Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–…): Season 16, Episode 22 - Parents' Nightmare - full transcript

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.

Welcome. Well, this
must be little man, Noah.

Hi. How is everybody today?

Good. We just woke up.

Okay.

Big first day. Are
you ready, sweetie?



So, should I...
Should I stay a while?

Well, you can, but we usually
recommend a quick and loving goodbye.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

So...

Big first day. Okay, baby.

Love you.

You know, Mom, it's probably
harder on the parents than the kids.

Mmm. Okay. Okay. All right.

Have fun, Noah.

Say "Bye-bye, Mom." Have fun!

No, no, it's okay, it's okay.

Shh. Come here, come here.

Come on.

Mom, we gotta go. Where's
the change for the penny harvest?



Today's the last day.

Today? Ugh.

The jar is...

Somewhere.

I told you about
it, like, four times.

We're gonna be late now.
I'll bring it by school later.

Don't worry, I won't forget.

You're really going to
walk to school like that?

I thought you didn't want
to be late. Come on, let's go.

Oh, look, Owen.

It's Bennett. Hi,
Bennett! Hey, Roy!

Would you mind
taking Owen with you?

I'm not exactly
camera-ready. No problem.

You're picking
me up, right, Mom?

I am. I promise. Love you.

Thanks.

Hey, Owen. Hi.

My dad took me to
get these sneakers.

Last time I went, which
was, like, a few months ago,

I was a size four and a
half. This time, I was a five.

A five? What, are you
in the NBA or something?

Hey, Clyde.

Owen, my man.

Make sure you learn
something in school today.

I always do.

Oh, all right. Yeah.

See, people playing games,

you got to understand
what's going on.

These are the benefits and
the pull of the community that...

Tucker. To what do
I owe the pleasure?

What, I can't just pop in?

No.

What's going on?

Well, I was sniffing
around 1PP this morning.

And scuttlebutt is,

they want a lieutenant in here.

They're not happy with a
sergeant running the squad.

Last I checked,

I was doing a pretty good job.

We busted Johnny
D's sex trafficking ring,

we took down Yates
after Chicago botched it.

And they've noticed.

They're open to the
prospect of you staying on.

That's why I told them you already
filed for the Lieutenant's Exam.

I haven't.

Then do it.

Don't make a liar out of me.

I'm quite happy with the
way things are, thank you.

They want a lieutenant.

If it's not you, it's gotta
be somebody else.

I don't know what to say.

That's a first.

Think about it.

Also think about who
your second whip would be.

Better you pick
than a blind draw.

You'll need to sign this.

Julian, Marco, that's enough.

Give Jonathan his hat back.

Who are you here for?

Owen Farhidi.

Mr. Farhidi, he call.

Uh, yes, he did.

Uh, Carlos, right? Owen's
right over there. Mmm.

Owen!

I'm Fabiana's friend. Your
mother tell me to pick you up.

I fix the sink once.

Oh, okay. Okay?

Yeah, give me your hand, okay?

Hopefully, I'll be in
cabin eight this summer,

which'll be good, 'cause...

Hey, home's this way.

Uh, we gonna stop first, huh?

A surprise. Oh. Okay.

Hey, sorry I'm late.

Where's Owen?

Where are we going?
You do as I say!

I don't... You're hurting me.

Be quiet.

Get in! Right now!

I don't wanna get in.

I said in! Ahhh!

Owen!

Owen!

Owen seemed to know the man.

Have you seen
Owen? Owen Farhidi?

Owen!

Owen!

So what do we got?
Boy still missing?

Owen Farhidi, eight.

Last seen 40 minutes
ago heading south

with a male Hispanic,
5'8", medium build.

No one got a great look at him.

He wrote Carlos Riva
on the sign-out sheet,

said that he was a
friend of the family.

Sergeant, I'm
Principal Stanwick.

Mrs. Farhidi is in the office.

This is Mrs. Dugan,
our dismissal supervisor.

She's the one that
signed Owen out.

To a stranger?

We thought Mr. Farhidi
called to authorize

a family friend to take Owen.

But he didn't?

We contacted him
after Mrs. Farhidi arrived

late to pick Owen up.

He insisted he did
not make the call.

Uh, you should know,
they're recently divorced.

I don't have other people
pick up Owen that often.

Usually it's Fabiana, our nanny.

