Conviction (2016–2017): Season 1, Episode 3 - Conviction - full transcript
The CIU works to clear a political activist who was sentenced to life in prison for setting off a bomb at a mosque.
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[Siren wailing, horn honking in distance]
[Indistinct conversation]
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[Camera shutters clicking]
[Indistinct conversations]
- Hey, over here. Miss Morrison, please!
- Miss Morrison.
Can we get a comment?
To your right, Hayes.
- Miss Morrison.
- Miss Morrison.
Hayes... Hayes, your thoughts
on your mother's surge in the polls.
The people of New York State recognize
what a wonderful senator
my mother is going to be.
Some are saying the bump
is connected to your success
as the new head of
the Conviction Integrity Unit.
I'm not surprised.
Hayes is doing a fantastic job.
Why wouldn't New York want more
of the Morrison women's mojo?
Man: A picture together?
You look amazing, as always.
You look like the second oboe player
in the Garden State Philharmonic.
D.A. Wallace, did the Innocence Project
inspire you to start the CIU?
No. Their sole focus is
getting people out of prison.
The CIU's job is to review convictions.
Our clients could be innocent.
They could be guilty.
Our job is to make sure
the system got it right.
- That justice was actually just.
- Mm-hmm.
Which is basically lawyer speak
for you get good guys out of jail.
- Good, bad isn't the issue.
- Thank you.
Debating moral/legal
distinctions with the press.
You know better than that.
They're reducing the CIU
to a noble-cause sound bite.
Only you would be bothered by that.
[Camera shutters clicking]
D.A. Wallace, how did you know
that a former First Daughter,
someone who grew up with
so much privilege,
would do such a great job running CIU?
If you'd known Hayes Morrison
as long as I have,
you would know that describing
her as a former First Daughter
is selling her short.
She's passionate. She's tenacious.
She's a brilliant defense attorney.
And a bit of a party girl
who's had a few brushes with the law.
Unless that's all behind you now.
Have you reformed or lost your edge?
[Scoffs] I don't know about that.
That's all in the past.
Why do you think I hired her?
You're looking at
the new Hayes Morrison.
[Mother Feather's
"Living, Dreaming" plays]
♪ In a dream I'm dropping matches ♪
♪ Fanning the fire
by batting eyelashes ♪
♪ You've got that thing I need ♪
♪ A hot hook and heart on your sleeve ♪
♪ And maybe all it means ♪
♪ I'm living, breathing ♪
[Telephone rings]
I'll call security.
About time you slackers got here.
[Grunts]
Ohh.
Were you sleeping under there?
Ohh. Just a quick catnap.
Our new case.
[Sighs]
Rodney Landon?
I was hoping for a Charles-Manson-type
with new DNA evidence,
but he's the closest I could find.
You really want to spend
the next five days on this?
The Veteran's Alliance submitted it.
A pretty solid argument the
prosecution rushed to judgment.
Because allegations
against law enforcement
are always true.
Landon's an insane bigot.
He gave speeches
calling for a "new crusade
to confront the Muslim infection."
I'm sorry.
Did I sleep through the repeal
of the First Amendment?
Being a hateful jackass isn't grounds
for four life sentences.
No, but celebrating
the 10th anniversary of 9/11
by bombing a mosque is.
Four people were killed,
including the imam.
A terrible crime.
Whoever did it should die in prison.
I'm just not sure it's him.
You said you wanted poster boys.
Landon's a long way from...
Sometimes, I like poster boys.
Other times, I like tattooed
bikers who pull my hair,
especially when everyone is expecting me
to show up with a poster boy.
The CIU is here to save
anyone who was shafted by the system,
bigots included.
And in the process,
we will challenge the cops,
prosecutors, the scientists,
and the bleeding hearts.
Anyone who isn't down
to fight like hell
for the unpopular causes
as well as the popular ones...
don't let the door hit you in the ass.
Get the crime board ready.
I need to take a quick shower
and change my underwear.
Kidding.
I never wear underwear.
♪
I was in prison with guys
whose lawyers slept through trial.
Here we are defending
some degenerate bigot.
You really okay with this?
Am I annoyed that Hayes picked this case
just to piss people off? Yeah.
She does love a reaction.
If I got riled over every bad guy
who said something racist,
sexist, or just plain stupid...
The guy's either guilty or not.
The thoughts in his head
don't matter to me.
They should. They matter to the law.
Hate crimes aren't just
an attack on an individual.
An entire group is terrorized.
If he actually backed
his words with violence.
So you don't think he's guilty?
What I know is
our job requires an open mind,
our boss wants to work the case,
and the law guarantees bigots
a fair trial.
So, let's go hear
this bigot's side of the story.
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Landon: I'm not a bigot.
I'm a professor, a political activist,
and I had nothing to do
with that bombing.
You were seen on
the exterior security cameras.
Walking my dog. It isn't a crime.
But casing a bomb target is.
You served in the military,
Special Forces, explosives training.
I risked my life,
saw my friends lose their lives
to protect freedom and justice.
And then I get home and have
my freedom of speech assaulted.
You're not in prison for what you said.
I was arrested
an hour after that bombing.
They didn't have fingerprints.
They didn't have me on camera
inside the mosque.
All they had was my history
of speaking the truth
about Muslim extremists.
You mean when you referred
to Muslims as terrorists,
a threat to our way of life.
Islam is not a religion of peace.
It's a militant movement
to create a global caliphate
by any means necessary.
ISIS recruits 1,000
new members every month,
and each one of them
would gladly blow themselves up
to kill as many Americans as possible.
The Crips and Bloods kill
way more Americans than ISIS.
So do drunk drivers, backyard pools,
and killer bees.
See, this is a healthy debate,
which we're allowed to have
because our Constitution
wasn't written by a Muslim.
Your case isn't about freedom of speech.
My speech put me
in the police cross hairs,
and once I was there,
they didn't look at anyone else.
The forensics team
didn't collect your words.
They collected bomb fragments
and matched the bomb you blogged
instructions on how to build.
Maxine: And the cops picked you
up an hour after the attack
with explosives residue on your clothes,
so explain that, Professor.
Maxine: The Counter Terrorism Unit
did not frame Rodney Landon.
They're the most prestigious
unit in the NYPD.
The best of the best.
Remember when I talked about
challenging the cops?
With a totally unfounded allegation?
We don't know that until
we fully investigate his claims
that CTU planted the explosives residue.
Huh.
Brown really looks good on you.
Maxine: So you disagree
with Landon's views,
but you'll trust him over the cops?
No, this is not about trusting him
or his views, which I find repulsive.
It's about investigating his claim.
And what happened to not caring
what's in a perp's head?
I don't.
I care about what comes out
of his mouth, which is a lie.
- The residue wasn't planted.
- Fine. Prove it.
Hey.
Frankie.
Good to see ya.
You too, Professor Shaunessy.
Thanks for helping us out.
My colleague Tess Larson.
Professor Shaunessy was
my Bomb Scene Investigation instructor.
