All language subtitles for 22Law & Order S01E22 The Blue Wall SD DVD

Narrator:.
In the criminal justice system,
the people are represented

by two separate yet
equally important groups--

the police
who investigate crime

and the district attomeys
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

Judge :
On the first count
of the indictment,

criminal facilitation
in the first degree,

how does
the jury find?
Not guilty.

On the second count
of the indictment,

money laundering
in the first degree,

how does
the jury find?
Not guilty.

On the third count
of the indictment,

conspiracy in the fifth degree,
how does the jury find?

Not guilty.

Judge:
Thank you.

Court is adjoumed.
( gavel raps )

Attorney:
The arrest
was insulting,

the indictment
was ludicrous,

and the result
was predictable.

The district attorney
wanted to look tough
on white-collar crime

so they smeared
three innocent men.

But they couldn't
bamboozle a jury of 1 2
honest New Yorkers.

Reporter:.
Thank you.

Mr. Stone?

Yes?
The defense says this was
malicious prosecution.

If the law
had allowed it

I'd have indicted
those defendants
for murder.

Reporter #2:
wall Street bankers
for murder?

Bankers
who help drug dealers
clean their money

are as guilty
as the drug dealers
themselves.

Reporter #1 :
what about that
missing evidence?

I can't comment
on the investigation.

I do know someone
in the New York City
Police Department

altered evidence by
erasing bank transactions
on computer discs.

That is a felony,
ladies and gentlemen.

There'll be indictments.
This case is not over--

it's just beginning.

( theme music plays )

I don't remember,
okay? !

Page nine,
first column on the bottom.

How long they been
in there?

About an hour.
lnternal Affairs?

Yeah.

( phone ringing )

( staff murmuring )

what gives?
These guys taking a run
at the whole precinct?

No, just me.

You gave the DA
three dealers

and their bankers
on a silver platter.

Now they're
after you?

If I was lnternal Affairs,
I'd be looking at me, too.

O'Farrell is in charge
of the property clerk's office.

we go back a long way.
He's given me every one
of my promotions.

And he passes out
captain's bars.

So the chief
took care of you
for 20 years.

So what?
That means you two
tampered with evidence?

They got to go
after somebody.

You're guilty
by association

because O'Farrell
runs the evidence
department?

what did they say
happened to the evidence?

Manhattan
Mercantile Bank.

Computer discs
got erased.

All the illegal
transactions just vanished.

lAD didn't tell me
who, what, or why,

but am I at the top
of their list? Yeah.

How's your
appointment book?

It's the Boorman
murder.

Getting ready
for trial.

what?

I'm in a corner, here.
It's an lAD case.

we'll see
what we can find out.

Yeah.
whose collar was it?

Cassidy and Manetti's.

DA loses a case,
who gets the shaft?

Cops.

I'm telling you,
we did it by the book.

Ain't no
best seller.

what happened?

Around the clock stakeout.
Colombians.

Doing maybe a million a year.
Not big dealers.

Yeah, they live
in tenements, right?

One day,
we get a break.

They take their money
to Manhattan Mercantile.

Four briefcases--
cash.

I want to bust in,
get the dealers
and the bankers.

Cragen says no.

"You got to wait
for the money trail.
Prove they laundered it."

They get
some diode heads
downtown,

track the money
by computer.

So when Stone
goes to trial,

the computer discs
are erased.

Right-- but only
the incriminating files.

whoever did it
knewwhat he was doing.

So to the jury,
it looks like the evidence
was never there.

what about the computer jock
who traced the money?

what's his name?

An lAD case-- you're
turning over rocks here.

Turn over a rock...

you might find
a rattlesnake.

The way the DA's screaming
you'd think

it was the first case
they ever lost.

Every time's
the first time.

what happened with these
computer discs?

The drug dealers--
the Colombians,

they leave the bank.
we wait three days
then bust in.

I take two discs.
Shows the drug money

was wired offshore.
Cayman lslands.

So you saw the files,
the evidence was there.

I saw the files.
right on my computer screen.

You didn't make
a printout?