Or a friend's nanny.

You sure that you didn't call
anybody today, Mrs. Farhidi?

I'm positive. Sometimes
people forget.

Let's just look at your phone.

Maybe there's
something in your call log.

I can't find my phone!

Okay, do you remember where
you were the last time you used it?

I mean, it must have
been before yoga.

I get so spaced out afterwards,
sometimes I just leave it there.

And how long have
you been separated?

It's been official
a few months now.

Were there any custody issues?

Yes, huge.

Sam is Iranian. He wanted to
take Owen there over spring break.

I wouldn't let him.

Oh, no, you... You don't think
that Sam maybe got someone

from the restaurant
to pick up Owen?

Does your son have a passport?

Yes. The judge ordered
Sam to hand it over to me.

Good. So you have it?

Well, Sam kind of handles
all the logistical stuff.

I'm... I'm not really
sure where it...

I'm not even sure
that he gave it to me!

Hold on, you're not sure?

I'm not sure of
anything right now!

I just want Owen back.

Wow. She's a space cadet.

I'll call Port
Authority and ICE,

put an alert out on the
kid and his passport.

Okay, radio the squad car, too.

Have them keep
Mr. Farhidi at his restaurant.

For the moment, he's a suspect.

We got the security footage.

We also pulled all the
traffic cams in the area.

Unis are canvassing,
so far, no witnesses.

Okay, check other surveillance,

see if we can get the
kidnapper walking away.

Fin, get a sketch
artist for Mrs. Dugan.

And, Nick, in the meantime,

go to the restaurant,
speak with Mr. Farhidi.

There are passport issues,
custody issues, the works.

And Mrs. Farhidi?
Take her to the precinct.

Carisi, go to that yoga
class, find that phone.

On it.

Detective Sonny Carisi, NYPD.

Hi. Are you here to sign up

for the stress reduction class?

Uh, no. I'm here to
pick up a cell phone.

It was left inside.

You actually can't
go in there right now,

'cause they're already in
Adho Mukha Svanasana, so...

Downward-facing dog.

They need to be
listening to their bodies.

Oh. Okay, well,
I'll be very quiet.

Uh, unless you have a warrant,
I can't let you disturb the class.

Kind of hard to hear
your body over that. Right?

Yeah. Excuse me.

Look what I got. Ah.

Well, someone called the school.

Well, I didn't call the school.

I told the other officers that.

Mind if I check your phone?

Check all you want.

But you're wasting your time.

You should be out
there looking for my son.

I know what you're thinking.

Yeah? What am I thinking?

Oh, please. You look at
me, and you see an Arab man

trying to steal his son.

But I am not even
Arab, I'm Iranian.

A loyal American,
not a terrorist.

No one's saying
you're a terrorist.

Oh, my ex-wife didn't?

She used that card throughout
the whole custody battle.

Yeah, I've been through
one of those. They get rough.

Tell me about it.

Now imagine a
white, female judge

and a Middle Eastern man.

Dana made the judge to say

that Owen cannot
come to Iran with me.

That must be upsetting.

Oh, I didn't take my son.

I've been here all day.

Dana was supposed to
pick him up, where was she?

She was running late.

Again? What a surprise.

I told her something
like this will happen.

Just so we're clear,

you did not send a male
Hispanic to pick Owen up?

No. I swear.

Please, find my son.

Pretty grainy. Not much help.

Right, but that is Owen.

Where's Sam? Did you talk
to him, does he have Owen?

Okay, we don't think so.

Um, we do have one of
our detectives with him now.

But, Mrs. Farhidi, we have some
images that we'd like you to look through.

You recognize that man?

No. Who is that?

So you don't know him?

Well, I can't see his face.

Okay, I need you to
come with me, all right?

Just have a seat in this room,

and I'll be with
you in a moment.

Okay? Anything else?

The rest of the security
footage is no help either.

Kidnapper knew to
keep his head down

and hide his face.

Okay, anything
on the traffic cams?

We're going through them now.

Hey, I got the mom's cell
phone. Eight missed calls.

Ignore the one from me.

And two messages
from a blocked number,

which I can't access
without her passcode.

Okay, so she's in
the interview room.

Uh, get these images to Amaro,

and see if the father
can make an ID.

My voicemail code is O-W-E-N.

