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Previously on Third Watch.

Hi, I'm Mr. Martin.

I'm your brother Michael's attorney.

Listen to me and listen real close.

If you hurt my brother, I'm going to kill you.

Well, he's dead.

You sure?

Donald Mann is a dangerous guy.

You can want to know who's responsible for his son's death. Someone beat that

little girl into a coma. Aside from severe head trauma, she has numerous

contusions and abrasions over most of her body. Is she going to make it?

Probably not.

Hey, Fred, I'm sorry.

It's me. Are you okay?

Hey, baby.

Yeah, I'm fine.

Well, you didn't call. We were worried.

I didn't leave a message.

No, you didn't. Let's go. We're late. I'm sorry.

I didn't call.

Um, it's been a really long night. I'll explain later.

Can you put your dad on?

Dad? I said we're late.

Come on.

We're late for Charlie's game.

Yeah, I heard.

All right, I'll talk to you guys later, okay?

Okay, bye.

Good afternoon. Hi.

How's she doing?

She's off the band, but no telling with head injuries.

Yeah.

No telling.

Bosco, deal with Monroe today. Yocas took a vacation day.

She won't leave that kid in the hospital.

Boss, we got 600 for possession and sales of narcotics. Be back in a minute

the pedigree.

Cruz is setting arrest records with that ecstasy ring.

Nice score, people.

Very nice.

Don't tell me.

These are all Dolphin Ecstasy guys off Mikey's info.

You should be proud of them. Every name you've given us has been a home run.

Slow down.

You get the names, you sit on them a while before you make a move. Are you

schooling me now?

Most of these guys know Mikey just got college. All right, what, they start

falling too?

Not that. Not that smart. Smart enough to know when they get to Rikers and they

look around, see who among them is missing.

Your brother knew the risk going into this, okay? If he's smart, he's laying

low.

Officer, a couple of things.

Narcotics and anti -crime are both in on this because we got word that Donald

Mann may be trying to get back into the country.

Father of Joey Mann. So what?

The late Joey Mann.

Dad is the big boss of the whole operation.

And the more of his people we take down now, the less damage he can do if he

gets back in. The only thing I'm thinking about is my brother, okay?

were you, then I would be worried less about Cruz and more about your brother's

lawyer who's down in lockup.

What about him? They say he's their lawyer, too. And they're asking to see

You're still here?

Yeah, I was... Who's with Lester? Is he okay?

Lester? You don't have him locked up, do you? He hates confined spaces.

Jan, why are you even concerned about where Lester is? Will they feed him?

he get his coffee? He really needs his coffee. Jan!

You haven't even asked about your daughter.

This is insane.

No update on my daughter, not a word from the DA.

You've been playing both sides.

Fair enough. I have to spend the night in this stink box on these...

He charges.

Your daughter is still in a coma, and your wife is beat to a pulp.

I did not cause those injuries.

Yeah, but you do represent the same guy as Mikey ratted out. You don't see a

conflict? I mean, what's to stop you from telling them about Mikey?

Oh, this is great. First I'm accused of abuse, and now of betraying my attorney

-client privilege?

Mikey's done with you.

I want all the records you got on him. I'm not exactly in a position to give

them to you, am I?

You're going to be in a worse position for the next five to 15.

Do you honestly believe that?

No, I mean, don't get me wrong. I was, I was pissed at myself, but I don't know.

I guess things happen for a reason.

It's not like he failed the damn thing. Yeah, but there's not a law school in

the country. They'll take a second look at me with my score. Charlie responding.

There you go. All right.

Come on.

Come on, what?

Oh, you know, taking the LSAT is one thing. Actually, going to law school is

another. No, no, no. You let it go.

Why? Don't. You got to go.

Destiny, huh? Yeah. You took the test on the Lark, right?

You did great. That's destiny right there. Me, I got more time to put in. I

more dues to pay. Time with Monroe, you mean? I don't hate the job like you do,

okay? I see myself putting in a few more years.

Wow.

