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PREVIOUSLY ON "NYPD BLUE"...

YOU AND THE CHIEF OF PERSONNEL ARE BUDDIES, RIGHT?

WE'RE FRIENDLY.

WHO'S HATCHER'S UNCLE?

WE WERE GONNA BE SHORT A MAN. STAN WAS AVAILABLE.

THAT'S FINE,

BUT IF THE DAY COMES WHEN HE NEEDS TO GET TOSSED OUT OF HERE,

YOU BETTER HAVE THE SPINE.

YOU PUT IN YOUR PAPERS BY 5:00,

OR YOU GET CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER.

I WAS IN A TOUGH SPOT. I DIDN'T HANDLE IT WELL.

AND I FEEL LIKE I REALLY LET YOU DOWN.

YOU GOTTA STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, GIBSON,

NOT JUST SOME OF THE TIME.

I UNDERSTAND.

SIR, THIS WAS JUST DROPPED IN MY LAP.

AS I SAID TO MY SUPERVISOR‐‐

NO, OF COURSE I CAN HANDLE IT, BUT‐‐

I UNDERSTAND.

YOU KNOW AN A.D.A. NAMED LARRY LIDVECK?

NERVOUS GUY, RIGHT?

ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE HE'S UNDER THE GUN?

MORE THAN WE KNEW.

QUIT WITHOUT NOTICE YESTERDAY.

BOSS DIVVIED UP HIS CASES.

NAME LEONARD PEELER RING A BELL?

A RAPE/HOMICIDE.

IT'S GOING BACK A WAYS. WHAT'S UP?

INFORMANT WHO SAID PEELER ADMITTED THE CRIME RECANTED.

WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

HE'S DYING OF AIDS, FOUND GOD.

HIS NEW STATEMENT GOT APPELLATE COUNSEL INTERESTED.

THEY LANDED PEELER A DNA TEST, WHICH CAME BACK NEGATIVE.

PEELER'S DNA CAME BACK NEGATIVE?

FROM THE DNA TAKEN OFF THE GIRL

HE WAS CONVICTED OF RAPING AND KILLING.

AN OLD CASE OF MINE GOES ACTIVE,

AND NOBODY ADVISES ME TILL NOW?

LARRY LIDVECK WASN'T EXACTLY CROSSING HIS T's.

HE JUST ADMITTED HIMSELF INTO REHAB.

SO WHAT NOW, THEN?

THERE'S A 1:00 HEARING,

WHERE I'M SURE THE DEFENSE IS GONNA PUSH FOR A MOTION

TO DISMISS THE CHARGES.

I'M TRYING TO FAMILIARIZE MYSELF WITH THE CASE.

IT WAS A GOOD COLLAR, AND A JURY CONVICTED HIS ASS.

CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE, THOUGH.

NO EYEWITNESS.

NO.

LOOKIT, IF THE DNA WASN'T HIS,

MAYBE HE HAD AN ACCOMPLICE WHO HE HAD NEVER FLIPPED ON.

OR MAYBE THE GIRL HAD HAD SEX WITH SOMEONE ELSE EARLIER.

SHE WAS 12.

WELL, I'M JUST SAYING THIS ISN'T GOOD,

SO YOU NEED TO HELP ME KEEP THIS CASE TOGETHER.

OTHERWISE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PROVE IT AGAIN

WITHOUT THE SNITCH AND WITH DNA WORKING AGAINST US.

IT WAS A GOOD ARREST.

WE HAD PEELER WITH THE GIRL AN HOUR BEFORE SHE WAS KILLED.

HIS ALIBI DIDN'T PAN OUT OR HIS TIMELINE.

OKAY, HERE'S A COPY OF THE FILE.

I NEED TO GET CAUGHT UP. I'LL SEE YOU AT 1:00.

YEAH, I'LL BE THERE.

OKAY.

HEY, WHAT DO WE GOT?

GARY KELLER, BIG OLD HEAD WOUND.

WALLET HAD BEEN GONE THROUGH.

WHO FOUND HIM?

KID OVER HERE, ROYCE PEARLY.

WE'LL TAKE THE KID. YOU WANT TO START A CANVASS?

WE'RE ON IT.

ROYCE, YOU FOUND HIM?

JUST LAYING THERE. CRAZY.

WHAT GOT YOU IN THE ALLEY?

DUCKED IN TO LIGHT MY SMOKE.

WHERE YOU HEADED TO?

SCHOOL‐‐ NYU NURSING.

A NURSE THAT SMOKES?

YEAH, I KNOW. GOTTA QUIT.

YOU SEEN ANYBODY SUSPICIOUS AROUND?

JUST HIM‐‐ DEAD.

YOU EVER SEEN HIM BEFORE?

NO, BUT HE'S DEAD NOW.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

LOOKING AT HIM GETS ME A LITTLE LIGHT‐HEADED.

YEAH, OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO TELL US?

I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING THAT I SAW.

NOW, DO YOU MIND IF I TAKE A SEAT?

YEAH, OVER HERE.

I'LL CATCH ANDY UP.

HEY.

THE GUY WHO FOUND HIM?

A SMOKING NURSE WHO CAN'T TAKE DEAD PEOPLE.

HMM.

D.O.A.'s WALLET GOT EMPTIED.

WE GOT THAT.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MORNING?

HAYWOOD'S OFFICE.

OLD HOMICIDE OF MINE MIGHT GET REOPENED OFF DNA.

THE GUY WAS LOCKED UP?

YEAH. THE RIGHT GUY.

SO, UH, WHO KNOWS?

HIS STORY STRAIGHT?

IT SEEMS TO BE. WE'LL CHECK HIM OUT.

LET'S GO ON THE CANVASS.

HOW LONG WAS THE GUY LOCKED UP FOR?

18 YEARS.

MORNING.

MORNING, JOHN.

NEW DETECTIVE‐‐ VERY NICE.

Clark: YOU MEET HER YET?

YEAH, SHE TRANSFERRED IN FROM BROOKLYN NORTH NARCOTICS.

WHAT'S YOUR TAKE?

WE DIDN'T GET PAST HELLO.

GENTLEMEN, MAY I PRESENT DETECTIVE KELLY RONSON,

JUST ASSIGNED TO THIS COMMAND, AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HER.

JOHN CLARK.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

HIS DAD WAS ALSO ON THE JOB.

ANDY SIPOWICZ, WHO I TOLD YOU ABOUT.

HOW'S IT GOING?

GOOD, THANKS.

NOW, THIS ISN'T YOUR ORDINARY FEMALE COP.

KELLY'S AN OFFICER IN THE POLICEWOMAN'S ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION

AND IS WORKING TOWARD HER LAW DEGREE AT FORDHAM.

HOW ABOUT THAT?

I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING FROM YOU GUYS.

I TOLD HER THIS PLACE CAN BE HARD ON NEW DETECTIVES,

BUT SHE SHOULD EXPECT A WARM WELCOME?

SURE.

SO, UH, THE D. O. A.?

WHITE MALE. BOTCHED ROBBERY MAYBE.

MEDAVOY AND JONES? STILL ON THE CANVASS.

