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We got the guy.

- Who is it? - Sean Kelly.

I didn't do this, what they're saying.

Taylor Yoon went to PYC?

And so did Elizabeth O'Connor.

They both had Simon as their counselor.

He used this place as a market to shop for girls, and now they're dead.

Yeah, I know that girl. She was in here with this guy, Jimmy Scanlon.

I remember because they were fighting really bad.

Got ahold of Scanlon's text messages.

The last one he sent was to a woman named Melissa.

Company that made the deposits into Jimmy Scanlon's bank

is a subsidiary of a Chinese consulting firm.

Why would the Chinese consultants be paying a sheet metal worker?

Mick, come here.

Gee, how long has that window been busted?

A week ago or something.

Was it Kacey?

These are from our dad.

And some of these letters are dated after he died.

All this time, I was looking for her, scared that she was dead.

And she was just hiding.

She doesn't want to see me either.

Well, I think she does. Probably why she left the letters.

It wasn't about you, Mickey. It was about Thomas.

What I did to her, I did for him.

A woman from the Avenue said that we need to be looking at a cop.

- Well, who is she? - Paula Mulroney.

I think you should come into my office.

- Looking like an OD. - It wasn't an OD.

It's not an OD.

Do you think Paula was murdered?

Do you think this has something to do with the other women who were killed?

I think there's a reason that they're all dead.

Paula's been using for 15 years. It could be an OD.

Yeah, well, we'll see what the tox report says.

They didn't order one.

- What? - I tried, Mickey, but Ahearn shut me down.

Said they have a pretty airtight case against the suspect in custody.

I'm so sorry, Mick.

You stay away from me. You're gonna get me killed.

I know you two were close.

I know you've been going through a lot with work,

with Kacey missing...

Kacey's not missing anymore.

Found her.

How is she?

She's not good, Mick. I didn't know who else to call.

Hi. Uh, ma'am, there's no smoking in the room.

Does this look lit?

We just need to borrow him for a bit.

We discussed this, ma'am.

Where are you taking him?

To the NICU, just to monitor him for a little while.

For what? Monitor him for what?

I'm gonna get clean.

I told the doctor. He knows, all right?

Okay.

Mick? Mickey, wait.

- Mickey, your sister needs you. - Excuse me.

Excuse me. Excuse me. Is he gonna be okay?

He's in withdrawal, isn't he?

I was scared of what might happen to him.

That's why I did what I did.

That's why you thought Thomas had been taken, that night Bethany left.

- You could've told me, Mick. - I didn't tell anybody.

I didn't want you to think I was a terrible person.

Why would I think that, Mickey?

My boyfriend slept with my sister.

A lot of people might think that I took Thomas out of spite.

Did you?

Simon told me that she had come on to him.

That he had given in to her in a moment of weakness.

And I was in such denial about the whole thing.

I didn't want to believe it.

I didn't want to believe her.

My own sister.

Didn't want to believe that the man I loved preyed on her,

forced himself on her when she was so out of it, she couldn't consent.

But you stayed with him.

No, I ended it when I found out she was pregnant.

I should have believed her about that.

I just didn't believe that she could get clean...

for him.

For Thomas.

Listen... I've always had a soft spot for Kacey.

She's... she's got a good heart.

But when I watch you with Thomas,

when I see you with the chess,

and the music, and the homework,

and the... the... opera, YouTube,

- or whatever it is... - Stop.

I'm serious.

You know how little it means to have a good heart

when your kid doesn't have food on the table?

When that kid's afraid you may not wake up in the morning?

I do know that. Yeah.

I've known what that's like since I was four years old.

Well, maybe you should've listened to your sister.

I can't soften that for you. And I don't think you want me to.

But Kacey is safe now. She can heal.

And you can heal.

What about the rest of the women?

I can't let what happened to Paula happen to them.

Paula said the perp was a cop, and now she's dead.

Okay, let's go down that road.

You tell Ahearn, she ends up dead.

