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♪ Lordy don't leave me.. ♪

Uh, Mr. Caceres
is looking at car theft

'assault, eluding police.'

Uh, Your Honor,
Alex is a good kid.

Mr. Caceres
was in front of this court

on drug trafficking charges
less than six months ago.

Because he was forced
to mule drugs

for his previous foster parents.

His father's been incarcerated
since he was an infant.

His mother and his brother
were killed two years ago.

If you could just
let Alex explain.

[male #1]
'Thirty seconds, Mr. Caceres.'

[clears throat]
Judge..

Your-Your Honor, sir..

I-I took my foster father's car
for a ride.

I-I know I was wrong.
Just...needed to get away.

Does that explain your
foster father's broken wrist?

He tried to hit me. I got
scared, moved out of the way.

The DA recommends
a suspended sentence.

'I'm not so inclined.'

'Mr. Caceres needs to learn'

the consequences of his actions.

Your Honor, I have
a decorated police detective

ready to testify on behalf
of Alex's character.

He must be running
a little late.

So am I.

Eighteen months
at Havenhurst Academy.

'Approach the bench,
Mr. Caceres.'

♪ Lordy don't leave me ♪

♪ All by myself ♪

♪ Lordy don't leave me ♪

♪ All by myself ♪♪

It's over?

Hang 'Em High Harry
never goes past two minutes.

- Where were you?
- I got caught up.

Don't tell me.

- Alex..
- It's cool, Detective Valens.

They're taking me
to this Havenhurst place.

Can't be worse
than foster care, right?

Hey, look, uh, I'm gonna
talk to the judge.

Hey, Alex.

I got your back, okay?

[dramatic music]

Jamal wouldn't step off.
Up in Franco's grill.

Franco put two in his.

Bam, bam.

Just left him there.

[Rush]
'A colorful story, Michael.'

The thing is,
Jamal was shot in the chest.

Booked the doer last week.
It wasn't Franco.

Look, you're up on petty theft.

I mean, doin' three months.
Why yank our chain?

They're sending me
to Havenhurst. I can't go back.

We're homicide, not concierge.

You don't help,
gonna be a homicide, mine.

They'll do me
like they did Alex.

[Rush]
'Alex who?'

Caceres.

Hey, that was an accident.

You know who he's talking about?

[Michael]
'Said he slipped.'

But I found him.

Bruises all over.

Wrists had marks
like he was tied up.

I read the coroner's report.

There was nothin'
about bruisin'.

I know what I saw.

You're saying someone
at Havenhurst killed him

and made it look
like an accident?

He talked about you.

And you make up
that crap about Jamal

to get me in the room?

Didn't even know
if you'd remember him.

Yeah, well, I do, so talk.

I ain't saying another word
unless you're gonna

keep me out of Havenhurst.

Got your back, Michael.

You said the same thing
to Alex..

...and look what happened
to him.

[theme music]

Alex died
of a subdural hematoma.

Havenhurst said
it was an accident.

Well, accidents happen.

Yeah, well, this one happens

in the middle of the night.

No one heard a thing,
the next morning

they moved him out of his room

before the cops got there.

- Wasn't it investigated?
- Yeah.

ME called it a slip
and fall, and that's that.

Thing is, ME was a hack.

Scotty, overtime has
been cut to the bone.

Deputy commissioner
is breathing down my neck.

Come on, boss,
you're gonna let a tool bag

like Doherty
back you off a case?

- I don't see a case here.
- Well, I didn't either.

Till I found the autopsy photos.

I'd never seen them before.

The bruising consistent
with a physical altercation.

'These marks on the wrists
look like restraints.'

- You're thinking abuse.
- It wouldn't be the first.

I mean, you know, uh..

...private facilities
like this are..

...barely regulated.

I should have looked
closer back then.

What does this kid mean
to you, Scotty?

[sighs]
A few years back
in Narcotics..

...Alex's mother
was gonna testify

against a dealer
in a case of mine.

[Alex]
'Detective V,
wh-what's it take'

to get a snack around here?

If I can't get some change
for the vending machine

I'm gonna sue
for police brutality.

Uh, I'm just playin'.

You know I got much love
for Philly's finest.

Alex.

