Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021) s03e09 Episode Script

In the nation's largest city,
the vicious and violent
members of the underworld
are hunted by the detectives
of the Organized Crime Control Bureau.
These are their stories.
Pearl gave us a thumb
drive that has the potential
to bury the Silas family.
48 hours later, she's in a coma.
Teddy, drop the bat.
He tried to kill my wife.
Your father was the one who paid
to have your wife murdered.
He's fled. Any idea where he might go?
You're closing the OC task force.
You do know what a big deal this is?
You have a new desk
waiting for you at 1PP.
This task force was started because
of what happened to my wife.
My heart and soul are in this place.
You knew that.
Maybe you're just pissed because
I didn't ask for your permission.
You're the boss, so it's
your prerogative, right?
Oh, sorry.
What gives?
New landlords are gonna
change things up, I guess.
Excuse me.
What exactly are you
planning to do here?
Just taking measurements for now.
Probably gonna make it more corporate.
Oh, you did not.
Merry Christmas.
It's, like, three weeks away.
It's never too early
to be in the spirit.
Sarge.
Yeah?
I know it's early, but
I've always been that guy
to get ahead of the rush.
And since we're officially
done before the holidays.
Open it.
Sage.
To cleanse your new office.
You know where it is yet?
No, no, not yet.
Hey, Elliot.
- Leaving this on your desk.
- Ah.
Thanks, man.
You didn't text me back last night.
I need time to think about it.
Okay.
Well, once you get a sense,
you know, let me know.
I can help assign you to
whatever unit you want.
You need my input?
I'm trying to help you.
Well, I'm good.
I'm good.
You're just gonna do it your way, right?
Well, seeing as it's
served me all these years,
yeah, I guess I'll just do it my way.
Yeah, and Lord knows
you went behind my back
every chance you got
while you were here.
So you know what? Do you, Elliot.
I've always done
everything for this unit,
for the good of this unit.
I never abandoned it.
Abandoned it?
I'm doing this for my family.
I would think you of all
people would understand that.
Yeah, well, we're also your family.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Excuse me.
I'm looking for Sergeant
Bell and Detective Stabler.
They're in a meeting right now.
Can I help you?
I'm Robert Silas's attorney.
I'm here to negotiate for his surrender.
So what kind of cooperation
deal are we talking about?
Robert's son is in custody right now.
In exchange for Robert's surrender,
he would like Teddy released
from jail and all charges dropped.
He nearly beat a man to death.
Think again.
The man was a known mob enforcer
who Teddy is claiming
attacked him first.
I think that's self-defense.
What are you offering?
This is a list of names
from the Russo crime family
you're going to recognize.
If we can come to terms,
Robert will offer his full
cooperation on what he knows
regarding their business dealings,
as well as their other enterprises.
Robert tells me there
are recorded conversations
to back up his claims
of illegal activity.
So why would we trust
what he has to say?
You don't have to believe
anything right now.
Just give him a chance to speak.
And he promises full cooperation?
Mm-hmm.
All right. I'll be right back.
Robert Silas has been
the most morally corrupt human
being since before I was born.
Tried to have his daughter-in-law killed,
but all of a sudden, he
wants to do the right thing.
What happened?
He get visited by the
Ghost of Christmas Future?
I'm not here to discuss
motive, Detective.
Only to make a deal.
Well, you ask anyone in the city
who's made a deal with a
Silas, and they'll tell you,
it doesn't work out the
way they wanted it to.
Okay. The DA's willing to talk.
But Teddy's still looking
at five years, minimum.
Well, I know that, and you know that,
but my client won't accept
it until he hears it from you.
Wouldn't be the first
bad guy we had to educate.
All right, we need a proffer agreement
and a full debriefing
so we can understand
what the deal looks like.
How do we arrange that?
Robert is prepared to have
a preliminary conversation
in a neutral location to hear you out.
Where?
Um, one second.
Okay.
Uh, yeah. I'll call you back.
So they want another
squad to run point on this.
No. The Silas family's an OC case.
Yeah, but OC is shutting down.
In a week.
Look, Robert reached
out to us for a reason.
If we don't follow through on this,
he's not gonna trust anybody else.
And Teddy called me when
Pearl was in trouble.
Ayanna, it'll be our last case.
Ayanna?
All right. Find the location.
I'll deal with the DA.
Sarge, thanks.
Mark, it's Ayanna Bell again.
OC.
Yeah, uh, OC is gonna run point on this,
or there will be no deal.
I didn't check in with
you first because
I was trying to process it on my own.
And I was hoping this
job was gonna give me
more normal hours so I could
fight this custody thing.