Taught me everything I know
about explosions.
Oh, he taught me a few things, too,
like how to hot-wire a car.
[Laughter]
Let's see if we can't sort out
your nitrogen oxide problem.
So, I built this site
to replicate the crime scene
where the bomb went off.
Shouldn't we be doing this inside?
The bomb went off in the imam's office.
All we need is the residue from
the device once it detonates.
This way, no structures get destroyed,
which can ruin some of the fun.
And what's the nitrogen oxide problem?
The bomb used at the mosque
was structurally identical
to the one Landon described
how to build in his blog,
but the analysis
of the debris post-explosion
indicated a slightly different
mixture of explosive chemicals.
Doesn't that suggest
Landon didn't build the bomb?
Well, it's a possibility,
but chemical reactions
are unpredictable.
The only way to know for sure
what the exact residue
of Landon's device would be
is to test it in the real world.
And if our test residue doesn't
match the crime residue...
Chances are, your guy's not the bomber.
Hayes: We're reviewing
the Rodney Landon conviction.
Provocative. How unlike you.
Uh, by me, you mean
"the new Hayes Morrison"?
I knew you hated that.
You thought I wouldn't want you
reviewing this case?
He's hardly a noble cause.
Bigots deserve justice, too.
And it's a perfect demonstration
that CIU doesn't just get people
out of prison.
Some convictions deserve to be upheld.
You're really that confident?
Landon's conviction was solid.
And I appreciate the update.
Although I'm aware that by saying that
I may have just ensured
I never get another one.
And there I go
getting predictable again.
- Not a bad thing, you know?
- Hmm?
It's how you know that people know you.
Or how you know you're falling
into a dull, boring,
comfortable pattern.
Fine. Stay dangerous.
Ride your proverbial motorcycle.
Just wear a helmet.
Where's the fun in that?
[Hinges squeak]
Frankie: The bomber knew
the imam's schedule exactly.
Entered through his office
in the morning,
when he knew no one would be there.
The bomb was constructed
from a block of homemade C-4
hidden inside a three-ring binder,
covered in ball bearings.
A number 10 detonator
was inserted into the explosive material
and connected to a trip wire
fastened to the underside of the desk
with a half-inch steel staple.
[Staple gun fires]
[Beeps]
The bomb was set to detonate
when the drawer opened.
The imam and his associates
came back from lunch at 1:15.
They walked into his office
like it was any other day.
They never knew what was coming.
Peter: When a bomb detonates,
people say it's like ice picks
plunging into your ears.
The shock wave can rupture organs,
even liquefy your eyes.
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[Screaming]
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Thank you so much
for inviting me into your home.
Your children are beautiful.
They would make their father very proud.
He watches them from wherever he is now.
From Jannah, I'm sure.
Let's have a seat.
My sympathies
to all of you for your loss
and for any further upset
caused by our investigation.
Why are you doing this?
The Conviction Integrity Unit
has a mandate to...
Shut up. Spare us your fake sympathy.
You're gonna set a murderer free.
Rodney Landon
and every person in this room
- deserves the same protection...
- Just stop!
My husband wasn't just a Muslim.
He was a father, a lover,
a soccer coach.
He was a beautiful human being.
Not just a victim whose wife
you have the chore of notifying.
I appreciate you telling us in person.
I sincerely hope that
Landon was justly convicted,
but if there was a mistake,
even a legal technicality,
you have to follow the law.
It's what makes us civilized.
Oh, that's very forgiving of you,
considering Landon's beliefs.
"The recompense of evil
is punishment like it,
but whoever forgives and amends,
he shall have his reward from Allah."
Is that from the Qur'an?
I wish that didn't surprise you.
The Muslims they show on the news,
the ones who have distorted
and hijacked my faith...
they don't understand Islam
any more than you do.
[Cellphone rings]
Hey, Frankie.
The nitrogen oxide residue
on the debris in my test
doesn't match the forensics
from the crime scene.
Can you repeat that in English?
I don't think Landon built that bomb.
Frankie earns a gold star
for coming to the bigot's
forensic defense.
Maxine: Just because the bomb
wasn't a perfect match
doesn't mean it wasn't Landon.
He could've made a mistake
mixing the chemicals
or used a different recipe.
I doubt it.
He's experienced enough to know
it's not like making brownies.
You know, don't just toss in
an extra pinch of nitrogen.
Well, I'm experienced enough to know
that there's no such thing
as a perfect crime.
Criminals make mistakes.
But as far as we know,
Landon's not a criminal.
At least not yet.
Well, you were the one who said
his thoughts were already a crime.
Actually, I didn't.
I agreed with the law that says
hate crimes should be punished
more severely than other types.
Thought police versus former police.
Interesting.
I'm gonna re-check the test
on his clothes next.
It's rare, but some
non-explosive materials
can cause a false positive to the test.
So can planting explosives residue.
I researched lawsuits against CTU.
I figured if Landon was right
about them planting evidence,
his case wouldn't have been
the only time.
No other suits were filed
by suspects alleging planted evidence,
but there was one file by a detective
who worked Landon's case.
Stan Sowinski claims
that "work-related stress"
caused by extreme pressure
to meet arrest quotas,
close cases, and sometimes
even plant evidence.
CTU settled for an undisclosed amount.
Looks like Landon's
totally unfounded allegation
just got founded.
Sam: How do you like
the private-security game?
Sowinski: [Chuckles] Beats
NYPD any day of the week.
Double the pay, half the B.S.
Where's it come out
on planting evidence?
You do more or less of that
than you did with CTU?
What happened to "CIU might be hiring"?
- Let's talk about...
- Rodney Landon.
Can't help you.
We don't want your help.
We want the truth.
Which CTU officer planted the
explosives residue on Landon's clothes?
No one. Landon was a good collar.
So it's just a coincidence
that you and Landon
accused your unit
of the exact same thing?
Look. I lied.
No one in CTU ever planted evidence
or pressured anyone to plant evidence.
I made it up for the lawsuit.
You falsely accused your own unit?
After 9/11, I worked 18-hour days,
seven days a week.
I wasn't sleeping.
Kept having anxiety attacks.
My wife dumped me
and then hit me up for alimony.
I had a breakdown.
I was... disabled. I couldn't work.
And the settlement they offered
just wasn't enough.
My lawyer said if I wanted
to see any real cash,
I needed to take it up a notch or two.
So what about the other detectives?
Could any of them
have contaminated his clothes?
Not a chance.
Working in CTU,
hearing all that chatter
from the radical Muslim cells,
the guys on that case
were more likely to agree
with Landon than to frame him.
Sowinski is a lying,
money-grubbing dirtbag
but draws the line
at framing someone like Landon.
Sowinski's claims were bogus.
CTU is a dead end.
They didn't plant evidence
on Landon's clothes.
So, on to alternate suspects.
Tess has been compiling a list
of other anti-Muslim activists.
Don't forget the Malcolm X angle.
He was killed by rivals, not racists.
