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Previously on "NYPD blue"...

I've sent Michael back.

Why? Michael's father showed up.

If he's made any threats, we can do something about it.

My wife doesn't feel safe.

I'll talk to Michael's father.

We're done.

I'm off the list for captain's money.

You're kidding. A little payback for the trial.

This is as far as I'll go on the job.

Give them a year.

I've already given them 18.

Why you messing up Michael's life?

Can I ask you the same thing?

We're helping him out. That's messing with him?

I'm talking about you trying to turn him into a white boy like yourself.

Go ahead, white boy.

You glad about going to your aunt's?

I don't really know her.

I talked to her. She seems like a nice person.

Tammy? Hi, I'm detective Jones.

I can't have any problems with his dad.

That's my only condition.

Michael's father tries to contact you for any reason,

call me. All right.

Hey.

Hey, aunt Tammy.

Look at you, all grown up.

You ready?

Yeah. Come on.

Morning.

Medavoy: Hey.

D.O.A.'s a Stuart steinman.

That's his jewelry store, and that's his wife.

Sipowicz: She with him?

No, they live across the street.

She heard the shots, looked out the window, saw her husband.

The wallet's on him and $300 cash.

Was he carrying jewelry? Wife said he wasn't.

She see anyone leaving the scene?

She broke down. We were giving her a minute.

She looks better now.

We'll start a canvas.

Mrs. Steinman, detectives sipowicz and Clark.

We're very sorry.

Did you hear the shots this morning?

I was in the bedroom.

I looked out the window and saw him lying there.

Clark: Did you see anyone on the street?

I just saw Stuart.

What about a car pulling away?

I was looking at my husband.

Can you think of anyone who might have done this? He was a decent man.

Anyone who was giving him trouble,

personally or in his business life?

Maybe.

Who, Mrs. Steinman?

Well, there's this neighborhood guy.

Last week he told Stuart he should rot in hell,

and would rot in hell.

On account of what?

Being a Jew.

This guy calls himself Mohammed something.

But he's white -- a convert.

Now what could be more foolish?

Did your husband and this guy ever get into fights?

Just a lot of yelling back and forth from both of them.

Did you hear that this morning? No.

You know where this Mohammed lives?

It's got to be nearby.

I think he goes to the mosque on eighth.

Stuart just thought he was a dumb, confused kid.

Well, we'll look into it, Mrs. Steinman.

They need to get the blood off the street.

He needs to be buried whole.

I don't know how to do that.

Why don't you give US the number of your rabbi?

We'll see it gets taken care of.

Holy war.

Yeah, buckle up.

Here's the deal.

We got a d. O. A. Jewish male.

Main suspect right now is a Muslim

the d. O. A. Had some run-ins with.

Junior's trying to get an address on him.

His name's kamal Mohammed,

but he's actually a white kid formerly know as Tim garrity.

Detective Jones? It's Michael.

Ortiz: D.O.A. was a jeweler,

but there's no indication this was a robbery,

which makes US think this was a straight beef.

Bias unit's been notified in case this shakes out as a hate crime.

I'll be right there.

Michael's aunt got assaulted at her apartment.

I'm gonna head over there. Go ahead.

The aunt Michael's been staying with?

Yeah.

I'll come with you.

Got an address on this Mohammed kid.

Let's hit it.

Detective Jones and medavoy.

You're the one knows the kid?

Yeah. Where's Tammy?

On her way to bellevue.

She got knocked around pretty good.

Anything on the perp? Nothing.

How'd the job come in?

Next-door neighbor heard the commotion, called 911.

The one out in the hallway?

Yeah.

You take her. I'll talk to Michael.

You all right?

Yeah.

What happened?

I was walking to catch the train to go to school.

This guy Jason, who lives down the hall,

comes running up, telling me aunt Tammy just got attacked.

So I run back here, called you.

Where's Tammy's other kids?

School. They left before I did.

She been having a problem with anybody?

No.

She seeing anyone?

Not that I know about.

Was your dad here this morning?

Nope.

Has he been here at all since you moved in?

