Original subtitles

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.

[Explosions, gunfire]

[People shouting in Russian]

[Tense music]

[♪]

[Rocket howling]

[Soldiers shouting in Russian]

[♪]

Speaking Russian...

[Gasps]

[Soldier shouting]

[♪]

[Yells]

[Grunts, screams]

[♪]

But that's what I'm saying, Dad.

I've done a ton of research already.

It's not that big of a deal.

You're gonna get weird.

I'm already weird.

No, you're perfect, perfectly weird.

You can get a great education homeschooling,

and I promise I'll still socialize

so I won't get weirder.

I've got Chloe. She's my best friend.

It's not gonna happen.

Look, I know you're anxious.

Your mom told me that after the drill, you...

It's not just one drill, Dad.

We've had three lockdown drills since the school year started.

The world is going to crap.

It's only a matter of time before some madman

- walks in my classroom. - Don't say that.

Don't ever say that.

What, Jesus, you're 15, Lily, you're staying in school.

Look, there's a lot of stuff that's out in the world.

But the chances of anything bad actually happening...

[♪]

Stay here. You don't move. Don't move.

Ma'am!

Miss, are you okay? Miss?

No, wait, wait, wait. [tires screeching]

- [Horn blares] - [screams]

Damn it.

[Excited chatter]

What the hell?

- She ran right in front of me. - Call 911.

I didn't see her. I didn't have time to...

Call 911 now.

- Easy, easy, easy. - No!

Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, wait.

Hey, slow down. Easy, miss, calm down.

Easy, no, no, no. I'm the police.

Look.

That's right.

I'm here to help you.

Calm down. Slow down.

Slow down. Slow down.

Look at me. Look at my eye.

You're gonna be strong now.

You need to calm down, though, all right?

Slow your breathing down for me.

That's it. Here.

I'm gonna take your pulse, you're gonna take mine.

Feel my pulse?

If I'm calm, you can be calm, all right?

You gotta be strong for me.

All right?

Slow your breathing.

I've called for an ambulance.

It's on its way.

He...

He who?

Is someone chasing you?

- He hurt you? - Yes.

You know who he is? You know his name?

[Sirens blaring] Hold on.

Over here!

NYPD!

Over here, bring a stretcher!

Calm down, all right?

I'm gonna stay with you, all right?

I'm gonna help you.

Hey!

- Hold on one second. - No, no, no, no!

Whoa, no, no, no, no, no, I'm not leaving you.

I'm not leaving you.

I'm just getting them over here, all right?

I'm not gonna leave you.

I'm getting the ambulance.

I'll be right back.

I'm not leaving you. I'll be right back.

Move these cars. Come on, let's go!

Come on, move, move, move! Come on! Let's go, people.

Let's get these cars out of the way.

Let's go, move, move, move!

Let's go!

[Gunshots]

[Bystanders screaming]

NYPD!

Hey! Hey!

[Horn honking]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Hey!

[♪]

[Tense music]

[♪]

*LAW AND ORDER ORGANIZED CRIME* Season 03 Episode 01

Episode Title: "Gimme Shelter (Part 1)" Aired on: September 22, 2022.

What do we got?

We're canvassing for witnesses, surveillance video.

What's going on?

Who are you?

- Who am I? - Yeah.

Detective Frank Cosgrove, 2-7.

Detective Jalen Shaw, 3-2.

I got the handle five minutes ago.

No, I got this.

I was with the girl when she was shot,

so I'm not going anywhere.

Just so I'm clear, if you were with the girl,

how did she get shot?

I saw the victim running down the street covered in blood.

She ran out into traffic, got struck.

I went over to her, I tried to help her, I...

Tried to figure out what was happening.

Then I heard the sirens.

I alerted the ambulance about the girl, her location,

I tried to get her through. There was chaos.

I cleared the street.

That's when I heard it, two pops,

double tap like an execution.

I saw a male running away, hat, masked.

I pursued.

I lost him.

It sounds like you did what you had to do.

What does that mean?

It just means you tried to save the girl's life, right?

Yeah, I tried.

[Apprehensive music]

Look, um...

as far as you working the case with me,

I'm not really sure how that works.

No offense, I'm new to Homicide.

Well, I'm not so new.

