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(male announcer) Previously, on Lincoln heights...

We're supposed to scare Sutton, not take his kid.

This is kidnapping. We go to prison for a long time.

I know I don't deserve it,

but if you could find it in your heart to forgive me...

I don't think I can.

You're mad at the wrong guy.

Oh, no, I got the right guy.

Book 'em and bag 'em.

They're just street trash, right?

You both know that I've never hit your mother.

Yeah, we both know that what you did was much worse.

Charles, I can't be with you if there's secrets between us.

I can't give you what you need.

Are you breaking up with me?

Yes.

I have something for miss Lizzie.

It's a letter from boa.

You think it'd be okay if we wrote to each other?

I said one letter.

You don't need to be pen pals with a convict.

♪ I want to thank you ♪

♪ For showing me this life ♪ ♪

What do I have to do for you to dedicate a song to me?

Stop! Police!

He's headed to park! Stay with him!

I'm telling you,

it's like living with a wild badger.

The counters are covered with makeup.

The stuff on the curtain rods

I don't even want to think about.

Girls hang their things in the bathroom.

You just get used to it.

My daughter's wearing thongs, Eddie. Ooh!

That's not something a man gets used to.

(dispatch) All units in the vicinity,

officers need assistance.

Suspect on foot, headed north on 800 block, Roosevelt avenue.

It was a beautiful day too.

1-a-20 on our way.

[turns on siren]

I'll cover Powell. You take the west exit.

(Eddie) Out of the way, out of the way!

Get out of the way!

Get down on the ground!

Put your hands where I can see 'em!

Do it!

I don't think he understands you.

Look, the kid's scared out of his mind, Powell.

Why don't you just dial it back?

(Powell) He shouldn't have decked that old lady

when he stole her purse!

I said on the ground--now!

[gunshot]

You killed him.

He was making a move.

(Lund) Central, 1-a-20,

suspect down.

Requesting ambulance,

northwest corner, Roosevelt and 5th.

You guys all right? We're fine.

Perp made a move with that box cutter.

I had to put him down.

Tell them, Sutton.

[Lizzie laughing]

Did you see Sage's face

when Charles dedicated that song to Cassie?

Sage was, like--

What did I tell you two about spreading gossip?

It's not gossip if everybody saw it happen.

Saw what happen?

Charles' little serenade to you

at last week's talent show.

This again? I told you he wasn't singing to me.

That's not what Sage thought.

It's not what anybody thought.

What did I just say? (Lizzie) sorry.

I gotta go.

Already? You got another hour before school starts.

Yeah. I have a history project due at school next week,

and I-I wanna get to the library

before basketball.

It's okay, mom. I'll go with her.

Thank you, Tay.

A history project?

Tay, I'm on the schedule.

If I miss the bus, I may not get another chance to go.

Good.

All I need you to do

is cover for me when the school attendance office calls.

Look, I'm not gonna lie for you, Lizzie.

I don't want you to go.

I know, Tay, but I have to.

Mom?

Hey, sweetie.

What are you doing home? I missed you.

I missed you too. Hi.

I thought you weren't supposed to be back

for another two weeks-- What happened?

Uh...I kinda got... Kicked out of Vegas.

I thought you were doing great in card dealer school.

How'd you get kicked out?

Not school, Charles. Vegas.

I got caught counting cards at the tropicana.

But let's not make a big deal out of it.

You know what? I'm just happy you're home.

I missed you.

Where's Mac?

Gone.

What--what do you mean, gone?

We got into a fight, and he left.

Charles...

How could you do this?

What?

How could you drive him away again?

He attacked me, mom.

Yeah, that's what you said last time.

That's because it was true!

You know what, Charles,

I thought that we were past all of this.

It wasn't my fault.

You're gonna fix this, okay?

You are going to find Mac,

and when you do,

you are going to apologize to him.

Do you understand me? Do you?

[boa's voice] "Lizzie, I hope this letter finds you well.

"I know I'm writing you earlier than usual this month,

"but it's important.

"I need to see you right away, face to face.

"your letters have been the only thing that have kept me going.

"and I know you'll do everything in your power to come see me.

Boa."

♪ The city never sleeps ♪

♪ You've got to live to your own beat ♪

♪ So easy come and easy go ♪

♪ But it's home ♪

♪ ♪

Come on, partner. Give yourself a break.

