Third Watch (1999–2005): Season 6, Episode 9 - Sins of the Fathers - full transcript

He was who he was, man. Deal with it.

- Father's been dead 11 years.
- Mom, was he dirty?

What difference can it possibly make now?

- It makes a difference to me. - Really?

What am I supposed to say?
"Let's go have some lunch.

Oh yeah. By the way, your
dad had a second family?"

Is that how I'm supposed to put it?

Your dad was lying right
there. Shot in the head.

The kind of details you want, I don't have.

Hey.

How are you feeling, Bosco?



You comfortable?

How's your ma?

No kidding, right?

I've been stuck here listening
to her by myself a few times

and I gotta tell you,
anybody that would do that

more than once is a good friend.

I'm sorry. I won't make you laugh.

I actually wanted to apologize
for not coming by more often

but, uh, my lawyer said
it would be best if, uh

I was at home when I wasn't workin'

"cause, uh, the court's
gonna send somebody by to..'

to do a, a home inspection unannounced.

My divorce lawyer.

'Fred's initiating it.'



You believe it? After
all we've been through?

He's stupid.

And he's a jag-off.

Whatever.

I got my job and..

I got my place. You know what?

Truthfully, I'll probably
be better off without him.

'Hey, Fred was no prize.'

But I think if I lose Emily or Charlie

I think that will kill me.

You're not gonna lose them.

'Well, that's the reason
the court was coming'

'to do a home inspection.'

Fred's suing me for custody.

And my lawyer said that, um..

Things don't look so good for me..

'cause the court people, they
had to come, like, three times

'because the first two
times, I wasn't there.'

'I've just been so busy at work.'

They said that Emily can decide for herself

because she's old enough but, um

'the judge thinks that Charlie
will probably stay with Fred.'

I guess..

I guess I just work too many
hours to be a good mom.

I forgot... how many
personal things I tell you.

I guess I forgot how much
I talk to you, you know?

Because you weren't
there for me to talk to.

I miss you, Bosco.

What's this?

The gun that was used
to kill my dad was taken

from an NYPD evidence locker.

Did you know that? How about this?

The apartment he was shot
from was registered to the NYPD.

- Where did you get this? - Cathal Finney..

My dad and you were
all under IAB investigation.

'They were running surveillance
on you while you were unaware'

'of that. They seized your bank accounts.'

- Where did you get this stuff?
- You told me..

That you didn't come forward
back then 'cause you wanted

to make sure my mom got the pension.

Maybe the real reason
was you were dirty too.

- Ty.. - And I don't know what's worse.

You standing by and doing nothing

'when they murdered my
father, or blaming the fact'

that you didn't do anything
about it on my family.

You're a coward.

'You ever get used to it, Jelly?'

Only meeting people
after they're already dead?

Not really.

'Looks like a bruise on her jaw.'

Mm, blunt-force head wound.

'There's no apparent weapon.
What do you think? Robbery?'

Nah, still has her jewelry on.

Her clothes are intact.

It's probably not a
rape. Who called this in?

Father and son playing
in the park found the body

and reported it to the field house.

Was there any other witnesses?

No, we've been canvassing the park

but same old story. No one saw a thing.

Anybody go through the knapsack yet?

Nobody's disturbed the
crime scene since we arrived.

It's not my first day, detective.

"Carver High School. Talia Bukhari."

Bukhari? That's Muslim or something.

Or something.

Hey, Sully, you mind
going over to Carver High?

See if anybody knows a Talia Bukhari?

Sure, we'll try not to
screw that up for you.

What's up his ass?

Disappointed how it turned out.

- How what turned out? - Life.

- Chief McInerney. - Huh?

I'm-I'm a police officer,
sir. I work in the 5-5.

- Ah! - My name's Ty Davis.

- Davis? - I think you know my mother.

She said if I ever needed
anything, I could talk to you.

Of course, of course. Ty Davis, Junior.

- Yeah. - That's just a little..

Oh, my God! Uh..

Well, is there, uh, is there
anything I can do for you?

Um..

I've been investigating my father's murder.

Is, uh, isn't the perp already in prison?

Yeah, he is, he is, I've
uncovered some evidence

that my father was set up.

- Set up? - By other cops.

Guys he was working with at the time.

It's mainly, uh..

