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Belonged to Marie's mother.

You know Aaron never signed
the divorce papers.

She needs to live,

but she can't do that

as long as you're filling
her head with false hope.

There's no reason to say

that anything's gonna happen
for me anytime soon.

I can't ask you
to wait.

Jamal:
That guy ‐‐ Any time
he up for release,

he figure out a way
to get locked up.

He ain't got
nothing to lose.

This is my table,

and you got the colored section
right back there.

Huey: As long as we get them two
pitted against each other,

we just wait
and see who's standing

after the dust clears.

Maskins: Holy smokes.
Pal, what happened to you?

Moral clarity.

You oughta try it
sometime.

We ruined people's lives.

How many lives, Glen,
while we were doing our jobs?

Roswell:
I used to think I was good.

Someone who cared about people,
stood for something.

It's always the hard decisions
that start the slide.

You push 'em outta your head,

or you look away from 'em
for just a second,

and before you know it,
that second becomes an hour,

and that day becomes a year.

Pretty soon, the urgency to do
the right thing

fades into some dull ache

that barely gnaws on ya
anymore.

From there, it doesn't take
long before you find yourself

rationalizing more and more
of your decisions,

'til one day you realize
you're not even close

to the person you thought
you'd be.

Well, you might be able to
put that in a box

in the corner of your mind,

to swallow the disappointment
about what you've become.

If you can't...
[ Cell door slams ]

...you may wake up one morning
years later with a pit

the size of a volleyball
in your stomach,

facing an existential
question ‐‐

you gonna keep doing
what you're doing...

or are you gonna stand up,
change your life?

Aaron: I signed
the divorce papers.

Just when you got a shot
at getting out?

What‐chu do that for?

She gave them to me
two years ago.

I've been sitting on them,
holding her hostage...

Yeah, okay.

So, Marie been hammering you
to sign 'em, huh?

She hasn't had the heart.

So, wha‐‐ wha‐‐ what's ‐‐
what's all this about?

If you love someone,
you set them free?

Somethin' like that, yeah.

What did Jazz say?

I can't reach her,
not without my phone.

Hey, you ‐‐ you better
get to her before Marie does.

[ Sighs ]

You can't take your eye
off the ball now.

You lost a big chance
with Angelo skipping town,

but you still got
the paper trail.

You were married, right?

Three times.
I told you that.

What's going on?

Is there something
with Marie?

I could've done things
different.

Even before
I was arrested.

Going back in time's
not gonna help you now, Aaron.

You need to focus
on what's in front of you.

[ Sighs ]

The election's
in six weeks.

You need to hit Maskins.
Hard.

You need to
make it personal.

You need to go
after his character.

You need to attack him
on his history on race.

Well, that's easy.
I've got a whole stack of ‐‐

No, no, hold on.

I'm talking history,
and I got the case.

Back in '97/'98, there was this
triple murder on Long Island.

Two handymen ‐‐
one black, the other Latino ‐‐

were arrested
for the murder

of the white wealthy family
they were working for.

It was a big splashy case
at the time.

The Latino guy
hanged himself in Greenhaven

about three years
into his sentence,

but the other guy,
Easley Barton, is still alive.

About six years ago, when I was
still a State Senator...

Mm‐hmm.

...some Long Island cop
sent me a letter

saying he had concerns
about the conviction.

What'd you do about it?
Nothing.

And now I can't find
the letter,

but I swear the whole thing
smelled dirty to me

even back
when it happened.

The racism, the rush
to judgment, the usual BS.

And you did nothing?

I was drunk and a coward,

and the DA on the case
was my friend and mentor.

You mean Burke?
The Attorney General?

He was overseeing.

But the lead prosecutor
in the case

was a young and upcoming hotshot
named Glen Maskins.

[ Scoffs lightly ]

And you're not worried
about going after
the Attorney General?

I am.

I mean, it's personally painful
and professionally stupid,

but I think this could be
gold for you.

Okay, where do we start?

With the cop?

Be nice if I could
remember his name,

but I gotta believe
I can find him.

If ‐‐ If I do, he's bound to
have some evidence or a lead.

What about, um, Barton?

Easley Barton?
Yeah.

He at Bellmore?

I've never heard about him.

He's ‐‐ He's at Clinton.

