East New York (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot - full transcript

Big day for you. Uh-huh.

You're the boss now, hmm?

Oh, I'm a boss.

I also have a boss.

I have lots of bosses. It's...

You be too busy to come see me.

No, I'll be working in
this neighborhood now.

You want to work in
this neighborhood?

I love this neighborhood.

Okay.

How much, please?



$2 adults, $1 children.

Where are they, Rastaman?
Where my money at?

First you hand over.
What's going on please?

Get out of my van, sucker.

I ain't handing over nothing.

Police! Put the gun
down. Drop it now.

You are police?

W-What's going on?
Stay in the van!

I'm a retired
cop. What can I do?

Stay with them and call 911.

Hold it right there.

Go inside.

Go inside and stay inside.

Someone let that
cat out just now?



He in here?

Suspect was
male, five-eight,

big frame,

black firearm,
looked like a Glock.

Van driver's on his
way to the hospital.

Other two who were
shot, both DOA.

I didn't have a clean shot
or I would've taken it.

No one'll make you
wrong for that.

Nice to meet you,
Detective Morales.

This is
Detective Killian.

Detective.

Nice to meet you.

What? Nothing.

You already got her
pegged, don't you?

What, you don't?

She comes from Anti-Crime,

she was in Narcotics
at the Five-Five,

plus she was awarded
the Combat Cross.

Yeah, none of that tells
you what it's gonna be like

working for her.

She'll always be
a diversity hire

as far as you're
concerned, right?

Did I say that? It's
what you're thinking.

You got no idea
what I'm thinking.

All right, Bentley,
your first crime scene.

Don't just look on the
ground for shell casings.

Look for projectiles.

Sometimes they go into tires.

That's why you want
to look for flats.

You got one more over there.

Check it out.

Those are the bosses.

The one on the right
is Chief Suarez.

He's the borough commander.

Our new boss... he's her boss.

Who are those guys? SANDEFORD:
Big shots from downtown.

Whenever there are
cameras, they show up.

What are we looking at, Chief?

Got an attempted carjacking.

Driver of a dollar van
was shot and wounded.

Uh, two fatalities.

The new C.O. of
the Seven-Four,

she happened to be
on the scene here

when it went
down. Is that her?

Yeah.

Bring her over here.

Inspector?

Deputy
Inspector, isn't it?

Right. Deputy Inspector.

Deputy Mayor Sharpe.

Regina Haywood. How do you do?

This is Adam Lustig.

Adam's the major developer
in East New York.

We were touring his
new project site.

You've had a hell
of a morning, huh?

How did you let him get
away, Deputy Inspector?

Oh, we're just
now starting to...

No, no, no, no, no.

I was under fire on the street,

I pursued the perp
into a building

from which there was
more than one way out.

Any other questions?

Probably your strength's
in management, am I right?

I'll leave it to others to
decide what my strength is.

Do we have our best
people on this?

Absolutely.

Wherever you need to
bring them in from.

: Okay.

Welcome to East New York,
Regina. Thank you, Chief.

I'm glad to be here.

Thanks.

Inspector Haywood,
welcome to the Seven-Four.

Are you all right?

I'm fine. Tell
me, who are you?

Jimmy Kee, patrol
sergeant on the day tour.

What happened earlier,

I'm very sorry

it had to happen on
your very first day.

But we managed to
get your picture up

on the wall. Ah, yeah.
I appreciate that.

Which way is my office,
Sergeant? Come on, I'll show you.

A little bit of everything
here in East New York.

Yeah.

When I was a little girl, my
aunt lived on Pitkin Avenue,

so I know the area pretty well.

Oh, here, here, hold on.

Let me help you.
Oh, thank you.

Got a couple of
stops on the L-train,

past where all the creatives
want to live at present and,

you know, we got some excellent
restaurants, nonetheless.

Better, right?

Let there be light,
you know? Nice.

Listen, can I ask
you a question?

Have you made any determination

as to your executive
officer? I haven't.

Might I throw my
hat in the ring?

Why do you want it?

I irritate people. I
know this about myself.

You know, people
write me off because

I'll make mention of finding
a Mercury dime in my change,

or-or I'll recount the plot of
an old Twilight Zone episode.

And I'd like them to
take a second look at

what I'm capable of,
i.e. executive functions

of an executive officer.

You're on.

Really?

Okay, great. Yeah,
that's great.

