For Life (2020–…): Season 2, Episode 5 - Collars for Dollars - full transcript

I'm offering you a chance
to make a real difference...

On an institutional scale.

Your curfew will be 10:00,

which means
inside the home by 9:59.

I saw Darius.

You could have had
any man you wanted,

but you had to go with him.

My best friend.

You left me with
almost nothing in there.

And what do you think
you left me with out here?

So, what?



You're moving out?

If I stay now,
this will finish us.

♪♪

...Captions by VITAC...

[ Upbeat music plays ]

Store clerk:
What's the occasion?

Court.

You're a lawyer?

On my good days.

I think the blue one
has a little more attitude.

Well, I'll take it in the...

the blue and the red. Okay.

And those two suits.

So, did you lose weight?



Excuse me?

Whenever somebody comes
inand buys a whole new wardrobe,

it's usually that
or a new career.

I don't look like I just
graduated from law school?

Not quite.

[ Sighs ]

I just needed some new clothes.

That's all.

Well, I hope you getthe
new beginning that you want,

whatever it is.

♪♪

♪ One of these mornings

♪ Won't be very long

♪ You will look for me

♪♪

♪ And I'll be gone

♪ One of these mornings

♪ Won't be very long

[ Buzzer blares, gate clangs ]

♪ You will look for me

Step up.

♪♪

♪ And I'll be gone

[ Metal detector whirring ]

♪ One of these mornings

♪ Won't be very long

[ Coughs ]

[ Whirring continues ]

♪ You will look for me

♪♪

♪ And I'll be gone

Jamal: Is that my man Wallace?

What you doing in here, man?

I thought they kicked you out
of this place.

You want me to go?

I can go. No, hell, no.

I can leave right now. Sit your ass down.

[ Both laugh ]

You look good, man.

Got on a new suit.

Mm-kay. You know.

Yeah?
Got a new whip, too, right?

'Cause I know you ain't take
the bus all the way up here.

Roswell lent me his car.

New ride's nexton the list, though.

What you thinking?
Benz, Porsche? What's up?

Anything with a steering wheel
and four tires.

[ Laughs ] Alright.

[ Laughs ]

So, how's the family, man?

Things aren't so great
with Marie.

I moved out.

Yeah? So, that's it?

You're done?

I don't know.

I love her.

I just can't wrap my head
around what she did with Darius.

Mm.

Yeah, but Jazz,

she can't be too happy,
you bolting.

[ Sighs ]

You know what?

I didn't come here
to lay all this on you.

We gotta talk about your case.

Yeah, yeah. A'ight.
Lay it on me.

So, I finally got
Tony's criminal record

from that subpoena.

A couple of misdemeanors,
so that's not gonna help us.

Damn.

And I spoke to Wesley Silas,

guy who used to live
in Tony's building.

Said that he saw you go after
Tony at the basketball court

a couple of weeks
before you killed him.

Yeah, see, man, I ain't...
I ain't go after him.

I just warned him
about knocking my sister around.

Still, if I found him,
prosecution can, too.

They'll use his testimony
to say it was premeditated,

and our self-defense argument
goes down the drain.

So that's it?

Well, there's a defense

called Extreme
Emotional Disturbance.

Like, you snap.

That made you do it
or something?

Exactly. Okay.

It has to be deep.

Something that triggered you
psychologically.

It usually happens
from someone's childhood.

You once told me that

your father used to beat you
and Georgia all the time...

Okay. How's that gonna help me?

Well, maybe something Tony did
or said that day

reminded you of your father.

And that's why I killed him?

Yeah.

Look, man, I ain't no lawyer,

but, uh,
that sounds like a stretch.

Look, it's a long shot,

but maybe there's something
there we can use.

If you and Georgia
would testify about it...

Georgia ain't gonna testify.
Forget about that.

[ Sighs ]

You want me to talk to her?

Yeah. Yeah, sure.

Alright.

[ Sighs ]

It's good to see you, man.

Yeah.

Yeah. It's good to
see you, too, man.

Where's AJ?

Uh, Ronnie's putting him
in the car.

We're going to
his parents' house for the day.

Oh.

Well, can you go later?

I was...

thinking we could talk.

About what?

About your dad moving out?

There's nothing to talk about.

You don't have anything
you want to ask me?

Nope.

Got it all from Dad.

Well, are you okay?

I'm fine.

