Blue Bloods s13e14 Episode Script
Collision Course
1
- Just relax, kid.
- It's not "kid." It's Malik.
And I wasn't shoplifting.
I saw you steal that candy.
Help is on the way, Officer.
Ma'am, store policy says
that I can release him
to an adult and he's already called one.
Drugged-up punks like you
have ruined this city.
Now everyone's staring at me.
Thank God. That's him, Officers.
Why are they here? You lied!
Look, guys, this is unnecessary.
It's all right.
We'll handle it from here. Come on.
No! No!
Whoa, whoa!
- Hey, settle down.
- Settle down. Hey.
Hands behind your back.
But I didn't do anything.
OFFICER: Come on, settle down.
- Settle down!
- Hey, hey, hey.
Rachel.
Look, I'm his social worker.
Please let me handle this.
He's out of his mind, lady.
He's on the spectrum,
Please, let him go.
- Stop! Please!
- I said, back up!
- Easy, easy
- (GROANS)
- Hey!
- All right, that's it.
- No
- (SCREAMS)
What the hell are you doing?
(YELLING)
Look, I am not just a social worker.
I am former Officer Rachel Witten,
shield number 63894.
Look, I don't care who you are.
Out of the way.
♪
Well, your wallet didn't just get up
and walk away, now did it?
Well, that's what you always say to me.
Sir, we have a situation.
Uh, I got to go, Pop.
Call me when you find it.
Okay.
A social services aide
is accusing two officers
from the 2-9 of using
excessive force in an arrest
at a discount store in Midtown.
So, Jamie or Eddie are involved?
No.
Officers Stephens and Rouse.
Oh.
Well, I'll give you three
guesses whose word I trust.
And I'll give you one guess
which ex-cop is
the social services aide.
Well, someone I know.
That's why you're bringing it to me.
(SIGHS)
Former NYPD Officer Rachel Witten.
And she went to
Internal Affairs an hour ago.
♪
(SIGHS)
(MACHINE WHIRRING)
Wow. Now that's a look I like to see.
- What, me happy?
- I wouldn't go that far.
But at least you're not pissed at me.
Funny. You have any plans for lunch?
Why? You finally ready to
hit that chili joint
I told you about?
No, it'll be Giando's.
You, me and Bobbi Gallo.
Are you serious?
She just called.
She said she wants to meet.
And word is, she doesn't
want to meet with anyone
If she hasn't already decided
to run their campaign.
That's right. This is big.
The biggest.
And no one deserves it more than you.
- Thank you.
- You two have fun.
No, you said you were gonna come.
No, you did.
I got a desk full of work,
and quite frankly,
I get a lot more done when
you're out of the office.
Anthony, come on, I need you there.
Sounds like Bobbi's already persuaded.
I need you as my right hand,
my best friend, as
as my eyes and ears
to pick up all the little
things that I might miss.
Wow, you're really laying it on thick.
Well, I got to get
through that thick skull.
Look, I really need you there.
I can't do this without you.
Yeah, yeah, okay.
- Thank you.
- You got it.
(SNIFFING)
- All right. Here you go.
- Thank you.
One delicious unhealthy glazed donut,
and one very healthy
vegan, oat-rolled kind of weird donut.
- You choose.
- Is it a trick question?
Yes, they're both glazed
and covered with delicious M&M'S.
Wow. What happened to our diets?
I don't know. We've been good all week.
I figured we might as well
reward ourselves, right?
I like the way you think.
Cheers.
(GLASS SHATTERS)
(GASPS)
(GROANS)
- You okay?
- Yeah, you?
I think so. (GROANS)
- Oh, my God, are you okay?
- Yeah, we're fine.
- I'll call the cops.
- BOTH: We are the cops.
Just wait over there, please.
- You okay?
- Are you blind? Did you not see me?
What the hell are you talking about?
You ran into us.
Barely!
How old are you?
How old are you?
I'll call a bus, just in case.
What's that smell?
It's probably just gas.
No, it's not gas.
Step over there with her.
♪
(COUGHS)
♪
♪
I just think you should
learn to sleep on your back.
- Eddie, you saw this on TikTok.
- A doctor on TikTok.
I think you mispronounced "quack."
Jamie, if you keep sleeping
on your stomach,
in 20 years, your spine is gonna snap.
It's science.
- Yo, Janko.
- Hey.
- You used to ride with a Rachel Witten?
- Yeah.
So, was she, uh, was she
crazy then or just a bitch?
- Excuse me?
- What are you guys talking about?
She interfered in a collar
we were making this morning.
And now she's trying to jam us up.
Frigging social workers.
She's in training. Second year.
She's not even the real deal?
Witten was a great cop,
and she was always
very smart and reasonable.
Oh, wait. Are you defending her?
You need to take a step back, Stephens.
And watch your tone.
(PHONE RINGS)
Eddie
Traitor's ears must be burning.
(SIGHS)
Just don't hug her
next time you see her.
She'll accuse you of sexual assault.
♪
(QUIETLY): Jamie,
I mean, she's my friend.
I know, and you're also a PBA delegate
who represents everyone in this house,
even Stephens and Rouse.
Best to see how this
plays out first. Huh?
Yeah.
♪
Wow. Really? In my office?
She's an adolescent offender, boss.
I can't put her in the box.
And you can't question her
without having a parent or guardian.
She says she doesn't have any.
She doesn't even have
a last name, according to her,
and she didn't have an ID
or license when we found her.
She does have fingerprints, right?
Not in the system.
And she refused an attorney.
So you are nowhere.
Not nowhere.
We know her name is Trina and she's 16.
Great job, Detective.
Get an adult in there
with her or cut her loose.
Okay.
So?
So she said water sucks
and she wants a venti chai latte,
- three pumps of vanilla, extra foam.
- (DANNY SIGHS)
All that after murdering someone. Okay.
She's just a kid.
You never saw
Children of the Corn, did you?
You gonna stand there and plan
more police brutality for me
or are you gonna let me go?
I'm gonna call ACS
and see if we can get
a guardian down here.
Mm-hmm. Good idea.
So, uh, Bobbi, what's good here?
Uh, business first so we know we're not
wasting our time.
Erin, it's no secret
where you want to go
in the city, and it's no secret
I can get you there.
Pretty confident about that.
Don't ask me.
- Ask Mayor Chase,
- Governor Mendez,
the last two Manhattan
Borough presidents
and the last three comptrollers.
- Point taken.
- I've also recently gotten
feelers from your boss who
knows that when you jump in
If I jump in.
Please, you running for D.A. is
New York's worst-kept secret
since Giuliani's comb-over.
And when you jump in, Crawford knows
she's in for the fight of her career.
And yet you're here with me.
I see a winning horse, I ride it.
Uh, so, Bobbi,
you got a plan
other than catchy phrases
and past glories?
'Cause Erin isn't
your usual candidate and
she'll walk away in a heartbeat
if her campaign doesn't
speak to who she really is.
Then let me skip
the smoke blowing and say this
having run winning campaigns
for the past decade,
I am just as thrilled
to cash my hefty paychecks
as I am bone-tired of
helping get people into office
who then implode
because of policy incoherence
or moral failures.
But when I look at you, I see neither.
Simply put,
I want us to win,
but I also want to vote for you.
And that is saying a lot
because I haven't voted
for anybody since John Lindsay,
and he almost bankrupted New York.
♪
Then let's do this.
Music to my ears.
- (LAUGHS)
- ABETEMARCO: All right.
So, uh can we eat already?
(DOOR OPENS)
Trina, this is Janet Bullock
from the Administration
for Child Services.
She'll be your guardian.
- With those bangs?
- Pass.
Trina, I'm here to help you.
Then help me get the hell up
out of here 'cause I'm innocent.
