NYPD Blue (1993–2005): Season 11, Episode 16 - On the Fence - full transcript

PREVIOUSLY ON "NYPD BLUE."

YOU STALKING YOUR WIFE.

YOU DON’T SEE WHERE
THIS IS HEADED?

I’M DOING WHAT I CAN
TO SAVE MY MARRIAGE.

HE IS A RISK
TO HIS WIFE, TO HIMSELF.

YOU THINKING ABOUT CALLING
EARLY INTERVENTION?

HE CAME HOME DRUNK
AND STARTED YELLING AT ME.

HE WENT AND GOT A BAT
AND THEN HE CAME AT ME.

IF HE HAD HIS GUN ON HIM,
HE WOULD HAVE SHOT ME.

HE WOULD HAVE KILLED ME.

I’M GLAD I MADE THAT CALL
TO EARLY INTERVENTION.



DON’T EVEN
THINK ABOUT IT.

I PUT IN FOR A TRANSFER TO GET
AWAY FROM SCOTT’S PRECINCT?

I GOT TRANSFERRED HERE.

WILMER,
YOU’RE SO FULL OF CRAP,

IT’S NO WONDER
YOUR SKIN IS BROWN.

WHAT DID I SAY
ABOUT LAYING BACK

AND LEARNING
HOW THE SQUAD WORKS?
I KNOW.

HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT
BY SMACKING AROUND MY SUSPECT?!

HE HAS SHUT DOWN NOW.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?

HE’S LAWYERED UP!

YOU AND THE CHIEF OF PERSONNEL
ARE BUDDIES?

WE’RE FRIENDLY.

CHIEF OF PERSONNEL
WHO’S HATCHER’S UNCLE?

WHERE YOU
GOING WITH THIS?



YOU GETTING PROMOTED
TO C. O. OF THE SQUAD‐‐

DID THAT COME WITH THE CONDITION
OF TAKING ON HATCHER,

WHO’S BEEN TOSSED OUT OF
EVERY OTHER SQUAD IN THIS CITY?

I’D LIKE TO FIT IN
WITH THE TEAM HERE.

SO HOW ABOUT TOMORROW
WE MAKE A FRESH START?

SURE.

DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?
YOU ALL RIGHT?

THE BULLET GRAZED ME.
HURTS LIKE A SON OF A BITCH.

WHAT HAPPENED?

I’M DRIVING TO THE GYM,
I SEE THIS BLACK DUDE
SPRINT ACROSS THE STREET.

HE’S GOT A GUN IN HIS HAND,
SO I GIVE CHASE.

I’M LOOKING AROUND,
I HEAR SOME MOVEMENT
FROM OVER THE FENCE,

I LOOK OVER,

I SEE A LIGHT COME ON BEHIND ME,
I TURN AROUND,

AND THERE’S A GUY
INSIDE THIS APARTMENT.

HE’S GOT HIS GUN
TRAINED ON ME.

HE SHOT ME
RIGHT IN THE ARM.

SO I RETURNED FIRE.
I GOT HIM IN THE SHOULDER.

UH, THE BLACK GUY
YOU WERE CHASING?

HE HOPPED OVER THE FENCE TO ASK
IF EVERYTHING WAS ALL RIGHT.

HE BOOGIED.

LISTEN, WE DON’T CARE
WHAT HAPPENED HERE,

AS LONG AS
EVERYTHING MATCHES UP.

’CAUSE THIS STORY IS THE STORY
WE’RE GONNA GO WITH.

OKAY.

YOU WERE GOING TO THE GYM
AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING?
WHAT, I STUTTER?

STAN, YOU MIGHT WANT TO
RETHINK YOUR ATTITUDE HERE.

I ALMOST GOT KILLED HERE,
OKAY?

I’M SORRY
IF I’M A LITTLE FIRED UP.

WE’LL TALK TO THE GUY
IN THE APARTMENT.

STICK AROUND.

LARRY EDMUNDS.

DETECTIVES
SIPOWICZ AND CLARK.

I THOUGHT
HE WAS A BURGLAR.

I HAD NO IDEA
HE WAS A COP.

HOW’D IT GO DOWN?

I HEARD SOME NOISES,
SO I GO LOOK.

I TURN THE LIGHT ON
AND I SEE THIS GUY

STANDING ON A TRASH CAN
LOOKING OVER THE FENCE.

SO HE TURNS AROUND
AND LOOKS AT ME,

AND I GUESS HE SAW MY GUN,
BECAUSE HE REACHES

LIKE HE’S GOING
INTO HIS POCKET FOR A GUN.

SO I FIRE A WARNING SHOT
OVER HIS HEAD,

STEP BACK INTO THE ROOM,

I WAIT A SECOND,

AND THEN THE GLASS SHATTERS
AND HE’S FIRING AT ME.

SO I FIRE BACK.

YOU GOT A PERMIT
FOR THE GUN?

YEAH,
TARGET PERMIT.

AND YOU SAY
HE REACHED FOR HIS GUN?

YEAH.
HE DIDN’T ALREADY
HAVE A GUN IN HIS HAND?

HIS HANDS WERE EMPTY
LIKE I SAID.

I SAW HIM
REACH FOR SOMETHING, THOUGH.

WE NEED TO GET HIM
TRANSPORTED.

WE’LL BE DOWN TO TALK TO YOU
IN A LITTLE WHILE.

WHAT DOES
THIS MEAN FOR ME?

WE’LL TALK ABOUT IT
LATER.

HE WASN’T DRESSED
LIKE A COP,

DIDN’T HAVE HIS BADGE OUT,
NOTHING.

HE LOOKED LIKE A CROOK.

HE WAS PURSUING
A SUSPECT.

WANT TO VOUCHER THE GUN?
OKAY.

SO WHAT’S HE SAYING?
HE THOUGHT
YOU WERE A BURGLAR.

THAT DON’T GIVE HIM THE RIGHT
TO START FIRING OFF ROUNDS.

YOU’RE RIGHT.
WE’RE GONNA PURSUE THAT.

SO YOU SEE
A BLACK MALE WITH A GUN?

CORRECT.
YOU’RE CHASING HIM
AROUND IN THE DARK HERE.

NO BACKUP.
DO YOU HAVE YOUR GUN OUT?

YEAH.

THE GUY IN THE APARTMENT’S
SAYING DIFFERENT.

WELL, HE’S LYING.

HE’S ON HIS WAY
TO BELLEVUE.

NEXT TIME WE TALK TO HIM,
WE’LL SEE IF HE GETS OFF THAT.

BUT LIKE I TOLD YOU EARLIER,
WE DON’T CARE WHAT HAPPENED.

YOU’RE GONNA LIVE,
HE’S GONNA LIVE.

YOU JUST NEED TO BE
UP FRONT WITH US

SO THAT WE DON’T HAVE
TWO DIFFERENT STORIES,

’CAUSE THAT’S WHEN
THE PROBLEMS KICK IN.

I’M COMING CLEAN, GUYS.
I SWEAR TO GOD.

ALL RIGHT, THEN.

GO GET LOOKED AT.
WE’LL SEE YOU BACK AT THE SQUAD.

WHAT’S YOUR
SENSE OF THIS GUY?

IS HE DECENT ENOUGH, EVEN THOUGH
HE’S FUDGING SOME DETAILS?

SEEMS LIKE IT.

IF HE THOUGHT I WAS A BURGLAR,
I COULD MAYBE UNDERSTAND THAT.

TELL HIM I WON’T
PRESS THE ISSUE,

AND WE CAN
LET THIS THING SLIDE.

