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In the criminal justice system,
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the people are represented
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by two separate, yet
equally important groups:
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the police, who
investigate crime,
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and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Hey!
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Hey, Leo.
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Mr. Tatum.
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We just got you
back on the road.
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What's going on?
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What's going on is, you
sold me a bum camshaft.
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By the time I got
back to Throggs Neck,
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my car's spewing white smoke.
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I want a new part, and
I want my money back!
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Look, we'll make
it right, but...
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free work, you know, it's
not a great business plan.
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I got folks that
need to get paid.
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Maybe I should call immigration.
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They can explain that
predicament to them.
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Excuse me?
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You say "white smoke"?
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Yeah, smoke that is white.
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What you saw was not
smoke. It was steam.
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It means you have water in
your combustion chamber.
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Nothing to do with
your camshaft.
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Did you buy gas
when you left here?
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- So what if I did?
- At a discount gas station?
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They sold you bad gas.
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Your problem is with
them, not Mr. Leo.
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Who is this guy?
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I don't understand what
he's talking about!
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T-this is Sunny.
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He's telling you to get
the hell out of here.
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He's just nicer
about it than I am.
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There's a burn pattern
around the wound.
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No stippling, though.
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So he was killed
execution-style,
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like he knew his killer.
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- Any weapons?
- No.
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No cameras back here either.
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- How about a name?
- Sun Zhen.
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His ID's on him.
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Wallet's still there,
a little cash inside.
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So we're probably not
looking at a robbery.
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Maybe, except there's no
cell phone in evidence.
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That's the victim's boss.
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He confirmed he had a phone
on him, but it ain't here.
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Maybe there's something
on the phone worth hiding.
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Yeah.
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Boss called 911?
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Mr. Brooks.
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How you doing, sir?
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Detective Riley. This
is Detective Shaw.
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Can you tell us what happened?
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I-I was finishing up around back
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with a late customer,
and I heard a shot.
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And I knew Sunny was working
in here, so I hurried over,
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and I saw some guy running away.
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- Can you describe him?
- He was about my height.
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Black hoodie...
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Funky green design on the back.
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I wish I could tell you more,
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but it was dark, and
he was running fast,
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and he got a-a pretty
good head start on me.
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Okay.
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Well, what can you tell
us about the victim?
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You know, I-I hired Sunny
a-a few months back.
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Uh, he's a great kid.
He worked his tail off.
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He'd take any
hours I'd give him.
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He didn't share a lot,
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but I think he had some
serious money problems...
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something about a-a sick sister
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in and out of the hospital.
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All right, thanks.
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Well, not the easiest life.
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Not the easiest death either.
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What have we got?
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Still no sign of
the victim's phone.
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I'm trying to crack his cloud,
but no luck on that either.
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Forensics are back
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on the slug we
pulled from the vic.
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Had some unique striations
and deformities.
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Sure looks like
our murder weapon
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was a Sig Sauer of some sort.
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Anything else?
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We figured out
that Sunny's father
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went back to China in a hurry.
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He was a member of an
immigrant money club.
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They pool their funds.
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They gave each other
no-interest loans.
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It actually works
pretty well for a time
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until someone runs off
with the whole pot,
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like Sunny's father did...
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stole 40 grand.
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Which is unheard of
in this community.
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These clubs are based
on honor, trust.
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So you think somebody
maybe came after Sunny
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to collect a debt?
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Mahjong's supposed to
be a brain booster.
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Helps keep the mind sharp,
prevents memory loss.
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Oh, is that a factoid
or a suggestion?
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If you want to pull up a chair,
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I can handle this.
- Oh, easy, partner.
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I'm not that much
older than you.
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Here she is.
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Ms. Tan?
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Ms. Tan, we need to
ask you some questions.
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Too busy. Come back later.
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Do we get any
priority if we mention
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that you are running an illegal
casino in the middle of Queens?
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Ooh, I see.
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You are here to meet
your monthly quota
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to harass Chinese people.
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No, this is a murder
investigation.
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So we can talk here
or the precinct.
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"Murder"?
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Sunny Zhen. He's dead.
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Nobody here would hurt Sunny.
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We loved him like our own son.
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His father ran off with a
lot of money... your money.
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Our club's money, yes.
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And there was no one more
hurt by that than Sunny.
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Shame... it crushed him.
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He gave us every
spare dime he had
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to pay his father's debt
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until Sunny lost his job.
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Thought he worked
at the auto garage.
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Sunny was a chemist.
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He was a graduate student
at Hudson University.
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Then he lost his job
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and his student housing, too.
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He was in a very bad way.
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He worked at the garage
just to scratch by.
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So why did he lose his job?
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The university accused him of...
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stealing secrets
for the Chinese.
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Was Sunny a spy?
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Answer's no.
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I cannot tell you what
Sunny Zhen was working on.
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Our work is related
to national security.
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Pentagon pays the bills.
That comes with rules.
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So maybe you want to ask them.
- We're asking you, Dr. Chen.
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You hired him as a grad student.
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You recruited him
to your program.
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You trained him in
polymer chemistry.
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He gets accused of being
a spy for the Chinese,
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and then someone executes him.
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Now, we're trying
to find out why,
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and you're hiding behind
a grant from the Pentagon.
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Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
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You don't think that I...
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You tell us, Doc.
That's the whole point.
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Just because...
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somebody calls the
university to report
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that Sunny was a spy
does not make it true.
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So you think the tip was bogus?
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Yes. Of course I do.
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If this country ever
suffers a chemical attack
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and you survive,
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Sunny Zhen would be
on the list of people
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you would want to write
a thank-you note to.
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That's the work that we do here.
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Sunny was a brilliant chemist.
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All he wanted to do
was save lives...
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American lives.
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So why not fight for him?
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You've got tenure. You're
not going anywhere.
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Because it's 2025.
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The university is not going
to risk federal funding
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to stand up for an immigrant
who is even accused
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of giving proprietary
information to the Chinese.
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The accusation is all it takes.
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A real profile in courage, huh?
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It's a profile in reality.
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So why would somebody
call in a tip
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falsely accusing Sunny
Zhen of being a spy?
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Turns out Sunny Zhen
was not a spy after all.
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The university nor the
Feds could corroborate
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any of the claims that
were made against him.
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There's no evidence Sunny was
in touch with anybody in China,
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including his own father.
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Okay, so if Sunny wasn't a spy,
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why was someone claiming he was?
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It's just a weird thing to do.
- Revenge.
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There was this other
grad student...
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this guy Eli Randall
was pumping out papers
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with incredible numbers,
like, groundbreaking stuff.
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If they were true.
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But Sunny Zhen is the one who
figured out that they weren't.
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So he brought his
concerns up to Dr. Chen,
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because when you're dealing
in chemical warfare...
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- You can't fudge the data.
- Right.
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So Dr. Chen fires Eli Randall,
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and then the next day,
"somebody" calls the university
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and claims that
Sunny Zhen is a spy.
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Well, maybe the phony
chemist got Sunny fired.
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It wasn't enough,
and he killed him.
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I buy it.
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Pick him up.
