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Previously on Third Watch.

This is how you do me?

You shoot the man who put you down?

Scumbags and murderers. You or your paramedics have to say, sir, do you

you're in grave danger of dying?

Sir.

We're here for the money only. We do not want to hurt you. We'll operate and you

will not be hurt.

No, this guy's going to take you home. It's going to be all right. I can walk.

No, you can't walk.

Chief Hancock, time to get some Christmas presents for the squeeze.

I got a man down here. I got a man down here.

Miguel, you okay?

What's up with my leg?

Well, it's probably broken.

Can I get a cast?

Yeah, I'm still gonna hold you up. Oh, it's about the rally. Yeah.

Thank you.

Mom, what you thinking him for? He almost shot me.

Hey, I got better aim than that.

Let's go.

I'm gonna head upstairs.

The detectives get here, send them up.

Okay, love.

Folks, you want something?

Because the show's over here, all right?

Nothing else is going to happen, so I need you all to clear the sidewalk,

please.

I need you to clear the sidewalk, thank you.

Folks, I need you to clear the sidewalk.

You guys think I'm joking?

Guys, go find someplace else to hang out.

Are you going to be okay?

Be a friend of yours?

Yeah, he's going to be fine.

Look, gentlemen, this is a crime scene, all right? Why don't you go stand up

there on the sidewalk, and anybody that's walking this way, tell them

got to cross over to the other side.

Come on, I could really use the help.

What if they say no?

Then you tell them to come see me, because nobody tells any of my deputies

all right?

Everybody okay?

Yeah, I think so.

Crime 4, 10 -13, 10 -13, shot fired.

106 emerged.

Ambulance, an ambulance.

Bosco! Bosco!

I don't know, he's not here!

Looks like one in the chest, one in the abdomen.

His mother's on the floor. Stop this bleeding first.

Carlos, I need help here.

Carlos, I need some help out here.

Let's get him out of here.

Damn, bud.

Damn it.

They were shooting at me.

She's fine, Miguel. You hang on. You listen to me. Hang on, all right?

I'll be five minutes out. You don't have five minutes.

Come down here and hold this pressure dressing.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine. All right, grab her.

All right, she's bleeding in the head, but it's not a GSW. It's a

lack. It must have been from the crack.

She's got a GSW to the right lateral thigh.

Radial pulses.

She can wait. He can't.

Carlos, I need you to stay with her. Here?

Yeah. Right here? Yeah, listen. I need you to wait for the other bus, all

Miguel, open your eyes. I need you to stay with her. Okay? Keep an eye on her.

Keep pressure on that bleed. If she wakes up, she's going to be afraid for

son.

All right?

All right. Okay? Do that. Doc?

Close his eyes. Doc?

She's crashing. Let's get out of here. We got to go. We got to... Your arm,

please. Your arm, please.

Come on, Miguel.

All right, I'm staying here. Careful.

Open that door!

Multiple GSWs to the chest and abdomen.

Briefly conscious on scene. One sinus with pulse. Now PEA as we pull in. All

right, let's get an airway in. I need a 6 -0 ET tube, 3 -max blade. Full travel

panel, hemi -Q and Foley. Open the thoracotomy tray and banded in the

Hang on, Miguel. You hear me? Set up the cell. Hang on, buddy. When we crack his

chest, we can auto -transfuse. What are they doing?

What are they doing from that?

Briefly, please.

Hang on, Miguel.

He was still awake right after he talked to me.

He was awake.

We'll fix him up, Oscar.

His mother didn't want him to talk.

Oh, his mother.

Shalik was his mother.

She's in good hands.

She's in good hands.

Carlos!

You all right?

She's got a GSW to the right side. He already told us that. Need help?

No, no, we're good.

Okay.

You've seen this?

Yeah, it's like something out of Bonnie and Clyde. What's going on out here?

They're shooting people in the ambulance now?

No way he's going to get away with this. Cops are going to come down hard. Good.

You know what? This is no movie, Taylor.

Whoa. It's real as hell, okay?

Don't pay us for this.

No, I don't.

You gotta roll.

Don't piss him off.

You coming in with us?

