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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.

So this is what being
an SVU detective is?

Transporting bodily fluids?

We're not just picking up
any bodily fluid.

That's what I'm saying.

I mean, what we're getting
is evidence.

Yeah, sure. But it's also...

Would you have a problem
holding blood?

No. You know I wouldn't.

Saliva?

This ain't gonna be
blood or saliva.

I don't think you appreciate
the top-notch detective work

that's gone into this
field trip, Griffin.

A rape suspect donated
his sperm three years ago.

We have a warrant to take
possession of said donation.

If we get a DNA match
to the rape kit,

one less sicko on the street.

So grow up and imagine
it's the tiny scales of justice

you're holding in here.

OK. Fine.

Why am I the one
that's gotta carry

some suspect's crotch milk?

'Cause you're the new guy.

10-66, we have an explosion
at 129 West 18th.

Send everybody.

Two SVU portables going in.

Hey, hey, hey. Come here.

Hey, come on. Come here.

I got you. You all right?

OK.

Damage was confined
to the back part of the clinic.

Luckily, that part was clear
when it happened.

But wait, let me understand.

Why did SVU respond?

Oh, we were already
on the premises.

Yeah, we were trying
to collect a sample

to match DNA from a rape kit.

What's your suspect's name?

Ted Simons.

You think he's good
for a bomb?

Would be a first for him,
but never say never.

I--I thought it was
another earthquake,

like that one
we had this summer.

And, uh, the patients
were helping me up,

and smoke was pouring
from the back.

And what--what's located
in the back?

Uh, doctors' offices
and the lab.

Uh, that would be where
they store the donor sperm?

Yeah. Why?

Excuse me.

What happened?

I need to get past.

This is my clinic. I work here.

Uh, that's Dr. Mukherjee.

She owns this place.
It's her whole life.

- OK, thank you.
- Please, can someone help me?

Please, let me go!

Officer,
let her through, please.

I'm Captain Benson.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

Oh, my God,
did anyone get hurt?

No, no, no.
Nobody is seriously hurt here.

Now, this is your clinic?
- Yes.

I can't believe
someone would do this.

What's going on? What happened?

The FBI is, uh, working
with the possibility

that somebody may have
mistook your practice

for an abortion clinic.

No, that's never been
what we've done here.

- No.
- We help people get pregnant.

It's strictly
fertility treatments.

Yeah, OK.

So I'm gonna put you together
with the FBI here.

And then when
you're done with them,

I'd like to ask you
a few questions

about a sperm donor, OK?

All clear.

How's it looking up there?

Single ordnance, homemade.

Any chance
we could take a peek,

see if our evidence is intact?

- Oh, it's not.
- How do you know?

Were you guys looking
to collect ash and dust?

So my entire lab?

Fire got everything.

That's 10,000 embryos.

I'm so sorry, Dr. Mukherjee.

I was gonna do
a procedure in an hour.

She'd been trying
for five years.

We just got viable embryos.

What am I supposed to tell her?

I'm so sorry.

Why don't we--
why don't we step over here?

- Oh, my--
- I'm so sorry.

Well, you got
your wish, Griff.

I take it all back.

FBI says
the IED was in a bathroom

next to the clinic's lab.

A combination
of potassium perchlorate

and aluminum flash powder
shoved in a cardboard tube.

Shotgun shells
for fragmentation.

4th of July in a toilet roll.

Well, Ted Simon sure is good
at keeping his DNA under wraps.

No matter what we do,
we can't seem to get it.

OK, so how long have
we had eyes on his trash?

Months.

Guy must bleach his
takeout containers.

Haven't even gotten
a hint of saliva.

He does know
the judge is being

a stickler for the DNA swab.

So if he figured out
that we're trying to get

his DNA from the clinic--

But planning a bomb?

That's a huge change
in his behavior.

So is going to prison.

OK.

I think it's time to bring
Mr. Simons in for a chat.

Give me a break.

Yo!

What did I do?

Transporting
an extra piece of trash

in the back.

Come on,
this is my workplace.

I just thought up
some new questions for you.

I've talked to you
three times now,

given you a statement.

Can we just move on?

I didn't know the girl.

