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Last week on The Commish. All right, this is Collette's son, Nick. Hit town

hour ago.

Hey, Nicky, we stick together.

I mean, nothing can touch us.

No Scali, no Feds, no nobody.

I'm here for you, Pop.

Collette's bringing in his first shipment Thursday night.

Shipment of what?

Officially frozen seafood.

Not officially?

That's what we gotta find out.

He's a cop.

Stay there.

All right.

I'm not smuggling something. I know he is. Could be worse.

He could be killing people.

Don't move!

I'm sorry about your son.

A woman who lived near the school saw two guys force a boy into their car.

David's been kidnapped?

It's Colette.

An eye for an eye.

A son for a son.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God, Tony.

They have David.

They have him.

Description of the cars on the air.

We have a tri -state APB.

Good.

Okay.

Put it in NCIC and call the Port Authority.

Get uniforms and plane clothes at the airports, train stations, and tunnels.

Tell the state police we need as many choppers as they can get in the air.

Call the FBI.

I want to talk to the special agent. I want Colette in custody now.

We can't find him.

I saw him two hours ago. We have units at his house. He's not there. We've

called NYPD to check his name. I want him, Sid.

We're covering every possible... I want the son of a bitch.

Everything that can be done is being done. I will call you as soon as... He

my son!

You become a cop.

You accept the fact that something could happen to you. You accept the fact that

you could be a target.

You don't accept it for your children.

When David comes back... When David comes back...

and he's all right...

I want you to turn in your gun and your badge.

We are never going to put our children or ourselves through anything like this

again.

I want you to quit.

What about JFK and LaGuardia?

Okay. Thanks anyway.

You talk to the guys in Putnam? They set up a block at the county line, but

Colette hasn't tried to cross.

He's not at his house. We come up empty everywhere else. I know. It's like the

guy jumped in a hole and pulled the earth in over him.

Funeral.

Tell me, Colette, he would certainly go to his own son's funeral. Call the

morgue. See if they sent Nick's body to a funeral home, a church, anywhere.

Find the kidnappers.

I gotta know the area's saturated with cops, so I'm gonna stay on back streets.

Anything isolated.

Let's let the troopers cover the highways from the air. We'll concentrate

surface streets.

210.

David's been gone almost 24 hours.

We all know that with every hour that goes by, the chances of finding him

become... We will find him.

No one's quitting their tour till we do.

All right.

We got to concentrate on... We got a possible 20 on Colette. The morgue said

that they sent his son's body over to the McCormick funeral home and the wake

started a half hour ago. Let's move.

That ain't right, Carl.

Why, me standing here and Nicky in the box?

It ain't right that it should be this way.

Catherine's here.

Catherine.

I'm so happy you came.

I came to say goodbye to my brother.

Don't you show any respect. Where's my son?

Who are you talking about? Where is he?

How the hell would I know?

You had him kidnapped.

You're out of your mind.

Cuff him.

Don't lay a hand on me.

Where is David? For God's sakes. I'm here grieving for my son.

Take him out of here.

I didn't kidnap anybody, Stanley.

I know it was you, Colette.

You aren't me. You know where I am. This is my son. He's 12 years old.

Sid, will you step outside, please?

I... Detective Madison, step outside, please.

I'm going to make you a promise I've never made to anyone.

If I don't get my son back, alive and well, I'll kill you with my bare

hands.

Okay.

Is it the blood?

I'll get it to the lab right away.

We'll take the car and we'll go through every inch.

You've been up for two days. Go home.

I'll call you.

Commissioner Scali, go home, please.

Scali, I don't care whether you believe me or not, but I had nothing to do with

taking that kid.

My son Nick's death, well, that was business.

And I never mixed business with the personal.

And I never harmed children, you understand?

Just a couple of guys in my son's organization, they got out of line, and

that... I apologize.

leave the country.

What?

Kelly.

He's a dead man.

How you doing, honey?

Glad I'm home.

So are we.

You're scary there for a while, huh?

You're telling me.

Listen, the doctor says you need plenty of rest, and we're gonna see you get it.

But, uh, you up for answering a couple of questions first?

Tony?

It's okay.

The best time to question a witness is right after the crime.

Right, Dad?