I'll handle it. I'll make some calls.

Maybe we can work this together.

I gotta go. It's Shaw, right?

Yeah.

[♪]

Excuse me. You seen a little girl?

She was sitting right there, brown hair, brown eyes, 15?

[Tense music]

[♪]

Lily, Lily.

What the hell are you doing?

I told you to stay at the restaurant.

I heard gunshots. I got scared.

I wanted to make sure you were okay.

Yeah, I understand that, but when you hear gunshots,

you run away from them, not toward them, you understand?

Ah, come here.

Come here. I'm sorry.

I'm fine.

I appreciate that you're caring about me.

But next time, you stay where you are

or you run the opposite way, okay?

So what happened?

Uh, the girl she... she got hit by a car.

Then what?

Look, I'm the first officer on the scene

so I need to take this case.

- I gotta go back to work. - She's dead.

Yeah.

But I'm gonna find this guy and I'm gonna

make him pay for what he did.

You always say that.

What does that even mean? He'll pay for it?

Even if you catch him, even if he goes to prison,

that girl will still be dead.

[Apprehensive music]

I need to get you out of here, all right?

I'm gonna put you in a taxi. No, I'm gonna call your mom.

She'll come pick you up.

Sounds good. Thank you.

I just got off the phone with your captain.

It's all good.

You and Frank are gonna take the lead.

But we're gonna work the case from here out of the 27.

Copy that.

I'm sorry you had to go through all that, Frank.

It's a hell of a thing to see.

Do we know where the shooter came from?

A building, a restaurant?

No clue.

I turned, there he was.

And before I could even react, he shot her.

What about the girl? We have an ID yet?

We're running the prints now.

You recover any personal belongings,

jewelry, a phone, anything?

No, nothing.

Hey, I got a hit on Missing Persons.

Ava Marchenko, 15 years old.

The girl's a Ukrainian refugee

who came into the country four months ago,

was staying with her aunt.

She's the one who reported her missing two months later.

That's her.

Okay.

Go talk to the aunt.

Look, if you don't mind, I'd rather handle

this notification myself.

Oh, taking charge already, huh?

No, it's just I'm new to Homicide.

I spent the last five years in Narcotics.

I've never done one of these.

Be my guest.

- Ms. Marchenko. - Yes?

I'm Detective Shaw. This is Detective Cosgrove.

Is this about Ava?

You found my niece, huh?

Is she okay?

We found her.

But I'm afraid I have some bad news.

She's dead.

[Somber music]

Someone killed her earlier this morning.

Killed her?

Why would...

I'm so sorry for your loss.

This is on you!

You let this happen!

[♪]

She came here four months ago from Ukraine.

She lost all her family in the war,

my sister and her husband.

I'm all she had left.

She ran away?

Is that why you reported her missing?

You don't understand what is it like in Ukraine,

scared every moment.

Then she comes here and it all looks so fun,

like an amusement park.

I tried to warn her.

I told her she needed to be careful, stay inside.

But she didn't believe me.

I woke up one day and she was gone.

I looked everywhere.

So that's when you called the police?

But they... you...

Didn't do anything.

Just to be clear, you never heard

from her again after that day?

No, never.

She left and that was that.

[Somber music]

[♪]

Actually, that wasn't so bad for your first notification.

I'm not so sure about that.

No, I've seen worse.

What about an autopsy, you ever been to one?

Can't say I have.

Well, in here,

you definitely won't get slapped.

Good to know.

You got kids, Shaw?

[Clears throat] No.

Good.

It makes it a little easier.

[♪]

There's clear evidence of repeated

and recent sexual trauma.

No semen or DNA on the body.

But the vaginal tearing definitely occurred

in the past 48 hours.

Somebody scooped her up, started trafficking her.

That's probably why she was running,

trying to get away from a john or pimp.

Hmm.

Anything else?

Stomach contents, anything interesting?

More like expensive.

Lots of undigested caviar.

One minute she's eating caviar somewhere,

the next, she's running down 8th Avenue

running for her life.

That it?

Only other thing that's sort of interesting is,

her face and hands had traces of saltwater on them.

So she's got saltwater on her and caviar in her.

It sounds like a boat party to me.