And this, OK, is harassment.

Juan, what the heck?

Oh, shoot.

That wasn't very nice of Juan.

Hey, do you--
do you need a ride?

This guy is a twerp.

We press him, I bet he folds
in two minutes.

You remind me of someone.

Mr. Simmons.

Simons.

I'm Captain Curry.

This is Detective Velasco.

Water?

Where's Detective Bruno?

I can see you two bonded,
but this isn't his case.

Do you prefer coffee
or a soda?

Please.

You sure you don't want
any water?

We all know
the second I take a drink,

one of you is gonna
swipe the bottle

and run it back there
to test my DNA.

And what's so bad about that?

You cops frame people
every day of the week.

I'm not guilty,
and I'm not stupid, OK?

Ask Detective Bruno.

Again, this isn't his case.

We're not here to talk
about Katie Wilkins' rape.

You're not?

No.

Detective Bruno's
closing that case.

He's already got your DNA.

No, he doesn't.

Oh, yes, he does.

From the fertility clinic.

Roosevelt Women's Health.

You had a romantic affair
with a plastic cup, 2022.

You don't have
my permission for that.

It turns out we don't need
your permission.

Yeah, because
we have a warrant.

Detective Bruno's
already testing

that sample as we speak.

So we don't need to talk
about that case.

We're here about
the bomb you set.

What bomb?

The one you made
and set off this morning.

I don't know
what you're talking about.

You were trying
to destroy evidence.

You went from a small rape
charge to, what is it, arson?

No, no, no.

You're gonna be
charged federally now.

But I--
I didn't do anything.

Malicious use of explosives,

use of a weapon
of mass destruction,

domestic terrorism.

You're looking at
multiple life sentences.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my--OK, OK.

Please, please, listen.

I swear, I swear,

I don't know
what you're talking about.

How am I gonna explain that
to the Feds?

Particularly
when your sample comes back

a match to the DNA that was
found inside Katie Wilkins.

Hey, Feds, I know he lied
about the rape, but, yeah,

let's trust him about the bomb.

OK, OK.

Fine, fine.

Maybe I did
sleep with the girl.

Maybe. Maybe not.

I was drunk.

And you know what?

She was coming on to me. Hard.

Whoa, whoa.

He has always said
he never met her.

Until now.

Let's see if they can
get him all the way.

But I did not bomb
anything, all right?

Are there people who can
account for your whereabouts

yesterday and today?
- Yes. Yes.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
You're not believing this guy.

You should.

Believe me, please.

I'll talk to the DA.

Come on.

But you gotta help me
help you.

OK.

Write down every minute,

every second of your past 48.

And put down the names
and the contact info

for anyone who can
vouch for you, OK?

OK. Of course. Thank you.

Um, I, uh--

Uh, the...

Thank you.

Wait.

Wait, wait, wait, wait!

You can't take that!
Give it back!

Give that back! Hey!

I doubt that this weasel has
the balls to bomb anything.

I'll call Agent Bradstreet.

But if the FBI wants to look
into him for the bombing,

they can find him at Rikers.

Captain, a call from
Detective Gallagher, Homicide.

There's a body.
They think it belongs to us.

Whole building's vacant.

Businesses moved out,
never came back.

Work from home, videoconferencing.

Now everyone says AI is next.

It's getting to be
the only time people will meet

face to face is
to commit murder.

What a world.

Heard you're on
the fertility clinic bombing.

Yeah.

Real estate agent found her.

ID said Mukherjee.

The bomb was meant for her.

All right, so Dr. Mukherjee
was 44 years old.

She was married
and owned and operated

Roosevelt Women's Health.

I guess Ted Simons really is
off the hook for the bombing.

Yeah, and we're
on the hook for it.

The IED was in the bathroom
next to the lab.

We assumed the lab
was the target.

But on the other side was
Dr. Mukherjee's office.

Right, but the ME thinks
that she was killed

someplace else and then dumped.

Now, the ligature marks on her
neck indicate asphyxiation.

There was no
murder weapon found.

But the bruising
and lacerations on her neck,

there's this particular
spiral pattern.

Maybe exercise equipment
with springs?

Maybe.
So her phone was found on her.