No. I told you I'd let you know if he did.

'Cause it sounds like something he'd do, Michael.

I didn't see him.

I don't know what else to tell you.

If you're lying,

if you know your dad was here, I'm done, Michael.

I can't be around this anymore, knowing he's hurting people.

I'm telling you the truth.

Sit down, Tim.

Kamal, if you don't mind.

You know Stuart steinman?

Yes.

When did you see him last?

A few days ago. Why?

He got assaulted this morning.

We know that you two like to get into it.

Just verbally -- discussion.

Regarding?

Zionism, Palestine, islam.

How hot would it get?

Occasionally, voices were raised.

Never came to blows?

Invite all to the way of thy lord with wisdom

and beautiful preaching and argue with them,

not assault them.

Is he all right?

He's dead -- shot twice.

Account for yourself this morning.

Is that an accusation? Yeah, it is, Tim.

Because I engaged the man in verbal discourse,

or because I'm a Muslim?

It's just you in here, no other "moo-slims."

I ask you not to disparage the name of my religion.

The only thing we're disparaging is you, you phony asshole.

Where were you?

Fajr-- morning prayers.

Who will confirm it?

I will not give you the names of my brothers.

Then you'll sit your ass in a cell.

There are other muslims imprisoned unjustly.

It is my honor to join them.

When did you convert? Two years ago.

Whydid you convert? Why are you a cop?

To solve crimes like this one,

but unlike you and your conversion,

I've been at this for over 30 years.

I got nothing to prove to my pals.

And if that's what you're doing here by stonewalling US,

knock off the bullshit now.

Because if you were involved, we can help you.

But if you weren't, and this is a waste of our time,

I'll rip that beard out of your face.

I have nothing more to say to you.

Uniform picked up Michael's dad.

They're bringing him in.

All right.

How you feeling?

Like I'm getting sucked into something

that's gonna end up bad.

For Michael? No, for me.

All I want is to see Michael turn out all right,

but his dad...

I feel like I'm getting pushed past what I can deal with.

You want me to talk to Michael, being objective?

No, I don't want anyone talking to him but me.

The kid's doing all he can to hang in there as it is.

So where you at?

I believe Michael. I don't think he saw anything.

Where you at with his father?

Or are you walking around here with your jaw set

related to something else?

Look, I'm not gonna lie to you.

Part of his game's been trying to draw me out.

Draw you into beating the hell out of him,

which would solve all of his problems.

Which is why I haven't.

If he's trying to get to you, why give him what he wants?

Let Greg and Rita take the interview.

All right.

What's up with the neighbor?

She willing to look at a lineup?

She says she didn't get a good look,

and she made it pretty clear she's not getting involved

past the general description she gave US.

I appreciate your leveling with me.

So how should we go at Craig? Any tips?

I've tried everything I know.

All right.

So, Phoebe, how long have you worked for Mr. Steinman?

Two years.

Do you know anything about his arguments

with a Muslim guy in the neighborhood?

The white kid? Sure.

Did he ever say he felt threatened by this white kid?

Mr. Steinman felt sorry for him,

'cause he was so misguided.

Anybody else your boss was having problems with?

No.

I mean...I don't know.

Phoebe, if you know something, you need to tell me.

Could it fall under the heading of

"you didn't hear it from me," for various reasons?

Sure.

I overheard Mr. Steinman having an argument with d. J. Drano.

The rapper, you know?

Darnell Ellison, real tough guy.

He's been shot a few times.

He was a client of Mr. Steinman's?

And some other pretty well-known rappers.

They commissioned big, flashy pieces --

$30,000 to $50,000 in stones.

What was the argument about?

I don't know, because it was over the phone,

but it was ugly.

Like threatening? Like nasty.

And, personally, I wouldn't want to get on drano's bad side.

I think people who have end up dead.

At least that's what he sings about.

Well, do you have an address for this, um, drano?

I don't have addresses for any of these guys.

And they only pay in cash.

Well, how can we find him?

He hangs out at phat factory on bleeker.

It's a hip-hop record store.

He had invited me there once to hang out with him.

