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Previously on "NYPD blue"...

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 last to know he�s locked up.

When I do find out, it�s, "sipowicz has got it handled."

I�m more up to speed.

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

I thought investigating cops was an internal affairs job.

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

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

but Clark was set up by laughlin. I can�t help you, detective.

"You can�t help me" is different than saying you don�t know anything.

I don�t know anything either.

So we�re nowhere? This just might take a little time.

So, I gotta beat this at trial?

You might have to prepare yourself for that--

goin� to trial.

And I beat it how?

Neil mazur, lives alone, gay-type literature around--

advocate, so forth.

Shannon can run it. You help with traffic.

They got guys for that.

Then go lean against your car.

By the way, i�m documenting all this harassment.

Every comment, every accusation.

Get outta here. All right.

I gotta testify in court anyways.

I�ll see you after lunch.

You want him to bring you down, too?

Leave him alone.

We got another d. O. A.

The boss wants me and Rita to respond.

Go on. I got this. Do you?

Connie, you made your point.

Who called it in?

Neighbor found the door open, heard the TV on all night.

What?

I had to put my mom in a nursing home.

I got three brothers, but none of them got the means,

so i�m the one who�s gotta take care of her.

I�m sorry to hear that, Shannon.

We can talk about it some other time.

I got kids.

My wife�s a stay-at-home mom.

I�m the provider for my family.

Did you see laughlin put drugs on Clark?

I�m not trying to be a martyr. Did you see somethin�?

I do my job and mind my own business like everybody else.

Clark is gonna do time for this.

Do you have any other leads?

Don�t feel me out for what else I got on the case.

Can I stay out of it?

Either you saw something or you didn�t.

Either you stop Clark from getting framed or you don�t.

What happens to me as a cop?

What happens to you as a man

if you don�t be a man about this, Shannon?

Did you see laughlin plant heroin on Clark?

No, but--

but you saw something.

You know something that can prove laughlin did it.

Yeah.

During the traffic stop, I saw officer laughlin

remove a small package from under the driver�s seat

and put it in his pocket.

In the car, officer laughlin got his personal bag out,

and he put the package in it.

I knew it must have been heroin.

What makes you so sure?

I�ve seen hundreds of packages that contain heroin.

Each bag had a stamp on it-- a red crown.

The heroin found in clark�s car had red crowns.

What else?

That night,

end of tour,

officer laughlin pulled a slim-Jim out of the trunk.

Clarify what a slim-Jim is.

It�s a device used to gain entry to a locked vehicle.

I asked officer laughlin what he intended to do.

He told me to look the other way on this one.

Tell �em about the threats he made.

Days prior to the night i�ve been talking about,

officer laughlin repeatedly stated

he was gonna get detective Clark back.

Specifically.

Officer laughlin said it was a street fight now

between him and Clark--

no rules, anything went.

Why did it take two days for you to come forward?

That doesn�t make any difference. He�s coming forward now.

Wait out in the hall, officer.

Once you void the arrest, i�ll notify the d. A.

Not to proceed with the arraignment.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, not quite.

What else you need, a burning bush?

We got two cops and a detective all saying different things.

Meanwhile, the drugs were found in clark�s car.

I�ll take it to my chief.

No one�s getting out of jail

until we figure out what is going on.

I can tell you what�s going on.

Detective Clark got framed by officer laughlin.

You want to continue with your investigation, fine,

but Clark gets released now.

Void the arrest, or i�ll call the d. A. Myself.

I�ll take care of it.

Quickly. That�s how you took him in.

That�s how you�re getting him out.

Busy squad you got here, Tony. You should sell tickets.

Those phone calls you need to make to void the arrest--

you can place them from my office, captain.

Hey.

Kim Walker. Paper boy found her.

Slashed up good.

The place is a little busted up, but no sign of break-in.

That guy-- lives in the basement apartment--

says she�s a community activist.

Haven�t talked to him yet. Timothy bosham.

