Chicago P.D. (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 7 - They'll Have to Go Through Me - full transcript
The Chicago Intelligence Unit continues working with Special Victims Unit to take down a child pornography ring.
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- Ross mccadden.
Six years on the job.
- He was my homeroom instructor
at the academy.
We were really good friends.
I just talked to him.
Somebody tell jenny?
Has his wife been notified,
or...
- Yeah.
Street deputy
and peer support team
Went to their house.
- Lewellen?
- Uh, yeah.
- Sorry, man.
- Fire alarm was pulled
right around the time of death.
Security guard walked up
Right when a guy
wearing a hoodie and a ball cap
Was walking away.
- What condition
was lewellen in?
Was he out of the coma?
- Yeah, he was responsive,
Talking to doctors.
- Where's the security room?
- I'll take you to it.
- He never saw it coming.
- Horrible.
Just...
Horrible.
- Can you freeze that image?
Ah, that's the only angle
you got?
- Yeah, that's it.
- All right, print that out.
- Not a lot to go on.
Sorry.
- We've started with less.
[door opens]
- Hey.
Voight's in the air
on his way back from new york,
Wants everybody
to meet at the district,
Two hours.
.
- All right, you all remember
detective rollins,
New york special victims.
This is detective amaro.
They have full
jurisdictional powers here.
And together...
We're gonna end this.
All right, this pedophile ring,
They're desperate,
well-connected,
And clearly they'll do anything
to avoid being exposed.
We found the body in new york,
But the head of the snake
is here in chicago.
- Okay, so, bob clinton,
He is our middleman
from new york.
Now, ncmec tells us
that he was getting victims
From a youth center
in times square.
Now, a lot of the kids
were actually funneled
To new york
from here in chicago,
And according to our talks
with clinton,
There is a higher-up,
a true shot-caller.
- Now, clinton was
gonna give us a name,
But he didn't make it
24 hours in jail.
Was shanked in the showers.
- We like lewellen...
For financing this whole thing.
Antonio, where we at
with the shooter?
- Well, due to the poor quality
of the video,
There's no match in
the face recognition database.
Best we got is male, white,
around 5'9", dark hair,
170 pounds, give or take.
- So, patrol, you turn over
every stone you can
To get an i.D. On this guy.
- You got it, sergeant.
- Ruzek, lewellen himself,
where we at with that?
- Got to all his main accounts.
Nothing stood out
except for payments
To a oakbrook senior community,
western suburbs.
Comes in at, like, $5k a month.
- And that's relevant how?
- Lewellen has
no living relatives.
- All right, ruzek and amaro,
Go check out this home.
- Some black badge covers
In honor of officer mccadden.
Ross was a husband
and a father
And one of my patrolmen.
- Thank you.
- I assigned him
To that hospital
protection detail.
He was supposed to be
off the clock,
But he needed the overtime
for his daughter's tuition.
So when you find
the animal that killed him,
And for whatever reason that
animal doesn't come back alive,
You call me.
I'll dig the ditch.
- All right.
Let's hit it.
Lindsay...
You heard from teddy?
- No.
The airline confirmed
he boarded the flight,
So he should have been here
hours ago.
- Look, we need him.
He may be the only guy out there
Who can identify
whoever's behind all this.
- Hank, trust me, i know.
I'm on it.
- Hi.
I heard about
the police officer.
I'm so sorry.
- Yeah, thanks.
Listen, i need to find teddy.
Do you know where he is?
- Teddy?
I haven't seen teddy in years.
Why are you asking?
- Because i think
he's in trouble.
- What makes you think
teddy's back?
- Because i bought him a ticket
and asked him to come.
He's been helping
with a case i'm working on.
I think he's scared.
- What's he into?
- It's bad.
You need to find him.
- I know i should have
looked after him better.
I know that--
- do not 12-step me, mom.
Not now.
Just find teddy for me, please.
- Okay.
[keyboard clacking]
[door shuts]
[knocking]
- Hey.
- Hey, what's up, office?
- Can you do me a favor?
So roman and i have been
over and over mug shots.
I mean, this angle makes it
tough to i.D. The shooter.
Can you...
Can you pull up just his face?
Roman thinks there might be
something weird with his ear.
- Yeah, no doubt.
[keys clacking]
Yeah, roman's right.
His ear is jacked up.
- Yeah, what is that?
- Cauliflower ear;
fighters get it.
- I never heard of it.
Okay, okay.
So maybe roman and i,
we check out some gyms,
See if anybody knows this guy.
- You do your thing.
- Okay.
- Hi.
- Visiting a family member
today?
- No, chicago p.D.
We need to speak with somebody
Who can look into billing
for us, please.
- I can do that.
What's the resident's name?
- Well, that's the problem.
We only know
who's footing the bill.
- Well, i don't know
if i can help you.
I mean, if you don't
have a resident's name...
- You being serious right now?
- Nancy...
Nancy.
¿de donde tu eres?
- Cubana.
- Cubana?
- Uh-huh.
- No me diga, chica.
- ¿de donde tu eres?
- Cubano puro.
- [laughs]
- [speaks spanish]
- [giggles]
- That's dorothy over there.
- Gracias, nancy.
Muy amable.
- Anytime.
- My ma told me
to take spanish in high school
'cause i'd use it more
down the road.
You should have seen
the french teacher,
Madame lafleur,
you know what i'm saying?
- I know what you're saying.
- Ms. Hughes, hi.
I'm officer ruzek.
This is detective amaro.
We're wondering
what your relationship is
With andrew lewellen.
- Oh, i'm sorry;
i don't know who that is.
