The Chicago Code (2011): Season 1, Episode 2 - Hog Butcher - full transcript

WOMAN:
Driving through the city,

it's easy to see
the greatness of Chicago,

but there's a history behind it

we've never been able
to escape.

Growing up, I witnessed
firsthand the effects

of "The Chicago Way."

My dad had to pay off
city inspectors

for building code exemptions.

Paid off precinct captains

to get the trash collected
on time.

Paid off thugs for protection.



Until finally,
there wasn't any money left.

It broke my father's heart and
cost my parents their marriage.

It's taken more than 30 years
since then

but I am finally
in a position of power

to do something about it.

Superintendent Colvin,

it's my committee
that has oversight

of the Police Department.

I'm just asking for
the resources to address

one of the city's
biggest problems.

Squandering money that we don't
have on a task force

with the vague mission
of city corruption...

There's nothing vague about it.

You can draw a direct line
from government corruption



to street crime, especially
drugs and robberies.

...if you find evidence
of specific crimes

and you have the resources
to investigate those cases.

So your request
for additional task force funds

is hereby denied. I'm sorry.

I told you it was a long shot.

There are some other aldermen
you want me to meet

while I'm here?
Durning's office has some questions

about you
"Kids in Peril" program.

Teresa?
I'll try to find him.

I don't understand the
purpose of today's request.

You weren't clear about what I
was after, Alderman Gibbons?

Are you clear that you
wouldn't have this job

without my support?

The next time you have
an idea like that,

come talk to me privately first.

Save us both the embarrassment.

We're on the same team, Teresa.

My advice?
Focus on the morale

and the productivity
in your own department.

That's where you can

make a difference.

He put me in this job

because he thought
I would be his puppet.

So what do you do now?

Cut the strings.

He made me superintendent
because he doesn't think

I'm capable of taking him on.

But how can you
without a task force?

Form an unofficial one.

(siren wailing)

Get there, Bill!

Come on!

Go!

Go!

Damn it!
Man, you could have got there!

(sirens wailing)

He'll try to get on the J
and Ryan! Beat him there.

Go!

MAN:
You know, when my father pinned

the Chicago P.D. badge on me,
he told me to shake hands

with the good citizens of this
city using a velvet glove,

but keep a razor blade
hidden between you fingers

for the ones
who forgot their manners.

He also told me the moment
I ever felt safe,

to remember
I was just a dumb Polack,

as capable as the next idiot
of getting my head shot off.

They're coming our way.

There he is.

Cut across!

(siren wailing)

MAN (over P.A.): Pull to the side!
Pull to the side now!

Pull in straight
behind him! Go!

(truck horn blares)

Whoa!

Catch back up to him!
I know this guy.

He won't shoot me.
He'll miss you, hit me.

Do it!

Yo, Luis, it's me!

Wysocki?

What're you doing, man?!

You're gonna get
your head shot off!

I'm in a stolen ride, man!
And I'm on parole!

Doesn't have to be a
life sentence, amigo.

Nobody's hurt yet.
Just drop the gun.

Thinkin' about going out
in a blaze of glory, man.

Those news choppers?

What about your girlfriend,
Luis?

Maya?
Yeah!

She's pregnant.

It's a boy.

No kidding?
Where is she now?

At the flower shop, working.

Come on, man.
Let's go and see her!

Don't play games on me!

I wouldn't do that to you, man.

I'll let you hug her,
kiss her good-bye

before we take you in.

You want to kiss Maya
good-bye, Luis?

You want to feel your
little man's kick?

Drop the gun and
follow us right there.

Come on, amigo, you
trust me or you don't.

WOMAN:
Here he is now.

Alderman, this is one
of your constituents,

Linda Walling.
I think it's important.

Ms. Walling.
Uh, "Linda," please.

Thank you very much
for seeing me.

Oh, I always have time
for the people.

Have a seat.

What can I do for you?

Can we talk privately?

Lilly? Please.

I've voted for you every time.

My parents, too.

I appreciate that.

I trust you,

and I don't know who I can trust
in the police.

Why would you need the police?

I'm comptroller
for Fergus Construction.

We're bidding for some really
huge city contracts right now,

and I think that I saw something
that I'm not supposed to.

What exactly?

Some paperwork.

I think the bidding's rigged.

It's illegal,

and it's going to cost
the city millions.

Now, I know that you're on the
board of directors for Fergus,

and I just need to know
who do I tell about this?

You're talking to him.

(tires screech)

(sirens wailing)

All right, hands, Luis!
Show me the hands!

All right, out of the car!

Turn around!

Don't do anything stupid.

Congrats on the kid.

You got one minute with her.

My God, Luis, what did you do?

I'm so sorry, baby.

You almost got me
killed, you ass!

Lose the language.
You got women, children.

I said

you almost got me killed.

