Third Watch (1999–2005): Season 4, Episode 12 - Castles of Sand - full transcript
Carlos is bailed, but finds little support at the house. Jimmy finds his face on someone else's body in a poster. Ty confronts Sully about his drinking. Faith runs into a college friend who appears to be being abused by her wife.
Previously on "Third Watch.."
Mom, I just wanted to
tell you that she died.
Whatever mess I made, it's my problem.
I don't need you fighting my battles.
The phone number you put on the report
if you needed to call
that, that would be alright.
- Ma'am, you with us?
- A-a-are you an angel?
I just wanna thank you.
- I'm pregnant. - You sure it's mine?
- Angie, hey. - No, screw you!
I'll be your CISD counselor.
Oh, my God. This chick is hot.
What did you put in here about me?
"Emotionally unsuited to be a paramedic?"
You said that I was too sensitive
so I had to show you
that I was insensitive.
- So you were lying? - Yes.
So which is it? Are you a habitual liar
or an emotionally bankrupt human?
- Oh, boy. Okay. - Mm.
- Ready? - I've got to go.
'Oh, Joy, about my
daughter, I'm not married'
just in case you wanna hook
me up with your roommate
or something.
Sorry.
Sixteen-year-old patient brought in by EMS.
She said the paramedic
fondled her in the back of the bus.
You have the right to remain silent.
- Anything you say can and..
- You have to cuff me?
You have the right to
have an attorney present..
Nieto. Nieto.
- Yeah. - 'You're up.'
- You have a lawyer? - No.
- You're FDNY? - Yeah, but paramedic.
Well, I'll handle the arraignment
but your union's gonna have to take over.
- Do they know this?
- Not unless you told them.
'"People versus Carlos Nieto.'
"Docket number 0216789.
'Sexual abuse under color of authority."'
This is a paramedic who
fondled a patient, Your Honor.
- 'A minor.' - No, I didn't.
- Don't say anything. - But I didn't.
'People will be asking for $50,000 bail.'
Mr. Nieto is an FDNY paramedic
for five years, Your Honor.
He's an upstanding member of the community
'with a solid career and
absolutely no previous history.'
'He's not a flight risk.'
This is a serious offence against a minor.
He grabbed her breast
while he was treating her.
No, that's not.. I was putting
a sling on her arm, that's it.
- Just shut up. - Okay. Who are you again?
Bail set at $50,000.
'Next case, please.'
Did she say $50,000?
Now they'll be back to explain it to you.
- Let's go. - But I don't have $50,000.
- Hey. - You paid the bond?
- How are you feeling, man?
- Where'd you get $50,000?
It was 10%. It was only 5.
- Okay, where'd you get 5000?
- I had a little saved up.
My mom gave me some and..
I pulled the rest off my credit card.
Mom, huh? What'd you tell her?
I just said I needed some
money. Are you alright, man?
Yeah. I'll pay you back as soon as I can.
I know that you will.
Okay, I thought about this all night.
- It will never fly.
- Of course, it's not gonna fly.
Took my great reputation, my great record.
I was working with a
female paramedic at the time.
All I need to do is get my ducks in a row.
Well, sounds like your
head's in a good place.
Oh, yeah. Between the guys
I work with who'd back me up
and my record, easy streak.
'That is unbelievable.'
Well, seemed pretty believable
when the cops were arresting him.
- He was arrested? - Yeah.
I mean, it's pretty
serious. The girl's a minor.
Why didn't you tell me
about this last night?
You didn't give me much
chance to say anything last night.
Is he still in jail?
Davis, Carlos' roommate, he's a cop.
He said he'd take care of him.
Poor Carlos.
What about that girl?
I mean, can you imagine
how, how scary that would be?
- If it happened. - Yeah, yeah.
I mean, uh, he gets the
benefit of the doubt, but..
But?
I keep coming back to why would she lie.
Maybe she was just trying to get attention.
Yeah, well, there will be an investigation.
Well, it seems you're convinced he did it.
No. No, like I said, he gets the benefit.
Yeah, but that only
works if there is doubt.
Well, I, I've been doing this for 20 years
and I've never had that
kind of complaint. Never.
I mean, you think I'd
run into one or two people
looking for attention in 20 years.
I'm really glad you're not my father.
Don't call me that.
Come on, I said I'm glad you aren't.
Look, I told you before, I don't like that.
Why are you so tight about that?
It's..
I realized this morning
that you're closer in age
to that minor than you are to me.
The one that Carlos
went to jail for touching.
Yeah, but I'm not a minor.
Uh, you don't get what I'm saying, do you?
I don't care that you're older than me.
I do. Okay?
I do.
I had a great time.
So how many burglaries
do you handle in a day?
Burglaries?
Damsels in distress that need your help.
There's no one else like you out there
if that's what you mean.
So you don't get to sleep with
every crime victim you meet?
Are you mad or somethin'?
My mom would sure be
unhappy about last night.
She thinks of me as a good girl.
Believe me, you were
definitely a good girl.
Please don't turn that into a sex joke.
I wouldn't.
Listen, I..
I have to go.
So I'll see ya.
When do you get off?
11:00, 11:30.
So you'll be here by 12:00?
Would you like me to be here by 12:00?
I'll wait up.
- She seemed pretty scared. - Believable?
- Yeah, very. - So you think he did it?
You know, if it was
anyone other than Carlos
I would have a hard
time, but with Carlos...
Come on, guys, let's give him
the benefit of the doubt, alright?
Why?
He is lucky that she
doesn't have a brother.
- Maybe she does. - 'Jimmy.'
Well, then he better watch his back.
I wouldn't need my brother
to help me take care of Carlos.
- Specially not your brother.
- Ah, DK, be nice.
Come on, I'm just playing.
You know that, right?
'It's Doherty.'
'Hey.'
'What? What do you mean?'
Is it something I did?
Oh, you sure didn't seem
to have a problem last night.
'Well, hey, good luck. Okay.'
Mm, women!
Don't even start.
Whoo! I'm feeling good today.
- How's life, Sully, my man?
- Great. Never better.
Oh, yeah, right.
- Sorry, man. - Yeah, me too.
God, for a winter day, it
sure is pretty out there.
- I was thinking the same thing. - Really?
Hey.
- I might be a minute or so.
- I'll see you inside.
Why? What's the rush?
I don't wanna be in
here when these two start
singing "Rain Drops On Roses."
I said I was sorry.
Well, what are you sorry about?
I don't know.
'Squad 55 to Adam 55-3.'
'We got an alarm box pulled at 7364.'
'Arthur, in the lobby.'
How's it going?
- Hey. - Hey.
Uh, sorry, I'm late. The train was..
- Uh, don't worry about it.
- Let me grab my stuff.
- I'll change... - That's alright.
Uh, you're not goin' on the street.
- What? - Well, I'm gonna need your ID.
I gotta put you on restricted duty
until this, uh, this mess
is straightened out.
- Stupid city policy, huh? - Yeah.
Oh, I gotta go. I need your ID.
You, uh, can't wear your uniform either.
Oh, come on.
You'll still get paid.
I know that's the most
important thing to you.
- So what am I supposed to do?
- Stocking, cleaning up.
Whatever Lieutenant Johnson needs.
So I'm like the janitor now?
Yeah, we'll-we'll talk about it later.
Kim, uh, the police talked
to you about that girl, right?
- You know they did.
- And you shot them down?
Well, I told them I didn't see anything.
Wait, what do you mean
you didn't see anything?
Look, we got an assignment. I gotta go.
Kim, how does that help me?
- See you later.
- Doc, she's my only witness.
Well, um, tell that to the union attorney.
She should be here some time today.
- Her name's Gail Elliot. - Union attorney.
Alright.
Okay, then I'll just be, uh..
Well, I'll just be up here then.
So she goes back to her old boyfriend
but doesn't tell me until the next morning.
