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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.

- We were able
to ID our burn victim.

It was a cop.
Maria Recinos.

You knew her?

- She really overcame a lot.

- The murder is connected
to another one

that happened two years ago.

- And Homicide never closed it?
- No.

It was my case.

- Maria was undercover,
staying at that shelter

when those young women
went missing.

- Don't you think
that's a little dangerous,

especially for a rookie?

- I kept a close eye on her.

- Mr. Pinto, we found your DNA

on a young woman
named Ana Machado.

- Pinto's alibi checks out.

- Real killer
tried to frame him.

- We're gonna find
whoever did this.

Uh-huh.

Yeah, I understand.

Yes, Chief, I understand.

Mm-hmm.

[scoffs]

1PP is all over me.

- If it makes you feel
any better,

the eighth floor just
smacked me and Price

with a three-hour lecture
on media preparedness.

- This is, uh,

turning up to be
quite a big press case.

- Three murders
of women from shelters--

- Including a young cop at the
beginning of her career.

Never should have put in
a word for her.

- Liv, don't beat yourself up

any more than your bosses
already are.

- TARU confirmed
Miguel Pinto's alibi.

- The photo and the videos?

- Guy was in Staten Island.

- Which puts him an hour
and a half away at the time

of Ana Machado's murder.

- OK, so we know
that he's not good for it.

- Despite his DNA on her?

- Working theory
from Brady's team

is that somebody framed him.

- With seminal fluid?

How the hell did they get it?

- That's for you to find out
and me to cleanse from my mind.

I gotta go update Price.

- Lieutenant Brady,
Lieutenant Gomez.

- Hi. Thanks for the invite.

- Yeah.

- We were kicking around this
fact pattern on the way over.

- And?

- We're in the
same investigative

cul-de-sac you are.

- Yeah, so let's try
to make a U-turn.

So what do we know?

- We're looking for
a pattern killer

targeting marginalized women,
until Maria.

- He probably didn't know
she was a cop.

- OK, well, what we do know
is that our last victim,

Ana Machado,
told Maria that she was raped.

- And Maria went into the
warehouse looking for the perp

and became a victim herself.

- So you were her boss.

She didn't mention that
she was going in there?

- She was undercover.

We only had check-ins
every three days or so.

- OK, well, besides
from the immigration status,

the only common denominator here
that I see is geography.

- What about
the Catholic shelter?

- Father Alberto's place?

- I don't know.
Maybe he knows something.

- Look, he's a nice guy,
but he wouldn't be

the first priest with a secret.

- All of our vics
seemed to trust him.

- All right,
let's go talk to him.

- I'll have someone
put eyes on him.

- OK.

What?

- Rosa Ortega's mom
is in my office,

and I have to tell her
once again that we have

no idea who killed her kid.

- Gomez and I will handle it.

- You know, you didn't have
to come with me, Captain.

- I wanted to.

- What, for Maria's sake?

- Look, you don't have to
be Catholic to feel guilty.

- Maria told me the story
of how you two met.

- Yeah, the 911 call.

- She said you never once
got off the phone with her.

- Yeah.

- You were her lifeline.

- Well, I was until I wasn't.

- I was her supervisor.

How do you think I feel?

Tried to get her off the case.
She didn't listen.

- Well, she was in her 20s.

Did you listen to your boss
when you were 20?

- Nope.
- Me neither.

- Wow.

- What is all this?

- Yeah, ICE did a pretty good
job ripping this place apart.

- I don't think
this looks like an ICE raid.

[tense music]

- Father Alberto?

* *

Father Alberto?

Father Alberto?

[dramatic music]

- We just want to talk.

- I got him.

- SVU Portable to Central.

We're in pursuit of a suspect
in the Catholic church

on the corner
of 159 and Broadway.

Gomez!

It's a Latin male.

He's wearing jeans, a sweater,
and a clerical collar.

Gomez?

Gomez!
- He's got my gun!

[grunting]

- Put the gun down!

- I can't!

- I said put the gun down now!

[gunshot]
- I'm hit, I'm hit!

- Drop it!
Drop the gun now!

Drop it!
- [groans]

[gunshot]

- [gasping]

* *

- [groans]

- Hang in there.

You hang in there, Paul, OK?

OK.
- [groaning]

- SVU to Central.

I got a 10-13, officer down.

Suspect is down too.

I need an ambulance,
and I need additional units.