Mom, he won't let me come
home until you answer your phone!

Oh, God! Oh, no!
Try the next one.

Mom, why aren't you picking up?

Answer next time. Please, Mom.

If I'd had my
phone, he'd be back.

Uh, I don't know.

Based on that, he's a stranger.

Your son would just
go off with a stranger?

Owen is the way he is.

He talks to homeless
men like they're old friends.

He's too trusting.

These are the pics we got
back from the traffic cams.

Wait, run the plates.
Put out an AMBER Alert.

On it, Sarge.

What is it? What did you find?

Dana, do you know this man?

Oh, my God, that's Javier!

Javier who?

Uh, I don't know his
last name. That's, um...

He's Fabiana's boyfriend.

She recommended him to me,
she said he was good with his hands.

So Fabiana is Owen's nanny?

Well, part-time now.

I had to cut her hours,
she has another job.

Okay. Do you have an address?

I don't know. Somewhere in
the Bronx, I'm not really sure.

We just, we text each other.

So text her now and
find out where she is.

Hey. Hey. Owen? Owen?

What's going on?

Fabiana Caldera?
Your boyfriend's Javier?

Yes. Owen, where is he?

Owen? I, I don't have him today.

We're wasting our
time. Let's bring her in.

I, I have to watch
these two boys.

Tell us where Javier is now.

Or these kids' parents can
pick them up at the police station.

We run the building?

Yeah, Javier Rojas isn't
listed on any leases here.

Could be a hotbed apartment.

The nanny said he was
in the basement unit.

All right, you two,
go around the back.

Our first priority is Owen.

Clear the apartment,
and be careful.

Put your hands up!

No?

No, Javier wouldn't
kidnap nobody.

Oh, so now you speak
English? You seen Javier?

Yesterday. He stay
here sometimes.

Where is he now? He have a job?

He quit job. He say
now, he have money.

Ms. Caldera,
appreciate you coming in.

You gave me no choice.

Take your hands off
me. Where is Javier?

He wasn't at that
address you gave us.

Then I don't know. Let me
go, I have kids to care for.

The number you gave
us didn't work either.

What do you want me to
say? I don't hear from him.

Well, then we're
gonna have you call

every single number in your
cell phone until he answers.

Fabiana? Fabiana,
thank God you're here.

Where's Owen? Do you know?

Miss Dana, no, I swear. I
don't know where Owen is.

Please, Fabiana.
Help them. Help me.

I don't know anything!

Okay, Carisi, take
her to interrogation.

For what? I under
arrest or something?

Yeah, we're gonna hold
you as a material witness.

You need to tell us everything

that you know about Javier.

Keep her talking. Come on.

Incoming call on Dana's
cell. Video request.

Okay. Uh, not here.
Uh, this way, come.

Here, up against the
toys, right here, sit here.

Hello?

Where you been, Dana?

My phone was... I didn't
have it. Where's Owen?

You talk to anybody? The police?

No, I didn't. I didn't
talk to anybody.

Please, Javier, I need to
see that Owen's all right.

$37,000 in cash.

I don't have that.

Mister Sam has
money. You ask him.

I will. Just let me see Owen.

Please.

Oh, God, don't hurt him!

Tell them, Owen. What I say.

Please, you have to
do what Javier says.

I text you where, when.

Mister Sam bring money.

I see any police,
I kill the boy.

Okay, we still have
a uni with Farhidi?

Yeah. Absolutely.

Bring him in here. Yeah.

It's okay.

You heard his demands, you got
the address, what are we waiting for?

We don't have
that kind of money.

I do! What?

I mean, I can get it.

Whatever brings Owen back.

Listen, I know that this is stressful,
but you need to let us do our jobs.

You cannot be
involved. You heard him.

I'm supposed to go alone.

We can allow you
to make the drop.

But we'll be there as backup.

But you're gonna
need to wear a wire.

No. My son, my call. I
will do this on my own.

I'm sorry, but
that's not an option.

Hey, Sarge.

I just ran the building. I accessed
maps for that entire block.

Okay.

Okay. So Javier says he's gonna meet
in the basement of this building, here.

We won't be able to get
a shot, or even see him.

Yeah, and this building shares an
alleyway with all these other buildings.

That's a lot of hidey-holes.

Okay. Guys, you know the
drill. Keep it very low-profile.

