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Previously
on "For the People"...

-Who are you?
-Ted.

Ted is
our new investigator.

Good win
for Ms. Littlejohn, Mr. Knox,

and oops,
one loss from --

Oh,
and here he is now.

This is Leonard Knox's
old office.

Unfortunately, it didn't come
with his case load.

Roger brought me back to work
on the Julian Sarco case.

He called you back
from Texas?
Yes.

I'm right here.

Right not in Texas.

And he brings you back?

Oliver! Let's go.

Now!

Petrini crime family.
Do you know them?

Personally?

Violent
and Organized Crime Unit

has been trying to build
a RICO case

against the Petrini family
for two years,

getting nowhere,

and then suddenly,
last night,

Angelo Petrini,
nephew of boss Gaetano Petrini,

walks into a field office
on 23rd Street,

and he is singing.

This has the potential to be

the biggest prosecution
in this office in years.

Do you need me
to help you find Kate?

No...
Leonard...?

No. Listen.

Oliver,
I need you on this.

I know I give you
a hard time.

It's 'cause I want you
to be the best,

and I know you can be
the best.

There's nobody more valuable
in this office.

Nobody I have
more confidence in.

Nobody I trust more.

You are gonna
take this family down.

Okay?

You!

Give me the music.
What?

No --
Right now! Come on.

"The Godfather"!
Give it to me!

Louder!

Louder! Louder!

Paralegal:
Sounds pretty good.

Is that "Avatar"?

Can you just...leave...?

Knox!

Oh, Jenn.

I'm sorry.

The coffee upstairs,
ugh,

I'm sure
you won't miss that.

Mira: First time
on the 11th floor?

Seth: Unless you count
the elevator.

But I know this is
where the action is --

This is Asset Forfeiture.
Exactly.

And I just wanted to say,

if there's ever
an opening --

There is, actually.
Right now.

Right now?

Wow! Okay.

Well, that's, uh,
great timing.

Vulture!

I...I didn't...know...

You're in General Crimes,
right?

Roger Gunn.

Amazing experience.

Roger is such
an incredible mentor --

He's the devil.
He is.

You need five trials
to move out of General Crimes

into a more senior unit.

Do you have five trials?

More or less.

More or less?
Yes.

More? Or less?

Yes.

You seem a little desperate.
I like that.

You also seem to have issues
with Roger Gunn.

I like that, too.

If you can get yourself
another trial,

I can move this along.

Well. I have a trial
in the pipeline,

so I will be seizing your assets
very soon.

Uh, 1, please.

20's fine.

Punctured a lung,
cracked his spine,

grade-three concussion.

His wife's
seven months pregnant.

What happened?

ATF agent was assaulted

investigating a strip club
in Hell's Kitchen.

Thrown down the stairs
and hit over the head

with a bottle of Cognac.

What kind of strip club
serves Cognac?

I'm not a strip club guy.

Roger: I want you to know
that everyone in this office

considers an attack
on one of you

an attack on all of us.

We will bring this assailant
to justice

and we look forward
to convicting him at trial.

Trial?

No deals on this one,
apparently.

You have to go to Roger
and tell him you want this case.

I don't want
this case.

I know. I want it.

So why don't you
go to Roger

and tell him
you want this case?

How does that make
any sense?

Well, he likes you now --

No. No. He doesn't.

He doesn't like me.

He doesn't respect me.

And it's never gonna change.

I need to get out of here.

You're gonna leave?

We're all gonna leave
General Crimes sooner or later.

I just need it
to be sooner.

There's an opening
in Asset Forfeiture right now.

If I can get a trial,
I have a shot at it.

So I need you to go
and get me this trial.

Please?

Whoo!
Bear claw me, baby!

Bear claw, right here.

Is that too big?
Sandra: Yes.

Allison got
a Motion to Suppress,

she gets the bear claw.
Mm.

Well, I've got a hearing today
in the Lindstrom case,

and I'm going
to crush it.

There are
no pre-emptive bear claws!

Mm.
That's a flagrant violation
of the donut code.

Sandra, I need you
over at the MCC.

Why are you holding
that bear claw?

Oh, I thought --
Put it down.

Put it down! Now!

What is this?

It's a bear claw.

-Ugh.
-I don't like almonds.

Are you okay?

This is a kidnapping.

A baby.

I had no idea
that there was a baby inside.

You didn't see
the car seat?

