East New York (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 20 - A Humbling Blues - full transcript

Previously on East New York...
What's your favorite cop show?

I don't have one.
That's a problem.

You're not gonna
get my references.

Yo, Peanut.

When you seeing
your parole officer?

Saw him this morning, sir.

Now, you know I'm-a
check on that, right?

SUAREZ: Compel
the sale of that

church to go forward,

and you're gonna have detectives

from Brooklyn North to Manhattan



watching your every move.
SHARPE: When my boy Lustig

asks me to do something,

I like to try to at least act

as though I'm accommodating.

You suspect I'm less than
genuine when I'm with you?

You've lived a double life
long enough for me to wonder.

You don't ever have to wonder.

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Mercy, mercy me ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Mercy, mercy me ♪

♪ Mercy, mercy ♪

♪ Mercy me ♪

♪ Mercy ♪



♪ Mercy ♪
♪ Mercy me. ♪

You know you making a mess.

These waffles require a mess.

Okay. Says it right here

in my grandmother's recipe.

Oh, does it? Mm-hmm.

"Mix in flour.

Make ungodly mess."

As long as it says
"Clean it up afterwards."

Yeah, it doesn't say that.
Doesn't say that there?

Oh, okay.

Oh, look at your shirt. Oh.

Aw. Damn.

Can I get a hug? Nah...

You gonna... No, no.

All right. Don't be
too long. I'm hungry.

Looks good.

(phone vibrating)

Sean, your phone.

(door opens)

Ta-da.

Magic. Should be a magician.

You call me?

Uh, no.

Yeah...

♪ With you ♪

♪ Yeah, I fell in
love, love, love ♪

♪ With you... ♪

I mean, Mexico's cool,
but I'd like to see

more of the South Pacific.

Must be nice being a Bentley.

TYSON: You're tripping
over nothing, boo.

Don't you boo me.

And I'll decide whether
I'm tripping or not.

Hey, Thora.

Hey. Oh.

This is my nephew Tyson.

Tyson, this is
Officer Brandy Quinlan

and Officer Andre Bentley.

Tyson's gonna be staying
with me for a while.

Boy, you better not
be smashing my eggs.

QUINLAN: Nice to
meet you, Tyson.

TYSON: Nice to meet you.

So, where you visiting from?

He's been staying
with relatives.

Figured I owed my favorite
aunt here a visit.

Yeah, she's our
favorite aunt, too.

Thank you.

Well, you two have
a wonderful day.

QUINLAN: You, too. You, too.

Wait, did you say more
of the South Pacific?

Come on.

Want to welcome
the newly assigned

probationary police officers
who are gonna be rotating

through police training
for the next week.

For those of you who
have finished training,

you're gonna be trying
out new partners.

Your assignments.

Sanders, Smith: Sector Adam.

Stu and Goyer: Sector Frank.

Sandeford, Wade: Sector David.

Corona: hospital post 128.

Dempsey, Bentley: Sector George.

And that concludes it.

Everybody stay
safe, stay vigilant.

Captain. Bentley's still got
a couple more weeks with me

before his probationary
time is up.

Well, we're trying something
different this time,

a week-long trial period.

Yeah, but the old
way worked just fine.

Captain. Can you believe it?

Time flies, huh?

Yeah, I guess so.
Figure you can tie

your shoes on your own by now.

Well, yeah, well, thanks to
you, I'm really good at it.

Officer Sandeford.
I'm Miles Wade.

I believe I've been
assigned to you for the day.

And I believe "excuse me,"
is still common parlance

when interrupting
a conversation.

Of course. I-I'm sorry.

Sure. Let's go.

♪ One, two, one, two... ♪

Hey, Bentley.

Yo. Olan Dempsey.

Good to meet you.

♪ Heard they won't be this ♪

♪ 'Cause I was always that ♪

♪ Players say they rich... ♪

DISPATCH: Attention all units,

we have a report of an
unresponsive homeless male

requiring a wellness check.

Got your measuring
tape, flashlight?

Make sure you're always
prepared with stuff like that.

I am.

Don't see it. Got all that

right on my phone, boss.

Sir. I'm a police officer.

Please raise your arm

if you can hear me.

Can't find a pulse.

7-4, Sector David.

Unresponsive male on the
ground. Requesting a bus.

What are you doing?
Don't touch him.

Checking for an ID.

(groans)

Central, I need
an ETA on the EMS.

Got a 911 call for
a wellness check

about an hour ago, Officer
Wade and I responded.

Wade? Where's Bentley?

