Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–…): Season 15, Episode 4 - Internal Affairs - full transcript

NARRATOR: In the
criminal justice system,

sexually based offenses are
considered especially heinous.

In New York City,

the dedicated detectives who
investigate these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad
known as the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

Well, that would seem
to be a good place to stop.

Okay.

So...

Next week... You
remember I'm going away.

I think we've, uh, established
that I have abandonment issues,



but I think I'll survive.
Oh, I know you will.

Olivia, I...

I got you something
to remind you of that.

What's this?

You said the one you used to
wear was being held as evidence.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

CASSIDY: Hey, Groves.
GROVES: You're late, Cassidy.

Yeah. Another victim of
NYPD's Highway Therapy?

Yeah.

Only today, I took the 4 train.

It only took me an hour
to get into this place.

Rockaways to the Bronx for me.

That's how they punish you.



When you get on the
job, no one tells you

NYPD stands for "Now
You're Persecuted Daily."

Hey.

You've got to hold on to this.

What is this?
Safety deposit key.

Where's it at?

You don't need to know that yet.

Anything happens to me,

a friend of mine will
tell you where the box is.

You take what's in the
box to The New York Times.

Are you serious, Groves? Yes.

Since I turned on them at the
12th, they tapped my phones.

They're following me
everywhere. Hands up.

Don't move.

(ALL SHOUTING AT ONCE)

Cassidy, you're my witness!

Everything they
say will be a lie!

Tase him, tase him!
You're my witness!

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)

(GRUNTING)

This place seemed... Seemed
bigger when it was empty.

We'll figure it out.

Hey.

You okay?

Oh, yeah, I'm
sorry. It's just, uh...

It's a, uh, work thing.

Wanna talk about
it? You're allowed.

Mike Groves, cop on my shift?

They came for
him. They tased him.

They hauled him off to
Bellevue on a psych hold.

He just lost it?

Well, he was definitely
acting paranoid.

But then, they did come for him.

Groves told me he
was exiled to the Bronx

for making noise about
his former precinct, the 12th,

for cooking their books.

Transferring the
whistleblower, sure,

but sending him
to the rubber room?

Yeah, but then, after
the 12th got rid of him,

he didn't get the hint.

So, he goes to IA.

So, they drive him crazy, and then
they send him to the psych ward.

I don't know. Maybe they...

Maybe they did
it to discredit him.

Maybe Groves is actually
crazy. I don't know.

But I feel like I should go to
IA and tell them what I saw.

IA? Yeah.

Brian, they took your shield.

You sure you wanna
rattle that cage?

Yeah, but what if...

What if Groves
is telling the truth?

What, you're the only person
in his life? What... What...

What about going to the PBA?

Oh, come on, Liv. Seriously?

What? What, his lawyer?

His... His family?

Hey, Brian.

For once in your life,
take care of yourself.

(WHISPERING) And me. Okay.

Hey. How was the move?

Good.

You know, I haven't had a
roommate since the Academy.

You would not believe how
many T-shirts that man has.

You can winnow them down a
few at a time. He won't notice.

Morning, Detectives.

What are you doing here?

Nice to see you, too.
Is your captain in?

Lieutenant Tucker.
What brings you to SVU?

Your office free, Captain?

Benson, you, too.

I was just talking
about you last night.

I'll bet.

But enough of the small talk.

I have a problem.

And I need your help.

IAB needs SVU's help?
You gotta be kidding me.

It's not my dream, either.

Here's what I can tell you.

We're looking at
CompStat issues in the 12th.

The 12th?

Some of the cops in the
unit are losing complaints.

Yesterday, our key witness,

who had been an
officer in the precinct...

Forcibly institutionalized.
And medicated.

At the 12th's request?
That's hardball.

Officially, he was deemed a
danger to himself or others.

Tucker, what does
this have to do with us?

Among the crime
stats that saw a drop

were sexual assaults.

Now, we've investigated a few,

but our whistleblower, whose
credibility is now shattered,

claims he knows a
woman, Tanya Jenkins.

She reported a rape to him.

It was never entered
into the complaint system.

I'm confused. This
is a complaint against

Tanya Jenkins for
assaulting a cabbie.