Captain Finney. He's
the head of IAB right now.

- Evidence, uh.. - An old IAB file.

It's, it's solid.

And for some reason, the IAB detective

who was doing the investigation
was pressured to drop it.

What do you, uh, expect to come from this?

I just, I want the truth.

I'm glad you came to me.

Now, just give me a copy
of the file that you have

and we're gonna start from there.

- Really? - Absolutely.

- Thank you, sir. - Alright.

Now, look, you just keep this
between us, you understand?

- Yeah, of course. - Okay.

'And you say hi to your mother for me now.'

- Will do. Will do. - 'Yeah.'

- Thanks again, sir. - My pleasure.

Finney?

Mrs. Bukhari?

- Yes? - I'm Detective Yokas.

And, uh, this is Detective Grimaldi.

May we speak to you inside?

- Where's Talia?
- Ma'am, may we come in, please?

- 'Where is she?' - 'Please..'

Ryad!

I need to see a doctor.

- What's wrong? - 'I said a doctor.'

You got your name sewn on your jacket

so I'm guessing that means you aren't one.

Care to guess what happens if
I don't think you need a doctor?

Hey, I broke my arm. Ah!

Step deformity under the skin and swelling.

Probably right ulna fracture.

That's what I said.

We have to take him to
Mercy. He needs X-rays.

- Follow me. - Where?

- To the ambulance. - I gotta walk?

Aren't you supposed to put
me on a bed or something?

'Or we could just take
him to Central Detention.'

They've got a first-aid
station there run by prisoners.

- Is that what you want?
- Hey, I'm walking.

- I'm walking. - Come on.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

- Where is she? - Um..

Well, uh, right now, they're
gonna take her to the morgue.

- Why? No. - It's the law.

Because after a-a homicide,
they have to do an autopsy.

- No autopsy, we're Muslim.
- I understand. I'm very sorry.

- She's my daughter. - I know that, sir.

- And I apologize,
but... - It is my religion.

- Can I see her?
- No, ma'am. Not-not right now.

You're going to tear her body
apart and we can't even see her?

I-I have a-a daughter myself, Mrs. Bukhari

and I'll, I'll make sure that
they take good care of her.

But your daughter's not dead.

No, sir.

So you really can't mention
her in this context, can you?

Uh, maybe we could get
a list of Talia's friends?

She concentrated on her schoolwork.

She was very focused.

- Did she have a boyfriend? - No.

There were no boys.

'Did your daughter have any problems?'

With anyone? Any enemies?

She is a Muslim living in America.

Everybody is her enemy, aren't they?

Sir, are you suggesting
that this is a bias crime?

We can't get on a plane
without being profiled.

We can't worship at the Islamic Center

because of the bomb threats.

We stopped going there
because we didn't wanna put her

in harm's way, and now, my
daughter is beaten to death.

And you ask my opinion
as to whether there is bias?

Her parents are freaks. I
mean, she never hangs out.

- She must have friends.
- No, her parents don't let her.

'I mean, I remember that
one time, I went to her house'

to pick her up for school,
her father had a cow.

So no friends?

Most of the girls were
jealous of her anyway.

She's only going out with,
like, the hottest guy in school.

- Yeah? What's his name?
- Christopher Hayden.

He's a football jock.

'A boyfriend? No, the
parents said no boys.'

Well, imagine that, a
teenager hiding something

from their parents.

Alright, uh, listen, can you,
uh, bring him down to the house

and we can question him when we get back?

Alright. Thanks, Sasha.

So, what do we know about Talia Bukhari?

'Well, she died of a
massive brain hemorrhage'

from a skull fracture
caused by a blunt object.

- Did she suffer? - Excuse me?

Did it take her a long time to die?

'Well, not many detectives are interested'

in whether the victim suffered or not.

Most times, they prefer
not to think about that.

But I'm sure she was
unconscious almost immediately.

Send us the autopsy photos
when you're through with her.

Yup. Oh, there's one more thing.

She was approximately eight weeks pregnant.

- Hey, Sasha. What's up? - Hey.

So the boyfriend's upstairs.
His name's Christopher Hayden.

Star quarterback for Carver High.

I hate quarterbacks.

Spoken like a true
fellow defensive lineman.