Now, feelings for Ahearn aside, that's a big accusation.

I'm not saying Ahearn is a killer,

but if the perp is a cop, maybe he was protecting them.

And it wasn't just that Paula said it was a cop, it was the way she said it.

She thought that I knew who the cop was.

You still think it's Simon?

We only eliminated Simon as a suspect because Sean Kelly got arrested.

Think about it, Truman. Two of the victims went to PYC.

Paula said the cop in question demanded sexual favors.

I need to find out the truth. I owe that to Paula.

And Kacey. Even Thomas.

How do you suggest we do that?

No cop in his right mind is gonna question Simon with the evidence we've got.

I know.

That's why I'm gonna do it.

Hey.

Hey.

Okay.

I'll be right here.

What are you doing here?

- Look, if this is about Thomas... - It's not about Thomas.

It's about...

where you go at night.

What? You want to talk about where I go at night? Okay. Uh...

Tell me why that's your business.

Well, you made it my business when you started killing women on the Avenue.

What the fuck are you talking about?

I saw you. I saw you in Kensington.

I saw what you were doing with that girl.

So you're stalking me now? Is that it?

You know what they've been saying, right?

They're saying the killer is a cop who's doing the same thing.

Y... you're nuts.

You're absolutely fucking psychotic.

Part of why I liked you at first.

I remember that. I remember that, calling me crazy.

- That's what you say when you're... - Get the fuck out of here.

- You know what... - I know who you are, Simon.

I know what you're capable of.

You remember how old I was when you met me? When you singled me out?

I was 14.

Fourteen. How old is that girl you got right now?

- Singled you out? - Yeah.

Are you fucking kidding me right now?

It was you who was following me around.

You wouldn't leave me alone. You came after me, Mick.

Yeah. You wanted everything you got.

Fuck you! Fuck you!

There she is. I remember her.

Want to know what makes me different

from whatever sick fuck is out there killing girls on the Avenue?

I pay for what I get.

I paid for that girl you saw me with in Kensington.

I paid for your sister when I fucked her.

I paid for you, too. I gave you a home to live in.

I gave you a career. And now I pay for Jill.

I pay for the clothes she wants. I pay for her car.

I even paid for a trip to Salem.

You took her to Salem on Halloween?

- Whole weekend? - I did it. It was great.

She loved it.

- You used to love it, too. - Huh.

I loved a lot of things when I was 18 years old.

She's 20.

I spent so much time...

thinking I hated you.

Almost a decade of my life.

And you know what I realized?

It's not hate.

It's...

embarrassment.

- You okay? - Simon's not the killer.

You sure?

He was in Salem when the first three victims were killed.

It's not him.

Kacey! No, pause, stop!

No.

Paula!

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Yeah, of course.

Do you not want to go back to work?

You know...

- I don't. - Could you stay home?

Because a lot of the moms, like Carlotta's mom,

she's worked from home ever since COVID.

For most of those jobs, you need a college degree.

Can you get a college degree?

Come on. Clear your dishes. You're with Mrs. Mahon today.

Your face looks good. It's almost normal again.

Thanks, buddy.

That's a real...

confidence booster.

Anytime.

Mickey. Hey. I heard about what happened to you. How are you feeling?

- Fine. I'm better. - Good.

Well, Ahearn said you didn't get a good look at the guy who did this.

Well, it's good to have you back.

- Yeah. - Hey, Davis.

Did you hear about Paula Mulroney?

No. Who's that?

Come on. Why don't we step into my office?

Um...

Paula Mulroney died...

on... Christmas Day.

She was my sister's best friend.

She was family.

She grew up in Kensington. She worked the Ave., and she looked tough.

But...

she wasn't, not on the inside.

And she came in as an overdose.

- Like the other women. - Yeah.

Was it insulin?

I don't know.

There was no autopsy ordered.

If we could find out for her family,

if you could find out for me.

Of course, I'll call the ME right away.

