
Well, you know, maybe they missed something.
You know, Frederick Law Olmsted actually designed these hills and gullies to be out of sight from the surrounding landscape.
He probably didn't have this in mind.
Fan of the park, Jay? Fan of the city.
Yeah, me, too.
Pretty fancy school bus.
Ari Sonnenland not a guy who flies commercial.
What about the mother? Alison Sonnenland, née Schoenfeld.
Former corporate attorney.
Lara's their only child.
Yeah.
Okay.
The Sonnenlands are ready to talk.
We're not accusing you, sir.
Well, I'd appreciate you modulating your tone.
My wife and I are in no mood to be harassed.
Mr.
Sonnenland, the last thing we want to do is make this any more difficult for you.
We're merely trying to determine the identity of the people who took your daughter.
So if there are any business associates, rivals who might want to hurt you Of course there are people that want to hurt me.
My entire life is competition, okay? I bid on projects.
If I'm lucky, I-I get them, I win.
Which means someone else loses.
Right.
Look, I understand how confusing and difficult this must be for both of you.
I don't know why we're having this conversation! I have K&R insurance, a lot of it.
The company pays off, we get Lara back.
We don't care who took her.
We just want her back.
I promise you we will do everything we can to bring Lara home, but we have to work together.
Since they haven't contacted you, we're at an advantage.
We can set up a trap-and-trace on your phone.
Isn't that dangerous? Wouldn't they know? No.
They'll have no idea we're listening in.
Please let us help you.
All right.
Whatever you say.
Just get her back.
He loves her very much.
We didn't think that we'd have children.
I understand.
Alison, do you think I could take a look at Lara's bedroom? To get to know her a little? It might help.
Okay.
It's so pretty.
Yeah, she picked out the pattern herself.
I have no design sense at all.
Me either.
That's recent.
Those are her friends from school.
Oh.
Well, that's quite the collection.
Oh, all the girls have those.
You mind? No, of course not.
Alison, why didn't you tell me - they'd contacted you? -- What? The first thing they'd do to let you know they had Lara would be to send you something of hers.
This was on her backpack.
There's mud all over it.
It won't be hard to prove it's from the park.
Don't make me waste precious time.
It's her favorite.
That's why I-I put it back on the shelf.
She-She'll want it when she comes home.
They sent a package with a note.
I told her.
Alison, they said they'd kill her.
No, she's right.
I trust her more than I trust them.
I hope to hell you're right.
She is.
Hey.
All set.
I don't trust the dad.
That's okay; He doesn't trust us.
You okay with all this? I mean, of all cases, right? She's practically the same age your sister, Rachel, was.
What are the odds, right? I'm fine.
I'll be more fine when we bring Lara home, but I am, I'm fine.
All right.
Here we go.
Yes? You received our little package? These guys know what they're doing.
Call is being matrix-routed through multiple cell towers.
Just like Westport.
Yeah, but last time we weren't listening.
Let me talk to Lara, please.
Just let me talk to her.
In good time.
Jay? - Again, know that you must not involve - Getting close.
the police in any way if you want to see your daughter alive.
We won't; I-I understand.
We won't.
Say it again.
Just a few more seconds.
I will not involve the police in any way.
Good.
- Please put her on.
- Sometime between 2:00 And 3:00 this afternoon, you will receive another call with our demands.
And? We couldn't trace it.
No I.
D.
You have nothing? We have his voice, and there's one man who knows that voice.
Jack Paulson.
That was the Katherine Simpson case, out on the Island.
Lovely girl.
She went missing from a beach in Sag Harbor.
Albanians they're into everything.
Wanted a billion dollars.
Too many movies.
I got 'em down to a cool mil.
Wowed 'em with my knowledge of Tirana.
- Smart.
- Well, I read travel books to put myself to sleep.
I look at postcards.
Um, Peptomol.
I get this acid now.
It's an unfortunate side effect of being permanently unemployed.
Mr.
Paulson, we understand the insurance company you worked for let you go after the Westport kidnapping? Four days I worked those guys.
Finally set up a drop, secure location, good access, piece of cake.
The damn Bureau had my phones monitored.
They went in early and they blew it up.
This is a business built on reputation, and you guys destroyed mine.
We weren't involved in the Westport case.
So, feds, state, local, it's all the same.
Your business is catching bad guys.
Mine is saving people from bad guys.
We're not the same, believe me.
Why should I believe you? Because we're not afraid to ask for your help.