Nick and Fin, you
guys are on the street,

Carisi, you go with ESU.

Mr. Farhidi, come on,
I'd like to get you prepped.

He said that he'll
be in the basement.

When you see your son,

put down the money,
and you get out.

No heroics. Understood?

Understood. Absolutely.

Okay, I'm... I'm in.

Javier? Javier?

Are you down here?

Please, let Owen go.

Everything is fine, I
have your money...

What's happening?
What's happening?

We're finding out.
Fin, what do we have?

Nothing. No visual, no audio.

All right, then we've gotta go.

Move, now.

Go, go, go!

I got him.

Okay, we got the kid.

Okay. Oh, God.

And Javier?

Where is he?

Where's Javier?

I don't know. I just
took Owen and got out.

I think he run.
Suspect's on the move!

All units, go. Hostage is
secured, suspect is in flight.

NYPD!

Police!

Clear!

Oh, my God! Thank God.

Baby, Mommy's
here. Mommy's here.

Clear.

Found a hole.

He may be in the
alley next door.

I'm on it.

Police! Stop!

Don't move!

Get down! On your knees!

I no kidnap.

No? Then what were
you doing with that kid?

Miss Dana pay me to take him.

You ask her. She
plan everything.

Javier swears that Owen's mother
put him up to the kidnapping?

That's his story, and he stuck
to it. Then he lawyered up.

Well, that's one way to go.

Okay, let's keep him in holding.

How's the boy? He seemed okay.

He slept for a few hours.

They're doing the full
workup on him now.

And his parents?

Carisi's keeping them apart.

Wait, do we really need to
keep them away from Owen?

No access without a third party.

Look, it's a messy divorce,
there are custody issues,

Javier's made this accusation.
Let's just play it safe.

Sergeant? Yes?

I've finished
examining Owen. And?

He's in shock, showing
signs of psychological trauma.

And physically?

Abrasions on the wrists and
ankles. No signs of sexual assault.

Uh, I need to run a
few more routine tests.

I'd like to talk to him first.

I understand.
Please tread lightly.

Okay. Of course.

Hey, can we tell the
parents that much?

Yes. But that's it.

No need to tell them about
Javier's accusations either.

Hey. Hi, Owen.

My name's Olivia. Thanks.

I'm a police officer.

Am I in trouble?

No. Not at all.

I should have waited for my mom.

Aw, honey,

it's not your fault that the
man took you from school.

So, Owen,

I was wondering if I could
ask you a couple of questions.

If you could tell me about him?

Did you know him?

Hmm, not really.

He was at my
house once or twice.

He fixed the sink.

I think Fabiana knows him.

Ah, okay.

Did he tell you his name?

He, first he said it was Carlos.

Then he said it was Javier.

All right. Did he tell
you anything else?

Hmm, no. I talked mostly.

He didn't really know English.

So you were talking.

What about?

School and stuff. He was nice.

Until I wanted to go home.

Then he made me get in a van.

That must have
been pretty scary.

Mmm-hmm. We drove around,

I had to call my
mom on his phone.

Hmm. So, Owen, let
me ask you something.

Who dialed your mom's number?

Did you dial it? Or did he?

Hmm, he dialed it.

But I left a message.

She didn't pick up.

Owen, honey, she would have,

but she didn't have
her phone with her.

Mmm, yeah. She loses it a lot.

So, Owen, can you think of
anything else that he may have said

about Fabiana or about
your mom? Anything?

He got mad when
Mom didn't pick up.

He got mad?

What did he say?

He yelled, "She's
supposed to answer!"

Then he yelled some
other things in Spanish.

I think they were bad words.

How much longer
is this going to take?

Sam is not in there
with him, is he?

No, just our Sergeant.

We appreciate your consent.

Children are more open when
their parents aren't around.

Well, when can I see him?
- Soon.

And while we're waiting,
we'd like to ask you

a few questions, if that's okay.

Uh, if Javier wanted money,

why did he call you and not Sam?

I'm... I'm not sure. He
doesn't really know Sam.

Okay, well, when he called,
he seemed pretty confident

that Sam would have the cash.

How would he know
that? I don't know.

Could your nanny have told him?

No. Fabiana would
never. She loves Owen.

Have you ever talked about your
divorce, or Sam's money with her?