[ Bag zips ]

See you later.

♪♪

[ Door closes ]

This whole thing
is just total BS.

I wasn't trying to steal a ride.

I swiped my card,
the screen said I paid,

but the turnstile wouldn't turn.

So you jumped it?

Well, the train was coming.

I didn't want to be
late for work.

Soon as I jumped,
this cop came outta nowhere,

like he was waiting for me.

What about the resisting arrest?

He was trying to cuff me,
so I pulled away,

trying to explain what happened.

I asked him to just
give me a ticket.

I could come in
with proof that I paid,

but he didn't want to hear it.

And the assault?

Cop says you threw
your skateboard at him?

He was twisting my wrist
really hard.

So I shoved my skateboard
in his chest to make him stop.

The next thing I know,
I'm slammed up against the wall.

File says there was an offer
at arraignments...

They wanted me to plead
to a misdemeanor with probation,

but my public defender
said I couldn't

because of my DACA status.

Smart. 'Cause you got
a prior conviction.

This one could have
got you deported.

Charlotte: Why?

The first arrest was
just civil disobedience.

At a DACA protest.

Doesn't matter.

Only safe plea is
disorderly conduct.

But I didn't do anything wrong.

This cop basically assaulted me.

So, I'm sorry,

but I'm not pleading
to anything.

I didn't say you should.

I know
the Immigrant Defense Group

referred me to you
because you've done

legal observer work
at our protests,

but I looked you up.

You haven't practiced law
in like 20 years,

and you got your license
suspended last year?

♪♪

DUIs.

But I'm sober now.

I got my license
reinstated last week.

Well, I'm sorry.

I don't mean to be rude,

but the only reason
I'm sitting here

is 'cause I know you work
with Aaron Wallace.

♪♪

[ Scoffs ]

You sound like the therapist
at the program

asking all these questions
about our father.

I get it's not
your favorite subject,

but it could really help
with Jamal's case.

You really think
you can get him out?

We have a shot.

But I'm nowhere
without your help.

Jamal and I are 14 months apart.

We were inseparable.

When I was about 7,

Jamal got between
my father and me

for the first time.

From then on,
he became the target.

Took all the beatings
for the both of us.

How bad did it get?

He ever tell you
about what he likes?

I mean, as far as who
he goes out with?

I know he's gay,

if that's what
you're talking about.

Wow.

He never told anybody
about that but me.

He's my best friend.

Well...

...when our father
got a whiff of that,

you can imagine the kind
of stuff he said to him.

[ Sighs ]

Even when he wasn't
beating him for real,

he'd make a habit
to just hit him in the chest,

tell him to "man up."

Georgia,
can you testify about this?

Maybe talk to Jamal,

convince him, too?

It's the only way I see
right now.

Okay. But what's the defense?

If she paid the subway,

you can knock out
theft of services.

What about the resisting
and the assault?

The arrest was at 3:46.

That's 14 minutes
before the end of the shift,

and these cops,

they're not part
of the transit bureau.

So, what were they
doing in the subway?

Collars for Dollars.

What's that?

Cops arrest someone right
before the end of their shift

so they can collect overtime
doing all the paperwork.

That's a thing?

In lower-income communities

and in the weeks
running up to Christmas, yeah.

Cops make extra money

to buy their kids
stocking stuffers

at the expense
of Black and Brown people,

who wind up behind bars

right before theirChristmastime.

Roswell:
It's one of the worst-kept
secrets in the system,

and no one's ever taken it on.

Okay.
We'd have to prove a pattern.

I still got friends
in the Public Defender's Office.

I'll call them,
ask them to look at the files.

If these cops
like to work this angle,

it can't be the first time.

And then we take this
all the way.

We pull in the press.
We expose the whole scam.

We make some real change.

Sounds like you got a plan.

There's just one thing...

The case is in the Bronx.

[ Scoffs ]

Then no.

You don't want to ever
go up against O'Reilly again?

Gonna be hard to avoid.

Filing a civil suit,
going after the cops,

embarrassing them in the press?

No. O'Reilly's gonna think
I'm coming after him.

I'm a liability here.

Paola knows your history.

She still isn't gonna
let me rep her without you.

You're a bit of a rock star,
whether you like it or not.

♪♪

The dressmaker
for Mary Todd Lincoln... Elizabeth Keckley!

How did he know that?

