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- 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.

- It's called
tardive dyskinesia.

It's a complication that arises

from long-term use
of anti-psychotic medications.

- How long has she been
like this?

- Well, a few days.

I know it's counterintuitive,

but increasing her dosage
is sometimes effective.

- What if we, um--

what if we took her
off her meds entirely?

- That's also an option,
but, uh,

the fact is, your sister
is severely psychotic.

The last time we took her
off meds for a few days,

she attempted suicide.

- You're her doctor;
whatever you think is--

- I-I can't make this decision
for you.

Your father gave you
power of attorney.

- But...

She doesn't even know
who I am.

- She's still your sister.

Here.

Take a couple of days.

Read this literature on TD.

Um, sit with her.

But Peter,

you need to make this decision

sooner, rather than later.

- "Nick! Nick!
You have to help me!

Please, please help me!"

"Mom, what's--
what's going on?

What's wrong?"

"I bought a $1,500 computer

and it won't turn on!"

"Mom, have you tried
holding down the power button?"

"What's that?"

- In my own defense--

- In your own defense.

What are you, Mommy Matlock?

- Hey, Nicky,
you're out of ice.

- Hey, chill, cuz.
Jules will be here soon, okay?

- My sister--if she went
to Target,

she's lost in the yoga section.

- I drove in from Brooklyn.

It would be nice if I
could see my grandchild

before the end of the party.

- Mom, cut Jules
some slack, please, okay?

Oh, and there she is now.

Hey, babe, you close?

- Shut up, bitch!

Jules, what--

Who--Jules, who--

Jules, talk to me!
Jules!

She said he's gonna kill her.

Jules has Ruby with her.

Our daughter.
She's only four.

- A child, out at that time--

- No, Jules picked her up
from aftercare

on her way home from work.
They were running some errands.

- Okay the--the--the call.

Did you recognize the voice?

- Yes!
It's my w--

We've been married ten years.
I think I know my wife's voice.

- No, no, I'm--I'm talking
about the male voice.

- Right.
Um, sorry.

- No, that's--that's fine.

Mr. Hunter, please,
take your time.

- Wait, hold on.

You think this is
someone we know?

- Well, we have to consider
every possibility.

- Did Jules mention anyone
giving her a hard time?

- No, and she would've told me.

We're not just sisters.
We're best friends.

- I was gonna see her tonight.

- Excuse me.
Rollins.

Okay.

Yeah, I got it.

Hey.
- Excuse me one second, please.

- TARU was able to trace
Jules' cell phone

to a--to Remington Mall.

It's in North Bergen,
New Jersey.

- I got it.

I got blood
on the steering wheel.

Blood on the console.

- Pink backpack.

A kid's shoe.

Ruby was definitely with her.

- I got fingernail scratches.

Looks like she fought
like hell.

Looks like she had
some tire trouble.

That wet spot--it's sticky.

My guess is
some sort of tire sealant.

- Looks like it's didn't take.
- It could be why

she turned into the lot.

- We found her phone

in that garbage can,

right over there.

Along with this.

Wallet, ID,

cash, credit cards

are gone.

- Thank you.

Did you find them?

- We found your wife's car.

- And what about
Jules and Ruby?

- I'm sorry.

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- Last time I saw her,

she was in the kitchen.

She was

pounding garbanzo beans

for Ruby's lunch.

- She's a vegan.

The poor girl's allergic
to everything.

- I was late for work.

I don't even know
if I kissed them goodbye.

- Okay, did you speak
to your wife today?

- Ah, I don't--

Uh, I don't--

I don't remember.
I'm s--

What is wrong with me
right now?

- This is all a huge shock,

so let's just

take it one step at a time,

all right?

Do you know what
your wife did today?

Today's Tuesday.

Um...

She dropped Ruby off
at daycare

and then she went to work.

She's an editor at the
"New York Business Journal."

I'm sorry.
I already told you that.

- So let--let's stay focused.

Right?
What else do you remember?

Was there any--
any other contact

with your wife today?

I sent her a text.

I sent her a text.

Um, I asked if she could
stop by the grocery store

and picks up some
chips and soda and ice

for the party.
I-it was around 4:00.

- Uh, yeah.
Um...

"NP."