I'm gonna get him
transferred here.

How you gonna do that?

I still got some friends
out there.

Now, what's going on
with your phone situation?

[ Sighs ]
I'm working on it.

If we're gonna get this done
in the time we have,

we need to be able
to communicate.

I hear you.

I'll get it done.

No, are you not seeing
the optics?

I have a prisoner
transferred here

so that Aaron Wallace
can work with him

to attack my wife's rival?

I get it, and I wouldn't put you
in that position.

I just need to know
you'd sign off.

I've never dinged
a transfer,

but Wallace doesn't go to court
unless Anya signs off.

I've cost her too much
with this already.

The board giving you
a rough time?

I'm getting it
from all angles these days.

Just remember, it's only when
everybody's really fighting you

you can be sure
you're doing the right thing.

Oh, get out, Henry.

Thank you.

♪♪

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Door buzzes ]

[ Conversations continue ]

♪♪

[ Showers running ]

♪♪

Cassius:
What's up, fellas?

Hey.
It ain't your time.

It is now.

♪♪

What you gonna do,
soap me up, bitch?

[ Grunting, shouting ]

Guard!

♪♪

Guard!

[ Groans ]

Aah!

Guard!

♪♪

What happened,
Mr. Dawkins?

They attacked me, ma'am.
It was self‐defense.

You don't seem to be hurt.

It ain't my fault
I know how to defend myself.

Well, now you
and everyone else involved

are on cell restriction.

No phone, no yard,
no cafeteria.

One shower a week and one hour
of rec time alone.

Until the hearing.

I get a hearing, right?

Yeah. Yeah.

Of course you get a hearing.

[ K. I. D.'s "Chill Out" plays ]

[ Rapping ]
♪ Yeah, chill out, chill out ♪

♪ Yo, think it's 'bout time ♪

♪ Chill out ♪

♪ Since a young'n,
I've been going hammer ♪

♪ Don't believe me... ♪
Jamal: Look at old Wild Bill
over there,

licking his wounds,
trying not to act
like a little bitch.

[ Chuckles ]
You got any idea
how it all went down?

Man, all I know ‐‐
Cassius went in the shower,

now there's three Nazis
in medical. [ Chuckles ]

I mean,
you gotta give it to him.

Man got balls of steel.

Yeah.

Man also got my burner.

Wait, nah.
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.

Listen, you don't want to
get mixed up with him.

[ Indistinct conversation ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Yo, you open
for visitors?

[ Door buzzes ]

Look at that.

You smell I need a lawyer,
and you come running.

You want the best,

or you want to try your hand
with a rep from another Block?

I'm a little surprised
you here,

knowing you repped
the little Hitlers.

That was a one‐time deal,
and it came at a price.

So, what's it
gonna cost me?

Phone banks...
and private line.

All come back my way.

Well, you know I want
my attorney

to have all
the necessary resources,

but I can't help you
while I'm on these restrictions.

I win the case,
and you will ‐‐

You win the case,

then everything's good.

Hearing's
in a couple of days.

I'll do my research
and get back to you.

Lawyer Man.

Just know
I expect your best

seeing as you came
knocking on my door.

♪♪

Got all the witness statements
from the guards,

but the Aryans aren't saying
a word to me.

Well, I can't
force them to talk.

Well, it's not like
I can subpoena them.

I'd appreciate it if you could
exert some pressure,

get my client
a fair hearing.

You know he walked into that
shower looking for trouble.

He walked in that shower
looking to take a shower.

Thank you.

He didn't even know
they were in there.

Is that
what he told you?

I'm prisoner rep.

I can't tell you
what he told me.

He's dangerous, Aaron.

And I don't say that
lightly,

given some of the other people
who reside here.

[ Sighs ] But everyone
deserves a defense.

I know.

I just wish he didn't have
someone as good as you.

I'm flattered.

But I'm still gonna
take the case.

Which means I'm gonna need
access to the security cams

and some
pre‐interview time

with the guards
who broke up the fight.

You'll have it.
Thank you.

And...

And thanks for not
standing in the way

of that prisoner transfer.

I haven't decided yet

whether I can
let you go to court for it.

I'll appreciate it
if you don't hold the
Dawkins thing against me.

One thing has nothing to do
with the other.

♪♪

Marie: I don't think
I really understand

what he goes through
in there.