But Denise
I understand that.
I don't even know if I really want
this new job, to be honest.
It's just
you know, everything's been out of whack
since Denise and I separated.
I don't even know who I am anymore.
You know, I used to have this family
to go home to, and
And now, uh
yeah, I'm just all alone
at the end of the day.
It's strange.
Well, I get that.
The apartment is so empty
since Eli's been gone.
You know, my mother's.
And since Kathy
You have arrived at your destination.
Really? Well, where the hell are we?
I'll text the lawyer.
Hey, you getting any signal?
Yeah, I got, uh one no.
- I don't have any.
- Okay. Oh wait, I got one.
Hold on.
This looks abandoned.
Yeah, I think this is
one of his properties.
Okay, she responded.
Red door.
Go to the third floor.
Take the staircase in front of you.
Mr. Silas?
Just follow the music.
Mr. Silas?
Detective Stabler. Sergeant Bell.
I noticed there wasn't a DA
with you when you got here.
They're on standby.
Once we understand what
you're willing to share,
I'll call them.
Right to brass tacks.
How I like to do business as well.
Years ago, I started making
notes on all my deals.
Names, places, photos.
Even got in the habit
Of recording conversations.
Must have sat in 1,000 rooms
and took money, bribes, kickbacks.
Paid for problems to
disappear if that didn't work.
If they did business
with me, they're in one
of these cabinets somewhere.
And I'm willing to talk
you through all of it,
as long as Teddy gets out of jail.
Well, attempted murder
doesn't get a free pass.
Yeah, I know how proffers work.
Just like I know that
anything can be arranged
for the right price.
Your daughter-in-law,
the one you tried to have murdered,
she gave us a whole bunch of intel.
Same stuff you're selling.
I know exactly what she gave you.
I knew the second she stole it,
and it's nothing compared
to what I'm offering.
And you don't have time
to waste figuring that out.
Ever seen one of these before?
This here is my brain, and, uh, this
isn't supposed to be there.
I thought the headaches
were just stress.
Evidently, I was supposed
to drop dead a year ago.
So who knows how long I have now?
It's your call.
I read somewhere that classical music
is good for healing the body.
What do you think?
I think he's a man who's dying
and wants to save his
soul, and not his son.
And I still don't trust him.
We ought to get a look
at what he's offering.
All right.
I'm gonna text the DA.
You'll have to go outside,
although the signal's not much better.
Landline?
No.
- All right. I'll
be back. - Uh-huh.
Sarge?
Jet, get in touch with the
district attorney's office.
They should have an ADA on standby,
ready to meet us as soon as possible.
Copy that.
Okay, and grab Jamie and Reyes,
and meet us here as well.
Robert's still a fugitive.
I want to have backup.
We'll be there in less than 20.
Okay, try to get here sooner if you
Hello?
Dang it.
Pretty elaborate security system
for an abandoned building.
This place was never so
much about warehousing
as it was a safe place to do business.
It became a sort of home
away from home, actually.
For everything you've done,
and this is all you've got left.
Mm.
All men make a choice at some point.
To be a good father, good husband,
or good at your job.
I made my choice a long time ago.
It took over everything in my life.
Guess this tumor thing made me realize
putting your name on the building
doesn't secure your legacy.
Family, kids, the next generation.
That's what it's about.
Pearl's pregnant.
What?
No.
Grandson.
They were gonna name him after you.
I had no idea.
Robert, if you're really
serious about this,
you've got to stay alive.
Because as good as those tapes may be,
what's important is you testifying.
And then you're gonna
realize what this deal
really is worth to your family.
Hope I'm in the right place.
Who are you?
ADA Polson.
- Supposed to meet with Robert.
- Oh, you got here quick.
Uh, you have the proffer agreements?
Yeah, I brought it.
So where is he?
On the third floor, through that door.
Lead the way?
I got to wait on my team,
and cell phone service
is, like, nonexistent.
But Detective Stabler
is already up there.
So it's just two of them up there?
- Mm-hmm.
- Great.
No problem.
Wait here.
Stop!
Stop, stop, stop, stop.
Hold on. Who are you?
So sorry, I got here as fast as I could.
Who are you?
I'm from the DA's office.
Detective Slootmaekers called.
She told me I had to be here right away.
Okay, show me your
credentials, right now.
Okay, I need you to call 911.
Tell them we need as
many units as possible.
What's happening?
911! Officers need assistance!
Detective Stabler?
Who are you?
ADA Polson.
Where's Sergeant Bell?
She mentioned there were others coming,
and she was gonna wait
for them downstairs.
Where's Mr. Silas?
This way. Follow me.
You all right?