Check out to see if anyone benefited
from a leadership position at the mosque
at the time of the bombing.
I need to talk to you.
Why the hell are your people
sniffing around
the Counter Terrorism Unit?
They're reviewing Landon's case,
like I told you.
Reviewing a case means
re-running forensics,
checking alibis,
widening the suspect pool,
not alleging corruption
in one of the NYPD's
most elite divisions.
This is my unit, my investigation,
and I will run it
the way that I see fit.
No, you will not.
This line of attack on CTU stops now!
Message received.
I'm sorry.
I have a temper.
You have a rebellious streak.
We've got to set those aside,
and you need to trust me.
CTU did not frame Landon.
That unit is too important
to the city's safety
to have its credibility undermined
by one baseless allegation,
which is what could happen
if you keep digging into this.
Do you hear me?
Loud and clear.
Thank you.
Uh, can we skip the part
where we pretend
we didn't just hear everything
and cut to the chase?
Why didn't you tell him
we were moving off CTU?
Because we're not anymore.
Sowinski was convincing.
CTU didn't plant the explosives residue.
Wallace is one of
the best trial lawyers I know
because he remains completely objective.
If he's pissed off,
there are bigger implications.
There is a connection
between CTU and this case.
Wallace is trying to cover it up.
We're gonna uncover it.
What's up, guys?
Hey.
- Hey, baby.
- Hey.
- You want a burger?
- No. Thanks. I can't stay.
- How's my grandson?
- He's good.
He got picked to be class rep
for student council.
Nice.
I need a favor with someone
in Counter Terrorism.
CTU, huh? Don't know anybody there.
Come on. You have friends
in every squad room in the city.
Everyone I know is busy with
the current crop of criminals.
Dad.
A cop with your talent
shouldn't be wasting her time
re-investigating old crimes.
Perps already get a hundred appeals.
Now we're gonna give them
a whole new investigation?
You know this isn't my first
choice of job, either.
But since I'm doing it,
I am not gonna half-ass it.
I'll get my own source at CTU.
Maxine.
Let me make a few calls.
[Car alarm chirps]
Ow!
[Groans] Aah!
I-I just want to talk.
And you thought wearing a
ski mask was a good ice breaker?
Your dad asked me to help you.
Look, I work in CTU.
[Sighs]
Hayes: So much for the Malcolm X theory.
The new imam was hired
after a nationwide search.
No one was promoted
in the wake of the bombing.
And according to everyone
we spoke to at the mosque,
Imam Abdullah was loved by kids,
counseled troubled teens,
went out of his way to ensure
that the young female members
felt respected.
- Adored by all.
- Basically.
I just got a tip from an inside source.
CTU did not plant the residue
on Landon's clothes,
but Wallace is covering something up.
An off-the-books CTU surveillance team
that was trailing Landon
in the weeks before the bombing.
Did they see where he was that day?
No. They were too busy breaking
in to Landon's apartment.
Without a search warrant, I'm guessing.
Damn. That's some old-school
J. Edgar Hoover-type shade.
And while they're in his apartment,
they found Landon's journal,
which detailed a plan
for the Clash of the Civilizations.
Step one... blowing up a mosque.
He's guilty.
And I, for one, am happy
that he is never,
ever getting out of prison.
Turns out I do hate
the thoughts in his head.
[Chuckling] Yeah.
Hayes: Don't pop the champagne just yet.
If that journal is the reason
CTU picked up Landon so quickly
and that's why they caught him
with the bomb residue on his clothes...
Then that residue,
the most damning evidence
against Landon,
it can't be used in court.
It's fruit from the poisonous tree.
No dirty clothes, no clean conviction.
Frankie: So, wait.
So, even if what CTU found
proves his guilt,
by exposing that
they found it illegally...
We might have just guaranteed
Landon a new trial.
And taken away the state's
best shot at convicting him.
And now we know why Wallace
wanted you to stay away from CTU.
_
An illegal search in Landon's apartment?
This is why I told you to back off CTU.
We're gonna have to give him
a new trial.
- No, we don't.
- If CTU picked up Landon
based on evidence
from an illegal search...
CTU didn't pick up Landon.
Beat cops did,
because he was on a watch list,
on video casing the mosque,
and all over the web
promoting anti-Muslim violence.
That's a yellow brick road
of probable cause.
There's no reason to compel a new trial,
especially since it would subject CTU
- to allegations of corruption.
- Which would be totally justified.
But have already been taken care of.
One commander and two officers
went rogue on Landon's case.
All three of them got fired
a long time ago.
The problem was solved.
The system worked.
You need to walk away.
The illegal search did not contribute
in any way to Landon's arrest?
No.
This is why you were certain
that Landon's conviction would stand.
You couldn't leave it alone.
I was trying to protect you.
Neither the old or the new me
needs protection.
Why is it impossible
for you to trust me?
- Well, you hardly set a precedent.
- Hell no.
You don't get to do that.
I never betrayed you.
You're the one who left
in Chicago, not me.
I left Chicago because I was fired.
You got yourself fired
because things were going well
for you, for us,
and it freaked you out.
Oh, right. This is all about you.
No. This is all about you
and your need to constantly
challenge people
with the things that you say
and the cases you pick
and how you defy everyone
and trust no one.
And you never, ever admit
when you're wrong,
no matter how much damage
you leave in your wake.
All I'm doing is my job.
[Door opens, closes]
[Buzzer]
You approached bombing the
mosque with military precision.
You made a plan, wrote it up,
followed it through.
Might as well admit it.
My plan was to blow up a mosque,
not that mosque,
and with a much more lethal device.
So you're not denying
the journal is yours.
I don't need to deny it
because it's legally inadmissible.
Must be, since NYPD never mentioned it.
Smart as well as evil.
When I joined the Army,
I swore to defend the Constitution
against any enemy, foreign or domestic.
The best way to defend this country
is to eradicate all Muslims
before they eradicate us.
That's genocide.
A just genocide.
No different than fire-bombing Dresden
or dropping two atomic bombs on Japan.
What you are talking about
isn't a military tactic.
It's mass murder, and you know it.
The problem with the War on Terror
is that it's not terrifying enough.
ISIS doesn't deny their attacks.
They film them, publicize them,
brag about them.
If I executed that plan in the journal,
I wouldn't deny it.
But what I do deny
is planting a bomb
that destroyed only one desk
and the measly four Muslims near it.
I'm done lying.
I've done nothing I'm ashamed of.
Or that I can be punished for.
Hayes: His defense was
he was planning to blow up
a different mosque,
full of worshipers, with a bigger bomb,
and I believe him.
He wouldn't have bothered
with such a low body count.
Even if he didn't finish the plan,
just starting it makes him
guilty of attempted mass murder.
That's not what he's in prison for,
and he never will be
because the only evidence came
from an illegal search.
How can you take Landon's side?
This is not about sides.
This is about the truth.
If he isn't guilty, then
he doesn't belong in prison.
Well, that's what I thought, too,
until I found out what he wants to do.