Says the girl who tried to flee
after ramming her car into us
with a dead body in the trunk.
Detective, I'm not sure your tone is
Is what?
As bad as the stench
off the victim in her trunk?
I don't think so and you,
get your feet off the chair!
I already told you.
He wasn't my victim
and it wasn't even my car.
Oh, so you admit you stole it.
Okay. Yeah. Shocker.
(SCOFFS) Come on.
Is that even a crime nowadays?
Trina, I advise you not to answer
any more of their questions.
- (SIGHS)
- Ms. Bullock,
you're not here to act as an attorney.
Did I mention?
I'm also a lawyer with Legal Aid. And
right now, you two are bullying this child.
DANNY: Bullying her? She's bullying us!
Ha! In your face, bitch.
Okay, we're done here.
No, we're not done here, okay?
She just admitted to grand larceny auto,
not to mention the issue of
the dead body in her trunk.
So the only place she's going
until this is resolved
is to a juvenile detention facility.
Like I ain't been worse places.
Trina, stop talking.
And start walking. Come on.
Next stop, arraignment. Let's go.
(EXHALES)
♪
Later, Dick
Tracy.
(CHUCKLES)
You found my car?
Actually, ma'am, your car found us.
And unfortunately,
it's now a crime scene
which means it's probably
gonna be a total loss.
I knew something bad was gonna
happen when I saw them.
- I get feelings
- Them?
Yesterday, I came out to go
to a doctor's appointment,
and a boy and a girl were
already inside my car.
And when I yelled, she made
a rude gesture and drove off.
- (PHONE RINGING)
- Who would do that to an old lady?
With her, believe it or not,
you may have gotten off easy, ma'am.
BAEZ: Ma'am, the city has ride services
to take you to
any appointments you may have.
Great, some stinky van. Yeah.
You got it. Yep.
M.E.
No fingerprints or DNA
popped for our vic.
So, we take another stab at Trina?
No, we don't take another stab at Trina.
Come on, I'll protect you from her.
(EXHALES) Goodness. Fine.
♪
Hello, Rachel.
Got a minute?
(SIGHS)
My bet was getting called in to One PP.
You work here now.
I couldn't just "call you in."
I would've come.
I know I owe you that.
(SIGHS)
Pretty serious accusation
you made today.
I did what I felt was right.
And I respect that.
And, respectfully,
the P.C. shouldn't be here
on police business.
Uh-huh.
I came under my own steam.
But you think I should have
brought this to you, directly.
No, that would've been a breach itself.
You did right by the protocols.
Then what?
Just
in your own words,
between two former colleagues?
Malik Saunders is
on the autism spectrum.
It's been a process, but
he sees me as nonjudgmental,
maybe even a friend.
Smart kid.
One of the ways his autism manifests is
he doesn't like
holding things in his hands,
so he'd placed some candy
in his pocket while he shopped
and the security guard saw that
as shoplifting.
Well (EXHALES)
how else could the guard see it?
Yes, yes.
But it would've been nice
if the responding officers had
waited till I arrived.
Nice, yes. But not in the protocols.
So, it's just pull the tasers
and fire away?
The boy escalated the situation
and also gave Officer Stephens
a concussion.
Who could tell? Guy's not too bright.
Okay.
Sorry.
Rachel
be honest.
Is it possible you overreacted?
You're turning this around? On me?
I'm sorry. Okay.
(SIGHS)
Look.
I'm pretty sure you remember
how difficult it is
to make split-second decisions,
especially when things heat up.
(EXHALES)
Maybe you could think about that.
(SIGHS)
♪
WITTEN: Why have you
been dodging my calls?
Rachel, you know why.
So what, now you're gonna run inside?
I wish I could help you, but I can't.
Not even off the clock?
Not even if we spoke in hypotheticals?
"Hey, Eddie, what would you
say if, I don't know,
a social worker saw two cops"
Please, don't tempt me.
(SCOFFS)
Maybe we weren't really
partners after all.
Don't guilt-trip me either.
If the tables were turned,
you'd do the same thing
and I'd have to accept that.
I would never shut you out.
Look, I understand your position,
and I feel for you
and if you saw what you said you saw,
then you're doing the right thing.
If?
I have to go.
Eddie.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
♪
You brought me out of my cell for them?
Trust me, we're not exactly
thrilled to see you either.
BAEZ: But if you cooperate,
we can talk to the D.A.
about the car theft.
You know, the car you stole
from that nice little old lady?
Trina, you are still under no
legal obligation to say anything.
I already said everything.
I don't know who the dead guy was,
and I took the car
so I could go see my parents
Oh, so now you have parents?
- Of course I do.
- Oh.
What'd you think, huh? I was hatched?
But I never knew them
'cause they gave me up
and I've lived
in a bunch of foster homes
until I ran off and came here.
- Came here from where?
- Pittsburgh.
I've been searching the Internet
and I found out my parents live
in Tiverton, Rhode Island.
A lot of children
abandoned to the system
still want to reconnect.
Yeah. They could be rich,
I could get me some money.
Mm. It's just so touching.
Uh, you buying any of this?
Not until we also get
the name of the boy
she stole the car with.
- What boy?
- The one you were seen in the car with
by an eyewitness, genius.
(SCOFFS) That's Mikey.
I don't know his last name.
I've been running with him
since I came here in the city.
Maybe he killed the dead dude.
Here we go.
No, here we go. Goodbye.
Mikey's a sketchy person.
Get me out of here
and I'll take you to him.
Not in a million years.
Fine.
Then search every squat in this city
looking for Mikey yourselves.
I'll be in here laughing
while you waste your time.
Boss, what do you mean you dropped by?
Paid a visit. As a civilian.
You're not just a civilian.
Well (SIGHS) I can be.
No, you can't be.
Sorry, not sorry.
We'll, I wanted to hear
Rachel's version,
unprepared and unrehearsed.
IAB ain't gonna see it that way.
They're gonna see a thumb on the scale.
They'll dig out her ties to you
in, like, two seconds.
Not to mention the rank and file hearing
you were kid-gloving a traitor.
Careful there.
Okay, uh, whistleblower.
I don't care for them much either.
I would remind you she's one of our own.
Was, boss.
(SIGHS) Well
Look, I have a history with her.
I needed to hear her side of it.
But (EXHALES)
I guess I'm not the best judge
of how to go about it.
And what did seeing her get you?
It got me
right back where I started.
♪
Uh, Bobbi, if my boss sees you
Relax, she's at governor's
confab in Albany.
Right. You do your homework.
Our agreement, the NDAs signed, sealed
and now delivered, and with it
one request.
Shoot.
Lose Anthony from your team.
What?
Yesterday, I did blow a little smoke
because I neglected
to mention your one
liability as a candidate.
My association with the NYPD.
(CHUCKLING) Association?
You have dinner with
half the force every Sunday.
It's a family dinner.
And work never comes up?
So, what am I supposed to do?
Divorce them all?
Interesting choice of words.
Anthony is like a work husband to me.
Which speaks volumes
about his value to you.
What speaks louder, is he's a former
NYPD detective with a not-entirely
spotless record.
No cop has one.
I'm not saying you can't stay friendly.
(SIGHS) But you're about to
step into the arena
and the knives will be
coming out for him, too.
Anthony is a big boy.
He will be fine. He can hold his own.
And Vivian and Sophia?
I'm sorry?
He's bloodied,
they'll see it along with
the rest of the world.
Are you sure his family
signed up for this?
♪
(LIGHTS BUZZING)
Mikey?
Mikey.
Well, looks like
you struck out again, kid.
Mikey probably just
heard us coming and split.
How about you stop playing us now?
- I'm not.
- Trina, when you said
Mikey could have killed
the guy in the trunk,
- I mean, did you?
