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(indistinct conversations)

(cell phone ringtone playing)

Thats ten grand to you, Pop.

(laughing) Too rich for my blood.

5,000 to you, Francis.

I call.

Read em and weep.

Three queens.

Ooh.

Pair of deuces.

Knew you were bluffing when your eye started to twitch.

And three kings...

to fill the house.

(Henry chuckling)

You dog.

All right, well, Im busted.

Whats my credit line?

Uh, you owe me $243,000.

(Henry chuckling)

I liked it better when you used to let me win.

Your deal. Okay.

The game is Chicago Night Baseball.

(door opens and closes)

No peeky, threes and nines wild,

buy a card for 1,000.

ERIN: Sorry, guys.

Hey, want to sit in?

No, we have to get home.

Oh, but I can just feel the cards

turning Nickys way.

Its an early one for both of us.

Nicky is going to spend the day at work

with me tomorrow. FRANK: Wow.

Its Take Your Daughter to Work Day.

Ill bet none of your friends parents

have as exciting a job as your mom.

Actually, I wanted to go on a ride-along

with Uncle Danny or Uncle Jamie, but I knew thatd never fly.

Well, maybe you should stop

assuming things about me all the time.

Okay. Can I go on a ride-along with Uncle Danny or Uncle Jamie?

Absolutely not.

Thanks, Your Majesty.

She hates me.

The hardest day at work

is easier than any day raising a teenager.

Amen to that.

Good luck.

Hmm...

Cut for deal.

Okay.

Hey! Hey, hey!

Hey, wh... what are you doing?!

Hey, hey!

(whimpers)

Shh.

Oh, my...!

Any of you nachos move,

Ill execute every one of you.

Check it, man.

Hey.

Look what we got here.

(laughing)

Thats it?

I know you people dont use banks,

so wheres the rest of it, huh?

Where is it?

Wheres the rest of your money,

chica,

eh?

No! No! No! No! No!

(shouting)

Im going to count to three, okay?

One.

In-in the box over there, on the shelf!

Hurry up.

Were out of here.

Adios, amigos.

Come on!

(crying)

Finally, a slow night in the city.

We get to enjoy a civilized meal for once.

This is civilized?

We should be glad were not downtown, though.

That student protest turned into a riot.

Ah, is there ever a night in this city

when somebodys not protesting something?

What are they protesting now anyway?

Tuition hikes.

Tuition hikes?

My old man paid a fortune on my kid brothers tuition.

Look what good it did him.

Somebody should protest the Mets

calling themselves a professional sports team.

Back up. Hold on.

DISPATCHER: Confines of the two-seven precinct,

report of shots fired at 176 and Cabrini.

Thats not far from here.

Yeah.

Show Manhattan detectives responding to shots fired.

So much for a quiet night.

Yeah.

(siren whooping)

Call for a bus, Jack.

Yeah.

Forthwith!

Come on...

Jack, hurry it up!

Two reported rapes, the three-one and the 15th,

and a homicide in the two-seven.

I want CompStat reports for all precincts

and updates on the homicide.

The mayor asked

to move your weekly briefing up an hour.

Can do. Already done.

If youre going to eat that here,

you better have brought two.

Over easy?

The only thing in this office that is.

Three students were arrested for assault last night

during a demonstration at Hudson University.

In custody and awaiting arraignment.

Our job is done there.

You wish.

People get murdered every day, Frank,

but three middle-class kids get arrested

outside their college for protesting tuition hikes--

thats news.

Says who?

Says a full voice mail box and 100 e-mails.

Thats what you think we should be paying attention to?

Not what we should be; what we will be.

He was hit with two bullets.

One of them lacerated his liver,

and the other one gave him a slow aortic leak.

There was nothing we could do.

You guys find any I.D. on him?

Sorry.

(sighs) Decedents property.

Check this out.

Oh.

Dead guy with a bag of cash and no I.D.

Exactly. Maybe it was a drug deal gone bad?

Something definitely went bad. You get a count on this?

Yeah, its $325.

325 bucks?

Mm-hmm.