- That's "no problem."

- Thank you, Mrs. Hunter.

Excuse me
for one moment.

What's going on?

- Nick told us
that Jules dropped Ruby off

at Amsterdam Avenue Day Care,

but I tracked down
the director,

and she said that Ruby
was a no-show today.

- Her boss at the magazine

said she didn't make it there,
either.

And he didn't think
to call Nick?

- She doesn't come in
sometimes, so...

- Could be that she has some
extracurricular activities.

- Okay.

I'm sorry, Mr. Hunter,
but, um, I have to ask.

Were you and your wife
having any trouble recently?

His whole life is Jules
and Ruby!

- It's... just that

Jules never made it
to work today,

and Ruby never made it
to daycare.

- Oh, God.
So this...

animal has had them all day?

Jesus, you call yourself
a detective?

- Okay, has anything

out of the ordinary happened--

- Oh, for God's sake!

You're wasting your time.

Obviously, someone
has carjacked her.

- Mom, look--

okay, yes,
a couple of weeks ago,

someone broke into our house.

We filed a police report,
but they never found the guy.

- Well, but we know who he was!
- Mom! Mom!

He just wanted
to get even with you.

You see, it's the contractor.

A Jorge... Whatever.

A Mexican.

- Look, we could not prove
that he broke in.

- He did a half-ass job
replacing the wood floors,

Nick fired him,
and the very next day,

their house was broken into.

You do the math.

- TARU's been combing through
the mall security footage.

So far, nothing.

- 'Kay, it just shouldn't be
that hard.

- Tell that to TARU.
The mall manager

says they get an average
of 30,000 visitors a day.

- Okay.
That the contractor?

- Yeah, Jorge Garcia.

He has two DUIs
and an assault collar.

- Okay.
Doesn't make him a kidnapper.

- Or worse.
- Well, I'm not done.

One of the neighbors,
Mrs. Rhonda Persky,

says she saw Jorge and Jules

arguing outside their apartment
the day before yesterday,

and apparently,
it got pretty heated.

Talk to him.

- We want to talk to you
about Jules Hunter.

- Let me guess.
Her son-of-a-bitch husband

found out she paid me
for the work I did,

sent you guys
to get his money back?

- Jules Hunter paid you

after she accused you
of breaking into her house?

- No, her husband did that.

She's a sweetheart.

I don't see what she sees
in that two-timing SOB.

- Dude was cheating on her.

I saw it with my own eyes.

- Couple days
after he fired me.

Stopped at a red light
on 6th Ave,

I look over,
and I see him

and some millennial pop-tart
with purple hair

going at it
in the back of a cab.

- No.

I thought I'd use it, you know,

to get what he owed me,

but it turns out
I didn't need to.

- That'd be
a great story, Jorge,

if one of
the Hunters' neighbors

didn't see you
and Mrs. Hunter arguing.

- She paid me.
Why would I argue?

No, she was pissed because
I told her the truth

about her sleazebag husband.

- I almost dyed my hair purple
in college.

Oh, yeah?
What were you gonna do?

Audition to be the sixth member
of the Spice Girls?

- I would be
an excellent backup vocalist.

- Eh.
Yeah.

Okay.

Well, Nick traded
over a dozen calls last week

with a girl named
Paisley Ashford.

She works at the Flower Mart
on 18th.

- 'Course I know him.
He's like my boyfriend.

- Well, dumb question:
He ever mention

his wife and kid?

- He talks about Jules and Ruby
all the time.

So sad, what happened to them.

- Yeah.
The car accident?

So tragic, to have
your wife and child

just gone like that.

Told me all about it
on our first date.

- Um, two months ago.

Said he couldn't lie to me.
He still loved her.

Don't meet honest guys
like that every day.

The poor man
actually cried at dinner.

- Who wouldn't fall for
a sweetheart like that?

- So Nick's
a big-time Charlie

at a company called
Big World Consultants.

- Yes and no.

His boss said he was out,
hustling a new client,

but he wasn't sure
which one.

- This could be something.

TARU traced the pings
of Hunter's cell phone.

He was at
the Blue Hill Country Club

at Pearl River the night

before Ruby and Jules
disappeared.

That's--that's 40 minutes
north of the Upper West Side.