- Why are we even asking her
questions anymore?
All she does is lie to us.
Do we have any other options?
Yeah, we could put her back in detention
and deal with this thing
ourselves instead of
this wild-goose chase
she's taking us on.
But since we already have her out
Let's take a time-out.
Come over here, please.
(EXHALING)
I'm gonna ask you to wait right here
while I have a word
with my partner, okay?
Fine, just don't go too far.
- We won't.
- I like to hear you guys fight.
What's with the soft spot?
(EXHALES)
Okay, so maybe when I look at Trina,
I see Elena and the path that
she could've been destined to take.
But Elena's path is with you.
Her path is being made by the choices
she continues to make,
which aren't very good.
She ran into us and maybe we can be
some sort of positive influence on her.
She's already started to open up to us.
Maybe we just try to give it
as long as we can?
Okay. But if she keeps up
the wisecracks
- (PHONE RINGING)
- as long as she can,
it's gonna be about another hour for me.
Reagan.
You know, I don't know how
you can put up with that guy.
Just give him a chance,
like he's giving you.
Okay.
Well, that was the lab.
They found a print
on our dead guy's watch.
Care to guess who the print belongs to?
No.
Yeah.
♪
Hey. Uh
You got a minute?
I was just about to come find you.
You were?
Listen, Erin
(SIGHS)
I quit.
W-What?
I don't mean quit quit.
But I requested a transfer to
another trial bureau.
Look, politics just ain't my thing.
I'm an investigator, not an advisor.
Lunch yesterday
had my eyes glazing over.
A-And once you announce,
you can't try cases.
And once you're D.A. there's
gonna be even less for me to do.
- Anthony
- Come on.
Me behind you on the podium?
Like a deer in the headlights
with marinara on my tie?
I'm a lot of things, but
camera-ready ain't one of them.
- That's not, it's not true.
- Yes, it is.
So please, just let me get out
while the getting is good, okay?
Look, I'll see you around.
♪
- You guys got to
- Shut it.
But I swear
We're just gonna wait for
Ms. Bullock to get here.
I don't care!
(EXHALES)
(PANTING)
Yes, I-I knew the body was in there
and yes, I-I sent you
on a wild-goose chase,
and yes, I'm so, so sorry for all of it.
Too little, too late, Trina.
But I-I had a hard life
Blaming it on being a
foster kid won't cut it either.
I would've told you everything
sooner, but (STAMMERS)
I was scared of him.
Mikey?
Jayden.
Jayden?
So now there's another person.
He's real. I
He's not like the rest of us.
He's old, like 30?
I met him when I got off
the bus at Port Authority.
A bunch of homeless kids stay
with him in this empty building.
Jayden looks after us.
And what do you do for him?
Whatever he wants.
Shoplift stuff.
Sell drugs.
If we don't, we're dead
like that guy in the trunk.
Did he ask you to kill that guy?
No!
But he-he was thrilled when
he found out we stole the car.
H-He wanted us to
help him put the body in
and then dump it in some field
in Red Hook.
In a way, I'm kind of glad
I ran into you guys.
Why is that?
♪
'Cause I knew if I'd gone back,
he would have killed me, too.
Wait, you haven't been talking to her.
No. No, she's
pretty much doing
all the talking herself.
I'm finally telling the truth.
♪
Okay. That makes sense.
JAMIE: Eddie.
- What's up?
- What do you mean, "What's up?"
I've been on the receiving end
of that look before.
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
- (SIGHS)
Someone trashed my locker.
- Somebody who?
- Who do you think?
And there they are now.
Hey. You two.
This ends now.
Wha?
You think we trashed
the ladies' locker room?
See? They know.
Word gets around, Janko.
Yeah. Who says you didn't
trash it yourself,
trying to drum up a little sympathy?
That's enough.
Oh, you're the only person
who can accuse people, huh, Reagan?
- Hey.
- Get your hands off me.
Oh, you don't like that one, huh?
What about this one?
- ROUSE: Hey! Jerry!
- (GRUNTING)
No! Jamie!
- Jamie. Jamie!
- (CLAMORING)
Jamie, no, no, no, no.
Come on!
Hey, hey! Break it up, both of you.
"Both of you"? This guy
took a swing at me, boss.
Yeah, he's gonna get a RIP for it.
Me? He started it.
And the sergeant who should
know better is getting one, too.
Wait, no, Captain,
this is not Jamie's fault.
And it sure as hell isn't Jerry's.
You know what?
I'm feeling generous today.
RIPs all around.
Get back to work now.
Back to work.
♪
I just never saw it coming.
It's like Bobbi hit me with a jab
and Anthony finished me off
with a right cross.
- Politics ain't beanbag, baby.
- (EXHALES)
That's the sympathy I'm gonna get?
Sympathy won't get you off the ropes.
You know how many friends I lost
on the ladder going up?
Yeah, but
Anthony is more than a friend.
And D.A. is more than a job.
Perception can matter more
than the truth,
and alliances have a way of
eclipsing friendships.
Geez, you sound like Dad.
(CHUCKLES) Where do you think
he learned the speech?
Come on, Erin.
You can keep Anthony close.
Make him chief cook
of your kitchen cabinet.
I don't even know if he would do it.
I mean, he just seems so
done with us.
So maybe he's dressing up
his reasons as excuses.
Meaning?
Do you remember O. Henry?
Yeah.
Re-read The Gift of the Magi.
Now I have to do a book report?
Just read it.
And maybe you'll recognize
yourself and Anthony in it.
♪
You sure I can't get you anything?
Thanks, no.
Detail's outside,
don't have but a minute.
Two excuses in one sentence.
Mm.
What's What's going on?
Well, I heard there was
some turmoil in the 2-9,
I wanted to see how you were holding up.
Caught in the crossfire a little.
That makes two of us.
Yeah, I imagine it's tough for you, too.
(SIGHS)
I went to see her at her office.
- You did?
- Yeah.
Is that cool?
I mean, for the P.C.
to personally go and see a complainant?
Depends on who you ask.
Actually
I seem to be the only one
who thinks it was "cool."
Now you're here to see me,
in my apartment.
Well
you know her better than any of us.
Yeah. I used to think so.
Eddie (EXHALES)
When she left, did she leave mad?
At the job?
Mad? I-I don't know.
People don't generally quit
'cause they're happy.
Any particular beef?
(SCOFFS) You know, I mean, it's the job.
It's never one big beef,
it's a million Quarter Pounders.
(SIGHING)
I'm not real big on
adding up regrets, but
there's something, her and me
I just can't shake.
I've got some of that, too.
There is one thing.
I don't know how it fits.
Well, try me.
(SIGHS)
When we were partnered up,
we were dealing with this EDP,
and he spit in her face.
The next day she said
she was putting in her papers.
I don't know if that's it.
(EXHALES)
(SIGHS)
Sure sounds like it.
That ACS lady gonna be mad
you all didn't call her.
The D.A. dropped all the charges.
You're just a helpful citizen now.
Yeah, so how about you stop
talking and start helping, okay?
How about I help you with
this computer, old man.
It's not the kind of
help I meant. Back up.
I have this covered.
Just press that button.
- (KEY CLICKS LOUDLY)
- There.
We put a pole cam
across from the building
that you said Jayden runs
you kids out of.
Now all we need from you is to
positively ID Jayden.
Why don't we just go there
and I'll point him out when he shows up?
Because he's a killer
and you're a kid, so no.
Who is that?
TRINA: Oh.
Mikey and Ronnie.
They deliver Jayden's drugs.
DANNY: And what about these two?
(LAUGHING) Sarah and Daquan,
and those bikes are definitely stolen.
Oh!
Here comes Jayden.
- Are you sure? It's pretty dark.
- TRINA: Yeah.