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It's not what you think!
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We don't go off
of what we think.
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We go off of what we
know. We're the cops.
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So, for instance, we know
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that you moved back
in with your parents
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after Dr. Chen kicked
you out of the lab.
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We also know that your father
has three registered firearms,
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one of which is a Sig Sauer...
same make as the murder weapon.
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No, no, no, m-my dad keeps
his guns in his safe.
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His fingerprint is the
only thing that opens it.
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We also checked your smartwatch.
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Got the GPS off of that,
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so we found out that
you were outside
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of Sunny Zhen's apartment
two days before the murder.
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I did not do this,
okay? I swear.
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Okay, look,
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I did go over there, but
it was to patch things up.
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Guy gets accused of murder,
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all of a sudden,
he's Gandhi now, huh?
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It's the truth, okay?
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Look, Sunny and I
both lost our jobs.
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The reality is, I had
a financial cushion.
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Sunny didn't.
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I will be fine. Sunny was not.
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And I heard that he was
struggling to make ends meet.
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I knew that his sister was
sick, and I felt responsible.
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Because you were responsible.
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I-I couldn't keep up.
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The rest of the grad students
were really smart, okay?
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And the pressure to
succeed was crazy, and...
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I fudged some data.
- You did way more than that.
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You ruined Sunny Zhen's life
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because he was smarter than you,
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and you couldn't
take that, could you?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, you're right.
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And I hate myself for it.
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But that's why I went over
there to patch things up.
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So a couple nights ago,
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I went over to his apartment
to bring him some money.
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Really? How much you give him?
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Nothing. I didn't
get that far.
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And why is that?
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Sunny wasn't alone.
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Not alone, like with a
woman? He's having a party?
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What does that mean?
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When I got there,
he was out front
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with this dude
leaning against a car.
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And so I went over to them,
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and the guy he was
with waves me off,
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tells me to take a walk.
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And I'm like, who
the hell are you?
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And...
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the guy flashes a gun at me.
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For real, okay?
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00:11:05,752 --> 00:11:09,145
And he tells me to get the
hell out of there, so I did.
257
00:11:09,146 --> 00:11:11,147
What'd this guy look like?
258
00:11:11,148 --> 00:11:13,759
It was really dark, and, um...
259
00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:15,282
I-I-I was really scared.
260
00:11:15,283 --> 00:11:18,938
I mean, I'm pretty
sure he was Hispanic.
261
00:11:18,939 --> 00:11:22,551
What about the dude's car?
You know the make and model?
262
00:11:25,510 --> 00:11:27,816
Randall said the guy
who threatened him
263
00:11:27,817 --> 00:11:30,471
was driving a red BMW
with tinted windows.
264
00:11:30,472 --> 00:11:32,516
Now, this... same car outside
265
00:11:32,517 --> 00:11:35,215
of Sunny Zhen's building
two days before the murder.
266
00:11:35,216 --> 00:11:36,869
Did you get a look
at the driver?
267
00:11:36,870 --> 00:11:38,958
We did not, but
we ran the plates.
268
00:11:38,959 --> 00:11:40,786
Came back to Ernesto Ruiz.
269
00:11:40,787 --> 00:11:42,135
Who's that?
270
00:11:42,136 --> 00:11:44,137
Nobody, not even
a parking ticket,
271
00:11:44,138 --> 00:11:46,835
but check out who his daddy is.
272
00:11:46,836 --> 00:11:48,750
Antonio Ruiz.
273
00:11:48,751 --> 00:11:50,273
Drug dealer.
274
00:11:50,274 --> 00:11:52,232
The one and only.
275
00:11:52,233 --> 00:11:54,016
We went after him
a bunch of times
276
00:11:54,017 --> 00:11:56,802
in my days in Narcotics...
just couldn't pin him down.
277
00:11:56,803 --> 00:11:58,325
Okay, can you tell me
278
00:11:58,326 --> 00:12:00,457
what all this has to
do with Sunny Zhen?
279
00:12:00,458 --> 00:12:04,026
Ruiz likes to cook
his own fentanyl.
280
00:12:04,027 --> 00:12:06,899
Okay, so we have a murder
victim who was a chemist,
281
00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:09,553
who was fired, needed
money, and happened to be
282
00:12:09,554 --> 00:12:11,555
in possession of a
very special skill set.
283
00:12:11,556 --> 00:12:14,645
That would have been very
valuable to a drug dealer.
284
00:12:14,646 --> 00:12:16,517
Okay.
285
00:12:16,518 --> 00:12:18,738
Go find Ernesto Ruiz.
286
00:12:21,784 --> 00:12:23,654
Ernesto Ruiz came
to us last year
287
00:12:23,655 --> 00:12:25,178
through Teach for America.
288
00:12:25,179 --> 00:12:28,355
He's a godsend... to
staff and students.
289
00:12:28,356 --> 00:12:30,357
You do know who his father is?
290
00:12:30,358 --> 00:12:31,924
Sure. People talk.
291
00:12:31,925 --> 00:12:34,796
But sometimes the apple
does fall far from the tree.
292
00:12:34,797 --> 00:12:36,580
My understanding is
Ernesto has money
293
00:12:36,581 --> 00:12:38,539
and doesn't even
need to be here.
294
00:12:38,540 --> 00:12:40,715
His heart is called to serve.
295
00:12:40,716 --> 00:12:43,587
Can I just ask
what this is about?
296
00:12:43,588 --> 00:12:45,328
No.
297
00:12:45,329 --> 00:12:46,896
Okay.
298
00:12:49,899 --> 00:12:51,509
Nice.
299
00:12:53,381 --> 00:12:56,731
Mr. Ruiz, I'm so
sorry to interrupt.
300
00:12:56,732 --> 00:12:58,994
These gentlemen need
to speak with you.
301
00:13:01,911 --> 00:13:03,390
- Bye, Mr. Ruiz.
- All right, see you later.
302
00:13:03,391 --> 00:13:06,220
- Bye.
- Bye.
303
00:13:06,873 --> 00:13:08,874
Make sure you study
for tomorrow's quiz.
304
00:13:08,875 --> 00:13:10,702
- Oh!
- Yeah.
305
00:13:14,184 --> 00:13:16,098
- Can I help you?
- Yeah.
306
00:13:16,099 --> 00:13:18,100
We are investigating a murder.
307
00:13:18,101 --> 00:13:19,885
A murder? Who... who died?
308
00:13:19,886 --> 00:13:21,974
A man named Sunny Zhen.
309
00:13:21,975 --> 00:13:23,932
And this...
310
00:13:23,933 --> 00:13:26,021
is your car parked
outside of his building
311
00:13:26,022 --> 00:13:27,631
two days before the murder.
312
00:13:27,632 --> 00:13:30,939
That's my car, but I've never
heard of that name before,
313
00:13:30,940 --> 00:13:32,593
and I wasn't there.
314
00:13:32,594 --> 00:13:34,900
Uh, sometimes I loan
my car to friends.
315
00:13:34,901 --> 00:13:37,163
That's convenient, isn't it?