Nice form, but he didn't stick the landing. Purse doesn't match the shoes.

them. Right behind you.

Hey!

Just stop. I got you, man.

It's over, sir. You can stop running now.

Stop. Damn it.

Stand down. Stand down. Stand down. Where are you going?

Oh, it's so stupid.

Stupid. Stupid. Yeah, you are.

Where's Purse Snatcher on the planet?

Oh man, what is that?

I'm gonna stick around for a few more years of this, huh?

You look terrible.

Bad Chinese.

I would have stayed home last night, but I have to break in on a new medic

today. Oh, here we go. You're putting on the bad Chinese routine, thinking

you're going to pawn a newbie off on me?

I'm not pawning anything off on you.

And I'm no newbie.

Carlos Nieto.

Grace Foster.

Hey, how you doing?

You know the 6 -8?

Yeah, one of the best beds to die around.

The 6 -8 is a war zone.

GSWs, knife wounds, hammer wounds, ODs. We had to hose down the inside of a bus

three times a tour.

Wow. It was non -stop medic heaven, and I kicked its ass for three years. And

how did the city repay me?

With a transfer to this undermanned country club.

Country club? Yeah. So, while I'm figuring out how to get back there...

How about you do us both a favor?

Sure. One, I got a faith.

Two, don't even think of trying to be friends. And three, don't ever let me

you refer to me as a newbie.

Got that?

That chick is... Oh, yeah.

So hot.

Hey, Faith. Hey.

You talk to the mom?

That woman's a mess.

She seems to respond to you.

Story of my life.

Unless we get her to testify, get the conviction on Lester, it's going to be a

lot tougher.

What, the broken ribs and the bruises aren't enough? Not to mention this one?

We need Jan in court pointing a finger.

What do you think?

What'll she say?

Damn, that is awesome.

You've got to be kidding me. See that little rubbery thing?

Epiglottis and molecular.

It's all guts to me.

It's what keeps the food out of your windpipe. The damn thing trips me up

time I intubate.

Hey, what do you guys got? Just hang on a second.

These 5 '5 medics are hardcore.

All right, here they come. Let's go.

Ow! Oh, oh, easy, easy.

You know, I'm injured here.

Injured where?

My knee. I got an open wound.

You call that a wound?

Buddy, that's a wound. What you got is a scrape.

Do you want treatment or not? Not if you're going to make fun of me.

Sweetheart, let me get you a Band -Aid, and then we're out of here.

Hey, look.

You can see what he ate.

Stop it.

Thanks for the transport.

Man, you guys got your hands full.

I'll have him waiting for you in lockup. Thank you.

Unless you want to babysit this seat while we take him in.

Yeah, no thanks.

Thanks, sir.

Go rest for the weary, huh, boys?

I don't know about that.

What you up to, Jelly?

About to be built.

Oh, lovely.

Yeah, I was just sitting on top of the garbage.

No real effort to hide it.

Check out the skin.

Little puncture wounds all over the place like he was tortured.

Somebody didn't like this guy.

What, the no arms, no legs, no head gave that away?

You think I would turn on my husband? He didn't do anything. We can protect you,

Jan. You know what? I don't want to talk to you, okay?

I'll talk to her, but not to you.

I don't like her.

Yeah, I got that. She's a bitch.

Bitch!

Can I get a refill?

You drink a lot of water.

Ten glasses a day.

I thought the ideal was eight.

A ten is better.

Lester insists.

Does he? Yeah.

It's his nature, you know.

The way he dotes on me.

He's just a perfectionist, you know?

And that's exactly what I need.

You married?

Yeah.

Kids?

No. Really?

Why not?

I don't know. We just, um...

You know we haven't.

Imagine just for a minute, okay, that you and your husband have a child, all

right? And she's really clumsy. She's falling down all the time.

And this one time, she's in the next room eating, and she falls.

Only you think she's choking on her vegetables. So you call the police, and

say you hit her. You and your husband, who wasn't even there. Can you imagine?

No.

But I can't imagine having those bruises all over my body, either.

