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- In the criminal justice
system,

sexually based offenses

are considered
especially heinous.

In New York City,
the dedicated detectives

who investigate
these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad

known as
the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

- Lieutenant Benson,
you testified that you were

the lead investigator
on this case?

- I supervised the detectives,
yes.

- So you were
the senior officer?

- Yes.
- So it was your decision

to hold my client, Mr. Stevens,
solely responsible

for organizing
this alleged sex party.

Is that right?
- The issue wasn't

that it was a sex party.

The issue was that most

of the girls in attendance
were underage.

- Your Honor, may I approach?

I am going to file
another motion

to dismiss these charges.

- Your Honor,
how many more Hail Marys

do we have to put up with?
This is the second time

in a week
that Mrs. Staines

has made
assertions without any basis.

- Actually,
I may see a basis this time.

In fact, I'm seriously
considering

dropping all charges
against Mr. Stevens.

Counselors,
in my chambers now.

[tense music]

♪

- I know
my left hook needs work.

- You're looking
really good though.

I tell you what.

The next time we box,
I'm hitting back.

- Oh, well, now
you're scaring me.

See you.

- Ho, Lieutenant!
Twice in one day.

- Yeah,
caught a real break today

with the charges
being dropped.

- Yeah, I was surprised myself.

Just to show that
there's no hard feelings,

I have an extra ticket

to the police philanthropy
event tonight.

I didn't know
I was getting divorced

when I bought a pair
of 'em six months ago.

- Do you really think

that that's appropriate?
- Yeah, why not?

- Maybe because you're suing
the NYPD for $15 million?

- [laughs] Come on.
It's a civil liberties case

about the department
conducting

illegal surveillance
on activist groups.

It's got nothing to do
with your unit.

- I'll tell you what.

I'll see you there because
I already have a ticket.

Two hours of glad-handing
the brass.

I am so ready to be
on my couch with my feet up.

- Or in bed.
- Or that.

One more time around the room
and we're out of here.

- I was ready to go
when we got here.

- Nikki, we saved the city.

- You cannot protect
the rights of citizens

by violating
the rights of citizens.

- All right,
then why don't you call

a constitutional law
professor the next time

somebody breaks
into your car.

- So, so much for small talk.

- No, just a little sparring
after hours.

It's nothing personal.

- Says you.
- Back at you, Sergeant.

And I need a refill.

- How about we say good night
to Dodds

and get the hell out of here?
- Right behind you.

- We'll catch up.
- Good night, guys.

- Lieutenant, Detective,
am I allowed to say

you both look lovely tonight?

- Only if you say the same
thing to Fin and Carisi.

- Oh, yeah,
I'll get right on that.

- Bill,
are you going to introduce me?

- Benson, Rollins,
meet Rob Miller,

co-counsel to our lawyers
on the civil rights lawsuit.

- The case that Nicky
Staines is litigating.

- So you've heard of me?

- Well, you did make
the top ten attorneys

in "New York Magazine"
last year.

- It's what you get for picking
up the check at lunch

with a starving publisher.

That and $2.75
gets you a ride on the bus.

- Don't believe it.

Rob is one of the people
who really runs this town.

- Hardly.

Can I say I'm a huge fan
of the work your unit does?

- Always nice to hear.

- That a Georgia accent?

Loganville?
- That's a first.

- I went to school down south.

Lieutenant,
nice to put a face to a name.

Maybe we could grab
a coffee some time.

- Chief knows
how to get ahold of me.

- Can I get you ladies a drink?

- Actually, I have a...
- Sitter on the clock.

I get it.
- Mm.

- Both of you, thanks
for making an appearance.

- Of course.

What do you say?

- I say Mr. High Powered Lawyer
was making the moves on you.

- On me?
- Mm.

- What about you?
Loganville?

- Ahh.

All I got time for is kids.
- [sighs]

Noah is waiting up for me
as we speak.

[dramatic music]

♪

- [groans]

- Where is she?
- I didn't want to touch her.

I wasn't sure
if she's alive or dead.

- I got a pulse.

- North Eddie,
we got a pick-up of 54,

149 West Franklin Street.
Unconscious female.

We need a bus.
- Honey.

You okay?

- [groans]
Help...help.

- What are we looking at?

- White female, 40s.
Says she was assaulted.

She was pretty out of it,
but she asked us to call SVU.

- All right.

- That's Nikki Staines.

- Ms. Staines.
Hey, what happened to you?

- I can't remember.

I must have been drugged.

- Okay, okay.
We're gonna take care of you.

- You know who did this to you?

- No.
[clears throat]

All I know is that I need
a goddamn rape kit.

[dramatic music]

♪

- Hey.
- Brought these for you.

- They're testing
my clothes for DNA?

- Yes.
We're following procedure.

- And where are we
on the blood work?