316
00:13:37,164 --> 00:13:38,686
Sure is.
317
00:13:38,687 --> 00:13:41,167
Kind of gives you an excuse
for anything, doesn't it?
318
00:13:41,168 --> 00:13:44,213
All right, I'll bite.
Who'd you loan your car to?
319
00:13:44,214 --> 00:13:46,694
Come on, man.
320
00:13:46,695 --> 00:13:48,652
We have an eyewitness
that puts you there,
321
00:13:48,653 --> 00:13:50,480
says that you threatened
him with a gun.
322
00:13:50,481 --> 00:13:52,352
What? That's ridiculous.
323
00:13:52,353 --> 00:13:54,745
How about this? Is
this ridiculous, too?
324
00:13:54,746 --> 00:13:57,009
That's two blocks
from the murder scene.
325
00:13:57,010 --> 00:14:00,316
15 minutes later, Sunny
Zhen was dead, so...
326
00:14:00,317 --> 00:14:04,407
what, you loan your car
out that night, too?
327
00:14:04,408 --> 00:14:06,932
I have nothing to do with this,
328
00:14:06,933 --> 00:14:10,022
and I'm not saying another word.
329
00:14:10,023 --> 00:14:11,371
Better call a sub.
330
00:14:22,122 --> 00:14:25,994
Hey, look, we need a warrant
for Ernesto Ruiz's vehicle.
331
00:14:25,995 --> 00:14:27,822
It's a BMW that was seen
in the area of the murder.
332
00:14:27,823 --> 00:14:30,259
We got to scrub it for evidence
before he wipes it down
333
00:14:30,260 --> 00:14:32,131
or dumps it off a
bridge or something.
334
00:14:32,132 --> 00:14:33,610
So you're saying you
think he's good for this?
335
00:14:33,611 --> 00:14:35,612
All we know is that we don't
have enough to hold him.
336
00:14:35,613 --> 00:14:38,224
On one hand, he's a
middle school teacher
337
00:14:38,225 --> 00:14:39,921
doing the Lord's
work and all that,
338
00:14:39,922 --> 00:14:41,618
and he's got no
criminal history,
339
00:14:41,619 --> 00:14:42,837
no history of violence,
340
00:14:42,838 --> 00:14:44,839
but his dad is a
major dope pusher.
341
00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:48,060
And the guy he was talking
to, Sunny Zhen... a chemist.
342
00:14:48,061 --> 00:14:50,671
So you think he is in
the family business?
343
00:14:50,672 --> 00:14:51,977
I mean, it works for me.
344
00:14:51,978 --> 00:14:54,066
We also have an
eyewitness, Eli Randall,
345
00:14:54,067 --> 00:14:55,981
who picked him
out of a six-pack.
346
00:14:55,982 --> 00:14:57,330
So let's start with
a search warrant,
347
00:14:57,331 --> 00:14:59,332
and we'll impound
Ruiz's vehicle.
348
00:14:59,333 --> 00:15:01,508
Thank you.
349
00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:05,512
Lou, we got something for you.
350
00:15:05,513 --> 00:15:08,428
Crime lab found traces of
Sunny's blood in the red BMW.
351
00:15:08,429 --> 00:15:10,038
Okay, good.
352
00:15:10,039 --> 00:15:12,301
They also found DNA evidence
of somebody else in the car.
353
00:15:12,302 --> 00:15:15,130
Omar Nuñez... pride
of the South Bronx,
354
00:15:15,131 --> 00:15:17,393
also Ernesto Ruiz's first cousin
355
00:15:17,394 --> 00:15:21,310
and a documented foot soldier
of Ernesto's father, Antonio.
356
00:15:21,311 --> 00:15:23,138
He's got a long
sheet, this guy...
357
00:15:23,139 --> 00:15:24,879
violent, most
recently did two years
358
00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:27,534
for distribution of a controlled
substance... fentanyl.
359
00:15:27,535 --> 00:15:29,318
And when Sunny Zhen was killed,
360
00:15:29,319 --> 00:15:31,625
his boss said that the
suspect fled the scene
361
00:15:31,626 --> 00:15:34,410
in a black sweatshirt with
a green emblem in the back.
362
00:15:34,411 --> 00:15:36,456
Okay, confirm with the boss
that the pattern is the same.
363
00:15:36,457 --> 00:15:38,414
H-hold on, Lou.
Check this out.
364
00:15:38,415 --> 00:15:39,763
One more thing.
365
00:15:39,764 --> 00:15:41,678
So that...
366
00:15:41,679 --> 00:15:43,985
That's a Sig Sauer,
367
00:15:43,986 --> 00:15:46,988
same manufacturer as
our murder weapon.
368
00:15:46,989 --> 00:15:48,685
Well, arrest him.
369
00:15:52,995 --> 00:15:54,996
Omar Nuñez, a quick word.
370
00:15:54,997 --> 00:15:56,476
NYPD! Stop!
371
00:15:56,477 --> 00:15:57,868
- NYPD!
- Stay where you are!
372
00:15:57,869 --> 00:16:00,480
NYPD! Stop!
373
00:16:02,352 --> 00:16:04,310
Where you going, Omar?
374
00:16:04,311 --> 00:16:06,703
You got somewhere better to be?
- Hands.
375
00:16:13,755 --> 00:16:16,017
You know we got an eyewitness
376
00:16:16,018 --> 00:16:18,541
that puts you at
the murder scene
377
00:16:18,542 --> 00:16:20,543
in this sweatshirt?
378
00:16:20,544 --> 00:16:23,546
Yo, I lost that sweatshirt
a long time ago.
379
00:16:23,547 --> 00:16:26,201
Must've been somebody
else your "witness" saw.
380
00:16:26,202 --> 00:16:28,203
Well, our forensics team
said the murder weapon
381
00:16:28,204 --> 00:16:32,120
was a Sig Sauer... a
lot like that one there.
382
00:16:32,121 --> 00:16:33,992
Now, we didn't find
that in your apartment,
383
00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:35,254
which I'm guessing
you already knew
384
00:16:35,255 --> 00:16:37,386
because you ditched it
someplace, didn't you?
385
00:16:37,387 --> 00:16:39,954
We found your
burner phone, Omar.
386
00:16:39,955 --> 00:16:41,390
It was sitting right
there on the countertop
387
00:16:41,391 --> 00:16:43,653
next to a pack of cigarettes
and a box of condoms.
388
00:16:43,654 --> 00:16:45,873
Yeah, so you ain't got to
say nothing to us, bro.
389
00:16:45,874 --> 00:16:47,744
This phone...
390
00:16:47,745 --> 00:16:50,095
is going to do all the singing.
391
00:16:51,271 --> 00:16:53,402
You recruited Sunny
to cook fentanyl.
392
00:16:53,403 --> 00:16:55,187
He changed his
mind. He wanted out.
393
00:16:55,188 --> 00:16:57,537
He even sent you a text. We
got that right here. Look.
394
00:16:57,538 --> 00:17:00,322
"I saw what I saw. I
can't do this anymore."
395
00:17:00,323 --> 00:17:03,109
Three hours later, you
put a bullet in his head.
