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-(siren wails in distance) \h\h-You are gonna sleep.

You hear me?

(sighs)

Sleep like the damn dead.

♪ ♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMARTIN: \h\hMalcolm, I want you to remember something.

YOUNG BRIGHT: \h\h\h\hDad!

\h\h\h\hMARTIN: We’re the same.

\h\h\h\h\hJESSICA: You look exhausted.

-Not sleeping will do that. \h\h\h\h\h\h-Night terrors?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBRIGHT: I’ve been seeing new things.

\h\h\hIt’s like my subconscious is trying to show me something.

\h-Like what? -Lost memories.

Your father’s things \h\hare off-limits!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBRIGHT: Malcolm, when was the last time you slept through the night?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBRIGHT: \h\h\h\hTell me about the girl in the box.

\h\h-There wasn’t any girl. -There was no girl in a box.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hJESSICA: Nightmares aren’t real. \h\h\hNeither was she.

♪ ♪

(sniffles)

♪ ♪

(woman whimpering faintly)

(faint whimpering continues)

Hello?

(woman crying)

You okay?

(crying continues)

Hey!

Hey, I need some help! Hey!

(barking)

Hey, bro. Back away from my car.

I said move!

-Sorry. I just, I, uh... \h\h-(barking continues)

(panting): I just...

need sleep.

(door opens)

Good morning.

If I have to bring you \h\h\hto the hospital,

my whole morning will be shot.

\h\h\h(sighs) You don’t have to worry about me.

(scoffs)

What are you so busy with?

\h\hI am taking meetings for my charitable work.

\h\h\h\hI’ve been thinking that maybe you were right.

-Impossible. \h-(laughs)

\h\h\hI shouldn’t be so cloak- and-dagger with my donations.

My family’s foundation was once a formidable force for good.

\h\h\h\hI have put out calls to some wonderful nonprofits

who would really benefit \h\h\h\h\h\h\hfrom my...

\h\h\h-Cash? -(chuckles)

Precisely. (chuckles)

(sighs)

Talk to me.

About what?

You’ve always listened \h\h\h\hto my issues.

I want to be here for yours.

These nightmares, your...

...memories,

they’re getting worse?

Yes. They are becoming \h\h\h\h\hmore vivid.

I haven’t slept in days.

Well... what you clearly need \h\h\h\h\h\h\his an epic nap.

What’s your take on barbiturates?

Personally, I’m a fan.

Only one thing seems to help me.

Hmm.

I need a murder.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-(sighs) -GIL: I can’t help you, Bright.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCome on. There has to be something.Nothing that requires \h\h\h\h\ha profiler.

This is New York.

You okay?

I’m amazing. Top of the world.Because you look like hell.

-It’s off the charts. \h\h\h-JT: Hey, boss.

\h-Need a ride? -I’ll catch up.

Hey. You look horrible.

\h\h\h\hI know, right? Where are they going?

-It’s not your thing. -You don’t know that.

I’m into all sorts of things.

It’s a drug hit, double homicide.

-And I don’t need a profiler. \h\h\h\h\h\h-I hear you. I do.

But would you believe \h\h\h\hthat homicide

appears to be the only thing \h\h\h\h\h\hkeeping me sane?

Solving, not doing.

I need this.

(car horn blares)

\h\h\h\h\h(indistinct police radio chatter)What’s he doing here?

-Exciting stuff. \h\h-Which game?

Oh, you know, the game, \h\h\hwith the players.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hForget it. I’ll show myself to the body.

No, you won’t.

What’s the matter? You don’t see it?

Allow me.

\h\h\h\h\hBRIGHT: Huh. A speakeasy.

Cool.

What are you doing here?

I was in the neighborhood.

What do we have?

\h\hTwo vics, starting here with the-- let’s be honest--

crappy bodyguard.

His throat was slashed, and his boss didn’t get off any easier.