Oh! The actor I love. Idris Elba!

Uh, uh, the golfer, uh...

Arnold Palmer!

Oh, time![ Laughs ]

Hold on! That's ridiculous!

I mean, how did you know
to say Arnold Palmer?

She didn't even say anything.

Well, she knows absolutely
nothing about golf or golfers,

except for Tiger Woods

and Arnold Palmer
because she loves the drink.

So it was a 50-50 shot.

And you know me so well. Oh, I do!

[ Both laugh ]

Yeah, well,
you're killing us 156-85.

Ooh! Well, when you're together
for 25 years,

you'll be just as good.

Or maybe we're just smarter
than you, son.

See... Ah!

Think about it! Now...

My turn. My turn now.

Dig it up. Let's go. You got that?

Alright, I'ma mix this up
real good

'cause somebody
didn't mix it up last time.

- Aw! We cheated, huh?
- Oh, yeah, right.

No, I'm just saying!

[ Cellphone chimes ]

[ Plate thuds ]

♪♪

[ Cellphone swishes ]

[ Sighs ]

♪♪

♪♪

[ Cellphone thuds ]

♪♪

You're going after
the police department?

Yes.

I think we can prove a pattern.

But if you do that,

ICE will get angry
and deport Paola?

Papa, don't worry.
We have a good strategy.

How can you say that, mija?

You're going
after the government.

This is the United States,
Miguel, not Mexico...

Who are you to even think
you can beat them?

You're not some huge,
rich law firm.

Mr. Wallace fought the
government from inside prison.

He was wrongfully convicted,
and he won.

If that's true,

then you know
how big the risk is.

Why can't she take a deal?

They're not offering one.

I don't want one, Papa.

Why are you always fighting?

Why can't you just
keep your head down

and do what you need to do
for yourself?

Miguel, we talked about this.

She shouldn't live in fear.

I'm proud of Paola,
how she stands up for herself.

Are you gonna be proud
when they deport her to Mexico?

Roswell: I know this is scary,
Mr. Guerrero,

but the bigger we make this
with the more publicity,

the harder it makes for them
to consider deporting her.

What if you're wrong?

What if you push them
in the other direction?

Paola: Papa, please.

You and Mamá always taught me
how to do the right thing.

What the police are doing
is hurting people,

and I'm in a position
to help stop it.

I'm sorry,

but I just wouldn't be able
to live with myself

if I walked away.

♪♪

What are you doing
about Aaron Wallace?

Nice to see you, too, Kyle.

And I have no idea
what you're talking about.

You have no idea
that he just filed

a $10 million lawsuit
for unlawful arrest?

What's the case?

Turnstile jump,
with a resisting and an assault.

So, we'll plead it out.

That's your answer? Yeah, we get rid of it.

That'll take the wind
out of the civil suit.

She assaulted one of my cops! McCarron: Oh,
wait a second.

This is the 19-year-old
undocumented girl

who "hit" your cop
with a skateboard?

Undocumented has nothing to do
with any of it.

Your instinct

to kowtow to Wallace,
however, is the issue here.

Yeah. I can't keep up, Kyle.

Is this about you
protecting your officers

or your resentment
towards Aaron Wallace?

Let me tell you something, Dez.

We spent thousands of man-hours
on busting that guy

only to watch you
and Glen Maskins let him walk.

And if you even think
of offering a plea on this,

ask yourself,
when was the last time

somebody won that chair

without the police union
behind them?

[ Telephone rings in distance ]

[ Door closes ]

This must be weird for you guys.

Two months ago,

we were double-dating
with Darius.

Tonight,
it was supposed to be Aaron,

but now he's moved out.

Samantha: Girl,
don't worry about us.

We gotta know how you're doing.

Well, all I hear all this time

is how everything
he's fighting for

is to get back to me and Jazz,

even after...
I went with Darius,

even after he signed
the divorce papers.

He kept promising me

that he was gonna get out
and come back to us.

And now... what?

It became real.

Well, when he was in prison,
it was all just an idea.

When he got out and walked
into thishouse...?

Well, I'm about done
with it and him.

No. Mnh-mnh. Come on.

You still love him.

Hmm. You always have.

You gotta give him a chance.

I was giving him a chance.

But he should have stayed here,

and we should have
figured it out together.

Jasmine will be right down.

Thanks.

Sure you don't want to sit?

