Third Watch (1999–2005): Season 5, Episode 1 - The Truth & Other Lies - full transcript

Previously on "Third Watch.."

- Get down now. - I'm alright.

Lieu! Lieu! Lieu!

Taylor!

I can't say that Noodles did that shooting.

Let's just tell them Noble
was just defending himself

like I wanted to do in
the first damn place.

Oh, yeah, we do that and
he is gone to us as a CI.

I need your help. We have
a CI who shot somebody.

'The informants no good if
he's involved in any other crime.'

- Can I have my gun?
- No one sees it or you.



I get Noble out of his
apartment you go over there

toss the place and get that gun.

The gun stays with me.

- We're locking Noble up. - What?

No one is getting locked up here.

If there's a problem,
we fix it. Anti-crime.

Now give me the damn gun so
I can get back to doing my job.

This was me, boss.

'All me.'

It's all my fault.

'Excuse me, excuse me.'

Sorry, I can't hear you..

Doctor. Doc..

Excuse me, nurse.



I wanna know where my wife is!

'She was..'

Somebody shot her!

'We are officially on diversion.'

'We can't... we cannot
take another patient.'

'Well, why don't you try New York..'

Coffee, Fred?

Look, I smoothed it over
with security about the IV thing

but you're gonna need to
keep your cool down here.

Fred?

'Mr. Yokas, hi.'

Would you just step in
here a minute please?

She's stabilized, but your
wife was seriously wounded.

The bullet entered her
upper chest but didn't exit.

So it's there, resting against her spine.

Her spine?

I've looked at the
pictures and it doesn't..

Seem to have damaged it

but, um, she has a collapsed
lung and she needs surgery.

I want the best. The best surgeon.

The best thoracic surgeon in the country

is en route here in a police car.

'She's in the right place.'

Can I see her?

We're gonna finish prepping her

and then Mary will, uh, come and get you.

- As soon as I can, darlin'.
- Thank you. Thanks.

You're welcome.

How the hell did this happen?

She was working a desk in the station.

I talked to her twice. She
was bringing ice cream home.

I don't know how it happened, Fred.

How could you not know? Aren't you cops?

We were here on another job.

Who does know what happened?

Bosco's in with the boss right now.

Bosco?

Bosco's involved in this?

I'm telling you, my man

do not talk to any of these
humps until you get rep'd.

Humps? Find someplace else to be.

I'm staying right here with my boy.

- Lawyer up, man. - Yokas is stable.

She's going to surgery.

Now tell me, what the hell happened?

Surgery on what?

- What got hit? - What happened?

All due respect, boss, but you know

he doesn't have to talk to you.

The PBA isn't here yet.

Get them outta here, lieutenant.

- What? - I wanna talk to you alone.

- Let me just call the union... - Alone.

You're just upset.

Lieutenant..

Out.

Bosco, think, brother.

Outside.

Tell me about the surgery
and I'll tell you everything.

Oh, God!

- Oh, God, it hurts. - Oh, please stop.

'I'm sorry. Almost through.'

'Spike another saline and
keep it running wide open'

'I want him as hydrated as possible.'

'Uh, how much morphine's onboard?'

'He got 20 migs 10 minutes
ago and 10 on scene.'

'Mrs. Johnson, we've
contacted medevac for an airlift'

'to New York Hospital.'

'ETA 20 minutes'

'but we don't have anyone
who can go with him.'

There'll only be a pilot and a nurse.

'Usually with a patient this critical... '

I'll go.

- You sure you're available? - Yeah.

Sometimes it can take a
couple of hours to get you back...

- I'm available. - I'm going too.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Johnson, there's
really no room on the chopper...

We'll make room.

- Doc! - Shh. Shh.

Doc!

- Stay with him. - 'Oh, God!'

Okay, tell me.

Full thickness burns
over close to 50 percent.

He's lost his right eyelid.

We're probably gonna lose
the eye. His right ear is gone.

The nose and I'm fairly certain

the right arm is gonna
need to be amputated.

Can't you give him something for the pain?

He has all that he can handle.

Any more might kill him.

Is he gonna make it?

I'm sorry.

Hey, Aaron, it's me.

Um, I'm sure you're working

I-I just wanted to let
you know that it looks like

I'm gonna be at the hospital
most of the night and, uh..

I don't know, um..

I guess I just needed
to hear your voice.

I was hoping that maybe
I could talk to you a little.

Um..

Well, you know, you can
reach me on my cell. Um..

I'm, uh, I'm thinkin' of you.

Bye.

Don't do that.

Kim, your partner's
mother's looking for you.