There may be
more to it than that.

I need you to check it out.

Now?

This is from Christmas.

How long's IAB
been sitting on it?

Look, I'll do my job.

You do yours.

She's a possible rape victim.

I thought you might
be sympathetic to that.

I hope you told Tucker to shove
that file where the sun don't shine.

Now, Rollins, that
wouldn't be politic.

Tanya Jenkins,
accused of assault,

and some cop in a cuckoo's
nest says she's a rape victim?

IA's setting us up.

It's always a possibility.

Don't put words
in the vic's mouth.

Just dot your "I"s
and cross your "T"s.

Look, we have all heard
rumors about the 12th.

I mean, if somebody
is covering up rapes,

they need to go down for it.

I don't like this already.

CRAGEN: Well,
that makes five of us.

Fin, Rollins, go
talk to this cabbie.

Benson, Amaro, the woman.

And report to me.

For reasons that
should be obvious,

I'll middle with Tucker.

NICK: Wait, wait.
Hold... Hold up.

What do you...

What do you mean, you
think Cassidy went to IA?

Officer Groves.

Tucker's witness?

Cassidy was with
him when he got tased.

And the next day, Tucker
just happens to come to SVU?

Well, what does Cassidy
say? I can't get ahold of him.

Great. And Tucker knows
you're living together?

You know what? Take Sixth.

Less traffic.

She's puking, says
she has no money.

I threw her out, she
starts swinging at me.

The cops pulled up.

You filed assault charges?

The two cops told me I should.

Said if she tried to accuse
me of anything later,

I could use it.

Okay. But a week later,
you told the D.A.'s office

you wanted to drop the charges.

She didn't say anything.

I didn't wanna go to court.

Cops arrest her? I don't know.

I drove off. They
dealt with her.

If this girl's accusing me of
something now, she's lying.

That cab driver
dropped the charges.

Besides, it was my fault.

I had been drinking.

I'm going to meetings now.

Tanya, we're not here to
talk to you as a suspect.

We need to know what
happened to you that night.

You can tell them I
said nothing happened.

It's all cool.

Tell who?

Look, I was
confused. I was wrong.

I was drunk, got into a fight
with the cabbie, end of story.

Tanya, if you just...
I... I'm late for work.

I have to go.

Tell them that nothing happened.

Well, something
happened that night.

Maybe.

But she was obviously drunk.

If the case is a dog, and you're
trying to keep stats down...

Well, then, you tell her that
she'll be charged with assault.

Get her to drop the whole thing.

Meanwhile, if she was raped,

then he's still out there.

West and Quinn were the
responding officers that night.

Any chance they'll
be straight with us?

NICK: Lieutenant, we're
looking at this cabbie

for a string of sexual assaults.

BENSON: He filed a complaint
against a woman here last December.

Maybe trying to blame the vic.

Uh, she was drunk.

Yeah, a lot of
nightclubs around here.

Weekends are a zoo.

Oh, here it is.

Cabbie filed, wouldn't
testify. D.A. dropped it.

Yeah, well, maybe
she said something

to the responding
patrolmen about the cabbie?

West and Quinn?

Well, you can talk to 'em.

Tour's about to
start. Oh, great.

LIEUTENANT: West! Quinn!

Detectives Benson
and Amaro, SVU.

Hey, how you doing? Good. Hi.

You remember a cabbie fighting
with a woman around Christmas?

The holidays? Maybe a dozen.

Tanya Jenkins. Uh, mid-twenties,

red hair, fair skin.

Oh, yeah.

She was a frigging mess.

Threw up all over
herself and the cab. Why?

Well, the cabbie's name
came up. Other complaints.

Uh, do you remember
Tanya saying anything about

him being a little handsy?

To tell you the truth, we
weren't really looking at him.

I mean, she was
drunk and disorderly.

He was the complainant.

BENSON: Mmm. So, you
brought her in that night?

These binge drinkers,
we kind of have

a catch-and-release
policy around here.

I tell my guys to just try and
make sure that they get home safe.

You mean you took her home.

Well, she wasn't gonna
make it on her own.

Easy prey. Hot and sloppy.

The cabbie had her address.

Is there any chance
he went back?