Bentley's probation is up soon,

so I got a lot of
newbies on my rotation.

Sent Wade down to that
homeless encampment,

see if he can get
some witnesses.

How's that been going?

I'm training, he's learning.

MORALES: Look who's here. Hi.

HAYWOOD: Dr. Corley.

Hey.

Hey, your pup's getting
big. My wife insists

on cooking for him.

Next life, I'm
coming back as a dog.

Yeah, me, too.

CORLEY: So, uh,
we're looking at

a puncture wound
to the chest here.

Probably nicked
the aorta, based on

the amount of blood.

Rigor sets the time of
the attack somewhere

between midnight and
2:00 in the morning.

And based on the lividity,

I'd say he was dead before being
placed in a sitting position.

MORALES: Lean him against a
wall, throw a blanket on him,

figure no one will notice.

Where is he? Can I see him?

You have any relation
to the victim?

This is Donna Upton.

Thinks she knows our John Doe.

(Donna gasps)

Oh, my God.

It-it is Rusty.

I'm Deputy Inspector

Regina Haywood. How
do you know this man?

He slept a-a few
tents over from mine.

I...

I can't believe
they're at it again.

Who's at it again?
A few years ago,

someone was attacking,
uh, homeless people

along Pennsylvania Avenue.

Took the cops
forever to respond.

I understand your concern, Ms.
Upton, but that won't happen

this time. (crying)

For now,

if you're up for it, an officer

can take your statement.

Found out from Central
about the 911 call.

Phoned in by a Percy Floyd.

That's Peanut. I
know where he is.

HAYWOOD: All right,
well, let's get him

and find out why he called
but didn't wait for the EMTs.

Yeah, I don't think we've had
attacks like this for months.

That's why I want
to stay on this,

keep a lid on whatever fears

Donna and the others
might be having

before this thing
gets out of hand.

You got it. All right.

♪ I know you, I know you ♪

♪ I've seen them... ♪

Boom! Trumps all day. Pay me.

Hey, yo, let's run
it back. Best 300.

What's up, Peanut?
(indistinct chatter)

Hey, don't forget to set aside

a portion of that
for Uncle Sam, huh?

Hey, man, taxation
without representation

is tyranny in America.

Shooting dice and breaking
your parole is worse.

That looks like
unusual behavior to me.

Come on, turn around.
Come on, turn around.

Hands on the wall.

Yo, Officer Sandeford

put y'all up to this? How else

do you think we found
you? You wouldn't have

anything sharp on you
that would impale me, huh?

Uh... Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Like this?

Come on.

Hey.

KILLIAN: That's a pretty
scary knife, Peanut.

You've been on the
streets lately?

They're pretty scary, too.

I get that back, right?

Depends.

PEANUT: Look, I already told
you, I ain't do nothing.

What you gonna do,
run and tell my P.O.

that I was a Good Samaritan
who dialed for help?

And then didn't wait
for that help to arrive.

Is that a crime? Look, I
saw a man who needed help,

so I called the police.

Would you rather
I just let him be?

Nah, man, my mama raised
me better than that.

Did your mama also warn you

to have an alibi for
a situation like this,

specifically between
the hours of midnight

and 2:00 a.m.?

Hell yeah.

I was kicking it with my
lovelies up in the Bronx.

She hooked me up with
some wings and margaritas.

You know what I'm saying?

You're about to stretch
out your arrest record

if you can't give us
anything better than that.

Dumb and Dumber.

Y... Hey.

Insults are the quickest
way to a cell, pal.

No, the movie Dumb and Dumber.

We ordered it on Amazon
when we came home.

It's under my account.

You can trace it.

You know, I can
call her right now.

It's looking shaky on Percy
being a viable suspect.

Girlfriend up on Valentine
Avenue in the Bronx confirms

they were hanging together
and watching movies.

So we're back at square one.

You know the origin of
the phrase "square one"...

Very peculiar.

Some people think
that it originated

with the BBC soccer
commentaries from the 1930s,

and yet some think that it's
from a 19th-century board game

called Snakes and Ladders.

I heard hopscotch.

Some people think
it's from hopscotch.

Anyway, anyway.

We need to find out
more about the victim.

Where are we with following up

on Rusty's neighbor Donna Upton?

She was pretty distraught
at the crime scene,

but she's ready to talk now.
KILLIAN: That might buy us

a little currency
going back there

if we didn't come empty-handed.

You know, maybe have, uh,
sector drop off some blankets,

socks, fresh underwear.
HAYWOOD: And the sooner

we can learn this man's
full name, the sooner

we can notify his family.