Ah, I'm just clumsy, too, is all.

Must run in the family.

You notice how I didn't ask you guys if you touched anything?

See, now you're a couple of wily veterans. What you're asking us now?

You got us, Davis.

Go ahead, give him back the leg.

All right, come on, that's a person there.

That's a John Doe. Not anymore.

Oh. Oh, that's highly irregular.

So what's behind the identity?

Give me a print on that right away.

Don't you have to pee?

I hold it. Let the water do its thing.

Well, if you want to go, I won't tell.

He'd know.

So does Lester dote on Rebecca, you know, the same way that he dotes on you?

No, not like with me.

I noticed that he gets to bring her to work and takes her out to lunch.

Not always.

Does he ever take you?

Sure. How about you and Rebecca?

Oh, yeah, we get plenty of time together with me homeschooling her. Yeah.

Yeah, that must be a handful.

Yeah, well, we have our moments.

Not so good moments?

Well, I wouldn't say that.

They're certainly never violent, if that's what you're asking. No, I'm not.

was just curious, because I don't have kids of my own.

Well, do yourself a favor.

Start with a boy, because mothers and daughters are a whole different

Yeah, I know.

I mean, my mom and I used to really go at it. Yeah.

Pick up the room, turn off the TV. Do you want this dress or that dress? Yeah,

remember. And then poor Lester comes home right at bath time, and the fun

starts.

Rebecca doesn't like to take a bath.

Oh, what's not to like? The little angel gets all the hot water.

Yeah, how hot? Hotter than I get.

What, he makes you take a bath in cold water? Not Lester, Rebecca.

The... She can be a vindictive little thing.

You know?

Has Mommy had enough tub time, sweetheart?

Is Mommy clean enough, darling?

Not yet, Daddy.

She thinks it's so hilarious.

Trust me.

Have a boy. Save yourself a lot of heartache.

Rebecca, you're okay. We're talking here.

I'll be right back.

And you don't come back.

You okay?

I swear, if you'd been like a second longer, I think I was gonna scream.

You ready for some good news?

Rebecca's awake.

What? The daughter.

She's come out of that coma.

She'll be here for quite a while.

She's been through a lot.

Can she talk?

She's been asking for her father.

Hey, Rebecca.

Hey, my name's Diane.

This is Faith.

Yeah, we met before.

Where's my daddy?

Your daddy's just fine.

Can you tell us what happened? How you hurt your head, do you remember?

I fell.

From where? Yeah, you must have been pretty high up.

Where's my daddy?

How about your mom, sweetie? Was your mom with you when you fell down?

I want to go home.

You will, just as soon as you're better.

Can I get a glass of water?

You started my paperwork?

You can owe me.

Careful, that's how it starts.

So how's the torso?

You mean our torso in hand.

You're kidding.

Whoa.

You found a hand now, too?

Yes, Lord, we found a hand. I swear I should get a reward.

Thank you. Uh -huh. See ya. See ya.

You know, gentlemen, my new roommate here has a point. The circumstances of

arrest should not be omitted from the report, and I am feeling that he's due

some consideration from a judge.

You're the lawyer.

It's the lawyer with the kids, so... She fell.

Yeah. Right, Counselor.

What did that bitch want?

Was it about Lester?

No. Well, when can I talk to him? Can't I get a phone in here?

Rebecca's awake.

She's okay?

Yeah, she's more than okay. She's talking.

What about?

Well, she pretty much backs up what you said.

That it wasn't Lester.

See? I told you.

Yeah, she said it was you.

She said the last thing that she remembers was you smashing her head on

floor. Why?

Oh, she's a vindictive one.

Of course she would say it was me. Why would she do that?

Because she brought it on herself and she knows it.

Please, Daddy, take me to work. Please, Daddy, take me to lunch.

How many times did the poor man have to say no?

How bad did she have to make him feel before he finally snapped?

I mean, what did she expect?

So it was him.

No.