- Well, people do play golf,
Amanda.

- One of my cousins
used to live up there.

It was called, uh,

Muddy Creek back in the day

'cause of all the swampland.

- Wait, hold on.
Didn't--

Jules called Nick
on Tuesday night.

- Yeah, but that call

could've easily been placed
from Jules' computer

to make it look like
it was from her cell.

- When we were
at his apartment,

I only noticed one laptop

on Nick's desk.

- And Nick was the only one

who heard his wife

on the other end of that phone,

so...

let's get a team to Pearl River

and... search the swampland.

- Sister's here.

- Sorry I didn't
come in earlier.

At first, I didn't think
Nick had anything to do

with my sister's disappearance.

- I-I've known Nick
since college.

I actually introduced them.

He was that guy.
Most athletic,

most popular,
most likely to be on

the "Forbes" 100 list,

but he has a dark side.

- Okay.

What do you mean by that?

- His mom put him
on a pedestal.

You know, he could do no wrong.

I swear, I think he got married

and had a baby just for her.

It's a lot of pressure,
and when it

gets to be too much...

he snaps.

- He couldn't get tickets
to Springsteen on Broadway.

He smashed the coffee table.
Glass flew everywhere.

- Not that I know of,
but, um...

- Six months ago,
we were at dinner,

and they got into an argument

about something stupid.
Nothing big, like--

like any married couple.
- Sure.

- But later, Nick joked

how his life would be easier
if Jules was dead.

I didn't think he was serious.
I...

I actually laughed.

- Bring him in for a chat.

- Yeah, I was selling
my golf clubs.

- Yeah, I found a buyer
off of Craigslist.

I didn't want a stranger
coming to my house.

- So you meet
a complete stranger

after midnight
at your golf course?

- Well, that's
where my sticks are, so yeah.

- Bob something.
I don't know.

I found him on Craigslist.

- Yeah, they came back.

It's your wife's blood
all over the car,

and your fingerprints
on the steering wheel.

I own the damn car.

- Okay, you should know

we have people
searching that swampland

around the golf course.

- Jesus, you people are sick!

- What's sick
is cheating on your wife.

We spoke to Paisley.

- Oh, come on.

F

- Uh-huh.
- That's nothing.

Look, I--I would've told you
about her, but...

- Your lieutenant

asked me
in front of my mother.

Look, Paisley's nothing.

That is just sex,
and you guys can search

the damn Everglades
if you want to.

You're not gonna find
Jules and Ruby there.

- I don't know!

For Christ sakes,
she called me,

I was on the phone with her,
and she got attacked!

Do you remember that?
- Yeah, I do.

But we think that even a guy
like you has a friend,

and if you don't,
you got enough money

that you can rent one.

All in all, your life
would be a lot easier

if your wife and daughter
were dead.

After you get over this
little speed bump, that is.

- Sherry.

That was a joke.

Okay?
I was pulling Jules' leg.

- Well, you're
a good-looking guy.

Make good money.
I'm sure you--

you've thought about it.
No one nagging you

to go shopping,
load the dishwasher,

keep you from hitting the bars.

I imagine being a bachelor

would be a lot easier

than being chained
to a wife and a kid.

- I don't see you
wearing a ring.

Why don't you tell me?

- Why don't you
tell me something?

Why would you tell Paisley

that Jules and Ruby
were killed in a car accident?

I wanted to get her into bed.

Women think I'm sensitive.
They like that.

Oh, God.

- Fine, I'm a scumbag.
I get it.

But that doesn't mean
I don't love my wife and kid,

and it does not make me
a murderer!

- My mom wonders
why I'm not married.

He could've just divorced her.

- And give up half of
what he's got?

- Look, he's not gonna
give an inch

until we find those bodies.

- And the second
he leaves here,

he's getting on
the first plane.

- Which is why we're not
letting him walk out of here.

A guy like Hunter?

Night in Rikers
should make him talk.

Arrest him for murder.

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- All right, so nothing so far

from the swamps in Pearl River.

- Yeah, I-I got it.
Thanks.

TARU just sent over
the, uh, video

from the Remington Mall
parking lot.

- That's her car.
11:14 a.m.

- Mm-hm.

There's our guy.

- But no Jules or Ruby.