Yeah, I just didn't expect
my day to turn out like this
when I came into work this morning.
Ah.
Just how big you think the
rats are in this building, huh?
This way.
Come on!
So I heard the DA's office isn't
having their holiday party
down on Center Street this year.
What's going on with that?
I mean, they don't know
their heads from their asses,
- if you ask me, man.
- Mm.
Hey, he tell you anything in there?
No, not yet.
But he's, uh he's in there?
Yeah, yeah. Right in
there. Uh, I'll get him.
- Just wait here.
- Right.
You got it.
Get up. Get up. Get in there.
- What the hell is going on?
- Shh.
Stuff yourself in that corner, now.
This the right place?
That's Stabler's car.
Hey, you see that?
Who's that?
Hey! Hey!
Hey!
Don't hurt me! Please.
Why are you running? Who are you?
Sanders. I'm from the DA's office.
OC task force.
Oh, thank God.
I've been trying to reach 911,
but my cell phone service isn't working.
911? Why?
Stay here. Keep calling.
We'll split up.
I'll take the stairs on this side.
Stabler!
Stairs.
What about Robert?
He'll be fine. He ain't going nowhere.
- You get hit?
- I'm good.
Let's go, let's go.
I'll get out here. You keep going.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
- You good?
- I'm good. Go.
- You good?
- Yeah.
- Everybody okay?
- Yeah, I'm good.
All right, we need a team down there.
You two, with me. Let's go.
- Robert.
- Yeah.
Uh, back office, where we left off.
- All right, you're with me.
- Uh, Sarge?
Stop looking at my leg, and let's go.
Call the bus?
He's going to the morgue.
We need some help out here, though.
That's got to be his car.
Check it out. See if
you can find some ID.
Can't get a signal.
Ah, great.
We got to get Silas out of here.
Nope.
Hey, we got more company.
Jamie, get over here! Now!
Go! I'm right behind you. Go.
All right, go.
Jamie's been hit.
- We saw it on the monitors.
- Where is he?
Headed to the other stairwell.
- Where?
- To the east of us.
He just went in that
door to the east of us.
Do all the stairwells lead here?
Yes. No. I'm not sure.
What about all the other men coming up?
We're not getting past all those guys.
Ammo just run out. You got a new clip?
Yeah.
Maybe we can find them on the monitors.
Okay, let's barricade the door
while we come up with a plan.
We can't save Jamie if
we're getting ambushed.
Let's go!
How many men were there?
At least three vehicles pulled up.
- But I didn't get a head count.
- They're like cockroaches.
Jamie.
Where?
Second floor camera.
We gotta get him out of there.
How do we get to him?
Hold on.
Looks like he's, uh
no.
Yes.
Wait, wait. I know where he is.
But you have to go down that stairwell.
Up here!
We gotta get him out of there.
Close-quarter combat in a stairwell
when we're outgunned?
No.
There's got to be a
heating-cooling pump station
between the two floors.
Do you have any old
building plans in here?
Yeah. Yeah, this way.
Okay, what are we looking for?
These old buildings, built
before strict safety codes.
There will be exposed duct
work, voids between floors.
Where are we?
We're, uh we're here on
the third floor, and he's
he's here on the second floor.
We need to be here.
Pump station room.
We can get inside through
the back stairwell,
and then we can just climb
down into the room Jamie's in.
Inside?
Says there's a service
panel next to the fire door.
How small is the space?
- Small.
- I'll go.
I'll go with you.
- You got a bad leg.
- I'm fine.
You keep saying that.
Because I am fine!
And this is my task
force, and I'm not leaving
a man behind on our last day.
Now, show me where this thing is.
Head to your right about 100 feet.
There's a ladder.
Jamie?
Jamie?
- Where you at?
- Stabler.
Hey.
How'd you find me?
How do you think? Count of three.
One, two.
- How bad is it?
- I'm good.
Go.
All right.
This is as good as it's
gonna get right now.
- How you feeling?
- Better. Thanks.
Hello?
Who's talking?
Hello, hello, hello, hello.
I know you can hear me.
Who is that?
Elio Costello.
Enforcer. Russo crime family.
All right, so this is pretty simple.
You send Robert down,
I call off the dogs.
You don't, then us, we're coming up.
And in case you need a
little added incentive
You have ten minutes.
Give me Robert, or watch this man die.
Reyes. Reyes!
- Find a way down?
- Uh-uh.
- Any luck with the signal?
- Nope.
And this is a brand-new
phone, latest technology.
Figured it'd work better.
- Brand-new, huh?
- Yup.
I'll buy you a new one.
My wife got me that phone.