- Ma'am...
He pays for you to live here.
- I know i'm old,
But my brain's
not that addled yet.
My daughter pays
my service fee here.
- Ms. Hughes, what's her name?
- Matilda.
Matilda hughes.
[touch tones beeping]
- Yeah, nadia?
I need you to look
into something for me.
- Sergeant?
- Yeah.
- Matilda hughes is an employee
For the department
of children and family services.
I spoke with her boss.
She's not at the office,
And she's not
answering her cell.
This is her home address.
- Beautiful.
- On it.
- No pets.
Always pays the rent on time.
Nice lady.
- When's the last time
you saw her?
- Maybe three days ago.
Maybe she's just out of town.
- Let's find out.
- Stay here.
- Matilda hughes!
Chicago police!
Clear.
.
- So?
- Couldn't find
any other evidence
Linking her to andrew lewellen.
Her computer and cell
are missing.
- How long was she working
at dcfs?
- 15 years.
- And how long was lewellen
Paying for her mom
at the home?
- Almost as long.
- So she was funneling kids
to new york through dcfs.
- I think that's the theory
to beat right now, yeah.
- She's not the shot-caller,
though.
Lindsay's brother teddy
Said it was a white male
that was in charge.
- This is gonna end bad,
i just know it.
- I'm getting everyone else
over to her office
At child services.
We need to turn this place
inside-out.
- I can't believe this.
- Well, it gets worse.
- What's worse
than getting murdered?
- We have reason to believe
she may have ties
To a pedophilia ring.
- This is a joke.
This is a sick joke
someone's trying to play on me.
- Did she ever mention a guy
named andrew lewellen?
- No.
- Anybody else have access
to the files
Besides dcfs employees?
- No, not legally.
- This guy ring any bells?
- No.
- We're gonna need
the personnel files
Of all the employees
in the building.
- Of course.
- Was matilda seeing anyone?
- Yes, gary miller.
He'd breeze
in and out of her life.
I think there was some...
Abuse there.
She didn't talk about it,
but...
She'd always let him back in.
- Mr. Van camp, we're gonna need
access to matilda's office now.
- I still can't believe this.
- Come on, let's go!
Work it.
- Aw, this one smells
worse than the last.
- I got some vapo-rub
in the squad car if you want it.
- Yeah, thanks.
Let's just get this over with.
- Move over, come on, move.
- Hey, hey, excuse me.
- Yeah.
- Are you the owner here?
- Yeah, i'm one of them, why?
- You recognize this guy?
- No. What did he do?
- He killed two people.
- Whoa, i don't know
nothing about that.
- Anybody else here we can ask?
- No, but there was one
of those mma tournaments
At that avondale club.
A lot of fighters were there.
- All right, thank you.
- Yeah.
Come on, guys, pick it up.
- How do you guys do it
in special victims,
Working cases like this
all the time?
- It's...
- Well, there's an old saying...
Carve your successes
in stone;
Write your failures
in the sand.
Just try and think
of the ones you saved.
- I'll remember that one.
- Oh, my god.
Guys, my brother was in
foster care with this family.
- You didn't know teddy
was in the system?
- Uh, no, my--
My mom checked out on us
for a couple years,
And teddy and i lost touch.
I thought he was living
with his dad.
- Okay, so jill and sam whiting,
they live in irving park.
- And it says that he was
with them for two months,
Right before he went
to new york.
- Do they have
any current foster kids?
- Yeah.
Amy kleinpass, 9...
And chris sepka, 13.
- Let's go pay the whitings
a visit.
You hear from teddy?
- Uh, not yet.
- Okay.
- He's not a player
In the pedophile ring.
He's a victim; that's all.
- I didn't say he was a player.
[knocking]
- You're right; you didn't.
I'm sorry.
I'm just trying
to keep my head on straight.
- It's okay.
Lean on me,
Or lean on your team.
[cell phone ringing]
Rollins.
- Can i help you?
- Sam whiting?
- That's right.
- Chris sepka and amy kleinpass,
Are they your foster children?
- Yes.
- Are they home?
- No, they're out.
- Okay, we'd like
to come in and talk to you.
- Um, let me just
put the dog out first.
- Mm.
- Yeah, okay, copy that.
That was...
That was ruzek.
Jill whiting...
She died nine years ago.
- If his wife's dead,
Why does dcfs still have her
listed as a foster parent?
Sam?
Sam?
Gun.
Sam?
- [mutters]
i'm sick.
- Put the gun down.
- I hate that i was
made this way.
- Put the gun down.
- I...Tried.
But...
- Hey, sam...
You can make this better.
- I'm sorry.
- You hear me?
You can tell us
where chris and amy are.
- I'm sick.
- Sam, she's right.
It's gonna be okay.
Sam, i'm gonna come
over to you.
I need you to give me
the gun.
Give me the gun, sam.
No!
[gunshot]
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- All right, dcfs employee
funnels kids to foster parent,
Who, with the financial help
of lewellen,
Funnels kids to new york,
Where this guy photographs
and organizes the abuse.
Now, is this hired muscle?
The man in charge?
- Well, we're still looking for
amy kleinpass and chris sepka,
Believed to be abducted.
- These are all the people
that are in matilda's office.
Already interviewed
about half of them,
But none of them had a clue
what she was up to.
- What about the guy
matilda was seeing?
Gary miller.
- No, i got her phone records.
There's no calls
to a gary miller.
I checked her cloud.
There's nothing there either.
- What's up, gents?
Hey, you ever seen this guy?
- Nah, don't know him.
Vic, check this out.