JT: Our human snow globe: \h\h\h\hJacques Desir, 34,

of Haitian descent,

\h\h\hknown pusher of molly, other high-end party drugs,

and, yes, cocaine.

\h\h\h\hDANI: He controlled New York’s Haitian dealers.

Ruthless but respected.

Allow me.

Ruthless.

Someone cut out his tongue.

And you said you didn’t need me.

Talk to me, Powell.

\hDesir controlled most of Flatbush.

But there is a contested section of Ditmas Avenue

\h\hthat the Trinitarios have been trying to get

for the Dominicans.

It’s an ongoing beef.

And the Trinitarios answer to?

Saulo Reyes.

If the Dominicans \hare responsible,

Saulo is in the know.

Desir’s guys may be looking \h\h\h\h\hto hit back hard.

If we’re not quick \hwith a collar...

We got ourselves a drug war.

Are we sure this is about drugs?

He’s literally covered in drugs.

\hYeah, forget about that for a second. This happened fast.

Desir didn’t even have enough time to get out of his chair.

He must have been surprised.

\h\h\h\h\hWell, he paid that guy good money to not be surprised.

\h\h\h\hWhoever did this, Desir let them get close.

You think our killer \h\h\hwas a friend?

Possibly. At the very least, \h\h\h\hDesir trusted them.

Bro, this was an execution.

Why did they cut out his tongue?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDANI: Psychological warfare.

Cartels have been using it \h\h\h\h\hsince the ’80s.

But this isn’t cartel.

\h\hYou said yourself this is street level, a turf dispute.

How much cocaine is this?

Maybe a kilo? It looks uncut.

\h\h\h\h\h-20K, give or take. -You did a stint in Narcotics.

Get to the point.

If this was a drug hit, \h\h\hstrictly business,

then why did the killer dump \h\h$20,000 worth of product

on a dead guy?

Seems like bad business.

No, this was driven by anger.

-Like a vengeance killing. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Mm-mm.

\h\h\hDesir’s crew was tight. This is about turf or product.

Oh, I’m not the expert \h\h\hthat you are...

Oh, look at that.

We finally agree on something.

You’re wrong.

\hWe need a sit-down with the Dominicans.

I’ll make the call.

Thank you.

What did I say?

(door opens)

Lay off the Dani profile.

\h\hNot everyone’s so keen on revisiting their past.

(door closes)

\h\h\h\hBRIGHT: Why are we here?

\h\h\h\h\h\hAfter the ’90s, gangs and police made a deal

that churches are safe spaces.

Cops like Gil negotiated truces between them,

saved a lot of lives.

(door opens, closes)

♪ ♪

Saulo.

Lieutenant Arroyo.

I can only imagine we’re here

to pay our respects \hto the late Desir.

Did you do it?

If you ordered Desir killed, \h\h\hthey’ll come for you.

You’ll lose men and product. \h\h\h\h\hLet me stop them.

I am a legitimate businessman, Gil.

Off the record, though...

...none of my people \hwere responsible.

You want Estimé.

He’s lying.

\h\h\hXavier Estimé was in Desir’s camp.

They were friends.

Friends become enemies overnight in this business.

\h\hHe’s nonviolent. You know, like you.

Estimé doesn’t even \h\h\hmove product.

I don’t know who your girl is,

but she’s working \hoff stale intel.

Estimé was Desir’s number two.

\h-With a bullet. -(chain rattling)

Now, he’s number one.

\h\h\h\h\hDANI: That’s not true.

If you didn’t order the hit, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hwho did?

-Just give us a name. \h\h\h\h-GIL: Powell.

\h\h\h\h\h\hSAULO: Insubordination is a dangerous thing.

(woman crying)

\h\h...one person has something to say, then all the other guys

\h\h\h\h\h\hstart thinking they can have an opinion.

-(quietly): Ignore it. \h\h\h-(wood creaking)

-Undermine you. \h\h-Ignore it.

Sabotage the whole project.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYou and I have different leadership styles.