Come on, let's go.
It's been just under two minutes.
One more, and we go check?
No. No.
We stay together with Robert.
Elliot can manage.
You could have been in Italy, huh?
Tia called me before she left.
She told you I said yes to the job?
She called to see if you were free,
since the task force is ending.
I gave you a glowing recommendation.
I don't blame you.
I mean, it's a good move.
It still may be.
Sarge
I don't want to go.
What'd you find?
Nothing.
He did throw my phone
off the roof, though.
It's one of those new
phones that registers
if you've been in an accident.
I was just trying to get
it out of the dead zone
so that on impact, it
would send out a 911 signal.
Well, how far did you throw it?
So far.
And how did they know? Huh?
- Why are you asking me?
- What's going on?
I'm asking Robert here
how a group of mobsters
just happened to show
up to a secret location
- right after we do.
- What are you really saying?
I'm saying this whole
thing's felt like a set-up
to lure us in and take us all out.
And why would I go
through all that trouble?
I don't know.
You tried to kill your
own daughter-in-law.
- You tell me.
- Jamie, enough. Enough.
All right, then send his ass
downstairs so we can go home!
Detective, you're part of the
Organized Crime task force.
We don't negotiate
with people like that.
Was that not clear to
you when you signed up?
Hello? You all still up there?
Come to the monitor so you can see me.
Hurry up.
All right, so you got
five minutes left, right?
But I just, uh, wanted to show you
what I was gonna do with my time.
Oh!
You're all right.
You're all right.
So for every extra minute
you want to wait now,
I'm gonna put a new
bullet into this gun.
So I guess the question is,
how much time you really have, right?
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick.
All right.
We're gonna give them Robert.
I want to see hands.
Make sure there's no weapons.
Turn around. Let me see your waist.
All right.
Now, Robert, and only
Robert, walk towards me.
You send Sanders at the same time.
Okay.
On three, yeah?
One,
two,
go.
Go, go, go, go.
Everybody out!
Everybody, go, go, go, go, go, go!
It actually worked.
I have a wife, kids. Thank you.
We're gonna do everything we
can to get you back to them.
They're gonna break through those doors.
Sarge, how do you want to do this?
They're gonna funnel
through here at some point.
All right. You guys, in the room.
Close the door.
Do not come out under any circumstances.
- What if you don't make it?
- We're going to make it.
We're all gonna make it.
Just stick together,
have each other's back.
Look, there are two ways in here.
You got to control the
doors, shoulder to shoulder.
Present as one.
Conserve what you can.
Stay focused.
The monitors.
This is the New York
City Police Department.
Come out with your hands up.
It's the cops!
Come out slowly with your hands up.
This is the New York City
One at a time.
Nice and slow.
- Hands behind your heads!
- Get down! Get down!
Get down!
Clear!
Stabler.
It worked.
Units responded to the 911
call, radioed for backup
- when they heard the shots.
- Still work?
Yep.
Hell of a throw, by the way.
- How's that arm?
- No major damage.
Looks I'm gonna lose my
SpongeBob tattoo, though.
You do not have a SpongeBob tattoo.
Long story.
Good work today.
Hey.
I'm sorry things got heated up there.
I was being a jerk.
You did the right thing.
We have a hell of a team.
I'm really proud of us.
Detective, I plan to stay
alive as long as I can.
So let's let's finish this, okay?
I got a grandson coming.
Hey.
Thought you were taking the day off?
I was.
Well, you certainly earned it.
I was just here checking
on the renovation.
What's happening with Robert?
Oh, that debrief's gonna take months,
but he's already given
us quite the list.
Robert's attorney confessed to giving up
his location after the Russo family
found out what he was up to.
Threatened her life.
You lady down with dogs, I guess.
I'm not taking the job, Lillian.
What?
I called the chief this morning.
My place is here, with my team.
Always has been.
Am I interrupting?
No.
You do know the limb I
went out on for you, Ayanna.
And I will return the favor.
You really turned it down?
You're making a huge mistake.
No, the mistake I made was
saying yes in the first place.
I'm trying to correct that.
First I'm hearing about it.
Well, it won't be the last.
Believe me.
I know.
I didn't consult you on this, either.
I guess we both need to work on that.
You want to work on it with me?
Sure. I got plenty of time.
All right, give me a
hand with something.
Jamie got me this.
Yeah, he got me one of those too.
I never knew he was such a hippie.
Have you ever done a cleansing?
Do I look like I've
ever done a cleansing?
Well, I think we could all use one.
So not taking the job
was what was best for you?
It's what was best for us.
For all of us.
Go a couple of times around my desk.
Oh, I will.