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Hey. Morning.

- GREG: Hey, how's it going, Andy? - Good.

Sylvia made some Greek stuff for dinner last night.

Usually gives me an upset stomach,

- I sailed right through it. - Hey!

(CHUCKLES) That's a good sign.

- Good morning, Greg. - GREG: Morning.

- Hi. - ANDY: Hey.

You were up and out so early, you didn't have court today?

No, I met Papa for coffee and yogurt.

I told him.

How'd he take it?

He's thrilled.

So, he took it okay?

(CHUCKLES) Oh, he's already plannin' the engagement party.

Theo Janni, it's my uncle, on my mother's side,

will perform the thaktilithia.

- ANDY: The which? - It's the blessing of the rings.

He blesses our commitment before the family icon of Saint Sophia.

And the wedding, oh, Andy... (INHALES DEEPLY)

- ...an Orthodox wedding is so beautiful - Yeah, I'm sure it is.

You'll need a koumbaro, it's a sponsor, it's like a best man.

Each of us gets to wear a... a crown of white flowers, and...

and the incense and the choir...

Well, my father wants to meet with us, so he can get an early jump on everything.

Sylvia, uh, before we get too far into this,

- can I say one word? - Sure.

Maryland.

Maryland?

You and I can get married real quick in Maryland.

- (CHUCKLES) Oh, yeah. - (SIREN BLARING)

You're serious?

It'd be nice and private,

- just the two of us. - Like some

sailor runnin' off with a hooker?

- No, it doesn't have to be that. - Andy, I don't think that you know

how much getting married means to me.

Listen it means a lot to me too,

but, uh, do we have to make some production out of it

- where we both wear flowers and... - I don't think of it as an ordeal.

And I don't wanna take my vows in some marriage mill

that smells like booze and cigarette smoke.

I have to go.

I was just looking to provide another angle on things.

Well, you certainly did.

(GROANS)

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(SIREN BLARES)

- OFFICER: We need to keep this area clear. - Hey.

- OFFICER: How you doin'? - What's the status?

We got two males, and a female DOA in the kitchen.

Female's white, one of the men looks Hispanic.

This is Mr. Bagley over here, he's the day manager.

He found the bodies when he opened up this morning.

Okay, thanks.

- (SIREN BLARING) - (HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)

One shot each in the back of the head, looks like they were kneeling

- when they got it. - (BOBBY SIGHS)

Got a receipt from, uh, Jack's Jewelry, no address.

There's some scrape marks on the back of his neck.

BOBBY: They've been dead at least four hours.

Shell casing is from a .45.

That guns got a loud bark.

Maybe somebody might have heard it.

I'll notify CSU and, uh, start the canvass with Medavoy.

Uh, the day manager's out there, I got him.

GREG: All set, let's go.

- GREG: Fifteen Boise says okay. - (EXHALES DEEPLY)

OFFICER: (OVER RADIO) Fifteen Boise, go ahead.

GREG: Check with base if EME's been...

- (HELICOPTER WHIRRING) - (SIREN BLARING)

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

- Mr. Bagley? - Yeah.

- BOBBY: I'm Detective Simone. - I... I just can't believe this.

I... I mean, to murder three people like that.

There... there's never any business here at nights.

Uh, most there could have been in the register is 120, maybe.

BOBBY: Let's go talk over here.

What can you tell me about the victims Mr. Bagley?

A... Arnulfo was the... the busboy, he... he was a real hard worker.

- BOBBY: Got a last name on Arnulfo? - No, the green card thing was kinda shaky.

- Uh, got paid cash. - What about the others?

PHIL: Angelo D'Lia and Cindy Bloom, he was the night manager and chef.

Uh, took courses during the day, hotel management.

He's got any family?

No, I got it that Angelo was a homo, o... or maybe one of these nonsexual guys.

- And Cindy Bloom? - PHIL: Uh, just a real nice kid,

you know still in school, hard worker, lived at home.

- BOBBY: Hmm. - This is terrible! I mean,

what kind of world is this? A kid like that?

Uh, Mr. Bagley, I'm gonna need addresses,

and phone numbers on D'Lia and Cindy Bloom.

I got them inside, I mean boy, she was a sweet kid too.

Uh, her parents are gonna be very upset by this.

My God, can you imagine?

And think about the... the murdered people themselves gettin' shot.

That is a tough break.

Yeah.

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- (TELEPHONE RINGING) - Yeah, okay, I'm on it.

Hey, James.

- Yeah? - We just had an attempted rape called in.