Who knows? Maybe.

But I tell you, this girl,
she was so wasted,

there's no way she'd remember
anything that happened.

Yeah.

So, you think these
unis buried a rape.

Look. Something
happened to Tanya that night,

but she's been
pressured into denying it.

The responding officers
went out of their way to say

she was too drunk to
make a credible witness.

They also wanted us to know
that they drove her home that night.

Any chance it was the cabbie?

FIN: None. I tracked his fares.

He had a airport run right
after the cops took Tanya.

Then, he sat at JFK until he
caught a fare to Westchester.

Okay.

Let's check the 911 calls.
Compare them to the precinct logs.

See if somebody called in a sexual
assault that somehow dropped out.

Hey, Rollins, why don't you
and I check those 911 calls?

I can stay. No, no.

You just moved in. Go home.

Besides, might be good
to catch up with Cassidy.

Oh. You're finally home.

Yeah, sorry. It was a bitch
of a day at the courthouse.

Yeah, it must have been.
Because I kept calling you.

I know. I tried
calling you back.

We just kept missing each other.

Oh, this place looks great.

Thank you. What's up?

Tucker came into
the squad today.

Turns out your friend, Groves,
was on to something at the 12th.

Did you go to Tucker about it?

No, I didn't go to him.

But Tucker came to me.

What? Yeah, tonight.

That's why I was late.

He wants me to go
undercover for him at the 12th.

What did you say?

I said no way.

You don't trust him.
Right? I don't trust him.

What does he want with SVU?

Well, it looks like two
officers from the 12th

coerced a sexual assault
vic into dropping the charges.

So, we're working the case.

Hold on a second.
Let me get this straight.

It's okay for you to
work IA, but not me?

(CELL PHONE CHIMES)

I've got to go. What, now?

It's, uh, this rape case.

Rollins. She just
found something.

Sorry. I'll be back soon.

Okay. Sorry to
drag y'all back in.

No, you're not.
That's your thing.

We checked the 911 calls, okay?

There's no assaults,
but there are two

pretty bogus-sounding
calls made from pay phones.

A homeless man
and a noise complaint,

both made from Tanya's block.

Tanya's block? Who responded?

West and Quinn.

They gave them
back as unfounded.

But that puts
them on her street.

For pretty much the
whole night, yeah.

The apartment building next
door had a security camera.

We got the video.

ROLLINS: Good news.
Quinn and West weren't lying.

They did bring her home.

Bad news, they
didn't just drop her off.

West went back in. Twice.

And this is the first
time they go up.

Fifteen minutes later,

Quinn comes back
down and waits in the car,

leaving West up there
for another half an hour.

NICK: All right, at 3:30,

West and Quinn respond
to the first 911 call.

West goes up for another hour.

At 5:00, second
call, same pay phone.

West goes up for
another 40 minutes.

So, the 911 calls were an excuse for
West to go back up and Quinn to cover.

Groves, uh,
Tucker's key witness,

told him that she reported
her rape the next day.

Is there any record of that?

Yeah. Precinct reception
has her signing in, 11:41.

Signing out, 1:02.

No report of who she spoke with.

Well, somebody got
her to kill the complaint.

And scared the
daylights out of her.

Wait a minute. This is
for IA. They go after cops.

No, these aren't cops.

They're rapists.

WOMAN: They got their music cranked,
treating the street like a mosh pit.

Pending voice ID, I'd say both
calls were made by Officer Quinn.

We're looking at more
than fixing stats, here.

These guys are rapists.

Possibly.

All these tapes prove
is official misconduct.

Tanya was assaulted that night.

Eight months ago. No rape kit.

She's drunk.

She's one reluctant,
unreliable witness

against two decorated cops.

She's not reluctant. She
was intimidated. (SIGHS)

Somebody at that precinct
told her to keep her mouth shut.

Now, we need to
find out who it was.

Just let me talk to Tanya

and tell her that
we're on her side.

Slow down.

All right, these officers
find out they're suspects,

they're gonna lawyer up.

So, you're tying our hands.

No. All I'm saying is

let's get our ducks in a
row before we go hunting.

Detective Benson,
walk me out, please?

(DOOR OPENS)

So, that, uh,
boyfriend of yours.