What do you think, I'm just gonna stand out here now?

That's not what I... You know what, just get up front, alright?

He got ambushed.

The bus.

This guy just came around the back and... He just, uh... He opened fire

inside the bus. You saw it? No, I got there after.

You see the shooter? I should have protected him. Bosco, the shooter. He

get a very good look. Did I ask you?

Well, he told me. Well, now he can tell me.

I'm sure he will. Look, I need you to focus here, Bosco, okay? Forget about

victims. Our job is the perps.

Forget the victims?

If we hadn't pushed him to be a witness... Vernon was on to him already.

We don't have time for crying now.

You want to help this kid?

Let's get the guy that did this to him.

Now, did you see the shooter or not?

He was black, bald.

Maybe... You know, I don't know. I couldn't really tell.

But he knew Miguel was in that bus.

It's like he was watching us the whole time.

He's probably with the guy who chased Miguel down the fire escape.

Oh, he'll know the shooter.

He still here?

Yeah, they're prepping him for surgery. I just left him with Smitty. He's really

out of it. Bosco.

Hey.

Stop this thing.

Hey. Hey, you.

Who was your partner? What are you doing? Who are you with?

I'm the one who shot you. Remember me?

You know what? Do this later. Who was with you, jagoff? This man has to get up

to the OR.

For what?

Or he'll die?

Like that's going to be some kind of loss?

Now they're going to save his life.

He isn't going to do us any good dead, is he?

We'll be there standing next to him when he wakes up.

Doc? Yeah.

I'm sorry.

At the scene, in the bus, I froze. I freaked out. I'm sorry.

You did fine.

No, I mean, I stood there. I couldn't move.

So what?

I mean, what exactly do you think you should have done?

What you did, you know? You were in control. You did the job.

Yeah, what I did.

I was in control.

Let's get out of here. Gotta get a new bus.

And a new sweatshirt.

All right, let's go.

He's a red blanket to the OR. Let's get him up there.

Get that door, please.

Coming through.

His mother?

She's been taken care of.

Nothing more we can do, so this part is over for us.

Let's go.

You know, when I met this kid, I thought he was nothing but trouble.

The mouth, the attitude.

Just a matter of time, he was going to be a problem.

Well, he would have been someday. No, he was a kid.

He wasn't the problem. Everything else was.

Where he lived, who he knew, the things he saw.

You gotta move on.

Vernon Marks is gonna wish this day never happened.

You gonna go stand on Vernon's head?

toss his clay, flap him around a little bit, and he's going to tell you who did

this for him.

He's just going to cough that name right up. That was a few teeth.

Here's what he's going to do.

He's going to take his beating. He's going to collect his million -dollar

settlement the city gives him while they take your entire future away.

I can live with that.

You want to hurt Vernon?

You find the shooter.

That's who we need to talk to, and every second that I spend holding on to your

leash, that shooter gets further and further away. What do you want me to do?

This is not an international crime ring. He used one of his own guys to do this.

We go back to his hood, we lean on someone we got leverage on, shake his

until the name falls out. Okay, when we find this guy and he doesn't want to

talk any more than Vernon, then what?

I can be pretty damn persuasive.

What if that doesn't work?

I'll let you off your leash.

No, detectives and gang units are already on the scene. All I do is get in

way.

That's right.

Let me know.

Are the cops all right? Yeah.

Medic? I understand that no injuries from the services.

Sir, about Officer Sullivan, I know he messed up today. We want to talk about

this now. You need to understand, he's had it rough lately. His wife was

murdered. His whole... What happened today, that's not him.

That wasn't him.

And... Yeah.

I'm on the way.

All right, I'll be there in five minutes.

He wasn't even on duty today, sir.

Take me downtown.

The marijuana's a -breathing.

Yeah. It'll be a long night.

After you drop me off, I need you to deliver this.

Hey, you ask to Nancy, if I could take it myself, I would. Hey, this is not

of my job.

Delivering mail to your little side dish is not. Your job is to do whatever the

hell I tell you to do. Why do you even want to put me in this? You know how I

feel about it. I'm not asking you to double date with us.