What do I know
from car seats?

It's dark, the baby's
facing the other way --

it just looked like
some sort of bucket thing.

Like maybe a mini-fridge,
I don't know.

Rich people always have
weird stuff in their cars.

You know, I blame
the diamond industry, you know?

Two months' salary
for an engagement ring?

That's crazy town.

I'm not following.

I may have boosted some cars
in my past.

I know this guy in Jersey.

He's got
this whole operation.

That night,
I left my buddy's party,

I walked outside,

and there's the Audi
just sitting there,

like it was meant to be,
you know,

'cause I want to propose but
I don't have the money for it,

and like --
here's the money!

Who the hell leaves
a baby in a car

in the middle
of the night?

Well, her father said

he'd been driving around
for hours to help her sleep.

He didn't
want to wake her

while he ran in
for coffee.

Yeah, well,
the driving thing worked, man,

'cause that baby was out.

When did you realize
she was in the car?

When she started crying.

I almost drove off the road.

You didn't think about
turning around?

Have you ever been in a car
with a crying baby?

I mean,
there was no clarity, lady.

You just want it to stop.

I went to my girl's.

She grew up
with a ton of cousins.

She'd know what to do,
but she wasn't home.

She picked up an overnight
at the IHOP,

so I grabbed the kid,

the -- the baby bag,
whatever it's called,

and I let myself in
to wait for her.

And it was just you, the baby,
there by yourselves

until the police came?

I got her to stop crying,
you know?

I sang her some songs,

even followed the directions
on the formula can.

I made her a bottle.

How bad could this be
for me?

If you're convicted
of kidnapping

and transporting a minor
across state lines,

you'd definitely be looking
at a significant prison term.

But let me talk
to the prosecutor,

see if I can get it down
to just the car, okay?

Your Honor, the defendant,
Adrian Carpov,

is charged with one count
of assaulting an officer

of the United States,
in violation of 18 USC 111 --

Is not a problem.

Well, maybe we have
a different definition

of the word "problem."

Or maybe is not
a problem.

Counsel,
can you advise Mr. Carpov

to refrain from talking?

I can try, Your Honor.

Your Honor, as to bail,
given the vicious nature

of this assault,

we believe Mr. Carpov
is a danger to...

Your Honor,
is there a problem?

Mr. Carpov
is the senior officer

at the Transnistrian Consulate
here in New York.

The what consulate?

According to his
official accreditation

by the U.S. Department of State,

and pursuant
to our bilateral agreement

with the Republic
of Transnistria,

Mr. Carpov is classified
as a diplomatic agent.

Him?

Right here?

Which means he enjoys
complete personal inviolability

and immunity
from the criminal jurisdiction

of his host country.

Which means
he cannot be prosecuted

or compelled to testify,
no matter the offense.

In terms
of a trial date --

There will be no trial,
Mr. Oliver.

Charges are hereby dismissed.

Deputy.

Please release
the defendant.

See? Not a problem.

Transnistria.

I can't even say it.

I cannot even say it.

You know where I grew up?

Omaha, on Pine Street,

one street over
from Walnut Street.

Around the corner
from Ak-- Aks-- Aksba--

Aksarb--
Aksarben Shopping.

Aah! Whatever.

This was my ticket
away from Roger Gunn

and into Asset Forfeiture.

You hear me?

That wasn't rhetorical.

Do you hear me?

Kate?

Kate.

Kate!

I need your help here.

Can it wait 20 hours?

You mean 20 minutes?

Hours.

My bank robbery case
just settled,

so I'm trying to use
this little window

to get a jump on
my 24 hours

of Minimum Continuing
Legal Education.

This is a lecture on
commercial vehicle litigation.

Pretty interesting,
actually --

Your MCLE isn't due
for two years!

Is there a better use of my time
right now?

Yes. Helping me!

I helped you!
I got you this case!

And now you need to help me
keep it.

Do you know why Carpov
was at that strip club?

Strippers.

Yes, maybe.
And Cognac.
Both pungent.

The owner stocks rare bottles
of Cognac,

because Carpov
and his friends

will spend $1,000
on a single glass.

Which he can afford,

because he's never had to pay
118 parking tickets.

New York parking laws
can be tricky.

Whose side are you on?

This isn't about sides,
Seth.

It's about getting you
to leave.

Drop it.
Find another trial.

You know how hard it is
to find a case

that actually
goes to trial.