YENKO: Assuming that
there's a family

that wants to be notified.

I like to imagine that
everyone out there

has a person somewhere
who cares about them.

You are indeed an
optimist, Deputy Inspector.

Got to be.

It's come to my attention

that you may have been a bit...
unsavory with a mutual friend.

"Harsh" I've heard before,

but unsavory?

Who is it? Adam Lustig.

Mm. And, uh...

why is it he came
to you about it?

Something about
you threatening him

over your brother's church.

Okay. (chuckles)

Adam Lustig walks
a delicate line

between right and wrong.

All I did was give him a
heads-up that we're aware of it.

Adam is a very controversial
figure in this city,

but he's also strong
in a lot of areas.

You should be aware of that.

You should also know
that I've asked Adam

to be the finance
chairperson of my campaign.

Uh...

And so, what-what...

what, are you asking that
I should apologize to him?

I didn't say apologize.
Because the moment I bend

to a guy like Lustig,

his foot is on my back
and he keeps it there.

John, this is the way I see it.

You go to him and you tell
him that this whole business

about your brother's
church was very personal,

that it was all tied
up with family stuff.

Maybe you two can be cordial

sometime in the
future. No. No, no, no.

This is a dangerous
move for you, Ray,

to get in bed with Adam Lustig.

It's only a matter of time

before his stink rubs off
on you, do you get that?

I don't want to
debate this again.

He's done a lot of
good for this city

and will continue to.

All right, well...

Just don't say that
I didn't warn you.

(sighs) Okay.

Here's the bottom line.

In two days, I will be
officially presenting

my policing platform

as the benchmark in the
last phase of my campaign.

I will also

be announcing my
commitment to making you

the next police commissioner.

And so, you figure
Adam Lustig and I

look good with you in the photo.

John, I win this primary,
it's as good as over.

Please, do this one thing,

and let me worry
about Adam Lustig.

DONNA: Several of
the residents felt

they needed something
to commemorate him.

Tim, Allison, these people are
investigating Rusty's death.

Thank God.

(indistinct chatter)

What do you got there?

Toothbrush Rusty
brought me last year.

TIM: And some tea bags.

Heard I was running out.

Next day, they just showed up.

Some applesauce,

bottle opener,
old baseball card.

Pair of socks. DONNA:
Yeah, those are from me.

Mine all got soaked in
those storms last month,

and Rusty showed up

the next morning
with a couple pairs.

He was a generous soul.

This was Rusty's tent.

Fletcher Gibson.
DONNA: Gibson?

Eh, he never told me.
Just went by Rusty.

Was Rusty ever diagnosed

with any kind of psychiatric
condition you knew of?

I don't know.

People are-are generally very
private about medical things.

He could be a little off
sometimes, but who isn't?

KILLIAN: Donna, did anything

happen lately that may have

upset him in particular?

Terrance passed last week.

He was the closest
thing Rusty had

to a best friend around here.

What did he die of?

Just didn't wake up one day.

Ambulance grabbed him and

that was the last I saw him.

Happens a lot around here.

It's really scary, you know?

People pass out of this
world without a ripple,

no questions asked.

KILLIAN: That's
why we're here.

We ask the questions.

Hopefully you find some answers.

We will.

ORLANDO: Yo,
Tyson, you're back.

It's time to pay up. Yo, it
ain't even been a day yet.

Why y'all stepping
to me like this?

You know why. I don't
even got my paper yet.

Yo, I'm-a get you your
paper, man, all right?

Yeah, I know. You
out here playing ball

and everything. Where
my money? QUINLAN: Hey.

TYSON: It ain't
like that, man.

How's it going, Orlando?
All good, Officer.

Just chatting. Letting
my boy Tyson here know,

now that he's out, it's best
to focus on what's important.

Right? Yo, we got that
thing, O. Let's bounce.

Yeah, all right.

What business you got
with Orlando Highgate?

Nothing. Think he got me
confused me with somebody else.

Someone that owes him money?

Maybe. I don't know.

And what did he mean
"out"? Like out of prison?

Why are you asking me
all these questions?

I didn't even do nothing.

Is there an Alex Garcia here?

That's me. Detective Killian,

this is Detective Morales,
with the 7-4 squad.

We're here about a man
named Fletcher Gibson.

People knew him as Rusty.

Yeah. Well, he was
admitted and treated here

on a number of occasions,

given the many bands
we found in his tent.

MOARALES: What was
he being treated for?