Suspect carrying a weapon equals clean shoot.

Except Powell was involved. I'm not sure it was clean.

You sure it wasn't?

Let's just remember a life was lost here, okay?

Okay.

Rat squad's not wasting any time on this one.

(Ferguson) Routine questioning.

We all know it was a good shooting, right?

Hey, I'm talkin' to you.

Sutton.

I see you a minute?

Close the door.

I wanna make this short and sweet.

Chato Salazar's family's already threatening

a wrongful death lawsuit.

That was fast. That isn't half of it.

I've got internal affairs, city hall,

and the union leadership all breathing down my neck.

I wish I could help, Lou,

but I didn't see if that kid reached for his weapon.

[sighs] Eddie...

You know I respect you, but...

You gotta look at the big picture.

If this doesn't shake out in our favor,

it's gonna hurt the department.

And a lot of people are gonna want your head.

Wouldn't be the first time.

Look, maybe you're just not too keen

on moving up the ranks.

But I am.

So if Powell goes down on this,

you go down.

I'm gonna have you riding a desk

until you're old enough to retire.

That's it.

Oh, and Eddie...

You should probably hold off on taking that sergeant's exam.

What were you thinking?

Cassie, hi.

Do you have any idea what I had to go through last week

from your little performance?

"Are you and Charles Getting back together?"

"Are he and Sage Breaking up?"

Sage and I were never together.

Charles, you broke up with me.

Then you go and buy my painting.

Now...You're singing to me in public?

Why are you playing games with me, Charles?

I'm not playing games with you, Cassie.

I'm sorry.

It's just been harder for me to turn it off than I expected.

You meant a lot to me.

You still do.

Charles, it's hard for me, too, but you have to stop.

I never meant to cause you any pain.

Especially now that you're with Luc.

You are with Luc, aren't you?

Maybe it'd be easier if we just stayed away from each other.

I'll try.

You best be careful there, little slice.

Sorry?

Don't wanna go fallin' in love with the wrong guy.

What? N-no, I'm going in to see my brother.

My big brother.

Girl, you know and I know

you ain't got no big brother up in here.

You can't just walk in there.

You gotta show I.D.

Shh!

Name? Uh, Eva Smith.

Can I see some I.D.?

Oh.

Here you go.

Smooth.

Okay.

Can I go in now?

I have to check in your guardian.

What?

Your guardian.

All minor children must be accompanied by an adult visitor.

You did bring your guardian, didn't you?

Got your adult visitor hanging right here,

pencil pusher.

And who are you?

The little lady's aunt Cici.

Cici Deveaux.

We're Creole.

Ma'am, I have you visiting a different inmate.

And next week, I may visit me another one still.

Go ahead. Next in line.

Uh, thanks, Cici.

Be careful now, baby girl.

You ain't in middle school anymore.

Oh, I'm sorry. I must have the wrong table.

Are you Lizzie Sutton?

N-no, I'm Eva Smith.

Right. Boa's sister.

Nice cover.

Guess the fake birth certificate worked, huh?

It isn't fake.

Look, I'm Chet Mitchell. Boa's cellmate.

Where's Boa?

He's in the infirmary, all busted up.

Is he all right?

He got jumped, but he'll be fine.

Now, his sister, on the other hand,

that's a whole 'nother story.

Her little boyfriend got picked up

for parole violation about three weeks ago,

and boa hasn't heard from her since.

Why didn't he put that in the letter?

The girl's 16 years old.

Already got a kid.

The two of them ain't got nobody else.

Prison guard reads that letter...

Eva's baby could be taken away.

No wonder boa sounded so desperate.

Desperate enough to yank another inmate off the phone

while he was still on it just so he could talk to her.

Got his butt busted up pretty good too.

But what does he want me to do?

He wants you to go see if she's all right.

Eva lives in the heights, westside apartments.

Think it's close to your school.

How do I know you're not lying?

Sweetheart, just look around.

If there's one thing people don't lie about in here,

it's family.

Well, tell boa I'll be in touch.

I wish I could have seen him.

Lizzie.

Your parents know you came all the way down here?

[school bell rings]

So...What's up, girl?

You and Charles back together again?

No.

'cause it kinda looked that way

after he was doing all that singing to you

last week.

Charles and I are not back together.