I mean, I didn't go.

What would my mom say?

Phat factory, okay.

Well, thanks, Phoebe. We'll be in touch.

Boss, the d. O. A. Steinman had a rapper clientele.

His salesgirl just gave US one to look at -- d. J. Drano.

Where are sipowicz and Clark? Recanvassing.

All right, get them hip to this, who?

Drano.

Drano.

I'll be back in an hour.

Where you been today, Craig?

Looking for work.

As a beer taster?

I've been out pounding the pavement for days now,

per my parole requirements.

I got a lot of doors slammed in my face.

Frustration got to me, and I had myself a drink or two.

That's all.

Piss-test me if you want.

That frustration get you over to Michael's aunt's apartment this morning?

No, ma'am.

I've been instructed to keep away from there,

and that's just what I've been doing.

We got a witness saw you knocking on Tammy's door.

You forgetting I've been in here before?

I dealt with you people before.

I've been lied to before.

I.e., you're trying to call what you think is my bluff

by presenting facts I know ain't true.

Well, I ain't biting.

No bluffing this time, Craig.

We got a witness. We'll prove you were there.

Okay, so say you prove I was there.

Let's assume that. Don't mean I beat up on Tammy.

Hell, she's taking care of my son.

If anything, I reach my hand out to her in gratitude.

You've been up all night drinking.

You went over there looking for Michael.

Tammy gave you some lip, and you smacked her around.

Ain't biting, ma'am.

Your ex-wife couldn't testify about the beating you gave her,

but the difference here is Tammy lived.

And when she gets out of surgery,

after they reconstruct her eye socket,

we're gonna be there.

Tell her "get well soon" from me.

Can I go?

Beat it.

Darnell Ellison.

Drano?

Ain't here.

I recognize you, Darnell. Come on.

Why?

You know a Stuart steinman?

Stu the Jew...

...eler?

What about him? You had a beef with him?

Don't involve you...Yet.

What's that mean?

Nothing, big money. I got no beef with y'all.

But I got no reason to go in, neither.

So if you don't mind... Another time.

You done fronting for your boys here, Darnell?

Officer, now don't get all hot, all right?

No, it's detective. Now get down off the counter.

Or what?

We toss the place.

Go ahead.

You first.

All right, all right.

Maybe I got a few minutes.

-

let's go.

Come on! Get off that thing!

So why "drano"?

'Cause I get things moving.

Stuart steinman -- when did you see him last?

A month ago, maybe more.

Mostly we talk on the phone.

What was your last conversation about? Why?

Steinman got shot this morning. Wasn't me.

Always got that "wasn't me" at the tip of your tongue?

Lots of folks get shot in my game, son.

I know when I'm the one who did it -- this wasn't me.

Afraid we're gonna need you to convince US of that,

'cause the way we hear it, your last conversation with steinman

was more of an argument. What about?

Bad rocks -- beat rocks.

Bad jewels.

You know Serenity?

A singer.

My girl, who I was banging around on, but I'm past that.

And to prove it, I laid on her an emerald and diamond necklace

of Kermit the frog.

Or I thought it was,

'cause she had it appraised, and it wasn't worth dick.

What did you pay for that?

60 grand.

Wasn't worth five.

Wasn't nothing about it for real.

So I called the jeweler.

Said, "refund the dough, or we got serious trouble."

What'd he say?

He didn't know what I was talking about.

How did you leave it? Unresolved.

You visit steinman outside his shop this morning,

maybe get things moving on your payback?

No, I did not.

You got a hard-ass reputation.

This guy makes you look like a chump. Was not me.

If it was, that's something you want to get way ahead of.

Was not me.

Prove it.

Julia mccorkle --

stuy town.

I was there from 10:00 last night to 10:00 this morning.

Call her and see. We will.

60 grand for a Kermit the frog necklace --

what, are you out of your mind?

Don't ask me, man. Talk to Serenity.

But don't talk to her about Julia, right?

What did drano give you?

The runaround.

We got to get the d. O. A.'S wife in here,

see what she knows about this idiot.

He gets things moving.