I know.
- [groans]

- Hang in there.

- [groans]
- Come on.

Hang in there, Gomez.

[dramatic music]

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- [panting] My gun.

Did you bag it?

Please tell me you bagged it.

- Don't worry about that.

Force Investigation
is all over it, OK?

- OK.
- GSW to the shoulder.

- He's in good hands, Captain.

- --tube starting.

Trauma team is on its way.

I want this guy hooked up
to a monitor now.

- Captain, you all right?

- Yeah.
- What the hell happened?

- So we went there
to question the priest

and he just took off running.

And then he went for
the lieutenant's gun,

so Gomez grabbed his ankle
piece and--and he fired.

Did the priest make it?

- Died in the ambulance.

- All right.

So let me go back to the
crime scene and help FID.

- Yeah, the only thing
you need to worry about,

Benson, is waiting here
for your union rep.

- Gomez was shot.

- It's all over the radio.
The guy killed a priest.

- Fin, we went there
to talk to him.

- You think the Father
may have something

to do with all these murders?

- Why else would he run,
if he didn't?

- Miguel Pinto may know.

- The guy that we thought
killed Ana Machado?

- Somebody had to
plant the semen.

For all we know, Father Alberto
went to visit Pinto in jail

and stole his secret sock.

- Grab Velasco
and go talk to Miguel.

- Where you headed?

- I'm going to get out
of these bloody clothes.

- I thought you were supposed
to wait on your union rep.

- They know where to find me.

- [sighs]

- Heard what happened to Gomez.
- Are you OK?

- Yeah, ish.
I mean--

- Do you think that
that priest is dirty?

- What's his part in all this?

- Listen,
we can't ask him,

but we have to prove
the connection.

- Just got off the phone
with the lab.

They pulled some DNA
from Maria's body.

- After she was burned?

- Some kind of new technique.

You want me to pull
the car around?

- I would love that, but IAB
just texted me and they--

they want to talk to me.

- How can we make your
life easier, Captain?

- Well, for starters,
I need you to re-question

the women at the shelter.

- That's going to
be kind of hard

after the shelter got raided.

- And half of them are probably
on ICE Air flights as we speak.

- Well, track as many
as you can down,

because they may be the only
way to tie him to this crime.

- They seemed scared
the first time around.

- Well, I think that
might be different now

that Father Alberto is dead.

[tense music]

* *

- You know, I--I heard what
happened to Father Alberto.

- Mm.

- Did he really do
what they're saying?

- Well, right now all we know
is that he took a cop's gun,

and he shot him.

- He took care of me
when I first got to New York.

If he's a bad guy--
[scoffs]

I don't know
who to trust anymore.

- There was a girl
a few years ago.

I saw her hugging
Father Alberto.

- Anything inappropriate?

- It was late at night.

She was in his room.

I saw through the window.

It looked like she was crying.

- You have a way
to reach this girl?

- She left the shelter.

- A name?
Anything would be helpful.

- There's so many women that
come in and out of here.

I--no, I'm sorry.

[tense music]

- It's a little late for
breakfast, isn't it, Miguel?

- Yo, why are you even here?

It's starting to
feel like harassment.

- This isn't personal.

- But we did find your DNA
on a murder victim.

- And I already told you guys,
I never even met that girl.

- You know this guy?

- No.
- You sure?

- Maybe he paid you
a visit in jail?

- Never seen him before.

And anyways, why the hell
would a priest set me up?

- That's what we're
trying to figure out.

- You need to think.

- Maybe you had sex with one
of those women in the shelter?

- No.

But my cousin sent some
whore over to celebrate

me getting paroled.

- You wore a condom, right?

- Yeah.

- So what'd you do with it
after you got done?

- Put it in the
bathroom garbage.

- She happen to go into the
bathroom before she left?

- Yeah.

- Captain Benson, you were
at the scene of the shooting.

Walk us through what happened.

- So Lieutenant Gomez and I
went up to the Catholic church

on 159th to interrogate
Father Alberto,

and as soon as he saw us,
he took off running.

So Lieutenant Gomez
chased after him.

I called in the pursuit,
and I found both men

down in the
catacombs struggling

over control of
the weapon--um,

Lieutenant Gomez's Glock 17.

- Whose hand was
on the trigger?

- Um--

both of the men
had their hands on the weapon.

- Do you recall if either
said anything as they fought

for control of the weapon?

To each other?

To you?

