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male narrator:
IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM,

SEXUALLY BASED OFFENSES

ARE CONSIDERED
ESPECIALLY HEINOUS.

IN NEW YORK CITY,
THE DEDICATED DETECTIVES

WHO INVESTIGATE
THESE VICIOUS FELONIES

ARE MEMBERS OF AN ELITE SQUAD

KNOWN AS
THE SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT.

THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.

[man 1]
SECTOR TWO CLEAR.

[man 2]
BUILDING THREE IS CLEARED

AND SEALED.
[helicopter approaches]

- FRIENDS ARE HERE.

LET'S MAKE IT INTERESTING
FOR 'EM.

TESTING, TESTING.

THIS IS WILLIAM LEWIS HERE.

I'M HERE WITH SERGEANT BENSON.

WE'RE PLAYING A LITTLE GAME
OF RUSSIAN ROULETTE.

WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH.

I'M SLIDING THE GUN ACROSS
THE TABLE TO SERGEANT BENSON.

THERE'S THREE CHAMBERS LEFT
AND ONE BULLET.

PICK IT UP.

- [sobbing]
- SHH!

PULL THE TRIGGER, OLIVIA,

OR I WILL.

DO IT NOW.

[gun clicks]

TWO CHAMBERS LEFT...

ONE BULLET.

- WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY?

- GROUND FLOOR IS CLEAR.
- THEY'RE NOT OUTSIDE.

[sirens blaring]
- YOU KNOW HOW LUCKY I AM.

- LOOK AWAY.
LOOK AWAY, AMELIA.

[click]

- GAME OVER.

SAY GOOD-BYE, OLIVIA.

[radio static]

THIS IS THE LAST THING

YOU'RE GONNA THINK ABOUT...

BEFORE YOU DIE.

THE LAST THING

YOU'RE GONNA SEE.

[gunshot]
[Amelia screams]

- 10-13, OFFICER DOWN.

- POLICE! NYPD.

- [screams]

- LIV.

YOU OKAY?
- HE'S GONE.

HE WAS--

HE WAS ABOUT TO SHOOT ME.

- NOT ANOTHER WORD.
GET 'EM BOTH OUT OF HERE NOW.

NO ONE TOUCH ANYTHING.
- IT'S OKAY, I GOT YOU.

- WE GO NOW.
THIS IS A CRIME SCENE.

- IT'S OKAY.
HOLD ON.

- GOT IT.

- THERE WE GO.
OKAY.

- COME ON.

- OKAY. LET'S GO.

[Amelia crying]

OKAY.

[police radio chatter]

- WE'LL MEET AT THE HOSPITAL.

DON'T TALK TO ANYBODY,
INCLUDING AMARO,

UNTIL THE REP SHOWS UP.

YOU DID GOOD.

[knocks on car]

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- ALL RIGHT, HEY.
THAT'S GOOD.

- THAT'S IT FOR THE BLOOD WORK.

- LISTEN, IF WE'RE DONE
WITH THE BODY PROBING,

CAN WE GET SOMEBODY IN HERE
TO TAKE CARE OF HER?

- A DOCTOR'S ON THE WAY.
WE'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING

FOR YOUR HEART RATE
AND BLOOD PRESSURE.

CAN I CALL ANYBODY FOR YOU?
FAMILY?

- NO, IT'S--
NO.

- THANK YOU.

HOW YOU HOLDING UP?

- TESTING FOR GSR.
HANG IN THERE, SERGEANT.

- HOW'S THE GIRL?

- HER FATHER AND SISTER
ARE WITH HER.

PHYSICALLY, SHE'S UNHARMED.

- HE DIDN'T...

- NO.
NO, HE DIDN'T.

SHE WAS...BAIT.

- FOR ME.

HE GOT WHAT HE WANTED.

- TUCKER'S IN THE HOUSE.

GRAVE-DANCING MOTHER--
- EASY, FIN.

GIVEN THE PROFILE, ONE-PP IS
GONNA ORDER THIS HOT-WASHED,

DISSECTING EVERY SECOND
OF THE LAST 24 HOURS.

- STILL, HE CAN'T WAIT FOR
THE BLOOD TO BE OFF HER FACE?

- STAND DOWN, YOU TWO.
I GOT THIS.

EXCUSE ME.

SERGEANT BENSON'S
NOT RECEIVING VISITORS.

- LIEUTENANT TUCKER, I.A.B.
WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

- LIEUTENANT MURPHY,
ACTING COMMANDING OFFICER, SVU.

- SINCE WHEN?

- SINCE LEWIS ESCAPED.

- YOU'RE ON THE JOB TWO DAYS,
YOUR SERGEANT SLIPS HER DETAIL,

POSSIBLY EXECUTES A MAN
SHE WAS ACCUSED OF BEATING?

- SERGEANT BENSON
DID WHAT SHE HAD TO

TO SAVE A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

- AND YOU WITNESSED THAT?

- HEARD SOME OF IT
ON THE RADIO.

WE WERE ON THE SCENE
IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH.

- WELL, I NEED TO HEAR
SERGEANT BENSON SAY THAT.

- WHEN SHE'S OUT OF SHOCK

AND HER DOCTOR CLEARS HER
FOR VISITORS.

- FINE.

I'LL BE SEEING YOU AT I.A.B.,
LIEUTENANT MURPHY,

ALONG WITH THE REST
OF YOUR SQUAD.

- HOW'S LIV?

- THEY'RE GIVING HER AN EXAM NOW
AND SOMETHING TO CALM HER DOWN.

THE VULTURES ALREADY CIRCLING?

- YEAH, LIEUTENANT MURPHY
BACKED HIM OFF.

- NOT FOR LONG.

I.A.B.'S GONNA BE CALLING US ALL
INTO THEIR INQUISITION.

- SO WHAT?
IT'S OPEN AND SHUT.

- IT WILL BE,

AS LONG AS WE AGREE NOW

THAT WE MADE IT THERE IN TIME
TO SEE LEWIS SHOOT HIMSELF.

- AND LIE UNDER OATH?

NO, IT'S GOT TO BE
THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH.

THE GIRL WAS TURNED AWAY,
BUT SHE HEARD US ENTER.

ANY DETAIL WE SHADE OR OMIT
WILL BOOMERANG BACK.

SO, IF YOUR IMPULSE IS
TO HELP BENSON ON THE MARGINS,

RESTRAIN YOURSELVES.
LESS IS MORE.

- WHOA.
YOU DON'T KNOW LIV. WE DO.

SHE'S TELLING THE TRUTH.
- I'M NOT ARGUING, DETECTIVE.

HEY, ALL I'M SAYING
IS YOU SOUND DEFENSIVE,

AND I.A.B. WILL SMELL THAT.

KEEP IT SIMPLE.

LET BENSON TELL HER STORY.
DON'T TELL IT FOR HER.

- YOU WANT US TO GET YOU
ANYTHING TO EAT?