You know, we tried to bring him in alone

but the father insisted
on coming in with him.

- How old is he? - He's 18.

The father can take a walk.

I don't think that's gonna
go over too well with him.

We'll see about that.

Do you guys have a time of death?

Yeah, uh, give or take a few
hours, it was the afternoon.

Because the girl that told
us about him, Pamela Stewart

says they were in SAT
prep class all afternoon.

- Thanks, Sasha. - Yeah.

I'm gonna be here working on the 61s.

She's dead?

You were a couple?

We used to go out.

I thought we talked about not dating

until after football season and your SATs?

It was just for a little while.

Not dating means not dating.

Mr. Hayden, I really need to be the one

asking the questions here, okay?

Is he charged with a crime?

Would you like him to be?

Christopher, why did you break up?

Her father didn't want her to date me.

Why is that?

He didn't like that I was American.

She wasn't American?

Mr. Hayden, I'm gonna ask you again.

Did you argue about
that? About breaking up?

- No. - She was fine with it?

- It was mutual. - Really? That's odd.

'Cause usually when
you're two months pregnant

'and your boyfriend breaks up with you'

'it doesn't go over so good.'

'What? Pregnant?'

Is she saying Christopher is the father?

'She ain't saying anything anymore.'

- You knew. - Yeah.

Detective Grimaldi, why
don't you take Mr. Hayden here

and show him where the coffee pot is?

- I'm not leaving. - Yeah, you are.

My son wants an attorney.
No more questions.

You want a lawyer, Christopher?

- I'm alright, dad.
- He's an adult. Let's go.

You wanna get locked up
for obstructing? Come on.

My father would kill me if he knew this

but we were gonna run away together.

Really? When?

- I don't know. She was scared. - Of what?

- Her father. - He'd be pretty mad, huh?

No. He'd kill her, literally.

She told me if he found out about the baby

it would bring dishonor on them all and..

- He'd have to get rid of her.
- Rid of her?

She said killing her would be the only way

to bring back the family
honor, I-I guess they do it

all the time where they're from.

- Hey, Sharon. You got a minute?
- Yeah. What's up?

I got a hypothetical for you,
officer investigating the murder

of a fellow officer, a
murder that occurred, say..

- Twenty years earlier. - Okay.

Well, the officer discovers that
the murdered officer was set up.

That another cop actually
put a hit out on him.

Well, it sounds like front page news.

Yeah, what if a cop that
was there came forward now?

You know, to open up the case.

Well, first I'd have to wonder

why he didn't come forward 20 years ago.

Uh, the dead cop was dirty

and he was afraid if he
opened up an investigation

that the widow would lose the pension.

I see. Is the cop who
wants to testify dirty too?

No.

Well, I can say it's
enough to pursue a case.

In terms of a trial, obviously,
it would help to have evidence

or corroborating testimony from anyone else

who would have seen this go down.

Right.

Okay.

Oh, one more thing, Sully.

You should tell your friend
that if he comes forward now

he might also face charges
because he kept this a secret

for 20 years. That makes
him somewhat culpable.

'And I don't need to tell you
as far as the department goes'

it almost certainly means
this cop would lose everything.

His whole pension.

Okay, I'll let him know.

'You sure we can't find something to lock

that kid's father up on?
Talk about a loudmouth.'

- Oh, my God! - What?

Do you know anything about honor killings?

Sounds like something the mafia does.

This woman in Pakistan,
her husband cut her nose off

because he was afraid
that she might be unfaithful.

Pakistan?

It says thousands of women
are murdered every year

for bringing dishonor on their families.

What are you saying?

I'm saying that we need to
talk to Talia's father again.

Just go talk to her.

Hey, I got eyes.

'But I don't know what to say.'

Just apologize for whatever it is

that she thinks that
you did wrong, and then..

Ask for another chance.

Hey, there.

- Almost finished. - With what?

You need a copy of the run
sheet for your paperwork, right?

Oh, yeah.

Look, I've been trying to call you.

I know, I'm sorry...

No, no, wait, wait.
Listen, I'm really sorry.

- About what? - Well, just..

You know, I figured you were, uh..

You were pissed that I
snapped at you that day after..

You know, after what
happened at the depot.

I mean, I acted like a
jerk, and, uh, you know..

I didn't even remember that happened.