Never ceases to amaze me

what some people will kill each other for.

So what prepared you most for this career?

Having three brothers.

If I wasnt negotiating a truce

between two of them, then I was trying

to prove that I was one of them.

Thing you love the most?

You.

About your job.

Speaking for people who cant speak for themselves,

trying to make sure that justice is done for them.

How is it working with defense attorneys?

Well, were on opposing sides,

but I can always appreciate a good attorney.

Did you ever go up against Dad?

In court?

Of course, in court.

Only in mock trials in law school.

Was he any good?

I would recommend him as an attorney.

Is there anything you want to talk about?

Like what?

Nothing.

I just want to make sure everythings okay.

Everythings fine.

How would you describe your typical day at work?

We have a suspect in custody on the rape in the 15th,

and the homicide investigation is ongoing.

Its going to be a tough one.

We dont have much.

Frank, what about those student protesters?

What about them?

You know, my first year at Yale, a bunch of us

camped out on the quad to protest apartheid.

I dont think any college education is complete

without a little righteous indignation.

It wasnt righteous indignation that got them arrested.

It was assaulting police officers.

Thats a felony.

Had the New Haven Police arrested me,

a record would have prevented me from going into public office.

But you knew where to draw the line.

Or I just got lucky.

(sighs)

Local cops versus college students

is a classic town and gown, Frank.

Theres always room for mistakes on both sides.

The arrests were legitimate, Mr. Mayor.

If you have an issue...

No, Frank.

No issue at all.

Just airing it out.

Next item: your appearance at the Knicks game on Saturday.

We need to talk about security.

Absolutely.

Looks like the blood starts right around here, Jack.

Yeah, well, the 911 caller

is an old lady from that building.

Said she heard three shots, looked out the window

and saw two guys running up the block.

Two guys? Yep, no description.

No one saw anything, so we have no witnesses.

Of course not. This neighborhood, we got

a better chance of bumping into Santa Claus.

Oh, well, if you see him, tell him

Im still waiting on my Barbie Dream House.

Oh, the SPRINT system said there were a couple of calls

about a domestic right before the shots rang out

coming from the basement apartment over there.

We should take a look at it. All right.

By the way, it had a, uh,

working doorbell and a hot tub, you know?

What did?

The Barbie Dream House.

Erin had one.

She used to let me use it as a bachelor pad

for my G.I. Joes.

Ah, that makes sense.

Docket number 45972,

People v. Ariel Winston

on the charge of assault in the second degree

against a police officer and disorderly conduct

occurring on the campus of Hudson University.

How do you plead?

Not guilty, Your Honor.

Bail?

State requests $2,000 bail.

Because this 18-year-old honor student

is a big flight risk?

No, because Ms. Winston threw objects at police officers.

Allegedly. We request Ms. Winston

be released on her own recognizance.

ERIN: Your Honor, my office has corroborating evidence,

including eyewitness testimony and numerous cell phone videos.

Ms. Winston jumped on an officer.

Trying to help her friend.

Come on. These are college students.

To whom the law applies.

Protesting social injustice is a rite of passage.

Your Honor, Id like to remind counsel that this is

an arraignment, not a trial.

Exactly, Mr. Skolnik.

A right of passage that is protected

under the Constitution.

ERIN: But carried out without permits,

and in a manner that endangered pedestrians and motorists.

Bail is set at $1,000.

The only threat I see is from overzealous cops,

and overzealous ADAs.

You havent seen anything yet, Counselor.

Beautiful, but overzealous.

And immune to your charms.

You guys were really going at it.

That was great.

He was awesome.

Excuse me, Ms. Boyle?

Is there somewhere that we could talk?

WOMAN: I wasnt arguing with my husband last night.

Well, the neighbors said they heard, uh, shouting

coming from the apartment.

MAN: They must have made a mistake.

It wasnt coming from here.

Howd you get those bruises, maam?

She fell.

Did she fall on somebodys fist?

Did you hear the shots last night?

No, we didnt.

How about you let your mom answer the questions, all right?

I didnt hear anything.

Im sorry.

Wheres your husband?

Why?