Let's see if he shows his face. Come on.
(BEEPING)
Is, uh, is he ever gonna know that
Don't worry. He'll never know.
DANNY: Got it.
Yep.
Jayden Wilson aka Jackson Willimon,
aka J-Killa.
Aggravated assault, robbery
and a whole litany of charges
against this guy.
Dialing the judge now.
So, do we go now?
No. We don't do anything. I go.
But there's only one entrance
and they only buzz you in
if they know you.
I'm pretty sure I'll be able to
make my way in without you.
Well, this is a bunch of crap!
Sit down and relax.
Make sure she doesn't burn
the place down while I'm gone.
And keep your feet off my desk,
young lady.
(EXHALES)
- Weatherly
- Here, Sarge.
- and Zaccaro.
- Here.
That's it.
Watch each other's backs out there.
Okay, hold up, just one last thing
before you go, folks.
I found the culprit who trashed
Officer Janko's locker.
Officer Stephanie Hudlin
has admitted to it
and she will be disciplined.
You had your ex-girlfriend do it?
Like hell I did.
Okay, quiet.
Hudlin said it was a mistake.
She was just trying to impress Stephens,
maybe reconcile
God knows why.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
So, you gonna rescind my RIP?
No, that was for fighting.
But I am going to rescind
Officer Janko's
who did nothing wrong
in trying to defend herself
against a lot of the rumormongering
that has been going on.
Because no matter how this shakes out,
anyone who has any beef
with Rachel Witten does not have
a beef with her former partner.
So let's not forget,
while we're out there
trying to be better cops,
we got to try and be better people, too.
You're dismissed.
JAMIE: Hey, Stephens.
I'm sorry I assumed
it was you with the locker.
I'm serious.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
You were just protecting the missus.
I would've done the same.
I would like one of our other
delegates to, uh, rep me,
if that's okay.
Sure. Muddy waters and all.
Now you should go, and find
Stephanie and give her a big kiss
to thank her, for trying to help you.
(SIGHS)
Shut up, Janko.
(CHUCKLES)
And you
Next time, would you let me
throw the first punch?
That's rich coming from you.
Listen, there is one thing
you can do for me though.
What?
You can try sleeping on your back.
This again?
Because I found another doctor
who said the exact same thing
♪
I saw some body cam footage
a little while ago.
It's on its way to your inbox.
And?
The officer on it was
completely justified
in the arrest of an emotionally
disturbed person.
You have a particular lens
you saw it through.
Well, you got me there.
Not everyone sees things the way you do.
(SIGHS) So I-I don't know what to say.
I'd say be proud of yourself.
What do you mean?
Well, the body cam footage
came from 2018
when then Officer Rachel Witten
was confronted by almost
the exact same situation
and exercised the same judgment
as the officer in her complaint.
Again, you have your lens
and I have mine.
Yeah, but
we might actually see eye to eye,
if you give it a chance.
(EXHALES)
Maybe my lens brings
its own distortions.
Oh.
We all have that.
(SIGHS)
How's your boy?
He's shaken, but he'll be fine.
He's a good kid.
And lucky to have you.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Rachel
could you do me a favor?
If I can.
I would like you to be a link
between my department
and your community by joining
the B-HEARD Program.
You'd be a valuable asset.
Can I think about it?
Sure.
Given our history
Of firing you and then
pulling you back in?
(SIGHS)
Rachel, believe me.
This wouldn't be that.
- Thank you.
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
I appreciate the offer.
(SIGHS)
♪
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Are you sure he can't see me?
No, Trina. You're safe.
And so are a lot of other kids
because you helped them.
Yeah, but I'm still being shipped back
into foster care, right?
Only after our little road trip
to meet your birth parents.
No. No
It was a dumb idea.
They don't even care about me.
They seemed pretty excited
when I spoke to them on the phone.
You did?
Yeah.
(CHUCKLING) Oh, my God.
Thank you.
♪
Wait, is your partner coming, too?
You ever had donuts with M&M'S?
No.
Well, he knows a little place
and it's on the way.
Come on.
Sit. Both of you.
Any idea?
Was gonna ask you.
On advice from a family member
and yes, you're gonna hear that a lot,
so you better get used to it
I did some digging.
And yes, I know how to investigate.
So I'd like the two of you
to tell me about the incident
that occurred on August 10, 1996.
Who wants to start?
Okay. That night, I was a patrol cop
working the Bowery.
I responded to a call
of a guy who had been
assaulted by his girlfriend.
I was that girlfriend.
ABETEMARCO: Long story short,
I collared her.
She spent the next ten days
cooling her jets at Rikers.
Of that I am eternally ashamed.
And you realized it was him
when you did homework on me?
I vaguely remembered the name,
but when I saw him in person
And you obviously knew
or you wouldn't have quit.
Erin, I was just trying to protect you.
From the truth?
From anything that may dim
your view of Bobbi.
She's obviously
the right woman for the job.
Well, clearly, your heart was
in the right place.
But moving forward, I need the truth,
the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.
Moving forward?
I canceled your request
to transfer to another trial bureau.
And I got the okay
from Vivian and Sophia
to continue working with me.
- I guess it's a done deal, then.
- BOBBI: Unless someone else
connects the dots between me and him.
Are you kidding me?
A cop and a criminal putting
their past behind them
to come together to support a
candidate they both believe in?
The press release writes itself.
Speaking of, let's announce.
I think we should wait
until the very last moment.
- Why the hell would we do that?
- ERIN: Because the moment I file,
I can't take on any more cases
and I have to step away from the work.
What better way to show voters
that I'm all about doing the job
until I legally can't?
Erin, Bobbi's right.
You need to campaign,
dine with donors
You know, you need to get out there.
If New Yorkers want to know
if I'll make a good D.A.,
they can come right down to
100 Centre Street
and see me in action.
♪
Sounds good to me.
Whose turn is it to say grace anyway?
I don't think we have a full roster.
DANNY: I just figured
- Sean miscounted the chairs again.
- Hey.
Who invited a guest?
Don't we usually get a heads-up?
Yeah, Francis, I look forward to
this special time
with my family every week,
so I don't like sharing it
with just anyone.
Well, who said it's just anyone?
Well, that's the problem.
No one's saying anything.
Fess up.
Mm Dad just gave it away.
I certainly did not.
- Spill it or we walk.
- FRANK: Hey.
(JANKO LAUGHS) Sorry.
Really, a surprise?
Maybe it's the archbishop again?
No, it's got to be Lenny. He's late.
Is it Joe?
Well, I guess we'll know soon enough.
Well, how soon?
- Isn't the food getting cold?
- HENRY: Yeah.
- (DOORBELL RINGS)
- Ah.
- HENRY: Thank heaven.
- Eddie, you're closest.
Oh. Okay, well,
if it's someone from my family,
I apologize in advance.
(CHUCKLES)
(SIGHS)
(STAMMERS) Witten, I don't
I don't know what to say.
(STAMMERS)
Don't say anything.
You were just doing your job
and I respect the hell out of that.
Thank you.
'Cause it was killing me.
Yeah, me too.
ERIN: Um, hello? We're waiting.
DANNY: And starving. Ooh.
(BOTH CHUCKLING)
- Hey!
- (OVERLAPPING GREETINGS)
Welcome.
And please, please, sit down.
- This bus is on the move.
- All right.
This is a nice surprise.
We only have one rule here.
Keep your arms and legs
away from Eddie when she starts eating,
'cause she might rip your limbs off.
- Oh, you think I don't know that?
- I figured you did.
- (WITTEN CHUCKLES)
- Witten.
Thank you all for having me.
Thank you for making this happen.
Now you know why
she's sitting next to me.
♪
Bless us, O Lord
ALL: and these, Thy gifts
which we are about to receive
from Thy bounty,
through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
- Just relax, kid.