- Jules' cell phone, purse.

There's another angle.

- Freeze it.

Here, let's blow that up.

We'll run it
through facial recognition.

- Okay, hold on, hold on.

Now, the car had a flat tire,
right?

And we assumed that Jules
used the sealant

to fix it, but given
the shape of that tire,

it would've taken what,
ten miles, tops?

- Mm.
- So what if

it was this mystery man
who bought it

to get himself to the mall
so he could dump the car?

- Okay.
So we check every gas station

within ten miles of the mall.

He would've been here
two days ago.

He--he drove--
- Yeah, Nissan Rogue,

with a flat tire.

He bought a can of sealant.

I was trying to sell him
a used tire,

but he wasn't biting.

- Did he have a woman

or a little girl with him?

- No, he was definitely solo.

- And tell me
he used a credit card.

- Caleb Pierce, 50,
retired Army.

He served at Desert Storm.
After that, he bounced around.

Security guard,
bounty hunter...

No address yet,
but he does work security

at Murray Hill Trust.

- Okay, is there any connection

to Nick Hunter?

- I'm checking his financials,

phone records.
So far, nothing.

- All right, check personal ads

on military websites.

- Hold on.

Jules and Ruby
may not be dead.

- I just got

a credit card receipt
for the day after

Nick reported
his wife missing

This guy Pierce went into
an all-vegan grocery store,

spent over $100 on kid's meals.

And Nick said
Ruby was vegan, right?

- Uh, he works at the, uh,
Corona branch.

- Well, we are going to Queens.

- I'll check the military ads.

- Stay up on those guys
at Pearl River.

- It's always the guys who...

look like they got it
going on, you know,?

My, uh...

My sister Jeanie used to live
with this guy Johnny.

He was a... He was a dentist,
of all things.

Johnny used to make
these homemade pies

and bring them to Thanksgiving,
you know?

We would, like, watch
the baseball game together.

Like he was a part
of the family forever.

- With three other women.

- Right.

Hey.

Well, I can't say
that I'm upset.

Yeah. Thank you.

That was Rollins.

Nick Hunter got roughed up
last night at Rikers.

- We reap what we sow.

- That's him.

- All right, Mr. Pierce.
Take us to the promised land.

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- Hold on.

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What is this?

They don't look like
they're being kidnapped.

What should I do, Loo?

Loo?
- H-hold on.

- Oh, my God,
that's Alex Cabot.

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- I thought you moved
to Florida,

like the rest of
the retired ADAs.

- Florida makes my hair frizzy.
- Yeah, well, who wants

a kidnapper with frizzy hair?

- No one's being kidnapped.

I only help people
who want to be helped.

- Yeah, like Jules
and Ruby Hunter?

Ruby is four years old, Alex.

At the very minimum,
you're an accomplice

to kidnapping.

- I'm helping them start
an extended vacation.

- You faked their deaths.
You planted evidence.

- Technically, the cops
misread the facts.

- Don't play games with me,
Alex, please.

- They were abused.

I do what I have to do.
- Jesus.

- Alex, Nick Hunter

is sitting at Rikers,

charged with murdering
his wife and his daughter.

- It's not like
he doesn't deserve it.

- How many husbands are--
are sitting in prison

because you decided to take
the law into your own hands?

- The law cannot
protect these women.

- Yes, and nobody knows that
better than I do!

I live there!

Look, we've both seen abuse.

We--we put abusers
in prison.

- What about the ones
we couldn't?

- You can't
break the law, Alex.

- Because it makes you
a criminal, that's why.

- Before I do anything,
I'm gonna speak

with Jules Hunter.

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- I just needed him
to believe I was dead.

I don't want him to go to jail.

- But he hurt you.

- Yes, but then he'd apologize.

- And swear that
he'd never do it again.

- Tell her about dinner
at the Four Seasons.

- Um, it was my birthday.

We had the Chateaubriand
for two

and a fancy bottle of Margaux.

He was so sweet.

- Until...

- While we were waiting
for dessert,

I went to the ladies' room.

Uh, when I got back to
the table,

I realized I forgot my purse,

so I went back to get it.

Nicholas thought I went back
to flirt with the waiter.

We skipped dessert.