Oh, thanks.

I tried to go along.

To play the game, but I couldn't do it.

I couldn't let a guy go away
for a murder he didn't do.

Cruz had let Noble keep
the gun he shot the guy with

so Yokas was helping me get
it back from Noble's apartment.

Cruz figured out what we were doing.

I got there just after she did and..

She squared off with Yokas.

Then Noble comes in..

It's a big circle jerk.

I see Noble, behind Cruz, pull
a gun from his jacket pocket.

So I shot him once.

I think I hit him in the chest.

He died a little while ago.

I half hoped we'd get him to talk.

Crime Scene recovered
the gun, right? The .22?

They recovered a .22
Luger and snub-nose .38.

'The snub is what Noble
pulled from his pocket.'

Run the ballistics on the Luger

that's the gun that killed Willie G.

How did Cruz and Yokas end up shot?

Cruz shot her.

Sergeant Cruz shot Yokas?

I told you, she'll do anything.

Damn.

So I shot Cruz.

You?

I'll take whatever I got comin'.

Faith was only there
trying to help me, boss.

She didn't do anything, it was me.

I went along with Cruz from the beginning.

- Can I go see her now?
- You're not goin' anywhere.

Look, I'll make all the
written statements you want

I just need to look at her..

To say I'm sorry.

You're sorry?

I have to explain this to
the commissioner's office!

Just for a minute.

You admitted to shooting a police sergeant

and participating in the arrest
of an innocent man, Bosco.

You better worry about yourself here.

How are you holdin' up over there?

- Me? - I mean, you and Taylor were..

- I mean, right? - It's past history, man.

Yeah, but that doesn't mean you don't care.

Davis, can you help me
get Mrs. Taylor home?

She's finished.

Go ahead, we're not
going anywhere for a while.

Bullet didn't penetrate the skull

looks like it just creased it.

Either it was angled just right

or it wasn't a high-velocity round.

This is one lucky girl.
She'll need a bed upstairs.

'With this concussion she'll
probably sleep for a long time.'

What's her status?

She's unconscious, has a nasty concussion

but she should recover fully.

You..

You are now assigned to this room.

I want to know the second
Sergeant Cruz wakes up.

Yes, sir.

Hi, baby.

I'm right here with you, okay?

'Everything's gonna be alright.'

Everything's gonna be just fine.

Bosco..

I'm sorry, Mr. Yokas. She has to go.

Bosco?

Excuse me. Jackie Gianni, Action News.

Can I ask about a patient
that was brought in here?

Is that camera on?

Oh, does that bother you?

Back up. Back up.

You know, you should really ask somebody

before you just start filming them.

'Look, can you confirm that... '

You know what? The hospital
has an information center.

Well, the hospital made all the media leave

because it's too crowded inside.

Well, I can't help you.
Would you turn that off?

- Look, off the record...
- Will you turn that off?

No camera.

Can you confirm that Aaron Noble

was killed tonight by the police?

What?

I have sources that say the police shooting

at the Melrose Hotel was
in Aaron Noble's apartment

'and that he died here a little while ago.'

Aaron Noble, the writer?

'Can you confirm it?'

Is that a yes?

Mary, where's the guy that
was brought in with the cops?

The "in custody?" He died.

- Where's the body?
- Uh... still in trauma one.

Do you need me to, um..

Oh, Kim.

Mrs. Taylor said that if I ever
needed to talk I could call her.

Can you imagine? She's worried about me.

How can she be so strong?

I don't know what I would do

if something ever happened to my son.

I'd be, I'd just..

I don't know what I'd do.

Oh, my God. I'm sorry, Ty.

- For what? - 'I, uh..'

You were... you and Alex..

I just... here I was going on about..

- Uh, I'm sorry. - Don't worry about it.

I almost forgot.

I mean, you never met
Mrs. Taylor before tonight.

Can we not talk?

Oh! Yeah, okay.

'Uh, I'm sorry. Alright?'

You want to see me, boss?

I need you to watch over Bosco.

I have to make some phone calls.

- Watch over him? - Guard him.

Do not let him go out of your sight.

Why?

Can't you for once do
something without questioning it?

- I just wanted... - Dammit, Sullivan!

How about we pretend, you're the cop

and I'm your platoon commander?

Now stay with him until I get back!

Yes, sir.

Yo, you can't park here.
You gotta move that.

I'm FDNY.

Carlos, hey, I just, uh..

I was on the island
with my kid. I just heard.

Is Alex's mom here?

She was. Kim took her home already.

Oh, God.

You know the boss is
hurt pretty bad too, right?