MOM LIVES IN THE CITY. SHE'S ON HER WAY IN.

SOUNDS GOOD.

MAY I HELP YOU, MA'AM?

MY NAME IS ALYSSA HUBER, AND MY BABY GIRL IS MISSING.

DETECTIVES ORTIZ AND RONSON.

HOW LONG HAS BEEN MISSING?

A COUPLE OF DAYS, MAYBE A COUPLE OF YEARS.

IT'S COMPLICATED.

OKAY. COME ON BACK.

SHE'S HERE OF HER OWN MERITS‐‐

NO STRINGS, NO CONTRACTS, NO FAVORS, NO RELATION, OKAY?

DID I SAY ANYTHING?

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN UN‐COMPLICATE THIS, ALYSSA.

I JUST GOT OUT OF BEDFORD HILLS ON SUNDAY‐‐

THREE YEARS FOR POSSESSION.

I FELL IN WITH THE WRONG CROWD.

SOMEBODY ASKED ME TO HOLD A PACKAGE.

THAT'S ALL BEHIND ME NOW. I CLEANED UP MY ACT.

GOOD FOR YOU.

I GOT EARLY PAROLE OFF GOOD BEHAVIOR.

YOUR MISSING BABY?

RIGHT. SO BEFORE I GO IN, I GIVE ZOE,

THAT'S MY BABY GIRL, TO THIS FRIEND, CARLA.

I THOUGHT SHE WAS MY FRIEND.

YOU GAVE ZOE TO CARLA TO TAKE CARE OF.

EXACTLY, 'CAUSE SHE'S A RESPONSIBLE TYPE,

AND SHE SAID THAT SHE'D DO IT.

SO I GO BY HER PLACE FIRST THING I GET OUT‐‐

NO CARLA, NO ZOE, NO NOTHING.

AND NO IDEA WHERE CARLA WENT?

NOPE, AND THEN THAT'S WHERE YOU GUYS COME IN, RIGHT?

WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.

YOU HAVE ANY CONTACT AT ALL WHEN YOU WERE LOCKED UP?

AS MUCH AS I COULD,

BUT I NEVER GOT NO RESPONSE FROM LETTERS.

I DIDN'T PRESS IT 'CAUSE I WAS SO GRATEFUL

ZOE WAS BEING CARED FOR.

HOW OLD'S ZOE?

FOUR.

SHE GOT A FATHER WE COULD TALK TO?

HE'S DOING 25 TO LIFE UP AT COXSACKIE.

SO NOW YOU KNOW EVERYTHING.

WE NEED WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE US ON THIS CARLA‐‐

LAST KNOWN ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER,

PEOPLE WHO KNOW HER.

SHE'S WHO GOT ME THROUGH THOSE THREE YEARS.

YOUR DAUGHTER?

YEAH.

PICTURING HER FACE.

THE HELL IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA TAKE HER AWAY.

WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN.

HAVE A SEAT, FOLKS.

I'M VERY SORRY ABOUT YOUR SON AND YOUR BROTHER.

THANK YOU.

GARY WAS ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS.

HE LIVED IN CONNECTICUT?

YEAH, BEAUTIFUL HOME, TWO KIDS,

EVERYTHING GOING FOR HIM,

AND THEN HE HAD TO GET SUCKED INTO THIS.

SUCKED INTO WHAT?

GARY WAS JUST VISITING.

MOM, COME ON.

HE WAS, HUGH.

WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS DISRESPECTFUL

TO GARY'S MEMORY, TO WHO HE WAS AS A PERSON.

WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

GARY WAS IN TOWN ON ACCOUNT OF OUR BROTHER, ERIC.

WHO IS FUNDAMENTALLY A GOOD PERSON.

HE'S A CRIMINAL.

HE IS A PERSON WHO IS STRUGGLING

WITH THE THINGS YOUR FATHER STRUGGLED WITH.

DAD WASN'T A JUNKIE, MOM!

NEITHER IS YOUR BROTHER!

ALL RIGHT, ENOUGH.

SORRY. I'M JUST OVERWROUGHT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ERIC HAS TO DO WITH GARY GETTING KILLED?

GARY CAME INTO TOWN TO DO AN INTERVENTION ON ERIC.

TO ME, IT SEEMED VERY PRESUMPTUOUS.

THAT'S BECAUSE YOU STILL SEE HIM AS FIVE YEARS OLD.

OKAY, GUYS.

GARY WAS GONNA SEE ERIC THIS MORNING ABOUT HIS DRINKING,

HIS DRUGS, AND BASICALLY HIS OVERALL NASTY BEHAVIOR

TOWARD THE FAMILY AND MOM.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT ERIC

HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH GARY'S DEATH,

BUT THE PEOPLE ERIC KEEPS COMPANY WITH‐‐ LOWLIFES.

SO MAYBE ONE OF THEM.

WHERE DOES ERIC LIVE?

3077 12th STREET, NEAR 2nd AVENUE.

THAT'S WHERE GARY WAS GOING THIS MORNING?

WHERE WE FOUND HIM WAS NOWHERE NEAR THERE.

THERE WERE SOME CALLS BACK AND FORTH.

GARY SAID HE WAS GONNA GO TALK TO ERIC.

DO YOU KNOW IF ERIC'S HOME NOW?

HE'S NOT. I CALLED THIS MORNING.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE COULD BE.

ERIC DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

HE COULDN'T HAVE HURT HIS BROTHER.

SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND DRUG ADDICTION.

I KNOW HIS HEART!

WE'LL LOOK INTO IT AND BE IN TOUCH.

I JUST GOT OFF WITH GARY KELLER'S WIFE.

WOMAN'S DISTRAUGHT. SHE COULD BARELY TALK.

WHAT DID SHE SAY?

I WAS MAKING A POINT. MAKE IT.

SHE COULD BARELY TALK,

EXCEPT WHEN SHE'D GO RAILING ON AGAINST HER HUSBAND'S FAMILY.

THEN SHE GOT REAL CLEAR.

SAYING WHAT?

THEY'RE LOONY, INVASIVE, ALWAYS AT EACH OTHER.

GOOD TO KNOW.

DID THE FAMILY MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT A WARRANT

THE BROTHER HAD OUT ON HIM IN FLORIDA?

NO.

YEAH, CHECK KITING.

THE MOM PUT UP THE BOND‐‐ 10 GRAND.

THE D. O. A. CAME TO THE CITY TO BRING HIS BROTHER BACK?

OR TO CONVINCE HIM TO GO BACK ON HIS OWN OR SOMETHING.

THE FAMILY DIDN'T MENTION IT. YOU'D THINK THEY WOULD.

SO, ANDY, SIT ON ERIC'S APARTMENT?

I'LL MEET YOU THERE.

I GOTTA RUN OUT ON SOMETHING.

I SEE YOU STILL KEEP UP WITH THE FLOWERS.

AFRICAN VIOLETS.

BREEDING THEM NOW, WINNING ALL SORTS OF AWARDS.

SO, WHAT BRINGS YOU, ANDY?

JUST PAYING RESPECTS?