- GLASS OF WINE?
- WE CAN ORDER IN.

- NO, GUYS, I'M NOT HUNGRY.

- WELL, YOU SHOULD DRINK
SOMETHING.

YOU WANT US
TO, UH, CALL CASSIDY?

- NO, I SPOKE WITH HIM ALREADY.

- HE COMING OVER?

- I'M FINE, FIN.

- WELL, ONE OF US CAN STAY.

YOU SHOULDN'T BE ALONE
RIGHT NOW.

- I APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK I JUST--

I THINK I JUST NEED SOME QUIET.

I JUST NEED TO SLEEP.

I'M DUE AT I.A.B.
FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

- YOU HAVE A LAWYER, RIGHT?

- A LAWYER?
NO. FOR WHAT?

LEWIS SHOT HIMSELF.

YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID TO ME?

HE SAID, "I WANT THIS TO BE
THE LAST THING YOU SEE

BEFORE YOU DIE."

- SCREW HIM.

- GET SOME REST.

- SERGEANT?

SERGEANT?

DO YOU NEED A MOMENT?

- NO. I'M SORRY.
WHAT--WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?

- DID YOU AT ANY TIME
NOTIFY YOUR COMMANDING OFFICER

OF YOUR LOCATION OR INTENT?

- I DID NOT.

FROM THE TEXT
THAT LEWIS SENT ME,

I KNEW THAT IF HE SAW BACKUP

THAT AMELIA'S LIFE WOULD BE
IN DANGER.

- AND WHEN YOU ARRIVED
AT HIS LOCATION?

- LEWIS MET ME,
GLOCK IN HAND,

POINTING IT AT MY HEAD.

HE THEN TOOK MY WEAPON,
AND HE THREW IT,

ALONG WITH MY VEST
AND MY CELL PHONE.

- THEN WHAT HAPPENED?

- HE FORCED ME INTO HIS CAR,

HANDCUFFED ME TO THE DOOR,

AND EVENTUALLY DROVE ME
TO THE GRANARY,

WHERE HE LED ME AT GUNPOINT
TO WHERE AMELIA WAS TIED UP.

HE THEN GAVE ME A CHOICE.

HE SAID THAT HE COULD RAPE ME
FIRST AND THEN AMELIA...

OR AMELIA FIRST.

- AND YOU RESPONDED?

- I TOLD HIM TO RAPE ME.

- DID HE RAPE YOU, SERGEANT?

- HE DID NOT.

- WHY NOT?

- BECAUSE I DECIDED NOT TO OFFER
ANY RESISTANCE.

LEWIS GETS OFF
ON THE STRUGGLE,

SO, AS SOON AS I GAVE UP,
HE GOT BORED.

- RITA--
COUNSELOR,

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF AN INTERVIEW HERE.

- NICE TO SEE YOU TOO, ED.

I'VE BEEN RETAINED
TO REPRESENT SERGEANT BENSON,

AND, GENTLEMEN,
THIS INTERVIEW IS OVER.

- SHE'S ALREADY CONSENTED.

- SHE AND I NEED TIME
TO CONSULT.

AND SHE HAS 48 HOURS
TO MAKE HER STATEMENT TO I.A.B.

ASSUMING I GET THE TRANSCRIPT
OF WHATEVER WAS SAID HERE TODAY,

WE WILL SEE YOU IN 24 HOURS.

- THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE.

LEWIS SHOT HIMSELF.
THE M.E. WILL CONFIRM IT.

- IT IS AN ISSUE.
TEN HOURS BEFORE YOU WENT ROGUE,

YOU PUBLICLY CONFESSED
TO ASSAULTING LEWIS

AND LYING ABOUT IT
AT HIS TRIAL.

NOW, WE CAN ARGUE
THAT YOUR TELEVISED STATEMENT

WAS FOR HIS BENEFIT...

- THERE'S SOMETHING
THAT I SHOULD TELL YOU.

- AND THAT IT WAS COERCED,
BUT GIVEN THE NATURE--

- RITA...

I DID MAKE THAT STATEMENT
UNDER DURESS, BUT IT WASN'T--

- STOP TALKING, PLEASE.
IF ANY OF THIS GOES TO TRIAL...

- TRIAL?

- YOU MAY HAVE TO TESTIFY
ABOUT THAT CONFESSION.

HYPOTHETICALLY,
IF YOU WERE TO TELL ME NOW

THAT YOU HAD BEATEN LEWIS

WHILE HE WAS HANDCUFFED
TO THAT BED FRAME,

THEN ETHICALLY I COULDN'T LET
YOU DENY THAT ON THE STAND.

- AND, HYPOTHETICALLY, IF I WERE
TO ADMIT IT ON THE STAND...

- YOU'D LEAVE YOURSELF OPEN
TO CHARGES OF ASSAULT,

EXCESSIVE FORCE, PERJURY.

YOUR ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED
AT THE GRANARY

WOULD BE CALLED
INTO QUESTION.

YOU'D LOSE YOUR JOB,
YOUR PENSION, RISK JAIL TIME.

SO LET'S AGREE NOT TO TALK
ABOUT THAT, ALL RIGHT?

- YOUR ATTORNEY TOLD YOU THAT
BECAUSE THAT'S HER JOB.

IT'S MY JOB TO REMIND YOU

THAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH
A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE--

- LOOK, I KNOW THAT YOU
THINK THAT THIS IS PTSD,

BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS,
I KNEW THE RISK INVOLVED.

I KNEW THAT I COULD DIE.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

- IT WAS WHAT IT WAS, OLIVIA.
IT'S OVER.

- NO, IT'S NOT OVER.

HE WANTS ME
TO REMEMBER HIM FOREVER.

HE WANTS TO BE INSIDE MY HEAD.

- YOU SAID "WANTS," OLIVIA.
HE'S NOT HERE ANYMORE.

I WILL DENY EVER SAYING THIS,

BUT SOMETIMES SHOOTING SOMEONE
CAN AND IT SHOULD BRING CLOSURE.

- HE SHOT HIMSELF SO I WOULD
HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS IMAGE,

SO I WOULD HAVE TO LIVE
WITH THIS AFTERMATH.

- YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO
WHAT HE WANTED YOU TO DO.

YOU'RE ALIVE.

YOU'RE HERE.

HE'S GONE.

- IS HE?

- LIEUTENANT,
THIS IS M.E. WARNER.

- THANKS FOR MEETING US,
DR. WARNER.

- OFFICIALLY, YOU AREN'T HERE,

BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU
A HEADS-UP.

I FINISHED THE AUTOPSY REPORT
ON WILLIAM LEWIS.

- HE SHOT HIMSELF,
LIKE LIV SAID.

- ACTUALLY,
I CAN'T CONFIRM THAT.

MELINDA, WE WERE THERE
A FEW SECONDS AFTER.

WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

- I WASN'T THERE,
SO ALL I CAN CONFIRM

IS THAT HE WAS SHOT,
FORWARD ANGLE,

INCHES FROM HIS LEFT TEMPLE.