I'm leaving
for my honeymoon.
Bermuda.

They say cancel.
I say, "Go to hell!

Send the disc
to the property clerk.

I'll do the trial work
when I get back."

when you get back,
the discs are changed?

You got it.

This captain,
what's his name?

Cragen?
what's his story?

You hear stuff,
you know.

what do you hear?
Everything
I heard,

I already told
three times.

Don't you guys at lAD
talk to each other?

lAD?

Real smooth,
Sergeant.

lAD swears me in blood
not to talk about this case.

You don't tell 'em,
we don't tell 'em.

wow, this is
freakin' amazing.

I don't know a computer disc
from a slipped disc.

well, your name's
getting tossed around.

It's the same song
everywhere--

people are saying
O'Farrell's your rabbi.

He's in charge
of the property clerk,

so your detectives knew
when evidence was there.

Then--
what do you say?

He's reporting,
not accusing.

lAD tells you
you're under investigation.

They mention why
they think you'd help
these three bankers?

One thing they lean on
over and over--

they keep saying
I talk to the chief
every couple of days

while this case is running.
what do we talk about?

You talk
to him lately?

with lAD
probably listening in
on my phone line? No.

Doesn't mean
we can't.

O'Farrell:
So this young DA--

I may be two years
on the force--

this DA-- he's three weeks
out of Harvard, mind you--

he says to me,
"Officer, can you
tell me the difference

between 'suspicion'
and 'probable cause'?"

So I look him
in the eye, and I say,

"Can you tell me
what is in Section 1 29
of the penal law??"

And he says,
"I'll look it up."

( laughs )

what is
in Section 129?

There is
no Section 129.

There's a good cop.

Listen--
we knowwe're out
of our league here.

we really appreciate
you talking to us.

That's all right.

why are they
after you and Cragen?

All right, you're Schiff.
You've got an election
j
coming up.

You've just blown
the bankers' case.

what do you do?
Go after some lrish cops.

But the evidence?
Ethnic politics,
it never dies.

Something did
happen to it.

Don Cragen and me,
now you just ask yourself

does it make any sense
for us to risk what we've got?

My guess, some kid
in the DA's office

checked out the discs
and he louses 'em up.

lAD is after cops.

If there is a cop
involved in this,

I will buy the whole
department dinner.

At what this steak cost
you'll have to take out
a second mortgage.

Only if I'm wrong.

The Boorman case.
Pretty thorough, you guys.

well, we always check
our evidence twice
before we testify.

Right...
and my diet's
working, too.

You were
Cragen's partner?

Forget it.
lAD's got a bullet
with his name on it.

They're after
a good cop.

we're all good cops.

Even the dirty ones.

lAD? those jerk
shoo-flies--

"Tweedledum"
and "Tweedledumber"
come in here

and pop the file cabinets.
They copy every piece
of paper.

Like?
The sign-in logs.

Like who was here,
when.

Mind if we
take a look?

Page 57,
column three.

what?

The week the evidence
was messed with.

Lots of cops through here
but your pal Cragen--

He was here that week, twice.
Two days in a row.

Like he was
taking something out
and bringing it back.

Cragen:
For the rest of my life
I sign nothing.

I'm gonna burn
my dry cleaning stubs.

So, you gentlemen
would like to know

why I was at
the property clerk.

Joey Buscalera,

sergeant from
the fraud squad,
you remember him?

Yeah, he was with us--
two months?

Yeah.
I had him on a case.

Auto parts.
Chop shop?

Buscalera was testifying
on another case.

No time to do
his evidence summary.

So I drove
to the property clerk
and did it for him.

Do a guy a favor
and look what happens.

what, Max,
what is it?

Property clerk supervisor
says you were--

you were there
two days in a row.

Now you drive
1 00 blocks

back and forth
two days in a row

to help some
detective on loan?

when headquarters
is on my tail?

when they're shoving
productivity reports
down my throat?

Yes, Max,
I do.

Two days
j
in a row--

that's a lot
of favor.

Max--

You know
the procedure.

I did his evidence summary.
I brought it back here.