And on the phone yet.
'She said she was gonna tell me in person'
but I left before she woke
up, which really pissed her off.
I'm-I'm such a jerk. I
didn't let her sleep in.
Now you were a jerk
way before this morning.
The only thing I know for
sure is that you can never guess
what's gonna make a woman happy.
I mean, i-i-it's always the
opposite of what you think.
Why is that, huh, Taylor?
What, I'm the spokesperson for now?
'I don't know why your tarte du jour'
is giving you a hassle.
- Tarte du jour. Nice.
- Yeah, it's pretty good, right?
I like that one. Very good.
You know what, I'll just
swear 'em off all together.
No more women.
You ain't sleepin' close to me then.
Don't worry, you're not my
type. I like 'em a little taller.
Like DK here. Now he's fine.
- I'm no tarte du jour, baby. - Stop it.
- Oh, my God. - 'What?'
Look at those handbills.
- ' "Stay Strong." '
- What the hell is that?
- 'From the neck up, it's you.'
- 'That's not even his neck.'
Doherty, you better be kiddin' me.
Whoa, you think I had
anything to do with this?
'DK, go grab one for the house.'
'Tell me what happened.'
I was putting a sling on her arm and..
I was adjusting it and I guess
I accidently brushed
against her, you know...
- The girl says you apologized.
- That's bad?
If it was innocent, why were you sorry?
I say sorry if I put an
IV in somebody's arm.
Doesn't mean I was wrong to do it.
Touching a 16-year-old's
breast is no different
from, from inserting an IV line.
No, that's not what I'm
saying. I'm saying that...
'So did you tell your partner, Zambrano'
'that you brushed up against the patient?'
- No. - 'Why not?'
Well, 'cause it wasn't that big of a deal.
Have you ever dated a patient?
'Uh, more specifically'
did you have sex with a
patient under your care
and impregnate her?
We had a consensual kind of relationship...
When she complained to the department
did you state that this young woman
was nuttier than a damn fruit cake
and that when she came
to at the accident scene
the day you met and
subsequently had sex with her
'that she thought you
were her guardian angel'
'sent from heaven?'
So this consensual relationship
was, by your own statements
with a mentally-disturbed woman, right?
What does this have to do with anything?
Speaks of the character. Like,
are you the type of paramedic
who looks at female patients
'like they're items on a deli menu?'
No.
'Did you attend a
sensitivity training program'
'ordered by a department therapist'
'who found you emotionally bankrupt?'
Okay. Let me tell you about that therapist.
- We had a, um, little... -
We had a, um, little what?
Whose side are you on, anyway?
You better get used to this sort of thing.
This family wants you removed
from emergency services.
'When their attorneys go after you'
'you're gonna be under a
very powerful microscope.'
Everything you've ever done
will be parsed and examined.
FDNY does a good job
protecting their own, Mr. Nieto.
We'll need your help to do it.
Better have a good explanation
for every embarrassing aspect of your life.
I'll be in touch.
Look, my friends, my
co-workers, they know me.
They know I'd never do
something like what she's saying.
They know what kind of paramedic I am.
That will help.
Damn right.
Why does sex have to be
so screwed up with girls?
- Come again? - Sex.
Why can't it just be fun?
I mean, it's a good time.
'It's the best time two people
can have together, right?'
Well, all I ever seem to find
are women who spend the entire next day
feeling guilty about doin' it.
Well, maybe it's their choice of partner
thy feel guilty about.
Come on, I'm serious.
Look, it's complicated, Bosco.
You know, girls are
told their whole childhood
that good girls don't do it.
And then we spend the rest of our lives
you know, fighting the
biological urge to do it.
Unless you're married.
So I have to marry someone to convince them
they aren't some kind of slut?
I think they just wanna know
that they're special to you.
You know, that-that they're
not another notch on your belt.
I think once they feel that way
'sex is the healthiest thing
in the world, you know.'
For instance, Fred and I
have been getting along really well lately.
Stop.
Bosco, when it rains, it pours
and it is raining in the
Yokas boudoir hard.
- Why do you have to do that? - What?
I just asked you a simple question.
You gotta fill my head full of visuals?
And women are uptight about sex?
What the hell was that?
Domestic?
Ah!
Definitely not one of my favorite things.
Alright, I'm not gonna
let them get me down.
'Get away from me! Get away from me!'
What?
This doesn't match anything at my place.
- It didn't hit anybody, did it?
- 'Just a police car.'
- I'm sorry. - Claire.
- Faith Mitchell?
- Oh, it's-it's Yokas now.
So how you doin'? I mean..
You know, in general.
Fine, I'm doing fine.
Yeah, it's raining floor
lamps outside your apartment.
- You're a police officer?
- Yeah, nine years now.
Which is why we need to come in
and make sure everyone's alright now.
- Old friend?
- Not when you're on your own.
I can't believe you broke her.
Don't mind her. I'll
break whatever I want to!
Alright.
Girl-on-girl domestic. You
know what we're missing?
- G-strings with auto wheel. - Alright.
- What's going on, Claire?
- Oh, this is perfect.
- Cop one of your girlfriends?
- You jealous?
Of her?
Oh, this is rich.
No, Claire and I went to college together.
- Yeah, well, I'm her wife.
- We're inextricably linked.
You can leave anytime you want.
- We can... - Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
What are you doin'? What are you doin'?
You see this? She is destroying
every piece of artwork she ever...
Because I'm finished with them!
Finished? How can you
be finished with a statue?
Alright, you know what, that's it!
Claire, I need you to step
over here, so I can talk with you.
- You can't talk in front of me?
- I get you.
Claire.
- I'm sorry we got loud.
- Throwing floor lamps..
- What's going on? - It's nothing.
It's just, uh, just...
Is she getting physical with you?
No, we argue, that's all.
Can't believe this is how I see you again.
Yeah, well, what are you
gonna do? Things happen, right?
'How long has it been, anyway?'
- Fifteen years. - 'God.'
'I spent most of it in Europe.'
- Yeah? - 'Yeah.'
Yeah, I spent all of it, uh, in
the same apartment building
I grew up in.
- You married Freddie? - Yeah.
It will be, um, 14 years next month.
- You loved him so much. - I still do.
Ever the stable one.
Yeah? Is that what you're calling it?
'Cause I was leaning more towards dull.
No. You always built
your castles out of stone
while the rest of us were using sand.
You know, you still have that way.
You know, making everything sound better
than it actually is.
I didn't throw it, she threw it.
Well, you hit my car.
I don't care who threw it.
- Right? - I'm sorry.
Excuse me.
Mine says nothing physical happened.
And we believe her?
These are two chicks, Faith.
You really think they're
gonna get physical?
I don't know.
I never knew, knew
Claire to be the violent type.
How many times have
you said a woman should be
'in the White House because
they aren't wired the same?'
Well, you know, I'm not having one of them
keep you from having a
proof how big it is all the time.
I know you're not talking
about me specifically.
Right.
Claire, is there a..
A place that we can take you, you know
just for the night to cool off?
Claire.
I think you guys need some alone time, huh?
- Just to cool off?
- She's gonna leave with you?
Oh, my partner here is getting
it overtime from her old man.
I wouldn't worry about it if I was you.
Bosco, thank you for sharing.
Hey, Doc.
- Carlos make it in? - Yeah, he's upstairs.
Yeah, he had a pretty bad night.
Well, he seems alright now.
Yeah, like last night
will teach him a lesson
about how he talks about women, hm?
- Uh, he seems okay.
- Yeah, I just wanted to..
Yeah, alright. Hey, why'd..
Why'd you, uh, wanna make that comment for?
What, about him learning a lesson?
Yeah, you got to be careful
what you say about him
in front of the police.
The police? That's his roommate.
Look, uh, now's just not
the right time to be tearing him down.
Oh, come on. He brought
this on himself, Doc.