(chain rattling)

(echoing): I wish I could help, ’cause you’re right.

This is war.

But it’s not my war.

(woman crying faintly)

\hThis was between Desir and Estimé.

(panting)

Sorry. Sorry.

I-I thought I saw a bug.

I hate bugs.

Who is this?

Mr. Bright is our profiler.

Desir had his tongue cut out.

Why would someone do that?

People are superstitious.

\h\h\h\h\h\hBut not you. You’re a religious man.

Catholic. You blessed yourself \h\h\h\h\hbefore you sat down.

Some cultures believe you remove a part of the body after death,

you trap the soul inside it forever.Damning them to walk the Earth.

I don’t need a bunch of ghosts \h\h\h\h\hfollowing me around.

You and me both.

-(phones ringing) \h\h\h\h\h-(sighs)

What are you working on?

My profile.

\hSaulo’s a killer. You see that, right?

Of course he is.

But he’s not Desir’s killer.

Neither is Estimé.

So...

\h\h\h\hif you’re thinking that he fits your profile,

back off.

Tell me why.

Profiles are built \hon information.

And right now, our information \h\h\h\h\h\hpoints to Estimé.

But I don’t know him \h\h\h\hlike you do.

Or did.

Don’t do that.

What?

Profile me.

(sighs)

I want to help you,

\h\h\h\h\hbut I can’t do that until you help me understand.

I don’t know Estimé.

You do.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGIL: Edrisa’s report is in.

The powder on the body \h\h\h\h\hwasn’t coke.

Mix of psilocybin and MDMA.

Huh. Mushrooms and ecstasy.

Sounds like a particularly \h\h\hrousing combination.

Is there anything in there that will actually help us

catch our killer?

Desir and the bodyguard were killed with the same blade.

But the spatter pattern \h\h\h\h\hwas irregular.The bodyguard was covered in blood,

some kind of outer layer.

Okay.

There’s something else.

The bodyguard was killed second.

Uh, the DNA transfer \h\h\h\h\hproves it.

Our killer never went \h\hthrough security.

Desir knew him.

Like a friend. I think.

We got to talk to Estimé.

Okay.

Let me do it.

No. You’re too close to this.

See, I-I think that that, \h\hthat is a good thing.

Dani, you’re wrong.

Work up a warrant.

When the judge says we’re good,

\hwe go in together; no moves until then.

Everybody got it?

Got it.

(classical music playing)

(calls out): \hKimberly.

Have Louisa clean all this up.

All of it? There’s still time, \h\hif someone’s running late.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(sighs) Let’s not fool ourselves.

Four guests, four no-shows. \hWe all know what this is.

No one wants anything to do \h\h\h\h\hwith The Surgeon.

Even though it’s my money, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hnot his.

I can follow up.

That won’t be necessary.

I’m sorry, Mrs. Whitly.

\h\h\h\h\h\hWOMAN: \h\hI’ll have one, if you’re pouring.

\h\hJESSICA: And you are?

\h\h\h\h\hEve Blanchard. I’m here for your money.

\h\h\h\h(laughs) Ms. Blanchard...

Oh, you won’t find me \h\h\h\hon that list.

I slipped past your housekeeper.

Not the best security.

I’m an attorney.

I heard your foundation \h\h\h\h\his looking for

a good cause to invest in.

\hI hope you don’t mind me crashing.

I prefer a personal approach.

You’re an attorney?

\hI have a rather particular focus.

I fight human trafficking.

Finding funding isn’t easy.

\hDo you know who my ex-husband is?

I do.

Hopefully you won’t judge me \h\h\h\h\hby my exes either.

I’m looking for a smart partner with deep pockets.

And if you really are interested in making a tangible impact

\h\hon a global scale, I’ll take that drink.

Rocks?

Neat.