Have a drink or something?

No, I just really wanted to
say good night to AJ.

He's already asleep.

And I don't wanna risk
waking him up again.

[ Sighs ]

We'll give you two
a few minutes.

[ Footsteps recede ]

♪♪

You okay, sweetheart?

I've been texting you.

I'm fine, Dad.

Anything you want to talk about?

Not right now.

Alright.

Then, um...

there a reason why you haven't
been home for the past two days?

Gee, I don't know.
What do you think?

I get it.

You're hurt.

But please don't do this
to your mother.

Did she tell you
to come here?
No.

I don't want you punishing her
because you're mad at me.

♪♪

How come when youleave,
it's you taking care of you,

but when Ileave,
I'm punishing Mom?

You told me
to always focus on me.

That's what I'm doing.

I'm taking care of mybaby
and myrelationship.

How long
you planning on staying?

I don't know.

But I like it here.

People enjoy
each other's company.

♪♪

I'll talk to you later.

♪♪

Jazz.

[ Footsteps depart,
door closes ]

Roswell: Hey.

I was beginning to worry.

About the time.

I'm not gonna break
my curfew, Henry.

What you still doing here?

Do you mind?

I figured it would
be okay to work late

if you weren't here.

Yeah, of course.

We got Paola's
Metrocard records back.

They actually don'tshow
a ride deducted.

She lied?

I think she swiped the card
and thought it registered.

Doing some research
on some mistake-of-fact

in case it comes to that.

Well, we can't let her
get deported.

The good news is,
we heard from the PD's office.

Turns out that our cops
made a habit

out of arresting people
in that subway station

right before
the end of their shift.

In the past week,
almost every shift.

Let me guess.

All people of color.

Yep.

[ Sighs ]

Henry. Hmm?

What's all this?

Charlotte.

She wanted to make the place
a little homier for you.

Oh.

You doing okay?

Nah, not really.

You gotta give me
some insight, pal.

I don't know what to say.

I'm out of prison,

but I can't be with
the two people I love the most.

Well...

you can...

actually.

[ Sighs ]

You ready for tomorrow?

Raring to go.

[ Chuckles ]

Gonna be like
riding a bike, right?

I know this means a lot to you.

Well, this could be a big one.

For all the right reasons.

Yeah, let's hope.

Hey, I like the new suit.

[ Briefcase clasps click ]Yeah, nice, huh?

See you in court, Counselor.

Amen to that.

♪♪

[ Door opens, closes ]

♪♪

[ Indistinct conversations ]

It's so good to see you,
lil' sis.

I'm sorry I haven't been here
for a while.

Ah, nah, come on.

Don't worry about that.
It's all good.

How's that program?

You mean the drug program

for the drugs
I'm not addicted to?

No, I was talking
about that other program.

Mm, yeah, it's good.

Figuring some stuff out.

And I'm not here
to talk about me.

I'm here to talk
about you and your case.

I think we should both testify.

I mean, it don't even
really make any sense.

Are we supposed
to get up in there

and talk about all the stuff

that happened to us
when we was kids,

and that's supposed to be,
what, like, an excuse?

It's worth trying, Jamal.

Do me a favor.
Roll up your sleeves.

What?

Let me see your arms, Georgia.

I know you got bruises there.

That's exactly what
the prosecution's

gonna make you show the jury.

Did Aaron tell you that?

He told me I would have
to talk about Tony,

but not about Dirk.

Of course, you gonna have
to talk about Dirk.

They gonna ask you about him.

They gonna ask you
about everybody you were with

who hit you and you went back
to them, including Dirk.

Why would any of that matter?

Because you gonna be
trying to blame

everything I did on Pops.

They gonna say to you,
"Don't you take

any personal responsibility
for your choices?

Doesn't your brother?"

They gonna try to tear you apart
to keep me in prison.

Nah, you call up Aaron
and tell him the answer's no.

I ain't testifying,
and you ain't either.

[ Door opens ]Court officer: All rise.

The Honorable Julie Tanaka
presiding.

Mr. Wallace. Welcome back.

Thank you, Your Honor.

I'm second chair today.

And I understand
this is your first case

in quite some time, Mr. Roswell.

Yes, Your Honor.

Judge Tanaka: Okay, then.

People call first witness.

The People call
Officer Marc Lidell.

Do you swear to tell the truth,
the whole truth,

and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?