Maybe he heard or saw something.

He-he didnt hear anything.

Okay. Heres what were gonna do.

Well speak to your dad directly.

Is that okay with you?

Or maybe you got something to hide.

He... he works at a bodega on 175th and Amsterdam.

Great. Well speak to him there.

My father didnt do anything wrong.

Well, if he did do something wrong,

you better hope hes a better liar than you.

So whats the wrinkle?

If youre saying somebody has evidence

that they were arrested without probable cause,

thats simply not the case.

Its not that kind of wrinkle.

Then what?

Well...

Its coming in right now.

Dad, this is Sabine Winston. Her daughter Ariel is...

One of the protestors we arrested.

Uh...

may I sit down?

Please.

Thank you.

I know youre a busy man, Commissioner.

So Ill get right to the point.

Ariel made a huge mistake.

But shes only 18.

Id hate her to have a felony charge

follow her around for the rest of her life.

Mrs. Winston, as Im sure

my daughter has told you,

reducing the charges is not up to me,

its up to the DAs office.

And the DAs office-- no offense--

is a political machine, Commissioner.

And youre one of the few people allowed to

put quarters in, and get what you want in return.

I cant have this conversation.

Ariel is Mayor Pooles daughter.

Ms. Winston came to me in confidence

after the arraignment.

Carter and I...

were both very young when I got pregnant with Ariel.

And Carter wanted to marry me.

Im the one who said no.

I got married when Ariel was a toddler,

and she was raised with my husband as her father.

Ariel has no idea.

And the mayor?

He agreed to abide by my wishes.

Look, Carter has always taken responsibility.

Even paid Ariels tuition.

He has sacrificed a lot for her,

in the sense that this is a relationship

hes had to live without.

Did he ask you to talk to me?

No, he... he wouldnt want me here.

A felony conviction will ruin her chance to become a lawyer.

Commissioner, I am asking for mercy.

Clearly, I havent always made the best choices.

I wish that I had done things differently.

But Ariel is all I have.

Ms. Winston...

I cant undo whats done.

You ever know him to get involved with drugs

or gangs, or anything?

What, Fernando Ortiz?

No, you got to be kidding me. No. No way.

Was he working yesterday?

Why dont you ask him? He should be back soon.

Hey, we will ask him, all right?

But right now, were asking you questions.

Unless you want to come down and answer them at the station...

No.

Uh...

Okay, he worked here last night.

Uh, I paid him.

He locked up at around 9:00, and then he went home.

You pay him in cash?

Do I need a lawyer?

Mr. Duran, listen.

Were not here to jam you or Fernando up, okay?

Were not the I.N.S.

Were not worried about illegal workers,

or whether youre paying people in cash, okay?

Were investigating a homicide.

Whatever you tell us about Fernando

could clear him of any wrongdoing.

I paid him in cash. Okay.

How much did you pay him in cash?

$325.

Mr. Ortiz.

Is... is there something wrong?

We need you to come with us, sir. Okay?

Lets go.

Come on.

We dont have enough to arrest him, you know.

Yeah. But he doesnt know that.

In the meantime, we got enough for a search warrant

for his apartment, so... What do you got?

Well, ID came back on our victim.

Its a Phil Daelman.

Hes got priors for assault, robbery and gun possession.

All right.

So maybe this Phil Daelman was up to his old tricks,

but he picked on the wrong guy this time.

Lets see if this Mr. Ortiz can enlighten us.

Lets hope he doesnt ask for a lawyer.

He asked not to be disturbed.

Too late.

Garrett. Forgotten, but not gone.

Im gonna ask until I get an answer.

What are we doing about the protest arrests?

"We"?

The Times

is accusing the police department of overreacting.

And the

Post

is commending them for showing restraint.

Let them duke it out.

Okay, this demonstration couldve been a full-blown riot.

But the arrests and the quick police response

actually prevented that.

In front of the press, in and out. Five minutes, tops.

Well...

theres a little more to it.

There is? Yep.

What?

Can you keep a secret? Yes.

Good. So can I.

Come on. (sighs)

One of the students who was arrested

is Mayor Pooles daughter.

