Without a Trace s07e13 Episode Script

- Delgado.
- Hey, it's Martin.
Hey, I'm on my way.
No worries.
Listen, I wanted to give you a heads-up.
I got a call from NYPD.
Give me a second.
Let me get my pen.
I think it's someone you know.
A Detective Bianca Gonzalez.
Yeah, she's a good friend of mine.
We were partners at Vice.
Is she the missing person? What happened? Well, she disappeared after a shootout at the Cipher House Hotel in Midtown.
According to her captain, she was undercover on a sting when things went haywire.
Elena, you still there? Yeah.
Yeah, I'm sorry.
Okay, I'm on my way.
- What happened? - Hey.
Homeland Security was buying stolen identities from a Ukrainian a Goga Yurkovich and a Nils Barker.
- How is Bianca involved? - Well, DHS need an undercover cop to open the doors for their agent Phillip Shen to the local market.
Apparently, she came in with Agent Shen posing as black market distributors.
They made their introductions, and that's when they realized that Yurkovich had this partner Nils Barker.
She's the best undercover cop I know.
What went wrong? Well, an agent posing as a janitor said that the trade went well.
The flash drive with the stolen identies for a hundred Gs.
The DHS agent in charge of the sting said they didn't expect this Barker guy to show up.
Then everything went south from there.
We got two dead Ukrainians, and Yurkovich is in custody, but won't say a word.
What about the other guy, Barker? Well, he grabbed the money and ran.
Bianca went after him? No one's heard from her since.
Maybe she's still chasing after Barker.
She wouldn't give up without a fight.
Without A Trace Season 7 Episode 13 "Once Lost" Toupack, The Lovers.
Special Agent Delgado here to talk to Agent Shen.
- Elena.
- Hey, I was just about to go in.
How you doing? I'm fine.
When was the last time you saw your girlfriend? It's been a while.
I don't know, eight, nine months.
- Are you guys still close? - Yeah, very close.
We went to high school together.
Then we were partners for, like, four and a half years.
Why are you asking, Jack? Are you concerned or procedure? Both.
I got a case to run, and if your relationship's onna get in the way, I'm gonna put somebody else on.
I'm a professional.
I can do my job.
Okay.
I keep running the whole sting in my head to see if I missed any angles.
What's the story with this Nils Barker character? I don't know the guy.
Yurkovich introduced him as his partner, but I didn't know he had one.
He wasn't part of the investigation? No, Barker was a bogey.
We had zero intel on him.
We should have bailed the moment he showed.
Why didn't you? 'Cause Bianca just rolled with it, and I took her lead.
I don't know.
Honestly I'm starting to think there's something else going on here.
- What do you mean? - It was a simple setup.
All we had to do was me the buy, let Yurkovich walk away and follow the money.
That thing's going off like a marital aid.
- It's another case.
- Want to handle it? - 'Cause we need your head in the game.
- No, it'll be fine.
It'll be fine.
So I heard you were in with the Latin Kings for three months? Yep.
They killed a priest in my neighborhood.
People were scared to leave their house.
- Did you get your guy? - Yep.
Nearly got my head blown off in the process, but we did get him.
I bet the brass took all the credit while you're back out on the street working your ass off again.
We all end up where we deserve; don't we? Let me look at that.
Bro, you trying to get us killed? Any perp worth his salt would have found this, man.
Come on.
I didn't think much of it at the time, but after the smoke cleared, we tried pinging that locator and got nothing.
What are you saying? That Bianca stole the money? Because your statement says that Barker is the one that took the cash.
Except that now they're both missing and so is our hundred K.
I've seen this before.
Cops staying under so long, they start getting entrepreneurial.
We have to look into Bianca's bank accounts and phone records ASAP.
Is anything else about your girlfriend that would make you think she's dirty? Okay, Jack, no.
And I promise you she did not steal that money, okay? I'm gonna clear that out of the way so we can get to what really happened here.