When we were outside, he...

slammed me against
the hood of the car.

- She got a concussion.
- Okay, did you

go to the hospital?

- Mommy, I wanna go home.

Mommy's talking.
Go watch TV.

I went to St. Vincent's.

- She told them that
she hit her head

while she was cleaning
her kitchen cabinets.

- Once, I brought up

divorce...

but Nick threw a glass at me.

- Okay.

Okay.

So... why now?

- I overslept
one day last week.

I didn't make Nick breakfast.

He made his own coffee,

and he woke me up
by pouring it on me.

I told the doctor I spilled
a pot of boiling soup.

- You did good.

- Betty Bluestone.

It was a case I had
about five years ago.

Her husband, Mitch,
used her face

like a leg of lamb
in a "Rocky" movie.

I filed charges,

and Betty fell apart
on the stand.

- So the happy couple
goes home,

and he blows her brains out

on the bathroom tile.

I did my job,

and in the end,
all I did for Betty

was delay the inevitable.

- So you decided
to take matters

into your own hands.

- So I started volunteering
at a women's shelter,

and it grew from there.

- How many women
have you disappeared?

- Hundreds.

It's not just me.

You wouldn't believe how deep

and far this network goes.

- Alex, this is cruel.

These women--their--
their families,

their friends think that
they've been murdered.

- No, no, every case
is different.

In Jules' case,
death was the only way

Nick Hunter was ever gonna
let her leave.

- Jules and Ruby
stay in the safe house

until we can find
suitable relocation.

New names, new IDs--

- They are, figuratively.

- Only her husband

is on trial

for literally killing them.

Alex,

I can't let that happen.

- If you can hold Nick

until we are able
to move them...

If you're uncomfortable
holding him for murder,

reduce the charges.

By the time he files
a motion to dismiss,

Jules and Ruby
will have disappeared.

You're not breaking
the law, Olivia.

You're using it
to save Jules' life.

- I reduced the charges
against Nick Hunter to assault.

He made bail and limped
out of the courtroom.

- I heard about
the fun times at Rikers.

- Apparently, you didn't
hear about this.

- You, me, the department,

the DA's office, and the city,

for $50 million.

He's claiming false arrest,
negligence,

intentional infliction
of emotional distress,

and to top it off,
we all joined hands

to violate his civil rights.

- Unfortunately, it is.

He made a motion
for accelerated discovery.

The bad news:
it was granted.

The terrible news, Liv:

you're first up
to be deposed.

- Because in most abductions,

if--if there's no ransom note

within the first 24 hours,

then we suspect the worst.

- Please describe
the physical evidence

that convinced you
to arrest Mr. Hunter

for the murder
of his wife and child.

- There was blood

in Mrs. Hunter's abandoned car.

- So you said.

Any evidence how it got there?

- We assumed that
there was a struggle.

- No.

- That's because the bodies
of Mrs. Hunter and her daughter

were never found.

- That is correct.

- So I can assume
that you eventually realized

that the arrest for murder
was a mistake.

- You can't
assume anything, counselor,

even if this is
just a deposition.

- All right, fine.

So we sit here today,
lieutenant.

Do you believe that
arresting Mr. Hunter

on double murder was a mistake?

- I know

that Mr. Hunter
abused his wife.

- That is slander!
That is completely false--

- Shut up, Nick.
Shut up.

How do you know that,
lieutenant?

- Because I've worked at SVU

for 19 years.

- That's not good enough.

Now let me ask you this.

Do you now know for a fact

that arresting Mr. Hunter

for murder was a mistake?

Yes.

- Well, there's only one reason
why you would

reduce the charges,

as opposed to...

dropping them altogether.

She told you
she was abused, didn't she?

They're alive, aren't they?

Mrs. Hunter and Ruby--
they're still alive.

- Objection.

- Have you spoken
to Mrs. Hunter, lieutenant?

.

- You could have lied, Liv!
- No, I couldn't have.

I was under oath.

You thought God
would smite you?

It is a fiction, Olivia.

This entire
"tell the whole truth

and nothing but the truth"
is a load of crap

that we tell people
so that they think

the criminal justice system
gives a damn about them.

Who did what,
who did what to whom...

- I opened my eyes.