WE GOT A CIVILIAN SHOT.
NOTHING’S GONNA SLIDE, STAN.

FINE.
ARREST HIS ASS, THEN.

’CAUSE I DIDN’T DO
A DAMN THING WRONG.

WHERE’S STAN NOW?

WITH THE DUTY CAPTAIN
AND THE ZONE COMMANDER.

LARRY EDMUNDS JUST
GOT OUT OF THE O. R.

IF YOU WORK OUT
IN THE MORNING,

WHAT TIME DO YOU GET TO THE GYM
IF YOUR TOUR STARTS AT 8:00?

IF I’M MOTIVATED?
6:30. WORK OUT FOR AN HOUR.

WHY?
CURIOUS.

WE GOT A D.O.A.
DOWN AT THAT FLEABAG HOTEL‐‐

THE FAUNTLEROY ON CANAL.
WHO’S UP?
ME AND GREG.

WHERE YOU GUYS HEADED?

THE GUY IN THE APARTMENT
IS OUT OF SURGERY.

GOT SOME THINGS
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.

BUT HE’S A COLLAR.

ONCE WE CONFIRM
WHAT WENT DOWN.

WE KNOW WHAT WENT DOWN.

YOU PUSHING FOR
A DESIRED OUTCOME, GIBSON?

YOU’RE NOT TAKING
STAN AT HIS WORD?
WE’RE DOING OUR JOB.

WHEN STAN’S UNCLE CALLS AGAIN,
THE CHIEF OF PERSONNEL,

I’LL JUST RING HIM
THROUGH TO YOU.

YOU THINK THAT MEANS
ANYTHING TO ME?

THIS IS
A FELLOW DETECTIVE.

IF YOU’VE GOT
SOME BIAS TOWARDS HIM,

I CAN ASSIGN THE CASE
TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

THERE’S NO BIAS HERE,
SARGE.

GOOD.

AS MANY THINGS
AS YOU CAN LEARN FROM HIM,

THERE’S JUST AS MANY THAT YOU
DON’T WANT TO LEARN FROM HIM.

I’LL BE ALL RIGHT, SARGE.
THANKS, THOUGH.

HOW LONG’S
HE BEEN LIVING HERE?

TWO YEARS.
NICE GUY, QUIET GUY.

HOW’D YOU FIND THE BODY?

WELL, GEORGE DID
MAINTENANCE ON THE HOTEL

IN EXCHANGE FOR
A BREAK ON THE RENT.

HE DIDN’T SHOW UP
THIS MORNING,

SO I CAME LOOKING.

WAS THE DOOR LOCKED?
SURE WAS.

DID YOU EVER KNOW HIM
TO KEEP VALUABLES?

HE DIDN’T HAVE NOTHING.

BARELY GOT BY
ON HIS WELFARE CHECK.

I DOUBT HE WAS MOPPING UP HERE
FOR THE EXERCISE.

HE HAVE ANY BEEFS
WITH ANYBODY HERE?

NO, NO WAY.

HE JUST SAT IN THE LOBBY
AND DID HIS CROSSWORD PUZZLES.

DIDN’T DRINK,
DIDN’T GO OUT. NOTHING.

HE RAN A PHARMACY
IN IDAHO FOR A LONG TIME,

BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED
AND HE LOST EVERYTHING.

I NEVER GOT THE WHOLE STORY.

HE MOVED OUT HERE
TO BE NEAR HIS COUSIN.

THAT’S WHAT HE SAID,
ANYWAY.

EVER HAVE ANY VISITORS?
NONE THAT I SAW.

Jones:
HEY, GREG.

WHO’S STAYING NEXT DOOR?
THIS KID NAMED RYAN.

ALL RIGHT.
COME ON, LET’S GO.

HOW LONG HAS THIS RYAN KID
BEEN STAYING HERE?

COUPLE WEEKS.

OPEN IT UP.

[ KEYS JINGLING ]

Manager: DON’T TELL ME
THIS PRICK’S CLEARED OUT.

HE OWES ME
THREE DAYS’ RENT!

ENTERED HERE,
EXITED IN THE OTHER ROOM.

IT DIDN’T COME THROUGH
THIS WALL.

WHAT INFORMATION
DO YOU HAVE ON RYAN?

LAST NAME’S DOOLING.
NOT MUCH ELSE‐‐ HE PAID CASH.

HAS THIS BEEN HERE A WHILE?
NO.

THAT A BULLET HOLE?

LOOKS LIKE IT.
OH, BOY.

HOW’S THAT
POLICE OFFICER DOING?

HE’S UP AND AROUND.

I HAVEN’T HAD A CHANCE
TO APOLOGIZE TO HIM.

I WOULD LIKE TO.

WE’LL PASS THAT ALONG.

LISTEN, UH,
CAN YOU GIVE US A SECOND?

JUST A SECOND.
THANKS.

MR. EDMUNDS,
IN LOOKING INTO THINGS HERE,

WE SAW THAT YOUR APARTMENT
HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO

TWICE
IN THE LAST YEAR.
RIGHT.

YOU GET THE TARGET PERMIT
AS A RESULT OF THOSE ROBBERIES?

IT MIGHT HAVE
FACTORED IN A LITTLE.

YOU KEEP THE GUN
IN THE APARTMENT FOR PROTECTION?

NO. THAT’D BE ILLEGAL,
NOW, WOULDN’T IT?

SO YOU GRABBED THE GUN
AS A LAST RESORT?

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU TOLD US AT THE SCENE

THAT COP DIDN’T HAVE
A GUN IN HIS HAND?

THAT’S RIGHT.
YOU’RE POSITIVE?

IF THAT GUY WOULD’VE HAD
A GUN IN HIS HAND,

I WOULD’VE
BLOWN HIS ASS AWAY.

BUT WHEN HE WENT
TO HIS POCKET REAL QUICK,

THAT’S WHEN I FIRED
THE WARNING SHOT.

HE’S SAYING
THERE WAS NO WARNING SHOT.

WELL, HE‐‐ I DON’T WANT
TO CALL THIS GUY A LIAR,

BUT HE IS OBVIOUSLY REMEMBERING
THIS PART DIFFERENTLY.

I FIRED THE FIRST SHOT
OVER HIS HEAD,

THEN BACKED UP
AND WAITED.

HE WAS STANDING ON A GARBAGE CAN
LOOKING OVER THE FENCE?

THAT’S RIGHT.

HOW LONG WAS HE THERE?

FROM THE TIME I SPOTTED HIM

TO WHEN I CREPT UP
TO GET A GOOD LOOK,

HE WAS LOOKING OVER THE FENCE
THE WHOLE TIME.

HOW DOES THAT POSE
A THREAT, MR. EDMUNDS?

A MAN LOOKING OVER A FENCE
WITH HIS BACK TO YOU?

WHEN I TURNED ON THE LIGHT

AND HE SPUN AROUND AND WENT TO
HIS POCKET, THAT WAS A THREAT.

DO I NEED A LAWYER HERE?

AM I BEING CHARGED
WITH SOMETHING?

WE GOT A POLICE OFFICER SHOT,
SO WE NEED TO ASK QUESTIONS.

I’M SURE
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

NO, I GOT IT.

ALL RIGHT,
YOU GET SOME REST.

WE’LL BE BACK LATER.

THE GUY STAYING IN THE ROOM,
RYAN DOOLING?

ANOTHER RESIDENT
SAW RYAN LEAVE AT 5:00 A. M.