After all these years,
for him to finally...let me go.

You met this guy
when you were 23.

And I know how intense it is,
how entangled you are.

Just because you have history
doesn't mean

it has to go on forever.

But what if
I still love him?

Do you?

I don't know.
[ Sighs ]

I feel like I don't know
anything anymore.

Well,
Darius is a good man.

If you want a real shot
with him, you got to tell him.

He's gonna ask
when it happened.

The longer you wait, the harder
it's gonna be to explain.

[ P. A. system beeps,
woman speaks indistinctly ]

♪♪

Jared: Erie, Jefferson,
and Wayne Counties

are where the CO endorsement
is going to hurt us the worst.

The towns depend
on the prisons.

It's like a jobs program
up there.

So, when your wife
talks about closing them...

I get it, Jared,

but let's stop beating the drum
like we're out of this.

Monica:
No, of course not.

There are other unions

and newspaper endorsements
that are in play.

A repudiation of Safiya's
position, and we can ‐‐

I'm not doing that.

The polling data
already shows ‐‐

Stop.
I need you both to hear me.

We've already lost
the CO endorsement,

and we all know that
the other law enforcement unions

may follow.

I'm not fighting Maskins
for scraps.

That's not
what anyone is ‐‐

There's daylight
to the left.

If I run as a progressive,
we can outflank Maskins.

Changing your image
this late in the game ‐‐

Requires a bold move,
and I've got it.

A series of town halls in
the prisons for the prisoners,

starting at Bellmore.

Did you forget the part

about how when you convict
people with felonies,

you take away
their right to vote?

It's not about them.

It's about their aunts,
uncles, cousins.

There are 47,000 inmates.

That's 47,000 families.

Give me a sec.

You're panicking.

No, I'm pivoting.

Have you even thought about the
conflict of interest for Safiya?

Inviting you
to her prison

for what is basically
a campaign event for you?

It's not a conflict.

As soon as we're done,

she invites Glen Maskins
to have his turn.

He'd never show up for that.
They'd slaughter him.

Exactly. But the offer
will have been made.

Was this Safiya's idea?

Yeah, and a damn good one.

Well, last I heard,
you were on the couch,

or she was on the couch,

and you were on your way
to couples counseling.

Well, neither one of us
has time for that.

But she always has my back.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

You don't sign a waiver,
you don't get to be in the show.

[ Conversations continue ]

I sure hope this works.

We agreed
we need to be bold.

This is bold.

Okay, we got
three sections.

On the left,
those are the lifers.

I put the guys I think
might be the better talkers

in the front rows.
Great.

You'll get
about 100 per session,

so do your thing,
rinse, and repeat.

And Tom will be here to oversee,
and I'll check in later.

Are you alright?

Oh, it's nothing
I can't manage.

[ Screaming ]

♪♪

Inmate: COs!

[ Keys jingle ]

[ Door creaks ]

Officer: Back in your cell!

Lassiter:
The hell happened?

It's crazy, man.
That dude just burned himself.

They do this to you?

♪♪

Just get me to medical.
[ Water shuts off ]

Officer: Come on.
Get him out of here.

Officer #2: Come on. Let's move.
Take him to medical.

♪♪

♪♪

Tom: You can't see Dawkins,
but that's Bobby talking to him.

He orchestrated it
from his own cell.

The inmate who got scalded
won't talk.

Claims it was an accident.

I want Dawkins segregated
for 72 hours

as a cooling‐off period.

Cut him off from his crew.

No visitors, no contact.

Where, exactly?

Clear out a tier.

Aaron: You clearing out
all the cells?

Orders from
the superintendent.

[ Sighs ]

I got to be confidential
with my client.

Yeah.

[ Sighs ]

I thought your lady friend
didn't believe in solitary.

And you didn't give her
much choice.

Man, I was in my cell.

Can't nobody pin
that water‐tap thing on me.

You won the first round
in the shower.

You didn't have to up the ante
before the hearing.

And now I got to deal
with all this, too?

You'll figure it out.

We both know what's in it
for you if you get it done.

Well, now we got to be more
aggressive with your defense.

See, Wild Bill's
gonna testify

that you provoked
the whole thing,

that you could have
walked out of there

the second you saw he was in
there with three of his guys.

