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[John] Finding a dead guy in
a cemetery, kind of redundant,
don't you think?

[Megan] I don't like cemeteries.

[John] Any particular reason?

[Megan] I don't wanna
talk about it.

[John] You brought it up,
you picked the topic.

[Megan] Well,
it wasn't a topic, it--
it was a statement.

No, no, you don't get
how this works.

[Megan] How what works?

Stan would say something.
I would disagree.

We could argue about it
for an hour solid.

[John] Well, let me show
you how it's done.

Cemeteries. Cemeteries.

You ever have sex in a cemetery?

- [Megan] No.
- I did.

1963, East Point Park.

Judy Biggs, back seat of
her father's Chrysler.

We were parked between
the Steinmetz mausoleum
and Citriniti family plots.

Now, that's... conversation.

[John] Officer Rogers,
how you doing?

[Megan] What have we got?

The caretaker found the body
about 20 minutes ago.

- What's with the dog?
- [Sally] Here when
they found the body.

He won't budge.

[John] Better call
the animal shelter.

It's the victim's dog.
He was here when
the murder happened.

Dog might be our only witness.

- Here, boy.
- [John] Watch it, watch it.

[angry barking]

Be careful.

It's all right. It's all right.

Hey! Whoa.

Careful, Megan.

You're a big help, aren't you?

I'm a cat man.

It's-- it's all right.

It's all right.

[tense instrumental]

[ethereal flute and hand drums]

[dog whimpering]

[John] What's the guy doing in
the cemetery at 8am anyway?

[Megan] Visiting a loved one.

[John] Well, how
did he get here?

- There's no car nearby
or anything.
- [Megan] Maybe he took the bus.

- [John] Well maybe the guy who
killed him took his car.
- Maybe.

What have we got, Scheiner?

A ligature mark on the neck.

[Megan] So he was strangled?

[Scheiner] Looks like
some kind of a wire.

[Megan] Oh yeah, look at this.
Bruises, scratches.

This guy put up a fight.

[Scheiner] Roll him.

Okay. Ah!
He's still got his wallet.

All right, let's see...

Edgar Rodzinski.

Diners Club,
American Express, $57.

Awww.

Baltimore City
Police Department ID card.

He's a cop?

This card's stamped retired,
1985.

Hey, Rodzinski.

I was right.
He was visiting his wife.

Yeah, for the last time.

[tense instrumental]

[distant phone ringing]

The victim was an ex-cop?

Edgar Rodzinski,
30 years in Vice.

He was garroted.
Strangled with a piece of wire.

I want that information
kept away from the press.

He still had his wallet, cash,
credit card, but no keys.

No one saw him arrive
at the cemetery.

Let's check with the DMV,
see if he owns a car.

Rodzinski?

I know a Rodzinski.

Was he a cop?

Yeah. I went to
the Academy with him.

Jake Rodzinski.

No, that's not him.
This guy's in his 60s.

Jake's old man was a detective.

Edgar Rodzinski?

Yeah.

Aw, jeez! Aw, jeez.

[sighs] Does Jake know
about this?

Where can we find him?

He works in Check and Fraud.

Look, Lewis,
go with Munch and Russert.

Notify the son.

An ex-cop was killed on
my watch, I don't like this.

Hey mister,
wanna buy some candy?
$4 a box.

What's that? What you got?

- [boy] Thin Mints.
- Thin Mints.

[Pez] I don't know.

And why should we buy candy
from a little hustler like you, huh?

It helps kids stay off
the streets.

That's what school is for.

You know, there is
a teachers' conference today.

[Pez] Teachers' conference?

I got kids in school,
and I didn't hear about
any teachers' conference.

I'll tell you what we'll do,
we'll take him down
to the station,

call the school
and confirm his story.

Okay, okay, okay!

You guys are cops.

For you, $3.50 a box.

- Two for six, you got a deal.
- Okay.

All right.
Got change for a hundred?

- No. What?
- [chuckling] Just kidding.

[Jake] All right, big guy.
Thanks.

- Oh, yeah.
- [boy] Bye!

- Are they thick or they thin?
- They got more goo
in these ones.

Hey, Lewis, how you doing?

This is Megan Russert,
John Munch.

- They work with me in Homicide.
- Hey, hiya.

He's my partner, Pez McCadden.

- Yeah, I know Pez.
- How you doing?

What are you guys having lunch
at Whitey's here or what?

[sighs] It's about your father.

Yeah, what about him?

We found his body this morning.

Your father's dead,
man, I'm sorry.

[Megan] We found him.

At Holy Redeemer Cemetery next
to your mother's grave.