I mean, prosecuting gangs,
I had to put bad guys
back on the streets,
but none of them were intent on killing
thousands of innocent people.
How could you possibly let him out?
Because he may be in prison
for a crime he didn't commit.
Yeah, the key words here are "may be."
We still haven't proven his innocence
or anyone else's guilt.
That's why we're gonna keep
looking at alternate suspects
and exploring the possibility
that explosives residue found
on Landon's clothing
was a false positive.
Hayes! We get it!
This unit challenges the establishment,
defends the indefensible,
and gives the finger to public opinion.
And at the head,
defying all expectations...
Hayes Morrison.
But innocent or guilty,
Rodney Landon needs to stay in prison.
That's not our decision to make.
Let's get back to work.
No. No. Sam's right.
I'm done.
I mean, we have to have
some kind of priority,
and this bigot ain't gonna be mine.
- You sure about that?
- Yeah, I am.
Okay, you're fired.
Frankie, no! You can't.
This is a good job,
one that's not easy for someone
with your record to get.
Don't throw it away just because...
because your boss is being a bitch.
Well, Frankie, the bitch is asking...
in or out?
In.
Nice work.
_
I'm sorry. Jackson had this thing
tonight, and I had to speak to someone.
You provoke your team to mutiny
and then come to me
when no one else is available.
Old Hayes Morrison in full effect.
What if the team's right?
We don't put people in prison
because they're dangerous.
We put them there
because they're guilty.
I could drop Landon's case,
move on to the next one.
Could, but you're not going to.
If you prove Landon
didn't bomb the mosque,
you'll get him released,
and then I'll tell CTU to put
him under 24-hour surveillance.
They couldn't keep that up forever.
He's smart. He'll bide his time.
We're lawyers, Hayes, not superheroes.
Or provocateurs.
The biggest fight I ever had with my mom
was the day I bought a motorcycle.
I was 24, living on my own.
She still made me sell it.
She was right.
Enough with the motorcycle metaphors.
I get it.
I liked your mom. She was cool.
She hated you.
[Both laugh]
My mom hates you, too.
Oh, if she did,
you'd probably like me more.
I should go. Big day tomorrow.
Riding my convictions full speed
into a wall.
Don't forget your dad. He loves me, too.
My dad loves everybody,
and everybody loves my dad,
especially the cute, young...
What?
I got to go.
Frankie re-checked
the explosives residue test
on Landon's clothes.
The positive residue test
could've been caused
by the nitrogen-based fertilizer
from the dog park near his house.
That's the only thing left
connecting him.
I'm glad you didn't bail.
When I said to Imam Abdullah's
wife he was in heaven, Jannah,
she said nothing.
Maybe we've all been thinking
too much like Landon...
only thinking of Abdullah
as a Muslim, not as a man.
But he was a man.
A warm, friendly, popular man
known to closely mentor and nurture
the women he worked with,
just like my dad.
The first time I found out
my dad cheated on my mom,
I walked in.
There was broken glass everywhere.
I thought we'd been robbed.
It seemed impossible until I realized
every frame that had
my father's picture in it
was shattered on the floor.
What does that have to do with
finding the imam's wife
on the security videos?
Yeah, we already know
she visited the mosque almost every day.
It's not just about the mosque.
It's what I noticed
when I visited her home.
[Knock on door]
[Police radio chatter]
The imam's wife
has pictures of her children
everywhere in her house,
but not a single one of her husband.
Maybe, like my mom,
Kadisha couldn't stand
looking at his face anymore.
She visited the mosque 23 times
in the month prior to the bombing.
And how many of those times
did she carry a bag big enough
to hold a three-ring binder?
[Beeping]
Only once.
And what day was that?
September 11, 2011.
The day of the bombing.
We need to find that bag.
Yes, we do.
Let's start at Kadisha's house.
♪
This wasn't a hate crime.
It was a love crime.
And now we have to prove it.
_
Maxine: You can tell she carried
a bomb in that bag?
The C-4 explosive was in a binder.
It probably didn't even make
direct contact.
Probably why she didn't bother
getting rid of it.
Even in solid form, C-4 molecules
still disperse into the air.
That's why dogs can smell it.
It can't be washed away.
It sticks to stuff on a molecular level.
[Beeping]
She carried the bomb in here.
Landon's innocent. Kadisha's guilty.
We got to let him out.
CTU will be on him 24/7.
I hope that's enough.
Of course.
Landon: The imam's wife?
She discovered her husband
was having several affairs.
Did some research, found your blog,
followed your instructions
the best that she could.
She wasn't trying to frame you.
I think she felt guilty
that an innocent man
was paying for her crime.
Did she know the others would be there?
No. He usually ate lunch alone
in the office.
Damn.
You're not a soldier anymore.
You're right.
But this war isn't just between armies.
Killing innocent people
isn't the answer.
Actually, it is.
Our enemy understands this.
It's time we realize it, too.
That sounds like a threat.
Just an observation.
But thanks for the reminder.
I'll be much more careful
about what I say or write in the future.
[Buzzer]
[Door opens]
[Handcuffs click]
[Buzzer]
[Indistinct conversations]
[Knock on window]
Yeah? May I help you with something?
[Shackles rattling]
[Buzzer]
So, about yesterday...
Thanks.
Sure.
I just got a call from Sing Sing.
Rodney Landon
assaulted another prisoner.
Really?
A rumor started
that Landon was getting out
for snitching on other inmates.
A skinhead attacked him.
Landon stabbed the guy with a shiv.
He committed a felony
on camera this time.
He isn't getting out of prison
any time soon.
Bad guy stays off the street.
Sounds like a win to me.
I wonder how that rumor started.
Not a clue.
♪
[Knock on door]
Thank you for the other night.
Turns out you didn't need my help.
Do I want to know how that happened,
catching the actual murderer
without setting free
the would-be mass murderer?
No.
Come on in. Have a drink with me.
[Chuckles] No. Thanks.
♪ I hate when you go ♪
You were right.
I shouldn't have taken the case.
I don't know why
I do things like that, but I do.
And I hurt people.
♪ I was fine all alone ♪
And I'm sorry about a lot of things.
♪ Before you appeared ♪
Including Chicago.
♪ But the second you come back ♪
♪ Got me talking fast, making me weak ♪
Thank you.
♪ Throwing everything off track ♪
♪ Oh, you're trouble ♪
The new Hayes Morrison.
♪ I'm in too deep ♪
I'm still pretty fond of the old one.
♪
[Text alert beeps]
Ignore it.
[Text alert beeps]
[Cellphone buzzing]
[Text alert beeps, cellphone ringing]
To be continued.
Turn on the TV.
Now.
It's a breaking scandal.
You'll see in the
security-camera footage
former First Daughter Hayes Morrison
conferring with her longtime friend
District Attorney Conner Wallace.
Inside sources have told me
that Wallace let Morrison off the hook
after she was picked up
with cocaine in her purse.
Rather than charging the former
First Daughter with possession,
Wallace rewarded her
with a sweetheart deal to run the CIU.
