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Previously on New York undercover...

Delaney, you're only 22.

So I fibbed about my age... What's the big deal?

You can't keep running from whatever it is

you're running from.

Nell, why don't you let somebody else get shot at it

for once, all right?

I didn't save your hide from the job

to see your screwed-up personal life

and I'm so sick of it, stone.

I'm really tired of it, do you hear me?

She ever go too far before?

Does sleeping with a suspect in the middle of an op count?

I'll take you, you take me, but I'll pay.

You'll pay?

- I pay. - You're on.

I'm asking how it made you feel.

You killed someone the other day?

Like stepping on a cockroach.

♪♪

[Rat squealing]

Where's Paul?

My brother's never been on time in his life.

All right...

I see a bump...

And I'll raise you...

30 more.

I thought this was a reserve game.

I told you she could take his seat until he gets back.

What's the problem?

The problem is she's winning, rich.

Oh, what? You can't handle a little

competition from a woman?

Hey, sorry I'm late.

Hey, hero, where you been, man?

None of your business. What are you doing?

- I'm winning you some money. - Great.

I met your bet, sweetheart.

Let's see them.

All right. Queens high.

[Laughter]

Kicked your ass, man.

You teach your sister how to cheat, Delaney?

Did she learn on her own?

Come on!

I beat your butt fair and square.

[Overlapping shouting]

Stop it! Break it up!

[Alarm tones]

Call of the wild, brothers.

Let's go!

[Alarm bell rings]

[Firefighters yelling]

- Want a ride? - Yeah.

Go!

[Sirens blaring]

All right, let's follow up close, boys.

We got a good one, brothers.

Johnny! Johnny! Take Dalton.

Vent the roof, we gotta clear out some of this smoke.

Check the shaft.

Ritchie, me and wedge are gonna check the fire floor.

Stretch the line around to the exposure.

Stretch the line, stretch the line... let's go!

Let's go, Delaney!

I'm here! I'm here!

[Windows exploding]

Come on, Delaney, ready? One, two, three.

Come on!

[Nell] What's wrong?

I can't tighten it against that pressure.

- Can you help me out? - Yeah, but...

Get that spanner!

- Where? - In the rear compartment!

[Flames roaring]

Double or nothing, fire started in there.

No! That's search and rescue.

That's not your job, wedge.

I'm going in anyway.

Wedge, no!

Activate your pass, wedge!

On the count of three!

One, two, three!

[Grunting]

Wedge!

Body in room!

Wait, just...

There's someone here! Wedge!

[Man coughing]

Here he is!

Thanks.

Okay.

Ritchie, help me!

I got him! I got him!

Where's wedge?

I don't know.

- He activate his pass? - No.

He must still be in there.

He's not breathing!

E.m.s.! Help him!

We can't leave him in there!

I'm going in! I've got to get wedge!

You have to save him! Paul!

Ritchie, it's too dangerous!

[Ritchie shouting]

Let go of me, Delaney! Let go of me! Let go of me!

[Ritchie] You can't just leave him in there!

[Echoing] You can't just leave him in there!

♪♪

Four fires, two people dead, we're still no closer

to finding an arsonist, somebody tell me why.

I still don't think we're looking in the right place,

lieutenant... I've been under at the station now for two weeks

and I don't see any evidence.

Fire marshal McBride is guilty.

What about letting stone come to that conclusion?

He's the one that's under.

I know, I know, j.C., but I know firefighters.

- I grew up with them. - What do you know?

They're not gonna do anything

to risk the lives of one of their own.

Maybe not intentionally.

No, not at all, moreno.

You have no idea what they're going through right now.

It's like us losing a cop.

Oh, I have no idea what that's like.

Okay, okay, guys, listen.

The fact still remains that all fingers

point toward McBride, Delaney.

Now, unless this guy's doing it for kicks

he's still an arson for hire, too.

This is what we need to do... Williams and moreno,

you two take over the investigation line.