Oh, it's not a problem, you know.

It's just that, I don't
know. It's no big deal.

It's no big deal. Sorry to bother you.

Finney.

I wasn't planning on ignoring you.

I wasn't actually... planning anything.

I just..

That day..

That whole incident just made me feel so..

S-so..

That guy, he had his hands on me, and..

I couldn't do anything.

You know, we're looking for him.

- I know. - I got some good info.

I found some of his
friends. I'm gonna collar him.

- Finney.. - It's gonna be any day now.

Finney, I'm not afraid
of him coming after me.

Well, then what?

I just never looked
at sex like that before.

Like, it could be a weapon.

Like, it could be used to hurt me.

And I just, I need some
time to, you know, just..

Deal with that, and, before I..

Before you and me..

Again, you know?

Yeah.

- I'm sorry. - No, it's..

I'm sorry.

You think you got enough to go after him?

Honor killings, these people wouldn't know

the first thing about honor.

There is a story in here about
a woman who was murdered

because her husband
dreamt that she betrayed him.

- That's bad. - 'And it goes on and on.'

They view these women as property.

When they murder them, all they're doing is

they're getting rid of
property. It's disgusting.

- It's immoral, it's... - Really bad.

You know how much time
they get? The men who do it?

They get may be, like,
three months to a year.

And that's if they're prosecuted.

Anything in that stack of papers

prove that the father killed the daughter?

Are you kidding me?
You think he didn't do it?

We're not trying to right the
world's wrongs here, Faith.

- We got one murder to put down.
- He lied about the boyfriend.

- Doesn't mean he's a murderer.
- I know what I'm doing.

Look, I got the phone
company working on Talia's

and the boyfriend's cellphone
calls and text messages.

They're gonna fax me.
Let's see who they talked to.

Maybe we should go by their school and, uh

canvass some more of their friends too.

It's a waste of time.

It's your case.

Yeah, you're damn right.

You lied to me.

You told me that your
daughter didn't have a boyfriend.

I told her not to see him anymore.

And she did everything that you told her?

She's 16 years old, maybe
in this country, you think

it's fine at that age for her
to be going out with boys.

I do not. That's not a crime.

Well, in this country it's not fine to kill

that girl because she
brings dishonor on the family.

What are you saying?

I'm saying that you're under arrest

for the murder of your
daughter, Talia Bukhari.

Hands on the car, please. Come on.

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used

against you in a court of law.

You have the right to an attorney.

If you can't afford an attorney,
one will be appointed for you.

Fine. I'll pass it on.

- 'Hold up, Monroe.' - Yeah.

IAB called, Captain Finney wants you down

at IAB headquarters ASAP.

What does Internal Affairs want?

- Didn't say.
- You better call your PBA rep.

You don't wanna go to rat
squad without representation.

- You're ridin' with Finney. - No, I'm not.

Davis is on a personal.
Monroe is out of commission.

What am I running, a nursery?
You got a grudge, sort it out.

I'll be in the car.

I demand to know why I am here.

You know why you're here.

- What's this?
- Tell me about honor killings.

This is uneducated
people in the wilderness.

Samia Imran was
murdered in a lawyer's office

for asking for a divorce.

The murderer was hired by
her mother who was a doctor.

So please don't sit there and tell me

that these are uneducated people.

'You found out that your
daughter was pregnant.'

You thought it would
bring dishonor to your family

and that's the reason
you didn't want an autopsy

because you didn't
want anybody to find out.

- My religion... - Your religion?

What kind of religion would condone this?

I want an attorney.

- What? - An attorney.

I can't hear you, Mr. Bukhari.

You won't believe anything I say, will you?

Try me.

I want an attorney. It is my right.

Yeah, it is.

It's nice to be in a country
where there are rights.

Isn't it?

You still think he didn't do it?

I don't know, he just
found out his daughter

and his grandchild died today.

Jelly, a fax for you from
the phone company.

Thanks, lieu.

Oh, no.

You talk to Davis lately?

I just thought you might
know why he took another

personal day. Sorry for asking.

You're his partner. You should
know what's goin' on with him.

Well, I know he's looking
into his father's death.

Murder. His father's murder.

Told him to talk to my father about it.

You're kiddin', right?

I don't know what your beef is, man.