Something happened.

His mom and ten-year-old brother
were killed in a drive-by.

I transferred out of Narco.

Tried to look after Alex, but..

You sure this isn't
the guilt talking, Scotty?

A kid like Michael's been
in the worst facilities

and Havenhurst terrifies him.

I mean, something's up.

Alright, on the QT, Scotty.

Keep it small.

[male #2]
'Uh, we don't think of our kids
as offenders.'

They need a chance
to work out their problems.

We give them a voice.

Um, how's that working out?

Seven percent improvement
on recidivism rates

compared to the state
for half of what they spend.

Minimal oversight too, right?

Regulation never kept
a kid out of jail.

And the state rewards us with
more cutbacks and more kids.

We can't turn them away.

We're trying to help.

Well, how about Alex Caceres?

You able to help him?

Alex Caceres.

Yeah, that was a
terrible accident.

We're looking into that.

What do you mean?

I mean, he slipped in his room,
trying to open a window.

AC was on the fritz.

The cops never got a look
at the body

'cause you moved it
before they got here.

It wasn't a body to me.

We moved him to the infirmary

trying to save his life.

Who has access
to the rooms at night?

Just the counselors.

Counselors, that like a guard?

Um, guard sends
the wrong message.

Counselor is much better.

Laticia Myers
oversaw Alex's dorm.

She still works here.

[Valens]
'You ever use restraints
on the kids?'

[male #2]
'Oh, never on a kid like Alex.'

He was pretty well-behaved.

Any other kids have a problem

with him or..

[male #2]
I wish I could tell you more.

Alex wasn't here for very long.

This happened five years ago.

- Why are you guys here now?
- New information.

We'll need a list of all staff
and teachers from 2004.

Employment records,
security logs, time cards.

Whatever you need.

Only a matter of time before
something like that happened.

Well, your boss says
the place runs smooth.

You got the song
and dance from Mr. Price?

- All the Kumbaya crap?
- It ain't true?

Place is understaffed,
over capacity.

Add kids who've never
had adult supervision.

You do that math.

A lot of pressure
on you counselors.

Keep your hands
to yourself, Alberto.

I mean now.

I came up Third and Diamond.

I'm used to boys like this.

Alex was killed in his room.

It possible another kid
could have done it?

Place like this,
doesn't take much to set it off.

[Paul Wall
singing "Luv N My Life"]

[Laticia]
Lights out is 9:45.

I catch you out of bed,
it's detention.

Catch you in the common room,
it's detention.

I catch you in the bathroom..

...it's detention.

You don't mess with me.

'I don't mess with you.'

You do, I take you down.

♪ See boys don't see
the candy bleeder ♪

♪ Don't leave a stain ♪

♪ On the feet-a
talk down I guarantee you ♪

♪ Face be in that dirt
like a damn anteater ♪

♪ We stack mail
with no envelopes ♪

♪ No stamps either ♪

♪ Wallet is so obese ♪

♪ And obtuse
that it's absurd.. ♪

[pounding on door]
Open the door right now!

[all laughing]

Give me the keys.
Give me this backpack, man.

[laughs]
Look what we got here.

Give it back!

Oh, you wanted that?
My bad, man.

I didn't even know.

Belongs to him, King Kong.

What you call me?
You call me a monkey, homes?

You sure smell like one, bro.

I'm gonna knock
your little smart-ass

Puerto Rican head in half.
How about that?

[indistinct]

[Mr. Price]
'Ray-Ray!'

Get up! Get up right now!

- Man, get off of me, man.
- Stop!

Come on, Alex.

It's over, boys. It's over.

♪ Why don't we talk
about the blades that cut ♪

We're gonna talk this out.

♪ 'Cause I'm addicted to my
dough and loving my life man ♪♪

Evan had a conference with them.

Made them shake hands.

Sent them back in time
for lunch.

Now, this Ray-Ray,
type to hold a grudge?

Miracle Alex lasted
as long as he did.

Ray-Ray, big, bad stick-up boy

on parole after
serving a deuce upstate.

Yet you got a library card?

Alright, alright.
Be a gentleman.

Mmm.

Darleen..

Lydia..

Marissa.

Just breaking hearts
all over South Philly.