MOST SUICIDE VICTIMS USE
THEIR DOMINANT HAND,

HOLD THE GUN
RIGHT UP TO THE SKIN.

- DON'T FALL FOR THAT.

LEWIS DID THAT ON PURPOSE
TO MUDDY THE POSTMORTEM.

- WELL, IF HE DID, IT WORKED.

I HAVE TO RULE IT A CUPPI.

- CIRCUMSTANCES UNDETERMINED?

HE SHOT HIMSELF.

- HE FORCED HER
TO PLAY RUSSIAN ROULETTE.

WE HEARD IT OVER HER RADIO.

- YOU DID.
I DIDN'T.

THERE'S GSR ON BOTH OF THEM,

AND BOTH THEIR FINGERPRINTS
ARE ON THE GUN.

I'M TURNING THE REPORT OVER
TO I.A.B. LATER TONIGHT.

- WHICH HAND WAS LEWIS
HOLDING THE GUN IN?

- LEWIS HAD TWO GUNS.

HE HAD A GLOCK
THAT HE KEPT POINTED

AT EITHER AMELIA OR MYSELF,

AND HE HAD HIS REVOLVER.

- AND WHEN HE SHOT HIMSELF
WITH THE REVOLVER,

WHICH HAND WAS THAT GUN IN?

- HIS LEFT HAND.

- EVEN THOUGH
HE WAS RIGHT-HANDED?

- LEWIS DELIBERATELY
SWITCHED HANDS.

HE FORCED ME
TO PLAY RUSSIAN ROULETTE.

IN THE FIRST ROUND,

HE HELD THE GUN
IN HIS RIGHT HAND,

AND ON THE FINAL ROUND,

WITH ONE BULLET LEFT
IN THE CHAMBER,

HE SWITCHED IT
TO HIS LEFT HAND.

HE POINTED THE GUN AT ME,

AND THEN HE TURNED IT
ON HIMSELF.

- HOLD ON A MINUTE, SERGEANT.

LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT,
SERGEANT.

WITH SECONDS TO LIVE,
ONE BULLET IN THE REVOLVER,

THE REST OF YOUR SQUAD
RUSHING TO YOUR AID--

YOU'RE UNARMED,
YOU'RE TIED TO THE TABLE--

HE POINTS THE GUN AT YOU,
BUT INSTEAD OF FIRING,

HE TURNS THE GUN TO HIS HEAD
AND ENDS HIS OWN LIFE?

- THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
- WHAT'S GOING ON?

- RITA, PLEASE.

LOOK, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM
WITH LEWIS BEING DEAD,

BUT YOUR INSISTENCE
ON TELLING US

THAT THIS WAS A SUICIDE

MAKES IT START TO SOUND
LIKE A BAD COVER STORY.

- AND I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH.
- THE GSR, THE PRINTS...

THE FACT THAT HE WAS SHOT
IN THE LEFT TEMPLE--

ALL CONSISTENT
WITH YOUR HAVING SHOT HIM

WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND.

- I DIDN'T SHOOT LEWIS.

- I MEAN, IS IT POSSIBLE

THAT THERE WAS A STRUGGLE
FOR THE GUN?

YOU WERE TRYING TO SAVE
THE LITTLE GIRL?

- THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.

- IF THERE WAS A STRUGGLE
FOR THE GUN

AND YOU PULLED THE TRIGGER
TO SAVE YOUR LIFE

OR THE LIFE
OF THE LITTLE GIRL,

THAT'S A CASE I.A.B.
CAN CLOSE.

- THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.

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- SERGEANT...
MY OFFICE.

- IS THERE A PROBLEM,
LIEUTENANT?

- YEAH.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

- UH, I WORK HERE.

THEY TOOK MY GUN
AND MY SHIELD.

I'M ON MODIFIED DESK DUTY.
- WE AGREED YOU'D TAKE LEAVE.

GO HOME.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH

IS MORE FAR MORE TAXING
THAN YOU REALIZE.

- ACTUALLY,
I DO BETTER ON THE JOB.

- ALL DUE RESPECT, I DISAGREE.

THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.

I'M HEARING RUMORS
I.A.B. WANTS TO CALL THIS

JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE.

- AND I MADE IT VERY CLEAR
TO I.A.B.

THAT I WOULD NOT PERJURE
MYSELF.

- NO ONE MOURNS WILLIAM LEWIS.

AND NO ONE WANTS
TO SEE YOU GO DOWN

FOR SOMETHING
THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN.

PLAY THE GAME HERE.

GET YOUR STORY TO LINE UP
WITH THEIR FACT PATTERNS.

- SO APPEARANCES ARE
MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE TRUTH?

- TRUTH DOESN'T ALWAYS
SET YOU FREE, SERGEANT.

I.A.B. WANTS TO DO
THE RIGHT THING.

LET THEM.

- WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
I DON'T TRUST I.A.B.

AND I'M NOT SURE
THAT I TRUST YOU EITHER.

- IF I.A.B. WANTS TO CALL IT
JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE,

WE SHOULD BACK THAT UP.

- I.A.B. MIGHT BE SETTING
A TRAP FOR LIV.

I DON'T TRUST THEM.

- I DON'T EITHER,
BUT I DO TRUST MURPHY.

- WHY?
BECAUSE HE SAVED YOUR ASS?

BECAUSE HE'S CHARMING?
WHAT'S UP WITH YOU TWO?

MURPHY COMES WALTZING IN HERE,

SUDDENLY I'M THE ONLY ONE
NOT THROWING LIV UNDER THE BUS.

- NOBODY'S THROWING HER
UNDER THE BUS.

- FIN, WE KNOW
ABOUT LIFE UNDERCOVER, MAN.

IT CHANGES YOU.
HOW LONG WAS HE U.C.?

- NINE YEARS.

- NINE YEARS.

YOU SPEND THAT MUCH TIME
PUTTING ON THE MICK,

YOU LOSE ANY IDEA
OF WHO YOU ARE.

THE ONLY THING HE CARES ABOUT
IS SELF-PRESERVATION.

- YOU ALL ON BREAK?

IS THAT WHAT THIS IS?

IF YOU WERE DISCUSSING THE CASE,
YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW

I.A.B. HAS A GOOD WORKING THEORY
ON THE SHOOTING.

- OR THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT US
TO THINK.

- EASY ON
THE PERSECUTION COMPLEX.

IN LIGHT OF THE INCONCLUSIVE
AUTOPSY REPORT,

IT'S CLEANER
FOR ALL CONCERNED.

- HEY, I'M NOT GONNA LIE.

- NO ONE'S ASKING YOU TO.

YOU DIDN'T SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
NONE OF US DID.

THAT'S ALL I.A.B.
NEEDS TO KNOW.

OVER THE RADIO,
I HEARD WILLIAM LEWIS

THREATEN TO KILL THE GIRL
IF SERGEANT BENSON

REFUSED TO PLAY
RUSSIAN ROULETTE.