- It's not "kid." It's Malik.
And I wasn't shoplifting.
I saw you steal that candy.
Help is on the way, Officer.
Ma'am, store policy says
that I can release him
to an adult and he's already called one.
Drugged-up punks like you
have ruined this city.
Now everyone's staring at me.
Thank God. That's him, Officers.
Why are they here? You lied!
Look, guys, this is unnecessary.
It's all right.
We'll handle it from here. Come on.
No! No!
Whoa, whoa!
- Hey, settle down.
- Settle down. Hey.
Hands behind your back.
But I didn't do anything.
OFFICER: Come on, settle down.
- Settle down!
- Hey, hey, hey.
Rachel.
Look, I'm his social worker.
Please let me handle this.
He's out of his mind, lady.
He's on the spectrum,
Please, let him go.
- Stop! Please!
- I said, back up!
- Easy, easy
- (GROANS)
- Hey!
- All right, that's it.
- No
- (SCREAMS)
What the hell are you doing?
(YELLING)
Look, I am not just a social worker.
I am former Officer Rachel Witten,
shield number 63894.
Look, I don't care who you are.
Out of the way.
♪
Well, your wallet didn't just get up
and walk away, now did it?
Well, that's what you always say to me.
Sir, we have a situation.
Uh, I got to go, Pop.
Call me when you find it.
Okay.
A social services aide
is accusing two officers
from the 2-9 of using
excessive force in an arrest
at a discount store in Midtown.
So, Jamie or Eddie are involved?
No.
Officers Stephens and Rouse.
Oh.
Well, I'll give you three
guesses whose word I trust.
And I'll give you one guess
which ex-cop is
the social services aide.
Well, someone I know.
That's why you're bringing it to me.
(SIGHS)
Former NYPD Officer Rachel Witten.
And she went to
Internal Affairs an hour ago.
♪
(SIGHS)
(MACHINE WHIRRING)
Wow. Now that's a look I like to see.
- What, me happy?
- I wouldn't go that far.
But at least you're not pissed at me.
Funny. You have any plans for lunch?
Why? You finally ready to
hit that chili joint
I told you about?
No, it'll be Giando's.
You, me and Bobbi Gallo.
Are you serious?
She just called.
She said she wants to meet.
And word is, she doesn't
want to meet with anyone
If she hasn't already decided
to run their campaign.
That's right. This is big.
The biggest.
And no one deserves it more than you.
- Thank you.
- You two have fun.
No, you said you were gonna come.
No, you did.
I got a desk full of work,
and quite frankly,
I get a lot more done when
you're out of the office.
Anthony, come on, I need you there.
Sounds like Bobbi's already persuaded.
I need you as my right hand,
my best friend, as
as my eyes and ears
to pick up all the little
things that I might miss.
Wow, you're really laying it on thick.
Well, I got to get
through that thick skull.
Look, I really need you there.
I can't do this without you.
Yeah, yeah, okay.
- Thank you.
- You got it.
(SNIFFING)
- All right. Here you go.
- Thank you.
One delicious unhealthy glazed donut,
and one very healthy
vegan, oat-rolled kind of weird donut.
- You choose.
- Is it a trick question?
Yes, they're both glazed
and covered with delicious M&M'S.
Wow. What happened to our diets?
I don't know. We've been good all week.
I figured we might as well
reward ourselves, right?
I like the way you think.
Cheers.
(GLASS SHATTERS)
(GASPS)
(GROANS)
- You okay?
- Yeah, you?
I think so. (GROANS)
- Oh, my God, are you okay?
- Yeah, we're fine.
- I'll call the cops.
- BOTH: We are the cops.
Just wait over there, please.
- You okay?
- Are you blind? Did you not see me?
What the hell are you talking about?
You ran into us.
Barely!
How old are you?
How old are you?
I'll call a bus, just in case.
What's that smell?
It's probably just gas.
No, it's not gas.
Step over there with her.
♪
(COUGHS)
♪
♪
I just think you should
learn to sleep on your back.
- Eddie, you saw this on TikTok.
- A doctor on TikTok.
I think you mispronounced "quack."
Jamie, if you keep sleeping
on your stomach,
in 20 years, your spine is gonna snap.
It's science.
- Yo, Janko.
- Hey.
- You used to ride with a Rachel Witten?
- Yeah.
So, was she, uh, was she
crazy then or just a bitch?
- Excuse me?
- What are you guys talking about?
She interfered in a collar
we were making this morning.
And now she's trying to jam us up.
Frigging social workers.
She's in training. Second year.
She's not even the real deal?
Witten was a great cop,
and she was always
very smart and reasonable.
Oh, wait. Are you defending her?
You need to take a step back, Stephens.
And watch your tone.
(PHONE RINGS)
Eddie
Traitor's ears must be burning.
(SIGHS)
Just don't hug her
next time you see her.
She'll accuse you of sexual assault.
♪
(QUIETLY): Jamie,
I mean, she's my friend.
I know, and you're also a PBA delegate
who represents everyone in this house,
even Stephens and Rouse.
Best to see how this
plays out first. Huh?
Yeah.
♪
Wow. Really? In my office?
She's an adolescent offender, boss.
I can't put her in the box.
And you can't question her
without having a parent or guardian.
She says she doesn't have any.
She doesn't even have
a last name, according to her,
and she didn't have an ID
or license when we found her.
She does have fingerprints, right?
Not in the system.
And she refused an attorney.
So you are nowhere.
Not nowhere.
We know her name is Trina and she's 16.
Great job, Detective.
Get an adult in there
with her or cut her loose.
Okay.
So?
So she said water sucks
and she wants a venti chai latte,
- three pumps of vanilla, extra foam.
- (DANNY SIGHS)
All that after murdering someone. Okay.
She's just a kid.
You never saw
Children of the Corn, did you?
You gonna stand there and plan
more police brutality for me
or are you gonna let me go?
I'm gonna call ACS
and see if we can get
a guardian down here.
Mm-hmm. Good idea.
So, uh, Bobbi, what's good here?
Uh, business first so we know we're not
wasting our time.
Erin, it's no secret
where you want to go
in the city, and it's no secret
I can get you there.
Pretty confident about that.
Don't ask me.
- Ask Mayor Chase,
- Governor Mendez,
the last two Manhattan
Borough presidents
and the last three comptrollers.
- Point taken.
- I've also recently gotten
feelers from your boss who
knows that when you jump in
If I jump in.
Please, you running for D.A. is
New York's worst-kept secret
since Giuliani's comb-over.
And when you jump in, Crawford knows
she's in for the fight of her career.
And yet you're here with me.
I see a winning horse, I ride it.
Uh, so, Bobbi,
you got a plan
other than catchy phrases
and past glories?
'Cause Erin isn't
your usual candidate and
she'll walk away in a heartbeat
if her campaign doesn't
speak to who she really is.
Then let me skip
the smoke blowing and say this
having run winning campaigns
for the past decade,
I am just as thrilled
to cash my hefty paychecks
as I am bone-tired of
helping get people into office
who then implode
because of policy incoherence
or moral failures.
But when I look at you, I see neither.
Simply put,
I want us to win,
but I also want to vote for you.
And that is saying a lot
because I haven't voted
for anybody since John Lindsay,
and he almost bankrupted New York.
♪
Then let's do this.
Music to my ears.
- (LAUGHS)
- ABETEMARCO: All right.
So, uh can we eat already?
(DOOR OPENS)
Trina, this is Janet Bullock
from the Administration
for Child Services.
She'll be your guardian.
- With those bangs?
- Pass.
Trina, I'm here to help you.
Then help me get the hell up
out of here 'cause I'm innocent.
Says the girl who tried to flee
after ramming her car into us
with a dead body in the trunk.