And nobody knows that.

That changes everything.

Except the facts.

What does he want you to do?

He didnt ask for anything.

And he doesnt know that I know.

So were going to do nothing?

Now youre catching on.

Your wife looked pretty beat up.

What happened to her?

Okay, well, did you know that

somebody got shot on your block last night?

No. I, uh, I didnt.

You didnt hear any shots, nothing?

No.

Do you recognize this guy?

Sorry.

Did you have

any money on you when you left work yesterday?

No.

No?

What about the $325 in cash your boss gave you?

It...

It mustve fell out of my pocket.

Really? It must have fallen out of your pocket?

DANNY: All right.

Lets go over it again.

You say your wife fell down

and hit her face.

Your take-home pay ends up

in the hands of a dead man,

who happened to be shot right outside of your place,

only moments after neighbors heard screaming

coming from inside.

You really want us to believe

you know nothing about any of this?

Look...

all I know is, I work my ass off.

I follow the law, and-and-and I dont hurt no one.

Okay. Did someone hurt you?

(sighs)

How... h-how long are you married?

12 years. Why?

Im married 20.

Marisol and I, weve been together

since we were 16 years old.

Look, if someone broke into your home, and started

to beat your wife right in front of you--

right in front of your son-- what would you do?

Is that what happened to you?

Dont I have the right to defend myself against people like him?

They took everything we own.

Everything we worked for.

I ran after them.

I just... I just wanted to get it back.

Thats all.

Just wanted to get it back.

Well, you got a confession. Thats great.

Yeah. Only I thought Id feel better about it.

(indistinct shouting)

REPORTER 1: Commissioner! Commissioner.

What about the fact that the protestors were unarmed?

FRANK: Not unarmed, they just didnt have conventional weapons.

REPORTER 2: Commissioner!

Commissioner, the students contend that they had a right

to exercise their First Amendment rights,

and that those rights were violated. How do you respond?

The First Amendment does guarantee

the right to assemble... peacefully.

Law enforcements responsibility is to ensure public safety.

My men did their job.

REPORTER 1: Commissioner, some might say

that these were just college students

who were out to protest tuition hikes.

They werent hurting anyone.

Well, the officers who were assaulted,

and the pedestrians and shopkeepers

who were forced to circumvent the crowd,

might tell a different story.

Have you talked to them?

(reporters clamoring)

Thats all we have for today.

Well keep you updated as things progress.

My office is available for any questions

pertaining to...

(sighs)

The perps had fled, the danger was gone.

No, that is a gray area.

No, its pretty black and white, Danny.

He followed them outside.

Yeah, after they invaded his home and beat up his wife.

But he didnt shoot Daelman in his home.

He shot him when he was running away.

Oh. Too bad he didnt

drag Daelmans body back into the apartment,

cause then he wouldnt be facing any charges, would he?

No, hed be on the front page of the

Post

under the word "hero."

The law is very clear, Danny. You cant shoot someone,

unless you feel theyre about to use deadly physical force.

They had a gun. They invaded his home, they beat up his wife.

How much more deadly can the force get? Was anyone pointing a gun at him at the time? No.

(whispering): Look, what else was the guy supposed to do?

Pick up the phone and call 911, not run after him and shoot him.

What if he had missed?

What if he shot an innocent bystander?

He didnt miss, okay? He hit the perp.

Look, all Im asking you to do is cut the guy

a break on the charges.

Why, because you think its justified?

No, because I think he was a good man in a bad spot

who was just trying to protect his family.

But that is for a jury to decide, not you.

The charge is manslaughter.

(Danny sighs)

Hi. I made brown bread from scratch.

Moms recipe.

She never wrote down her recipes.

I made it from memory.

You want a slice?

You set me up.

You would never have come down if you knew.

And you needed to hear what she had to say.

Did I?

Yes, you did, because youre a man who needs the facts

before he makes a decision.

I had all the facts I needed,

and the decision is not mine to make

as you well know.

Are you gonna sit there and tell me

youd rather be in the dark about this?

Im not advocating special treatment because of the mayor.