Is that right? Well, what
the hell was he doing
in the back of the bus with
that girl in the first place?
- What? - You were senior on a rig.
You have an injured girl and your decision
is to put the male alone
in the back with her?
- This is all my fault?
- It was a bad decision, Kim.
Sue me for not knowing he
was gonna feel her up, Doc.
- Feel her up? - Well, I-I, I was ju..
We were..
Eh, whatever.
Is that what she's telling the cops?
Hey, Carlos. Carlos.
Carlos.
'Carlos!'
Is that what you've been telling people?
- What? - That I felt that girl up?
Hey, listen, you came in in
the middle of a conversation.
It still doesn't change what she said.
Look, I was just trying to make a point.
I didn't mean that. That's
not actually what you did.
I went to jail, Kim. I
spent the night in jail.
Yeah, well, that's not my fault.
It is if that's what you're
telling people, Kim.
I'm not telling anyone anything.
Okay, alright. Listen, it's over, alright?
Didn't I tell you?
Everyone who works with
her gets screwed somehow.
What the hell's that supposed to mean?
Look, if this is about
us not working out...
- Us? - I'm sorry.
Let's not pretend that we
didn't have a romantic history.
If that's why you're not backing
me up here, then I'm sorry...
You're delusional, Carlos.
You can't even pass a woman
without making some
juvenile, creepy comment.
I mean, if you accidently ever
touched any part of my body
I'd wanna be boiled.
You objectify and demean women
and that's why I'm not backing you up
and why everyone here
believes that you touched that girl.
They do?
Wait. Wait.
Do you all actually believe that I did it?
Oh, no.
No, I'm not gonna let
some crazy bitch ruin my life.
You talking about me or that girl?
Take your pick.
Carlos?
- What's wrong? - They think I did it.
- Who? - Everyone at the firehouse.
- I'm sure you're overreacting.
- They just said it.
'These are the ones who're
supposed to be backing me up.'
People I was counting on.
- I need to go see her. - What?
The girl who's complaining.
I need to talk to her.
No. No. That's-that's crazy.
This whole thing is crazy, Ty.
If I don't see her, I
could lose everything.
I need her address from the report.
- Carlos. - Ty, please.
Please.
To make some extra cash, Jimmy?
Who needs cash that bad?
Usually you.
Well, I don't need to
endorse an impotency cream
that's for sure.
I mean, ask him.
Whatever it is, keep me out of it.
'She knows.'
Well, it's also good for the premature.
Well, then maybe you should try some.
I'm just saying what it says here.
Hey, maybe this is why
the new girl dumped you.
First off, she didn't leave me.
She went back to her old boyfriend.
- It's a little different. - It is?
Yeah. And they can't just
use me like that, can they?
- Legal's gonna get into this.
- Oh, you think it's funny too?
- How long is that gonna take?
- The rest of your career.
'Nice neck.'
We met in college.
You went to college?
Just for one year.
Why did you stop?
I married Fred.
Claire was like Julia Roberts.
You know, she had big hair and big smile
big personality.
I guess she found herself since then, huh?
No, Claire knew who
she was for a long time.
What does that mean?
I mean, Claire was out before anybody else.
And you were still friends with her?
We were good friends.
'55 David, take a pass'
'battery victim, Murphy Hospital..'
- '10-4.' - How good?
Claire was the most
amazing person I'd ever met.
'She's this artist'
and she makes avant-garde paintings
and sculpture, and pottery,
and nobody understands it.
And she's openly gay
'openly political'
completely radical..
And just up in everybody's face.
I would have hated her. I
always hated people like that.
Yeah, you would have hated her.
So come on, how, how
good a friends were you?
Were you like..
You know..
Real close?
Real close?
Oh, please, Bosco, grow up.
You know what I'm sittin' here thinkin'?
Being with Hancock really changed you.
Is that right?
You got stupid.
- You listenin' to me?
- He's in a jam, alright?
Well, then taking him over to confront
the victim is gonna get him out of it?
I don't wanna confront her.
Why does him being in
a jam have to affect you?
I just wanna make her see that
it was all a misunderstanding.
Because I know him, that's why. I know him.
I was just putting a sling on her arm.
He was going over there
whether I wanted to or not.
So I figured I'd go with him,
make sure it doesn't look
like he's swoopin' in on the girl.
Make sure he doesn't do anything stupid.
Ty, you guys do know that I can hear you
through the screen, right?
You think he'd do something stupid?
Nobody else is helpin' him,
Sully. What am I supposed to do?
'Is that what you're
gonna tell her parents'
when they hit you with a beep
for badgering their daughter?
Not to mention a good-size lawsuit.
You know, I could drop you off
at the coffee shop or somethin'.
You don't have to be involved in this.
Good idea.
I don't wanna jeopardize
my all-star career.
You're right, I am different.
I'm not gonna sit around
with my thumb up my ass
waiting for permission
to do things anymore.
- Amen, brother. - That's right.
You two make a hell of a team.
Maybe they'll let you share a cell.
Alright, this is it.
I'm locked in.
I'll open the door for you.
You know what, you should wait here.
Let me go check it out before you come in.
- Probably a good idea. - Probably.
None of this is a good idea, boys.
Alright, I'll, uh, I'll give
you some kind of sign.
Some kind of.. Let you know it's cool.
- Alright. - Alright.
You know, you could stay in the car, Sul.
Oh, I'm not gonna miss this.
Hold on, hold on. What's,
what's up with you?
Meaning what?
You think I've changed? Have
you taken a look at yourself lately?
Look, you don't think I
have anything to teach you?
'What is it you say, uh'
'you don't need any
more big old life lessons?'
'That's fine with me.'
But don't deny me the opportunity
to watch you make an ass of yourself.
- The sun's going down, Sully. - What?
You can take those silly glasses off.
Unless the sun isn't the
reason you're wearing 'em.
- I don't know. - Ouch.
You really got me with that one.
Something wrong? We didn't call the police.
Does Nicole West live here?
- What has she done this time? - This time?
Oh, she's always in some kind of trouble.
No, she didn't do anything wrong, sir.
We just have a few follow-up
questions we need to ask her
about the case with
the paramedic yesterday.
'What's going on out there?'
Uh, cops wanna ask your
daughter some questions.
We're here for someone who got thumped.
She got beat up pretty good.
Trauma 3, name's Henley.
Claire Henley?
- You know her? - Yeah.
Maybe you can convince
her to get to a shelter then.
Dr. Fields says it looks like she's got
a lot of previous battery injuries
and some more healed than others.
Looks like her husband's
been beating her for some time.
Women are wired different?
'Transition Team to OR 3.
Transition Team to OR 3.'
Claire?
Oh, I told them I don't need the police.
They don't have a choice.
Someone comes in beat up, they call.
I'm not beat up, I fell down the stairs.
- Audrey do that to you?
- I fell. I told him that.
Where was she when you fell?
Behind you maybe? She
gave you a little shove?
It was all me. You
saw the stairs at the loft.
They're concrete. I was taking
a large piece down to the trash.
I thought you were gonna
spend the night someplace else.
We're fine. It's all worked out.
I told you. We almost never fight.
What good's hitting from
the other side of the plate
if your lady's gonna tune
you up just like a guy?
Bosco!
My sexuality is none of your damn business.
You know what, you're right about that.
He has a, a personal
problem with domestic abuse.
This isn't abuse, Faith.
Claire, I cannot help
you if you don't let me.
I wish..
What?
What do you wish?
I'm fine, Faith.
- Can I take you someplace?
- No, I'm getting home.
Claire, listen to me.
This is not gonna get any better.
This is only gonna get worse.
I've seen it too many times.
And you are too good of a person
to ever let anybody hurt you like this.
You remember we used to say
that nothing happens by accident?
I guess so.
Fifteen years is a long time.
I didn't know how much I
missed you till I saw you
standing at my door.
Yeah.
