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I need to see hands out the window.

Now.

I want this window down and I need to see hands.

Right now.

Police!

Hands up.

Right now.

Police! Do not move.

Do. Not.

Move.

Stop!

This was a tragic accident.

Officer Turley fired four shots, killing the driver instantly.

It was at 10 .30 at night. The lighting on the street was non -existent. And the

driver, Ms. Burke, reached for an object that resembled a firearm on the

passenger seat.

Tragically, it was a cell phone.

Do you have any questions? I've asked my team to hold their questions and

comments until we've had a chance to speak afterwards.

complicating matters of course is that officer Turley is white and the victim

was African -American but I just want to be clear there are no previous use of

force complaints against officer Turley up until this moment he'd never fired

his gun so I'm here from the police union we've supplied Officer Turley with

lawyer. He will appear before the grand jury later this week and most certainly

will be put on trial within the year.

The lawyer believes that the best defense would be for Officer Turley to

temporary insanity.

He did actually see a gun.

Now you're probably wondering why I'm here. Why go to the church instead of a

state -sanctioned psychiatrist for an evaluation?

Well, one of the reasons is Officer Turley's faith.

He's Catholic.

The other is Officer Turley's sincere belief that there was a demonic

intrusion into the events of that night. He believes that he was

momentarily possessed when he saw a gun.

I understand that this seems like a convenient excuse.

But I would ask you to be objective and consider the facts carefully.

Thank you, Louie.

Do you want me to explain myself?

Yes, that would be good. I took this meeting as a favor. Well, great. We took

the meeting. Favor fulfilled.

What's next? Wait, we need to discuss this. What's this?

A racist cop killed a black mother and now he wants the Catholic Church to give

him a... Twinkie defense?

Yeah. I want you to meet with him. The racist cop? You don't know if he's a

racist. Oh.

We have to learn to withhold judgment. David, as a man of God, you must

ju... Where are you going?

To withhold judgment.

Hi.

Hello.

So do you want me to start? Yeah, why don't you start?

Yeah.

I know you, don't I?

Do you?

Yeah. Oh, I know. Holy Conception. My girls go there. Oh, right. You're in the

carpool. Dahlia and... Becky, right. Yep. You're the one with the four girls,

right? The funny ones?

Yeah. I'm sorry. I mean, it's like good, good funny.

Anyway, um... Yeah, sorry.

Look.

I know it must sound like I'm trying to take advantage of my religion to stay

out of jail, but I just really want to understand what happened to me.

Because I saw a gun.

I know it's not a gun now, but I saw one. Mitzberg was reaching for it. My

training required that I fire.

All I can say is I just wish I could take those 15 seconds back.

I went to her funeral and, uh...

Could I have watched her family, watching them, watching her boys?

You knew she was African -American when you approached the car?

Yeah.

Yeah, dispatch told me.

Would you have behaved differently if it were Kristen you had pulled over?

If I knew it was Kristen? No.

If you knew the driver was Kristen's race, would you have fired?

I don't know.

Thank you for your honesty.

But I do know if I saw Kristen reach for a gun to shoot me, I would do what I

did. I'd order her to stop, and I would fire if she didn't. That's my training.

I saw a gun.

What did I say about that word?

Hey, Rat G, it's on!

This was a polygrapher not sympathetic to the police.

And all Officer Turley's answers were determined to be consistent with his

seeing a gun.

Does it matter?

Does it matter that he thinks it was a gun? That doesn't mean he's possessed.

It just means he expected there to be a gun due to the driver's race. Is it not

also possible that Satan uses racism as a form of diabolical oppression?

Cheers. Cheers.

Hey, I wanted to ask you something about someone you know.

Yeah, I know, Jim Turley.

He told me he made a mistake.

Do you know what he's arguing?

Yeah, that he was possessed when he saw the gun.

And you think that makes sense?

I don't believe in demons, but I do know that cops see guns in everyday objects

all the time.

In everyday objects of black people?

Oh, come on.

Not everything is about race.

This is about street sense.

A cop making a snap decision that can save a life.

Like with me.

We got a call. This was before I was in homicide.

We heard a dad had a gun to a two -year -old's head threatening to kill her.

So we go to the apartment. We hear screaming.

We burst through, and I see a man with his baby in his arms raising a rifle at

me.

So I raised my gun. It was him or me.

And then I heard my partner screaming at me to stop.

A guy was using a mop to clear out spider web.

And I thought it was a rifle.

I swear to this day it was a rifle.

And I was a split second from blowing him away.

So, what do I do with that?