(exhales)

\h\h\h\h("Old Friend" by Elderbrook playing)

-(lively chatter) \hAnd it’s just like \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h♪

Coming up, yeah, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h♪

♪

Locked up ’cause \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h♪

I’ve been looking \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h♪

♪♪

♪ ♪

-Come here often? -Listen, I’m not--

\h\h\h\hDamn it, Bright, what are you doing here?

\h\h\h\hCan’t sleep. What’s your excuse?

This is Estimé’s club.

I’m gonna get a lot more \h\h\h\h\hout of Estimé

than 12 dudes with guns \h\h\h\hpointed at him.

Well, you wouldn’t disobey Gil \h\h\h\h\h\hunless you had to,

so why do you have to?

\h\hThe answer is "yes," to your bad pickup line.

Yes, I come here often.

At least I-I used to.

You weren’t just in Narcotics. \h\h\h\h\hYou were undercover.

Two years.

\h\h\hMAN: Excuse me.

\h\h\hMr. Estimé would like to have a word with both of you.

It’s in my blood \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAre you sure that guy’s not dangerous?

Because in my experience, \h\h\h\h\hpeople who lurk

\h\h\hbehind giant windows in nightclubs are up to no good.

You’re profiling a window?

That’s a bad-guy window.

(door opens)

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hESTIMÉ: Trini, give us the room.

Come on, girls.

-(quietly): There’s a lot \h\hof drugs in that box. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h-It’s fine.

-ESTIMÉ: It’s been a minute. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h-(door closes)

You look...

better than the last time \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI saw you.

He a cop, too?

We’re here about Desir.

Who killed him?

Does it matter?

Everyone thinks it was me.

\h\h\h\h\h\hDANI: Is everyone right?

I heard you were his right hand.

Moving product, women.

\hI told them that’s not the Estimé that I knew.

Come on. Where’s my sweet girl?

The one who used to party down.

I had nothing to do with it.

\h\h\h\h\h\hPeople change, for better and for worse.

You forget what I did for you?

Why do you think I’m here?

I’m trying to help you.

\hBut if you don’t tell me the truth,

the cops are gonna be \h\h\h\hall over you.

You got hard.

I grew up.

I had to.

I have so many questions.

-And I am answering them. \h\h-They’re all for Dani.

\h\hHow do you know this guy, and what happened between you?

-What are you doing? -Agreeing with you.

He’s exhibiting stress reactions

a profiler could spot \h\h\h\h\hfrom space.

\h\h\h\hYo, I don’t care who you’re rolling with,

\h\hI’m not scared, and I didn’t kill...

Desir? I know.

\h\hYou’re posturing, pretending to be hard.

’Cause drug dealers are scary.

Problem is you’re not a killer.

Dani’s been telling me that \hall day, and now I see it.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDANI: What really happened

with you and Desir?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI can’t help you if you don’t tell me the truth.

Desir was my friend.

I loved him like a brother.

\hTell your people I didn’t do this.

(woman screams)

-(rapid gunfire) \h\h\h-Get down!

(people screaming, clamoring)

Let’s go! Keep your head down!

(coughing)

(coughing continues)

\h\h\h\h\h\hDANI: Bright, you good?

\h\h\h-(sirens wailing) -(police radio chatter)

What the hell were you thinking?

I knew that Estimé would talk to me.

\h\h\h\h\h-I made a call. -Before we had a warrant.That’s not a call.

And Estimé’s now... where?

\hI know what this looks like, but Estimé did not kill Desir.

He is in way over his head.

\h\hDani’s right. He didn’t do this.

But I have a question.

\h\h\hWhy is everyone moving in slow motion?

You okay, Bright?

\hWhen my father was arrested, you helped to fill that void.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYou showed me what a good man looks like.

What a good man is.

He’s high as a kite.

I’m higher than a kite.

Estimé’s stash exploded on him \h\h\h\h\h\h\hduring gunfire.

Oh.

What about you?

I’m fine.

\h\h\h-Yeah? -I promise.

Good.

(Gil sighs)

Take him home.

What? We are in the...

If you can’t behave like a cop, try babysitting

till he comes down.