Aside from dehydration,

body sores, the usual illness

associated with
life in the streets,

Fletcher was schizophrenic.

Was he being medicated?

No, a lot of guys who
live on the streets

struggle keeping
up with their meds.

Hmm. Can you tell
us what these are?

Can't tell for sure, but
it looks like Lybalvi.

Yeah, pretty common treatment.

He could've got that anywhere.

When Fletcher was off his meds,

did he ever get violent?

Nothing that I ever saw.

I mean, but psychoactive
hallucination

can be very disturbing.
MORALES: Mm-hmm.

And honestly, there were times
I was a little freaked out.

Well, thanks for your time,

and anything comes to
mind, will you, uh,

give us a call?

Yeah, you got it.

(P.A. chimes)

MAN (over P.A.): Radiation
tech, dial 553. (phone ringing)

Radiation tech, 553.

Yo, Doc.

Detective, I have some
interesting information

about your murder weapon.

It appears our victim was
not stabbed with a knife.

Yeah? So what was it?

I'd say it was a thick blade
with some kind of serrated edge.

Possibly gardening shears.

Gardening shears?

A pair of bypass
pruners, to be exact.

That should narrow down the
list of potential suspects,

don't you think? Yeah,
we'll let you know.

Thanks.

Gardening shears?

(door opens) SEAN:
Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

Right.

Okay. You'll have
it first thing.

Okay. Bye.

Hey.

Sorry to carry work

into our time.

(sniffles)

Everything cool?

Not really.

You want to tell
me who Caroline is?

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have

gone through your phone,
but it was ringing,

it was early...

I was looking for
the right time,

um, to talk to you about it.

When is the right time
to tell your girlfriend

about your other girlfriend?

Caroline is my daughter.

Your daughter?

She's... three years old.

So, you have a daughter

who calls you on her own,

and she's three?

She uses her mom's phone.

You need to start at
the very beginning.

It was my first
time in deep cover.

I was always looking
over my shoulder.

I wasn't coping well.

You look for anybody
to help process.

So, Caroline's mother,

she was a part of this
undercover operation?

What? Was she...

Cynara worked in a
diner a few towns away.

Oh. When she was pregnant,

I did what I could do to help,

but I had to keep my
distance to keep them safe.

You didn't think
it was necessary

to tell me any of this?

It was complicated.

Yeah, I bet it was.

It was all part
of my other life.

You have been lying
to me for months...

I know, Regina, and
I'm sorry. and months.

But you have to listen to me.

But it's not like I
was in a relationship

with someone else... I
think you should leave.

When you and I
were... Regina...

No, this is a lot for
me to process right now,

and I just... I really can't.
You don't understand...

Get out!

Okay.

MORALES: Guess in terms of
motive, money's out, obviously.

Yeah, but you'd be surprised

what becomes valuable
in the streets.

Had a case a couple
of years back,

two homeless guys
cut each other...

Okay, here's something.

We're looking for
garden shears, right?

Yeah. Professional
gardening supplies,

two blocks from where
Rusty was found.

Why not? Let's check it out.

Regina, please, if you
would just talk to me.

HAYWOOD: Get out of my house.

(door slams)

(crying)

Ms. Gibson.

I'm Deputy Inspector Haywood.

Thank you for meeting me.

Is he in one of these?

No.

He's over there.

Are you ready?

Okay.

(cries)

I...

(exhales)

(clears throat)

Do you know what happened?

Not yet, but our detectives
are working on it.

I am sorry.

No.

It's a blessing.

You know, the fear

that I would never
see him again,

and that would be it.

God.

Now I can bring him home.

BAKER: Sorry to hear
Officer Wade got sick.

SANDEFORD: Yeah.
So check this out.

Homicide: Life on the Streets.

That was a real cop
show. (chuckles)

Shooting in the
streets of Baltimore.

Had greats in it, greats.

Richard Belzer
and Andre Braugher

and Yaphet Kotto. Cops.

Yeah, that-that sounds great,

but I don't have a TV.

I mean, I mean,

technically, yeah,
I do have a TV,

it's just, it's not in my room,
it's in my roommate's room.

You know, and she's super
weird about me going in there,

especially 'cause she's,
like, guy obsessed, you know?

Yeah. So...

So you don't have a TV.
So what you watch, then?

TikTok.

TikTok, huh? Let me
guess, uh, on your phone?

Mm-hmm.

You can get cooking
tips, makeup tutorials,

relationship advice,

baking recipes,
home decor ideas,

puppy videos, cat videos...

It's good that the weather's

finally warming up.