Sixty-four-year-old woman they're treating her over at Bellevue.

The cop who took the report has a name of a bus driver

who may have seen the guy runnin' away.

- Why don't you work with Adrienne? - Sure.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

- JAMES: Let's do it. - ADRIENNE: Okay.

- Yeah, I'll take care of that with you. - Andy...

these are Cindy's parents, Albert and Estelle Bloom.

Detective Sipowicz, uh...

Detective Sipowicz and I are working the case together.

We... we should all go in this room here and talk.

Can we get you somethin' to drink? Coffee or tea or anything?

No, no, nothing for us at all.

ALBERT: Didn't want Cindy working there.

- All types go in there, all types. - Oh, it was only part-time.

Have you come up with any idea

who might have done this, Detective?

It was a robbery, uh...

We're trying to determine if the perpetrator might

have had a relationship with one of the victims.

Can you think of anyone your daughter might have known

who might be capable of doing somethin' like this?

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

Well, there is someone, not really a boyfriend,

but someone that she used to see.

Well, he was a rough type.

We weren't fond of him,

and we heard that once he'd been in trouble with the police.

Actually... (EXHALES DEEPLY)

...she stopped seeing him about a month ago.

- ANDY: You know his name? - Oh, no, he still phoned her...

I answered once, it was him.

His name is Harry Benson, wait.

(SIGHS) There, that's him there.

I kept that picture because it was...

- so good of Cindy. - Yeah.

You... you think he did this?

BOBBY: We'll look into it, Mr. Bloom.

Do you have any idea where we might be able to find him?

He's a mechanic,

and he works for, uh,

- Myerson's... - ALBERT: Uh-huh.

Myerson's Muffler Shop in Long Island City.

(SOBS) It is so horrible to think...

he might have done this.

(SOBS)

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- You guys here about the rape victim? - Yeah.

You got a name on that bus driver who saw the perp?

I mean, his shift's over in two hours,

he said he'd stop at the squad when he's through.

All right, good.

- That's her doctor right over there. - Thanks.

- Excuse me, Doctor. - Yeah?

I'm Detective Martinez, this is Detective Lesniak.

- Paul! (CHUCKLES) - Adrienne, hey.

- Oh! - Wow.

- You two know each other? - Yeah, we were friends in high school.

You, uh, you don't look any different, you look great.

Thanks.

- I'm Paul Druzinski. Yeah. - Pleasure.

Listen, Doc, we're here on the Eunice Stevens assault.

Yeah, well, uh, she's in pretty bad shape.

Her blood pressure was 220 over 110 when they brought her in.

- JAMES: Mm-hmm. - Minimum, she's got a concussion.

Now, we're gonna have to do a CAT scan

to check if her head injuries are more extensive.

- You do a rape kit? - Yeah, no evidence of penetration.

Can we talk to her?

Keep it short, she's in the last cubicle.

Could you get that rape kit for us?

Yeah, sure, no problem.

- JAMES: Thanks. - All right.

Thanks.

Why don't you, uh, take this one, all right?

Mrs. Stevens, I'm Detective Lesniak, this is Detective Martinez.

- Oh, I didn't see him real good. - ADRIENNE: That's okay,

- just tell us what you remember. - Anything you remember will help.

Well, I... I was walking home,

and he came up and he... he pushed me from behind.

Then he started hitting me,

he was so strong.

He tore off my stockings,

and I grabbed my spray from my bag and I...

- I... I sprayed him in the face. - You carry Mace?

Yeah, I... I sprayed him and he ran off.

Did you get a look at him?

Uh, his hair color, features, tattoos?

Uh, no, no, no. You see, he had...

he had these nylons over his face and... (INHALES DEEPLY)

Oh, it was horrible, it was like a mask...

but I did see his hands.

He was a black man.

Do you remember how he was dressed?

He was wearing a... a red, and black baseball jacket.

(SOBS)

Why would he wanna do this to me?

JAMES: Mrs. Stevens, do you have any family you want notified?

We can have them brought over if you want.

- Thank you, no. (SNIFFLES) - What about friends, neighbors?

Uh... (SNIFFLES) ...Mrs. Krasnow moved to Las Vegas.

I don't know anybody anymore.

Well, okay, you rest up now, Mrs. Stevens. We'll keep you posted.

- Okay. - Feel better, all right?

The complaint report didn't say anything about a can of Mace.

ADRIENNE: Well, maybe someone took off with it, but I'll check again

with the cop who took the report.

- Okay, here's the kit. - Yeah, thanks.