And then remember,
we're talking about me.

And this guy attacked
an ATF agent!

So, no.
I'm not gonna drop this.

I'm going to trial!

What?
Trial!

You don't want to go to trial
on this.

I'm happy
to go to trial.

He was trying to steal
a car --

He did steal a car.

The kidnapping was
an accident.

He didn't know the baby
was in there.

There was
no ransom demand --

He was caught before he had
the chance to make a demand.

What are you offering?
Nothing.

There's a mandatory minimum
of 20 years,

plus he has to register
as a sex offender

for the rest
of his life.

A sex offender?
It's mandatory.

But there is no evidence --

There is a presumption
when you kidnap a child.

This wasn't a kidnapping.

You keep saying that,

but your client stole a car
with a baby in the back.

The windows weren't tinted.

He had the baby
for two hours.

He was found inside an apartment
in another state

with the baby
in his arms.

If you think
it's something else,

then show me.

Otherwise, it's 20 years,

whether or not we go
to trial.

Carpov?
I gave that to Littlejohn.

She gave it to me.
I don't know.

Maybe she was overwhelmed
by it.

But I am ready to take this
to trial.

Well, nobody wants to see
this guy go down more than me.

But Transnistria has
to waive Carpov's immunity

in order for us
to press charges,

and they have no incentive
to do that.

I think
we have a shot.

This isn't the first time
this guy broke the law.

He has an extensive
criminal history --

assault, DUIs, gambling.

You set a meeting with State,
Justice,

and the
Transnistrian Ambassador,

I'll get them
to waive immunity.

No.

Sir --
No.

Now, I have 25 poorly drafted
indictments to mark up.

I do not have time
for this.

What if I mark up
the indictments?
What?

Clean them up so all you have
to do is sign your name.

You'll get back
an extra 10 hours a week

to do
whatever you want.

And not just those --

everything that comes in
for the next two months,

I'll do them all.

You really want this trial,
don't you?

I really, really do.

I lost.

We lose.
That's what we do.

It's because
my route was blocked.

What?
Construction on my route,

the one I take to hearings
every time.

Don't tell me
you're one of those lawyers

who believe
the same filet of sea bass

served by the same waiter
at the same table

has anything to do with
your success in a courtroom.

Of course not,
that's ridiculous.

But if I can't take
my route,

I might as well go back
to spinning signs

outside Mattress King.

You're a lawyer,
not a hobgoblin.

You have no routines
whatsoever?

Yes, I do.
I move my chair in.

I turn on the light.

I work.

How exactly do you push
your chair in?

With my hands.

I can't have
this conversation,

because I have a sentencing
in the morning.

I'm going to court
in the morning, too.

Can I try your route?

You mean walk with me
to court?

Is there a place you consider
a starting point?

My bed.

Don't even.

9:00 sharp.

You know about
foreign policy meetings, right?

My mom is on the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.

Yes.
Okay, cool.

I have this case
involving diplomatic immunity.

Why are you whispering?

I don't know.

Just feels like, you know,
spies and stuff.

I have a meeting with
the State Department,

Main Justice, and the ambassador
of a foreign country --

Which country?
Doesn't matter.

An important one.

Transnistria.
That's a country?

Do you have any advice?
My advice is that the guy
who thinks

the Grand Canyon
is exotic travel

shouldn't be
in this meeting.

Never made it
to the Grand Canyon.

I need this meeting.
I need this trial.

If this goes to trial, I can
move down to Asset Forfeiture.

Whoa. Hold up.

You nail this meeting
and I get my office back?

Okay.
Sit down.

You are going to dominate
this meeting,

which requires
true gamesmanship.

So you are getting
my best strategic wisdom.

Yes, great. Okay.

Bring handouts.

That's your big move?
Handouts?

You're sitting down
with bureaucrats,

government drones,
who schedule meetings

at 15-minute increments,
10 hours a day,

no time to think
let alone prepare.

You put your strongest argument
on paper,

you staple it,

and hand it out
to everyone in that room,

it doesn't matter what they want
that meeting to be about.

Your handouts
drive the agenda.

Handouts.

Never fails.

Madame Ambassador,
my name is Roger Gunn.

This is Assistant
Attorney General Hodder,

and you know Assistant
Secretary of State
Clive Carrick.

Uh, we're here --

Who is that?

He works in my office.
What are you doing?

Driving the agenda.