ACTUALLY, JOE,

REMEMBER A GUY THAT WE PUT AWAY IN '86,

LEONARD PEELER?

'86. DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT '86.

THAT'S WHEN DORIS LEFT ME.

SHE REMARRIED‐‐ SOME GUY SHE KNEW IN HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY MET UP AGAIN AT THEIR 40th HIGH‐SCHOOL REUNION.

LEONARD PEELER‐‐ DO YOU REMEMBER HIM?

PEELER, PEELER, PEELER. I REMEMBER THE NAME.

BLACK GUY.

RAPED AND KILLED A WHITE GIRL.

YEAH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PUT HIM AWAY

WAS THIS JAILHOUSE SNITCH, A GUY NAMED EARL BESDECK.

BESDECK, GOOD LORD.

WHAT A HOOPLE THAT GUY WAS.

HE WAS AN INFORMANT OF YOURS.

YEAH, HE WAS A PRETTY GOOD SNITCH, BUT WHAT A HOOPLE.

WELL, TURNS OUT EARL'S DYING OF AIDS.

I DON'T EVEN WANT TO HEAR HOW HE GOT IT.

APPARENTLY, WHAT HE'S SAYING NOW

IS THAT LEONARD PEELER NEVER CONFESSED TO HIM.

THE AIDS MUST BE DOING SOMETHING TO HIS BRAIN.

WHAT THAT DID, THOUGH, WAS GET PEELER A DNA TEST.

IT CAME BACK NEGATIVE.

I DON'T GO FOR THAT HOCUS‐POCUS DNA STUFF.

ACTUALLY, IT'S PRETTY ACCURATE.

SO WHAT ARE YOU ASKING, ANDY?

DID I PUT A BAD ONE ON THIS PEELER?

NO.

'CAUSE I WOULD NEVER DO THAT.

I'M SAYING THAT MAYBE WE MISSED SOMETHING,

THE BOTH OF US.

PEELER, SHEET AS LONG AS MY ARM, RIGHT?

HE DIDN'T DO THIS,

HE DID 10 THINGS JUST LIKE IT.

DON'T WORK THAT WAY.

A JURY CONVICTED HIM.

I KNOW.

THEN WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

WE MAY HAVE TO RE‐TRY PEELER IF THIS GETS KICKED BACK.

MY FIRST SQUAD‐‐ 18 OF 22 ALREADY DEAD.

YOU KNOW WHY?

'CAUSE THE JOB KEPT EATING AT THEM AFTER THEY LEFT.

WELL, NOT ME. RUTH AND PHILLIP KOPLANSKY‐‐

I PUT AWAY THEIR SON'S KILLER IN '75.

THANK‐YOU CARD ON HIS BIRTHDAY EVERY YEAR.

THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER ABOUT THE JOB

AND YOU SHOULD, TOO.

GOOD TALKING TO YOU, ANDY.

YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

YOU TOO, JOE.

SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO LAW SCHOOL FOR?

I DON'T KNOW YET. I ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST.

I GOT A SCHOLARSHIP THROUGH THE JOB,

THOUGHT I'D TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

BUT I LOVE BEING A COP.

I WOULDN'T WANT ANYONE THINKING DIFFERENT.

SURE.

'CAUSE THAT WHOLE THING WITH THE BOSS READING MY RÉSUMÉ‐‐

THAT WAS A LITTLE EMBARRASSING.

WELL, NO ONE WILL HOLD IT AGAINST YOU FOR BEING SHARP.

THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

OTHER PLACES, THEY READ MY AMBITION AS ATTITUDE.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT THE CASE.

ALL I CARE ABOUT IS HOW WE WORK AS PARTNERS.

SOUNDS GOOD.

POLICE.

ABOUT WHAT?

LET'S TALK INSIDE.

ABOUT WHAT? ZOE HUBER.

SHE HERE?

WOW.

WE NEED TO TALK NOW.

WE HAVE TO KNOW WHERE ZOE IS.

THIS IS COMING FROM ALYSSA, ZOE'S MOM?

SHE'S OUT OF THE JOINT. SHE WANTS HER DAUGHTER BACK.

THAT'S JUST GREAT. GOOD FOR HER.

WHAT A TOOL.

IS THE LITTLE GIRL HERE?

I ONLY HAD HER FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

THEN WHAT?

I GOT HER TO SOMEONE ELSE.

THE GIRL WAS PUT IN YOUR CARE.

YOU JUST GOT SICK OF HER?

JUST HOLD THE PHONE, LADY, OKAY?

I WAS ASKED TO CARE FOR THAT KID TWO HOURS.

ALYSSA ABANDONED THAT GIRL TO ME.

HOW?

I KNEW ALYSSA FROM THE BUILDING.

SHE SHOWS UP ONE MORNING COMPLETELY LOADED,

ASKING ME TO WATCH HER KID TILL NOON.

TWO DAYS LATER, I GET WORD SHE'S LOCKED UP.

DID YOU TRY TO CONTACT HER?

YEAH, LIKE 50 TIMES.

I TELL HER SHE'S GOTTA ARRANGE FOR HER KID.

SHE KEEPS TELLING ME, "I'M WORKING ON IT."

THEN SHE STOPPED CALLING AND IGNORED MY LETTERS.

I MEAN, COME ON. I HAVE THREE KIDS OF MY OWN.

I COULDN'T AFFORD IT.

SO YOU GAVE THE BABY AWAY?

TO ALYSSA'S RELATIVE, A COUSIN OF HERS OR SOMETHING.

HOW ABOUT SOCIAL SERVICES? YOU THINK OF CALLING THEM?

NO WAY.

THEY NEAR TOOK ONE OF MY BOYS,

CALLED HIM "FAILURE TO THRIVE" WHEN ALL HE HAD WAS A COLD.

I WAS NOT INVITING THEM IN AGAIN.

THE NAME OF THIS COUSIN AND WHERE WE CAN FIND HIM.

JASON MATHERS.

WHEN I DROPPED OFF THE KID, HE WAS LIVING AT LEFRAK CITY.

BETTER HOPE HE'S STILL THERE.

OR WHAT? WHAT DID I DO?

SIT BY THE PHONE. WE MAY NEED YOU AGAIN.

THANKS.

THE ATTENDANT HASN'T SEEN ERIC KELLER IN A DAY OR TWO

AND SAYS WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES LOOKING FOR HIM.

HEY, WHO ARE YOU?

ROY.

ROY, WHO ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WAITING FOR A FRIEND.

YEAH? WHAT'S YOUR FRIEND'S NAME?

JOE. JOE SNAGLOFF.

ALL RIGHT, STAND UP.

PUT YOUR HANDS UP.

ALL RIGHT, OKAY, YES, I'M LOOKING FOR ERIC KELLER.

ORANGE GROVE BAIL BONDS, FORT LAUDERDALE.

YOU A BOUNTY HUNTER?

BAIL‐ENFORCEMENT AGENT.

HOW LONG YOU BEEN TAILING KELLER?

THREE DAYS.

ANY SIGN OF HIM?

WHAT'S GOT YOU AFTER KELLER?