HE WAS CARRYING HIS BAGS.

LEAVING TOWN?

LEAVING THE HOTEL,
ANYWAY.

WE TALKED
TO THE NIGHT CLERK.

HE SAID AN ATTRACTIVE,
YOUNG, WHITE GIRL, A BRUNETTE,

APPROACHED HIM AT 2:00 A. M. AND
ASKED WHICH ROOM RYAN WAS IN.

HE TOLD HER, SHE WENT UP.

WHAT ELSE WE HAVE
ON THIS RYAN KID?

HE’S IN FROM KANSAS CITY.

WE TALKED TO HIS MOM.
SHE SAID HE’S STAYING
WITH HIS BROTHER, ERIC,

WHO LIVES IN
GREENWICH VILLAGE.

WE GOT CALLS OUT TO HIM.
SOUNDS GOOD.

ONLY OTHER THING IS
THE D. O. A.?

WE’RE HAVING DIFFICULTY
LOCATING NEXT OF KIN‐‐

HE WAS 70.

WE WERE TOLD
HE’S GOT A COUSIN OUT HERE.

WE’RE LOOKING INTO THAT.

ANY WORD ON HATCHER?

HE’S ON
HIS WAY OVER.

HOW’D IT GO
WITH THE PERP?

YOU MEAN, THE GUY
IN THE APARTMENT?
WE’RE GETTING THERE.

WHAT’S THAT MEAN?
YOU’RE NOT FAMILIAR
WITH THE EXPRESSION?

I PREFER SPECIFICS.

WE’VE JUST GOT
A COUPLE INCONSISTENCIES.

LIKE WHAT,
SPECIFICALLY?

IF WE TELL YOU,

THEN YOU’RE IN THE LOOP
AND YOU CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

GOD FORBID, RIGHT?

IF WE RUN UP AGAINST
SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT, SARGE,

WE’LL BRING YOU
UP TO SPEED RIGHT AWAY.

OLD DOG OR NOT,
YOU COULD LEARN A LOT FROM HIM.

THAT’S WHY I CARRY AROUND
A PAD AND PEN.

WHAT A WEEK I’M HAVING.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?

I’M SO SORRY.

HEY, PARTNER.
HOW YOU FEELING?

ARM’S FINE.

HOUR AND A HALF WITH THE DUTY
CAPTAIN WAS THE REAL PAIN.

HOW’S IT GOING, BOSS?

YOU HAD ME SCARED SICK THERE
WHEN I GOT THE CALL.

IT ALL WORKED OUT.

SO WHAT’S GOING ON
WITH THE GUY THAT SHOT ME?

THAT’S WHAT WE NEED
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.

GOOD, ’CAUSE I GOTTA TALK TO
YOU GUYS ABOUT SOMETHING, TOO.

[ SIGHS ]

WHAT I TOLD YOU AT THE SCENE?
I WAS WRONG ABOUT SOMETHING.

NAMELY?

I HAD MY GUN OUT WHEN
I WAS CHASING THAT BLACK DUDE,

BUT WHEN I HAD TO PULL MYSELF
UP ON THE FENCE, TO LOOK OVER,

I HOLSTERED MY GUN
SO I COULD USE BOTH HANDS.

SO, I WANT TO CLEAR
THAT UP.

MY ADRENALINE WAS PUMPING
AT THE SCENE,

SO I WASN’T EXACTLY
THINKING STRAIGHT.

WELL, THAT HELPS US.
GOOD.

AND THIS WHOLE THING WITH
GOING TO THE GYM AT 5:00 A. M.

I COULD SEE HOW
THAT WOULD LOOK UNUSUAL.

BUT I BOUGHT
A THREE‐YEAR MEMBERSHIP

AS A NEW‐YEAR’S RESOLUTION
AND I HAVEN’T BEEN USING IT.

I COULDN’T SLEEP,
SO I DECIDED TO GO WORK OUT.

YEAH.

YEAH. SO, YOU SAID
YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS?

I THINK YOU ANSWERED
MOST OF THEM.

HOW LONG WERE YOU
STANDING ON THAT GARBAGE CAN,

LOOKING OVER THE FENCE?

HALF A MINUTE?
A MINUTE?

I WAS LETTING MY EYES
ADJUST TO THE DARK

TO SEE IF I COULD SPOT
THAT BLACK DUDE MOVING AROUND.

GUY IN THE APARTMENT’S STILL
SAYING HE FIRED A WARNING SHOT.

YOU DIDN’T GET HIM
OFF THAT?

OBVIOUSLY NOT.

WELL, HE’S LYING...

AND AT THIS POINT, WHATEVER
SYMPATHY I HAD FOR HIM IS GONE,

SO ARE YOU GONNA
ARREST HIM?

WE’RE, UH, YOU KNOW,
MOVING FORWARD, STAN.

COOL.

ANYTHING ELSE?

NO, WE’RE GOOD.
THANKS.

OKAY.

WELL, HE SURE
GOT HIS STORY STRAIGHT.

WASN’T HE SUPPOSED TO?

I TALKED TO A CO‐WORKER
OF LARRY EDMUNDS.

HE SAID AFTER LARRY GOT ROBBED,
HE WAS TELLING PEOPLE

THAT HE’D LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE
TRY AND ROB HIM AGAIN.

MEANING HE WAS ITCHING
TO USE HIS GUN, RIGHT?

THAT WAS MY INFERENCE,
YEAH.

THIS GUY WAS A TIME BOMB
READY TO GO OFF.

UH, ERIC DOOLING HERE TO SEE
DETECTIVES MEDAVOY OR JONES?

RIGHT THIS WAY,
MR. DOOLING.

IS MY BROTHER
IN TROUBLE?

JUST A LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDING
WE NEED TO CLEAR UP.

THANKS.

THAT WAS BALLISTICS.

THEY PULLED A SLUG
FROM THE FENCE WHERE
HATCHER WAS STANDING.

9‐MILLIMETER.

TRANSLATION?

GUY’S TARGET PERMIT
IS FOR A .22.

SO HE HAD AN ILLEGAL GUN,
IN OTHER WORDS.

CAN WE ARREST THIS GUY
ALREADY, OR WHAT?

I WOULD HOPE SO.

WE’LL HEAD DOWN THERE
AND TALK TO HIM.

TALK TO HIM ABOUT WHAT
HIS BAIL’S GONNA BE SET AT?

KEEP YOU POSTED,
SARGE.

SO, WHAT DID RYAN DO?

WELL, THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE

TO A HOTEL ROOM
WHERE HE WAS STAYING,

AND WE’RE JUST LOOKING
TO TALK TO HIM

BEFORE THE WHOLE THING
GETS BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION.

AW, HOW MUCH
IN DAMAGE?

THEY HAVEN’T FINISHED
ASSESSING IT.

WHAT’S GOT THE HOTEL SO PISSED
OFF IS NOT SO MUCH THE DAMAGE,

BUT THAT RYAN BOOKED WITHOUT
EXPLAINING OR APOLOGIZING.

SO WE NEED TO FIND HIM,
HAVE HIM DO BOTH THOSE THINGS,

THEN WE CAN AVOID
THEM PRESSING CHARGES.

I DON’T KNOW
WHERE HE IS.

HE WAS LIVING
WITH YOU RECENTLY?

YEAH, TILL
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

LISTEN, UM...

HE’S YOUNG.

A LITTLE CONFUSED,
BUT HE IS NOT A BAD KID.

IT’S JUST‐‐ HE...

JUST TELL US WHAT’S
GOING ON HERE, ERIC.