What you doing, man?

- 'Tell us about Alex Caceres.'
- Who?

Played you in front of your boys
day he got to Havenhurst.

'Lived in the same dorm.'

Till he woke up dead
in his room one morning.

I don't know nothin' about that.

[Miller]
'Adios,Darleen.'

[sighs]
'Lydia.'

Ooh, Marissa.

Marissa? No.
C-c-can you leave that one?

Look, man, I ain't got
nothin' to hide, man.

Alright? Me and Alex
was tight, for reals.

[Talib Kweli singing "Get By"]

♪ Yeah we sell crack to our own
out the back of our homes ♪

♪ We smell the musk at the dusk
in the crack of the dawn ♪

[Ray-Ray]
Hey, man, I'm outside waiting
on my ride, right?

Cops roll up before I can
even empty my pockets, dog.

Got me on felony weight, man.

Looking at some
serious time, man.

Ain't you got a younger cousin?

Say what?

You get a little kid
to deliver your product.

They do what you tell them
'cause they scared.

And if they're caught,
they can't do serious time.

Man, how do you know that?

Lived it.

Can't throw a punch,
but you're smart.

Heard you was the one got open
the window in your room.

Been trying out
for a month, man.

I almost broke my hand
trying to work the hinge.

Ain't about muscle.

♪ These words melt in my mouth ♪

It's finesse.

You stealing from me, boy?

Sit your ass back down.

♪ Just to get by
just to get by ♪

♪ We do or die like Bed-Stuy
through the red sky ♪

♪ With the window
of the red eye ♪♪

Take from me again..

...I'll pull your arm
right out of the socket.

The look in Jimmy's eyes.

We all knew he'd been upstate.

This Jimmy get rough
with the kids?

Look, man,
that place was a joke to me.

Except Jimmy.
Him, I-I took serious.

Oh, sorry, dad.
I got caught up.

No, no. Tomorrow works.

Same time. Bye.

Oh, no, you didn't have
to cancel your plans.

Partners, right?

Share the load?

[sighs]

Well, the files are a mess.

Employment records mixed
with offender intake forms.

I mean, nothing's where
it's supposed to be.

Well, I did find this, criminal
record for our shop teacher.

Jimmy Clarke.

'Picked up his prison stare
in New Jersey State Pen.'

Seven years for ag assault.

Nearly killed a guy

with the butt of his gun.

How's an ex-con like this

get hired to teach
at Havenhurst?

Well, not a long line
of applicants.

No pay, no benefits,
no background check.

No problem.

Yeah.

It's a gold Mercury Sable

registered
to a Maurice Kitchener.

Whatever you need,
I'll back you up.

Deputy Commissioner Doherty.

Trying to introduce myself

to all the detectives
under my command.

Miller, right?
Used to work Narcotics?

That's right.

You the one who opened
this Alex Caceres

can of worms?

That would be me, Pat.

Just can't help yourself, John.

Gotta find new ways
to piss me off?

Keeps me busy
during the slow times.

Wanna tell me why the hell
we're investigating

an accidental death?

What's it matter to you
what cases we take?

We need closed cases,
not whodunits.

You let me worry
about closing them.

You can always take the credit.

I oversee the Detective Bureau
now, John.

You're gonna have to
get used to it.

You're shutting this
investigation down immediately.

'We clear?'

I need to hear you say it, John.

We're clear.

Whatever you need on the
Alex Caceres job, you got it.

Got anger management
issues, Jimmy?

Meanin'?

You beat a guy to a bloody pulp

in a parking lot
in Atlantic City.

Guy owed me money.

Wanna pay me back
with a crowbar.

'I was protecting myself.'

I did my time for it too.

Why take a job
at a place like Havenhurst?

When I went upstate,
I learned carpentry.

'Figured that was something'

'I could give back
to these kids.'

A way out.

Well,an ex-con altruist.

[Jimmy]
'Teaching street kids
they could use'

their hands to build.

'Give 'em pride.'

Call it what you want.

[Miller]
'What about trouble kids?'

Alex Caceres..

'...for instance.'

This is about Alex?

Well, he stole from you, right?

Like that guy in AC.

Nah, he just made a mistake.
We-we were cool.