- How do you think she's gonna do? - PAUL: We'll know a lot more in 24 hours.

Too bad we finally see each other under these circumstances, huh?

- It's still good to see you. - PAUL: Yeah.

Well, we better get goin', all right.

- ADRIENNE: Bye. - See ya.

You know, uh, once in a while they let me out of here.

- You wanna get together sometime? - Sure.

Why don't you give me your phone number?

- PA ANNOUNCER: 4855. Dr. Wethers to 4855. - (TELEPHONE RINGING)

All right. I'll call you.

Okay.

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I talked to Benson's boss, he said he left for the day,

but he gave me this address in the precinct,

so I called and all I got was a machine.

Let's take a ride up there, maybe we'll get lucky and run into him.

Kinda a long shot.

I feel like takin' a ride, we got nothing else right now.

Okay, I'll take a ride.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

- So you think this guy raped an old lady? - What'd you see from your bus, Mr. Glover?

See, I knew this guy had done somethin'.

That's why I radioed in when he ran in front of the bus.

All right, he had this look on his face

like he'd just done somethin', now he's runnin' away.

The man who ran in front of your bus, what did he look like?

- He was an Indian. - Indian? Like Cochise? Or from India?

- From India. - He wasn't Black?

Y'all got this brother under custody,

and now y'all trying to put him with this, right?

No, that's not it, we don't have anybody.

- Ah... - ADRIENNE: Just the victim's description.

Well, I look at people eight hours a day and I know my races.

Dude I saw was an Indian, you mind?

ADRIENNE: What was he wearin'?

MR. GLOVER: He was wearin' a red and black jacket.

What kinda jacket?

You know, like a baseball jacket.

- Did you see where he went? - No, I got a schedule to maintain.

JAMES: You mind lookin' at some photos?

As long as they're Indian photos, dude I saw wasn't no brother.

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ANDY: I don't know, maybe we are wastin' our time.

Let's give it another ten minutes.

Yeah, ten minutes.

(SIGHS)

What is up?

- Is there something wrong, Andy? - ANDY: No.

I had this thing with Sylvia.

- Like an argument? - Uh, it was...

I think it was more like a disagreement kind of a thing.

BOBBY: Just nothing major then?

(SIGHS) I don't think so, no, I... No.

Maybe the guy went around the back, huh?

I'll go check with the doorman there.

- FEMALE VOICE: I am waitin' on you. - (SIREN BLARING)

(SIGHS)

- Hey, you seen this guy around? - MALE VOICE: Guy is an asshole.

- (CHUCKLES) - ANDY :Everybody's got a little good

- in them, you seen him or not? - (CHUCKLES)

Yeah, the guy is right there behind you.

ANDY: Hey, hey, hey!

You don't want to make me chase you, Bobby! Stop right there!

Okay, okay w...what's going on here? Hey.

- Spread 'em! - BENSON: Hey!

All right.

- So what were you running for? - I had no idea you guys were cops.

Look, if I'd have known that, there's no way I would have taken off,

I got nothin' to hide.

- Have a seat. - BENSON: Sure.

So how long were you seeing Cindy Bloom?

So that's what this is about?

She was one of three people who were murdered.

That's what it's about.

(SIGHS) Oh, God.

- What happened? She was shot? - We didn't say that, Benson.

I just can't believe this.

When was the last time you saw her?

Oh so, now it's me?

You've been talking to her parents? They tell you about me?

Why do you think her parents would say anything?

Well, I'm not Jewish, right?

They didn't hide how they felt about me.

I didn't hold that against Cindy.

Look, Cindy still called me. You know, it wasn't all over between us.

BOBBY: So you're still seein' her?

- No, I didn't wanna cause her any hassles. - Where'd you sleep last night?

At my place.

Alone.

Look, if I was involved here,

I'd have some kind of story for you, believe me.

You ever been in trouble with the police?

Five years ago, I was in on a burglary.

Auto parts store. I've been clean since.

Look, I never did this, or anything like this.

I felt for Cindy.

That's the God's honest truth.

These Indians must be a pretty law-abiding race.

Nothin' much here.

Take the time and look at all of them, Mr. Glover.

- Oh, yeah. - (HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

- This could be him. - Could be?

Yeah, this guy's wearin' a T-shirt. My guy had a jacket, made him bulkier.

- Rajiv Patel. - Yeah, I'll run him through BCI.

ANDY: Your apartment, where you say you were sleepin',

any of the neighbors see you come in, leave the next day?

Maybe, I don't know.