- We'll have to wait
a little bit longer for that.

- Make sure that they don't
just test for roofies, please.

- Okay.
- The last thing

that I remember
is ordering a drink,

but I could have been
drugged at any time.

- Okay.
- A-a-and date rape drugs

can cause
retroactive memory loss--

- We know that.
- [sighs]

- I know you wanna feel
like you're in control.

- I'm an experienced attorney,
Detective.

- I realize that,

but you're gonna have
to let us do our jobs.

- Yes, y--you're right.

Uh, I need to call my daughter.

- Of course.

- I got crime scenes
to release this early

so you
can get out of here.

- Thank you.

My phone...

What?
My--my wallet's here

with all the money
and credit cards in it,

but where's my phone?

- That's everything
you had on you.

- [gasping]
I need my phone.

Um, my whole life's on it.

It's got a lot
of sensitive information on it.

- Okay.

- And, uh, it just...

disappeared
while it was in police custody.

- No one on our end
took anything.

- Right.

I need to get out of here.

Can you please give me
some privacy?

- Yeah.

- Hey, what did we get
from the hospital report?

- The tox screen was
inconclusive for drugs

but her blood alcohol content
was .12.

- Okay,
let's not get stuck on that.

I mean, she still
could have been drugged.

They change one molecule

and it doesn't show up
on the test.

What did she say
about the assault?

- Well, all she could say
is she blacked out.

There was semen
in her underwear

but no tearing
or bruising.

- Okay, what about DNA?
- No matches yet, but, uh,

we're still checking.

- You have a problem, Carisi?

- No, I--I understand
that she's a victim here.

I just--I guess I'd rather be
working on behalf

of somebody who's not suing
our department for 15 mill.

- Okay, well,
that doesn't matter now.

So what do we know
about the crime scene?

- She was found
in the vestibule

of her apartment building.

None of her neighbors
know how she got there.

The traffic cam picked her up
on the street, stumbling.

- Her phone?
- The last ping was about

a quarter mile from the event.

That was about an hour
and a half after we saw her.

- Okay, so let's expand
the perimeter

to include
the party location.

Do we have security footage,
guest lists?

- Working on it.
- Wait, hold on.

This might not have anything
to do with the party.

Now we got no DNA
from the semen,

but we did get a hit
on the hair fiber.

J.J. Austen, he's
one of Nikki's former clients.

- Well, how did she do for him?
- Not great.

He did three years
in Greenhaven

for filming porn
in his garage.

One of his actresses
was underage.

He just got out last month.

- Oh, my God, Daddy.
So smooth.

[moaning]

- See?
I'm not making porn anymore.

It's erotic podcasts.

People can listen
in the kitchen,

the car, at work.
- Dude, what?

- That's why stop
and go traffic is so bad.

- Got the idea from Nikki
actually.

- How so?
- She was always recording

conversations on her phone.

She said it was for legal
reasons but I said

she must have got turned on
listening to them.

- Have you
been in touch with her?

- Oh, what's this about?

Last thing I need is trouble
with the police.

- Okay, let's get back
to the part

where you said she liked

recording people on her phone.

- Like I said, she called it
her mobile office.

Tell you the truth,

I think she got paranoid
when the FBI

started raiding
the lawyer's offices.

She wouldn't even upload
to the cloud.

- What information's on it?
- I don't know.

But she used to say there'd be
a lot of people crying

if that phone
got in the wrong hands.

[knocking]

Hey, guys.

- We'll be in touch.

- Nikki's been saying her
whole life is on that phone.

- A lot of other people's,
too, it sounds like.

- No wonder she's dying
to get it back.

- So you're just gonna hassle
my old clients

instead of looking
at real suspects?

- You know how this works.
We are following every lead,

trying to figure out
what happened to you.

- I know what happened to me.

I was drugged and I was raped.

Have you even checked
the video from the party?

- Yes, we looked at the street
cams, the security cams.

- If you were dosed there,
the cameras missed it.

- Oh, well,
isn't that convenient?

[scoffs]
So what?

You guys think that I went out

and had a one night stand

and can't remember it now?

I am not a blackout drunk.

- No one thinks that.

- We're just looking at a list
of individuals

that may have motive.

- No, see, I know
where you're going with this.

You're looking to pin it
on one of my clients

so that you don't
have to look at a guest list

that is 50% police!

- Counselor, you're way off
base here.

- Am I?
- Yeah.

- Doesn't it seem funny to you

at all that whoever did this

to me knew enough
to take my phone

and turn off the tracking?

- Everybody would know
to do that.

- Well, who would go
to such extremes

to gain access
to my key information?

My texts and phone numbers

and recorded statements
from clients.

- Are you really suggesting
that somebody

from our department drugged you
and then raped you

just so that they could steal
your cell phone?