[Jeffries]
'You don't seem surprised
to hear his name'

come from a homicide detective.

Never believed
it was an accident.

Could have spoken up
back in the day.

[laughing]
Yeah, me and cops
don't get along too good.

You have access
to the dorms at Havenhurst?

Rules were clear. I was only
allowed in the classroom area.

Where were you
the night Alex died?

Working nights
in a hardware store

so I could afford supplies
for my shop class.

I was the only one
looking out for that kid.

Did a pretty lousy job
of it, Jimmy.

Don't think I know that?

Eats me up every day.

[instrumental music]

- Got any with nuts?
- Two dollars.

Yeah, not today, my man.

I can get other stuff too.

Anything you want.

Just name it.

Acclimating yourself
like a pro, huh?

'Gaming the system
prepares you for one thing'

becoming a repeat offender.

'You a smart kid.'

You need to put your mind
to something constructive.

Like what?
Building birdhouses?

Do the time,
or the time does you.

Gonna tell me
to work the system?

'Cause all the system
done for me

is take my family..

...stick me
in places like this.

That's a raw deal, my man.

For real.

'But you can't keep it
bottled in.'

'It festers in there.'

Trust me, I know.

Old picture.

Guess you don't see him
much anymore.

Don't say another word
about him.

Didn't mean nothing.

Let's keep it on you.

Why you got blood
on your shirt, hmm?

'Come on, Alex.'

Either you're getting beat,
or you're doin' the beatin'.

I got to go.

Figured he was getting bullied.

Tried a couple more times
to get through to him.

He wouldn't talk.

Give up after that?

[Jimmy]
'Of course not.'

I called the only person
who might have actually helped.

His lawyer.

[female #1]
'What do you want me to say?'

A lot of kids I used
to work with got hurt.

Many of them reach out
to you like Alex Caceres

days before they died?

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

[Rush]
'Well, his shop teacher,
Jimmy Clarke'

called you, told you
Alex was in trouble.

We need to take you into
interrogation? Jog your memory?

We have records
show you visited Alex

at Havenhurst
the week he died.

I got out of this racket
for a reason.

So damn tragic all the time.

Jimmy said
Alex had blood on his shirt.

What was going on with him?

Not what you think.

Jimmy thinks
you're in trouble.

And he wouldn't go
through the hassle

of calling me unless
he thinks it's serious.

Alex, if the older boys
are bothering you

we need to address that.

Have a conference.

Ain't no snitch.

It's not really snitchin'
if it's happening to you.

Why don't I get myself
a cup of coffee?

If someone's hurting you,
you gotta speak up.

Could be grounds
to get you out.

Not me.

Someone else.

He's young like a runt.

Getting beat every night.

Well, then he needs
to call his own lawyer.

His lawyer won't
return his calls.

He won't survive much longer.

- Said you're here to help.
- I'm here to help you.

Then get him out of here.

He's 11.

Lifted some comics,
got six months.

That sound right to you?

Give me his name,
I'll look into it

'but no promises.'

Michael.

Michael Rodgers.
You'll like him.

'I'll call his lawyer,
get into it.'

Hey, uh, what's
this mean, "Juris.."

"Jurisprudence?"

It's the legal system.

It ensures we get justice.

'We all abide by it.'

It's how I'm gonna help you.

I found Michael Rodgers' lawyer

told him Michael
was having trouble

made sure he petitioned
to have him transferred.

So, that's it?

I was overwhelmed
with my own clients.

What was I supposed to do?

Oh, maybe speak up

when Alex died
three weeks later?

Well, I didn't see you
there either, Valens.

- Yeah.
- Or were you late again?

Hey, I reached out to Alex.

Told him whatever he needed,
I'd be there.

[scoffs]
But he pushed you away, right?

Ever wonder why?

Or does self-doubt cramp
your style?

Still on hold?

Yeah, trying to get
Michael out of JDC.

Court hasn't responded
to my request to move him, so..

'I spoke to his lawyer
from back then.'

Petition to transfer Michael
from Havenhurst was denied.

Gotta love the juvenile
justice system.

'But the weird thing is,
his lawyer says'

Michael was transferred
a few days after Alex died.

Never knew why.