You know, it's clear this
partnership isn't going to work.

We're just not a match.

I'll let your lieutenant know
to reassign you

at our mutual request.
After only one day?

Screw you.
I'm not going to warn you about

the profanity again.
Kids are listening.

Now give me the keys to my car.

I appreciate the time
and effort, Bill.

Best of luck to you out there.
Stay safe.

They really got me, chica.

I'm gonna do some serious time.

I know this probably ain't
the right moment...

...but will you marry me, Maya?

Yeah, I'll marry you.

Will you wait for me to get out?

Of course I will.

(laughs)
True love.

(bystanders cheer)

Wysocki?

Superintendent Colvin's
looking for you.

Yeah? Well, let me know
when she finds me.

Come on, Luis.
Honeymoon's over.

Well, neighborhood did say
they wanted another speed bump.

TERESA:
Thank you, Officer.

All right, look busy.

JAREK: Teresa Colvin graduated
first in her class

and made detective faster
than anyone in memory.

Get down!

From there she moved into
undercover work,

which led to the biggest
cocaine bust

in Chicago's history.

So they made her lieutenant,
then captain,

then chief of detectives.

And when the mayor's first
choice for superintendent

suffered
a massive heart attack,

she went in front of the Police
Commission as a real long shot,

as a token candidate,
but she won them over

with her passion
and bold ideas.

Teresa Colvin was my partner,

She said in ten years,

she'd be the city's first
female superintendent.

It only took her eight.

Wysocki, I've been looking
for you.

Welcome to my littering case.

Littering case?
How's this not a murder?

It's a misdemeanor murder

we already solved
from four days ago.

Esteban Fierro,
gang hit in that salsa club.

Don't call it
a misdemeanor murder.

Gangbanger killed
another gangbanger?

You didn't mind so much
when you rolled with me.

I'm not a beat copper anymore.

So what is four-day-dead Esteban
doing blocking traffic?

Well, Superintendent,

the Black Lords crew
that killed him last week,

it seems, broke into
the funeral home,

dragged the body across
the street, parked it...

put another dozen bullets
in him.

So it's really more
of a parking violation

than a littering beef?
(chuckles)

Well, put this in
your parking meter:

Esteban Fierro right there
is Paco Fierro's cousin.

And according to
Luis Esperanza...

Oh, the guy whose wedding

you presided over yesterday?
Engagement.

Oh.
According to Luis,

so this is not a good day
to be the superintendent.

Antonio.
Ma'am?

Call Central Detention,

tell them we're coming down
to talk to Paco Fierro.

Yes, ma'am.

So, is this
a social call or what?

Got a job proposition for you.

I'm not interested.

I've heard about your recent
reassignments.

Come on. Those are lazy

and incompetent cops.
You're neither.

No, but there's a right way
to do things.

This from the guy
who dumps his partner

every two or three days?

Still holding a grudge, huh?

What do you know
about Fergus Construction?

Big city contracts.
A lot of money.

Well, guess who owns Fergus,

not officially, not on
paper, but really?

Gibbons.

Alderman Ronin Gibbons.
You're as sharp as ever.

There's the compliment,
here comes the slap.

There are two fresh bodies
lying in Grant Park.

And you think these have
something to do

with Alderman Gibbons?

No. No, no, no, no.
Count me out.

TERESA:
Just take a ride.

Make sure that
everything is going smooth.

All right, as a favor
I will take a look.

Great, I'll come with.

Detective Caleb Evers.

My lieutenant just assigned me
to ride with you.

Cubs or Sox?

White Sox.

TERESA:
Nice try, Jarek.

Get the car.
Sure. Where is it?

You're the detective.

TERESA:
About my offer...

JAREK: You already know what
people are saying about you.

You add a guy like Gibbons
to your list of enemies

and it goes south for us,
where does that leave me?

And yet you're intrigued.

Oh, what makes you think that?

Something you once said
in the patrol car.

When you take the job,
I'll tell ya.

I'll take a look...

and I will call you.

(indistinct radio transmission)

Yo, Wysocki!

Hey, Uncle Jarek.

Hey, what's up? How's your day?

You're looking at the highlight.

Isaac.

Jarek.

(horn beeps)

Keep your head
on a swivel, okay?

Mm-hmm.

(chuckles)

(blues music playing over radio)

Hottest actress in the hottest
scene in movie history? Go.

For me, Fast Times
at Ridgemont High.

Phoebe Cates climbing out
of that swimming pool,

bikini top peeling off.

What's yours?

You know the problem with men?

If they can't eat it, drink it,

snort it, smoke it or pawn it,
men will destroy it.

I'm locked in a car

ten hours a day,
I need a female partner.

Okay.

Stories you've heard about me
are not true.

Anything else?

I don't appreciate profanity.

Noted.

The only sane answer to your
question is Audrey Hepburn.