"Women, take control. Don�t let gangs run your life."

All right, we�ll take him.

Hello?

Mr. Bosham,

detectives medavoy and Jones.

Look at �em-- circling like vultures.

What�s that mean?

Neighborhood�s gone to hell.

I understand she was trying to do something about it.

She ran a group, had meetings--

noble but futile, as you can see.

Can you think of anyone that might have done this?

Look around you.

I�m not saying that �cause they�re black. They�re drug dealers.

Were you home last night?

Slept at my mother�s in nyack-- scrabble night.

Yeah, we got it. Thanks.

Got nothin� for you.

Didn�t ask anything yet.

Why are you looking away?

She got nothin� to say either.

If any of you get your head out of your ass,

Rita Ortiz, 15th squad.

Idiots.

They�re gonna lock up laughlin. John�s getting out of jail.

My god. My god.

Close the door.

What�s going on?

Close it.

Officer laughlin, we�re placing you under arrest.

You�re joking.

Possession of drugs, official misconduct,

obstructing governmental administration,

and other charges determined by the d. A.�s office.

Surrender your gun, your shield, and your I. D.

Whoa. This is crazy. I didn�t do nothin�!

You�ll get your day in court. Meanwhile, do what I tell you.

Go easy, we�ll let you change out in the locker room.

Keep flexin�, you get processed in your uniform.

This is that Clark thing. You think I set him up.

They know you did. You�re done, laughlin-- done.

Hey. Let�s go.

Getting arraigned?

You�re going home.

Shannon rolled on laughlin.

He saw him plant the drugs in my car?

He saw enough.

Laughlin�s getting locked up?

Yeah. Come on. It�s done. It�s over with.

Come on.

I was beginning to think that--

come on.

He looks good-- healthy.

He wasn�t in the gulag, medavoy.

I can�t believe he�s working today.

I�m sure he gave you proper thanks,

but you�re getting more from me.

Thanks, Andy.

We�ll have sipowicz run the case for you. He already did.

Anyone been working it?

A co-worker said the gay d. O. A., Neil mazur,

was living with a Spanish guy, Arturo jimenez,

on parole, stock boy at a market on b.

We�ll grab him.

Your guns and shield are downstairs. Welcome back.

Thanks.

It�s great to see you. Hey.

My man.

Connie: Welcome back, John.

Best I could do on short notice.

I appreciate it.

I�ll put them in some water.

Okay.

You got a minute for me?

Then we�ll go?

Yeah, take your time.

Looking for detective Ortiz.

She�ll be back in a minute.

I got info on who killed Kim Walker,

and I ain�t got time to waste, so--

i�ll be right with you.

Rita, someone here on our d. O. A.

Let�s go.

Hey.

What�s your name?

Dreda.

You were throwing a lot of attitude.

Why the change of heart?

I got a name for you. That�s it. No time for conversation.

Let�s hear it, then.

Shakedown, all right? We good?

Not quite. Who�s shakedown?

Banger, second Avenue pred,

hangs out at a record shop off third.

You a banger, too?

I knew this was stupid.

Tell US, or we run you with the gang unit, find out anyway.

I roll with the queen bees.

You got a relationship with shakedown?

I know his old lady, Rhonda.

Were you ever his old lady?

No.

So, delivering him to US

wouldn�t be about him hooking up with this new girl?

Or pissing you off in some other way?

Man, y�all got rocks in your head.

We�ve been burned before.

Why shakedown?

Look, Rhonda was on a different track.

Kim was helping out.

With her outreach program? Shakedown didn�t dig it.

He got in kim�s face, slashed the tires on kim�s truck.

Bad stuff. Where is he now?

Gone. That�s why I say it�s him.

This is an awful good deed. What�s in it for you?

I was in the program on the sly.

Kim was a good lady-- stand-up.

Is that good enough for you?

Shakedown�s real name.

Troy wiggins. Can I go now?

Appreciate your help.