Did you get a look at the two guys that grabbed you?

Not really.

It just happened so fast.

They put me in a trunk and drove around for a while.

Then I'm pretty sure I heard them talking to Collette.

What did he say?

He sounded really mad.

He said they were idiots.

Then he got me out of the trunk and brought me back here.

Does that help at all?

You did great, champ.

You get some rest.

Could be a setup.

Colette kidnaps David. He pulls off this phony rescue.

Hoping you'll lay off him for a while.

I don't think so.

I had the feeling Colette was telling the truth.

And what David told me backs it up. Don't forget the blood in the car.

Figure Colette whacked the guys who snatched David?

That would be his idea of imposing discipline on his organization.

Then we'll get him for the murders.

There's not much chance of that.

There's a new shipment due today.

We'll search the boat for contraband.

I won't have any problem getting a warrant now.

Wait, he killed two people. You want to get him for smuggling?

He's been killing guys for 40 years. No one's nailed him yet.

Well, shouldn't we at least try?

It's a waste of time.

You mind if I go ahead and look into the murders?

In my spare time.

Fine.

You did it. I was on the other side of town.

You climbed up the ladder and watched her take her clothes off. Prove it.

I watched Peep and Tom, the guy we've been after for six weeks, where this guy

fits the composite and the alibi's terrible.

But he won't crack. We've been in his face for two hours.

She said she opened the window and smacked you in the eye. It wasn't me.

How'd you get the shiner?

I was playing pool.

Since when is pool a contact sport?

I got hit with a cue.

We got bigger problems right now than peeping times.

We're busting Colette today.

His drugs are damn good at hiding them.

He's bringing in something. I bet my life on it.

We turn it upside down, boss. There's nothing on board except fish, and

nothing inside the fish except the insides of fish.

At least it'll take them a while to clean it up, if that's any consolation.

not.

Well, if we're missing something, maybe now's when they'll get careless.

Stick around, Mike. Stay out of sight.

Any luck?

You? Maybe.

We got the lab report back. The blood in the car.

Two different types.

Makes sense. There were two different guys.

We figured Nick's two sidekicks, Bill Soltis and Andy Keaton.

We checked the blood types against the FBI files. We were right. But here's the

thing. Almost all the blood came from Soltis. And one of Colette's guys who

spent the whole day visiting hospitals.

I had Stan Talem. You think Keaton is still alive?

Yeah, I think he's alive, hurt bad, and Colette's looking for him to finish him

off. He was a witness to the murder of Soltis.

It's not like Colette to be that sloppy.

Everybody makes mistakes.

That's for sure.

Let's pay him a visit.

You know what?

You know what I got inside for you?

What? Cookies.

All right.

I'll pick them up around four.

Oh, Catherine, come on inside for a minute, okay? A cup of coffee, just for

minute.

Please.

Catherine, sit down.

You know, I love seeing your kids.

But you, you're my kid.

Yeah, you pushed me on the swing and taught me how to ride a bicycle.

How would you like it if Danny and Billy stopped talking to you someday, huh?

I mean, Catherine, I'm your father.

We gotta stick together while there's still time.

I mean, your mama got best of soul.

She's been gone a long time.

You, I lost years ago. And now Nikki.

So what have I got left?

The life you chose.

Catherine.

I didn't choose it. It chose me.

I did what I had to do.

I didn't grow up like you, you know, with fancy clothes and nice toys.

You don't know even now.

The friends I didn't have.

The kids who wouldn't play with me.

The boys who wouldn't date me.

Because I was your daughter.

Those things were... Those things hurt.

And they don't stop hurting because your father buys you fancy clothes and nice

toys.

But you didn't care.

He didn't even know.

Excuse me, Mr.

Collette.

It's all right. I was just leaving.

Stay.

There's nothing I can say to them that you can't hear.

I don't have to hide anymore.

We're looking for Bill Soltis and Andy Keaton.

Yeah. I got rid of them.

I fired them.

Took them off the payroll. I gave them a pink slip.

Any way you want to put it.

Where are they now?

How the hell do I know?

There was an awful lot of blood in their car.

Any idea how it got there?

Look, they kidnapped Scali's son, and I returned them unharmed.

And that's all I know.