Well, maybe Michael
could fill in the blanks

if I can get ahold of him.

You know what that lawyer said?

'Marci?'

"Hey, can't be everywhere
at once."

Should have been there though.

The system let him down,
not you.

All due respect, Lil..

...it was me.

Look, you know,
go to your dinner.

I got this covered.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm still here.

Wait. What-what do you mean,
he was processed?

[dramatic music]

Hey, Michael's coming with me.

[male #3]
'I can't let you
do that, detective.'

Oh, he's a key witness
in a homicide investigation.

You don't like it..

...call the cops.

Hey, um, yeah, bad news.

I-I got to work late again.

No. No, I'm fine, dad.

[laughs]
Okay.

Alright, we'll do it
another time.

You, too.

[sighs]

[cellphone beeping]

[dramatic music]

[dialing]

Hi, it's Detective Rush
from Homicide.

Yeah, I'm gonna
need help, um

tracking a cell.

[music continues]

[panting]

Lilly, one more step and
I'd have blown your head off.

Well, nice to see you too,
Saccardo.

You got nothin' to eat?

I'm in deep.

Don't usually entertain.

Well, I think for a stalker

you could at least offer me
something to drink.

Well, it took you long enough
to trace those photos.

Well..

...I'm a cop..

...in my spare time.

I guess you missed me.

Not really.

But when I heard they let..

...major scumbag walk on bail..

I know, I don't
really need you to--

Watch out for you?

I just wanna make sure
I got something to look

forward to when I surface.

We really gotta stop
meeting like this.

Where is he now?

Probably trying to get
the boot off his car.

Does that make you
feel better?

- It's a Band-Aid.
- So what're you gonna do?

What would you do?

Situation like mine.

A guy like this?

We'll figure something out.

Seriously though..

...I'm starving.

Well, let's go
get some eggs.

[female #2]
'Here you go, boys.'

I said I wanted a burger.

It's breakfast.

- What's it gonna cost me?
- I told you.

I wouldn't let them
take you back to Havenhurst.

Kept my word, right?
Do me a favor.

Eat the eggs.

After Alex died,
you got transferred out.

How did that happen?

See, you hustling me
this whole time.

You contacted me, remember?

I'm seeing it through.
You gotta trust me.

- Alex trusted you.
- Yeah, you're right.

And I let him down.

Alex...deserved better.

Night Alex died..

...he swore he was gonna
get me out of Havenhurst.

- He was trying to save me.
- Save you, from what?

They took me out of my room
after lights out.

I thought
they was gonna kill me.

Alright, give me
the names of the kids.

Wasn't the kids
I was afraid of.

[grunting]

Hey!

- Get off! Now!
- Back to your room, Alex.

- Ain't none of your concern.
- 'I'm looking out for him.'

- Supposed to be your job.
- My job is keeping you in line.

- Little punk's a thief.
- This about your damn keys?

It's about something he took
from the director's office.

'A very expensive pen.'

I-I didn't do it, Alex.
I swear.

Gold, fancy, says jurisprudence
on it. I took it.

Get him down to the infirmary.

I wanna stay with you.

Get him out of here.

You're gonna give me
that pen, Alex.

Or what, Miss Myers?

'Cause I'm done giving in.

We'll see about that.

Laticia made every day
hell for me.

Then she turned on Alex.

Think she hurt Alex?

Alex gone, ain't he?

Laticia's still there.

Still don't know why
he stood up for me like that.

Well, maybe he was doin'
for you what..

...no one ever did for him.

Thanks, Detective Valens.

Yeah, what for?

The eggs.

I just got off
the phone with JDC.

'One of your detectives
kidnapped'

a juvenile offender
last night.

Is that so?

This ends now.

You're ordering me to back off
an open homicide investigation.

Maybe you're unaware
since you've never worked

an active squad in your life

but deputy commissioners don't
get personally involved in cases

unless there's something
to hide.

Budget cuts are a bitch, huh?

Manpower shortages everywhere.

Except here, John,
in Homicide.

There's an opening
on the midnight shift

East Detectives.

Gonna need you to sacrifice
one of your guys.

Not gonna happen.

You pick..

...or I will.

I gotta tell ya,
Havenhurst employment records

are a mess.