Paramedics are supposed to help people.
Yes, ma'am.
That man needs to do prison time.
- If he's guilty, he will. - If?
Look, I happen to be pretty familiar
with this particular paramedic.
He lives with him.
- You live with him?
- That's not the point.
And now you're here to take up for him.
No, if someone hurt your daughter
I wanna see him pay same as you.
The police department let
you take the report yesterday
on your friend?
He's just my roommate.
We live together for
financial reasons, that is all.
- He's not my friend.
- Well, whatever he is to you.
No one hurts my baby. No one.
You should leave before we extend
this complaint to you as well.
- Sir... - Fair enough.
Davis, let's get out of here.
Nicole, he says it was an accident.
Leave her alone.
Is it possible that he
was putting the sling on
he accidentally touched you?
This guy should not be a paramedic.
- Nicole? - Nicole.
- Mom! - You son of a bitch!
I just put a sling on your arm.
You brought him to my house?
We're getting him out of here.
Apologize. I'm sorry.
'You know I didn't do anything wrong.'
- 'Get back in the car.' - Please.
Please, Nicole, just tell the truth.
- 'Please, please.'
- We're getting him out of here.
'Carlos, come on. Get back in the car.'
Please, please, Nicole,
please, I apologize.
Get your ass in the car, come on.
- 'I'm sorry.'
- It's okay, baby. It's okay.
All things considered,
I think that went well.
- What am I gonna do, Ty?
- I don't know, man.
I'm locked in.
I got it.
Nieto.
'There's nothing you can do.'
Maybe down on the street, these jobs.
We're all just completely
vulnerable, completely.
'Somebody's gonna file
a complaint against you'
'the city's gonna go after you hard.'
Simple economics.
It's a hell of a lot
cheaper for 'em to fire you
and pay a small settlement
than it is to fight for you.
I didn't do it.
'Like that matters.'
- One black coffee. - Thanks.
You thinkin' about your friend?
Yeah, I don't know what happened to her.
I mean, the Claire I knew
would never choose
to live her life like that.
Oh, who knows why anyone develops a taste
for the occasional left hook?
Maybe you could talk to my mother about it.
She asked me if I remembered
how we used to believe
that there was no such thing as an accident
that everything happens for a reason.
And I think she was talkin'
about us runnin' into her today.
- What did it do for her?
- With Claire, who knows?
Artists. They're pretty existential, huh?
Don't make a face. I do
know some big words.
Sorry.
So are you gonna tell me about her?
Her?
This girl that felt guilty
about having sex with you.
It's just a girl. Not much to tell.
I took a burglary report from her
while you were out taking care of Fred.
You're dating a burglary victim?
Maybe you should work
without me more often.
I think I cramp your style.
You know what, I can live with it.
So what? You're not gonna
tell me about her ass or her rack
or how energetic she is in the sack?
She must be pretty special.
No, you know what, she's kind of weird.
And to think that matters.
I'm going back over there tonight.
That's the spirit.
You know what, I'm
ready to go in if you are.
When you're on, you're on.
I can't tell you how glad
I am that you came in.
Well, I can't tell you how stunned I am
about this whole thing.
It's been a tremendously
successful campaign.
Whoa, whoa. See, I'm
not part of your campaign.
Well, actually, you are a part of it.
The top part.
'The bottom's a guy I
found in Coney Island.'
Here's the problem. I want
my head off that poster.
You're the cornerstone.
You're not listening to me, Chester.
When Eric came in with that picture
I thought if anybody would
use Stay Strong, it would be you.
So you're really a fireman?
Yeah. See, that's why
you can't use the photo.
It's against the policy.
And if you're tellin' me
I just screwed myself
out of ten grand, you got the wrong guy.
What is wrong with
you? It's a picture of me.
I did it to raise money for
charity, so I don't know what..
You paid $10,000 for it?
Made a check to the same charity
that you took the photograph for
and it has been worth every penny.
Ten thousand for a picture of me?
And you should see the number of hits
we're gettin' on the website.
- Hits? - 'Oh, Lord, yes.'
'Come here. Take a look.'
We started puttin' up the
handbills yesterday afternoon.
'Since they went up, there
have been almost 3000 hits.'
Most women, wantin' to know
who that hunky Stay Strong man is.
- Ten thousand dollars? - Cash.
Huh.
Damn it.
Can somebody help us, please?
It's my son!
- Okay, okay. What happened?
- He cut himself.
I left a knife on the counter.
He got it while I wasn't looking.
Are any of the fire paramedics here?
I'm a.. They're out on a run.
Oh, my God. What am I gonna do?
Yeah, this is, uh, Paramedic Nieto
at the 55 Station House.
We have a walk-in bleeder
approximately six years old
carried in by his, uh, mother.
The rest of my crew is out on a run.
I need a bus here on the rush.
Okay, relax, I'll take care of him.
- What's his name? - Juan.
Can you hand him to me? You know what?
Better yet, just bring him
over here on the table.
- The table? - 'Yeah.'
Just lay him right down on it.
Alright.
It's okay. Let's take a look here.
Alright, everything's gonna be fine, Juan.
Don't you worry about a thing, alright?
Oh.
Ah, it's not bad. It's not bad at all.
You're gonna be fine.
Officer Yokas?
Oh, great.
Are you happy now?
Did somethin' happen to Claire?
Whatever lies you poisoned
her mind with. Claire left me.
She came home and destroyed
the rest of her artwork and took off.
- Good for her. - Good for her?
You show up, you offer
some talk show advice
a-and then you go on with your life.
I hope you feel good about
yourself. But did you help?
If I got Claire away from
you, then I did a good thing.
We got a chance to see some of your artwork
on her at the hospital.
- She tell you I did that? - No.
She said that she fell
down a flight of stairs.
Because if she had told us the truth
you'd be in jail right now.
I'm almost happy I got
the chance to meet you.
Are you?
I've lived with you for a long time.
You're not as special as I thought, Faith.
I think we're done here.
She wanted me to give you somethin'.
You know what it means?
Yeah, I think it means she's gonna
find someplace to settle down.
She, uh, she moved out of her sand castle.
Wanna stop off for a drink?
No, you go ahead and, uh, have some for me.
You got somethin' you wanna say to me?
Yeah. You've been acting like a jerk.
'I can't get my head
around why you'd tell Carlos'
there's no way he's gonna win his beef.
- I told him the truth. - 'No.'
It's a jaded, beat-down
what-was-me version of
the truth, that's what it is.
It's still the truth.
It's gettin' harder and harder
for me to feel sorry for you.
Then don't waste your time.
That's what I've been
tellin' myself lately.
- How'd you think your old...
- 'Let me ask you somethin'.'
When was the last time you went
to bed sober since Tatiana died?
Little guy is gonna be okay.
Took seven stitches.
- You did good work on him.
- Don't do that.
I put pressure on a
cut. Don't patronize me.
Sorry.
- I'll go change. - Kim.
- What did I do now?
- I'm sorry for what I said.
- You are? - It was mean and uncalled for.
- I'm sorry too. - Accepted.
- You really okay? - What do you mean?
- The apology and all. - Yeah.
You know what?
- I'm gonna lose this case.
- You don't know that.
Doc, even the people that
are supposed to be my family
think I did it. I'm gonna lose.
'And if I get a conviction
for something like that'
not only will I never be
able to become a doctor
but I'll probably never be able to see
'my daughter, Kylie, again.'
- Carlos, y-you... - Let me just say this.
I can't take that chance, you know.
I can't take the chance that I'll never
be allowed to visit her.
'Maybe if I tell this girl's
parents that I left FDNY'
'that I'm no longer a paramedic'
maybe they'll drop the whole thing.
I don't know.
Guess it's just for the best.
It was startin' to look like I
was gonna be here forever.
So thanks for everything.
If you quit, you're gonna look guilty.
I already look guilty.