Mm-hmm.

Y-You know, we-we in
this car together, bro.

We might as well get to know
each other a little more.

What you want to
talk about, huh?

Honestly, nothing if possible.

And you recognize these?

Yeah, sure, they're
bypass pruners.

They're up at the front.
We sell dozens of them.

Is that why you're here?

Not entirely.

We have another picture for you.

You recognize this man?

Yeah, that's Rusty.

How well do you
know him? Not well.

Why, did he do something wrong?

(sighs) He's dead, actually.

My God, what happened?

He was found murdered,

and anything you
can tell us helps.

I don't know, one
day he came in,

asking for clay planters

and if we had any pots
that might have cracked.

He said some of the ladies

who were living in his camp

with him were
interested in gardening.

We had a few around,
so I helped him out,

and then he started coming in,

and we just... Yeah, we,
we just talked mostly.

Did he ever share anything
personal with you?

Though he did mention...

he had a friend of his who died.

Would that be a guy named
Terrance? Yeah, I guess.

Rusty was really
shaken up about it.

Said it didn't make any sense.

Do you know what
he meant by that?

No, I figured he
just missed him.

Well, thank you, uh...

Cell's on there

in case something comes to mind.

Yeah, of course.

Hey. What's up?

You got a second? Yeah.

So, Thora... her nephew Tyson...

Mm-hmm. I, um...

Hold on one second.

I really don't think

he should be living
at Ruskin Gardens.

Okay. What happened?

Well, nothing yet, but he's
an ex-con. Then he definitely

can't be living in
government housing

with a felony record.
Yeah, that's what I mean.

Maybe it's better to
get out in front of it.

Yeah, but if I say something,

Thora could lose her housing.

I think I should just
talk to her first.

That's a legit concern,

but you really
should report this.

Got a second? Sure.

Adam Lustig. What about him?

Sharpe is making him, uh,

finance chair for his campaign.

How much did he
pay for that honor?

I'm sure he's paying him plenty.

No doubt he'll want
something in return.

He wouldn't be
doing it otherwise.

So he'll have a place
at the table now, right?

He won't have to ask Sharpe,

he'll be able to tell him.

I don't think Raymond
has any illusions

about who he's
getting into bed with.

Well, it's easy enough for
that to happen, though.

Right, Chief?

You got to make alliances
to win elections.

That's politics.

You're also judged by who
those alliances are with

and what they make you do.

I know you've heard
me say this before,

but if Sharpe is elected

and I get in as
police commissioner,

we would have more influence
over his administration

than we've ever had before.

He will owe Lustig.

He's not going to owe us.

At present, Adam Lustig
is a law-abiding citizen

whom we both don't
happen to like.

In spite of all that,

I expect you to treat
him respectfully.

Working hard or hardly working?

I am proficient at
both. (chuckles)

You ready for
this? Let me guess,

you checked out Glen
Brown's story with Donna,

and it turns out it's true.

They are gardening

in his broken planters.

That part was true,

but then Donna told
me something strange.

That, according to Rusty,

he was working at
the nursery part-time

as some kind of security guard.

Which Brown failed
to mention. Why?

Because, as it turns out,

he has quite a history,

one which includes six arrests

in ten years for
illegally growing

and selling marijuana.

He was collared in five states.

Ooh. Well, let's see what else
we can find. (clears throat)

How much you want to bet
it's why he hired Rusty

and that's what got him killed?

Bet the whole house on it.

Lorenzo, I didn't
know that you played.

It's actually my daughter's.

Got it tuned up for her today.

Oh, I used to play the drums,

but I only stuck with
it for, like, a year,

so good luck to her.
I appreciate it.

Hey, good morning, gorgeous.

How you doing?

I cannot complain.
How are you?

I wanted to talk to
you about your nephew.

Tyson?

You don't have to worry
yourself about him.

Well, since he's
a convicted felon,

I think you're the one that
has to worry about him.

Where'd you hear that?

It's not important.

Thora, you know that felons

convicted of violent
or drug crimes

are not allowed to
live in public housing.

Which is why

I went to the housing
authority already

and I explained my situation.

They said a week was fine
as long as I could guarantee

he'd be out by then.

Okay.

You got to make sure
you stick to that.

Of course.

And tell him to stay away
from Orlando Highgate.

My nephew's no dummy, Brandy.

I get that, but tell him
to keep his distance.

Come on, there's
nothing, there's nothing

you want to talk about?

Yeah, there is, actually.

You know that girl
that volunteered

to live in the projects?

Uh-huh.