Sit down.

You did nine months for assault, Arturo? Yeah.

What was that all about? It was at a bar.

I was wearing a bronco hat

when this fool in a raiders Jersey

poured beer on my head, so I took care of business.

Where were you last night?

I was at my girlfriend�s parents� house in white plains.

Girlfriend?

Yeah. That�s what I said, right?

�cause last night

your old boyfriend, Neil mazur, got killed.

You call me maric�n?

If maricun means you and this Neil

were hitting each other in the seat, then, yeah, that�s what i�m calling you.

Sit your ass back down, Arturo.

All right, all right. I know Neil.

But I don�t want no confusion

as to what the deal was when I was living there.

All right. What was the deal, then?

When I got out of rikers,

Neil gave me a place to crash. That�s it.

55-year-old rich gay guy takes in an ex-con,

so you were, what, giving him career advice?

I said i�m no maricun.

Arturo, we�re gonna find out what happened,

so if you start to lie about one thing--

when I got out, me and my girl weren�t talking, and I didn�t have anywhere to go,

so I stayed at neil�s till I got on my feet.

A week into it, he comes in my room and climbs in bed.

Starts rubbing down there.

I get it now, man. Nothing is for free.

So I close my eyes and pretend it�s my girl.

Why�d you move out?

Comes into my room last week,

and I see him tear open a condom.

I told him to step, and I got outta there!

Haven�t seen him since.

How�d you and Neil meet in the first place?

While I was still in rikers, through a homeboy--

hidalgo tavarez.

What�s hidalgo�s connection to Neil?

I don�t know, man. They�re pen pals or something.

Anyway, when I was being released,

hidalgo knew about my situation,

so he told me to ring up Neil when I got out. And that�s what I did.

So, we�re not gonna find any evidence

of you being at neil�s last night? Nope.

You didn�t go back there to get another handout, no.

To close your eyes and pretend he was your girl again?

I told you i�m not a homo! Sure, you are.

You take care of business last night, Arturo?

I was with my girl. Yeah? We�ll see about that.

Sit down.

Give US her information.

John, would you mind getting Mr. Bosham here situated

in interview 3-- maybe get him some coffee?

How do you take it?

Black, but only sanka, and if not sanka, then tea.

All right...

Timothy bosham. Our d. O. A. Kim Walker--

her downstairs neighbor.

Whatever happened to shakedown?

Nowhere to be found.

He was locked up in Jersey--

drunk and disorderly-- late last night.

So, he�s off the list. What�s with bosham?

We got a call back from another tenant in the building--

said Walker and bosham didn�t get along.

Said bosham used to leave notes on her door.

We went to her place, found a whole file�s worth.

Has bosham got a record? No, nothing.

Very particular man.

See where it goes.

Any calls from john�s dad?

Nothing through here.

He doesn�t know john�s out?

He�s not home, and his cell�s off.

Did you leave messages? All over.

Let�s move on. We got higher priorities.

Just a couple of follow-up questions, Mr. Bosham.

Shouldn�t take long.

Good. Trash can?

How�d you get along with Kim Walker?

Fine.

Didn�t live too loud for your taste?

Her levels could be a little...

Irksome.

Loud stereo, people talking?

She used her apartment for a meeting hall.

You ever have words with her about it?

Why are we having this conversation?

You left her a lot of nasty notes.

"Please keep your music at a respectable level"?

That�s nasty?

"Well, the noise level of last night�s meeting

"only served to prove you�re not only as attractive as a gorilla,

you�re just as conscientious." That was a joke.

They�re fighting words. Trust me.

That was an outrageously loud evening.

Did she have another one last night?

I wouldn�t know. I was at my mother�s.

You didn�t pay her any kind of visit? No.

We�ll find out if you did.

Are you...

Actually accusing me

of killing another human being?

It�s clear you�re a guy with a temper.

If it got away from you, tell US now

before we start looking at you for planning something out.

Please. I didn�t kill Kim Walker.

