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Previously on NYPD blue...

You�re the one banging that 17-year-old.

You�re the ones that said you wouldn�t go to I. A. B.

It might be making you feel better believing it was US,

but it ain�t the case.

You guys really screwed me.

That�s not mine. That is not mine, man.

You�re under arrest for the possession of narcotics.

No, this is crazy.

Andy, somebody planted dope in my car.

He�s looking at an "a" felony.

Lab report came back. The weight is four ounces.

It�s gotta be laughlin.

He�s a good place to start.

He�s the guy. I know it.

If it comes back to you, laughlin, you�d better pray

that there�s people in the room when I come to take you in.

Hey.

I...

Brought an egg sandwich if you�re hungry.

I�m all right.

You sleep at all?

A little.

No.

You don�t have to tell me those weren�t your drugs.

Good.

I heard this was off an anonymous call to I. A. B.

That�s what they�re saying.

Who you thinking-- someone you collared?

Uniform cop, maybe.

You�re kind of getting sent to I. A. B. On account of me.

I don�t know, dad.

It�s just a little early in the going, is all.

Who�s the cop? What�s his name?

Right now, there�s a few candidates.

Lay �em out for me. I�ll go to work.

Dad, it�s being handled.

I still got a few connections left, John,

and I am plenty available.

This happened in-house, it�s better we keep it in-house.

Do you mind if I just keep tabs on it?

Do you mind if I don�t think about

what your involvement�s gonna be right now?

I�m locked up.

I...

Yeah.

Of course, you�re right.

I can�t tell you how it breaks my heart to see you in here.

Pop...

It�s all right.

I�m all right.

Officer!

You need anything? You need clothes?

I�m fine.

"It�s being handled."

Meaning sipowicz is handling it?

Dad, it�s being handled.

What�s the problem?!

You still dealing heroin, gordo?

No! Hell, no!

You got anything in your pockets gonna stick me?

No, sir.

How you making ends meet these days?

Just doing my thing, getting by, you know.

New shoes, nice chain-- where�d you get the money?

Working, man.

My ass.

You still carry dope in your leg?

No, the Dominicans, they run all the junk now.

Yeah?

What the hell?!

Th-that�s for personal use for the chronic pain

in my poor amputated leg, man!

You listen to me, gordo.

Some heroin got planted on my friend.

Each package had a red crown stamped on it.

What do you know about it?

Not a damn thing.

I swear to god!

All right, you get the word out--

anybody�s missing their junk, anybody got ripped off,

anybody got shook down by a cop, they come to me.

It�ll be worth their while. You got it?

Yeah.

Anybody holds out on me, i�m taking it out of your hide.

You got it?

I got it.

I checked with the property room.

All vouchered heroin�s accounted for.

Laughlin wouldn�t risk going in there, anyway.

He pulled it off the street somewhere.

Four ounces is a lot of dope.

He must have got it off a dealer.

Are we sure laughlin set Clark up?

No, we aren�t, but he�s where we start.

You talk to John?

Yeah, he�s still waiting to find out

when he�s getting arraigned,

but he�s doing all right, considering.

I talked to Valerie.

It doesn�t look good as far as him making bail.

Check this out-- laughlin busted a guy last week for possession,

but he only vouchered a little bit of pot.

I ran his name through b. C. I.,

and this guy�s done time for dealing heroin.

Felony weight.

Ignacio delgado is connected with the 8th street javelinas.

They run a heroin trade on that block.

You want US to come with, Andy?

No.

May I help you, ma�am?

Camille Grayson, my daughter Annalise.

She was assaulted last night.

Detectives mcdowell and Ortiz.

Let�s go in here and talk about it.

I didn�t want to say anything out there,

but it was more than just her being assaulted.

The man, um...

I�m sorry.

Let�s just start with where this incident happened.

Behind the bathroom in tompkins park, night before last.

Coming home from her after-school job.

Did you see the man who attacked you?

He had a stocking on his face.

Was he white, black?

I�m pretty sure white.

About what time did it happen?

9:30.

Was the park closed then?

I go through anyway, �cause it�s a faster way home.

I have told her 100 times how dangerous it is--

there were people around.

But you were alone going in the park?

Yeah.