HE GOT INTO
THE CLUB SCENE.

YOU KNOW, THOSE
ALL‐NIGHT THINGS.

I TRIED TO LET HIM
GET IT OUT OF HIS SYSTEM,

BUT HE NEVER DID,
SO I HAD TO GIVE HIM THE BOOT.

WELL, UH, FRIENDS OR PLACES
HE HUNG OUT YOU KNOW OF?

HE WAS HANGING OUT
WITH THIS POSER.

WHAT’S HIS NAME? UM...

CHASE. CHASE ALLWORTH.

WAS YOUR BROTHER
GETTING INTO DRUGS?

I MEAN, ALL THOSE CLUB KIDS
ARE DOING SOMETHING. RIGHT?

BUT THE LAST TIME
I TALKED TO RYAN,

HE SAID THAT HE GOT THIS GOOD
JOB WORKING FOR THIS PROMOTER.

ARE YOU SURE THAT RYAN’S
THE ONE WHO DID THE DAMAGE?

I MEAN, WHOSE NAME WAS
THE HOTEL ROOM REGISTERED UNDER?

WELL, RYAN’S.
HE WAS LIVING THERE.

HE TOLD ME HE WAS LIVING
IN A LOFT OUT IN TRIBECA.

NOWHERE NEAR THAT.

MORE LIES.

GREAT.
CHASE ALLWORTH.
WE’LL LOOK HIM UP.

TELL RYAN
HE’S ON HIS OWN.

I’M NOT BAILING HIM OUT
THIS TIME.

WILL DO.

I LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND THAT
GUY WAS LOOKING LIKE A CROOK.

MR. EDMUNDS...

HE TURNS AROUND AND GOES FOR A
GUN AND I’M SUPPOSED TO, WHAT‐‐

WAVE A WHITE FLAG?!

MR. EDMUNDS‐‐
I DEFENDED MYSELF!

DID THE 9‐MILLIMETER BULLETS
COME FROM YOUR GUN?

YES.

HOW MANY OTHER UNLICENSED GUNS
DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR APARTMENT?

ONE OTHER.

HE WENT FOR HIS GUN,
I FIRED A WARNING SHOT.

NOW I’M NOT SAYING HE’S WRONG,
BUT I’M SURE AS HELL NOT WRONG.

YOU NEED TO GET YOURSELF
AN ATTORNEY, MR. EDMUNDS.

I WAS PROTECTING
MY HOME.

THIS IS WRONG.

YEAH, STILL NO LUCK FINDING
THIS, UH, RYAN DOOLING KID.

HIS CELL PHONE WAS SHUT OFF
A WEEK AGO.

BUT THE FRIEND THAT
RYAN’S BROTHER TURNED US ON TO,

CHASE ALLWORTH?
HE’S COMING IN FROM A CLUB.

WHAT KIND OF CLUB?
DANCE CLUB.

AT 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON
ON A TUESDAY?

YEAH, IT’S ONE OF THESE
RAVE‐TYPE DEALS.

OH, OKAY. RAVE CLUB.
SURE.

WELL?

WE GOT A UNIFORM
SITTING ON HIM.
HE’S A COLLAR, SARGE.

GOOD WORK.

MEDAVOY, KEEP ME IN THE LOOP
ON THIS CHASE ALLWORTH.

WHAT’S UP?

JANET GRAFTON.

SHE TRANSFERRED HERE,
RIGHT?

YEAH, LAST WEEK.

YOU FRIENDLY WITH HER?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, FRIENDLY?

I MEAN, CAN YOU TALK TO HER?
WOULD SHE BE HONEST WITH YOU?

YEAH.
I DON’T KNOW. WHY?

SHE SHOWS UP
ON HATCHER’S CELL PHONE.

A BUNCH OF CALLS
IN TO HER.

YOU DUMPED
HATCHER’S CELL PHONE?

ON THE SLY.

NO KIDDING,
ON THE SLY, ANDY.

IF ANYBODY FOUND OUT YOU DUMPED
A FELLOW COP’S PHONE RECORDS...

I DON’T TRUST THIS GUY, OKAY?
HE’S BAD NEWS.

ARE YOU LOSING IT?
ARE YOU GONNA TALK TO THIS
JANET GRAFTON OR NOT?

ABOUT WHAT?

HER SENSE OF THIS GUY.
JUST TALK TO HER.

IF SHE CAN’T HELP US OUT,
OR IT COMES UP ZERO,

THEN I’LL DROP IT.

BECAUSE YOU CAN’T ADMIT
YOU WERE WRONG?

ARE YOU GONNA DO IT?
YES OR NO.

THANKS.

[ SIGHS ]

Shh!

[ SNORING ]

CHASE.

CHASE!
I’M ALLERGIC!

HEY.

YOU ALL RIGHT?
SURE.
WHAT’S UP?

YOU KNOW RYAN DOOLING?

YEAH, I KNOW RYAN.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR HIM.

OKAY.

THERE WAS A LITTLE DAMAGE
DONE TO HIS HOTEL ROOM.

WE NEED TO CLEAR IT UP.

I DON’T KNOW
WHERE HE IS, MAN.

[ SNIFFS ]

ARE YOU SURE
YOU’RE ALL RIGHT?

I’VE JUST BEEN UP
FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

[ SNIFFS ]

SO, WHAT’S UP?

RYAN DOOLING.
HOW CAN WE FIND HIM?

I DON’T KNOW.
I SWEAR.

I’M TIRED.
I JUST WANT TO SLEEP.

WE HEARD HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
HANGING OUT WITH A BRUNETTE?

HE HUNG AROUND
A BUNCH OF GIRLS.

THIS ONE VISITED HIM
IN HIS HOTEL LAST NIGHT.

OKAY, OKAY, OKAY,
LET ME THINK.

WHAT’S HER NAME?

HE SIGNED HER
TO HIS LABEL.

HE DID WHAT?

THIS CHICK.
SHE’S A DEEJAY.

RYAN SIGNED HER
TO HIS RECORD COMPANY.

RECORD COMPANY?

HEY, CHASE!

THE GIRL THAT RYAN DOOLING’S
BEEN HANGING OUT WITH LATELY...

EVA.

YEAH.

HER LAST NAME SOUNDED FUNNY.

LIKE IT WAS
A NOUN OR SOMETHING.

LIKE "SHELF" OR SOMETHING.

WARM.

YEAH, WARM.

EVA WARM?

YES. OKAY?

I’M TIRED.
I JUST WANT TO GET SOME SLEEP.

CAN I GET SOME SLEEP?

SO YOU GETTING ACCLIMATED
ALL RIGHT TO THE PRECINCT?

YEAH, THEY GOT ME
IN A GOOD SQUAD

WITH A GOOD BOSS
DOING CITY‐DAY TOURS.

NOTHING WRONG
WITH THAT.

PLUS, THE WAY
I FEEL ABOUT ITALIAN FOOD?

BEING NEAR MULBERRY STREET
DOESN’T HURT.

HELL, YEAH.

SO, WHAT’S UP?

[ CLEARS THROAT ]
KINDA NEED A FAVOR.

WELL, I KINDA OWE YOU ONE, SO
YOU JUST MIGHT BE IN BUSINESS.

STAN HATCHER’S BEEN
ASSIGNED TO OUR SQUAD.

YEAH, I KNOW STAN.

HE WAS INVOLVED
IN A SHOOTING THIS MORNING.
I HEARD.

WE’RE TRYING TO GET
A FEEL FOR THE GUY.