JT and I have work to do.

(lock clicks, door opens)

\h\h\h\h(sighs) All right, the best thing you can do

for the next seven hours or so,

\h\h\h\h\hjust stay calm and drink lots of water.

Or... we throw axes!

\h\h\h-What? -You and me.

Broad-bladed axes.

I have five.

No, six.

Doesn’t matter. We have plenty.

No.

\h\h\h("Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin playing)

Wow! God, this feeling!

My-my neurons are on fire.

\h\h\h\h\h\hYou know, people say that dopamine triggers pleasure.

But really, it’s about desire.

Want to dance?

Bright, I’m two seconds away

from kicking you in the business.

And business is good.

Answer me this, though.

You know when \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h♪

No. No, lost it.

Ah, my short-term memory \h\h\h\h\h\h\his just...

Okay. Why don’t you go throw \h\hsome water on your face,

and I’m gonna make you \h\hsomething to eat.

Right.

Right. Let’s make...

crumble.

Grilled cheese?

\h\h\h\h\h\hYou know what? I will never forget this.

-I’m pretty sure you will. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Thank you.

For taking care of me.

What are friends for?

Wait. We’re friends?

Really?

N-No. Not--

I mean, not really, \h\hbut not-not yet.

I’m out of practice \h\h\hwith friends.

With companionship.

-That’s all right. \h\h\h\h\h-(sighs)

\h\h\h\hI... I don’t have a lot of friends, either.

I got... issues with trust.

I can’t really go there anymore.

You can trust me.

(gasps) I have Jarlsberg!

And a particularly stinky \h\h\h\h\h\hBrie de Meaux.

Let’s do grilled cheese!

Oh. ’Kay.

Go wash up. I’m on it.

-With the...? \h-I am on it.

Okay.

(door opens, closes)

(water splashes)

(breathes deeply)

(chuckles)

(chain clinking)

Hmm?

♪

♪

♪

♪

♪

-(panting) \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h♪

(slowing, distorting): \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h♪

-Bright, you good? On the right, babe ♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h♪ -(scratching)

(whispers): \h\hNo. No.

(music slows, stops)

(chain clinking)

(woman whimpering)

\h\h(quietly): It’s not real.

(panting)

\h\h\h\h\h\hDANI: Bright, you good?

\h\h\h-(rattling) -(woman screaming)

(whispers): \h\h\h\hNo.

\h\h-(eerie scream) -(muffled grunting)

Bright?

(panting)

♪ ♪

Dad?

(sighs)

Not exactly.

This isn’t real. You’re not real.

Yet, and here I am.

Nestled nicely between \h\hyour basal ganglia

-and your cerebellum. \h\h-Malcolm, my boy.

Wearing your dad’s cardigan.

\h\h\h\h\h\hNobody ever said the subconscious was subtle.

I’m high. I haven’t slept.

\h\h\h\h\h\h(whispers): Sweet dreams, my love.

-That’s why this is happening. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Sure.

\h\hWould you like some flannel PJs?

Perhaps a glass of warm milk?

Let me out of here!

-(cell door rattles) \h-Don’t you get it?

We’re all in here together.

I’m only trying to show you \hthe truth about yourself.

They call you a monster.

You’re a hallucination.

I’m your subconscious. \h\hYour ego. Your id.

The Ghost of Christmas Past.

Call me whatever you want.

Just stop ignoring me!

(screams)

Buddy, I get it.

These nightmares you’re having...

nightmares you’re having \h\h\h\h\h\h\hare rough.

-YOUNG BRIGHT: What’s in here? \h\h\h\h\h\h-Fragments of this,

bits of that... bits of that.

That station wagon.

What did Dad do?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hdo? -(screams)

What you need is context. \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAm I right?

Something to help you stitch \h\hall this crazy together.

\hDANI: Bright?

I remember that.

\h\h\hAfter he was arrested, Mom burned all of the photos

-and mementos of Dad. Whoosh. \h\h\h\h-Get him out of here.