Next time if I hesitate I get killed or a guy kills his infant.

But you tell me.

We're talking about a split second division.

Right.

And yes, I know that race enters this, but only because 70 % of my arrests up

until that point were African -American.

I'm not saying there aren't bad cops.

There are.

But Officer Jim is one of the good ones.

That's all mine.

At least I think I am.

So now I have a question for you.

Shoot.

Sorry, that was a bad joke.

It's about the LaRue case.

Wife Emily has an alibi.

I heard.

But her new boyfriend doesn't. Del Rubin?

Did Emily ever mention him to you?

No.

Well, the new thinking is that Emily had her boyfriend kill LaRue to give her an

alibi.

Really? It's elaborate, but boyfriend's got a criminal record.

So, like good old Emily has a type.

We're hoping to charge them both. So, if you hear from Emily, let us know.

Okay?

Yeah, of course. Great.

Hey, do you want me to call you an Uber? No, I'm good.

Take care.

We'll see you later.

Psychological reactions are recorded via the instruments attached to the

subject. A polygraph test subject can trick the mechanics by controlling their

breathing and blood pressure. Some criminals, for example, exhibit a

demeanor under interrogation, making it difficult to detect lying.

With practice, a person can control their blood pressure.

Ben, sweetie.

You've fallen asleep in your chair again, hon.

How's that, cozy?

I recorded you last time.

You're not real. Answer all my questions with a no, please.

You dropped out of college because you were offered a prestigious laboratory

at U of M, correct?

I don't believe in this.

No.

That hurt, Ben.

Did it have power over you?

What is Cat 3, Ben?

This is not real. If it weren't real, it wouldn't hurt. Come on, Cat 3. You were

so proud of it at the time.

I was not.

That was a lie, Ben. You thought your gene editing was going to change the

world. It was.

Should I show you a picture of those babies?

Nothing to do with that. Then why quit?

Why give up on it all?

You'd be fucking rich by now.

This is the body cam footage?

Yes, Officer Turley's.

Right now!

Police!

He's just going to show his cell phone, right? Police! Do not move!

Do not move!

Yeah, so that doesn't help much.

What is it?

So, now we think Officer Turley's possessed and not just racist?

I'm not proud of that sentence.

Yeah, it is weird to give him what he wants, a defense for his grand jury.

This might be bigger than that.

What's this?

Clips from my iPhone.

What, these are all pullovers?

Yeah. I have an iPhone out that records police stops.

Step out of your vehicle, please, sir.

Right, I have a friend who suggested I get that.

You just say I'm being pulled over and it starts recording.

How many pullovers are there?

Five. Over how long?

A year.

Oh, my God, David, do you know how many times I've been pulled over in ten

years? Wait, hold on, hold on, let me guess.

Zero. That makes me so angry.

You're so sweet, Kristen.

There. That isn't Officer Charlie?

Nope.

So what are we thinking? It's a gang within the police? That's the question

isn't it?

Everything all right?

Yeah, I just... I've got to go.

Is it always this loud? No.

It's only the parade train. They come by three times a day.

What is all that?

Huh?

Oh, it's the bell. It looks like an altar. What? It looks like an altar. Oh,

yeah, the candles. Yeah, I like the little candles.

Ah, baby!

My God, I didn't know it was you.

Did your mommy say the police?

Guilty. I won't let you talk. It was really nice to talk to you. Me too.

So it's about LaRue again.

Something new?

No. Well, yeah.

Emily's boyfriend.

Turns out he has an alibi. The guy was taking a poetry seminar at Columbia.

Who would have thought?

Yes, people with criminal records can be poets, too.

Oh, that's better.

So it made me remember that LaRue was intimidating you, too, and I thought I

should at least start covering my bases.

What bases?

When LaRue was killed, where were you? Were you here? Where you were?

Here at home?

Yes.

I came home from an exorcism. I love it. My friend and her exorcism.

I came home to be with my daughters.

Were they awake? Asleep?

Lexus was awake.

Great. So I can ask her later maybe if she remembered you coming in.

Do you think she's in school?

I think so, yeah.

Okay, one last thing.

LaRue was killed with a serrated blade.

So, just gotta check this off my to -do list.

Do you mind if I look at your knives?

Of course.

Ah, great.

None of these are serrated. We're all done here.

Great. Um, actually, I wanted to ask you something.

Oh, sure. Did I kill Laura?

No, um, do you know what this is? This tattoo?

What? It's, uh, cop superstition. Like, wearing two pairs of socks. Some cops do

it so they don't get shot.

Do you know where it comes from?