That's why he goes by drano.

Can we get the d. O. A.'S wife in here already?

Hey, Michael.

Hey. Is detective Jones here?

No, he went out to get something to eat.

You need something?

I was checking to see if he heard anything on my aunt Tammy.

She's out of surgery. She's gonna be okay.

We're gonna head down there soon,

so we'll tell her you were asking about her.

Need anything else?

No, that's it. Tell him I'll check in later.

Yeah, I'll do that.

Hey, Michael...

Let's me and you grab a soda.

I got to get to school. Already missed half a day.

Real quick -- come on.

Andy.

Thirsty?

I'm good.

Have a seat.

Word I got was you didn't see your dad come by this morning.

That's right.

But if we kind of look at things honestly, realistically,

it was your dad who beat up your aunt this morning.

You see what you're doing right now, Michael,

looking the other way?

That's starting to get people hurt.

I didn't see him hit aunt Tammy.

But you saw him hit your mom.

You saw him kill her.

But you kept quiet, and look where we are now.

I know you love him, and he's your only family,

and you don't want to lose him,

and you hold onto this hope that he'll turn things around and be a decent guy,

but that's just not gonna happen, Michael.

He's proven that.

And now your aunt,

who went out on a limb to help you --

look at me, Michael.

She's in the hospital with her face smashed in.

Your dad hurts people.

That's just the way his brain's wired.

And he's gonna keep on doing it.

So you need to step up, be a man,

and protect the other people in your life right now,

or this is gonna be on you.

You need to get to school, Michael.

He's getting there.

I don't want you talking to him. We clear?

What's the worst that could happen, Baldwin?

He'd tell the truth, and his dad would go to prison for murder?

Is there some reason you're opposed to that?

When he's ready to talk about it, fine.

And I don't know if he ever will be.

But if we force him to flip on his dad,

he might lose it altogether.

Now that's the way it is.

His dad is gonna kill somebody again...

Maybe you.

I'm handling this.

But you're not.

Don't talk to Michael again.

Put your hand down, Baldwin.

If you do,

you'll see a side of me you've never seen before.

Put your hand down.

I appreciate you coming in, Mrs. Steinman.

We just got a couple questions.

Did your husband ever mention a client named Darnell Ellison?

No.

Ellison's also known as "drano."

Have you heard that name?

Is he one of the musicians?

Did your husband mention having a problem with him?

No.

Did your husband ever talk about having an issue with quality control,

as far as stones he sold?

What's this drano saying, that he got fakes?

Pretty much.

See?

I told Stuart the last time not to deal with these people.

What happened last time? Same thing --

some rapper said he got fake stones.

He made threats.

He slashed Stuart's tires.

What was the rapper's name?

King something --

Steve or Larry, maybe.

Paul -- king Paul.

That's it.

When was this?

Last year.

Was it resolved?

Stuart replaced the piece --

$20,000 out of pocket.

It nearly broke US.

What was the piece?

Ruby-encrusted Superman symbol.

If it was a shakedown, why didn't your husband call the police?

Well, this king Paul brought the piece in to prove his point.

But what he brought in was a knockoff of what Stuart made.

So you're saying this "king Paul"

went to the trouble of having his Superman symbol copied

so he could rip your husband off?

I don't know, but he didn't get the fake from Stuart.

Mrs. Steinman, we want to catch the guy who did this,

but if you're holding back something

about your husband's business practices,

however embarrassing --

Stuart never sold anything fake in his life!

He was an honest man who built himself up from the ground.

Okay.

He was an honest, decent man...

And a good husband.

May I leave now?

Hey, Tammy.

What do you want?

We want to find out who did this to you.

I never seen him before.

How did he get into your apartment?

Pushed his way in when I was heading out.

What'd he look like?

Black and in his 20s.

I didn't see much.

Was it Craig?

I'd have said so if it was.

This puts him away, Tammy.

I didn't want nothing to do with Craig.

I told you that from the get-go, when I agreed to take Michael.

Remember?

I remember.

And you said you'd take care of it.

And I've been trying, believe me.