Yes, of course. She's my friend.

I didn't want her to think that
cutting back her hours was my idea.

Dana, she reacted strangely when
you said you had that much money.

We just went through a divorce.

She counts every penny I have.

I hear that. So any idea why Javier
would think you had that kind of dough?

Oh, I don't know.

He just got into this country.

He probably thinks everybody
has money. Did you ask him?

No, he's not saying much.

So, uh, who pays the
help, you or your ex-wife?

I do.

If I give Dana her money
at the start of the week,

she has nothing
left the next day.

All right, so they know
Mr. Sam is the one

who pays the bills.

What's wrong with these people?

I worked my whole life,

they think they can come
and take what's mine?

So Fabiana knew that
Sam had all that cash?

She heard it from Dana.

And Sam was the
one who paid the help.

Fabiana lawyer up? Not yet.

Get her talking.

I don't need a lawyer.

And I don't know
how this happened.

You can keep asking, but I
don't know. You don't know?

So you're telling us you don't know
how Javier got the number to that school?

No. Like you didn't tell him
that Dana would be late?

That Sam would
have the cash? No.

So he just figured
this all out on his own?

I don't know. You want me
to say in another language?

Javier must have
put you up to this.

And did he threaten you?

He would never
do nothing like that.

Fabiana, let's be straight.

We know you're mad
because they cut your hours.

Mad? No! It worked out.

I go from $14 an
hour for one kid

to $22 an hour for two.

Besides, I was happy
to get out of that house.

Happy, why?

I love Owen, but Dana...

After the divorce, she
couldn't stop talking.

How Sam was so cheap. How
he want her to go back to work.

You ever talk to Javier
about their financial issues?

He already knew.

Dana told him in Spanish
while he was fixing things.

And how often would
Javier go over there?

All the time. She call
him for everything.

Toilet's running.
Shower's clogged.

A cockroach that maybe
is dead, but she can't tell.

She need to get herself
a man, stop calling mine.

Oh, were you always
there when Javier was?

No. I got other
jobs. I got school.

So Javier would just show
up whenever she called?

He needs money, he
does whatever Dana say.

Let me go.

Hey, Sarge.

This, uh, $37,000
ransom seemed a little...

Specific?

Bingo. So I looked up
the divorce affidavits

of Sam and Dana Farhidi.

She accused him
of hiding cash assets.

$37,000 worth?

You and Fin find out where
Javier got that number.

Fabiana had nothing to do
with this. Leave her alone.

She didn't tell you how much
money to ask for in ransom?

Miss Dana did.
She tell me $37,000.

Mr. Sam will pay.

I do nothing wrong.

No? You took a kid, you
demanded money from his parents.

That's kidnapping, Javier.

Mr. Rojas was hired by
Mrs. Farhidi to pick Owen up,

drive him around for
a while, then call her.

This was an activity
sanctioned by the mother.

Are you calling this a
playdate, Counselor?

Let's not get hung
up on semantics.

The fact remains that Mrs.
Farhidi granted him permission

to take her son

and guaranteed payment
through her ex-husband.

You got proof of that?

She paid my client the
first of two installments

of $500 last Monday.

She then texted him the
number to call at the school,

told him how to
sign her son out,

then made sure she'd
be late picking him up.

Texted him, huh? There's
nothing on this phone.

No. The texts, they're
on my old phone.

They're on your old phone?

We're gonna need that number.

Absolutely.

You give us a deal,
we'll give you the phone.

You have no leverage here.

And we're not asking.
Give us the number.

He's claiming Dana texted him?

It's a bad bluff if she didn't.

Yeah, that and the cash
payments should be easy to confirm.

Okay, where's Dana now?

Uh, still at the CAC,
waiting to see Owen.

Bring her in. And if she doesn't
come in willingly, arrest her.

You think that I would
let Javier take my son,

tie him up,

just to prove my
ex-husband's an ass?

I would never put
Owen through that.

The ransom demand was the exact
amount you accused Sam of hiding.

Well, Javier or Fabiana
must have heard me

talking on the
phone, to my lawyer.

Did you recently take
out $1,000 in cash?

I owed Javier for
some work that he did.

Work, huh?

Oh, was that the job

you were talking
about in these texts?

I've never seen these before
in my life. Who sent these?

These texts came
from your phone.