Mrs. Grayson, would you mind

if we got the details from Annalise alone?

It might be easier for her.

Okay, i-i�ll be outside.

We get the sense you�re a pretty good kid, Annalise,

but we don�t think you�re telling the truth

about being alone.

Were you with somebody, maybe your boyfriend?

Were you not supposed to be with him?

Is that why you made this up?

I didn�t make it up, I was attacked.

I was...

He raped me.

Your boyfriend?

The other man.

Annalise, tell US what happened.

Me and terell...

Were behind the bathroom where we go sometimes.

To have sex?

We�ve never had sex.

But to make out.

And this man jumped out of the bushes

and hit terell on the head with a gun.

And before I knew what was going on,

he had the gun in my face, saying he was just gonna Rob US.

But he wanted terell tied up, so he made me...

He made me bind terell�s hands

with these real strong plastic ties.

Then he grabbed me, and he put a wet towel up in my face

with something sweet-smelling on it.

And I could just feel my legs go out.

When I woke up, my pants were down,

and I was bleeding down there.

Where was terell?

Still on the ground, just waking up.

We�re gonna need to talk to terell.

Can you write down his phone number and address?

Is there anything else you can think of

that might help, Annalise?

Physical characteristics, anything he said?

Before I went unconscious...

The man told me he had aids.

And he was gonna see I got it, too.

Officer laughlin and his partner popped you

for possession the other day?

Yeah, you believe that?

Why wouldn�t I?

Laughlin and me go way back.

Sounds like you and officer laughlin are buddies.

We got a mutual respect for each other.

Even though you deal heroin?

Dealt, as in "not anymore."

So why�d laughlin bust you for the pot?

He would have let me off, but his partner was there,

so we had to go through the whole drill.

Did laughlin ask you any questions about heroin

when he busted you?

Talk to him.

I�m asking you.

I got my arrangement with officer laughlin.

I give him a little info, he looks out for me.

Where�s this going, Ignacio?

Why don�t you go talk to laughlin about me?

He�ll vouch, and maybe you�ll get out of my face a little.

First thing--if you ever talk to me like that again,

you�ll be spitting your teeth out!

Okay, okay.

Now, your little arrangement with officer laughlin

don�t mean dick to me, unless he took some heroin off you.

He didn�t.

Or if he asked you where he could get some.

I don�t know you, man, okay?

That�s my little problem here.

Somebody planted heroin on my friend.

I�m gonna find out who did.

Anybody lies or gets in my way, they�re gonna regret it.

That�s all you need to know about me.

Laughlin, when we was by ourselves,

said he was looking to take someone down for heroin.

Did I know anybody?

You point him in a direction?

No, �cause I don�t trust his ass.

So I took the stupid weed collar and was done with it.

Hey, you got a minute?

I gotta head up.

Mind if I follow?

I saw John.

It was a uniform that flaked him?

That�s one place we�re looking.

Who in particular? There�s a few choices.

Was it one of the cops got a visit from I. A. B.

For screwing that auxiliary cop?

Maybe. I got 20 things in my head right now.

I wanna help with this, I wanna be involved.

If we need another body, we got your number.

I can muddy my hands in ways that you guys can�t.

You spent 27 years squeaky clean.

Don�t go learning new tricks now.

I�m trying to get my son out of jail.

Give me something, please.

You want to, talk to his ex-partner in narcotics.

His ex-partner... From two years ago?

Don�t brush me off.

If the ex-partner is still in narcotics,

he might have heard something on the street.

You�re doing everything you can...

With this, everything to get him out?

I�m doing everything I can.

Have a seat, terell.

We need to talk about what happened

with you and Annalise in the park.

She told you guys about that?

Some reason she shouldn�t have?

I just didn�t know what she was gonna do.

I haven�t talked to her since then.

Tell US what happened.

A guy jumped US.

He put a gun in her face and made her tie me up.

Then he knocked US both out.

Could you recognize him?

He had a stocking on his head.

So he knocked you out. Then what?

I woke up with her shaking me.

She cut my hands loose, and I walked her home.

She woke you up?

You weren�t already awake when she came to?

No.

So you didn�t see any part of what happened to her?

I was knocked out.