He's with Sage now.

He was better with you than that skinny old ho.

[laughing]

Oh, hell, no.

You're gonna call me?

All right. All right.

Bye. Bye.

What the hell do you think you're doing

chattin' up my man?

Looks like your man is thinking about trading up.

Girl, it's no wonder white boy

sang his little love song to Cassie

instead of you.

You're just plain old white trash.

Okay, girls, I know it's very ghetto-chic

to gang up on me,

but I gotta get to class.

Ghetto what?

Bitch, I know you did not just call me ghetto. Ah-hem.

We'll finish this later.

Can't wait.

Sage, I'm so sorry.

I never meant for any of this to happen.

Of course you didn't.

Things just got this way on their own.

What's that supposed to mean?

Means that you're Cassie Sutton,

the princess of Lincoln heights.

And nothing could possibly be your fault.

I was trying to apologize.

I think we both know what you can do with that apology.

[phone ringing]

[recording] Hi, it's the Suttons.

Please leave a mesSage. [beep]

(woman) Hello, this is Sheila Kravitz

from the attendance office at Powell middle school.

I'm calling about Lizzie's absence today.

[beep]

Hello? Hello?

Is anyone there?

Hello?

Yes, hello.

Can I speak to Mr. Or Mrs. Sutton, please?

This is Mr. Sutton.

(Marla) We need to talk.

About what?

I have good news.

Okay? Um...

Mac called me.

I thought you said it was good news.

He just got a job

as a certified mechanic in Boston.

Mac's moving to Boston? That's great!

No, Charles.

We're moving to Boston, okay?

And we're gonna live together like a normal family.

Normal.

There's nothing normal about it. He's a bad guy!

You have never liked him!

That's why you lied about him in Germany--

I didn't lie!

You're the reason he went to jail!

Mom, why won't you listen to me?

Mac has done nothing but sacrifice for this family,

and you have never appreciated it.

And you know what?

I'm not gonna let you ruin this for me, okay,

because I love him!

I love him.

What about me, mom?

Charles, where are you going?

As far away from you two as I can.

I swear to God, if you walk out that door,

don't you ever...ever think about coming back here.

I talked to I.A. Last night.

They wanna question me in a day or two.

Looks like they're really gunning for Powell.

Yeah, well, you always said he was bad police,

Lincoln Heights would be better off without him.

Looks like you're about to get your wish.

You think I'm happy about this?

I think you forgot what it's like

to be on the wrong end of an I.A. investigation.

You mean donnell Williams?

This is nothing like that.

The kid didn't come in

waving a gun in front of ten witnesses.

Yeah, which means, unlike you,

Powell's got nobody to stand up for him.

So what am I supposed to do,

tell them I saw something I didn't see?

Look, all I'm saying is

we put our asses on the line every day.

So cops deserve a free pass.

They deserve the benefit of the doubt, Eddie.

Everyone in town seems to forget that.

We shouldn't forget it too.

I haven't forgotten anything.

And what does it matter to you?

'cause I'm your partner.

And everything you do comes back to me.

[knocking]

Eva Smith? Who are you?

I'm Lizzie Sutton.

I'm a friend of your brother's.

[baby cries] You know Boa?

Yeah. He asked me to come and check on you

and your daughter--

Go away!

Whoa. Not until I know that you and your daughter are okay.

You trying to make me go home to my mama.

What?

Are you gonna stand there and deny it?

I already told boa, mama kicked me out,

and I ain't giving her the satisfaction of goin' back.

Boa's really worried about you

and got attacked trying to reach you.

What do you mean, attacked?

He's in the prison hospital right now.

I went to go visit him,

but he couldn't even have any visitors.

[baby crying]

It's all right. Mama's here.

You have a beautiful little girl.

Thanks.

So how do you know boa?

We're friends.

So you really ain't trying to get me

to move back in with my mother?

No. I just wanna be able to tell boa

that you're both all right.

I'd be all right if I could get a job.

I been trying to get to that new big box store

on mission vista to fill out an application.

I can't find nobody to watch Natalie.

I'll watch her.

Why would you do that?

I don't know.

Boa might feel better if you had a job.

Hi, Natalie.

Is she okay?

She's been like this since we moved here.

I think she's still getting used to the place.

I don't think I can leave her.