Anything?

TARU's still working on it.

OK.

So the husband.

Husband is Chris Clemente.

He's 44 years old.
They have no kids.

He has been a master plumber
for the last 15 years.

They've been married for 12.

Here's a wrinkle.

Mukherjee filed a summons
with notice for divorce

three months ago,
and Clemente moved

to a studio apartment
in Astoria last year.

Right.

Well, divorce means lawyer.

And she may be dead,
but maybe we can still

get her side of the story.

Anything you can tell us
would be useful, Mr. Olson.

I--I can't believe
she's dead.

Was the divorce contentious?

You know
death does not free me

from attorney-client privilege.

Can you tell us anything
that doesn't violate privilege?

Yeah.
My client wanted to settle.

I wanted to settle.

The husband's attorney
wanted to settle.

But the loser of a husband,
Chris Clemente--

Why did he refuse
a settlement?

Because he's a jealous,
drunken leech

who wanted all of her money,

making up these outlandish
claims about her fidelity.

Was she having an affair?

Come on.

How do you know?

Because I'm
her divorce lawyer.

I've seen every credit card
bill, every bank statement,

every dollar that was
spent and earned.

Trust me,
all Mukherjee did was work.

All Clemente did was drink.

You know he tried to--

to choke out a guy
after a bar fight, right?

She had to bail him out,

even then,
when they were separated.

When was that?

This past January.

He's a plumber,

about to earn
a doctor's inheritance.

Mr. Clemente.

I'm assuming this ain't
about a clogged sink.

Your wife,
Dr. Ila Mukherjee--

She accusing me of something?

She's dead.

She's what?

You know anything about that?

How? What--what happened?

Sorry for your loss,

but where were you yesterday?

I was on a job site all day.

When was the last time you
spoke to or saw Dr. Mukherjee?

- The last court appearance.
- OK.

You two didn't really
get along, did you?

Was the divorce amicable?

I've known her since college.

It's hard.
- It's hard? Why?

Why, because she was
cheating on you?

No.

I don't know.

What, didn't you want
more in alimony?

I mean, we used
all my savings

to open up her clinic.

I at least wanted to--

She cucked you.

You should get
the lion's share, right?

Right?

I didn't say that.

Do I need a lawyer?

If you want one,
that is your right.

But for right now,
we're just trying

to get your side of the story.

I loved her.

And fine, yeah, we might have
been having a really hard time,

but I would never,
ever hurt her.

You have one of those tools

that you use to, uh,
unclog a drain?

You know, it's made of metal.

You pull it out,
it's in the shape of a spiral.

- An auger.
- Yeah.

Can we look at it?

What do you mean?

Why?

Because if you want us
to think that

you're being cooperative, cooperate.

Let me find it.

Don't touch anything.

We need to take photos of it
in place.

Gloves and bag are
in the trunk.

Hey, what about those
death threats she was getting?

Did anyone look into them?

She was getting
death threats?

"Life is a death sentence."

"Your life ends with you.

You were born
without your consent."

"Suicide is a gift."
This is messed up.

Mukherjee's clinic
received these four months ago.

They started showing up at her
residence the past month.

Never a return address.

I saw this snake and sword
outside Mukherjee's office.

Yeah, it's
a broken ouroboros,

the symbol
of the antinatalism movement.

Yeah, so I've heard of that,
and they believe that

procreation is unethical.

All of it?

Well, they think
life is suffering

and coming into existence
only causes harm.

How do you even--like, what,

so the endgame is just letting
the human race go extinct?

Sounds like a death cult.

A death cult with a Discord,

which says that
they're having a protest

tomorrow at Astor Place.

And, Captain, an antinatalist
bombed a fertility clinic

in Palm Springs last May.

OK, where are we
with the husband's auger?

In the lab,
waiting on results.

All right,
so hit this protest

and see if you can get
anyone to talk.

OK.

What's up?

Chief of Ds wants to see me.

OK.

She say why?

I think it's pretty obvious.

She probably heard
about the service I did

for the DEA or her dog
Griffin maybe saw something.

I don't know what.

Maybe.

But you're supposed to report
to her, and you didn't.