Officer Lidell: I do.

Good morning, Officer Lidell.

[ Voice echoing ] Please
tell us, in your own words,

what happened
the afternoon of the arrest.

[ Indistinct voices echoing ]

♪♪

Thank you. No further questions.

Henry.

Henry, you're up.

Judge Tanaka:
Mr. Roswell, your cross?

Sorry, Your Honor.
[ Clears throat ]

Officer Lidell,

when you arrested my client
for hopping a turnstile...

Officer Lidell:
Not to mention resisting arrest

and assaulting a police officer.

I haven't asked
a question yet...

She threw her skateboard at me
and hit me in the chest.

Well, officer, yes or no,

you are not assigned
to the transit bureau?

Yes, not.

You're not... not?

Right. Not.

The double negative is
a little confusing, Counselor.

I apologize, Your Honor.
[ Chuckles ]

[ Whispering ] Just relax.

Mr. Roswell?

Um, excuse me.

One second, Your Honor.

[ Clears throat ]

[ Whispering ]
I need you to take over.

Officer Lidell,
as a patrol officer,

your precinct doesn't
cover the subway, does it?

Uh, no, we can enter the subway
in pursuit of a suspect.

Only you weren't
pursuing Ms. Guerrero

when you entered the subway,
were you?

No.

We just happened to be there.

You arrested Ms. Guerrero
at 3:46...

[ Papers rustle ]...right
before your tour ended.

That's right.

So, seven hours of nothing,

and you happen to find a crime
outside your jurisdiction,

14 minutes before
the end of your shift?

That's how it happened,
Counselor.

Well, that's funny.

That's how it happened
three times that same week,

and twice the week before.

[ Whispers ] Yeah. Yeah.
Aaron: These records reflect

that this officer
and his partner

arrested nine other people
on five separate occasions

at that same subway station

right before
the end of their shift

in the past two weeks.

Now, including the time it takes
to process the paperwork,

that's about 94 hours
of overtime,

for a total of about $6,200,
isn't it?

ADA McNamara: Objection.

Is he seriously arguing

this officer's overtime
is relevant?

Well, it's relevant
if this officer

and his partner engaged
in Collars for Dollars.

Officer Lidell: I've never heard
of Collars for Dollars.

I was doing my job.

No, you weren't.

You were lining your pockets
before Christmas

and abusing the system
for your own benefit.

Is he going to ask any questions

or just make
unfounded accusations?

Your Honor,
everyone sitting here

knows that
Collars for Dollars exists.

I know it.

She knows it.

I'm guessing you've heard of it.

The defendant still
jumped the turnstile,

and her Metrocard records
prove it,

so I'm afraid none of this
really matters.

It'll matter when we file
a Clayton motion.

If a police officer's conduct

is more corrupt
than a defendant's...

Okay, maybe the cop wants
to impress his boss.

Maybe he's in a bad mood.

None of it matters
if the people he arrests

commit the crime.

Judge Tanaka: She has a point
there, Counselor.

Why should
their motivations matter?

Because it's happening
at every precinct in the city.

And police officers are
targeting people of color,

which takes us to one of
the other Clayton factors...

"the impact of a dismissal upon
the confidence of the public

in the criminal justice system."

And you think
dismissing this one case

will improve public confidence
in the system?

When it represents
a corrupt city-wide practice,

then yes.

That's our argument.

How will you prove
Collars for Dollars

is bigger than
these two officers?

Let me subpoena NYPD records.

I'm not opening up
that can of worms

based on what
you've presented so far.

Then I can't bring you
anything else

without that subpoena.

I admit it's a conundrum.

So you have 48 hours
to figure it out.

That was embarrassing.[ Sighs ]

It was just nerves.
It's been a long time.

[ Sighs ]

I'll walk them out,
make sure they're okay.

It was more than just nerves.

I've never been
in a courtroom sober.

I wish you'd have
told me that.
[ Sighs ]

I could have helped you prep
or something...

I just don't know
what we're gonna do now.

[ Sighs ]

We need a whistleblower,
someone on the inside.

Never gonna happen.

There's lots of cops... It's a blue wall,
Aaron.

Collars for Dollars
is their honey pot.

Alright, then...

we find someone
outside the force,

someone retired. [ Sighs ]

You must know some people.Right.

Like I got a bunch of old cops
on my speed dial.