So, I'm not entitled
to a nice, safe shower?

His men were badly injured.

You walked out of there
untouched.

Which means you knew
you could handle yourself.

And that makes it look

like you went there
looking for a fight.

So, now I lose,
'cause I won?

We got to show
it was self‐defense.

Which means
you got to testify.

Nah.

[ Sighs ]

You gotta counter
what they say.

You do that.

Gotta come from you.

Testifying
is like snitching.

You gotta make them charges
go away.

It's not snitching.

Look, you say nothing,
you lose.

If you lose,
you gotta stay here,

wherever...this is.

[ Sighs ]

Alright, Lawyer Man.

But you got to put up
some kind of fight
about this solitary.

Well, I'm gonna need
a down payment for my services.

One call.

Your old lady?

They say
she's still a dime.

Can you get a kite through
about it or not?

Hm.

Woman: ...235
at Bellmore Correctional.

Hey, sweetheart.

Listen, I, um,
need to tell you something.

You're scaring me, Dad.

No. It's okay.
It's, uh...

What is it?
Come on.

[ Sighs ]

It's ‐‐ Well,
a couple years ago,

your mother gave me
some divorce papers to sign.

Yeah?

Well, I signed them.

What?! Why?!

All this time,
she let me sit on them,

and she didn't say
anything about it.

And I don't want you
putting this on her.

But why now, when you might be
getting out soon?

Well, it was just good ‐‐

Automated voice: This is
a monitored and recorded call

from Inmate 10‐B‐316...

What's going on?

They're getting divorced.
...at Bellmore Correctional.

Your mom didn't tell you?

Aaron:
Listen, I don't know what's
going on with my case.

It was just...
[ Sighs ]

It was time.

Grandpa came to visit you.

[ Sighs ]

Didn't he, Dad?
Don't lie to me.

It ‐‐ [ Sighs ]
It's not about that.

But he had every right.

And I'd do the same for you.

No, I am not here
to tell you

what a failure
the prison system is,

how it breaks people down,

tears apart your families.

Y‐You already know that, right?

You live that.

Now, I do have some ideas
about how we can change

the way we deal with crime
in this state,

but first, I want to hear
from you.

Directly.

You evicted 16 people,

people who did
nothing wrong,

just to segregate Dawkins?

We transferred
their belongings.

It takes them months
to organize their cells

and get them just the way
they want them.

Those are their homes.

And they will be back.

But you can't just keep him
in solitary.

It's not solitary.
Oh, that's funny,

'cause there's no one
in the cells next to him,

and he doesn't get to talk to
anybody all day but me, so...

It's a time‐limited
cool‐off period.

It's preventative,
not punishment.

Call it a time‐out.

We're not children.

And I don't even think
you can prove

what they're saying
about the water tap.

This guy has been
nothing but trouble

since the minute
he set foot in here,

and you know it.

So, look me in the face
and tell me

he's not the one
provoking all this.

I'm gonna look you
in the face

and ask you if you're really
trying to get me

to forfeit
his due process.

♪♪

What does he have on you?

We both know
you have a history

of hiding
important details from me.

I'm prison ‐‐
Prison rep, yeah.

The man has rights.
That's all there is to it.

The hearing will now be
for both tickets ‐‐

the shower
and the water tap.

Until then,
he remains segregated.

[ Scoffs ]

And so,
the wife calls me over,

and I'm telling them
about the motion detectors

and the sound alarms
on the windows

and the husband goes,

"You know,
maybe we'll just get a dog."

[ Chuckles ]
And the wife
shoots him this look,

and he says, "And a shopping
spree at Louis Vuitton?"

[ Laughs ] Exactly.
Good answer.
[ Chuckles ]

I didn't even have
the heart to tell him

how much more
that was gonna cost him.

[ Cellphone vibrating ]

Uh, I'm sorry.
I got to take this.

I'll be right back.
Mm‐hmm.

This is Darius.

You alright?

Yeah. Fine.

Come on.

Something's going on.
Tell me.

Dad got
his phone privileges back,

at least for one day.

Oh.

Did he call you?

When were you
gonna tell me?

I don't know.

I haven't even
told Darius yet.

Well,
Grandpa made Dad do it.

What?!

Did you send him?
No!

He went to the prison?
Your father told you that?