But I can't watch what he does every minute of the day.

I just want to get some sleep here.

If Craig did this to you, he goes away to prison,

and he can't hurt anybody else.

And you know what's funny about that?

That's what they told my sister

when Craig put her in the hospital.

So she testified against him.

Craig gets out a couple years later.

Denise is dead.

This would be a third strike against him.

You can save all that.

I don't believe you.

I don't believe your legal system.

I don't believe nothing!

I don't know who hit me. Now leave me alone.

All right, then.

And Michael's got to find someplace else to live...

As in today.

I'm sorry.

Where are we at?

The d. O. A., steinman?

He's got a previous incident passing off fake stones.

Some rapper named king Paul -- real name, Paul Jamison.

We talk to Jamison?

Lives in Los Angeles now.

Whoever we talked to said the king doesn't talk to cops.

Get with his lawyer or manager, josias freeland.

Same manager for this drano that we talked to earlier.

Is that a coincidence? Clark: We don't know.

We ran the d. O. A.'S phone. There's calls to freeland.

Freeland should be here any minute.

Michael's aunt Tammy said she didn't recognize her attacker.

She's scared of Craig.

Yeah.

Where we at with him? Nowhere.

Michael know anything?

No.

Keep working on the witness,

anyone who saw Craig come and go.

Will do.

Josias freeland for detective Clark

and somebody else I can't pronounce.

Sipowicz. This way.

Didn't mean to offend out there.

I'll live. Sit down.

So d. J. Drano and king Paul --

you know about their dealings with a jeweler named Stuart steinman?

I knew they had trouble, fake jewels and whatnot.

You get involved in it?

I had to -- part of the job.

When's the last time you talked to steinman?

Gentlemen, I think you're well aware

that I spoke with Mr. Steinman last night.

You're just a cut-to-the-chase kind of guy?

So what did you talk about?

Drano's fake frog.

What about it?

Steinman needed to replace it, like with king Paul.

Or pay the money back.

He got the point.

After you threatened him?

Why would I threaten a man admitting he did wrong

and promising to take care of the problem?

Now, steinman admitted it was fake?

He did, like he did with king Paul.

And he said he'd make it right.

But somehow this morning he winds up shot.

Well, obviously, steinman did some shady business,

and I doubt we're the only folks that he tried to rip off.

Or maybe I'm in here because we're the onlyblackfolks --

no, you're the only folks who make it known to the world

in your music if somebody crosses you,

they get taken out.

Show biz, detective.

King Paul went to catholic school.

Drano's dad managed a factory.

Showbiz.

Call it what you want.

Guys still get killed and do murders.

Where were you this morning? Me?

Come on. Now you're getting absurd.

You introduce your guys to steinman?

I did.

So them getting screwed over is on your hands.

Now that happened to me, I'd drop your ass as manager.

Yeah, but if you killed steinman,

that might get you back in your guys' favor.

I don't need any act enough to do murder.

Where were you this morning?

My office, on the phone to London.

We'll look into it.

Be my guest.

May I?

Tammy's neighbor ain't budging.

She won't even look at a photo array.

Any chance she might change her mind once she calms down?

Doubt it.

So we have nothing.

We got two witnesses who refuse to cooperate.

Makes it tough to do our jobs.

Well, the manager's standing up for drano and king Paul,

which means dick.

But drano alibied out, right?

Doesn't mean he didn't get one of his buddies

to pull the trigger.

I really appreciate your cooperation.

You too.

That was the main guy,

the sheik at the mosque Tim garrity worships at.

He says garrity wasn't there this morning.

Get garrity in here.

Jones: Hey, Michael.

Hey.

What's going on?

I want to talk to him.

Is everything all right?

Yeah.

All right, go ahead.

Did you come back to talk to me about your dad?

Did you see him hurt your aunt this morning?

But you saw your dad at the apartment this morning

before you left?

You ready to talk about your mom and dad?

Did you see your dad beat up your mom that night?

Yeah.

Did you see the whole thing?

I tried to stop him,

but...he threw me in a room and hit me

and told me to stay there.