'Took us days
to find your file.'

Sure glad we did.

Looks like you applied
to the police academy

same time you applied
at Havenhurst.

Wanna wear a badge?

- Carry a gun?
- I was lookin' to serve.

'Cause you're from Third
and Diamond, right?

- Tough street.
- Whole neighborhood's tough.

Said you grew up with boys
like the ones at Havenhurst.

Did you mean
the Hernandez brothers?

I mean, every cop
in the 26th has arrested

one of those dirtbags
at some time or another.

You look back far enough
in their records

your name comes up
as a complainant.

- So?
- They attacked you, Laticia.

'They dragged you
into their house.'

'Kept you there for hours.'

- You were 12.
- I survived.

That must have affected you.

Being trapped.

'Surrounded by those animals.'

And that's why
you wanted to be a cop.

But you got turned down.

Said I was unfit.

'For psychological reasons.'

That didn't seem to be
an issue at Havenhurst.

Where you pitted
those boys against each other.

I didn't have a problem
with Alex.

It was Michael
who pissed you off.

But Alex stood up to you
the night he died.

I told him to go back
to his room.

He cornered me,
you understand?

You weren't a counselor anymore.

You were that little girl
from Third and Diamond.

He wouldn't back down.

- Back off, Alex.
- Or what?

- Don't got your posse now.
- I'm warnin' you.

Nothing you could do to me
ain't already been done.

You hear me?

Got one more chance.

You're not gonna hurt Michael
ever again.

- What the hell you doing?
- She hurt those kids.

- Beatin' Michael.
- 'I don't care.'

You don't put hands
on the staff, Alex.

Screw you.

Pretend to be one of us,
you're as bad as her.

You going back
to your room.

Man, you ain't my dad.

Can't even take care
of your own kid.

Should have seen Jimmy dragging
Alex back to his room.

Last time I saw the kid alive.

I thought Jimmy wasn't
authorized to be in the dorm.

He did handyman work
off the books.

Got him a key.

And didn't report
any of this?

Would have thanked him
if I had the chance.

What do you mean?
Where did he go?

Disappeared after that night.

Out sick for a week.

There's no record of that.

Told you.

Those kids were animals.

Jimmy knew it.

Did us all a favor.

I think it's time
for a new profession, Laticia.

You disappointed me, Jimmy.

The way you were talking
the other day

I started to believe.

Teaching those boys self-respect
through carpentry.

Just like Jesus.

[Miller]
'Here's a fun fact
from your past.'

Night you beat
that guy in AC

your three-year-old son
was in the car.

[Jeffries]
'Cops pull you over,
he's in the back.'

They take your kid,
put him in the system.

[Miller]
'Get out of lockup,
go straight to Havenhurst.'

I'm just trying to make amends.

[Jeffries]
'Be a positive influence
on all kinda kids.'

As long as it wasn't your own.

When was the last time
you saw your kid, Jimmy?

You don't know nothing about it.

[Jeffries]
Record keeping at Havenhurst
is a mess.

Couldn't find your timecards.

But your old boss
at the hardware store

keeps everything.

You were late
the night Alex died.

[Miller]
'Got an eyeball witness
ready to testify'

'you got violent with him.'

Puts you in his room
the night he was killed.

I know what Laticia think.

But I was trying to keep Alex
from flushing his future away.

He was way ahead of me though.

[The Roots singing
"Don't Say Nothin'"]

Oh, you a damn fool.

Attacking counselors?

That's a one-way
ticket upstate.

I'm the only one
willing to fight.

A fight you'll lose.

You afraid of them,
ain't you?

I'm not saying don't push.

I'm saying you gotta
handle it different.

Educate me, my man.

You're playing the game
with every disadvantage.

They outman you!

They outgun you!

You got one weapon.
You hear? One!

'Your mind.'

♪ Got tears got blood
got sweat ♪

♪ Leaking out of the pen
y'all fake ♪

♪ Not setting a trend ♪

It's like what you said
about the..

...the window to Ray-Ray.

You can't force it open.

You gotta finesse it.