Just 'cause you blew it in there

doesn't mean you get to
throw in the towel.

♪♪

Look.
I just need a minute, okay?

Hey!

You pushed her to do this.

So now it's time to dig deep.

That's how this has gotta be.

Dig deep, Henry.

♪♪

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Hey, thanks for your lead.

I'm not on the third step yet,

but I like your idea
of a higher power.

Oh, I'm glad. It's Henry, right?

Yeah. Haven't seen you for
a while.[ Chuckling ] Yeah.

I switched to a morning meeting
a few months ago.

But I miss this place.

It's where I got sober.

Yeah. You and half of Manhattan.

You used to be a cop, right?

I'm a criminal defense attorney.

Oh, well,
we gotta arm-wrestle now?

[ Laughs ]Can I ask you something?

Have you ever heard
of Collars for Dollars?

Why?

I got this case.

A young kid
who could get deported

because of a turnstile jump,

and I'm looking for someone
who used to be on the inside

who might be willing to testify.

I remember you shared once
how much you regret

some of the things
you'd done as a cop...

Yeah, I shared that stuff
in confidence.

No, I know, and I'm sorry.

It's just, I've asked a lot
of people already.

I'm... I'm a little desperate.

Right, so you thought
that you would

come to a meeting
you haven't been to in months

and violate my anonymity?

No, I... I thought maybe
this would be a chance

for you to make some amends.

So, you came here
for myrecovery?

Obviously, I didn't run
this idea by anybody.

I don't have a sponsor
right now...

Yeah, well, that tracks.

'Cause that was some grade-A
alcoholic behavior right there.

♪♪

[ Line ringing ]

Jazz: Leave a message.

[ Beep]

Hey, Jazz.

I know you're mad at me,

but we gotta talk about this.

Alright?

Call me.

♪♪

[ Sighs ]

[ Line ringing ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Ringing stops ]

[ Cellphone thuds ]

[ Sighs ]

I am here, and I am trying.
I'm trying to rebuild.

I thought that was all you
cared about after all of this.

[ Voice breaking ]
I can't, Marie.

You don't gotta do anything.

You're making a choice.

[ Dog barking in distance ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Barking continues ]

Hi.

Hey.

We're gonna spend another night.

Why don't you just come home,
sweetheart?

I have the day off tomorrow.

We can...

pick out a tree together?

Look, I know you're upset,
but it's AJ's first Christmas,

and you don't want to miss

picking out a tree with him,
do you?

♪♪

[ Knocking on door ]

Hey.

Oh, hey, um... [ Sighs ]

Steve M. told me
where you lived.

Uh...

D-Do you got a minute?

You want to have a seat or...?

Thanks.

Can I... Can I get you anything?

I got coffee.
I got water.
No, no, no.

I'm good. Thank you.

You sure?
Yeah, yeah.
No, I'm positive.

I-I, um...

[ Sighs ]

I owe you an amends.

Now, I got mad at you,

and I went for the jugular.

And, um, well, it's...
It's an old character defect.

No, I'm the one who messed up.

I-I was acting like
I just ran into you by accident

when I intentionally
went in there to find you.

Well, look at that.

For someone without a sponsor,

that is a nice bit of recovery
right there.

Can I ask you something
about the program?

Sure.

That phrase in the Promises...

We won't regret the past

or wish to shut the door on it.

Um...

As hard as I try, I just...

I'm not quite there yet.

Uh, I'm not sure if...

if [Chuckling] anyone
ever really gets

all the way there.

It... But what's
eating you the most?

It's a long list.

Uh, the topper right now

is the fact that I killed the
Police Civilian Oversight Bill.

I was a state senator
not too long ago.

That was you? Yeah.

That's a hell of a change
of heart you've had.

I was part of the problem.

Now I'm trying to be part
of the solution.

Alright.

But... But listen,
th... that's all well and good.

Just don't hang your sobriety

on what you're accomplishing
or not accomplishing, alright?

It's got to come from within.

Right. I knew that.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Sighs ]

So, you, um...

Do you still need me to,
uh, to testify?

I didn't say any of thatto
manipulate you... No, no, look.

I know... I know you didn't.
I know you didn't.I didn't...

If I thought you did,
I wouldn't.

It's just, the truth is
that I have been looking

for a way to make amends,

and, um...

uh, maybe this is
the universe offering me

a way to make it right.