I'm sure you're all
aware that we had

a double homicide this morning.

At this point, we don't
know if it's a war between

the van drivers or what,
so special attention to

dollar vans.

Generally, most of
them are unlicensed

and uninspected.

Sandeford and Bentley,

notify the wife
of the van driver,

and take her to the hospital.

Ten-hut!

At ease.

For those of you who don't know,

my name is Regina Haywood.

I've been a street
cop most of my career,

and like a lot of you, I've
had all kinds of ideas.

What should be done differently,

and what can be done better.

Now I get to see if
some of those ideas

might actually work.

The double homicide
Sergeant Kee mentioned

was that of a German tourist
and a security guard,

murdered in broad daylight.

That is totally unacceptable.

And if it were two
young gang members,

that would also be
totally unacceptable.

We, all together,
are going to stem

this kind of violence
in East New York.

I'm going to ask a great deal

of each and every one of you.

And I want you to know
that if you do your job

the way it is meant to be done,

I got your backs.

So, no more quotas
on traffic tickets,

penny-ante pot busts,
selling loosies

or loitering on the streets.

We're gonna focus elsewhere.

I also want members
of the service

to start living near
where they work.

You mean in East New York?

Who are you?

Officer Matthew Lyle.

Yeah, Officer Matthew Lyle.

In East New York.

Lyle volunteers his ex-wife.

I've gotten Ruskin Gardens

to provide us with two

one-bedroom
apartments, rent free.

This is strictly voluntary,
but I'd want at least

a six-month commitment.

I'll do it.

Why don't you take some
time and think about it.

I don't need time, Inspector.

You asked for
volunteers. I volunteer.

Building manager's Rivera.
You get the keys from him.

Okay, thank you, everybody.
Dismissed, Sergeant.

Thank you, Inspector.

Oh...

Sorry, you can't go
in there right now.

This is his wife. Check
back in a half hour.

There's a vending
machine downstairs.

Why don't you grab
her a cup of coffee.

Yep, you got it.

Ma'am.

Is there anyone
you could think of

that your husband might
have had a dispute with?

Maybe another driver?

He's a good man, my husband.

Does he work for
himself or for somebody else?

He-he work for Beansie Sayso.

What can you tell
us about Lynton McKay, Beansie?

Good guy. No problems.

I-I was just on
my way to see him.

Tough racket, these
dollar vans, huh?

Probably gotta spread enough
cash around to traffic agents

so they don't bury
you in tickets.

Come on, I give a stiff
from Taxi and Limousine

a twenty at Christmastime.

You're gonna
crucify me for that?

No, I'll let that go.

But if you had a driver who
wasn't kicking back clipped,

that I would take
an interest in.

Sandeford, on the
lives of my children...

How come these Moncler jackets
still have tags on them?

Oh, they're seconds.

A friend of mine sells
them at flea markets.

He got a disability,
so I help him out.

Are you gonna help us out?

Maybe Lynton owed
money. I-I don't know.

He was short a lot of the time.

Hey, I'm guessing you're an
Air Jordan guy, am I right?

What size are you?
I'm good, thanks.

Grab the other end. Hopefully,

these don't turn out
to be stolen, Beansie,

on behalf of your
disabled friend.

Okay, okay.

I'm guessing that Lynton
owed money to the Russian.

Which Russian are
we talking about?

I've been thinking,

if we buy this place,
we should do something

different with the bar
menu, you know, like

not the usual
nachos and sliders.

McKay's still sedated.

How you doing, gorgeous?
Mm. Get a BLT, handsome?

Lou-Ann, you wanna come out and
take some orders? Okay, Goody.

I, uh, got an all-cash
offer this morning

from a restaurant chain,

and the number's higher
than what we agreed on.

So, what is it, we're out?

They want to close on Friday.

Come up with 30,000 by then,

the joint's yours. It's hers.

Whatever you want.

How are you gonna do that?

Take out a loan.

Hey, hey! Hey!

Lou-Ann.

Ooh. What's the special today?

What's the difference? You
always order the same thing.

Don't mess with success,
baby.

I'd like to see the
specials. Sure thing, rookie.

The guy you want to talk
to is Nickie Dushkin.

Russian. Small-time
loan shark.

It's possible that the
van driver might've missed

one payment too many.

Forget it,
Lou-Ann. All right.

Love you. Love you.

For lunch. Mm. Bye, baby.