I heard the rest.

Was that the last you saw of her?

I came out when he was putting her in that shopping cart.

We're gonna do everything we can to avoid it,

but you may have to testify to this,

maybe in court with your dad sitting in the same room.

Are you gonna be able to do that?

I don't want him hurting nobody else.

You're a good man.

He saw his dad kill his mom.

He'll do what he has to, testimony-wise.

Do we know where to find Craig?

We got places we could look.

He's a collar. Bring him in.

Michael should stay here until we get our hands on this guy.

Absolutely.

He considers you a father figure, not a cop.

That's why he couldn't give it up to you.

I'm proud of you.

So what kind of guy were you in high school, Tim?

A jock type, popular?

I don't see the point -- nah, I didn't think so.

I'll bet you didn't have a lot of friends,

and the friends you did have were probably like them assholes

who shot up that school in Colorado.

I am a peaceful man.

You're an outsider and a loner.

And you chose the least likely group to join

to make yourself look smart.

I chose islam because I believe --

because they'd take you? Yeah, absolutely.

State of the world now,

they're thrilled to see any white guy take interest.

The only question now is,

are you the lone psycho in the group,

or was killing Stuart steinman an organized plan involving others?

I did not kill Stuart steinman,

and that you would implicate my fellow muslims --

all right, if you did it alone,

we can say you got in an argument with steinman

over zionism or islam, and it got out of hand.

Or if this was an organized plan,

you can deal up the other players and save years of your life.

But you got to come clean.

What makes you so certain I killed this man?

You lied to US where you were this morning.

No one saw you at the mosque.

And the surveillance cameras -- all 23 of them --

none of them saw you, either.

You didn't know they had surveillance cameras.

So why you lied, or tell US what happened.

I wasn't at morning prayers.

When you went to see steinman,

was it on your own, or were others involved?

I didn't go to see steinman.

We're going backwards, Tim.

I went to have a massage for my bad back.

And you didn't tell US this. Why?

Because it was a spank-off joint?

I have a bad back.

You were getting your nuts off.

Tim, cop to it and tell US how to confirm it

or face a murder rap.

The place is called happy time massage.

It's on 25th and 6th Avenue.

The girl's name is Suzy. She'll know me.

I'm a regular.

So what exactly is the koran's position

on muslims paying to get their balls oiled?

The flesh is weak.

No!

The idiot is weak.

Stay here.

Thanks.

Drano's manager, josias freeland?

I ran his cellphone and got a bunch of recent calls

to a high-end costume jeweler on canal street.

The place specializes in copying fancy jewels,

like drano's Kermit the frog or the Superman pendant.

How recent were the calls?

Would have been right after Stuart steinman was killed.

You get in contact with the costume jeweler?

The person I talked to said the owner

just walked out this morning.

Said he was going on vacation and didn't say where.

Did they confirm copying the Kermit and Superman thing?

No, the guy said only the owner would know,

but that a few weeks ago they got a big order of glass emeralds.

So maybe.

We need to talk to this josias freeland.

Connie will bring you up to speed.

Bartender at the aces high called.

Craig woodruff just walked in.

Baldwin?

I'm fine.

Two seconds.

Real quick.

You free for dinner tonight, with me?

I mean, if you're busy...

No. Sure.

Great.

I'll get with you later.

Tell US about canal street jewelry, josias.

Fellas, what am I doing here? Canal street jewelry,

who you called three times before noon this morning.

I was looking for a tiara for my niece.

She's doing a school play.

You know they specialize in knocking off expensive garbage,

like your Kermit the frog and Superman symbol?

I didn't know that.

That's not why you called the owner

and told him get out of town for a while?

Excuse me?

The owner's assistant confirmed knocking off the jewels

and said that the order came from you.

On the way to pick you up, we put in a call to drano.

He said the jewelry he ordered from steinman

was picked up and delivered to him by you.

King Paul said the same thing.

On the way to your clients,

did the stuff make a detour to canal street jewelry?

Whatever assistant you talked to is a liar.

You got steinman to pay up once with king Paul's jewelry.