And that I'm going to leave Eastbridge.

See, I was going to tell you.

But maybe I'll tell them, too.

Maybe they'll get off my back. Scali, I've lost enough, okay?

I want out.

I want peace.

I'd like to talk to Carl Walker, if I could.

We'll go look for him.

My condolences.

You were there when my brother was killed, weren't you?

And yet my father saved your boy's life.

We think he's trying to kill a man named Andy Keaton. Have you heard anything

about that?

You know, with all the prying you people have done into my family, I'm sure you

know my father and I aren't close.

But that doesn't mean I'm going to spy on him.

Retiring is your father's favorite trick.

That's why he came to Eastbridge.

where he's retired his way to three murders that we know about.

He's not going to change now.

He lost his son.

That'll change anyone.

The point is, one of these days, he's going to be the one with a bullet in his

head.

Maybe you can prevent that.

Tell me, do you spend a lot of time persuading children to betray their

You see anything?

No. It's a lot of fish and a lot of ice.

Hey,

come on.

Get some shovel.

Who are they?

What?

I'm a little worried about the ice and the fish.

How many hospitals you hit today?

Ten or twelve at least.

Uh -huh.

That lady detective, she give you any problems?

Nothing I couldn't handle.

And what's happening over there?

It's starting to drop.

Why couldn't Nicky be here to see this, huh?

The future happening right here in this room.

Alright, turn around.

Hey, Sheila.

Diamonds.

He's been smuggling diamonds.

In the ice.

Gotcha.

Did you get the guys who kidnapped me?

We're pretty sure they're dead.

One of them, at least. If the other one's alive, he's hurt pretty bad.

Either way, they won't be bothering you anymore.

Who killed him?

Looks like it was Tommy Collette.

I guess they thought he'd thank them for grabbing you.

He didn't.

I'm glad they won't be bothering me anymore.

But I'm not glad about anyone being dead.

If that second guy's still alive...

Will Collette try to kill him, too?

Probably, but Collette's got other problems right now.

Mom told me you bucked him.

Finally.

I'm meeting with the U .S. District Attorney in an hour.

The feds will take it from there.

Way to go, Dad.

Listen, David.

I wanted to tell you how sorry I am for what happened to you.

It wasn't your fault.

In a way, it was.

You got hurt because of my work.

I'm sorrier for that than I know how to say.

I'll make it up to you.

And, David, if I thought for one second it was a choice between me being a cop

and you being safe, I would turn in my badge so fast it would make your head

spin. Dad, don't talk like that.

I'm glad you're a cop.

I think it's great that you're a cop.

The stuff that you do is so important.

Don't you know how proud I am of you?

Not as proud as I am of you.

I think we finally got Tommy Collette.

I'm telling you, Commissioner, you pulled off a miracle.

Just a little good old -fashioned police work.

You've got him dead to right.

Tax evasion, customs violation.

A lot of times that's all we can get this kind of guy on.

It's a shame in a way.

I mean, the man has murdered people.

As it is, he's already out on bail.

But at least this is open and shut, right? We have to nail down the paper

Interlocking corporations, companies owning other companies.

Figure a year and a half to prepare, a year for the trial.

Eighteen months for the appeal.

We should have it locked down in four years.

Maybe less.

It is a first offense, but given the size of the operation, he'll probably do

time.

Probably.

Diamonds must be stolen, right? We've already opened negotiations with

Of course, that may take a little longer.

International red tape is unreal.

So instead of four years...

Like six or eight.

Exactly.

And then I'll be sentenced to what? Three months in a geriatric ward?

What a kidder.

I heard about you.

I should have listened to you in the first place.

Forget about the smuggling. Go after him for the murders.

It's not too late.

We're on it.

The punks that kidnapped David?

I guess it didn't bother me much that Colette had him killed.

But it bothered David.

And it should have bothered me, too.

So, what do you got?

We're checking the local hospital, showing Andy Keaton's picture.

So far, no luck.

Maybe he didn't go to a hospital.

Maybe he's hiding out on his own.

That could make it tough.

Keep on the hospitals.

Keep tails on Collette's guys, too.

If they find Keaton first, back to square one.

Look, we're doing everything we can. Believe me.

