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Morning. (SIGHS)

(SNIFFLES) Come on, Medavoy, huh?

While you're staying in the crib, why don't you pull yourself together

before you come downstairs,

otherwise it's like working in a rooming house. (EXHALES)

Yesterday, I checked out a one bedroom over on Third Avenue.

The whole place is smaller than this locker room.

Bathtub in the kitchen. The guy wants 1,100 a month.

ANDY: (EXHALES) Yeah. (CLEARS THROAT)

Plus, you're living next door to a guy who wears earrings in his tongue.

Exactly. Compared to what's out there, the crib's not bad.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Detective,

this woman has information about a murder.

Uh. Well, here. Why don't you come around here?

Have a seat here.

I'm Detective Sipowicz.

My husband killed somebody and you have to arrest him.

- What's your name? - Chandra Esposito.

- What's your husband's name? - Rickie Esposito.

- (INHALES) He do that to your eye? - Yes. He smacked me around some.

- (SIGHS) - CHANDRA: Last night, I finally told him

that I wasn't gonna take it anymore and he... (INHALES)

...he said if I'd try and leave him, he would, uh,

kill me the way he'd done that boy eight years ago.

- He killed a kid eight years ago? - Yeah. (BREATHES SHAKILY)

Before we hooked up, he lived over on... (INHALES)

...49th Street with, uh, Lanie Rivera and her three kids.

Then last night, he tells me that he, uh, he killed her boy, Sal.

He was how old eight years ago?

Uh. It sounded to me like he was, uh, grown up.

You know, um, pretty much grown.

- Is she still on 49th? - Yeah.

Um. 913 West 49th.

All right, we'll look into that. I think you ought to look into a shelter.

No, I don't need a shelter.

Just arrest him...

or he's gonna kill me.

- DIANE: Good morning. - What's going on?

(SIGHS) Just caught an eight-year-old homicide.

Eight years?

Yeah. Unless somebody's making up stories.

- ANDY: Are you up? - BOBBY: Uh. Yeah, I'm up.

Hey, Bobby, hold up a minute.

Detective Russell, can I speak with you?

- Yeah. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Hey, Andy, I'll come with you. I wanna check out that neighborhood.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Um.

Diane... (INHALES)

...there's been a shooting at your parents' apartment.

A shooting?

Yeah. Your father's been killed.

What?

ARTHUR: Your father's been killed.

I'm very sorry.

(SCOFFS)

- Where's my mom? - Your mom's okay.

- She's at the apartment. Uh. - Okay.

But, Diane, it looks like your brother may have been involved.

Involved? How?

Apparently, he did it, Diane.

- Lieutenant, I have to get over there. - Look, look I... I need you

to take care of yourself, okay? I can't let you work this.

- Yeah, okay. - Now, Bobby's up.

- (INHALES) I gotta get over there. - Look, look. Take a minute.

Um. I'll fill him in and then he'll drive you, okay?

- I gotta get over there. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- My father's a DOA at homicide. - What happened?

The boss will fill you in. I gotta go.

A neighbor called 911 and said the brother shot him.

Oh, man. Then I don't want her driving alone.

Well, I don't want her driving either, Bobby,

but evidently, that's what she wants to do.

- Diane! - Now, are you catching the case

- or you taking care of Russell? - Okay, okay.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(THEME MUSIC CONCLUDING)

- SHANNON: Detective Russell. - (INHALES, EXHALES]

SHANNON: Your mom's in the bedroom with your brother.

- I'm sorry for your loss. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)

(INHALES) Ma. (EXHALES)

- What happened, Doug? - He came at me.

- I told him to back off and he wouldn't. - It was an accident, Diane.

So, I shot him and I'm only sorry I didn't do it ten years ago.

(INHALES) We'll get to the bottom of this at the station house,

but for now, you both have to be quiet.

I don't want you to say anything more to anyone.

- Is Dougie going to jail? - (EXHALES, INHALES)

I don't know, Ma. I don't know what's gonna happen.

- (SIGHS) Dougie? - DOUG: What?

- Dougie, just take it easy, all right? - Yeah, yeah, sure.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)

(SIGHS)

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO) - Get him covered up.

- What do we got on this? - A neighbor called it in.

She told me she heard some arguing, then a shot.

- BOBBY: Is that her? - SHANNON: Yeah.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO) - BOBBY: Just one?

