Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011): Season 9, Episode 12 - True Legacy - full transcript

While investigating the murder of a catering business owner, Nichols and Stevens uncover evidence of an affair and a possible larger scandal involving a New York senator.

In new york city's war on crime,

the worst criminal offenders

are pursued by the detectives
of the major case squad.

These are their stories.

What are we doing way over here?

The best I could do.
The Nikel's truck got the best spot.

Screw 'em. The customers are loyal.

They'll follow us,
not the Falafel King.

- Okay, who reads my blog?
- I do. I do.

- Who saw the password?
- Passion flower.

That's right. Someone said it.
Passion flower.



Tell that to the cook and get
free dim sum and a drink.

With that kind of service,
Nikel will go under.

The top is down.

Airport's only two miles away.

You have no idea
what I deal with.

Hey, pretty boy,

Like how I cut into
your business today?

Won't be for long, nikhil.

I wouldn't be so sure,

Especially not now.

Who was that?

What did he mean?

Nothing.

He's my competition,
the falafel king.



Please, just put the top up.

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I have to tell you,

The first time that
I saw marta...Mmm.

Was in that park.

You remember what I said?

What did I say?

"I'm gonna marry your sister."

My father said I should
kill him for that.

My beautiful girl.

She has been with me at
every single election.

Without her, I am nothing.

Aww.

Hi.

Circulate.

Important donors are here.

Every event's an
obligation, huh, mom?

No, an opportunity.

Come here.

How you doin'?

Good.

Show uncle nando your muscle.

Oh, my god, too much. Too strong.

Hey, when's angela getting
back from florida?

Tomorrow, early.

Yeah, she says it's tough,

Seeing her sister so sick.

Yeah.

Hey, I want to show you something.

Come here.

Family comes first.

She's doing what she must do.

Angela, we can't be together.

I won't survive.

You mean you don't
want to marry me?

Of course.

Just leave him, say the word.

If it were just that easy.

Look, I'll talk to him.

Whatever it takes.

No. Ryan, don't.

Promise me you won't.

Hi.

Yeah, okay.

Damn it.

I'll come home tonight.

I'm sorry, baby.

It's our first
time away together.

That guy, nikhil, the guy we saw,

Three of our trucks
were vandalized.

Don't be upset.

I'm mrs. Caldera.

I have a message for you.

Thank you.

Hey, it's me.

I found the car.

You better be naked
when I get there.

Oh, god.

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Parking enforcement
called the towing company

around 3:0p.M.

Mm-hmm. And who opened
the trunk, harley?

The tow truck driver.

Apparently it's not the
first time he's rifl a car.

The owner's firing him.

Well, he discovered the body,

So have him hang around
for an interview.

We have one gunshot wound,

Back of the head, no exit wound.

So probably a.22.

Maximum damage, minimum blood.

Time of death?

Rigor mortis has come and gone.

Judging by t limited
seepage of blood,

I'd say the body was placed
here a half-hour after death.

Hmm. Oh, here we go.

Dumpedith the body.

Could be a pro.

Thanks, lisa marie.

"ryan x. Foley"...

Of "foley'moveable feast."

Best lunch trucks in the city.

Yeah, "foley's feast" services

My brother's building sites.

The crime scene s ticulous,

But we're checking for latents.

Ballistics has said

The murd weapon's untraceable.

Well, it sounds like
they hired the best

And got what they paid for.

That's rht.
The surveillance camera

In that parking area,

It was shot with a paintball gun.

That's new, and very clever.

Yeah, of crse,
we're checking tapes

Fr cameras at the entrance.

So, ryan foley, huh?

Married? Single? Family problems?

Divorced five years ago, no kids,

No lsuits, no evidence of acrimony.

Yeah, found at the airport.
Coming or going?

We called his office,

And althey'd say is he was
gone for a couple of days,

Wouldn't say where.

Do a scan of all the
airlines out of laguardia.

Here. He booked a single
seat on flight 189 to miami,

A window seat in firstlass.

But-and this is very revealing-

It doesn't match
the traveler manifest

For where he actually sat?

Yeah.

He changed seats after he boarded.

Downgraded to coach, an
aisle seanear the back.

Uh-huh

Well, you know,
good-looking single guy,

He would only downgrade to, uh,

Sit next to an upgrade.