The statistics show that peepers rarely make physical contact with the people

they spy on. I don't care about statistics.

I care about being able to take a shower in my own home. Excuse me.

I'm Commissioner Scali. Can I help?

There was a peeping Tom in my garden two nights ago. He was arrested, and now I

hear he's loose again.

Were you able to make a positive identification?

No.

Does that mean I have to spend the rest of my life afraid he might come back?

Look, my offices have been very overworked lately.

That's my fault.

But I do understand your concern, and I promise you, catching this guy is just

as important to us as it is to you.

This is the guy with the black eye?

Get him back in here tomorrow.

All right, boss.

Look, I'm going to handle this personally, okay?

Thank you.

Tony.

There's a call on your line. Guy says he's Andy Keaton.

You want Collette?

I can give him to you. Where are you?

He killed Bill Soltis, and he tried to kill me.

I'll testify against him, but you gotta give me something, too.

This is Detective Madison, Eastbridge PD. I need a trace on our main station

line, 555 -6300.

What do you want?

I want immunity.

Except you're napping your son.

I'm not sure I can do that.

You want Colette or not?

I'll recommend leniency to the DA.

Full immunity.

Take it or leave it.

Let's talk about it. You're tracing the call.

No. I'll call back in an hour. Hold on a second. No tricks if you want Colette.

You really gonna give him immunity for kidnapping David?

I don't know.

As a father, I hate the idea.

As a cop, if it means we can get Colette... All right,

watch out.

Watch out for the kids, huh?

All you kids, your bones back, okay, Blake?

You're really doing this, huh?

I haven't made any secret of this.

I'm sailing for Europe as soon as I can.

So why sailing?

Because it's peaceful and it gives me a chance to relax and do the things which

I enjoy.

Like?

You won't laugh if I tell you painting.

That's my mother.

I did that about a year ago from an old photograph.

Oh, I wish you would have known her.

Do you like it? You want it? It's yours.

That goes for everything else in the house.

Including me.

It is for real.

Are you really trying to change?

Maybe.

Maybe I just ran out of gas.

But after what they did to Nicky...

All I got now is you, honey.

You're all I got.

So when are you going to go to Europe?

I mean, after all these years, I made a lot of enemies.

If I really want peace and quiet, I gotta go.

One minute.

Just keep him on the phone for one minute.

This is Detective Madison.

Activate the trace on our main statement line.

Scali, I delivered Colette.

I get immunity for the kidnapping.

Deal?

It's not that simple. Yes or no?

Answer or I'll hang up.

Yes. All right.

I'll be at the Blue Harbor Hotel.

Bring a doctor and some cops in case Colette shows up.

Eight o 'clock tonight.

Wait, uh...

Where exactly is the Blue Harbor Hotel?

You'll find it. Wait a minute.

Not even close.

Yeah.

I think he did real good.

I did just what you told me.

I think he went for it.

You know what I think?

I think we got him right where we want him.

So give me a break, huh?

You should never have kidnapped a kid.

You know, it's wrong to harm children.

Keaton sounded legit, but who knows?

Where is the Blue Harbor Hotel, anyway?

Front Street, near the docks. Even rats won't stay there.

If Keaton's really ready to sing, I'll strike up the band.

But if Collette's behind it... A more than distinct possibility.

I'll be at the Blue Harbor Hotel at 8.

Have Foster and Papadakis follow me in uniforms and squad cars.

Keaton said he wanted a doctor.

Doc Campbell can ride with me. We should have the hotel covered, too. You and

Ronnie, be at the hotel by 7. If you see anyone who looks wrong, grab him.

Are you thinking Colette?

He'd never go himself.

You see, in his mind, I'm the one who killed his son and destroyed his

He wouldn't order a hit on me. He'd push the button himself.

If it's a setup, he'll be there.

He has to be.

Going to work?

No, this is only for my own protection, honey.

You've been lying to me all my life. Why should today be any different?

You heard of Scali?

He killed your brother.

Will killing Scali bring him back?

Goodbye, Papa.

Wait, sweetheart.

What was all that talk about change?

About all the time we were going to have together?

I meant every word I said. You got it.

After this, after this, it's all over. You kill a police commissioner and I'm

supposed to believe that it's over?

It'll never be over.