No idea. There are all these ancient traditions.

Check on the rant.

The? What's that?

It's a cop threat. I'm 4chan.

My guess is the cops there can tell you more.

Uh -oh. I better go.

We're, uh... See ya.

Bye.

What did I do?

What? Oh, my gosh.

Nothing. Am I really that threatening when I come in to talk to my daughter?

No, but did I do something wrong?

No.

Actually, I need your help.

Okay. Do you remember my friend Mira?

Uh -huh.

So she and her partner want to ask you a couple of questions about where I was a

couple of months ago.

Do you remember that guy, that killer who came here to threaten you?

Lorette. Right. So they want to know if I was here, too.

Yeah, that's easy.

You were. Right.

And I know that I sent you to bed, and then later I came upstairs to tuck you

in.

Is that what you want me to say?

No, I'm just making sure that that's what happened.

I guess that could have happened.

You don't remember me coming upstairs, tucking you in about 30 minutes later?

No, I do.

I guess that makes sense to me.

Good.

Thanks, Lycra.

Here's the thing, Mom.

Ben had put in that alarm system, and you couldn't have left because it would

have set off the alarm, right?

Right. Yeah, that's a good point.

How's homework?

Good.

Good.

Are you seeing anything?

No. Just a lot of complaints about overtime.

And your patrol cars.

Nothing about tattoos?

No, I think I just found out why you don't get pulled over as much. When you

become a cop... You get good at street sense, intuitively knowing the good guys

from the bad guys.

You go easier on the good and harder on the bad. That is just justice.

You all right?

Seem down?

I was just going to say the same about you.

I didn't get much sleep.

You still having night terrors?

At least the dreaming don't work, eh? I set my alarm at night, and then I wake

up. Then I go back to sleep, night terror. Okay, here.

The key is a repetitive pattern during the day. I already tried. No, no, no.

You've got to set your alarm to vibrate, not to sound. Sound's going to wake you

up during the night.

Okay. Do it every hour on the hour during the day. Every time you feel your

alarm, you're going to look at your blue string and ask yourself, am I dreaming?

And then none of the books say this, but night terrors usually come around 4 a

.m. or so.

I'm not doing the deeper sound. Right. So you're going to set your alarm to

And 410 only. Then place it under your pillow so you'll feel it, but you're not

going to wake up.

Then look at your wrist.

In your dream, the blue string's not going to be there, so you'll know you're

sleeping. Then you can lucid dream and kill the nightmare.

Kill it? Uh -huh.

I kept a weapon next to my bed. I knew it was there in my dream, so I could use

it.

Wow.

You're a font.

Yeah, I should write a book.

Hey, look, it's the sigil.

To all those protectors out there, wear your colors with pride and together we

will ride.

Meaning? We think the protectors is the name of a gang within the NYPD.

There are similar gangs that were discovered in the LAPD. And we think

Turley is one of their members. That wasn't your objective. It was to assess

whether Officer Turley was diabolically possessed.

Yes. And if he's a member of the protectors, then the answer is possibly

So, this miracle in upstate New York. Your Eminence, we have a case.

We're not finished yet. You put us to pursue this. You had a case. You're

to turn it into something bigger, involving racism and your sigil map.

You asked if Officer Turley was possessed when he killed an African

driver. That's a question we are trying to answer. By going after all the cops?

No, no, no. By going after a gang of cops within the NYPD called the

The Protectors are not a gang. It's what the cops call themselves on Justice

Served.

Excuse me? The TV show.

You're making it all sound sinister. It's not. It's just a TV show, like Law

Order.

So, now let's turn to our next case, please. And if the show was the source

evil? What are you talking about? The cops are influenced by the show enough

copy their sigil.

So, why is the show the source of evil?

I have no idea what to do with that.

That's why you have us.

Okay, what's wrong, Luck?

Come on.

We're okay.

I don't want to lie, but I think Mom wants me to.

No, she doesn't.

Yes, she does.

About what?

About where Mom was.

Where was she?

I don't think I should say anything.

Okay.

So, here's what I say.

Mom doesn't want you to lie.

She wants you to tell the truth.

Always.

Even if it hurts her?

Truth isn't going to hurt your mom. Only lying will.

You think so?

I know so.

Here.

Follow me.

Where are you going?

Just follow me.

What is that?

It's Eddie.

What are you doing?

This is Eddie.

When you need something, you bring him a sacrifice and he will grant it to you.

Come on over here.

Oh, come on. He's not going to bite you. Come on.

Okay. Stay there.

Oh, come on, honey.

Honey, come on.