And you need my help why? In good time.
Again, know that you must not involve the police in any way if you want to see your daughter alive.
I understand.
Say it again.
It's from the Sonnenland kidnapping.
Is that the man you did business with in Westport? Oh, yeah, yeah, that's him.
I'd never forget that voice.
They're calling back within the hour to arrange the drop.
Can you be there? Jack, listen to me.
The feds screwed up, and a little boy died.
With your help, Lara doesn't have to.
Yeah, Jay? Hey, they're calling again.
It's them.
Can you patch it through? Sure, just keep your phone on mute.
Please don't hurt her.
You wanted to talk to her? You want to talk to your daddy? - Daddy? - Lara? Daddy, please.
Lara, honey.
That's enough.
Listen very carefully.
You will put $5 million in cash in a duffel bag and place it on a chair beside the table near the backpacks at Gansevoort Plaza at exactly 3:35 p.
m.
tomorrow.
After the bag is retrieved, an olive green gypsy cab will pull up to the southeast corner of Gansevoort and Greenwich, plate number T038191C.
Your daughter will be in that cab.
Any attempts at interference by the police, and she will die.
Do you understand? Yes, I understand.
Say good-bye, Lara.
Good-bye, Daddy.
Lara I'm saying we should hire him.
Look, Paulson has gone up against these guys before; he knows their moves.
That gives him an expertise that none of us have.
A little boy died.
That is expertise I can do without.
The feds were running a three-ring circus in Westport.
If they'd listened to Paulson He lost a child.
There's a lot of baggage that goes with that.
You have an opinion on this or are you just keeping score? There's no question Jack Paulson was the best K&R guy out there, and I know he wants these guys pretty bad.
That is the last thing we need is a loose cannon running around.
Rolling around.
Cannon.
I have Carrie up by two.
Yeah, fine.
We'll run him as a consultant.
Thank you.
Now, what are you two actually doing? Besides hiring other people to do your work for you? We were actually thinking about hiring another person to do our work for us.
You're not easy to like, you know that? We just want to get a fresh pair of eyes on the forensics from the other kidnappings, and there's an M.
E.
we worked with in Queens, - Don't say Joanne Webster.
- Joanne Webster.
Great minds.
Guys, she literally got herself thrown off the island.
She was expelled as chief medical office I wasn't expelled, Ellie, I was promoted.
Hello, Joanne.
Joanne.
You had a few less formal names for me when you sold me out to the city council.
I didn't sell you out; You did that yourself when you called the mayor a corporate toady.
- It's just an opinion.
- It was an opinion until you expressed it to New York One, and then it became a Post headline.
So you guys know each other.
That's great.
Yeah, I met Ellie when he was working at City Hall.
You had the dry cleaning and lunch run.
I was 23 years old.
Well, you've certainly grown up.
Well, one of us has.
That's true.
How's your prostate? Okay, why don't we get to work? Drop location is that table.
First on the left with no umbrella.
In addition to cameras, FBI will have spotters in adjoining buildings and in unmarked delivery trucks parked adjacent.
I'd nix the delivery trucks.
Well, these guys do their homework.
Anything off schedule, we're blown.
Well, there won't be any trucks there that aren't supposed to be there.
We do our homework, too.
What's she doing? What she does.
You never know what will be important later.
Your guys are gonna blow it just like in Westport.
- Come on, you don't know that.
- Yes, I do.
You want my advice? Pay the money, be done with it.
So, what, they can go off, kidnap someone else? And why shouldn't they? We've guaranteed their success.
Now you sound like one of them.
I don't think you are.
You were right about the forensics of the previous kidnapping.
Not so thorough, right? Well, that's being polite, which I almost never am.
Ethan Kandel, the boy who died in Westport the M.
E.
up there indicated strychnine was the cause of death, but generally, when there's a kidnapping of minors, you find tranquilizers.
So I took another look at the chem analysis.
Well, see for yourself.
Looks like a poodle.
Oh, it is a poodle.
Sorry.
My niece's birthday.
That is an alkaloid molecule almost identical to strychnine, curare.
Curare? As in poisoned arrows and blow darts? Curare in small doses can be a very powerful sedative.
It's quite popular amongst the criminal class in certain Amazonian countries.
Nice work, Jo.
So, what in God's name are you and Al doing with Eliot Delson? I don't know.
He called.
It's mostly Al; it's not me.
Bright lights, big city.