And I was a fool to think it would be. You are what you are.

You can't change.

It's not in you.

And I can't love what you are.

It's not in me.

Catherine, don't walk out on me.

This is C -1 on TAC -3.

What's cooking, Sid?

Is Keaton there?

Haven't seen him. No sign of Colette either.

We'll be there in ten minutes.

boss. They've locked off the street. We can't get to them. Where are they now?

Talk to me. They grabbed him. Moving west on Columbia.

Call Rebecca.

All units.

Light blue sedan moving west on Columbia.

They got the boss.

Take for a wire.

Clean.

He'll live.

For now.

They had to think time down to the second. Before we knew it, the boss was

All units, spot the highway and Logan Bridge. All lakes inside of town.

Light blue sedan.

Banged up on the passenger side. Passenger side damage. Let's get moving.

You gonna do it or what?

That's bad, though.

We got time.

In that case, you can sit yourselves under arrest.

I got a hand for you, Scali. For 40 years, I beat every rap the feds threw

way, and I threw it right back in their face.

Never thought I'd back it in from some hick from the sticks.

I'm from Flatbush.

Oh, I forgot.

Flatbush.

Benzenweist. Two boys from the neighborhood, huh?

Too bad you went crooked and became a cop.

We would have done great things together.

What happened to Keaton?

Everybody has a purpose.

And when that purpose is served, like that.

I had him snooping around the hospital, so I think you were looking for him.

But you had Keaton the whole time.

Kept him alive just long enough to set me up. Well, you don't get where I am

without a little knowledge of strategy.

Where are you, Collette?

The great Tommy Collette, boss of bosses.

What do you got left?

A gun in your hand at this ape with you.

Oh, Scali.

The world's gone around a couple of times.

But as of this moment?

I'd rather be me than you.

You killed the most important thing in the world to me.

You said it yourself.

It was business.

So it is.

Get it over with.

Go ahead. He wants it.

No, no, no.

The streets are crawling with cops.

I mean, they find his buddy in his van.

It would be an embarrassment and very, very hard to explain.

We'll go out to the boat.

We'll take it out three miles.

Where only the fishies can see it.

And nobody, but nobody will ever find you.

That's business.

Want me to come on board?

I'm going alone.

You call the lawyers. They'll tell you how to clean things up. Go on.

Let's move this tub out of here.

You're out of here, Collette.

You okay, boss?

Yeah, yeah.

You wanted me to come to this boat all along.

I know some of our strategy myself.

Let's go.

The murder of Keaton Hansoltis and for kidnapping of a police officer.

We got Walker as his van was leaving the dock.

Good.

I staked out the boat because I didn't want Colette to get out of the country

before we could arrest him.

I just didn't think he'd have me at gunpoint.

We should get you to a doctor.

I'll live.

I'll live.

Get him down and hold him. Take his belt and his shoelaces.

I want an officer outside his cell every second he's in our custody.

Collette.

Thank you for my son.

That had nothing to do with business.

This is harassment, pure and simple. Give it up, Clyde. Look, I'm a

You're getting pressure from the newspaper, and I'm the patsy.

The man is absolutely right.

Boss, we brought... On top of that, this department is not even the appropriate

authority to handle this case.

What? You're not the appropriate authority.

Eastbridge Mental Health Department Sexual Perversion Division is the place

deal with individuals whose sexual lives are limited to... Wait, wait, wait. Are

you calling me a pervert? ...are limited to and whose sole means of

gratification comes from... Hey, hey, I am not a pervert.

...from looking through windows watching 80 -year -old women disrobe... 80? She

couldn't have been a day over 25. She had boobs, aren't there?

Gotcha.

Can I get you something?

A week in Miami.

I am ready.

Rach,

I'm so sorry.

This whole thing, what it put you through and David.

Yeah.

nothing's more important to me than you and the kids.

Look, Paul.

I said I wanted you to quit.

I meant it.

At the time.

You don't anymore?

When I fell in love with you,

Now you're a cop.

And I am still in love.

I guess it's part of the package.

But there's just one thing I really, really want you to do.

Name it.

Promise me it'll never happen again.

Well, Rachel, you know I can't.

Do it anyway.

I just wanna hear you say it.

I promise.