396
00:17:05,807 --> 00:17:07,286
So, tell us, what did he see?
397
00:17:07,287 --> 00:17:10,419
What did Sunny Zhen see that
he wasn't supposed to see?
398
00:17:10,420 --> 00:17:12,334
Don't know nothing
about this, man.
399
00:17:12,335 --> 00:17:14,815
Come on, man, this ain't
looking good for you, bro.
400
00:17:14,816 --> 00:17:16,382
We have all the receipts.
401
00:17:16,383 --> 00:17:19,080
We know who your
boss is, too, Omar.
402
00:17:19,081 --> 00:17:21,126
You want to give
us Antonio Ruiz,
403
00:17:21,127 --> 00:17:23,171
things might look a
little bit better for you.
404
00:17:23,172 --> 00:17:26,087
Why don't you tell us what
Antonio's been up to...
405
00:17:26,088 --> 00:17:28,220
or maybe his son Ernesto?
406
00:17:28,221 --> 00:17:29,960
Yeah, how about that?
407
00:17:29,961 --> 00:17:31,614
Is Ernesto involved in this?
408
00:17:31,615 --> 00:17:33,616
Nah!
409
00:17:33,617 --> 00:17:36,271
Ernesto got nothing
to do with this, man.
410
00:17:36,272 --> 00:17:37,751
Y'all leave his ass out of it.
411
00:17:39,014 --> 00:17:40,493
Yeah, we're done here.
412
00:17:40,494 --> 00:17:42,582
No more questions for my client.
413
00:17:47,283 --> 00:17:50,111
We have a decent
case against Omar,
414
00:17:50,112 --> 00:17:52,809
but so far, he is
unwilling to cooperate.
415
00:17:52,810 --> 00:17:54,724
Then we need to try harder.
416
00:17:54,725 --> 00:17:57,118
Omar's a grunt, a soldier.
417
00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,816
Antonio Ruiz is the real deal.
418
00:17:59,817 --> 00:18:03,342
5,000 New Yorkers died last
year from a fentanyl overdose.
419
00:18:03,343 --> 00:18:06,258
We have an opportunity to
make a real statement here,
420
00:18:06,259 --> 00:18:08,129
to punish one of
the perpetrators
421
00:18:08,130 --> 00:18:09,957
and get some of that
garbage off the street.
422
00:18:09,958 --> 00:18:12,002
Obviously, we would
like that, too.
423
00:18:12,003 --> 00:18:14,179
But Omar isn't willing to flip.
424
00:18:14,180 --> 00:18:16,485
We talked to his
attorney this afternoon.
425
00:18:16,486 --> 00:18:18,183
What about Antonio's
son Ernesto?
426
00:18:18,184 --> 00:18:21,142
We have a case against him?
- Mm, not really.
427
00:18:21,143 --> 00:18:22,709
What does that mean?
428
00:18:22,710 --> 00:18:25,538
It means we can
put Ernesto's car
429
00:18:25,539 --> 00:18:27,844
in the neighborhood where
the murder took place
430
00:18:27,845 --> 00:18:29,498
around the time of the murder,
431
00:18:29,499 --> 00:18:31,065
but we can't necessarily
put Ernesto there.
432
00:18:31,066 --> 00:18:32,893
And we also know from
Omar's burner phone
433
00:18:32,894 --> 00:18:34,982
that he lied to Ernesto
about why he needed a ride
434
00:18:34,983 --> 00:18:37,724
on the night of the murder,
so even if he was there...
435
00:18:37,725 --> 00:18:39,943
You really believe
this kid is innocent?
436
00:18:39,944 --> 00:18:41,641
We can't prove otherwise.
437
00:18:41,642 --> 00:18:43,512
We're trying to nail
the father, I get it,
438
00:18:43,513 --> 00:18:46,776
but there's a world in
which Ernesto is guilty
439
00:18:46,777 --> 00:18:49,823
of nothing more than
being a drug dealer's son.
440
00:18:49,824 --> 00:18:53,000
There is a bigger prize
to be won here, guys.
441
00:18:53,001 --> 00:18:55,438
Take another run at Omar.
442
00:18:58,224 --> 00:18:59,789
- Sam.
- Yeah?
443
00:18:59,790 --> 00:19:01,530
What's going on?
444
00:19:01,531 --> 00:19:06,056
You seem determined to stick
up for this Ernesto Ruiz.
445
00:19:06,057 --> 00:19:07,449
Yeah, he's a schoolteacher.
446
00:19:07,450 --> 00:19:10,365
He's got no record, but
his car was at the scene.
447
00:19:10,366 --> 00:19:12,585
We do have reason to think
he might have been involved.
448
00:19:12,586 --> 00:19:15,892
Yeah, I know. I just...
I don't think it's...
449
00:19:17,591 --> 00:19:20,810
In my family, I
was "the project."
450
00:19:20,811 --> 00:19:24,249
The whole family organized
around one thing... me...
451
00:19:24,250 --> 00:19:27,382
getting me a good education,
pushing me to the top
452
00:19:27,383 --> 00:19:29,993
so that eventually I can
pull everybody up with me.
453
00:19:29,994 --> 00:19:31,560
Yeah, okay, that's the beauty
454
00:19:31,561 --> 00:19:33,910
of the American
immigrant experience.
455
00:19:33,911 --> 00:19:35,216
I'm not looking for a medal.
456
00:19:35,217 --> 00:19:37,740
I'm just trying to
tell you that...
457
00:19:37,741 --> 00:19:39,786
Do you know what
paid for all of this?
458
00:19:39,787 --> 00:19:41,266
Uh, uh, yeah.
459
00:19:41,267 --> 00:19:43,050
I thought your father ran
a Lebanese restaurant.
460
00:19:43,051 --> 00:19:44,791
Do you have any idea how
much baba ghanoush it takes
461
00:19:44,792 --> 00:19:47,054
to pay for law school?
- No. I'm guessing a lot.
462
00:19:48,448 --> 00:19:50,057
Well, the restaurant
never made any money.
463
00:19:50,058 --> 00:19:53,147
But the sportsbook my father
ran out the back door...
464
00:19:53,148 --> 00:19:56,846
well, that did pretty well.
465
00:19:56,847 --> 00:19:58,805
Now here I am... public servant,
466
00:19:58,806 --> 00:20:01,938
making good on that
promise to my family.
467
00:20:01,939 --> 00:20:04,811
That was my father.
468
00:20:04,812 --> 00:20:08,554
So, yes, immigrant
stories are beautiful...
469
00:20:08,555 --> 00:20:11,166
but they can be
complicated, too.
470
00:20:18,173 --> 00:20:19,913
I spoke with Omar's
lawyer again.
471
00:20:19,914 --> 00:20:21,958
They're still not
interested in cooperating.
472
00:20:21,959 --> 00:20:23,133
So we move forward.
473
00:20:23,134 --> 00:20:25,266
Good news is, our
case is strong.