IF HE'S WANTED IN NEW YORK, THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY

SO THAT YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT

AND I DIDN'T WASTE MY TIME AND GAS MONEY.

HAVE YOU SEEN ERIC KELLER?

EARLY THIS MORNING,

ELIZABETH COURT HOTEL ON BOWERY,

BUT HE GOT PAST ME.

HOW'D THAT GO DOWN?

I GO TO HIS HOTEL ROOM, KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

"HOUSEKEEPING."

THEY OPEN UP, MAKE ME FOR WHO I AM,

THEN THIS BROTHER OF HIS, GARY,

HE THROWS A BLOCK AT ME WHILE ERIC SCOOTS OUT THE WINDOW.

SO I FOLLOW HIM OUT,

BUT HE HAD TOO GOOD A JUMP ON ME.

NOW, YOU LEFT HIS BROTHER GARY IN THE ROOM?

HOW WAS HE WHEN YOU LEFT HIM?

HOW WAS HE?

HE WAS FINE.

HE WAS FOUND DEAD DOWN THE STREET FROM THE HOTEL.

WHOA.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

HE DIDN'T CHASE AFTER YOU,

TRY TO STOP YOU PURSUING HIS BROTHER?

NO, SIR.

YOU GET INTO A FIGHT WITH HIM?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

WE'RE GONNA TALK TO EVERYBODY.

IF YOU'RE LYING, ROY, WE'RE GONNA SLAM THIS ON YOU.

TALK TO WHOEVER YOU WANT.

I LEFT THAT GUY IN THE ROOM FINE, HEALTHY, AND ALIVE.

HOW'D YOU KNOW TO FIND ERIC AT THE ELIZABETH COURT HOTEL?

FROM HIS OLDER BROTHER HUGH.

HUGH SAID, "MY BROTHER ERIC'S AT THE ELIZABETH COURT HOTEL.

GO SNATCH HIM UP"?

HE SAID, "MY BROTHER GARY'S GOING TO MEET MY BROTHER ERIC.

FOLLOW GARY."

THIS FAMILY'S A MESS, MAN.

NOT MY PROBLEM.

WHAT IS, IS GETTING ERIC BACK TO FLORIDA.

WE'RE BOTH ON THE SAME TEAM. CAN WE WORK SOMETHING OUT?

JOIN FORCES?

NO. DON'T LEAVE TOWN.

KEEP YOUR CELL PHONE ON.

SO, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON NOW?

DID YOU FIND MY BROTHER ERIC OR NOT?

NOT YET...

BUT WE DID FIND A BOUNTY HUNTER WHO'S LOOKING FOR HIM.

UH‐HUH.

THAT'S ALL YOU GOTTA SAY?

WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY YOU DIDN'T MENTION

A BOUNTY HUNTER TO THE OTHER DETECTIVES.

I GUESS IT DIDN'T COME UP.

YOUR BROTHER'S MURDERED, HUGH.

THAT KIND OF THING NEEDS TO COME UP.

I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY IT IN FRONT OF MY MOM.

I DIDN'T WANT HER TO KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN HELPING GET ERIC BACK.

YOU DIDN'T WANT YOUR MOM KNOWING?

HOW OLD ARE YOU, HUGH?

ERIC'S HER LITTLE ANGEL, OKAY?

SHE'S A FRAIL, OLD LADY,

BUT THE TIME CAME FOR ME TO PUT MY FOOT DOWN.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN ABOUT THE BOUNTY HUNTER?

HE CALLED A WEEK AGO, SAID HE WAS LOOKING FOR ERIC.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ERIC HAD BEEN BUSTED

OR THAT MY MOM PUT UP THIS BOND.

YOU TOLD THE BOUNTY HUNTER THAT YOU'D HELP HIM.

I SAID IF I HEARD ANY NEWS OF ERIC, I'D PASS IT ON.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE 10 GRAND TO BLOW.

DID YOU PASS ON NEWS TO THE BOUNTY HUNTER THIS MORNING?

I CALLED HIM LAST NIGHT, WHEN GARY CAME INTO TOWN.

TO DO THIS INTERVENTION, OR WERE YOU LYING ABOUT THAT?

NO, I WASN'T LYING.

IT WAS TO DO AN INTERVENTION‐‐

SORT OF, BUT MORE TO TELL ERIC TO BE A MAN

AND GET HIS ASS BACK TO FLORIDA.

HOW DID GARY WIND UP STUCK IN THE MIDDLE?

GARY'S BEEN THE INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN ME AND ERIC.

WE'D PASS MESSAGES THROUGH HIM.

SO GARY GOES TO DELIVER YOUR MESSAGE,

YOU HAVE HIM FOLLOWED, AND THEN GARY ENDS UP DEAD.

TRAGICALLY.

WHAT'S THE REASON YOU COULDN'T DELIVER THIS MESSAGE TO ERIC?

BECAUSE HE'S A THIEF, A JUNKIE, AND THE SHAME OF OUR FAMILY.

I COULD GO ON. YOU GOT AN HOUR?

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'RE NOT TELLING US?

NO.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW GARY WOUND UP DEAD?

THAT'S A QUESTION FOR ERIC.

WHO YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO FIND.

I DON'T HAVE A CLUE.

ON A LOT OF FRONTS, APPARENTLY.

EXCUSE ME? I'M IN MOURNING HERE.

SO WHERE ARE WE WITH THIS MISSING KID?

MOM'S ON THE WAY BACK IN.

WE GOT SOME THINGS WE NEED TO CLEAR UP.

HAVE YOU FOUND THE KID YET, THOUGH?

NO, MOM DUMPED IT ON A CARLA NICHOLS,

WHO PASSED IT OFF TO A JASON MATHERS,

MOM'S SECOND COUSIN.

WHO'S NOW DOING 3 TO 5 FOR ASSAULT.

CORRECTIONS INTERVIEWED HIM.

MATHERS SAYS BEFORE HE GOT LOCKED UP,

HE WAS LIVING WITH A JUNKIE NAMED TONYA TAYLOR.

THEY GOT IN A FIGHT. TONYA SPLIT WITH THE KID.

VICE SAYS TONYA'S A PROSS. THEY'RE KEEPING AN EYE OUT.

YOU WANT TO REWIND THAT?

IT'S A GAME OF HOT POTATO, SARGE.

WE'RE NOWHERE.

WHAT'S UP WITH HIM?

HE ADMITTED TO TIPPING OFF THE BOUNTY HUNTER.

THAT FAMILY'S LIKE THE HATFIELDS AND McCOYS.

IF THE HATFIELDS AND McCOYS WERE ALL IN ONE FAMILY.

WE NEED TO GET OUR HANDS ON THE YOUNGER BROTHER, ERIC.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

SOMEBODY CALLED ME. YOU?

THAT'S RIGHT. IN HERE.

YOU FIND MY DAUGHTER?

NO. COME ON.

THEN WHY'D YOU HAVE ME COME HERE?

LET'S GO.

YOU GOT THIS HANDLED, RIGHT?

YEAH, GO DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO.

YOU BEEN DRINKING, ALYSSA?