You know? I was gonna say, "Been there, done that," but this is quite a setup.
Yeah.
What is your take on Eliot? Oh, Eliot's okay, as long as you realize it's never about you.
He has his sights set way down the road, and Major Crimes, you, me, we're just stepping stones.
To what? Brighter light, bigger city.
I don't think Eliot knows.
You ever miss it? The bright lights? Oh, sure.
But bright lights tend to cast long shadows.
Yeah.
Thank you, sensei.
Wax on, wax off.
See you later.
Bye.
Now, I heard a rumor that you may have linked our bad guys to South America? Possibly.
Like possibly maybe Colombia, South America? Possibly possibly.
What do you got? Good morning, by the way.
- Good morning.
- Okay.
So, uh, I checked all the electronic surveillance reports from the Westport kidnapping.
A lot of back and forth by our bad guys but all on untraceable burner cells.
We got a program that can I.
D.
the actual phones.
And it seems a bunch of 'em were purchased three months before the kidnapping in a place called Leticia, Colombia.
Wow.
I'm impressed.
- Thank you.
- I'd be really impressed if you were tracking the rest of the phones from that same lot.
Well, you said they bought a bunch.
Right? Maybe they held on to a few.
Good idea.
- I have 'em occasionally.
- Hey, listen, um, uh, I just want to say, you know, now that, you know, we've worked together for a day, I think it's really freaking cool, your whole memory thing.
- Aw.
- Yeah, I read about it.
- Yeah? Thanks.
- So You mind if I? Oh, fine, go ahead.
Okay, yeah.
Okay, how about, uh, I don't know, August 23, 1999? August 23, 1999.
It was a Monday.
Sunrise was at 6:19 a.
m.
The first case of West Nile Virus was reported in New York City.
I had lunch at Buster's.
Turkey club and French fries it was good.
And the Yankees beat the Rangers 21 to 3.
Ouch oh! And it was Eve's birthday.
My sister? How'd you know that? It's on your desk.
Oh, yeah, yeah, oh, right.
No, I always forget.
I never do.
I just got word we're on for the drop.
Dad's on the move.
Dad's in place.
Copy.
We see it.
Everyone hold.
Both teams hold until prize is acquired.
How long does this take? Not long.
When they go, we move on the bag and your daughter.
Hold on.
Possible incoming.
Green gypsy cab heading north on Greenwich.
It's too early.
They said that they were gonna grab the bag first.
Hold for verification on the cab.
Anyone got eyes? Got the plates T038191C.
What the hell's it doing here? Hold on.
Okay, people, this is it.
Ready to go.
Drop location is that table.
First on the left with no umbrella.
On my count.
In five Al, that guy was there yesterday with his family.
He's not part of this.
four, three Al, I'm telling you, he's not our guy.
Hold.
Repeat all hold.
Holding.
Honey, would you go pay for this? Lady's good.
since the drop.
They wouldn't wait this long.
He's right.
Something's wrong.
Okay, close it out.
Go.
All go.
All go, go! Get out of the car! Get out! Pop the trunk.
Right here, right here.
What'd I do? We don't have the girl.
Repeat, we don't have Lara.
But I didn't do anything.
Spread your legs.
I just drove over here.
What'd I do? We said no cops.
You screw with us again, the girl dies.
Nothing on the cab driver.
Guy was hired from a pay phone, stolen credit card.
Big surprise.
How about you? It's just, I I'm trying to find something, anything.
Background noises, a train.
I got nothing.
We'll catch a break.
How's this? Something on the dad.
Friend of mine at Justice told me on the QT, Sonnenland's company, Meridian, has been under investigation for months.
Seems he overextended himself after the crash of '07, ended up leveraged to the hilt.
He's broke.
Six months ago he pulled out of a project he was putting together in Moscow.
A state-of-the-art mall called Cosmos Park.
I know that.
Alison, they said they'd kill her.
There was a working model of it on his desk.
Well, if Sonnenland is getting back into Cosmos Park, he's got to be getting the cash from somewhere.
$5 million in K&R money would be a good start.
What are you suggesting? Can you explain how you're suddenly back in play with Cosmos Park? Well, that's none of your business.
We, and the Justice Department by the way, are curious to know how you got the funds to move forward.
You have over $5 million in K&R insurance isn't that right? So you've come up here to accuse me of kidnapping my own daughter? Mr.
Sonnenland, it's not gonna be hard to track your e-mails and phone records.
Now, if there's a legitimate explanation, we're happy to hear it.