Hey.

Mr. Rivera around?

You the cop moving in here?

Don't be starting
something, Winston.

Uh-huh.

You selling those? Why?

You gonna confiscate
'em? Just thirsty.

Sandeford done took
everything else I was selling.

I guess I'll see
if Mr. Rivera's

in the office, then.

You call six murders in
28 days an improvement?

No. No, I definitely do not.

This something you
have to deal with? No.

I'm following a
car on eBay Motors.

'79 Chrysler Cordoba.

The exterior is Obsidian Black,
interior, Corinthian leather,

in a color they call vermillion.

Bidding on a Cordoba. Uh-huh.

You know, the ads that
Ricardo Montablán used to do.

"Rich Corinthian
leather." Yeah.

That one. I'll be next
door if you need me. Yeah.

You asked for Stan Yenko to
be your executive officer?

He wants the job.

That's the first decision

you're gonna live to regret.

We'll see. All right.

Right about now you're
probably wishing

you would have gotten
a nice quiet command

in Bayside.

They're not gonna
let me do my thing

in Bayside, you know that.

Whereas in East New
York... Exactly.

They're just grateful
you show up for work.

How's your head?

It's, um, it's fabulous,
stupendous. It's okay.

Doesn't have to be, you know.

If I want to make changes
around here, it does.

You might want to
ease into all of that.

No, I don't have that luxury.

People keep getting
killed at this rate,

the job's gonna dump
me, and they're gonna

give my command to someone else.

Whatever it is that
I want to get done,

I've got to do it fast.

I'm right there
with you, Regina.

And I'm counting on that.

How you doing, Lynton?

He's feeling better.

Can we ask you some questions?

Who's Nickie Dushkin?

So you understand, your
husband was in possession

of an illegal handgun,

and he fired that
handgun in New York City.

He was being shot at hisself.

And if he cooperates,
they may go easy on him.

You think they won't send you
to prison because you're shot?

You think that cop
sitting outside your door

is there to keep you company?

I tell you I don't know him.

You gonna protect us now.

Either he's gonna tell
you or I'm gonna tell you.

Hey, Lustig.

The real estate
developer who was with

Herr Deputy Mayor this morning.

Yeah, he came by
after the shooting.

How you doing, Nikolai?

Who are you?

We're detectives from
the Seven-Four Squad.

We just want to ask
you some questions.

No big thing.

Ask questions, you
have questions.

Well, they like us to do it
in the question-asking room.

Where is the
question-asking room?

Someplace where everyone
won't be up in your business.

I don't have business.

We can do it loud, or
we can do it quiet.

Quiet's better.

Hey, Sandeford.

Hey. Hey, I was
talking to this guy

Winston over at Ruskin
Gardens. He said that

you've been doing
some confiscating.

Did he tell you he
was selling T-shirts

in front of a clothing store

when I told him three times

to move somewhere else?

I didn't say you were wrong.

What a relief.

Help me out here, Marvin.

I'll help you out
when I have to go into

the projects and save your ass.

'Cause I'm a scared
little white girl

that needs a big,
strong man to save her?

Yeah, something like that. Yeah.

The day I need you to save me

is the day I put in my papers.

Let me see you for a minute.

Hold this.

'79 Cordoba.

What was that, Officer?
You're putting a cop

with less than three
years on the job

in one of the highest crime
housing projects in the city.

I'm making changes.
I want to have

community policing
mean something.

It's been tried
other places, Marvin.

Tacoma, Washington,
Portland, Maine...

There are people in
that housing project

who, first chance they
get, they gonna test her.

Kinda like you're
testing me, right?

Since you're a deputy inspector,

I assume you've
already been tested.

Let's make this simple.

If you can't keep your
skepticism to yourself,

at least don't
undermine my decisions

with younger officers
who don't share them.

Yes, ma'am.

While I don't discount his
point of view entirely,

I also don't
appreciate his sarcasm.

Put in a call to
the housing PSA.

Make sure the C.O. knows that

there's gonna be a cop
living in Ruskin Gardens.

Make sure they have it covered.

Mm-hmm.

Hmm.

Meeting in the Community
Room tomorrow night at 7:30.

For what?

Just to introduce myself.

Which, I'm Brandy, by the way.

Ah. You gonna be there?

Hell no.

Well, hopefully
somebody shows up.

You gonna wait a long
time for that elevator.