Proof of his existence, \h\h\h\h\h\hup in smoke.(knocking on door)

Under your childhood bed.

-Find it. It’ll help. \h\h\h\h\h-(knocking)

-DANI: Bright? \h\h\h\h-Here.

So you don’t forget.

\h\h\h\h\hDANI: Bright? Bright?

-(screaming) \h\h-Relax.

-Relax. Bright, calm down. \h\h\h-(hyperventilating)

Calm-- Hey, hey. Bright!

(Bright screaming)

(exhales)

\h\h("Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" by The Fortunes)

\h\h\h\hBRIGHT: Morning! Coffee?

-I’m good. (clears throat) \h\h\h-How did you sleep?

On a counter.

(groans softly)

I punched you.

(laughs) It worked.

I slept five hours.

I should have you slug me \h\h\h\h\h\h\hevery night.

And soon my tears, they will \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h♪

\h\h\h\hI could tell last night was hard.

Seeing Estimé.

\h\hWhat was he like when you first met?

\h\h\hWhen I was undercover, I infiltrated Desir’s crew.

A hostess girl?

We sold drinks, drugs.

\h\hMost of the girls, they came from Haiti after the earthquake.

I managed to get close to him, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hgather evidence.

But everything went sideways.

Estimé made you.

We got too close.

He kept it a secret.

Never told anyone else \h\h\h\h\hI was a cop.

And then he saved me.

(gasping)

\hBRIGHT: You OD’d.

That’s why Gil was worried \habout you around drugs.

Did you get hooked undercover?

I thought that it made me \h\h\h\h\hextra qualified,

but it just... it just made me extra stupid.

\h\h\hWhen I hit bottom, Estimé was the only one

in Desir’s crew who cared.

He took me to the hospital.

If it wasn’t for him, I...

That’s how I know he didn’t do this.

(knocking on door)

-Morning. -Morning.

Our boy back to normal?

Ah, yeah, his version of it.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Look, Gil, I... -I know what Estimé did for you.

And I understand you wanting \h\h\hto protect him, but...

\h\h\hHe’s a suspect, and I shouldn’t have broken rank.

\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m sorry. It won’t happen again.

Make it up to me.

We think Saulo was behind the shooting at the club.

JT is running down his crew.

How do you know it’s Saulo?

We caught one of Estimé’s hostesses leaving the club

with a semiautomatic; traced it back to the Dominicans.

Okay. Let me talk to her.

\h\hThank you, Mrs. Whitly. You are incredibly generous.

\h\h\h\h\h\h(chuckles) Please. It’s Jessica.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMaybe it’s best if I do contribute anonymously.

The Whitly name doesn’t exactly scream victims’ rights.

We can accommodate that.

I just... I have to ask.

\hYou were a Milton before you married.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Mm. -That’s practically royalty \h\h\h\h\h\h\hin this city.

Why did you keep it "Whitly"? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hname?

\hWell, I... had been a Whitly longer than I’d been a Milton.

And I’d done a lot of good \h\h\h\h\h\h\has a Whitly.

\h\h\h\hI let that man take so much from me.

I wasn’t gonna give him that.

That is amazing. \h\hI love you.

\h\h(laughs): Yes. Oh, well.

If only we were sophomores \h\h\h\h\h\hat Wellesley.

\h\h\h-Oh. Okay. -(both laughing)

BRIGHT (in distance): \h\hMother! I’m back.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDon’t worry. I’m not after your barbiturates.

I have company, dear.

Oh.

Uh...

-Uh, hi. \h\h-Hi.

I just need to grab something \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hfrom upstairs.

Um, box of old stuff

-I kept under my bed. \h\h\h-What old stuff?

\h\h\h\h\hUh, pictures. Maybe a two-dollar bill.

You know, memories.

That we want to remember?

\h\h\h\h\hA good amount of drugs exploded in my face last night.

Long story, work related.