474
00:20:25,267 --> 00:20:26,876
Who knows? Maybe
he'll get cold feet
475
00:20:26,877 --> 00:20:28,922
when he sees all the
evidence we have against him
476
00:20:28,923 --> 00:20:31,316
and the prospect of spending
the rest of his life in prison
477
00:20:31,317 --> 00:20:32,969
begins to set in.
478
00:20:32,970 --> 00:20:35,537
Nolan, Sam, we need to talk.
479
00:20:35,538 --> 00:20:38,018
- About what?
- Omar Nuñez.
480
00:20:38,019 --> 00:20:40,716
He's dead.
481
00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:51,640
7:24 a.m., just another day.
482
00:20:53,991 --> 00:20:56,776
Guy shaved his
toothbrush into a knife.
483
00:20:56,777 --> 00:21:00,040
Kid died before he got
to the operating table.
484
00:21:00,041 --> 00:21:01,216
Wow.
485
00:21:03,087 --> 00:21:05,480
Now we just need to figure
out if it's connected
486
00:21:05,481 --> 00:21:07,047
to Sunny Zhen's murder or...
487
00:21:07,048 --> 00:21:09,267
If prison is just
a violent place.
488
00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:10,398
Correct.
489
00:21:10,399 --> 00:21:11,704
Here's what I can
tell you on that.
490
00:21:11,705 --> 00:21:13,923
The guy who killed
Omar is doing life...
491
00:21:13,924 --> 00:21:15,925
no history of mental illness,
492
00:21:15,926 --> 00:21:18,667
never committed an act of
violence before on the inside.
493
00:21:18,668 --> 00:21:20,800
Did he say anything
after the attack?
494
00:21:20,801 --> 00:21:23,019
One thing, one thing only.
495
00:21:23,020 --> 00:21:25,152
He claimed he'd been
beefing with Omar
496
00:21:25,153 --> 00:21:26,936
from a fight on the
basketball court.
497
00:21:26,937 --> 00:21:28,808
That was a lie.
- How do you know?
498
00:21:28,809 --> 00:21:30,157
We maintain a
record of every step
499
00:21:30,158 --> 00:21:32,028
these guys take in this place.
500
00:21:32,029 --> 00:21:34,379
These two men had never
been on the yard together
501
00:21:34,380 --> 00:21:36,337
at the same time, not once.
502
00:21:36,338 --> 00:21:39,732
As far as we can tell, the
first time they ever met,
503
00:21:39,733 --> 00:21:42,910
this guy put a
knife in Omar's eye.
504
00:21:45,434 --> 00:21:47,609
It's pretty clear
that was a hit.
505
00:21:47,610 --> 00:21:50,046
Antonio Ruiz is
obviously concerned
506
00:21:50,047 --> 00:21:52,005
about what was going
to come out in court.
507
00:21:52,006 --> 00:21:53,354
All right. Thank you.
508
00:21:53,355 --> 00:21:55,356
Had the warden at Rikers
pull the visitor log.
509
00:21:55,357 --> 00:21:57,532
Get this... the
inmate who killed Omar
510
00:21:57,533 --> 00:22:00,143
hadn't had a visitor in
four months until yesterday
511
00:22:00,144 --> 00:22:03,146
when his daughter shows up
for the first time in a year.
512
00:22:03,147 --> 00:22:06,150
That would be, uh,
quite a coincidence.
513
00:22:08,849 --> 00:22:10,110
You went to go visit your father
514
00:22:10,111 --> 00:22:12,112
the day before the murder.
515
00:22:12,113 --> 00:22:14,244
So?
516
00:22:14,245 --> 00:22:16,812
So it is of note that after
not seeing your father
517
00:22:16,813 --> 00:22:18,727
for a year, you go to visit him,
518
00:22:18,728 --> 00:22:20,947
and then he kills
somebody the next day.
519
00:22:20,948 --> 00:22:24,167
What, it's a crime to
visit my father in prison?
520
00:22:24,168 --> 00:22:26,909
Ms. South, you know how much
money you had in your account
521
00:22:26,910 --> 00:22:29,695
Monday morning?
522
00:22:29,696 --> 00:22:33,002
- A couple hundred bucks.
- $87.
523
00:22:33,003 --> 00:22:35,004
You know how much you had
at the end of the day?
524
00:22:35,005 --> 00:22:38,181
$5,087, which means that
you went down to the bank
525
00:22:38,182 --> 00:22:40,270
and you deposited
five racks in cash.
526
00:22:40,271 --> 00:22:43,230
So, no, it's not a crime to go
visit your father in prison,
527
00:22:43,231 --> 00:22:45,885
but it is a crime to be
an accessory to murder.
528
00:22:45,886 --> 00:22:47,408
If, for example,
somebody paid you
529
00:22:47,409 --> 00:22:50,238
five grand to pass
your father a message.
530
00:22:52,762 --> 00:22:54,459
Where'd you get the money?
531
00:22:57,550 --> 00:22:58,898
I don't know.
532
00:22:58,899 --> 00:23:00,639
Enough of this. Let's go.
533
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:01,814
Go? Go where?
534
00:23:01,815 --> 00:23:02,945
- We're going to jail, Melanie.
- No!
535
00:23:02,946 --> 00:23:04,033
Your kid's gonna
be born in prison.
536
00:23:04,034 --> 00:23:05,339
Is that what you want?
- No.
537
00:23:05,340 --> 00:23:06,862
No, no, please,
please, I just...
538
00:23:06,863 --> 00:23:09,169
I wasn't in a position to
turn down that kind of money.
539
00:23:09,170 --> 00:23:11,258
Well, here's the
position you're in now.
540
00:23:11,259 --> 00:23:13,173
Last chance... where'd
you get the money,
541
00:23:13,174 --> 00:23:16,002
and what did they
want in return?
542
00:23:23,706 --> 00:23:26,012
Our killer's daughter
visited him at Rikers
543
00:23:26,013 --> 00:23:28,318
before the murder, gave
him a two-word message...
544
00:23:28,319 --> 00:23:29,450
Omar Nuñez.
545
00:23:29,451 --> 00:23:31,757
And she says this
guy, Alfred Arroyo,
546
00:23:31,758 --> 00:23:34,150
paid her to deliver the message.
547
00:23:34,151 --> 00:23:36,283
It's a long sheet,
not a nice man.
548
00:23:36,284 --> 00:23:38,285
Yes, and according to Narcotics,
549
00:23:38,286 --> 00:23:41,810
he is a documented
lieutenant of Antonio Ruiz
550
00:23:41,811 --> 00:23:43,464
and also did time at Fishkill
551
00:23:43,465 --> 00:23:45,466
with the guy who
killed Omar Nuñez.
552
00:23:45,467 --> 00:23:47,468
You got a ping order on Arroyo?
553
00:23:47,469 --> 00:23:48,948
Just came in.
554
00:23:48,949 --> 00:23:52,300
Riley and Shaw are on it...
somewhere near Mott Haven.
555
00:23:53,388 --> 00:23:55,781
Okay, our boy's pulling over.
556
00:24:08,795 --> 00:24:10,622
There's Arroyo.
557
00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:17,106
Arroyo!