YEAH, A LITTLE.

IT WAS MY FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY.

OUT DRINKING WHILE YOUR DAUGHTER'S MISSING.

MAYBE I SHOULD SLIT MY WRISTS, THAT IT?

YOUR STORY ABOUT CARLA BLOWING OFF YOUR LETTERS‐‐

SHE'S SAYING DIFFERENT.

YEAH, WELL, SHE'S A LIAR. NEXT QUESTION.

WE JUST GOT A CALL FROM SOCIAL SERVICES A WHILE AGO

OFF YOU HASSLING THEM FOR YOUR ADC CHECK.

THEY NEEDED TO VERIFY YOU GOT CUSTODY OF THE KID.

WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM?

THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT.

NO, YOU CAN'T TELL THEM THAT.

BECAUSE THEN THE FILE GETS TOSSED UP TO THE SUPERVISOR,

AND I'LL NEVER GET THE CHECK.

OH, MY GOD!

IS THAT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, YOUR WELFARE CHECK?

NO, IT'S NOT, AND HOW DARE YOU?

BUT THAT MONEY, AS A MOTHER, THAT'S AVAILABLE TO ME,

SO WHAT SHOULD I DO, TURN IT DOWN?

IS YOUR BABY ALIVE?

YOU TELL ME. YOU'RE THE COPS.

IF THIS IS SOME KIND OF SCAM OR IF YOUR BABY IS DEAD

AND YOU'RE TRYING TO POINT US IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION

AND LEAVE YOURSELF OUT OF IT...

IN THE SPACE OF TWO MINUTES,

YOU CALL ME A LIAR, A DRUNK, A THIEF, AND WHAT, A KILLER?

ALL I AM IS A MOTHER WHO WANTS HER CHILD BACK.

IF ANYTHING ELSE YOU'VE TOLD US DOESN'T CLEAR,

WE BOOK YOU FOR CHILD ABANDONMENT.

THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE.

I TOLD YOU THE TRUTH.

NOW PLEASE JUST FIND MY DAUGHTER.

Earl: THANKS FOR COMING BY. APPRECIATE IT.

DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ.

SURE, SURE.

JOE BROCKER'S PARTNER.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

JOE STILL AROUND?

HE'S RETIRED, BUT HE'S STILL AROUND.

YOU HERE ABOUT THE LEONARD PEELER THING?

I SURE AM.

THEN YOU MUST HAVE HEARD, AND I'M SORRY.

I KNOW YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY OUT, EARL,

AND LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE

WHO TRIES TO BUY THEIR TICKET TO HEAVEN A LITTLE LATE,

THERE CAN BE JUST A LITTLE OVERREACTION.

I'M TELLING THE TRUTH, I SWEAR.

I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THAT.

I THINK YOU MIGHT BE TRYING TO GET ATTENTION

BY PLAYING THIS MARTYR ROUTINE.

YOU'RE MISTAKEN.

LEONARD PEELER RAPED AND KILLED A 12‐YEAR‐OLD GIRL.

HE MAY WELL HAVE DONE THAT, BUT HE NEVER ADMITTED IT TO ME.

AND YOU CHANGING YOUR TUNE NOW,

THAT MIGHT END UP SETTING THIS GUY FREE.

LEONARD PEELER NEVER ADMITTED THAT TO ME.

THAT'S ALL I KNOW.

THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.

THANKS.

WHAT DID HE TELL YOU?

NOTHING.

WE SPENT A HALF HOUR IN A VAN ON THE WAY TO RIKERS.

THAT'S WHEN I SAID HE TOLD ME ABOUT KILLING THAT GIRL.

IN TRUTH... NEVER SAID A WORD.

WHY DID YOU MAKE UP THE STORY?

I KNEW HE WAS THE SUSPECT.

I THOUGHT HE DID IT.

I KEPT ON SEEING THAT GIRL'S FACE...

FROM THE PHOTO IN THE PAPER.

DON'T BULLSHIT ME.

YOU WERE LOOKING TO HELP YOURSELF OUT.

SURE, BUT I ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO SEE LEONARD PEELER

GET AWAY WITH KILLING THAT POOR GIRL.

AND YOUR CONSCIENCE IS ALL CLEAR NOW?

NOT BY A LONG SHOT.

I GOT TO LIVE WITH THE GUILT THAT I HELPED PUT LEONARD AWAY

FOR A MURDER THAT HE DIDN'T COMMIT.

AND THE GUY WHO DID DO IT IS STILL OUT THERE,

PREYING ON OTHER VICTIMS.

IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ATTENTION HERE...

I'M NOT.

I'M DOING GOD'S WILL BY TELLING YOU THE TRUTH.

MAY HE BLESS YOU LIKE HE'S BLESSED ME.

Judge: THE LAB REPORT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR.

THE DNA DOESN'T MATCH, MISS HAYWOOD.

YOUR HONOR, I MOVE TO VACATE THE CONVICTION OF MR. PEELER

AND TO SET ASIDE THE SENTENCE IMMEDIATELY.

THE PEOPLE OPPOSE THAT MOTION.

THESE RESULTS DON'T EXONERATE THE DEFENDANT,

BUT AT BEST, RAISE DOUBT.

THAT'S ABSURD, YOUR HONOR.

THE DNA COULD BE FROM A SECOND UNIDENTIFIED SUBJECT

ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE DEFENDANT.

THERE'S NO SECOND SUBJECT.

THERE'S INDEPENDENTLY SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

TO SUSTAIN THE CONVICTION.

I'VE READ THE FILE, MISS HAYWOOD.

THE PEOPLE HAD A WEAK CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE AT BEST,

AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE 440 MOTION.

THE ASSISTANT WHO PROSECUTED THIS CASE LEFT MY OFFICE.

I'D LIKE TO CONDUCT MY OWN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER.

THAT WILL ENTAIL REVIEWING THE AUTOPSY

AND CRIME‐SCENE REPORTS.

YOUR HONOR, MR. PEELER'S BEEN IN JAIL 18 YEARS.

Judge: I UNDERSTAND.

UNLESS THE PEOPLE CAN ESTABLISH WHY THE DEFENDANT

SHOULDN'T BE FREE, HE WILL BE.

I'LL HEAR THE MOTION ON FRIDAY MORNING.

YOUR HONOR, I NEED MORE THAN THREE DAYS.

WE ARE GOING TO RESOLVE THIS BEFORE THE WEEK IS OUT.

YOUR HONOR, I MOVE THAT BAIL BE SET.

MR. PEELER HAS PRIORS. HE'S A FLIGHT RISK.

MOTION TO GRANT BAIL IS DENIED.

WE WILL RECONVENE FRIDAY MORNING.

GIVE IT A DAY, JOHNNY.

SIT DOWN, TONYA.

OKAY.

WE'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT A LITTLE GIRL

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING CARE OF‐‐ ZOE HUBER.

I WANT TO BE HELPFUL, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT NAME.

2 1/2 YEARS AGO, YOU WERE GIVEN A LITTLE GIRL TO TAKE CARE OF.

NO.