YOU KNOW, GET A FEEL
FOR WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING,

AND, IN DOING SO,

WE GOT A TIP
HE HAD A CALL IN TO YOU.

SO I’M JUST ASKING IF YOU CAN
POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

IF THIS IS NONE OF MY BUSINESS,
JUST TELL ME NOW.

STAN’S FRIENDS WITH MY EX.
THE PHONE’S STILL IN MY NAME.

THAT’S PROBABLY WHY
WHOEVER TIPPED YOU SAID
STAN WAS CALLING ME.

GOT IT.

SO, YOU’RE HAVING
DOUBTS ABOUT STAN,

WHICH IS WHY
YOU’RE ASKING ME?

YOU DON’T LOOK
TOO SURPRISED.

LIKE I SAID,
WE’RE JUST TRYING TO GET A FEEL.

HOW DID THE SHOOTING
GO DOWN THIS MORNING?

STAN WAS DRIVING
TO THE GYM REAL EARLY,

SAW A PERP,
GAVE CHASE,

SOME NEIGHBOR MISTOOK STAN
AS A BURGLAR, FIRED OFF A ROUND.

THIS IS OVER ON
BROOME AND ELIZABETH.

NEIGHBOR’S LOOKING
NEGLIGENT

SINCE HIM HAVING AN ILLEGAL GUN
PROVOKED THE WHOLE THING.

YOU DIDN’T HEAR
THIS FROM ME, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

STAN’S EX‐GIRLFRIEND LUCY?

SHE LIVES ON
BROOME AND ELIZABETH.

WHEN ME AND SCOTT WERE
MARRIED, WE WENT THERE
FOR DINNER ONE TIME.

LUCY TIMMINS.

AND THAT DOESN’T COUNT AS A
FAVOR‐‐ THAT’S ON THE HOUSE,

’CAUSE STAN’S
A COMPLETE ASSHOLE.

I GOTTA HEAD BACK.

HI.

MISS TIMMINS?

MAY I HELP YOU?

DETECTIVES SIPOWICZ
AND CLARK, 15th SQUAD.

YEAH, I GOT YOUR MESSAGE.
I’VE JUST BEEN REALLY SWAMPED.

WELL, WE WERE IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ANYWAY.

DO YOU HAVE
A FEW MINUTES?

SURE.

YOU AND STAN HATCHER DATED
FOR A COUPLE YEARS?

THAT’S RIGHT.

ARE YOU AWARE
HE WAS INVOLVED

IN A SHOOTING THIS MORNING
AT THE BUILDING NEXT TO YOURS?

YEAH, I, UH...

LOOKED OUT MY WINDOW
AFTER IT ALL HAPPENED,

AND I SAW STAN THERE,
AND, UH...YEAH.

THAT’S ALL.
WAS HE WITH YOU
LAST NIGHT?

NO, WE BROKE UP
MONTHS AGO.

HE WAS SHOT LOOKING
OVER THE FENCE THAT
BORDERS YOUR BUILDING.

I DIDN’T KNOW THAT.

YOU SEE OUR DILEMMA HERE,
MISS TIMMINS?

SURE, BUT STAN
WASN’T WITH ME.

HAVE YOU HAD PROBLEMS WITH
STAN MAKING UNANNOUNCED
VISITS SINCE THE BREAKUP?

YOU’RE GETTING INTO
PERSONAL ASPECTS OF MY LIFE

THAT I’M NOT COMFORTABLE
SHARING WITH YOU.

YOUR NEIGHBOR
GOT SHOT AS WELL.

PEOPLE COULD
HAVE BEEN KILLED.

SO WE’RE GONNA HAVE TO DELVE
INTO YOUR PERSONAL ASPECTS.

THE ALTERNATIVE
IS A COURT ORDER.

SO, WHAT’S IT
GONNA BE?

DO YOU REALLY
WANT TO KNOW?

WOULD YOU REALLY
DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

I DON’T KNOW WHAT HATCHER’S
BEEN FILLING YOUR HEAD WITH

IN TERMS OF COPS
PROTECTING COPS,

BUT WE CAME HERE
TO FIND OUT WHAT’S GOING ON.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW,
DETECTIVE?

HAS HATCHER BEEN COMING BY
YOUR APARTMENT UNINVITED?

YES.

YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM ENDED BAD?

QUITE.
SO, IF WE WERE TO
MAKE THE ASSUMPTION

THAT, UH, HE WAS LOOKING OVER
THAT FENCE TO SPY ON YOU‐‐

YOU’D PROBABLY BE RIGHT.

WAS HE EVER ABUSIVE?

NOT...PHYSICALLY.

HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED INTO
GETTING AN ORDER OF PROTECTION?

I DON’T WANT TO PISS STAN OFF
MORE THAN HE ALREADY IS.

I JUST WANT TO BE
LEFT ALONE.

ALL RIGHT, WE APPRECIATE
YOU LEVELING WITH US.

DON’T TELL HIM WE TALKED.

PLEASE?

SURE.

HAVE A SEAT, EVA.
THANKS.

Medavoy:
YOU KNOW A RYAN DOOLING?

YEAH.

WHEN DID YOU
SEE HIM LAST?

UH, A COUPLE DAYS AGO
AT THIS CLUB‐‐

THE LIGHT FACTORY.

SO, YOU DIDN’T STOP BY
HIS HOTEL LAST NIGHT?

THE HOTEL FAUNTLEROY?
NO.

THE NIGHT CLERK SAID
AN ATTRACTIVE BRUNETTE ASKED HIM

WHICH ROOM RYAN WAS IN.

NOW, THAT WASN’T YOU?

LET’S START OVER.
THANKS.

DID YOU SEE RYAN AT
THE HOTEL FAUNTLEROY LAST NIGHT?

YES.

WHY DID YOU
LIE ABOUT IT?

I PROMISED MY DAD THAT
I’D STOP HANGING AROUND RYAN.

SORRY.
DID YOU AND RYAN ARGUE?

NO...

JUST HUNG OUT.

THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE
TO RYAN’S HOTEL ROOM.

DAMAGE THAT WOULD INDICATE
THAT AN ARGUMENT TRANSPIRED.

NOT EVEN CLOSE.

I WENT OVER THERE, TRIED
TO TALK HIM INTO GOING OUT,

HE SAID HE NEEDED TO STAY IN,
SO I SPLIT.

DID HE SAY WHAT HE WAS GONNA BE
DOING AFTER YOU LEFT?

DID HE SAY IF ANYBODY
WAS COMING TO MEET HIM?

NO.
DO YOU KNOW
WHERE RYAN IS NOW?

’CAUSE, UH, WE GOTTA
GET THIS WORKED OUT.

ISN’T HE AT THAT HOTEL?

NO, HE CLEARED OUT
THIS MORNING.

THEN, I DON’T KNOW.
WHO ARE HIS FRIENDS THAT
HE MAYBE CRASHED WITH?

WE WEREN’T REALLY
THAT CLOSE.

WELL, CLOSE ENOUGH
FOR YOUR FATHER TO HAVE MET HIM

AND FORMED AN OPINION.

BELIEVE ME, IT TOOK MY FATHER
ALL OF 10 SECONDS

TO THINK THAT
RYAN WAS A CON ARTIST.

EVA, YOU SEEM LIKE
A NICE GIRL.

WE’D PREFER THIS
TO BE THE LAST TIME

WE’D HAVE
TO INCONVENIENCE YOU.

I WOULDN’T MIND
THAT EITHER.

GOOD.