SHANNON: Looks like one was enough.

Detective Russell's brother gave me this weapon.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)

I unloaded it.

- (SIREN WAILING) - (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)

- Uh. Shannon, can you give us a second? - SHANNON: Yeah.

On the statements and so forth, we can talk about it later on.

- Yeah, Shannon. I'll find you. - Okay.

- That's my .38. - You gave it to your brother?

- DIANE: No, of course not. - BOBBY: How did he get it?

I don't know. I'm gonna take them down to the station house

- and get Dougie a lawyer. - BOBBY: Yeah.

(EXHALES) They're real confused what happened.

Yeah, okay. Um. I'll talk to the neighbor.

- Did she already talk to Shannon? - Yeah.

Listen, get, uh, Doug and... and your mom ready, okay?

- I'm Detective Simone. - Maria Blair.

- BOBBY: You, uh, call this in? - MARIA: I heard this sound

and I came over to see what happened.

- I saw Doug with the gun. - Did he say anything?

MARIA: He said he did it.

These are really nice people. This shouldn't be happening.

Boy, some of these buildings have a lot of work in 'em.

- (EXHALES) - What do they call this part of town?

- Hell's Kitchen. - Oh, I... I... I thought they changed it.

Uh. I thought they changed it to Clinton.

- (ANDY SIGHS) - (DOORBELL BUZZING)

- LANIE: Yeah? Who is it? - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

LANIE: Is it the plumbers?

No, ma'am. We're New York City Police detectives.

Uh. We'd like to speak to a Mrs. Rivera.

LANIE: That's, uh, uh...

- I'll be right down. - Not much foliage, huh?

- (ANDY SIGHING) - Boy, I... I bet

- the summer it gets pretty hot. - (SIREN WAILING)

Yeah. Might be why they call it Hell's Kitchen.

- Mrs. Rivera? - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Can we talk inside?

No, I... I prefer here.

What is it? Did somebody get robbed? 'Cause I didn't see nothing.

No, no. We... we wanted to talk to you about your son, Mrs. Rivera.

Sal? Do you know where he is?

- Who is it? - The police detectives.

They wanna know about Salvador.

This is my daughter, Margie.

Sal don't live here no more.

- Do you know where he went, Margie? - No.

We haven't seen him seven, maybe eight years.

Do you know a Rickie Esposito?

Yeah, me and Rickie, we lived together, five or six years.

- Look, what is this about? - (EXHALES) This Rickie is running around,

telling everybody that he killed your son, Mrs. Rivera.

Rickie killed Sal?

- Oh, my God. - That's crazy.

Well, why don't you tell us whatever you can remember

about the last time you talked to your son?

(EXHALES) The last time I talked to Sal, uh...

Rickie was going over to do some work at his ex-wife's place

and, uh, Sal went with him.

- I never seen him after that. - Did you call the police?

Yeah, I called them once. They said Sal's 19.

- Probably he just left. - This ex-wife, uh, the house that Rickie

and him were working on, do you remember where she lived?

Yeah. Lisa Gay. She lives on Second and, uh, 14th,

across from the projects.

I got her address right here. You go talk to her.

She'll tell you Rickie would never do a thing like this.

Shame on you.

All right, would you get the, uh, the address for us?

Yes, I can get it for you. Come.

Let's go.

GREG: Shame on us?

The kid's gone eight years. She barely even missed him.

Yeah. If he turns up dead, she'll probably decide we did it.

Mom, Detective Simone's gonna sit you down and get you a cup of coffee.

I'll be in in a minute, okay?

- Can't I go with Dougie? - No, Mom, you can't.

- Mrs. Russell, right this way. - DIANE: Thanks, Bobby.

- Come on, Doug. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

In here, Dougie.

(SIGHS)

All right, I have a call in to John Tedesco.

I don't need a lawyer. I just wanna get this over with.

- Dougie, you're getting a lawyer. - Look, I shot him!

(EXHALES) When did you take my gun?

The day he beat Mom at the bar,

when you gave me the keys to your apartment.

You've been carrying the gun around?

- Mom had it. - Mom?

I gave it to her for protection in case he started beating her again.

So, today, when he started in on me,

I went in the bedroom and I got it and I shot him.

Dougie, there had to be physical violence.

You had to be defending yourself.

You tell Tedesco you were defending yourself,

- you hear me? - Diane, look, I don't need any lawyer!

(SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE)

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - (BOBBY SIGHING)

- How does that look? - (EXHALES) Not so great, lieu.

Diane's brother confessed to the neighbor.

Plus, it turns out that one of Diane's guns was involved.

- She tell you how that happened? - I don't think she knows.

Okay, you're gonna have to notify IAB.

Yeah, okay.

(SIGHS) Hey.

- He won't take a lawyer. - No?

Could you talk to him, explain why he has to?

- Sure. - I have to go talk to Shannon.

Shannon asked me to tell you that he doesn't remember

what your mom or your brother were saying at the scene.

They were both confused and that's all he knows. (INHALES)

Now, did Doug tell you how he laid hands on your weapon?

He just said he took it.

- We're gonna have to report this to IAB. - (SIGHS) Yeah.

- Was it secured? - It's an off-duty weapon.

I had it in the back of my dresser.

And you didn't notice it was missing?

I just kept it around in case of prowlers. I wasn't checking on it every day.

You want me to tell 'em that?

You know, right now, I don't really care about losing a week's pay.

A.D.A. Cohen to see Detective Simone.

Uh.

Just a moment, please.

- That's the riding D.A. - Yeah.

Could you hold off on the neighbor's statement,

just for a little?

If Dougie's gonna confess, I... I... I want that

- to be the first thing on paper. (INHALES) - I don't really have

the neighbor's statement yet.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

I've gotta make burial arrangements.

Okay. I'm Bobby Simone.

Leo Cohen, on the Russell homicide.

- I understand you've got a collar. - We've got someone in custody.

LEO: You ready for me to take a statement?

Uh. No. The... the uh, suspect is the brother of one of our detectives.

Detective Russell.

It was their father who was shot. (INHALES)

And my understanding is Detective Russell's brother

- is lawyered up. - Where are you on witnesses?

- It's not clear. - It's not?

The officer on the scene said

Mrs. Russell was kind of confused, maybe in shock.

He couldn't really make out what she was saying.

And he doesn't really recall the son making any kind of statements at all.

Well, on what basis was the son collared?

Evidently, the neighbor came over when she heard the shot,

uh, saw the brother holding the murder weapon in his hands.

- And that's all we got right now. - You're going on the record with that?

I'm just saying that's where the case is right now.

(INHALES) Detective Simone, I'm sure you understand,

in light of your leak on the Stackhouse investigation,

D.A. Abrams isn't president of your fan club right now.

Oh, he's not president of my fan club, huh?

My point, Detective, if I smell anything inappropriate at all

in your investigation, any vagueness in your report,

given this is another officer's family,

my own feelings aside, I'm gonna have to land hard on you.

And that would be against your own feelings.

(INHALES) Don't call me till you get your story straight.

LISA: That's the craziest thing I ever heard.

Rickie didn't kill nobody.

- That kid just took off. - All right, so, where were they working?

Well, they laid some carpet in there, but mostly, they put in this little patio.

ANDY: Uh-huh.

How much does a place like this go for, uh, if you don't mind my asking?

I pay 450, but it's rent-controlled.

- Oh, rent-controlled, huh? - So, even after he divorces you,

this Rickie don't mind coming around and doing work around the house?

- I told you, he's a good guy. - ANDY: And this kid, Sal,

- how come he was doing you so many favors? - Rickie told him to, I guess.

So, you watched them pour the concrete?

No. I was out of town that weekend.

When I came home, Rickie had surprised me by doing the job.

- Uh. - (ANDY INHALES)

Well, uh... (CLEARS THROAT)

...I think we may have to tear up this patio here.

LISA: Oh, no, you're not.

This is the last place that we can put that kid.

I wanna know what's underneath there.

You don't know the boy's down there.

You want us to get a warrant, ma'am? Absolutely, we can do that.

Thing is, if we do find a body, it's gonna look a lot better for you.

Better for me? I haven't done anything.

Yeah? Well, I certainly hope the judge'll see it that way.

Look, Sal was a bad kid. Nobody misses him.

Why you wanna go tearing up my house, looking for somebody

no one wants to find?

Well, Lisa, we got a dead body growing in your garden.

We wanna dig it up. We're just kind of wacky that way.

Hey, Doug.

- (DOOR CLOSING) - You here to take my statement?

You know, Doug, I agree with your sister. I, uh...