Well, it would just make it worse.
Okay, tell me you don't think it's possible
that I could do somethin' like that.
You wouldn't have been
able to pull off the lie, anyway.
Mom, I just wanted to
tell you that she died.
Whatever mess I made, it's my problem.
I don't need you fighting my battles.
The phone number you put on the report
if you needed to call
that, that would be alright.
- Ma'am, you with us?
- A-a-are you an angel?
I just wanna thank you.
- I'm pregnant. - You sure it's mine?
- Angie, hey. - No, screw you!
I'll be your CISD counselor.
Oh, my God. This chick is hot.
What did you put in here about me?
"Emotionally unsuited to be a paramedic?"
You said that I was too sensitive
so I had to show you
that I was insensitive.
- So you were lying? - Yes.
So which is it? Are you a habitual liar
or an emotionally bankrupt human?
- Oh, boy. Okay. - Mm.
- Ready? - I've got to go.
'Oh, Joy, about my
daughter, I'm not married'
just in case you wanna hook
me up with your roommate
or something.
Sorry.
Sixteen-year-old patient brought in by EMS.
She said the paramedic
fondled her in the back of the bus.
You have the right to remain silent.
- Anything you say can and..
- You have to cuff me?
You have the right to
have an attorney present..
Nieto. Nieto.
- Yeah. - 'You're up.'
- You have a lawyer? - No.
- You're FDNY? - Yeah, but paramedic.
Well, I'll handle the arraignment
but your union's gonna have to take over.
- Do they know this?
- Not unless you told them.
'"People versus Carlos Nieto.'
"Docket number 0216789.
'Sexual abuse under color of authority."'
This is a paramedic who
fondled a patient, Your Honor.
- 'A minor.' - No, I didn't.
- Don't say anything. - But I didn't.
'People will be asking for $50,000 bail.'
Mr. Nieto is an FDNY paramedic
for five years, Your Honor.
He's an upstanding member of the community
'with a solid career and
absolutely no previous history.'
'He's not a flight risk.'
This is a serious offence against a minor.
He grabbed her breast
while he was treating her.
No, that's not.. I was putting
a sling on her arm, that's it.
- Just shut up. - Okay. Who are you again?
Bail set at $50,000.
'Next case, please.'
Did she say $50,000?
Now they'll be back to explain it to you.
- Let's go. - But I don't have $50,000.
- Hey. - You paid the bond?
- How are you feeling, man?
- Where'd you get $50,000?
It was 10%. It was only 5.
- Okay, where'd you get 5000?
- I had a little saved up.
My mom gave me some and..
I pulled the rest off my credit card.
Mom, huh? What'd you tell her?
I just said I needed some
money. Are you alright, man?
Yeah. I'll pay you back as soon as I can.
I know that you will.
Okay, I thought about this all night.
- It will never fly.
- Of course, it's not gonna fly.
Took my great reputation, my great record.
I was working with a
female paramedic at the time.
All I need to do is get my ducks in a row.
Well, sounds like your
head's in a good place.
Oh, yeah. Between the guys
I work with who'd back me up
and my record, easy streak.
'That is unbelievable.'
Well, seemed pretty believable
when the cops were arresting him.
- He was arrested? - Yeah.
I mean, it's pretty
serious. The girl's a minor.
Why didn't you tell me
about this last night?
You didn't give me much
chance to say anything last night.
Is he still in jail?
Davis, Carlos' roommate, he's a cop.
He said he'd take care of him.
Poor Carlos.
What about that girl?
I mean, can you imagine
how, how scary that would be?
- If it happened. - Yeah, yeah.
I mean, uh, he gets the
benefit of the doubt, but..
But?
I keep coming back to why would she lie.
Maybe she was just trying to get attention.
Yeah, well, there will be an investigation.
Well, it seems you're convinced he did it.
No. No, like I said, he gets the benefit.
Yeah, but that only
works if there is doubt.
Well, I, I've been doing this for 20 years
and I've never had that
kind of complaint. Never.
I mean, you think I'd
run into one or two people
looking for attention in 20 years.
I'm really glad you're not my father.
Don't call me that.
Come on, I said I'm glad you aren't.
Look, I told you before, I don't like that.
Why are you so tight about that?
It's..
I realized this morning
that you're closer in age
to that minor than you are to me.
The one that Carlos
went to jail for touching.
Yeah, but I'm not a minor.
Uh, you don't get what I'm saying, do you?
I don't care that you're older than me.
I do. Okay?
I do.
I had a great time.
So how many burglaries
do you handle in a day?
Burglaries?
Damsels in distress that need your help.
There's no one else like you out there
if that's what you mean.
So you don't get to sleep with
every crime victim you meet?
Are you mad or somethin'?
My mom would sure be
unhappy about last night.
She thinks of me as a good girl.
Believe me, you were
definitely a good girl.
Please don't turn that into a sex joke.
I wouldn't.
Listen, I..
I have to go.
So I'll see ya.
When do you get off?
11:00, 11:30.
So you'll be here by 12:00?
Would you like me to be here by 12:00?
I'll wait up.
- She seemed pretty scared. - Believable?
- Yeah, very. - So you think he did it?
You know, if it was
anyone other than Carlos
I would have a hard
time, but with Carlos...
Come on, guys, let's give him
the benefit of the doubt, alright?
Why?
He is lucky that she
doesn't have a brother.
- Maybe she does. - 'Jimmy.'
Well, then he better watch his back.
I wouldn't need my brother
to help me take care of Carlos.
- Specially not your brother.
- Ah, DK, be nice.
Come on, I'm just playing.
You know that, right?
'It's Doherty.'
'Hey.'
'What? What do you mean?'
Is it something I did?
Oh, you sure didn't seem
to have a problem last night.
'Well, hey, good luck. Okay.'
Mm, women!
Don't even start.
Whoo! I'm feeling good today.
- How's life, Sully, my man?
- Great. Never better.
Oh, yeah, right.
- Sorry, man. - Yeah, me too.
God, for a winter day, it
sure is pretty out there.
- I was thinking the same thing. - Really?
Hey.
- I might be a minute or so.
- I'll see you inside.
Why? What's the rush?
I don't wanna be in
here when these two start
singing "Rain Drops On Roses."
I said I was sorry.
Well, what are you sorry about?
I don't know.
'Squad 55 to Adam 55-3.'
'We got an alarm box pulled at 7364.'
'Arthur, in the lobby.'
How's it going?
- Hey. - Hey.
Uh, sorry, I'm late. The train was..
- Uh, don't worry about it.
- Let me grab my stuff.
- I'll change... - That's alright.
Uh, you're not goin' on the street.
- What? - Well, I'm gonna need your ID.
I gotta put you on restricted duty
until this, uh, this mess
is straightened out.
- Stupid city policy, huh? - Yeah.
Oh, I gotta go. I need your ID.
You, uh, can't wear your uniform either.
Oh, come on.
You'll still get paid.
I know that's the most
important thing to you.
- So what am I supposed to do?
- Stocking, cleaning up.
Whatever Lieutenant Johnson needs.
So I'm like the janitor now?
Yeah, we'll-we'll talk about it later.
Kim, uh, the police talked
to you about that girl, right?
- You know they did.
- And you shot them down?
Well, I told them I didn't see anything.
Wait, what do you mean
you didn't see anything?
Look, we got an assignment. I gotta go.
Kim, how does that help me?
- See you later.
- Doc, she's my only witness.
Well, um, tell that to the union attorney.
She should be here some time today.
- Her name's Gail Elliot. - Union attorney.
Alright.
Okay, then I'll just be, uh..
Well, I'll just be up here then.
So she goes back to her old boyfriend
but doesn't tell me until the next morning.
And on the phone yet.
'She said she was gonna tell me in person'
but I left before she woke
up, which really pissed her off.
I'm-I'm such a jerk. I
didn't let her sleep in.