Yeah. Where is he?

Trauma four, in the corner.

- Yeah. - Ty.

'Yeah.'

Where are you at, man?

'Just crossed the Verrazano Bridge.'

Alright. Don't say anything.
Kim's with you, right?

Yeah.

Look, when you get back here you can't come

in the bay entrance,
there's reporters outside.

- Why? - They wanna know if it's true.

If Aaron Noble was
killed by the police tonight.

He was. That's who Bosco's..

I know, I know, I know, but, Ty, that's..

That's Kim's boyfriend.

- 'Aaron Noble, the writer.' - What?

'You're about how far away?'

- Half hour. - Alright.

When you get back here,
meet me in the side entrance.

I'll meet you guys there, um

I don't want her to find
out from these vultures.

Yeah. No problem.

No problem.

Everything alright?

Yeah.

Please. Please!

- I can't take it. - No, shh!

I'll be right back.

Can't you do anything?

We're medevac-ing him to New York Hospital.

- The pain.. - Oh, please..

Lieu, hey, hey.

- We're right here, lieu.
- Jimmy, you got to help me.

I can't take it, Jimmy.
Please, I can't take it.

- 'I can't.' - Wish I could, man.

'Jimmy, for God's sakes look at me.'

I can't live like this, doc.

- Please. Please. - Shh! Shh!

Oh, Jimmy, please.

'Please just help me, please.'

'Come on, doc. Please, guys.'

'Please, if you're my
friends please help me.'

Man, I knew she was a bitch

but I didn't think she'd
do anything like that.

I was sleeping with her and I was fooled.

How's that for stupid?

You don't seem too rattled
considering the can of crap

you just stepped in.

Long as Faith is alright

I really don't care what happens to me.

That's a dangerous attitude to
have when it comes to NYPD.

- I have to go see her. - No can do, Bosco.

All I want to do is check on her.

That's my partner, Sul.

- You know how it is. - Sorry.

He said keep an eye on me.

Fine, you can come with me.

Please.

Daddy.

What are you doin' here?

I took cab money out of the house jar.

Where's your brother?

Missus O'Connor's watching him.

You didn't have to.

- I told you I'd call.
- I wanted to wait with you.

Me?

I'm..

It's okay, dad. It's okay.

Oh, please don't cry, daddy.

Fred.

Have you heard anything?

Is she still in surgery?

Is she alright?

Emmy?

What happened to her?

Look, Fred, it's best I don't
say too much right now.

Not until I talk to her.

How did my wife get shot with you

when she was supposed to be working inside?

I'm taking care of it,
Fred. Don't worry about it.

'Don't worry about it.'

What about my daughter here, Bosco?

'She's pretty worried about it.
What am I supposed to tell her?'

Look, Fred, alright. I was in
a jam, and she was helping...

- You son of a bitch! - Daddy!

- Dad. - Hey! Hey! Hey!

It's always you! Always!

- Daddy, stop it!
- Let go of me. You're dead.

- 'Daddy, stop it!' - Let go of me!

- Hand behind your back.
- You leave my family alone!

Stop!

If you wanna be here

to see Faith when she gets outta surgery

you are gonna take a deep breath

and you're gonna back off!

Because if you don't you're gonna spend

the rest of the night in lockup.

You hear me?

'You okay, Bosco?'

I'm sorry, Fred.

You come near my family
again, Bosco, I'll kill you.

Hey, Fred, you're done!

You hear me? I'll kill you.

What are we doing?

Uh, Carlos wanted me to..

- He asked me to stop here. - He did?

- Kim. - What's goin' on?

Why did you want us to stop here?

- There's reporters out there. - Reporters?

Look, I... I wanted to be
the one to tell you first.

What the hell are you talking about?

Come here.

- I, uh.. - Yeah?

- I am.. - I, what, Carlos?

- Okay, Aaron Noble.. - What about him?

Kim, he's..

Kim.

You think this is Bosco's fault?

- It's always his fault. - What is?

Every problem your mother's ever had

it's always been her partner.

But..

Mom didn't have to do
whatever she was doing.

Did she?

Guys, I'm really sorry I wasn't there.

You had the night off.

No, I should've been there with you.

You can't be working all the time, Jimmy.

Medevac here yet?

Yeah. Ginny's in there getting him ready.

Mrs. Johnson, if there's
anything that we can do.

- Can you tell me why? - Excuse me?

You want to do something for me, Jimmy?

Yeah, if I can.

Then tell me why this
happened to my husband.

'Cause it sure isn't the money.