TONYA, YOU GOT A COCAINE HABIT?

NO. YOU DO.

START THINKING STRAIGHT OR WE'LL PUT YOU IN A CELL

TILL YOU'RE CLAWING AT YOUR SKIN.

YOU WERE GIVEN A LITTLE GIRL. WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?

I CAN'T GO TO JAIL.

YOU WON'T IF YOU'RE STRAIGHT WITH US,

BUT TALK NOW OR WE'LL LET YOU ROT.

I WAS GIVEN A LITTLE GIRL TO TAKE CARE OF.

JASON MATHERS GAVE YOU THE BABY?

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR ME,

A REASON TO CLEAN UP, BUT I JUST WASN'T PREPARED.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BABY?

SHE WENT AWAY.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

I HAD TO MAKE HER GO AWAY.

DID SHE DIE?

SHE JUST SCREAMED SO MUCH.

I FELT SO HORRIBLE.

DID THE BABY DIE?

[ Voice breaking ] I FELT LIKE A TERRIBLE PERSON,

A TERRIBLE MOM.

UNDESERVING.

TONYA...

ANSWER MY QUESTION OR I'LL PUT MY FIST IN YOUR MOUTH.

I GAVE HER AWAY.

TO WHO?

GLORIA, I THINK.

WHO IS GLORIA?

FROM THE SOUP KITCHEN AT ST. MARK'S PLACE

OR ST. MARK'S CHURCH.

ARE YOU MAKING THIS UP?

YOU GOT TO TELL US RIGHT NOW.

GLORIA, I SWEAR.

GLORIA FROM ST. MARK'S OR ST. MARK'S CHURCH.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE.

I JUST WASN'T READY.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE THERE. THANKS.

HEY.

HEY.

HOW'D IT GO?

RUN THE CASE.

UNIFORM'S HOLDING ERIC KELLER AT A BAR.

JONES IS DOWNSTAIRS.

I'M GONNA RUN OUT AND PICK ERIC UP.

ERIC IS THE OLDER BROTHER WHO CALLED THE BOUNTY HUNTER?

HE'S THE YOUNGER BROTHER,

THE ONE THE BOUNTY HUNTER'S LOOKING FOR.

DON'T WORRY.

I GOT THINGS COVERED.

THANKS.

Irvin: CAN I HELP YOU?

WE'RE CINDY CLIFTON'S PARENTS.

I REMEMBER YOU, MR. CLIFTON.

I'M DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ.

I'M VERY SORRY FOR WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.

WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT HAPPENED, DETECTIVE.

THE D. A. HAD TO RUN OUT ON ANOTHER CASE,

AND YOU LEFT SO QUICKLY.

YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD TO GET BACK TO WORK, TOO.

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

LET'S TALK IN HERE.

DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT'S ABOUT?

[ SIGHS ]

HE'LL TELL US WHEN THE TIME'S RIGHT.

THIS HAS BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR MY FAMILY,

VERY DIFFICULT DAY.

I UNDERSTAND.

WHEN THAT JURY CONVICTED PEELER, WE THOUGHT IT WAS OVER.

I THOUGHT IT WAS, TOO.

HE'S HAD APPEAL AFTER APPEAL‐‐

STATE COURT, FEDERAL COURT.

HOW CAN HE JUST HAVE THIS TEST

SO MANY YEARS LATER?

DNA TESTING WASN'T AVAILABLE WHEN HE WAS CONVICTED,

SO LAW SAYS HE'S GOT A RIGHT TO THE TEST IF HE ASKS FOR IT.

AND AS A RESULT OF A WITNESS RECANTING HIS TESTIMONY,

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

DID YOU ARREST THE WRONG MAN?

RIGHT NOW, I'M LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY

THAT MAYBE THERE WERE TWO MEN INVOLVED,

WHICH WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE DNA NOT MATCHING.

IS LEONARD PEELER GONNA BE RELEASED?

I DON'T KNOW.

IS THE PERSON WHO RAPED MY DAUGHTER,

WHO STRANGLED HER, WHO SODOMIZED HER‐‐

GERALD...

IS THAT PERSON STILL OUT THERE, DETECTIVE?

HUH? YES OR NO?

WE'RE ENTITLED TO A SIMPLE ANSWER!

I'M SORRY FOR YOUR PAIN, MR. CLIFTON,

AND I WISH THIS WASN'T HAPPENING.

ALL I CAN DO IS PROMISE TO FIND OUT WHAT DID HAPPEN.

YOU AND YOUR PARTNER WORKED HARD

ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILY, DETECTIVE.

WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THAT.

AND I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN CINDY.

I WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS,

I SWEAR TO GOD.

GLORIA DAWSON?

MAY I HELP YOU?

DETECTIVES ORTIZ AND RONSON.

MIND IF WE COME IN?

SURE.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GIRL. HOW OLD IS SHE?

EMILY'S 4.

WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?

IS EMILY YOUR ONLY CHILD?

YES.

ARE YOU THE BIRTH MOTHER, OR IS SHE ADOPTED?

UM, EMMIE, SWEETHEART, GO PLAY WITH YOUR DOLLIES, OKAY?

MOMMY WILL BE THERE IN JUST A SECOND.

OKAY. OKAY.

UM, EMILY'S ADOPTED.

AND DO YOU HAVE FORMAL PAPERS FROM THE AGENCY TO SHOW US?

UM...

Ronson: MA'AM, I THINK YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE LOOKING TO DETERMINE THE CONDITION OF THE CHILD.

WELL, EMILY IS THRIVING.

SHE'S IN NURSERY SCHOOL NOW.

JERRY JUST GOT MADE PARTNER AT HIS CPA FIRM,

SO FINANCIALLY, WE'RE STABLE.

AND I DON'T WORK, SO WHENEVER EMILY'S HOME,

SHE GETS FULL‐TIME ATTENTION.

HOW LONG HAS SHE BEEN WITH YOU?

TWO YEARS.

WE COULDN'T CONCEIVE ON OUR OWN,

AND ADOPTIONS KEPT FALLING THROUGH,

AND SHE WAS... AN ANSWERED PRAYER, REALLY.

DID YOU PAY FOR THE CHILD?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

A WOMAN AT THE SOUP KITCHEN WHERE I VOLUNTEERED

BASICALLY PUT EMILY ON OUR DOORSTEP.

YOU NEED TO STAY AVAILABLE.

OKAY.

UM, WE LOVE HER.

WE'D DO ANYTHING FOR HER.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT BEFORE YOU TAKE HER AWAY.

NO ONE'S DOING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, SO DON'T PANIC.

WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.

SIT DOWN, ERIC.

Clark: WE'RE SORRY ABOUT YOUR BROTHER.

WE HEARD HE WAS A GOOD GUY.

YEAH.

WE ALSO HEARD THAT GARY WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE

BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR BROTHER HUGH.

HE'S A PRICK.

DID GARY SHOW UP AT YOUR PLACE THIS MORNING

AS A SPOKESMAN FOR YOU?

I GUESS, SORT OF.

WHAT'D YOU TALK ABOUT?