Even for a mick, he's thick.

Excuse me?

He's on court duty
up in the Bronx.

He goes undercover for
me, he gets his shield back.

Yeah, he mentioned
that you brought that up.

Yeah, but he's tripping over himself
with reasons why he can't do it.

Thinks there's bad
blood between us.

There is. So what?

This is his chance for
redemption. (SCOFFS)

What does he have to do?

I get him transferred
into the 12th,

he partners with
West, builds trust.

Gets an admission.

Maybe even catches
these guys in the act.

And has to rat those guys out.

Thin Blue Line crap from you.

These guys are rapists.

If it makes you feel
any better, I will put

you and Amaro on as his backup.

(SIGHS) Listen.

Talk to Cassidy, all right?

Do you want him busting
his hump in the Bronx courts

until he breaks like Groves?

This is what I get
for good stats?

They send me rookies, screw-ups,
and burn-outs? No offense.

None taken.

Look, I know I've got
to earn my way back in.

I appreciate the chance.

Quinn. Yes, sir.

This is your partner.

Kenneth Parker. I really
appreciate... QUINN: Save it.

Rookie, rule one.

Just speak when spoken to. Okay?

Let's roll.

West, your newbie.

Brian Cassidy.

The guy who got
busted with hookers?

He's trying to earn his way back

into the Department's
good graces.

Accord him every courtesy.

You know, take my advice. You get
busted back to walking a beat at your age.

Put in for your 20.

Nice to meet you, too.

Yeah, let's go.

Rules. I decide where we patrol

and when we stop to
piss. Got it? Perfectly.

And no personal talk. I don't give
a rat's ass about you or your kids.

Hey, same here.

Hey.

That prostie you and your
captain were banging...

(ON RADIO) She
as hot as she look?

CASSIDY: Screw you. But yeah.

Cassidy's gonna have
a hard time with this guy.

CASSIDY: (ON RADIO)
So... That partner of yours...

I'm not getting in the
middle of something, am I?

WEST: Quinny? CASSIDY: Yeah.

Screw you. (LAUGHS)

I think he'll be just fine.

So, the 12th. What do you get?

Mostly drunk Wall
Street guys and club kids?

Name an ass-hat,
you got it, right?

Yeah. Some douchebags, too.

Any working girls?

Haven't you been busted enough?

Hey, man. I'm an old
dog, but I do like new tricks.

Just watch the club girls.

They get drunk,

next morning, walk-of-shame...

They get, uh, buyer's remorse.

Oh. Like this one. (HONKS)

Hey. Hey, Tanya.

I just wanna get home.

Hey, I'm just checking
to see if you're all right.

You still going to
meetings? Six months.

One day at a time.

That's good. That's good.

I'm just here if you need
me. If you need a friend.

Stay safe.

CASSIDY: (ON RADIO) She
seemed nice. WEST: Mmm.

CASSIDY: Somebody
do a number on her?

WEST: More like
she did it to herself.

First, he rapes Tanya, and now
he says that he's looking out for her?

Control, intimidation.

It's a complete abuse of power.

It's ugly, but not
enough to make a case.

(SIGHS)

(INDISTINCT SPEECH ON RADIO)

Ugh, Friday night.

When are things gonna
start picking up around here?

Take it easy.

It's a full moon.
We'll get there.

So, uh, the new
apartment, how's that going?

Good, you know?

It's nice having someone
to come home to.

Yeah. I miss it.

And, uh, your sessions...

You like the guy?

I must have sent over a
dozen or more survivors to him.

And turns out, I was right.

I feel safe there.

Look, Liv...

You know, I'm here if you
wanna talk about anything...

Nick, you wanna
know what's great?

It's that you've been normal
with me, and I appreciate that

more than you know.

OFFICER: (OVER RADIO)
Available units respond.

Female, white.
Drunk and disorderly,

just north of Gansevoort Plaza.

(SIRENS BLARING)

You're a loser! You can't
touch me! I don't like losers.

Back off! WEST: Hey! Hey!

Tell him to back off!
Back off! Hey, back off!

Relax. Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey, hey, hey!

Back off!

The hot box of the 12th.
We're in luck. Gretchen.