- A lot of your brother
officers have vendettas

against me because I have
called them out and sued them.

- You're out on a limb here,
Counselor.

- I have been personally
threatened by cops

dozens of times and now
I have been assaulted

after a police party,

so why aren't you
questioning them?

You should be
looking at your own.

[scoffs]

.

- So does Nikki Staines
have a point?

Should we be
looking at a cop for this?

- I'm not buying it.

- Well, if you're gonna say
that there is no way

a police officer
could have done this,

I'm gonna say you're wrong.
- And if this was

some random assault
after the party,

why did he take her phone
and not her wallet?

- Okay, I admit it's hinky,
but it's not dispositive.

- She is suing the department.

This is the biggest case
of her career.

- If he wanted a phone,
why did he rape her?

- Well, she did say
that a lot of cops

had personal vendettas
against her.

But I say we stay focused
on the party.

I mean, she doesn't remember
leaving,

the security cams didn't
pick her up outside the event,

and whoever drove her home

avoided the street cams.

- Which a cop
would know how to do.

- That's opportunity.
What about motive?

Look, was she suing
any of these cops individually?

- She could be planning to.

- The only way
we're gonna rule this out

is to subpoena
every single cop at that party.

So which one of you wants to go
to talk to Dodds with me?

- Let me get this straight.

You want me to allow
a fishing expedition

on the personnel records
of 50 police officers?

- They were all at this party.

We need to eliminate them
as suspects.

- And create a record
that will be a treasure trove

for a defense lawyer
already suing our department?

No.

- We don't want it to look like

we're circling the wagons.

- I got news.
We are circling the wagons.

Staines is the enemy.

- No, not this time.

Staines is the victim here,
Dodds.

- I have to ask.

Are you sure
you even have a case?

I know!
I know, I get it.

She says she doesn't
remember consenting.

- I believe that she was

drugged, assaulted,

and whoever did this
knew how to avoid detection.

They were careful
not to be seen.

They avoided the cameras.

- Yeah, or Staines
is steering us

in that direction.
- What possible reason

would she have to do that?

- I don't know.
But before I sign off

on subpoenas for half
the department,

just vet her motives.

Talk to Rob Miller.

- I was horrified to hear

what happened
to Nikki Staines.

How's she doing?

- As well as can be expected.

So you spoke with her
at the party.

Do you recall her leaving
with anyone?

- No, but I'd had a lot
to drink myself.

I barely remember
how I got home.

- Nobody said being a lawyer

makes you a perfect witness,
huh?

- Actually, lawyers generally
make lousy witnesses.

So the chief said
you're a little stymied

in your investigation?

- [scoffs]

Could we speak privately?
- Of course.

- Maria, thank you.

- So Dodds said that you might
be able to provide

some insight
on what happened to Nikki.

- Well, I've learned
a thing or two

from being her opposing counsel
on this surveillance case.

- Like what?

- The power of technology.

It's a list of suspects
from the sex crimes databases

who happened to be in the area

where Nikki says
she was assaulted.

- Wow.

Where did you get this?

- A private company
that aggregates location data

from cell phones
and owes me a favor or two.

The irony is,
Nikki would be appalled

by the civil liberties issues
if the police did this,

but I'm not the police.

- Well, thank you.

- You're welcome.

There's also something else
we should discuss,

and I am sorry to say
that it involves

the credibility
of your victim.

- This is a file on Nikki.

- I think you should know what

you're getting yourself into,

before you put
any more eggs in this basket.

And what am I getting into?

- Did you know that Nikki's
been cited for contempt

four times,
and that at least one judge

has threatened
to have her sanctioned

for suborning perjury

and submitting
false statements?

- Are you saying
that Nikki is a liar?

- Absolutely not.
I like Nikki personally.

But I want you
to be able to go into this

with your eyes open.

- Well...

We're still gonna pursue
the case.

- As you should.

I wanted you
to have a chance to get ahead

of a potential problem

with someone making
accusations about the NYPD.

Should I not have shared this?

- No, of course
it's better to know, I--

[sighs]

- I feel like
I've offended you.

- No, not at all, we're--
we're all professionals here.

- [chuckles]
I was afraid

you'd say that as well.
- Why?

- Because I wanted
to ask you out

for a drink tomorrow night
before the Governor's dinner.

- [laughs]

Didn't see that one coming.
- You didn't?

- No.
- Come on.

- No.
- Give me a chance

to show you
I'm one of the good guys.

6:00, Trattoria Italienne?

- I, uh--

I would need to arrange
childcare so, um...

I'll let you know.

- I look forward to it.

- [laughs]

- You got it, Liv.
We'll check it out.

- She said how it went
with the chief?

- As well as could be
expected.

No subpoenas for cops
at the party.

And he also told her
to ask Rob Miller for help.