Any movie she was ever in.

(low, indistinct conversations)

Hey, Glen, what do you got?

Well, we've got a marriage
that ended in ways unkind.

Husband and wife joggers.

Steve's a systems analyst
for the city.

Linda's comptroller
for Fergus Construction.

Well, T.B.D.

Oh, yeah,
"they be dead."

We got zero leads.

(sobbing): Oh, my God.
This one is a stumper.

Who's she?

Dead woman's sister.
We interviewed her.

She doesn't know anything.

What are you doing in
this part of town anyway?

Teresa Colvin threw me
a new detail.

Oh, yeah? What's that?

I ride all around the city
listening to the radio.

I hijack any case I want
from the primary.

Since when is this?
Hey, Ridgemont High,

what time is it?

8:22.

New policy commenced 8:21.

Official notification...
I'm taking over your case.

That's ridiculous.

The Prom Queen's giving you
that kind of juice?

Teresa Colvin
isn't a prom queen.

She's a superintendent.
That kind of juice.

Let's huddle up
and let's figure out

a new plan of attack, okay?

We got earbuds, but no iPod.

Shoot-em-up robbery
in the Loop?

It's possible, but I don't know.
So is the Cubs

winning the Series, but I'm not
going to call my bookie.

If you have any questions
for the superintendent,

put them on paper.

I'll pass them on to her.

(reporters shouting questions)

You have your look?

You're welcome.
Huh?

So, it doesn't smell
like a stickup.

What does it smell like?

It's not a robbery, it's a hit.

Yeah, and somebody in one
of these skyscrapers

thinks they've
gotten away with it.

Because in this town they're
always getting away with it.

So you're in?

You know, I'm just a lowly
homicide detective.

I can't fix the city's plumbing,
and neither can you.

Just one toilet at
a time, Detective.

Kid, unless you
want to get a bus...

I'll stop by Fergus Construction
on my way back to the station.

Appreciate it.

Doesn't mean that I'm in.

Do we really got free reign

to take over any
investigation in the city?

I do.

Tomorrow you go back
to the real world.

Why are we walking away
from our crime scene?

Ever been to
Fergus Construction?

Superintendent?

Is that like some kind
of janitor?

Superintendent means I
am the highest ranking

police officer in Chicago.

Every cop in the city
answers to me.

Oh, yeah? How did we miss out
on initiating your ass,

amigo, huh?

Wanted to do something important
with my life.

As you know, this morning
members of the Black Lords

removed your cousin's
body from his mortuary,

placed him in the street

and shot his corpse
numerous times.

So I've come respectfully,

leader to leader, to tell you

my department will be
enacting revenge on your behalf.

How you going to do that?
If you agree

to remain peaceful,

multiple raids will be initiated
on Black Lord residences

and illegal operations.

You get in the middle
of this fight, though...

I return the favor...
respectfully.

I get released
from here at midnight.

You got till then.

Guys like Paco
destroyed my neighborhood.

Makes threats against
the city like that...

You were a little soft
on him, weren't you?

Last time war broke out,

three kids under
the age of ten were killed

in Austin and Humboldt
Park cross fires.

I am just as soft
as I need to be.

Get the raids started.

♪ ♪

(indistinct shouting)

MAN:
Chicago Police Department!

WOMAN:
You better run.

Watch the side.
I'm in. I'm in.

Watch that back door, guys.

Tell your Black Lord buddies
this is for shooting up

a dead body.

Crowd control?

Again with this?

You see Quentin
Silver over there?

Is that Quentin?

ISAAC:
Oh, yeah, that's him.

Outstanding warrant on that
gas station armed robbery.

We're just crowd control.

Unless we see a
wanted fugitive.

ISAAC:
Quentin, stop!

You go that way!
I got this one! Okay.

Eastbound. South alley.

(dog growling)

Third house down.

(dog barking)

(panting)

(gasps)

Thanks for leaving me a taste.

I say the word "institution,"

that's your cue to
come back out here

and pull that fire alarm,
got it?

Won't it spray ink?
That's a wives' tale,

your middle school principal
told you

to keep you and your delinquent
pals in line.

I'll need clearance from my
bosses to allow any interviews

on company time.
Absolutely.

We just want to determine

why someone would want
to kill Linda Walling.

Why would anyone do this?

Honestly, sir, I don't know.

Would you say this is a good
institution to work for?

Yeah, I guess so.

So it's a good institution?

I got to grab something
from the car.

Sophie, isn't it?
Yes.

Sophie, how long
would it take you

to get clearance
from your bosses?

(elevator bell dings)

(alarm wailing)

Crap!

(alarm wailing)

All right, evacuate
everyone safely.

SOPHIE: Okay, everybody, meet on
the east side of the building. Go.

Do not take your belongings.

Just leave them on your desk.