I told you-- third time now--

I was at my mother�s in nyack.

Anything on him?

Check his alibi.

He�s a real whack job, though.

A whack job who�s gonna lose his teeth.

Detective Clark, your father�s downstairs.

He gathered all the uniforms around

and said he wanted to make an announcement.

I think he�s been drinking.

He�s a good kid, good son,

but if that doesn�t make any difference, he is a good cop.

Man.

There�s guys in this precinct

tried to ruin his career,

tried to ruin his life with some rumors!

Come on, dad, come on. That ends now.

John is not with internal affairs.

I am!

I put in my papers, so don�t worry about that.

If you have a problem, take it up with me,

but you leave my son alone! He didn�t do nothing!

You leave him alone!

His dad meant well.

Yeah, so did custer.

Where�s Jones and medavoy?

They�re bringing in this levar rush.

Crime scene lifted his prints in Kim walker�s apartment.

Levar�s got ties to the second Avenue preds--

same gang that was hassling the d. O. A.

Sorry about all that.

Don�t worry about it.

What�s going on with our case?

Arturo�s alibi panned out. I kicked him 10 minutes ago.

How about this guy hidalgo at rikers

who Arturo said hooked him up with the d. O. A.?

Got life for killing his girlfriend�s ex.

Let�s go talk to him.

Full day.

You get your dad home all right?

Yeah, got him in a cab.

Hey, you okay?

Fine. Let�s hit it.

So, it says here that you were sentenced to three years

in wallkill for robbery-assault, levar.

And you did every day of it.

Yeah.

Someone inside you don�t get along with? Or you just like fightin�?

I only get so much out of hoops and bench press.

You�re a funny man.

You run with the second Avenue preds? I don�t run with a gang.

That�s not what our gang unit says.

They�re wrong.

You ever been by an apartment building

at 1820 Avenue b?

Doubt it.

You know a woman named Kim Walker?

No.

Ran an anti-gang program getting female bangers outta the life.

Doesn�t ring any bells?

It does not. What�s up?

Kim Walker was murdered early this morning,

and your fingerprints are in her apartment.

What did you say that address was again?

Here we go.

No, I might have been there.

I was just breakin� y�all ass a little.

Yeah, well, you done?

�cause we got ways of breakin� ass, too.

1820 Avenue b.

Yeah, I been there.

Early this morning? No, a week ago.

She was putting stuff in my girl�s head.

I wanted to put a stop to it.

Did it get physical? Nothin� physical needed.

I laid out my case.

She heard it calm and cool, and I split.

Account for yourself earlier this morning.

I was in bed with my girl getting my bag lapped.

Lucky lady got a name?

Dreda Lopez.

Is there a problem?

You�re sticking around.

What�s up, yo?

Detectives sipowicz and Clark.

What�s goin� on? Thanks for talking to US.

No problem.

What precinct you guys from?

15th.

Yeah. Okay.

You know a Neil mazur, hidalgo?

Sure, I know Neil. How?

This inmate letter-writing-program thing.

We wrote back and forth. He took interest in my case.

He�d come down and visit sometimes.

You hooked him up with an Arturo jimenez?

Yeah.

More like you pimped Arturo out.

I got the hint after a while Neil was gay and liked latinos.

Guys I knew that were getting out--

good guys, lookin� to make it on the outside-- i�d set them up with Neil.

I�d tell them to walk around with their shirts off

and he�d give them room and board.

Anything beyond that was their business.

What was in it for you?

Neil was looking into my case,

looking to maybe get me a lawyer.

Why the trip out to rikers?

Neil got killed last night.

Hell.

Can you point US in a direction?

On the off chance you happen to be

a "what�s in it for me" type,

we saw that you�re heading up to attica in a few weeks.

You help US with who killed Neil,

we�ll get you to sing sing, a little closer to the city.

Jose rinc�n. He got out a month ago.

Jose made contact with him when he got out

without me knowing about it.