I'm going to stay under over at the garment district

see who has the most to gain.

All right, just make sure you bless a brother

with a nice little suit, there.

46 regular, please.

And I'm a four.

All right, I'm a six.

Okay... all right.

Look, everybody to their positions, okay?

Before there's fire number five.

Delaney, I need to speak to you for a second.

Think your brother knows why you're really there yet?

Lieutenant, I would never break my cover.

You know that.

Just know that it could be an awkward situation.

You let me know if it gets that way, okay?

You don't have to keep handling me with kid gloves.

I can handle it.

So, McBride, it looks like,

uh, maybe a flashover occurred here, right?

Boy scout.

You couldn't find the origin on a marshmallow.

So, well, teach me something.

I'm here to learn, you know.

- Yep. - Does that mean something?

I mean, you know, the lightbulb?

[McBride] Bulb distort, intense heat.

Usually means point of origin.

Didn't they teach you anything?

Yeah, well, I know origin, uh, shows you the method

sometimes even the motive.

It's like finding a fingerprint, stone.

If you find that, you find your arsonist.

Yeah, so, where is it?

It's hidden... well-hidden.

[Man] And if you guys

need anything, don't hesitate to ask, all right?

What the hell's going on?

Hi. Dave holmquist, veritech insurance.

I know who the hell youare. Who are they?

Veritech is fronting the cost for two

independent investigators to be at your disposal.

Great. We could use the help.

Get them out of here.

Excuse me?

This is a crime scene investigation.

Nobody comes up here without my permission.

We carry policies for half the businesses on the block,

inspector, no offense, but you got a lot going on here.

I'm the law here, holmquist.

You want to take yourselves out

or you want me to help?

Okay.

You know if this arsonist if this arsonist

really is a professional

don't you think we should have accepted their offer to help?

If this case is to be solved at all

I'll be the one to do it.

Hey.

[Stone] Hey.

- Spilled some. - Thanks.

The lieutenant wanted me to find out

if you have anything on McBride yet.

Nothing concrete, but he's still the prime suspect

as far as I'm concerned.

All the fires happened in his district.

He oversees investigations,

won't let me or anybody else assist.

Seems pretty suspicious to me.

Right, but what's his motive?

I mean, if he's getting paid to set all the fires,

where's all his money?

He's still living month-to-month.

I don't know but if the fire chief brought us in

he definitely suspects one of his own, and you gotta admit,

if anybody knows how to cover up a fire

it's an arson investigator, right?

Yeah, maybe.

So how you holding up? Okay?

Why does everybody keep asking me that?

Nell, you areunder at your own brother's station house.

I mean, I know that's not easy on you.

It's not.

I didn't think i'd be under this long.

I hate looking in his face

and just lying to him.

You're doing your job.

I know that, it's just... It's like youspying on me.

It's very weird.

So, you want the lieutenant to pull you?

No. No, I mean I want to help nail the arsonist.

I mean, especially after what happened to wedge.

Yeah. How's your brother taking that?

Hard.

[Bagpipes playing]

[Playing "amazing grace"]

Wedge and me...

We did our training together.

I knew then this guy was born to be a firefighter.

So we shouldn't feel like he died in vain.

He died doing what he loved, you know?

And nobody's going to miss him more than his wife...

His parents...

But we're all going to miss him.

[Bagpipes playing]

Going to say you're sorry for not saving him?

If there's anything I can do, Angela...

[Softly] Thank you.

You okay?

Poor Angela.

You know, I can't help thinking

maybe if I let ritchie go back in there that...

Then it would have been a double funeral.

Don't beat yourself up about it.

Yeah, but, you know, it still hurts.

Listen, it doesn't matter

wedge and me didn't exactly get along, okay?

I mean, he was one of us.

I know.

I remember dad coming home.

I was, like, 12, and I looked at his face

like the wind was knocked out of him.

It was because one of his probys was killed.

