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In the nation's largest
city, the vicious and violent

members of the
underworld are hunted

by the detectives
of the Organized.

Crime Control Bureau.

These are their stories.

I got the results back
from the lab on that foil.

They're confirming it's heroin.

It's a distinctive
blend out of Kandahar.

Pop was drinking a lot.

He beat the crap out of this
woman on a nightly basis,

and you were too
stupid to notice.

I got myself suspended.

Just don't do anything stupid
like the old man did, OK?

There is something
hinky going on

with Stabler's IAB case.

Warren blames Elliott for
what happened to his mentor.

Clean up this mess as
quickly as possible.

We have to see this
through to the end, boy.

Nobody has to know
the truth, sir.

My Jessica has been on
that beach this whole time?

Where these girls were last seen

coincides with where
your brother was.

Eric, no!

Drop it!

Facial reconstruction on the
oldest victim came through.

It's my mother.

♪ In the middle of our ♪

♪ Father wears his Sunday best ♪

♪ Mother's tired,
she needs a rest ♪

Eric?

Eric.

Do you need help
with your homework?

No.

Are you doing your homework?

No.

He wasn't the smartest
kid, but he was so sweet.

Look, it's just
adding fractions.

It's easy. I'll show you.

There weren't any signs
of what he'd become.

Or maybe I just wasn't
looking hard enough.

Killers that young are
rare but not unheard of.

I've seen a few
in my time at SVU.

Eric did not do this,
not to our mother.

How can you be so sure?

His love for her.

She was his whole world.

I can't do it anymore, Clay.
I won't live like this.

So where would you go?

What would you
do? Live with him?

Haven't you embarrassed
this family enough?

This fight was worse
than the others.

There was a finality
in my mom's voice,

a desperation in my father's.

My brother headed
straight into the fire.

Maybe he was just used to
it, or maybe he didn't care.

But me?

I couldn't take it anymore.

I ran as far as I could,

as fast as I could.

That was the last time
I heard her voice.

I can't believe he
did this to her.

You think your father did this?

They'd had the fight before,
but this was different.

I think he believed her this
time, that she was leaving.

He was not going to let her go.

But you didn't see anything?

No, I spent the night
at a friend's house.

My dad knew where to find me.

The next morning,
he brought me back,

took me straight to my room.

I could tell right away
something was wrong.

He said Mom packed
a bag and left.

He wasn't sure if
she'd ever come back.

Now that I think about
it, the way he said it,

it was so final.

And I believed every word of it.

I had to believe it.

All this time, I thought
she abandoned us.

I have been so angry
with her for so long.

You were a child.

There's no way you
could have known.

I was not innocent.

I was blind.

I have looked the other
way my whole life,

protecting him.

While he protected Eric.

Eric?

He was still at the house.

Do you think he saw what
happened to your mother?

Monsters make monsters.

Isn't that what they say?

Her neck was broken.

The ME found all
these fractured bones.

If he was there and saw what
our father did to our mother...

He suppressed it
all these years.

He did this. We
know who did this.

We have no proof, no
witness, and no evidence

to a crime that
happened 40 years ago.

Let's get out
there and find him.

There's no statute of
limitations on murder.

Yeah, but you still need
evidence, witnesses.

Fractures on 40-year-old bones
isn't enough to build a case.

That could have happened
post mortem for all we know.

Then how do we get him?

- Al Capone.
- Capone?

I don't get it.

He was a murderer
and a racketeer.

Feds couldn't get him
on that so they found

another way to take him down.

Tax evasion.

I want everything you
can find on the judge

and his buddies, OK?

Can't you just be
present for once?

Could you just be nice for once?

He's got more important things
to do than be with family.

Exactly. Take a look
at the bird, boys.

Say hi.

- What?
- No, not you.

I'm gonna get back to you
guys as soon as I can.

Bye.

There are just so many
memories in this place.

We can't get rid
of all this stuff.

Well, you can't take it with
you to the new place, Ma.

It... it's only got one bedroom.

I know. I know.

Oh.

Here they are.

Uh, I made one of these
for each one of you.

We should ask the kids to
pick the one they want.

You know, just something
to remember me by.

Don't talk like that, Ma.

I'll make sure everyone
gets one, Mama.

Thanks, honey.

Lookie here. Remember this?

- Oh.
- Huh?

Is that the one with
Mickey Mantle's signature?

Yes, it is.

I know a guy who
works in collectibles.