ANDY: Did you hear anything that night?

Music, arguments, anything like that?

- No. - ANDY: Nothin'?

Well, I'm not surprised.

'Cause we got a witness who picked your picture out of a photo array,

who puts you gettin' out of a car,

a block away from that coffee shop, on the night of the murders.

(SIREN BLARING)

You got a witness who says that?

That's what I said, we got a witness.

So the road forks for you right here, Benson.

You start tellin' us the truth,

or we are gonna make it really hard for you all the way down the line.

You probably know from being a lowlife turd,

if you start talking too late to us, we don't care anymore.

BOBBY: So what's it gonna be?

I didn't do it.

I didn't want you thinking maybe I did, that's why I said I wasn't out there.

Cindy and me, we've still been seein' each other.

Her parents didn't want it, we kept it quiet.

So, you were out there?

You saw her that night?

I saw 'em all.

Cindy.

That busboy, whatever his name is.

That fag there, D'Lia.

I had a couple of coffees with her, I left around 12.

- You left them dead. - BENSON: No,

I'm telling you there was nobody there when I left!

- The place was empty. - (KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Can I talk to you guys outside?

- (TELEPHONE RINGING) - (BACKGROUND CHATTER)

Just got a call from a police chief,

from upstate from a place called Cannonsville.

They got a local guy in custody on a gun charge.

They found deposit slips and canceled checks

from the Sunrise Diner in his car.

He'd seen something on the news and called down.

I want you guys up there.

How long they gonna have this guy?

Well, he's being arraigned tomorrow afternoon.

So you gotta be there about what, mid-morning?

How far away is this place?

They said it's about a four-hour drive.

Can we get someone to sit with Benson until we get back?

- Yeah, sure. - (SIREN BLARING)

I don't have it here.

Lieutenant, we got a problem on the Stevens case.

I thought the bus driver gave you a photo ID?

Problem is, I run his name through BCI.

and it turns out, this guy Patel's record was sealed

when the charges against him were dismissed.

The photo should never have been left in our file.

Then we'd lose the ID in a wade hearing.

JAMES: I spoke to the cop who made the collar.

Guy had the same MO he was busted for assaulting an elderly woman.

Knocked her down, bruised her pretty badly.

Two days later, she dropped the complaint.

Could be a rape, she didn't want to admit it.

- We got an address on this Patel? - JAMES: Yeah.

Then get some surveillance photos of 'em,

see if your witness makes an ID off one of 'em.

- Okay. - Okay.

Detective? Paul Druzinski says you're expectin' him.

Oh, thanks, Donna.

He didn't waste any time, huh?

- Hey. - ADRIENNE: Hey.

- How are you? - ADRIENNE: Fine.

- PAUL: Hey, detective. - Hey.

Am I interrupting? I can wait outside.

Actually, we were talking about the Stevens case.

- Hmm. - How is Mrs. Stevens doing?

Uh, not as improved as we would have hoped,

- but I'm still optimistic. You ready? - Yeah.

Yeah. You know, uh,

I think, I've been in a police station about twice in my life.

I think I talked to a doctor without bein' billed

about twice in my life?

(CHUCKLES) I'll tell you what, I won't bill you if you don't arrest me.

- You got a deal. - (CHUCKLES) All right.

It's good to see you again.

Have a great time you two.

Thanks, good night.

- Good night, Donna. - (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

(DOOR OPENING)

- (UPBEAT MUSIC CONCLUDES) - Hi.

Hi.

I'm gonna have to wake up around 3 a.m.

Simone and I are goin' upstate.

A place called Cannonsville, you ever hear of it?

Me neither.

(INHALES DEEPLY) I, uh, I should be back tomorrow afternoon.

Sylvia?

Uh...

if, uh...

if I take a shower when I get up, it's not gonna wake you up, is it?

No.

'Cause I could take a shower now, maybe that'd be better.

It doesn't matter to me when you take a shower.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Maybe we should talk a little more about this wedding thing.

There's nothing to talk about, and I'm very tired.

(EXHALES DEEPLY) Well, good night.

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BOBBY: God, it's beautiful out here.

Hey, how about this temperature? I mean, what is that?

Global warming? El Niño?

You realize we haven't seen another car in 15 minutes.

Yeah, these farm roads are great, right? There's no... no traffic.

I don't know, I think we should've stayed on the thruway.

See, it's this thick, red line here all the way through.

This road, it's not even on here.

No, the guy on the phone said that this is the shortest route.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

(CHUCKLES)

Pop the radio on.