JAREK:
When you get outside, call me.

Okay.

(indistinct radio transmission)

Firemen... America's
heroes. Just ask 'em.

It won't come off. Great.

(chuckles)

(phone dialing)

(phone ringing)

Detective Wysocki.

Yeah, it's me.

Why did you want me
to call you?

I just wanted to give you
a chance to talk to me

without your
coworkers listening.

'Cause you do know
something useful, right?

Linda was crunching numbers
on the big Lakeshore project.

Sealed bids are due
to city hall next week.

It's us and two other companies.

Linda said someone at the top

knew what the other
two secret bids were.

Were bribes involved?

That's right.

She told me she might
blow the whistle

to someone at city hall.
You did the right thing. I appreciate it.

Now say, "I love you, too,
honey," and hang up.

Love you, too, honey.

He loves me.

A dozen citizen complaints
in the last two years?

A citation for misplacing
your firearm?

I eventually located my weapon.

It turned out to be under
the seat in my vehicle.

You've really built up quite
the resume, Sergeant Worthen.

You don't judge a guy
just by numbers.

(phone ringing)
I've been a good cop a long time.

Superintendent Colvin's office.

According to union regulations,

you don't have any cause
to dismiss Sergeant Worthen.

So if you're here to give him
a written reprimand,

then just give it.
You misunderstand.

I'm here to promote
Sergeant Worthen

to commander of mops and brooms.

Pardon?
We have a supply closet

downtown and recently
some mops have gone missing.

In your new position, you will
report to that supply closet

to insure that no further
cleaning equipment is stolen.

You're pulling me
off the street?

Well, as your union rep points
out, I can't fire you, so...

I've got 15 years on you...
This isn't police policy.

It is now.
You're only coming after me?

You and a hundred other
oxygen thieves

who make the rest of
my 10,000 great cops look bad.

You think you got questionable
rank and file support now, lady?

Wait till I spread the word
about this crap. I am already

starting to spread
the word myself.

After all, it isn't a deterrent
unless other officers hear it.

You smug little bitch!
This is my life!

Tom...
Sir, please sit down.

But it's my city now,

and I can't take on
the rest of it

if I can't keep
my own backyard clean.

You think you can change
how things get done in Chicago?!

You've had this job,
what, six months?

No way you'll last six more!
Let it go. Let it go, Tom.

You hear me?!
Tom.

Someone will get you first!
Come here.

I hope it's me!

Congratulations.

His last three partners
didn't make it past lunch.

We haven't stopped
for lunch yet.

Just keeping my head
down, ma'am.

Look, Alderman Gibbons
called me personally.

He wants an update.
Our canvass turned up

a bona fide suspect.

A meth head... gun convictions,

seen in the area just prior
to the shootings. Good.

I want you to take
the lead with Gibbons.

Just keep it vague.
Oh, so it's my ass on the line.

Wysocki, I'm
right here with you.

You know what?
Can we have a word?

You know, I like to
fight the good fight

as much as the next guy,

but I'm not ready to
start walking in there

and start throwing haymakers at a heavyweight
like Gibbons. What if I told you

that Gibbons was working with the Irish mob?
I've heard the rumors.

I've yet to see any of the proof.
Well, how's this for ammo...

I've got a cop working undercover
in their organization.

Undercover?

How long?

Almost a year.

He's working his way
up the ladder.

And pretty soon he's going to give
us the connection to Gibbons.

What would you say to that?

The fight just go fairer.

That's right.

Remember, don't give
Gibbons anything.

We're just going to
get in and get out.

Oh, no, Spicoli, not you.

You the driver?
Yeah.

Me, too, evidently.

Caleb.
Antonio.

It's nice to meet you.

GIBBONS:
You wonder why the same guys

get get elected
over and over again.

It's because someone got
the Fitzgerald family

the zoning variance
they needed.

It's because someone got
the Williams boys

drag racing citation
knocked down

to a simple speeding ticket.

Someone did that for them.

And that someone was me.

(knocking on door)

Come in.

They say Chicago
is the city that works.

Superintendent Colvin.

What some people never
understand is,

it works in a lot
of different ways.

Teresa, I didn't think
I'd see you again so soon.

Me, either.

I'm sorry about yesterday.

This is Detective Wysocki.

Pleasure.

Can I get either of you a drink?

No. Thank you.

Lilly, just a scotch
for me, please.

Is it too early for scotch?

Not by my watch.

Have a seat.

Thank you.

GIBBONS: So this murdered couple
that happened this morning...

Steve and Linda Walling, sir.

That kind of butchery
in my ward...

unacceptable.

Well, hopefully,
we can eliminate

this sort of crime
in the entire city.

I'm an optimistic man,
Teresa, but...

I'm encumbered
by living in the real world.

Austin, Humboldt Park...

we whack the moles where we can,

but my part of town?