Then what?

I just thought that

you should hear her side of things because...

Because you sympathize with her?

Because Im struggling with the letter of the law

versus the spirit of the law.

One impulsive, dumb move

and this girl has an asterisk by her name

for the rest of her life.

Its the law, its my job...

Is it just?

Not for me to say.

How was your day with Nicky?

She thinks defense attorneys are the good guys.

As in her dad?

Well, implied.

Imagine if she knew that he didnt want joint custody.

But youre not gonna tell her.

No.

That would only hurt her.

(sighs)

Thats the hardest part,

the things you do for them that you cant tell em about.

Somethings missing.

What?

The thing that made this taste good.

Sit down. I want you to take a look

through these guys.

You recognize anyone, you give me a shout.

Ill be at my desk, all right?

Why?

Why what?

What difference is this gonna make?

Well, you want to find

the guys who did this to your family, dont you?

Is it gonna save my dad from going to jail?

Probably not.

I didnt think so.

Look, kid,

Im sorry about your dad.

Isnt there something anyone can do?

Hes got to get a good lawyer.

With what? They took everything we have.

Okay, well, maybe your dad will get lucky

and hell get a jury thatll sympathize with him.

Oh, yeah? How many people do you know

sympathize with illegal immigrants?

Hey...

Just take a look at the pictures, all right?

They found the gun in the Ortiz apartment.

Okay.

Sending it to the lab now.

This is him. Who?

This guy?

Yeah. Timothy Abbey.

Thats one of the guys we dont have an address on.

Im gonna find it.

Youre sure this is the guy?

He slapped my mom around.

Ill never forget that face.

You cant go around shooting people in the middle of the street.

Yeah, well, if somebody comes into your home and attacks your family,

you should be able to.

To what, get revenge?

To defend yourself against intruders.

That.

Yeah, but he didnt kill anybody. He robbed someone.

And he doesnt deserve to die for that.

Says who?

Once they left, the danger was over.

Oh, youre gonna join the conversation now, Harvard, is that it?

Wait, wait. Jamie, let me ask you this.

If someone came in here right now with guns

and started hitting the kids and taking our valuables,

you would feel the same.

If theyre already gone, its revenge.

Dad, do you think a bad guys gonna come in here?

Are you kidding? Hed take one look

at this table and run the other way.

This place is, like, Cop City.

Plus a prosecutor.

Boy, did they choose the wrong house.

Its revenge, plain and simple.

But its not plain and simple.

Well, the punishment has to fit the crime

and the circumstances, not just in the penal code.

So what do you charge him with?

Its not like he planned it; it was a spur-of- the-moment thing.

And the law accounts for that; a reaction in the heat of the moment.

Yeah, but it wasnt in the moment.

He had to go to a drawer,

get a gun and then chase after them.

Oh, come on. Were not talking about a criminal here.

Were talking about a... a hardworking man

whose family was attacked,

and he-he stood up for them.

We should all be able to do that.

No, we shouldnt.

What Ortiz lost was replaceable.

What Daelman lost is not.

Well, given the circumstances,

Id make the same choice Ortiz did.

Run after them and shoot? No. Mm-mmm.

Neither would I.

Well, I would.

I think Uncle Dannys right.

Well, of course you do.

Whats that supposed to mean?

It means theres nothing

I could possibly say or do that you would agree with.

Maybe if you werent prosecuting students

and people who get robbed.

Im prosecuting people whove broken the law,

and since when do you not relate to that?

Youre just mad I agreed with that defense attorney.

Why would I be mad about that?

Because you hate them, because my fathers one.

Next time, go to work with Dad.

Who wants another pork chop?

Hey. Hey. I didnt want

to cut your Sunday night dinner short,

but one of Abbeys cohorts says he works in here on the weekends.

Oh, believe me, if Sunday dinner went on any longer,

it would have turned into a crime scene.

You guys get together every week to eat and fight.

You sure youre not Italian?

No, Irish. We just drink a little more.

There he is.

Timothy Abbey!

(bystanders screaming)

Hey!

Hey! What are you doing?!