Nah, they got nothin' on the radio in places like this.

I'm gonna pull over.

Take a little break.

Get outta here, shoo! Go on. Beat it.

Hey, take off, get out of here.

BOBBY: Come on, Andy, give me a hand.

What are you doin'?

- What's this? - BOBBY: Pigeons.

ANDY: I know they're pigeons, but what are they doing in the car?

These are my racing homers.

Thought it would be a good chance

to give them a little cross-country workout.

- (SIGHS) - Go ahead, grab one.

(SCOFFS) Grab a pigeon.

- (SIGHS) - (PIGEONS COOING)

- Do they bite? - BOBBY: Nah.

- Just there, like that. - Yeah.

BOBBY: There you go.

Hey, you know what to do, huh?

- See you in Brooklyn! - Go on, beat it, beat it, get outta here.

(CHUCKLES) So, they're goin' home?

BOBBY: Yep.

They'll be there in a couple of hours.

Lucky them.

Come on, let's go... (SNIFFS)

- ...this stuff stinks. - (CHUCKLES)

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- (UPBEAT MUSIC CONCLUDES) - Hi.

Hi.

You fellas made real good time, Sam Burns.

- Bobby Simone, good to meet you. - Uh, Andy Sipowicz.

Sure, come on into the office.

- Thanks. - You take that turnoff on Route 12?

ANDY: Yeah.

Well, you go through some pretty country that way don't you.

We're not really up here to see the country.

SAM: Well, that's a shame.

We're pretty proud of this area, you ought to see it in the fall.

Vermont has nothing on us.

Uh, chief, uh, we're... we're on a tight schedule here

could we just go over what you got?

I understand that this guy got picked up on a gun charge?

No, actually, he was picked up

for havin' no taillights on his pickup truck.

My man spotted a sawed-off shotgun stickin' out from under the seat.

Actually...

this is the stuff that I think links him to your case.

Deposit receipts from the Sunrise Diner.

I heard about those killings on the radio.

You did some good work here.

Yeah, these deposit slips put him in the Sunrise Diner,

- I just wish they were dated. - This guy make any statements?

Well, the boys from Chester been with him for a couple of hours now

about a robbery-homicide of their own.

I figured I'd give them until what? Noon, huh?

No, no, look, look, we, huh, we don't have a lot of time here.

I mean, we got people in New York waiting for an answer on this.

Can't you give us a shot at 'em now?

No, no, I don't think that'd be fair.

I mean, these boys got here at daybreak.

First come, first serve. That all right?

(GRUMBLES)

Hey, hey.

OFFICER: For the local paper.

- You boys are big news up here. - (SIGHS)

Yeah, uh, we'll be back in a couple of hours.

I gotta make a quick call, can I use your phone here?

- Yeah. - ANDY: Two hours, huh?

As we were coming into town, I saw a couple of antique stores.

(SIGHS) What? Oh, it’s busy, what'd you say?

Maybe we should check 'em out.

Wait a minute. Antique stores for what?

Yeah, summer quilts. Royal Doulton, Hummels.

We could find some great stuff up here.

We gotta kill some time, Andy.

Hummels?

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Oh, Lieutenant, um...

You know how I can reach Sipowicz and Simone?

Yeah, the Cannonsville police station upstate.

- (SIGHS) - What do you got?

Uh, well, you know that case they caught.

Um, I traced a receipt we found on a young Hispanic victim,

to a jeweler on Canal Street.

Uh, the jeweler remembers selling this Arnulfo, uh, a gold cross,

with an inscription on it.

He gave... he gave me a photo out of the catalog.

Good, have Donna fax that to Andy and Bobby right away.

- Okay, Cannonsville? - Yeah.

- Lieutenant? - Come on.

We set up the surveillance on this guy, Patel, here's a couple of photos of him.

JAMES: You can see he's wearing the, uh, red

and black jacket like the victim said.

We tried a photo array on the bus driver.

He picked this guy, Patel, out, no problem.

So when can Mrs. Stevens view a lineup?

We're waiting on the phone call from the doctor to find that out.

Well, the bus driver puts him running from the crime scene.

- That's enough to bring him in. - Yeah.

ARTHUR: Yeah, Stanley, how you doin'? Uh, I was trying...

Hey, what's the scoop?

I, uh, got you the extra, extra pepperoni.

You know how long I've been here?

Yeah, well, we gotta keep you here pending what our other detectives,

are looking at in... in tryna to clear you.

How's it look for me?