(EXHALES)

I... I think you should have a lawyer with you

before you write...

- Look... - ...any statements.

...I shot my father. Having a lawyer ain't gonna change that.

All right, well, let's start with an oral statement.

I shot my father.

Yeah, uh, could you go back a little for me?

I went by before work. I do it every day.

- You'd have breakfast with 'em? - DOUG: I have coffee.

So, everyone was, uh, sitting around the table there?

(SCOFFS) Yeah. More or less.

Well, what happened, Doug?

He started going off on me about what a jerk I am, a failure at work.

A general overall failure.

This was par for the course in terms of your dad's tone with you?

Pretty much. But I just got sick of it, you know?

(INHALES) I mean, finally, you just get so sick of something.

- So, I went and I got the gun. - This is your sister's off-duty gun.

So, finally, I got it in the bedroom,

came back...

and I shot him.

Okay, but before you went into the bedroom,

w... what went down between you and your dad?

- Did your dad raise a hand to you? - (EXHALES)

- Yes. - Doug...

if you felt that your life was in danger,

it is very important to make that clear, all right?

I felt like I was in danger, so I got the gun and I shot him.

You came back into the living room and shot him?

Yes!

- Was your dad advancing on you? - (DOUG EXHALING)

Look, man, my dad deserved killing.

But was he advancing on you, Doug?

- You want me to write it down? - No, I don't want you to write it down.

I want you to think about what you're saying.

I want you to think about it and what your state of mind was

when this happened and how important it is

to make it clear that you were frightened.

(SIGHS) Then I'll come back and, uh, we'll talk.

(SIGHS)

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - (DOOR CLOSING)

- You're sure? - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

All right. Well, thanks for checking. (SIGHS)

Crime scene found a bullet in the wall of the bedroom.

I checked it out with the ME to see if maybe there were two shots fired,

but he says there was just one, so, apparently,

- it went right through him. - Look, Diane,

you gotta let somebody else take care of this kind of stuff, okay?

- I'm fine. - Yeah, huh?

- Don't tell me how I'm feeling right now! - BOBBY: Okay.

- (SIGHS) Bobby, don't make me go home. - Diane, just take it easy, okay?

- Where is he on the lawyer? - He don't want one.

- (SCOFFS) That's ridiculous! - I let him talk to me a little bit

- about what happened and I... - What?

- BOBBY: Diane, it was... - How could you let him

- talk to you without a lawyer? - Diane, it was off the record.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Come here a second.

- (SIGHS) - You gotta listen to me.

Somebody killed your father. You think a stranger did that?

I want my brother to have a lawyer.

Nobody is looking to hurt your brother.

Do you understand that?

- (EXHALES) - I'm not positive that Doug did it.

And I don't know what the hell went on in that apartment,

but I... I need to talk to your mother right now.

Off the record.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Absolutely.

So, they just found one bullet?

- Yeah. - I guess that means

that your dad was shot in the bedroom

and he must've collapsed in the living room.

(SIGHS) I guess.

Well, that doesn't fit what Doug told me.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - (KNOCK ON DOOR)

- (DOOR OPENING) - Uh. Mrs. Russell, how you feeling?

Where's Dougie? Can I see him?

Not just yet.

I have a few questions that I need to ask you.

Diane says I'm not supposed to talk to anyone.

Well, she said it would be okay.

- She said it was all right? - Yes, she did.

Mrs. Russell, uh, I need to ask you, uh...

what happened this morning?

I don't remember very much.

- It happened so fast. - BOBBY: Mm-hmm.

But I don't think Dougie meant to shoot anybody.

I think the gun just went off.

Where were you when the gun went off?

We were in the bedroom.

Oh, so this all happened in the bedroom?

Isn't that what Dougie said?

I would have to check my notes,

but right now, I'd like to hear what you remember.

I don't remember anything. I told you.

It all happened so fast, it could've happened anywhere.

But you do recall it happening in the bedroom?

Dougie remembers better than I would.

Nobody's looking to trap you here, nobody's looking to hurt you.

But you can hurt yourself,

you can hurt other people in your family by telling half-truths.

I don't remember exactly how it happened.

- It was all so confusing. - I understand.

I just know Dougie didn't mean to do it.

- Your husband and Doug, they were arguing? - Yes.

I don't think arguing so much

as Pete would tease and hurt Dougie's feelings.