She tell you what happened?

I asked, but she wouldn�t say.

She saw a doctor today, and it turns out she was raped.

And from the extent of her wounds,

it looks like the guy who did it really took his time.

My god.

And you were asleep for the whole thing.

The guy knocked me out!

He put chloroform on my face or something.

How long you and Annalise been going out?

Two months. Two months and no sex, right?

So what?

You must have been getting frustrated.

What is this?

You got a record-- robbed an old woman.

It was four other guys there.

It went down before I knew what happened.

Crime just falls all around you.

Are you accusing me of something?

Is there any chance you had something to do

with Annalise getting raped?

Where do you get that?

Masked man out of nowhere, chloroform--real elaborate.

And the fact your story doesn�t quite sync up

with annalise�s doesn�t help.

She said you were awake when she came to.

I don�t remember being awake,

and do you think i�d set something up

that puts 15 stitches in my head?

If you did, let�s get this over with.

I didn�t have nothing to do with it.

You don�t buy that, arrest me.

If not, my head hurts like hell.

I�d like to go home.

Stay available.

Anything?

We�re going full on at laughlin.

Based on what?

Based on what i�ve been hearing.

So we checked roll call on him since he�s back on the job,

his sector, his tour,

all radio runs he had the past month,

every job he responded to.

What exactly have you been hearing?

Rita...

Well, you can�t just put it out there like that

and not give me details.

All right, laughlin�s been asking around about heroin,

which, on its own, doesn�t mean much,

but we�re cross-checking every car stop

him and his partner made against this activity,

looking to anybody he let go without a summons.

Anybody with a prior drug charge.

Like that, yeah.

Medavoy and Jones are bringing in a guy with priors

that laughlin stopped the other day.

So this is good-- we got progress.

We got a direction, th-that�s it, Rita.

Let�s not get ahead of ourselves.

What did the boyfriend give you?

He got knocked out, didn�t see anything.

Another rape was reported in the park last night.

Girl�s at bellevue.

What�s going on?

Looking into laughlin�s activities.

I�m on it.

I�m doing everything I can, trust me.

All right.

I never got that ticket.

But you were pulled over by a police officer last week.

The cop said I rolled the light,

but he let me off with a warning.

So he never wrote you up.

No, no, no.

Maybe I did roll it,

but it�s not like every cab driver in the city

doesn�t do that every day.

Look, I know that�s not the best neighborhood,

so what�s a guy like you doing down there

that time of night anyway?

Visiting a friend. What, is that a crime?

We know you got busted for drugs four months ago, Carl.

Okay, look, that--that charge was a joke.

I was clubbing with a friend.

He had some heroin in the car,

and I got screwed along with him, all right?

Whatever the case, you got a trial coming up,

and the last thing you need is to get caught holding again.

I wasn�t holding anything!

Here�s a scenario--

maybe you went down there to score,

and that cop pulled you over.

That would put you in a pretty tight spot.

Tight enough that if a cop took some smack off you,

you wouldn�t say a peep.

Smack, what is this? Do I need to call a lawyer here?

Not if you come clean with US, Carl.

And if you do that, we just might be able to make

that other drug charge hanging over you go away.

I can�t help you fellas. I wasn�t buying no drugs.

Then why would that cop just let you go?!

I don�t know, maybe he was one of the nice ones.

Can I go?

Did both officers approach you?

Yeah. They search your car?

One did, the other went back to the car.

Which one did the search?

I don�t know, man.

Figure it out! The big guy or the other one?

The big guy, it was the big guy.

Did he ask about drugs?

No!

Take off, Carl.

What, we can�t handle the interview on our own?

Go tell him.

It�ll just start something.

Hi, Tonya.

I�m detective mcdowell, this is detective Ortiz.

You all right to answer a few questions?

Yeah, okay.

Tell US what happened.

We saw some music at the bottom line,

walked home through tompkins park,

and we were sitting on the bench finishing...

Finishing some damn hot cocoa

when this guy just comes up on US with a gun.

US? You and...

Ex-boyfriend James Lomax.

The guy with the gun, what�d he look like?

He had a stocking on his face, but white.

Did James get a better look at him?

You�re damn right he did.

Got a full show.

How do you mean?