That's impossible.

I don't understand.

Is there anyone else who
has access to your phone?

No. I mean, sometimes
Owen plays games on it.

Oh, so Owen arranged
his own kidnapping, right?

Of course not.

I left my phone
at a yoga studio.

Maybe somebody
did it from there.

These texts were
sent a week ago.

Well, I misplace my
phone all of the time.

You can ask Owen.

He always tells me
I'm not good with things.

"Not good with things,"
that's her defense?

It's possible.

I mean, my middle sister, she's
losing her keys, her phone, her car...

I mean, every five
minutes it's something.

So, what, are we back to the,
the nanny? She had access.

Come on. Dana's mad at
her ex, she needs money.

She hired this Javier
for everything else.

Look, it's pretty clear that
Owen is the parent in the house.

I mean, Dana said to ask
him about it. Maybe we should.

Sergeant Benson.

Oh, Mr. Farhidi, how are you?

I want to take my son
home. That's how I am.

Well, I can certainly
understand that.

I saw some officers
put Dana in a squad car.

What's going on?

Well, we're still investigating.

I told you everything I know,

but if you have any
more questions, go ahead.

Well, actually, we're
here to speak with Owen.

Hasn't he been through enough?

And don't I have
a right to be there

when you're asking
him questions?

Dana already gave us consent
to talk to him without a guardian.

But, um, if that's a
problem for you...

No, it's not a problem.

I'm just wondering what's
left to be investigated.

Okay, you handle this. Hmm.

I mean, you, you caught
Javier red-handed.

I don't know what she told you
but do I need to get a lawyer?

For Owen or Dana?

Well, that's
absolutely your right.

But if your ex-wife had
nothing to do with this,

then there's really
nothing to worry about.

Mr. Farhidi, we're just... We're
asking for your patience here.

So why don't you go outside
and you have a smoke?

And when we're done,
I'll give you a call. Okay?

Most of the time, I'm at school,

so I don't really know
who comes over.

Well, that's okay, Owen.

We're actually
even more interested

in who comes over
when you are at home.

Hmm, do I have to say?

I don't want to get him
in trouble with my mom.

Okay. Well, we're the police.

So, we can keep
a secret, I promise.

Hmm... Okay.

My dad.

Sometimes he comes over

when he's technically
not supposed to.

Okay, so your dad comes over.

And what does he do?

He talks with me,
mostly. We play.

That's cool. What
do you talk about?

About my mom.

If she ever has friends
that are boys over.

Mmm-hmm. So
what else does he do?

Sometimes he checks the
smoke detectors for batteries.

Does your dad ever, maybe,

look at your mom's
iPad or computer?

You know, like, when you
guys are playing games?

Um, no. He doesn't like
me staring at the screen.

Sometimes he takes
my mom's phone away.

Hold on, your mom leaves her
phone at home when she goes out?

She forgets things.

Or sometimes I
want to play on it,

and she doesn't really
notice it's missing.

Okay.

So, Owen, what does your dad do

with your mom's
phone, when he takes it?

I think he goes through
her emails and her photos.

Yeah, guys do that.

Um, when your dad's
there, is anyone else?

Like, uh, your nanny?

Yeah, Fabiana's there.

But sometimes,
when Dad comes over,

she goes out and gets me
something from McDonald's.

I'm not supposed to tell
Mom about that either.

Why you still talking to her?

Think about it, Javier. I
told you, she is innocent.

Let the detectives
ask their questions.

That's good advice. You
should also advise your client

to come clean about
Fabiana Caldera.

She didn't know.
What about the texts?

I really appreciate you
trying to protect your girlfriend,

but we got her fingerprints
all over Dana's cell phone.

She also had Owen's schedule,

and knew exactly how
much cash Mr. Farhidi had.

No. No, it was all Miss Dana.

No, it wasn't!

A mother would never
do that to her own son.

You know, lying to the
police is also a crime.

Tell him, Counselor.

All right, last chance.

What did Fabiana
ask you to do, Javier?

Mr. Rojas would like
to revise his statement.

We're listening.

If we tell you who
really set this up,

what's in it for my client?

How about not taking
the weight of a felony

kidnapping charge
all on his own?

It was Mr. Sam.

He told me to say
it was all Miss Dana.

He tell me all of it.