Just hand her the envelope.

When you get back, we'll talk about Officer Sullivan.

All clear, Sergeant.

Got it.

I don't got no warrants.

Forget a date with your parole officer last week?

I called him. He said it was I.

I guess he changed his mind. Sit down.

Tell me about your boy Vernon.

Who? Vernon Marks. Who do you ask to take out a witness today?

Vernon? I don't know no one.

This is a bad time to play clown, Del.

Don't even waste your time, Bosco.

Try to sit with me here.

You got two convictions for possession with intent.

Another six months on paper for that. What do you think a new possession hit

does for you? Something maybe as small as a couple of rocks. Come on, Cruz.

That's not right.

I'm having a bad day, Del. And when that happens, you have a worse day.

Keep an eye on him, Bosco.

Got a real good feeling about the bedroom.

Hmm.

Hope they saved your titty books up at Rikers.

Hate to see you have to replace the whole damn collection. Nah, wait, Cruz!

shot up the ambulance today?

I would never doubt that. I ain't, I ain't!

Who?

I heard it was... I can't hear you. Maybe it was LeVon. Maybe ain't gonna

it. It was LeVon!

LeVon Jackson. What's he look like?

Ball.

Big, like 6 '6". Where's he live? I don't know where he live.

He move around a lot because of that crazy -ass pit bull he got.

One of Vernon's crew had a white pit bull with him the day Wiggy got shot.

Where's the last place he stayed at? With some hoe up on a hundred knife.

I don't know the address.

Well, you're going to show us.

Get up.

Come on.

Get up.

No, leave him.

We don't want his friends to think he's palling around with us, do we, Deb?

No, ma 'am. Thank you.

We'll save that option for when you try to lead us to the wrong building.

I wouldn't do that. You won't now.

Put some pants on.

Thank you.

That was pretty good.

No, actually, that was great.

What? I thought I knew what I was doing out here, but I guess I don't.

Smartest thing I've heard you say.

All that about searching the place and dropping the rocks.

I don't know. I never would have thought to say that.

Use it.

No charge.

What if he would have called you bluff?

Bluff? Yeah.

Never tell a scale you're going to do something you're not prepared to do.

Never.

You all

right,

Teddy?

I did better.

Every time George cancels, I fix myself a drink.

Turn on the TV and look for...

Bad news about cops.

Did you know any of the officers who were shot at? Yeah.

I'm his errand boy now, so there you go.

Would you like to come in? No, no.

Did I miss something? I don't recall you being so rude.

I'm sorry. It's not enough that I'm the bag man. I have to be polite about it,

too. Bag man?

These are plane tickets to go see my mother in Denver.

Every year around this time, he takes me out to dinner, and he gives me this, my

Christmas present.

And then it's goodbye until January.

Makes him feel less guilty about the holiday. What about you? You ever feel

guilty? Sometimes you don't get to choose who you care about.

No, but you can choose what you do about it, how you act.

You mean like your father did?

Hancock's been running his mouth, huh?

My family is none of your business.

Exactly. Exactly.

Maybe you should tell George to leave me the hell alone. I can go back to my

regular assignment. We can stay completely out of each other's business

forget we ever met. How about that?

We're not hurting anyone here.

All right.

This man has a wife and kids.

If they don't know about you yet, they will one day, and they're all going to

feel like they've been cheated on. What do you know? Let's not forget that if

you weren't in this situation in the first place, you wouldn't have to

that you weren't assaulted during that blackout, so don't delude yourself.

You're hurting people.

Mm -hmm.

Team one's in position.

We're going to force the door.

You all ready?

Um, I can't find my English notebook.

Rex Spiral?

Yeah. In the top bureau drawer. I wasn't sure whose it was.

Thanks, Dad.

How are things going with that counselor?

You mean shrink?

I mean counselor.

She didn't seem to think of nuts or anything.

She's just someone to talk to.

Really?

We mostly just stare at each other.

Em, are you sure you're ready to go back? Because if you want, you can take

another day.

I'm already behind my classes, and I miss my friends.

I want to go back.

Okay.

Then I'll drive you.

What?