Son of bitch with the gun tells US,

"over behind the toilet."

Then he makes me tie up James.

Then he puts this rag over my face

with some gasoline on it or something to knock me out.

Then...

He does his thing to me with the gun on James,

making him watch.

James told you that?

He screamed it at me--

"you don�t know what it�s like having to watch that!"

Try having it done to you.

What happened after that?

I came to all torn up and bleeding and...

James was still tied with the gag in his mouth,

and I got him free, and he freaked out.

How?

He�s gonna find this guy and kill him,

or he�s got to kill his self �cause his woman got raped

and he couldn�t do nothing.

Fool.

Did James tell you whether or not this guy...

Ever took the stocking off?

Too busy worrying about his self.

Where can we find him?

I don�t know, he ran off.

You write down his phone numbers.

He don�t hold me...

Don�t comfort me.

You find him...

You tell him to go to hell.

Help me.

Those rapes look connected?

Yeah, chloroform was used in both.

We�re looking for the second victim�s boyfriend, James Lomax.

The lab called--

there�s no DNA from either of the rape kits.

So he wore a condom?

I don�t know why he would, if he�s been threatening

to give these girls aids.

Special victims came back with an ex-con

who got collared for jerking off in a park last week.

Will Porter. They�re bringing him in.

Detective sipowicz?

It�s someone who says he�s a friend of gordo�s.

Sipowicz. Yeah, that�s right.

When can you meet?

No, don�t worry about that, i�ll take care of you.

Yeah, all right. I�m on my way now, yeah.

Guy says a cop took some heroin off him last week.

My god. Wanna take someone with you?

I wanna handle this myself.

Call as soon as you�re done.

We�re logging that?

We got to.

Hey--i thought investigating cops

was an internal affairs job,

or did you get deputized?

I�m not looking at cops, just one cop--you.

You got any questions about my activity,

how about you ask me to my face?

Did you plant drugs on my partner, laughlin?

You wish, and if you accuse me of that again,

i�m gonna sue your ass for slander.

Make sure you add in I called you a half a fag worthless cop.

I�m calling my delegate-- this is harassment.

No, you�ll know when i�m harassing you.

You�re gonna be so disappointed

when you come up with nothing, sipowicz, okay?

�cause you�re gonna have no one else to blame

except your partner, �cause those drugs are his.

Did you get a summons in tompkins square park

two weeks ago, will?

Yeah, I took a whiz against a tree.

Cop who wrote it up said you were jerking off.

Walked up behind me when I was tucking it in.

I wasn�t jerking off.

Lot of prison ink. What�d you do time for?

Got a little drunk one time

and opened up a atm with a sledgehammer.

Sharp.

Can you account for yourself the last two nights?

Out...walking.

You walk by the park again? No.

You with anybody? No.

Got a girlfriend, will?

Nah.

What�s funny?

Girls--just a little turned off by my history,

at least the ones that ain�t skanks.

That must piss you off, get you frustrated.

Happens-- and when it does,

I just go get a beer and take a walk...

It�s all gone.

So you weren�t in the park the last two nights,

working out those frustrations?

I don�t know what you�re talking about.

If we search your apartment, we�re not gonna find

a stocking you use for a mask or any trace of chloroform?

You just lost me.

Two rapes in the park the last two nights, will--

we�re looking at you for �em.

I wasn�t anywhere near the park the last few nights.

I was on the West Side goofing on them tranny pros.

Ask �em.

�cause they�re known for being reliable.

I don�t know how to help youse.

Keys to your apartment and consent to search it.

Go to hell.

I didn�t give permission for that.

You got something to hide?

No, can I leave now?

Stay close.

No long walks.

Here you are, sir.

You Mike?

I went ahead and ordered.

So, what do you got for me?

I need assurances.

Gordo told me you�re straight up and all,

but... I need assurances.

You help me out, you�ll be taken care of.

What about the cop who ripped me off?

He�ll go away for what he did.

You don�t need to worry about him.

And the court date I got coming up?

We can make that disappear.

I thought cops stuck together.

Quit eating and tell me what happened.

I�m sitting in my car over on 4th at about 10:00 p. M.,

when this cop walks right up on me.

Was he alone?