Yeah... his men meant a lot to him.

More than we did, apparently.

Don't go there, Paul.

I'm so glad it wasn't you.

You're the one dodging bullets for a living, little sister.

If anyone should be worried, it's me.

Well, I'm a big girl now, in case you didn't notice.

Well, if you came around more often, maybe I would.

You know, I haven't seen much of you since you made detective.

Yeah, I know.

I'm so glad you're here right now.

Me, too.

[Barker] Yeah, well, have a good day.

Thank you very much and come back soon.

Sammy... Sammy, where are you going?

Yeah, yeah.

How are things going, Malcolm?

Very well, Mr. Latimer, I just made a big sale.

How come Mr. Finkelstein

is in such a hurry to get out of here?

Well, look, he...

He had me lug one too many

of them big bolts from up there.

That's your job, Malcolm.

- I'm sorry... - [Man] Latimer!

- Latimer. - Epstein, what do you want?

You torched my building.

I want you to pay for killing that poor fireman, that's what.

You're saying your fire is my fault? Are you crazy?

Don't play innocent.

Everyone knows you couldn't handle the competition.

What competition? I oversell you ten to one, always have.

You want a look at the firebug, you look in the mirror.

Believe me, if I'd started that fire

it would have spread through your place, too.

Don't think I don't know that? That's why I put in a firewall.

Malcolm, get rid of him.

Malcolm?

What the hell's this?

You got a bodyguard now?

I'm not the bodyguard...

Good luck in jail.

You won't get away with this, latimer.

I swear to god you won't.

I'm not his bodyguard.

What the hell was that all about?

About 80 years.

But this is the second time this year...

Yeah, Mr. Ri...

Whatever.

[Whistling]

Well...

Looks like McBride is our guy, all right.

Check it out.

We got him here on access

we got him here on opportunity

you know what I'm saying?

Plus, look at this little tidbit.

In his fire-fighting days, he was a regular hero.

- Moreno. - What? I'm sorry.

McBride, he's our man. We got him.

I know, I know, I know... Ouch.

What? See, I told you about this, right?

Yeah...

See, you still got that knot.

- Oh, right there. Yeah. - I told you.

When are you going to get a massage?

- I'm getting one. - See? What's wrong?

It's my landlord, he hates me.

No, he doesn't hate you.

He does. He hates me.

No, he hates the fact that you pull down your blinds

and don't let him see you running around

in them little g-strings anymore.

That's what he hates.

He wants to raise my rent again.

Oh, that's good.

Well...

Maybe it's time you made that move.

I can't move, j.C.

I've got these site samples labeled for the lab.

Do you want me to take them in for analysis?

Uh, yeah, and tell them to put a rush on it.

Especially on the char and gas in area b-2.

Where are you going?

Don't worry about me.

Just do as I say.

I'll be back.

What the hell are you doing here?

[Stone] McBride.

Delaney?

Oh, my god.

[Stone] What are you doing here?

Marshal McBride called me.

He wanted to interview me about the Epstein fire.

And he asked you to meet him here?

- Yeah. - Did he say why?

No, I mean, he said to come.

I thought it was a little strange myself.

I guess this would be the right place.

He was in the wrong place.

You the assistant fire marshal?

Yeah, hi, my name's stone.

I'm detective moreno, this is detective Williams.

You're a cop?

I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name.

Williams.

What do you guys have here?

Arson investigator McBride just fell to his death.

Firefighter Delaney here was on the second floor

when it happened.

Not... not right when it happened.

So are you on the entry list to be in here?

Uh, no, I don't think so.

So, what were you doing here?

I went over this with marshal stone already.

Yeah, he says McBride told him to meet him here.

Right, and you, of course, can prove this.

Wait a second, what's going on here?

- Am I a suspect? - [Nell] Paul.

- You all right? - Yeah, yeah.

[Nell] I came as quick as I could.

Yeah, the police are just asking me some questions,

that's all.

Oh.