Would he do more than just tease?

Uh. Would they ever get physical with each other?

See, I'm thinking, specifically, if Doug was afraid this morning.

I think he could've been.

You think he was afraid for his life?

Could I see Diane? I think Diane should be here.

Yeah, okay.

Okay, I'll get Diane. She'll come in here and she'll, uh, she'll take care of you.

And then I'm gonna go back and talk to your neighbor.

Maria?

Maria Blair, right?

Maria's a lovely girl.

I'll go get Diane.

MALE VOICE 1: What color fish you got?

Well, they come in... (EXHALES) ...all different colors.

- There's, uh, nice, yellow ones... - GREG: Andy...

- Hey. - ...and they're different types. Yeah.

Uh. This is Dr. Laura Schiller.

She's the anthropologist, uh, from NYU that the ME recommended.

- You're the bone expert, huh? - Yeah, that's me.

Well, we've got some bones we've been digging up

from under that patio. We need you to identify 'em.

Do you suspect foul play?

Yeah, well, uh, we always suspect foul play.

- It's kind of our job. - Yeah.

- You... you recognize any of these? - Uh. Yeah, sure.

- (ZEUS WHIMPERING) - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

This is a pork chop.

- (ZEUS BARKING) - Rib-eye steak.

Ham bone.

And, um, this looks like ribs.

Those aren't human remains?

- (ZEUS WHIMPERING) - Sorry, detective.

What you have here is the remains of a barbecue.

I told you that boy was not under there.

None of them are human bones?

Those are animal bones. Looks like a garbage dump of some sort.

- Did you used to dump your garbage here? - (ZEUS WHINING)

That's where I used to keep my cans before Rickie built me this patio.

You're gonna put it back, aren't you?

(BOTH GROAN)

ANDY: What the hell kind of cadaver dog is this, huh?

He can't tell the difference between a...

- (ZEUS BARKING) - ...steak and a human being?

There's a lot of bones here. He got confused.

Uh. Yeah, so what happens when you pass a deli?

He finds bodies in there too?

- Look, he's a dog. - (ZEUS WHINING)

- Which is why I own fish. - (ZEUS BARKING)

- Zeus! - ANDY: Oh, now, this genius.

Now what? Come on. Go on.

Get the hell out. He's always making a mess.

(ZEUS PANTS)

MALE VOICE 1: Hold on. We got something.

- (ZEUS BARKS) - Good boy.

- (ZEUS BARKING) - MALE VOICE 1: It's a carpet.

- (ZEUS WHINES) - Something's rolled up in a carpet.

(ZEUS WHIMPERS)

(SIGHS)

- ANDY: Hello, Sal. - (ZEUS WHIMPERS)

(DOORBELL RINGING)

- BOBBY: Hi. - Oh. You're back?

Yeah, I... I wanted to get some more details from you, Ms. Blair,

about what happened this morning.

I heard the shot, I went over there, I called 911.

That's really all I have to say.

- (KEYS JINGLING) - I... I'll tell you what.

Why don't you come in here with me to the crime scene and, uh...

you know, maybe you can help me piece the sequence together.

(DOOR UNLOCKING)

(DOOR CLOSING)

- I'm not involved in this. - BOBBY: I understand that.

You were just trying to help.

And I gotta tell you, you going towards an apartment

where a gunshot had just gone off,

I... I really admire your courage, you doing that.

Well, I gave my statement.

Mm-hmm.

You know what I had to ask you?

Who was it that opened

- the door here for you? - Doug did.

When... when he opened the door, he had the gun?

- I think so. - And you weren't frightened?

Look, Doug's a really nice guy.

If he shot his dad, I'm sure it was an accident.

Thanks for the opinion.

So, he had the gun in his hand and you weren't frightened?

He said he'd shot his father. I called 911 and that's all.

Did you, uh, dial 911 from... from the bedroom?

- I guess. - You guess?

Could you come in here for a minute, Ms. Blair?

See, 'cause I mean, otherwise, you would've had to step over the body

and well, you would've been a couple of feet away

from Mr. Russell if you would have dialed from right out here.

Then I called from in there.

Mrs. Russell was in the bedroom?

How was she acting? Do you remember?

She was very upset.

You know, I don't remember exactly.

I don't like this attitude.

What... what's wrong with my attitude, Ms. Blair?

I'm investigating a homicide.