We will catch these bastards
and we will nail them

to the wall.

So...

what do you know so far?

Our canvass landed a real
good looking suspect, sir.

A suspicious man,
Wendell Holmes,

was seen in the area just
prior to the shootings.

Two separate witnesses

identified him
from his mug shot.

You see from the sheet he's
no stranger to violence.

So this is a meth-head
stickup gone bad?

Probably.
That's what we were thinking.

JAREK:
We're also looking into

the wife's place of employment,
Fergus Construction.

She was involved in
some big city stuff,

so we're just gonna
cover our bases there.

Well, keep me apprised
of what you learn.

Absolutely.
Till then,

anything you need, any
resources, and I mean anything.

All right?
Thanks for stopping by.

Thank you.

What was that? You just give him
the damn name of our suspect?

What are you afraid of?

Look, if a black alderman
really is hooked up

with the Irish mob,
this ought to put him into play.

You don't like the way I do
things, why ask for my help?

Please tell me we know more
than what you just told Gibbons.

The dead woman was
getting ready to whistle-blow

on her bosses
at Fergus Construction.

Cooking the books, underbidding,
bribes to downtown.

And you can tie this
directly to Gibbons?

No.
I am trying to get

two gangs to lay down their guns
before midnight.

I'm taking on the police union

and a hundred pissed-off,
recently demoted,

armed cops.

Do not force me into
hand-to-hand combat

with the second most
powerful man in Chicago

after the mayor until
you know something.

Way more powerful
than the mayor.

And if you want
to take on corruption,

this is how it's done.

Besides, now that Gibbons

and his machine know
we're sniffing around,

the next move isn't mine
or yours, it's his.

You don't know
your own name, huh?

What's your name?

JAREK:
Everything good here?

Hey, Detective.

Vonda.

Get your ass on the fence.

Need a favor.
Sure.

Got a suspect in a double
hummer... Wendell Holmes.

We're gonna sit
on the apartment,

but I pulled his contact cards.

He's got three
felonious friends

stumbling around the city.

See if you can get
one of them dirty.

Love to.

Let me see that.

VONDA: Uncle Jarek's the one
who woke me up that night

and told me my father
had been killed.

He hugged me and told me
I was his responsibility now.

He taught me how to
knock down the 7-10 split.

And when I told him I wanted
to enroll in the academy,

not only did he not stop me,

I know he pulled strings
to get me in early.

ISAAC: She handled
herself really good.

(chuckles)

You went chasing after
this guy out of position.

Yeah, a wanted felon.
What would you have done?

I got to tell you

what happens to you
if something happens to her?

We'll be just fine.

I'm gonna talk to
my niece alone.

Get over there.

You sleeping with him?

No.

I'm not stupid.

I swear on Dad's grave.

Isaac's too cocky.

He's gonna drown one day,

and he's gonna pull
someone down with him.

I'm being careful.

Oh, I can see that.

Trust me, partners is
complicated enough.

I need one of Wendell's
friends dirty.

(blues playing over radio)

Top ten album
covers of all time.

I'll start.

Nirvana's Nevermind. Go.

(phone ringing, music stops)

Yeah?

It's me.

You're on speaker.

Who else is there?

Caleb Evers, ma'am.

Hi, Caleb.

I'm the ex-wife.

I'm the soon-to-be ex-partner.

Has he told you about
his fiancée yet?

JAREK:
Dina, stop being such a redhead.

27 years old.

Don't you think
that's a little young

for Jarek, Caleb?

That seems a little young.

What can I do for you, Dina?

Josh left his physics project
at your house.

Can you bring it by around 9:00?

That's him. Sure.

Okay, I got to go.
Look, here he is.

Let's move.

(officer's shouting)
Get down!

Get down, get down!
On the ground!

Wendell Holmes!
On the ground face down!

I'm not resisting!
Face down!

Let me see the hands.
Keep the hands up.

Hands!
Okay, let's get him cuffed up.

CALEB:
Works better when you don't

leave the earbuds
on the dead guy.

Got him. Wendell Holmes,
you're under arrest.

All right, clear.

Clear.

It never ceases to amaze me
how well crime pays.

Should I get the
evidence tech out here?

No. I'm expecting visitors.

Always with the big TVs,
these guys.

Hey, find the remote;
we'll see if the game's on.

Game doesn't start till 1:20.

You mean the Cubs game, right?

'Cause the Sox
don't play today.

I grew up on the North Side.

I knew it, I knew it.
I got to meet Ernie Banks as a kid.

You're a dirty, filthy,
lying Cubs fan.

I could smell it on you!
We had Sandberg...

You thought you could
weasel your way

into my good graces

by pretending to be a White Sox fan.
...Maddux, Grace, and Dawson.

What was I supposed to do?

(knocking on door)

MAN:
Wendell?