♪ It's serious ♪
---
[Siren wailing, horn honking in distance]
[Indistinct conversation]
♪
[Siren wailing]
♪
[Camera shutters clicking]
[Indistinct conversations]
- Hey, over here. Miss Morrison, please!
- Miss Morrison.
Can we get a comment?
To your right, Hayes.
- Miss Morrison.
- Miss Morrison.
Hayes... Hayes, your thoughts
on your mother's surge in the polls.
The people of New York State recognize
what a wonderful senator
my mother is going to be.
Some are saying the bump
is connected to your success
as the new head of
the Conviction Integrity Unit.
I'm not surprised.
Hayes is doing a fantastic job.
Why wouldn't New York want more
of the Morrison women's mojo?
Man: A picture together?
You look amazing, as always.
You look like the second oboe player
in the Garden State Philharmonic.
D.A. Wallace, did the Innocence Project
inspire you to start the CIU?
No. Their sole focus is
getting people out of prison.
The CIU's job is to review convictions.
Our clients could be innocent.
They could be guilty.
Our job is to make sure
the system got it right.
- That justice was actually just.
- Mm-hmm.
Which is basically lawyer speak
for you get good guys out of jail.
- Good, bad isn't the issue.
- Thank you.
Debating moral/legal
distinctions with the press.
You know better than that.
They're reducing the CIU
to a noble-cause sound bite.
Only you would be bothered by that.
[Camera shutters clicking]
D.A. Wallace, how did you know
that a former First Daughter,
someone who grew up with
so much privilege,
would do such a great job running CIU?
If you'd known Hayes Morrison
as long as I have,
you would know that describing
her as a former First Daughter
is selling her short.
She's passionate. She's tenacious.
She's a brilliant defense attorney.
And a bit of a party girl
who's had a few brushes with the law.
Unless that's all behind you now.
Have you reformed or lost your edge?
[Scoffs] I don't know about that.
That's all in the past.
Why do you think I hired her?
You're looking at
the new Hayes Morrison.
[Mother Feather's
"Living, Dreaming" plays]
♪ In a dream I'm dropping matches ♪
♪ Fanning the fire
by batting eyelashes ♪
♪ You've got that thing I need ♪
♪ A hot hook and heart on your sleeve ♪
♪ And maybe all it means ♪
♪ I'm living, breathing ♪
[Telephone rings]
I'll call security.
About time you slackers got here.
[Grunts]
Ohh.
Were you sleeping under there?
Ohh. Just a quick catnap.
Our new case.
[Sighs]
Rodney Landon?
I was hoping for a Charles-Manson-type
with new DNA evidence,
but he's the closest I could find.
You really want to spend
the next five days on this?
The Veteran's Alliance submitted it.
A pretty solid argument the
prosecution rushed to judgment.
Because allegations
against law enforcement
are always true.
Landon's an insane bigot.
He gave speeches
calling for a "new crusade
to confront the Muslim infection."
I'm sorry.
Did I sleep through the repeal
of the First Amendment?
Being a hateful jackass isn't grounds
for four life sentences.
No, but celebrating
the 10th anniversary of 9/11
by bombing a mosque is.
Four people were killed,
including the imam.
A terrible crime.
Whoever did it should die in prison.
I'm just not sure it's him.
You said you wanted poster boys.
Landon's a long way from...
Sometimes, I like poster boys.
Other times, I like tattooed
bikers who pull my hair,
especially when everyone is expecting me
to show up with a poster boy.
The CIU is here to save
anyone who was shafted by the system,
bigots included.
And in the process,
we will challenge the cops,
prosecutors, the scientists,
and the bleeding hearts.
Anyone who isn't down
to fight like hell
for the unpopular causes
as well as the popular ones...
don't let the door hit you in the ass.
Get the crime board ready.
I need to take a quick shower
and change my underwear.
Kidding.
I never wear underwear.
♪
I was in prison with guys
whose lawyers slept through trial.
Here we are defending
some degenerate bigot.
You really okay with this?
Am I annoyed that Hayes picked this case
just to piss people off? Yeah.
She does love a reaction.
If I got riled over every bad guy
who said something racist,
sexist, or just plain stupid...
The guy's either guilty or not.
The thoughts in his head
don't matter to me.
They should. They matter to the law.
Hate crimes aren't just
an attack on an individual.
An entire group is terrorized.
If he actually backed
his words with violence.
So you don't think he's guilty?
What I know is
our job requires an open mind,
our boss wants to work the case,
and the law guarantees bigots
a fair trial.
So, let's go hear
this bigot's side of the story.
♪
Landon: I'm not a bigot.
I'm a professor, a political activist,
and I had nothing to do
with that bombing.
You were seen on
the exterior security cameras.
Walking my dog. It isn't a crime.
But casing a bomb target is.
You served in the military,
Special Forces, explosives training.
I risked my life,
saw my friends lose their lives
to protect freedom and justice.
And then I get home and have
my freedom of speech assaulted.
You're not in prison for what you said.
I was arrested
an hour after that bombing.
They didn't have fingerprints.
They didn't have me on camera
inside the mosque.
All they had was my history
of speaking the truth
about Muslim extremists.
You mean when you referred
to Muslims as terrorists,
a threat to our way of life.
Islam is not a religion of peace.
It's a militant movement
to create a global caliphate
by any means necessary.
ISIS recruits 1,000
new members every month,
and each one of them
would gladly blow themselves up
to kill as many Americans as possible.
The Crips and Bloods kill
way more Americans than ISIS.
So do drunk drivers, backyard pools,
and killer bees.
See, this is a healthy debate,
which we're allowed to have
because our Constitution
wasn't written by a Muslim.
Your case isn't about freedom of speech.
My speech put me
in the police cross hairs,
and once I was there,
they didn't look at anyone else.
The forensics team
didn't collect your words.
They collected bomb fragments
and matched the bomb you blogged
instructions on how to build.
Maxine: And the cops picked you
up an hour after the attack
with explosives residue on your clothes,
so explain that, Professor.
Maxine: The Counter Terrorism Unit
did not frame Rodney Landon.
They're the most prestigious
unit in the NYPD.
The best of the best.
Remember when I talked about
challenging the cops?
With a totally unfounded allegation?
We don't know that until
we fully investigate his claims
that CTU planted the explosives residue.
Huh.
Brown really looks good on you.
Maxine: So you disagree
with Landon's views,
but you'll trust him over the cops?
No, this is not about trusting him
or his views, which I find repulsive.
It's about investigating his claim.
And what happened to not caring
what's in a perp's head?
I don't.
I care about what comes out
of his mouth, which is a lie.
- The residue wasn't planted.
- Fine. Prove it.
Hey.
Frankie.
Good to see ya.
You too, Professor Shaunessy.
Thanks for helping us out.
My colleague Tess Larson.
Professor Shaunessy was
my Bomb Scene Investigation instructor.
Taught me everything I know
about explosions.