I opened them wide,
and I saw that for 12 years,

I was a cog in a
holier-than-thou wheel,

and the wheel
just keeps spinning

and tossing off bodies
as it goes.

Some remain standing,
some fall.

Nobody cares.
Nobody gives a damn,

as long as the wheel
keeps turning.

- And we keep going.
It's what we do.

- It's all we have,

and if we don't,
then we're just like they are.

- When you throw a wife-beater
on that wheel,

you pray for a little bit
of justice,

but more often than not,
he walks.

They're a little wobbly,
but they go away free.

I prefer to avoid
the wheel altogether.

That way, I ensure
it is the victim

who walks away.

I know you, Olivia.

I know you want
to do the right thing.

Sometimes,
doing the right thing

means not pawning
a woman's future

off on 12 indifferent citizens

and a gray hair
in a robe.

- No, everything's fine, Jules.

Pack your bags.
We're going.

- You know that I cannot
let that happen.

Jules?

Jules, Nick knows
that you're here.

Okay, he's--he's probably
on his way right now.

- If Nick knows
that she's here,

we can't--not just Jules
is leaving.

We all need to leave.
- If you leave,

you're gonna lose Ruby.

- Nick will never find you.

- He will have the FBI
looking for you.

Private investigators.

Me, Jules.
I've already found you once.

- I don't know.
Nick will never--

- So you're gonna

fight him in court.

You're gonna serve him
with divorce papers

asking for sole custody
of Ruby.

Your defense attorney
is gonna write you

one hell of a complaint,
and when you win,

you will be free
to go anywhere you want, Jules,

and I'm gonna help you.

- He poured coffee on me

and told me
I was a lazy slob.

- No.
I started to, but...

I was scared.

- No, but

once, she was
watching "Frozen."

It was too loud for Nick.

He asked her to shut it off,
but she made it louder.

She was just playing.
She's only four.

- He grabbed the remote
and threw it.

It just missed Ruby's head.

I took Ruby to the bathroom
and locked the door,

and he started pounding
on the door,

demanding we come out.

I waited until he calmed down.

I don't know
what he would've done.

- Who has custody
of your daughter now?

- Child Welfare has placed her
in a foster home,

pending resolution
of this matter.

Thank you.

- Mrs. Hunter, I counted
12 separate allegations

of domestic violence,
which is horrible,

if it's true.

After this

alleged incidence
of domestic violence,

did you go to the ER?

- Yes.
- And you're aware

that the law requires

a medical professional

to alert the police

if there's any evidence

of domestic violence?

- I never told them
what happened.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa.

You lied to them?

- Objection!

- I'm sure you're aware

of the latest trend
in divorce proceedings,

especially if the custody
of a minor is an issue,

is to claim domestic violence,

but what am I saying?
Of course you're aware.

That's why we're here.
- That's enough, counselor.

- I'm just saying.

The truth is,

you never told anybody

about this alleged abuse

until you decided

you would prefer
to raise Ruby on your own.

Isn't that true?

- Not a pretty sight.

- Yeah, well, family court
never is.

Look, bring the SUV
around the back,

and I'll bring Jules down
when she's done with Alex.

- You want me to wait with her
at the hotel?

- No, no, no.
I, uh--

just get her settled in.

I got a couple of unis
assigned

to sit outside her door.

It shouldn't be long.
- All right.

- It's not as bad
as you think.

I know Judge Martinez

from the Women's Legal
Momentum Fund.

She's smart, she's fair.

I guarantee you,
she's not gonna fall

for Biegel's nonsense.

And more importantly,

tomorrow, I'm going to
put Dr. Young,

who is the best family
therapist

in the city, by the way,

on the stand.

She is going to testify
how abused women

suffer in silence,

how their egos,
their self-esteem,

their general sense of worth,
is completely eroded over time.

- You like being back in court,
don't you?

- Dr. Young will also testify

that after talking to Ruby...

- Jules should receive
full custody.

- Sorry.
Hey.

What?
W

Where?

I'm on my way.

- Sounds like bad news.

- Yeah.
I've, uh--

I've had better.
I--

- Go, go, I got this.
- Okay.

- But it's on you
when we win.

- Carisi.
I couldn't--

I couldn't stop the car.
I tried--

- Okay, calm down.
Take it easy.