♪ When the saint on the ground
with his nine on line ♪

♪ With the niggas who grind with
King Kong hittin' Thailand ♪

♪ Give it here
and don't say nothin' ♪

♪ Just give it here give it
here and don't say nothin' ♪

♪ When the team on the set
with the guns gone clap ♪

'"Jurisprudence?"'

What's that?

System we all live under.

And-and it's broken.
I get it now.

That's why
they keep Michael here.

'Nobody ever gets transferred
out, ever notice that?'

Sick kids, psychos.
Nobody.

Every bed is full.
Always.

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

I need you to do me a favor.

Get this
to Detective Scotty Valens.

A cop?

Hey, whoa, whoa.
What's going on?

Tell him to hold on to it,
please, Jimmy.

♪ ...record longer
than a guest list ♪♪

Trust me?

- Alright.
- Need one more favor.

Let me use the phone.

Main office was the only place
to make a call.

I left the door open
for him on my way out.

You know who
he was gonna call?

[Jimmy]
'I didn't ask.'

He said he needed me
to trust him.

I did.

What about the pen?

You do anything with it?

Alex was dead.

My prints was all over his room.

Waited in my place for a week
for the cops to come.

Never showed.

You still got that pen, Jimmy?

[Rush]
'I checked the Havenhurst
phone records'

the night Alex died,
and a call was made

at half past midnight
to the private residence of..

...Harold Alvarez.

Uh, Judge Hang 'Em High Harry?

Yeah, just told the boss,
and he says

the judge
and Deputy Commissioner Doherty

are golf buddies.

Explains why Doherty's been
breathing down our necks.

He's protecting the judge.

So why did Alex need
to call the judge?

I've been searching
the word, jurisprudence

and I still can't figure out

what Alex was saying to me
with this pen.

We'll check out the judge too.

[typing]

Look, cross-checked the judge's
name with jurisprudence.

'Look what comes up.'

[Valens]
Hey, judge.

I found this at Havenhurst

a little while ago.

Figured you'd want it back.

I've toured that facility
a few times.

I must have left it there.
Thank you.

"Jurisprudence."

It means justice, right?

But it's also a luxury
ski cabin in Utah

where you own it
with your sister-in-law.

If you don't mind,
I'm running late.

Your sister-in-law's
an entrepreneur.

[chuckles]
I mean,
she owns nursing homes

juvenile centers,
Havenhurst, for one.

So the state pays Havenhurst

for every kid sent there.

Havenhurst is owned by your
sister-in-law. She pays you--

You will reconsider
what you're saying

if that badge means anything
at all to you--

It's incentive
for strict sentencin'

a reason to block transfers,
like Michael Rodgers.

Accusing me
of judicial misconduct?

No, that's for the Justice
Department to sort out.

I'm accusing you of murder.

Alex Caceres.

I didn't kill that boy.

No, now you're the type of guy

has other people do the deed.

Give me a name.

I got records that put
you and Alex on the phone

the night he died.

I'll give you two minutes..

...to tell me
who killed Alex.

[handcuffs clinking]

The day of Alex's hearin',
I was late.

I should have been there, but..

...it didn't matter, did it?

I could have been early

you still would
have sent Alex away..

...just to make a buck.

You know what? Screw it.
Turn around, judge.

- I'm locking you up.
- Wait, wait, wait!

The boy had my attention.

[phone ringing]

[Judge Alvarez sighing]

Hello.

[Alex]
'How do you sleep at night?'

Who is this?

'Sent me to Havenhurst
for a joyride'

'with a lot of other kids
here for less.'

Son, if you know
what's good for you

you'll hang up this phone now.

'I know what jurisprudence is.'

'Even a delinquent can use
the internet.'

'That's why you send us here,
for a fancy house?'

Those are some
very serious accusations.

'Get away with it
'cause everyone listens to you.'

'But not us.'

What do you want from me, kid?

'Get my friend,
Michael Rodgers'

'transferred tonight'

'or I'll call
the 11 o'clock news.'

'I think they'll listen to me,
don't you?'

- 'What are you doing, Alex?'
- 'Hey, get off me.'

- 'Give me the phone now.'
- 'No!'

It was supposed
to be a good facility.

Nobody should have gotten hurt.

Who took the phone from Alex?

Who was it?

[Valens]
'So you're the..'