This will bring a pretty penny.

You know the story behind that?

No.

Mickey Mantle's last
season, batting practice.

Pops sees him, he goes,
"Hey, Mickey, if the bat's

too heavy for you,
try choking up."

He thought it was funny, so
he signed the ball for him.

Yeah, you got my
autograph on there too.

See that little red streak?

Came home late one
night and the old man

chucked it at my head.

Bloodied my nose and,
uh, chipped a tooth.

You said you'd gotten
in a fight at school.

Well that's what you
say when you protect

your little brother.
- Is that what you did?

- That's what I did.
- You didn't tell me.

Yeah, I didn't tell
you. That's right.

Because the man was
your hero and you

weren't ready to listen.
- All right.

All right, just stop. You
two are driving me crazy.

You're just always going
at it. Just stop it.

Yeah, I can't either.

I got to get out of here.
- Bye, honey.

Bye, Mama. Love you.

Bye-bye.

- See you.
- Yeah.

See you.

What's going on with him?

Did you talk to the feds?

I told them everything I know.

This whole thing is
such a terrible tragedy.

Those... those poor girls.

Obviously, I am going to
assist the investigation

however I can.

But right now,
I'm just in shock.

Judge!

Judge!

We're supposed to
believe you knew nothing?

- What are you doing here?
- I'm taking charge.

We're officially
in OCCB territory.

And since you can't be in
the office, we are making do.

- So you're back, back?
- End of the week.

I just wanted to
get a head start.

And clearly, you need me.

Reyes is on leave, Sam
is taking care of Stacy

somebody has to
provide the muscle.

Muscle?

Seriously?

We all know Judge Bonner,
and we've been introduced

to some of his
associates along the way.

Westbrook DA Noah
Cahill, now deceased.

Frank Andersson is a
contractor who moonlights

as a city councilman.

I can't imagine anything
shady is going on there.

Lou Watson is the
ADA conveniently

lined up to take Cahill's job.

And then we have Officer Logan,
police chief's right hand

who serves as security for all
of them during his off hours.

OK, how does all
this tie together?

Well, we started by doing a
deep dive on Westbrook itself.

Now everything we've seen so far

suggests not only
police corruption

but judicial malfeasance.

The conviction rates
in their jurisdiction

are 44% higher per cap it a
than the rest of New York.

And their sentencing
22% more severe.

We analyzed their closed
cases and the likelihood

of convictions
without a confession.

All the data shows that
many, if not most of them,

would not have held out.

Not if they were
decided by a jury.

But guess who was on the bench
when all this was going on?

The judge.

So we're looking at
high confession rates

and abnormally long sentences.

We have the what, but we
still don't have a why.

Actually, we do.

Turns out all these men
have one thing in common.

They're partners in a subsidiary

of Letien Investments.

Real estate developers.

Whose bread and butter
is private prisons.

They've built seven
in the last 10 years

on the East Coast alone.

It's a billion dollar venture.
- Wow.

I had no idea prisons
were this profitable.

Just got to keep them running.

So for that, you need
prisoners and a steady stream.

Which these guys were in
a position to produce.

For a price.

Supply and demand at the
cost of people's freedom.

And you can bet some of
them are actually innocent.

- Well, all we need is one.
- Yep.

One case.

Expose one injustice, that'll
open the door for the rest.

Well then, let me introduce
you to our greatest hits.

Michael Lim.

Assault with a deadly weapon.

He was given 15 years
for throwing a book

at a teacher when he was 16.

Juwan Lester.

25 years for a simple
marijuana possession.

Roy Clark was 21 when
he was convicted.

Roy Clark?

That's Jessica's brother,
one of Eric's victims.

Roy Clark was convicted on
circumstantial evidence.

No witnesses.

Bench trial.

All the markings of a
guy who got railroaded.

Sounds like someone
I need to talk to.

You should have told me.

I would have been there for you.

It was complicated,

but I really did
love your mother.

I know it was you.

I have no idea what
you're talking about.

Was it anger?

Jealousy?

Did she embarrass you?

That's not what happened.

All those fractures.

It wasn't enough
for her to just die.

You had to break her.

She gave up on us.

She gave up on our family.

Everything I've ever done

was to protect you
and your brother.

- You're protecting yourself.
- Meredith...

No.

It's finished.

You're done.

Don't do this.

There's nothing more to say.

Please leave.

Who the hell are you?

Someone who believes you,

wants to try and
get you out of here.