Been busted going on a month.

You, um...

You wouldn't be willing
to give me a hand

by any chance, would you?

What floor?

Thank you, Winston. Uh-huh.

6-B. 6-B.

What you doing here?

I'm gonna be living here.

'Cause you, uh, wanna come
live around Black folks?

I was born in Yonkers, man.

And not the white
section of Yonkers.

You're here 'cause you police.

My boss wants to
have cops living here

in the projects so that

people could get to know us.

And hopefully that helps
make the community safer.

People live here
already know you.

I made some calls to check
my thinking about you,

and I could not have
been more wrong.

You headed up a task
force credited with taking

73 guns off the street
in a year's time.

Your arrests put away a
dozen members of MS-13.

As far as your
initiative to put cops

in public housing, I applaud it.

I salute it.

I would only ask that you
coordinate with my office

before making any arrangements.

I went through the Borough
and the Housing Authority.

I didn't realize I had to go
through your office as well.

My office, Deputy Inspector.

Always my office.

Anyway, finding out

about your accomplishments
has put to rest

some of the rumors

that attribute your
career advancement

to other factors.

What kind of factors?

Do I have to spell
it out for you? No.

You really don't.

I've had to deal with
rumors my whole career.

Men are threatened
by powerful women.

When they're threatened,
they turn vicious.

Really, all they are is scared.

Thanks for not spelling it out.

How do you know Lynton McKay?

I don't know him.

We heard he might have
borrowed money from you.

Maybe he couldn't pay it back.

Any truth to that?
I already tell you,

I don't know this guy.

What do you
think the chances are

we won't find your
prints in that apartment

that you ran through
this morning?

Same chance I don't
fall for trick.

A hundred percent.

I think now I talk to lawyer.

What do you think a
lawyer's gonna do for you?

He asked for a
lawyer. Game over.

We are just getting
started, Inspector.

We're gonna let him call
a lawyer at some point.

That's what you're
gonna say on the stand?

You let him call a
lawyer at some point?

Look, we know what
to say on the stand.

I'm sure you do, but as
long as I'm your boss,

you will only say
it if it's true.

The lying in this
precinct stops now.

You get his phone records,
you see if there are

prints on file, you let him go.

Just like that?
Just like that!

So she's a detective
now, right? Okay.

We knew she was
gonna be hands-on.

Who gets heat
we don't solve this, huh?

Us. Who's standing next to
the PC at a press conference

if we do? Her!

We gotta
give her a chance.

How long you gonna
put up with him?

Depends how good a
detective he is. Shouldn't.

Maybe in that quiet
precinct in Bayside...

I don't tolerate disrespect
no matter what precinct.

You gotta housebreak 'em.

I need them to be a lot more
than housebroken, Chief.

I need them to bust
their asses for me.

Good luck with that. Thanks.

Wait here for me.

Okay. Good shot.

National holiday?

How come y'all not in
school? Starts at 11:00.

Come on, man, it does
not start at 11:00.

Oh, yeah, it do.

Pass me the ball.

Come on.

School starts at 11:00.

Oh, yeah. Come on,
give me my change.

Y'all can't be ditching
school, though.

Seriously.

Not if you want to graduate.

Uh-oh. You see, now,

free throws are my specialty.

Oh, yeah.

Right here, brother.

Hey. Hey!

Come back here!

I thought you said you
lived on the fourth floor.

What are you doing up
here on the sixth floor?

My cousin lives on the sixth
floor. SANDEFORD: Ronnie Moe.

What's up? This lady
cop's harassing me

for no reason, Sandeford.

I find out you're lying,

I run your name, any
felony convictions come up,

you're out of the projects.

Thank you for showing up.

I don't know what I would
have done without you.

Keep this with you.

How'd you get that?

I told 'em you were the
only cop living here,

and it's possible
you may need a radio

in the middle of the night.

Now, some of what
I said yesterday,

I shouldn't have said.

But I worry about people
because that's what I do.

Now, I don't want you
not calling for backup

'cause that's what you do.

Want a coffee?

The branch manager said no dice.

What's "ramps"?

Some kind of vegetable.

"Finocchio"?

Is that the menu
Corinne's working on?

Yeah. She sent it to me.

Ah, I got no idea where
I'm gonna get the money.

What about some chuletas?

Mofongo. Sancocho.