- Thank you. - Yeah.

Mickey, I'm... I'm sorry about Paula.

Me, too.

Thanks.

Hey, Sean Kelly was in custody when she died.

I know.

Ahearn's not a killer.

He's a dipshit with a complex, but a murderer? I can't get there.

What if he's covering for one?

Mickey names Paula Mulroney as someone to identify a dirty cop.

Paula then dies.

Yeah, she ODs.

Yeah, all the murdered women ODed?

Look, he may still be out there.

Unless your guy killed her from behind bars.

- I mean, I'll poke around. - Thank you.

But I gotta ask. This for you or for her?

Both, I guess. Does it matter?

- Look, we've been friends a long time. - Yeah.

So I'm gonna say something.

I don't know if you're sleeping with this girl or what.

- Mike, we're not doing this. - We are doing this.

First, you come to me about Simon Cleare being the perp,

and now you're asking questions about Kevin Ahearn.

To my mind, we already got the guy.

Now you're a pretty solid cop. But you're not behaving that way.

And this girl feels like the reason.

A woman from the Avenue said that we need to be looking at a cop.

- Who is she? - Paula Mulroney.

Has she had any other children or lost any other children?

No.

About how long has she been using opioids?

At least seven years.

Do you believe your sister used throughout her pregnancy?

Does she show any desire to get into recovery?

No.

In the event the mother is deemed unable to care for the child,

is there a family member who might be equipped to provide care?

Yes.

Me.

Excuse me. May I take a look at the victim?

Sorry. Who are you?

I'm Mickey Fitzpatrick from the 30th.

I'm following up on a lead. My sergeant thinks that the victim...

James Scanlon might be tied to a case in our precinct.

Sadly, there isn't much to see.

Probably been in that water for over a month.

He drowned?

Yeah. Right after he was shot in the back.

I'd say he floated downstream quite a long way.

Riverway's a boating company.

It says here, they do booze cruises, boat rentals.

It looked like an employee jacket, like Scanlon worked for them.

What's a sheet metal worker doing at a boating company?

DPD didn't seem to have a record of him on Riverway's payroll.

But I'll head over there.

- Ask about it. - The ME said that the body

had been in the water for over a month. He was shot in the back.

He probably drifted down from somewhere upriver.

Emily Morris was found upriver, too.

Maybe they were shot at the same time...

by the same person.

But Jimmy's last text said that he was meeting somebody named Melissa.

A lot of women in the city go by a different name, right? You told me that yourself.

Yeah. Emily could be Melissa.

Hm.

She checked herself out of Lutheran.

She's not gonna be easy to find.

I wonder...

maybe she'll be at Paula's funeral.

You want me to come with you?

- To a funeral? - Yes.

But... I think I should go alone.

Colder than a witch's tit out there.

Would you like to come in?

Just like your sister taking off without saying a thing.

Told you, didn't I say it?

Still, glad she showed her face.

- Are you? Glad? - Of course I am.

I care about Kacey. I care about you. That's why I'm here.

Why I kept your dad away... Didn't trust him.

You girls... already lost your mom.

Didn't need another heartbreak.

I didn't either.

I understand...

why you told us he was dead.

But... do you know how it feels to be a kid with no parents?

For them to just be gone?

We deserved to know the truth.

You should have told us he was alive.

I'm...

Sorry?

I was gonna say thirsty.

Don't suppose you have anything harder than water to drink?

You saw her? Kacey?

For two seconds before she shut the door in my face.

And Daniel came out after.

How'd she look?

Sober.

And pregnant.

Hm.

- Who's the father? - Her boyfriend. Name's Dock.

That's where she disappeared.

She was hiding.

From me.

She was scared that I would try to take this new baby, too.

You had every right to do what you did.

You stepped up, Mickey.

You knew what we all knew.

Thomas didn't have a shot. Not with her raising him.

It ain't her fault.

Kacey had the cards stacked against her.

Born in withdrawal. It's like a curse.