No, I figured it out.

He said he was going to
the airport.

I can't believe
I didn't realize it.

Well, you can't file
the papers.

You can't divorce Dad

until we see what happens
with his retrial.

He doesn't have
a retrial, Jazz.

He doesn't even have enough to
file a motion to get one yet.

It could still take years.

So, this is
what you want?

Why even help him
with his case?

Because he's the father
of my baby,

and she wants him out more
than anything in the world.

And you don't?

Look me in my eyes and tell me
you don't love Dad.

Tell me, Mom.

Just tell me
you don't love him.

Andrea: Not even my first
husband would buy that load.

And he went bankrupt
three times.

Andie.
No.

Frank is number four,
jackass.

Andie.

Holy crap.

Listen, Jimmy,
sell it someplace else.

I'm not buying.

Geez!

Rossy, have a cocktail.

You look like
a freaking refugee.

I quit.

Sorry to hear it.

Everybody says
I'm a lot easier to be around.

Better for them
[Chuckling] worse for you?

Well, less fun,
but clearer skies.

[ Chuckles ]

What the hell is all this?
Didn't you hear?

Hmm?
Print is dead.

And this old dog
is still eager.

What do you need?
I know this ain't a social call.

You remember a triple
in Suffolk County?

Late '90s?

You wrote a couple pieces
about it.

Sure.

The handymen
duct‐taped

the crap
out of the whole family...
Mm‐hmm.

...ransacked the house.

Both guys got 25 to life.
Mm.

I think one of 'em's dead.

It's the other one
I'm thinking about.

Barton?

Easley Barton?

I gotta track down
one of the cops on the case.

You got a name?
Nah.

Guy wrote me a letter
a bunch of years ago.
Not a name I knew.

I figured if someone had dirt,
maybe they came to you?

Sorry.

I haven't even thought
of that one in a decade.

Anybody you think might have
a bead on it?

Yeah.

Maybe.

Name's Tommy Gagliardi.

Mm‐hmm.

Retired
about three years ago.

If he's not out
on his crappy little boat,

he's probably down at the
Bait and Tackle in Breezy Point.

Why does this suddenly feel
like old times?

[ Chuckles ]

Thanks, sweetie.

Marie:
He already talked to Jazz.

Got to her
before I had a chance.

How'd she take it?

I‐I just need to wait

until after the baby's born,
after the school year.

You know, I need her
healthy, and I need her
focused on her work.

Oh, yeah, sure.
I‐I think you're right.

Thank you.

I know this is hard
for you.

♪♪

When did he give you these?

A few days ago.

I've just been trying to
digest it.

What made him do it now?

I don't know.

I guess he ‐‐

You didn't ask him to sign?

My dad went to see him.

♪♪

Well, that figures.

Yeah.

Just one conversation, huh?

♪♪

He's a force of nature.

♪♪

Hmm.

Well,
I gotta get back to work.

I'll call you later.

♪♪

Prisoner Rep Wallace.

We're scheduled
for a hearing.

Man, why you always trying to
get out of here so hard?

You kidding me?

You got it made, man.

The rep, the status,
you come and go as you please.

Come and go to what?

To see men in green pajamas
about all their problems?

You soft.

Yeah, and you forgot
what freedom tastes like.

I remember.
It tastes bitter, man.

Mm, I guess you never had
a wife and child.

On the outside,
I was nothing.

In here, I got chiseled
into a fine machine.

And that right there
is the convict mentality.

It's a pity you don't see
your own potential.

It's a pity you don't see
beyond these walls.

♪♪

This...inmate ‐‐

he ambushed us,
pure and simple.

But there were
three of you.

Yeah, but, uh, he had
the element of surprise.

And a shiv.

I mean,
we're not pussies,

but when you have
a little bitch like him

come and sneak up
on you...

And this shiv.
Where'd it go?

How the hell would I know?

And no one found it.

You see the cut on Jimmy?

What do you think,
a fingernail did that?

You ever disarm anyone?

Use their own weapon
against them?

Yeah, sure.

But he didn't do that.

Now, about two weeks ago
in the cafeteria,

there was an incident
between you and Mr. Dawkins.

Like I said, okay,

this little bitch
just did not know his place.

He was sitting at our table,
and we asked him to leave.