♪♪

[ Ringtone plays ]

Hey, Georgia. Everything okay?

[ Sobbing ] No.
I don't have anywhere to go.

Okay, hold on.
W... What happened?

When I got home,
Dirk was waiting for me,

and I told him
I was gonna break up with him.

And he just exploded, so I ran.

Okay, c-can you go
to a friend's?

I've tried a couple people,
but nobody's calling me back.

I don't have my wallet
or anything.

I don't know where to go.

Can you come get me?

[ Sighs ]

What about a support group?

Did they give you any resources?

It's all in the apartment,

and he's not gonna leave.

♪♪

Where are you?

I'll meet you at the bodega
n-near my place.

Towards Morris Avenue.

Okay. I'll be right there.

Thank you so much.

♪♪

You're right.

It wasn't bad.

But maybe you ought to think

about getting yourself
a pull-out.

[ Chuckles ]

And an air mattress for guests.

[ Chuckles ]

I'll get outta your hair.

Can't have you sleeping
on the floor again.

Georgia...

Please don't lecture me.

I know I'm a train wreck.

No, um...

You think Jamal will change
his mind about testifying?

He doesn't like
showing weakness.

Never could.

It's not how we were raised.

Course,
I didn't get any of that.

And the second
they took him away...

...I just fell apart.

♪♪

They never talk about
the families, you know?

What it does to them.

♪♪

♪♪

I really wish you'd talk to me.

You wanted us to get
the tree together.

We got it.

You wanted us home. We're home.

I don't know what else
you want from me.

I want you to tell me
how you feel.

Why does it matter?
It won't change anything.

Because holding it in
will only make you feel bad.

You know what makes me feel bad?

Dreaming about Dad coming home
every night for 10 years.

Then he finally comes home,
we're a family again,

and now it's gone.

He said that we were
the only thing

he was fighting for in there.

He said that he would
always be here,

but he's not.

♪♪

He came down here for this?
Roswell: Of course he did,

and he's got Kyle Rogers
from the union with him.

That union is the reason
no one takes this on.

Mr. Wallace. Turn around.

What are you doing here? Hold on,
what's going on?

I said turn around. Come on, Scotty.

You don't have to do this.
Paola: What the hell is this?

It's his probation officer.

He's on probation? For what?

I called his office twice
last night.

He didn't answer, so I drove by.
He wasn't there.

Which means he broke curfew

and violated the conditions
of his probation.

Come on, man. I'm due in court.

I don't care. Let's go.

It's okay! I'll do the hearing!

I-I'll find you after!

Can't we postpone this?

♪♪

No, we can't.

♪♪

I was a police officer
for 27 years.

12 on patrol,
a stint in narcotics,

and the rest as a sergeant.

How many precincts
did you work in?

Four... uh, the 8th,
16th, 53rd, and 57th.

You ever hear
of Collars for Dollars?

Yeah.

And what is that?

It's when you make arrests that
you otherwise wouldn't make

'cause you want the overtime.

In all your years as an officer,

how often did you
hear that phrase?

Uh, every precinct
I ever worked in.

Did you ever personally
participate

in Collars for Dollars?

No. But it was commonplace.

Objection.
Calls for speculation.

I'll re-ask the question.

Did you personally
witness officers

engaging in Collars for Dollars?

Yes. As a sergeant,
I approved the overtime.

I regret it, but I did it.

And what about
where the arrests were made?

Well, if you want to get away
with doing something shady,

you do it where you're
least likely to get caught.

So, target peopleyou
think won't complain? Right.

And pick charges
that don't make a big stir

in communities that don't
have a lot of political power?

I didn't say it was right...
Just that everyone did it.

No more questions.

ADA McNamara: Mr. McClinchy,

have you ever worked
in the 39th precinct?

No.

Have you ever met
Officer Lidell?

I have not.

So you have no idea

if he was engaging
in Collars for Dollars

when he arrested
the defendant, do you?

No, but... So, no.

Let him finish. It's my cross, Counselor.

I said let him finish! Hey. Henry.

Sergeant,
would you like to finish?

McClinchy: If a patrol officer

who wasn't assigned
to the transit bureau

came into my office
with a train hop

that he picked up 14 minutes
before the end of his shift

looking for a dozen hours
of overtime,

then, yeah,
it was Collars for Dollars.

ADA McNamara:
So, then, would you...