I'll see you back at the office.
You guys are on fire! All right, come on, you guys.
We got to bring it in.
Let's go.
You ready? Come on.
One, two, three.
Go, Garfield! Yeah! They go to have to thank you when they play for the Knicks.
Yeah, just don't tell them I can't hit a free throw.
What are you doing here? I got a job offer at the FBI.
FBI? - I didn't know you were looking.
- I didn't want to say anything, in case I didn't get it.
I didn't want to be embarrassed.
Look at you, à la Jodie Foster.
Moving up the food chain, right? Yeah, I'm trying.
When do you start? I go into the academy in a week.
That soon, huh? Moved fast.
- I'm so sorry I didn't tell you before.
- No.
Tu sabes? Man, Bianca, I learned how to be a cop from you.
You know I'm going to always, always rember that.
You know, I don't, I I don't want to leave thinking that there's any hard feelings.
Come on.
Forget it.
Forget that.
We made some bad-ass partners though, right? - Best in the 16th, girl.
- That's right.
That's right.
I've been trying to get a hold of you.
I'm so sorry.
I meant to call you.
It's okay.
How are you holding up? I'm not good, Danny.
I'm really worried about her.
I was thinking, remember you mentioned that Bianca had a cousin that lives in Long Island? I spoke to her already.
She hasn't seen her.
All right, I'm just trying to cover all the angles.
I gotta go, okay? I'll call you later.
Sam.
Hey, any luck at the precinct? Half of her colleagues love her.
The other half think she's a pain in the ass.
It could be they're jealous of her record.
Last few years, she's gotten convictions on every case she's worked.
- Any luck tying her to Barker? - Not really.
Her unit didn't know him.
There's nothing in her bank accounts or cell phone records to tie them together.
What about the calls she kept getting before the sting? Those did not show up on her cell phone records.
My guess is she's rotating a burner phone.
Spade.
Well, that's good news.
Thanks.
We just caught a break.
TSA at MacArthur Airport just stopped Barker from getting on a flight to Toronto.
Nils Barker, Special Agents Delgado and Fitzgerald.
My pleasure, I'm sure.
We're looking for Bianca Gonzalez.
I don't know who that is.
She's the woman that chased after you after the shootout this morning.
You remember the shootout where you stole 100 grand? Nobody chased me out of that hotel.
Really? Okay, well, then maybe the two of you ran off together.
You were gonna split the cash, but then you got greedy and you killed her.
That's a nice story.
You got a title for it? How about "The Nils Barker Story: Stupid Enough to Sell Stolen Identies to the Cops"? You like that one? That's cute.
You're going away already for what, 20 years? What do you think is gonna happen if I find her dead? Who am I gonna pin that on? Look, she flipped me last week, okay? She busted me rigging phony ATMs up and down Westchester Ave.
I was supposed snitching for her.
Still doesn't clear you from killing her.
I'm a scam artist, not a killer.
I wasn't supposed to be working for Yurkovich, so when I saw Bianca at the hotel this morning.
I blew the meet and took off.
That's it.
I don't believe it.
Doesn't make any sense.
'Cause if Bianca made him a CI, NYPD didn't say anything about that.
That's a good point.
Why they didn't you'll have to ask them.
But the day I got flipped, you could tell she had bad blood with her crew.
- So, what do I gotta do? - Nothing.
Just tell people, after they swipe their card, that the ATM is out of order.
The skimmer here records their info, and I'll pick it up before the tech comes out.
And I get 500 bucks a week? Free money, right? Actually, not so much, considering I'd go to jail for it.
Nils Barker, you're under arrest for conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
You have the right to remain silent.
He's on the run! I need backup! Where the hell were you? We lost audio.
I called for you! He could've killed me, man! What do you want me to do? I'm pretty sure the audio thing was a yarn.
As soon as she walked out, these dudes were laughing about it.
It's Hard to believe that he remembers those details after taking a beating like that.