Uh, what kind of questions?

Routine questions, we're here to do our job, okay?

[Delaney] This is my sister, Nell Delaney.

She's a cop, too.

It's nice to meet you.

You, too.

What's your house?

Ah, the 7-3.

You want to fill me in on what you got so far?

Nope.

We're just going to look around, you know,

see if we can find anything.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Okay.

- Who are those guys? - I have no idea.

Well, that was awkward.

Think Delaney suspects anything?

- Which Delaney? - Either one.

Paul Delaney's name definitely isn't on any entry list.

Is there any reason why McBride would've called him

to meet there?

No way, McBride didn't even want me there.

Yeah, well, if Delaney suspected McBride was onto him

maybe he followed him.

Wait, you think Delaney killed McBride?

If Delaney's now an arson suspect,

then there's your motivation, right there.

Especially if he knew that McBride

was zeroing in on the point of origin.

When did Delaney become an arson suspect?

When I found him standing over the body of the old one.

[J.c.] Think about it.

Delaney is also the last person to see wedge alive.

Now, maybe he didn't want him to find

the point of origin either.

Well, guys, so much for McBride as a suspect.

The man was onto something, lieutenant

but he didn't share it with me.

Of course not.

Then our lives would be simple.

All right, stone, pick up where he left off.

Get right up on his warm trail until it gets hot.

Be careful.

Where's Delaney?

Uh, she's not coming.

We didn't tell her.

We figured it would be best if she didn't make this meeting.

I'm listening.

Well, it turns out that her brother was there

when McBride got killed.

"There"? What's "there"? What do you mean "there"?

You know, "there," like colonel mustard

in the library with the lead pipe.

He said he had an appointment.

Yeah, but McBride didn't write it

in his schedule book.

The man wrote everything in that book.

So we need your okay to follow through with this.

Oh, now you want to follow some direct orders,

huh, moreno?

Save your own little Booty.

It ain't always great to be the king.

[Barker] All right, go ahead,

put a trail on Paul Delaney, see where it leads us.

But what do we tell Nell?

Information on a need-to-know basis.

She don't need to know.

See you all later.

[Williams] Now, what I want to know

is what the hell Mr. Delaney

is doing in there for so long?

That's what I want to know.

Hmm... Well, Angela's wedge's widow.

Probably just paying his respects.

Mm-hmm.

Hour and a half.

That's a whole lot of respect.

- You know... - Well...

You know what?

I like this neighborhood.

Like it for you.

Downtown...

Close to the job...

Close to the nightlife...

Go out late, feel good, come back, it's all good.

J.c., what are you doing?

No, what is he doing?

- Ave Maria. - See, now, that...

That's what I call respect... I respect that.

See, that's discretion.

- That's discreet. - Let's go.

Got to keep an eye on Romeo.

Hey, Alec.

Hey. What's up?

Any progress with the arson investigation?

What do you mean?

McBride... you said he was onto something.

Do you have any clue as to what it was?

Ah, yeah, there's a lot of stuff here.

I'm still digging through everything.

Right. Do you need any help?

No, I got it. Thanks, though.

But if I come across anything

I'll let you know, okay?

I got to go.

Okay.

Latimer!

Oh, latimer!

Epstein, what now?

Who's this?

You got one, so I got one.

Excuse me?

No offense, but the insurance company

won't cut me a check until they find the arsonist.

So I'm here to make you a deal, Leo.

You confess and I'll testify on your behalf at the trial.

You want me to confess?

I'll even say nice things about you on the stand.

I'm willing to lie.

Here we go.

You get the hell out of my factory now.

Or what? Are you threatening me, latimer?

- Okay, guys. - Huh? Huh?

Come on, man, you got to be kidding.

You're not the only victim here... thanks to your fire

my policy probably won't be renewed now.

Good, I'm glad.

That means you'll be out of work, too!

Which is what you've always wanted, isn't it?

As a matter of fact, it is.