Oh, he taught me a few things, too,
like how to hot-wire a car.
[Laughter]
Let's see if we can't sort out
your nitrogen oxide problem.
So, I built this site
to replicate the crime scene
where the bomb went off.
Shouldn't we be doing this inside?
The bomb went off in the imam's office.
All we need is the residue from
the device once it detonates.
This way, no structures get destroyed,
which can ruin some of the fun.
And what's the nitrogen oxide problem?
The bomb used at the mosque
was structurally identical
to the one Landon described
how to build in his blog,
but the analysis
of the debris post-explosion
indicated a slightly different
mixture of explosive chemicals.
Doesn't that suggest
Landon didn't build the bomb?
Well, it's a possibility,
but chemical reactions
are unpredictable.
The only way to know for sure
what the exact residue
of Landon's device would be
is to test it in the real world.
And if our test residue doesn't
match the crime residue...
Chances are, your guy's not the bomber.
Hayes: We're reviewing
the Rodney Landon conviction.
Provocative. How unlike you.
Uh, by me, you mean
"the new Hayes Morrison"?
I knew you hated that.
You thought I wouldn't want you
reviewing this case?
He's hardly a noble cause.
Bigots deserve justice, too.
And it's a perfect demonstration
that CIU doesn't just get people
out of prison.
Some convictions deserve to be upheld.
You're really that confident?
Landon's conviction was solid.
And I appreciate the update.
Although I'm aware that by saying that
I may have just ensured
I never get another one.
And there I go
getting predictable again.
- Not a bad thing, you know?
- Hmm?
It's how you know that people know you.
Or how you know you're falling
into a dull, boring,
comfortable pattern.
Fine. Stay dangerous.
Ride your proverbial motorcycle.
Just wear a helmet.
Where's the fun in that?
[Hinges squeak]
Frankie: The bomber knew
the imam's schedule exactly.
Entered through his office
in the morning,
when he knew no one would be there.
The bomb was constructed
from a block of homemade C-4
hidden inside a three-ring binder,
covered in ball bearings.
A number 10 detonator
was inserted into the explosive material
and connected to a trip wire
fastened to the underside of the desk
with a half-inch steel staple.
[Staple gun fires]
[Beeps]
The bomb was set to detonate
when the drawer opened.
The imam and his associates
came back from lunch at 1:15.
They walked into his office
like it was any other day.
They never knew what was coming.
Peter: When a bomb detonates,
people say it's like ice picks
plunging into your ears.
The shock wave can rupture organs,
even liquefy your eyes.
♪
[Screaming]
_
Thank you so much
for inviting me into your home.
Your children are beautiful.
They would make their father very proud.
He watches them from wherever he is now.
From Jannah, I'm sure.
Let's have a seat.
My sympathies
to all of you for your loss
and for any further upset
caused by our investigation.
Why are you doing this?
The Conviction Integrity Unit
has a mandate to...
Shut up. Spare us your fake sympathy.
You're gonna set a murderer free.
Rodney Landon
and every person in this room
- deserves the same protection...
- Just stop!
My husband wasn't just a Muslim.
He was a father, a lover,
a soccer coach.
He was a beautiful human being.
Not just a victim whose wife
you have the chore of notifying.
I appreciate you telling us in person.
I sincerely hope that
Landon was justly convicted,
but if there was a mistake,
even a legal technicality,
you have to follow the law.
It's what makes us civilized.
Oh, that's very forgiving of you,
considering Landon's beliefs.
"The recompense of evil
is punishment like it,
but whoever forgives and amends,
he shall have his reward from Allah."
Is that from the Qur'an?
I wish that didn't surprise you.
The Muslims they show on the news,
the ones who have distorted
and hijacked my faith...
they don't understand Islam
any more than you do.
[Cellphone rings]
Hey, Frankie.
The nitrogen oxide residue
on the debris in my test
doesn't match the forensics
from the crime scene.
Can you repeat that in English?
I don't think Landon built that bomb.
Frankie earns a gold star
for coming to the bigot's
forensic defense.
Maxine: Just because the bomb
wasn't a perfect match
doesn't mean it wasn't Landon.
He could've made a mistake
mixing the chemicals
or used a different recipe.
I doubt it.
He's experienced enough to know
it's not like making brownies.
You know, don't just toss in
an extra pinch of nitrogen.
Well, I'm experienced enough to know
that there's no such thing
as a perfect crime.
Criminals make mistakes.
But as far as we know,
Landon's not a criminal.
At least not yet.
Well, you were the one who said
his thoughts were already a crime.
Actually, I didn't.
I agreed with the law that says
hate crimes should be punished
more severely than other types.
Thought police versus former police.
Interesting.
I'm gonna re-check the test
on his clothes next.
It's rare, but some
non-explosive materials
can cause a false positive to the test.
So can planting explosives residue.
I researched lawsuits against CTU.
I figured if Landon was right
about them planting evidence,
his case wouldn't have been
the only time.
No other suits were filed
by suspects alleging planted evidence,
but there was one file by a detective
who worked Landon's case.
Stan Sowinski claims
that "work-related stress"
caused by extreme pressure
to meet arrest quotas,
close cases, and sometimes
even plant evidence.
CTU settled for an undisclosed amount.
Looks like Landon's
totally unfounded allegation
just got founded.
Sam: How do you like
the private-security game?
Sowinski: [Chuckles] Beats
NYPD any day of the week.
Double the pay, half the B.S.
Where's it come out
on planting evidence?
You do more or less of that
than you did with CTU?
What happened to "CIU might be hiring"?
- Let's talk about...
- Rodney Landon.
Can't help you.
We don't want your help.
We want the truth.
Which CTU officer planted the
explosives residue on Landon's clothes?
No one. Landon was a good collar.
So it's just a coincidence
that you and Landon
accused your unit
of the exact same thing?
Look. I lied.
No one in CTU ever planted evidence
or pressured anyone to plant evidence.
I made it up for the lawsuit.
You falsely accused your own unit?
After 9/11, I worked 18-hour days,
seven days a week.
I wasn't sleeping.
Kept having anxiety attacks.
My wife dumped me
and then hit me up for alimony.
I had a breakdown.
I was... disabled. I couldn't work.
And the settlement they offered
just wasn't enough.
My lawyer said if I wanted
to see any real cash,
I needed to take it up a notch or two.
So what about the other detectives?
Could any of them
have contaminated his clothes?
Not a chance.
Working in CTU,
hearing all that chatter
from the radical Muslim cells,
the guys on that case
were more likely to agree
with Landon than to frame him.
Sowinski is a lying,
money-grubbing dirtbag
but draws the line
at framing someone like Landon.
Sowinski's claims were bogus.
CTU is a dead end.
They didn't plant evidence
on Landon's clothes.
So, on to alternate suspects.
Tess has been compiling a list
of other anti-Muslim activists.
Don't forget the Malcolm X angle.
He was killed by rivals, not racists.
Check out to see if anyone benefited
from a leadership position at the mosque
at the time of the bombing.