Yeah.

I�d just copped.

His flashlight�s right on it

before I could stick it under the seat.

And he snags it, tells me i�m lucky he�s not locking me up,

and he walks off.

What�d he look like?

He was a white guy.

You get his name?

I didn�t.

I could pick out his photo, though.

How much he take?

A lot.

How much?

Two ounces.

Three, four-- you tell me.

Look, i�m good to go.

You tell me what I need to say, and I will say it.

I am very unhappy right now, Mike.

Watch my food.

Watch your food? I�ll give you your food.

Don�t you ever waste my time again.

James, we just want to ask you a few questions.

It�s all right if you�ve had a few drinks.

At a bar two blocks away.

It�s James Lomax, boyfriend of the second victim.

The one who ditched out on her?

Yeah, he went out for revenge, ended up at a bar.

Finally called US back.

Stay where you are, and no more drinking.

Ready to go? Yeah.

How�d it go with Mike, Andy?

Anything more on laughlin�s car stops?

Andy, Mike-- how�d it go?

He was shining me on, medavoy.

You need everything spelled out?

Dumped Carl pruett�s cell phone.

There was a call to the station house an hour ago.

The guy at the switchboard said someone called at that time,

asking if laughlin was available and when his tour ended.

Get pruett back in now.

Moment of your time?

We�ll get pruett. I�ll be right down.

I...

Talked to john�s partner...

His ex-partner.

He have anything that could help?

He mentioned a cocaine dealer named delphino pasquale--

or "pasqualey."

He�d recently got taken off for six keys of blow.

John was flaked with heroin, Clark.

We need some privacy, come on.

You been drinking.

Hell, no.

So that�s old granddad Cologne you got on,

and your bloodshot eyes, and the fact you can�t talk?

Get off my ass, sipowicz.

Go home, Clark.

I got a son to get out of jail!

Go home and sleep it off.

�cause who needs me? Is that it?

Nobody needs you like this.

I�m the last to know he�s locked up, and when I do find out,

it�s all, "sipowicz has got it handled."

I�m more up to speed.

On what?

What�s the beef this cop has with my son?

Go home. Just tell me.

Is it because he thinks John threw him to I. A. B.

Over this auxiliary cop?

That�s my answer.

I gotta go.

Let�s, let�s get some coffee in you, James.

Don�t want it.

Drink it anyway.

Tell US what happened with you and Tonya

in the park last night.

Nothing.

Your girlfriend got brutally raped, that�s not nothing.

And i�m taking care of that.

Cut the Charles Bronson act, James.

We need you to focus.

Are any of these guys the one attacked you last night?

I can�t tell.

Look harder. I looked.

You wanna reclaim your manhood, help US find who did this.

�cause all walking out on Tonya and lying to US does

is support the idea of you being a spineless asshole.

I can�t tell because I couldn�t see his face.

My glasses fell off, I can�t see without them.

You can�t see anything?

Not a damn thing.

Could you recognize his voice?

Yeah, he talked a lot.

Saying what?

"How you like me now?"

"Your turn now, bitch."

And that he was giving her...Aids.

Said he had aids, stuff like that.

Did he ever take the stocking off?

He had it off the whole time.

Knowing you were watching?

He never put the chloroform on you?

He wanted me to watch,

and all that talking, that was for me.

I was tied up and gagged. Not a damn thing I could do.

We might need you for a voice I. D., so keep your phone on.

You saw Tonya.

Is she okay?

I mean... Should I go see her?

Yeah.

Yeah, you might want to do that.

Sit down.

After you left earlier,

you try and contact anyone from this precinct?

No.

Your cell phone records show different.

Why are you looking into my cell phone?

You called asking for officer laughlin.

No.

Why are you lying, Carl?

What�s the problem?

I got a couple you could choose from.

You tell me what�s going on, and we�ll work it out.

Okay, no, here, why don�t I just put my life in your hands?

You wouldn�t screw me, would you?

Why�d you call laughlin?

I�m a dead man.

Who wants you dead?

Laughlin?

A dealer?

�cause you�re missing heroin

that you got from him on consignment?

Did laughlin take that heroin off you

when he searched your car?

How do I know that you and that laughlin cop

aren�t in this together?