Really, I-it's okay. I've babysat before.

I have CPR training--

Okay.

You win. I'll be back in a couple hours.

Whoa. I didn't mean you should, like, leave now.

Is that a problem?

No, I--

No, no problem.

Cool.

[door closes]

[siren]

Everything okay, officer?

License and proof of insurance, please.

Do you mind my asking why you pulled me over?

You got no license plates on your car.

That's because it's a new car. The plates haven't arrived yet.

Here you go.

Yeah, I'm gonna need you to step out of the vehicle.

Excuse me? Now, please.

Why?

Ma'am, I'm not gonna ask you again.

You know, my husband's a police officer.

Maybe you two have met.

I'm gonna need you to step to the curb.

Okay, ma'am.

I'm now gonna ask you to submit to a field sobriety test.

What?

If you decline, I'll be forced to arrest you

and bring you in for processing.

Hey, there.

How was basketball practice?

Oh, hi, dad. Basketball was fine.

Are you okay?

Yeah, great. Why?

Well, you usually head straight for the refrigerator

after practice.

Oh, I was just going to put my backpack upstairs.

You know mom hates when we leave our stuff lying around.

I'm going that way. I'll take it.

Oh, thanks, dad.

How long do you think you can go

before dad finds out you're lying?

Forever, if you keep your mouth shut.

But you're babysitting for your kidnapper.

I told you, it's not for boa. It's for his sister.

And she doesn't have anybody else.

And now you're lying to dad?

This is weak, Lizzie, even for you.

Well, you know what? You can't tell dad.

And you can't tell mom either.

I already covered for you once.

I'm not gonna keep lying for you.

(Jenn) Eddie?

You don't have to lie. Just don't say anything.

Hey, ma. Where's your father?

Hey, baby. What's goin' on?

I just got pulled over today.

For what? I don't know.

He ordered me out of the car

and made me do a field sobriety test.

What'd he do that for?

It was as if he was

deliberately trying to humiliate me.

Do you remember the officer's name?

Are you kidding? It is burned in my memory.

Ferguson.

What's going on?

Ferguson's Powell's partner.

So that traffic stop was what--

A reminder for you to lie for Powell?

What's there to lie about?

I never said it was a dirty shoot. But you never said it wasn't.

Plus, the way you talk about Powell,

I think everybody assumes that you're--

What, that I'm willing to destroy a man's life

because I don't agree with the way he does his job?

Maybe he deserves to have his life destroyed.

What?

Chato's aunt is in my mothers' support group.

His family's been devastated by this.

That doesn't mean Powell's guilty.

No, but it means you can't lie.

I know that!

But there's pressure coming from upstairs.

Lindo's threatened to put me on a desk until I retire.

Lindo's the one who recommended you

for the sergeant's exam.

He's gotta be bluffing.

I can't take that chance, Jenn.

Hell, my own partner's pressuring me.

I'm completely alone on this.

You never learn, do you?

You are not alone.

Dude, what the hell?

Hey, I'm talking to you.

I found these in the back room.

You been sleeping here again?

For one night, Frankie.

Settle down.

Settle down? Settle down?

I already told you no spending the night!

You have any idea how bad my uncle Fernando chewed me out

the last time I let you get away with this?

What's the big deal, man?

You could set off an alarm.

A car could fall off the lift and hurt you, man.

Fine.

It won't happen again.

Yeah, I know it won't, because if it does--

What, Frankie, huh?

You gonna fire me?

Miss antoni!

Cut the crap and tell me where my son is.

What? Did he spend the night with you?

Charles and I broke up,

so I really don't know or care where he is.

You broke up.

Over a month ago.

You didn't know?

No.

You know what, I gotta go,

but if you see him, will you tell him to call me?

Is everything okay?

No, Cassie, everything is not all right.

Charles packed his bag, and he left last night.

Where'd he go?

I don't know!

That's what I'm trying to find out.

Well, if you want,

I can have my dad keep an eye out.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Ms. Antoni. What?

Everything's gonna be okay.

[sirens in distance]

Come on, Natalie, give me a break!

Just rest for a minute.

Come on, where are you, Eva?

Lizzie! Hey.

Sorry I'm late.

I ran into some friends, starting talkin'!

Hey! How's mama's baby girl?

Has she been like this the whole time?

Friends?