He works three extra jobs

just so we can keep our
kids in a decent school!

The people honk their stupid horns

and wave for one week, two years ago.

And then, we're back
to ignoring all of you!

The cities heroes.

You're not heroes.

None of you!

Your husbands and wives
and sons and daughters

and God help me, I don't understand why!

Why you would want to do a job..

That leaves a wife to
explain to her children

why that monster in there
is all that's left of their father?

Can you do that?

Any of you?

'Cause if you can't then just..

Just leave me the hell alone.

'We're ready to go.'

Let's get him moving.

Look, you know I got your back, sarge.

Whatever the hell
happened out there, I got you.

But Boscorelli, I don't trust him.

- It'll be alright. - You didn't see him.

It's okay. Thank you.

You, get the hell outta here.

- I was just asking... - Now.

Go.

Hell of a thing to wake up to.

Give me your side of it

and I'll see about taking off the cuffs.

- Can't. - Excuse me?

You're gonna have to trust me on this.

I can't answer any questions
until I talk to some people.

I got one police plaza coming
down on my ass now, sergeant.

I want some answers.

Sorry.

Then I'll get a bus down here

and you will go straight
to central booking.

'They got a hospital at Rikers.'

- Where's officer Yokas? - What?

Officer Yokas, is she here?

She's in surgery.

'Your bullet ended up near her spine.'

'According to Boscorelli,
he had to shoot you'

'to keep you from finishing
the job in the apartment.'

- Bosco said that?
- 'You wanna contradict him?'

Talk to me, sergeant.

Sorry.

Bosco.

Bosco shot me, huh?

You can go.

I can?

I just placed Sergeant Cruz in custody.

- She admitted it?
- She's not saying anything.

But she didn't deny it and right
now that's good enough for me.

'And don't go far, Bosco.'

'IAB's gonna wanna talk to you.'

And there'll be a hearing on the shooting.

I'll either be home or here.

What happened to you?

Nothing.

Prisoner got out of line, sir.

He wanted to know why he
had to stay in here and I told him

to never question the lieutenant's orders.

- Where are you going? - To check on Faith.

- What is wrong with you? - I have to.

I'm gonna strongly suggest
that you not bother that family.

I have to know how she is, Sully.

Then we'll ask Proctor to call the house

and let us know if there's any change.

'He doesn't want you there.'

Respect his wishes for once.

Will you guys take me back to the house?

Kim, I'm sorry.

I think it..

I think I just want to be alone.

Alright, I, of course, yeah.

Of course, uh, I'll be in the..

I'll just wait in the bus.

- You okay back there, Bosco? - Yeah.

You know, this thing with Faith

all that stuff her old man said

nothing's ever one person's fault.

You haven't spent enough time around me.

What the hell is this?
Somebody wants us to stop.

'Looks like some kind of police vehicle.'

This had better be good

'cause I am not in the mood.

- Roy Lane, FBI. - FBI?

Wow! Look at the size of those ID badges

Those come with cracker jacks?

- We'd like you to come with us.
- What for?

How about you mind your own damn business?

Are you gonna pull me
over in the middle of the night

like some skell and tell me to
mind my own damn business?

I tell you what, Roy Lane,
FBI, why don't you kiss my ass?

- Sully. - 'What, Bosco?'

They're FBI. They got
no jurisdiction in this.

This is city matter. Tell him to stuff it.

Sully, I appreciate what you're saying

but I wanna talk to him.

Go back to the house.

They'll drop me off after.

Go ahead.

Suit yourself.

FBI.

Those are some treacherous
sons of bitches right there.

Do you have any idea how
much work you destroyed tonight?

- How many years?
- What the hell are you...

Noble was working for us.

And we were this close to Richard Buford's.

Number four on our most wanted.

Noble was a junkie.

Who had unbelievable
access to the highest levels

of Buford's organization.

- You killed our best resource.
- He had a gun.

You never should've been in
his apartment in the first place.

I was there to lock him up for a homicide.

He do that for you too?

It was all being taken care of.

- By who? - Noble's handler.

His handler?

Well, who... who is his han..

No way.

Sergeant Cruz. NYPD.

Cruz was working with you.

Since the day you arrested Noble.

- With the FBI?
- You're repeating yourself.

No.

No. You didn't see her in that apartment.

No. It-it wasn't an act, man.

She was beating herself
on her chest with her gun.

Screaming about how the world
needs cops who'd do something.

Lane.

I'll be right there.

- She's awake. - What, Yokas' awake?

- 'Who?' - My partner Faith Yokas.

'I don't give a damn
if she's awake or not.'