WELL, JUST SO YOU KNOW‐‐
WE NEED TO LOCATE RYAN

AND WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT
HAPPENED IN THAT HOTEL ROOM,

AND IF WE DISCOVER LATER THAT
YOU WITHHELD INFORMATION ON US,

WE’RE REALLY GONNA
INCONVENIENCE YOU.

THERE’S A BAR ON THIRD?

THE POWERHOUSE.

RYAN HANGS OUT THERE
A LOT.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD.

HE MUST HAVE DONE
A HELL OF A LOT OF DAMAGE

TO THIS HOTEL ROOM.

THANKS FOR COMING IN.

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

SUCH SERIOUS LOOKS.

THERE’S SOMETHING WE NEED
TO TALK ABOUT, STAN.

APPARENTLY.

WE GOT AN ANONYMOUS
PHONE CALL‐‐ A TIP.

NOW WE GOTTA
DEAL WITH IT.

LET’S DEAL WITH IT.

YOUR EX‐GIRLFRIEND LIVES
IN THE BUILDING

NEXT TO WHERE
THE SHOOTING WAS?

THAT’S RIGHT.
SHE DOES.

WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL US?

’CAUSE THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH ME CHASING THAT PERP.

YOU WERE LOOKING UP INTO
YOUR EX‐GIRLFRIEND’S WINDOW.

THAT’S WHAT SOME PEOPLE
COULD INTERPRET IT AS.

AND THAT’S ANOTHER REASON
WHY I DIDN’T WANT TO TELL YOU.

I DIDN’T WANT TO PUT YOU
IN THE POSITION WHERE
YOU HAD TO LIE FOR ME.

WE GOT A CIVILIAN SHOT,
AND HE’S ARRESTED.

FOR GOOD REASON.

I WAS CHASING A PERP.

I WAS DOING MY JOB.

AND WHETHER OR NOT
YOU BELIEVE ME,

THAT SON OF A BITCH
IN THE APARTMENT IS AT FAULT.

HE’S WALKING AROUND
WITH AN ILLEGAL GUN

WANTING TO
KILL AN INTRUDER.

AND I WAS OUTSIDE
HIS APARTMENT

AND HE DID NOT FIRE
A WARNING SHOT.

HE WAS SHOOTING
TO KILL ME.

YOU WERE SPYING
ON YOUR EX.

THAT’S WHAT GOT
THE WHOLE BALL STARTED.

I WAS CHASING A PERP!

BRING IT DOWN A PEG,
STAN.

HE NEEDS
TO BRING IT DOWN A PEG.

YOU’VE HAD IT OUT FOR ME
SINCE DAY ONE

AND TO HELL
IF I’M GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE.

LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU’RE DONE SO
WE CAN GET BACK TO THE SHOOTING.

OH, WE’RE NOT
GETTING BACK TO NOTHING.

WE’RE DONE TALKING.

[ DOOR SLAMS ]

ALL RIGHT, I KNOW
YOU DON’T LIKE THIS GUY,

AND HE IS
A HOTHEADED PRICK,

BUT IF IT WAS
ANY OTHER COP,

WE’D LET THE EX‐GIRLFRIEND
ASPECT STAY A SECRET.

SO HATCHER WASN’T DOING
ANYTHING WRONG?

ABSOLUTELY, HE WAS.

BUT NOT ENOUGH
TO PULL THE PLUG ON HIM.

SEE, THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE KEEP
DOING WITH THIS DICKHEAD.

THEY COVER FOR HIM,
HE GOES ONTO THE NEXT SQUAD,

HE SCREWS UP ALL OVER AGAIN.
THIS GUY SHOULD NOT BE A COP.

HE DIDN’T BUST DOWN HER DOOR,
HE DIDN’T MAKE ANY THREATS,

AND SHE SAID HE WASN’T
PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE.

[ SCOFFS ]
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?

I’VE DROPPED A DIME ON A COP
I THOUGHT WAS A THREAT,

BUT WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TO PULL
THE PLUG ON HATCHER RIGHT NOW,

AND IF WE DID, WE’D BE BUYING
OURSELVES A WORLD OF PROBLEMS.

MEANING YOU’RE AFRAID OF
HATCHER’S UNCLE?

WHETHER I AM OR NOT,
WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH.

GREAT.

WONDERFUL.

EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?

SURE.

’CAUSE I THOUGHT I HEARD
A DOOR BEING SLAMMED SHUT.

WE GET A CROSS‐BREEZE
GOING THROUGH HERE SOMETIMES.

WELL, TAKE CARE OF IT.
YOU GOT IT, SARGE.

HEY, RYAN DOOLING WAS
GRABBED UP BY ANTI‐CRIME
GETTING ON A BUS.

YEAH, WE’LL, UH,
BRING HIM IN.

WHAT?

[ SIGHS ] I’M A LITTLE
IN THE DARK HERE.

IT’S GONNA GO DOWN
AS A GOOD SHOOT, RIGHT?

THERE WERE A COUPLE QUESTIONS
THAT WERE ANSWERED.

DONE DEAL.

THAT’S ALL
I NEED TO KNOW?
YEP.

YOU GOT A SECOND?

LISTEN...

SOMETIMES I GET WORKED UP,
AND MY TEMPER FLARES.

I APOLOGIZE.

OKAY.

BUT I’M JUST TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT IT IS
YOU GOT AGAINST ME.

AND FORGET ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY‐‐

THIS STARTED WHEN
I SET FOOT IN THIS SQUAD.

IS IT BECAUSE
I SMACKED THAT SUSPECT AROUND?

OR, YOU KNOW,
GAVE A LITTLE PAYBACK

TO THE FREAK
WHO KIDNAPPED THOSE WOMEN

AND KEPT THEM
AS SEX‐SLAVES?

I MEAN,
YOU’RE AN ACTIVE COP, RIGHT?

YOU’RE NOT AFRAID
TO PUT YOUR HANDS ON A GUY.

WE GOT MORE IN COMMON
THAN YOU THINK, SIPOWICZ.

IS THAT IT?

ARE YOU, LIKE,
THREATENED BY ME OR SOMETHING?

IN TERMS OF THIS JOB, STAN,
WE GOT NOTHING IN COMMON.

AND IF IT WAS UP TO ME,

THERE’S NO WAY YOU’D BE
CARRYING A BADGE AND A GUN.

WELL, I THOUGHT WE COULD
WORK THIS OUT.

I GUESS NOT.

EVERYBODY’S ENTITLED
TO A SCREW‐UP HERE AND THERE.

BUT YOU’VE MADE
A CAREER OUT OF IT.

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR‐‐
FIND A NEW HOME.

’CAUSE I’M NOT GONNA LET YOU
PUT A STINK ON THIS SQUAD.

I’M NOT
GOING ANYWHERE.

IF ANYBODY’S DUE FOR
A CHANGE OF VENUE, IT’S YOU.

YOU THINK?

DAMN STRAIGHT.

ARE YOU GONNA RUN
TO YOUR UNCLE

AND BEG HIM TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT ME?

I DON’T KNOW
ABOUT THE RUN PART,

BUT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT A PRETTY
GOOD IDEA HOW THINGS WORK.

WELL, LET ME TELL
YOU SOMETHING‐‐

YOU, YOUR UNCLE, AND ANYBODY
WHO BEARS A RESEMBLANCE

CAN SHOVE IT
CLEAN UP THEIR ASS!

BETTER START THINKING ABOUT
FINDING A NEW COMMAND, PAL.

SO, RYAN, UH...