- SO SHE HAD THE GUN
IN HER HAND?

- I WASN'T THERE.

BUT I HEARD HIM SAY,
FOR OUR BENEFIT,

THAT HE WAS SLIDING IT OVER
TO HER.

- FOR YOUR BENEFIT?
- YES.

HE WAS TAUNTING BENSON AND US.

- WE HEARD LEWIS TELL
SERGEANT BENSON

TO PULL THE TRIGGER.

- AND DID SHE?
- SHE MUST HAVE.

THE CHAMBER WAS EMPTY.

WE HEARD LEWIS OVER THE RADIO,

SAID THERE WERE TWO CHAMBERS
AND ONLY ONE BULLET LEFT.

- WHAT DID YOU TAKE THAT
TO MEAN?

- HE KNEW THE GAME WAS OVER.

- THE LAST THING WE HEARD
WAS LEWIS

TELLING SERGEANT BENSON
TO SAY GOOD-BYE,

AND THEN THE RADIO WENT DEAD.
- SO YOU HEARD THE SHOT LIVE?

- YEAH, THE SINGLE SHOT
FROM ABOVE,

AND THEN WE RAN
TOWARDS THE STAIRS.

- THEN YOU DON'T KNOW
WHO FIRED?

- NO.

WE ONLY ARRIVED IN TIME TO SEE
THE SUSPECT DEAD ON THE TABLE,

THE SAME TABLE
THAT SERGEANT BENSON'S LEGS

WERE DUCT-TAPED TO.

- CSU FOUND A GLOCK ON LEWIS

THAT ONLY HAD
HIS FINGERPRINTS ON IT.

HE WAS CLEARLY
IN COMPLETE CONTROL.

- YEAH,
BUT FROM WHAT YOU WITNESSED,

IT'S POSSIBLE
THAT SERGEANT BENSON

SHOT AND KILLED WILLIAM LEWIS.

- I'M TELLING YOU WHAT I KNOW.

WILLIAM LEWIS SHOT HIMSELF.
THAT'S THE TRUTH.

- THERE'S NO EVIDENCE
TO PROVE THAT.

HER FINGERPRINTS WERE
ON THE .38.

SHE HAD GSR ON HER HANDS.

- WHEN I DROVE SERGEANT BENSON
TO THE HOSPITAL,

SHE MADE A SPONTANEOUS ADMISSION
TO ME ABOUT THE SHOOTING.

- MAYBE YOU MISUNDERSTOOD
OR MISHEARD.

SERGEANT BENSON WAS
UNDER INCREDIBLE STRESS,

SUFFERING FROM PTSD,
A GUN TO HER HEAD,

THE DECEASED'S BLOOD
ALL OVER HER--

NOT EXACTLY
A RELIABLE WITNESS.

- SHE DIDN'T SHOOT HIM,
ALL RIGHT?

YOU'RE NOT HANGING THIS ON HER.

- DETECTIVE AMARO.

WOULD YOU MIND
SHUTTING THE DOOR?

HOW'D YOUR TESTIMONY GO TODAY?

- THAT'S CONFIDENTIAL.

- YOU UNDERMINED YOUR PARTNER.

IN THIS INQUIRY, PERCEPTION
HAS MORE IMPORT THAN REALITY.

- YOU'RE MAD
I DIDN'T PERJURE MYSELF?

- A SIMPLE OMISSION
WOULD HAVE SUFFICED.

- YOU'RE NEW TO OUR UNIT.
YOU OUTRANK ME.

SO, INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE D.A.
WITH YOUR REQUEST,

I'LL PRETEND WE DIDN'T HAVE
THIS CONVERSATION.

- WE'RE NOT DONE HAVING IT.

[door opens]
TAKE A SEAT.

- I'M NOT CHANGING
MY TESTIMONY.

- ALL RIGHT,
THEN I'LL CHANGE THE SUBJECT.

YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'M NEW HERE.

YOU'VE BEEN AT SVU HOW LONG?

- COMING UP ON THREE YEARS.

- AND YOU'VE BEEN STRUGGLING,
ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR.

- WE'VE ALL HAD A LOT
TO DEAL WITH.

LOST A GOOD CAPTAIN,
A SERGEANT I WAS CLOSE TO.

- YOU SHOT A KID.

YOU'RE SEPARATED
FROM YOUR FAMILY.

I READ YOUR FILE.

YOUR MARRIAGE SURVIVED, WHAT,

EIGHT YEARS
ON NARCOTICS AND WARRANTS.

A MERE TWO YEARS HERE...

IT'S TOUGH TAKING
THESE CRIMES HOME,

ISN'T IT?

- ARE YOU GOING SOMEWHERE
WITH THIS, LIEUTENANT?

- I GET THE SENSE YOU'RE A MAN
WHO DOESN'T GIVE UP.

IT'S WHAT MAKES YOU
A GOOD DETECTIVE.

- OH, YEAH?
WHICH IS IT?

AM I A GOOD DETECTIVE, OR DO
I HAVE A PERSECUTION COMPLEX?

- ALL I'M SAYING IS,
LIFE TAKES A TOLL.

THIS JOB TAKES A TOLL.

SOMETIMES YOU GET IN SO DEEP,
YOU LOSE PERSPECTIVE.

- THANKS FOR COMING IN SO LATE.

- THIS COULDN'T WAIT
UNTIL MORNING?

- ONE-PP WANTS
OUR REPORT TONIGHT.

UNDERSTANDABLY, THEY'RE ANXIOUS.
- I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING.

- SO DID THE REST
OF YOUR SQUAD...

AND YOUR PARTNER.

- SO WHAT MORE IS THERE TO SAY?

- SERGEANT, WE BOTH WANT
TO MAKE SURE

YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND
THE REPERCUSSIONS

OF YOUR ACCOUNT
OF THIS INCIDENT.

- MY ACCOUNT?

LEWIS SHOT HIMSELF.

- AND WE'RE PREPARED
TO CONFIRM THAT,

BUT IF WE DO,
IT MAY NOT GO AWAY.

THE NEW BROOKLYN D.A. MIGHT LOOK
ON THIS AS AN NYPD COVER-UP.

- RITA, DO YOU WANT TO TALK
WITH YOUR CLIENT?

- NO, WE'RE FINE.

I AM NOT GOING TO ADMIT
TO JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE.

- OKAY.

BROOKLYN D.A. IS WAITING
FOR US TO CALL HIM BACK.

WE'LL TELL HIM
WE HAVE NOT FOUND

SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO DISPUTE
YOUR VERSION OF THE EVENTS.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU,
SERGEANT BENSON.

- WE CAN NOW PUT WILLIAM LEWIS
BEHIND US.

- YOU READY
TO GET BACK TO WORK, LIV?

- OH, YES, I AM.
- GOOD, 'CAUSE I'M OVER MURPHY.