Now you were a jerk
way before this morning.
The only thing I know for
sure is that you can never guess
what's gonna make a woman happy.
I mean, i-i-it's always the
opposite of what you think.
Why is that, huh, Taylor?
What, I'm the spokesperson for now?
'I don't know why your tarte du jour'
is giving you a hassle.
- Tarte du jour. Nice.
- Yeah, it's pretty good, right?
I like that one. Very good.
You know what, I'll just
swear 'em off all together.
No more women.
You ain't sleepin' close to me then.
Don't worry, you're not my
type. I like 'em a little taller.
Like DK here. Now he's fine.
- I'm no tarte du jour, baby. - Stop it.
- Oh, my God. - 'What?'
Look at those handbills.
- ' "Stay Strong." '
- What the hell is that?
- 'From the neck up, it's you.'
- 'That's not even his neck.'
Doherty, you better be kiddin' me.
Whoa, you think I had
anything to do with this?
'DK, go grab one for the house.'
'Tell me what happened.'
I was putting a sling on her arm and..
I was adjusting it and I guess
I accidently brushed
against her, you know...
- The girl says you apologized.
- That's bad?
If it was innocent, why were you sorry?
I say sorry if I put an
IV in somebody's arm.
Doesn't mean I was wrong to do it.
Touching a 16-year-old's
breast is no different
from, from inserting an IV line.
No, that's not what I'm
saying. I'm saying that...
'So did you tell your partner, Zambrano'
'that you brushed up against the patient?'
- No. - 'Why not?'
Well, 'cause it wasn't that big of a deal.
Have you ever dated a patient?
'Uh, more specifically'
did you have sex with a
patient under your care
and impregnate her?
We had a consensual kind of relationship...
When she complained to the department
did you state that this young woman
was nuttier than a damn fruit cake
and that when she came
to at the accident scene
the day you met and
subsequently had sex with her
'that she thought you
were her guardian angel'
'sent from heaven?'
So this consensual relationship
was, by your own statements
with a mentally-disturbed woman, right?
What does this have to do with anything?
Speaks of the character. Like,
are you the type of paramedic
who looks at female patients
'like they're items on a deli menu?'
No.
'Did you attend a
sensitivity training program'
'ordered by a department therapist'
'who found you emotionally bankrupt?'
Okay. Let me tell you about that therapist.
- We had a, um, little... -
We had a, um, little what?
Whose side are you on, anyway?
You better get used to this sort of thing.
This family wants you removed
from emergency services.
'When their attorneys go after you'
'you're gonna be under a
very powerful microscope.'
Everything you've ever done
will be parsed and examined.
FDNY does a good job
protecting their own, Mr. Nieto.
We'll need your help to do it.
Better have a good explanation
for every embarrassing aspect of your life.
I'll be in touch.
Look, my friends, my
co-workers, they know me.
They know I'd never do
something like what she's saying.
They know what kind of paramedic I am.
That will help.
Damn right.
Why does sex have to be
so screwed up with girls?
- Come again? - Sex.
Why can't it just be fun?
I mean, it's a good time.
'It's the best time two people
can have together, right?'
Well, all I ever seem to find
are women who spend the entire next day
feeling guilty about doin' it.
Well, maybe it's their choice of partner
thy feel guilty about.
Come on, I'm serious.
Look, it's complicated, Bosco.
You know, girls are
told their whole childhood
that good girls don't do it.
And then we spend the rest of our lives
you know, fighting the
biological urge to do it.
Unless you're married.
So I have to marry someone to convince them
they aren't some kind of slut?
I think they just wanna know
that they're special to you.
You know, that-that they're
not another notch on your belt.
I think once they feel that way
'sex is the healthiest thing
in the world, you know.'
For instance, Fred and I
have been getting along really well lately.
Stop.
Bosco, when it rains, it pours
and it is raining in the
Yokas boudoir hard.
- Why do you have to do that? - What?
I just asked you a simple question.
You gotta fill my head full of visuals?
And women are uptight about sex?
What the hell was that?
Domestic?
Ah!
Definitely not one of my favorite things.
Alright, I'm not gonna
let them get me down.
'Get away from me! Get away from me!'
What?
This doesn't match anything at my place.
- It didn't hit anybody, did it?
- 'Just a police car.'
- I'm sorry. - Claire.
- Faith Mitchell?
- Oh, it's-it's Yokas now.
So how you doin'? I mean..
You know, in general.
Fine, I'm doing fine.
Yeah, it's raining floor
lamps outside your apartment.
- You're a police officer?
- Yeah, nine years now.
Which is why we need to come in
and make sure everyone's alright now.
- Old friend?
- Not when you're on your own.
I can't believe you broke her.
Don't mind her. I'll
break whatever I want to!
Alright.
Girl-on-girl domestic. You
know what we're missing?
- G-strings with auto wheel. - Alright.
- What's going on, Claire?
- Oh, this is perfect.
- Cop one of your girlfriends?
- You jealous?
Of her?
Oh, this is rich.
No, Claire and I went to college together.
- Yeah, well, I'm her wife.
- We're inextricably linked.
You can leave anytime you want.
- We can... - Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
What are you doin'? What are you doin'?
You see this? She is destroying
every piece of artwork she ever...
Because I'm finished with them!
Finished? How can you
be finished with a statue?
Alright, you know what, that's it!
Claire, I need you to step
over here, so I can talk with you.
- You can't talk in front of me?
- I get you.
Claire.
- I'm sorry we got loud.
- Throwing floor lamps..
- What's going on? - It's nothing.
It's just, uh, just...
Is she getting physical with you?
No, we argue, that's all.
Can't believe this is how I see you again.
Yeah, well, what are you
gonna do? Things happen, right?
'How long has it been, anyway?'
- Fifteen years. - 'God.'
'I spent most of it in Europe.'
- Yeah? - 'Yeah.'
Yeah, I spent all of it, uh, in
the same apartment building
I grew up in.
- You married Freddie? - Yeah.
It will be, um, 14 years next month.
- You loved him so much. - I still do.
Ever the stable one.
Yeah? Is that what you're calling it?
'Cause I was leaning more towards dull.
No. You always built
your castles out of stone
while the rest of us were using sand.
You know, you still have that way.
You know, making everything sound better
than it actually is.
I didn't throw it, she threw it.
Well, you hit my car.
I don't care who threw it.
- Right? - I'm sorry.
Excuse me.
Mine says nothing physical happened.
And we believe her?
These are two chicks, Faith.
You really think they're
gonna get physical?
I don't know.
I never knew, knew
Claire to be the violent type.
How many times have
you said a woman should be
'in the White House because
they aren't wired the same?'
Well, you know, I'm not having one of them
keep you from having a
proof how big it is all the time.
I know you're not talking
about me specifically.
Right.
Claire, is there a..
A place that we can take you, you know
just for the night to cool off?
Claire.
I think you guys need some alone time, huh?
- Just to cool off?
- She's gonna leave with you?
Oh, my partner here is getting
it overtime from her old man.
I wouldn't worry about it if I was you.
Bosco, thank you for sharing.
Hey, Doc.
- Carlos make it in? - Yeah, he's upstairs.
Yeah, he had a pretty bad night.
Well, he seems alright now.
Yeah, like last night
will teach him a lesson
about how he talks about women, hm?
- Uh, he seems okay.
- Yeah, I just wanted to..
Yeah, alright. Hey, why'd..
Why'd you, uh, wanna make that comment for?
What, about him learning a lesson?
Yeah, you got to be careful
what you say about him
in front of the police.
The police? That's his roommate.
Look, uh, now's just not
the right time to be tearing him down.
Oh, come on. He brought
this on himself, Doc.
Is that right? Well, what
the hell was he doing
in the back of the bus with
that girl in the first place?
- What? - You were senior on a rig.
You have an injured girl and your decision
is to put the male alone
in the back with her?