He moved to 30d.

30e was angela caldera.

Yes, I saw ryan when I was
getting my boarding pass.

We happened to be
on the same flight.

Mm-hmm, I see.

And then ryan switched seats.

He wanted to-he wanted
to sit near you, huh?

Oh, just being friendly.

We knew each other, but not well.

We use his catering firm a lot.

I see. "we" meaning?

I'm special counsel on
senator cdera's campaign.

I see.

And you're related to the senator,

I assume by marriage?

You mean how did an
irish-american like me

Become a caldera?

Um, I'm his daughter-in-law.

So you and ryan,

What d you, uh, talk about?

Uh, I don't know.

Um, mainly problems he was having

With his food truck business.

Mm-hmm. Problems with,
uh, anybody specific?

I was distract, barely listeng.

Did yosee mr.
Foley while you were in miami?

No. Uh, we landed,

And I went my way, and he went his.

Is everything okay, angela?

Yes. These detectives
were just asking

About somedy I knew from work.

Ryan foley. He catered our events.

Apparently he was killed.

Oh.

You didn't know him, mr. Caldera?

Oh, no, I have my own business.

I don't work in my
father's campaign.

And, um, I barelynew him,

So...

Sorry I can't be of more help.

Not a happy marriage.

You see the slight cringe
when he touched her.

And you're thinking

That she didn't cringe
like that with ryan.

Mm-hmm.

You're very quiet.

It's maureen.

Doctors say she's not
out of the woods yet.

It's nice that you could
spend time with your sister.

Yeah.

But she still has a
few more procedures.

So you'll go back to miami?

Well, not if I have
anytng to say about it.

I'm facing the meanest
re-election my life.

I need angela here.

I need that irish charm out
in those neighborhoods.

Hey, you like the
speech for tonight?

Intro needs a little punching up.

Mm-hmm. Angela...Thoughts?

Uh... I'll have to read it again.

Hey, I wouldn't worry.

You're still up by 13 peent
in today's polls, right?

That's a snapshot.

Those numbers chge
every day, caro.

Still seems encouraging.

Well, I wouldn't worry about it.

Your best contribution
to this campaign

Was marrying this one right here.

Hey, let me see what
you got there, huh?

Look what mom bought me.

Oh, my god, that is so nice.

No, no. I can wipe
my own son's nose.

Angie, I think we need
to have another baby.

Too much focus on this little guy.

That's because this
little boy is perfection.

Yes.

Yes, you are.

So this is our only footage

Of the driver as he
enters the parking lot.

He keeps his face tucked
down away from the camera.

He's wearing his gloves,

So no prints.

But look at that watch.

It's been identified
as a gold rolex.

I got a call from the head of csu

About bmw keys they
found in a trash can.

They match ryan foley's car?

Even better.

They found a partial print

That matched latents on the trunk.

They belong to angela caldera.

She's in the system?

Yeah, a d.U.I.
A couple years back.

It went away.

Maybe somebody called in a favor.

Angela's, uh, trip to
miami was a lovers' getaway.

And now it gs tricky.

Tricky.

So we don't we just move on her?

The senator's facing re-election.

Any blood in the water around
a cheating daughter-in-law,

And we have a media feeding
frenzy instead of a case.

Let's use that to our advantage.

I give it as a reason
to meet her solo

And confront her with what know.

I like that. She'll trust you.

Yeah, she'll open up.

Thanks.

You been crying?

No, no.

I'm fine.

You don't talk, you
barely look at me.

What the hell's going on, angela?

You can talk to me.

I'm always here for you.

I'm just tired.

That's all.

Promise you'll never leave me.

No...

Never.

You can't duck this, angela.

Eventually, we'll have
to move on our evidence.

You're really alone?

It's just me.

I-I can't do this now,

Not with my son here.

It's not safe.

What are you so
afraid of, angela?

If I bring you to headquarters,

Word of that will
make every tabloid.

You want that?

And this stays just between us?

Yeah. Let's start

With why you didn't
fly back together.

Ryan left early.

Another food truck vendor
was causing problems.

Know his name?

No.

But we saw him on the
way to the airport.

His truck said "falafel king."

You were driving ryan's car?

No. Ryan drove.

Angela, your prints?