In the morning, before Lester went to court, and you didn't call 911 until the

afternoon? What the hell were you thinking, Jan? You're walking around

apartment, you're pretending like your daughter isn't laying unconscious on the

floor? I don't understand. You're damn right I don't understand!

Look, this is all part of her plan. Ever since the day Lester brought her home,

she's wanted me out of the picture.

What do you mean he brought her home?

We were so happy.

And one day, he shows up with this baby.

He brings her into our home.

And things were never the same again.

Ever.

She's not even your child.

They got a donut downstairs?

No, we're just getting ready to take our purse snatcher downtown.

Thought we'd stop by and see if you got any ID back on those prints.

Hey, the Kreskin brothers.

They're going to be faxing me in a minute.

Any more body parts turning up around town?

Not yet, but they will be as soon as they start stinking.

The only thing I'm not counting on is the head.

That's the part nobody finds.

Hey, grab it.

Starting to look good to you?

What's that?

Detective.

We've been waiting on you a long time, Sloth. I appreciate the thought, Jelly,

but I got other plans.

Yeah? Like what?

Zookeeper?

No, like law school.

Get out.

You?

Thanks a lot.

What is it?

Who is it?

You're awfully quiet tonight.

Bottom of my mind, I guess.

Like what?

You really want to know?

Let's get back out.

Uh -oh.

Look out.

What?

What'd I do?

Have a seat, Bosco.

What? What's going on, guys?

Bosco.

What's the matter?

You know that DOA we had earlier?

What about it?

We just got an ID, and, uh... And? It's your brother.

Well, he's connected somehow?

No. Oscar, it's him.

Michael.

Matt.

This is wrong.

This... It's wrong.

You got the wrong call.

Roscoe, it's Michael.

I didn't talk to him yesterday.

Sorry, man.

You're wrong.

She's a house.

What are you doing?

Bastard. You son of a bitch.

Come on.

You son of a bitch.

I can kill you. You told him. I have to give word to him. I have to give word to

him. How? How do they know?

Let him go. Let him go.

Let him go.

Oh, my God. You killed my brother. I didn't know your brother was dead.

For what?

This is really awful.

Who gave Mester the baby?

I don't know. I never met the people.

But it was all perfectly above board and legal.

Mester is a brilliant attorney.

And it's not only the affluent he defends.

It's the underprivileged, the downtrodden. They pay him any way they

With a child?

Merchandise.

Services. We got our whole apartment painted for nothing a few years ago.

someone gave him their child.

He always wanted one.

And you couldn't have children?

Well, we had some close calls.

What does that mean?

I caught them in time.

What are we talking about, abortion? Would you want a daughter with this

I mean, even with Lester's genes, why even take a chance?

What are you doing?

All right, we're just going to put this on you for your own protection, okay?

What did I say?

Just pretend Lester's here, okay?

Bitch! You bitch!

You bitch!

You bitch!

I can't do this anymore. I know.

Okay, but...

What did she say?

Where is this little girl going to end up?

She'll be in foster care for the duration of the trial, and after that, I

say. All right, so if you convict Lester with Jan's help, then Jan's going to go

free, right? Then she could get this little girl back?

Under current state custody law, sure.

Not that Jan's going to want that.

Oh, she's going to want her.

If she thinks this kid can in any way bring Lester back to her, once he serves

his time, she's going to want her.

Scary thought.

And we cannot let that happen.

You know what that was?

Textbook police brutality.

Man, was it ever.

What is he doing here? A purse snatcher, but we can't find the victim. Get him

out of here. No, no, no, no.

He is my witness. No, on your feet. Get him in the processing cage. Find the

complainant or cut him loose.

Outrageous. Hang tough, bro. Hang tough.

Hey.

What's the matter?

Vasco, what's wrong?

Talk to Bosco.

Sasha, what's going on?

Bosco's brother.

What?

Davis and Sally found a dismembered body in a garbage can.

Mikey? Bosco seems to think his lawyer ratted him out to the exes. That son of

bitch, is he still here? Lester? Yeah, he's waiting on the DA.

This is adorable.

Now it's your turn.

Did you do it?