Hold it!

Hey!

Hold it!

(Abbey gasping)

Come here!

Ow!

You know this man, tough guy?

No.

Dont lie to me. You robbed his family.

It wasnt me.

Who was it, then? It was this guy?

Yeah.

Yeah? How do you know that if you werent with him?

I mightve been with him, but I didnt do nothing.

Really? We got witnesses that say otherwise.

Whos your witness?

Some guy whos not even a citizen?

I was born in this country. I have rights.

Is that why you targeted Mr. Ortiz, huh?

Because hes illegal?

Is that it?

It was all Phil.

He called it "papi hunting."

What the hell is papi hunting?

Phil said if we could find some wetbacks

walking around with cash...

Those people dont go to banks.

And they dont go to police, either. Thats what he said.

Really?

Yeah, a win-win.

Is that what it is?

Yeah.

Imagine that.

You think thats funny, huh?

That what you call it? A win-win? Whats the matter? Danny!

Whats the matter with you, okay?! They shot my friend!

They were the ones who shot my friend, okay?!

I am the... Im the victim here!

Youre the victim? Yes!

Well, I dont know too many victims who carry guns

and break into innocent peoples houses, do you?

I dont know. Why dont you just ask the kid

who killed my friend?

What do you mean, the kid?

What do you mean, the kid who killed your friend?

That guys son.

Hes the one who ran after us and shot Phil, okay?

Will you release my dad if I tell you everything?

Hey, hey, youre not in any position to make demands here,

kid, all right? Ive done nothing but try to help your dad.

You want to help your dad?

I suggest you stop giving me the runaround and start talking.

They came into my house with a gun.

We were scared to death.

(voice breaks): I really thought they were gonna shoot us.

Thats why when they left,

I ran after them with my fathers gun.

I was the one

who shot at them, not my dad.

Why did your dad confess to it?

He was just trying to protect me.

He didnt want me to go to jail.

I didnt mean to kill him.

I was just mad...

And I was afraid.

I was afraid theyd come back.

Im sorry.

All right... all right.

This is what I want you to do.

I want you to write down

everything you just told me, okay?

Just write it.

Make sure you write down the part about you thinking

they were gonna come back.

Go on. Write it down.

Write it, write it down.

You were afraid they were gonna come back.

You were afraid for your life, okay?

Make sure you write that, too.

(sighs)

I cant be late for school.

Were okay.

Its just... I have a thing about being late.

You got that from me.

Look, if we have to put on the lights and sirens,

well do it, okay?

Have some toast.

Howd your report go?

I got an A.

Good.

Must have been nice to spend the day with your mom.

See how she works.

See how bossy she can be.

Moms are supposed to be bossy.

What are dads supposed to be?

I dont know.

Show up once in a while might be nice.

Pretend, at least, to be interested.

I called him, you know.

I asked him

if he would take me to work with him.

What did he say?

He said he was too busy, and he would call

when things quieted down, and we could go to lunch then.

I see.

But were not gonna have lunch, Grandpa.

Because things never quiet down enough

for him to have time for me.

Thats got to sting.

Im used to it.

But

thats just between us, that I called him, okay?

Okay.

Mom would probably try and fix that, too.

Well,

thats another job requirement for mothers,

be bossy and fix things.

Yeah, well, some things cant be fixed.

Nicky,

if Im hearing you correctly,

it seems like youre saying your mom

pretty much has to do everything.

She doesnt

have to do everything.

No? Whos her backup?

And she doesnt

have to do everything for you,

she wants to do everything.

You want me to cut her some slack?

Your moms not the only one who likes to fix things.

Its horrible, isnt it?

Your mom made it.

Here you go.

The kids statement.

And were you able to corroborate his version of events,

since there seems to be no end to the number of people

confessing to this murder?

Ballistics and fingerprints analysis are consistent

with his statement, so Ill start to process him.

There you go.

"I was in fear for my life."

Yeah, thats what he said.

"He turned to confront me."

You coached him.

I did not coach him; those are his words.

Look, I might have helped him with his English

a little bit, thats about it.