I-I thought you were gonna look for a job.

I swear, I think she misses her daddy.

Whatever. Look, I was supposed to be outta here

two hours ago.

Think you can make it tomorrow?

Big box called.

They wanna interview me.

I don't know, Eva.

I have basketball, and I already missed twice this week.

If I don't show up tomorrow,

they could give the job to someone else.

Can we talk about this later? I gotta go.

Sure. You want me to call you?

Yeah, great. You do that.

This--this isn't the place, Eddie.

Get out of my way, Lund.

Ferguson.

You wanna tell me

why you pulled my wife over on a bogus stop?

That was your wife?

She's a good-looking woman.

You think provoking me

will take the heat off your dirtbag partner?

You're gonna have to do better than a low-end move like that.

Stop. You're hurting my feelings.

Oh, you don't know what hurtin' is.

But you come near my family again, you will.

You know,

you got a whole lotta family I haven't even met yet.

Eddie, Eddie, Eddie!

(Eddie) Come on! Come on!

Keep talking now, huh? Keep talking now!

(Powell) Eddie! Eddie!

Let's settle down!

It's not like he can fight us all.

Come on, Eddie--

There's my baby doll.

I'm guessing someone's meeting went well?

Come with me. Come on, let me show you.

They just offered my band a three-album deal.

Oh, my gosh!

Congratulations, Luc!

[both laughing]

By this time next spring,

you won't be able to turn on the radio

without hearing that song.

Mm.

Hey, come here.

That's great.

And with the royalties from this record,

I'll be able to produce my other bands full-time,

and I want you to be a part of it.

But I don't know anything

about producing music.

No!

I mean your art, silly.

I can produce full-time,

and you can paint full-time.

And when you graduate, we can move to New York

and do it right.

Finally get outta here.

Forget all about this place.

How does that sound?

Earth to Cassie.

Baby...Are you still with me?

No.

Frankie.

Cassie, hey.

How you doing? Look, I need to talk to you.

It's about Charles. I figured.

Do you know where he is?

His teachers say he hasn't been to school in two days.

Yeah, I'm worried about him too.

My uncle Fernando's like this close to firing him.

Has he been still sleeping at the shop?

No. May be worse than that.

Couple of guys here said they saw his ride

parked over off 17th.

There's nothing on 17th. It's a dead end.

Good place for some privacy

if you plan on sleeping in your car.

Cassie, what are you doing here?

I brought you some sandwiches.

I'm not hungry.

Look, you're gonna have to talk to me about this some time.

Cassie, my problems with my step-dad--

I know, I get it-- It's none of my business.

But Charles... Whatever he did

is nothing compared to what you're doing to yourself.

Why do you even care?

I've been terrible to you.

You've been more great than terrible.

Charles, look, I'm not going anywhere

till you talk to me.

I was living with my mom in San Diego for...

As long as I can remember.

That was when she met Mac.

I did not like him at first.

They fell in love.

A few months later, they got married.

That must have been hard for you.

Not really.

Mac turned out to be okay.

And he taught me how to work on cars.

Took me to ball games.

He was the only real father I ever had.

Everything was-- Everything was cool...

Up until about a year ago.

My mom was away shopping,

and Mac and I had the place to ourselves.

So we settled in for some kung fu movies.

W-what happened?

[sniffs]

I don't know. He must have been drinking.

'cause he--

It's okay.

Tried to make a move on me.

What did you do?

I took a swing at him.

We ended up fighting.

One of the neighbors called the police.

My mom showed up before the mps got there.

She didn't believe me.

But she didn't want me to get arrested for assault.

So she told them that...

He tried to hit her, and I was defending her.

Mac ended up in jail.

And my mom's never forgiven me for it.

Charles, I'm sorry.

I had no idea.

[sighs]

Why didn't you tell me?

The way that you're looking at me right now...

That's why.

Charles! Where are you goi--

You can't leave me.

Not now.

[Cassie sobbing]

You have a good life.

It was so hilarious.

Isn't she annoying, though?

Yeah, she is, but I know that, you know, it's, whatever.

Oh, my God, my sister's boyfriend

totally has a crush on me.

He, like, fully came up and gave me a hug.

Shut up. What are you going to do?

Well, I'm not sure.

I mean, she would kill me if she knew.

But what does he look like, though?

Well, he's really cute.