- Well, I engaged with
Father Alberto directly.

I said to drop the weapon.

- Did he reply?

[tense music]

- He said, "I can't."

- What do you think
he meant by that?

* *

Captain Benson?

* *

- How'd it go at IAB?

- Did you find any dirt
on Father Alberto?

Anything at all?

- He might have had something
going on with one of the girls

at his shelter.

- Would that make you
run from the cops?

Would that make you grab
a cop's gun and shoot him?

- No, but then again,
I'm not a priest.

What are you thinking?

- I'm thinking that the church
was pretty banged up when Gomez

and I got there, and it just--

it couldn't have been
just from an ICE raid.

- You think someone
threatened him?

What's in the bag?

- A Hail Mary.

So you were able
to obtain sperm cells?

- Using differential
extraction.

Deep tissue recovery.

Part of her cervix
was still intact.

- So whoever killed Maria
also raped her?

- I can't say whether
the sex was consensual.

- And unfortunately,
she can't tell us.

- Well, then, the evidence
will have to speak for her.

- What is that?

- It's my jacket.

- Your jacket?

Covered with Paul Gomez's blood?

- Um--

- You can't put a cop's blood
into the system

without consulting with 1PP.

- OK, Jess,
I need you to hear me out.

- OK, I need you to give me
the professional courtesy

of talking about it
before you do it.

- Listen,
there's something deeply off

about Father Alberto's shooting.

- How?
He pulled the trigger first.

- But Gomez's hand was
on top of the priest's hand

when the gun went off.

- So you think
Gomez shot himself?

- I think that
it's a possibility.

- What do you think
is more likely--

that mental contortion,
or the fact

that you might be suffering
from temporary case blindness?

- OK, because of Maria?

- No, because you
witnessed a shooting.

- All I know is the fear

that I saw
in Father Alberto's eyes.

I'm telling you.

- OK.

OK.

But if you're wrong,

you're going to have to talk
to the brass about why

we compared the blood of
a decorated NYPD lieutenant

to a semen sample found in
the corpse of his subordinate.

- I understand, and sometimes
you have to ask for forgiveness

instead of permission.

- I'm going to
take that as a yes.

- OK.

.

- Hey.

I didn't know we had
a meeting scheduled.

- We didn't.
- But we do need to talk.

- Yeah.

- All right.

Well, uh, now that
we're all caffeinated,

what--what's this about?

- The semen found on Maria's
body was a match to Paul Gomez.

- I'm sorry, since when
was Paul Gomez a suspect?

- I don't remember
submitting a warrant for this.

Do you?

- We didn't seize the DNA.

Not exactly.

- Well, how did you obtain it?

- From my jacket.

- What, from the shooting?

- That's a little macabre, but
it's admissible nonetheless.

- What does this--
what does this prove?

I mean, really?

Other than Gomez
and Maria had sex.

- We are looking
for a pattern killer

who has a penchant for raping
socially invisible women.

This is the first step in
demonstrating that pattern.

- OK. What's the second?

- I'm going to ask Rosa's
mother to exhume her body.

- All right, um,

let's go down this rabbit hole.

If you're right--and I'm
not saying that you are--

it also means that Gomez,
a decorated lieutenant,

framed Miguel Pinto for
Ana Machado's murder and rape.

- How do you tie him to that?

- We can't right now.

- But the guy's
got a long reach.

- Look, I think that
he sent somebody

to threaten Father Alberto
the morning that he shot him.

- And if he can do that,
that means he's got help,

and he's organized.

- Look, he's been
right next to us

this whole time, right there,
watching us investigate.

I would not put it past him
to plant evidence.

- So you're alleging
obstruction of justice,

tampering with evidence--

- Uh, misconduct
in public office, conspiracy,

not to mention
the rapes and murders.

The question is,
how do we prove it?

- So Miguel told Fin and
Velasco that his cousin

hired a sex worker for him.

- And we think she took the
condom out of the wastebasket

when she left.

- So Brady and I put in a call
to Miguel's cousin.

He swears that he did
not hire a sex worker.

- And you think Gomez did?

- I think that if you give us
an electronic warrant

for Paul Gomez's phone,
that we can prove that.

- What do you think?

- A case this size,
involving a cop, no less?

We've got to loop Baxter in.

- Gossip travels at the speed
of sound in police circles.

Who else knows?

- Just us.

- Good.

See if you can
get Gomez talking.