Madame Ambassador,
as you know,

we are humbly requesting
Transnistria

to waive immunity
for Mr. Adrian Carpov.

We understand this is
an exceptional request,

but these are
exceptional circumstances.

I mean no disrespect to you
or your great nation,

but Mr. Carpov
has repeatedly and flagrantly

violated the norms
of civil conduct.

Those are just Mr. Carpov's
reported crimes.

And I hope you don't mind --

I summarized a history
of assaults on page 4,

and there's also
an overview

of the illegal gaming
on page 5.

I had no idea.

Thank you for bringing this
to our attention.

Of course
we'll waive immunity.

Thank you.

Thank you, uh, very much,
Madame Ambassador.

Roger:
Congratulations, Oliver.

-Yes, congratulations.
-Thank you.

Way to screw that up
in there.

Sorry?

They waived immunity.

Of course
they waived immunity.

Adrian's crimes are
a PR nightmare for Transnistria.

So they say, "Go ahead,
prosecute him,

knowing we never will."

But we will.

But we will not.
You will not.

Why not?

Adrian Carpov is
a genuinely horrible person

and a criminal, yes.

But literally on dozens
of issues,

he advocates for us
to his otherwise

very anti-American
prime minister.

Patent law harmonization,
seabird conservation,

disposition
of looted gold --

Are we talking about
the same guy?

When we're one vote short
at an international summit,

when we need an ally
in the Eastern Bloc,

Adrian talks to his
prime minister and gets it done.

Why does he help us?

I don't know.

I think it's because
he likes New York

and Cognac and strippers
and free parking.

And I don't care.

I'm sorry about the ATF agent,
I am,

but small price to pay.

You care more about
the disposition of looted gold

than the life
of a federal agent?

I care about the long-term
interests of the United States.

What are you saying
exactly?

I'm saying
we need Adrian Carpov.

I'm saying Adrian Carpov
isn't going to jail.

Doesn't matter if Transnistria
waives immunity.

You need Washington's approval
to charge any diplomat,

and we don't approve charges
against Adrian Carpov.

Trans...nistria?

Don't.
Just try to relax.

And that's it?

It's over?

He attacked me!

With Cognac!

This is coming down
from State.

Justice.

Above all our heads.

If Carpov
were anyone else,

we'd prosecute him to
the fullest extent of the law.

I was gonna try this
myself.

I can see
how disappointed you are.

I-I...I mean, yes.

Yes.

The doctors say the leak
in the lining of my lung

is healing okay.

It's my neck
that's the problem.

They call it
an atlantoaxial fracture,

high up my spine.

It might never be
good as new.

If I can't go back in the field,
that's one thing.

But I keep thinking,
when the baby comes...

will I ever be able
to toss him a ball?

I'm sorry.

My case
was just dismissed.

Congratulations.

Thrown out entirely.

I'm happy for you.

As in no more case.
Oh.

Thanks for spelling that out
for me.

Your route is magical,
like some kind of...

yellow brick road.
I hate to break it to you,

but the road
has potholes.

I just got killed
in there.

What?

You stole
Allison's route?

Uh, I thought
we could share it.

Share it?

Don't tell me
you believe in

these ridiculous
superstitions, too.

I believe in
the scientific studies

that say rituals
reduce anxiety,

make people
perform better.

I believe in my decades
of observing, first-hand,

what happens when people break
those rituals or steal them.

What happens
when you steal them?

Stephen Somersby.

One of the best litigators
in this city.

Never lost a trial
in 17 years,

all because of the blue ink
in a single Bic pen

that he carried
in his left breast pocket.

Then, one day,
his partner,

who was on a losing streak,
borrows the pen and...

Well, Stephen's happy
making cheese in Vermont.

Just a different life now,
you know?

I'm on it, Allison.

I will fix this.

I need your help
with something.

Sure.

But I can tell you
right now

this conversation is gonna end
with you saying,

"I am coming."

What?

My client
in this kidnapping case

mentioned a car theft ring
in New Jersey.

If I can show
he was working with them,

I might be able to undermine
the government's argument

about intent --
Waste of time.

It's three guys
and a drill,

and none of them
are willing to talk.

Have you been working
this case?

You said you needed
my help.

That was, like,
10 seconds ago.

I work quickly.

Why are you working
this case?

Have you checked out
the timeline?

Nico was arrested
about two hours

after the baby
was reported missing in Inwood.