Well, I got to go to court later on, you know, and I'm up already, so I'll give

you a ride.

Mom, I want to go to school the way I always do.

I'm going to get on the bus, and I'm going to ride past that bank.

And I'll be all right.

Okay.

Let's go, Charlie. Your sister's ready.

I'll be all right, Faith.

She'll be fine.

How bad was I?

You don't remember?

I remember my

version. Yeah, how's that go?

All I wanted was to see my mother.

And I guess I mouthed off a little bit to a three -star chief.

You're kidding, right?

a little out of hand. A little? Yeah, so you took a swing at a rent -a -cop,

then you told the chief of patrol not to marry his squeeze.

Oh, God, I brought her into it.

He suspended you. They took your shield and your gun away. You have no

recollection of that?

I'll talk to him.

It's past that, man.

I'll apologize.

I'll kiss the ring, throw myself on his mercy.

I already tried that.

Don't.

Whatever mess I made, it's my problem. I don't need you fighting my battles.

I'll apologize.

Hancock's been around. He'll understand.

No, he won't understand. That's what I'm trying to tell you.

Davis, I can handle it.

I gotta go.

I can't be late.

What does that mean?

Okay, when will you know?

Right. No, look, I'm sorry.

I'll call back.

At the hospital?

Miguel's still critical.

They don't know if he's going to make it.

Your mother?

Stable.

Stable and I bet real pissed off.

You get anything?

I gotta say, LeVon's girlfriend's tough.

She isn't going to give him up. She's either way in love with him or real

afraid. So what now?

I got Northcutt and Howard scooping up her kids at Grandma's. Her kids?

Yeah.

They see she loves her man enough to lose him.

And I want her to see their little faces when she makes that decision.

Hey, Bosco, how you doing?

Oh, you heard, huh?

Yeah, everyone did.

Great. I'm fine. What are you doing here so early?

I'm not early. It's 3 o 'clock.

Already?

I never went home.

So what happened with Vernon? Had to kick him loose an hour and a half ago.

says we don't have a case unless we talk to Miguel.

I did get a name on the shooter, though. LeVon Jackson.

Yeah, they're gonna pass out a picture at roll call.

It's nice work.

It was Cruz.

She's good.

Right. Got the guy's girlfriend in interrogation. See if she can give us

idea where he might be holding them up. Yeah, I heard you. You gonna dangle the

little faces in front of her? Anything that helps.

Anything? Really?

Like using children as bait?

Scaring the hell out of them, seeing their mother chained to a wall?

Officer?

Sergeant? Sarge, where do you want them?

Ah, for me.

What, you want to go see Mama?

Let's go.

Well, it looks like you got all the help you need.

Babe, I'm after a guy that shot a kid.

Let's go.

Miss Davis agrees with you? What she said at the hospital?

When we talked about it last night, she thinks I did all I could to.

What do you mean? She said the press gave it a name, Ambulance Ambush. Yeah,

yeah, I saw it.

What did Joyce say about it?

That must have been nice having her to talk to. I mean, you know, all I have is

Davis, you know? He's a good guy, but he's no woman, right?

Of course, my story's different than yours.

Staring death in the face, performing anyway.

Carlos, do yourself a favor and stop talking about it, all right?

It's easy for you to say before I get a damn award. Hey, shut up, okay?

All right? Do you think you can do that? Please.

Make

sure

ESU knows there's going to be plainclothes units on scene. You got

An address usually stays there, boss. Need anything?

We got it.

That woman sure gets things done.

Yeah.

In fact, she does.

He's having lunch with you in public?

I insisted.

My flight's not for a couple hours.

So I thought I'd say goodbye, give him his present.

Sounds like a plan.

He's waiting for you.

He can wait.

Walk with me a minute.

No, I'm supposed to... Got to wait with the car.

Oh, come on. Just a second.

Listen, George is extremely ambitious. I think that's why he doesn't understand

you.

I'm not that tough to understand.

He wants to help me. I don't want his help.

Oh, he doesn't want to help you. He just wants to buy you off.

He wants to run for office, and he's scared that you're going to screw it up

him. How would I do that?