You know this dude?
- You ever seen this guy?
- Uh, nope.
- I think you have.
- What are you,
some type of mind-reader
Or something?
- Are you a saint?
You better be,
'cause if you got anything shady
in your past, vic,
I'm gonna find that out
with one phone call,
And then i'm gonna
shove it down your throat.
You, take a walk.
I said take a walk!
I want a name.
- Look, man...
I'm just minding
my own business, all right?
- I'm about to get pissed off
here in two seconds.
Now give me a name!
- All right, got it.
Here we go.
That was burgess.
She and roman i.D.'d
the shooter from the hospital.
Target's name
is todd ledbetter.
Ran his sheet; he's got
a boat-load of violent priors.
There's an active warrant
for his arrest
On a violation of registration
as a sex offender.
Witness says he dropped off
some hgh to ledbetter
On the corner
of west huron and leavitt
And saw him walk into a house
half a block up.
- Let's gear up.
[thud]
[man grunts]
- On the roof!
- Squad, this is george 5021.
We're chasing an offender
Through the 300 block
of leavitt.
He's running west
along the roofs.
[tires screech]
Go, go, split up!
[dogs barking]
- [grunts]
[grunting]
uh...Uhh...
Aah!
- Breach the house.
- Chicago p.D.!
- It's clear.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
- Chicago p.D.!
Anybody in there?
Child: Help!
- Hit it!
[clang]
- Amy?
Okay, darling...
Listen, you're gonna
be all right, okay?
It's okay.
- Get a box cutter.
Hey, we're gonna get these
off you, okay?
We're the police; you're okay.
Chris sepka, is he here?
- They took him yesterday.
- Who's they?
- The guy that lives here,
the big guy.
You've got to get him.
He's really mean.
- We got him, okay?
- Just hold still for me, okay?
- Easy, honey.
[snip]
there we go.
All right, let me see.
You okay?
It's okay.
Oh--
It's okay; you're safe.
It's okay.
You're okay.
Here you go.
I'm not putting her
in the system tonight.
I'm not doing it.
Not till we find someone
we can trust.
She's coming home with me.
- Lindsay, we can't.
- Hank, figure it out.
Please.
- Hey.
- Hi.
Did you get him?
- We did.
Listen, trudy...
There's a little girl.
She's a witness.
I need to keep her
in protective custody.
I'll get you the paperwork
in a little bit.
- [sighs]
Okay.
Commander fischer
wants to see you.
- [sighs]
All right, give me a couple
minutes and send him up.
- He's waiting in your office.
- We're close, commander.
- I understand that.
- There's still
someone out there,
Someone in power,
someone connected.
This cop killer we popped today
was just a messenger boy.
- This isn't punitive, hank.
I just want fresh eyes
on the case.
- "fresh eyes"--i don't even
know what that means.
- A detective who works for you
Has a brother
involved in this case?
- He's a half brother,
and he's the victim.
- And why did i have to hear
about that from someone else?
- Well, i don't know.
I guess i've been
a little busy, commander.
- You've got one more day
on the case--that's it.
Then it goes to major crimes.
- That's fine.
I'll be happy to share this
with major crimes.
- The case will be handed over
to major crimes
In its entirety.
- Where are you gonna sleep?
- In my room, right in there.
I can sleep out here
if you want.
I'll just put
a blanket on the floor.
- Okay.
- Done.
- Can we leave some lights on
when we go to sleep?
- Absolutely.
Listen, uh...
When i was your age,
I went through
some pretty difficult stuff,
And my parents
weren't around either.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
But then, i met a cop.
And he helped me.
And now...
Everything's all right,
And all that stuff is behind me.
I'm here for you now.
Hey, it's okay.
It's all right.
All that stuff's behind you now.
I promise.
- Hey, sarge?
- Yeah.
- Olivia benson's on the phone.
- Thanks.
Close the door.
- Yeah. Okay.
- [clears throat]
Olivia.
- Hey.
So, what's the latest
with the case?
I hear all the rats
are leaving the ship.
- Yeah, and i'm running
out of rats.
Still haven't found the guy
behind all this.
Feel like i'm pedaling
backwards right now.
- So what do you need from me?
- Your help.
- I'll be on the next plane out.
- Okay.
- [exhales]
.
- Hey, mom.
- Hi, sweetheart.
- Hey, teddy.
- Hey.
Look at us.
Family's all
back together again.
We should take a photo, right?
For the holiday card?
- Easy.
T, i need some more help.
- I already told you
everything i know.
- The whitings?
You remember them?
- Yeah.
Child services parked me
with them for a few months
Back when i was 13.
- Well, they were involved.
The dad was.
He was sending kids to new york.
- I don't want to deal
with this anymore, erin.
- I know.
We are close to cracking this.
- Honey.
- I don't need
to hear it from you.
You don't get to drop down
out of the sky
And be my mom again.
- Okay.
- Teddy...
Hey.
Hey...
It's not your fault.
None of what happened to you
is your fault.
- You'd be surprised
how long it takes
To convince yourself of that.
- We have more suspects.
- Yeah, and i heard.
They either got whacked
or they blew their brains out.
They can't be stopped, erin.
They've been doing this
for 15 years
And getting away with it,
Putting kids like me
through the meat grinder.
I can't help you.
- You can.
And i know you want to.
- And what makes you so sure?
- You got on that plane.
- Excuse me.
I'm from svu new york.
I'm wondering where i might find
hank voight.
- You'll have to go through
sergeant platt right there.
- Oh, great, thank you.
- Hey.
Platt hates visiting police.
This could go south real quick.