[door intercom buzzes]
- I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU,

BUT LOOKS LIKE HE'S GONNA BE
AROUND FOR A WHILE.

- ONE-PP NEEDS TO PUT YOU
BACK IN CHARGE, LIV.

- THAT COULD BE MURPHY.
I INVITED HIM.

MURPHY.
COME ON IN.

WE WERE JUST TALKING
ABOUT YOU.

- UH, WHAT ARE YOU DRINKING,
LIEUTENANT?

- I'M FINE.
THANKS.

I'M NOT BRINGING GOOD NEWS.

- WHAT?

- I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE
WITH BARBA.

HE FOUGHT IT TOOTH AND NAIL--
- FOUGHT WHAT?

- THE BROOKLYN D.A.
IS TROUBLED BY I.A.B.'S REPORT.

- YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

- HE AND THE POLICE COMMISSIONER
ARE STILL GOING AT IT,

BUT THE D.A.'S OFFICE WILL BE
SENDING YOU A TARGET LETTER.

THEY'RE CONVENING A GRAND JURY

TO INVESTIGATE
THE DEATH OF WILLIAM LEWIS.

I'M SORRY.

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- DR. WARNER,
YOUR AUTOPSY REPORT CONCLUDED

THAT WILLIAM LEWIS,
WHO WAS RIGHT-HANDED,

WAS SHOT IN HIS LEFT TEMPLE.

DID YOU FIND THAT AT ODDS

WITH SERGEANT BENSON'S ACCOUNT
OF SUICIDE?

- GUN SUICIDES
ARE USUALLY COMMITTED

WITH THE DOMINANT HAND,

BUT IT IS POSSIBLE
HE SHOT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT.

- POSSIBLE, BUT UNUSUAL.

AND WHEN A RIGHT-HANDED PERSON
SHOOTS SOMEONE

AT POINT-BLANK RANGE
IN THE TEMPLE,

IN THE POSITION SERGEANT BENSON
AND MR. LEWIS WERE IN,

WHICH SIDE OF THE VICTIM'S HEAD
WOULD THE ENTRY WOUND LIKELY BE?

- THE LEFT.

- IS SERGEANT BENSON
RIGHT-HANDED?

- YES.

- IF IT WAS A HOMICIDE,
AT THAT RANGE,

THERE WOULD BE BLOOD SPATTER
AND GSR ON THE SHOOTER.

WAS THERE BLOOD SPATTER
AND GSR ON SERGEANT BENSON?

- YES, BUT A SUICIDE
AT THAT PROXIMITY

COULD HAVE LEFT
THE SAME TRACES ON HER.

- SO YOU'RE SAYING
IT'S POSSIBLE

THAT WILLIAM LEWIS,
WHO WAS RIGHT-HANDED,

SHOT HIMSELF
WITH HIS LEFT HAND,

LEAVING THE SAME BLOOD SPATTER
AND GUNSHOT RESIDUE

ON SERGEANT BENSON
THAT WOULD EXIST

IF SHE'D KILLED HIM?

- THAT'S WHY
I RULED IT A CUPPI.

THE EVIDENCE IS OPEN
FOR INTERPRETATION.

- IT MOST CERTAINLY IS,
ISN'T IT?

NOTHING FURTHER.

- JUST HEARD FROM MELINDA.

- HOW'D HER TESTIMONY GO?

- SHE REALLY COULDN'T TALK,
BUT FROM WHAT I GOT,

STRAUSS WAS PUSHING HER TO SAY
THAT IT WASN'T SUICIDE.

- LEWIS KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING
WHEN HE SWITCHED HANDS.

- WELL, SO TELL THAT
TO THE GRAND JURY.

THEY'LL BELIEVE YOU.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH ME.

- BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS,
NOW WE'RE DEALING

WITH A BROOKLYN GRAND JURY.

THEY'RE SUSPICIOUS OF NYPD.

- FIN, DO YOU KNOW
IF THEY ASKED MELINDA

ABOUT LEWIS--

ABOUT THE INJURIES,
WHEN I BEAT HIM?

- NOT AS FAR AS I KNOW.

- LIV, THEY'RE NOT GONNA
BRING UP YOUR CONFESSION.

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WAS FALSE.
IT WAS COERCED.

- I HOPE YOU PEOPLE AREN'T
DISCUSSING THE GRAND JURY.

I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU
HOW INAPPROPRIATE IT WOULD BE

TO TALK TO ANYONE
WHO HAS TESTIFIED.

- IT'S JUST
A FRIENDLY LUNCH, COUNSELOR.

- ANY NEWS?

- WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
STRAUSS'S ANGLE.

I MEAN, SAY STRAUSS CASTS DOUBT
ON IT BEING A SUICIDE.

ANY ALTERNATE SCENARIO
THEY HAVE

WOULD QUALIFY
AS JUSTIFIED USE OF FORCE.

- IT'S POLITICS.

THE D.A., THE MAYOR,
THEY JUST WANT TO SHOW EVERYONE

THAT THEY GOT NYPD
BY THE SHORT HAIRS.

- MAYBE,
BUT I KNOW STRAUSS.

I MEAN, HE IS ALL AMBITION.

HE'S NOT COMING IN
JUST TO RUBBER-STAMP I.A.B.

- SO WHAT'S HIS ENDGAME?

- I WAS ASSIGNED TO
A TWO-PERSON PROTECTIVE DETAIL

FOR SERGEANT BENSON.

- AND WAS SHE COOPERATIVE?

- AT FIRST.

BUT LATER, SHE DISOBEYED
HER COMMANDER'S ORDERS

AND INSISTED WE TAKE HER

TO INTERVIEW A WITNESS
AT THE HOSPITAL.

- WOULD YOU SAY
SHE WAS DETERMINED

TO GET INVOLVED IN THE MANHUNT
FOR WILLIAM LEWIS?

- I'D SAY SO, YES.

- IN FACT,
SHE WAS SO DETERMINED,

SHE TRICKED YOU AND YOUR PARTNER

IN ORDER TO ESCAPE
AND RENDEZVOUS WITH HIM?

- YES.
- HAS THAT EVER HAPPENED TO YOU

BEFORE, DETECTIVE CARLSON?
- NOT IN ALL MY 18 YEARS

AND CERTAINLY
NOT BY A FELLOW OFFICER

WE WERE RISKING OUR LIVES
TO PROTECT.

- SERGEANT BENSON INFORMED ME

SHE NEEDED
TO USE THE LADIES' ROOM,

BUT IT WAS A RUSE.

- AND WHERE DID SHE GO

AFTER SHE DITCHED
YOU AND YOUR PARTNER?

- SHE COMMANDEERED A TOWN CAR,

THREATENED THE DRIVER,
AND THEN WENT AFTER LEWIS.

- DID SHE NOTIFY HER COMMANDING
OFFICER OF HER INTENTIONS?

- ABSOLUTELY NOT.