Oh, come on. By talking to the press about me. I mean, you bring me up to him

every chance you get.

That's only because I think something should have been done about you being

attacked. He barely admits it happened.

And you won't even talk about it.

In that store, I did what I had to do to get them to leave us alone.

Wait, wait.

You're saying you let it happen? Well, when the option is watching someone you

love beaten to death in front of you, you find a surprising amount of resolve.

You think you can tell me who they were?

I don't know who they were. I didn't get their card. What do they look like?

Something? Anything?

Oh, God.

Can't you both forget it?

All I want is for it to go away. And it never can because you keep bringing it

up. You're worse than George.

This isn't what I wanted to talk about.

I wanted to tell you that it's over.

I'm not coming back from Denver. I'm going to tell George at lunch.

Really? Yeah.

Now, why are you telling me?

That night, your kindness.

When you didn't know who I was and you didn't know who he was, the gentleness

your eyes, it was exactly the thing I needed. And I'll never be able to thank

you enough for that.

Listen, you should take advantage of what he's offering you, Ty.

He's a man of his word.

I can make my own way in the department. I don't need any favors from anybody.

Do you know what tilting at windmills is?

Yes, with Don Quixote.

Ooh.

I don't want to knock over any windmills. I just want to be left alone.

it.

You're not like the rest of the cops.

Why? Because I read a book?

Because you still haven't stopped believing that the good guys always win

the bad guys always lose.

It's sweet.

Really, it is.

Thanks for everything.

All clear, Sergeant.

Place is empty.

Wait, he's not here?

Damn it! We'll get him.

This won't be today.

And that's okay with you?

Hey. What?

I'm talking to you here.

Hey, Luke, no day.

Yeah.

No.

I don't think he's gone too far.

I know. I'm going to get that.

I got you.

Hey, with bus line.

Hello? Hey, with bus line. The depot.

Hello?

Central, notify Port Authority Police to halt all outgoing bus traffic at the

George Washington Bridge bus terminal at 178. Do not, I repeat, do not approach

any of the buses. We'll notify further upon my arrival. Bus did not leave.

Cam Ravioli was still one bus, though. Stay cool.

How was lunch?

Fine.

Nancy's on her way to the airport?

They saw her go in.

She stopped by and said hi. First time she's insisted on lunch in Midtown in

broad daylight.

She said gas discretion was already out the window.

What'd she say to you?

Uh, she wasn't coming back from Denver.

Ever.

That's what she said.

I'm sorry.

No, you're not.

You think she means it? Why are we having this discussion?

10 -4.

She's not much for drama, Davis.

And she's never said she wasn't coming back before.

me. Do you know where the Haywood bus lines leave from? What?

Haywood.

Hotel.

Okay, you two, you stay here. I don't want them getting past us. You two with

me. Let's go.

Okay, clear the floor. Check the bathrooms.

We're looking for a Levon Jackson 6 -3, bald black. Considered armed and

dangerous.

Buses are on the roof.

Excuse us, please.

Listen to me. This guy's bad news. He don't care. Remember, do not hurt him.

need to talk to this guy.

I've got to go here. I've got to go.

Wait.

I'm just looking for someone.

Get along.

All right, everybody stay on this bus.

Give it up, LeVon.

Give it up. It's over. Never over. All right, it's done.

Drop that gun.

Don't do it.

LeVon, don't do it.

No.

Get on that bus.

Oh, no.

No way.

Vaughn.

Vaughn. Vaughn, you live, you son of a bitch!

What'd you do?

What'd you do?

He's dead. You happy now? He's dead.

Are you happy? He's dead!

Now he's not gonna give us a damn thing!

Now what, huh? He can't give us Vernon. Now what, Sergeant?

Without him, we got nothing!

You hear me? We got nothing.

Sir, do you understand that you are in grave danger of dying?

The words that you say to me may be the last words that you speak.

I need you to tell us who told you to hurt Miguel White.

He said it was Vernon March.

Confess. He said he shot Miguel White for Vernon March.

Those were his last words.

Did you hear that on the radio? They got the guy that shot at us. I heard.

You should get over there.

Cops might need you to ID the body.