Neil said Jose was trying to shake him down for money.

All right. If jose�s the guy,

we�ll get you transferred to sing sing.

You don�t need to do nothing.

Neil was good to me. He helped me.

This is me helping him.

Clark: On the gate!

This is great.

You don�t think people saw you dragging me out of my place?

You don�t think that�s gonna get back to people?

Levar rush your old man?

So what? Where was he last night?

I don�t know.

Out with his boys.

He said he was with you.

All right, yeah, yeah. I�m getting the days confused.

He was with me.

He ever go by Kim walker�s apartment? He ever been inside?

She wouldn�t let him inside. �cause he threatened her?

One time he came by during a meeting.

But he never went inside. He just stood on the street.

What, reading out poetry?

Screaming and throwing beer cans at her window.

It happened once.

I quit going to see Kim. He laid off.

What�s up your ass about levar?

We�re curious how his print wound up in kim�s apartment.

He wasn�t with you last night, was he? I got the days mixed up.

You�re protecting him. You�ve been doing it all day.

How? Giving up this shakedown,

who you damn well knew was locked up.

I swear to god, I didn�t know that.

You were giving US a tail to chase to throw US off levar.

He was with me last night.

You got kids with him?

Little boy.

Makes sense not wanting to send his dad to jail.

But is it right, him getting away with this?

Man, come on.

No. Look.

17 stab wounds.

She deserve that?

No.

Then why are you lying for the guy who did it?

I got a whole life i�m involved in.

The bad one that she tried to get you out of?

I don�t back up my man,

ain�t nobody gonna look me in the eye ever again.

This lady was your friend. She tried to help you.

All you�re doing is sticking up for the guy who killed her.

He wasn�t with you at all last night?

Not last night...

Not this morning.

Son of a bitch.

You wanna come, you gotta pick it up from me. That�s--

Jose rincun? Yeah.

Get back at you later.

When was the last time you seen Neil mazur?

Don�t know no Neil mazur, at least by name.

The old gay guy you found through hidalgo tavarez.

Okay, now, hidalgo-- him I know.

I think you know more than that. Let�s talk at the station house.

You guys hassling me because of what hidalgo tavarez told you?

You in business with a snake. All he do is play people.

We�ll talk about it down there.

Me and hidalgo went at it in rikers.

He�s had a hard-on for me ever since.

Now, I never heard of no Neil whatever his name is.

Let�s go. I didn�t do nothing.

Come on.

Get your hands up.

Yeah, most guys who don�t do nothing tend to run.

That�s why I ran. I owe time.

I knew you guys would find it if you searched me.

Planning ahead-- that�s good, Jose.

Do your thing, man. Send me to rikers.

Gonna have a conversation with hidalgo.

Come on.

No, man, what�s up? What y�all so freaked out about?

We talked to dreda.

You weren�t with her last night.

That bitch ain�t backin� me up?

Bitch is lying.

That�s how you�re gonna put it to the judge? "Bitch is lyin�"?

You need a sympathetic angle, levar.

I�d start with the ideas Kim was putting in dreda�s head

and how that was threatening your manhood.

You callin� me a punk?

Kim promoted education, right? That don�t make me a punk.

When dreda�s in school, who�s making the meals?

Were you putting on the apron? Hell, no.

But that�s what Kim expected, right--

a whole "division of labor" type thing

that doesn�t exactly fly in your social structure.

You�re the man. You bring home the dough.

But Kim didn�t get that. It got violent.

I told you-- her and me--

we had a conversation about that.

Yelling from the street isn�t a conversation.

We�re talking about going to her place this morning.

I wasn�t there. It wasn�t me.

We�re past that.

The question now is "how did it go bad"?

It wasn�t me.

"It wasn�t me" and "bitch is lyin�" is a sorry defense,

but if that�s what you want to go with, you�re going in the cells.

We�ll get the d. A. Get on your feet.

Y�all lockin� me up?