Chelsea Pier is five blocks from the crime scene.

As you can see, we have a lot of party boats here.

Yeah, what about a party boat that serves caviar?

Caviar? No, none of these.

But there was a mega yacht over there,

beautiful 250-footer.

- Where is it now? - Don't know.

Pushed off around 9:00 a.m.

I need the information on that yacht

and any surveillance you got.

Yeah, sure thing, but I'm gonna need to see a warrant

or some sort of court order.

My boss doesn't like sharing info.

And I don't like young girls getting

who red out on mega yachts.

So I'd say we're even.

Look, buddy, just so you know, my next request

is gonna be even less desirable for you and your boss.

So if you're smart or a man of just an average intelligence,

go get us the information we need.

[Sighs]

[Chuckles]

What?

What's so funny?

Nothing, just enjoying your swag.

Yeah, I don't buy that.

I'm not selling anything, Frank.

Nothing negative.

You know, just taking it all in.

My last partner was 29, Puerto Rican,

a lot of bad tattoos, you know...

Do you ever say what you mean?

What I mean is, it's not that damn hard to get a subpoena,

so maybe refrain from threatening people.

That wasn't threatening, that was encouraging.

Well, all we need is an encouraged idiot

telling a virtuous ADA that we threatened him

to get the records.

Because then every single piece of evidence that we get

based on that information makes it tainted too.

Fruit of the poisonous tree, Frank.

Are you a cop or a lawyer?

- I happen to be both. - Oh, you're kidding me.

No.

NYU, practiced for three years,

it wasn't for me, so I enrolled in the Academy.

- I got two requests. - Shoot.

One, let's keep those brilliant legal insights

to yourself.

And two, may I encourage you to go find out

why that idiot has taken so long to find

the information we need, please.

- That's encouraging. - Not threatening.

No. You see the difference?

No.

Hell of a boat.

280 feet long, 12 cabins, steel hull, pool,

helipad, movie theater.

Must be a great place to throw a party.

It is.

Yeah, girls, champagne.

Caviar, lots of caviar.

What's this all about, fellas?

I've got a meeting in ten minutes.

You know this girl?

No.

You've never seen her before?

I just told you.

So she wasn't on that yacht last night?

I don't know. It's possible.

It's not in my possession at the moment.

Care to elaborate?

I only use the boat one month a year in July.

Charter it out the rest of the time.

Must get a pretty penny for that.

600 grand a week.

Well, we're in the wrong business, Frank.

People love to lease.

It's like they say, if it dries, floats, flies or...

Better to lease.

Yeah, that's great advice, but we're much more interested

in the name of the person who leased that yacht.

Lessee is a Delaware LLC,

which is owned by a Chechen corporation,

which is owned by a series of Russian limited partnerships.

Shell game.

The only person on the lease is a 73-year-old car salesman

from Grozny, which is the capital of Chechnya,

which is something I just found out.

So we're thinking that this girl was trafficked.

Sounds like that to me.

I mean, she ran away from home. My thinking?

Somebody in her neighborhood swept her up,

pimped her out.

The M.E. found clear signs of repeated sexual trauma.

So how can I help?

Wondering if you know anybody who pimps out young girls

to rich Eastern Europeans on super yachts.

Well, not that matches those particulars,

but your instincts are right.

Lots of sex workers tend to end up on those yachts.

Yeah, it seems like nothing good happens

when you put a bunch of rich guys on a big boat.

Yeah.

So have you been able to pull any security footage?

Dockworker claims the outside cameras

weren't working that day.

Yeah, for some reason, those cameras

never seem to be functional,

which is why we put up our own cameras

down there near the pier.

We also have some in the parking area.

I will have them pull up security footage for you.

This is Ava running from the yacht heading east at 8:43 a.m.

Then 30 seconds later,

some guy chases after her.

[Suspenseful music]

[♪]

So Ava was on the yachts, something bad happens,

she runs like hell.

This guy chases after her, kills her five blocks away.

The footage is so grainy.

Are you sure this guy is the shooter?

No, it happened too fast.

He had a mask on, so.

Do we have any other video?

No, this is it.

What about the parking lot?

Benson mentioned there was cameras there.

[♪]

That's your car in the parking lot.

So?