- Hi.
I'm olivia benson
From svu new york.
I, uh...
I heard about your
fallen patrolman, i...
I'm so very sorry.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
Uh...
Here.
- Thank you.
- Sure.
I'm here to meet
with hank voight, please.
- Okay.
This way.
Listen.
If you need anything,
you let me know, okay?
- Thank you.
Take care of yourself.
- Welcome to chicago, sergeant.
- Thank you, detective.
Good to see you.
- Yeah, you too.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- Heard great things about you.
- About you as well.
Hey.
So...
That must be amy.
- Yeah.
- Who owned the house
that she was found in?
- An old-timer in st. Louis.
Turns out andrew lewellen,
from the hospital,
He was paying rent in cash
once a year
For the last five years.
No telling how many more
stash houses
Could be in the city.
- Okay, she give you
anything else?
- No, in terms of what she
went through in that house,
She didn't say,
and we haven't asked...Yet.
- Anything from the missing boy?
- Well, we're working on it.
- [sighs]
Hey.
- Hey.
I'm glad you're here.
- I wish it was
under different circumstances.
- That's the life we chose,
i guess.
- That is correct.
- They're taking the case
away from me.
- When?
- End of shift.
- Well, i wish you
would have told me that
Before you made me fly
all the way out here.
- And miss
that smiling face?
- We could have skyped.
- We're close to solving this.
I know it.
- When are you expecting
the forensic results?
- I already got them.
- That was fast.
- Yeah, i know a guy.
- So do you have anything
Connecting
all three crime scenes?
- Just ledbetter.
He's no longer with us.
- [sighs]
Okay.
Then we start from the start.
- This is it.
Hey, guys.
- Hey.
- This is teddy.
I'm gonna catch my boss
up to speed, all right?
You can take my desk.
- How's it going, teddy?
- Oh, you know...
Oh, my god.
- What?
- That's him.
That's the guy who's in charge.
- Mr. Von camp...
Get on your feet.
You're under arrest.
- For what?
- Get on your damn feet.
- Yeah.
- I've got nothing
to say to you.
- Not yet, anyway.
Where's the boy?
- What boy?
- Chris sepka.
Where is he?
- I don't know
what you're talking about.
Ah!
- Hank.
- Why don't you head
back upstairs?
- I need to talk to you.
- Look, i am glad
you made the trip,
But i'm gonna have
to cut it short.
- You can't put your hands
on that guy.
- As far as you know,
i never did.
- Let me explain
something to you.
If this was
a chicago-only case...
This is your city,
you do what you want.
- Listen--
- no, i'm not done yet.
I have cases in new york
that i want to close.
I have perps
that i want to put away.
There is peace of mind that
i want to bring to families.
Okay, you go off on him,
and it gets out,
Then my cases
go down the toilet.
I'm asking you,
do not do that to me.
- What about chris sepka's
peace of mind?
That little boy
is out there right now.
He doesn't have a lot of time.
- Five minutes.
I'm asking you for five minutes.
.
- Five minutes.
- I'm a sergeant
from new york,
And i've dealt
with some of the victims
That you helped
funnel over there.
- I don't know
what you're talking about--
- Just listen to me.
You heard the man;
we don't have a lot of time.
I'm not an expert
on many things,
But when it comes
to these kinds of crimes,
Unfortunately i am.
And, uh...
There's one thing
that i can tell you
With absolute certainty.
When it comes to kids,
Offenders who kept
their mouth shut
Or had their lawyers handle it,
I would see them years later
in prison...
And they were zombies,
Eaten alive
from the inside out,
Because--
Because they had a chance
to do something right,
Even after
all the bad they did.
But they looked the other way,
and when they did,
They just snuffed out
their own lives in the process.
I know deep down there's
still a human being in there.
And i need you to access it.
I need you to fight for it.
I need you to bring it
up to the surface,
Because,
as crazy as this sounds,
You still have a life to live.
You've got, what,
another 30, 40 years maybe?
I'm telling you, the ones
who did the right thing...
As hard as it was
to admit their involvement...
They still sleep at night
in prison.
They still feel the sun
on their face.
You have that chance right now.
Tell me where chris sepka is.
[sweeping orchestration]
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dramatic music]
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[phone buzzing]
- Mccadden's wife and kid
are here.
- Hey.
- Attention!
Present...
Arms!
Order...
Arms!
- Teddy's gonna stay
with johnny and me for a while.
- Good.
I can't thank you enough.
I'm really glad you're home.
- I didn't think
they'd ever be caught.
And on top of all the shame...
It's the hopelessness
Of thinking that they'd
keep doing it over and--
[exhales]
I just really can't believe
this day is here.
- I'm sorry
i wasn't there for you.
- All of us, we...
We went where the wind took us,
you know?
- Yeah.
Uh...
I got to take care
of something upstairs.
So i'll call you tomorrow.
Okay.
- That's good.
Nice.
- Hey, ladies.
- Hey.
All right, girl.
Let's see it.
Been working
on a secret handshake.
- Show me.
- Okay, ready?
[laughs]
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
- You guys having fun?
Okay.
So here's the news.
I spoke to clara.
And i know her;
i've worked with her before.
Totally trust her.
And the amazing thing is,
she found a family
That wants to take both you
and chris into their home.
Their names are
mike and julie sturdivant,
And i spoke to them
on the phone,
And they are so excited
to meet you.
But guess what.
Tonight,
i'm coming over for dinner.
- You are?
- Of course.
Are you crazy?
I want to meet everybody,
And i want to see your room.
It's okay.
- I wish i could have seen
more of your city.