And he asked for a lawyer?

Yeah, he asked for a lawyer

right after I took the statement.

You know whats interesting, though,

is that, somehow, his family was able

to retain the services

of the white-shoe law firm of Pierce, Freeman & Hamill.

Hm.

Imagine that.

This immigrant family,

no money, father works at a corner bodega.

Wonder how they pulled that off.

Well, they do handle pro bono.

Oh.

You know, I seem to remember you telling me

that you had a very close friend who worked for the law firm

of Pierce, Freeman & Hamill.

Well, I do like a formidable opponent in court.

Come on in, Frank.

Can I get you something?

No, thanks, Im fine.

Listen,

did you see this op-ed piece in the

Times

about the Hudson University protest?

No, I havent, but I was just talking

to the District Attorney about that.

Is that right? What did he have to say?

Well, he feels its important the DAs office

be seen as standing alongside my department

on lawful arrests.

And, of course, its important for me

to stand up for my people.

Well, of course.

But he did make a case

for being sensitive to the future

of these young people.

My daughter, Erin, told me, for instance,

that, uh, one of the arrested,

Ariel Winston,

wants to be a lawyer.

Anyway...

He feels he has some

latitude, so hes recommending

that the charges be reduced to a misdemeanor.

And where do you stand?

Well, you know me, Im pretty much a law and order guy.

Hmm.

But in this case,

I think it serves the spirit of the law.

Right.

But the decision reflects on you as well, sir.

What do you think?

Well, Frank, I like to think that everyone

deserves a break every now and then.

Okay, then.

But they are not getting off scot-free.

Theyre gonna do a years community service

at the Dutton Center downtown.

Dutton, huh?

I practically grew up there.

My mom worked full-time, my dad was out of the picture.

I went by there every day after school.

Did you ever get back in touch with him?

Nah, I never knew him.

Not much to get back in touch about.

Anyway...

I just wanted to stop by and give you the news.

I appreciate that, Frank.

Especially when all you had to do was call.

Good day, Mr. Mayor.

Always a pleasure, Frank.

POOLE: Guys, give me a second, okay?

Just about a minute.

Hello.

Do you know who I am?

Yes, youre the mayor of New York City.

Thats right.

Im Ariel Winston.

Very nice to meet you, Ariel.

And Im here to clean up your fair city.

(laughs)

Yes, and I can use all the help I can get.

Thank you.

Im glad to hear

you were able to make a deal with the DAs office.

Maybe this will remind you to think, take a breath,

next time you make a decision

that might affect the rest of your life.

I will.

Good.

This paint just will not come off.

Tried everything.

Thats because you got to put a little more elbow into it.

Let me, um, see that.

Yeah, thats good.

Spray right here.

(grunts)

FRANK: I know what youre thinking.

Oh, you do?

Yeah.

Im your father.

Okay, what am I thinking?

Youre wondering if youll ever do anything right

in Nickys eyes.

Youre good.

Well, teenagers consider it

their job to torture their parents.

I didnt torture you, did I?

Well, more so your mom.

But Im glad I wasnt a single parent back then.

I dont think I could have handled it without your mother.

I only remember the good times.

Movie night,

or the road trips you guys used to take us on in the summer.

You loved Cape Cod.

Yeah, but I didnt love being sandwiched

between Joe and Danny.

Well, it was character building.

You and mom made it look so easy.

It was easier for us.

I didnt have to explain why your mother wasnt around.

Yeah, I guess I was lucky.

She called her dad first.

And he blew her off.

Thats why shes been upset.

And you didnt hear that from me.

What am I supposed to do about that?

You know, some things cant be fixed.

And the hardest thing for a parent to do sometimes

is nothing.

"Sometimes I think I may want to be a lawyer

"because I realize that I love justice

"and if thats the career that I decide to build,

"I want to be the kind of lawyer

"my mother is.

"Tough but fair

"and just

"and able to stand up to pressures

"on both sides of the bench.

"Spending a day walking in her shoes

"has made me appreciate both her

and the job she does."

She rarely lets me read these reports anymore.

Im special.

Yes, you are.

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