- This is all my fault?
- It was a bad decision, Kim.
Sue me for not knowing he
was gonna feel her up, Doc.
- Feel her up? - Well, I-I, I was ju..
We were..
Eh, whatever.
Is that what she's telling the cops?
Hey, Carlos. Carlos.
Carlos.
'Carlos!'
Is that what you've been telling people?
- What? - That I felt that girl up?
Hey, listen, you came in in
the middle of a conversation.
It still doesn't change what she said.
Look, I was just trying to make a point.
I didn't mean that. That's
not actually what you did.
I went to jail, Kim. I
spent the night in jail.
Yeah, well, that's not my fault.
It is if that's what you're
telling people, Kim.
I'm not telling anyone anything.
Okay, alright. Listen, it's over, alright?
Didn't I tell you?
Everyone who works with
her gets screwed somehow.
What the hell's that supposed to mean?
Look, if this is about
us not working out...
- Us? - I'm sorry.
Let's not pretend that we
didn't have a romantic history.
If that's why you're not backing
me up here, then I'm sorry...
You're delusional, Carlos.
You can't even pass a woman
without making some
juvenile, creepy comment.
I mean, if you accidently ever
touched any part of my body
I'd wanna be boiled.
You objectify and demean women
and that's why I'm not backing you up
and why everyone here
believes that you touched that girl.
They do?
Wait. Wait.
Do you all actually believe that I did it?
Oh, no.
No, I'm not gonna let
some crazy bitch ruin my life.
You talking about me or that girl?
Take your pick.
Carlos?
- What's wrong? - They think I did it.
- Who? - Everyone at the firehouse.
- I'm sure you're overreacting.
- They just said it.
'These are the ones who're
supposed to be backing me up.'
People I was counting on.
- I need to go see her. - What?
The girl who's complaining.
I need to talk to her.
No. No. That's-that's crazy.
This whole thing is crazy, Ty.
If I don't see her, I
could lose everything.
I need her address from the report.
- Carlos. - Ty, please.
Please.
To make some extra cash, Jimmy?
Who needs cash that bad?
Usually you.
Well, I don't need to
endorse an impotency cream
that's for sure.
I mean, ask him.
Whatever it is, keep me out of it.
'She knows.'
Well, it's also good for the premature.
Well, then maybe you should try some.
I'm just saying what it says here.
Hey, maybe this is why
the new girl dumped you.
First off, she didn't leave me.
She went back to her old boyfriend.
- It's a little different. - It is?
Yeah. And they can't just
use me like that, can they?
- Legal's gonna get into this.
- Oh, you think it's funny too?
- How long is that gonna take?
- The rest of your career.
'Nice neck.'
We met in college.
You went to college?
Just for one year.
Why did you stop?
I married Fred.
Claire was like Julia Roberts.
You know, she had big hair and big smile
big personality.
I guess she found herself since then, huh?
No, Claire knew who
she was for a long time.
What does that mean?
I mean, Claire was out before anybody else.
And you were still friends with her?
We were good friends.
'55 David, take a pass'
'battery victim, Murphy Hospital..'
- '10-4.' - How good?
Claire was the most
amazing person I'd ever met.
'She's this artist'
and she makes avant-garde paintings
and sculpture, and pottery,
and nobody understands it.
And she's openly gay
'openly political'
completely radical..
And just up in everybody's face.
I would have hated her. I
always hated people like that.
Yeah, you would have hated her.
So come on, how, how
good a friends were you?
Were you like..
You know..
Real close?
Real close?
Oh, please, Bosco, grow up.
You know what I'm sittin' here thinkin'?
Being with Hancock really changed you.
Is that right?
You got stupid.
- You listenin' to me?
- He's in a jam, alright?
Well, then taking him over to confront
the victim is gonna get him out of it?
I don't wanna confront her.
Why does him being in
a jam have to affect you?
I just wanna make her see that
it was all a misunderstanding.
Because I know him, that's why. I know him.
I was just putting a sling on her arm.
He was going over there
whether I wanted to or not.
So I figured I'd go with him,
make sure it doesn't look
like he's swoopin' in on the girl.
Make sure he doesn't do anything stupid.
Ty, you guys do know that I can hear you
through the screen, right?
You think he'd do something stupid?
Nobody else is helpin' him,
Sully. What am I supposed to do?
'Is that what you're
gonna tell her parents'
when they hit you with a beep
for badgering their daughter?
Not to mention a good-size lawsuit.
You know, I could drop you off
at the coffee shop or somethin'.
You don't have to be involved in this.
Good idea.
I don't wanna jeopardize
my all-star career.
You're right, I am different.
I'm not gonna sit around
with my thumb up my ass
waiting for permission
to do things anymore.
- Amen, brother. - That's right.
You two make a hell of a team.
Maybe they'll let you share a cell.
Alright, this is it.
I'm locked in.
I'll open the door for you.
You know what, you should wait here.
Let me go check it out before you come in.
- Probably a good idea. - Probably.
None of this is a good idea, boys.
Alright, I'll, uh, I'll give
you some kind of sign.
Some kind of.. Let you know it's cool.
- Alright. - Alright.
You know, you could stay in the car, Sul.
Oh, I'm not gonna miss this.
Hold on, hold on. What's,
what's up with you?
Meaning what?
You think I've changed? Have
you taken a look at yourself lately?
Look, you don't think I
have anything to teach you?
'What is it you say, uh'
'you don't need any
more big old life lessons?'
'That's fine with me.'
But don't deny me the opportunity
to watch you make an ass of yourself.
- The sun's going down, Sully. - What?
You can take those silly glasses off.
Unless the sun isn't the
reason you're wearing 'em.
- I don't know. - Ouch.
You really got me with that one.
Something wrong? We didn't call the police.
Does Nicole West live here?
- What has she done this time? - This time?
Oh, she's always in some kind of trouble.
No, she didn't do anything wrong, sir.
We just have a few follow-up
questions we need to ask her
about the case with
the paramedic yesterday.
'What's going on out there?'
Uh, cops wanna ask your
daughter some questions.
We're here for someone who got thumped.
She got beat up pretty good.
Trauma 3, name's Henley.
Claire Henley?
- You know her? - Yeah.
Maybe you can convince
her to get to a shelter then.
Dr. Fields says it looks like she's got
a lot of previous battery injuries
and some more healed than others.
Looks like her husband's
been beating her for some time.
Women are wired different?
'Transition Team to OR 3.
Transition Team to OR 3.'
Claire?
Oh, I told them I don't need the police.
They don't have a choice.
Someone comes in beat up, they call.
I'm not beat up, I fell down the stairs.
- Audrey do that to you?
- I fell. I told him that.
Where was she when you fell?
Behind you maybe? She
gave you a little shove?
It was all me. You
saw the stairs at the loft.
They're concrete. I was taking
a large piece down to the trash.
I thought you were gonna
spend the night someplace else.
We're fine. It's all worked out.
I told you. We almost never fight.
What good's hitting from
the other side of the plate
if your lady's gonna tune
you up just like a guy?
Bosco!
My sexuality is none of your damn business.
You know what, you're right about that.
He has a, a personal
problem with domestic abuse.
This isn't abuse, Faith.
Claire, I cannot help
you if you don't let me.
I wish..
What?
What do you wish?
I'm fine, Faith.
- Can I take you someplace?
- No, I'm getting home.
Claire, listen to me.
This is not gonna get any better.
This is only gonna get worse.
I've seen it too many times.
And you are too good of a person
to ever let anybody hurt you like this.
You remember we used to say
that nothing happens by accident?
I guess so.
Fifteen years is a long time.
I didn't know how much I
missed you till I saw you
standing at my door.
Yeah.
Paramedics are supposed to help people.
Yes, ma'am.
That man needs to do prison time.
- If he's guilty, he will. - If?