But it led to a breakthrough \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof sorts.

If there were a secret shoebox

where you stored memories \h\h\h\hof your father...

I never said it was a shoebox.

Whatever kind of box it was,

\h\h\hit went up the chimney with the rest of his things.

Sorry for the interruption.

(sighs)

Eve, this is Malcolm.

My son.

Pleasure to meet you, Malcolm.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hJESSICA: \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEve fights global human trafficking.

I’m giving her all of our money.

Thank God.

And what do you do?

\h-I’m in law enforcement. -Let’s not dwell on that.

\hYeah, it’s mostly boring office work.

With exploding drugs?

That doesn’t sound... \h\h\h\hboring to me.

Yeah. Well... (chuckles)

It’s not always... boring.

(chuckles)

\h\h\h\h\h-Hey. -I remember you.

-From the club. \h\h\h\h-Mm-hmm.

So you’re a cop now?

I was a cop then.

Had me fooled.

What happened to Estimé \h\h\h\h\hafter I left?

\hH-How did he get dragged into this?

Desir got to him.

Then Estimé started \hmaking real money,

but his heart wasn’t in it.

Then why did he stay?

\hFabiola. A hostess who worked with us.

She was amazing.

Pretty.

That girl could do hair \h\h\h\hlike it was art.

He fell for her hard.

What happened to her?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBRIGHT: What did you find out?

\h\h\hEstimé-- he fell for one of Desir’s hostesses.

Fabiola Cadichon.

Let me guess.

Desir didn’t want \hto give her up.

Estimé begged him.

\h\hDesir, he-he didn’t take the rejection well,

so he sent Fabiola \hto mule heroin.

Balloon burst and she died.

(sighs)

I’m sorry.

I was right.

Estimé wouldn’t kill for turf or product.

This was about love.

Check the awning.

Fabiola had a gift for hair.

He bought it for her.

Solid profile.

I learned from the best.

Thanks.

I meant Gil.

(chuckles)

\h\h\h\h\hHe used to say, "Police work is patience."

\h\h\h\h\h\hHim and JT are pulling a warrant.

(chuckles)

What?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHe used to tell me the same thing when I was a kid,

bored on some stakeout.

"Police work is patience."

He used to take you \h\h\hon stakeouts?

\h\hMm, people have said my childhood was weird.

I don’t see it.

What?

I...

I just always thought we were so different.

Turns out Gil saved us both.

Hold on. I got a mark.

That’s Trini. She takes care \h\h\h\h\hof the hostesses.

Looks like she’s about to take care of someone else.

Gil, it’s Powell.

I think I got Estimé. \h\h624 Glenwood Road.

Wait for backup.

Estimé won’t hurt me. \h\h\h\h\hI know that.

Still...

you don’t have to \hface him alone.

I think I do.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Estimé. -We don’t take walk-ins, Dani.

We know about Fabiola.

Fabiola is dead.

I bought this whole thing \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hfor her.

It was her dream.

\h\hTo have a shop, cut hair, have kids.

I used to have big dreams.

Then I met Fabiola,

and all I wanted to do was make her little dreams come true.

But Desir wouldn’t let her go.

\h\hHe killed her, so you killed him.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hESTIMÉ: No. He made a mistake.

But he was like a brother. \h\h\h\hI didn’t kill him.

I couldn’t kill anyone.

You think I want this, Xavier? \h\h\h\h\h\h\hTo bring you in?

I don’t.

But you made your choice.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBRIGHT: These are waterproof.

What?

Desir-- his chest was clean of blood

because he was wearing

\h\h\h\h\han outer layer when his throat was cut.

He was wearing one of these.

Where did Fabiola learn to cut hair?

It’s a skill.

Who taught her?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hESTIMÉ: Her mother, back in the islands.

I never met her.

\h\h\hBRIGHT: Yes, you did.

(grunting)

\h\h\h\h\h-Drop it! -ESTIMÉ: What the...