What, he'd had a heart
attack or something?
What happened?

Wait a second,
you guys are Homicide--

You saying he was murdered?

I'm afraid so.

[fire truck sirens wailing]

[loud horn honking]

Carol?

- Meldrick, hi.
- Hey.

It's good to see you.

Yeah.

Jake's in there?

I couldn't go in.

Yeah.

[tool buzzing]

Hey, Jake.

Max, hey.
Come here, boy.

How you doing?

Thanks, Lewis.

After Mom died, uh...

my dad looked out for me.

[chuckling] He was...

such a son-of-a-bitch,
you know,

always pushing me
to stay in school
and join the Academy.

[dog whimpering]

Come on, Max. Let's go home.

So, Munch and Russert,
they, uh...

they got any leads?

Well, you know,
we'll get your pop's car
out there on the teletype,

and then we track it down,
and maybe it'll lead us
to a suspect.

Which means they got nothing.

No. Not yet.

Now, Russert,
she was double demoted
from Captain,

and from what
I hear about Munch,

he's some ex-hippie
or something?

Nah, they're good police.

- That's not what I'm saying.
- Then what are you saying?

I wanna find out
who murdered my father

and I don't want
this investigation
getting hung up, you know?

It's gotta be done right.

It'll be done right, Jake.

You'll make sure of that?

Yeah, I'll make sure of that.

[dog barking and whining]

Half a sandwich in here with
Kellerman's name on it.

- [Meldrick] Take it.
- All right.

[Meldrick] He won't
be in till Monday.

He's best man at his cousin's
wedding up in Wisconsin.

[Frank] Ah, trust Kellerman
to have relatives in
the Dairy State.

Hey, how's the Rodzinski
case coming?

We're working the case,
Meldrick.

How's Jake doing?

Lousy.
How'd you be doing?

You know his father well?

Yeah, you know,
see him around once in a while,
graduation, Jake's wedding.

Yeah, he'd say,
"Hello, Meldrick."
I'd say, "Hello, Mr. Rodzinski."

We'd talk about
the Colts for a while
and then that'd be about it.

[sighing]

The guy was a good cop,
simple guy.

Now he's up in cop heaven
with tens of thousands of
other slain officers,

there's a big post-mortem
ball in the sky,

full dance band, spiked punch,
all the doughnuts you can eat.

Wanna know where
Rodzinski's gonna go?

Into the ground like
everyone else.

Thus speaks the Catholic.

The goal is to get out
before being killed,

go someplace peaceful
like, uh, Idaho.

Half the LAPD retired to Idaho.
They call it "Blue Heaven".

I'll tell you what,
LAPD, no LAPD,

if Rodzinski had moved there
when he had turned in his badge,
he might still be alive.

If you ask me,
between Idaho and eternity,
he's better off dead.

- [all laughing]
- [Al] That's enough!

Sorry, Gee.
Were you a friend of his?

No.

I never met him.

I do know that he was a member
of this department for 30 years.

That alone should
be enough for

everyone here to treat this
with dignity and respect.

Lewis, line one.

Oh, that sandwich has been in
the fridge about two weeks!

Bon appétit!

Hey, Rogers. What's going on?

I got a call from the caretaker.

Rodzinski showed up,
started asking questions about
the investigation.

I said he should talk
to Munch or Russert.

He said you were on the case.

Oh, yeah?

- You guys all done here?
- Yeah.

Okay, I'll take over from here.

- Okay.
- Thanks a lot.

Sure.

Hey, Jake.

What's going on?

Well, I just wanted to see
where he was killed.

Why don't you let
the investigating detectives
take care of this.

This is not your case.

It's not my case either,
for that matter.

Look, I can't help it,
you know? It--

I just keep thinking
I let him down somehow.

Lab guys finished?

Yeah. Uh-huh. They're done.

So why is
the damn tape still up?

Come on, Jake.

Let's go home.

Okay, let's go.

[tense, rhythmic instrumental]

John!

Your housekeeper let me in.

Wanted to bring you up to date.

You have nice things.

Well, thanks.

No, really.
I mean, this is very tasteful.

Bolander lives in an efficiency.

I mean, the man has to pull out
a couch to sleep.

John, the case?

Yeah, I called all
the midnight-shift lieutenants.

They're gonna read
the teletype on Rodzinski's car
at roll calls.

- [Megan] Oh, good.
- I also requested a computer run
on all ag assaults, robberies,

- and car thefts in the area
around the cemetery.
- Right.

Plus I typed
a temporary office report,

and copied it to
Giardello and Barnfather.

You did what?

I did the office report.

Oh, perfect.

That's perfect.