When I came back,

There was a message
waiting for me from ryan.

It said he wanted to see me

And where to find his car.

You found his body.

I dumped the keys in
the trash and ran.

You and your husband...

Did he know about the affair?

No.

And even if he did,
it wouldn't matter.

They'd never let me leave.

They?

The calderas.

I spoke to an attorney
about leaving rick.

But when I said the
divorce was my idea,

That victor caldera
would oppose it...

He refused to represent me.

Husband didn't know?

Cheating wives always think that,

And usually they're wrong.

So what do we know
about rick caldera?

That he's an only child.

That's unusual
for a latin family.

Yeah, he started
poli-sci at columbia,

But he's never held
a job in politics.

His business is scaffolding.

So money, but not much glamour

For political royalty.

But angela's very
front and center

To the caldera campaign.

She's from a low-income
irish family,

Parents died when she was six.

She and her sister have moved
in and out of foster homes.

Well, her looks and
lack of latin ethnicity

Open caldera's appeal to a
much wider constituency.

That's smart.

"family power: The
core of our strength."

This brochure features
angela and her son, bobby,

But no rick.

So the heir apparent's a
disappointment and a cuckold.

It's tough role in
a family like that.

Reason to harbor some rage.

So we need to know what
rick knew and when he knew it.

That's a problem for me.

I led angela to think
we wouldn't contact him.

Our investigation
outweighs her concerns.

And mine?

I sort of gave my word.

First of all, you don't cheat,

And if you do, don't trust a cop.

Not my first election year.

I mean, to get at my father,

People will say anything
about any of us.

It's a nasty rumor, nothing more.

I'm afraid it's
way beyond a rumor.

- I'm all dressed, papa.
- Hey, buddy, slow down.

Here, look, put this on.

We have a son,

A family.

She wouldn't do this to us.

You honestly don't know
about her trip to miami?

Yeah, she went for
her sister's surgery.

A miami hotel has confirmed

That she and ryan foley
were there together.

But she called every night

To say good night to me and bobby.

And you know this for certain?

Mm-hmm, yeah.

We need to know where you were
the day before she returned.

You think I had something
to do with his death?

Just verify your whereabouts.

I took bobby to school,

Then I bid on a
scaffolding job uptown.

That accounts for half the day.

I picked him up that afternoon,

Then we went to visit my mother.

Okay, are you satisfied?

That helps. Thank you.

Yeah. Well, it doesn't help me.

Papa, I can't do my shin guards.

Buddy.

Our trucks go to the Senator's rallies
speeches, but I never met his son.

Yeah. I'm so sorry, mrs. Dugan.

It must be pretty tough losing

The guy that created all this, huh?

Ryan was very good to us.

We heard about trouble with
another food truck vendor,

The falafel king?

nikhil fayed.

Yes. Ryan's death is
a windfall for him.

He's grabbed all our territories.

Even the caldera campaign?

I can't confirm that.

Hmm. Any actual confrontations
between ryan and...

Nikhil fayed.

While ryan was in miami,
our trucks were vandalized.

Yeah, that trip to miami,

Did he mention the reason
for that, uh, mrs. Dugan?

He just needed a break.

Did he tell you who she was?

You're making me uncomfortable.

Take comfort in helping
us find his killer.

We know ryan went away
with angela caldera.

He didn't tell me that.

I actually heard it from nikhil.

He called here, said he'd seen them

And bragged he'd
cause real trouble.

Did you mention to
ryan that he said that?

So business looks good, nikhil.

What is the problem?

This is a spot you and ryan
foley were fighting over.

You seem to have benefited
nicely from his death.

Listen, I have 12 trucks

That serve over 2,000 people a day.

They were my customers always.

Was that before or
after you threatened ryan

And vandalized his trucks?

I don't play dirty.

I just work hard.

Yeah, but you caught some breaks,

Like, uh, special treatment
from senator caldera.

Well, people talk trash about me.

It's not because the senator

Appreciated you telling him

That ryan foley was doing
his daughter-in-law?

You don't know that.
You have no proof.

The proof is in
the way you bragged.

I'm done here.
I got a business to run.

So he tells the senator,

Ryan comes back and gets murdered.

So we're thinking victor caldera?

That puts this

Right where our captain
was hoping it wouldn't go.