- It's--
It's beautiful.
Even when it isn't.
[bottles clink]
- Ross mccadden.
Six years on the job.
- He was my homeroom instructor
at the academy.
We were really good friends.
I just talked to him.
Somebody tell jenny?
Has his wife been notified,
or...
- Yeah.
Street deputy
and peer support team
Went to their house.
- Lewellen?
- Uh, yeah.
- Sorry, man.
- Fire alarm was pulled
right around the time of death.
Security guard walked up
Right when a guy
wearing a hoodie and a ball cap
Was walking away.
- What condition
was lewellen in?
Was he out of the coma?
- Yeah, he was responsive,
Talking to doctors.
- Where's the security room?
- I'll take you to it.
- He never saw it coming.
- Horrible.
Just...
Horrible.
- Can you freeze that image?
Ah, that's the only angle
you got?
- Yeah, that's it.
- All right, print that out.
- Not a lot to go on.
Sorry.
- We've started with less.
[door opens]
- Hey.
Voight's in the air
on his way back from new york,
Wants everybody
to meet at the district,
Two hours.
.
- All right, you all remember
detective rollins,
New york special victims.
This is detective amaro.
They have full
jurisdictional powers here.
And together...
We're gonna end this.
All right, this pedophile ring,
They're desperate,
well-connected,
And clearly they'll do anything
to avoid being exposed.
We found the body in new york,
But the head of the snake
is here in chicago.
- Okay, so, bob clinton,
He is our middleman
from new york.
Now, ncmec tells us
that he was getting victims
From a youth center
in times square.
Now, a lot of the kids
were actually funneled
To new york
from here in chicago,
And according to our talks
with clinton,
There is a higher-up,
a true shot-caller.
- Now, clinton was
gonna give us a name,
But he didn't make it
24 hours in jail.
Was shanked in the showers.
- We like lewellen...
For financing this whole thing.
Antonio, where we at
with the shooter?
- Well, due to the poor quality
of the video,
There's no match in
the face recognition database.
Best we got is male, white,
around 5'9", dark hair,
170 pounds, give or take.
- So, patrol, you turn over
every stone you can
To get an i.D. On this guy.
- You got it, sergeant.
- Ruzek, lewellen himself,
where we at with that?
- Got to all his main accounts.
Nothing stood out
except for payments
To a oakbrook senior community,
western suburbs.
Comes in at, like, $5k a month.
- And that's relevant how?
- Lewellen has
no living relatives.
- All right, ruzek and amaro,
Go check out this home.
- Some black badge covers
In honor of officer mccadden.
Ross was a husband
and a father
And one of my patrolmen.
- Thank you.
- I assigned him
To that hospital
protection detail.
He was supposed to be
off the clock,
But he needed the overtime
for his daughter's tuition.
So when you find
the animal that killed him,
And for whatever reason that
animal doesn't come back alive,
You call me.
I'll dig the ditch.
- All right.
Let's hit it.
Lindsay...
You heard from teddy?
- No.
The airline confirmed
he boarded the flight,
So he should have been here
hours ago.
- Look, we need him.
He may be the only guy out there
Who can identify
whoever's behind all this.
- Hank, trust me, i know.
I'm on it.
- Hi.
I heard about
the police officer.
I'm so sorry.
- Yeah, thanks.
Listen, i need to find teddy.
Do you know where he is?
- Teddy?
I haven't seen teddy in years.
Why are you asking?
- Because i think
he's in trouble.
- What makes you think
teddy's back?
- Because i bought him a ticket
and asked him to come.
He's been helping
with a case i'm working on.
I think he's scared.
- What's he into?
- It's bad.
You need to find him.
- I know i should have
looked after him better.
I know that--
- do not 12-step me, mom.
Not now.
Just find teddy for me, please.
- Okay.
[keyboard clacking]
[door shuts]
[knocking]
- Hey.
- Hey, what's up, office?
- Can you do me a favor?
So roman and i have been
over and over mug shots.
I mean, this angle makes it
tough to i.D. The shooter.
Can you...
Can you pull up just his face?
Roman thinks there might be
something weird with his ear.
- Yeah, no doubt.
[keys clacking]
Yeah, roman's right.
His ear is jacked up.
- Yeah, what is that?
- Cauliflower ear;
fighters get it.
- I never heard of it.
Okay, okay.
So maybe roman and i,
we check out some gyms,
See if anybody knows this guy.
- You do your thing.
- Okay.
- Hi.
- Visiting a family member
today?
- No, chicago p.D.
We need to speak with somebody
Who can look into billing
for us, please.
- I can do that.
What's the resident's name?
- Well, that's the problem.
We only know
who's footing the bill.
- Well, i don't know
if i can help you.
I mean, if you don't
have a resident's name...
- You being serious right now?
- Nancy...
Nancy.
¿de donde tu eres?
- Cubana.
- Cubana?
- Uh-huh.
- No me diga, chica.
- ¿de donde tu eres?
- Cubano puro.
- [laughs]
- [speaks spanish]
- [giggles]
- That's dorothy over there.
- Gracias, nancy.
Muy amable.
- Anytime.
- My ma told me
to take spanish in high school
'cause i'd use it more
down the road.
You should have seen
the french teacher,
Madame lafleur,
you know what i'm saying?
- I know what you're saying.
- Ms. Hughes, hi.
I'm officer ruzek.
This is detective amaro.
We're wondering
what your relationship is
With andrew lewellen.
- Oh, i'm sorry;
i don't know who that is.
- Ma'am...
He pays for you to live here.
- I know i'm old,
But my brain's
not that addled yet.