Guess I gotta tell her.
Yeah, and while you're at it,

why don't you tell her that
there's a lot more Puerto Ricans

in East New York than people
that know what ramps are.

Hey, hey.

Baby!

What are you doing here?

I just, um, gotta hit the head.

Okay...

And the bank turned me down.

So it looks like plan
B. What are you doing?

I've been working in
restaurants since I'm 19.

I want to own that place.

Opening a restaurant
is a risky proposition.

We take money from your father,

and this joint goes
under, that's on me.

Except he offered,
and he would be

loaning the money to me.
Don't make a difference.

Killian, if you can't come
up with the money by tonight,

I am taking my father
up on his offer.

Come in on it with me or don't.

What am I doing?
What am I doing?

What am I doing?
What are you doing?

Ah, I'm doing this for her.

Cop walks into a
bar, steals a bat.

What's going on, Tommy?
Hey, is Zev around?

He'll be in around 5:00.
You bouncing tonight?

No, no, no, I think
I forgot something

back in the office.

Thanks.

Can I help you?

This Lynton McKay's room?

Who wants to know?
I'm a friend.

And what's your name? Didier.

Didier's here to see you.

Hey.

What a-going, Didier?

I was worried about
you when I heard you got shot.

I rushed right over.
It's good to see you.

The nurse'll be by to throw
you out in just a few minutes

so, enjoy your
visit while you can.

Goody. Ain't you too
old to be doing this?

I'd ask you to give
me a hand, but I'd say

you're too old your
own damn self.

Hey, you still in good standing
with Future Felons of America?

What do you need?

One of them over there at
Ruskin Gardens snatched

my partner's hat.

How the hell you
let 'em do that?

Playing basketball.

His sport's tennis.

Yeah, okay, Arthur Ashe.

Check back with me tonight.

Lynton? Lynton?!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Lynton,
you can't leave me now,

Lynton. Lynton! Code Blue.
Code Blue. Crash cart.

You have to let him do his
job. You have to let him

do his job. Lynton.
Lynton. Please.

Lynton! Come on.
Come on, let's go.

Brenda Sykes said
she waiting on the diamonds.

Let her wait.

I hid 'em in a gas tank.
Nobody'll find 'em.

Nobody tell that
Brenda Sykes woman...

Lynton? Lynton?!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Bring her in.

Please.

I'm sorry for your
loss, Mrs. McKay.

I tell myself he with God now.

Every hour that goes by
makes it that much harder

for us to find the
man that killed him.

I don't know who that
man is, Miss Lady.

Who's Didier?

My husband's friend.

Who's Brenda Sykes?

Real estate broker.

Now may I please

go and tell my children
that their daddy is gone?

See she gets home.

You wanted to see me?

That was some quick thinking...

Setting your phone to record.

I had a gut feeling that their
conversation might prove useful.

Let's talk about another
gut feeling you had.

Ronald Morrison's mother filed
a complaint with the Civilian

Review Board. Says you
threatened to evict him.

I needed him to know that I took
graffiti on my door seriously.

Why'd you volunteer
to do this, Quinlan?

Because I think
this is a good idea.

And a shortcut to a gold shield?

If it is, it'll mean I
did a good job, right?

The purpose of the initiative
isn't career advancement.

It's to show the
people who live here

that we're a part of the same
community they're a part of.

We're not an occupying army.

If you don't believe that, it is

going to make it that much
harder for you to act like it.

I grew up in Section 8 housing
with a drug addict mother,

and when I was 15, I ran away,
and I lived on the streets,

and I didn't consider
myself part of any community

at all, so now?

I'm only too happy to be a part

of whatever community
will have me.

Thank you, Officer Quinlan.

Have you
spent any time

in the Ivory Coast, Ms. Sykes?

Yeah, I've been there.

I've been to a lot of countries
in Africa since I got involved

with the Save the
Lions Foundation.

I'm a Leo.

Oh. I'm a Leo.

Is that so?

A kid from the Ivory Coast named
Didier Toure said he knows you.

Oh, yeah. I know Didier. Sure.

How do you know him?

Oh, we met when
I was over there.

He was trying to sell
me a carving, and he has

these gorgeous eyes I couldn't

stop looking at.

So, you know,

one thing led to another.

We actually stayed
in touch for a while.

When's the last time
you heard from him?

Oh. It's been years.

Yeah, well, he says he's been
in touch with you recently.