He signed it.
I took it back,

logged it, and left
a copy with the DA.

Joey, this evidence
summary that Cragen
helped you get ready--

I like Cragen.

He did you a favor.
would I finger a cop?

I don't cross
the blue wall.

Nobody's
j
accusing you.

You know how it is.
You gotta testify
in two trials.

You can't get downtown.
So you ask Cragen...

Not exactly.

Cragen asked if I'm ready.
I'm in a bind.

He volunteers to go
to the property clerk,
do my evidence summary.

whoa, he volunteers?
He's a good cop.

Yeah, yeah,
good cop.

Thanks,
Joey.

what, am l
talking Swahili?

lAD's all over
this case.

Come on, Mulvehill,
you were here.

I thought you could
tell me a little--

Tonight, I go home
at 6:00.

In the garage,
a '65 Malibu,

best Big Six
they ever made.

when I'm finished
with it, mint condition.

If lAD comes after me
because I'm talking to you

I will be fixing cars
every day

instead of nights
and weekends.

24 years-- that's what
Cragen's got in.

I don't know
the man!

Look--

supposedly Cragen's the only cop
in here two days in a row.

So you're saying if somebody
fiddled with the evidence--

Then it must be Cragen.
Yeah.

Or an inside job.

Or both.

You son of a bitch!

You're ever in trouble,
I sure as hell hope

somebody treats you
like this.

Hey.

All right.
Upstairs...

the men's room,

five minutes.

Hendrickson?
He's already divorced.

Lives in a hellhole
one bedroom way down
on Avenue C.

Avenue C?

You could get killed
in the crossfire
on a good night.

with his alimony?
He wishes he was dead.

Let's go.

You got a quarter?

Just give it a whack.

( groans )

Cragen volunteered,
Buscalera didn't ask.

Maybe Cragen was
just doing his job.

I got to keep saying this?
I know he's not dirty.

Now I knowwhy
lAD's going six ways
through Sunday

to prove that he is.
Because it looks like

he wanted to be at
the property clerk's office.

Maybe someone else
did, too.

Look at this.

Property clerk's duty roster,
headquarters master roll call.

Now the week the evidence
was tampered with

there were 28 cops
and 1 3 civilians
working there.

Any of 'em know
Chief O'Farrell?

Assuming it was
O'Farrell's party.

Assuming.

You want me to dig up
their service records?

Forget reprimand
from lAD,

that'll rate
a full-scale hearing.

Hey, wait a sec.

The master roll call
and the duty roster
ought to be identical.

But what's his name
from the property clerk's
gave you both.

There's gotta be
a reason, right?

Master roll call
comes from headquarters

at the beginning
of the month.

Duty roster comes out
every Tuesday.

If it's
an inside job,

when do they
do it?

when there's
no traffic.

Give me the the names
of everybody

on the duty roster's
third shifts.

Okay.

4:00 to midnight,
webster...

Um-hum.
Dumoze...

Um-hum.
McCrory...

Nope.

He's on the duty roster,
but headquarters

doesn't show him as working
on the master roll call.

Heh! Headquarters says
Officer Al McCrory

retired two weeks earlier.

He was retired,
but he worked
two weeks later?

Maybe he loved working
at the property clerk.

Yeah, he loved it so much
he couldn't leave.

Let's get
an address.

Think he'll
talk to us?

Yeah, maybe he'll tell us
how he affords this house.

( knocks )

Al McCrory?
Yeah?

Sergeant Greevey,
Detective Logan.

Do I know you fellas?
we ever work together?

No, we just want
to ask you,

when you were
gonna retire,
you worked

the property clerk's office
an extra couple of days?

what's this about?

There's a discrepancy--
it says you were retired
but still working.

Some problem
with my pension?

Hey, wait a minute,
you guys work for Cragen?

Hey, what am I wearing
a sign on my forehead
that says stupid? !

Your captain's in trouble
don't come to me!

wait a minute.
Hey, you touch me,

I'll have you up
for assault.

You better
get out of my house,
and out of my yard.

Now there's a guy
with nothing to hide.