You want to know how I got back into Cosmos? I am getting a loan.
On the side from some people I met in Moscow.
I assume you have a record of this? Yes, I have a record of it.
And phone numbers and addresses.
So why don't you take a look at that and get the hell out of my life? I'm calling Len Foster in the mayor's office.
You people are useless.
You can expect to hear from my lawyer.
Can't wait.
Maybe his Russian loan sharks grabbed Lara.
Murray's trying to verify the transaction.
I don't know.
Maybe.
Either way, you know his next call's not to his lawyer.
He's gonna have his buddy at City Hall put us on the first boat to Queens.
Hey, maybe that's not such a bad thing.
Carrie, are you not seeing the opportunity here? Look.
Look around, all right? It's the big time.
If we deliver here, you see the kinds of cases they handle, the resources I don't care about the big time, Al.
I don't care about their resources.
I have all the resources I need right here.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I, uh This case Yeah.
Of all cases, right? I had finally decided to make my peace with the fact that I might never know who murdered my sister.
It's been 28 years.
I told myself it's time to put it to bed.
Give it a rest.
But now we're here with this case with little Lara.
Al, I'm afraid to let my sister go.
How could you think? You of all people? You could never let her go.
Let's bring Lara home.
- Hey, um - What? Just so you know, I already think you're the big time.
- Oh, yeah? - Mm-hmm.
Ambitious Al? I like Ambitious Al.
- Well, that would be a first.
- It worked.
Your idea about the cell phones, it worked.
I ran the numbers of the entire shipment of phones against cell calls made in the New York City metro area around the time of the Sonnenland kidnapping.
And check this.
Several of the phones were used in Brooklyn a week before the kidnapping.
And they stopped suddenly, but there they were.
Where's there? Triangulating off of cell towers, I got it down to a 150-foot radius in Sunset Park.
- I think we got 'em.
- Tell Eliot we're on our way.
And tell Paulson to meet us there.
Go, go, go.
Go left.
Clear.
Clear.
Al! I got a body in here.
Got a body.
I got two more.
Who do we have here? Can you unzip those bags, please? Don't worry.
They don't mind.
All right, you heard her.
What appears to be an entrance wound in the frontal bone directly above the left suborbital process.
Massive discoloration of the flesh wow.
Wait a second.
Birdwatcher inadvertently shot what we eventually learned was their hideout.
The Westport case Oh, my God.
These are the Westport kidnappers.
How do you know? I recognize the tattoo.
Jo, how long has this guy been dead? Oh, at least five days, maybe a week.
If we haven't been dealing with these guys, who have we been dealing with? Someone who's gone to an awful lot of trouble to make us think that we have.
Is that the man you did business with in Westport? Oh, yeah.
Yeah, that's him.
I know that voice anywhere.
You want my advice? Pay the money and be done with it.
Jack Paulson.
Okay, thanks.
Murray's over at Paulson's office.
He's gone.
No sign of Lara.
You think he was in this from the beginning? I don't know how I missed it.
It's the perfect plan: Two birds with one stone.
Paulson takes out the Westport kidnappers and collects $5 million from Sonnenland.
Three birds.
He also gets back at the cops - who ruined his career.
- The thing is, he's got to know, we find the bodies, we figure it out.
So, bye-bye, Jack.
Yeah, Jay, what's up? Okay, the girl's father's on the move.
He left his house around 45 minutes ago.
Took his car over to a car wash on 10th Ave.
- All right, thanks.
- Wait a second.
What's the name of the car wash? Uh, place called Easy Clean Tenth Ave and 24th.
He's dropping the ransom money.
Paulson's back on plan.
Listen to me.
When we brought him in when I brought him in all he had to do was make sure things went south at the drop.
Then he goes to Sonnenland, convinces him to let him make the drop himself.
Okay, thanks.
Bye.
According to the manager, Sonnenland came in an hour ago, got a basic wash, then left a bag off, gave the guy a 20 to hold it for Jack Paulson.
Paulson called ten minutes ago, said he's on his way to get it.
On his way out of the country.
Jay's been on Paulson's credit cards, said he just purchased a ticket to Honduras.
What happens to the girl? Why don't we ask him? Paulson.
Owner's worried about his lost business.
Yeah, well, tell him we're cops.
We'll buy a lot of air fresheners.
He's not talking.
Any attempts at interference by the police, and she will die.
He'll talk to me.
Let's go.