My daughter pays
my service fee here.
- Ms. Hughes, what's her name?
- Matilda.
Matilda hughes.
[touch tones beeping]
- Yeah, nadia?
I need you to look
into something for me.
- Sergeant?
- Yeah.
- Matilda hughes is an employee
For the department
of children and family services.
I spoke with her boss.
She's not at the office,
And she's not
answering her cell.
This is her home address.
- Beautiful.
- On it.
- No pets.
Always pays the rent on time.
Nice lady.
- When's the last time
you saw her?
- Maybe three days ago.
Maybe she's just out of town.
- Let's find out.
- Stay here.
- Matilda hughes!
Chicago police!
Clear.
.
- So?
- Couldn't find
any other evidence
Linking her to andrew lewellen.
Her computer and cell
are missing.
- How long was she working
at dcfs?
- 15 years.
- And how long was lewellen
Paying for her mom
at the home?
- Almost as long.
- So she was funneling kids
to new york through dcfs.
- I think that's the theory
to beat right now, yeah.
- She's not the shot-caller,
though.
Lindsay's brother teddy
Said it was a white male
that was in charge.
- This is gonna end bad,
i just know it.
- I'm getting everyone else
over to her office
At child services.
We need to turn this place
inside-out.
- I can't believe this.
- Well, it gets worse.
- What's worse
than getting murdered?
- We have reason to believe
she may have ties
To a pedophilia ring.
- This is a joke.
This is a sick joke
someone's trying to play on me.
- Did she ever mention a guy
named andrew lewellen?
- No.
- Anybody else have access
to the files
Besides dcfs employees?
- No, not legally.
- This guy ring any bells?
- No.
- We're gonna need
the personnel files
Of all the employees
in the building.
- Of course.
- Was matilda seeing anyone?
- Yes, gary miller.
He'd breeze
in and out of her life.
I think there was some...
Abuse there.
She didn't talk about it,
but...
She'd always let him back in.
- Mr. Van camp, we're gonna need
access to matilda's office now.
- I still can't believe this.
- Come on, let's go!
Work it.
- Aw, this one smells
worse than the last.
- I got some vapo-rub
in the squad car if you want it.
- Yeah, thanks.
Let's just get this over with.
- Move over, come on, move.
- Hey, hey, excuse me.
- Yeah.
- Are you the owner here?
- Yeah, i'm one of them, why?
- You recognize this guy?
- No. What did he do?
- He killed two people.
- Whoa, i don't know
nothing about that.
- Anybody else here we can ask?
- No, but there was one
of those mma tournaments
At that avondale club.
A lot of fighters were there.
- All right, thank you.
- Yeah.
Come on, guys, pick it up.
- How do you guys do it
in special victims,
Working cases like this
all the time?
- It's...
- Well, there's an old saying...
Carve your successes
in stone;
Write your failures
in the sand.
Just try and think
of the ones you saved.
- I'll remember that one.
- Oh, my god.
Guys, my brother was in
foster care with this family.
- You didn't know teddy
was in the system?
- Uh, no, my--
My mom checked out on us
for a couple years,
And teddy and i lost touch.
I thought he was living
with his dad.
- Okay, so jill and sam whiting,
they live in irving park.
- And it says that he was
with them for two months,
Right before he went
to new york.
- Do they have
any current foster kids?
- Yeah.
Amy kleinpass, 9...
And chris sepka, 13.
- Let's go pay the whitings
a visit.
You hear from teddy?
- Uh, not yet.
- Okay.
- He's not a player
In the pedophile ring.
He's a victim; that's all.
- I didn't say he was a player.
[knocking]
- You're right; you didn't.
I'm sorry.
I'm just trying
to keep my head on straight.
- It's okay.
Lean on me,
Or lean on your team.
[cell phone ringing]
Rollins.
- Can i help you?
- Sam whiting?
- That's right.
- Chris sepka and amy kleinpass,
Are they your foster children?
- Yes.
- Are they home?
- No, they're out.
- Okay, we'd like
to come in and talk to you.
- Um, let me just
put the dog out first.
- Mm.
- Yeah, okay, copy that.
That was...
That was ruzek.
Jill whiting...
She died nine years ago.
- If his wife's dead,
Why does dcfs still have her
listed as a foster parent?
Sam?
Sam?
Gun.
Sam?
- [mutters]
i'm sick.
- Put the gun down.
- I hate that i was
made this way.
- Put the gun down.
- I...Tried.
But...
- Hey, sam...
You can make this better.
- I'm sorry.
- You hear me?
You can tell us
where chris and amy are.
- I'm sick.
- Sam, she's right.
It's gonna be okay.
Sam, i'm gonna come
over to you.
I need you to give me
the gun.
Give me the gun, sam.
No!
[gunshot]
.
- All right, dcfs employee
funnels kids to foster parent,
Who, with the financial help
of lewellen,
Funnels kids to new york,
Where this guy photographs
and organizes the abuse.
Now, is this hired muscle?
The man in charge?
- Well, we're still looking for
amy kleinpass and chris sepka,
Believed to be abducted.
- These are all the people
that are in matilda's office.
Already interviewed
about half of them,
But none of them had a clue
what she was up to.
- What about the guy
matilda was seeing?
Gary miller.
- No, i got her phone records.
There's no calls
to a gary miller.
I checked her cloud.
There's nothing there either.
- What's up, gents?
Hey, you ever seen this guy?
- Nah, don't know him.
Vic, check this out.
You know this dude?
- You ever seen this guy?
- Uh, nope.
- I think you have.