( police radio chatter )

woman:
Max!

what a nice
j
surprise.

we never see you
anymore.

How's Marie?
How are the kids?

Fine.
Everybody's good.
Good.

You're lucky,
you don't have to drink

his coffee today.
It's already made.

I've got an 8:00 flight,
so give my best to Marie.

Sure.
Okay.
Thanks, honey.

Bye-bye.
Bye.

Just happen to be
in the neighborhood?

No.
You want
to come in?

Putting in
a pool?

Yeah.

Oh.

You know a cop
named Al McCrory?

Property clerk's
duty roster says

he worked the same days
you were there.

Master roll call
says...

he retired
two weeks earlier.

Friend of yours?

He used to drive
for the chief
a couple of years.

You know him?
Just to say hello.

And you haven't
seen him in years?
That's right.

But you know him,
O'Farrell knows him,

and he worked
after he retired.

You think you'll
come in for a few days
after you retire?

So McCrory knows the chief.
That make him guilty?

Any more than my being there
makes me guilty?

McCrory, we saw him.
He knewwho we were,

somehow put our names
together with yours.

Forget about him
for a second.

what about
Chief O'Farrell?

You just don't like
politicians, Max. Never did.

Not when they're crooked.
And especially not

when they try to bring
my friends down with them.

I had nothing to do with it.
I'm sure Pete O'Farrell
didn't either.

Oh, that's great.

Donnie, what are you doing?
"See no evil, hear no evil"?

How can you even think
I would tamper with evidence? !

I don't!
But something isn't kosher!

I don't knowwhat it is.
I sure as hell hope
you don't either!

You do me a favor,
huh, Max?

Forget I ever asked you
to help me.

You better run yourself
a little reality check.

The sharks are out...

and there's blood
in the water.

The property clerk?

It's off-limits to you.

Just keep out
of this investigation.

what are you pulling
"good cop-bad cop" on me
like I'm some kind of a perp?

For all I know,
you are.

Listen to me, pal--
No, you listen
to me!

You and Greevey keep
your noses out of this!

You talk to one more cop
one more--

don't think reprimand.
It's gonna be a hearing
for a suspension.

It's better
for you, really.
Stay away
from the property clerk,

the computer people,
Buscalera,

from the FEC,
and from Chief O'Farrell.

Am I making
myself clear?

Listen, the lAD
mentioned the FEC.
what's the deal?

Federal Elections
Commission.

what's that got to do
with an lAD case?

Oh no.
what?

Billy wilson.
My congressman?

You're 15 years
too young to remember.

Before he was
a congressman,
wilson was a cop.

And?
what have we
been missing?

Motive.
why would anybody
help those bankers?

I'm waiting,
Max.

Chief O'Farrell
was Billy wilson's

hand-picked
successor.

who would O'Farrell
do a favor for?

Give me some quarters.
This isn't a call I want
to make inside the precinct.

The House Banking
Committee.

Billy wilson's been there
since he was elected.

Those three bankers
that got off,

they gave his campaign
a lot of money--

the legal limit--
at least all that's
on the books.

You give money
to your congressman,
it's automatically a payoff?

Gee, I thought
this was a democracy.

O'Farrell was your rabbi
the same way that wilson
was O'Farrell's.

You need a motive for him
to tamper with evidence.
I think you got one.

I said, help me out.
Did I ask you to nail
Pete O'Farrell?

I think you're taking
loyalty too far.

O'Farrell is no more corrupt
than you are.

You think that, you're
gonna go down with him!

Is that right, Max?
I'm going down? For what?

You guys got
a trial coming up?

The Boorman case?
why don't you get to work?

You think this
doesn't play?

If I were conducting
an orchestra

I'd say
the violins were missing.

Oh, come on.
The congressman
is the conductor.

The bankers call
Congressman wilson.

They've been
paying his bills
since he got elected.

My guess--

the contributions
go way beyond federal
campaign limits.

Now they want
a payback.

"Fix this evidence,
Congressman,

or you're going down
with us."

One, the congressman's
behind this.