And did he?
Oh, yeah, he left.

Pretty quick, too.

So, after he publicly
disrespected you,

you decided to retaliate,
send him a message.

[ Chuckles ]

Believe this.

If we wanted to
retaliate,

that little boy wouldn't be
sitting next to you now.

So, you acknowledge
that you use violence

to enforce your social codes?

♪♪

Aaron:
So, they jumped you?

Straight up.

And the shiv?

One of the white dudes
had it.

Must have tossed it when they
were screaming for the COs.

♪♪

So, it's a coincidence that
on two separate occasions,

you found yourself surrounded
by members of the Brotherhood?

It was my first day here.

How was I supposed to know
where to sit?

But now that you've been here,
you're saying you didn't know

the Brotherhood showers there
at that time?

Everyone in here
knows that.

I gotta live
and let live, man.

The Aryans always
make things about,

"This is our space,"
or, "This is our table."

We all here together.

We all gotta get along,
right?

And your attempt to get along
involved walking into a place

where four members of
the Brotherhood were showering?

Yo, I get it.

They all full of hate,
but this ‐‐

And ordering your guys

to scald another member
of the Brotherhood.

Now, how I'm supposed
to do that?

And monopolizing
the phone banks

so that no one gets a call
without your say‐so?

We do what we gotta do to
make sure everything's orderly.

So, you already
run the phones

and see your role
as enforcing order?

Look, man, them Nazi pussies
jumped me, okay?

They say otherwise.

Well, they lying.

Except everything you do in here
says otherwise.

Snitching bitches.

Come on.

Is there a question here?

No, I think we're done.

Okay,
if that's all there is,

I'm ready to render my decision
on these matters.

Nah, I need some time.

I mean, we need some time.

♪♪

We're entitled to offer
a rebuttal.

Um, I need an adjournment.

Day or two.

I don't see how
an adjournment would ‐‐

Hey, it's prison.
No one's going anywhere.

Fine.
You want a couple of days?

We'll finish up then.

Thank you.

[ Whispering indistinctly ]

Were you aware
that Cassius Dawkins

made a move on the phones?

I'd heard rumors, yeah.

But you didn't
mention anything?

If no one's getting hurt,

we leave the inmates
to work these things out,

like, uh, where people sit
in the cafeteria.

And we've seen how well
that's worked out.

We can't treat them
like children.

W‐W‐What about people
like Santana?

Or Boylan?

The weaker inmates who may like
to speak to their families ‐‐

What if they get cut off
from the phones or extorted?

We haven't had
any complaints.

And you choose to bring this up
today, in the hearing,

instead of telling
either one of us about it?

I apologize, ma'am.
I thought you knew.

Well, you can go.

Well done.

[ Door opens, closes ]

Have you looked at our seal
lately, Captain Foster?

What does it say, Tom,
right there on the wall?

Uh, it says, "New York State
Department of Corrections

and Community Supervision."

Oh, do you see that?

"Community Supervision."

And do you know why it doesn't
just say "Corrections,"

Captain Foster?

Because almost
every single inmate

who is locked up
in this facility

will eventually go home
to their communities.

And what does
that mean, Tom?

It means we need to ensure
that they maintain connections.

And how do you
maintain connections

to your community,
Captain?

There are a lot of ways.

Telephones, Captain.

Telephones.

If a dozen other

of our quiet, head‐down,
just‐doing‐their‐time inmates

either can't get to
the phones

or have to pony up
their asses or their commissary

to Cassius Dawkins
for the privilege,

is that the kind of thing

you think I might want to
know about?

When you put it like that,
yes, ma'am.

That's right.

So, in the future,
when any inmate,

especially Cassius Dawkins,

starts to throw
his weight around,

I expect you to come to me.

You got it?

Yeah, I need you to
go to Foster.

That's the play now.
Yeah, for what?

Get him to testify.

But he didn't see anything.

He got there
after it was all over.

[ Keys jingle,
door opens in distance ]

You can work around that,
though.

Y'all put
your heads together.

I'm not gonna coerce a captain
into perjuring himself.

He ain't been nothing
but a headache for you.

This is your chance
to put him in his place.

You already know
about the carrot.

Don't make me tell you
about the stick.

♪♪

[ "The Loser" plays on stereo ]

♪♪

[ Sighs ]

Soda water
in a whiskey glass.