Don't push too hard.

It'd be nice to get an admission
before he lawyers up.

- You know,
you didn't have to do this.

- Come on, we were--
we were worried about you.

- Yeah.
How you feeling?

- Good.

Ready to get out of here.

IAB came by yesterday.

I'm assuming if you're here,
they spoke to you?

- Yeah.

Yeah, it's pretty
straightforward.

- That's what they said.
[clears throat]

I think they're going to rule it
a clean shoot.

- Best possible outcome.

- [sighs]

Did you make any headway
linking Father Alberto

to these crimes?

- Yeah,
we're getting pretty close.

- What did you find?

- New DNA evidence.

- Oh. From?

- Maria Recinos' body.

[ominous music]

- Even though it was burned?

- Well, technology, right?

- It's amazing these days.
- Yeah.

We're going to do our best
to link it to the Father's.

- [chuckles]

[remote clicking]

- Everything all right?

- Yeah,
I'm just in a lot of pain.

- Mm.

- Mr. Gomez, you buzzed?

- Yeah, my shoulder's on fire.

- I'll up your dose.

And it's time
to clear your drain.

- All right.

Can I go to the bathroom first?

You don't mind?

- No, no, please.

- Hey, thank you
for the flowers.

- Yeah.

What do you think?

- I'd love to know
who he's calling.

* *

[bell ringing]

[indistinct chatter]

- Hey, guys.

Hey, where's Noah?

- He was just here.

- Noah.

Hey, who you talking to?

- I don't know.

This guy was trying to
tell me to go into his car.

I wasn't going to, though.

- What?

Get over there.

Hey.

Hey, open the window.
[engine starts]

Who the hell are you,
and what are you

doing talking to my son.

Wait, wait!

[tense music]

* *

.

- You think Gomez sent
someone to hurt your son?

- Who else would do it?

- To what end?

- To get me to back off
the case.

- Where is Noah now?

- He's at our apartment
with two unis.

- OK.
What do you need from us?

- I need permission
from you to pick him up,

so my son can go to
school tomorrow in peace.

- As much as we
would all like that,

unfortunately,
we're still waiting

on the electronic warrant.

- What is taking so long?

- I know you don't
want to hear this,

but it may be time for you to
think about recusing yourself--

- Recuse myself from this case?

- Liv, this case
is already delicate

for a variety of reasons.

- Gomez has been a cop
for 20 years.

- And a smart one at that.

If he's been able
to get away with all this--

- He knows that manipulating you
into getting emotional

will tip the scales
in his favor.

- Yes, and it doesn't take
a genius to know that a threat

to my son would do just that.

- Right.

- Carisi, what do you think?

- Now that Noah is involved,
it's going to affect the case.

- Oh, my God.
[phone buzzes]

I can't--
- Excuse me.

- OK.

So what is the minimum
that you need to pick him up

by the end of the day?

- Eyewitnesses who can
put him at the scene.

Physical evidence
that the defense can't

paint as merely consensual--
- OK, OK.

- Olivia.

[sighs]

I want you to know
that I am on your side here.

Paul Gomez is a man who swore
to protect and serve,

and he did the exact opposite,

and you are not the only one

who is infuriated by that.

- Hey, good news.

Electronic warrant
just came through.

[tense music]

* *

- Here we go.

The call that Miguel made
from the hospital

is to a lawyer
named Rita Calhoun.

- Sounds like you know her.

- I certainly do.

We have history.

- So we bring him flowers
and he calls a lawyer?

If that's not an admission of
guilt, I don't know what is.

- Also, there is
a 12-minute call to a woman--

a woman named Charisse Johnson,

the night before

Ana Machado was murdered.

- Was Miguel Pinto
already out of jail?

- By a couple of days.

- Well, I think
we found the sex worker

that helped set him up.

- We certainly did.

I'll follow up with Fin.

- [sighs]

- Hey, how are you doing
on the, uh, ICE Air logs?

- Well, we managed to track down
a few women that were deported,

and with any luck, one of them
can identify the woman

who was hugging Father Alberto.

And Price told me
what happened.

Someone threatened your son?

- Yeah, did he also tell you

that he asked me
to recuse myself?

- He might have mentioned it.

- What would you do?

- Are you asking me
as a cop or as a mom?

- Can you separate those two?

- Well, I think
you have two choices.

You can either throw
yourself into your work

or throw Gomez out a window.