Well, you're pushing at me. You're treating me like I'm a suspect.

Well, I gotta tell you, that's what I do for a living.

Now, let me tell you something else.

There's something very wrong with all the stories

that I'm getting on this case.

Now, you could have the best reason in the world.

If you are covering up the truth,

that still makes you an accomplice to a murder.

- I am not an accomplice to anything. - Well, that's how you're coming off.

So?

I heard the gunshot.

(INHALES) I came out into the hall...

and he was just coming up the steps.

Doug?

He opened the door from the outside with his key...

(SIGHS) ...and Mrs. Russell was there.

And the gun was on the floor.

She was in a panic. She said she didn't know how it happened.

Doug said he'd take care of it

and he told me that we had to tell everyone that he did it.

And you went along with that?

I've watched him 12 years trying to help.

He helped my mom when she was alive. He was trying to help his mom.

You know, I thought he was making a mistake

by saying he'd done it.

But he asked me to help.

(INHALES) It's what I tried to do.

ANDY: So, he's got the kid rolled up in an old piece of carpet,

buried lengthwise in a hole.

The bones collapsed on top of themselves.

- Any luck on dental records? - No, we just started the search.

Plus, there was some personalized jewelry and a belt buckle.

Medavoy's got the sister looking at the stuff right now.

(DOOR OPENING)

- ARTHUR: Do you know about Diane? - (ANDY SIGHING)

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Yeah.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

I'm sorry about what happened.

Thanks. (EXHALES)

Do you wanna take a walk?

(SNIFFLES) No, I, um...

I... I have to make arrangements.

Bobby's out, talking to a neighbor.

I... I need to be here if something develops.

Are you working the case?

I have to be here, Andy.

(INHALES)

You wanna look out for your mother and your brother,

but you gotta make room for yourself in this.

- I know. - You need to get out of here.

Take a walk, go to a meeting.

Find a place to put what's going on inside.

'Cause if you don't, I guarantee you... (INHALES)

...you may think you're on top of this now,

but sooner or later, you're gonna reach out for that bottle.

- (SIGHS) - MALE VOICE 2: Thanks. I appreciate it.

(SIGHS)

I'm scared, Andy. (BREATHES SHAKILY)

(SIGHS) I want a drink real bad.

Do you wanna take a walk?

- You'll come with me? - Yeah.

(DIANE SIGHS)

Yeah, this was Sal's stuff.

Is there a chance that, uh, Sal could've sold the jewelry

or... or given it away?

I don't think so.

- Can I take these with me? - Not yet.

Um. As soon as we get a positive ID on Sal's dental records,

then we'll release his effects.

Look... (SIGHS)

...if Rickie said he killed Sal, that's probably what happened.

(INHALES) Why would Rickie have killed Sal, Margie?

'Cause of something I told him.

Sal and me...

He was doing it to me.

Your brother was sexually abusing you?

He was sleeping with me.

How old were you?

When we started, uh...

maybe 11.

We was doing it for a long time.

- Three years about. - (INHALES) And you told that to Rickie?

Yeah.

I didn't tell anybody before

because I didn't want Sal to get in trouble.

Then I found out he was screwing our little sister too.

I was just, "Forget about it."

I thought he was gonna lose it.

What did Rickie do?

He just said he'd take care of it.

About a week later, Sal left.

I mean, that's what we thought.

I guess that's not what happened.

No. No, it isn't.

You gonna arrest Rickie?

Yeah.

Good.

(LIPS SMACKING) I mean, I didn't want Sal to get killed.

I was just mad at him 'cause he was two-timing me.

Two-timing?

I just told you. With my sister.

By sleeping with your sister, that was two-timing?

Yeah.

Sick, huh?

- ANDY: You gonna be okay? - DIANE: Yeah.

Thanks, Andy. I have to talk to Bobby, okay?

Yeah. I gotta go pick up a perp with Medavoy.

- Thanks, Andy. - BOBBY: Diane?

DIANE: Did you take a statement from the neighbor?

- Yeah. - How much did she see?

Doug wasn't even there when the shooting happened, Diane.

The neighbor heard the shot from inside your parents' apartment.

She opens up her door, she sees Doug coming up the stairs.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - It was your mom who shot your dad.

- (SIGHS) - I'm sorry.

(SIGHS)

(INHALES)

BOBBY: Your brother talked

- to the neighbor into going along... - (DIANE SIGHS)

...with saying he did it.