Bosco's brother?

Now how would I accomplish that?

Osmosis? You've been having to deny a lot of things lately, Lester.

Have you been to the hospital?

You have Jan very well trained.

Tell me about Rebecca.

She's awake.

The doctor thinks she's going to have a full recovery.

She is?

So you beat a murder rap.

I wouldn't have stuck anyway.

Who did you get her from?

Excuse me?

Well, as loyal as she is, Jan hates that little girl's guts.

And she told us about the adoption.

Where did you get her from?

Never mind.

So how important is that to you?

The name of the guy that gave me Rebecca.

How much is that information worth?

You trying to strike a deal with me, Lester?

You drop the charges, I might negotiate.

You want us to come in with you?

No. You sure?

Yeah.

Well, we ain't going anywhere.

What's the matter?

What...

Hey,

Bosco.

It's me.

I, uh...

I don't even know what to say.

I'm just checking in on you.

Give me a call.

I'm thinking about you.

Bye.

You're awake.

You haven't been home in two days.

I know.

You got nothing to say about it?

This little girl.

Can I have to help her?

She's being abused.

Any idea why?

She has these sick, twisted parents, Fred. The whole thing is so awful.

No, Faith.

Why do you have to help her?

What makes you have to?

I don't know.

I guess if it was Emily, I would want someone to help her.

Yeah, I got it.

You understand?

We all gotta do what we gotta do.

Where the hell have you been?

Where's your mother? She doesn't need you. She called me.

Last I saw you, you were trying to collect some kind of reward for your

You misunderstood. No, I didn't. I didn't misunderstand anything.

What is the matter? Your brother's dead. Yeah. Into my way. Because of you, Dad.

What? You knew exactly what was going on the whole time. You did nothing to stop

it. And you did.

At least I tried, Dad.

They drop all the charges.

That's not going to happen, Lester.

It's not even a legal adoption.

The state has no such records.

I have those records in my files at home.

Yeah, which you drew up yourself.

I'm qualified to do.

You plead no contest to misdemeanor abuse.

It'll cost you six months. I had my daughter. God willing.

All right.

I'll take the reduced charges, but no plea.

If he wants to roll the dice, let him. It'll be worth it.

Readable.

The name?

Morris Burke.

Where do I find him?

The last I heard of Morris Burke, he was in Singsing on drug trafficking.

Not my case.

I cut a deal for him on similar charges years before.

So he gave you his child?

Yeah, she was nine months old.

Where's the mother? Never met her.

All right, Counselor. I'll have a couple of cops get you to Central Booking.

Thanks, Lieutenant.

It was a pleasure doing business with you. Go kill yourself.

She ran the light.

Is anything broken?

We know your lungs are okay.

Yeah, no kidding.

Still with the bad Chinese?

Oh, now I have a throbbing headache.

Yeah, obviously stress -related.

Grace, can I talk to you for a minute?

Look.

I respect how much you loved your old detail, but we aren't any country club.

Yeah?

Okay.

Don't walk away from me.

Come here.

You know what?

None of us were born the day that you got here.

You don't know anything about us.

You have no idea how many calls we take, how many lives we've saved and lost,

how many bullets we've ducked, no matter how minor you manage to make it all

sound. I don't care whether you came from Bed -Stuy or Baghdad. You're not

to minimize my experience here just because it's not yours. So you either

to respect us the way that we respect you, or just keep your mouth shut until

you've clawed your way back to that war zone where you'd rather be.

You got that?

Guy's got stones.

There's nothing.

No record of Morris Berkinson. Yeah, I know why. He died a month ago of a heart

attack. No way. You think Lester knew? Yeah, of course Lester knew.

But there's no way to verify Morris was the one who even gave him the kid. Or

even if he did, Lester chose to ignore that the baby didn't even remotely

resemble the supposed father.

Morris was African American.

So maybe the kid was biracial. Yeah, maybe. But I still think we should check

the database.

You don't got computers downstairs?

We're checking missing persons and child abductions from seven years ago.

Cut a deal?