Is there a problem here? Yes.

That guy grabbed my ass.

Which guy? The wrong one.

Yo, yo, yo. Bye-bye. So,
let me get this straight.

If the right guy grabs your
ass, you're okay with that, huh?

(GIGGLING)

GRETCHEN: (ON RADIO)
Like you? (LAUGHS)

Nice upgrade on your partner.

How about you two drive me home?

Do you want me to just
assume the position right here?

(GRETCHEN LAUGHS)

Come on. Walk away. There we go.

Bye.

There we go. Watch your head.

(ON RADIO) You've got
a live one there, brother.

WEST: Go. GRETCHEN: Bye.

WEST: All right, Gretchen.
Upsy-daisy. GRETCHEN: Hi.

(WEST GROANS)

GRETCHEN: My hero.

All right, you wait
here. Hold the fort.

I'm not back down in 20 minutes,

you spring me with
a bogus call, all right?

She can get clingy.

Hold on. We're just
gonna let this happen?

Well, it sounded
consensual, Liv.

They obviously have
a history. She's drunk.

So are half the people
on the street tonight

who are going home to have sex.

I mean, what do you wanna do?

Everything all right? Yeah.

West is upstairs
assisting a woman in need.

QUINN: (ON RADIO) You know
not to put this in the memo book.

CASSIDY: What memo book?

QUINN: Right.

Maybe we'll see you later.

She's been up there for 20
minutes. Cassidy should go up.

Liv, they're testing him.

(HONKS)

Sleeping Beauty, wake up.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

So, Gretchen. My turn?

Next time.

My girl, Quinny, needs backup.

What, she doesn't use the radio?

WEST: (ON RADIO) You're
quick. Like a real detective.

(SIREN WAILING)

Oh.

Took you fellows long enough.

Ride the radio.

What?

Sit. Listen to the radio.

What is this? Easy, cowboy.

(SOFT TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING)

Welcome to the 12th.

A happy ending to a
successful first tour.

Well, you, uh,
you shouldn't have.

But we did.

Hi. Hi.

My name is Lila.

Hey, Lila.

That's a, um...
That's a pretty name.

You're a pretty lady.

Mmm, you're so sweet.

Come. Let's have some fun.

All right.

Have a little fun.

Yeah, good job.

CASSIDY: (ON RADIO) Oh, yeah.

Mmm-hmm. Yeah, right there.

He's just working.

CASSIDY: Oh, yeah.

I know.

(CASSIDY PANTING)

Bye, Brian.

Nice welcome. Hmm.

Seems like I landed
in the right place.

How much do I owe?
Always on the house.

They take care of us,
we take care of them.

Call it a "quid pro ho."

Liv. Hey.

Look, uh. What you thought you
heard before. Yeah, you were working.

Yeah, I was. So, we
don't have to talk about it.

But I was just...
Tucker's waiting, so...

I know it's not rape, but they
did admit to being on the take.

I was listening the whole night,
all right? Dereliction of duty, maybe.

BENSON: Tucker,
what do you think?

West is not going to confess to
Cassidy the second he meets him.

He leaned on Tanya.

That's subjective. Well, they
were testing Cassidy tonight.

Now, he's got their trust.

If he spends more time,
they're gonna slip up.

Look, Captain.
With all due respect

to your unit's undercover
abilities with escorts,

they might slip up.

Or he might slip up.

Either way, they make him,

my whole investigation
goes south.

Your whole investigation?

Some things shook loose, yeah.

There are more moving
pieces than expected.

There might be more girls.

So, we go through the West and
Quinn incidents and we find them.

And then, what? The other vics are
gonna be just as drunk, just as scared.

We get a reliable witness.

You're IAB, set up a honey trap.

West likes his women
drunk and disorderly?

I can do that.

(INDISTINCT SPEECH ON RADIO)

Ah, thank you. How
much do I owe you?

Nothing. We're a
friendly precinct.

OFFICER: (ON RADIO) Any available
units, 1034 at 460 West Fifteenth.

Assault. Suspect is female,
white, 30, possibly intox.

We got this.

Central, Two Charlie
will handle. Out.

QUINN: (ON RADIO)
Two King on the backup.