Can't prove it.
Two--

nothing concrete ties
Chief O'Farrell or Cragen.

Just a minute.
Just a minute.
Three--

the discs.
we have no idea
who altered them.

Gowdy:
We asked O'Farrell
to conduct an investigation.

He took his own
sweet time.

we have six detectives
willing to testify
that he went slow.

Slow, fast-- I don't care
if he was building a clock.

without physical evidence,
the testimony's meaningless.

He's chief
of operations.

Cragen, a career officer
with an unblemished record.

we need
a clear-cut motive.

You know how badly
I want this case.

They tampered with evidence.
The bankers walked.

I can't move
on supposition.
Easy-- it's conspiracy.

The last time conspiracy
was easy to prove,

was Judas and the Romans.
Thank you, gentlemen.

we lose this one,
after the bankers,
we look like idiots.

lAD doesn't
have enough.

O'Farrell
survives this...

any cop who talks to us
is finished.

As for
Congressman wilson--

He makes ABSCAM
look like "Hello Dolly."

lnvestigated for campaign
fraud a dozen times.

Draw the pyramid,
or you get no conviction.

Congressman wilson,
Chief O'Farrell...
Captain Cragen.

Yank a piece out--
pyramid falls, maybe.

we appreciate
j
your coming over,
Mr. Stone.

Anything
to avoid embarrassing
the congressman.

You're besmirching
my reputation.

Oh, I think you're giving me
a lot of help there, sir.

And what will
a jury think?

Chief O'Farrell
owes you his job.

Those bankers
gave you more than $100,000
in campaign contributions.

Do you know
what that's called?

The greatness
of American politics?

No, sir, it's called
a "road map."

And I think a jury can find
its way from "A" to "B."

If you're convicted, you lose
your congressional seat.

And your pension.

If you resign first,
then plead--

Let's suppose--

and we're only
just supposing here--

the congressman mentioned
his constituent's problem

to Chief O'Farrell?

without suggesting
anything be done.

we'll plead to rewarding
official misconduct,

second degree.

Consider
bribery three.

You think I'd plead
to a D felony?

That's our offer.

Consider it
rejected.

Paul.
Max...
Mike.

we ordered them
to stay out of this.

It's on our days off.
It's our time.

I warned you.
Lieutenant Kennedy,
sit down.

Department's time or yours,
it's an lAD investigation.

If you call it
investigating.
Max--

I'm going to have you
up on departmental
charges, friend.

Back off,
Kennedy!

The only departmental charge
here is gross incompetence.

Gentlemen, please.

Sit down.

Have you got
anything specific?

Cop named McCrory.
Retired.

who worked
the property clerk's
office, after he retired.

wrong.
we have the master
roll call.

You know why cops
hate lAD?

Because you idiots couldn't
convict a 1 0-year-old

of selling
watered-down lemonade.

McCrory's
on the duty roster.

Logan:
Which you forgot
to copy.

Is that important?

The master roll call
is made up at headquarters.

It shows everybody that's
supposed to be working.

McCrory's
not on it.

Logan:
The duty roster is a record
or everybody who was there.

That's the one
McCrory was on,

two weeks
after he retired.

And his house
looks like it costs
six times my salary.

Mortgage on McCrory's house
is a point and a half
below market.

Sounds like
a good deal.

Robinette:
Real estate agent says
McCrory got a $300,000 house

for 40C
on the dollar.

Sounds like
a better deal.

Previous owner,
"Parker, Evelyn."

Her maiden name.
Married to a congressman.

A congressman
named wilson?

That's not a good deal,
that's a bribe.

Bailiff:
Albert McCrory,

Charges are:
bribe receiving
in the second degree;

j
conspiracy
in the third degree;

and tampering
with physical evidence.

How does
the defendant plead?

Not guilty.

Peter O'Farrell
and the Honorable
William Wilson.

The charges are bribery
in the second degree,

j
conspiracy
in the third degree.

How do the defendants plead?
Congressman wilson?

Not guilty,
Your Honor.

Chief O'Farrell?
Not guilty.

Your Honor, as lead council,
we ask the defendants
be released ROR.