You lied about your alibi, your prints are in her apartment,

so, yeah, i�d say so.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Can I ask a question?

Say somebody was involved but he was put up to it.

Is there a way to defer the prosecution?

"Defer the prosecution"--

you mean, like, spread the blame around?

Say someone got a key to an apartment.

The person who gave him the key-- they get some, too?

Yeah, they might get most of the prosecution.

But that�s only with a full disclosure of what happened,

or you get the whole prosecution.

Who gave you the key to Kim walker�s apartment?

Downstairs neighbor-- a white guy.

Timothy bosham?

I wasn�t doing Jack. I was buying juice in a bodega.

Whiteness rolls up, offering me a key to this lady apartment.

Why?

He saw me yelling from the street that time

and said we had a mutual interest

in seeing her run off.

He also said she had nice stuff in her crib.

He said smash the place up

and write "get your ass out" on the wall,"

and take her stuff. All good.

But how�d she end up with all those stab wounds?

Bitch walked in on me in the middle of it.

I said, "sit down." She said, "no."

I said, "sit your ass down." She slapped my face.

Blame it on her strong will. Bitch wouldn�t listen to reason.

Can you stop calling her "bitch" long enough to get it on paper?

And the prosecution gets deferred?

Yeah. We�ll look into it.

Start writing.

About Jose?

Yeah, the same Jose rincun

who shanked you in the shower three months ago.

So?

So, we can�t help feeling a little worked here, hidalgo,

like you had US go lock up one of your enemies

who had nothing to do with how Neil mazur got killed.

I had a beef with Jose. That�s no lie.

But he did mess with Neil when he got out.

If Jose is saying different, he�s lying to save his ass.

Jose alibis out for last night.

He didn�t kill Neil.

I didn�t tell you he did it.

I said he�s someone you should look at.

Clark: We checked into your case.

The d. A. Said that you had an appeal

that was dismissed a few months back.

Your lawyer was paid for by Neil.

I told you-- Neil was helping me out.

The d. A. Said that Neil pulled the plug on your lawyer

the night before your final hearing.

I didn�t know that.

All I heard was I lost the appeal.

Hey, we know this goes through you.

Yeah. I tunneled out, killed Neil,

tunneled back in before bed check. Are you guys crazy?

You pushed the button on him. You had one of your boys do it.

That�s way off, man.

You pipeline Neil a bunch of shirtless hispanics

in exchange for him paying your bills.

Arturo goes over there, he doesn�t put out,

Neil blames you, and he cuts off the finances.

Way off.

Last chance, hidalgo. You got a life sentence.

You point US in the right direction, we�ll transfer you to sing sing.

That�s a half-hour from New York

instead of five hours away like attica.

Attica�s fine with me.

I have an aunt and uncle who live upstate

that my family can stay with when they visit.

More important, I don�t know who killed Neil.

This guy was my only hope to get my case overturned.

I wouldn�t kill my only hope.

If you are screwing with US, hidalgo,

you are screwing with the wrong cops.

I�m telling the truth.

You don�t want to believe me, then don�t believe me.

Anticrime picked up a guy driving your d. O. A.�s car--

Chris aguilar. Heard of him?

Not so far. I�ll hit the computer.

Greg and Baldwin?

Bringing in Timothy bosham.

Aguilar will be up in 10 minutes.

You want to cook tonight?

Thought i�d pick something up.

It�s been four nights of takeout.

I haven�t exactly had time to cook.

I�ve been a little busy.

You�re right. Takeout�s fine.

Tomorrow we�ll start cooking.

Yeah, that�ll be fun.

Have to admit, Mr. Bosham...

You don�t look like the type to do a violent murder.

Pardon me?

We talked with levar. He�s giving a statement now.

Who�s levar?

Levar rush, who�s crapping his pants

from witnessing your display of psychotic behavior.

What the hell are you talking about? You killed Kim Walker.

Levar begged you to stop,

but you kept stabbing her and stabbing her.