Oh. Quinny wants
to see the show.

Let's do it. (SIRENS WAILING)

That's my car! Yeah?

That was my clean car.
Oh, I paid you for the night.

I paid you. Hey. Hey.
Take it easy, sweetheart.

FIN: Be careful.
She's high as a kite.

Sir, please. Hey,
calm down, sir.

ROLLINS: (ON RADIO)
What are y'all looking at?

CASSIDY: Do you want me to cuff
you right here? WEST: Hey, stop it.

Are you arresting me?
Hey, that's up to you.

Why don't you come with us?

Oh, okay. Huh?

I'll come with you. Yeah.

I'll come with you.

Pretty girl like you can make
this easy or you can make it hard.

You don't want a record,
right? I paid for the night.

(ALL SHOUTING)

You want the record?
You can either stop fighting,

or you can cooperate.
Get the door.

Okay. Get the door. Come on.

I'm cooperating.
You're cooperating?

Now, watch your head, all right?

What are you gonna do to me?
I see that you're cooperating.

CASSIDY: (ON RADIO) Let's
go. Come on. Get under there.

WEST: Get her in. Looks like
she wants it the hard way, no?

I feel dizzy. I'm spinning.

You know, I don't know
what it is with you women.

Low self-esteem?

I just wanted a good time.

That's one way to find it.

We're gonna do you a favor.

We're gonna drive you home.

We get there, maybe we
can work something out.

See if you deserve to get
off this drunk and disorderly.

Work something out?

That's his play?

I want this guy.

Cassidy, get her keys
in case she falls asleep.

Give me that disco ball of
yours. (ENGINE STARTS)

I've got some house
keys and I've got a, uh...

I've got a driver's license.

Come on. If you're not
arresting me, let me out.

Not happening.

Sector Charlie, disorderly 1091.

(ON RADIO) Show us
with one female in the auto,

en route to 451
West 19th Street.

Stay close.

Captain, they're on their way.

Rollins was so
good, she scared me.

What happened?

West hauled her in with Cassidy
while Quinn distracted me.

She threaten you?

She just told me I should stop
picking up drunk white women.

Here they are.

I don't want Rollins in there
any longer than she has to be.

(ROLLINS GROANS)

Okay, okay. Get...
Whoa. (GRUNTS)

Oh, she's a real
slut bag, ain't she?

Yeah, she's kind of sweet
looking, though, right?

Mmm. I don't do them ugly.

At least we didn't have
to shower this one first.

Hey, what happens
if we get a radio call?

(ROLLINS GROANS) Answer it.

We can always come back
and check up on her later.

I mean, we've got her keys.

Uh-uh. Give me 15 with her.

Mmm-hmm.

Hey.

WEST: Ah. Hey.

WEST: Hey.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Oh, come on.

Cassidy, hold on.

Yeah.

I got to make a phone call.

I told you the next one
was gonna be yours.

Put her to bed.
CASSIDY: Are you sure?

Yeah. She came looking for some
strange. You don't want to disappoint.

Yeah, but she likes you. Not me.

She likes cops, you know?

Take your time.
Warm her up for me.

Hey. Hi.

No, no. No, no.
What are you doing?

CASSIDY: No, no, no, no,
no. ROLLINS: Get off me.

I was trained for this.
(ROLLINS MOANS)

Why is he making
Cassidy go first?

Probably still testing him.

I don't like this.

ROLLINS: Hey. No, no,
no, no. No! CASSIDY: Uh-uh.

Hey. Uh, sorry to break
it up, but we gotta go.

Now, West? This party's just
getting started over here, man.

I got a call.

She's cute. I like her.

Wait, did they get a call?

BENSON: We would have heard it.

They're onto him.

So, what have we got?

Over by the river.

Report of somebody
shooting rats.

Come on.

Amanda, you all right? I'm fine.

What just happened?

I don't know. It
didn't feel right.

It was like West was playing us.

Benson, Amaro. Where's Cassidy?

His wire went dead
45 seconds ago.

West's car was in
front the whole time.

No one went by us.

Fin, check the back.

WEST: Give me your cell.

Quinny, you know
what to do. Yeah.

(VOICE TREMBLING) Yeah, hi.