Look, I can get your mom to flip.

If she goes, I think Doug'll change his statement.

I have to do it.

Bobby. (EXHALES)

- Okay. - DIANE: Thanks.

Will you square it with Fancy?

Yeah, he never said you couldn't talk to your own mother.

Okay.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- (DOOR OPENING) - DOROTHY: Diane.

(SIGHS) Hi, Mom.

DOROTHY: I sure would like to see Dougie.

They've had me in here for quite a while.

We're, um, trying to get to the bottom of this.

It takes time.

Well, I don't know why. We told you what happened.

What you told us wasn't true, was it?

Why would you say that?

Detective Simone talked to Maria across the hall, Mom.

She says Dougie wasn't even there when she heard that shot.

How would she know? She didn't see it.

She says she saw Dougie coming up the stairs

after the shot went off inside the apartment.

And then Doug and her came over, saw what had happened...

Well, that's not true.

Dougie is going to jail for a very long time...

if you don't tell the truth about what happened.

You can help Dougie.

That one time, when your dad tore up that bar,

you fixed that right away.

This is different.

Why?

Mom...

(INHALES) Mom, it's all right.

If we can just talk about what actually happened,

I know we can get through this.

I don't think we can.

Otherwise, it's gonna destroy your life, it's gonna destroy Dougie's life.

But it was Doug's idea.

What was Doug's idea?

It just happened so fast.

I don't even remember picking up the gun.

And then your father was lying there and...

and Doug came in and said he'd take care of it.

What happened, Mom?

You and Daddy had a fight.

(SNIFFLES)

I found a beer bottle under the bed. What was that doing there?

He was gonna hit me with it.

He said... (SOBS) ...he was gonna beat my half a brain out of my head.

- Oh, Mom. - (SOBS)

(SOBS)

You know, this has been an interesting case for me today,

given my housing situation.

You think about it. We... we've been in a lot of different locations.

Finding that body in the backyard didn't make you think

about getting back to your wife, huh, Medavoy?

(CHUCKLES) Yeah, I go back to my wife, that'll be me someday.

Which makes you ponder, you know,

how... how many undiscovered bodies, uh, there may be out there.

That, uh, Lisa Gay said number 42 1/2.

- You see any numbers anywhere? - I don't see anything.

- Hey, you wanna try up here? - What's this?

CHANDRA: Somebody, save me! Please!

- Somebody's in there, Andy. - CHANDRA: (SCREAMING) Stop it!

- They're in trouble! Come on! - (CHANDRA SCREAMING)

- GREG: Police! - CHANDRA: Stop it, please! (SCREAMING)

- (COUGHS) - RICKIE: I said shut up!

- GREG: Hey, hey! - Somebody help me, please!

- Get her, Medavoy! Pull her down! - (CHANDRA GROANS)

- (COUGHS) - ANDY: Rickie Esposito?

- CHANDRA: That's him! - Rickie Esposito, you're under arrest!

- What for? - CHANDRA: He was trying to kill me.

- (SOBS) - For that! Come on!

- (COUGHS) - GREG: Just try and stay calm, okay?

- ANDY: Let's go. - GREG: Are you okay, ma'am?

Yes.

Detective Simone...

my mother would like to make a statement.

It's different than I said this morning.

That's all right, Mrs. Russell. As long as it's the truth.

DOROTHY: After I write down what happened, can I see my son?

BOBBY: Sure, you can.

You sure you want your mom to write all this down?

Yes. I'm gonna go talk to my brother.

I'm gonna wash my face and go talk to him.

(CLEARS THROAT) Donna, is the coffee room open?

- DONNA: Yeah. - RICKIE: I don't know

why you're arresting me. It was her idea.

- She wanted to kill herself. - He was trying to murder me

- like he did that Rivera kid. - Shut up!

- ANDY: Watch your mouth. - That Lisa Gay called

- and said you all found that man's bones! - I don't know what

- she's talking about. - ANDY: Shut up.

- (DOOR CLOSING) - It's all right.

(SOBS)

- (DOOR OPENING) - (SNIFFLES)

The truth, huh? (SNIFFLES) It never occurred to her to say it.

(SNIFFLES) I walk in.

It never occurs to me to ask. (SIGHS)

I'm a detective. I stood that beer bottle up

and it never occurred to me to... (SIGHS) ...to push her that that's what went down.