Detective, I'm not sure your tone is
Is what?
As bad as the stench
off the victim in her trunk?
I don't think so and you,
get your feet off the chair!
I already told you.
He wasn't my victim
and it wasn't even my car.
Oh, so you admit you stole it.
Okay. Yeah. Shocker.
(SCOFFS) Come on.
Is that even a crime nowadays?
Trina, I advise you not to answer
any more of their questions.
- (SIGHS)
- Ms. Bullock,
you're not here to act as an attorney.
Did I mention?
I'm also a lawyer with Legal Aid. And
right now, you two are bullying this child.
DANNY: Bullying her? She's bullying us!
Ha! In your face, bitch.
Okay, we're done here.
No, we're not done here, okay?
She just admitted to grand larceny auto,
not to mention the issue of
the dead body in her trunk.
So the only place she's going
until this is resolved
is to a juvenile detention facility.
Like I ain't been worse places.
Trina, stop talking.
And start walking. Come on.
Next stop, arraignment. Let's go.
(EXHALES)
♪
Later, Dick
Tracy.
(CHUCKLES)
You found my car?
Actually, ma'am, your car found us.
And unfortunately,
it's now a crime scene
which means it's probably
gonna be a total loss.
I knew something bad was gonna
happen when I saw them.
- I get feelings
- Them?
Yesterday, I came out to go
to a doctor's appointment,
and a boy and a girl were
already inside my car.
And when I yelled, she made
a rude gesture and drove off.
- (PHONE RINGING)
- Who would do that to an old lady?
With her, believe it or not,
you may have gotten off easy, ma'am.
BAEZ: Ma'am, the city has ride services
to take you to
any appointments you may have.
Great, some stinky van. Yeah.
You got it. Yep.
M.E.
No fingerprints or DNA
popped for our vic.
So, we take another stab at Trina?
No, we don't take another stab at Trina.
Come on, I'll protect you from her.
(EXHALES) Goodness. Fine.
♪
Hello, Rachel.
Got a minute?
(SIGHS)
My bet was getting called in to One PP.
You work here now.
I couldn't just "call you in."
I would've come.
I know I owe you that.
(SIGHS)
Pretty serious accusation
you made today.
I did what I felt was right.
And I respect that.
And, respectfully,
the P.C. shouldn't be here
on police business.
Uh-huh.
I came under my own steam.
But you think I should have
brought this to you, directly.
No, that would've been a breach itself.
You did right by the protocols.
Then what?
Just
in your own words,
between two former colleagues?
Malik Saunders is
on the autism spectrum.
It's been a process, but
he sees me as nonjudgmental,
maybe even a friend.
Smart kid.
One of the ways his autism manifests is
he doesn't like
holding things in his hands,
so he'd placed some candy
in his pocket while he shopped
and the security guard saw that
as shoplifting.
Well (EXHALES)
how else could the guard see it?
Yes, yes.
But it would've been nice
if the responding officers had
waited till I arrived.
Nice, yes. But not in the protocols.
So, it's just pull the tasers
and fire away?
The boy escalated the situation
and also gave Officer Stephens
a concussion.
Who could tell? Guy's not too bright.
Okay.
Sorry.
Rachel
be honest.
Is it possible you overreacted?
You're turning this around? On me?
I'm sorry. Okay.
(SIGHS)
Look.
I'm pretty sure you remember
how difficult it is
to make split-second decisions,
especially when things heat up.
(EXHALES)
Maybe you could think about that.
(SIGHS)
♪
WITTEN: Why have you
been dodging my calls?
Rachel, you know why.
So what, now you're gonna run inside?
I wish I could help you, but I can't.
Not even off the clock?
Not even if we spoke in hypotheticals?
"Hey, Eddie, what would you
say if, I don't know,
a social worker saw two cops"
Please, don't tempt me.
(SCOFFS)
Maybe we weren't really
partners after all.
Don't guilt-trip me either.
If the tables were turned,
you'd do the same thing
and I'd have to accept that.
I would never shut you out.
Look, I understand your position,
and I feel for you
and if you saw what you said you saw,
then you're doing the right thing.
If?
I have to go.
Eddie.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
♪
You brought me out of my cell for them?
Trust me, we're not exactly
thrilled to see you either.
BAEZ: But if you cooperate,
we can talk to the D.A.
about the car theft.
You know, the car you stole
from that nice little old lady?
Trina, you are still under no
legal obligation to say anything.
I already said everything.
I don't know who the dead guy was,
and I took the car
so I could go see my parents
Oh, so now you have parents?
- Of course I do.
- Oh.
What'd you think, huh? I was hatched?
But I never knew them
'cause they gave me up
and I've lived
in a bunch of foster homes
until I ran off and came here.
- Came here from where?
- Pittsburgh.
I've been searching the Internet
and I found out my parents live
in Tiverton, Rhode Island.
A lot of children
abandoned to the system
still want to reconnect.
Yeah. They could be rich,
I could get me some money.
Mm. It's just so touching.
Uh, you buying any of this?
Not until we also get
the name of the boy
she stole the car with.
- What boy?
- The one you were seen in the car with
by an eyewitness, genius.
(SCOFFS) That's Mikey.
I don't know his last name.
I've been running with him
since I came here in the city.
Maybe he killed the dead dude.
Here we go.
No, here we go. Goodbye.
Mikey's a sketchy person.
Get me out of here
and I'll take you to him.
Not in a million years.
Fine.
Then search every squat in this city
looking for Mikey yourselves.
I'll be in here laughing
while you waste your time.
Boss, what do you mean you dropped by?
Paid a visit. As a civilian.
You're not just a civilian.
Well (SIGHS) I can be.
No, you can't be.
Sorry, not sorry.
We'll, I wanted to hear
Rachel's version,
unprepared and unrehearsed.
IAB ain't gonna see it that way.
They're gonna see a thumb on the scale.
They'll dig out her ties to you
in, like, two seconds.
Not to mention the rank and file hearing
you were kid-gloving a traitor.
Careful there.
Okay, uh, whistleblower.
I don't care for them much either.
I would remind you she's one of our own.
Was, boss.
(SIGHS) Well
Look, I have a history with her.
I needed to hear her side of it.
But (EXHALES)
I guess I'm not the best judge
of how to go about it.
And what did seeing her get you?
It got me
right back where I started.
♪
Uh, Bobbi, if my boss sees you
Relax, she's at governor's
confab in Albany.
Right. You do your homework.
Our agreement, the NDAs signed, sealed
and now delivered, and with it
one request.
Shoot.
Lose Anthony from your team.
What?
Yesterday, I did blow a little smoke
because I neglected
to mention your one
liability as a candidate.
My association with the NYPD.
(CHUCKLING) Association?
You have dinner with
half the force every Sunday.
It's a family dinner.
And work never comes up?
So, what am I supposed to do?
Divorce them all?
Interesting choice of words.
Anthony is like a work husband to me.
Which speaks volumes
about his value to you.
What speaks louder, is he's a former
NYPD detective with a not-entirely
spotless record.
No cop has one.
I'm not saying you can't stay friendly.
(SIGHS) But you're about to
step into the arena
and the knives will be
coming out for him, too.
Anthony is a big boy.
He will be fine. He can hold his own.
And Vivian and Sophia?
I'm sorry?
He's bloodied,
they'll see it along with
the rest of the world.
Are you sure his family
signed up for this?
♪
(LIGHTS BUZZING)
Mikey?
Mikey.
Well, looks like
you struck out again, kid.
Mikey probably just
heard us coming and split.
How about you stop playing us now?
- I'm not.
- Trina, when you said
Mikey could have killed
the guy in the trunk,
- I mean, did you?
- Why are we even asking her
questions anymore?
All she does is lie to us.