But according
to your interview notes,

he said he stole the car
three hours before his arrest.

Now, this is all happening
in the wee hours,

when people tend
to be fuzzy,

but we could be looking
at a one-hour discrepancy.

You think Nico
might be lying?

People lie.
Where are you going?

I'm going up to Inwood.

I'm coming with you.
That's not how I work.

That's how I work.

I'm coming.

I. Am. Coming.

Damn it.

This ATF agent's
really beaten up --

fractured neck,
busted lung.

You told Roger
this isn't my case, right?

I'm talking about
a human being here,

who is really injured.

He would have made
such a good witness.

You're just thinking about
your trial!
No!

I'm thinking about a guy
who needs justice

and can also move a jury
to give it at trial.

You're horrible.
You're horrible.

Do you have an estimate
for getting out of here?

Oh, so insensitive!
Horrible!

What? Oh, you messed this up,
didn't you?

Yeah, you know, your "handouts"
weren't exactly magical.

I knew you'd mess this up.

The handouts are magical!

The handouts
drive the agenda!

The handouts tell people
what to think!

The handouts!

What are we doing?
Seth: Just wait.

For what?
Just wait.

Did you know
that under New York law,

a burrito is considered
a sandwich?

Food law.
New York Times
is live.

ABC News. HuffPo!
-With what?

...worst abuses
of diplomatic immunity

in the city's history,

a newly leaked report
on Adrian Carpov,

a consular official from
the Republic of Transnistria...

I called
a dozen reporters

and gave them copies
of the handout.

With all of the abuse,
there will be such outrage,

it'll be impossible
to ignore.

And, since I passed out all
of those copies at the meeting,

no one will know
who leaked it!

The handout!

I am going to trial.

I am going
to Asset Forfeiture.

And you are going
to my office.

Did you tell Roger?
Not yet.

Hmm, you may want
to mention it.

I can explain
about the handouts.

Leonard --
Brilliant.

Excuse me?

Just got the green light
on your prosecution.

With the press
on Carpov's crime spree,

State and Justice caved.

They would have looked weak
if they hadn't.

I thought your handouts
were moronic,

but they turned out
to be a stroke of genius.

This is what I've been trying
to tell Leonard.

FBI is gonna make
an arrest.

You are gonna avenge
that ATF agent.

And I am gonna
release you

from having to do
any more of these mark-ups.

Nice work, Oliver.

Ted: That's where Nico
stole the car,

and that's the bodega

where the baby's father
grabbed some coffee.

What are you doing?

Watching.

Watching what?

The neighborhood.

Do you see anything?

I see your lips moving.

Oh.

We should get out there,
talk to some people.

Do something.

We are doing something.

We're watching,
all right?

You learn more
by watching than talking.

Did you ever watch
"Sesame Street"?
Yes.

Did you learn anything?
Yes.

Were you talking
the whole time?

Yes.
I didn't like the bird.

The bird.
Freaked me out.
Yes, the bird --

the -- you know,
the big bird and --

You mean Big Bird.
Yes.

See, now we're talking
and not watching

when we should be
watching.

I thought I gave the arson case
to Merri.

Jay took my route
to the courthouse,

and now he thinks
that because he won and I lost,

I'm "cursed"!

You gave up
your route?

I mean, I let Jay walk with me,
but --

Oh, that's why you got
the crazy Harnett sentencing.

I mean, I'd say it was
more about a horrible judge --

And why Jay's case
got dismissed!

This isn't good.

Am I being pranked today?

The last time this happened
was Joseph Wadell,

the Public Defender
before me.

He lost his special tie,

and he heard the U.S. Attorney
had this lucky ritual,

so he tried to take it.

I can't remember --

Who are you calling?

This is Roger.
Yeah, you're on speaker.

What did Wadell
take from Hammond?

Oh, right, yeah.

Uh, Hammond used to work
his dog's name

into every closing.
That's crazy.

Well, it worked
for Hammond.

Then Wadell
started doing it,

and Hammond started losing.
A lot.

Hammond started drinking,
Wadell was hit by a train --

Okay, we got it.
Thank you.

I'll admit.

It's disconcerting that
so many smart people I respect

believe in this stuff.

We've already got
the firepower

of the federal government
against us.

We can't take on
an angry universe, too.

I hope he comes up
with something.

So?
So?