Guys, hey!

You're the arsonist, you're the criminal!

[Holmquist] The fire department

has to confirm the cause

before veritech can pay on a claim.

Of course I'm very sorry to hear about marshal McBride

but as you can imagine we have several clients like Mr. Epstein

who are anxious to get this all cleared up.

Do you have any new developments on the case?

All I can say, Mr. Holmquist, is that I'm pursuing

a number of leads, but I would appreciate a copy

of your private investigator's findings.

Sure, I'll send them right over.

Um, marshal McBride indicated

he was leaning toward one of the firefighters

as his primary suspect.

Any truth to that?

There is some evidence to suggest that

but I'm not really prepared to say anything further.

I understand. Okay.

If there's anything further I can do, please let me know.

I just want to help any way I can.

- I'll let you know. - Appreciate it.

Hey, yo, psst!

- What's going on? - What's the matter?

They think I murdered Andy McBride.

That's what's the matter, Nell.

What are you talking about?

Those detectives have been following me all day.

They wouldn't be doing that

if they didn't think I was guilty, right?

Paul, you're getting a little paranoid.

Oh, yeah? They're outside right now.

Why don't you check it for yourself?

Paul was the one that checked the sprinkler systems

at each of buildings, all of which failed during the fire.

Which means he had access and opportunity.

Okay, but what does he have to gain?

Well, if he did it for hire, obviously it's money.

Now, if he's acting alone then it's a hero complex.

[Moreno] Which fits his psych profile.

His father was an ex-firefighter, domineering...

Exactly whose father you talking about, moreno?

Did you and Williams get that by tailing Paul

or did you go out and pull out my own jacket to get something...

Look, Nell.

Don't "Nell" me, Alec, I'm pissed off.

I want to know why I was left out of the loop.

Well, for some stupid reason, I thought maybe you'd be upset.

I was trying to protect you.

Protect me. From what?

Protect you from the fact

that your brother might be an arson suspect.

Which means he may also be responsible

for the deaths of McBride and wedge.

Oh, come on, there's no way Paul's responsible.

What?

Fine. Don't believe me, uh...

What's... what's the plan?

- The plan? - Yeah, the plan.

The last time I checked I'm still part of this unit.

Delaney, if you don't mind my saying so

I think you might be a little too close to this.

No, no, I can handle it, Williams.

Don't take me off this case.

Please, lieutenant.

Okay, Delaney.

Let's get this clear right up front.

Paul is no longer your brother.

He's now a suspect... Is that understood?

Understood.

Good.

All right, guys,

we start by taking the heat off Paul

making him think he's no longer a suspect.

Have him lead us to whoever it is he's working for.

Congratulations, Delaney.

- Great job. - [Delaney] Thanks, chief.

That was a very heroic thing you did, young man.

I owe you my life.

- Just doing my job, Mr. Epstein. - Thank you.

You're welcome.

[Applause]

Thanks... thank you.

Thanks, Johnny.

Congratulations, brother.

Hey, I'm glad you could make it.

I wouldn't have missed it, are you kidding?

Halfway through, I thought dad might show up.

Yeah, right.

You're disappointed.

No, I'm used to it.

Come on, the suspense is killing me... what's happening?

Oh, you're no longer a suspect, Paul.

- Really? - Yeah.

They were checking out everyone in the house

so it's no big deal.

- Then I'm off the hook. - Yeah.

That's great.

You have no idea what a relief this is.

I'm going to go get changed, okay?

- Wait here. - Okay.

Okay. I'll be right back.

[Beep]

- Hey. - What's up?

Shh-shh-shh.

It's clear.

Oh, I feel kind of bad about this.

I know barker told us to keep Paul under a microscope

but he is Nell's brother, you know?

Hey, it's all about the Benjamins, baby.

This is a cute little apartment.

I wonder if they have any more available in this building.

Why? You moving, j.C.?

No, it's not for me.