You still hooking up with her?

Nah, we're-we're
just friends now.

Never get involved

with anyone who lives in

the same apartment
building as you.

Better hope there aren't

other fine honeys in there.

It's a recipe for disaster.

Thanks, Dempsey.

(grunting)

(entry bell dings)

Oh, Detectives.

Did you guys find out
anything about Rusty?

Yeah, we found your arrest
record... that count?

You know, I'd hate
to, uh, have to

toss your nursery and find

the illegal plants you're
growing. My license is

coming through any day
now, okay? I'm going legit.

We're offering you a chance
to cut a deal right now.

(sighs)

We need to hear the truth

about Rusty's death.

I told you the truth.

So here's another version.

You hire Rusty

to watch the place at night,

but he discovers
what you're up to,

threatens to call the cops.

You take out bypass pruners,

end of story. That'd
sound good to a jury.

Okay, okay.

We had a few break-ins
a while back.

I thought if Rusty
wanted to make

a little bit of
money, he could just

set up at night
across the street.

I even gave him a
burner cell to call me

if anything looked fishy.

He ever report anything?

No, he'd call once a night

to check in, but
nothing ever happened.

You know, he didn't call
me for a couple of days,

and I thought he was just having

one of his episodes,
so I didn't worry.

When you guys came in,

that was the first
that I heard about it.

We're gonna need the number

to Rusty's burner
phone. Yeah, it's, uh,

716...

KILLIAN: Glen's story
checks out. He and Rusty

generally exchanged nightly
calls just after closing.

Each about 30 seconds.

All right, keep scrolling.

You know, best thing
about these burners,

you get no incoming spam calls.

Stop. See that cluster of calls

to the 0177 number at the end?

Yeah. Just a moment.

That number's registered to

Eastern Memorial Hospital.

First call came
about a week ago,

when Rusty's friend
Terrance died.

KILLIAN: And it
looks like Rusty made

half a dozen more calls to
them later that same night.

Final call was at 9:42 p.m.,

lasted almost five minutes.

Now, who's he talking to?

Hmm, I bet it wasn't
the billing department.

(indistinct
announcements over P.A.)

ALEX: We got too many calls

that night to remember
who called about what.

Yeah, well, here's the thing.

We checked the log,

and Rusty's calls were all

patched through to your station.

You said he always asked
for you when he came in.

A lot of times,
someone gets a call,

they pick up, they leave
it on their shoulder,

and five minutes has gone by.

Sorry, but if
there's nothing else,

I have admitted
patients to attend to.

Hey, you ever treat
another homeless man

by the name of Terrance?

Brought in on a stretcher
about a week ago,

passed away in the hospital?

I don't recall the name,

but what you're describing,

sadly enough, it happens a lot.

WOMAN (over P.A.): We
need an emergency room

nurse to triage.

When you find out what
happened to Rusty,

will you please let me know?

Yeah, you got it, yeah.

We looked into Alex Garcia.

Guy's bounced around

from hospital to hospital
in the tristate area

like he's trying
to set a record.

MORALES: Also spoke
to a former employer,

said that when
Garcia was on duty,

meds had the habit
of going missing.

Mainly fentanyl and oxy.

How does a guy like
that keep getting hired?

Pandemic created a
major nursing shortage.

HAYWOOD: Was it
possible that he was

selling drugs to Rusty?

Oh, no, Rusty's tox report

came back clean except
for what he was prescribed

to treat his schizophrenia.
HAYWOOD: Mm-hmm.

But his best friend Terrance

passed away nine days ago,

also a frequent guest
of Eastern Memorial.

Our nurse denied knowing him.

What was the cause of death?

KILLIAN: That's the
thing, Inspector.

There was no autopsy.

Listed as natural causes.

Case closed, and I'm pretty sure

that didn't sit too
well with Rusty.

And the guy from
the nursery told us

that Rusty thought
that Terrance's death

didn't make any sense.

How old was he?

He's 52.

Not that old.

All right, we need to
see how Terrance died.

Let's see if Alex Garcia

left the hospital that night.

Also, get Corley
to run toxicology

on Terrance.

'Cause, if we're lucky,

they're still holding his body.

Okay? Yeah.

(door opens)

(door closes)

Hi. Hey, can I talk to you?

Sure.

Why did you lie to me?

I don't understand.

I spoke to the
housing authority.

They said they never

spoke to you about your nephew.

Well, there must
be some mistake.

Stop it.

Okay? I am trying to help you,

Thora.

I've always been
honest with you,

and I'm asking for
the same in return.