Open up.

(knocking on door)

Hi, boys.

Easy.

What are you doing here?

We're just looking for Wendell.
Yeah, well, come in.

Get in here.

Let me see your hands.
Spread 'em.

Put them up!
Spread 'em.

Hey, easy, easy.

Whoa, whoa!
Want to buy me dinner first?

How you know Wendell?

We're just friends.

Who sent you to find Wendell,
William Gainey?

Screw this.
I'm out.

Huh?

(groaning)
I'll get the loudmouth.

You get him.
Come on, big mouth.

Up against the wall.
Spread 'em.

Put your hands up
against the wall.

You got a big mouth, kid.

Huh?
CALEB: You can't remember?

Well, Liam, it's a pleasure.

Who sent you to find Wendell?

Your mother, just after
I got done three-waying her

and your sister.
Yeah?

(groaning)

How's your
three-way now, kid?

Huh? You want
some more?

All right, all right.
That's all right.

Get the hell out of here.
I'm not done with him.

We can bring them in anytime,
we got their names,

but if we bring
them in right now,

I'm gonna have to
write up all this.

Fine, fine. Fact this
Irish punk's here at all

tells me everything
I need to know.

Get out of here, go on.

Go.

What about my license?

Oh, mail away for a replacement.

Want some more water?

(over intercom):
I think you know what I want.

Sorry, man.
Water we got, crank we don't.

I need to go to the bathroom.

Oh, yeah, five glasses deep;
I bet you do.

Why don't you tell us
what you know about

the double murder first.

Why don't you tell me
what you know first.

Away from the cameras,
I got to tell you,

this isn't just a layup,
you're getting posterized here.

You're wasting your time, man.

Fine.

Sorry.

Didn't know you had
your guy in here.

No problem.
Be a minute.

That was your friend
Yancy, right?

Your pal that you bragged
about the shootings to,

the guy that you asked
to hide the murder weapon?

Yeah, our officers just
picked him up an hour ago.

Bunch of stolen merchandise
in the back of his car.

He coughed it all up.

So you want to know
what I know, Wendell?

We got you dead on the murders.

And even if you get off,

some Irish mug's gonna come
knocking on your door,

and he's gonna want
to put you in the ground.

So it's just you and me alone.

Now, you gonna show me
some respect?

I didn't want to do it.

Of course you didn't.

The guy paid me five grand
to take them out.

Told me the wife

was the important one.

"Make it look like a ripoff,"
he said.

Guy got a name?

Never gave it.

So you could I.D. him for us?

Put him in front of me,

yeah.

Good.

Wash your hands.

We got the shooter,
but not the moneyman.

So, where to now?

I don't know about you,
but I'm going home

to make love to my fiancée.

I'll be back in about an hour.

For real?
Do you know how to keep

a gorgeous 27-year-old happy?

(engine starting)
No.

I figured as much.

You should've warned me
to wear a cup.

Doesn't play as well,
you know what's coming.

Teresa Colvin was the only
person that was supposed

to know I was under, okay?

The more that know,

the more danger I'm in.
You get that?

You got any pals on that wall?

Go on, take a look.
Take a look.

A guy I graduated with
got killed as a rookie.

Yeah, "a guy I graduated with

got killed as a rookie."

Someone you barely knew.

My brother is on that wall.

Where?

I don't know. I never look.

Did you and your pal show up

at Wendell's to do
him some harm?

We were gonna warn him
to skip town.

And what would you have done
if Wendell was there

instead of us and your friend
decided to call an audible

and cap the guy?

Hey, what would you
have done then?

From now on,

you report to me once a week.

I'm gonna talk
with Superintendent Colvin

about that. No, I'm gonna talk
with Superintendent Colvin,

and you are going to talk
to me.

Starting with what is going on.

Everyone's in lockdown mode.

Bosses want every Irish wiseguy
at Fergus Construction tonight.

I need the guy
that hired the shooter.

I heard Will whisper a name.

Don't know what
it means though.

Name's Jasper.

That's better than nothing.

You also need to get closer
to Alderman Gibbons.

Why would Gibbons be getting
cozy with the Irish mob?

Because he's a smart guy,
and he knows

it takes a lot of friends
to run this city.

I've been under
for almost a year.

I've never met the man.

After today, you will,
and soon. Are we good?

You tell me.

How many of these guys
did you know?

Take care of yourself, Liam.

I don't want to know any more.

A beautiful woman
eating all alone?

How you scaring them off?

You think it's the gun?
No.

You hear whispers when
were riding together,

that they...
they might have...

(whistles)

No way.

He was married then.

And she wouldn't do that.
You never know.

Well, you ride with someone
12 hours a day,

you know.

We have five hours till
Paco's midnight deadline.

You have any plans
how to stop the fireworks?

You get a message
to the Black Lords.