Barnfather's trying
to keep me jacked up

and you send him
a progress report that
shows no progress.

Aren't you a little paranoid
about Barnfather?

Um, a month ago I was Captain,

and now I'm a detective, remember?

[sighs] Look, John,
would you do me a favor?

Uh, from now on,
before you talk to any of
the bosses,

talk to me first.

- Talk to you first?
- Yeah.

I'm the primary on this case.

Yeah, well, um...

that may be so, but...

I think when
it comes to politics,
I have a better feel for it.

You know, you're not chain
of command any more.
You're partnering on this case.

And it's enough that I had to
take crap from Stanley Bolander.

At least he had 30 years on me.

What are you saying?

That I'm not as good
a detective as Bolander?

All I'm saying is,

12 hours into
this investigation,
we have nothing.

Well. Fine.

You know, I didn't ask to
be partnered with you.
You wanna find somebody else?

- Somebody else?
- Somebody else!

- No, I don't.
- Okay, then!

- Okay, then.
- All right.

- I gotta go.
- All right.

- See you in the morning.
- See you in the morning.

[John] Partner.

[kettle whistling]

Jake Rodzinski
went to the crime scene
yesterday afternoon?

What did he want?

I don't know.

He's not exactly
your average bereaved
family member, you know.

The guy's a cop.

He just wanted to see if we--

If what?
If we missed something?

I don't know, Munch.

I can't get inside
the guy's head.

Well, he's your friend.

Look, we went to the Academy
together, we hooped it up
at the Y now and again.

That don't exactly make us
bosom buddies.

Well, whatever you call him,
just tell him to stay away from
the crime scene, okay?

So what, am I supposed to tell
him not to care, Munch?

Huh? His father
was killed, Munch!

And we ain't got nothing on it.

What's that all about?

[Megan] Oh, you know the drill.

Jake Rodzinski
leans on Meldrick,
Meldrick leans on us.

Now it's my turn.

Where are we in
the investigation?

Gee, I'm telling you,
Edgar Rodzinski did not have
an enemy in the world.

According to his cop buddies
at the FOP Lodge,

even the guys
he locked up liked him.

Have you re-interviewed
the cemetery caretaker?

[Megan] Twice.

Well, maybe three time's
the charm.

It's bad enough there was
a murder in my cemetery.

Now I got detectives
all over the place.

[Megan] Mr. Prochnik,
we need to know if
you remember anything else.

I don't.

[sighing]

You were in the gatehouse
when the murder occurred?

Yeah, I was here,
but I didn't see anything.

You didn't see anybody arrive,
you didn't see anybody leave?

How many different ways
can I tell you?

I don't know anything.

It's just odd is all.

A car comes or goes,

you're in the gatehouse,
it's gotta pass by you, right?

[leaf blower whirring]

Hey, man. What's up?

Hey Munchkin, have you got the--

No, we don't have any leads on
the Rodzinski murder yet.

That ain't what
I was gonna ask you.

Nice suit.
Where are you going?

Jake's house.

They're having some people
over there after the wake.

What I was gonna ask you is
if you got the bar key for
the good liquor cabinet?

I gotta take a bottle of
something over there.

- You're goin' to Jake's house?
- Yeah.

[Megan] Is it all right
if I come along?

Yeah, you wanna come with?

Yeah, Edgar Rodzinski
was one of us.

The more the merrier.

[John] If you're going,
I'm going.

Don't go on my account.

That's exactly why I'm going.

I gotta ride around
with you all day.

You're gonna give me that look
and make me feel guilty.

- You're going out of guilt?
- Yes.

Guilt is almost as good
a motivator as fear.

Besides,
it's almost dinner time,
I'm very hungry,

and you can
always count on cops for
a lot of good cold cuts.

[distant angry barking]

[indistinct chatter]

Honey?

He won't stop barking.

What do you want me to do?

Put him in the backyard.

[angry barking continues]

Max. Cool it.

Okay, boy.

[distant barking continues]

Augie, want you
to meet Meldrick Lewis,
John Munch, Megan Russert.

They're the detectives
assigned to Dad's case.

[Augie] Homicide, huh?
The elite?

Where they speak for the dead?

[Meldrick] You with
the Department, sir?

[Augie] Used to be.

I was Edgar's partner
for a while,
before I moved over to County.

I was always trying
to get Edgar to get out too,
but he loved Baltimore.

Look, the FOP guys
wanted to do something
for your father, so--

Wait a minute.
Everybody ought to hear this.

Everybody?
Can I have your attention?

Ed Rodzinski was my partner.

He was also my friend.

I was there when
this one was born.