GARY SAID HUGH HAD GOT HIS PANTIES IN A BUNCH

ON ACCOUNT OF A SCRAPE I GOT INTO IN FLORIDA

AND THAT I NEEDED TO GO SORT IT OUT.

THIS IS ABOUT YOU JUMPING BAIL.

YOU PUT YOUR MOM OUT 10 GRAND.

I WAS GONNA TAKE CARE OF IT.

I'M STILL GONNA.

DID IT GET YOUR BACK UP, GARY NEEDLING YOU

ABOUT SOMETHING YOU WERE GONNA DO REGARDLESS?

WHAT‐‐ NEEDLING ME OR WAS IT WHO IT WAS COMING FROM?

ALL RIGHT, BROWNNOSE HUGH.

WHO WAS HE BROWNNOSING? MY MOM.

HE THINKS HE'S BEING A MAN, STANDING UP FOR HER,

BUT HE'S JUST WHINING FOR ATTENTION.

SO YOU GOT ALL THIS ANGER AT HUGH,

THIS DEEP‐SEATED, LIFELONG ANGER.

AND HERE GARY SHOWS UP AS HUGH'S MOUTHPIECE.

HAD TO PISS YOU OFF.

LIKE I SAID, IT WASN'T GARY I WAS PISSED AT.

YEAH, BUT GARY'S THE ONE WHO ENDED UP DEAD.

WHAT ARE YOU ASKING ME?

DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT?

OH, COME ON.

GARY CAME TO SEE YOU ON AN ERRAND

FROM A GUY YOU HATE.

GARY WINDS UP DEAD A BLOCK AWAY.

YOU SEE HOW WE MIGHT PUT THOSE TOGETHER?

THE LAST TIME I SAW GARY,

HE WAS HELPING ME ESCAPE FROM THAT BOUNTY HUNTER ASSHOLE.

ALL RIGHT. DESCRIBE THAT.

GARY'S IN MY ROOM 10 MINUTES,

AND THERE'S A KNOCK AT THE DOOR FOR HOUSEKEEPING,

WHICH THERE ISN'T IN THAT FLEABAG HOTEL.

SO GARY SAYS BREAK FOR THE FIRE ESCAPE.

HE'LL HOLD THE GUY BACK.

I WENT FOR THE FIRE ESCAPE.

END OF STORY.

DID THE BOUNTY HUNTER FOLLOW YOU OUT THE WINDOW?

NOBODY FOLLOWED ME.

WHAT ABOUT GARY?

THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM.

YOU DIDN'T MEET UP WITH HIM AROUND THE CORNER?

NO. YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN ARGUMENT

ABOUT HOW SCREWED UP YOUR LIFE'S GOTTEN?

WANTED MAN, GUYS HUNT YOU DOWN.

HE WANTED TO HELP ME.

ERIC, YOU RUN FROM TROUBLE.

DID YOU GIVE GARY A SMACK TO GET AWAY FROM HIM,

THINKING YOU COULD MAKE IT UP LATER?

I DIDN'T KILL GARY.

GARY WAS A GREAT GUY. I ADMIRED HIM.

HE GOT OUT OF HERE, AWAY FROM THIS FAMILY.

HUGH, HE'S NOTHING TO ME, MAN.

GARY WAS MY BROTHER.

GOD!

DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ.

WHAT, YOU THINK I FORGET WHO YOU ARE?

I'M HERE TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.

YOU LOCKED UP THE WRONG MAN.

WITH THE DNA COMING BACK NEGATIVE,

THAT LEAVES A COUPLE SCENARIOS.

THAT LEAVES ONE SCENARIO‐‐ I DIDN'T DO THAT CRIME.

OR THERE WAS TWO OF YOU INVOLVED,

AND THAT DNA BELONGS TO A BUDDY OF YOURS.

WHAT'S IT GONNA TAKE FOR YOU TO GET IT, MAN?

I DIDN'T RAPE THAT GIRL. I DIDN'T KILL THAT GIRL.

I DIDN'T LAY A FINGERTIP ON THAT GIRL.

SO UNLESS YOU COME HERE TO APOLOGIZE,

THERE'S NOTHING TO TALKING ABOUT.

IF THERE WAS A SECOND GUY INVOLVED

AND YOU'VE BEEN PROTECTING HIM‐‐

OFFICER!

I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

YOU WANT TO COVER YOUR ASS

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO FACE UP TO WHAT YOU DONE TO ME.

YO, OFFICER!

IF I DIDN'T WANT TO FACE UP TO IT, I WOULDN'T BE HERE.

YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE ME THEN. YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME NOW.

BUT I DON'T GIVE A DAMN,

'CAUSE DNA PROVES IT WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!

I DID MY JOB, AND A JURY CONVICTED YOU.

I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO HIM NO MORE.

WE STILL HAVE WITNESSES.

YOU STILL HAVE YOUR BOGUS ALIBI AND YOUR TIMELINE PROBLEMS.

18 YEARS.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

SO, WHAT'S THE DEAL?

WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A SEAT, ALYSSA?

WE'VE GOT SOME BAD NEWS.

WHAT?

ZOE DIED A YEAR AGO.

SHE GOT PASSED THROUGH FIVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE,

ENDED UP IN OHIO.

SHE GOT PNEUMONIA.

WE'RE SORRY.

BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM, ALYSSA,

AND IT'S A BIG PROBLEM.

OUR BOSS WANTED AN UPDATE, AND WE GAVE IT TO HIM.

HIS RESPONSE WAS THAT YOU SHOULD BE ARRESTED

AND YOUR PAROLE VIOLATED.

FOR WHAT? I DIDN'T KILL HER.

THE WAY HE'S LOOKING AT IT, INDIRECTLY, YOU DID.

SO WE WENT FROM BAD SITUATION TO WORSE,

AND YOU GOT THE BALL ROLLING DOWNHILL.

I'VE BEEN IN JAIL.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

SEEING AS YOU'RE LOOKING TO MAKE A CLEAN START,

WE ASKED OUR BOSS TO CUT YOU A BREAK.

I'M NOT ARRESTED?

NO, BUT YOU NEED TO JUST CRUISE ON OUT OF HERE

AND NOT COME BACK.

IF YOU DO, YOU GET LOCKED UP.

AND WE ARE NOT JOKING.

CAN YOU GUYS DO AT LEAST ONE THING FOR ME, PLEASE?

WHAT?

CAN YOU CALL SOCIAL SERVICES AND GET ME SOME MONEY

FOR HAVING A DAUGHTER, JUST TO GET ME BACK ON MY FEET?

CRUISE ON OUT OF HERE AND DON'T COME BACK.

THERE'S NO DEATH BENEFITS, NOTHING?

WE'RE NOT GONNA TELL YOU AGAIN.

YOU GUYS ARE USELESS.

[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]

SO, YOU LOCATE ERIC KELLER?

WE DID.

AM I HERE TO WORK OUT A DEAL FOR HIM?

WE GOT TO GET SOME THINGS STRAIGHT FIRST‐‐

THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.

STEP‐BY‐STEP, TELL US WHAT HAPPENED

IN ERIC KELLER'S HOTEL ROOM THIS MORNING.