Well, I... I can't really get into it, but, uh,

it shouldn't be too long.

But basically, you think I should be optimistic?

Can't hurt.

I'll, uh... I'll check on some more magazines for you.

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Well, when she gets in, tell her I'll call her back around one.

No, it's not an emergency, but I'm gonna be delayed.

No, there's no place I can be reached.

Yeah.

Thanks.

Anything in the case that you see, just let me know and I'll take it out.

- She's in court. - Check this out, man, beautiful cameos.

Yeah? Uh, I don't really know about those things there.

My wife, she really liked cameos.

Hm, I don't know about, uh, Sylvia, I mean, what she'd like.

- That's something you ought to find out. - Yeah,

but we're very different.

You know, uh, what she likes and what I like.

We're getting married.

That's great, Andy, congratulations, man.

Yeah, only, uh, she's mad at me now and I'm stuck up here.

It's probably not a good idea to count on anything.

- What's she mad about? - ANDY: The wedding,

she wants this big Greek deal where I wear flowers on my head,

uh, you know, I was thinkin' of somethin'

- more quick and private. - Hm.

- Ah, the whole thing might be off. - SAM: Dorothy!

- DOROTHY: Morning - How you doin'?

DOROTHY: Just fine.

I stopped by the Quick Mart for a cup of coffee.

Willie said he thought he saw you two wander over.

Dorothy's got some nice doodads here, don't she?

Yeah, those boys from Chester, they done?

Yeah, they just wrapped up.

That's what I... that's what I came to tell you.

Okay, great.

ANDY: I'll, uh, I'll catch up.

- Thank you very much. - DOROTHY: You're welcome.

- MALE VOICE: Go find some shell casings... - (TELEPHONE RINGING)

- Right over here. - DONNA: Detective Lesniak?

Doctor Druzinski called, says it's urgent.

Thanks.

- I'll meet you in there. - JAMES: Yeah, okay, let's go in here.

RAJIV: How long I have to be here?

Shouldn't be that long, just wanna clear a few things up.

I have an attorney, Mr. Shastri, uh, could call him.

Uh-huh, well, as I explained to you, Mr. Patel, you have that right.

Then we'll have to wait for him and this thing will take a lot more time.

No, no, I have work to do, uh,

and I know I've done nothin'.

- James? - Yeah.

- I just spoke with Paul. - Paul?

- Dr. Druzinski, Mrs. Stevens had a stroke. - Bad?

They don't think she's gonna make it,

and even If she does, she's, uh, she won't be able to make an ID.

- You tell Fancy? - Mm-mm.

But we got this guy, Patel, here, maybe we can get him to go.

All right.

Okay, so the first thing is, Mr. Patel,

where were you between eight and nine yesterday morning?

Oh, those hours I would've been in my office.

We have a problem with that, we know you were near tenth and "C."

You were seen running away from something over there.

Uh, actually, I was near there, as I recall, it was around 9:30.

I installed a sound card at a customer's place of business.

Um, as I was walking to catch the bus, I heard some yelling and screaming.

I... I thought it was some crazy person with a gun.

I've seen people with guns in that area, uh, so I ran.

We're gonna need the name of that customer you saw.

Yes, um, his name is Mr. Jaday.

Uh, he... he will tell you.

I should've have told you this right away. Uh, I thought, uh,

(EXHALES DEEPLY) I don't know what I thought.

You know what I think, Rajiv?

I think you're lyin'.

I think you assaulted that old lady there, tried to rape her.

That is nonsense.

- That's crazy. - We got witnesses that'll put you there,

- and we know you've done this before. - I have no record, you can check.

- We know about you, Patel. - (SCOFFS) How can you say such a thing?

Uh, where is this woman who accuses me ?

Well, uh, let her tell it to my face, I did this terrible thing

Rajiv, you're only facing an assault charge.

Admit this and with your record being clean like it is,

you may get probation. Otherwise, we do DNA. tests.

Do you know what it means if we come after you on rape?

(SCOFFS) Do any test you like,

h... how can I admit to something I did not do?

If you're innocent, let me see your jacket.

Why? Uh, I don't have to give you my jacket.

No, no, you don't.

But if you don't give it to me, I'm sure gonna think you're guilty.

- (SIREN BLARING) - (CHUCKLES)

ADRIENNE: Nice going, James.

I'm gonna send this to the lab, get it tested for Mace.

If it comes back positive, it'll help, but it won't lock him in.

He don't know that.

ANDY: When'd you get back from New York?

I haven't been to New York.