Where's Lara? I told you, I want a lawyer.
You don't deserve a lawyer.
Where's Lara? I have no idea.
Why were you headed to JFK? Who says I was? The ticket in your pocket.
You found out we were on to you, you panicked, and you ran.
Where's Lara?! Jack, your guys? They know we brought you in.
When you don't show, they're going to assume you gave them up and they are going to kill that little girl! So that's it? You're just gonna let her die? I saw your face when you heard her voice.
- You bought that? - Yes.
No, I figured I'd go along for the ride, maybe put a couple bucks in my pocket, get back in the game.
Oh, so it's just business? If it was just business, why do you have a signed David Ortiz ball on your desk that once belonged to a poor, murdered little boy? Those bodies we found the real Westport kidnappers that was you.
You wanted justice for Ethan Kandel's murder because that is your business, that's what you do.
You save people from the bad guys.
Only this time, you are the bad guy.
Jack I know you never intended for Lara to get hurt.
How are you going to live with yourself if she dies? It's too late.
It's never too late.
I was supposed to be there a half an hour ago.
She may be dead already.
If there's even the slightest chance that she's still alive, we have to help her.
Jack, please.
I could use some Peptomol.
Buy you a case when we're done.
Something tells me I won't need it then.
Hey, Wells, this make me a good guy again? Maybe so.
Fair enough.
Where's Dubio? He went to get the car.
Where the hell were you? Oh, it was that damn E train.
First, it's late, then they pull it from service.
Swear to God, I thought I was gonna kill somebody.
Yeah, you're 47 minutes late.
They make you swim? Oh, come on now.
You know I can walk on water.
Here, make yourself busy.
Count that.
It's all there.
Hey, sweetheart, we are going home.
He's with her.
Yes! All units stand by.
Okay.
What are you doing? We're done here.
I'm taking her out.
That's not what we said, Jack.
We go together in the car.
Well, sometimes plans change, Don.
Look, I promised the father, okay? You can hold on to my share if you want.
For an hour.
Don't forget I know where you live.
I said leave her alone, Jack.
What's the matter with you? I just made you a rich man.
Something's not right.
Give me the girl.
They're not buying it.
We got to move.
All units move in.
Go! Go! What is the big deal? I told you I'll meet you in Jersey.
I said bring the girl over here.
Come here, sweetheart.
Where's my dad? - It's okay.
- Don! Bring her over here! Run! Lara? Hey! Come here, sweetie.
Hi.
Come here.
Clear? Affirmative.
She's secure.
Hold on.
They're coming.
They're coming.
You're okay now, sweetie, all right? Okay.
Jack.
Jack, she's gonna be okay.
There they are.
Go, go.
Daddy.
Thank you both.
- Hey.
- Hmm? You did that.
Oh.
No, we did that.
There you are.
Great job today.
In fact, the mayor just called with a similar observation.
How nice of him.
I hope you're gonna stick around.
Thanks, but we really got to get back.
Okay, about that.
I-I do have something I'd like to show you.
What do you think? Too close? I could move them apart a little.
Although, from what I understand, you two are used to close quarters.
Wow.
You're quite amazing, you know that? What-What was all this, another test? Save the little girl, get the fancy new job? Hardly.
I put your transfers through two days ago.
You can't do that.
Can he? Look, I'm hiring you to work on the highest profile crimes in the greatest city on Earth.
And we report to you? Only to me and hardly even that.
I'm mostly here to cover your backs.
While we cover your ass? Just so you know, about 17 people way up the food chain all called and demanded I back you off Ari Sonnenland.
Did I? So just take the damn job.
Besides, those two like working with you.
And that is a first.
What about Webster? Really? Fine, but if she calls me Ellie again, I'm-I'm gonna ship her off to Ronkonkoma wherever the hell that is.
Look, I know I've been acting like this is some kind of dream job, but if it's not your dream I can't believe I'm gonna say this, but I want to stay.
You do? Mm-hmm.
Listen, when you dragged me back into all of this in Queens, you told me I was ready to be a cop again.
I hadn't seen you in nine years.
I would have said anything.
You were right.
I am ready.
Lara showed me that.
I didn't become a cop just to solve my sister's murder.
I became a cop because she was murdered.
I wanted to keep people from suffering like I did.
And Rachel? Well, you were right about that, too.
I got her.
Wow, I can't remember when I've been so right.
I can't remember either.
Hmm Well, what do we got here? Coming? Nice chair.