Well, probably he had a dream.

You know, Africans...
They don't always

distinguish between what's
a dream and what's real.

Hmm.

This is Adam Lustig, isn't it?

Uh-huh. They say he's going

to transform East
New York. Well,

if all goes according to
plan, he absolutely will.

Oh, retail on the ground
floor, 85 units above,

and a fantastic space for
what I'm hoping will be

a culinary school and a
yoga studio. KILLIAN: Wow.

Wow is right.

What's your relationship with
Brenda Sykes, Mr. Lustig?

Uh, she handles my
residential sales.

Any other business arrangements?

Are you involved romantically?

Well, it's just

that her name has come up

with regard to this
homicide investigation.

We were wondering if you
could shed some light.

I wish I could.
The name

Nickie Dushkin mean anything?

No. You sure?

You have a very accusatory
manner. It's a little curious

you don't know who
Nickie Dushkin is

since he's the site foreman
of the East New York project.

If he's the site foreman,
means he works for the GC.

I have nothing to do them.
Look, I have a conference call

starting so I'm gonna
have to wrap this up.

Do you know a Didier Toure?

No. Brenda Sykes knows him.

There's some discrepancy about
the last time they spoke.

Look, do me a favor.

Play Sherlock Holmes
on your own time.

One thing I learned from
Sherlock Holmes was that

when people suddenly
become uncooperative,

they usually have
something to hide.

I hate doing this.

You flex, I flex back.

What's going on, Adam?

Sorry to bother you,
Deputy Mayor Sharpe,

but I got these two
detectives here,

and I told them
everything I know about

the East New York shooting...
Which is nothing...

But they seem intent on
trying to get me to say

something incriminating,
or intimidating me.

Put 'em on.

This is Detective Tom Killian
with the Seven-Four Squad.

Adam Lustig's a suspect,
Detective Killian?

No, sir. Then it sounds to me

like maybe you could wrap
things up. Am I right?

I think so.

Thank you, Ray.

You get involved in homicide
investigations, Ray?

When my boy Lustig asks
me to do something,

I like to try to at least act
as though I'm accommodating him.

That's because of all
the wonderful things

he's going to be doing
in East New York, right?

Relationships, my friend.

You have your sites set on
becoming police commissioner.

Which I don't. And
even if you don't...

that's what you need
to be thinking about.

Thanks, Detectives.

If you're lying,

it's not gonna matter who
you can get on the phone.

I work in a diamond
mine in Côte d'Ivoire.

One day, we find blue diamonds.

My boss introduce
me to Miss Sykes

who want me to take
them to New York.

She pay me $1,500,

another $1,500 when I deliver.

How'd you get them
through customs?

I swallow.

What happened when
you got to New York?

It took two day to
pass the diamonds.

Then I give to Lynton.

He say they can't
pay us like we boys.

He hold on till they
pay us like we men.

These $30
million worth of diamonds

got past customs in
the digestive tract

of a kid named Didier Toure,
whom you admitted knowing.

Hmm. Sounds like you
have a theory, Detective.

Well, it's more than
a theory, Brenda.

We know who shot

the van driver, and we think

you paid him to do it and
get your diamonds back.

You think you know?

We just got hold of

this woman's bank
statement. BRENDA: Really?

I also don't think
you're telling me the truth

about your relationship
with Didier.

Go get her.

You know, I get the
feeling that, um,

you're protecting Lustig.

I was engaged to
a detective once.

Great-looking, but
not real bright.

Well, even not real bright
people get it right sometimes.

You wired $35,000 to an account

in the Cayman
Islands that belongs

to Nikolai Dushkin.
Stand up, Brenda.

You're under arrest.

What? That...

Really? Oh, my God.

You know what? I
have arrhythmia.

We'll be sure to get you medical
attention if you need it.

Wonder what's the real deal
between Lustig and the Russian.

Let me look into it. Okay.

I got a feeling that kid from
the Ivory Coast just wants

to go home. Any reason we
can't send him on his way?

We've got the discretionary
funds to pay for his airfare.

Cash.

That's what I was
going to suggest.

After a deputy mayor

specifically asks your
detectives to back off,

they threaten Adam
Lustig? I'll talk to them.

I want you to go to Lustig
personally and apologize.

And let him at least think
that we're responsive.

How about a dozen roses?

Play the long game, Regina.

To get done what we both want

to get done.

You need your job,
and I need mine.