Do we have any other options?
Yeah, we could put her back in detention
and deal with this thing
ourselves instead of
this wild-goose chase
she's taking us on.
But since we already have her out
Let's take a time-out.
Come over here, please.
(EXHALING)
I'm gonna ask you to wait right here
while I have a word
with my partner, okay?
Fine, just don't go too far.
- We won't.
- I like to hear you guys fight.
What's with the soft spot?
(EXHALES)
Okay, so maybe when I look at Trina,
I see Elena and the path that
she could've been destined to take.
But Elena's path is with you.
Her path is being made by the choices
she continues to make,
which aren't very good.
She ran into us and maybe we can be
some sort of positive influence on her.
She's already started to open up to us.
Maybe we just try to give it
as long as we can?
Okay. But if she keeps up
the wisecracks
- (PHONE RINGING)
- as long as she can,
it's gonna be about another hour for me.
Reagan.
You know, I don't know how
you can put up with that guy.
Just give him a chance,
like he's giving you.
Okay.
Well, that was the lab.
They found a print
on our dead guy's watch.
Care to guess who the print belongs to?
No.
Yeah.
♪
Hey. Uh
You got a minute?
I was just about to come find you.
You were?
Listen, Erin
(SIGHS)
I quit.
W-What?
I don't mean quit quit.
But I requested a transfer to
another trial bureau.
Look, politics just ain't my thing.
I'm an investigator, not an advisor.
Lunch yesterday
had my eyes glazing over.
A-And once you announce,
you can't try cases.
And once you're D.A. there's
gonna be even less for me to do.
- Anthony
- Come on.
Me behind you on the podium?
Like a deer in the headlights
with marinara on my tie?
I'm a lot of things, but
camera-ready ain't one of them.
- That's not, it's not true.
- Yes, it is.
So please, just let me get out
while the getting is good, okay?
Look, I'll see you around.
♪
- You guys got to
- Shut it.
But I swear
We're just gonna wait for
Ms. Bullock to get here.
I don't care!
(EXHALES)
(PANTING)
Yes, I-I knew the body was in there
and yes, I-I sent you
on a wild-goose chase,
and yes, I'm so, so sorry for all of it.
Too little, too late, Trina.
But I-I had a hard life
Blaming it on being a
foster kid won't cut it either.
I would've told you everything
sooner, but (STAMMERS)
I was scared of him.
Mikey?
Jayden.
Jayden?
So now there's another person.
He's real. I
He's not like the rest of us.
He's old, like 30?
I met him when I got off
the bus at Port Authority.
A bunch of homeless kids stay
with him in this empty building.
Jayden looks after us.
And what do you do for him?
Whatever he wants.
Shoplift stuff.
Sell drugs.
If we don't, we're dead
like that guy in the trunk.
Did he ask you to kill that guy?
No!
But he-he was thrilled when
he found out we stole the car.
H-He wanted us to
help him put the body in
and then dump it in some field
in Red Hook.
In a way, I'm kind of glad
I ran into you guys.
Why is that?
♪
'Cause I knew if I'd gone back,
he would have killed me, too.
Wait, you haven't been talking to her.
No. No, she's
pretty much doing
all the talking herself.
I'm finally telling the truth.
♪
Okay. That makes sense.
JAMIE: Eddie.
- What's up?
- What do you mean, "What's up?"
I've been on the receiving end
of that look before.
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
- (SIGHS)
Someone trashed my locker.
- Somebody who?
- Who do you think?
And there they are now.
Hey. You two.
This ends now.
Wha?
You think we trashed
the ladies' locker room?
See? They know.
Word gets around, Janko.
Yeah. Who says you didn't
trash it yourself,
trying to drum up a little sympathy?
That's enough.
Oh, you're the only person
who can accuse people, huh, Reagan?
- Hey.
- Get your hands off me.
Oh, you don't like that one, huh?
What about this one?
- ROUSE: Hey! Jerry!
- (GRUNTING)
No! Jamie!
- Jamie. Jamie!
- (CLAMORING)
Jamie, no, no, no, no.
Come on!
Hey, hey! Break it up, both of you.
"Both of you"? This guy
took a swing at me, boss.
Yeah, he's gonna get a RIP for it.
Me? He started it.
And the sergeant who should
know better is getting one, too.
Wait, no, Captain,
this is not Jamie's fault.
And it sure as hell isn't Jerry's.
You know what?
I'm feeling generous today.
RIPs all around.
Get back to work now.
Back to work.
♪
I just never saw it coming.
It's like Bobbi hit me with a jab
and Anthony finished me off
with a right cross.
- Politics ain't beanbag, baby.
- (EXHALES)
That's the sympathy I'm gonna get?
Sympathy won't get you off the ropes.
You know how many friends I lost
on the ladder going up?
Yeah, but
Anthony is more than a friend.
And D.A. is more than a job.
Perception can matter more
than the truth,
and alliances have a way of
eclipsing friendships.
Geez, you sound like Dad.
(CHUCKLES) Where do you think
he learned the speech?
Come on, Erin.
You can keep Anthony close.
Make him chief cook
of your kitchen cabinet.
I don't even know if he would do it.
I mean, he just seems so
done with us.
So maybe he's dressing up
his reasons as excuses.
Meaning?
Do you remember O. Henry?
Yeah.
Re-read The Gift of the Magi.
Now I have to do a book report?
Just read it.
And maybe you'll recognize
yourself and Anthony in it.
♪
You sure I can't get you anything?
Thanks, no.
Detail's outside,
don't have but a minute.
Two excuses in one sentence.
Mm.
What's What's going on?
Well, I heard there was
some turmoil in the 2-9,
I wanted to see how you were holding up.
Caught in the crossfire a little.
That makes two of us.
Yeah, I imagine it's tough for you, too.
(SIGHS)
I went to see her at her office.
- You did?
- Yeah.
Is that cool?
I mean, for the P.C.
to personally go and see a complainant?
Depends on who you ask.
Actually
I seem to be the only one
who thinks it was "cool."
Now you're here to see me,
in my apartment.
Well
you know her better than any of us.
Yeah. I used to think so.
Eddie (EXHALES)
When she left, did she leave mad?
At the job?
Mad? I-I don't know.
People don't generally quit
'cause they're happy.
Any particular beef?
(SCOFFS) You know, I mean, it's the job.
It's never one big beef,
it's a million Quarter Pounders.
(SIGHING)
I'm not real big on
adding up regrets, but
there's something, her and me
I just can't shake.
I've got some of that, too.
There is one thing.
I don't know how it fits.
Well, try me.
(SIGHS)
When we were partnered up,
we were dealing with this EDP,
and he spit in her face.
The next day she said
she was putting in her papers.
I don't know if that's it.
(EXHALES)
(SIGHS)
Sure sounds like it.
That ACS lady gonna be mad
you all didn't call her.
The D.A. dropped all the charges.
You're just a helpful citizen now.
Yeah, so how about you stop
talking and start helping, okay?
How about I help you with
this computer, old man.
It's not the kind of
help I meant. Back up.
I have this covered.
Just press that button.
- (KEY CLICKS LOUDLY)
- There.
We put a pole cam
across from the building
that you said Jayden runs
you kids out of.
Now all we need from you is to
positively ID Jayden.
Why don't we just go there
and I'll point him out when he shows up?
Because he's a killer
and you're a kid, so no.
Who is that?
TRINA: Oh.
Mikey and Ronnie.
They deliver Jayden's drugs.
DANNY: And what about these two?
(LAUGHING) Sarah and Daquan,
and those bikes are definitely stolen.
Oh!
Here comes Jayden.
- Are you sure? It's pretty dark.
- TRINA: Yeah.
Let's see if he shows his face. Come on.