Anyway, I just thought
everybody ought to know that
the FOP has stepped forward

and is putting a $20,000
reward out for information
regarding the murder.

- That's right.
- [all] Here, here!

Here, here!

[angry barking]

So you talked to
the cemetery caretaker?

He didn't see anything.

What about my dad's car?

Uh, well, we're still looking.

So you don't have any leads?

Well, no.

Then what are you doing here?

We just wanted
to pay our respects.

You wanna pay respects,
find my father's killer.

Hey, Jake, come on, man.

Coming here? Brilliant idea.

The longer this takes,
the less chance there's gonna be
of anything.

Evidence disappears,
witnesses forget.
You know that.

Hey, Lewis?

You're a homicide cop,

maybe you and me,
we could do a little
investigating on our own.

Oh, come on, Jake.

We can't go off on
a rogue investigation.

And besides, I've taken
a lot of heat in the past

for sticking my nose
in other people's cases.

Now, we have to do
this according to procedure.

- We have to do this by the book.
- Uh-huh.

Follow the rules, you mean?

- [Meldrick] Damn straight!
- Mmm-hmm.

My old man,
he followed the rules.

Look where it got him.

[angry barking]

[tense, jarring instrumental]

[distant typewriter clacking]

Hey listen,
I just wanna apologize
to you guys for last night.

I was out of line.

Hey, with what you're going
through, no need.

[Jake] And I thought of
something that might help.

My dad was stabbed once,
on the job.

Of course,
this was a long time ago.

Do you remember any
of the specifics?

[Jake] I was just a kid,
so this would be sometime
in the late '60s.

I asked him what happened,
but he said it was
just part of the job.

[Megan] Here it is.

March 1966.

Edgar Rodzinski,
hospitalized for
a stab wound to the stomach.

But there's no report.

I mean, you were
his partner back then.
What happened?

We were working on
an extortion investigation
against Simon Gandolph.

I wasn't with him when
he got stabbed.

Edgar wouldn't talk
to me about it.

Here's the file.
Gandolph was convicted.

He died in prison.

Edgar interviewed Gandolph's
mistress Paula Schwenk 19 times.

He re-interviewed her
19 times? Why?

She was the State's primary
witness against Gandolph.

That's a lot of interviews.

He was thorough.

I think we ought
to have a conversation
with Paula Schwenk.

[tense instrumental]

Ms. Schwenk,
do you remember a detective
named Edgar Rodzinski?

Oh, yes!

Oh, he was such a gentleman.

Ed was murdered two days ago.

Ah...

When he was on the Simon
Gandolph case, he got stabbed.

We were wondering if
there's a connection.

Do you know who stabbed Edgar,
Ms. Schwenk?

Of course I know.
It was my son.

Your son?

Alan.

He was only ten years old.

That's why Ed never
filed a report.

Do you know why he stabbed Ed?

He didn't like him.

He didn't... like him?

Oh, who knows why some people
like certain people,
and they don't like others.

Anyway,
Ed took care of everything.

He covered the whole thing up.

Ms. Schwenk, do you know
where your son is now?

No, I don't.

He's been in and out of jail.

I haven't talked
to him in years.

Do you think that your son
might still have carried a
grudge against Edgar Rodzinksi?

[chuckle]

Alan has a grudge against
the whole world.

I'm really sorry
to hear about Ed.

That means they're all dead.

Excuse me?

Every man I ever slept with.

They're all dead.

[tense instrumental]

[dog whimpering]

So old Edgar was getting some
on the side with Paula Schwenk.

I always liked to believe that
people behaved better back then.

1966?

Nope. People definitely
weren't behaving better then.

So you think that's why
her son stabbed Rodzinski,

'Cause they were
having an affair?

[John] Maybe.

Well, in any case,
I don't think we need to mention

that particular detail
to Jake Rodzinski.

He knows.

[Megan] How do you know that?

I mean,
he may not know the details,

but every son knows
when his old man's
screwing around.

You don't wanna know,
but you know.

Your father had an affair?

[John] Nope, never.

Then what do you know about it?

All I'm saying is,
if my old man
did have an affair,

I would have known about it.

[Megan] But he didn't.

Right. He didn't.

End of story.

Now, what do you
wanna talk about?

Nothing.

What do you mean nothing?

I mean, I would like to sit here
and look out the window.

I would like to gather
my thoughts.

I'd like to concentrate
on closing this case.

Is that too much to ask?

- No, that's not too much to ask.
- Thank you.

- [dog whimpering]
- You wait here, boy.

I won't be long.

[growling]

[tense instrumental]

[Jake] Hey, Harvey.

How you doing?

Making my parole.
What do you want?