WE INFORMED HIM AS SOON
AS WE DISCOVERED HER MISSING.

- AND WHY DO YOU THINK
SERGEANT BENSON

WENT TO THESE LENGTHS?

- I ASSUME IT'S BECAUSE

SHE WANTED TO TAKE HIM DOWN
ON HER OWN.

- IT TOOK US SOME TIME TO TRACK
THE TOWN CAR TO THE GRANARY,

AND EVEN THEN,
IT'S A CAVERNOUS SPACE

WITH A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER.

- DESPITE LISTENING
TO YOUR PARTNER AND MR. LEWIS

ON THE RADIO,
YOU WERE NOT ABLE

TO IMMEDIATELY LOCATE THEM.
- THAT'S RIGHT.

- AND YOU CLAIM THE RADIO
WENT SILENT

JUST BEFORE THE SHOT WAS FIRED.
- YES, IT DID.

- SO HOW SOON AFTER DID YOU,
LIEUTENANT MURPHY,

AND THE SVU SQUAD ARRIVE
ON THE SCENE?

- JUST AFTER THE SHOT WAS FIRED,
A FEW SECONDS.

SERGEANT BENSON WAS HANDCUFFED.

THE GIRL WAS TIED UP, SCREAMING.
LEWIS WAS DEAD.

WE DID NOT TAMPER
WITH THE SCENE IN ANY WAY.

- WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING.

SO HER RADIO CONVENIENTLY
WENT SILENT

JUST BEFORE THE SHOT WAS FIRED,

AFTER YOU AND YOUR SQUAD
HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR HER

FOR, WHAT, 20 MINUTES?
- ABOUT THAT.

- THEN YOU CONVENIENTLY ARRIVED
EN MASSE ON THE SCENE

JUST SECONDS
AFTER THE SHOT WAS FIRED,

THEREFORE--
AGAIN, QUITE CONVENIENTLY--

NOT ALLOWING FOR YOU
OR ANYONE IN YOUR SQUAD,

TO CONFIRM OR DENY

SERGEANT BENSON'S VERSION
OF EVENTS.

- WE DID NOT SEE
WHO FIRED THE SHOT, NO.

BUT THE CRIME SCENE INDICATED--

- DETECTIVE AMARO,
LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

ARE YOU HAPPY WILLIAM LEWIS
IS DEAD?

- YES. ANY DECENT HUMAN BEING
WOULD BE.

HE WAS AN UNREDEEMABLE
PSYCHOPATH

WHO'D GONE ON SEVERAL
MURDER AND RAPE SPREES--

- "SEVERAL," YET ONLY
ONE CONVICTION, YES?

STILL, THE BACKBONE
OF OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM

ALLOWS THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL,

NO MATTER HOW MUCH
WE MIGHT DESPISE THEIR ACTIONS,

HAS THE RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS,
HAS THE RIGHT NOT TO BE SUBJECT

TO POLICE BRUTALITY
OR VIGILANTE JUSTICE.

- THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED,
COUNSELOR.

- YES,
THAT'S THE NYPD'S STORY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING,
MISS COLE.

I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS

AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE.

SERGEANT BENSON...

INSTRUCTED YOU TO LOOK AWAY
WHEN SHE ARRIVED,

IS THAT CORRECT?

- YES.

- SO I KNOW YOU DIDN'T SEE MUCH,

BUT CAN YOU TELL US
WHAT YOU HEARD

IN THE MOMENTS
BEFORE THE GUNSHOT?

- I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY,

BUT I REMEMBER HIM SAYING
THEY HAD TO TAKE TURNS.

- THEY WERE PLAYING A GAME?

- YES, IT WAS HIS IDEA...

RUSSIAN ROULETTE.

I KEPT WAITING FOR THE GUN
TO GO OFF, BUT IT DIDN'T.

I HEARD A CLICK,
METAL SCRAPING.

I COULD HEAR SIRENS
FROM OUTSIDE,

POLICE SHOUTING.

- WHAT WAS THE LAST THING
YOU HEARD MR. LEWIS SAY?

- I THINK IT WAS, "GOOD-BYE,"
AND THEN A SHOT.

- YOU HEARD ONE SHOT?

- YES.

IT WAS HORRIBLE.

I THOUGHT HE HAD KILLED
SERGEANT BENSON.

- WHY IS THAT?

- I DIDN'T HEAR HER SCREAMING
OR YELLING OR ANYTHING.

- SHE WAS QUIET?
SHE DIDN'T REACT?

- NO.

I STARTED SCREAMING.

THEN I HEARD, "POLICE, POLICE,"
AND PEOPLE RUNNING IN.

THEN THEY TOOK ME DOWN.

- DID YOU HEAR SERGEANT BENSON
SAY ANYTHING ELSE?

- SHE SAID, "HE'S GONE.

HE'S GONE."

- DID YOU HEAR HER SAY
HE SHOT HIMSELF?

- NO.

- OKAY.

- I'M SO SORRY.

IT WAS LIKE HE WAS PUTTING WORDS
IN MY MOUTH.

- NO, DON'T WORRY, SWEETHEART.
I'M SURE IT'S GONNA BE FINE.

- THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME.

- YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

- FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH,

KINGS COUNTY COURT
LEAKS LIKE A SIEVE.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THERE.

- OR STRAUSS
HAS A LOT OF ENEMIES.

- HE'S BEEN PUSHING THE THEORY
THAT YOUR WHOLE SQUAD

WAITED FOR YOU TO EXECUTE LEWIS
BEFORE THEY RESCUED YOU.

- [scoffs]
- JURY AIN'T BUYING IT.

- WELL, THAT'S A RELIEF.

- MAYBE, BUT THIS ISN'T.

STRAUSS ISSUED
NEW SUBPOENAS TODAY,

INCLUDING ONE FOR THE DOCTOR
WHO TESTIFIED AT LEWIS'S TRIAL.

- YOU SURE?

SON OF A BITCH.

HE CAN'T GET THEM TO GO
WHERE HE WANTS THEM TO

ON MANSLAUGHTER,
SO HE'S PIVOTING.

- PIVOTING?
TO WHAT?

- YOUR TELEVISED CONFESSION.

HE'S GONNA USE IT
TO WIDEN THE INVESTIGATION.

YOU ADMITTED TO ASSAULT,
EXCESSIVE FORCE, PERJURY--

- LEWIS'S JURY REJECTED THAT.
- HE WAS ON TRIAL, YOU WEREN'T.

- LOOK, THE ONLY WAY THAT MUPPET
CAN MAKE HIS CASE

IS BY DIRTYING YOU UP
AS A BRUTAL COP.

- LIEUTENANT, LET'S NOT GET
TOO FAR AHEAD OF OURSELVES.

- SHE'S GONNA HAVE TO
TAKE THE STAND,

TELL THEM
NOT A WORD OF IT WAS TRUE.

Olivia: HE HAD BROKEN FREE
OF HIS HANDCUFFS.