I need to talk to you.
Why the hell are your people
sniffing around
the Counter Terrorism Unit?
They're reviewing Landon's case,
like I told you.
Reviewing a case means
re-running forensics,
checking alibis,
widening the suspect pool,
not alleging corruption
in one of the NYPD's
most elite divisions.
This is my unit, my investigation,
and I will run it
the way that I see fit.
No, you will not.
This line of attack on CTU stops now!
Message received.
I'm sorry.
I have a temper.
You have a rebellious streak.
We've got to set those aside,
and you need to trust me.
CTU did not frame Landon.
That unit is too important
to the city's safety
to have its credibility undermined
by one baseless allegation,
which is what could happen
if you keep digging into this.
Do you hear me?
Loud and clear.
Thank you.
Uh, can we skip the part
where we pretend
we didn't just hear everything
and cut to the chase?
Why didn't you tell him
we were moving off CTU?
Because we're not anymore.
Sowinski was convincing.
CTU didn't plant the explosives residue.
Wallace is one of
the best trial lawyers I know
because he remains completely objective.
If he's pissed off,
there are bigger implications.
There is a connection
between CTU and this case.
Wallace is trying to cover it up.
We're gonna uncover it.
What's up, guys?
Hey.
- Hey, baby.
- Hey.
- You want a burger?
- No. Thanks. I can't stay.
- How's my grandson?
- He's good.
He got picked to be class rep
for student council.
Nice.
I need a favor with someone
in Counter Terrorism.
CTU, huh? Don't know anybody there.
Come on. You have friends
in every squad room in the city.
Everyone I know is busy with
the current crop of criminals.
Dad.
A cop with your talent
shouldn't be wasting her time
re-investigating old crimes.
Perps already get a hundred appeals.
Now we're gonna give them
a whole new investigation?
You know this isn't my first
choice of job, either.
But since I'm doing it,
I am not gonna half-ass it.
I'll get my own source at CTU.
Maxine.
Let me make a few calls.
[Car alarm chirps]
Ow!
[Groans] Aah!
I-I just want to talk.
And you thought wearing a
ski mask was a good ice breaker?
Your dad asked me to help you.
Look, I work in CTU.
[Sighs]
Hayes: So much for the Malcolm X theory.
The new imam was hired
after a nationwide search.
No one was promoted
in the wake of the bombing.
And according to everyone
we spoke to at the mosque,
Imam Abdullah was loved by kids,
counseled troubled teens,
went out of his way to ensure
that the young female members
felt respected.
- Adored by all.
- Basically.
I just got a tip from an inside source.
CTU did not plant the residue
on Landon's clothes,
but Wallace is covering something up.
An off-the-books CTU surveillance team
that was trailing Landon
in the weeks before the bombing.
Did they see where he was that day?
No. They were too busy breaking
in to Landon's apartment.
Without a search warrant, I'm guessing.
Damn. That's some old-school
J. Edgar Hoover-type shade.
And while they're in his apartment,
they found Landon's journal,
which detailed a plan
for the Clash of the Civilizations.
Step one... blowing up a mosque.
He's guilty.
And I, for one, am happy
that he is never,
ever getting out of prison.
Turns out I do hate
the thoughts in his head.
[Chuckling] Yeah.
Hayes: Don't pop the champagne just yet.
If that journal is the reason
CTU picked up Landon so quickly
and that's why they caught him
with the bomb residue on his clothes...
Then that residue,
the most damning evidence
against Landon,
it can't be used in court.
It's fruit from the poisonous tree.
No dirty clothes, no clean conviction.
Frankie: So, wait.
So, even if what CTU found
proves his guilt,
by exposing that
they found it illegally...
We might have just guaranteed
Landon a new trial.
And taken away the state's
best shot at convicting him.
And now we know why Wallace
wanted you to stay away from CTU.
_
An illegal search in Landon's apartment?
This is why I told you to back off CTU.
We're gonna have to give him
a new trial.
- No, we don't.
- If CTU picked up Landon
based on evidence
from an illegal search...
CTU didn't pick up Landon.
Beat cops did,
because he was on a watch list,
on video casing the mosque,
and all over the web
promoting anti-Muslim violence.
That's a yellow brick road
of probable cause.
There's no reason to compel a new trial,
especially since it would subject CTU
- to allegations of corruption.
- Which would be totally justified.
But have already been taken care of.
One commander and two officers
went rogue on Landon's case.
All three of them got fired
a long time ago.
The problem was solved.
The system worked.
You need to walk away.
The illegal search did not contribute
in any way to Landon's arrest?
No.
This is why you were certain
that Landon's conviction would stand.
You couldn't leave it alone.
I was trying to protect you.
Neither the old or the new me
needs protection.
Why is it impossible
for you to trust me?
- Well, you hardly set a precedent.
- Hell no.
You don't get to do that.
I never betrayed you.
You're the one who left
in Chicago, not me.
I left Chicago because I was fired.
You got yourself fired
because things were going well
for you, for us,
and it freaked you out.
Oh, right. This is all about you.
No. This is all about you
and your need to constantly
challenge people
with the things that you say
and the cases you pick
and how you defy everyone
and trust no one.
And you never, ever admit
when you're wrong,
no matter how much damage
you leave in your wake.
All I'm doing is my job.
[Door opens, closes]
[Buzzer]
You approached bombing the
mosque with military precision.
You made a plan, wrote it up,
followed it through.
Might as well admit it.
My plan was to blow up a mosque,
not that mosque,
and with a much more lethal device.
So you're not denying
the journal is yours.
I don't need to deny it
because it's legally inadmissible.
Must be, since NYPD never mentioned it.
Smart as well as evil.
When I joined the Army,
I swore to defend the Constitution
against any enemy, foreign or domestic.
The best way to defend this country
is to eradicate all Muslims
before they eradicate us.
That's genocide.
A just genocide.
No different than fire-bombing Dresden
or dropping two atomic bombs on Japan.
What you are talking about
isn't a military tactic.
It's mass murder, and you know it.
The problem with the War on Terror
is that it's not terrifying enough.
ISIS doesn't deny their attacks.
They film them, publicize them,
brag about them.
If I executed that plan in the journal,
I wouldn't deny it.
But what I do deny
is planting a bomb
that destroyed only one desk
and the measly four Muslims near it.
I'm done lying.
I've done nothing I'm ashamed of.
Or that I can be punished for.
Hayes: His defense was
he was planning to blow up
a different mosque,
full of worshipers, with a bigger bomb,
and I believe him.
He wouldn't have bothered
with such a low body count.
Even if he didn't finish the plan,
just starting it makes him
guilty of attempted mass murder.
That's not what he's in prison for,
and he never will be
because the only evidence came
from an illegal search.
How can you take Landon's side?
This is not about sides.
This is about the truth.
If he isn't guilty, then
he doesn't belong in prison.
Well, that's what I thought, too,
until I found out what he wants to do.
I mean, prosecuting gangs,
I had to put bad guys
back on the streets,
but none of them were intent on killing
thousands of innocent people.