What, am I supposed
to rat you out now?

I'm not a rat.
- OK.

I'm just gonna tell her--

You're gonna
tell her the truth.

And not a word otherwise.

I--

Velasco,
you were by the book.

You did what you did.

I did what I did.

I can handle myself.

OK?

OK.

Excuse me, ladies.

Life is a death sentence.

It's not too late for you.

Ladies, consider
a condom next time.

Just a thought.

Hi. Let's put an end to pain.
Help us.

Sir, have you considered
having kids,

and can I convince you
otherwise?

Help us put an end to pain.

Hi.

Help us put an end to pain.

I'd love to.

Can I ask you some questions?

Come on.

We got a runner.

We got a runner!

NYPD.

You're under arrest.

Look, Adrian, I'm just trying
to understand what you do.

Your group hands out flyers
in places of business,

like, say, a fertility clinic?

Is handing out flyers
illegal?

No, but it is illegal
to bomb a fertility clinic.

Well, I didn't do that.

But I am glad that it happened.

Are you?

The unborn get to stay
unborn.

Nobody asked me
if I wanted to exist.

Using up all
of Earth's resources

while grinding my ass off
to survive?

I wouldn't wish life
on anybody.

What about death?

Would you wish death
on Dr. Mukherjee?

Who's that?

She owned a clinic you guys
seem real interested in.

Graffiti, flyers.

OK, so?

Maybe this will
jog your memory.

That's what she looked like.

Jeez. Dude.

Mm. Damn.

Was she killed?

You really don't know
anything about her?

I'm not saying a thing
until I know that Kirk is OK.

OK, Kirk is here
in the station.

He's fine.

He might have a concussion.

Has a medical professional
looked after him?

Because barreling him over
was completely uncalled for.

Well, clearly you care
a lot about Kirk, huh?

So?

So nothing.

It's just--
it's just nice to see.

Are you two in a relationship?

I don't care how old he is.

There's nothing wrong
with him being older.

I didn't say that there was.

He's not like guys my age.

He's kind and compassionate
and super smart,

and he really believes
in our cause.

So how--
how did you two meet?

- Reddit.
- Mm-hmm.

He wanted to learn more
about antinatalism,

and he just went all in.

I mean, now he believes in it
more than anyone else I know.

Enough to murder someone?

Because that's why
we're here, OK?

We're investigating a murder.

You know he's in
the Triple Nine Society?

That's better than Mensa.

Wow, that is smart.

And he ran track
in high school.

He set the record for the 400
that still stands today.

Well, then
it's kind of amazing that

he couldn't outrun
my detectives.

OK.

One of these things
is not like the other.

What's a 53-year-old man
doing hanging out

with a bunch of 20-year-olds?

- Do you really need to ask?
- Nope.

Mr. Kirk Young has a record
of 10 disorderly conducts

over a span of 20 years.

OK.

You, in with me.

Go get Lauden.

Your rap sheet, Mr. Young.

OK.

So we have 2003,
in front of City Hall,

part of a group of
Heteros for Marriage Equality.

2014, now the Westside Highway
for Black Lives Matter.

And then in 2019,
we're back at City Hall

for prison abolition.

Well, you certainly
get around, don't you?

Look, I know I've got one

outstanding
disorderly conduct fine.

I'll happily pay it.

Yep. That's 2024.

Right, Google headquarters.

The movement for
technological minimalism?

Well, I live out
of a Winnebago,

so I don't get to check
my PO box that often.

Right. Right.

So all these other times,

I see that you were taken
into custody without incident.

But this time, you ran.

Why is that?

I didn't realize
you were cops.

But Captain Curry
identified herself.

Try again.

Yeah, I just thought
it was a false flag operation.

False flag operation.

OK. All right.

Mr. Young, do you wanna know
what I think?

I don't think that
you care about activism.

I don't think that you care
about change or progress.

I think that
you like 'em young.

I think that you're in it
not for the cause,

but you're in it for the girls.

But the good news for you is
that is not a crime.

So as soon as Mr. Young pays
his outstanding disorderly,

he's free to go.

All right.

All right.

Look this over,
sign on the marked spots.

So I, uh--I just--

I gotta ask.