- What are you,
some type of mind-reader
Or something?
- Are you a saint?
You better be,
'cause if you got anything shady
in your past, vic,
I'm gonna find that out
with one phone call,
And then i'm gonna
shove it down your throat.
You, take a walk.
I said take a walk!
I want a name.
- Look, man...
I'm just minding
my own business, all right?
- I'm about to get pissed off
here in two seconds.
Now give me a name!
- All right, got it.
Here we go.
That was burgess.
She and roman i.D.'d
the shooter from the hospital.
Target's name
is todd ledbetter.
Ran his sheet; he's got
a boat-load of violent priors.
There's an active warrant
for his arrest
On a violation of registration
as a sex offender.
Witness says he dropped off
some hgh to ledbetter
On the corner
of west huron and leavitt
And saw him walk into a house
half a block up.
- Let's gear up.
[thud]
[man grunts]
- On the roof!
- Squad, this is george 5021.
We're chasing an offender
Through the 300 block
of leavitt.
He's running west
along the roofs.
[tires screech]
Go, go, split up!
[dogs barking]
- [grunts]
[grunting]
uh...Uhh...
Aah!
- Breach the house.
- Chicago p.D.!
- It's clear.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
- Chicago p.D.!
Anybody in there?
Child: Help!
- Hit it!
[clang]
- Amy?
Okay, darling...
Listen, you're gonna
be all right, okay?
It's okay.
- Get a box cutter.
Hey, we're gonna get these
off you, okay?
We're the police; you're okay.
Chris sepka, is he here?
- They took him yesterday.
- Who's they?
- The guy that lives here,
the big guy.
You've got to get him.
He's really mean.
- We got him, okay?
- Just hold still for me, okay?
- Easy, honey.
[snip]
there we go.
All right, let me see.
You okay?
It's okay.
Oh--
It's okay; you're safe.
It's okay.
You're okay.
Here you go.
I'm not putting her
in the system tonight.
I'm not doing it.
Not till we find someone
we can trust.
She's coming home with me.
- Lindsay, we can't.
- Hank, figure it out.
Please.
- Hey.
- Hi.
Did you get him?
- We did.
Listen, trudy...
There's a little girl.
She's a witness.
I need to keep her
in protective custody.
I'll get you the paperwork
in a little bit.
- [sighs]
Okay.
Commander fischer
wants to see you.
- [sighs]
All right, give me a couple
minutes and send him up.
- He's waiting in your office.
- We're close, commander.
- I understand that.
- There's still
someone out there,
Someone in power,
someone connected.
This cop killer we popped today
was just a messenger boy.
- This isn't punitive, hank.
I just want fresh eyes
on the case.
- "fresh eyes"--i don't even
know what that means.
- A detective who works for you
Has a brother
involved in this case?
- He's a half brother,
and he's the victim.
- And why did i have to hear
about that from someone else?
- Well, i don't know.
I guess i've been
a little busy, commander.
- You've got one more day
on the case--that's it.
Then it goes to major crimes.
- That's fine.
I'll be happy to share this
with major crimes.
- The case will be handed over
to major crimes
In its entirety.
- Where are you gonna sleep?
- In my room, right in there.
I can sleep out here
if you want.
I'll just put
a blanket on the floor.
- Okay.
- Done.
- Can we leave some lights on
when we go to sleep?
- Absolutely.
Listen, uh...
When i was your age,
I went through
some pretty difficult stuff,
And my parents
weren't around either.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
But then, i met a cop.
And he helped me.
And now...
Everything's all right,
And all that stuff is behind me.
I'm here for you now.
Hey, it's okay.
It's all right.
All that stuff's behind you now.
I promise.
- Hey, sarge?
- Yeah.
- Olivia benson's on the phone.
- Thanks.
Close the door.
- Yeah. Okay.
- [clears throat]
Olivia.
- Hey.
So, what's the latest
with the case?
I hear all the rats
are leaving the ship.
- Yeah, and i'm running
out of rats.
Still haven't found the guy
behind all this.
Feel like i'm pedaling
backwards right now.
- So what do you need from me?
- Your help.
- I'll be on the next plane out.
- Okay.
- [exhales]
.
- Hey, mom.
- Hi, sweetheart.
- Hey, teddy.
- Hey.
Look at us.
Family's all
back together again.
We should take a photo, right?
For the holiday card?
- Easy.
T, i need some more help.
- I already told you
everything i know.
- The whitings?
You remember them?
- Yeah.
Child services parked me
with them for a few months
Back when i was 13.
- Well, they were involved.
The dad was.
He was sending kids to new york.
- I don't want to deal
with this anymore, erin.
- I know.
We are close to cracking this.
- Honey.
- I don't need
to hear it from you.
You don't get to drop down
out of the sky
And be my mom again.
- Okay.
- Teddy...
Hey.
Hey...
It's not your fault.
None of what happened to you
is your fault.
- You'd be surprised
how long it takes
To convince yourself of that.
- We have more suspects.
- Yeah, and i heard.
They either got whacked
or they blew their brains out.
They can't be stopped, erin.
They've been doing this
for 15 years
And getting away with it,
Putting kids like me
through the meat grinder.
I can't help you.
- You can.
And i know you want to.
- And what makes you so sure?
- You got on that plane.
- Excuse me.
I'm from svu new york.
I'm wondering where i might find
hank voight.
- You'll have to go through
sergeant platt right there.
- Oh, great, thank you.
- Hey.
Platt hates visiting police.
This could go south real quick.
- Hi.
I'm olivia benson
From svu new york.
I, uh...
I heard about your
fallen patrolman, i...