You tell them if they don't
hand over the grave robbers

by 11:00, you're going to
start hitting the homes

of the girlfriends and moms.

Only thing these degenerates
appreciate sometimes

is the warmth of a woman and...

BOTH:
A home cooked meal.

How's that any
different than...

Me? I suppose it's not.

In the meantime,

Alderman Gibbons is calling me
every half hour.

Course he is.
He wants an update.

He's scrambling to cover
his tracks.

We have anything
might scare him?

Liam gave me the name of a guy

who maybe paid for the hit...
Jasper.

We use it,
might expose Liam's cover.

Not if I tell him the shooter
gave it to me, himself.

When we rode together,

you know what you said
to me once, made me know

you would do this now?
No.

You said your father hated
politicians like Gibbons.

(chuckles)
He also told me, you poke a bear,

you better have a shotgun
pointed at his face.

(door opening)

TERESA: We have the
shooter in custody.

Thank God.

So, what was this,
a random drug crime?

No, it was a murder for hire.
The wife was the primary target.

How do we know that?
Shooter confessed.

Said he was hired
by a man named Jasper.

What was the motive?

We believe Linda
Walling was targeted

because of the work she was
doing at Fergus Construction.

We should have warrants
by tomorrow morning

to search Fergus
for more information.

Yeah, I'm sure
that won't be necessary.

Is there reason why you don't
want us to search Fergus?

No, it won't be necessary
to get a warrant.

I know Fergus' owner.

He's a friend of mine.

If it'll help, I'll get you
full access right now.

Lilly.

Get me Owen McDonnell
on the phone, would you?

All right, anything with
the name Linda Walling

or any paperwork related

to the Lakeshore
construction bid.

If there was anything
incriminating

to Gibbons or his pals,

do you think we'd be standing here?
Nope.

This is the dead woman's desk.

First beat coppers
on the scene caught

these two trying
to duck out the back.

Recognize 'em?

Yeah, we had an encounter with them this
afternoon at the shooter's apartment.

The one with the long hair...
Liam... something about him.

What?

He seems like a regular
knucklehead to me.

Yeah, he talks that game.
He looks it, even,

but he's smarter
than he lets on.

You get that from chatting the
guy up for two minutes, do you?

It's the way
he scans the place.

I can see the gears moving
inside his head.

That's not the brain
of some lowlife muscle.

I say we bring him in, figure
out what his game really is.

I say you take him, question
him, and get back to me.

Okay.

GIBBONS:
Superintendent Colvin.

This is the owner of Fergus Construction,
Mr. Owen McDonnell.

Mr. McDonnell.

Why do you have so many
people here tonight?

We're in the process of
moving a lot of our records

and documents to a
place in the suburbs.

We wanted to do the
work after hours.

Tell her about the guy.

We have a vendor
named Jasper Franklin.

He sells us piping.

He's been in town past few days,

but he's on his way
back to Boston tonight.

His flight leaves out of O'Hare
in 15 minutes.

It's too late to go
through the channels

to stop the flight.
So you believe

this Jasper Franklin
may harbor terrorist intent?

What?
Call the airport,

tell them a potential
terrorist's about to take off.

Come on, Jasper, let's cut
the games and clear this up!

Just cut the games, all right?!

Why did you want
Linda Walling dead?

I didn't even know the lady.
Then why are you sweating

like we just entered you
in a spelling bee?

Because you're starting to
realize the shooter I.D.'d you

as the man who paid him
five grand to do the deed?

We got witnesses.
Let's clear this up.

Jasper, we know the story.

We just want to
hear it from you.

I've got nothing to say.

It's not a whodunit,
it's a "you did it."

All right, pal?

Let's wrap this up, all right?
I haven't got all night here.

Make this easy on yourself, man.

Gibbons wanted her gone.

Gibbons ordered the hit
on Linda Walling?

He gave you the order directly?

Well, no.
I was talking to Owen McDonnell.

- And McDonnell gave the order on behalf
of Gibbons? - Yes. No. Not exactly.

Oh, so which is it?

He made this point

to tell me
how this woman was becoming

a real pain in the ass
for Gibbons, for the company.

Gibbons wanted her dead?

He didn't have to say that,
you understand?

So, what, nobody ordered
the hit on Linda Walling?

She was a pain in the ass
to Gibbons.

That's all he had to say.

You need to know these people.

(sighs)
Sometimes you poke the bear,

sometimes the bear
stomps on your picnic.

We got the shooter
and the moneyman.

We didn't get Gibbons.

You know, what I didn't
tell you was

20 years ago, my old man
went after Gibbons.

If he couldn't get him,
no one can.

Now, I gave you a day.

That's it?

That's it.

We're putting together
a good team.

Your boy sniffed
something up with Liam.

Your boy Liam's getting sloppy.

Or your partner has better
instincts than you think.