Oh, come on, Harvey.

- You have to ask?
- Detective, please.

Is that what my father said,
"Please?"

What? Your father?

No, I guess he wouldn't have.
See, my old man,

he never asked anybody
for anything his whole life.

- Man,
I don't know what you mean.
- Let me in, Harvey.

I just wanna talk to you.

[fast-paced instrumental]

Alan Schwenk?

I'm Detective Munch.
This is Detective Russert.

We're from Baltimore Homicide.

[fast-paced percussion
instrumental]

[John] Stop! Damn it!

[Megan] Police! Stop!

[tense instrumental]

[dog barking]

Alan?

We need to talk to you!

Put that down now! Drop it!

Drop it! Put it down now!

Put your hands on your head!
On your knees!

Cross your legs!

It's not what you think.

- What's not what we think?
- [Megan] Munch.

I didn't mean to do it.

I didn't mean to stab him.

Stab who?

Sal Fischback.

Who the hell is Sal Fischback?

He's a cabbie.

I needed the money.

[Alan] Cabbies carry
a lot of cash.

That is why you're here,
isn't it?

Alan Schwenk is being processed
for the stabbing
of Sal Fischback.

He had nothing to do with
the Rodzinski murder.

- Any of Rodzinski's other
cases lead anywhere?
- No, Gee.

What about the $20,000 reward?

An excuse for every nut case in
Baltimore to call in claiming
they know something.

- What about the car?
- Every officer in the city
knows it's high priority.

We're still looking.

What the hell's taking so long?

Al, there are
a lot of chop shops.

Besides, the car might be
out of state by now.

[Meldrick] Jake Rodzinski's
just been arrested.

What?

He beat up a suspect he claims
killed his father.

A guy named Harvey Otto.

Otto's lawyer took photos
of the injuries

and the Court Commissioner had
a warrant sworn out on Jake.

- Where's Jake?
- In lock-up.

I gotta go down to Central
Booking and bail his ass out.

Thanks, Lewis.

How'd you get me out?
You talk to my lieutenant?

I posted your bail.

Bail? What, are you serious?

The guy was resisting arrest.

Arrest?

Arrest for what?

I get a line on a suspect,
I go to arrest him,
he pops me one.

- I gotta subdue him.
- [Meldrick] Subdue him?

Jake, you put him in a hospital.

Yeah, like I was saying,
he resisted arrest.

[Meldrick] Not that it was
your arrest to make.

What the hell did you think
you were doing there?

Huh?
They're gonna press charges.

[Jake] So what?

So what is it to you?

Your career maybe?

I'm not gonna get convicted.
The only thing that's
gonna happen is,

IID's gonna start
a folder on me.

It's not gonna go beyond that.

Look, the guy is stone guilty.

He killed my dad.

If you thought Otto was
a suspect, why didn't you tell
us about him this morning?

[Jake] Well, I didn't think
about him until after you left.

Look, I busted Otto years ago,
and he always swore
that someday,

after I'd forgotten
all about him, he was gonna
make me remember.

You should've told us about him.

- Well, I wanted to deal
with it myself.
- [John chuckles]

So you sent us on a wild goose
chase looking for Paula Schwenk?

Harvey Otto didn't
kill your father.

What? No, he had to.

Would've been nice if
you'd checked his alibi first.

I did. I went by his factory

and I found out
the day my dad died,
he wasn't there.

Somebody signed out
his time card for him
and he wasn't there.

You're right, you're right,
he wasn't at his job.

But apparently Otto was
a recent convert to AA,

and he was having
a rough day, so he cut out
of work to go to a meeting.

Now, he didn't tell anyone,
'cause he's got
a bad absentee rate,

so a buddy signed him out

and there are
at least 15 people at AA
willing to vouch for him.

Rodzinski is suspended until
this matter is resolved.

Oh, come on, Gee!
The guy's father's been killed.

This ain't right.
You know it ain't right.

Look,
whether it's right or wrong,
it's not my call.

Munch and Russert got no leads
on this and the case is getting
colder by the minute.

It's no wonder Jake
is jacked up.

Lewis...

Lewis, you wanna help Jake?

- Yeah.
- Take him home.

Tell him to stay home.

I'll pay you back, Lewis.

What was the bail, five grand?

10% to the bail bondsman.

- [Jake] I'll pay you back.
- You sure as hell will.

Why didn't you come to me, man?

Now you're in a jam.
You're on suspension.

You're gonna be pressing
license plates next.

Yeah well, I'm not like you.
You know, I don't like to talk.

I got a problem,
I deal with it on my own.

Yeah, I remember. I remember.

It's like when we were playing
basketball, man.