MAN: Good day, Thora.

He's my brother's kid, Brandy.

When Theo passed, I
swore I'd look after him.

I understand that,

but you realize you're
putting yourself

in a dangerous position
letting him live here.

I did talk to Tyson.

I made him swear on
his father's grave

that he would not go
back to that life.

He changed in prison.

He's really done with it.

So what's going on with
him and Orlando Highgate?

(elevator bell dings)

Four years ago, when
the cops picked him up,

Tyson was in possession

of a kilo of Orlando's stuff.

The cops took it, and Orlando

wanted him to answer for that,

but they made a deal.

First job Tyson gets, he
starts paying it back.

And if I ask around,
that's what I'll hear?

Yes.

Just let him stay a week.

Not a week. Three days.

Whether he has a place
or not, he's out.

Thank you.

I'll tell him as
soon as he gets back.

So, Alex, the way we figured it,

Terrance told his pal
where he was scoring,

so when he overdoses,
Rusty knows

who to turn to for
an explanation.

(Alex scoffs) Yeah.

So Rusty calls you
at the hospital

several times
because he's upset,

threatening to expose
your little side hustle.

You're looking at
ten to 20 years.

KILLIAN: And a mandatory
minimum of 20 to life

if you tack on
distribution of fentanyl

that resulted in death.

All right, this is nonsense.

You said so yourself,

the hospital listed Terrance's

cause of death as
natural causes.

And it probably would
have stayed that way

if we hadn't run
a postmortem test.

See, with the homeless,

the morgue holds
on to the bodies

an extra couple of weeks

waiting for an ID.

Turns out, Terrance
was loaded on fentanyl

and Xylazine.
Animal tranquilizer.

Tranq dope. A deadly mixture.

Let's get a search warrant

of his hospital
locker and his home.

You really think we're gonna

find those drugs?
I know we will.

This is crazy. First
that schizophrenic Rusty,

now you're holding
my feet to the fire,

insisting that I did
this to his friend?

So you admit you spoke
to Rusty that night?

He wouldn't stop calling.
He was harassing me.

I had to stop taking the calls,

but I didn't kill him.

I never even left the
hospital that night.

KILLIAN: But the thing is,

you did. The night Rusty died,

we have security camera footage

of you leaving through

the ambulance
bay at 11:00 p.m.

MORALES: And your
plates were pinged

heading down Linden
just after midnight.

That's right down the road
from where we found Rusty.

You got an explanation
for that, Alex?

Okay.

I went to see Rusty,

just to tell him
to leave me alone.

But the minute I got there,

I could tell he
was off his meds.

He was acting crazy.

Said he knew that
I gave Terrance

the drugs that overdosed him,

and that he was
going to make me pay.

So you decided to shut him up

using a pair of
gardening shears.

No, he attacked me.

We exchanged a few blows.
I wrestled him down.

And you stabbed him.

I guess. I mean,

what was I supposed to do?

You ever see

a schizophrenic off his meds?

Except we know Rusty wasn't
off his meds the night he died.

From his toxicology.

Everything he said about you

was true.

Stand up, Alex. Place your
hands behind your back.

Come on, get up.

You think you're a hero?

He was probably gonna die

out there anyway.

Like they all do.

KILLIAN: Come on.

(knock on door)

Yeah, come in.

Don't want to take long,

as I see you're
headed home and all.

Marvin, what can I do for you?

These new recruits?

I can't take riding along

with them a minute longer.

Marvin, I thought
that you enjoyed

being a training officer.

Yeah, I do, when I
could connect with them,

but it's hard to do that
when their preferred form

of entertainment

is thumbing around
on their phone.

I'll see what I can do.

Thank you. Captain Yenko?

Yeah.

I don't want to take long,
I see you're headed home,

but I want to talk about my
riding partner situation.

Yeah. You and Dempsey
hitting it off?

Uh, no,

I can't say that we are.

Guys, why don't you take a seat?

Okay.

We'll keep this up for
as long as possible.

Donna?

This is Rusty's mother.

So, this is where

my son lived.

I didn't know he meant

so much to people.

He touched all of our lives.

I'm sorry for your loss.

You know, I tried
to raise him right,

but it was hard.

My husband and I both worked,

and I... didn't have much time

to spend with him
when he was young.

And then, when he was diagnosed

with his condition...

in a way I lost him forever.

♪ Spend our whole life ♪

♪ Swimming in the shallow sea ♪

♪ Scared of falling
in too deep... ♪

LUSTIG: So, uh,
Raymond assured me

that this meeting would

not be as unpleasant
as our last one.