(BEEPING)
Is, uh, is he ever gonna know that
Don't worry. He'll never know.
DANNY: Got it.
Yep.
Jayden Wilson aka Jackson Willimon,
aka J-Killa.
Aggravated assault, robbery
and a whole litany of charges
against this guy.
Dialing the judge now.
So, do we go now?
No. We don't do anything. I go.
But there's only one entrance
and they only buzz you in
if they know you.
I'm pretty sure I'll be able to
make my way in without you.
Well, this is a bunch of crap!
Sit down and relax.
Make sure she doesn't burn
the place down while I'm gone.
And keep your feet off my desk,
young lady.
(EXHALES)
- Weatherly
- Here, Sarge.
- and Zaccaro.
- Here.
That's it.
Watch each other's backs out there.
Okay, hold up, just one last thing
before you go, folks.
I found the culprit who trashed
Officer Janko's locker.
Officer Stephanie Hudlin
has admitted to it
and she will be disciplined.
You had your ex-girlfriend do it?
Like hell I did.
Okay, quiet.
Hudlin said it was a mistake.
She was just trying to impress Stephens,
maybe reconcile
God knows why.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
So, you gonna rescind my RIP?
No, that was for fighting.
But I am going to rescind
Officer Janko's
who did nothing wrong
in trying to defend herself
against a lot of the rumormongering
that has been going on.
Because no matter how this shakes out,
anyone who has any beef
with Rachel Witten does not have
a beef with her former partner.
So let's not forget,
while we're out there
trying to be better cops,
we got to try and be better people, too.
You're dismissed.
JAMIE: Hey, Stephens.
I'm sorry I assumed
it was you with the locker.
I'm serious.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
You were just protecting the missus.
I would've done the same.
I would like one of our other
delegates to, uh, rep me,
if that's okay.
Sure. Muddy waters and all.
Now you should go, and find
Stephanie and give her a big kiss
to thank her, for trying to help you.
(SIGHS)
Shut up, Janko.
(CHUCKLES)
And you
Next time, would you let me
throw the first punch?
That's rich coming from you.
Listen, there is one thing
you can do for me though.
What?
You can try sleeping on your back.
This again?
Because I found another doctor
who said the exact same thing
♪
I saw some body cam footage
a little while ago.
It's on its way to your inbox.
And?
The officer on it was
completely justified
in the arrest of an emotionally
disturbed person.
You have a particular lens
you saw it through.
Well, you got me there.
Not everyone sees things the way you do.
(SIGHS) So I-I don't know what to say.
I'd say be proud of yourself.
What do you mean?
Well, the body cam footage
came from 2018
when then Officer Rachel Witten
was confronted by almost
the exact same situation
and exercised the same judgment
as the officer in her complaint.
Again, you have your lens
and I have mine.
Yeah, but
we might actually see eye to eye,
if you give it a chance.
(EXHALES)
Maybe my lens brings
its own distortions.
Oh.
We all have that.
(SIGHS)
How's your boy?
He's shaken, but he'll be fine.
He's a good kid.
And lucky to have you.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Rachel
could you do me a favor?
If I can.
I would like you to be a link
between my department
and your community by joining
the B-HEARD Program.
You'd be a valuable asset.
Can I think about it?
Sure.
Given our history
Of firing you and then
pulling you back in?
(SIGHS)
Rachel, believe me.
This wouldn't be that.
- Thank you.
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
I appreciate the offer.
(SIGHS)
♪
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Are you sure he can't see me?
No, Trina. You're safe.
And so are a lot of other kids
because you helped them.
Yeah, but I'm still being shipped back
into foster care, right?
Only after our little road trip
to meet your birth parents.
No. No
It was a dumb idea.
They don't even care about me.
They seemed pretty excited
when I spoke to them on the phone.
You did?
Yeah.
(CHUCKLING) Oh, my God.
Thank you.
♪
Wait, is your partner coming, too?
You ever had donuts with M&M'S?
No.
Well, he knows a little place
and it's on the way.
Come on.
Sit. Both of you.
Any idea?
Was gonna ask you.
On advice from a family member
and yes, you're gonna hear that a lot,
so you better get used to it
I did some digging.
And yes, I know how to investigate.
So I'd like the two of you
to tell me about the incident
that occurred on August 10, 1996.
Who wants to start?
Okay. That night, I was a patrol cop
working the Bowery.
I responded to a call
of a guy who had been
assaulted by his girlfriend.
I was that girlfriend.
ABETEMARCO: Long story short,
I collared her.
She spent the next ten days
cooling her jets at Rikers.
Of that I am eternally ashamed.
And you realized it was him
when you did homework on me?
I vaguely remembered the name,
but when I saw him in person
And you obviously knew
or you wouldn't have quit.
Erin, I was just trying to protect you.
From the truth?
From anything that may dim
your view of Bobbi.
She's obviously
the right woman for the job.
Well, clearly, your heart was
in the right place.
But moving forward, I need the truth,
the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.
Moving forward?
I canceled your request
to transfer to another trial bureau.
And I got the okay
from Vivian and Sophia
to continue working with me.
- I guess it's a done deal, then.
- BOBBI: Unless someone else
connects the dots between me and him.
Are you kidding me?
A cop and a criminal putting
their past behind them
to come together to support a
candidate they both believe in?
The press release writes itself.
Speaking of, let's announce.
I think we should wait
until the very last moment.
- Why the hell would we do that?
- ERIN: Because the moment I file,
I can't take on any more cases
and I have to step away from the work.
What better way to show voters
that I'm all about doing the job
until I legally can't?
Erin, Bobbi's right.
You need to campaign,
dine with donors
You know, you need to get out there.
If New Yorkers want to know
if I'll make a good D.A.,
they can come right down to
100 Centre Street
and see me in action.
♪
Sounds good to me.
Whose turn is it to say grace anyway?
I don't think we have a full roster.
DANNY: I just figured
- Sean miscounted the chairs again.
- Hey.
Who invited a guest?
Don't we usually get a heads-up?
Yeah, Francis, I look forward to
this special time
with my family every week,
so I don't like sharing it
with just anyone.
Well, who said it's just anyone?
Well, that's the problem.
No one's saying anything.
Fess up.
Mm Dad just gave it away.
I certainly did not.
- Spill it or we walk.
- FRANK: Hey.
(JANKO LAUGHS) Sorry.
Really, a surprise?
Maybe it's the archbishop again?
No, it's got to be Lenny. He's late.
Is it Joe?
Well, I guess we'll know soon enough.
Well, how soon?
- Isn't the food getting cold?
- HENRY: Yeah.
- (DOORBELL RINGS)
- Ah.
- HENRY: Thank heaven.
- Eddie, you're closest.
Oh. Okay, well,
if it's someone from my family,
I apologize in advance.
(CHUCKLES)
(SIGHS)
(STAMMERS) Witten, I don't
I don't know what to say.
(STAMMERS)
Don't say anything.
You were just doing your job
and I respect the hell out of that.
Thank you.
'Cause it was killing me.
Yeah, me too.
ERIN: Um, hello? We're waiting.
DANNY: And starving. Ooh.
(BOTH CHUCKLING)
- Hey!
- (OVERLAPPING GREETINGS)
Welcome.
And please, please, sit down.
- This bus is on the move.
- All right.
This is a nice surprise.
We only have one rule here.
Keep your arms and legs
away from Eddie when she starts eating,
'cause she might rip your limbs off.
- Oh, you think I don't know that?
- I figured you did.
- (WITTEN CHUCKLES)
- Witten.
Thank you all for having me.
Thank you for making this happen.
Now you know why
she's sitting next to me.
♪
Bless us, O Lord
ALL: and these, Thy gifts
which we are about to receive
from Thy bounty,
through Christ, our Lord. Amen.