I'm so very sorry.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
Uh...
Here.
- Thank you.
- Sure.
I'm here to meet
with hank voight, please.
- Okay.
This way.
Listen.
If you need anything,
you let me know, okay?
- Thank you.
Take care of yourself.
- Welcome to chicago, sergeant.
- Thank you, detective.
Good to see you.
- Yeah, you too.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- Heard great things about you.
- About you as well.
Hey.
So...
That must be amy.
- Yeah.
- Who owned the house
that she was found in?
- An old-timer in st. Louis.
Turns out andrew lewellen,
from the hospital,
He was paying rent in cash
once a year
For the last five years.
No telling how many more
stash houses
Could be in the city.
- Okay, she give you
anything else?
- No, in terms of what she
went through in that house,
She didn't say,
and we haven't asked...Yet.
- Anything from the missing boy?
- Well, we're working on it.
- [sighs]
Hey.
- Hey.
I'm glad you're here.
- I wish it was
under different circumstances.
- That's the life we chose,
i guess.
- That is correct.
- They're taking the case
away from me.
- When?
- End of shift.
- Well, i wish you
would have told me that
Before you made me fly
all the way out here.
- And miss
that smiling face?
- We could have skyped.
- We're close to solving this.
I know it.
- When are you expecting
the forensic results?
- I already got them.
- That was fast.
- Yeah, i know a guy.
- So do you have anything
Connecting
all three crime scenes?
- Just ledbetter.
He's no longer with us.
- [sighs]
Okay.
Then we start from the start.
- This is it.
Hey, guys.
- Hey.
- This is teddy.
I'm gonna catch my boss
up to speed, all right?
You can take my desk.
- How's it going, teddy?
- Oh, you know...
Oh, my god.
- What?
- That's him.
That's the guy who's in charge.
- Mr. Von camp...
Get on your feet.
You're under arrest.
- For what?
- Get on your damn feet.
- Yeah.
- I've got nothing
to say to you.
- Not yet, anyway.
Where's the boy?
- What boy?
- Chris sepka.
Where is he?
- I don't know
what you're talking about.
Ah!
- Hank.
- Why don't you head
back upstairs?
- I need to talk to you.
- Look, i am glad
you made the trip,
But i'm gonna have
to cut it short.
- You can't put your hands
on that guy.
- As far as you know,
i never did.
- Let me explain
something to you.
If this was
a chicago-only case...
This is your city,
you do what you want.
- Listen--
- no, i'm not done yet.
I have cases in new york
that i want to close.
I have perps
that i want to put away.
There is peace of mind that
i want to bring to families.
Okay, you go off on him,
and it gets out,
Then my cases
go down the toilet.
I'm asking you,
do not do that to me.
- What about chris sepka's
peace of mind?
That little boy
is out there right now.
He doesn't have a lot of time.
- Five minutes.
I'm asking you for five minutes.
.
- Five minutes.
- I'm a sergeant
from new york,
And i've dealt
with some of the victims
That you helped
funnel over there.
- I don't know
what you're talking about--
- Just listen to me.
You heard the man;
we don't have a lot of time.
I'm not an expert
on many things,
But when it comes
to these kinds of crimes,
Unfortunately i am.
And, uh...
There's one thing
that i can tell you
With absolute certainty.
When it comes to kids,
Offenders who kept
their mouth shut
Or had their lawyers handle it,
I would see them years later
in prison...
And they were zombies,
Eaten alive
from the inside out,
Because--
Because they had a chance
to do something right,
Even after
all the bad they did.
But they looked the other way,
and when they did,
They just snuffed out
their own lives in the process.
I know deep down there's
still a human being in there.
And i need you to access it.
I need you to fight for it.
I need you to bring it
up to the surface,
Because,
as crazy as this sounds,
You still have a life to live.
You've got, what,
another 30, 40 years maybe?
I'm telling you, the ones
who did the right thing...
As hard as it was
to admit their involvement...
They still sleep at night
in prison.
They still feel the sun
on their face.
You have that chance right now.
Tell me where chris sepka is.
[sweeping orchestration]
♪ ♪
[dialogue under
dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[phone buzzing]
- Mccadden's wife and kid
are here.
- Hey.
- Attention!
Present...
Arms!
Order...
Arms!
- Teddy's gonna stay
with johnny and me for a while.
- Good.
I can't thank you enough.
I'm really glad you're home.
- I didn't think
they'd ever be caught.
And on top of all the shame...
It's the hopelessness
Of thinking that they'd
keep doing it over and--
[exhales]
I just really can't believe
this day is here.
- I'm sorry
i wasn't there for you.
- All of us, we...
We went where the wind took us,
you know?
- Yeah.
Uh...
I got to take care
of something upstairs.
So i'll call you tomorrow.
Okay.
- That's good.
Nice.
- Hey, ladies.
- Hey.
All right, girl.
Let's see it.
Been working
on a secret handshake.
- Show me.
- Okay, ready?
[laughs]
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
- You guys having fun?
Okay.
So here's the news.
I spoke to clara.
And i know her;
i've worked with her before.
Totally trust her.
And the amazing thing is,
she found a family
That wants to take both you
and chris into their home.
Their names are
mike and julie sturdivant,
And i spoke to them
on the phone,
And they are so excited
to meet you.
But guess what.
Tonight,
i'm coming over for dinner.
- You are?
- Of course.
Are you crazy?
I want to meet everybody,
And i want to see your room.
It's okay.
- I wish i could have seen
more of your city.
- It's--
It's beautiful.
Even when it isn't.
[bottles clink]