WHY YOU LEAVING TOWN
IN SUCH A HURRY?

Ryan: JUST KINDA DONE
WITH NEW YORK.

READY FOR THAT
NEXT ADVENTURE.

YOU GOT SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS
BACK AT THE FAUNTLEROY.

DON’T LAUGH...

I’M SERIOUS‐‐

I WAS GONNA MAIL THEM
THE THREE DAYS’ I OWED.

WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
THE BULLET HOLE IN YOUR WALL.

SAY WHAT?
YOU HEARD ME.

I DON’T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

WE’RE FIGURING
THE GUN WENT OFF

EITHER WHEN EVA WAS THERE
OR SOMETIME AFTER.

I DON’T KNOW ABOUT
A BULLET HOLE.

YOU KNOW, YOUR CURRENT
APPROACH HERE, RYAN?

THE HEAD‐IN‐THE‐SAND THING?

THAT’S JUST GONNA GET YOU
STUCK HERE IN NEW YORK.

BUT TELL US WHAT HAPPENED,

APOLOGIZE TO THE HOTEL
FOR THE HASSLE,

AND YOU CAN GO
ON YOUR MERRY WAY.

HAVE YOU GUYS
SEEN THAT HOTEL?

THERE’S MORE BULLET HOLES
IN THAT PLACE THAN BEDS.

YOU GOTTA
LEVEL WITH US.

WHAT MAKES YOU
SO SURE IT WAS ME?

GEORGE SCHIFFER.

THE OLD MAN LIVING
IN THE ROOM NEXT TO YOU.

REMEMBER HIM?
YEAH, I KNOW GEORGE.

HE’S DEAD...FROM A BULLET
THAT CAME FROM YOUR ROOM.

NOW, THIS GUY WAS JUST
LIVING HIS LIFE,

MINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS.

HE DESERVED BETTER THAN TO GO
OUT WITH A BULLET IN HIS CHEST,

BUT YOU AND YOUR STUPID‐ASS
CLUB FRIENDS CAUSED HIS DEATH.

I DIDN’T DO IT.

HELL, YEAH, YOU DID.

UNLESS YOU
CONVINCE US DIFFERENT.

IT WAS EVA.

EVA?

WHAT HAPPENED?

SHE CAME BY
’CAUSE I OWED HER MONEY,

BUT I’D BLOWN IT ALL.

SHE PULLS OUT A GUN TO THREATEN
ME, AND IT JUST WENT OFF.

SO WE AGREED TO DENY
IT EVER HAPPENED.

YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT
I’VE HEARD ABOUT YOU, RYAN,

IT WOULDN’T BE A STRETCH
YOU PINNING THIS ON A GIRL.

EVA FIRED THE GUN!
THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED.

YOU’RE STICKING AROUND.
GEORGE IS REALLY DEAD?

YOU DON’T NEED TO
PUT ON THE FAKE GRIEF.

ACTUALLY, IT’S KIND OF
AN INSULT.

I’M NOT FAKING NOTHING.

I MOVED INTO THAT PLACE,
’CAUSE MY BROTHER KICKED ME OUT.

I WAS COMPLETELY ALONE,
AND I GUESS I WAS CRYING.

THERE’S A KNOCK ON MY DOOR,
AND IT’S GEORGE.

HE ASKED ME IF I WAS OKAY.

HE’S THE ONLY PERSON TO ASK ME
THAT IN I DON’T KNOW HOW LONG.

IF THIS COMES BACK
TO YOU...

SO THEN THE GUY
IN THE APARTMENT

GETS CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL POSSESSION

OF AN UNREGISTERED WEAPON,
RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT,

AND SECOND‐DEGREE ASSAULT.

NO PRIORS, SO FIGURE
HE’LL DO LESS THAN A YEAR.

EVEN IF HE JUST
GOT PROBATION,

AS LONG AS HE GETS THE MESSAGE
HE WAS IN THE WRONG.

SURE.

YOU ALL RIGHT
WITH THAT, STAN?

NO PROBLEM.
I’M NOT LOOKING TO HURT THE GUY.

WE’LL GET THE CASE FOLDER
OVER TO YOU AFTER WE’RE DONE.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

Ortiz: YOU TOO.

THANKS, MAN.

YOU GOT IT.

I DIDN’T FIRE A GUN.

EVA...

YOU’RE DUG IN, OBVIOUSLY,
AND I KNOW, AT A CERTAIN POINT,

PEOPLE FEEL THEY’VE COMMITTED TO
A LIE, AND THEY WON’T UNDO IT,

BECAUSE, MORE THAN ANYTHING,
THEY’RE EMBARRASSED.

BUT WE’RE NOT
YOUR PARENTS.

WE’RE NOT GONNA
HOLD IT AGAINST YOU.

WE GOT RYAN SAYING
YOU FIRED THE GUN.

WE GOT WITNESSES WE CAN
PARADE IN FRONT OF A JUDGE.

YOU GOTTA START
THINKING CLEARLY NOW, EVA.

RYAN’S GOT A LOT OF NERVE
BLAMING THIS ON ME.

DID HE FIRE THE GUN?

[ SCOFFS ]

I AM SO DONE
WITH THIS BULLSHIT.

AND I SWEAR‐‐ AND YOU CAN TELL
THE PEOPLE AT THE HOTEL THIS‐‐

I AM ABSOLUTELY
GOING TO CHANGE MY LIFE.

OKAY, WE’LL TELL THEM.

’CAUSE THIS WAS JUST...
THE CAPPER.

THIS WAS THE WAKE‐UP CALL
THAT I NEEDED.

I AM ENROLLING AT
NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE TODAY.

WHAT HAPPENED
LAST NIGHT?

I MET RYAN AT
THE LIGHT FACTORY‐‐

THIS CLUB, AND HE FINDS OUT
THAT I WANT TO BE A DEEJAY.

[ LAUGHS ]

AND HE TELLS ME
THAT HE WORKS FOR A RECORD LABEL

AND A BUNCH OF
SWEET‐TALK LATER,

HE GETS ME TO GIVE HIM 500 BUCKS
TO COVER "PRODUCTION COSTS,"

BUT THEN EACH TIME I SEE HIM,
I START GETTING THE BRUSH‐OFF.

SO I HAVE MY COUSIN
FOLLOW HIM ONE NIGHT,

AND I FIND OUT THAT HE’S STAYING
AT THAT DUMP, THE FAUNTLEROY.

COUPLE DAYS GO BY,
I DON’T SEE HIM AT THE CLUB,

I WENT TO HIS HOTEL
TO GET MY MONEY.

DID YOU TAKE
THE GUN WITH YOU?

YES, I DID.

AND I CAN’T TELL YOU WHY,
OTHER THAN

I WAS SO FRUSTRATED
AND SO TIRED OF BEING LIED TO

AND $500
IS A LOT TO ME.

AND I WAS JUST PISSED
FOR LETTING MYSELF GET CONNED.

WHERE’D YOU GET THE GUN?

MY COUSIN.

HE WAS GONNA COME WITH ME, BUT
HE HAD TO PULL A DOUBLE‐SHIFT.

I KNOW WHERE HE KEEPS IT,
SO I JUST ROLLED OVER TO
HIS PLACE AND I TOOK IT.

SO, WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN YOU GOT TO RYAN’S ROOM?

HE FINALLY ADMITS THAT HE
DOESN’T WORK FOR A RECORD LABEL

AND THAT HE BLEW
ALL MY MONEY ON DRUGS.