�cause me and him would have you in an alley somewhere

if that was the case.

What happened when laughlin pulled you over?

I stuffed the drugs between the seat.

He came over and...

Told me to get out of the car.

The other cop stayed in the radio car?

Yeah.

And then laughlin started searching,

and I figured I was toast.

Only then he tells me to beat it, never come down there again.

So I get back in the car...

The dope is gone, but what am I gonna do, you know?

Call--call the police?

So I took off.

How much?

Four ounces.

Was there a stamp or anything on it?

Yeah, red crowns.

I gotta pay off my connection, or he�s gonna have me whacked.

He didn�t believe me when I told him I got ripped off by a cop.

You�re gonna wear a wire, and you�re gonna go meet laughlin.

No, no, no, no.

Laughlin don�t give a damn about you.

Your dealer don�t give a damn about you.

You want both them assholes off your back

and this drug beef to go away, then you�ll wear the wire.

Yo, my life is on the line here, man.

Yeah, I know. Let�s go.

The guy who raped Annalise? Looks like he did it again.

I�ve been at my folks-- last night and today.

So don�t look at me for it.

We know you weren�t involved in either rape.

Thank you.

You know, an apology would be nice, too.

We�re not quite there, terell.

We�re still not convinced you�re telling the whole truth.

I don�t know if I came to before or after Annalise did.

We�re under the impression

you might never have been out at all.

The other victim�s account was close to what happened to you,

except the guy wasn�t chloroformed.

Well, I was!

Terell...

It�s gotta be devastating

having to watch your girlfriend be attacked

and not be able to do anything about it.

It didn�t happen.

But lying to US only makes it worse.

What happened to you couldn�t have been prevented,

but this guy�s raping other women, and that you can prevent.

Help US put this asshole away.

Stand up and be the guy that ends it.

He didn�t chloroform you, did he?

Did you get a good look at him?

You see him here?

He had a lot of tattoos.

And he talked a lot.

"Ain�t no fun when the rabbit�s got the gun."

He said that?

What did that mean?

I have no idea.

I--i just couldn�t let Annalise know I...I saw it.

There�s our boy.

All right, let�s go, Carl. Time to sack up.

Hey. Thanks for meeting me.

What do you want?

Listen, man, i�m in trouble. I don�t know what to do.

My guy, he don�t care.

He wants his money or the drugs back,

or he�s gonna have me whacked.

What are you talking about?

I�m talking about the junk you took out of my car.

That was on consignment-- I gotta pay it back.

Where you from?

Okay, i�m from last week.

You took four ounces off me, all right?

I�m in a tight spot here.

Look, pal--i don�t know who you are or what your game is.

If you don�t back off, i�m gonna run you in, you got it?

Um, did you hear me?

And you tell whoever sent you to kiss my ass.

Laughlin�s hip.

Obviously.

What do I do? Can you guys hear me?

What do I do?

We�ll try it again some other time.

He�s not gonna give it up to this guy,

no matter how many times you try.

What am I supposed to do now? I don�t like standing out here.

We got this guy�s testimony, at least.

Yeah, a skell looking to get out from under a felony...

Going against a cop.

You�re gonna need more than that to spring Clark.

Did two years, will?

Rough time?

Yeah, threw me a birthday party every day.

Yeah?

�cause we were wondering if doing these rapes

with the boyfriends watching had something to do

with how you spent your time in jail.

I didn�t do any rapes.

Will--did you get passed around in jail?

No.

How old were you when you went in? Nineteen.

Saw your mug shot-- handsome kid,

none of this ink on you, long blond hair.

Big mistake.

They pounce on you right away?

Nobody pounced on me.

Your p. O. Said you slugged a guard.

He was pissing me off.

You told your counselor

you were afraid of being attacked by other inmates,

so you slugged him to make it look like you were psycho.

That how it worked out, or did it just alienate the guards?

They didn�t respond well.

They let you get raped.

It�s all in your file.

That�s enough to twist anyone�s mind.

You ever talk about it?

No.

You were picked out of a photo array by two witnesses.

We�re gonna put you in a lineup, you�re done.

This is above and beyond what a judge will tolerate,

so tell your side of it, will.