Is there a choice?

Not really.

So profiles on senator caldera
are countless and endless.

Yes, but all puff-piece fodder.

Here, his prize from the e.P.A.,

His support for bio-fuel research.

But look at this.

Look at this picture
from the fifth grade

With a science award.

Look at that smile.

Happy kid headed
for bigger things.

Yeah, well, his father
taught grammar school, math.

You know, they were lower
middle class in the bronx...

Mm-hmm.

And then along
comes marta castillo.

They met as undergrads at columbia.

Who's that guy in
the doorman's braid?

Oh.

This is marta's father,

General omar castillo.

He came close to
running the country,

Till his coup went sour.

With him for a father,
she learned a few tricks.

Yeah, so she marries
the math teacher's son,

And with her tricks
and his charisma,

We've got senator caldera,

A guy who bases his whole campaign

On the virtues of family,

While his daughter-in-law
sleeps around.

So what nikhil told him

Represented a major threat.

Adultery in the family.

Right. Now, does he tell his son,

"suck it up till I'm re-elected"?

"family power: The
core of our strength."

Or did he deal with it himself?

Tough mid-term, senator.

Think you'll hold on to your seat?

Well, you know, that's
what the polls are saying,

But I'm gonna tell you something,

It's not about who win- hey, huh?

It's not about who
wins or or loses.

It's about communities, you know.

It's about brooklyn,
washington heights,

Staten island.

We're talking families, right?

My family.

My grandson right here.

Mi familia.

Senator caldera, mrs. Caldera.

I'm detective nichols.

This is my partner,
detective stevens.

So courting the law
enforcement vote has paid off.

Actually, we're here
to talk to your husband

About ryan foley.

Ah.

Trae bobby a la casa.

Go with tio nando.

Gee, can I see that?

That's a nice watch. Look at that.

What is that? Is that a gold rolex?

Belonged to my father.

One of the few possessions
left to us after the coup.

You know, I only
have a few moments.

It's a tragedy about mr. Foley.

He was a strong supporter.
We're with you, senator!

Yes, senator, is, uh...

Is nikhil fayed a strong supporter?

Seems he's been
getting the favors

That used to come ryan foley's way.

Favors?

Catering our campaign?

No. No, no, we choose
on a best offer basis.

Did nikhil sweeten the deal

With the revelation that ryan foley

Was sleeping with your son's wife?

You know, I'm gonna
tell you something.

In politics,

One masters the art of
ignoring the vile rumor.

I'm gonna tell you something.

We have evidence that angela

Was involved with
ryan foley, senator.

The senator and I have great
respect for the work you do,

But don't push beyond civility

And make us regret what we feel.

Excuse us.

I found some
classified information

In a state department database

About marta caldera's brother.

His name is hernando,

Known within the clan as tio nando.

Tio nando? Uncle nando?
That's cute.

Mm-hmm. Well, if your
dad is general castillo,

Noted for merciless killings
and a bloody coup attempt,

"cute" is kind of helpful.

So, here.

He also got an arrest
here in new york.

15 years ago,

He beat a man to death.

Really?

Let me guess.
The case went from a murder

To justifiable homicide
on a self-defense plea.

And all the charges were dropped.

It was during victor's stint

In the new york attorney
general's office.

Oh, so while victor
owes his political rise

To castillo family money,

Tio nando is also
beholden to victor

And becomes the go-to
guy for family problems.

Like a cheating wife.

Angela, get back here.

- Oh!
- You're not going anywhere!

Oh! Ah! Unh!

What, you think you
can screw around?

- No, I-
- huh?

You got cops, everybody,

Laughing at me? Huh?

What was I thinking?

I married a slut.

Rick, please, stop.

Police! I married a slut.

What the hell do
you expect me to do?

Come on, come on, back off.

That's enough. Get him down.

Unh!

Give me your hands. Hold still.

You're doing so well.

Much faster than last week.

Do you remember that
school I told you about,

Horace mann?

Yeah. Do they teach
computer there?

mi tesoro.

Hello?

Tell the housekeeper it's
time for your snack, okay?

Yes, off course.

En seguida, rick.

Hey, what now?

Rick's in jail.

He attacked angela.

How do I keep that
under the radar, huh?

We need to post bail,

Make a public show of support.