So, I talked to two guys
around the corner

who said there have been
a lot of car thefts in the area,

but they don't recall anything
from that night.

And I went to
the Mister Softee truck,

but he wouldn't talk to me

unless I bought
an ice cream sandwich.

And?

Bought
an ice cream sandwich,

but he didn't have
any information.

Okay, cool.

Seatbelt.
What?

We're done here.

But we didn't turn up
anything.

You haven't
turned up anything.

You haven't even
left the car!

I didn't need
to leave the car.

You see that doorway
right there?

11 people have gone in
that doorway since you left,

and I would say
roughly 11 out of 11

don't live
in this neighborhood.

Which means...?

It's a drug den.

Which means...?

The dad's a user.

Left his kid in the car,
went in,

got high,
forgot about his baby.

Nico comes by,
sees this nice car, jacks it.

Which means...?

Which means I get
the ice cream sandwich.

Still waiting for word
on this arrest.

But I just want to say,
now that I'll be leaving,

I really appreciate your help
with this.

And I realize
you have your headphones in

and aren't listening
to a word I'm saying.

But you've been a great friend
to me,

and I honestly
can't imagine

how I would have done
this job without you.

Or your office.

Mr. Oliver.
I think you want to see this.

-What am I watching?
-That's Carpov.

No. No!

What? What?

Where's he going?
Why are they stopping?

Reporter: ...fled from
the Transnistrian Consulate

and taken refuge in the
neighboring Cordoban Embassy...

Cordoba?!
Really impressive speed.

Why didn't the FBI
follow him in?

Why didn't they
arrest him?
Can't.

That embassy
is basically foreign soil.

The FBI can't set foot in there
without permission.

No one can.

If Cordoba grants him
diplomatic asylum --

and given our history
with Cordoba,

I'm sure they will --

Carpov can
stay in there forever,

and we can't get to him.

Here.
Giving these back to you.

I hate the world.

-Cut the power?
-No.

-The water?
-No. Those are acts of war.

How did they get Assange
out of the Ecuadorian embassy?

-He's not out.
-He's not out?

It's been, like, six years.

Do you know it's illegal
in New York

to take a selfie
with a tiger?

Okay. Listen.

We sneak in
and pull the fire alarm.

How are you gonna sneak
into an embassy?

I will pose
as a pizza delivery man.

Okay. So, I take the pizza
on the porch.

Thank you.
Close the door.

Wait.
See, you don't,

'cause I say, "Sir, excuse me,
I am bleeding.

Do you have a Band-Aid?"
Are you bleeding?

Yes,
I will cut myself.

How much blood?
Enough. A lot.

So you're dripping blood
all over the pizzas?

No, I don't want
the pizzas now.

Goodbye.
Close the door.

Wait, what did you say?

It's illegal to take a selfie
with a tiger.

Or any large cat --
That's it.

We get him to take a selfie
with a tiger?

No way.
I saw "The Hangover."

Listen, why do people
take selfies with tigers?

Well, who else
is gonna take that picture?

They do it
because people do stupid stuff

for the things
they want.

They take huge risks.

So what does Carpov want?

Carpov wants --

A tiger.
Ibiza.

Cognac.

Carpov is obsessed
with Cognac.

He goes to Cognac tastings
all over the world.

Cognac is
his Achilles' heel.

So we lure him out
with Cognac.

How do we do that?

Mm.

Why do I have
to be here?

I can't walk
into this place alone.

Dwayne Darnell?

Yes?
This is Kate Littlejohn.

I'm Seth Oliver.

Too old.

We're from the United States
Attorney's Office.

I don't care
what the act is.

We're federal prosecutors

with the United States
Attorney's Office.

We want to talk to you
about Adrian Carpov.

Never heard of him.

You know, that sign out front?
"Rear Window."

It's beautiful.
Thank you.

Yeah, except those are
4-foot letters.

New York law mandates
39-inch letters

for anything hanging more
than 4 feet over the street.

Now,
that's New York State law,

and I'm
a federal prosecutor,

so I can't do anything
about it.

But I can refer it.

Also, your condiments need
to be single-serving.

Shall I keep going?

What do you want?

Adrian Carpov is into Cognac,
right?

Does a hobby horse
have a wooden --

You know what?
Let's just...

What Cognac is Adrian
always talking about?

Like, the one.

That if he could taste it,
he would die happy?

I mean, a Croizet Cuvée Léonie,
but that's $150,000 bottle.