Adam Lustig around?

He's not. Can I help
you with something?

You know when he'll be back?

I don't. He's flying today.

Can I know what it's about
for when he calls in?

A police matter.

Okay. I'll pass that along.

I assume he'll
know what it means?

I love your nails.

Oh, thank you.

Hey, I just got word.

According to
Lustig's financials,

he'd missed his
last three payments,

and the bank was getting
ready to foreclose.

What I've heard
blue diamonds go for

might have been enough to
keep that from happening.

And phone records
show that there were

a dozen calls to
and from Dushkin

on the day of the shooting.

You know how to track a
plane from its tail numbers?

Of course I do. My man.

Ah, this guy's such
a thorn in my side.

Every time I got
the highest bid,

this guy comes swooping in

last minute, bids it up
out of my price range.

And it's not just cars.
Want me to come in?

No, no, no, no, no.
You stay right here.

I'll be right out.

Hey. Mr. Lustig,

I understand a couple
of my detectives

might've been out of line today.

Not a big deal.
It's the pressure

of a homicide investigation.
It-it sometimes...

Look, we're about to
take off, Inspector.

Where you headed? I'm
running up to Boston

to look at a... a few
waterfront properties.

Just you?

Just me, and if we're not
wheels-up in a few minutes,

then we lose our
take-off window.

You read Russian, Mr. Lustig?

Take it easy.

Why you don't shoot last time?

I try to avoid it if I can.

Oh. Please just
do what he says.

There's an officer
right outside.

He hears a gunshot,
he's coming in,

and he's calling for backup.
We take off now, yes?

I'm a New York City
police officer.

This plane stays
right where it is.

Put the gun down,

and we talk this through.
All the time worry

innocent slobs get
killed in crossfire.

I do worry about that.

Well, this one...
Not so much innocent.

Please just put your gun down.

I count three. No,
please. Please!

One. Oh!

Okay.

So you know,

my dealings with Lustig
were always above board.

Glad to hear it.

Nothing my lawyer
can't handle, Ray.

Nothing my lawyer can't handle.

: Hey, I got it.

Good work, Detectives.

Thanks. I had a chance

to look over the
detective squad stats.

You're the most
productive team we got.

Just so your stats
are good, Inspector.

That's what we're all about.

What's with you?

Need a ride?

Hey, I got your stuff back.

Make sure it's all still there.

How'd you do that?

I got my ways.

Oh!

Nice whip, Captain.

Sometimes it all
works out, Tommy.

Sometimes it all works out.

Um, let's hope it
all works out for us.

Hey, Goody?

Open it.

A bat?

Roy Campanella's bat.

You're kidding.

Game-used from the '55 Series.

Let me get this straight.

You were supposed to be giving
me $30,000 as a down payment.

And instead, you're
giving me a baseball bat?

And it's Campy's bat.

This is a down
payment and then some.

The joint's yours.

Oh! Oh, my God!

Oh. Oh!

All these cops in here, and
you still need a baseball bat?

It's Roy Campanella's bat.

You're kidding. Oh.

Aw.

Thank you.

If you can tell me
where I can find the kid

who took it, I'd like
to go talk to him.

What for?

Ask him why he did it.

He did it to show his
friends he was a badass.

Might be good to point out that
decisions have consequences.

You don't think he knows that?

He's a kid from East New York.

And you're a kid
from Westchester.

Andre, sit down.

Thank you, Goody. IPA?

He's here. Hey!

What's good? What's good?

You can say congratulations.
We've been celebrating. Yes.

They're the new
owners of Goody's.

You got Goody's?!

I want a
ham hock sandwich.

So how'd it go?

It's-it's hard to tell

after these couple of days how
they'll be in the long run.

Assuming I get a long run. I...
Well, if the last couple of days

are any indication,
I'd say you will.

You know because
of the shooting,

you're gonna have to
go see Psych Services.

Oh, God, I know. They're also
gonna ask me how's my head.

What happened with
the African kid?

I, um... I think the
embassy got him released.

Oh, yeah? Yeah. Somebody
must've made a call.

That wouldn't have
been something you'd have done

'cause you felt conflicted

about not taking that shot
the first time? What?!

Are you kidding? Because
as far as I'm concerned,

you made the right call then,

you made the right call tonight.

Good night, Chief.

Come on, baby. Come on.

Good baby. Good. Good.

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