They aren't going to need me. Why not?

It might be the missing piece of the puzzle.

Carlos, I didn't see the guy.

I barely even saw the gun. As soon as I heard it, I ducked.

I didn't look at our patient or his mother or anybody else until it was over

the guy was gone. I wasn't in control.

So you did what everybody else did?

Yeah. I was right next to the kid. I could have... I don't know.

I'm supposed to be the paramedic of the year?

Well, what I did was done.

You wouldn't be alive right now if it hadn't been for you. You got that kid to

the hospital in a squad car, kid in full arrest with two GSWs and no equipment.

After. Wait a minute. So what are you saying you should have done?

Jumped in front of him?

Taken a bullet for him? What?

No.

Go ahead.

So what does that say about what I did?

What you did.

If all you did was save this kid's life, what was my contribution?

I left you alone at the scene with the mother because I knew that no matter

you were feeling, you'd do the job.

Are you complimenting me?

Hell no.

Right.

Yep, I'm burning.

Bosco! What's up, hot panty? Where your back up? Y 'all ain't scared to come

around here? Oh, don't tell me.

Oh, Wiggy back from the dead, huh? Oh, we're way past Wiggy Mew. Vaughn gave

up, man.

Vaughn, you're under arrest. Hands on the car. You're arranging the attempted

murders of two witnesses, two paramedics, and a police officer.

You better hope that that little boy hangs on, because if he dies, you got a

capital case against you.

Ow.

That's gotta hurt.

Vaughn put my name in his mouth?

That little bitch, he a walking dead man.

We gonna pay.

Oh, he gonna play hard.

It's hard on him, son.

I'm the man out here. Look at him, Vernon.

Look at him.

All out here to watch you fall.

And they can't wait for you to be gone.

Forever. You hear me? For good.

You'll be forgotten in a week.

Because of one little boy. But one little boy has the stones to stand up to

He's twice the man you'll ever be.

I'll be back. No.

You won't. Not this time.

Yes, I will.

Get my bail, son.

Come

on,

it's time to go home.

I'm ready to make a deal with you. What now?

Well, you're looking to make a deal. I'm ready to make one with you.

Talk to me.

Sullivan's going to get a hold of you and apologize, and I want you to accept

it.

Just drop the whole thing and let him come back to work.

Is that right?

Yeah.

Look, you take his job away from him.

I really don't know what's going to happen to him. I suspended him already.

This is all he's got, okay?

That's not really my concern.

He keeps his job.

He's going to apologize, he's going to get his act together, you leave him

alone.

I think you're a little confused here, officer.

I don't know, I mean... You think I'm going to go to the press, talk about

Nancy, ruin things for you, right?

Hey, I mean, that's the last thing I'd ever want to do, but you've messed with

Sullivan, trust me.

I'll do it in a heartbeat.

You're threatening me.

For him?

No, sir. I'm just looking out for my best friend.

So you leave him alone.

I leave you alone.

Everybody's happy.

I thought you didn't make deals.

No breaks, no favors, no exceptions.

Isn't that your thing?

Yeah, I've revised my thinking on that.

What do you say?

What about being my driver?

I hate being a driver.

We both know it should be somebody else.

You're back to your regular assignment.

Tell Sullivan to report to headquarters. He's back to full duty.

No, he can't know I did this. You have to call him in yourself.

You are a real pain in the ass, Davis.

From you, sir, that's kind of a compliment.

Chief.

Thank you, sir.

Word is, with his dying declaration, he rolled on Vernon.

Jagoff's going to be the guest of the state of New York for a long time.

What'd you do with the girlfriend?

Girlfriend? Yeah, the woman with the two kids, the one that gave you LaVon's

address.

Been processed, I guess.

We did what we had to do.

That's what you said.

But you don't agree.

I don't think anything is worth terrorizing children over.

These people shot a 12 -year -old in the back of an ambulance.

And what did this woman's kids do?

We would have found another way.

I'm going to go. I'm going to go tell Miguel and his mother that Vernon's gone

away.

Is it true?

What?

Did he really give you Vernon?

Just between you and me, is it true?

Completely true.