'...secret..'

'...to Havenhurst's success.'

I mean, you come early,
stay late.

You're there weekends, holidays.

My work is my passion.

The problem is your passion

is a business.

We found this
in your apartment..

'...when we searched it.'

- You searched my apartment?
- 'Yeah.'

That's you at Judge
Alvarez's ski house

where you go every year.

Yeah, they're-they're
business trips.

[Valens]
'Oh, that's not how
the judge put it.'

I mean, he ain't going
to jail for you.

I mean, that's for sure.

[Rush]
'Well, you meant well, Evan'

till you started hanging
with the big dogs

seeing what money could buy.

I'm not interested in money.

Yeah, if that was true,
you'd have put up a fight

every time the judge's family
cut your budget

or stuck you with bad staff,
or too many kids.

I tried.

Nobody would listen.

We searched your office
too, Evan.

Thing about luminol..

no matter how long
the blood's been there

no matter how hard
you try to scrub it out..

...we're gonna find it.

[Valens]
'You killed Alex there'

dragged him to his room.

I was trying to reason with him.

He wanted Michael transferred.

I was gonna do it. I did.

Afterwards, out of guilt.

[Valens]
'Yeah, but that night'

all you could see was

Havenhurst, your passion
in jeopardy.

Please, just..

...let me tell you
what happened.

What is the matter
with you, Alex?

You got a problem, come to me.

Your thug, Laticia tried
to kill Michael tonight.

He shouldn't even be here.
He's a little kid.

Okay, okay.

If Laticia did
something wrong

we'll talk to her about it.

If this isn't the right fit
for Michael

we'll address that.

We can work all of this out.

- Sit down.
- It's beyond circle time, man.

You wanna work it out, pick up
that phone and call the judge.

- He's the boss.
- I run Havenhurst.

If you're in charge, why don't
you fix the problems?

Too many kids getting screwed
over, not just Michael.

Damn, why don't you do
something about it?

Do you know how hard I work
to keep this place going?

Enough to get you there, right?

Jurisprudence, my ass.

You're just like the judge,
in it to get paid.

That is completely out of line.

We can talk about this, Alex.

'What are you doing?'

Give me the number
for Channel 2 news.

Damn it, Alex.
You put that phone down.

You wanna talk?
Talk to the cameras.

'Cause you're going down
with the rest of 'em.

I said listen to me!

[grunts]

Quiet!
Just be quiet!

[Alex gasping]

Shut up.

'Shut up.'

Let me think.

'Just let me think.'

[choking]

[gasping]

[Solomon Burke singing
"None of Us Are Free"]

♪ Well you'd better listen
my sisters and brothers ♪

♪ 'Cause if you do
you can hear ♪

♪ There are voices ♪

♪ Still callin'
across the years ♪

♪ And they're all cryin'
across the ocean ♪

♪ And they're cryin'
across the land ♪

♪ And they will
till we all come to understand ♪

♪ None of us are free ♪

♪ None of us are free ♪

♪ None of us are free ♪

♪ One of us is chained
none of us are free ♪

♪ And there are people ♪

♪ Still in darkness ♪

♪ And they just
can't see the light ♪

♪ If you don't say it's wrong ♪

♪ Then that says it's right ♪

♪ We got to try to feel
for each other ♪

♪ Let our brothers know
that we care ♪

♪ Got to get the message ♪

♪ Send it out loud and clear ♪

♪ None of us are free ♪

♪ None of us are free ♪

♪ None of us are free ♪

♪ One of us is chained
none of us are free ♪

♪ It's a simple truth
we all need ♪

♪ Just to hear and to see ♪

♪ None of us are free ♪

♪ One of us is chained♪♪ Oh Lord ♪

♪ None of us are free ♪

♪ Now I swear your salvation ♪

♪ Isn't too hard to find ♪

♪ None of us can find it ♪

♪ On our own ♪

♪On our own♪

♪ We've got to join together ♪

♪ In spirit heart and mind ♪

♪ So that every soul
who's suffering will know ♪

♪ That we're not alone ♪♪ None of us are free ♪

♪ None of us are free ♪

♪ None of us are free ♪

♪ One of us is chained
none of us are free ♪♪

[theme music]