Here's what you're gonna do, you're gonna

keep your mouth shut.

You talk to no one else about

what happened in that apartment.

No, I don't have to listen to you.

You do if you want this night to go away.

We have other people
under in those organizations.

If it gets out that one of their
close pals was working for us..

Everybody's in jeopardy.

And you can make it all better?

Like that.

Noble's dead.

- He's a famous writer. - No.

He's a junkie who drew a gun

while you were arresting him for homicide.

Maybe you'll get a medal.

Help me, doc.

Doc, help me.

Please.

Doc, please.

Help me, doc.

It's okay, doc.

I love you.

Thank you.

- Tell the kids I love 'em.
- Oh, honey. They know.

- I messed up, Ruth. - No. Never.

- Oh. - Never.

- I love you. - I love you too.

'He's crashing.'

I need to get in there, ma'am.

- No. - But he needs attention...

No!

Let him go.

Take us back to Mercy.

Kim.

When'd you get here?

A while ago.

The boss... Lieutenant Johnson..

No. No.

No. No. No! No.

No.

I, um..

I'm really sorry about your..

Can't, I can't take this anymore.

Jimmy... Jimmy.

Shh. Shh. Shh.

I know. I know.

I can't, Jimmy. I can't keep doing this.

Shh. Shh. Shh. I know.

I know.

I can't keep doing this. It's not fair..

Shh. Shh, shh.

Mr. Yokas?

She's, uh, in recovery.

- How'd it go? - Just fine.

- Really? - It was only a collapsed lung.

She'll be asleep for a while

but she should recover nicely.

What about the bullet?

There was no damage to the cord.

There'll be some bruising around it

and some scarred tissue but, uh..

Really, it all went as
well as can be expected.

She'll never even know it's there.

- Excuse me?
- She'll never feel the bullet.

- 'You left it in?'
- 'No reason to take it out.'

It's not unusual to leave it in

if it isn't doing any further damage.

- Can we see her? - Sure. Certainly.

Thank you.

'This got bad, Cruz.'

- We're not happy about it.
- Yeah, I'm sorry.

- 'It's too late for sorry.' - I know.

You went after Buford yourself?
That wasn't part of the game.

I tried to call you, Roy.

He was on the move.
I had solid information.

I knew if I could get you,
you'd wanted acted on.

- "Solid information?" - Solid!

'Yeah, well he's
definitely in the wind now.'

He knows we've got him
narrowed down to New York.

- I'll get him. - Stay out of it.

I can get him.

You are finished with this, Cruz.

What about this other cop?

- Bosco? - He's clean.

The other one, the woman.

- Yokas. - She's under the same umbrella?

She's clean? Yesterday never happened?

Bitch shot me in the head, Roy.

Only thing that saved
me is she's a bad shot.

Look, your deal with her is your deal.

I gotta make sure she's
on the same page with this.

Screw her.

We're right here, baby.

She looks so helpless.

Is she awake?

Who the hell are you?

- Roy Lane. FBI. - Get out of here.

I need to know if your wife can...

I said, get out of here.

- Sir.. - 'She's done with all of you.'

'We're through. You
stay away from my wife.'

Unless you got some kind of court thing

says you could be here.

- I'm only trying to help her.
- We don't want your help.

- But this is... - Leave us alone!

- You sure about this? - Goodbye!

I'll take you home now.

We were close, doc.

We were so close.

'He could have retired
in a couple of years.'

'Could have been away from all of this.'

We made it through so much.

So many tragedies.

We were almost finished.

All I can tell you is he..

He knew it was possible, but he..

Didn't really think
it would ever be him.

If he knew, he wouldn't have
put any of you through this.

He loved you and he loved
your kids more than anything else.

'Will you talk to me?'

About what?

Why are you pretending like..

Taylor doesn't bother you?

Got it all figured out, huh?

Don't play psychologist,
you're not that good at it.

You know you wouldn't let me
get away with not talking about it.

She came to see me... in
the hospital when I was hurt.

She was there when my mom came by.

I introduced her as one of the guys.

You believe that? One of the guys.

I was ashamed to be
going out with a white girl.

Didn't want my mom to know.

I was ashamed so I humiliated her.

That's when we became past history.

I don't deserve to feel
bad about her dying.

She was a... way better
person than I think I'll ever be.

She's out of surgery.

Is she alright?

It went well.

Thank you, Mary.

You should go home, Bosco.

She's gonna be asleep for a long time.

Did you tell the nurse up there about me?

She'll come and find
you if there's any change.

Good.

You can go home.

Thank you, Mary.

Goodnight.