THAT WAS A LIE.
THE TRUTH IS,

WHEN I BEAT MR. LEWIS,
HE WAS HANDCUFFED.

AAH!

[horn honking]
- OLIVIA!

[tires squeal]

- SORRY.
- YOU ALL RIGHT?

- YEAH,
I-I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT.

.

- SO YOU RACED UP THE STAIRS

TO DISCOVER
SERGEANT BENSON ALIVE

AND WILLIAM LEWIS SHOT DEAD?
- THAT'S RIGHT.

- BUT YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY SEE
WHO FIRED THE SHOT.

- NO.
- ALL RIGHT, DETECTIVE.

LET ME TAKE YOU BACK
TO MAY OF LAST YEAR,

SIMILAR SITUATION,
WHEN, ONCE AGAIN,

SERGEANT BENSON WAS ALONE

WITH WILLIAM LEWIS, THIS TIME
IN AN EMPTY BEACH HOUSE.

- BECAUSE HE KIDNAPPED HER
AND HE TOOK HER THERE.

- AND WHEN YOU ARRIVED
AT THAT SCENE,

WHAT CONDITION DID YOU FIND
MR. LEWIS IN?

- NONRESPONSIVE.

- BECAUSE HE'D BEEN BEATEN
SO SEVERELY.

- HE WAS NONRESPONSIVE.

- WAS HE HANDCUFFED?

- SERGEANT BENSON RE-CUFFED HIM
AFTER SHE SUBDUED HIM.

- BUT YOU SAW NONE OF THIS?
- NO.

- SO, IN BOTH SITUATIONS,

YOU SOMEHOW ARRIVED MOMENTS
AFTER THE INCIDENT,

BE IT A BEATING OR A SHOOTING,
OCCURRED.

THEREFORE, YOU'RE UNABLE
TO CORROBORATE OR DENY

SERGEANT BENSON'S
VERSION OF EVENTS.

- ARE YOU SAYING
THIS IS A COVER-UP?

- WHAT'D YOU THINK OF MR. LEWIS?

- HE WAS A SICK M.F.--

PSYCHOTIC, VIOLENT.

- SO, IF YOU HAD SEEN
SERGEANT BENSON

BEATING HIM WHEN YOU ARRIVED,

EVEN IF HE WERE OFFERING
NO RESISTANCE,

EVEN IF HE WERE HANDCUFFED,

WOULD THAT BE A DETAIL
YOU MIGHT OVERLOOK?

YOU WERE THE JURY FOREWOMAN
FOR THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM LEWIS,

WERE YOU NOT, MS. FREED?
- YES.

- THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE,
THEN AND NOW.

CAN YOU TELL THE GRAND JURY
WHAT YOU RECALL?

- I WATCHED THE TRIAL IN HORROR

AS WILLIAM LEWIS QUESTIONED
SERGEANT BENSON

ABOUT HIS INJURIES
AND THE BEATING HE HAD ENDURED.

- CAN YOU ELABORATE?

- I REMEMBER HIM SAYING
HE DIED SEVERAL TIMES

IN THE AMBULANCE ON THE WAY
TO THE HOSPITAL.

WHEN HE QUESTIONED
SERGEANT BENSON

ABOUT EACH OF THE BLOWS,

SHE KEPT INSISTING
THAT HE'D SOMEHOW BROKEN FREE

OF HIS HANDCUFFS
AND LUNGED AT HER,

THAT SHE HAD TO CRACK HIS SKULL,
SHATTER HIS KNEE,

COLLAPSE HIS LUNG,
AND FRACTURE HIS ORBITAL SOCKET

IN ORDER TO SUBDUE HIM.

- DID YOU BELIEVE, AS SHE
HAS SINCE PUBLICLY STATED,

THAT SERGEANT BENSON
USED EXCESSIVE FORCE?

- YES.

IN FACT, A NUMBER OF US
ON THE JURY FELT SO STRONGLY

THAT WE ASKED THAT IT BE ENTERED
INTO THE RECORD

BEFORE WE GAVE OUR VERDICT.

- WHY IS THAT?

- OUR SENSE WAS SHE HAD
A VENDETTA AGAINST MR. LEWIS.

EVEN HER OWN TESTIMONY INDICATED
THAT ONCE HE WAS SUBDUED,

SHE ORDERED WITNESSES
TO LEAVE THE HOUSE.

- AND WHY DO YOU THINK
THAT WAS?

- SHE NEEDED TIME
TO DO WHAT SHE WANTED.

SHE WASN'T JUST TRYING
TO SUBDUE HIM.

SHE WAS TRYING TO CRIPPLE HIM
FOR LIFE.

- THE JUROR WHO HELPED LEWIS
ESCAPE TESTIFIED,

AND MY LAWYER SAYS
THAT I CAN'T.

- AND YET, YOU WANT TO BE HEARD?

- IF I TELL THE GRAND JURY

THAT MY PUBLIC CONFESSION
WAS TRUE,

THEN THEY INDICT ME
FOR THE ASSAULT.

IF I TELL THEM THAT I LIED,
I PERJURE MYSELF AGAIN.

EITHER WAY...

LEWIS WINS.

- HE'S DEAD.
YOU ARE ALIVE.

AND SO IS AMELIA.

NOW, THIS TRAP YOU'RE IN--
HE DIDN'T TRICK YOU INTO IT.

YOU CHOSE TO WALK INTO IT.

WHY?

- BECAUSE I KNEW
WHAT HE WOULD DO TO AMELIA.

- AND BEFORE AMELIA, LAST MAY,

YOU BROKE FREE
OF YOUR RESTRAINTS

BECAUSE YOU WERE AFRAID LEWIS
WOULD BE ALONE

WITH ANOTHER
LITTLE GIRL--LUISA.

WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS
STRENGTH COMES FROM, OLIVIA?

- WELL, YOU THINK IT'S BECAUSE
I CAN'T FIGHT FOR MYSELF,

AND I CAN ONLY FIGHT
FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

- ACTUALLY, OLIVIA,
I THINK YOU'VE BEEN FIGHTING

FOR YOURSELF
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

WHEN YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL,

YOU SAW YOUR MOTHER DRINKING,
FALLING APART.

YOU REALIZED YOUR FATHER
HURT YOUR MOTHER.

SHE WAS DAMAGED.

YOU WERE DEFENSELESS THEN.
YOU'RE NOT NOW.

NOW, ALL THESE YEARS LATER,

YOU'RE IN A SITUATION
WHERE ANOTHER HORRIBLE MAN

IS ABOUT TO HURT
A LITTLE GIRL...

YOU RISK YOUR LIFE.

[dramatic music]

♪

OLIVIA.

IT'S TIME TO LET LEWIS GO.

[dramatic music]

♪

.

- IF THAT'S ANOTHER SUBPOENA,
NO, THANK YOU.

I'M GOING IN FRONT
OF YOUR TRIBUNAL TODAY.

- IT'S ACTUALLY A HEADS-UP.