And he hugs me so tight.

It was just a different type of hug.

Like a Teddy bear hug. Yeah.

And--I don't know.

They're, like, so in love or whatever,

but I don't believe it.

When he hugged me, I just felt a connection.

It's different than when they're together.

[TV plays]

Eva, it's me, Lizzie.

[Natalie crying]

Natalie?

Eva?

Eva.

Natalie, don't cry.

It's okay.

It's okay.

Yeah, you best keep walking, heifer.

Shar, get off them right now!

Sage, stop it right now!

Oh, damn!

Oh!

Are you okay?

Cassie.

Did you find him?

Can I come in for a minute?

I need to talk to you.

Yeah.

Is he--is he okay? Is Charles okay?

He's fine, at least for now.

But Ms. Antoni, you need to get rid of Mac.

God, not this again.

Charles said that Mac tried to--

I know what Charles said, Cassie.

And I don't need you to come in here

telling the same lies.

They're not lies.

What is this?

The San Diego registry of sex offenders.

Look under "s."

I'm not looking at anything.

"MacKenzie Stimpson.

Convicted of a lewd act On a minor."

stop it!

He was tried, convicted,

and paroled before you two even met.

Charles was telling you the truth.

Oh!

Oh, my--

My God.

It's okay. You can--

[sobbing]

You can fix this.

I turned my back on my son.

How the hell am I supposed to fix this?

(Montoya) Nice to see you again, Eddie.

Wish I could say the same.

Can we get to it?

Sure.

According to the initial report,

you say you didn't see chato Salazar

brandish his weapon before Powell shot him.

Is that right? Yes.

So you're saying he didn't threaten Powell?

No, I'm telling you

I have no idea if he threatened Powell--I couldn't see.

But you saw Powell pull the trigger. Yes.

You saw the suspect go down. I said that already.

So how do you not see if the perp made a move for his weapon?

His hands were obscured.

At the exact moment Powell decided to shoot him?

Look, that's the way it happened.

Come on, Eddie, we all know this was a dirty shoot.

Why are you trying to protect him?

Come on, Phil, he's telling you the truth.

Fine. Then tell me this truth.

At that distance, would you have pulled the trigger?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on. You can't ask him that.

His opinion is not evidence of anything.

It's an expert opinion

which lends it the weight of hard evidence.

Do you have any idea what kind of a position

you'll be putting him in if you force him to answer that?

So that's it?

You're gonna stand up for a killer

'cause he's wearing a badge?

You just gonna bow to pressure?

All right, that's enough. We're outta here.

Come on, Eddie-- Suspect's eight feet away.

All he's got is a box cutter, a half-inch blade.

He's scared to death. You're holding a beretta.

Let's go, Eddie-- It's all right.

I'll answer the question.

No. I wouldn't have pulled the trigger.

Tay, I need your help. Come here.

Don't tell me that's who I think it is. Yes, Tay.

Now, would you please help me with the stroller?

You brought boa's niece here?

What is this, some kind of revenge kidnapping? Tay!

Why is she crying?

I don't know. I think she's hungry.

She didn't have any food at her place?

No. And I didn't have enough money to buy her any.

So you brought her here? Yes, Tay!

Please try to calm her down while I get something to eat.

I have to get her out of here before mom gets home.

Chill, baby, okay?

[whimpering]

I think she's sick.

She's not sick. She's hungry.

I think she's gonna puke.

Tay, what did you do?

I didn't do anything. If you hurt her--

I'm not the one who kidnapped a gangster's baby.

I told you I didn't kidnap her.

What in God's name is going on here?

Mom, um...Hi.

Do not hi me, young lady. Whose baby is this?

S-she's, um--

(Tay) Lizzie's, uh, babysitting her.

I don't recall giving you permission to babysit.

[Natalie crying]

Shh, let me see. Let me see.

Let me see. Shh, it's okay.

Shh.

[whispering] Here you go, okay.

You wanna see this?

Mom, that was amazing. How'd you do that?

Is she all right?

She's gonna be fine.

Now, which one of you are gonna tell me whose baby this is?

(Eddie) You kept writing to boa

after I specifically told you to stop.

You ditched school,

conned your way into a state penitentiary,

and deliberately lied about where you've been.

Dad, I know, but I was really worried about--

Now...would not be a good time to interrupt me.