Mr. Robinette?

Your Honor, this is a case
about obstruction of justice

and public officials selling
the benefit of their office.

The People feel
bail is essential.

Your Honor,
the District
Attorney's record

on white-collar
criminal charges

does not
make one sanguine
about their motives.

lnteresting,
Mr. Quinn.

But I don't recall
a section in the CPL

on "prosecutorial
motive."

Bail is set
at $50,000 each.

Taking a bribe,
evidence-tampering.

we're not talking
"hand in the cookie jar."

Don't be foolish.
You were a pawn.

That house
put you at the heart
of this conspiracy.

Soft market.
I got a good deal.

Here's a better deal.
Four-to-1 5 years

if you don't testify.

You think you can convict?
where's the conspiracy?

Your client worked
the property clerk's office
after he retired.

And a jury's gonna
wonder why.

A jury needs
a clear line from that

to the tampered evidence.
You haven't got it.

when we do, we won't
be making any deals.

You're taking this
personally.

You bet I am.
You know it's almost
impossible to get a conviction

on a white-collar
criminal with evidence.

what he did,
it's worse than a crime.

If your client
doesn't cooperate,

I'm taking him
down, too.

Criminal facilitation,
he does no time.

In this case,
everybody does time.

Bribe receiving, third degree.
He does 1 8 months.

He does zero months--
after he's acquitted.

McCrory, he's not
a computer expert.

Neither is
Cragen.

well, how hard is it?
Cragen could have done it
in the precinct.

Yeah, that computer guy
in Forensics says

a 1 2-year-old could have
changed those discs.

Robinette:
Hold on-- Shearer?

The one who went
to Bermuda?

Yeah,
what about him?

why didn't he do the trial work
before he went on his honeymoon?

They got to him.
Offered him a bribe.

Are you crazy?

Shearer was the one
who told us

how the discs
were changed.

Right. Ever hear
about the art expert--

forged a Matisse,

a museum hires him
to see if it's a forgery?

Of course he says
it's a Matisse.

He authenticates
his own forgery.

Shearer
takes the discs,
changes them,

tells lAD
how it was done,
looks like a hero.

Paul, find out what time
Shearer's plane landed here--

the exact hour.
And see if McCrory

was at the property clerk's
office at the same time.

lnternal Affairs cleared
Detective Shearer.

"Cleared"?
IAD never suspected
Detective Shearer.

when did he get back
from the honeymoon, Paul?

Plane lands, 2:45.

Doorman says Detective
Shearer and his wife
got home at 4:00.

He went upstairs,
dropped his bags,

left again
1 0 minutes later.

To get
the drycleaning.

After your honeymoon?
That's very romantic.
Paul?

According
to the doorman,

Detective Shearer
was gone three hours.

Your drycleaner
in Philadelphia?

You're riding
the wrong horse.

Do you knowwhat happens
when someone pleads

in the middle of a trial
like Officer McCrory?

I'll take
a deal from anyone
to get your client.

You know, Stone,
you're wasting your talents.

You don't write indictments,
you write fairy tales.

Let's get
out of here.

You really think McCrory
will make a deal?

Not a prayer--
but Shearer doesn't
know that.

The tap in place?

Let's see
who he calls.

Is Cragen involved?

I don't want to indict him
if I'm not sure.

what if we feed him
part of the picture--

McCrory getting
his house on the cheap.
See how he reacts.

And if he's in
on the conspiracy,

anything you say
goes directly to O'Farrell.

Give away your case
before you get to court.

It's a gamble.
So is a lottery.

( intercom buzzes )

Yeah?
Thank you.

Cragen.

Like we told you,
we have nothing for you.

You still want to be
a sacrificial lamb?

what do you want?
Adam:
We need O'Farrell.

If you're not part of this,
wear a wire on the chief.

And no cop
ever trusts me again.

No crooked cop
ever trusts you again.

we're talking
about a cop involved
in evidence-tampering

in a felony
investigation.
That's a felony.

I don't want
to indict you.

My God.

That house had been
empty for 1 5, 1 6 months.