♪ ...creatures
in my bloodstream ♪

♪ I give to her ♪

You miss it?

Trying not to.

♪ And she gives in to me ♪

♪ I give to her ♪

♪ And she gives in to me ♪

Hey, you used to be a captain
in Suffolk County PD?

RDO, or did you finally
cash out?

I did almost 31.

I figured it was time
to improve my fishing.

Well, here's to that

and a couple
of fat stripers.
[ Chuckles ]

♪ And he takes it from me ♪

Weren't you one of the guys
on that triple?

Late '90s, maybe?

Yeah, sure.
Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Hey, you're Roswell,
right?

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I‐I'm looking to
track down

one of the DTs
on that case.

I can't remember his name.

How come?

Guy sent me a letter
a while ago.

♪ You spend
a long old lifetime ♪

Billy wrote you a letter?

Billy...?

♪ Fighting fire ♪

♪ Fighting fire ♪

You know what?

Piss off.

And take your
12‐step‐making‐amends crap

outta my bar.

♪♪

Nice talking to you.

[ Indistinct conversation ]

[ Monitor beeping ]

[ Cellphone clicking,
elevator bell dings ]

[ Cellphone swishes ]

♪♪

[ Cellphone chimes ]

♪♪

[ Cellphone clicks ]

♪♪

[ Cellphone clicking ]

♪♪

[ Sighs ]

♪♪

[ Knock on door ]

Hey.

Hope I'm not
interrupting.

Any excuse
not to do calculus.

Ohh. [ Chuckles ]

Your mom's working tonight.

Anything special
you want for dinner?

Chinese?

I'm in the mood
for moo shu.

Hmm.
Shrimp spring rolls,

string beans with
black bean sauce, brown rice?

You memorized my orders.

♪♪

I really love your mom.

And I really love you, Jazz.

I hope you know that.

♪♪

I got this.

[ Chuckles ]

♪♪

[ Sniffs ]

Huey said
you wanted a word.

I'm here on behalf
of my client.

He seems to think you may have
something to add

in regard to his defense.

You read my report.

What do you think
I could possibly say

that would help him?

I don't know.

So, I'm supposed to come up
with it myself?

It's your testimony,
and you'd be the one under oath.

[ Sighs ]

He sent men to my house.

I don't want to hear
things like that.
They tied up my wife,
my father ‐‐

Why the hell are you
telling me this, man?
They put a gun to my head!

[ Sighs ]

Foster,
you're a captain.

How'd you get here, man?

I don't know.

[ Voice breaking ]
I don't know.

[ Sighs ]

[ Sighs ]

♪♪

Captain Foster,

I understand you have
information about the incident?

Yes.

♪♪

♪♪

As I stated in my incident
report [Sighs]

I did not see
the actual altercation

as it happened inside
the shower enclosure,

but I did hear some chatter
from some of Wild Bill's gang

that made clear to me that...

this was a premeditated assault
on Mr. Dawkins.

♪♪

And what other facts
lead you to believe

that Mr. Dawkins was acting
in self‐defense?

After the altercation,

we tossed the cells,
including Wild Bill's.

I recovered a shiv

with what appeared to be
fresh blood.

Whoa. Hold on.

I'm not done.

Was that in the report?
Hey.

No.

It happened afterwards.

So, where's the shiv?

♪♪

During the cell search [Sighs]

I put it on the toilet and...

it fell in.

I was unable to recover it.

Did you put that
in the supplemental?

No.

I was embarrassed
that I lost it,

so I didn't note it
anywhere.

So, why come forward now?

Look, I‐I screwed up.

Bad.

And, you know,

I didn't really want to stick
my neck out, but...

You thought it was right?

I didn't want some guy
in segregation

'cause I decided to
cover my own ass.

Like a ‐‐

Like a principle thing,
you could say.

Things happen.

You did the right thing.

Aaron: As to
the additional allegations

that Mr. Dawkins directed
the burning of Inmate Garrett?

No information
was provided to me

in the course of
the investigation

that showed
that Mr. Dawkins

was involved
in the scalding incident.

And the surveillance footage?

In my view, the ‐‐
the video was insufficient

to prove he ordered
or orchestrated the attack.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

I don't know
why you just did that.