And you.

You knew about all this and said nothing?

I'm sorry, dad.

Sorry doesn't even begin to cut it.

Your mother and I are both

mandatory reporters.

Do you even know what that means?

It means that cops and nurses are required by law

to report any case of child abandonment

or neglect.

No, no, dad, you can't report Eva.

They'll take Natalie away from her.

I promised her that I'd take care of her.

I promised boa.

We're not going to report her.

You are.

No.

No, you can't make me.

Excuse me?

You're right, we can't.

You're obviously too young for all this responsibility.

Which is why you should have

never taken it on in the first place.

Department of child and family services, please.

(Sage) This wasn't my fault.

You punched a teacher in the face.

You're lucky she's not pressing charges.

I wasn't the one who started it.

But you don't give a damn about that, do you?

All you care about is blaming me

so you can feel like less of a failure as a parent.

Blaming you?

I've done nothing but defend you since you got here.

But you just keep pushing.

I didn't ask you to defend me.

All right? I can take care of myself.

They're sending you to a continuation school.

Which means you're gonna be surrounded by all the trash

who couldn't even cut it in this cesspool.

Sounds hot.

Damn it, Sage.

I'm trying to tell you that I'm worried about you.

And for the first time in my life,

I'm disappointed in you.

Now consider yourself grounded.

At least until I can figure out

how to fix this mess.

You know what? Don't bother.

I went 13 years without your help.

I'll be fine.

(Eva) Natalie, baby,

mama's h--

Lizzie...

What's going on?

Who are these people?

I'm sorry, Eva.

Mrs. Smith?

We're from the department of child and family services.

What? What are you doing in my home?

We have a report that you've been

leaving your child unattended for hours at a time.

I can explain that.

I was interviewing for a job

so I could take care of her, and...I got it.

Look, here's the uniform. I got it.

I'm sorry...

But you and your baby are gonna have to come with us.

You were supposed to help me.

You promised you'd--

That's close enough.

I tried. I did my best.

Eva, that's enough.

(agent murietta) Let's go.

Young lady, if it wasn't for you,

no one would have ever known

that Natalie was suffering from lead poisoning.

What?

Remember you said that Natalie had been crying

straight through since the first time you met her?

She probably was ingesting this lead paint.

So if it wasn't for you and your mother,

she would have probably continued to get worse.

Thank you.

[cell phone ringing]

Sutton.

Thanks. I'll be right there.

That was Lund.

I.A. Completed the investigation of Powell.

They cleared him.

Perp had a weapon. Powell had reasonable cause.

And a whole lotta friends in the police protective league.

Congratulations.

I could have lost my career over this, Sutton.

Today it was me.

Tomorrow it could be any one of these guys.

You ready to roll?

Sure, Eddie. Whatever.

You got something you wanna talk about?

Would it make a difference?

What's that supposed to mean?

Life's hard enough.

I don't need you making mine worse.

[cell phone ringing]

[recording] Hi, this is Charles. Leave a mesSage.

Charles, it's me again.

[sighs]

I got some good news to tell you, and--

Plus, your mom wants to know if you're okay.

All right.

I'll try back.

You need a ride?

It's a long walk home.

Yeah. I'm not going home.

That makes two of us.

Where to?

You're not goin' that far.

Try me.

I have some friends in Portland.

It could be a good place to start fresh.

[giggles]

Are you serious?

I think a fresh start sounds pretty good right about now.

[Charles singing after all]

that's my performance. How did you get that?

I got it from Luc.

He knows talent when he hears it.

You know, Sage...

After everything that happened because of that song...

It wasn't the song.

It was the heights.

But that's history now.

Ancient history.

[singing along with recording] ♪ It was no accident ♪

♪ Maybe heaven sent ♪

♪ Everything worked out just like he planned ♪

Come on, sing with me, punk.

♪ Not my place ♪

♪ To mess with fate ♪

♪ You can't control what isn't in your hands ♪

[Sage giggling]

♪ And after all, I don't regret ♪

♪ A thing ♪

♪ 'cause I know you ♪

♪ And I know you'll ♪

♪ I know you'll be all right ♪

♪ All right ♪

(Charles on tape) ♪ You'll be all right ♪

[tires screech]

[metal crunching, glass shattering]

♪ All right ♪ ♪