There is a man on my
fire escape with a gun.

475 West 21st Street.

And he's coming back.

CASSIDY: Hold on a
second. Let me get this straight.

You're commandeering cabs?

Making 911 calls from my
phone? That's your plan?

Shut your mouth.

Where is he? Where's Cassidy?

He's gone. Found a back
door out to 20th Street.

I also found his badge
and wire in the stairwell.

They must have had a second car.

Got the 911 call.

What? Female voice reporting

a suspicious man with a
gun on West 21st Street.

Oh, my God. Man with a gun?

They're setting Cassidy up.

Or it's a decoy call.

Benson, Amaro, track it down
and stay on their radio calls.

Fin, Rollins, get a GPS
on Quinn's patrol car.

I'll call Tucker.

Look, you got this all wrong.

I don't think so. You worked
with Groves up in the Bronx.

So what?

What are you, his
avenging angel?

He's a nut job!

SVU, where is she?
Where's Quinn? I don't know.

You don't know?
She's your partner.

She told me to drop her
here, then she got in a cab.

Said it was personal.

You stop covering for her.

I just got out of the
Academy three weeks ago.

I do what she tells me.

WEST: (ON RADIO) Suspect
fleeing across West Side Highway

toward Marine Terminal.

That your sector?

QUINN: (ON RADIO) Sector King
to Central, we are en route, on foot.

CASSIDY: Relax.
Just relax, okay?

Easy.

(GRUNTS)

So, what did Groves tell
you about us? Nothing.

Liar! I told you, nothing!
I swear. Nothing.

Oh, yeah. IA just puts you
undercover on a whim, huh?

(GRUNTS)

Get up.

Hey, hey, hey. Don't lie again.

What did he have?
What did he give you?

Nothing, I swear.
Now's your chance.

I swear to God.
Take it, Cassidy.

He said nothing. Take it!

That's it. You blew it.

Shots fired. 1013,
suspect is shooting.

Sector Charlie, I
can't find my backup.

Shots fired and I don't
know where. They're not here.

Hey! You're gonna shoot me
in the head with my own gun?

No, not us. The perp grabbed it.

This is your last
time to tell me

what Groves told you!

Nothing. I swear to
God. He told me nothing.

Look, I... I tuned
him out, okay?

This guy is a walking
bitch fest. You know that.

He's not motivated.

Get up! Get up!

Talk or start running.

Five, four... You're
not running, Cassidy.

Three, two. Go!

Quinny, you want me to call in officer
down, or do you want the honors?

BENSON: Hey, how
about I call it in for you?

Whoa.

We're on the job.

Oh, not anymore, you're not.

Put the gun down
now. Easy. Easy.

NICK: On your feet.

Let's take a walk.

(PANTING)

You all right?

Yeah.

We got them.

Who?

West and Quinn.

You don't have to be
afraid anymore, Tanya.

But I do need you to
tell me what happened.

And you'll believe me?

You'll do something
about it? Yes. I will.

That, I can promise you.

Will you trust me?

He seemed nice at first.

Helped me upstairs,
got me cleaned up.

Then, I remember the sound
of him opening his zipper.

I tried to push him off,
but he held me down.

He came back twice that night.

And the next day, when
you went to the precinct,

you spoke with Officer Groves.

Yes.

He took me to his lieutenant.

That night, West
showed up, angry.

Said I was a drunk slut.

Said I should be smart
and keep my mouth shut.

I knew not to trust
that lieutenant.

But Officer Groves, I
thought he was on my side.

He was.

We've got you on video going up
to Tanya's apartment three times.

This is entrapment.
You set me up.

You and that dirty cop, Cassidy.

I want my PBA rep.
I want my lawyer.

Good luck with that. Your
partner's giving you up right now.

No, she's not.

Quinn, right now,
this is all on you.

All right?

You held the gun on Cassidy.

You made the 911 call.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

The same way you made fake 911
calls the night West raped Tanya Jenkins.

He didn't hurt her

or any of those girls.

Believe this?

A female officer
covering for her partner

while he assaults
drunk civilians?

He's got something on you?

Well, if he does, I
suggest that you tell us

because he's in there

right now, ratting you out.