We got people who saw you.

I don't care, I haven't been there, right, bite my ass!

One more "bite my ass" from you, and you're gonna be gumming your food,

- douche bag. - Hey, settle down.

Now look, we found deposit slips

in your truck from the Sunrise Diner in Manhattan, how'd they get there?

Hey, dickhead I got nothin' to say to you.

I got this to say to you.

I looked at three people, yesterday. That you shot down like dogs,

- and I am gonna get you. - (CHUCKLES, GROANS)

Wear that for a week.

(CLEARS THROAT)

(CLEARS THROAT)

- Hey. - How long you gonna be able to keep

this guy in on the gun charge?

Oh, he goes before the judge tomorrow, I can ask him to make it high,

but he'll set the bail.

We just got this fax in from your precinct.

Thanks.

I'll give Medavoy a call.

Riker live near here?

He lives with his mom and dad on Route 61, I can show you on the map.

- Come on. - I'll be right back.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

All right, okay, hey.

Take it easy, settle down.

BOBBY: Hey, hey, calm down, big fella, come on.

Hello?

Hello, sir, are you Mr. Riker?

Mr. Riker, I'm Detective Sipowicz, this is Detective Simone.

- Can we have a few moments of your time? - You got a warrant?

They had a warrant, they didn't find a damn thing.

No, sir, we, uh, we're not here to search the premises.

We're just wondering if we could talk?

Okay.

Thank you.

Hi.

How you doing, ma'am?

What's happening with my boy?

He's still being interviewed, sir.

Interviewed? That's a new one, Who by? Oprah or Geraldo?

Mr. Riker, what can you tell us about your son's activities

over the last few days?

I don't know what you're talkin' about.

Well, has he been away, or has he been at home?

You know, I'm gonna get a lawyer and sue you bastards.

Why would you be suin' us?

Pickin' on our boy, he's a good boy, He helps us out.

BOBBY: How does he help you, ma'am? Money?

He can make money whenever he wants, knows how to weld.

He buy you that big television set there?

What of it?

Well, sounds like a really good boy, yep.

- He buy you anything else? - MAUD: Um,

- uh, see that microwave in the kitchen? - BOBBY: Hmm.

- He gave me that. - Oh,

- well, that's nice. - MAUD: Yeah.

BOBBY: H... how about personal things, Mrs. Riker?

You know, those kind of things that really warm up a mother's heart.

- That cross? - Yeah.

Oh, that's nice, when did he give you that?

Hmm, he gave me this, just yesterday.

That's a real beauty, but we're gonna need it.

Oh, no, oh, forget it, mister, my son gave me this.

Mrs. Riker, that is stolen property. Do you understand that?

It was taken during the commission of a crime, now, we need the cross.

- You two get the hell outta here. - ANDY: Let's not get carried away...

- MAUD: Angus, no! - BOBBY: Right there.

- (MAUD SCREAMING) - (DOG BARKING)

- I got the bat. I got it. I got... - Would you calm down? Calm down!

(SOBS) Oh, Angus.

Look, the only reason I'm not locking you up

is because, you're just trying to protect your son.

We're not holding you responsible, your good boy is a scumbag.

- (WHIMPERS) - (EXHALES DEEPLY)

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

- ANDY: We're gonna need this, ma'am. - (CRIES)

I talked to the lab, They found traces of Mace on his jacket, he's it.

That was the hospital, Mrs. Stevens is dead.

Man, that's... that's gonna make it a homicide.

Mm-hmm, if we tell Patel, he'll lawyer up, and school's out.

(EXHALES DEEPLY) Yeah.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

ADRIENNE: There are 50 different kinds of Mace.

The kind of Mace Mrs. Stevens sprayed on her attacker,

is the same kind we found on your jacket.

- It is over, Rajiv. - I don't know what you're talking about.

You want some advice Rajiv?

Start thinking how to minimize your time in prison.

Realize you're goin' and the only question is for how long.

Look maybe you have a problem, maybe it's some kind of a sickness,

maybe you need help.

You give us a statement on this and we'll let you talk to a doctor.

Explain to him about what you've done.

I've done nothing, I think I should call Mr. Shastri.

That's his attorney.

Well, that takes it out of our hands,

but I want you to know we have the evidence to convict you.

Rajiv, start working with us and start helping yourself,

start telling the truth.

- Did you try to rape Mrs. Stevens? - No, God, no. No.

So what did you do? Did you try to rob her?

No, no, I... I don't need the money, I... I earn good money.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Uh, I pushed her, I... She fell down. Uh...