- How'd you get my number?

- You know this guy?

- 'Cause he knows you.

- I might have
gave him a massage.

- Look, Charisse,
you're not in trouble.

We're SVU, we're not Vice.

- We just want to know
who hired you.

- And what you did
with the condom

when you took it out
of the trash.

- You recognize
any of these guys?

[tense music]

- What do I get if I cooperate?

- You get to stay in business.

- Before you were deported,

you were staying in a shelter
run by Father Alberto

here in Manhattan?

- That's right.

- A woman we spoke to
said you might know

the identity of a close friend
of Rosa Ortega's.

- You're talking about Cassie.

- We've been trying
to follow up with her.

- Yeah, I heard
she just disappeared.

- Do you know Cassie's
last name or an address?

- No, but

I think I might have
a photo of her.

* *

Wait.

Just a moment.

* *

Would this help?

* *

- There she is.

- Cassie Reyes.

So she did disappear--
to a new life.

* *

- I'm not even going to ask
how you found me.

I left that shelter
a few months back,

and it was hell on earth.

- Well, you seem to have made
a very nice life for yourself.

- And we do not want
to interrupt it,

but we are investigating
Paul Gomez

for rape and murder.

- We heard you were tight
with Rosa Ortega.

- I saw her
the morning she disappeared,

and then after that, nothing.

I--I assumed Gomez
had killed her.

- Can you tell us more
about that?

- He'd been raping her.

Me too,
threatening us if we said no.

And the morning
that Rosa disappeared,

she was going to go
report Gomez to the cops.

- And you think he found out?

- I mean, the guy has a bunch
of street-level dealers

paying him
to look the other way.

He has eyes and ears everywhere,

and one of them
must have tipped him off.

It took me a while
to get clean,

but I'm glad I did, because
then I wouldn't have met Sean.

We just got engaged.

- Congratulations.

- You said that you, um--

you left the shelter
a few months ago?

- Yeah.

- Did you know her?

- Sofia.

Yeah, I know her, but not well.

I mean, she was the one
who gave me the number

to the rehab that I got clean at

and helped change my life.

- So, um, her real name
is Maria Recinos

and she was a friend of mine,
and, uh, she was--

she was working undercover.

- [sighs]
She--she's a cop?

- And we think Gomez
killed her too.

[somber music]

- Um, she's--she's dead?

* *

When did this happen?

- A week ago.

- But listen,
we are putting a case together

against Paul Gomez
for killing Maria and Rosa.

Will you be willing to testify?

- [sighs]
No.

No one in my life now
knows about my past.

I mean,
Sean's the love of my life.

I don't want him to know
that I was a drug addict,

that I let a man rape me

so I wouldn't get arrested.

I owe Maria,

but if I testify,
I'll lose everything.

* *

- She's a crucial witness.

Not only can she connect
Rosa to Gomez,

she was raped
by the guy herself.

- Righ, but she's
also newly sober,

so let's try not
to destroy that.

- Price might have
a different opinion.

- There are other witnesses,

so one of them will just have to
be enough to get it done.

ME Wagner will confirm
a seminal DNA match

to Paul Gomez on both
the bodies of Maria Recinos

and Rosa Ortega.

- The exhumation
of her body paid off.

- What about
Ana Machado's case?

- Charisse Johnson
will testify

she delivered a used condom
from Miguel Pinto to Gomez.

- Which he used to plant
evidence on Ana's body.

- And Grace Brionés,
from the shelter,

can put Paul and Maria together
at the time of Maria's murder.

- OK, so we have two witnesses
plus DNA,

which Gomez will likely say
was consensual.

- Well, we actually do
have a third witness

that could testify
to the repeated rapes

of herself and Rosa Ortega.

- I'm interested.
- Hold on.

She's not willing to testify.

- Why not?

- Because she has changed
her life and moved on.

- We'll try to
avoid it for now.

No promises.

So you guys have enough
for an indictment.

What about going to trial?
- I'm good.

- Same here.

- All right, pick him up.

- OK.

[dramatic music]

- Thanks for coming
to get me, sis.

- Are you sure
you're ready to leave?

Maybe you should have
listened to your doctors.

- I'm fine.
[police siren wails]

- Lieutenant Gomez.

Sorry, I got no flowers
for you this time.

- Paul, what's this about?

- You're under arrest.

- Stop it, you're hurting him!

- This is for Maria and Rosa.