Is it true?

She--the cute girl,
she's your girlfriend?

- Lauden?
- Yeah.

Yeah. I know her.

Wow, seriously, man.

Seriously, congratulations.

Thanks.

She's hot.

Yeah, I mean, you know, I--

I enlisted with the academy
for the--the dress blues,

the gun, the badge, the status.

But you, man...

You got the game figured out.
You know what?

You have to initial
these pages too.

Yeah.

Well, let's just say that, uh,

social activism attracts
a youthful passion.

Oh, I'm sure, yeah.

I bet these, uh--these,
like, rebellious-type girls,

I bet they're super spirited
in and out of the sack.

Oh, you'd be surprised.

My advice?
- Yeah.

You need to check out
a Blue Lives Matter protest.

Tons of badge bunnies.

They'll be lining up
to lick your nightstick.

Oh, man. Really?

Yeah.

Which cause has
the hottest girls?

You know, that's--
that's a very good question.

I wanna say it's a toss-up

between pro-choice
and pro-life.

He did it.

He killed Autumn.

Sorry, what?

Who--who's Autumn?

Autumn was the purest person
I ever knew.

- Mm.
- She was my TA in college.

She introduced me
to antinatalism.

She dedicated her life
to not hurting a soul.

She was vegan.

She would literally
sweep her walkway

so that you wouldn't
step on the ants.

So why did Kirk kill her?

Because she wanted him to.

OK, did she tell you that?

No. Kirk did.

They used to talk for hours,
all night.

Mm-hmm.

Kirk said he was like
a therapist for her.

Mm-hmm.

Autumn had anxiety
and depression,

which makes sense.

There's no other rational way
to react to this world.

Kirk said that she asked him
to help her end her suffering.

OK, so what exactly
did Kirk do?

Shot her in the head
while she was asleep.

Were you present
when he shot her?

He said I couldn't handle it.

But he said
it was peaceful, that--

that she didn't even know.

Am I in trouble?

What did he do with the body?

He left it in a park
in the Bronx.

Lauden, have you ever
considered the possibility

that he--
that he made up this story?

And maybe he killed her
for his own reasons?

Well, one thing bugged me.

What?

If you knew someone was
coming to kill you,

how could you ever fall asleep?

Got something.

Frozen treat.

Kirk Young, get up.

What?

You're under arrest
for the murder of Autumn Diaz.

What are you talking about?

Well, we found your gun.

We also found
a Jane Doe in the morgue

matching Autumn's description.

Oh, look. I--look.

Autumn wanted to die.

I was helping her out.

She wrote me a letter.

I don't need
to see the letter

because I saw
the autopsy report.

Autumn was pregnant.

But I'm sure that
you knew that.

I mean, how can you date

a new, young
antinatalist girlfriend

when your current one is
about to have your baby?

Let's go.

That's one murder solved.

Just not the one
we're looking for.

His alibi checks out.

He and Lauden were up in Beacon
when Mukherjee was killed.

Yeah.

Detective Velasco,
thanks for joining us.

I believe you know DEA
Agents Hill and Pruner already.

Yo, Joe.

Good seeing you.

Make yourself comfortable.

Can you close the door
behind you?

Listen, Chief.

I was stuck between
a rock and a hard place.

I don't know
what they told you, but--

Detective Velasco, there's
nothing for you to worry about.

We're just gonna have a chat.

Share our feelings.

See if we have the same goals
and desires.

Easy-peasy.

I have to be honest,

this is one of the best
parts of my job.

Helping everyone achieve
their mutual goals.

So thank you.

You've actually made my day.

The door?

Hey, any word on
Mukherjee's ex-husband?

Chris Clemente's
plumbing auger

was completely clean.

No blood, skin,
no trace of any chemical

that would have been
used to clean it.

Plus the spiral pattern
doesn't quite match

the one on
Dr. Mukherjee's throat.

TARU unlocked
Mukherjee's phone.

Anything?

Well, there's certainly
an oddity in her calendar.

She was scheduled
to meet her divorce lawyer

the same day
that she was killed.

What's weird about that?

Well, it wasn't Mark Olson.

Someone named Lindsey Kruger.