How could you possibly let him out?
Because he may be in prison
for a crime he didn't commit.
Yeah, the key words here are "may be."
We still haven't proven his innocence
or anyone else's guilt.
That's why we're gonna keep
looking at alternate suspects
and exploring the possibility
that explosives residue found
on Landon's clothing
was a false positive.
Hayes! We get it!
This unit challenges the establishment,
defends the indefensible,
and gives the finger to public opinion.
And at the head,
defying all expectations...
Hayes Morrison.
But innocent or guilty,
Rodney Landon needs to stay in prison.
That's not our decision to make.
Let's get back to work.
No. No. Sam's right.
I'm done.
I mean, we have to have
some kind of priority,
and this bigot ain't gonna be mine.
- You sure about that?
- Yeah, I am.
Okay, you're fired.
Frankie, no! You can't.
This is a good job,
one that's not easy for someone
with your record to get.
Don't throw it away just because...
because your boss is being a bitch.
Well, Frankie, the bitch is asking...
in or out?
In.
Nice work.
_
I'm sorry. Jackson had this thing
tonight, and I had to speak to someone.
You provoke your team to mutiny
and then come to me
when no one else is available.
Old Hayes Morrison in full effect.
What if the team's right?
We don't put people in prison
because they're dangerous.
We put them there
because they're guilty.
I could drop Landon's case,
move on to the next one.
Could, but you're not going to.
If you prove Landon
didn't bomb the mosque,
you'll get him released,
and then I'll tell CTU to put
him under 24-hour surveillance.
They couldn't keep that up forever.
He's smart. He'll bide his time.
We're lawyers, Hayes, not superheroes.
Or provocateurs.
The biggest fight I ever had with my mom
was the day I bought a motorcycle.
I was 24, living on my own.
She still made me sell it.
She was right.
Enough with the motorcycle metaphors.
I get it.
I liked your mom. She was cool.
She hated you.
[Both laugh]
My mom hates you, too.
Oh, if she did,
you'd probably like me more.
I should go. Big day tomorrow.
Riding my convictions full speed
into a wall.
Don't forget your dad. He loves me, too.
My dad loves everybody,
and everybody loves my dad,
especially the cute, young...
What?
I got to go.
Frankie re-checked
the explosives residue test
on Landon's clothes.
The positive residue test
could've been caused
by the nitrogen-based fertilizer
from the dog park near his house.
That's the only thing left
connecting him.
I'm glad you didn't bail.
When I said to Imam Abdullah's
wife he was in heaven, Jannah,
she said nothing.
Maybe we've all been thinking
too much like Landon...
only thinking of Abdullah
as a Muslim, not as a man.
But he was a man.
A warm, friendly, popular man
known to closely mentor and nurture
the women he worked with,
just like my dad.
The first time I found out
my dad cheated on my mom,
I walked in.
There was broken glass everywhere.
I thought we'd been robbed.
It seemed impossible until I realized
every frame that had
my father's picture in it
was shattered on the floor.
What does that have to do with
finding the imam's wife
on the security videos?
Yeah, we already know
she visited the mosque almost every day.
It's not just about the mosque.
It's what I noticed
when I visited her home.
[Knock on door]
[Police radio chatter]
The imam's wife
has pictures of her children
everywhere in her house,
but not a single one of her husband.
Maybe, like my mom,
Kadisha couldn't stand
looking at his face anymore.
She visited the mosque 23 times
in the month prior to the bombing.
And how many of those times
did she carry a bag big enough
to hold a three-ring binder?
[Beeping]
Only once.
And what day was that?
September 11, 2011.
The day of the bombing.
We need to find that bag.
Yes, we do.
Let's start at Kadisha's house.
♪
This wasn't a hate crime.
It was a love crime.
And now we have to prove it.
_
Maxine: You can tell she carried
a bomb in that bag?
The C-4 explosive was in a binder.
It probably didn't even make
direct contact.
Probably why she didn't bother
getting rid of it.
Even in solid form, C-4 molecules
still disperse into the air.
That's why dogs can smell it.
It can't be washed away.
It sticks to stuff on a molecular level.
[Beeping]
She carried the bomb in here.
Landon's innocent. Kadisha's guilty.
We got to let him out.
CTU will be on him 24/7.
I hope that's enough.
Of course.
Landon: The imam's wife?
She discovered her husband
was having several affairs.
Did some research, found your blog,
followed your instructions
the best that she could.
She wasn't trying to frame you.
I think she felt guilty
that an innocent man
was paying for her crime.
Did she know the others would be there?
No. He usually ate lunch alone
in the office.
Damn.
You're not a soldier anymore.
You're right.
But this war isn't just between armies.
Killing innocent people
isn't the answer.
Actually, it is.
Our enemy understands this.
It's time we realize it, too.
That sounds like a threat.
Just an observation.
But thanks for the reminder.
I'll be much more careful
about what I say or write in the future.
[Buzzer]
[Door opens]
[Handcuffs click]
[Buzzer]
[Indistinct conversations]
[Knock on window]
Yeah? May I help you with something?
[Shackles rattling]
[Buzzer]
So, about yesterday...
Thanks.
Sure.
I just got a call from Sing Sing.
Rodney Landon
assaulted another prisoner.
Really?
A rumor started
that Landon was getting out
for snitching on other inmates.
A skinhead attacked him.
Landon stabbed the guy with a shiv.
He committed a felony
on camera this time.
He isn't getting out of prison
any time soon.
Bad guy stays off the street.
Sounds like a win to me.
I wonder how that rumor started.
Not a clue.
♪
[Knock on door]
Thank you for the other night.
Turns out you didn't need my help.
Do I want to know how that happened,
catching the actual murderer
without setting free
the would-be mass murderer?
No.
Come on in. Have a drink with me.
[Chuckles] No. Thanks.
♪ I hate when you go ♪
You were right.
I shouldn't have taken the case.
I don't know why
I do things like that, but I do.
And I hurt people.
♪ I was fine all alone ♪
And I'm sorry about a lot of things.
♪ Before you appeared ♪
Including Chicago.
♪ But the second you come back ♪
♪ Got me talking fast, making me weak ♪
Thank you.
♪ Throwing everything off track ♪
♪ Oh, you're trouble ♪
The new Hayes Morrison.
♪ I'm in too deep ♪
I'm still pretty fond of the old one.
♪
[Text alert beeps]
Ignore it.
[Text alert beeps]
[Cellphone buzzing]
[Text alert beeps, cellphone ringing]
To be continued.
Turn on the TV.
Now.
It's a breaking scandal.
You'll see in the
security-camera footage
former First Daughter Hayes Morrison
conferring with her longtime friend
District Attorney Conner Wallace.
Inside sources have told me
that Wallace let Morrison off the hook
after she was picked up
with cocaine in her purse.
Rather than charging the former
First Daughter with possession,
Wallace rewarded her
with a sweetheart deal to run the CIU.
♪ It's serious ♪