The whole ride back the station they didn't say a word to her.
You better not be lying to me.
So what do you think? Is he lying? I don't know.
Listen, Bianca can be difficult.
But for her unit to leave her hanging with a guy like this? If they had it in for her, today's shootout would've given them the perfect cover to take her out.
Detective Stevens? I'm Special Agent Jack Malone.
Thanks for all you're doing to help find Gonzalez.
Do you make a habit of putting your subordinates in danger? What are you talking about? Recognize that guy? I already told your guy no.
- You sure? - Yeah.
Interesting.
Because that man, Nils Barker, almost killed Detective Gonzalez on Thursday night at a convenience store while you and your partners just stood outside and listened.
Our audio went dead.
And I didn't know it was him.
Yes, you did.
The reason you didn't go in to help was because just let me see here.
Say in the report Because she was a "cocky slut.
" Who told you this? You did.
You've been mouthing off all over the precinct.
Only because she bailed on the job.
Ten days ago we had a numbers bust in Van Nest.
Gonzalez was supposed to be there, but she didn't show.
One of my guys almost took a bullet covering for her.
So this whole Barker thing that was just payback? It wasn't supposed to go that far.
Really.
I know where you're going with this, but you need to know I went to see her a few days later to make peace.
And I wound up stepping into something else.
He's going to pay for what he did! And where do you think you're going to end up? - Listen to me.
- Get out of my face! I'm sorry, okay.
I'm - I'm just gonna kill that punk bitch.
- No, you're not! I'm going to take care of it, all right? But you've gotta swear to me you're not gonna do anything stupid, come on.
You get any dumb ideas, you call me.
You understand? All right? All right.
Are you following me? Smitty told me you volunteered here.
- I came to bury the hatchet.
- After what you put me through? Look, I'm trying to make things right.
Seems like you got problems as it is.
You just stay the hell out of my life.
She hopped a cab, drove off.
- And where was this? - The Garfield Community Center.
And who was the "punk bitch" the kid mentioned? I don't know.
Gonzalez runs some teen abuse thing down there.
I just figured she got too involved.
All right, thanks.
You okay? Trying.
Yeah, hanging in there.
Listen, no one at Garfield Community Center can ID the kid.
If he's been abused, I'm not surprised that Bianca would get involved.
She's always trying to take care of everybody else's problems.
Hey, listen, it looks like Stevens wasn't lying after all.
Bianca called a cab from the community center right before he saw her, and they took her to a 2292 Andrews Avenue in University Heights.
That address is registered to Bernard Mills.
He has two teenage sons.
And a bunch of drunk-and-disorderlies.
I'll track him down.
Buenos dias! - You want to walk in together? - No, that's fine.
Go ahead.
I'll be right in.
I'm good.
- What's wrong? - Estoy bien.
What happened to your eye? - Nothing.
- Elena, what happened to your eye? - Let me see it.
- Bianca, I'm fine.
What happened Let me see your eye.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Carlos? Dgraciado! Donde.
Where is he now? No idea.
I kicked him out.
I haven't heard from him.
No se.
How come you never told me it got this bad? He's never hit me before, Bianca.
I swear to you.
It's the last time.
I know what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna get a restraing order.
I'm gonna get full custody of Sophie.
And I'm gonna find Carlos No, Bianca, please.
Leave it alone.
Por favor.
I want, I want to be done with this, okay? Okay.
Okay.
Esta bien.
All right? Esta bien.
No matter how much foundation you try, you can't go in there like that.
Toma.
No, no, mami, listen to me.
You're not going to go to work, all right.
You're going to go to my place.
Toma.
You're going to go to my place, and you're going to go and rest, and I'm going to cover for you, all right? Toma.
I'm going to cover for you.
Is that your kid? Doesn't look like either one of my boys.
Or maybe it's just that you don't want to ID one of your boys.
What is this about? This kid is part of a support group for abused teens.