It's for a friend of mine.

Think she might want to move.

Could you not, please?

Yeah, I could not.

Come on, moreno.

Eddie was my partner...

Okay? It's just...

Something I thought you might want to think about.

It might help you move on.

J.c.

Let's just do this, okay?

All right.

Esta bien.

¿Que tenemos aqui?

Newspaper clippings...

Hey, even have word from the Epstein fire.

Stuff from high school.

This guy's really into heroics.

Yeah, but if he's an arson-for-hire, he's not using

the money to pay his bills, I could tell you that.

Look at this... "final notice."

"Past due." "Past due."

This guy's worse that I am.

Here's his checkbook.

Whoa.

$35,000.

That's a lot of cash to have on a fireman's salary

wouldn't you say?

Mm-hmm.

How'd you get in here?

Oh, I got the results back from the Epstein fire.

Really?

Yeah. See, Alec, it looks like

the fire started inside this wall

and then spread into this fire wall

which means it separated Epstein from latimer.

Electrical?

Well, comparative vapor tests

came back and it showed the accelerant, methanol.

It got hot enough in there to melt the metal duct.

And you see and then, one of the ash residue samples

came back and there's some bone fragments.

But it's not human, you know.

I mean, there's got to be something in here, so...

Sounds a little to me, Nell, like you're pushing.

No, I'm just trying to find the truth

either way, you know?

I was meaning to ask you what...

This is mine.

What is it?

Ah, it's just a, uh...

It's a tracking device for your brother.

You think he's guilty, too, don't you?

Where am I going to get coverage now, will you tell me that?

After everything that's happened?

I'm sorry, Mr. Latimer.

There's really nothing we can do.

Hey.

Everything okay?

If going out of business can be deemed okay, I'm fine.

What are you talking about? I thought business was good.

It is, but I wasn't lying.

What you heard me tell Ben Epstein?

The insurance company...

They won't let me renew.

They're dropping me as of tomorrow.

Okay, well, what about another insurance company?

Garment district's too high of a risk now

after everything that's gone on.

No company will underwrite it.

Looks like Epstein burned me out after all.

Delaney, I hear what you're trying to say

but listen, how many civil servants do you know

with 35 g's in the bank?

All from cash deposits.

I know it does not make much sense

but my brother has never had two nickels to rub together.

I admit it doesn't look good, I'm trying to think.

There has to be some kind of explanation, I mean...

Maybe he's being set up.

Delaney, maybe you're reaching.

I don't think I'm reaching,

I'm trying to keep an open mind, Williams.

Maybe you could all do the same?

Delaney, your brother's got no alibis

for any of the fires

wedge ends up dead, maybe having caught on to him

plus the affair with his widow, come on.

Right, that plus the fact he's got this money

and this hero complex which you know about.

Look, if your brother is being set up

somebody's doing a damned good job.

And it doesn't mean it couldn't happen.

[Barker] Again, um, I'm sorry, Delaney

but we have more than enough to bring him in.

Um, you're going to arrest him?

Yes.

Lieutenant, please...

Think he'll give us a name?

[Barker] He really doesn't have much choice.

Either he rolls over or he takes the fall himself.

Look, Nell...

I really think that we should do this one without you.

[Paul] Say hi to everybody.

- [Man] I told them. - See you, guys.

[Man] I'll see you later.

[Tires screeching]

[Nell] Paul, Paul!

Get in now!

Nell! Hey!

Delaney!

Come back here!

Damn it!

- What are you doing? - I'm trying to buy us some time.

- They were going to arrest you. - What?

- Give me your pager. - No! No! What are you, nuts?

A tracking device, that's how my lieutenant found you.

Wait a minute, your lieutenant?

You're working with those guys?

All that time hanging out with me down at the firehouse

and you were investigating me on the job?

I didn't know it was gonna lead to you, Paul.

Yeah, well, you didn't tell me you were undercover

either now, did you, Nell? You lied to me.