She has a second
divorce lawyer?

I had a preliminary phone
call with Dr. Mukherjee.

When she no-showed our meeting,

I assumed she just had
a change of heart.

About what?

Hiring me.

Were you aware
she was already working

with another lawyer?

Very much so,
but Dr. Mukherjee was ready

to settle and move on
with her life.

Well, couldn't
Mark Olson do that?

Do you know what
banging and billing is?

Yeah, when a lawyer drags out
a case to bill more hours.

And in a divorce,
the way to do that

is to advocate an extremely
adversarial approach

to keep the meter running.

So you're saying Olson was
the one refusing to settle?

Who the hell are you?

Alec Henry.

The Henry in
Stafford Spitz Henry.

And yourselves?

You wanna explain
why Mark Olson

was in your office
the other day?

Oh, yeah.

I let Marky use the space
from time to time.

Professional courtesy.

He doesn't have an office?

Honestly, his new digs
are a hellhole.

- So the guy's office...
- The real one.

Is a literal block from where
Mukherjee's body was found.

Financial records show
multiple unpaid credit cards

and a townhouse in Park Slope
that was foreclosed on.

So we're really aiming
at a lawyer

for the murder
of his own client?

Look, at the very least,
he had no problems

misleading the detectives

who were looking
into his client's death.

We need a background on him,

and we don't wanna raise
any alarms, you know?

Yeah, I know.

Look, just because
he's a lawyer

doesn't make him as morally
upstanding as you are.

OK, let me do some digging.

I'll see what I can find out.

Olson used to be
the boogeyman in these halls.

Nowadays, half the time
he doesn't even show up.

What happened to him?

His nose got redder.

It's just a theory, but I think
he fell off the wagon

and took every bottle
of Macallan with him

on the way down.

Thanks for meeting me, Judge.

What could you tell me
about the Mukherjee case?

Delay after delay.

And all because of Olson.

Talk about incompetence.

I told him I was on the verge
of sanctioning him.

Plus I suggested
that poor woman find

someone else to represent her.

And to think five years ago

I used Olson
for my own divorce.

- Thanks, Judge.
- What's the matter?

What did Olson do?
- I can't tell you that.

This guy's credibility
is in the toilet,

but it gets so much
worse than that.

He put $100,000 lien
on Mukherjee's property

for bogus unpaid legal bills.

And when her estate is sold?

- He gets a six-figure payday.
- OK.

I think it's time
for a warrant.

Well, you hate to see it.

Captain?

Can I have a word?

Yeah.

All right, out with it.

The DEA asked the chief
of Ds if they can have me.

OK.

To--to do more undercover work?

Yeah.

But in San Diego.

In San Diego?

Chief thinks is a good idea.

What do you think?

Me?

Yeah. You.

I mean, I don't like the way
they went over our heads--

But?

This guy they're after,
he's a bad dude.

He runs packs in Tijuana.

He just murdered a witness

that was gonna testify
against him,

along with her husband
and her kids.

Well, that sounds like

somebody needs
to take him down.

I know.

With Fin out,
I don't wanna be the one

who leaves you empty-handed.

Velasco, I haven't stayed
with SVU out of loyalty.

I would never expect
anyone to do that.

I'm here because
I think that it's the place

that I can do the most good.

You need to be where
you can do the most good.

I gotta tell you,
this last job I did for them,

I didn't sleep for four nights.

I--I was up,
and I wasn't scared.

It was just like--

I was buzzed.

You know, I was excited.

Well, then you better
get some rest,

because I don't think you're
gonna get a whole lot of it

on the West Coast.

Mark Olson,
we have a warrant

to search your office.

Boys, what is this?

All right.

Come on, boys.

Is this necessary?

Bingo.

Bruno.

I bet this particular
spiral pattern's a match.

All right, boys, let's talk.

Sure.

Well, you know you have
the right to remain silent.

And anything you say
can and will be

used against you
in a court of law.

A lawyer killing
his own client.

Just when I think that
I've seen everything,

the world proves me wrong.

Are you OK?

How do you feel when you
have to take down a dirty cop?

The worst.

Bust your ass to get through
law school, pass the bar.