You had a decent jump shot,

but when it comes time
to passing the ball,
man, you had no dish.

Well that's 'cause if
I ever gave it to you,
I'd never get it back again.

[chuckling]

I have to say though,
we were pretty good out there.

You know, we pushed that ball
just as hard as we could.

Yeah, but without
fouling out, though.

[heavy sigh]
So you still playing ball
now and again?

- [Jake] No, not in years.
- Yeah, me neither.

Why is that?

Too much has changed.

You know, these kids today,
it's not just a game, it's...

...take no prisoners.

Last man standing wins.

It's war.

I gotta talk to you.

Mr. Prochnik.
Megan, look who's here.

Yeah, I remembered something
about the other morning.

What jogged your memory?

[Prochnik] You want
my information or not?

Oh, have a seat, Mr. Prochnik.

My daughter, she's been dating
this louse, a real creep.

He goes by Kenny D.

I think his real last
name is Damon.

And we should be interested in
this information because?

You know the kind,
the drugs, stealing cars, worthless.

I've been telling her
to dump him,
but she don't listen to me.

Anyway, the night before
the cop got murdered,

he comes to the cemetery

and tells me to stop
hassling Becky.

And?

Well, we argued.

All of a sudden he attacked me.

Attacked you how?

- He tried to strangle me.
- [Megan] Strangle you?

Strangle you with what,
Mr. Prochnik?

A piece of wire.
Had it around my throat.

Thought I was going to have
to make use of my own services
as far as a cemetery plot goes,

but Becky showed up
and he ran off.

Why didn't you tell us
this before?

We came down,
we interviewed you three times.

You didn't think
we'd wanna know about this?

Can I have the $20,000 now?

The reward is for information
leading to a conviction.

Now, would you be willing
to testify?

I didn't know about that.

Hey, do you want
the $20,000 or not?

- Yeah.
- Well, we'll be in touch,
Mr. Prochnik.

- Damon?
- Damon.

[dot matrix printer printing]

[Megan] Kenneth Damon,
aka Kenny Damon, aka Kenny D.

A couple of convictions
for narcotics as a juvenile,
busted twice for auto theft.

Spent eight months in DOC,
released last spring.

Arrested two years ago
for assault.

He tried to strangle someone.

Case never went to trial.
The victim couldn't make
a positive ID.

I hate to say it,
but I think we made Mr. Prochnik
$20,000 richer.

[Al] What've we got?

- Finally a break
in the case, Al.
- [Kay] We just got another one.

That was the Auto Squad,
they've located
Rodzinski's Ford,

at least what's left of it,
at a chop shop in Dundalk.

They found the car?

- Russert and Munch,
get over there.
- Yeah.

- I should go with, huh, Gee?
- We're okay on our own, Gee.

We've stalled on
this case long enough.

Lewis wants to help,
let Lewis help.

- Howard.
- Sir.

Have the dumpsters in
the area been searched?

[officer] I don't know.

Well, find out.
There was carpet from that car.

We need that carpet.

You got it.

I want you to process
the entire vehicle for prints,

Leuco for blood stains,
and vacuum the interior.

I want every hair, every fiber,
every scrap of physical
evidence, okay?

- Gotcha.
- [John] Thanks.

We've gotta find that carpet.

Would you settle for
the murder weapon?

Lab found hairs in the car
matching hairs found on
Edgar Rodzinski's body.

DNA is doing final analysis.

They also found Kenny Damon's
fingerprint on the door handle.

Get a warrant, make an arrest.

I'll call Ed Danvers.

Wanna call your buddy Rodzinski?

Uh, hey, hey, hey.

Let's wait till we get
Damon in custody.

Yeah, he deserves to know.

Make an arrest first, then
we'll give him the full story.

[banging]

Kenny Damon!

Baltimore Police!

We have a warrant for
your arrest for the murder
of Edgar Rodzinski.

Don't do anything stupid, Kenny.

Edgar Rodzinski was
a retired cop.

We have back-up around
this whole building.

[Kenny] All right.
I'm coming out.

[both] Hands on your head!

You think this is funny?

[tense instrumental]

Come on.
Put your hands behind your back.

[Jake] What's he doing here?

I don't know.

We heard about the warrant.

I just wanna see him.

Take it easy now, Jake.

[scoff]
You got a problem?

Yeah, it was my dad.

Who, the dead guy?

I don't know what anybody's
talking about, man.

You laughing at me?

Yeah. You're hilarious.

[John] Hey! Hey! Hey!

- Back off!
- Come on!

Is that police brutality?

- Can I sue him for that?
- No.