May I have a moment, Your Honor?

[ Door closes ]

[ Whispers indistinctly ]

♪♪

Apparently,
there are other officers

who are willing to testify.

We weren't given
any notice of this.

I know, right?

Late-breaking news and all that,

but, look,
if you want to stipulate

to the existence
of Collars for Dollars,

I'm happy to spare us all

the time and effort
of calling them.

Even if I were
willing to stipulate,

it doesn't mean
that Officer Lidell

was actually doing it.

Counselor, short of him
hypnotizing your officer

to admitting that he did it,

I don't know what else
Mr. Roswell can do

in the way of a proffer.

I am signing a subpoena
for police department records.

And now either your boss
is having a seizure,

or he really wants
to talk to you.

Why don't we take a break?

[ Spectators murmur ]

♪♪

Your PO tells me
that you have a tendency

to think that the rules
don't apply to you.

That may have helped you
win your case,

but now it's gonna
get you thrown back in prison.

Is that what you're gonna do?

If your story checks out,
then no.

But this will be memorialized
in your file.

One more misstep,

and we're gonna
file a violation.

You didn't have
to put cuffs on me.

You jeopardized
my client's case.

I gave you a wake-up call.

Oh. So, what?

This some scared-straight BS?

I'm not a teenager.

You're living in an office,

and you appear
to be pushing away

the two people on this planet
who love you the most.

Feels like a teenager to me.

So, here's what we're gonna do.

You're gonna FaceTime me

every night at 9:59 p.m.

I'm gonna enable
location sharing
on your cellphone

so I will know exactly
where you are at all times.

Unless you want us to
file that violation right now.

♪♪

♪♪

I understand
there were fireworks

at Bronx Supreme yesterday.

[ Sighs ]
That won't happen again.
Mm.

But not because I'm worried
about your reputation.

Do you even have
these other cops

you claimed
are willing to testify?

It was a gambit.

So you liedto the court? Not technically.

Why do I have the feeling
we're being called

to the principal's office?

I think he got a panicked call

from the Police Commissioner
about the subpoena.

The department wants him to
pressure us to take the deal.

A disorderly conduct takes

deportation off the table,
doesn't it?

She'd have to spend
20 days in jail.

I thought you were about
what's best for the client.

And I thought you cared
about institutional reform.

Are you telling me
you'd advise her

to risk deportation
to prove a point?

What was it you said?

Causes need people
who are willing

to stand up and fight.

This client wants to fight.

We get you've always been pretty
cozy with law enforcement,

but Collars for Dollars?

You can't put
lipstick on a pig, Spencer.

Maybe he just doesn't care
about this issue...

in spite of all the talk.

Okay.

So, we have your support?

If by "support," you mean
I won't pull my funding...

♪♪

...then yes.

♪♪

[ Indistinct conversations ]

So, I understand you asked
Georgia not to testify.

Yeah, I figure
why waste anybody's time

barking up a useless tree.

Do you wanna
get outta here or not?

Excuse me?

It feels like
you're getting comfortable.

[ Scoffs ]

So, what you trying to say,
I like it in here?

No.

I'm asking if you want to fight.

'Cause I'm out there
busting my ass for you,

breaking my curfew
for Georgia...

Yeah. She told me what happened.

I ain't ask you
to do all of that.

No, you don't have to ask me
anything, Jamal.

Because that's what brothers
do for each other.

You know what else they do?

They tell each other the truth.

So, come on.

Give it to me straight.

Do you want to fight?

You seriously asking me that

when you sleeping on a couch
in your own office?

Don't turn this on me. No... No,
let's keep it real!

I spent nine years. You don't know what...

All I heard from you was,
"I gotta get back to my family,

gotta get back to my
family."It's not about me.

You out one month,
and you bailed!

When you know
she still loves you.

So, you know what?

Get your own house in order

instead of telling me
what's what with mine.

♪♪

[ Buzzer blares ]

♪♪

[ Switch clicks ]

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

What do you need?

I want to fix this, Marie.

[ Sighs ]

I just don't know how.

[ Inhales deeply ]

I don't either.

But I do know you need
to understand something.

What happened to you...

happened to me, too.

I know that.

Believe me. I do.

♪♪

♪♪

Jazz and I are
decorating the tree.

♪♪

Alright.

Do you want to help?

♪♪

I would love to.

Come on.

♪♪

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