558
00:24:17,107 --> 00:24:19,109
NYPD! Hands up!
559
00:24:21,068 --> 00:24:23,112
Let's do this nice and
easy. Get on the ground.
560
00:24:23,113 --> 00:24:24,984
Get on the ground!
561
00:24:24,985 --> 00:24:27,204
Hey! Gun! Gun!
562
00:24:31,382 --> 00:24:34,080
2-7 Squad. 10-13,
10-13, shots fired.
563
00:24:46,528 --> 00:24:48,095
- Riley!
- I'm good!
564
00:24:57,408 --> 00:24:58,844
Advance!
565
00:25:02,022 --> 00:25:04,502
Suspect down.
566
00:25:24,435 --> 00:25:27,133
Nothing of note in
Arroyo's apartment.
567
00:25:27,134 --> 00:25:28,438
How much weight we got?
568
00:25:28,439 --> 00:25:30,484
About 12 pounds, give or take.
569
00:25:34,010 --> 00:25:35,184
Uh-oh.
570
00:25:35,185 --> 00:25:37,535
Car's got OnStar...
571
00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:39,537
which means if we
track the GPS...
572
00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:42,279
Find out where this
guy got these drugs.
573
00:26:09,698 --> 00:26:11,613
Careful.
574
00:26:16,662 --> 00:26:19,620
Well, it's clear.
575
00:26:33,809 --> 00:26:37,638
Jesus.
576
00:26:37,639 --> 00:26:40,467
Okay.
577
00:26:40,468 --> 00:26:43,601
M30 pills.
578
00:26:43,602 --> 00:26:45,472
Thousands of them.
579
00:26:45,473 --> 00:26:48,389
This is a major operation.
- Yeah.
580
00:26:50,347 --> 00:26:52,958
Door number three?
- Mm-hmm.
581
00:27:09,758 --> 00:27:11,542
Weights.
582
00:27:14,197 --> 00:27:15,545
Check that out.
583
00:27:42,965 --> 00:27:46,360
- How many?
- That makes 13.
584
00:27:58,546 --> 00:28:00,286
Dear God.
585
00:28:08,382 --> 00:28:11,863
So far, we've been able to
ID 6 out of the 13 bodies.
586
00:28:11,864 --> 00:28:13,734
They're all junkies,
sex workers,
587
00:28:13,735 --> 00:28:15,301
undocumented immigrants.
588
00:28:15,302 --> 00:28:18,478
All people who lived on
the margins of society.
589
00:28:18,479 --> 00:28:20,175
People who could disappear.
590
00:28:20,176 --> 00:28:23,352
And one... her family
reported her missing,
591
00:28:23,353 --> 00:28:25,877
said that she's been hanging
out with two Latino guys.
592
00:28:25,878 --> 00:28:27,792
They asked her if
she wanted to party.
593
00:28:27,793 --> 00:28:29,837
She got in the car.
They drove off.
594
00:28:29,838 --> 00:28:31,273
Never saw her again.
595
00:28:31,274 --> 00:28:34,537
We showed them photos
of Omar Nuñez...
596
00:28:34,538 --> 00:28:36,061
and Alfred Arroyo.
597
00:28:36,062 --> 00:28:37,889
They ID'd them as the two men.
598
00:28:37,890 --> 00:28:40,543
And both of these guys
work for this man.
599
00:28:40,544 --> 00:28:42,589
Antonio Ruiz.
600
00:28:42,590 --> 00:28:44,069
And these are all overdoses?
601
00:28:44,070 --> 00:28:46,027
Fentanyl... mixed and cooked
with the same chemicals
602
00:28:46,028 --> 00:28:48,160
that Omar Nuñez and
Sunny Zhen acquired.
603
00:28:48,161 --> 00:28:49,727
And we know from their
texts that they were trying
604
00:28:49,728 --> 00:28:51,641
to cook something new...
605
00:28:51,642 --> 00:28:53,295
a bigger, stronger
type of fentanyl.
606
00:28:53,296 --> 00:28:57,256
So these 13 people
were all guinea pigs?
607
00:28:57,257 --> 00:28:58,997
Seems that way.
608
00:28:58,998 --> 00:29:01,216
They were all taking
an experimental drug,
609
00:29:01,217 --> 00:29:04,263
so they were either going
to end up very high or dead.
610
00:29:04,264 --> 00:29:07,962
Now, we know that the man
behind this is Antonio Ruiz.
611
00:29:07,963 --> 00:29:10,269
Problem is, we just
can't prove it.
612
00:29:10,270 --> 00:29:12,881
Then why don't you let
us take a crack at that?
613
00:29:15,841 --> 00:29:17,319
Press is going nuts.
614
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,452
My phone's been
ringing off the hook.
615
00:29:19,453 --> 00:29:20,932
People want answers...
616
00:29:20,933 --> 00:29:24,762
the mayor, the AG,
the governor, me.
617
00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:26,372
I went over the texts
618
00:29:26,373 --> 00:29:29,854
that were recovered from
Omar Nuñez's burner phone.
619
00:29:29,855 --> 00:29:32,465
I think I might've found
a foot in the door.
620
00:29:32,466 --> 00:29:33,814
Yeah? What's that?
621
00:29:33,815 --> 00:29:35,947
We use the son to
get to the father.
622
00:29:35,948 --> 00:29:38,732
Ernesto? The schoolteacher?
623
00:29:38,733 --> 00:29:41,691
No, Ernesto, the son
of the drug dealer
624
00:29:41,692 --> 00:29:44,738
who kills his rivals
and associates alike
625
00:29:44,739 --> 00:29:46,958
and experiments on human beings.
626
00:29:46,959 --> 00:29:50,135
An hour before the
murder of Sunny Zhen,
627
00:29:50,136 --> 00:29:52,833
Omar asks Ernesto for a ride.
628
00:29:52,834 --> 00:29:54,574
"Yo, take me to
Washington Heights.
629
00:29:54,575 --> 00:29:57,142
"This dude ripped off my girl,
sold her a fake necklace.
630
00:29:57,143 --> 00:29:59,579
Got to go bitch-slap
this"... person.
631
00:29:59,580 --> 00:30:01,450
Omar used more
colorful language.
632
00:30:01,451 --> 00:30:02,974
"Get my girl's money back."
633
00:30:02,975 --> 00:30:05,977
And Ernesto said yes,
gave Omar a ride,
634
00:30:05,978 --> 00:30:08,066
which means Ernesto was
aware of a predicate crime
635
00:30:08,067 --> 00:30:09,676
before Sunny Zhen's murder?
636
00:30:09,677 --> 00:30:11,330
In fact, he laughed it off.
637
00:30:11,331 --> 00:30:13,114
When Omar said he was gonna
go bitch-slap someone,
638
00:30:13,115 --> 00:30:15,769
Ernesto replied, "TMI, LOL.
639
00:30:15,770 --> 00:30:19,120
Okay, pick you up in 10."
640
00:30:19,121 --> 00:30:21,644
That makes Ernesto
guilty of felony murder.
641
00:30:21,645 --> 00:30:24,343
I mean, it's aggressive.