That slimy jagoff.

You let him walk.

Let go. Nobody's letting him walk.

He killed my brother.

Yeah, but do we know that for sure? Are you people insane? He was representing

the same guy as Mikey was ratting out.

Well, if he ratted out Mikey, then we'll get him back.

We only cut him a deal on the abuse case.

In exchange for what?

This little girl.

Bosco, it's complicated. We're just trying to find her real parents, okay?

Of course you are.

Save the world.

What?

What, something good can't come out of this? Like what?

What good? Something.

Anything. I mean, is that too much to ask?

That out of this horror show that is so incredibly demoralizing and dehumanizing

and disgusting.

I mean, is it too much to ask that maybe just something decent can come from

this? I don't know.

Something, anything.

What are you looking at?

If it wasn't left, it was you.

Yeah, it was you.

I'm sorry. What?

You're sorry?

You?

I told you what would happen. I told you to slow down.

But you didn't care about Mikey. You didn't care what would happen to him.

of you care!

I honestly don't think that those guys suspected him. Really?

Honestly? And how the hell would you know?

I don't know. No, you don't. But you should.

You know better than a criminal yourself.

You don't get to cry. You don't get to cry. We will find who did this, Bosco. I

promise you, okay? And your brother will have justice.

Justice.

As I would allow.

This is her.

She was stolen.

Empty -eyed and bearded and crushed

Oh, this is much more appropriate.

As soon as my paperwork goes through, I'm headed home.

Well, enjoy it while you can.

Hey, listen, I hope you're not here wanting more.

Marsburg can't help you. I'm sorry. It's not my problem.

No, he was very helpful.

We found Rebecca's mother.

No, you didn't. Yeah, we did.

And child services is going to help in her rehabilitation.

And they're going to reintroduce Rebecca's mom.

Where'd you find her?

Oh, there's not a deal in the world that would make me tell you that.

But I will tell you this.

You're never going to hurt that little girl again.

And I'll tell you for the last time, I did not cause those injuries. I know.

and Jan are very clumsy.

Do you think it's easy, officer?

For your information, that little sweet Rebecca has been a handful ever since I

got her.

Whining and crying.

Yeah, for her real mother.

That is my only failing. That I didn't give her a mother worth a damn. A

pathetic excuse for a human being. A woman is a waste of flesh and bone,

constantly having to be led by the nose.

Frankly, I was getting exhausted.

So thank you. You did me a favor.

Sending little Rebecca back to whatever trailer park she comes from.

Good job.

Hey, guys.

Child abuser.

I made my day.

Got on my week.

Yeah, that didn't suck, huh?

Hey, you know, do you want to, uh... You want to go celebrate, maybe have some

dinner, have a drink or something?

Oh, no, thanks.

I'm, uh... I'm gonna go home and see my own family.

How they doing?

This morning, I couldn't explain to Fred why I needed to do this, you know, why

helping that girl meant so much to me.

I bet you know now.

It's really about making a difference, isn't it?

I mean, it's a cliche for a reason.

You try and you fail and you get kicked to the ground and you lose so many times

and then you have that one win.

You get that one taste of that happy ending.

And you learn, you know, that you really can make a bad thing, right?

And then all the losses, you know, they don't hurt so much.

Yeah, that's the feeling, all right.

You know, if I could just explain that to Fred.

There they are.

Well, that'll make a bad day better, huh?

Oh, man, it was amazing. You should have seen this woman's face. I wish I had.

Good night, guys.

Way to go, Peyton. Good job.

So what happened to our purse snatcher, huh?

I had to cut him loose.

He did?

Yeah, there was no victim. No one ever claimed the purse.

Who made the 911 call?

You did well.

Thank you, Mr. Mann.

And you actually saw the cop learn of his brother's death?

Witnessed the whole thing with my own eyes.

Even saw the body, what was left of him.

And he suffered, Vascarelli?

He still is, sir.

If you saw the way he went after this lawyer guy, trust me, sir, he was

Good.

He's going to cry a lot more before he dies.