No.

He has my back. He always has.

You don't know him. Like you do?

That's right. Well,
five years, you know.

Riding around in a car
together, you get close.

You guys were involved?

It wasn't like that.
He's married, has a kid.

So, you banged him a few times

and now, you're trying to
prove that you're cool with him

doing other chicks?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Okay.

Let me ask you a question.

When's the last time
you had a boyfriend?

Or even went on a date?

What, you gotta be
40, right? Little more?

Probably wondering if
you'll ever have a family, or...

Or if riding around with him for the
next ten years will be enough for you.

He looked out for me.

How? Off the record.

My first year on, I was using.

A little coke.

I got hit with a
random drug test.

And what, he got your urine?

Never said another
word about it.

And you think that, that
means that he loves you?

He was holding that against you.

He knew that you felt
that way about him.

And he was using that, too.

I mean, what did you think?

That he was gonna leave his wife

and his kid for you?

Coke head.

You spent the last five years

sitting in that car,
hoping that, one day

that he'd look over at
you and suddenly realize

that you were the woman
that he couldn't live without.

What was it he told Cassidy?

"Girls like Quinny,

"you throw them a
couple of crumbs.

"They're so grateful,
they'll do anything."

No, he didn't say that.

Yeah, he did.

And worse.

It's over.

It's not gonna happen.

It was never gonna happen.

I'm sorry.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

That's probably your PBA rep.

Well. (CLEARS THROAT)

We gave you your chance.

Um...

I don't need him.

Just so you know,
it wasn't only West.

It was a lot of drunk girls.

A lot of long nights.

The guys were either
into that, or on coke,

on the take, or all three.

Get me a pad and pen.

Okay.

First question.

How did you know that
Cassidy was undercover?

I, uh, got a call,
middle of the tour

from my lieutenant.

Bingo.

That's what I was waiting for.

One second. How did
the lieutenant know?

Because I told him. What?

The whole house was dirty.

Kickbacks, extortion.

I had to know if the fish
stank from the head down.

Are you kidding
me? You leaked it?

Cassidy could
have gotten killed.

He didn't. It worked.

Still, it's just her word and
Groves' against the precinct.

But it's a start.

Would it help if there
was a paper trail?

Groves told me to take
whatever was in this box

to The New York Times.

Where is it?

Maybe if you got Groves
out of the psych ward,

he could tell you.

You had this the whole time?

I thought you wanted
your shield back.

That's why I'm
giving it to you now.

Hey. We done here, Tucker?

Get me Groves' release.

Excuse me.

(CHUCKLES)

Tell your boy he has
to toe the line, Captain,

if he wants back in.

Well, he might have to.

I don't.

You set up my people to
get killed to make your case?

Get out of my office.

Nice work, Detective.

Did you just throw
Tucker out of your office?

That's not politic.

Well, screw him.

What's he gonna
do, force me out?

I hit mandatory in
six months, anyway.

Stop it. I do.

And with all this
going on, I, uh...

I forgot to tell you.

Munch put in his papers.

What?

No, he didn't.

Yeah, the Mehcad Carter
case hit him pretty hard.

Liv.

It's okay, Liv.

Nothing changes.

Except what has to.

Cassidy? Groves.

What the hell is going on?

They pull me out
of bed at 4:00 a.m.

Upon further reflection, the NYPD
has decided that you're not crazy.

I've got your
release right here.

This a trick? No.

It's not a trick. I'm
here to take you home.

To Rockaway?

Unless you want to stay here.

Let's go.

Thank you.

Seriously? Just like that?

Yeah, just like that.

We got Quinn to turn on
West and your lieutenant.

The whole house is coming down.

And, Groves,

you're a hero, man.

I owe you. No.

Let's just get you
home, brother.

Some night.

Yeah.

I'm still here.

We're still here.

And Groves is
home with his wife.

Is Tucker gonna keep
his word about your shield?

I don't know. I hope so.

Hey.

We good?

Yeah.

You do believe me, don't you?

I mean, the escort,
everything you heard today.

Stop talking, Brian.

No, I'm just saying.

Has anybody ever told you
to just keep your mouth shut?

Everyone. All the time.

(CHUCKLES)