Nothing's worth
the price of your soul.

♪♪

Turns out I like
having a lawyer on the team.

Handy.

[ Scoffs ]

That's why you wanted it
to begin with.

You knew from
when you first got here

it was gonna play out
this way.

If I didn't have this,
would you have repped me

the way I needed you to?

I told you.
I'm just trying to get home.

[ Scoffs ]

[ Cellphone clatters ]
Problem is,

you're more valuable
to me here.

[ Sighs ]

♪♪

[ Buzzer, cell door opens ]

♪♪

[ Dog barking in distance ]

[ Door knocker clangs ]

Ms. Sprite?

Hi.
I'm here to see Billy.

You want to see Billy?
Mm‐hmm.

He died two years ago.

I'm so sorry.

He wrote me a letter, ma'am.

Your ‐‐ Your husband ‐‐

he wrote me about a case
six years ago.

And I was drunk.

And I was stupid.

And I should have called him,
but I didn't.

He wrote hundreds of letters
about that case, you know.

Yeah.
It ate him up.

Well, you're here now,

so why don't you
come with me?

He was a good cop,
you know.

I'm sure he was.

[ Box thuds ]

It's all in there.

♪♪

I don't know what to say.

Those bastards
in the DA's office

drove him out of the force.

You figure out
what's in there.

You make it right.

My Billy will rest easier.

♪♪

God bless you.

♪♪

♪♪

Mr. Barton?

Who are you?

My name's Aaron Wallace.

I'm an attorney.

I'm the reason
you were transferred here.

♪♪

[ Sighs ]

[ Door creaks, closes ]

♪♪

♪♪

So, it was Foster,

the fat guard
who sells the steaks?
Yeah.

He's ‐‐ He's also
almost certainly

been selling the drugs
all along.

And now he's owned ‐‐

literally owned
by one of the inmates.
Geez.

I mean, I'd heard about this
kind of crap at other places,

but today,
it was in my face.

I mean, it was so brazen,
it was humiliating.

From what I saw in there,

what I heard from the people,
the town hall,

they're plenty angry
at the system,

but they really respect you.

Well, not the 16
I threw out of their cells

to create my time‐out tier.

I lost them for good.

Listen to me.

[ Sighs ]

Okay?

What you're trying to do
in there

is incredible.

Really.

[ Chuckles softly ]

Henry Roswell
came to see me.

He and Wallace want to go
after Maskins in a big way.

It's an old case from
the beginning of his career.

Easley Barton.

You heard?

Yeah.
I remember the case.

And I'm sure
it was a rush to judgment,

so if you think
Barton is innocent

and we can
do some good there,

I say go for it.

You're not worried
about how it'll look?

Not anymore.

[ Sighs ]

Thank you.

Anyway, my team thinks

Wallace hitting Maskins
right now

is exactly what we need.

So have at it.

[ Billie Eilish's
"Everything I Wanted" plays ]

Roswell:
We all want to win.

For our team,
for our cause,

for whatever we decide
is important to us.

♪ I got everything I wanted ♪

♪ Not what you'd think ♪

♪ And if I'm being honest ♪

♪ It might've been a nightmare ♪

It takes a rare person who can
push all that aside

and act on...principle.

♪♪

♪ Thought I could fly ♪

Forgetting about
what they want,

forgetting about the outcome.

Just trying to do what's right.

♪ Nobody cried ♪

♪ Nobody even noticed ♪

♪ I saw them standing
right there ♪

It's almost always the idea
of something good

that drives decent people
to do indecent things...

♪ I had a dream ♪

♪ I got everything I wanted ♪

...and weak people to forget
all about what they ever wanted

to accomplish
in the first place.

♪ You with me ♪

♪ And you say ♪

♪ "As long as I'm here"... ♪

That's why, when I look around

at the communities
we've shattered

and the people we've broken...

♪ "Don't wanna lie here ♪

♪ But you can learn to" ♪

...all I can think is it's time
to trash the whole damn thing.

♪ "If I could change ♪

♪ The way that you
see yourself" ♪

Tear down everything
we used to believe in.

♪ "You wouldn't wonder
why you hear" ♪

And just start all over.

♪ "They don't deserve you" ♪

From scratch.

♪ I tried to scream ♪

♪ But my head was underwater ♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