I didn't know that. That Kacey was born addicted.

I remember Mom sleeping a lot before she died.

But even after I knew what that meant,

I thought... I always thought that...

she started using after Kacey was born.

No. Right after you.

All this time, I blamed Kacey for using, for making that choice the first time.

And it wasn't a choice at all.

Thomas...

He was cursed, too.

No, no.

No, no, it's my fault.

Kacey turned out the way she did, my fault.

Won't be the same for Thomas.

How can you be so sure about that?

Because Thomas has you raising him.

And Kacey had... me.

What if they tell him? Thomas.

That I'm not his...

Aunt Lynn and them won't say nothing to nobody.

I'll make sure all the O'Briens know the deal. Okay?

When he gets older, you can tell him or not tell him.

Don't waste time on guilt when you're just doing what family does.

And if you ain't his real mother,

you're the closest thing he has to it.

Mom?

Yeah.

How come you look so sad?

Thomas, you know, the other day, you asked me if I was all right?

Well, the truth is, I've been...

I'm having a hard time with something.

I made a mistake.

The kind that you can't fix.

It's never too late to fix a mistake.

All you have to do is apologize to the person you hurt.

What if I can't talk to them anymore?

Are they dead?

Teacher Dana talks about this.

You know what the Quakers say?

What do the Quakers say?

You apologize in your heart.

You think the apology...

just quietly.

Okay.

- Ready? - Yeah.

Let us pray.

O God, to whom mercy and forgiveness belong,

hear our prayers for Your servant, Paula,

whom You have called from this world.

And because she has put her hope and trust in You,

command that she be carried safely home to heaven,

and come to enjoy her eternal reward.

And we ask this in the name of Jesus,

Your son, who lives and reigns with you,

and the Holy Spirit as one God forever and ever.

Amen.

Please be seated.

We are reminded of a quote from the "Book of Wisdom."

"The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God.

"Torment will ever touch them.

"In the eyes of the foolish, they seem to have died.

"And their departure was seen as a disaster.

"And their going from us, utter destruction.

"But they are at peace."

Jimmy worked here on and off for a year,

up until uh... about a month ago, he stopped showing up.

And what did Jimmy do for you?

Uh, we leased his boat, and he ran it.

Booze cruises, family outings, that kind of thing?

Yeah. I mean, those were our bread and butter.

But we brought Jimmy in to run the launch vessels for us.

What's a launch vessel?

Okay, since 2020, Philly's ports were humming, right?

Sometimes so busy that these big cargo ships

have to wait at bay for a few days

in order to get a spot at the port.

Launch vessels are the small boats

that take supplies to the crew while they wait,

and sometimes they take away the garbage, too.

Any reason why you were paying Jimmy off the books to drive his launch vessel?

Um...

Basically removing trash. I didn't think I needed a 1099 for that.

Why are you asking?

Well, I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this.

But Jimmy's body was found washed up in the Delaware River.

He'd been shot.

Jesus.

Any chance he was moving more than trash?

Like what?

Like drugs.

Well, if he was, I certainly didn't know anything about it.

I'll be right out, okay?

Sue... I'm so sorry.

Mickey, thank you.

I always felt better knowing you were patrolling the Avenue. Watching over Paula.

Mrs. Mulroney?

My girl! I want her back.

Me, too.

I want her back.

Yeah, I know.

I know.

Kace.

You look good.

Dad said that you stopped using.

That's great. It's...

it's really... it's great.

I'm really sorry.

For which part?

All of it. Everything.

For everything that happened with Simon,

for making you think that you had to hide from me.

And, um...

for Paula.

I can't do this. Not with you, Not now.

Yeah, I'm clean.

And I did it without you.

I'm keeping this one.

I know that.

You don't think I know that?

No.

I don't.

Hey, why'd you leave the letters? Kace?

Why'd you leave those letters for me?

- Hey. - Hi.

The tox report for Paula came back.

Already?