But the house
wasn't on the market.
Do you knowwhy?

These days?
Some people don't even try.

when did it
go on the market?

well, out of the blue,
one afternoon,

she calls me--
the congressman's wife,
Mrs. wilson,

and she says,
"Try to sell it. "

So, I put a sign
in the yard

and an ad
in the county paper.

when did the defendant,
Albert McCrory, make an offer
on the house?

well now, I don't
remember exactly--

two, three days later.

And did he say how he knew
the house was available?

He was driving by
in his car, saw the sign.

what did you tell
the congressman's wife

when the offer
was made?

well, I am not
like some agents.

I don't
hold back offers.

But I said,
"This is crazy.

He is offering you
half of what it's worth."

Stone:
Did she agree
with you?

Well, she said,
"Sell it. "

Very firm, didn't want
any argument--

"Just sell it."

You reading
the jury?

They don't like people
who buy houses at half-price.

Mr. Stone!
Last night's tape
from the Shearer tap,

you're gonna want
to hear it.

( Shearer on recording )
They say you're gonna
make a deal.

McCrory:
I don't know you.
Goodbye.

Shearer:.
Don't leave me swinging
in the wind.

McCrory:
You're stupid.
Get off the damn phone.

Shearer:.
This was your idea.

( dial tone )
Don't hang up
on me, damn it!

why did you do it?

Needed money
for the honeymoon?

Behind on
the credit cards?

That tape
proves nothing.

Stone:
Sounds like
a confession to me.

You're finished
as a cop.

The only question is,
do you want to work
on computers

or do you want
to make license plates?

Bribery receiving,
third degree.

Full restitution.
we recommend probation.

I don't want
to go to jail.

And when did Al McCrory
approach you?

Shearer:.
The day after I took
the discs from the bank.

Did he offer you
a bribe?

He asked me
what I wanted.

Some judge--
I read in the paper--

he fixed a case
for 20 grand.

I figure I'm worth
20 grand, too.
He agreed.

when you returned
from your honeymoon,

what did you do?

I got in a cab,
went to the property clerk,

called McCrory
from a pay phone.

He came out
in a couple minutes
with the discs.

And then
what did you do?

I went to "Computer Heaven, "
1 6th Street.

Used their display model,
my own utility discs.

wiped a few
tracks clean.

when you first
brought the evidence
to the property clerk,

Officer McCrory wasn't
working there, was he?

No.

No one outside that office
knew you were working
on this case?

No.
So how did Al McCrory
find his way to you?

I don't know.

Somebody must have
told him, right?
Objection.

withdrawn,
no further questions.

Detective Shearer,

j j
in a conspiracy,

people engage
in illegal activity

with other people.

So, let me ask you,

have you ever met
Peter O'Farrell?

No, but Al McCrory
used to drive--

Yes or no,
please.

Have you ever met
Congressman william wilson?

Shearer:.
No.

Never talked
to either one of them
on the phone, did you?

No.

Thank you.
No further questions.

McCrory's going down,
no question there.

The congressman?

when the jury
looks at the bankers'
campaign contributions,

they'll make
the connection.

O'Farrell's still
out of the game.

The jury hasn't seen him
in a huddle, let alone
calling a play.

But the chiefwas
wilson's protege.

The jury can make
that leap of faith.

I wouldn't.
And if I wouldn't,
they won't.

O'Farrell's a better
politician than I am.

If he wasn't a cop,
he'd be president.

lndict Cragen.

You don't mean that?
Don't I?

As a Catholic, you know

that sins of omission
are just as bad

as sins of commission.
He knows something.

I don't think so.
He looks guilty.

Shake the tree,
see what falls out.

Come on!
That's blackmail, Stone.

That's one word
for it.

The grand jury calls it
a "bill of indictment."

He's been my friend
for 20 years.

Suppose the chief
is innocent.

Going the ceremony?
wear a wire. Prove us wrong.

( drum roll )

( bagpipes play )

Cheer up, you look
like your dog died.

Hard to be cheerful
when the DA's on your ass.