I mean, he said you all hung out
together and how he remembers

'Ty's father dyin' and how
you guys spent 48 hours'

without sleepin' to try
to get the guy that did it.

Are you puttin' me on, or
are you actually that naive?

Dude, what are you talkin' about?

You know, ever since I've
got here, you've had a bug

in your ass about me, and my
dad, so why don't you just grow

some balls and say whatever
it is you have a problem with?

Right now the problem is
Swersky wants movers and parkers.

Mr. Bukhari?

I will not speak without an attorney.

- 'You can go.' - What?

- You can go, sir. - Sir?

There's been a development.
I'll be in touch with your family.

Officer Davis, thank you for coming down.

Oh, my pleasure, sir. Only
been waiting here, like, two hours.

Well, you must realize I'm a very busy man.

Yeah, yeah, you're settin'
up cops to be murdered.

- That must be tough work. - Excuse me?

- I know what you did to my dad.
- You're sadly mistaken, son.

Oh, I'm not your son, and I'm not mistaken.

Your father was a dirty cop

taking bribes from drug
dealers and street skels

and from what I understand,
he needed the extra money

to finance his side
action, now, you do know

there was another
family involved, don't you?

Yeah, I-I know about them.

So, I don't know whether to admire you..

For being more loyal to
him than he ever was to you..

Or think you're just a damn fool.

I don't give a crap what you think, man.

Why don't you come and talk to me?

I got somethin' I wanna show ya.

- Where's Christopher?
- You already questioned him.

Yeah, we need to speak to him again.

He's gettin' ready for football practice.

He has an important game on Friday.

Yeah, well, he missed his
SAT prep class this afternoon.

- What? - We have his phone records.

Text messages are stored
by the phone company.

So he told Talia to meet him in the park.

Christopher!

'Christopher!'

Christopher!

Christopher, get out of the car!

'5-5 David to Central, we're in pursuit'

'of a runaway green Honda.'

'Last seen at the intersection
of Riverside and Elm.'

Hey, that's the next block.

- Get in the car. - 5-5 David to Central.

We have a visual on that green
Honda, headed west on King.

'What the hell do you think you're doin"

callin' me down here in
front of my whole squad?

What am I supposed to tell them?

'I'm working on an important case'

something you might
possibly already be involved in.

Oh, you could have waited to talk to me

about this after my shift.

I thought it was
important that you come in.

'Oh, more important than making sure'

'that no one finds out that I'm IAB?'

'Whoa!'

Damn it!

He went in the alley.

'Christopher?'

Christopher.

I need for you, uh, to turn
the car off and step out, okay?

Christopher, I need you
to turn the car off, okay?

We can talk about it, alright?

Christopher?

Christopher!

'This is 5-5 Charlie. This
is an emergency message.'

At King and Calyer, we have
an occupied car in the river.

Send the ESU and Harbor forthwith.

What are you doing?

Finney!

I believe you two are very
familiar with each other.

'You thought you knew
her, didn't you, officer?'

'Surely, as you know all about me.'

I just want to get all of our
cards out on the table here.

- What's up? - We got an 18-year-old male.

He's been under for about two minutes.

Finney went in after him.

Oh, God.

Why would you do this?

While I have you both here,
we have another issue to discuss.

'September 29th, 2004'

you pulled over Valerie
Diaz, Regina Sanchez

'and Cynthia Sanchez,
uh, sisters, I believe'

'on the corner of Lafayette and Arthur.'

'According to Diaz and
Sanchez, you pulled them over'

without provocation, and
later, when they were tied

'to a homicide, you
fabricated a traffic ticket'

'to justify the initial stop.'

'Your partner didn't
show up at the Grand Jury'

'never testified, never backed you up.'

Detective Monroe, you were
the partner, were you not?

I was, um, I was sick that day.

Hmm, so, uh, if you
actually wrote this ticket

after the fact, that would be perjury

and falsifying an official
report. Class D felonies.

Jailable offenses.

'Now, the trouble with throwing
around unsubstantiated charges'

'and libelous claims is
you first must make sure'

your own houses are in order.

'Now, I don't have to pursue this'

fraudulent ticket investigation.

I know why you did it. I understand.

Sometimes, when you're out in the field

you have to make difficult
decisions and I know that.