We're gonna need a name of the customer.

That's confidential information.

It might be private, but it's not confidential, bro.

You're a chauffeur, not a priest.

Look, I don't want trouble.

Some of my clients, I'm not sure they're good people,

but that's not on me.

We get paid to drive people to airports,

restaurants, Hamptons.

And we get paid to get a name.

So I'm gonna need one.

Like I just said, I don't want to get involved.

It's not really an option now, is it?

Now, we can do this the easy way,

you give me a name, or the legal way.

I come back here in an hour with a subpoena

demanding all books, records, financial statements,

- bank accounts... - Okay, okay, relax.

I'll get you his damn name.

Thank you.

I never said I was a choir boy, Frank.

I just come at it from a different angle.

[Chuckles]

Mark Sirenko.

Two counts... one for agg assault,

one for armed robbery.

Anything that suggests this guy's running underage girls?

No, but he did hire the car service,

so it's gotta be the same guy who was chasing Ava...

Same height, same build.

I'm starting to think this guy may be a little more legit

than his résumé suggests.

You sure you want to go at him like this?

I'm gonna ask him.

I'm gonna look him in the eye.

I'm gonna see if he's our shooter.

NYPD for Mark Sirenko.

He's out the back. Follow me, please.

Gentleman, how can I help you?

We need to talk to you about something that happened

in Manhattan this morning.

Whatever you need.

A young girl was shot and killed.

Sorry, I don't know anything about that.

How about now?

That's a picture of a car.

And a man.

It could be any man.

But it's not.

It's you.

[Chuckles]

You know, the great thing is about computers these days?

You type in a few words, you hit enter,

and it gives you the name of the guy in the photo.

Listen, I'm a busy man.

You want anything else?

I'm about to have some lunch.

Yeah, I'm gonna interrupt your midday meal

with a few more questions.

This girl, you recognize her?

I don't think so.

You don't think so?

How about now?

- No. - No?

You sure about that?

Because that's you at Chelsea Piers

running after the girl

you just claimed you don't know.

[Speaks language] I'm done talking.

- I'm not done. - Hey, hey, hey.

She was 15, 15.

I know you were involved.

You know why?

Because I saw you, I was there.

Yeah.

You hear me?

And I'm coming for you.

Okay, that's enough.

[♪]

Frank.

Yeah, what's going on?

Have you lost your mind?

Excuse me?

What are you doing talking to Mark Sirenko,

getting up in his grill?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, watch your tone with me.

You blew up my case, you want me to watch my tone?

OC's been working this prick for six months.

You walk up to his front door, start asking questions?

You don't de-conflict, you don't reach out.

Now what do you think Sirenko is gonna do?

He's gonna close up his biz.

He's gonna stop doing deals.

Look, Stabler, we went fast 'cause we had to.

I'm sorry if I didn't call every precinct

before I made a move.

There's no need to call the precinct.

You just check to see if there's an investigative card.

That's all you gotta do.

The son of a bitch killed a 15-year-old girl.

[Tense music]

Well, I'll make sure we nail him for that.

In the meantime, you give me everything you got

and I'll try and keep you in the loop.

No.

I'm seeing this through to the end.

I'll keep you in the loop.

Frank, you're not listening very well right now.

The case is mine.

The case is mine. Back off.

Frank, let it go.

No. I can't. Not with this one.

Look, I get it.

I need you to take a deep breath

so I can make some phone calls.

[♪]

Sirenko's main focus is drugs and extortion.

He started drug trafficking a couple years ago.

How close are you to opening a grand jury?

It's hard to say, but we have made a lot of progress

in the last couple of months.

My CI caught wind that Sirenko wants to get

in the fentanyl business, and that's our new angle.

We're trying to set up a deal for 10 kilos.

You got a CI on the inside?

Why don't we use him to solve the murder?

Nope, my CI, too risky, he's too green.

Besides, our angle is on the drugs.

I have this kid sniffing around about a murder,

he's gonna be made in ten seconds.

We don't have to have him say a word.

Just plant a wire.

Look, Sirenko and his crew have been edgy

for a while now, and your knocking

on their door didn't help matters.

Now they're paranoid.

With all due respect, we don't know what the hell's going on,

but they're cooking up something big.