You want to talk to levar? He�s downstairs right now.

Yeah, I would like to talk to levar,

because that�s a flat-out lie.

Well, it made sense to US.

Now, you had a close relationship

with the previous tenant, Mrs. Cerillo? She was my friend.

We hear you were pretty upset when she moved out,

and the prospect of a new tenant got you all riled up.

I had natural trepidation.

That levar said evolved into a natural murder plan.

Nonsense.

You had a key to Mrs. Cerillo�s apartment.

So?

The door to Kim walker�s apartment was opened with a key.

Levar tells US you brought him in

to do a minor robbery, and then you flipped out.

How could I flip out

when I was with my mother in nyack?

Anyone else vouch for you?

No.

�cause mothers have been known to lie for their sons.

That won�t stand up in court.

Levar has a key, Mr. Bosham. We know that for certain.

If there�s another version of the events,

tell US, or we have to go with his side.

If-- if I left a key where someone found it

and used it for ill,

that�s too bad.

So, you left a key out for levar to use on his own?

Maybe under a loose piece of concrete

on one of the stairs.

Which he was to use for what? That was up to him.

Did you tell him she had expensive items?

Possibly.

And if someone were to scare her,

it might be mutually beneficial?

Again, possibly.

But break in her apartment, stab her--

gentlemen, all I did was drop a key.

May I leave now?

We need it written down. Then we�ll see.

Pen, paper-- the sooner, the better.

Driving around in a dead man�s car, Chris--

that�ll get people talking. I have an explanation.

Some guy came up and offered 200 to get rid of it,

which I was in the process of doing when cops pulled me over.

You just got out of rikers, didn�t you?

Yeah, I passed a bad check--

you were on the same tier as hidalgo tavarez? Yeah.

We�ve been talking to hidalgo.

We know he�d been sending strapping, young men

like yourself over to see Neil mazur.

Neil�s the recently departed owner of the car you�re driving.

I don�t know anything about the owner.

Sure, you do.

Some guy gave me 200 this morning to get rid of it.

Don�t float that lie again, Chris.

It will not be worth your while.

Trust me. Hidalgo sent you over to neil�s

so you could get three hots and a cot.

In exchange, you let Neil treat you like an ice cream cone.

No, no, hell, no. I don�t do that, man.

How do you think we know?

From hidalgo-- from listening to him talk.

Now, we�re gonna go back over there,

and we�re gonna offer to let hidalgo

see his family more often in exchange for info on you,

and if you don�t think he is gonna pounce,

then you are dumber than you look.

If he has to tell US what happened, you get no deal,

because when we sit down with the d. A., that�s how it works.

Chris? Psst!

You following US here?

When do you sit down with the d. A.?

Look at it this way.

We got two seals here-- you and hidalgo.

Whichever one barks and claps its flippers--

that�s the one that gets the fish.

Do you want the fish or not?

Yeah. Yeah.

What happened last night?

Hidalgo told me to go over to neil�s apartment.

He said Neil would buzz me up because he likes hispanics.

I did not have sex with that guy.

Yeah, okay, fine. So you get buzzed up.

Hidalgo said Neil had a safe, but he didn�t know where.

Hidalgo told me he wanted Neil knocked around real good.

I guess Neil screwed hidalgo over some lawyer.

In exchange for that, I could have what was in the safe.

But Neil wouldn�t give up the safe,

which pissed me off even more.

Plus I was high.

There�s no safe in that apartment.

There isn�t?

No.

Hidalgo set you up.

He just wanted Neil to get hurt.

Why�d you do this for hidalgo?

He gave me protection when I was in the joint.

I owed him a favor.

I finished this 20 minutes ago.

May I leave now?

Afraid something�s come up-- crazy thing.

You ever heard the term "acting in concert"? Why?

It�s a legal term. It means leaving a key out

knowing someone�s gonna do a crime with it--

you�re just as responsible as the guy who did the crime.