Two days ago Bianca Gonzalez was seen trying to talk him out of killing someone.
She said she would take care of it, when she went to your apartment and now she's missing.
Wait, Bianca's missing? So you're admitting you know Bianca? Of course I know Bianca.
We've been together for over a year now.
She practically lives with me.
So why don't any of her colleagues know anything about you? Because she doesn't want the precinct up in our lives.
Listen, guys you gotta let me help you.
When was the last time you saw her? She stayed at my house last night.
She had a sting this morning.
Rule is, I don't call her when she goes under.
All right, what about this kid? Did she say anything about him? No.
But two days ago, there was definitely something going on with her.
Hey, baby.
Hi.
What's going on? Nothing.
Bianca, what's wrong? Nothing, I'm fine.
Come on, stop that.
What's on the tape? A while back I messed up and and people got hurt.
What did you do? I used to tell myself that that it was the collar that mattered, you know? Not how you got there.
Bianca, if you don't if you don't tell me what this is, I can't help you.
There's nothing you can do.
How do you know that? How do you know that? Baby, you know I love you.
But you put up this this wall between us and I don't know if it's me or if No, it's not you.
It's not you.
All right.
Look, you gotta figure things out.
That's the only way this is gonna work.
Hey, hey, what are you doing? You're right.
You're right.
I need to deal with this.
And I just figured that I'd let her come to me when she was ready.
Do you still have that tape? Yeah, it should still be in the dumpster.
- What do we got? - Most of the tape was pretty damaged, but I was able to digitize about 20 seconds.
You have any idea what's on it? It has a time stamp from January '04.
Or confess now you you save yourself a chance at parole.
This is 18 seconds later Say it, Donnelly: I shot Cue Ball.
I shot him in the head.
And this one, I just finished processing now.
Tu estas loca? Loca estas tu.
You crossed the line! Hey What exactly is on that tape? It's an interrogation Bianca did.
Jack, I swear to you I had no idea this was connected.
I You seriously expect me to believe that? Yes, I do.
She has worked 1,000 cases since then.
She was in a shootout this morning.
Yeah, and we have wasted 11 hours.
The key to finding her could be on that tape.
Okay How bad did this case go? Is there any chance of criminal prosecution? No It's nothing like that.
Then what is it? Bianca and I busted a crack dealer on possession with intent.
He had killed the competition.
He took the supply We had the drugs, but we couldn't hang the murder on him, so, we we needed a confession.
I get it, Donnelly: you wanted to move up into the major leagues.
And that's why Cue Ball's in the morgue and you're selling on his corner.
Lady, you got some imagination Look, you fight this in court you lose.
Or confess now, man, you save yourself a chance at parole.
You ain't got nothing on me, except a bag of dope.
So, now that's the thing about being as ugly as you are, it's that witnesses remember you easy.
You followed Cue Ball into the alley behind the bodega.
You put two in his head.
Hey, I'm just telling you what the witness told me.
What witness? Yvette Russell? Neighborhood watch? Upstanding citizen? She saw you kill him, and she ain't afraid to take the stand.
Neighborhood watch? You mean that old hag with the rent-a-cop truck? Oh, just say it, Donnelly: I shot Cue Ball! Or my girl Yvette is gonna get you the needle.
Take him back to holding.
Come on.
- What are you doing? - Stop.
Stop.
- Tu estas loca? - No.
Tu estas loca.
You crossed the line! What are you talking about? I had him! He was about to break.
Or lawyer up, mama.
The drug rap is solid.
Oh, come on, Elena.
This scumbag is gonna get a few years.
He'll be back like a cancer.
Listen to me.
Dropping Yvette's name that was a bad play.
You know it.
What, are you gonna school me on the job now? Or are you gonna have my damn back? Bianca was only supposed to bluff like we had a witness, but she took it too far.
And then two days later, this lady, Yvette, gets killed, 'cause Donnelly put a hit on her from jail.