You're still trying to lose the gut, I see.

You're still looking like an extra. You killed Bill.

Third week of keto. Nothing but caveman fat and protein, baby.

What's with the mod squad here?

This is Kristen, David, and Ben.

Howdy. Hi.

Yeah, we're actually investigating something for the church, and we could

your help, Mr. Carr.

For Louie, I can give you a hot minute. Walk with me.

So are you guys fans of Justice Served?

We've been watching a lot lately.

Really compelling.

Compelling? Is that all you got? It's the number one cop show in the world.

Well, we've seen several seasons, and we found this symbol.

That's not a symbol. That's a sigil.

What did I say?

We noticed some of the cops watching your show started using the sigil, too.

Yeah, I know.

So where does the sigil come from? Oh, that's old. I got that from one of my

mentors. He used it on Dragnet back in the 50s. Oh, yeah?

So you got it from Dragnet.

Well, we all did.

You can see that on Chips. It's on Starsky and Hodge, every cop show for

last 40 years. Right. It's kind of like our rabbit's foot, our Wilhelm scream.

This is craft services.

You can grab anything you want.

Mr. Carr, we're dealing with the case of a cop shooting an unarmed driver and

then claiming they saw a gun. Oh, you're talking about Jim Turley, right?

It's awful.

We give him some moonlighting work during our night shoots.

He's a nice guy.

Why are those two so grim?

They care.

They care? And we don't?

You and me, we got to stick together.

Do you think your show... My shows.

I have five. Do you think they have any influence on the police or how they

behave? I love these questions. Keep them coming.

Entertainment is the real issue, right? It has nothing to do with the behavior.

Yeah, but the lead character on your show, Cliff Locke, he's a cop who

play by the rules. But he gets the job done. Even though he abused the

Badger's witnesses?

So if a kid plays a video game and shoots up a school, you blame the video

right? Kids don't get a badge or a gun.

My shows help people know good from bad.

Cliff Locke, he's a hero.

He's not an anti -hero. He's not Tony Soprano or Dick Mackey, but a real hero

who is aspirational. Mr. Carr. Cliff Locke makes cops want to be better cops.

That's why the NAACP and the AFL -CIO gave us plaques. And it's why there was

30 % increase in POC applications to the NYPD right after our first season. And

I've increased diversity by 30 % across all of my shows.

I even pitched a show last year.

Three POCs in Park Slope were crying out loud, and they passed on it. You see,

I'm not the problem.

The problem, I'm afraid to say, is what the public really wants.

You see, you can go out there and scream Black Lives Matter, and a whole bunch

of people will be with you.

Go and write a drama about people screaming Black Lives Matter and see how

people switch you off.

Listen, I got to get back to work. It was very nice meeting you.

Good luck.

Me.

He's a megalomaniac, but I hate to say it, he's not wrong.

So should we end this case?

Talk to you again.

Hey, Ben.

I've missed you.

Don't speak. I know you have trouble expressing your feelings.

So, Cat 3, why turn your back on genetics if you did nothing wrong?

Why become some stupid contractor?

Look how Christopher advanced without you.

You are back in the game.

What do you think you're doing?

Playing.

I don't like video games.

Too bad. I do, and I'm really good at them.

Two against one?

Well, this isn't fair.

Damn it.

I was always here.

Jay.

Is everything all right?

I just wanted to talk for a minute.

About?

I don't know.

Forgiveness.

Maybe.

Really?

I know.

So, you're one month away from being a priest, right?

Unless something goes wrong.

What could go wrong?

Nothing. Just braced.

God could hate me.

I could hate God.

Is that possible?

Which one?

Either.

I don't think so.

But I'm always surprised by life.

You're the closest to someone who I respect, who

believes in God, the real God, the supernatural

God. Thank you. And so what I need to know

is... What do you do when you don't believe in God and you're looking for

forgiveness?

Not from one person, but something you did.

What did you do?

Nothing. It's a question. It's a hypothetical.

I did a job in my past that I'm not proud of.

When Julie and I...

During the 12 steps, they said if we were looking for forgiveness, we could

it of anything bigger than ourselves.

A tree, a forest, the post office.

What does that do? It acknowledges that something is bigger than yourself.

It allows you to say the actual words, I'm sorry, to the world,

not just in your mind.

You have to say to verbalize it, you know?

To a tree.

Or the post office.

Or the ocean.

I mean, you're not treating those things as God. You're just looking for

something larger than yourself.

That sounds insane.

Yes.

But forgiveness...

is looking for peace, that passive understanding.

Anything logical, like going to a therapist or getting a pill, is not

give you true peace.