I'm not talking about this
without a PBA attorney.

Why? You got something to hide?

Don't we all?

So what, so you really
think you can use a couple

of career criminals bitching
about a moving violation

to get me to back off my father's murder?

Young man, the only thing
I want you to understand..

Is that things are never
exactly as they seem.

Except for the fact that I
am gonna make you pay

for what you did.

Are you?

Ty. Ty, please.

Just talk to me. Just
listen to what I have to say!

What? What?

What could you possibly say? What?

- It's not how it looks.
- Oh, it's not? You're not IAB?

You don't work for Cathel Finney?

- But it's not that simple.
- Don't touch me.

Don't touch me. Don't talk to me.

- Don't. - Ty.

That folder, the folder
that you got this morning

who do you think sent that to your house?

You think that makes us alright?

Do you? I'm done with you.

- I'm done with you. - Ty.

Ty, please.

Just let me explain!

Please, just let me explain.

Ty, please let me explain.

Did he read you your rights?

- Do you understand them? - Yeah.

I really didn't mean to kill her, you know.

You punched her in the face, Christopher.

When she fell backwards
and hit her head on that rock, I..

I knew something was wrong right away.

What were you fighting about?

She just wouldn't listen to me, you know?

She was screaming at me.

I was just trying to get her to understand.

Understand what?

That a baby just wasn't
in the plans, you know?

'My dad's been workin'
and savin' for college'

'since I was three years old.'

'He wants me to go to
Columbia in the fall for law.'

Christopher, do you understand

the severity of what's going on here?

'Do you understand that you're
gonna be charged with murder?'

I tried to take responsibility.

'I saved the money, everything I had'

just so she can get the abortion.

Detective Grimaldi is
gonna take your statement.

And your father is outside.

Hey, my name's Finney.

Brendan Finney. I'm with the NYPD.

I work in the 55th Precinct.

What are you doing?

I'm startin' over.

Look, Grace, all I wanna
do is hang out with you

and get to know you
better. We'll take it slow.

I mean, hell, if anything,
we can just be friends.

You know, I think you're cool, and I just..

Yeah, I just like you, you know?

No expectations?

How could I have any expectations?

We just met.

Mrs. Bukhari, I wanted you to know

that we arrested your
daughter's murderer today.

- You could have called. - Oh, I'm sorry.

I-I just thought I should come in person.

- It was the boy? - Yes, ma'am.

He wanted her to have an
abortion and she wouldn't do it.

- I'm very sorry. - Your culture, the West.

You think you should tell the
rest of the world how to live

but you have children murdering
each other in your streets.

I can't argue that. We
have a lot of problems.

But I-I think we're still
a, a decent society.

- And our customs are barbaric.
- You mean honor killings?

- That is a part of it. - Then yes, ma'am.

I, I think the way that your culture

treats women is barbaric.

But my daughter died
here for the same reason.

So then tell me, what difference
did your decent society make?

Nice job today.

Thanks.

- Emily. - I used my key.

Hi.

- Is everything okay?
- Oh, everything's fine, mom.

Does your dad know that you're here?

Oh, he knows.

- I talked to the judge today.
- Are you hungry?

'Cause I, um, I stopped
at the corner, I got that, uh..

That cashew chicken that you like.

I don't even really eat it.
I think I get it out of habit.

- Mom. - Emily, it's okay.

Okay. It's okay. I understand.

I picked you.

I wanna live with you, mom.

But I just, uh..

I just got home from work

and I thought this job
was gonna be less hours

and I actually think
it's gonna be a lot more.

Um, it was the lawyers who
were making a big deal of that.

I mean, I-I-I'll be here as much as I can.

- And that's good enough.
- And I can... try.

You know, harder.

You-you don't have to different.

I missed a lot of things
when you were growing up

things that were important to you.

I know that if you could have

you would have been there.

I haven't been what you
needed. I'm sorry for that.

You're sorry for... showing me

that a woman can be a good
mother and have a career too?

And-and for teaching me that no matter

what gets in your way, you never give up?

And that we can fight and
say terrible things to each other.

And no matter what, we love each other?

You're sorry for that?

I'm proud to be your daughter.

And I mean, if it's okay..

I wanna live with you.

It's okay.

Okay.

- Okay. - Okay.