A Detective Danjarat put a rush on it.

Insulin was in normal range.

It was an overdose.

Synthetic opioid.

- Mickey, you okay? - Yeah.

It's just she didn't deserve this. She didn't deserve any of it.

I know. You want me to come over? I get off in an hour.

No, thank you. I'm spent. I'm gonna go get some sleep.

Okay.

- Call if you need anything. - Thanks.

I left the letters because I thought you deserved to know that Dad was alive.

Is that the only reason?

No.

How long you been clean?

A couple of months.

Since the murders began.

I'm sorry I made you worry. I just...

But I didn't know how to do this, and us at the same time.

And what you said at the church, I mean, I was... I was scared.

That I would take this baby, too?

That you'd be right to take her.

Do you know what happens...

to your body after you give birth?

No.

Well, you're a fuckin' mess.

Um... there's a lot of blood.

Everything hurts. You cry a lot.

Hormones, they tell you.

And then your milk comes in.

And your boobs...

engorged, they call it, they hurt so fucking much.

My body tried. I was trying so hard to feed him.

You know, when you nurse a baby, there's a chemical, your brain sends to you

to make you feel good?

I never got that.

He never got it.

So I asked for a pump, and after I used it, you know what they fuckin' did?

They threw my milk in the trash.

Because they thought what you thought.

That I was poison to my baby.

And if you thought that, it must be true.

I needed you to believe in me, Mickey.

If you just freakin'... believed in me.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry that I didn't believe.

I'm sorry that I couldn't see that Simon had done this to both of us.

And I'm sorry I didn't believe you.

Maybe I should have given you another chance.

Maybe we could've raised him together.

Or maybe everything happened the way it was supposed to...

for him,

for you.

And for me. I mean, maybe I wouldn't have gotten here without all of that happening.

Would you like to see him?

Dun-Dun

He never goes anywhere without him.

Neither did I.

I know.

Oh, my God. It's my fault she's dead.

I mean, we don't know that.

Aura said it was an overdose, right?

- I don't care what she said. - No, you were trying to help her.

You still can, Mick. I mean, Paula said the killer was a cop, right?

She thought I knew him.

She thought it was Simon.

But it's not. I checked.

Still would make sense.

- It's Truman. - Take it.

Hi.

Right now is not good.

Okay. I'll meet you there tomorrow. Good night.

- So what do we do now? - I'm not sure.

We had another lead, but we can't find her.

I think she worked the Avenue, too.

What was her name?

Emily Morris.

Might also go by the name Melissa.

- Dark hair, skinny as shit? - Yeah.

Um...

I might know where to find her.

I'm not involving you, Kacey.

I'm already involved. It's my fucking friends who are getting killed.

I'll start looking for Melissa in the morning.

I'm coming with you.

No.

Kacey, you're pregnant, and you're newly sober.

- I'm not letting you go alone. - I have to go alone, Mickey. She's not gonna talk to a cop.

Okay, um...

Then, you just have to check in with me the whole time.

I need to know you're okay.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you for letting me back in.

Thanks for letting me back in, too.

Come on, Kace.

Hey, this is Kacey.

Leave a message, or don't.

Hey.

You forget about our meeting?

Shit. I did forget.

So Scanlon takes an off-the-books job as a launch boat captain.

And starts receiving mysterious payments

from a Chinese consulting company at the same time.

Doesn't take rocket scientist to figure he's getting paid to take away more than trash.

Mm. How do any of the women fit into this?

Hopefully, Kacey can find out.

Hey, what's wrong?

She was supposed to check in with me. She hasn't.

Now she's not texting me back.

Hey, maybe she slept in, or changed her mind.

- You're worried about her. - I'm always worried about her.

It feels like ever since I was a kid,

25% of my brain's always been busy with a problem.

If Kacey was using, the problem would be that she might die.

If she was clean, it would be that she might start using again.

There's never been quiet.

I don't know what it would be like...

to have quiet.