\h\h\h\h\h\hBRIGHT: Don’t move, Estimé.

Meet Trini Cadichon.

Fabiola’s mother.

\h-Don’t do it, Trini. -What’d you do, Trini?

(Trini gasps)

You cut Desir’s hair, too.

He was wearing one of these \hwhen you slit his throat.

\h\h\h\hCaught the blood as you took his tongue.

Desir put Fabiola \hon that plane...

...my baby,

with his poison inside her.

It wasn’t my fault.

You didn’t stop Desir.

Now I have nothing, \h\hnot even a grave

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-for my love. -Where is Fabiola? Her body?

\h\h\hDesir left her in the Meadowlands.

\hTrini, he knows where Fabiola is.

You kill him, that goes, too.

But if you let him go, \h\h\h\hI promise you,

we will find your little girl.

(breath trembling)

And she can finally rest...

...in peace.

Trini.

(tires screeching)

Who is that? Backup?

-No. It has to be Saulo. \h\h\h\h-They found me.

-They’re here to kill me, too. You might as well do it, Trini. -(Trini grunts)

Shut up, Estimé!

(grunts)

Trini, what do you think?

\h\h\h\h\hDANI: It’s up to you.

What’s more important, revenge \h\hor burying your daughter?

(groans)

\h\h\h\h\h\hFirst person to walk out that door...

Wait.

She’s a cop.

Detective Powell, is it?

What are you doing here, Saulo?

Making a social call.

\h\h\h\hAnd what brings you out to this fine corner of Flatbush?

Here to see Estimé, I assume.

-What’s all this blood? \h\h\h\h\h\h-He’s dead.

Killed by the hairdresser \h\h\hwho took out Desir.

\h\h\h\h\hDaughter died moving product for them.

I guess it was revenge.

(sirens wailing)

\h\h\h\h\hCare to stay and make a statement?

No, I think we’ll be going, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDetective.

It’s getting late.

-See you around. -(engine starts)

Better hope not.

Let’s roll.

She’s really buried in the Meadowlands?

Yup.

You’ll find Fabiola...

here.

\h\h\hYou really gonna get her buried right?

Trini may be going to jail, \h\h\hbut I made a promise.

Her daughter will get \h\h\ha proper burial.

(knocks)

Okay, you got to go.

Saulo thinks you’re dead. You need to stay that way.

This is your chance to get out,

away from that life.

\h\h\h\hYou really found a way to put it all behind you, huh?

Yeah, I did.

Now it’s your turn.

Thank you.

(sighs softly)

(Bright clears throat)

Peace offering.

Freshly brewed Earl Grey tea.

I love Earl Grey.

(chuckles)

I know.

It’s the aroma, isn’t it?

\h\h\h\h\h\hThink you mentioned your grandma used to make it...

Damn, I’m doing it again, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\haren’t I?

You could always just ask.

Okay. Friend.

What is it?

You’ve saved Estimé, \hcaught the killer.

Why no celebration?

They pulled me out August 2016.

Fabiola arrived that October.

You were Narcotics, not a social worker.

You couldn’t have helped \h\h\hTrini or Fabiola.

I guess we’ll never know, right?

(sighs) That’s the part \h\h\h\h\hthat kills me.

What would Freud say to that?

\h\hThat unresolved emotional conflicts

often manifest in dreams,

because a representation of the true problem in our subconscious

is far less damaging to the ego

than processing the actual object in the conscious...

He’d also say, "Drink more tea.

With friends."

JESSICA (over voice mail): \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMalcolm,

I sent Adolpho over with...

(sighs) Well...

\h\h\h\h\hI don’t know what you’re looking for

or why you insist \hon doing this,

but it is yours.

\h-Good night. -(line clicks)

♪ ♪

It’ll help.

(chuckles softly)

♪ ♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMARTIN: During this missing time...

...what did you do?

And why can’t you remember?

\hBRIGHT: It’s real.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMAN: Greg, move your head.