Too bad he's a Cubs fan.
(Antonio clears throat)

Black Lords are ready to deal.
All right.

Wish us luck.

All right.

Car's clean.

Where to?

Look, Wrigley Field,
this partnership isn't working.

We're not a match.

I'll let your lieutenant know

to reassign you
at our mutual request.

Yeah, I understand.

I wish you luck, though.

You stay safe.

Hey, I appreciate having
the chance to ride with you.

(tires screeching)

Face to face was supposed to be
with the main lady, man,

not some Mexican busboy.

Superintendent Colvin
doesn't grant face to faces

with gangs who break truces

and drag corpses

into the street to kill
'em all over again,

but if you want these
raids and arrests to stop,

want your baby mamas to get
some peace and quiet...

then I'm here to negotiate
terms respectfully.

We good?

Yeah, we're good.

Hey, thanks for trusting
me with that, too.

You've earned it.

Let's go home.
(engine starts)

(music playing)

Dina.

DINA:
In Josh's room.

♪ ♪

Here's his school stuff.

Is he here?

No.

(Dina moans)

Break up with that
tramp already.

She's not a tramp,
she's my fiancée.

When are you going to tell her?

Now is not a good time;
her mother's real sick.

(sighs)

(both moan)

(music playing)

Mom.

♪ ♪

Would it kill you
to make your bed?

I already have a job.
Forgot my phone.

Your father brought
your homework.

See you.

♪ ♪

(snickering)

(chuckles)

ANTONIO:
When Teresa Colvin found me,

I was 12 years old
and acting as a lookout

for a couple local dealers.
Whoop, whoop!

She was starting a charter
program that pulled me

and some other kids
off the street,

and she got on me
about my grades.

She talked me
into joining the P.D.,

and when I quit 'cause
I thought it was too hard,

she found me
and dragged my lazy ass

back to the academy.

Good night, ma'am.

(gunshot)
So when the time came to...

(gunshot, Teresa groaning)

(tires screeching)

(over radio): Memorial Hospital
is on complete bypass.

All patients are being rerouted
to Illinois Masonic Hospital.

All units...
traffic shut down at the...

...flooded with 911 calls
about gunshots...

LILLY:
Your guests, Alderman.

It's a pleasure to get
to meet you, Mr. Gibbons.

Everybody around here
says that you are the man.

Will tells me you can be
of some use to us

with constituency services.

I'm up for anything.

Officers arrived on the scene
to find

their own superintendent,
Teresa Colvin,

lying shot and injured
in the street.

Big news, huh?

Well, look, thank you
for stopping by.

Will will let you know when
we have a need for you.

Lilly, where's my drink?

...violence related
to gangs in the city,

and the superintendent has been
under a lot of pressure

to try to crack down
on the murders

and shootings and other
gang-related activities.

Shut the door.

MALE REPORTER:
Before this, Superintendent Colvin

had already earned
quite a reputation.

Right, Kelly?

KELLY:
Indeed. In just six months on the job,

she was getting a reputation
as something of a combatant...

Anything else?

Kiss my ear.

...even within her own
department where she was waging

a war of sorts, trying to remove

what she called "unexceptional
cops" from the street.

And, you know, she was not
the mayor's first choice for...

Something like that?

Don't stop.

It's working.

(indistinct radio transmission)

This is where they
brought my father.

It's where I said
good-bye to him.

(sniffles)
Vonda.

Don't be scared.

I'm not gonna let anything
ever happen to you.

I'm not scared
of something happening

to me, Isaac.

(sobbing):
I'm terrified

that something's
going to happen to you.

GIBBONS:
I can tell you confidently,

unequivocally,
and definitively,

the city council
will provide whatever

resources necessary to hunt down
the animal who did this.

I make that promise publicly.

I have no hesitation...

♪ ♪

How is she?

One bullet hit her vest...
cracked rib, that's all.

She'll be fine.

Antonio?

He's dead,
didn't have a chance.

I want the absolute truth.

That gut feeling you had

on Gibbons' guy Liam...
was that a lucky guess

or can you bring that kind
of thinking on a daily basis?

I'm really good.

All right, Liam's
undercover for us.

You're the third person
besides Liam himself

to know that fact.

You and I are gonna
ride the city,

we're gonna pick the
cases that really matter,

starting with whoever did this.

I'll get the car.

Now, where is she?

Around there.

Since when does a
superintendent wear

a vest off the clock?

(sighs) When I reassigned
one of the cops,

he got angry,
made some threats...

nothing I haven't heard before.

Antonio made me put on his vest.

He wouldn't start
the car until I did.

Let's do this.

JAREK: If you can't love Chicago
, you can't love anything.

This city survived
the Great Fire

and ended up building the
world's most beautiful skyline.

'Cause if there's one thing
Chicago knows,

it's how to punch back.