And Homicide couldn't couldn't make a case against Donnelly, right? No.
He confessed on the drug charges and went to prison.
And after that, it was never the same between us, you know? - Who else knows about this? - Nobody.
Just Bianca and me.
Is there anything else you need to tell me? No.
Okay.
- How did it go? - It was just like I thought it would.
I'm gonna get some air.
Okay.
Jack, you know, I really think if Elena thought it was relevant, she would have come forward.
I assume you're digging up information on Mitch Donnelly.
- Yes, I am.
- What do you have? He's a drug dealer in the Bronx.
Elena and Bianca's bust cost him five years of his life.
He was just released from Wallkill three days ago.
Hundred to one says she had that day marked down on her calendar.
Along with this parole hearing.
Remember that raid that Bianca missed with her unit? The one that Detective Stevens mentioned? - That's where she was that day.
- So, where's Donnelly now? We don't know.
His PO went to his girlfriend's house.
He wasn't there.
We've put out a statewide APB.
Okay, let's check with his former inmates.
Somebody knows where that guy's hiding.
- Yes, sir.
- Thank you.
Yvette Russell's background just came in.
Looks like she was a county social worker in Tremont, and then started a neighborhood watch program.
She's survived by her daughter-in-law, Jordan Russell, and a grandson, Tom Russell, Morris Heights, New York.
There's a familiar-looking face.
It sure is.
- Hey.
- Hey.
So, listen, we've we've connected a grandson of Yvette's to Bianca.
We think he's the teenager she was talking to outside the community center.
Martin and Viv are on their way to talk to him.
Okay.
I just thought you'd want to know, okay? I really messed up, Sam.
With Jack? Yeah And back then, you know, I keep thinking about this and I could have warned Yvette, you know, and protect her and I Bianca told me to keep my mouth shut and I was so stupid, and I I did.
You know, you're not the one who dropped Yvette's name.
Elena, this isn't your fault.
She's still dead.
Right.
When the FBI called, I I ran and never looked back.
You know, we We still have to find your friend.
Right? - And it's freezing out here.
- I know.
- Let's go in and find her, okay? - Yeah.
Come on.
- Here we go.
- This one here? Go ahead.
About damn time.
Get your ass in here! You heard the lady.
After you.
Hello? Jordan Russell? Who wants to know? We're with the FBI.
We're not here for you.
We want to talk to your son, Tom.
He comes and goes.
Ain't seen him much the past few days.
We're looking for Detective Gonzalez.
We heard she was arguing with Tom two nights ago.
You know why? - He didn't tell me nothing about that.
- He didn't? So, how well do they know each other? Some, I guess.
A few years ago, Tom used to live with his nana.
Yvette Russell? Yeah.
She was his dad's mom.
He lived with her till she got killed.
Gonzalez was there that day.
Tom was shook up real bad.
Tommy.
You want to come stay with me again? Okay.
Are you Tom? Yeah.
I'm Detective Gonzalez.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Your grandma was a great woman.
I know.
Why don't you come with me? It's okay.
Come on.
From then on, she'd come by every once in a while, asking about him.
When was the last time? Months maybe.
Okay, so you don't mind if we wait around until Tom gets home? You know, it's a bad time.
I'm expecting company.
Expecting company? You sure you're not waiting for a home delivery? Now, listen, if you want us to leave, quit playing games.
Detective Gonzalez came by a few hours ago.
What?! Jordan, open up! Jordan, Tom's been calling me all day, but he's not answering now.
- Do you know where is he? - Ain't seen him.
Why you so dialed up? Did he talk about going after Donnelly? - He ain't that kind of fool.
- Jordan, listen to me.
Listen to me.
Get this through your junkie brain, okay? Tom is looking to get himself killed.
Maybe you need to stop getting up in our business and mind your own.
What the hell's any of this got to do with you? Look, hey, Jordan.
He ain't got the whole story straight when it comes to Yvette.
Meaning what? Meaning he needs to know that I made a mistake.