First Javier swears it's Dana,

now he swears it's Sam?

Maybe he's still trying
to protect Fabiana.

Could be. But Sam's
a controlling guy.

I went back over the divorce
affidavits, she was the one who filed.

Maybe he was trying to hurt her.

Okay, thanks.

Yeah, you and me both.

That was Barba, checking
in from Saint Bart's.

He says we can charge
him with kidnapping,

but when it comes
to anyone else,

Javier's word is
no good on this.

We all know he's
nothing but the fall guy.

But for whom?

Dana says she's
innocent. Let her prove it.

Sam knows I've been
talking to the police.

What am I supposed to say?

Well, he thinks you're
a suspect, tell him that.

Ask him for help.

There's no way Sam did this.

So what's the problem?

I haven't been here in a while.

You and everyone else.

This winter was...

It was tough.

What are we gonna do, Sam?

You can go home, Damien. Thanks.

Owen is sleeping at the CAC,

they might put him
in a foster home.

The police really
think that I did this.

That's ridiculous.

Not to them, it's not.

They're convinced I
set this whole thing up.

Sent Javier cash,

sent texts.

You can't even
balance your checkbook.

Can't you tell them that?

You want me to fix this for you?

Why not?

It's what you do.

Because I cannot fix
everything for everyone.

I had to let three
people go here.

You're bleeding me with alimony.

You were hiding all
of that cash! I had to!

You would have
blown right through it.

You actually don't know
how much things cost.

You never paid attention.

So now you're blaming me?

We might never get our son back!

Yes, we will.

I will take custody, and...

You won't actually go to jail.

Wait, what?

You believe them?

You think that I
actually did this?

No. But, it was
your own damn fault.

How?

If you had your phone
with you when Javier called,

the whole thing
wouldn't have happened.

The police wouldn't
have been involved.

What? What does that mean?

He called you.

You weren't there for him.

Owen needs protection.

He's too trusting.
You know that.

I don't want him
growing up in fear.

There are different
ways of protecting him!

That's it, you don't!

You're late for pickups!

Half the time
when I'm over there,

you have forgotten
to schedule a nanny!

Owen is alone by
himself in your apartment!

What, you were there
when I'm not there?

Yes, to check on him!

I was actually
trying to protect him!

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

You had him kidnapped?

It was supposed
to be only half hour.

Just to scare him.
Teach him a lesson.

So he doesn't walk
away with strangers.

To wake you up, so
you pay more attention,

so you are there for him.

I lost you, I didn't
wanna lose him, too.

Oh, Sam, what've you done?

I'm sorry. I'm... I'm sorry.

I didn't mean for
it to go this far.

Don't say it. Don't
say another word!

We have to figure
this out. We...

No, you don't understand. Stop!

Did she just show him her wire?

Nick, Carisi, move in.

The police said that it
would exonerate you.

I didn't think you
actually did it.

Dana, are you all right?

I'm fine.

This is not what I wanted.

Me, neither.

Mr. Farhidi, you
need to come with us.

Hey, Sarge?

Hey. Can I take him now?

Uh, the court gave you custody.

But the question is, Dana,
can you take care of him?

Look, I love Owen, but I
am afraid to do this by myself.

And Sam is a really good father,
and I think that Owen needs him.

Can you tell the D.A.?

That's not your decision.

The D.A. will plead this
down to unlawful imprisonment.

It's a misdemeanor, but
Sam could get six months.

Six months? How
will I support myself?

Well, you'll have to
figure it out. You get a job.

All right? There are a
lot of working mothers.

It's been so long, I wouldn't
even know where to start.

So learn.

You have a child, Dana.

It's not about you anymore.

You need to be the
parent, not Owen.

Thank you. All of you.

Take good care, all right?

Bye, Owen.

Bye, Sonny.

Letting the kid go with her,

you think that's a good idea?

Well, Social Services is going to
check in, for whatever that's worth.

I think she's pretty shaken up,

she'll get her act together.

So I have to leave early
today. Hold down the fort?

On it.

Not you. Fin.

It'll be good practice.

What'd she mean by
that? Good practice?

She's worried about them
bumping her up to Lieutenant.

She's gonna need a new sergeant,

and wants me to take the exam.

Wow. Congratulations.

I'm not interested.
Not gonna happen.

I don't need the headaches.
You got that right.