It --
It's impossible to find.

I've never seen one.
Yes, you have.

In fact,
you have one right now

and it's open
and he has to taste it.

You're in here a lot,
yes?

What?
No, I-I've never...

I'm joking. I'm joking.

I've never been in that place
in my life.

Not once.

You made up all that stuff
about the sign, didn't you?

I'm not a strip club girl.

This guy's smart.
He'll send a test car,

see if we bite.

Agent: That's our guy.

-FBI! Don't move!
-Get on the ground!

See? Not a problem.

Sandra: The baby's father,
Gregory Winston,

wasn't a weary parent
trying to help his child sleep.

He's a high-functioning addict
who used his baby as cover

so he could leave his house
and score drugs.

You have proof of this?

Closed-circuit camera
from outside the door

of the pawn shop
across the street.

Car was parked
for almost an hour,

drives away,
presumably when it was stolen,

and yet it was
another hour

before Winston came out
and called the police.

Temperatures that night dipped
into the low-40s.

A 3-month-old baby, left outside
for that length of time,

most likely would die
of hypothermia.

We also have Nico's
Internet search history.

"Where to drop off baby,"

"give back baby,
no questions asked,"

"safe baby surrender,"

addresses of nearby
fire stations and hospitals --

Clear evidence
of lack of intent.

Nico was trying
to figure out

how to return the child
to her parents.

The kidnapping
was a mistake,

but he probably saved
that baby's life.

I'll need to review this
with the investigating agents,

but if it holds up,

we'll dismiss
the kidnapping charges.

He might still face auto theft
with the State.

What about the baby?

What about the baby?

Well, the baby's dad
is a user

who left her
in the car.

Yes,
you just told me that.

Are you gonna prosecute
the father?

If he made
a false statement --

What about the baby?
I'm asking about the baby.

That's not
our jurisdiction. Sandra?

Why don't we focus
on Nico --

Hold on.
I'm asking you --

No, you hold on.
Don't raise your voice with me.

That baby is not safe.

What the hell
are you doing?

Look, I'm trying to protect
that child.

We are negotiating a deal
for our client.

That is why we are here.

I will talk to her
about the child after.

He left his daughter
alone in a car,

in the middle
of the night.

I know what he did.
I know.

He doesn't deserve
to be a father.
Ted --

Where will she be
the next time he takes a hit?

In the bathtub?

Face down in her crib?

Someone has
to protect her.

So it was really
all about the handout.

Special reserve.

Ah.

Cognac.

From Duane Reade.

Best I could do
on short notice.

Well done, Oliver.

This has been
a crazy ride,

so if you want to tag in
someone else to try the case --

No. No, I'd like to keep it
through trial.

Just heard from my mom
that Transnistria

gave up its seat on the
Trans-Atlantic Fisheries
Technology Conference.

Which means?

-Nothing, probably.
-Exactly.

Well, worst case
it means war.

I'm saying worst case.

See, up to this point, we've
always convinced Transnistria

to vote with
the Scandinavian countries

on fisheries policy

in exchange
for Scandinavian votes

on ballast water
and sediments management.

I'm deep
into Maritime Law now.

Only four hours to go.

Anyway, this all matters a lot
to China --

all the shipping
and anti-fouling issues do --

which is how we get China
to pressure Russia

on the Bunker Oil
Pollution Protocol,

which gets
the whole European Union

to help us keep Moldova
from attacking Transnistria.

Attacking Transnistria?

Maritime law is
really complicated, though.

And the lecturer had
a thick French accent,

so I don't think it's anything
to get worked up over.

The important thing is
that you're going to trial.

Jay: I'm still working
on a fix.
Allison: I know.

As of now, it looks like
we're gonna have

to sacrifice a goat here in
Foley Square on the new moon.

You'd keep the goat head in
your office for three weeks --

Peter!

Is that Peter Daum?

Yes.
The Peter Daum?

Yes.
The greatest trial lawyer
of his generation Peter Daum?

Yes!

Peter.

Thank you for coming.

Peter, this is my colleague,
Jay Simmons.

Jay, this is --

Peter Daum.
It's a real honor, sir.

I'm dead, right?

But somehow I made it
to lawyer heaven,

and you are greeting me.

Mr. Simmons.

You're not dead.

Yet.

But Allison does tell me

you're having some trouble
with your route.

I'd like to offer mine.

What?