You thought you could do it again with drano's?

You know what I see here?

A conspiracy.

See whatever you want, but start thinking about a deal.

Because without one, you're dead.

As far as we hear it,

ripping off immature, gun-toting delinquents

is no way to survive in a rap game.

They'll get you on the street. They'll get you in jail.

Now you could deal for administrative segregation,

but you better start now,

before the offer's off the table.

You want to stay alive?

Yes.

Did steinman figure out it was you

that switched the jewels on drano and king Paul?

Yes.

He threaten to go to the police?

Yes.

So you shot him.

Yes or no?

Yes, but you got to understand something.

In my industry, appearance is everything.

You got an expensive lifestyle. You ran short.

You cooked up a scheme. It backfired.

You think it's that simple, that I got greedy?

I came from nothing!

I worked 20 hours a day to get to where I am,

competing against Ivy-league white boys,

big management firms.

I couldn't just let that go.

So it was on the jeweler to bankroll your cash-flow problem.

He had plenty -- more than enough.

You were way off.

I want administrative segregation

in the facility of my choosing.

This ain't no record deal, pal.

Got an update for you, Craig.

Let's hear it.

After seeing what happened to his aunt,

Michael finally decided he couldn't let it go anymore.

Sounds complicated.

It's not.

He just gave a statement about how he saw you kill his mom.

You guys and your tired-ass bluffs, man.

You're going in, Craig.

This is it.

And to the extent that you care,

I'll be looking out for Michael.

Not to get back at you,

but because he's a good kid and deserves a chance.

So Michael's saying what now?

One last thing...

I'm gonna make you a deal.

Really?

Don't push this to trial.

Don't force Michael to testify and relive this all over again.

Let him go.

What's the deal part?

If you agree to that, I'll let you finish your cold beer,

'cause it's the last one you're ever gonna have.

Just keep in mind,

if you break the deal,

I'll call in a favor with the department of corrections,

and you'll be in 23-hour lockdown

for however many years you got left.

Or someone on your tier?

I'll help one of their family members on the outside,

and they'll deal with you whatever way they want.

So I want you to think about that beer...

'Cause I'll push a button on you,

and don't think I won't enjoy every second of it.

If what you say is true...

And Michael betrayed his own flesh and blood

and sided with a cop like you...

Then he's dead to me.

And he's all yours.

On your feet.

So...

This is nice.

Yeah.

Food's good.

And we're just sharing a meal, or...

Maybe more than that.

It's up to you.

Isn't this a little out of balance?

A boss and a subordinate from the same command

is very out of balance.

But here we are. Yeah.

I don't -- I don't know how comfortable I am with it.

With me or with the situation?

I don't like the idea of keeping a secret in the squad.

Well, what if you didn't have to?

I mean, what if the situation changed?

That means someone transferring out of the 15th.

What if that happened?

It'd look like we'd had an ongoing thing,

and that somebody transferred to make it ethical.

I don't like people talking behind my back.

I've been through it too much.

Well, say all that was off the table --

no talking, no rumors.

We were free and clear.

Would you want to spend more time with me?

Free and clear?

Yeah, I would.

I've been approached by this real estate developer

about heading up his security.

I'm considering taking the job.

'Cause of this?

Because it's a good opportunity,

and because losing the trial dropped the ceiling

on how far I'll ever get on the job.

When do you give your answer to the developer?

By the end of the week.

Hard to imagine you off the job.

Think about it.

I will.

Will you?

Yeah.

I will, too.

This pulls out into a bed.

The couch is fine.

How you holding up?

All right.

As far as...Having to move out and...

You know, your aunt Tammy --

no.

I got it.

So what now?

Crash here for a while.

How long's a while?

Long as you need.

Well, I need...

A place to live.

I'll get a dresser for you...

Put it in the corner for your stuff.

This is your home now if you want it.

You sure that's cool with you?

Michael, after seeing what you did today,

it would be my privilege to have you as a roommate.

Okay.

And I'll start looking into it paperwork-wise

in order to make it official.

I don't want you worrying about anything.

Thanks.

No sweat.