You know what? Maybe dad was right about you.

Oh, give me a break, look at me!

I'm trying to save your ass, here!

I'm innocent, Nell!

How do you explain the $35,000 in your bank account then?

What?

I saved that money, Nell, every single penny of it.

Did you? How come you can't pay any bill on time then?

- I don't know. - Really.

So what about Angela, huh?

How do you explain her?

What do you mean?

What do I mean? Who's lying now? What are you...

You know what? You think I'm so guilty

then why are you doing all this, huh?

'Cause you're my brother, that's why.

Aw.

You just better not be guilty, Paul.

Damn it, Delaney!

Well, you know she ain't stupid.

No. She's stupid, it was very stupid to cross me.

She's going to pay for it.

Look, maybe Nell's got a plan or something, right?

She wouldn't do this if she didn't.

All right, everybody listen up.

All of you listen good.

She is just as much a fugitive now as her brother.

Got that?

Let's go.

Move your asses, let's go!

Marshal McBride was onto something.

We just have to figure out what it was.

He's made some notes on his blueprints,

but I don't understand any of it.

Do you want to work with me here?

Maybe like figure out who set you up?

I can't do this alone, Paul.

It looks like there were two different points of origin

which is impossible.

Wait. Bone fragments.

[Clears throat]

That's it.

The arsonist used a rat to start the fire.

A what?

A rat. It's an old trick.

You light a rat on fire, set it up into the wall,

it starts a fire on the inside

and hides the origin of the fire.

What does that mean?

What it means is that the rat

was sent up through a hole in the base of this wall

which happens to be a fire wall.

But they're not supposed to burn, right?

No, no, no, they burn, that's not the point.

Nobody intentionally sets a fire within a fire wall

unless they want to take down the buildings

on either side of it.

Okay, okay, so the arsonist intended to burn

Leo latimer's building, too.

Definitely! This is your fingerprint, little sister.

Ah, see what happens when we work together?

The architecture of the building...

Who knows it better than the architect or the owner?

The insurance company... They base their premiums

on the structure itself.

They also insure each targeted building.

Okay, I... I don't know about a motive,

but do you think they would attempt to burn

Leo latimer's building again?

Maybe, but they'll wait for things to cool down.

No, we can't wait for them to cool down.

My lieutenant has half the cops in New York City

looking for us right now.

We've got to force them to make a move.

How are we going to do that?

Somebody desperately wants you as the fall guy, I mean...

What if you fall too soon?

[Barker] License plate number lxd49y2.

Now, I want a citywide alert

on both the passenger and the driver.

The names are Nell and Paul Delaney.

- Ever seen her like this? - Never.

Look, I want you to make this top priority, you understand me?

Put a call out to every unit out on the street.

Lieutenant, Nell obviously believes that Paul is innocent.

She's got to be following her own leads.

Let me tell you something, moreno.

Nell is on the opposite side of the law now.

Her good intentions don't mean squat to me.

Look, nobody's disagreeing with that.

I just want to make it crystal clear.

Nobody goes against my plans.

Where's Williams?

Don't worry, he'll be here soon.

Wait, wait, wait, wait...

Where the hell you think you going?

Look, I just got to go to the John.

Is that all right with you?

[Beeps]

[Phone dialing]

[Nell] Stone.

Nell, listen to me.

You got no idea how much trouble you're in.

Barker went ballistic, you... You gotta turn yourself in.

No, I can't, Alec.

Look, I know I can prove that Paul is innocent.

- How? - Okay, look.

I think their next target is the latimer factory.

But I need you to help me set the trap.

No, Nell. I... I...

Don't... don't ask.

I can't.

No, Alec. You owe me.

You have to tell holmquist you're arresting Paul.

[Alec] Okay, I'll do it.

All right. [Phone beeps]

Now you're going to help me set the trap.

[Nell] Come on, Alec, where are you?

What if he doesn't show, Nell?