You want this lowlife convicted,
you keep your friend
away from him!

[tense instrumental]

[Ed] Our strongest evidence is
the DNA matching the hairs
found on Edgar's body

and the scrapings
under his fingernails
to Kenny Damon.

What about his prior
for assault?

Inadmissible.
My motion to show pattern
was denied.

Can we win this case?

If the jury believes
the DNA, yes.

And if not?

Damon's lawyer's gonna hammer
away at the fact that
the victim was an ex-cop.

They'll claim prejudice.

We still got
the cemetery caretaker.

If the jury thinks he's
credible, which they might not.

You got anything optimistic
to say, Danvers?

I'm a lawyer.
It's not my job to
be optimistic.

Can we get Damon convicted?

I'll do my best, Al.
That's all I can do.

[Al] I'll have to
live with that.

Yeah, but can Jake?

The defendant Kenneth Damon
got into an argument

with his girlfriend's father,
Dale Prochnik,
the cemetery caretaker.

And as you'll hear
from Mr. Prochnik,
Damon tried to strangle him.

When Prochnik's daughter
showed up,
Damon, in a rage, left.

But Damon returned to the
cemetery the next morning to
finish the job on Mr. Prochnik,

but when he couldn't find him,
he vented his frustration

and anger on
the first person he saw.

The victim, Edgar Rodzinski,
a retired police officer.

Damon strangled Edgar Rodzinski
with a wire coat hanger
and then stole his car.

DNA evidence will prove
the defendant's skin cells

were under
Mr. Rodzinski's fingernails.

DNA evidence will prove
the defendant's hairs

were on Mr. Rodzinski's clothing
and also in his car.

We have fingerprint evidence
proving the defendant was
in Mr. Rodzinski's car.

The chain of physical evidence
is overwhelming.

Kenneth Damon is guilty of
the murder of Edgar Rodzinski.

Detective Russert,

how long was the victim's car
missing before you were able
to examine it for evidence?

About 48 hours.

So you have no idea who else
might have touched that car?

No.

Mr. Prochnik,
you testified that the defendant

tried to choke you
the night before the murder?

Yes.

But you didn't report that
to the police.

No.

And then, when the detectives
who were investigating
Edgar Rodzinski's death

first interviewed you,
you also said nothing.

I didn't think it was
important at the time.

Oh.

[Darin Russom]
The victim's son Jake Rodzinski,
is a policeman, correct?

- Yes.
- You were at
the Academy together.

[Meldrick] That's right.

Did you or did you not recently
post bail for Jake Rodzinski?

That's correct, sir.

So it's possible that someone
other than my client put the
wire coat hanger in that car?

Well, it's possible, yes,
but Kenny Damon's fingerprint
was found on the car,

- so we believe that Kenny--
- Did you find

any other fingerprints on
the car other than my client's,
Detective Russert?

- Of course.
- Mr. Prochnik,

how much will you earn
if my client is convicted?

- Excuse me?
- Well, you turned him in.

You are aware there is
a reward to catch the killer?

- Yes.
- And how much is it?

It's $20,000.

[murmuring]

Mr. Prochnik,

what would it cost
to have you say that
Kenneth Damon is innocent?

Objection!

Withdrawn.

There was nothing in
our investigation that led to a
suspect other than Kenny Damon.

Oh.

Did you decide that before
or after you had
my client in custody?

Objection.

Overruled.
Witness may answer.

At no point in
the investigation

was there any reason to believe
there was another suspect.

All of our evidence pointed
to Kenneth Damon as the killer.

You posted bail
for Mr. Rodzinski

because he'd beaten up
a man who he thought to be
his father's killer.

A police officer attempted
to arrest the wrong man
for Edgar Rodzinski's murder,

but this time around,
we're supposed to believe
you guys got it right!

- Objection.
- Sustained.

One thing has nothing to
do with each other.

You are the one who found
the murder weapon, correct?

Just because Mr. Rodzinski and
I have a personal relationship,

it doesn't mean I'd compromise
the investigation for him.

Well. You said it,
Detective, not me.

[Ed] Objection. Move to strike.

- So ordered.
- I have nothing further.

Redirect, Your Honor.

Detective Lewis,
Edgar Rodzinski was strangled
with a wire coat hanger?

Yes.

You found a wire coat hanger
in the victim's car.

- Yes, I did.
- You found Kenneth Damon's
fingerprints in that car.

- Yes, sir.
- The Police Department's
decision to arrest Kenneth Damon

was based solely
on scientific evidence.

Is that also correct?

- That's also correct, sir.
- Thank you, Detective Lewis.

[angry barking]

[Carol] It's been three hours.

I can hear them arguing.