People intuitively know that the limits of the empirical are the empirical.

I'm sorry. Will you forgive me?

Sure. Whatever.

No, it's not whatever.

Please forgive me. Say, I forgive you.

I forgive you.

Get some help.

Thank you for all your great work and so sorry to put you out, but everything's

great now.

Turns out the grand jury cleared Officer Turley.

You're kidding.

No, he's back on the force. So, as you can see, there's no need for a defense.

He wanted me to thank you for him and your eminence, the union's going to be

sending some volunteers to you over the next few Sundays.

So was that the protectors protecting one of their own?

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

The grand jury's independent, and Jim made an honest mistake.

But I do have a thought for you, Mr. Acosta.

I would stop questioning McCarr.

He's a good man, and he's been good to the union.

Is that a threat?

Oh, no, no, no.

We'd never threaten a seminarian.

We respect the church.

But we want you to respect us.

Last year, Father Thomas died of natural causes. A week ago, monks heard humming

coming from his tomb.

The monastery opened the crypt and found him like this.

The Vatican wants to consider Father Thomas for sainthood, but they need two

things first.

DNA evidence to make sure this is true incorruptibility, no decay.

An evidence of a second miracle.

So you need us to go get it? Yes.

And here's the difficulty.

Sacred Trinity is a silent monastery. No talking, not a word, or the whole

weekend you're there.

That ended the way it was going to, didn't it?

Grand juries never prosecute cops.

On to the next.

What would I do?

Hello, officer. I honestly don't know what I did. Don't worry about it, Mr.

Secure. I'm just making sure you're getting home safe.

Excuse me?

The world can be so dangerous.

I just want to make sure nothing happens to you.

Have a good evening.

David, where are you?

Third and Lamb.

I think we're being intimidated by the police.

Yes, we are.

You need to call Kristen.

I can't.

Okay, I'm on it.

Hey, Ben, what's up?

Uh, anything going on there?

Uh, well, I'm packing for our silent retreat. Not sure what to bring.

not a swimsuit, right?

David and I are getting some intimidation from the police.

stopping for stuff.

I think it's from our questioning Mick Carr.

Why? Oh, I mean, a lot of cops are moonlighting for him, and I think

protective. Nothing going on there?

Uh, no, nothing.

Okay. I'd watch out.

Okay. Well, you be careful out there.

Yeah, same to you.

Mira, hey, it's me.

No, I'm fine.

I mean, I don't know.

There's somebody in my yard trying to scare us. I hate doing this, but would

be able to... Oh, that'd be great.

Okay, thank you.

Go away!

I have a gun!

I will shoot you!

You're not scaring me.

You can't scare me.

Hi, Kristen.

Long time no see.

It's good to see you.

You're not real.

You're a manifestation of my guilt.

Well, that would make a lot of sense if you felt guilty.

But you and I both know that you don't. This is about the medication Dr. Boggs

prescribed. I'm still seeing hallucinations. You're not real.

Once you take a life, there's nothing like it, Kristen.

At first, you're a little nervous.

Maybe even a little clumsy.

And then it just all comes together.

You shut up!

That moment that they take their last breath.

It's incredible.

I would lean in and listen.

And I would look into their eyes.

Just like you and me now.

And they and I would both know that I was the last person they were ever going

to see.

And at that moment, it's like I'm their God.

That was you.

To me, you are my God.

You deserve to die.

Your victims did not.

Freeze! Police!

Drop your weapons!

Kristen? Mira.

Hey.

What are you doing? Who are you talking to?

I thought I... I heard someone in the yard.

We came as fast as we could. You okay?

Yeah, I just... I thought I saw someone.

Back there.

What's this?

It's my axe from climbing.

Yeah, I see that.

It's serrated.

It is?

And your daughter, she wasn't sure if you tucked her in.

You questioned her?

I did.

Your mother let us.

She's a good girl, Alexis.

She is.

I'm guilty, Mira.

Anya, can you give us a minute?

Kristen. It's true. Kristen.

I need you not to say anything.

LaRue was a piece of crap.

A serial killer.

He was threatening your family.

And you, you're a good person.

You're a nice suburban mom.

Four sweet kids in Catholic school. You drive a station wagon.

And you have a friend who's a cop.

Mira. No, don't say anything.

What happened to LaRue was justice.

We told our superiors.

We had hundreds of enemies. We'll probably never know who killed them.

Some people deserve to die.

Cops know that better than anyone.

We should put that somewhere safe.

Okay, we've got a black man back here. He came out, scared him off.

Thank you.