For a wife-beater.

How do you spin that?

By supporting angela.

Focus on her.

All families have crises.

Now we show decency, compassion,

Concern for our beloved
daughter-in-law.

People will relate to that.

Yes, I do blame you, not him.

It's because you shamed him.

Yeah, but having
secrets hasn't exactly

Helped you in the past.

In any case, somebody else

Could have told rick about ryan,

Maybe while you guys
were still in miami.

What mes you say that?

Well, we're pretty
certain victor knew.

- How?
- It doesn't matter how.

Rick could've spoken to nando...

Tio nando?

I-I know what you're saying,

But he wouldn't do that for rick.

Mm-hmm.

Well, uh, angela,

Who would he do things for?

Stop bringing up the family.

The food truck g,
ryan's competitor,

That's who killed him.

Angela, it's too late to lie.

Angela, we could arrange
it so that you and your son

Go into witnesprotection.

No. I don't want that.

I want you to leave.

Victor caldera is a powerful man.

A captive mentality.

A poor girl suddenly
surrounded by wealth and power.

She might have at one time felt
lucky to be part of them...

- Uh-huh,.
- Now she's just plain scared.

Ah, maybe rightly so.

They could have eyes everywhere.

Maybe victor always
had her followed.

Maybe ryan wasn't the first.

If she slipped
away for other trysts

While on the campaign trail,

Campaigns, by law, have to
keep detailed travel records.

Yeah? Let's check her travel,

See if it syncs up with tio nando.

Angela's travel records,

We learned it was tough
for her to cheat.

The watchful eye of tio nando?

Someone even closer to home.

Yeah, she was always in the compa

Of her father-in-law. Inseparable.

Every high-end junket?

Yeah, he occasionally
goes without her,

But it's never the
other way around.

Here. Four days at
the puntacana resort.

Victor has a bungalow,
angela's not even registered.

And why are we certain she
wasn't there on this occasion?

I'm serious. Think dirty.

Why?

Okay.

Here, chking a press
release from that visit...

Oh, here. It does mentions angela.

She was there.

She checked into san
nicolas hospital,

Uh, six years ago.

Isn't her son around six?

Bobby was born during that trip.

Yeah, it says here
that rick and rta

Flew in on a private
jet the following day.

So angela had her
ba out of the country

Without her husband at her sid

Why?

Sorry I'm late.

Is bobby ready?

Well, he's asleep.

He's gonna stay here night.

Are you sure?

I can take him with me.

It's better if he stays with us.

It doesn't mean you ould leave.

We've got to work out
this mess of yours.

Victor, I-

I can only offer so many apologies.

Well, to salva a senate
race requires your sacrifice.

Myacrifice?

Something beyond the
one I've already made.

The breach of- - enough, okay.

You're gonna go under
a doctor's care

For mental problems.

Mental problems?

Yeah, you suffer from depression,

Maybe it's bipolar disorder,

But it's what caused
the family crisis.

I'm not sane?

You make aublic statement,

Anyou resign yourself to treatment.

Rick'll never be a part of this.

Like you, he has no other choice.

Where could you go that
we couldn't find you, huh?

Look, don't worry.

Things will begain
as they should be.

You need to show people

That you're sorry for
what you've done.

Now, you are sorry, aren't you?

We totally support our beloved
angela in this time of need.

Angela will tell in her own words

How her actions led
to our son's arrest.

We admire her bravery,

And you will too.

Now, if this means that I
cannot lead this campaign...

No!

If it means that
I cannot rve you,

To meet the needs of my family...

I'm only gonna ask
you for one thing.

That's for your love
and your prayers

For angela and our son
in this time of need.

talk about a master of spin.

Victor and angela
covered their tracks well.

Sometimes she registered under
her maiden name, scanlon,

But if he was there, so was she.

Shtupping his son's wife

The whole time
they've been married?

And I voted for this guy.

So ryan foley was
a threat to him,

And he called on nando to
eliminate the competition?

Where does rick
stand in all this?

Was he party to it,
ignorant, or in denial?

Let's offer him a dose
of reality and find out.

I have nothing to say
about ryan foley's death.

And you have an alibi
which covers his activities.

We think ryan foley's death

Resulted from someone
else's feelings for angela,

Not rick's.