And he needs to hear that from me.
When Tom came back, I told him what she said.
It started him thinking it was Bianca got Nana killed.
Is that what he thought or what you told him? She damn near admitted it.
Well, where is he now? I don't know.
I don't know where he is.
For real.
But when he left, he had a gun.
So I've called Tom's friends.
Nobody has seen him.
I need to go out there.
If the mother convinced Tom that it was Bianca's fault and he went after her, she could be lying in an alley right now.
Come on.
I think it's much more likely that Bianca takes out Donnelly before Tom does.
Then, all the more reason for me to stop her.
Listen, NYPD pressed Donnelly's girlfriend.
She finally gave up his cell phone.
We were able to ping it to a vacant department store in Queens.
- It's a drug lab.
- Exactly.
These guys they bribe the security guards and then they set up temporary labs in these places.
Okay, grab someone and go check it out.
All right.
I can't just sit at a desk.
What do you want from me? You had a longstanding relationship with her, and you're trying to tell me that you could not connect the dots.
You know what? You're right.
I should have seen it coming.
Yeah, you should have.
I didn't want to.
See if you can catch up with Martin.
Thank you.
Hey, security guard admitted that Tom showed up about 20 minutes ago Bianca was just behind him.
The homeless in the alley said that he heard a gunshot, - so I called for backup.
- Okay.
FBI! Drop the gun.
- I'm a cop.
- I don't care.
Lower the weapon.
Okay, all right.
Putting it down.
Elena, what the hell are you doing here? I've been looking for you.
Por qué? Tom, turn around and face the wall.
Hey, go easy on him, please.
He's with me.
You have any weapons on you? What did you do? I've been waiting for this bastard to get out.
Word on the street was he set up shop here, so I came to settle our business.
Yeah, I took care of the guard.
We can cook here for a few days.
See you then, brother.
Cooking rock is a parole violation.
We was just going to have a barbecue.
You should stick around.
Get yourself a big sausage.
I owe you a bullet.
Don't tempt me.
Don't move.
We've been down this road before, Gonzalez.
You're all bark and no bite.
You got any more witnesses pointing fingers? No? I didn't think so.
I should have done this a long time ago.
I put him out.
Just like that? Yeah, that's right.
What is Tom doing here? He he must have followed me here.
He walked in right before you did.
All right, Tom, let's go.
You're trying to confess to murder one? Look, this son of a bitch finally got his.
I'm just telling you the truth.
Tenemos un problema.
Mira, it doesn't match what the guard said.
Okay, Tom got here before you.
You came after him, you wanted to stop him, and it was too late.
Tom! No! What did you do? I know what you've been feeling.
You don't know anything about what I've been going through.
I know you're not a killer, but you weren't going to let Tom go down for this either.
You're just trying to protect that kid, Bianca.
Don't do that.
Dejalo asi.
Okay, my word as a cop will close this.
- It's not going to bring Yvette back.
- I know that! - But it makes it right.
- No, it doesn't.
Yes, it does.
Yes, it does for me.
Maybe not you, but for me.
And you know what? We're different like that, you know? This is what I need, Elena.
Come on.
Come on Bianca, no hagas eso, por favor.
- Don't do this.
- Promise me you'll look after Tom.
- Por favor.
- I can't.
Elena.
Por favor.
I promise.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
You ready? You didn't have to stay.
I wouldn't sleep.
I know you're worried, but we'll do everything we can to help her, okay? I know I know.
I called a defense attorney that owes me a favor.
Supposedly, he's the best and the most expensive, but we'll figure out the whole money thing as we go.
What? Why are you so good to me? Because I love you.
- Honey.
- Sorry for the times I shut you out.
You know how I am.
But I know I can trust you, and that feels good.
Elena, you can trust me.
If I ever try to walk away don't let me, please.
Never.
Okay.
Never.
Never, never, never.
How about home? Let's go home.
Jojimoreau.