I've had the same route here
for 47 years,

and it's served me well.

But I'm retired now.

I tried my last case
two weeks ago --

I won --

And, uh, I --

well, I don't have any use
for it anymore.

If you're interested --

Yes. O-Of course.

Thank you!

Meet me here
at 7:37 tomorrow morning.

On the northwest corner.

You'll need brown shoes,

a nickel from 1971,

a very small can
of sardines.

Do not brush your hair,

and do not urinate
before leaving your house.

Okay?

See you tomorrow.

Bye, Al.

Thanks, Peter!

How?

Old family friend.

It took me a while,
but I get it now.

All these superstitions.

We have so little control
over what happens

to the people we work so hard
to protect,

and it's so stressful,

and it makes sense
that everyone is looking

for some order
to things.

Something that explains this win
or justifies that loss.

Something that feels
like control

over an input and outcome that,

in so many ways,
for so many reasons,

we do not control.

I hope the sardines help.

Celia dropped
the kidnapping charge.

The State's letting Nico
plead down to probation.

He is beyond grateful.

Okay.

Celia also arranged a visit
to the child's parents

by Children's Services.

The dad voluntarily entered
a treatment facility,

which means the baby can stay
in the mother's custody.

Look, I know you've seen me
act less than restrained.

I understand.
But what happened today --

I had a son.

I had a son.

I'm sorry about today.

♪ Oh, child,
when you are weary ♪

♪ Weary deep down
in your soul ♪

Protocol on the Suppression
of Violence at Airports.

The International Convention
on Civil Liability

for Oil Pollution Damage.

Are you having the world's
nerdiest stroke?

The Convention
on Early Notification

on a Nuclear Accident.

And I, for one, do not want
to be notified late.

What are these?

They're agreements we made
with Transnistria,

issues that idiot Carpov
helped to sway.

The domino effect of that
fisheries thing is just a start.

State thinks
they could walk out

on a big cyber-terror agreement
next,

which I'm sure
you'll now tell me

is the beginning
of the apocalypse.

You know that scenario
I described?

That was just...hypothetical.

There's uncertainty
in everything we do,

in every direction,

a cascade
of unintended consequences.

You could try this case
and start a nuclear war.

Or you could
let Carpov go

and he could start
a nuclear war.

You can only control
what you can control.

So focus on that.

What do you want to do?

What do you think
is right?

♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh-oh ♪

♪ Ain't no chain
gonna hold you down ♪

♪ Ain't no grave
gonna hold you now ♪

♪ Yesterday done came
and gone ♪

♪ Ain't it time
to bury the bones? ♪

♪ Ain't no chain
gonna hold you down ♪

♪ Whoa, oh-oh, oh ♪

♪ Ain't no grave
gonna hold you now ♪

♪ Mmm ♪

♪ Yesterday done came
and gone ♪

♪ Whoa, oh-oh ♪

♪ Ain't it time
to bury the bones? ♪

♪ Take me down to the river ♪

♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪

♪ Wash me clean
in the water ♪

Congratulations.

I'm not gonna
prosecute him.
What?

The State Department
is releasing a joint statement

with the Transnistrian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs as we speak.

Carpov will return
to Transnistria

for prosecution at home.

They won't prosecute him
at home.

Probably not, no.

I'm sorry.

I wanted
to prosecute him,

but my job is to serve
the interests

of this government
as a whole,

complicated and messy
and imperfect as they are.

This time that means
letting a bad guy go.

♪ Wash me clean
in the water ♪

I'd be more pissed off
if I didn't just hear

my spine
is looking better.

You're probably doing
the right thing.

I better be.

This trial was supposed to get
me a job in Asset Forfeiture,

and now that job is gone.

Asset Forfeiture?

No action there.

I think you dodged
a bullet.

But. If you're looking
for a trial,

I was in that strip club
for a reason.

♪ Yesterday done came
and gone ♪

Seth: Your Honor, as alleged
in the complaint,

and as set forth
in the attached affidavit

prepared
by ATF Agent Carney,

the defendant,
Dwayne Darnell,

oversees a sophisticated
alcohol smuggling operation

through his gentleman's club,
Rear Window.

In addition to
the alcohol smuggling counts,

Mr. Darnell is being charged
with racketeering

for coordination with
organized crime in this scheme.

Thank you, Mr. Oliver.

When can the government be ready
for trial?

I'm ready now,
Your Honor.