642
00:30:24,344 --> 00:30:26,519
Felony murder statute
is obviously meant
643
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:28,086
to punish real accomplices,
644
00:30:28,087 --> 00:30:30,523
not necessarily someone who
unwittingly gave his cousin
645
00:30:30,524 --> 00:30:32,046
a ride to bitch-slap someone.
646
00:30:32,047 --> 00:30:34,440
If we do this,
Ernesto is gonna be
647
00:30:34,441 --> 00:30:37,530
the only one held accountable
for Sunny's murder.
648
00:30:37,531 --> 00:30:38,879
Ernesto.
649
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,142
Not Omar, not
Antonio... Ernesto.
650
00:30:41,143 --> 00:30:43,405
And for what, for giving
his idiot cousin a ride?
651
00:30:43,406 --> 00:30:45,712
Ernesto knowingly
participated in
652
00:30:45,713 --> 00:30:48,410
a felony that had
fatal consequences.
653
00:30:48,411 --> 00:30:50,935
That's the law.
- Technically speaking, yes.
654
00:30:50,936 --> 00:30:52,980
But this so-called
predicate crime...
655
00:30:52,981 --> 00:30:55,940
shaking down some guy who
supposedly sold fake jewelry...
656
00:30:55,941 --> 00:30:57,419
it was a lie.
- I know.
657
00:30:57,420 --> 00:30:59,726
Omar made the whole thing
up. He lied to Ernesto.
658
00:30:59,727 --> 00:31:01,728
But that doesn't matter legally.
659
00:31:01,729 --> 00:31:04,252
But it does matter ethically.
660
00:31:04,253 --> 00:31:06,037
Omar never mentioned Sunny Zhen.
661
00:31:06,038 --> 00:31:07,429
He never mentioned drugs,
662
00:31:07,430 --> 00:31:09,301
and he certainly never
mentioned murder.
663
00:31:09,302 --> 00:31:13,218
Sam, we just hauled 13 people
out of that damn river.
664
00:31:13,219 --> 00:31:15,307
We need to pull on
every lever we have
665
00:31:15,308 --> 00:31:17,004
to take down the
man responsible.
666
00:31:17,005 --> 00:31:19,964
I get it, I do, but we've
looked into this hard,
667
00:31:19,965 --> 00:31:21,791
and there's zero evidence
668
00:31:21,792 --> 00:31:24,707
that Ernesto is actually
involved... zero.
669
00:31:24,708 --> 00:31:26,709
Are we really okay
punishing Ernesto
670
00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:29,060
for his father's sins?
671
00:31:29,061 --> 00:31:30,931
We don't have a choice.
672
00:31:30,932 --> 00:31:34,674
We need to squeeze
Ernesto as hard as we can.
673
00:31:39,419 --> 00:31:40,941
You guys can't do this.
674
00:31:40,942 --> 00:31:42,551
You can't just show
up at my school
675
00:31:42,552 --> 00:31:44,423
and pull me away like we're
in some Third World country.
676
00:31:44,424 --> 00:31:45,728
Let's go.
677
00:31:45,729 --> 00:31:47,426
That's my place of employment.
678
00:31:47,427 --> 00:31:49,689
I have relationships there
with teachers and parents.
679
00:31:49,690 --> 00:31:51,996
Okay, listen, we needed
to do this quietly.
680
00:31:51,997 --> 00:31:53,345
Truth is, we're trying
to keep you safe.
681
00:31:53,346 --> 00:31:56,000
Safe from what? What is this?
682
00:31:56,001 --> 00:31:58,003
Take a seat.
683
00:32:00,875 --> 00:32:03,572
But I had nothing to do with
that man Sunny getting killed.
684
00:32:03,573 --> 00:32:06,575
I've never met him.
I've never heard of him.
685
00:32:06,576 --> 00:32:08,099
I-I didn't even know
that this happened
686
00:32:08,100 --> 00:32:09,883
until you told me it happened.
687
00:32:09,884 --> 00:32:11,972
If we move forward
and win the trial,
688
00:32:11,973 --> 00:32:14,454
you would spend the rest
of your life in prison...
689
00:32:16,412 --> 00:32:19,024
Unless you're
willing to cooperate.
690
00:32:22,505 --> 00:32:25,203
- "Cooperate"?
- We need you to wear a wire.
691
00:32:25,204 --> 00:32:28,033
- What the hell do you need...
- We want your father.
692
00:32:29,599 --> 00:32:31,122
My father?
693
00:32:31,123 --> 00:32:33,124
Help us procure
evidence against him,
694
00:32:33,125 --> 00:32:35,909
and we will drop the
felony murder charges.
695
00:32:35,910 --> 00:32:37,824
No. No. Hell, no.
696
00:32:37,825 --> 00:32:40,348
I'm not gonna help you concoct
some case against my father.
697
00:32:40,349 --> 00:32:42,307
"Concoct"? No, we're not
asking you to do that.
698
00:32:42,308 --> 00:32:44,787
We're simply asking you to
help us procure evidence,
699
00:32:44,788 --> 00:32:47,355
evidence that will hold
him accountable for murder.
700
00:32:47,356 --> 00:32:48,922
What the hell did you just say?
701
00:32:48,923 --> 00:32:51,620
- You heard me.
- He's not a killer.
702
00:32:51,621 --> 00:32:56,408
Are you really that
naive, or delusional?
703
00:32:56,409 --> 00:32:57,713
Look,
704
00:32:57,714 --> 00:33:01,413
I know he's not a saint,
but he's not a killer.
705
00:33:01,414 --> 00:33:03,023
The only ones who
die in that life
706
00:33:03,024 --> 00:33:04,851
are the people who deserve it.
707
00:33:04,852 --> 00:33:07,462
So your cousin Omar...
708
00:33:07,463 --> 00:33:10,204
he deserved it?
709
00:33:10,205 --> 00:33:11,510
What?
710
00:33:11,511 --> 00:33:15,644
Your father had him
killed in prison.
711
00:33:15,645 --> 00:33:17,517
No.
712
00:33:19,214 --> 00:33:20,649
No.
713
00:33:20,650 --> 00:33:22,261
That's...
714
00:33:24,045 --> 00:33:26,742
That's impossible.
715
00:33:26,743 --> 00:33:30,529
Me and Omar grew up together.
716
00:33:30,530 --> 00:33:33,619
He would never have somebody
killed in the family, never.
717
00:33:33,620 --> 00:33:35,012
You're wrong.
718
00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:36,709
We have strong evidence
719
00:33:36,710 --> 00:33:39,407
that proves that your
father ordered that hit.
720
00:33:39,408 --> 00:33:41,235
But...
721
00:33:41,236 --> 00:33:43,933
that's not really
why we're here.
722
00:33:43,934 --> 00:33:46,545
This is why we're here.
723
00:33:46,546 --> 00:33:48,851
13 bodies, Ernesto.
724
00:33:48,852 --> 00:33:50,810
13.
725
00:33:50,811 --> 00:33:52,333
No, don't look away.
726
00:33:52,334 --> 00:33:54,553
Look at your father's handiwork.