- Oh, my God.

- Jocelyn,
call my lawyer, all right?

Rita Calhoun.
- OK.

- Can you do that for me?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Paul, what's this about?

.

- I received an anonymous call
about a murder,

and when I arrived
on the scene,

I discovered that the body had
been burned

beyond recognition.

And I later learned
that it was a young woman

named Maria Recinos

who had been working undercover

for the defendant, Paul Gomez.

- Were you able to identify
the anonymous caller?

- She was a woman at the
shelter, Ana Machado,

and Maria had given
her my number.

- Why your number?

- Because Maria trusted me.

- So Ana was cooperating
with the investigation?

- Eventually, yes.

At the beginning,
she was hesitant.

She was quite afraid
of the police,

for reasons
that are now obvious.

- Objection.

- Sustained.

- And then she agreed
to be interviewed.

- But you were not able
to complete that interview?

- No.

I stepped out of the room
and Ana fled the precinct.

She was frightened
by something or someone.

And later, we found that she
had been choked to death.

- Was the defendant,
Paul Gomez,

at the precinct that day?

- He was.

He was supposedly
working on business

that was related to the case.

And I spoke to him,
and he denied seeing Ana,

which I now know was a lie.

- Thank you.

Nothing further.

- Captain Benson,
you have no direct knowledge

that Anna Machado saw
Paul Gomez that day, do you?

- No.

- In fact, you have
no direct knowledge

that my client committed
any of the crimes

that he is accused of, do you?

- Well, I wasn't an eyewitness,

but after being a police
investigator for over 25 years,

the circumstantial evidence
was too compelling to ignore.

- You had
a personal relationship

with Maria Recinos, didn't you?

- You could say that, yes.

- You recommended that she
be promoted to undercover?

[tense music]

- Yes.

- You were devastated
by her death?

- I was.

- So isn't it possible,
Captain Benson,

that your personal relationship
in this case

made you biased
against my client?

- Objection.

- I'll allow.

- I was deeply saddened

by Maria's murder,

and angered by it,

as I have been
about many cases before.

- Thank you.

- But I have never
let my emotions

interfere with my police work.

Quite the opposite.

* *

- I did an outcall job for
a client named Miguel Pinto.

- But you thought
it was Miguel's cousin

who hired you, correct?

- Yeah, over the phone.

- What were his instructions?

- To show him a good time,
and to make sure

Miguel used a condom, and to
take it with me when I left.

- And then what?

- I didn't expect it,
but the dude was waiting

for me across the street.

He asked for the condom
before I got in my QuikRide.

- And is the man who
took that condom from you

in this courtroom today?

- Yeah.
Yeah, that's him right there.

Paul Gomez.

- Thank you.

- Ms. Johnson, you just
admitted on the stand

that you're a prostitute.

- Yeah, so?

- And the DA's office agreed
not to prosecute you

for that in exchange
for your testimony today.

- Yeah,
but I'm telling the truth.

- Thank you.
Nothing further.

- I was walking
my baby back home.

I saw Maria Recinos
go into a warehouse.

- And then what happened?

- Five minutes later,
Lieutenant Gomez

followed her inside.

- Why didn't you report this
to the police?

- I didn't want to be next.

- Thank you.

- Are you aware that you're
under oath, Ms. Brionés?

- Yes.

- Are you aware that lying
on the stand is a crime?

- Yes.

- That could possibly
lead to your arrest

and possible deportation?

[ominous music]

- Yes.

- Then I am going to give you
one last chance.

Are you sure
it was my client you saw

following Maria Recinos
into that warehouse?

* *

- No, to be--to be honest,
I'm not 100% sure.

- Uh, Your Honor--
- Your Honor, I need a--

a moment with my witness.

- Gentlemen,
approach the bench.

* *

- So our witness is
completely compromised.

- She was obviously
intimidated.

- We are in serious danger
of losing this case.

- We still have Cassie Reyes.
- Look, we talked about that.

- That was before
we were facing a mistrial

or a motion to dismiss.

- I'm not going
to ruin her life.

- That is what a subpoena
was invented for.

- All right.

She's been brutalized by the
system enough, don't you think?

- I don't like it
any more than you do,

but this case is too important
to just leave to chance.

You want it to be her choice,

you have till
the end of the day.

[tense music]

* *

- God, what do you want?

- You know
the answer to that.

- I already told you,
I can't testify.