[sighs]
What are they arguing about?

Three hours is a good sign.

If they were gonna acquit,
they wouldn't
be taking this long.

I always thought it was
the other way around.

I'm starving.
Anybody want to order Chinese?

Yeah, maybe that would help.

Jake?

I'm not hungry.

[angry barking]

[distant pigeons cooing]

You know, they'll let us know
when there's a verdict.

We don't have
to hang around here.

You wanna get a drink
or something?

No. No, I think
I wanna stay, but, uh...

but you, why don't you go ahead?

And leave you alone?

You're bad enough
with two-way conversations,
let alone a monologue.

[soft chuckle]

You know,
when my husband got sick,

he refused to talk about death,

about the funeral,
about where he wanted to be--

I-- I had to take care
of everything.

And I did. I did.

But once he was gone,
I couldn't decide on
a headstone.

Granite, quartz.

Square, rounded.

Which was silly because
I was the one who had to look
at it, not him. But, uh...

But I wanted it to be right.

I wanted him to like it.

So, now I never go.

I picked the wrong
headstone, Munch.

That's why I don't
like cemeteries.

[heavy sigh]
You want to get a hot chocolate
or something?

Warm us up?

Okay. Okay.

- [John] You're buying.
- [soft chuckle]

This Kung Pao is great, Jake.
Why don't you have some?

You should eat something.

No.

How about a fortune cookie?

I said no.
What part of that do
you not understand?

The jury just sent
a question to the judge.

They want an exact description
on the difference between first
and second-degree murder.

They're talking guilty.

Second-degree?
How can they be talking
about second-degree?

Never mind that.
They turned the corner.

They're talking guilt in there.
Guilty.

Damon's lawyer approached me
with a plea.

A plea to what?

Second-degree murder.

He'll get 25 years.

But he'll be out
on parole in ten.

That's, um, that's not enough.

Anything more than that, they
figure they might as well take
their chances with the jury.

Jake, maybe we should
consider it.

No.

[angry barking]

Five hours.

Five hours,
what the hell does that mean?

Someone's holding out.
I can hear her voice.

Shh. Shh. There it is.

[woman] We're still left with
the fingerprints, the DNA...

Do you think it could be
a hung jury?

Who is that?

- It's that woman,
the one with the blonde hair.
- Jake.

That bitch!
She must be the holdout.

Everybody else
is talking guilty,
and she's the one holding out!

[angry barking]

The jury's back.

Members of the jury,
have you agreed on a verdict?

[foreperson] We have,
Your Honor.

Will the defendant please rise
and face the jury?

How say you?

In the case of the State
versus Kenneth Damon,

we find the defendant
not guilty of all charges.

[indistinct murmuring]

[tense instrumental]

They asked for the difference
between first and second degree.

How could they find
him not guilty?

Excuse me, ma'am!
I'm sorry, I have to ask.

That was my father
that was murdered.

- I know. I'm sorry.
- What happened in there?

We heard the yelling
from the jury room.

I'd rather not talk about it.

You asked for clarification on
the difference between first
and second-degree murder.

How the hell does that
end up not guilty?

It-- it didn't. I was--

There was this man.

Right from the beginning
he insisted not guilty.

Didn't matter what we said.

He kept talking about
reasonable doubt and--

Wait, so are you saying that 11
people thought he was guilty?

No.

Only the two of us
and the one of him.

No one else really
seemed to care.

So what happened?

We-- we kept voting.

Each time I voted guilty,
except--

Except what?

I voted guilty 11 times,
and then, just for a second--

Everyone was tired.

We wanted to go home
for the weekend.

That man was never going
to change his mind.

You wanted to go home
for the weekend?

I'm so sorry.

Jake. I'm sorry, man.

Let me give you a lift home.

She wanted to go home
for the weekend.

Someone gets off on
a technicality, you know--

You mess up on a search warrant,
you screw up on a lab test,

I understand that, you know?

I don't like it, but...

there are rules
and you gotta follow them.

We followed the rules.

We did it right, didn't we?
I mean...

And, uh...

And they just didn't care.

Come on, man.

My car is down by the curb.

Take Carol home for me,
will you?

- Jake--
- Just do this for me,
will you, okay?

All right, man.

Hey, Lewis.

Maybe sometime you and me,
we can catch a pick-up game
of hoops, huh?

Yeah, man.

[Jake] I mean, we had great
times playing basketball,
didn't we?

I always could kick
your ass, though.

[tense instrumental]

[keys jangling]

Hey, Kenny.

[nervous chuckle]

Oh, one thing.

What?

Sleep with one eye open.

[tense instrumental continues]