I'M, UH, STARTING
MY RETIREMENT PAPERWORK.

IF I WAIT
AND THE GRAND JURY INDICTS,

THEN I COULD LOSE MY PENSION.

I'M NOT GONNA LET THEM OR LEWIS
HAVE THAT POWER.

- DOES EVERYBODY IN THIS SQUAD
ALWAYS THINK THE SKY IS FALLING?

- WE'VE HAD
A PRETTY ROUGH YEAR.

YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES ONE DOOR HAS TO CLOSE

BEFORE ANOTHER ONE OPENS.

- I APPRECIATE THE STRESS
YOU'RE UNDER,

BUT I'D HATE TO LOSE YOU.

GO TALK TO THE GRAND JURY,
LET THEM SEE YOU.

- NO.

I WOULD HAVE TO LIE UNDER OATH
ABOUT THE BEATING.

I WON'T DO THAT AGAIN.

- NO ONE SHOULD EVER
HAVE TO DO THAT.

SERGEANT BENSON
KNEW WILLIAM LEWIS

AND HOW HIS MIND WORKED
BETTER THAN ANYONE.

- EVEN SO, YOU DID ASSIGN
A SECURITY DETAIL TO HER

AND ORDER HER TO STAY
IN THE SQUAD ROOM OR A HOTEL?

- OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS
A SAFETY PROTOCOL IN PLACE.

- SO, WHEN SHE WENT
TO THE HOSPITAL

TO INTERVIEW A WITNESS?

- I TRUSTED HER JUDGMENT.

- AND THAT NIGHT
WHEN SHE ESCAPED

HER SECURITY DETAIL,
WHEN DID YOU FIND THAT OUT?

- I WAS NOTIFIED BY HER DETAIL
15 MINUTES LATER.

AGAIN, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES,

I BELIEVE
SHE MADE THE RIGHT CALL.

- BUT YOU DID TRY TO TRACK HER.
- YES, OF COURSE.

- BECAUSE SHE WENT ROGUE

AND MIGHT TAKE THE LAW
INTO HER OWN HANDS?

- ABSOLUTELY NOT--
JUST AS BACKUP.

- LIEUTENANT MURPHY,
LET ME ASK YOU

ABOUT SERGEANT BENSON'S
CONFESSION.

YOU WERE PRESENT?
- YES.

- SHE GAVE HER CONFESSION
AT THE SVU

UNDER THE APPROVAL OF THE NYPD?

- THAT'S RIGHT, BUT IT WAS ALL
A SHOW AT MY BEHEST.

- WHY?

BECAUSE YOU WERE COMFORTABLE
WITH HER ABILITY TO LIE

BECAUSE OF THE WAY
SHE LIED ON THE STAND?

- I'M NOT SURE SHE DID LIE
ON THE STAND.

- BUT YOU DON'T KNOW
THAT SHE DIDN'T.

AND SINCE,
AS IS HER ABSOLUTE RIGHT,

SHE'S NOT GONNA TESTIFY
BEFORE THIS GRAND JURY,

WE'LL NEVER KNOW EITHER,
WILL WE?

- SERGEANT BENSON SAID
WHAT SHE HAD TO

TO SAVE A YOUNG GIRL'S LIFE.

- THANK YOU. NO MORE QUESTIONS.

- ACTUALLY,
THERE'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT...

- WE'RE DONE, LIEUTENANT.

- I THINK THE GRAND JURORS
SHOULD HEAR.

- WE'RE DONE.

- I HAVE A QUESTION.

WHAT WAS HE GOING TO SAY?

- WELL,
I APPRECIATE THE DILIGENCE,

BUT THE QUESTION
DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY GO

TO THE SCOPE
OF THIS GRAND JURY.

- CAN YOU ASK THE GRAND JURY
WARDEN TO GET THE JUDGE?

BECAUSE I REMEMBER HIM
SAYING WE COULD ASK QUESTIONS--

- I'LL ASK FOR YOU.
THAT'S PROTOCOL.

LIEUTENANT MURPHY,
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANT THING

YOU WANT THE GRAND JURY TO HEAR?

- I KNOW FOR A FACT

THAT SERGEANT BENSON'S
TELEVISED CONFESSION

WAS NOT TRUE.

I KNOW BECAUSE I ORDERED HER

TO MAKE
THE SO-CALLED CONFESSION.

SHE DID NOT COMMIT
POLICE BRUTALITY,

NOR DID SHE PERJURE HERSELF.

IT WAS A GAMBIT,
A POLICE TACTIC,

TO LURE THE WEASEL OUT
JUST ENOUGH SO WE COULD GET HIM.

- THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT MURPHY.

- I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHY WE'RE HERE.

SERGEANT BENSON
PERFORMED AN ACT

OF EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY.

SHE SINGLE-HANDEDLY CONFRONTED
A CAREER SOCIOPATH

WHO RAPED AND TORTURED
ELDERLY WOMEN, LITTLE GIRLS.

HE KILLED COPS
AND INNOCENT CIVILIANS.

YOU'VE HEARD DAYS OF TESTIMONY

REGARDING
THE SERGEANT'S ACTIONS,

BUT HAS THE PROSECUTOR DISCUSSED
LEWIS'S CONDUCT AT ALL?

- LIEUTENANT MURPHY.
- HIS HISTORY OF BARBARISM?

LEWIS SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE

SADISTICALLY INFLICTING
HIS POWER OVER PEOPLE.

THANKS TO SERGEANT BENSON,
HE'S WHERE HE SHOULD BE.

WILLIAM LEWIS WILL NEVER HURT
ANYONE EVER AGAIN,

UNLESS YOU ALLOW HIM
TO EXERT HIS POWER OVER YOU.

- YOU LOOK HAPPY.
SKY'S NO LONGER FALLING?

- WELL, IF I KNOW,

THAT MEANS THAT YOU KNEW
A HALF HOUR AGO.

- WHAT'S THAT?

- CALHOUN SAYS THAT
THE GRAND JURY

REFUSED TO RETURN
AN INDICTMENT.

SHE ALSO SAYS
THAT YOU SAVED MY SHIELD.

- WASN'T ME.

IT WAS THE TRUTH
THAT SET YOU FREE.

- THAT'S NOT WHAT I HEARD.

- WELL, THERE ARE LITTLE TRUTHS,
AND THERE'S THE LARGER TRUTH.

I TOLD THE LARGER ONE.

- THANK YOU.

- AND WHILE YOU'RE IN
A GOOD MOOD,

THE BOYS AT ONE-PP WANT ME
TO HANG AROUND HERE FOR A WHILE,

AND I WAS HOPING YOU'D STAY ON
AS MY NUMBER TWO.

- I CAN DO THAT.
- GOOD.

TAKE THE REST OF THE NIGHT OFF.
I'LL SEE YOU BRIGHT AND EARLY.

- OKAY?

- THANK YOU.

[door clanks shut]