Do all this work so you--what,

you can take advantage
of somebody?

Initial tests came back.

The auger we found
in the office

was cleaned with bleach.

So we can't prove
it's the actual murder weapon.

- OK.
- But the spiral pattern

lines up with the bruising
on Mukherjee's throat.

OK, got it.

How you gonna play
this interrogation?

Not an interrogation.

It's a trial.

Sonny.

You know I used to work
for the, uh,

Staten Island
DA's office, yeah?

Jimmy Silverberg's
a good friend of mine.

Oh, yeah?

And you're certain
you don't want a lawyer?

Want a lawyer?

I--I am a lawyer.

Good. Sit down.

'Cause, uh, I need some advice,
lawyer to lawyer.

I'm gonna present
my case to you,

and I want you to tell me

if you think I got
a shot at a conviction.

You're gonna show me
your evidence?

OK, sure.

I'll play along.

All right.

So the defendant, uh,

this guy used to be
a star in his field,

but, uh, he caught some
bad breaks at work,

went through a divorce.

Yeah, he fell on hard times.

So he's human.

Aren't we all?
- Yeah.

So he turns to drugs.

We found cocaine in his office
and his apartment,

which we just searched.

Come on.

It's New York City.

You can find traces of powder
literally anywhere.

Yeah, well,
the drugs for this guy,

they just make his work
suffer even more,

so that's a catch-22,

because now he needs more money
to pay for the--the drugs.

So what he does is
he starts delaying cases,

either because
he's too busy getting high

or because he needs
to get as much money as he can

from his clients.

I'd heard such big things
about you, Sonny.

But what you're doing right now
is performative slander.

I don't see relevance.

I don't see substance.

The victim--

the victim, who--
who trusted the defendant,

her lawyer,

she wanted to settle
her divorce.

But that was a big problem
for the defendant,

because he needed her money.

And even worse, if she were
to switch to another lawyer,

then his malfeasance
would be uncovered,

and he was gonna lose
his license.

And the defendant,
he couldn't let that happen.

So you know what he does?

He sees a protest outside
the victim's fertility clinic.

He goes, there.

There's some suckers to frame.

And he googles--googles--
how to make a bomb.

But this guy, I'm telling you,

nothing ever goes
this guy's way.

When that doesn't work out,
he goes to plan B--

frame the jealous husband.

Establishing method, motive.

Fair enough.

But Sonny, a good story is
not the same as a good case.

We retrieved the murder
weapon from your office,

and it matches the bruises
on the victim's neck.

You're referring
to a common household tool?

You know what, let me pose
some questions of my own.

Yeah?

You mind?

Isn't it true that
your detectives first

looked into a Chris Clemente?

Oh, you gotta be kidding me.

The husband
who was trying to get

more money out of the victim.

Why exactly was he ruled out?

And then did they interrogate
a group of French extremists

who actually did
threaten the victim?

Your Honor, I think
what we have here is

a fishing expedition
by a department

who is clearly trying
to keep their stats up,

is what I would say.

Easy to understand and honest.

But, you know, what do I know?

What you got?

Come on, don't do--

don't do this
dog and pony show with me.

You messed up.

You cleaned the auger.

You even cleaned
the couch in your office.

But as in court, such in life,
you got no follow-through.

We found stains inside
the couch cushions.

And those stains just tested
positive for Mukherjee's blood.

You washed the sleeve covers,

but you didn't bother
about the cushions.

And that, that fits every story

that I've heard about you
like a glove.

Too lazy to do the job in full.

Sound about right, counselor?

OK, lawyer to lawyer,

let's cut a deal.

I don't recall
inviting you over here

for my "Love Island"
watch party.

How's PT going?

What, you came here
to nurse me?

At least my last girl was
clean-shaven.

You know, I was thinking
about that time

that we talked about
how you and I

both did, like, bad things,

and we try
to balance out the scales.

Mm-hmm.

Well, I realized something.

I realized that when I'm in it,
when I'm doing the job,

I don't think about
the scale anymore.

Like, I don't think
about myself at all.

You going somewhere?

I just wanna say
thank you for everything.

Velasco, you don't
have to say a word.

I already know.