Hey, Larry,
how you doing?

Look at this--
I can't even wear
my uniform.

I'm indicted,
I got to wear a suit.

DA says I'm next.

You? You didn't
do anything.

Stone says
McCrory's scared.

To buy a plea,
he'll name me.

That's crap.
Stone's jerking you around.

McCrory's a good cop.
who took a payoff
to do those discs.

It looks that way,
doesn't it?

whatever happened, Don,
nobody touches you.

"whatever happened"?

You mean
this investigation
going slow. You?

Me, I got nothing
to worry about.

You do Billy wilson
a favor?

Don, you don't
happen to be wearing
a wire, do you?

Come on.
why would I do that?
I don't know.

But you know I'd never
do anything to hurt you.

You did a favor
for wilson? I understand.

Billy-- I owe a lot,
but not my career.

None of us
walks on water.

The way I've been
smelling lately

we shouldn't
even be talking.

I'll buy you dinner
after the trial.
Okay, kid?

You got it.

Does this mean
I don't get indicted?

Stone:
You did your best.

I had to push you.
I had no choice.

It's not your fault
he didn't say anything
incriminating.

Tomorrow...

can you put the word out
that you're gonna indict me?

I'm gonna get O'Farrell
for you.

wait a minute,
he didn't say anything--
I know what he said...

but I looked
in his eyes.

So they indict you.
It's not the end
of the world.

No, getting convicted--
thatwould be the end
of the world.

Yeah.

lAD cleaned out
my office this morning...

but not everything.

Hey, they convict you,
I go down, too.

So what didn't
they get?

Couple of memos--
originals, no copies.

My detectives
were complaining

that your investigation
of the erased discs

was going a little
too slow-- on purpose.

They wanted to take it
to lAD during the trial.

And you took
those memos home?

I guess I could
burn 'em.

Even you...?

I always said
you were straight.

well, I got one foot
in bed with you already.

That was loyalty.

I'd like a little taste
if I'm gonna put the other
under the covers.

After all, I do have
a swimming pool to pay for.

( sad chuckle )

Yeah.

20 grand we gave
that computer cop.

We would have
given him 200.

For these memos,
you want a piece?

All right-- me
and Billy wilson...

split 300 grand.

Three ways, that's
1 00 apiece, even.

Is that fair?

Oh, that's more
than fair.

Yeah.

My best cop.

I never would
would have figured.

Ben Stone,
please.

Tell him
it's Don Cragen.

During this conversation,
did the defendant,
Peter O'Farrell,

admit to accepting
a bribe?

Objection.
Hearsay.

Statement
against interest,
Your Honor.

Overruled.
witness will answer.

Chief O'Farrell told me
that he and Congressman wilson

received $300, 000
from the three bankers
to destroy evidence.

And did Chief O'Farrell
tell you he had offered
a bribe to anyone?

He said he told McCrory to pay
Detective Shearer $20,000.

Did he offer you
a bribe?

$1 00,000 to destroy
evidence.

Thank you.
No further questions.

No questions.

Concerning defendant
Albert McCrory,

on the charge
of bribe receiving
in the second degree,

how does
the jury find?
Guilty.

On the charge of conspiracy
in the third degree?

Guilty.
On the charge of tampering
with physical evidence?

Guilty.

Concerning defendant
william wilson,

on the charge of bribery
in the second degree,

how does the jury find?

Guilty.
On the charge

of conspiracy
in the third degree?

Guilty.

Concerning defendant
Peter O'Farrell,

on the charge of bribery
in the second degree,

how does
the jury find?
Guilty.

On the charge of conspiracy
in the third degree?

Guilty.

Before this court
adjourns,

I want to note
for the record,
that I am appalled.

We often say
that public officials

are not above the law,
but that's not enough.

They serve the law.

If they don't respect it,
who will?

Court is adjourned.
( raps gavel )

( reporters clamoring )

O'Farrell?
Not a cop.

He was always
a politician.

whatever you're
feeling, don't.

The swimming pool,
Max--

you were wondering
about it?

Marge paid for it.

( theme music plays )