(BREATHES DEEPLY) I slap, that's all.

Open hand, like... like this.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

I... I don't know why I do these things,

b... but it was nothing. Uh... (INHALES DEEPLY)

...look, I... I don't want to go to prison.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

If I am ill, would they put me in prison?

Rajiv,

why don't you write everything down about the incident with Mrs. Stevens?

From the first thought you had about doing it,

till when she sprayed you and you ran away.

Try to make us understand exactly what you did.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Come on, Rick. We're gonna take a little ride down to New York.

- No, I'm not, get your damn hands off me. - ANDY: Keep your mouth shut,

maybe we'll get you a bottle of Yoo-hoo for the road.

I just spoke to our local magistrate.

Convinced him that we should drop our weapons charges.

- He's all yours. - Thanks a lot for your help.

We appreciate everything you've given us.

You should come back by here sometime.

A week or so here would do you a lot of good.

- (CHUCKLES) - Shut up.

Thanks.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

(UPBEAT MUSIC CONCLUDES)

I'll stick him in the cage, start the paperwork.

- BOBBY: All right. - This is wrong.

Yeah, so is doing it with sheep, I'm betting you did that too.

- Run him through, I'll deal with Fancy. - GREG: Hey, nice work, pal.

Greg, you're the man, the neck chain tip is what got him.

(CHUCKLES)

All right, it's the end of the trail, Riker.

It's your last chance to think about makin' a statement.

Cuttin' some kind of a deal.

Hey... (PANTS) ...if I ever had the chance,

to cut anything, I'd cut your damn throat.

You'd cut my throat, huh, scummer?

Well, let me tell you somethin'...

where you're goin', everybody you meet,

is gonna be lookin' to lay you open or lay you down.

(KEYS CLATTER)

(SCREAMS)

(DOOR OPENING)

Where's the other guy?

He go for the rubber hose?

We've got some new information on the case, Benson.

So you're free to go.

All right, so I waited here all day and night for nothin'. (CHUCKLES)

Well, we take a triple homicide very seriously here.

And frankly, you looked very right for it.

But I wasn't.

No.

Look we don't like squeezing innocent guys,

but sometimes it does happen.

So, uh, if you ever find yourself in a jam...

we owe you one.

When I told you I was sorry about Cindy,

I meant it.

Yeah.

And I meant what I said about owing you one.

(BACKGROUND CHATTER)

Hey.

I vouchered Patel's original statement, I'm just finishing the DD5.

- Great, thanks. - Hey, good work on the Patel case.

- Thanks. - Thanks, Lieu.

Hey, how about we go have a drink and celebrate? I'm buying.

Can I take a rain check on that? I have plans tonight.

Sure.

So I guess it went okay last night with that doctor?

Yeah, we had some fun.

You renewing a thing you had going in high school?

Not really, Paulie and I didn't go out.

I had a boyfriend, actually he dated a girlfriend of mine.

Oh, I see. Yeah.

She dumped him for another guy.

I always thought that was a dumb move on her part.

- So, now's your chance. - Who knows?

- Yeah. - I'll see you tomorrow, James.

- Okay, have fun. - ADRIENNE: Thanks.

Nick? Yeah, Bobby, yeah? All of them?

Great, great, all right, thanks. I'll be there in a while.

- JAMES: Good night, guys. - All my birds made it back.

That's great. (CLEARS THROAT)

I'm gonna takeoff I still got some things to settle at home.

Sure, I'll see you tomorrow.

DONNA: Good night, Detective.

SYLVIA: Did you eat?

Yeah, I'm fine.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

Why don't you sit down? We should talk.

Sylvia, on the wedding, I've given it a lot of thought and I...

Now, I want you to understand what my feelings are.

A big wedding.

It's what every girl dreams of.

And it had a very special meaning for me...

No problem, that's what I want too.

No, I overreacted.

We can have a lovely, small wedding, maybe up in the country.

No, I was just in the country, I think your father's got the right idea.

Something big here in the city.

Are you sure you really want that?

Sure.

I mean, uh,

how many chances am I gonna get to wear a crown of flowers?

- (CHUCKLES) - (CHUCKLES)

(HOPEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

Here.

What's this?

Just open it.

A cameo.

I love cameos.

I never had one, but I've always wanted one,

and how could you have known that?

It just seemed like you.

It's, uh, Aphrodite.

She's the Greek goddess of love.

You know what she's meant to inspire?

Specifically?

I'll show ya.

(CHUCKLES)

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES)