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[Bayliss] Did you know
that the first refrigerator
was invented in Baltimore?

- [Pembleton] Nah.
- [Bayliss] 1803.

[Pembleton] How we gonna
find the crime scene?

I-95 past Keith Avenue exit.
That could be anywhere.

The first formula
for Bromo-Seltzer.

[chuckles] The first licorice.

Whoever took down
these directions is an idiot.

- I took them down.
- I know.

Just drive
straight ahead, Frank.

America's City of Firsts
is 200 years old this year.

It's Bicentennial.
Pretty exciting,
isn't it Frank, huh?

[Pembleton] Well, not for me,
I'm from New York.

We've been 200
an awfully long time.

Just keep it moving.

[Bayliss] It wouldn't kill you
to show some enthusiasm.

Smile once in a while?

Well, you know,
I don't smile on cue.

I'm not a smiler,
I'm not a hugger,
I'm not a sensitive guy.

- That's you, not me.
- People can change, Frank.

- You know they do.
- What have we got?

A state trooper found the body.
No identification.

She's about 12, 13 years old.

- And she's been dead
several hours.
- [Bayliss] Cause?

[Cox] Well,
there's some bruising, welts,

but there's no obvious
cause of death.

There are no bullet holes,
no knife wounds,
no evidence of strangulation.

Uh, is there a--
Is this a possible hit-and-run?

There was no hemorrhaging
around the eyes
or the ears or the nose,

so she probably wasn't hit
by a car.

But I can't rule it out
till I get her on my table.

[Bayliss] You and me, Frank,
we got all the luck, huh?

Dead child,
murdered little girl.

Call Bayliss and Pembleton,
they got lots of experience.

Can I have the body?

Yeah. Yeah.

[tense music playing]

You're gonna be okay with this?

Yeah, why wouldn't I be?

People do not change.
Especially you.

[theme music playing]

- [phone ringing]
- [Giardello] Homicide.

- Excuse me. Sir.
- What?

Uh, I'm looking
for Missing Persons.

Yeah, they're usually
the hardest to find.

- Pardon me?
- [Munch] Missing Persons.

Go through this door here,
take your first left
and then the first right, okay?

Missing Persons.

How does a term like that
make its way
into the police lexicon?

- Who decides these things?
- What's wrong
with Missing Persons?

If you're a missing person,
you know where you are.

You're only missing
according to someone else's
point of view.

Unless, of course,
you're missing the person
that was missing you.

- What?
- I'm leaving now. And

I won't be missing,
I'll just be gone,

and that's from anybody's
point of view, all right?

- [Munch] Where you going?
- I got another interview
with a potential roommate.

You know, finding an apartment
is worse than dating.

Okay, this is
how our little Janey Doe died.

Asphyxiation as a result
of a pneumothorax.

A broken rib punctured her lung.

[Pembleton] Broken rib
caused by what?

From the bruising, I'd say
a severe blow to the chest.

She was either hit
with a blunt object
or she was kicked.

- Someone kicked her
in the chest?
- [Cox] No.

That's how she finally died,
but there's more.

See this here?
That's another rib fracture.

And that is at least three
or four months old.

[sighing] What else?

We also have bruises

in various stages of healing.

Scarring from contusions.

And then we have the welts.

From a square metal object.
My guess, a belt buckle.

I counted 26 of them
on her legs, buttocks,
back and face.

- If we find this belt,
can you make a match?
- Possibly.

If there's blood
on the buckle, definitely.

So what's your official ruling?

Cause, severe blunt trauma.
Manner, homicide.

Someone's been using
this little girl
as a punching bag.

She was abused to death.

- [tense music playing]
- [whispers] Thanks.

[Murphy] The grand jury
convenes at one o'clock.

I don't know exactly
when they're gonna call you,

but you have to be
at the federal courthouse
waiting and ready.

[sighing] Monica, I have
been under suspicion of taking
bribes since October, okay?

I've been sitting at a desk
for four months.

I'm definitely waiting
and ready.

Your testimony
will be very simple.

No matter what
the U.S. Attorney asks,

what is your response?

[sighing] I assert my right
against self-incrimination

as guaranteed
under the Fifth Amendment.

Thank you.
That's it. You're ready.

I'm ready
to not incriminate myself

for a crime
that I didn't commit.

Monica,
when do I get to stand up
and say that I'm innocent?

You asserted your innocence,
when you didn't cop a plea.

You found the girl on I-95?
Where, exactly?

Oh, just past, uh, Keith Avenue.

Got a call earlier.

Anonymous tipster saw
your body getting dumped

- on I-95.
- You got a description?

[Howard] The tipster said
it was a couple.
A man and a woman.

No distinguishing
characteristics,

no description of the vehicle.

You haven't identified the girl?

Uh, no. She was beaten to death.

Uh, there's evidence
of long-term abuse.

- Check Missing Persons.
- [Pembleton] Okay.

[chuckles] Well, I mean,
you know,

whoever killed her
didn't care much about her
when she was alive.

They're not gonna care
that she's missing.

You're assuming
that whoever abused her
also killed her.

- That may not be true.
- Come on, Gee.

We know what the truth is here.

We have a dead little girl.
That's all we know.

The next step is to find out
who she is.

[door slams shut]

You know,
I think it's a bad idea

to have Bayliss as the primary
on this case.

You can't take
the case away from him, Gee.

You know, he's had a bad history
with murdered children.

And I don't want
that interfering
with this investigation.

- [Pembleton] It won't.
- [Giardello] How can you be
so sure?

I know my partner. I trust him.
We're gonna put this case down.

He trusts his partner?

The forgiving Frank Pembleton?

[sighing heavily]

You're early.

The grand jury doesn't gear up
until after lunch.

That's not why I'm here.

Hmm, let me guess.

You came to see
Mitch Roland sentenced.

See him get what he deserves.

Well, he's not gonna
get what he deserves,

not with the sweetheart deal
you made him.

This deal stinks.

However, since the Federal
Sentencing Commission
isn't interested

in what judges think,

I'm obligated to
hand down the sentence

in accordance
with mandatory guidelines.

For this defendant,
a level 13 offense carries

a maximum sentence of 18 months.

Mitchell Roland,
you are sentenced to serve
18 months

- with the Bureau of Prisons.
- [tense music playing]

[Mitchell]
It's a great, terrific work.

Couldn't ask for a better
lawyer. You guys are the best.

Expensive, but,
hey, worth every penny!

Okay, I appreciate that, thanks.

NCIC's got a lost 12-year-old
that fits our Janey Doe.

Her name is Tanya Thomson.
Her mother reported her
missing this morning.

- Heads up!
- Where are we going?

Gardenview! Gardenview.

6115 Gardenview Way.

[door rattling loudly]

[rattling]

- [Bayliss] Lynette Thomson?
- [Lynette] Yes?

[Pembleton] Detectives Pembleton
and Detective Bayliss.

[Lynette] You found her?
You found Tanya?

- [Pembleton] May we come in,
ma'am?
- [Lynette] Oh.

I don't know
whether to be glad or mad.

She's always worrying me,
that girl.

She's always
running off somewhere.

Where is she,
waiting in the car?

- When I see her,
I'm gonna give her a--
- Give her a what?

A hug.

Miss Thomson, um, this girl
may not be your daughter.

- [Lynette] But I thought
you said--
- I-- I'm-- I'm sorry.

The girl we found--

- This girl is--
this girl is dead.
- What?

[Bayliss] Yeah, we're gonna
need you to come down to
the Medical Examiner's office.

I have to get my coat.

[Pembleton] CityPoly game, 1975.

Does this trophy-

Does this trophy belong
to your husband?

Mm-mm, no, that's Nelson's.

Nelson Henson, that's my fiancé.

Does Nelson live here?

Yeah, for the past year
and a half.

[Bayliss] So,
is that your daughter?

Is that the girl you found?

[Lynette sobbing]

[crying] My little girl.
Wait a minute.

- No!
- [Pembleton] It's okay.

[Pembleton] It's okay,
come with me now.

How did this happen?

[Bayliss] Well, we were
hoping that you could tell us.

What?

Your daughter
was beaten to death.

We, uh-- we also found evidence
of past abuse on her body.

Bruises, contusions,
broken ribs, uh,

old fractures that didn't heal.

Some-- somebody did this to her.

Some monster hurt my child.

Cut the crap.

You know exactly what happened
to your daughter, don't you?

- [Pembleton] Come on, man.
- [Bayliss] Don't you?

He can't talk to me like that.

He's gonna stand there
and accuse me?

My partner is very upset by
Tanya's death, Miss Thomson.

We're all upset.
We wanna find out
who killed her.

You wanna find that out too,
don't you?

- [Lynette] Yes!
- We need your help.

Would you be willing
to come down to Headquarters
with us?

Please.

What did the mother say?
Did she confess to the abuse?

Well, according to her,
she's up for parent of the year.

And she has no idea
why her daughter had 26 imprints
of a belt buckle

- on her body.
- I'm gonna get a warrant
to search the apartment.

We're gonna look for the belt.

No, you two stay on the mother.

Howard, take Munch in there
and go to the apartment.

Interview the neighbors,
Tanya's teacher.

All right.
The girl had a history of abuse.

I'll get in touch
with Social Services,

see if a case worker
ever went to the house.

What about Thomson's boyfriend,
fiancé, whatever?

Nelson Henson, he works
at Drucker on Dundalk.

You want me to invite Mr. Henson
down to Police Headquarters?

Yeah, yeah, we'll interview
both Thomson and Henson,

and we'll play 'em off
each other.

- [Pembleton clears throat]
- What?

- [door slams]
- [Pembleton] Didn't say a word.

No, you got something to say,
Frank, why don't you say it?

You wanna get in your own way,
you're gonna lose this case.

You march in there
and jump on Lynette Thomson,
she's gonna call for a lawyer.

I'm not gonna
let it go that far.

Oh, like you did this morning
at the morgue?

I tried something, Frank.
I got my own way
of working this case.

- You don't respect that.
- Work the case, man.
Please, work this case.

- Well, this isn't
about Adena Watson.
- Oh, oh, okay.

It's got to be
the fiancé, Henson.

You know, even if she wasn't
directly responsible,

she'd know what happened,
she let it happen.

So let's just
soft-pedal the mother
into giving up the boyfriend.

We nail him for murder,
we tie her in as an accessory,
if we can.

And if we can't?

[Pembleton] Then she has to live
with the fact

that she let
her own daughter die.

Well, that's just
not punishment enough.

Her punishment is not up to you.

You don't have to tell me
the boundaries of my job, Frank.

I know what my job is,
and that's to go into that Box
and get a confession.

[tense music playing]

- [Kellerman] Hey.
- Hi, Kellerman.

- I had fun the other night.
- Yeah, me, too.

So today's the big day, huh?
You get to clear your name,
start being a cop again?

Well, if the grand jury
doesn't indict me.

[Cox] They won't.
Not when they hear
your side of the story.

They're not gonna hear
my side of the story.
I'm taking the Fifth.

I don't understand.
I mean, what about
those other detectives in Arson?

- Aren't they gonna
testify against you?
- [Kellerman] No.

Being on the take is one thing.

Putting away another cop
for something he didn't do,

there's no way
they're gonna do that.

If it's just Roland
putting you in, why not testify?

Great, so I tell the grand jury
that I knew

that three detectives in my unit
were dirty?

What's gonna happen to me then?

I'm gonna get brought up
on charges
for failing to report the graft.

No, if-- if I manage to keep
my badge after that,

I mean, I gotta walk back
into this building.

Everyone's gonna look at me
and know that I gave up
other cops.

- No one would blame you.
- Yeah, they would.

I gotta take the Fifth.

I'll come down to the courthouse
to give you some moral support.
How about that?

Nah, I'll be fine.
I'll see you later?

[tense music playing]

Take the closet.
I'll take the drawers.

Well, he certainly
has a lot of belts.

Let's bring 'em all.
Maybe we'll get lucky.

Maybe one of 'em
will match the welts
on Tanya Thomson's body.

How long have you known
Lynette Thomson

- and her daughter?
- Huh?

How long have you known
Lynette Thomson
and her daughter?

They've lived right next door
for about two years.

You ever see
any bruises on Tanya?

Bruises?

I never heard anything.

- Until last night.
- What happened last night?

I could hear Tanya crying and
saying,

"Stop it. Please, stop."

[woman] Stop that!

[Howard] Why didn't you
call the police?

'Cause I don't have a phone.

Then why didn't you
walk to a pay phone?

Have you been
in this neighborhood?

Have you seen a payphone
in this neighborhood?