Then they should
be here, not him.

Wait. What are you talking about?

How come your father didn't
tell you about angela's affair

With ryan foley?

He didn't know.

We have evidence
that he did know.

Wait. We should confer.

No. I want to hear this.

So what, my father
knew about angela?

Did he think that you couldn't

Take care of your wife's lover?

Not man enough?

Come on, rick, I buy that
you were cuckolded once,

But you had to know about
angela and your father.

My father?

All those trips,
they shared a room.

Okay, yes, I'm not a total idiot.

I know how that looks,

And I raised the issue
with the family.

I am satisfied that nothing,

Absolutely nothing was going on.

Victor was that convincing?

My mother was that convincing.

My father doesn't jump unless
she tells him how high.

Here are times and places

Where your father and angela-
you get the picture.

There's an affidavit
from a hotel clerk,

All during the first
year of your marriage.

That dirty, rotten bastard.

That filthy hijo de-

But you have him?

Wait. We must talk about this.

No. You were his hire, not mine.

I want you out of here. Out!

So is my father going down
for ryan foley's murder?

Tell me that's true.

There's a way to make it true.

The attorney says you fired him.

What are you, in some
scheme with the cops?

You're wearing a wire?

Hello, detectives, you listening?

It's a bad idea to
threaten me, hijo.

I'm not here with a wire.

I'm here for compensation for
the grief you've caused me.

I'm not giving you a dime.

Then I'll be taking
bobby away from you.

Yours is the weak
blood of my own father.

Yeah. A little man,

Who was satisfied teaching
slum children to count pennies.

A man with no vision, no goals.

Stay out of this, mamita.

Our family needs to make peace.

You can't uproot bobby.

He's out of your lives.

Unless...

Well, at this point
it's all about money.

No... Ningun centavo.

El dinero es mio.

Yeah, that's right.

It is your money.

So buy him out of this.

Is 200,000 enough?

More like five.

You'll have it tonight...

After the office closes.

You've suffered, but
someday this will pass.

Somos familia.

Tio nando.

I'm sad you're leaving
our family, sobrino.

Take my word, for
now it's for the best.

I don't understand
that kind of thinking,

But it's your life.

Hey! Put it down!

Put it down.

Now back away from it.

Hands above your
head, turn around.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say can and
will be used against you

In a court of law...

I blamed you, papito,

But, uh, she's much
harder than I thought.

We've arrested your brother.

Okay, there is no discussion
until I call our lawyer.

Mrs. Caldera, we know why
you wanted your son dead,

And we know why you
ordered your brother

To kill ryan foley.

This empire is yours,
not the senator's.

I will not respond
to any of these accus-

Oh, I see.

The betrayal is now complete.

Angela never betrayed you.

She never broke from your plan.

The official family
bio praises you

For nurturing troubled young women.

You singled out
angela, mentored her.

Yes...

And made her a daughter,

Only to have her shame me.

We know from
angela's phone records

She called you from miami.

So you knew her travel
plans, you called nando,

And had nando kill ryan foley.

This is absurd.

It was important that
angela see ryan's body.

It was a warning that
nobody leaves your fold.

But if you knew I was
sleeping with victor,

Why didn't you want me gone?

To respond is beneath me.

You had to stay, angela.

You're bobby's mother.

Bobby is the son of real promise.

He'll be to the family
all that rick was not.

Angela deserves to know
the more profound reason

Why marta allowed,

In fact, wanted you to seduce her.

She wanted it?

She needed a surrogate.

Somebody compliant, obligated
to be in the family fold.

There's a paternity test...

At the hospital san nicolas.

This is a copy of it.

Requested at bobby's birth...

By marta...

Caldera castillo.

You couldn't give victor more
than one child, could you?

Rick, I'm- rick, I'm so sorry.

Yeah.

We both qualify as damaged goods.

Hear him.

Even now, weakness.

From grammar school, when
he would come home crying,

A cowardly boy,

A victim of bullies,

We knew.

Victor and I knew we had a problem,

And I vowed to resolve it.

Is it so wrong to want a child

To honor the castillo-caldera name?

The crime isn't wanting a son.

The crime is lying and
killing to have one.

Senator, call your lawyer.

You're gonna be surrendering
at centre street.

Get in.