I KNOCK ON THE DOOR. THE BROTHER, GARY, ANSWERS.

HE THROWS A HALF‐ASS BLOCK AT ME

WHILE ERIC GOES OUT THE WINDOW.

I FOLLOW ERIC.

SOME FOLKS AT THE HOTEL ARE SAYING

YOU LEFT THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR,

NOT DOWN THE FIRE ESCAPE.

RIGHT. YEAH, OKAY.

YOU SPENT A LITTLE MORE TIME WITH GARY

IN THE HOTEL ROOM THAN YOU SAID.

STRUGGLING WITH HIM MAYBE?

JUST TO GET AROUND HIM.

YOU CARRY A STUN GUN?

I THOUGHT WE WERE WORKING OUT A DEAL.

THE DEAL IS WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE YOUR ASS HERE, ROY,

WHICH IS DIFFICULT CONSIDERING ALL THE LIES

YOU'VE BEEN TELLING US.

[ CHUCKLES ]

YES, I HAVE ONE,

LIKE EVERY OTHER BAIL‐ENFORCEMENT AGENT‐‐

ALMOST EVERY OTHER ONE.

I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE THINKING I CAN'T DO MY JOB,

BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SIZE.

DID YOU USE A STUN GUN ON GARY IN THE HOTEL ROOM?

OR DID THE STUN‐GUN MARKS THE M.E. FOUND

COME FROM THE MAID?

A LITTLE PROFESSIONAL COURTESY FOR FELLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT‐‐

DID YOU USE A STUN GUN?

YES, TWICE.

HE WAS ALIVE WHEN I LEFT‐‐ FINE, TALKING, ALL THAT.

[ SIGHS ]

WHAT?

WHAT?

GARY HAD A HEART ATTACK

FROM BEING HIT WITH A STUN GUN FIVE TIMES.

THAT'S WHAT KILLED HIM.

YOU SAID HE WAS HIT IN THE HEAD IN THE ALLEY

BESIDE THE HOTEL.

THE M.E. CAME BACK SAYING HE GOT THE HEAD WOUND

FALLING DOWN FROM THE HEART ATTACK.

YOU LOST YOUR COOL. PLAY IT THAT WAY.

NO, NO. NO, THIS ISN'T MY FAULT.

WE'RE TELLING YOU IT IS.

NO.

I WENT IN WITH THE STUN GUN

BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THIS KID ERIC WAS GONNA BE ARMED.

I WAS TOLD TO GO IN THAT ROOM AGGRESSIVE

BECAUSE THE KID WAS A PSYCHO.

TOLD TO YOU BY ERIC'S BROTHER HUGH?

YEAH, HE SAID HE WAS A MADMAN

AND THAT HE'S GOT JUNKIE FRIENDS

AND TO GO IN READY FOR A BRAWL

AND DO WHATEVER I COULD TO SUBDUE HIM.

PUT IT IN YOUR STATEMENT.

HE SAID THE KID MIGHT TRY AND KILL ME.

I NEVER WOULD HAVE USED IT IF THAT WASN'T IN MY HEAD.

WRITE IT DOWN.

COME ON, GUYS.

HOW 'BOUT SOME PROFESSIONAL COURTESY?

IF YOU'D HAVE HANDLED YOURSELF

AND CALLED 9‐1‐1 WHEN YOU SAW THAT HE WAS IN TROUBLE

OR TOLD US THE TRUTH EARLIER,

WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE INCLINED TO HELP YOU OUT.

AM I GOING FOR MURDER?

CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE.

AND THAT'S JAIL TIME?

ONCE WITH A STUN GUN, MAYBE TWICE,

YOU COULD ARGUE SELF‐DEFENSE.

BUT FIVE TIMES‐‐ YEAH, THAT'S JAIL TIME.

SOLVE THE MISSING KID?

STILL MISSING. WE'LL KEEP WORKING IT.

TOUGH BEING 0 FOR 1 OUT OF THE BLOCKS, KID,

BUT TOMORROW'S ANOTHER DAY.

THANKS. I'M GONNA HEAD OUT.

I'LL WALK DOWN WITH YOU.

SARGE...

BOUNTY HUNTER'S WRITING UP HIS STATEMENT.

HEY.

SO, WHAT WE DID TODAY...

OR DIDN'T DO.

I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO ENTER INTO A SECRET‐TILL‐DEATH PACT

ON YOUR FIRST DAY HERE.

WE DID THE RIGHT THING.

WE DID.

THEN THERE'S NOTHING TO BE SORRY ABOUT, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

IT'S GOOD WORKING WITH YOU.

YOU TOO.

SEE YOU TOMORROW.

HEY.

HEY.

I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS

IN FRONT OF CONNIE AND THE KIDS.

NO PROBLEM. I JUST CAME BY TO SEE HOW YOU'RE DOING.

FINE. ALL RIGHT.

I'M NOT GONNA SIT AROUND AND BEAT MYSELF UP OVER IT.

WHY WOULD YOU?

THE JURY CONVICTED THIS GUY.

THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE WHERE YOU'RE 90% SURE, YOU KNOW,

WHICH IS ENOUGH TO SIGN OFF ON IT.

BUT THAT 10%, IT'S LIKE A ROCK IN YOUR SHOE.

THE SNITCH LIED TO YOU,

SAYING THAT PEELER CONFESSED TO HIM.

HOW'S IT YOUR FAULT?

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WORKED AGAINST PEELER WAS HIS TIMELINE.

HE COULDN'T REMEMBER WHEN HE LEFT THE BAR

'CAUSE HE WAS DRUNK.

AND MY PARTNER, JOE, HE KEPT ON HAMMERING ON HIM.

"I NEED A TIME, I NEED A TIME."

FINALLY, HE TOLD PEELER JUST BALLPARK IT.

PEELER SAYS 5:00.

THAT'S WHAT HE WROTE UP IN HIS STATEMENT.

WELL, RIGHT AFTER THAT,

WE FOUND PEOPLE IN THE BAR SAYING PEELER LEFT AT 4:30,

SO PEELER WAS CAUGHT IN A LIE.

BUT I WAS NEVER REALLY COMFORTABLE THAT IT WAS A LIE,

'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE BALLPARKED IT.

BUT IT STUCK.

SEE, I WAS NEW THEN, AND I'D JUST GOTTEN MY SHIELD.

THIS WAS THE FIRST HOMICIDE I WORKED,

AND JOE, HE WAS A LEGEND.

I WAS TOLD JUST LAY BACK AND LEARN,

SO I DID, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

MY HANDS ARE SHAKING.

A JURY CONVICTED THIS GUY, ANDY.

HE DIDN'T DO IT, THOUGH.

HE DIDN'T DO THE CRIME.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU.

IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. TAKE IT FROM ME.

I'M ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING AT THIS,

AND IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT, NOT EVEN CLOSE.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANKS FOR COMING BY.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I'M GONNA TAKE A WALK.

YOU WANT ME TO COME? NO, I'M GOOD.

I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOU, RIGHT?

I'M FINE.

GO HOME. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.