With all due respect, this is a murder case.

It trumps a drug case.

I'm not gonna be looking the other way.

What I'm saying is, we need to take our time.

We do it your way, you get Sirenko on the murder beef.

Do it my way, we roll up the whole damn crew,

all 40 of 'em.

Yeah, I don't have time for you to build a case.

This one's different.

I was there when this girl died.

I was talking to her.

I was looking in her eyes.

And this pig Sirenko put two in her chest

right in front of me.

[Somber music]

Her name was Ava.

She was 15, barely.

[♪]

I'm sorry.

No.

You know, I heard, uh,

I heard Elliot Stabler was a good cop,

great cop, real police.

He'd do anything to get justice for a girl like Ava.

I guess I heard wrong.

[Tense music]

[♪]

It's up to you.

What is?

It's your case, your CI, but...

But what?

Like Frank said, we're talking about the murder

of a 15-year-old girl.

Vincent here?

He out back.

- He's not, uh... - The kid's an idiot.

He's taking bets this time.

[Crowd yelling]

Get the right up.

Move your feet!

Take him down!

Take him down!

[All groaning]

All right, hey. Hey, hey.

Hey, hey.

I got 60 bucks if you stay down.

Great, all right, this is it, over.

Fight's over. Let's go. [crowd groaning]

Come on up. Come on.

Why do you always gotta pick guys twice your size?

It don't count otherwise.

You gotta embrace the fear, brother.

[Sighs]

What the hell are you doing here, anyway?

I thought we were gonna leave the Sirenko thing alone

- for a minute. - We were.

Things have changed.

Is he ready to meet my fentanyl connect?

No, he killed a kid.

What do you mean a kid?

A kid, Ava Marchenko, 15-year-old girl.

He was trafficking her.

What do you need me to do?

[Sighs]

I need you to clone his burner.

So if he texts anyone about the murder,

just makes a call out, tries to bury something,

then we'll have him now.

Sirenko is smart.

And he's gonna have security software on his phone.

So we do a hand-held clone, then?

Yes.

Done.

Just like that? You sure?

Eh, Sirenko is gonna be at the club tonight.

I'll swing by, grab a few drinks, talk up some ladies.

Clone his phone.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Use your head, all right?

Just be smart.

These guys are paranoid right now,

and so if the opportunity doesn't present itself,

you're gonna walk.

Walk away.

[♪]

Where's my 60 bucks?

[Upbeat dance music playing]

[♪]

[Patrons cheering]

What's up, baby?

Stay safe.

What happened to your face?

What?

What happened to your face?

Oh, rough sex.

Totally consensual, though.

[Indistinct chatter]

Hey, how's it going, Mark?

Why is it so packed in here tonight?

Same reason as always...

Hot women.

Yeah, that makes sense to me.

Anyone got any cigarettes?

I'm practically shaking.

Oh, come on, he's not really gonna try

to steal the phone, is he?

Vince, pull back.

- What are you doing? - Whoa, sorry, all right.

I'm just looking for cigarettes.

Look, dude, I'm just dying for a smoke.

Sirenko's not in the mood for this.

Vince, get out of there.

Just pull back.

Hey, uh, any chance you and I

can talk a little business later on?

My guy is getting nervous,

and he thinks you don't like him.

Not tonight, Vince.

Now, you hear me?

Enjoy yourself.

Have a drink.

[Tense music]

[♪]

I guess that's my cue.

Night, all.

Man, I can clear a room.

Vince, don't do it.

Get the hell out of the club now.

You gotta be kidding me.

All right, get patrol on the horn

and get me the excuse to storm that place if I need to.

Copy that.

[Tense music]

I think he's running out of time, Jet.

- Where we at? - No low-hanging fruit.

Place is up to date on their liquor license.

No previous 911 calls.

No plates out front come back as parole violators.

If you go in there, you're gonna have to wing it.

We could blow Vince's cover.

[♪]

Yeah. Yeah, okay.

All right, bye.

Hey, man.

What the hell are you doing back here?

I just wanted to apologize.

- Hi. - Hi.

Want to get a drink?

Maybe... maybe later.

Are you following me?

No. No, I'm not following you.

[Patrons cheering]

Hey, we're okay. We're okay.