Look, I happen to be pretty familiar
with this particular paramedic.
He lives with him.
- You live with him?
- That's not the point.
And now you're here to take up for him.
No, if someone hurt your daughter
I wanna see him pay same as you.
The police department let
you take the report yesterday
on your friend?
He's just my roommate.
We live together for
financial reasons, that is all.
- He's not my friend.
- Well, whatever he is to you.
No one hurts my baby. No one.
You should leave before we extend
this complaint to you as well.
- Sir... - Fair enough.
Davis, let's get out of here.
Nicole, he says it was an accident.
Leave her alone.
Is it possible that he
was putting the sling on
he accidentally touched you?
This guy should not be a paramedic.
- Nicole? - Nicole.
- Mom! - You son of a bitch!
I just put a sling on your arm.
You brought him to my house?
We're getting him out of here.
Apologize. I'm sorry.
'You know I didn't do anything wrong.'
- 'Get back in the car.' - Please.
Please, Nicole, just tell the truth.
- 'Please, please.'
- We're getting him out of here.
'Carlos, come on. Get back in the car.'
Please, please, Nicole,
please, I apologize.
Get your ass in the car, come on.
- 'I'm sorry.'
- It's okay, baby. It's okay.
All things considered,
I think that went well.
- What am I gonna do, Ty?
- I don't know, man.
I'm locked in.
I got it.
Nieto.
'There's nothing you can do.'
Maybe down on the street, these jobs.
We're all just completely
vulnerable, completely.
'Somebody's gonna file
a complaint against you'
'the city's gonna go after you hard.'
Simple economics.
It's a hell of a lot
cheaper for 'em to fire you
and pay a small settlement
than it is to fight for you.
I didn't do it.
'Like that matters.'
- One black coffee. - Thanks.
You thinkin' about your friend?
Yeah, I don't know what happened to her.
I mean, the Claire I knew
would never choose
to live her life like that.
Oh, who knows why anyone develops a taste
for the occasional left hook?
Maybe you could talk to my mother about it.
She asked me if I remembered
how we used to believe
that there was no such thing as an accident
that everything happens for a reason.
And I think she was talkin'
about us runnin' into her today.
- What did it do for her?
- With Claire, who knows?
Artists. They're pretty existential, huh?
Don't make a face. I do
know some big words.
Sorry.
So are you gonna tell me about her?
Her?
This girl that felt guilty
about having sex with you.
It's just a girl. Not much to tell.
I took a burglary report from her
while you were out taking care of Fred.
You're dating a burglary victim?
Maybe you should work
without me more often.
I think I cramp your style.
You know what, I can live with it.
So what? You're not gonna
tell me about her ass or her rack
or how energetic she is in the sack?
She must be pretty special.
No, you know what, she's kind of weird.
And to think that matters.
I'm going back over there tonight.
That's the spirit.
You know what, I'm
ready to go in if you are.
When you're on, you're on.
I can't tell you how glad
I am that you came in.
Well, I can't tell you how stunned I am
about this whole thing.
It's been a tremendously
successful campaign.
Whoa, whoa. See, I'm
not part of your campaign.
Well, actually, you are a part of it.
The top part.
'The bottom's a guy I
found in Coney Island.'
Here's the problem. I want
my head off that poster.
You're the cornerstone.
You're not listening to me, Chester.
When Eric came in with that picture
I thought if anybody would
use Stay Strong, it would be you.
So you're really a fireman?
Yeah. See, that's why
you can't use the photo.
It's against the policy.
And if you're tellin' me
I just screwed myself
out of ten grand, you got the wrong guy.
What is wrong with
you? It's a picture of me.
I did it to raise money for
charity, so I don't know what..
You paid $10,000 for it?
Made a check to the same charity
that you took the photograph for
and it has been worth every penny.
Ten thousand for a picture of me?
And you should see the number of hits
we're gettin' on the website.
- Hits? - 'Oh, Lord, yes.'
'Come here. Take a look.'
We started puttin' up the
handbills yesterday afternoon.
'Since they went up, there
have been almost 3000 hits.'
Most women, wantin' to know
who that hunky Stay Strong man is.
- Ten thousand dollars? - Cash.
Huh.
Damn it.
Can somebody help us, please?
It's my son!
- Okay, okay. What happened?
- He cut himself.
I left a knife on the counter.
He got it while I wasn't looking.
Are any of the fire paramedics here?
I'm a.. They're out on a run.
Oh, my God. What am I gonna do?
Yeah, this is, uh, Paramedic Nieto
at the 55 Station House.
We have a walk-in bleeder
approximately six years old
carried in by his, uh, mother.
The rest of my crew is out on a run.
I need a bus here on the rush.
Okay, relax, I'll take care of him.
- What's his name? - Juan.
Can you hand him to me? You know what?
Better yet, just bring him
over here on the table.
- The table? - 'Yeah.'
Just lay him right down on it.
Alright.
It's okay. Let's take a look here.
Alright, everything's gonna be fine, Juan.
Don't you worry about a thing, alright?
Oh.
Ah, it's not bad. It's not bad at all.
You're gonna be fine.
Officer Yokas?
Oh, great.
Are you happy now?
Did somethin' happen to Claire?
Whatever lies you poisoned
her mind with. Claire left me.
She came home and destroyed
the rest of her artwork and took off.
- Good for her. - Good for her?
You show up, you offer
some talk show advice
a-and then you go on with your life.
I hope you feel good about
yourself. But did you help?
If I got Claire away from
you, then I did a good thing.
We got a chance to see some of your artwork
on her at the hospital.
- She tell you I did that? - No.
She said that she fell
down a flight of stairs.
Because if she had told us the truth
you'd be in jail right now.
I'm almost happy I got
the chance to meet you.
Are you?
I've lived with you for a long time.
You're not as special as I thought, Faith.
I think we're done here.
She wanted me to give you somethin'.
You know what it means?
Yeah, I think it means she's gonna
find someplace to settle down.
She, uh, she moved out of her sand castle.
Wanna stop off for a drink?
No, you go ahead and, uh, have some for me.
You got somethin' you wanna say to me?
Yeah. You've been acting like a jerk.
'I can't get my head
around why you'd tell Carlos'
there's no way he's gonna win his beef.
- I told him the truth. - 'No.'
It's a jaded, beat-down
what-was-me version of
the truth, that's what it is.
It's still the truth.
It's gettin' harder and harder
for me to feel sorry for you.
Then don't waste your time.
That's what I've been
tellin' myself lately.
- How'd you think your old...
- 'Let me ask you somethin'.'
When was the last time you went
to bed sober since Tatiana died?
Little guy is gonna be okay.
Took seven stitches.
- You did good work on him.
- Don't do that.
I put pressure on a
cut. Don't patronize me.
Sorry.
- I'll go change. - Kim.
- What did I do now?
- I'm sorry for what I said.
- You are? - It was mean and uncalled for.
- I'm sorry too. - Accepted.
- You really okay? - What do you mean?
- The apology and all. - Yeah.
You know what?
- I'm gonna lose this case.
- You don't know that.
Doc, even the people that
are supposed to be my family
think I did it. I'm gonna lose.
'And if I get a conviction
for something like that'
not only will I never be
able to become a doctor
but I'll probably never be able to see
'my daughter, Kylie, again.'
- Carlos, y-you... - Let me just say this.
I can't take that chance, you know.
I can't take the chance that I'll never
be allowed to visit her.
'Maybe if I tell this girl's
parents that I left FDNY'
'that I'm no longer a paramedic'
maybe they'll drop the whole thing.
I don't know.
Guess it's just for the best.
It was startin' to look like I
was gonna be here forever.
So thanks for everything.
If you quit, you're gonna look guilty.
I already look guilty.
Well, it would just make it worse.
Okay, tell me you don't think it's possible
that I could do somethin' like that.
You wouldn't have been
able to pull off the lie, anyway.