That means he couldn't shake the lieutenant

which means we're dead.

Wait, wait, wait. Here he is.

Let's go.

Well, that's good news.

Paul Delaney's not in custody as of yet

but there is a warrant being subpoenaed for his arrest.

So he's working alone.

We'll know more after he's been brought in.

He should be in custody

no later than tomorrow morning.

Right, well, I appreciate your keeping me up to speed.

Sure.

[Nell] Any idea where he might start it?

No. It's hard to tell.

He's changed his m.O. For each of the fires

but if I were him

I'd be a little more blatant about this one, you know?

Make sure this sucker really burns.

"If I were him"?

It's a figure of speech.

Look, we're going to have to split up.

You check the hallway, okay? I'm going to go over here.

- Okay. - Okay.

- And be careful. - You, too.

Okay.

[Grunting]

How's that, boy?

Paul... damn!

[Gun clicks]

Drop it. Do it.

[Barker] Stay here.

Cover the doorway in case they try to run.

Stone, come with me.

Lieutenant, don't you think we should

give her the benefit of the doubt?

Give her a chance to see this thing through?

No, Williams, I don't.

She went through this to set a trap.

What's another couple of minutes?

I gave a direct order... Follow it.

Stone, let's go.

What are you doing? Are you crazy?

Do you have any idea who I am, holmquist?

I'm a cop, damn it!

That'll make it look even better.

Investigators will think you caught

the arsonist in the act, but then he got

the better of you.

Unfortunately, he didn't make it out in time.

- Freeze! Police! - Don't move!

[Guns clicking]

Back off, or I'll drop this, I swear!

Do it, and you're dead.

You kill me and we're all dead.

All right, relax, relax! Just relax.

I said back off now!

Calm down!

All right, look.

We can talk about this, can't we, huh?

We're not talking anything.

You got five seconds to get out of here.

Four.

Three, two...

One!

You all right, Nell?

Yeah.

[Officer] All right, watch your head, sir.

[Moreno] You know, I still don't get it.

Why would an insurance adjuster

want to torch his own client?

Well, it turns out he wasn't working alone.

Apparently his boss was the one really behind it.

See, what they really wanted here was the land.

They wanted to turn this

into some kind of shopping district.

Latimer's was the last building in their way.

Well, that makes sense, see,

an owner would be more motivated to sell

after the place has burned down.

And since holmquist knew there'd be an arson investigation

he knew he needed a fall guy.

That's a pretty sweet setup.

It almost worked, too.

Who was working the case, though?

Let's go check on Nell.

No. I need to talk to her in private.

Go home, get some rest.

You did a good job.

Did he just thank us?

What do you think is going to happen?

I don't know, she's a tough girl, she'll be all right.

I tell you, I am starving.

Yeah, me, too, I'm so hungry.

Well, I got this food that i...

You guys want to get something to eat?

Yeah, we could...

We could get some...

Yeah, let's get something to eat.

Tell Irene I said hey.

[Officer] Okay.

Delaney... can I speak with you for a moment, please?

Sure.

- I'll be right back. - It's okay.

Lieutenant, I'm sorry about everything...

Everything turning out your way?

Yep. It's going your way.

You think that's going to take you

off the hook with me?

You disobeyed a direct order, Delaney,

compromised my entire operation.

I didn't feel I had any other choice, lieutenant.

Well, I don't think I have a choice either.

I'm going to need your shield, Delaney.

You're suspended.

Listen, I hope I didn't get you

into too much trouble with your lieutenant.

No, I was just... Slapped on the wrist.

Hey, I really appreciate what you did for me today, Nell.

That means a lot to me.

You're giving me way too much credit.

I was being very selfish.

You're all I got.

Looks like the captain's in.

Dad's not so bad anymore... Relatively speaking.

You sure you don't want to come in

just to, uh, say hi?

I got to get up early for work.

Thanks.

Yeah.

- Good to see you. - Mm-hmm.

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