Don't... don't do anything crazy.

Stay calm.

Calm.

Now you want me to be calm, huh?

Now how's this, huh?

Calm enough?

Hey, man, I just wanted to talk some stuff over.

I could come back another time.

You never walk into my office without an invitation,

you understand?

Do you understand?

Yes.

Okay, I understand.

I'm sorry, like, for real.

I'm sorry. It won't happen again.

You remember what I said, Vincent.

Get out of my office.

[♪]

Looks like your CI worked out.

- We'll see. Jet? - Still downloading.

Where'd you find this kid, anyway?

About a year ago, I was driving down 2nd Avenue

and I see this 135-pound kid

beating the snot out of this 300-pound guy.

I pull over, I pull 'em apart.

I have to call an ambulance for the 300-pounder.

While we're waiting for the bus,

I ask the kid, "What the hell were you doing

lighting the guy up?"

- And he says, "I was bored." - [scoffs]

Then he asked me for a job.

I don't know what you're so worried about.

He pulled through.

Well, he's a very smart kid.

And he can obviously handle himself,

but he's impetuous as hell.

Hey, check it out.

[Suspenseful music]

Now, that looks like a yacht to me.

I told you Sirenko was paranoid.

He had the camera surveillance downloaded to his burner.

Look at the time stamp.

This footage is from the day of the murder.

That girl looks even younger than Ava.

- Who's that guy? - We never see his face.

Well, now we know there were two girls on the boat,

which means we have a witness who can maybe fill in the blank

and tell us why Ava ran off the boat.

And why Sirenko killed Ava.

All we gotta do is find that girl.

I'll start reviewing missing persons cases,

recent juvenile arrests.

There's a good chance she's a runaway.

I'll check the footage from the Chelsea Piers.

If she didn't leave from that dock...

Then she's definitely still on that boat.

We tracked the boat to City Island Marina.

This is the young girl, potential witness,

no idea who she is.

And the woman next to her, also don't know.

We ran her through facial rec, didn't get a hit.

- Well, that is a tough angle. - Mm-hmm.

How about now, ring any bells?

Uh, no, I'm sorry.

Shot in the dark, but we need to find out

- who that woman is, and fast. - All right, well, let us

run with this, Elliot.

Look, if she's the pimp and she's cut from the same cloth

as every other female pimp, it's a good chance

that she's gonna have priors for promoting prostitution.

Thanks, Liv.

Okay, guys, listen up.

I want it all, faces of the nation.

Get me through to the CHRIS system.

We run juvie.

We run halfway home rosters.

I want to touch base with the Feds.

Any system that we have access to,

we run it through to find our mother hen.

And these are the stats on mother hen.

She's female, white, 35 to 45; 5'5 " to 5'7".

She's got light hair, pale skin, thin build.

And she's gonna have a connection to New York,

a last known, car registration, filter for priors.

A woman like this, she's gonna have 'em.

Victim turned abuser?

You know the story as well as I do.

Most female pimps started off as victims.

So again, I want you to look for all types

of prostitution charges.

And go back to the beginning on this.

Mother hen might have gotten charged

- when she was 16 or younger. - Yeah.

I think I got something,

something that threads the needle.

- Let's have it. - Name is Sam Ellis.

Her last charge was five years ago,

promoting prostitution of a minor.

She was arrested for solicitation and prostitution

three times before she was 21.

She's 41 years old, 5'6", thin build.

Okay, bring 'em up side-by-side on the screen.

[Tense music]

That looks pretty close to me.

Same build, same mouth.

That's her. That's our mother hen.

Call Cosgrove, I'll call Stabler.

We found our pimp.

[♪]

NYPD!

- Go, go, go! - Up, up!

[Gunshots]

Go, go.

Drop your weapon! Drop your weapon!

Drop your weapon!

[Officers shouting]

[♪]

You have the right to remain silent.

[Screams]

No, no, no. No, no!

No, no! No, no! Don't shoot!

Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

I got you. You're safe.

Drop the knife. Drop it. Drop it. Drop it.

Just shoot me.

No, please, just... just shoot me!

I just... I'd rather die. Please, no.

Please.

Just please shoot me.

[Tense music]

[♪]

[Wolf howls]