SO I PULLED OUT THE GUN
TO SHOW HIM THAT I WAS SERIOUS,

AND I PULLED BACK THE...

HAMMER.

RIGHT,
I COCKED THE HAMMER BACK‐‐

JUST TO SCARE HIM.

THERE WAS NO WAY
I WAS GOING TO SHOOT HIM.

WHEN I PULLED MY FINGER BACK ON
THE TRIGGER, THE GUN WENT OFF,

AND IT SCARED THE HELL
OUT OF THE BOTH OF US.

SO, THERE I AM
IN THIS SKANKY HOTEL ROOM

WITH A GUN IN MY HAND,

TRYING TO GET 500 BUCKS BACK
FROM A LYING DRUG ADDICT

THAT WAS SUPPOSED
TO MAKE ME A SUPERSTAR DEEJAY.

I’M SO DONE WITH ALL THAT.
I SWEAR TO GOD.

YOU NEED
TO WRITE THAT UP.

Okay.

"I ACCIDENTALLY...

"FIRED THE GUN...

"IN RYAN DOOLING’S ROOM.

I AM VERY SORRY."

THERE’S, UH...

THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT NOW, EVA.

WHAT?

THE BULLET YOU FIRED
WENT THROUGH A WALL

AND A MAN WAS KILLED.

NO.

YES.

NO.

YOU’RE LOOKING AT
CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE.

I’M GOING TO JAIL?

WELL, IT’S UP TO A JURY,

BUT SOMEONE DIED
AS A RESULT OF YOUR BEHAVIOR.

WE’RE SORRY.

HEADING OUT, STAN?

GOING DOWN TO BELLEVUE
TO GET THE BANDAGE CHANGED.

MOST GUYS WOULD HAVE
TAKEN A DAY OFF.

SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU.

THANKS, SARGE.

ALL RIGHT, PARTNER.

NIGHT, STAN.
HEAL UP.

HEY, A BUDDY OF MINE HAS
HIS MONTHLY POKER GAME TONIGHT.

LOW STAKES, GOOD GUYS,
ALWAYS FUN.

I CAN GET YOU A SEAT
IF YOU WANT.

I ALREADY GOT PLANS.
THANKS, THOUGH.

I’M OUT.

EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?

YEAH. THANKS.

THERE’S NOTHING I NEED
TO KNOW ABOUT?

I MEAN, I AM PARTNERED
WITH THE GUY.

JUST KEEP AN EYE ON HIM.

DON’T LET HIM DRAG YOU
INTO SOMETHING BAD.

OKAY.

Irvin: 15th SQUAD?

UH, DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ?

HEY.

YEAH?

I’LL COME DOWN RIGHT NOW.

[ SIGHS ]

WHAT’S UP?

SO IF THERE’S ONE THING
WE LEARNED ABOUT HATCHER TODAY,

IT’S THAT HE’S GOT A JEALOUS
STREAK AND A PROBLEM WITH WOMEN.

AGREED?
OKAY.

YOU KNOW HIS WIFE
WAS MURDERED, RIGHT?

YEAH, THE GANG HE WAS
LOOKING INTO TO BRING DOWN,

TRIED TO KILL HIM WITH A CAR
BOMB, AND GOT HIS WIFE INSTEAD.

NO ONE WAS EVER
COLLARED FOR IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU’RE STARTING TO WORRY ME.

SO I GO LOOK
AT THE CASE FOLDER.

THE WHOLE INVESTIGATION CENTERED
ON THIS GANG‐RETALIATION THEORY.

GO HOME.

BE WITH CONNIE, PLAY WITH
YOUR KIDS, CHILL OUT.

SO IN THE FIVES,

I SEE THAT HATCHER’S PARTNER
IN THE GANG UNIT

ASKED TO BE RE‐ASSIGNED AFTER
THIS WHOLE THING WENT DOWN.

THE GUY’S NAME
IS CARL GARRETY.

I CALL TO FIND HIM,
HE’S NO LONGER ON THE JOB.

HE THREE‐QUARTERED OUT OFF
A KNEE INJURY THREE YEARS BACK.

HE’S NOW
AN INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR.

SO I’M GOING
TO SEE HIM...

IN AN HOUR.

ANDY, TAKE A STEP BACK
AND LOOK AT WHAT YOU’RE DOING.

I’M GOING TO MEET THIS GUY.
YOU COMING OR NOT?

HOLD UP.

WERE YOU SCARED?

OF WHAT?

WELL, IF THIS GANG
WAS TRYING TO KILL YOUR PARTNER,

DIDN’T YOU THINK THEY’D TRY
AND TAKE YOU OUT, TOO?

I GUESS.
MAYBE A LITTLE. YEAH.

IT WAS A CRAZY TIME.

YOU CLOSE
TO HATCHER’S WIFE?

WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?

YOU’RE THROWING
SHOTS BACK.

SEEMS LIKE
IT’S DIFFICULT TO TALK ABOUT.

WELL, SHE WAS
A GREAT LADY.

WE JUST TALKED
TO HIS EX‐GIRLFRIEND TODAY

OVER THE SHOOTING
THAT HAPPENED?

SHE SAID
HATCHER WAS ABUSIVE.

HUH.

WERE YOU AWARE OF ANY ABUSE
BETWEEN HATCHER AND HIS WIFE?

THEY HAD THEIR
SHARE OF PROBLEMS.

ALONG THE LINES
OF WHAT?

SHE WASN’T HAPPY.

SHE WAS AFRAID OF HIM.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?
SHE CONFIDED IN ME.

WHY DIDN’T YOU COME FORWARD
WITH THAT INFORMATION?

I MEAN, IT’S NOT LIKE
YOU AND HATCHER WERE
THE BEST OF BUDDIES.

ALL YOU HAD TO DO
WAS DROP A DIME.

I WAS MARRIED, TOO.

YOU WERE HAVING
AN AFFAIR WITH HER.

I COULDN’T
SAY ANYTHING THEN,

’CAUSE I WAS SCARED OF
LOSING MY WIFE.

I WAS SCARED OF
WHAT STAN WOULD DO.

’CAUSE IF HE DID
KILL MARCY,

HE WAS CAPABLE OF
DOING THE SAME TO ME.

I’M DIVORCED NOW.

SO THERE’S NO ONE TO HURT
BY TALKING ABOUT IT.

AND AS FAR AS MY FEARS
OF WHAT STAN WOULD DO?

TO HELL WITH IT.
I DON’T CARE ANYMORE.

WHAT DID HATCHER’S WIFE
TELL YOU ABOUT HIM?

SHE WAS READY TO LEAVE.

SHE TOLD HIM THAT,

HE ACCUSED HER
OF HAVING AN AFFAIR,

AND SHE ADMITTED TO IT.

HOW SOON AFTER SHE TOLD YOU
DID SHE TURN UP DEAD?

THREE DAYS.

I KEPT HOPING THEY’D FIND
A DIARY ENTRY OR...

MAYBE SHE TOLD A GIRLFRIEND
AND THEY’D COME FORWARD

SO I WOULDN’T
HAVE TO GET INVOLVED.

PLUS, WHO KNOWS?

IT COULD HAVE BEEN
A COINCIDENCE.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN
A RETALIATION HIT.

[ INHALES DEEPLY ]

I GOTTA GO.

GOOD LUCK.

OH, MAN.

HATCHER KILLED HIS WIFE.

EITHER HE CONTRACTED IT
OR HE DID IT HIMSELF,

BUT I GUARANTEE YOU,
HATCHER KILLED HIS WIFE.