Now, I gotta go to my brother and it'll never occur to Dougie that...

(SIGHS) ...that he should just say what happened.

(EXHALES, SNIFFLES)

I guess we're all so crazy. (EXHALES)

- Come on. Nobody's crazy. - (SOBS)

(SNIFFLES) Yeah, right.

(SOBS)

You want me to go in there and talk to Dougie?

(INHALES) I have to.

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

That's 'cause you got a world of guts and you love your brother.

(SIGHS)

(EXHALES) I'll deal with this.

(EXHALES)

- (DOOR OPENING) - (SIGHS)

Hey, Di.

- What are you doing in there? - (DOOR CLOSING)

There was a cop sitting with me, but he had to go and do something.

What the hell did he put you in the cage for?

I don't know.

(SIGHS)

Dougie...

(INHALES) Mom's making a statement.

- We know you didn't shoot Daddy. - (SCOFFS)

She... she's just trying to take the weight for me.

Maria told what happened.

He was coming at her with a beer bottle.

With Dad's history of abuse,

there's a chance Mom won't even go to jail.

(SIGHS)

I'm the one responsible for this.

No.

(CHUCKLES) I did it, Di.

I did it. I just didn't have the guts to pull the trigger.

You gave Mom my gun because Daddy was hurting her

and you thought she needed protection.

- I thought you wanted the truth. - I'm talking about the truth.

I gave Mom the gun to do what I wanted.

If she didn't have that gun, is there any way she would've done it?

I wanted him dead.

Did you know I had the gun?

No.

Then it's just me.

No, it's not.

I left you there all those years.

And I have to live with leaving you there.

and you have to live with wanting him dead

but, Dougie, you didn't kill him.

You have to fight.

I want my brother.

I feel so sick.

(SIGHS)

I've never been strong like you.

Come on.

Come out of there.

(DOUG SIGHS)

Look, I can't see Mom right now.

All right, you go home and you do what you need to do.

(DOOR OPENING)

Hey.

- You cleared that homicide? - Yeah.

I'm gonna put this one up for America's most ancient cases.

The guy admits he buried the kid under the patio.

The rest of it was an accident.

He accidentally clobbered the kid with a baseball bat.

And he was trying to kill the current wife?

(SIGHS) Yeah, that could count against him too.

- Some family, huh? - ANDY: (SIGHING) Yeah.

It was her mom, huh?

Yeah.

Diane actually closed the case out.

She got her mom to give it up.

Good for her.

I got the D.A. waiting for me out there.

Some guy named Cohen.

I wanna see if we can defer arrest on Mrs. Russell.

(INHALES) But this guy's in Abrams's pocket.

Abrams owes you so many favors.

(CHUCKLES)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(SIGHS)

I was just reading your new perpetrator's statement.

Mm-hmm.

There's an extensive history of spousal abuse

and the husband was coming at her with a beer bottle.

Yeah, that's all right here.

Looks like man two or involuntary.

You really think that the grand jury will indict?

LEO: I know we're gonna give 'em the chance.

Well, I'm wondering if we could defer arrest

until you see if that happens.

Because the woman's related to a detective in this squad?

No. Because with the circumstances of this homicide

and the woman's voluntary confession and her age and history,

you got some leeway not to put her in the system just now.

Look, with no witnesses, we're not even sure this was self-defense.

- The weapon was recovered. - An unbroken beer bottle.

Hey, we're talking about whether this woman needs

to be in the system before the grand jury gets the case.

And both of us know that she can walk

unless you're looking to kiss your boss's ass.

Excuse me.

Tell your girlfriend she can take her mother home.

(SCOFFS)

(KEYS JINGLING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Let's go.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

What happens now?

Next week, you'll go before the grand jury

and they'll decide whether or not they're gonna charge you.

- Am I going to jail? - (CAR ALARM BEEPING)

We're gonna take that one step at a time, Mom.

- And Doug's gonna be all right? - Mm-hmm.

- He's waiting for us at his place. - Here you go, Mrs. Russell.

- (BOBBY EXHALES) - Thank you.

You work with nice people, Diane.

Detective Simone isn't just someone I work with, Mom.

We've been seeing each other.

I'm in love with him.

Good.

He seems like a good person.

He is.

Good night.

- I'll call you in a couple hours. - Okay.

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