[Munch] What can you tell us,
Mr. Henson?

[Nelson] Tanya didn't come home
last night.

Her mother called the police
and that's all I know.

Mr. Henson,
Tanya was murdered last night.

We're trying to find out
who her killer was.

Well, I don't know anything.

Ask her mother!

- Tanya was like
a daughter to me.
- [Munch] That's what we thought.

So you probably wouldn't have a
problem coming downtown with us

- and talking about it.
- Hey.

All righty, let's go.

Your daughter was supposed to
come home at 3:30 p.m.
yesterday afternoon,

and you didn't report her
missing until nine o'clock
this morning.

Well, I thought
she was gonna come home.

Where was your fiancé
last night?

[Lynette] He was home with me.

Look, Nelson was worried
about Tanya, too.

We're not gonna talk
about the fiancé right now.

We're gonna talk about you.

Were you ever angry
at your daughter?

No, I mean--

[Bayliss] You said before
that you didn't know

whether to be mad or glad?

You said that, uh,
she was always worrying you,

being out with her friends.

I love my daughter.
I love my daughter.

She was out with her friends,
late coming home from school.

You were worried sick.

So when she got home,
you had to discipline her.
Didn't you?

- [Lynette] No.
- For her own good.

Listen-- listen to me now.
I don't blame you.

Because a child misbehaves,
the child has to be disciplined.

I didn't hit her!

In fact, it was her own fault

that she made you angry, right?

Angry enough
to kick her in the ribcage.

- Oh, no.
- [Bayliss] Angry enough
to kick her and to break a rib.

- Oh, no. Please--
- See, that's
what she was saying, wasn't it?

"Please, please,
don't hurt me anymore.
Please, make it stop."

But you see,
you didn't hear her,

you didn't listen
to her begging for you to stop

and to let her be heard
and to let her alone, right?

- [Lynette] No, wait! Oh, please.
- You just kept hitting her
with that belt, right?

- You were the one
who was supposed to help her!
- Can't you make him stop?

Can't you please make him stop?

You were the one
who was supposed to
protect your daughter!

- [screaming] Leave me alone!
- But you didn't protect her,
did you, huh?

- I'm not through with her.
- She refuses to answer
any more questions.

This is over.

Hey, Bayliss.
We brought in Nelson Henson.

He's in the small
interrogation room.

Oh, great.
Did you find the belt?

We brought ten of 'em.
They're over at the M.E.'s.

We're trying to match them
to the welts on Tanya's body.

Susan Winslow
is in the coffee room right now.

- Susan Winslow?
- Child Protective Services.

She was the case worker
assigned to Tanya Thomson.

You knew about the abuse?

Well, I didn't know anything
for sure.

A teacher from Tanya's school
contacted us in October.

She said Tanya had burn marks
on her hands.

- You went to the house?
- [Susan] Mm-hmm.

And Lynette Thomson said
her daughter had
had an accident on the stove.

And Tanya verified that story.

And you believed them?

[Susan] Well, no, not entirely,
but I didn't have any proof.

So I filed this initial report

and planned a follow-up visit
three months later.

And when I got back,
Tanya seemed fine.

You know,
the Medical Examiner's Office
reported old bruises,

healed broken bones.

Yes, but I could find nothing
that would indicate

that that girl
was at all at risk.

That girl is dead.
Okay, she was very much at risk.

Miss Winslow, we'd like
to take a statement from you--

You know something?
I should charge you

as an accomplice to murder.

Excuse me,
but I did come here to--

[Bayliss screaming] You're late!
You're a little late!

You don't need to be
so aggressive with me!

So what am I
supposed to do, huh?

- You want me to thank you
for coming down here...
- Yes!

...so you can get Tanya's murder
off of your conscience?

If you'd been more aggressive
in your job,
she wouldn't be dead right now!

If you had helped out
that little girl, lady!

We really could've
used her statement.

You gonna yell
at everybody today?

Yeah, I'm gonna get a confession
out of that woman

if I have to reach into
her throat and bring it out
with my bare hands!

Oh, by all means!
Let's just go in there
and beat the truth out of her.

We'll worry about
a coerced confession
standing up in court later.

Well, I imagine that you've got
a better idea, Frank.

You've got a smarter idea.

What I'm saying is,

if you march in there,
spouting accusations,
breathing fire,

she's gonna ask for a lawyer,
end of story.

I'm gonna let her cool down.

I'm gonna take a run
at the fiancé, Henson.

[Pembleton] Excellent.
Let's do that.

No, no,
I'm gonna do that myself.

[Pembleton] Why is that?

Well, because I feel that
you and I aren't working well
together, Frank.

I wanna talk to him by myself.

Do you have good news for me
on the Thomson murder?

Did you get a confession
out of the mother?

Not yet.

Did you get a match
on the belt buckle?

- [tense music playing]
- [Pembleton] Not yet.

Is Bayliss maintaining
his self-control?

[Pembleton] Mm.

You've had Lynette Thomson
in The Box long enough.

If you don't get
an admission of guilt
out of her soon,

I'm gonna have to cut her loose.

Now, you don't want
that to happen.
Do you, Frank?

- Mike.
- Jack.

I can't tell.

Do you think Goodman testified
against you?

He didn't.

- How can you be sure?
- 'Cause he looked me in the eye.

If he'd testified against me,
he wouldn't have been able
to look me in the eye.

[Lynette] Can I leave now?

[Pembleton] Soon.
We'll just take a break.

I've told you everything I know,
and I'm tired of talking.

I-- I-- I understand.
I'm tired, too.

That's what I hate most
about this job, all the talk,
and all the questioning.

Sometimes I come in here
just to be alone
with my thoughts.

A little peace and quiet.

I got arrangements to make.

A funeral.

She's really dead.

I got a daughter myself.
I can't imagine losing her.

I-- Well, I think I--
Of course, I got a picture.

Hang on.

Look at her.

- Look at this.
- [Pembleton] Yeah.

How old is she,
eight, nine months old?

Nine months this week.

- That's a good age.
- [Pembleton] Mm-hmm.

Why is that?

[Lynette] It gets harder
when they grow up.

Once they get older, it's hard.

[Pembleton] Hmm, it's tough now.

I mean, just the other day, uh,

she, uh, well, you know,
she had a tantrum, you know?

And she just
wouldn't stop crying, and I--

I was going out of my mind.

[Lynette] When babies cry like
that, it can get on your nerves.

Mm-hm. I didn't know what to do.

So, finally I got up

and went to her room
and I picked her up,

and I just shoo-- shook her,
just, shook her real hard.

And she-- and she--
and she shut right up.

And she-- she laid there quiet.

But then--
but then I got scared,

'cause I began to realize
that I could've-- I could--

I could've hurt her.

I-- I could--
I could've hurt my daughter.

You didn't mean to do it.

[Pembleton] No. No.

You know, my-- my wife,
she can-- she can put up
with all the fussing

and crying and...

[sighing heavily]
...I guess men and women
are just different that way.

We work hard.
We need to relax
when we get home from work.

- Nelson works hard.
- Oh, yeah.

You know, that--
There ain't too many men
in this world

that would take
another man's child
and raise her like his own.

- Nelson's a good man.
- Oh, yeah. Yes, indeed.

He's a hard-working man.

He likes the house
a certain way, just...

[Pembleton] Well, he needs
a little peace and quiet
when he gets home.

I know what he's talking about.
I can see that.

He didn't mean to do it.

He didn't mean
to hurt your daughter?

The night before last,
I was fixing supper.

Spaghetti.

Tanya ran into the kitchen,
and she knocked a whole pot
of spaghetti on the floor,

and the sauce was everywhere.

It looked like blood, and...

she was always knocking
something over, you know,
making a mess.

She's young,
that's what kids do, but he--

he couldn't have that.

So he took off his belt.

He hit her with the belt,
then she fell on the floor
and then he...

she was laying on the floor
and she couldn't get up.

So I picked her up
and I took her to bed,

and I told him
if we just let her sleep,

you know, she--
she'd be all right the next day,

if she had a good night's sleep.

I went to--

I went to wake her up for school
the next day

and she wasn't breathing.

I got a mirror from the bathroom
and I held it to her mouth.

And there was--
there was no breath
on the mirror.

I had to...

I had to keep
my family together.

Tanya was dead.

There wasn't nothing
I could do about that.

Nelson was my only family.

He's all I've got now, so...

I couldn't tell anyone
about Tanya.

I told you.

But I won't tell anybody else
what happened.

I won't.

- Rick?
- [Rick] Mike.

- [Kellerman] How'd it go
in there?
- [Rick] Fine.

Mike, you got nothing
to worry about.

[sirens wailing in the distance]

Hey, Mike.

- [Kellerman] Hey.
- Coffee?

Thanks.

You didn't have to
come down here.

Yeah, I know.
It's not that far, Kellerman.

I thought you could use
a little company,
maybe some coffee.

How you doing?

Okay.

So you wanna get together maybe
later on tonight and celebrate?

Uh, what if there's
nothing to celebrate?

Well, then we can get together
and we can commiserate.

True.

- Or, if not tonight,
maybe some other night.
- Yeah.

- What?
- Nothing.

No, come on, it's not nothing.
What?

Look, I've got a lot
on my mind right now.

Well, and so do I.

Okay, but it just--

- Maybe it would be better.
- [Cox] Absolutely.

What?

If we just didn't do this
right now.

You and me.

Okay. That's good, good plan.

Well, you don't have to
wait around
till they call me in.

- You sure?
- They're not gonna let you
in the grand jury room anyway.

I'll just, uh, I'll call you,
let you know what happens.

Okay.

Good luck, okay?

Once more, Mr. Henson.

When you came home
from work last night

and Tanya was missing,
what did you do?

[Pembleton]
Can I see you, please?

Look, I need to get some sleep
before my next shift!

- She gave it up.
- What are you talking about?

She told us
who killed her daughter.

You went in there and you talked
to that suspect yourself?

Please, see
the bigger picture here!

She told us
who killed her daughter.

It was the fiancé.
It was Henson.
He beat her to death.

- Well, did she give it all up?
- [Pembleton] What?

- Did she sign a statement?
- No.

- Is she willing to
testify against him?
- No.

[Howard] Hey, guys, we got
a call from the M.E.'s office.

None of those belt buckles
we brought over

matched the welts
on Tanya's body.

Well, that's great. Now we got
nothing to use against this guy.

Except what she just told me.

Okay, um,

I think what we need to do
is we need to put Henson
in the Observation Room

and let him look at Thomson
while we talk to him.

- We?
- [Bayliss] Yeah, we.

You know
what Lynette Thomson said.

We tell him that
she testified against him,
see if he tries to save himself.

- [Pembleton] Okay, let's do it.
- [Bayliss] Okay.

[Pembleton] Have a seat
right here, Mr. Henson.

[door slams]

Have a seat, please, Mr. Henson!

Have a seat, please, Mr. Henson.

I-- I loved Tanya.

I'd never do nothing
to hurt her.

And I hope
what you're telling me,
Lynette'd never say that.

Well, Lynette did have
a pretty convincing story.

How you got angry with Tanya
for spilling dinner,

how you hit her with your belt,
how one thing lead to another,

- how Tanya ended up dead.
- [Nelson] Lynette would never
say that about me.

It was a spaghetti dinner,
Mr. Henson.

If she didn't tell us,
how would we know
it was a spaghetti dinner?

'Cause you're lyin' to me!
Cops lie about stuff like this
all the time!

With Lynette's testimony,

- you are going to get
the death penalty!
- I don't believe you!

[Pembleton] Sit down,
Mr. Henson!

[Nelson] Lynette loves me.

Well, she loved
her daughter too.

Look what it got her. Hmm?

- I didn't do nothing.
- [Pembleton] Sit down,
Mr. Henson.

Now, this is what I think.

You had a bad day in work.
You came home.

You wanted your dinner,
you wanted a little peace
and quiet.

- What happened?
- Tanya made a mess. Again.

- She spilt the spaghetti again.
- So you lost your temper.

So you take out your belt
and you whack her...

I don't know
what you're talking about!

...in order to teach her
a lesson!

[Bayliss] Hey.

- You wearing a belt right now?
- [Nelson] No.

You're not wearing a belt?
Let's see.

- Lift up that jacket.
- [Nelson] No.

[Bayliss] You lying to us?

Now you're gonna sit there
and lie to our faces

about something
as simple as a belt?

We're gonna think
you're lying about everything.

Well, maybe I am wearing a belt!
I just forgot about it, okay?

- [Pembleton] Stand up.
- What?

Stand up. Let's see
if you're wearing the belt.

- This is crazy.
- [Pembleton] Stand up.

- [Nelson sharply exhales]
- Crazy ain't the word for it.

Take that belt off, Mr. Henson.

Come on.

[tense music playing]

- What's taking so long?
- You're up next.

- They should be calling you
any minute.
- [Kellerman sighs]

How's it going, Bobby?

Did we tell the truth
in there, huh?

The whole truth
and nothing but--

Why can't you look me
in the eye?

Mike! I got a family.

I did what I had to.

That's all.

He testified against me.

The grand jurors are ready
for you now,
Detective Kellerman.

Just wait a second.

[Murphy] There's nothing
to think about.

You're gonna go in there and
you're gonna decline to testify.

I'm sorry, do you not get it?
Okay, Connelly just put me in.

He just got up on that stand
and he said that I was dirty.

And you bought it, didn't you?
I mean, forget what's true.

We're all just names
in the press release to you.

Let's not get into
an argument, Detective.

- This isn't the time.
- Yeah, it is.

Screw taking the Fifth.
I'm gonna testify.

I'm gonna give you
every little detail.

And when I'm finished
ratting out
the rest of the Arson Unit,

I'm gonna be done as a cop.

But I don't care.

I don't care about anything,

except seeing
if the truth really matters.

And if the truth gets me
indicted, then fine.
You and I, we'll go to trial.

I will take the stand,
and I'll give you as much truth
as you need to get me convicted.

I'm willing to give up
the one thing,

the one thing
that I really believe
means something.

Being a good cop.

I used to think that was enough.

Come on. Let's do it.

[Bayliss] Well,
what do you think, Dr. Cox?

Is this the belt buckle
that Tanya Thomson
was beaten with?

Could be.
Right size, right configuration.

You're saying we'll get a match?

A match beyond the ability
of a defense attorney's
hired expert to disprove?

No.

But this could definitely
be the buckle

- that made this mark.
- All right.

Well, that's good enough for me.

Is it good enough
for the state's attorney?

- It's not good enough.
- What do you need, Maggie?

More than a belt buckle.

What about
the anonymous tipster,

- the one who saw them
dumping the body?
- Find out who it is.

Bring him, her into court.
Otherwise it's meaningless.

We have the city
case worker's statement.

We have the testimony
of a neighbor

who heard screams from the house

the night Tanya
was supposedly missing.

Without a confession
and with each suspect

unwilling to implicate the other
one, the case is circumstantial.

That means that
you're gonna deal.

You're not even gonna
take it to trial.

With this kind of evidence,
I'll take what I can get.

And before your assignment
to CID Homicide,

- you were an investigator
in the Arson Unit, correct?
- [Kellerman] Yes.

[Ingram] In that time,
did you have cause
to investigate fires

by properties
owned by R&R Realty

- or Mitchell or Matthew Roland?
- Yes.

[Ingram] And did you determine
that any of those fires
were arsons?

They were all set fires.

And did you ever charge
the Rolands in connection
with any fires?

- No.
- Why not?

I guess they were better
at burning things
than I was at police work.

Did you ever take money
from the Rolands
or anyone in their employ?

No, I did not.

- Next question?
- Nothing further.

What do you mean?

I mean nothing further.

You're excused, Detective.

[tense music playing]

Congratulations, Detective.

It's one thing
the grand jury didn't indict.

But they took my word
over Roland and Connelly.

Have a little faith
in the system, Detective.

- No, what I wanna know is why.
- Why what?

You had me, right there.

I was gonna give you Roland
and Connelly and Goodman
and Pires.

I was gonna give you
all of them.

I have all of them.

Why'd you let me walk?

Why didn't you ask me
about the other detectives?

What you said earlier.

How much
being a cop meant to you,

how you were willing
to give that up.

I've never understood
why it is that a good cop
can't just tell the truth

about a bad one.

Then again, I'm a lawyer,
not a fraternal brother.

I don't have to understand it.

I just have to know
that it's true.

[Kellerman] What are you saying?

Go be a cop, Kellerman.

[car engine starting]

Manslaughter.

Manslaughter.

- He'll do three years max.
- What about Thomson?

Accessory, suspended sentence.
She'll get 18 months' probation.

Oh, man,
they killed that little girl.