I'm gonna assume that you
know about your sister.

Yeah, they found her
body at the beach.

Yes.

And it was Eric Bonner
this whole time?

Yes.

That damn family.

You know, his father is
the one who put me in here.

I know.

I also think he set you up.

I have been saying
that for 20 years,

and you are the first
person to believe it.

Let's make sure
I'm not the last.

Well, what do you want to know?

I can assure you,
everything's on schedule.

His actions don't
affect our plans.

Your son is a goddamn
murderer, and to protect him,

you blamed it on one of us.

You don't get to make
those calls on your own.

They break ground on the
new prison next week,

and with all this attention
and you front and center, I...

This will die down.

It always does.

They'll move on
to the next story,

and we go back to business.

Trust me.

This will be over soon.

Our man inside Lawndale

says Roy Clark has a visitor.

Who?

Your daughter's new best friend.

Apparently he's not
through with us after all.

We can't ignore this anymore.

You're right. Take care of it.

What about Meredith?

She's not to be touched.

Is that understood?

My sister disappears,
and he sat on his hands,

like he was waiting
for us to stop caring.

My mom was curled up
in bed for months,

and I was the one out
there fighting for Jessica.

God, Bonner wanted
to shut me up.

He needed to shut me up.

And he found a way.

The man you were convicted
of killing, Lonny Jackson,

tell me about him.

Well, there's nothing to tell.

What does that mean?

I mean, it makes a great story.

He's a cop.

So I guess they
thought, I don't know,

I was mad at one of them so I
was just mad at all of them.

But I had an alibi.

A friend of mine was
with me the entire night.

Somehow they got to him.

How well did you know Lonny?

I didn't know him at all.

He reached out to me.

He said he knew something
about my sister's case.

You think that's
why he was killed?

Well, he was dead
seven days later.

Meredith?

Oh, my gosh.

Are you

are you OK?

I've been watching the news.

Is it true, about Eric?

Unfortunately, yes.

Mrs. Jackson, sorry
for the intrusion.

We have a few questions
we'd like to ask you

about your husband.

Well, that's everything.

It's mostly his old notebooks.

I couldn't bring myself
to throw them away.

Lonny was so determined.

He wanted to make
detective before he was 30.

Your dad was always
telling him to slow down.

So what's this about?

One of the girls they
found on the beach,

we think Lonny was on
to the truth back then.

So he knew something
about the murders?

Well, if he did,
it'd be in his notes.

So we were hoping
that you'd give us

permission to take them.

I know it's a lot.

I'm asking you to trust us,

to let us finish
what Lonny started.

Did you know that not only
do these companies build

the prisons, they
operate them as well?

Letien investments pulled
in $1.3 billion last year.

Corruption pays.

Oh, I got to get to
IAB for my interview.

- You need a ride?
- Yeah, that'd be great.

Oh, did you get that
thing I asked you for?

Yeah.

I'll just be here.

Chief?

Oh, hey. How's Laura?

- Due any day now.
- Oh.

- Are you back?
- I never really left.

I'm just taking a break
from the spotlight.

I'm sure you can understand.

Yeah. It must be a
lot to deal with.

Is my dad here?

- I haven't seen him.
- OK.

Thanks.
- All right.

- Take care.
- You too.

Meredith, I've been
looking for you.

I want to offer my condolences.

Oh, I appreciate that.

Something I can help you with?

Oh, I'm just picking up
some personal effects.

You're a long way
from home, Cap.

- There he is.
- Hey.

Good to see you, Elliot.

Good to see you.

I was a little surprised
to get your call,

but glad you traveled
all the way out here.

You know why I'm here.

Ayanna sent you?

Well, she thinks you're not
taking this IAB investigation

seriously enough.

Look, I just don't
know what to tell you.

It's out of my control.

It might help if
you stop pissing off

the people evaluating
you and violating

the terms of your suspension.

I'm not out here on
an official capacity.

You think this
Investigator Warren cares?

Look, you need to know this.

He's connected to Gus Hanson.

My father's old partner? How?

He was Warren's rabbi.

Mentored him for years.

Warren basically owes
his career to him.

Well, Hanson is not
a big fan of mine.

Wasn't.

He died about six weeks ago.

I hadn't heard.

So that's why this
guy is on my ass?

Hanson bequeathed his grudge?

Looks that way.

But I don't think
Warren knows the truth.

Gus Hanson and your
father were dirty cops.