- It may not be up to you,
Cassie.

If you don't agree, then the
DA is going to subpoena you.

- I am an ex-drug addict.

I was high half the time
I was in that shelter.

- But you're not now.

- And this--this is the version
of you that we need.

- [sobbing]
No, they're going to--

they're going to
talk about my past.

- Listen, men like Gomez,

they want you to stay invisible.

That's what protects them.

- [sobs]

- You've got to get up there
and show them

that you're not as invisible
as he thinks you are.

- We're not asking you
to do this for us.

We're asking you to do this
for Rosa and Maria.

- [whimpers]

- And I know
what they would want.

They would want you to
choose justice, not fear.

* *

- [sobs]

[breathing shakily]

.

- Ooh-wee.

You might not know me,

but I know you.

And not in a vague kind of way.

- What the hell
are you talking about?

- Your name is Mueller Hayes.

You joined the Academy in '95,

spent your first year on patrol.

Speeding tickets
for your friends

quickly disappear,
a little cash for courtesy.

Nothing major.

Nothing worth
making a fuss over.

But I see the patterns in
your life, even if you don't.

Fast forward a few years
and, well, here you are, huh?

[grunting]

Got your head smashed up
against the cold tile

under the weight
of all your bad decisions

and a 600 FICO score,

which is why
Paul Gomez owns you.

- [grunting]

- You and I, we're just
going to cut through the noise.

If you ever go anywhere near
my friend or her son again,

I won't take you down.

I'll take you apart.

- [panting]

- Tell Gomez to watch his back.

- I was living
at the shelter for a while,

because I was a drug addict,

at rock bottom.

I felt like
I had no options in life.

- Did you know Rosa Ortega?

- Yes, we were friends.

- Your Honor, again,
this witness is

not on the prosecution's list.

- I've already allowed
this testimony.

You'll have
your chance to cross.

Mr. Carisi, you may continue.

- Ms. Reyes, when was the
last time you talked to Rosa?

- The morning she was killed.

She said she was going
to go to the police

about Paul Gomez raping her.

- And how was Rosa's affect
the last time you spoke?

- She was scared,

and I know why.

Because Paul Gomez
did the same thing to me.

He said that
if I didn't have sex with him,

he'd arrest me.

- And you did as he ordered?

- Yes.

- Did you call the police?

Did you tell anyone?

- No, not until now.

- And what changed your mind?

- Because he...

killed two women I know,

Rosa Ortega and Maria Recinos.

[tense music]

- Thank you, Ms. Reyes.

- Ms. Reyes, you have
no knowledge of my client

being directly responsible for
Rosa Ortega's murder, do you?

You didn't see blood on his
hands or a can of gasoline

in his possession?

- No.

- And you had no knowledge
that Maria Recinos

had been murdered, did you?

- Not at first.

- Until the detectives here
told you?

- That's correct, yes.

- By your own admission
you were a drug addict.

- Yes.

- And my client had
probable cause to arrest you--

- Yes.

- But let it go when you were
willing to have sex with him.

- Objection.

- Watch yourself, Counselor.

- He--

He threatened me,

along with every other woman
in that place.

He created a hell
that I escaped from.

- Your Honor--

- You asked the question,
Counselor.

- I was silent for years,

but not anymore.

Coming here today
may cost me my new life,

but it is worth it
to put Paul Gomez in prison.

* *

- Members of the jury,
have you reached a verdict?

- We have, Your Honor.

- What say you?

- On the charge
of rape and murder

in the first of Rosa Ortega,
we find the defendant guilty.

On the charge
of rape and murder

in the first
of Ana Machado, guilty.

On the charge
of rape and murder

in the first of Maria Recinos,
we find the defendant guilty.

[crowd murmuring]

- Members of the jury,

the court thanks you
for your service.

* *

[somber music]

* *

- Hey.

Oh, Cassie,
I'm so glad that you came.

- This is my fiancé, Sean.

- It's nice to meet you,
Captain.

- It's nice to meet you, too.

- Cassie's been talking
a lot about you.

- Oh.
[chuckles]

- I'll meet you
in a minute, OK?

- OK.

* *

- How do you feel?

- I feel known.

Maybe even
for the first time.

- Mm.

* *

- You really fought
for those women.

- So did you.

- It looks like
Cassie's going to be OK.

- Yeah.

Are you?

- I am...

now.

* *

.

[dramatic music]

* *

[wolf howls]