Cathedral St. Paul

in Bay Ridge.

About an acre of land
near, uh, Fourth and 95th.

Lush grounds, plenty of parking.

Nice for families.

Hmm, I'm listening.

Priest's 86, and
the congregation

loses about 20 people each year.

Hurricane Sandy did some
major structural damage

to the, uh, church's...

Make 'em an offer.

Huh.

And what about
their parishioners?

I mean, aren't they, um,

as attached to their church

as your brother's
parishioners were to his?

I've been told that the
number of parishioners

in my brother's
church has stabilized.

Ah. Amen. And the
Bay Ridge church

has already entertained an offer

to sell, but you're right.

I'm playing favorites.

Well, to hear you
ceding moral authority

is a little shocking, Chief.

Is it possible

we're cut from the same cloth?

It's, uh, possible

we can work together. Mm-hmm.

For right now,

let's just move past that.

And what about the
commandant of the 7-4?

What about her?

Well, she-she seems
to have a vendetta

against me for some reason.

Hmm.

You breaking any
laws? Not one.

You got nothing to worry about.

Don't I, now?

♪ Come together now. ♪

May I sit?

They tell you not to allow

things like this to
happen while undercover.

But it did.

And, yeah,

I was scared to tell you.

You and I had a shaky
start, if you remember.

It was because I was
worried about being lied to.

I know.

And I'm sorry.

I've lived with lies in my life

longer than I should have.

After a while, it
messes with you.

Then it messes with the
people that you're with.

Regina, I'm trying.

Being with you is the
closest I've come...

to the man I used to be.

Hmm.

Your life is different now,
and it's not because of me.

You have a daughter

who needs you more
than anything,

more than us being together.

She's going to grow up

needing her father in her life.

Really needing you.

'Cause, yeah, I know
what that's like,

not having that.

And, honestly,

I don't want to see another girl

go through that
or feel that ever.

Especially because of anything

that has to do with me.

Sounds like you
know what you want.

I do.

I finally do, yeah.

It's okay.

You're breaking my
heart, you know.

I know. Mine, too.

(sighs, sniffles)

("Arms" by Sipho playing)

(door opens)

(indistinct chatter)

BENTLEY: Oh, what's up
with Thora's nephew?

You-you, uh, you get
anywhere with that?

Uh, she said that Tyson'll
be gone in three days,

and I'm just going to
take her word for it.

Your call.

Hopefully she doesn't abuse
it and let him stay longer.

Evening, Officers.

Hey. Oh, hey, Lorenzo.

Is this your daughter? Yes,

my little prodigy
superstar right here.

Say hi, Ingrid. Hi.

Hi. We got to go,

I got to get her to
rehearsal. Catch you later.

Have a nice night.

Hey, how'd it go today?

What? With Dempsey.

Oh, oh.

I don't think
things are gonna fly

between me and Dempsey.

Oh, that's too bad. I'm sorry.

No, could be a good thing.

Captain Yenko says
he's gonna try to

work things out with Sandeford.

Oh, permanently?

Could be.

♪ And you might
never run to mine ♪

♪ I can't be out here ♪

♪ Holding on to you... ♪

(gunshots) (screaming)

Off-duty UMOS.

At 7-4 precinct at Ruskin
Gardens by Tower C.

Multiple shots fired,
numerous people down.

We need multiple
buses and a sergeant

at this location forthwith.

Is she all right?

They shot my baby
girl in the leg.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Did you
see where the shooter went?

No. Call an ambulance now.

Bus is on the way, all right?

I'm gonna tie this here.

It's a tourniquet to
stop the bleeding.

(Ingrid crying) I
know, I know, I know.

QUINLAN: Ambulance is
on the way, all right?

Whoa. QUINLAN: Hold this,
okay? Apply the pressure.

Okay. I'll be back.

(sirens wailing in distance)

BENTLEY: Yo, where are
you hit? MAN: My arm.

QUINLAN: Are they breathing?

BENTLEY: No.

All right, all right.

You're good, you're
good, you're good.

Paramedics are on the
way. You'll be all right.

Oh, my God. That's
Orlando Highgate.

Where's Tyson?

♪ And you might
never run to my ♪

Where's Tyson?!

♪ Oh, na, na ♪

♪ Show me what I deserve ♪

♪ Oh, na, na ♪

♪ Your body said it first ♪

♪ Oh, na, na ♪

♪ It's in the smallest words ♪

♪ And you might never
run to my arms. ♪

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