And this time, if she goes right back to it,

I don't know what I would do.

Hey. She might be stronger than you think.

Yeah, maybe.

I really, really want to believe that.

Get back on your beat. I got the boat routes from Riverway.

Jimmy used to pass a spot where Emily Morris climbed out

every shift he worked.

I'm gonna go back, see if he had any reason to stop there.

Do you remember that warehouse nearby?

You remember what it said on the side?

Port Richmond Yards.

It's where Gee used to work in his longshoreman days.

He was talking about it on Christmas.

An old Marine terminal might still have docks.

It might. It would be a very easy place to drop

whatever Scanlon might have been offloading from those ships.

I'm gonna lose my mind worrying about Kacey.

I'm gonna come with you.

What about your patrol car?

What about it?

Hey, do you know Melissa?

You know a girl named Melissa?

I am sorry to bother you.

Oh, my God.

Yo! Hey, You all right?

Where'd you go to score?

Looks like once DPD tipped me off to Scanlon,

we were following the same trail.

There's a whole lot of product there.

So we were right about what Scanlon was doing with his boat.

If Jimmy was bringing it in, maybe the women were taking it out to the streets.

I don't know about that.

Do you know any dealers who would trust someone

in active addiction to run their supply for them?

- You can't be here. - I got him.

- I got him. - That's my buddy from the DPD.

Name's Martinez.

You hang back. I'll talk to him first.

- Truman. - You're not even supposed to be here, Mickey.

There's a whole lot of eyes out there.

And you're in uniform.

After we discovered the Riverway connection,

we went to Scanlon's house, searched the boat in his driveway.

Its GPS led us here.

If he was being paid to offload product

and bring it here until a runner picked it up...

...what did he do that got him killed?

I mean, why pay someone you're gonna ice?

Well, that's the thing. He wasn't getting paid anymore.

Scanlon's payments stopped a week before he was last seen alive.

And the girl who crawled out the river into the lot next door...

how does she fit into this?

That, we don't know yet.

I think I know.

Scanlon meets Taylor Yoon at 7 Brothers.

They have an argument.

Shortly after that, SOK Holding stops paying Scanlon, meaning...

Meaning that Scanlon stopped running product shortly after he met with Taylor.

Then, a few days later, she turns up dead from an insulin overdose.

- Mm-hmm. - And then Scanlon exchanges text messages with Melissa.

They both get shot.

And then Paula says that the guy in the video is a cop,

and then she ends up dead.

We've been cross-referencing Scanlon with all the women on the Avenue.

But maybe we should've just been crossing him with cops.

What?

I don't know, Mick.

You don't know what?

If we should be going down this path.

If it's police behind all the drugs in that warehouse,

this thing is far bigger than we thought.

And it's not just one rogue maniac killing women for kicks.

It's a goddamn operation.

If someone catches you cross-referencing a dead drug smuggler

with your co-workers, you're gonna get yourself killed.

You have no idea how far cops will go to protect their own.

Sounds like maybe I do.

- Come on, Mickey. - Oh, my God...

I just want you to be careful.

I don't get it. It finally feels like we're getting closer,

and then you want to back off?

I didn't say back off. I said be careful.

You really want what happened to Paula to happen to you, or Kacey?

Exactly why I need to keep going on this, okay? By myself if I have to.

- Mickey, please. Let's just... - I don't have time for this.

I have to find Kacey.

- I shouldn't have let her go alone. - Mickey. Mickey!

Have you seen her? No?

Excuse me. Have you seen this girl?

No?

Kace.

Oh, my God! Oh, God! Hey, what happened?

What happened?

- Uh... - What happened?

Kace...

- I need to get out of here. - Wait.

Hey.

What? What's wrong?

Tell me. Please. Please.

I found her. I found Melissa.

Where is she?

- She split. - What do you mean, she split?

Did you... What did she say to you? Did she tell you who shot her?

Kace? Did she tell you?

She said the killer is Truman Dawes.