You definitely don�t wanna go to bat without an explanation.

What about what�s above and beyond

what a human being can tolerate?

What happened inside?

They didn�t pay any attention when I was screaming for help.

You ever have somebody on top of you so strong

you couldn�t move no matter what you did,

strong like a ton of concrete?

I got passed around, rented out, sold, and resold.

I get released, and i�m supposed to be normal?

How long were you stalking the park? Three weeks.

That when you got the chloroform idea together?

The plan?

Yeah.

Why�d you pick couples?

�cause I wanted those bastards to see what they did to me.

You said you had aids.

Is that true?

Yeah, I got HIV.

I wore a rubber, i�m not a bad guy.

I just wanted those ass...

I beat up a atm, a machine.

My life is ruined for that.

You thought you could work it out doing rapes forever?

You had to know you�d get caught and sent back.

Yeah, but i�m not 19 no more.

Laughlin searched his car. He had exclusive opportunity.

Where did we get this witness?

He came in voluntarily.

He�s already awaiting a trial on drug charges.

He�s a half-assed dealer.

This is gonna come down to credibility,

and this junkie�s word isn�t enough to go against laughlin�s.

Could he help clark�s defense?

It establishes a possibility of where the drugs came from.

Doesn�t john�s record count for anything?

Yeah, in fact,

john�s entire defense will boil down to character.

He�s got that all day long.

Where is this guy now?

We tried to make him a material witness,

but he didn�t wanna go for it.

He couldn�t shoot dope.

And he�s got trust issues with the NYPD,

for obvious reasons.

Worst-case scenario-- John loses at trial.

What�s he looking at?

Yeah, let�s talk about worst-case scenario, medavoy.

Let�s dwell on that.

I called him in.

A-1 felony-- minimum 15 to life.

I�m coming to you for help.

Regarding?

Your partner planted heroin in clark�s car.

That�s a hell of a thing to accuse a cop of.

It�s a fact.

What makes you so sure?

People i�ve talked to.

Get �em to testify, then.

I need your help, Shannon.

You had me in this same room saying you�d help me.

I know.

Asking me to come clean on that auxiliary cop,

and you�d keep it from internal affairs.

We did. Then how come I got called down there?

I don�t know, Shannon.

All I know is Clark was set up by laughlin.

And I know it�s a lot to go against your partner.

I don�t have much to offer, but Clark is sitting in a cell,

and he is looking at federal time over what?

Bull, a beef!

I can�t help you, detective.

You can�t help me is a lot different

than you saying that you don�t know anything.

I don�t know anything, either.

You�re a good cop, Shannon, your partner isn�t.

You sit on this, you let a bad cop destroy a good cop.

It�ll destroy you, too.

I need your help.

There�s a homicide on ludlow. Boss wants US all on it.

What do we got?

Radio car was around the corner, heard the shots.

Chased down the shooter a block away--

Louis del toro.

That him over there?

Yeah. Recovered the gun, too.

You get anything out of the d. O. A.?

Nah, he was choking on blood.

Perp said he didn�t care. He was tired of getting screwed.

D.O.A. beat him out of some money.

Three in the chest.

Man.

You know him?

He was a witness on another thing we got.

We got his sworn statement, right?

We can still use that in court--

we�re screwed.

Passed a guy with a briefcase going down the hall.

Your lawyer?

Yeah, "Mr. Good news."

He talk to the d. A. About setting bail?

D.a.�s gonna request that it be remanded, so...No bail.

We�re working on getting you a better mouthpiece.

I�m gonna need that?

You want the best you can get.

So...nothing went down this afternoon?

What are you talking about?

I called Rita.

She told me about this pruett guy.

So you wired him up?

Laughlin was hip to it.

But you got the guy, and he�ll testify,

so...

What?

Pruett�s dealer whacked him over the smack that laughlin took.

So we�re nowhere?

This just might take a little time.

I�m being arraigned tomorrow, Andy--day court.

I�ll be there.

Then i�m transferred to rikers.

So I gotta beat this at trial?

I�m working on it, John.

Andy, you gotta-- you gotta level with me.

I need to know what i�m looking at.

You might have to prepare yourself for that--

going to trial.

And I beat it how?