Sorry, guys.
The best we could do.

Okay, good night, Maggie.
Hey, where you going?

Going across the street.

Wipe down the bar,
clean some glasses,

see if I can do
something constructive
with my time,

'cause I'm not doing
anything good here.

Detective...

thank you for, uh,
being so understanding.

I'm pregnant with Nelson's baby.

But you won't have to worry
about this child,

see, Tanya wasn't
Nelson's real daughter,

but this one--

this one's his.

There'll be no problems
this time.

Um, I gotta go.

You take care
of that baby girl of yours, huh?

[Lewis] Hey, how you doing?

- Hey, Lewis. How you doing?
Welcome back.
- [Lewis] Hey, what's good?

- How's your wife doing?
- She's great.

- [Brodie] You bring her
back with you?
- No.

Uh, what'd I miss?

Detective Kellerman just got
cleared by the grand jury.

They're all
across the street celebrating.

- All right,
I'll head on over there.
- Okay.

Oh, and I got a new roommate.

I'll wait for you
in the car, J.H.

[Brodie] Okay, thanks.
Thanks a lot.

- [Lewis] That's your
new roommate?
- [Brodie] Yep.

- You're kidding me.
- [Brodie] Nope.

She got a sister?

[relaxing music playing]

All right! Hey, hey!
It's my point.

Hey, hey! Let's hear it
for Mike Kellerman!

[cheering, overlapping chatter]

- [Munch] Mikey!
- [Lewis] Hey, hey, hey!
Mikey's in the house.

[Munch] How's it feel
to have your name
in the clear again, Mike?

I thought my name
was always in the clear.

- Oh, it was. With us.
- Yeah, Mikey.

We figured you were innocent
all along, right?
- No questions asked, right?

- [Giardello] That's right.
- [Kellerman] Yeah.

No one asked
how I cleared my name
without naming cops.

Hey, come on, Mikey.
Give it a rest, man.

You can put
all this behind you now.

- You think?
- [Lewis] Yeah.

I was accused of being dirty.

Now I look at your faces,

and I realize I'm never gonna
get that stain off me.

There's always gonna be
a little doubt.

Well, just for the record,
I never took any
of Mitch Roland's money, okay?

But I guess I might
as well have.

[song lyrics play]

Uh, come on!

[sighing heavily]
What do you want, Frank?

[Pembleton] Make sure
you're all right.

My, my, my, my.
Isn't that sensitive of you?

I-- I know this case
meant a lot to you,
that these murders...

that they hit your heart.

Yeah, I'm pretty easy
to figure out, aren't I?

Hm?

Transparent as cellophane.

You know me so well.

'Cause you're the smart one.
You're the one
who knows everything.

I mean, he-- hell, I--

You're smarter than I am, Frank.

I mean, everybody knows that.

What, you're feeling sorry
for yourself 'cause
you lost the case?

Well, I've spent my entire life
trying not to feel sorry
for myself.

See, Adena Watson,

Janelle Parsons, Tanya Thomson.

Every murdered child,

every abused child,

I understand.

Because all those children
are me.

Yeah, I know
what that's all about.

You see, my...

my uncle, my, uh...

father's brother,

I was five years old,

and he would follow me

into the bathroom,

and, uh, he would lock the door.

And, uh, he would take
my hand in his, and...

When he was finished,
you see, he would--
he would-- he would smile,

and he would tell me
what a good boy I was.

And, oh, yeah, "Shh."

And this went on
for years, years.

My parents, they--
they couldn't understand why...

why I cried every holiday.

Every time
there was a family gathering.

So when I was eight years old,

I told my father
what had been going on,

and it was a struggle
to get those-- those words out.

And he just stared at me.

And he asked me why I was lying.

And he was my father,
and he was supposed to
protect me,

but he didn't, Frank!

I mean, for him,
whatever was happening,
it was like an inconvenience.

You see, I wasn't real, Frank.
I wasn't a real person!

And he never saw me.

He never really
looked at me, ever!

- Tim, I'm sorry.
- [Baylis hisses]

[Bayliss] You're not a hugger.

I don't want
your comfort, Frank.

- That's not why I told you.
- [Pembleton] Okay.

By the way,

I don't wanna be partners
with you anymore.

[car engine starts]

[theme music playing]