- He just blew through
the stop sign.

- He's in the wind.

- Hey.
Did you see him?

- He, um,

had a b--a baseball cap.

And I--I tr--

I tried to, uh...

I...

I couldn't.
I couldn't st--

I c--
I couldn't stop the bleeding.

- I know.

I know.

- I called in the plates.
Vehicle was stolen

two days ago
from Short Hills.

- Oh, dear God.

He's responsible.

- Can you think of a better way

to get sole custody
of your daughter?

.

- We never should've
brought her back!

- For God's sake, Alex,
I followed the law.

- And it got her killed!

- You cannot be serious.

- That man belonged in prison.

- This is America, Alex.

You can't lock someone up

without proof.

- You saw her burns, Olivia!

He brutalized her!
- Right!

And he made bail

on the assault charges.

That is his right.

But maybe with
your new mission,

you're too busy
to keep up with

the Eighth Amendment.

- I can't believe
you're even starting--

- Not now--
- I didn't want to interrupt,

but the AIS report came back.

- There's no skid marks
whatsoever.

They estimate that
the other SUV was

moving faster than
55 miles per hour.

- Your gut may have been right.

Might have been a hit.

- So I want to know
everything that Nick Hunter

has done since
Jules came back to the city.

Credit cards, phone calls...

his conversations
on the street.

- Put this prick away, Liv.

- No, it was my decision

to charge Mr. Hunter
with murder.

- Were you aware
of any physical evidence

indicating that my client

would murder
his wife and child?

- No.
- Then what were

the determining factors

that led you
to your decision?

- Mr. Hunter's attitude.

- Please be more specific.

- Kind of the way he is now.

A man who gave
a damn about his wife

would've postponed
this deposition

until after her body
was in the ground.

You know, I'm sorry
for your loss.

Screw you.

I got beat up in prison

because you don't know
what you're doing.

- Apparently, you did.

- What are you
implying here, huh?

- Take it easy, Nick.

- You wanted your wife dead.
Now she is.

- You...

- Take a deep breath.

The hell with this.

I am entitled

to that money,
and I deserve it,

the sooner the better.
Every damn penny.

- Hey.

How's Carisi?

- He's a little wobbly

a lot guilty,

but he'll survive 'em both.

- Any luck connecting
Nick Hunter to the accident?

- At the time of the collision,

uh, Nick Hunter
was at a café

on the Upper West Side
with a co-worker.

- His next mistress.

- Yeah.
It's all on the

restaurant video,

so we're checking
phone records

emails, financials,

but I'm not hopeful.

This guy might actually
get away with it.

- And receive
a lovely parting gift

of $50 million.

- Well,

the good news, the civil courts

aren't what you'd call quick,

and the city's attorneys
know how to delay.

Still sucks.
I know.

- Every second that this guy's
not in prison...

- Yeah, well,

tomorrow, you and I will
get up,

brush our teeth,
comb our hair,

and go after
another bad guy.

- Makes you want
to oversleep.

- Look, I don't know
if it means anything,

but I didn't envy
your decision

about bringing
Jules Hunter back.

- Well, I--I did
what I needed to do.

It's easier if you
take yourself

out of the equation.

You know?

Your sense of
justice, morality,

superego--

whatever you want to call it.

- You made
the right decision.

- And what if I decided
to stop the meds?

- Well, then,

that would've been
the right decision.

Sometimes,
the only wrong decision

is to do nothing.

- You mind if I--I just
sit with her for a while?

- No, please, help yourself.

- Thanks for agreeing
to meet me out here.

I have to pick up
another woman.

- I don't want to know.

- Judge Martinez granted Nick
custody of Ruby.

- You're kidding.

- He's still her father.

- And the wheel goes round.

- That's what I've been saying.

Sherry, Jules' sister,

is fighting for
custody of Ruby.

- Do you want to know
the truth?

- You know, today, on the--

I was on the subway platform,

and I saw
these two cockroaches,

and they were pulling
at different ends

of a crust of bread.

And then the bread tore,

and it fell onto the tracks,

and--

and neither bug
got their dinner.

- Are you proposing
we work together?

- I could never do
what you do, Alex.

- And I can't stop.

- Take care.

- Okay.