Now I know you don't
wanna hear that right now,

but you have got to accept it.

Let's say this is a vendetta.

Then the truth is
not gonna matter.

Warren is one man.

You've got an entire army.

Everybody is fighting
for you, except you.

Nobody move!

Keep your hands
where I can see them.

Open the register!

Put it in the bag.

- I'm gonna need a distraction.
- When?

You'll know.

I don't think they're
here for the money.

Let's go!

They're after me.

I want everyone to see
my hands are in the air.

I'm giving myself up.

This is not a robbery.

They want you to think that,

but these men are
here to kill me.

Oh!

Help me! Please help me.

Heart attack?

I thought it worked.

Call an ambulance.

Call an ambulance!

Thanks for coming in, Logan.

Why am I here?

Because he's never gonna
give you that badge,

and because he's lied to you

just like he's been lying to us.

This isn't going away.

He's compromised, and he refuses

to do what needs to be done.

What you know needs to be done.

The kid wouldn't drop the gun.

He said, "This is for
Papi," and pointed it

at Detective Stabler,
forcing him to act fast,

not only to save his own life,
but the lives of everyone

on our team.

By throwing him onto a marble
floor and nearly killing him?

The aftermath is unfortunate.

But in the moment, there was
no other course of action.

Stabler did what he had to do,

and he did what I would have
done if I were in his position.

He defused a deadly situation.

You know as well as anyone
that these things happen.

The worst thing IAB
can do right now

is mistake unfortunate
for unjust.

Thank you, Sergeant.

I appreciate you coming in.

We're not done. Sit down.

Do you have something
to add about that night?

No. Not about that night.

I'd like to talk about the night

that Gus Hanson shot and
killed an unarmed teenager

and then covered it up.

Look, I'm sorry for your loss,

but your mentor was a dirty cop.

And he hated Stabler because
Stabler knew he was dirty.

He could have made this
public, but he didn't.

Maybe he was trying
to protect his father.

Maybe he thought Hanson's
guilt was punishment enough.

I don't know.

Me?

The only dog I have in this
fight is the one on my team,

and I am not about
to let him go down

for some dead man's grudge.

If you had the
complete wrong idea

about a man you knew well,

how can you pass
judgment on anybody else?

I want everything run
through my office.

Keep the press away from this.

- OK.
- Good.

It'd be great if you
could stay in town,

in case we have more questions.

Oh, I'm not going anywhere.

You missed.

You think I did this?

It doesn't matter what I think.

But I'll tell you what I know.

You've lost your son,
you've lost your daughter,

and now you're losing control.

And something tells
me it's that last one

that hurts the most.

Go.

Yeah, I've been
tracking the cell phones

of the judge's associates.
- Yeah?

They're at Cahill's
beach house right now.

Without the judge?

Yeah. It seemed
weird to me, too.

Even his right hand, Logan.

He just left a minute ago.

Where is he headed?

Yeah?

Hey. You hear about the diner?

Ah, the hold-up?

Yeah. I heard it on the radio.

It wasn't a hold-up.

It was an ambush.

They were there to kill me.

Chief? Chief?

Chief? Chief?

I'm in here.

I called it in.

Are you hurt?

I'm a little banged up, but
the other guy got it worse.

Do you know who it was?

He was masked,

but I think it was Logan.

He had these on him.

I think he was gonna
make it look like an OD.

Chief, look at me.

Do you think your
father was behind this?

Honestly?

No.

Well, then he really
has lost control.

Yeah?

We got your smoking gun.

Didn't expect it to
be on a VHS tape,

but I'm not really
surprised by much anymore.

OK.

We digitized everything from
the Roy Clark investigation.

I'm sending you a
screen grab now.

What am I looking at?

That's Roy Clark's
friend with Clay Bonner.

He claimed they were
repairing Roy's truck

the night of the
murder, till Bonner

got him to change his story.

They went to an auto parts store

to pick up some stuff on
the other side of town.

Yeah, we pulled the store's
transactions from that date,

confirms their story.

Then there's the
stuff you pulled

from Lonny Jackson's garage.

You were right.

He suspected Eric was
behind Jessica Clark's

disappearance, started looking
into it during his off hours.

He knew he was stepping on
toes, but he didn't stop.

The judge must
have got wind of it

and found a way to quiet Roy
and Lonny at the same time.

I mean, who better
to frame than the guy

that's railing
against the police?

What happened to Roy's alibi?