727
00:33:54,554 --> 00:33:56,424
You need to
understand who he is.
728
00:33:56,425 --> 00:33:58,339
He used them to test fentanyl.
729
00:33:58,340 --> 00:34:00,211
And if they died, so what?
730
00:34:00,212 --> 00:34:02,082
He just threw them
away like trash.
731
00:34:02,083 --> 00:34:03,736
Those bodies were
dumped in the water
732
00:34:03,737 --> 00:34:06,086
behind some storage containers
where we found a fentanyl lab.
733
00:34:06,087 --> 00:34:08,001
Now, those containers
are in a lot
734
00:34:08,002 --> 00:34:09,220
that was purchased
back in January
735
00:34:09,221 --> 00:34:11,091
by a company called VexCore.
736
00:34:11,092 --> 00:34:14,530
We need to prove that
your father owns VexCore.
737
00:34:24,888 --> 00:34:26,977
Fine.
738
00:34:28,153 --> 00:34:30,198
I'll do it.
739
00:34:32,113 --> 00:34:34,985
But to prove you wrong.
740
00:34:52,307 --> 00:34:54,308
- Ernesto!
- Hey.
741
00:34:54,309 --> 00:34:57,137
Hi! Oh! Hi.
742
00:34:57,138 --> 00:34:59,226
- How are you?
- Look at you!
743
00:34:59,227 --> 00:35:01,968
No date?
- Uh, no, mami.
744
00:35:01,969 --> 00:35:04,144
We, uh... we broke up.
- Oh.
745
00:35:04,145 --> 00:35:06,799
Well, you can do
better, so much better.
746
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:08,801
Look at you. You're
so pretty. Oh, my God.
747
00:35:08,802 --> 00:35:11,543
Your father is at the grill
because he doesn't want to talk
748
00:35:11,544 --> 00:35:13,980
to anybody, as usual.
749
00:35:13,981 --> 00:35:15,677
You, he will talk to you.
- Yeah.
750
00:35:15,678 --> 00:35:17,636
- Okay?
- Okay.
751
00:35:23,251 --> 00:35:25,383
¿Cómo estás, papá?
752
00:35:25,384 --> 00:35:27,820
Hey, mi'jo. Let me
make you a plate.
753
00:35:27,821 --> 00:35:30,170
All right, we got a
positive on Antonio Ruiz.
754
00:35:30,171 --> 00:35:33,130
All units, stand by.
Get ready to move.
755
00:35:33,131 --> 00:35:36,524
You know, I'm gonna
go use the restroom.
756
00:35:36,525 --> 00:35:39,527
It was a long drive.
- Okay.
757
00:36:48,902 --> 00:36:50,903
Ernesto.
758
00:37:25,721 --> 00:37:27,680
Bank statements. Here we go.
759
00:37:33,816 --> 00:37:36,078
Okay, he found something.
760
00:37:57,971 --> 00:37:59,364
No.
761
00:38:00,843 --> 00:38:02,409
No, no, no.
762
00:38:02,410 --> 00:38:03,846
Now get out of there, kid.
763
00:38:10,549 --> 00:38:13,028
Found what you were
looking for, mi'jo?
764
00:38:13,029 --> 00:38:14,203
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
765
00:38:14,204 --> 00:38:15,379
We got to get
Ernesto out of there.
766
00:38:15,380 --> 00:38:17,163
I agree, but let's
let Antonio talk.
767
00:38:17,164 --> 00:38:18,512
Maybe he incriminates himself.
768
00:38:18,513 --> 00:38:19,557
Why don't you show me
what you just took?
769
00:38:19,558 --> 00:38:21,602
What the hell have you done?
770
00:38:21,603 --> 00:38:22,995
What are you talking about?
771
00:38:22,996 --> 00:38:26,477
Did you have Omar killed?
772
00:38:26,478 --> 00:38:28,783
Did you test your
drugs on actual people?
773
00:38:31,352 --> 00:38:34,180
Answer me!
774
00:38:34,181 --> 00:38:36,444
Show me what you just took.
775
00:38:38,446 --> 00:38:39,926
Dios mío.
776
00:38:42,624 --> 00:38:45,583
What have you done,
my stupid little boy?
777
00:38:45,584 --> 00:38:47,628
It's okay. It's okay.
778
00:38:49,675 --> 00:38:52,503
It's okay.
779
00:38:52,504 --> 00:38:56,594
What have you done?
What have you done?
780
00:38:56,595 --> 00:38:58,814
All units, move. Go, go, go!
781
00:39:00,425 --> 00:39:02,034
Go, go, go, go, go, go!
782
00:39:10,696 --> 00:39:12,740
You were my only son!
783
00:39:12,741 --> 00:39:15,221
- My only boy!
- On the ground!
784
00:39:15,222 --> 00:39:16,831
- For you!
- Hey! On the ground!
785
00:39:16,832 --> 00:39:18,267
Aah!
786
00:39:18,268 --> 00:39:19,530
I got you. I got you.
787
00:39:19,531 --> 00:39:20,879
How could you do this to me?
788
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:22,097
- No, no, no, no, no!
- Ernesto!
789
00:39:22,098 --> 00:39:23,360
- Here, take him.
- Ma'am.
790
00:39:23,361 --> 00:39:25,057
After everything I've
done for this family?
791
00:39:25,058 --> 00:39:27,886
- Take him! Take him!
- For you, Ernesto!
792
00:39:27,887 --> 00:39:30,410
- You can't be here!
- Antonio! Mi vida!
793
00:39:30,411 --> 00:39:33,414
Ernesto!
794
00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:37,722
The goal is complete anonymity.
795
00:39:37,723 --> 00:39:40,768
You'll get a new last name,
new birth certificate,
796
00:39:40,769 --> 00:39:44,337
and check in with the
U.S. Marshals once a year.
797
00:39:44,338 --> 00:39:47,385
Other than that,
you're a free man.
798
00:39:48,777 --> 00:39:51,083
You really think you
can keep me alive?
799
00:39:51,084 --> 00:39:53,781
We do the best we can.
800
00:39:53,782 --> 00:39:57,481
But there are two golden
rules in Witness Protection.
801
00:39:57,482 --> 00:40:01,486
Never contact your family.
Don't come back home.
802
00:40:05,577 --> 00:40:07,970
It's up to you, Ernesto.
You don't have to do this.
803
00:40:09,581 --> 00:40:13,322
No. Let's do it.
804
00:40:13,323 --> 00:40:14,672
We'll have someone take
you to the airport.
805
00:40:14,673 --> 00:40:16,456
But I want to see
my mother first.
806
00:40:16,457 --> 00:40:17,675
She was supposed to be here.
807
00:40:17,676 --> 00:40:18,806
You said you were
gonna call her.
808
00:40:18,807 --> 00:40:21,505
- Ernesto...
- I just...
809
00:40:21,506 --> 00:40:23,682
I want to see her before I go.
810
00:40:26,336 --> 00:40:29,774
We called her.
811
00:40:29,775 --> 00:40:32,124
Unfortunately, she's not coming.59914
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