So you�re under arrest, Mr. Bosham--

conspiracy to commit robbery and felony murder.

Crazy?

You�re joking. You�re both insane.

Imagine an inner-city gorilla

stumbling onto something as complicated as that.

You knew what you were doing all along.

You tricked me!

You�re giving me too much credit.

I need to speak with my mother.

Let�s go.

I want my mother right now.

On your feet, or we�ll drag you out.

Clark: Shannon.

I�ve been trying to figure out what to say--

how to thank you.

I just told the truth.

A lot of guys would�ve taken it to the grave.

Yeah, i�m beginning to see why.

They gonna let you stay on the job?

I don�t know yet.

I�ll do everything I can-- talk to everybody I can.

Thanks.

The other cops-- from what i�ve seen--

no one�s giving you heat?

They�ve been good.

Plus they weren�t too shocked laughlin was dirty.

I should get home.

I just want you to know...

I would have done the same for you.

I�ve thought about that.

That�s what made me step up.

Chris aguilar gave you up. Said he owed you a favor.

That�s crazy. You tell Chris--

okay, you got me. I�ve been a bad boy.

I�ll make sure I don�t eat dessert tonight.

I know about favors.

You do?

Yeah. When I was in uniform, I was partnered with this guy,

Kurt kreitzer.

We were looking for a guy who held up a liquor store.

Kurt thought he saw someone, so he fires a shot.

Turns out it was a woman-- a civilian.

Wow, fascinating. The woman was grazed,

and I talked her out of filing a complaint.

After that, Kurt was too skittish to be a cop,

but he owed me a favor. Listen, today was great.

I haven�t had this much fun since I don�t know when.

Hidalgo, you�ve been giving me the runaround all day.

You had somebody killed. At least hear my story.

Screw your story, screw your buddy Kurt,

and screw you.

He wanted a job where he knew who the good guys were

and who the bad guys were.

I get it.

You came back because you want what Neil wanted--

some young Latin boys--

but you can�t come right out and say it.

So he left the police force, and he went into corrections--

good guys, bad guys--

and he�s done really well for himself.

Moved up to deputy commissioner of administration

for all the pens in the state.

He�s who I was gonna call to get you transferred closer to home,

back when I thought

that we were gonna treat each other civil.

Why don�t you get lost, man?

Wendy correctional facility, Alden, New York,

a half-hour from the Canadian border,

10 hours from here.

They call it the icebox, hidalgo,

so you have your family send earmuffs

for those days where it gets 10 below in the yard.

And you are there for the rest of your life.

So you�re trying to run a game on me now.

The game�s been run, dickhead. You ship out tomorrow.

Wrong cop.

Yeah?!

Hey, pop.

Hey, John.

Come in.

Rita�s coming over in a little bit.

Hadn�t heard from you.

Dropped by to see if everything�s all right.

Yeah, well, you know,

as good as can be expected.

You upset about today?

I�ll tell you, John,

that was like an elephant stepping off my chest.

It�s out there now.

Let people say what they want.

Would you have said it sober?

Absolutely.

I wanted those cops to leave you alone.

That was the only way I knew how.

Your new job-- they get wind?

Yeah. I was expecting that. So, they let you go?

I care about you more than some security job.

Hey, pop, you�ve been making decisions lately

based on what you think my best interests are,

and it�s you looking out for me, and I appreciate it,

but they haven�t been good decisions, dad.

That�s what life is like sometimes, John.

Or do you live in some perfect world

that I don�t know about?

Letting internal affairs flip you

because you bought their bluff they�d go after me?

Announcing to the world that you work for them,

even after I got released?

Those two moves alone

have turned our lives upside down.

And here I was thinking I stood up for my son!

Dad, I love you. You�re my only family.

But don�t make decisions for me anymore.

You�re drinking too much. That�s gotta stop.

Worry about yourself. Take care of yourself.

I�ll be fine.

Well--i�ll see you around.