We're tracking him down now.

And this isn't the only case.

We found more than a
dozen others that are

gonna have to be re-examined.

Got an ID on the
shooter from the diner?

Prison guard at Lawndale.

You can bet he's on
the cabal's payroll.

We got to bring in the ADA.

Already did.

They gave us the green light
to go after these guys.

Conspiracy,
obstruction of justice

that's just for starters.

OK, well, let's
start at the top.

Vargas?
- Pinging Bonner's phone now.

Dropping the coordinates.

All right. Watch yourselves.

The cavalry is right behind you.

You good for this?

Think so, yeah. You?

Yeah, except, um...

Consider yourself deputized.

Let's go around the back.

Detective?

My God.

Still warm.

- Drop your gun!
- Drop your gun!

I told him to stay
away from you.

Drop your gun! Drop your gun!

This ends here, Dad.

After all this time,

how did we come to this?

It's funny.

Your mother,

she never wanted a family.

I had to talk her into it.

You idolized her.

I'm the one who loved you,

protected you,

everything for you.

It's all been lies, Dad.

Put the gun down.

Hm.

I never thought
much about legacy.

Maybe that's a good thing.

Dad.

You say you love me.

Don't do this.

Don't do this to me.

Clay Bonner,

you're under arrest.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Hey.

Sure you're OK?

Yeah, I'm good.

Am I good?

The IAB report
hasn't come in yet,

if that's what you're asking.
- Oh.

I thought you didn't care.

Caring is not one
of my problems.

Stubbornness, on the other hand.

Authority issues, resistance...

Yeah, we get the point.

How about the rest of the cabal?

We grabbed two
more at the airport

about to board
their private jets.

We'll have more names once they
inevitably turn on each other.

Good.

You ready to get the
hell out of Dodge?

Knock, knock.

Before I head home, I
thought I'd stop by,

see how you're feeling.

Oh, honestly, all I
really feel is guilt

for all the things I didn't do.

Feds offer you a deal?

Yeah, I'm not taking it.

I'll give them full cooperation.

If they find something to
pin on me that happened

on my watch, so be it.

I have to undo what's
been done here.

It's admirable.

It's the least I can do,

right the wrongs one at a time,

starting with Roy Clark.

Well, there you go.

It's never too
late to start over.

For either of you.

Well, I hope you won't have to.

You are a damn fine cop,

and we need more
of you, not less.

Thanks, Chief.

Stop.

Thank you for everything.

If you hadn't come, I would
still have my eyes closed.

Hey.

Good luck with the next chapter.

Maybe you can
build a new legacy.

Where is my chair?

Hey.

Hey.

Everything's here in the
file if you wanna read it.

Nah.

Just skip to the end.

- Detective Elliott Stabler...
- Mm-hmm.

Welcome back.

Not that you were
ever really gone.

Mm.

I hid the chair.

Thank you.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Oh, see you got your
little brooch back.

Now you can get
free donuts again.

The only reason
why I became a cop.

Ma around?

She's in the bedroom packing
up the rest of her stuff.

Rumor has it she's gonna
be living with you?

Yeah, yeah. I meant to tell you.

You know, I got to looking at
that paperwork for the place

that we picked out, right?
- Right.

- It's a total scam.
- Is it?

It's ridiculous. You know?

So I said hey, Ma, let's

let's take the time and
find the right place.

You know? I'ma stay
here in the city.

She's gonna live with me,
and we'll take our time

and we'll find the right place.

Yeah.

So that's what I'll do.

Who are you talking to?

You couldn't do it, could you?
- Do what?

I took her down there.

You went over there,
you took one look

at the place she was gonna live,

and you couldn't
pull the trigger.

Not that place, no.

All this time you've
been breaking my chops.

I could have pulled the trigger

if it was the right place, OK?

We need to find the...

Right place, is
that what you think?

It's worth it to take the time.

Oh, kind of like... kind of
like what came out of my mouth.

OK, there, big dog.
- Yeah, whatever.

Listen.

Let's talk about something
serious here, huh?

When are you gonna tell me
what's going on with Joe Jr.?

When are you gonna
tell me about Pop?

One thing at a time.

I know one thing at a time.

Just tell me about Pop.

Just tell me.

Tell him.

Ma.

Just tell me.

I wanna know. I need to know.

He killed himself.

He was found in the garage
with the engine running.

Here's that quilt
I made for you.

See?

Oh.

We'll need the good
stuff for this.