- What?
How is he gonna help?

- Apparently
he gave Liv a file

on Nicky Staines' background.

Either of you think it's odd

that we're getting leads
from Miller?

- Miller is a player.

He knows where all
the bodies are buried.

- He's also opposing counsel
to Nikki

in the civil rights case
against our department,

which gives him a vested
interest in knocking her out.

- You know why sharks don't
attack lawyers, right?

Professional courtesy.

- [laughs]
- Why do opposition research

against the other side's
attorney?

If you want to win the case,
you go after the plaintiffs.

- You don't like Miller, huh?

- You said he was charming
at that party.

- He tried to be.

He pretended that he recognized

my Loganville accent.

- So?

- So there's no such thing
as a Loganville accent.

- Hey, can I take your order?

- Yeah, actually, David,

I'd like to have a word
with you.

- Uh,
we're pretty busy right now.

You mind telling me
what this is about?

I happen to be an attorney.

- I know you're an attorney.

This is about Rob Miller.

You were a junior associate
at his firm.

- Megan, could you take over
for a second?

- Listen.

I do not need to have a problem
with Rob Miller.

I stopped practicing law
five months ago.

- You were one of his top guys

on that police
surveillance case,

and now you're no longer
with the firm.

What happened?
- I'll tell you what happened.

I graduated number three

in my class
from Yale Law School

and now I'm working
as a barista

for my brother-in-law.
- Right, because of Miller?

- I'd rather not say.

Hey, did Miller
put you up to this?

- Listen, I came here
without my partner.

Anything you want to say,
it's just between us.

I swear.

- He found out that I was
interviewing

with a rival law firm.
- Yeah.

- He fires me immediately,
but then blackballs me

from every other firm in town.

So yeah, I'm here
because of Miller.

.

- No social media
until you get that paper done.

- I know, Mom.
I love you.

- I love you, too.

[sighs]

Look, I got my daughter home
sick from school,

a ton of work to catch up on,
so if you are just here

to protect one of your own,
I don't have time for it.

- We have a new lead and I need
to ask you some questions.

- I'm sorry.

I have not been myself
since this happened.

I get really distracted
and angry for no reason.

- It's okay.

Believe me, I--
I know how hard this can be.

- Anyway,
uh, what do you have?

- So You were saying that
there's a connection between

your civil rights case
against NYPD

and your assault?

- Yeah, which your colleagues
didn't believe.

- [sighs]
Have you had any blowups

with Rob Miller?

- No.

Not at all.

Uh, we've always been
friendly and collegial.

We had a nice conversation
about scheduling

at the party
the other night.

Why?

- Because he gave us
these records.

- Oh, my God.

This is a total smear on me.

Why is he doing this?

- That's what I'm wondering.

- I did not realize
he was that desperate to win.

Wait a second.

This shouldn't be in here.

- What?

- This note about the judge

threatening me with sanctions.

It was during
the sex party trial.

I was defending Wally Stevens.
- Right, the one

that was dismissed
a few days ago, yeah.

- Yes, but this sanction
was never on the record.

It was a private conversation
in chambers.

- So how in the hell
does Rob Miller know about it?

He had nothing to do
with that case.

- Detective,
let me educate you

on the concept of
privileged communication.

What's said here stays here.

- That's what I thought
as well until I read this.

- What is this?
- It's about you

threatening Nikki Staines
with sanctions

for suborning perjury
and making false statements

during the Steven's trial.

- Where did you get this?

- From the attorney Rob Miller.

It's part of a larger file
on Ms. Staines.

- I have no idea how he got it.

- Really?

Because if she didn't tell him,

and there was nobody else
in this room,

that only leaves
one other possibility.

- What are you after here,
Detective?

- I wanna know about Miller's
connection to your trial.

- There was none.
Everything was above board.

My decisions
are never overturned.

- Yeah, then why grant
a dubious motion to dismiss

from a lawyer that you had
just threatened to sanction

the week before?

- Detective Rollins,
you need to be

very careful here.

- Because I'm asking a few
procedural questions?

- Because you're bringing
kitchen matches to a firefight.

- [scoffs]

- For the good of your squad

and your own good personally,

you drop this.

You're getting very close
to the flame.

[tense music]

♪

- Professor,
this is important.

- Fine, but only because you
spent a week

Shepardizing those
cases for me.

- Actually, it was 12 days,
but who's counting?

- [laughs]
Don't push it, Sonny.

- So Judge Leonard?

- There was a rumor Leonard
was suspended for a semester

when he was at Syracuse Law.

Stupid son of a bitch
plagiarized

a law review article.

In the end, it all went away.

- How did he get past
the judicial review?

- Good question.

- Rob Miller?
- Good answer.

I always suspected
he was behind it.

Had a case against him once.

One thing about Miller,

he'll steal your cattle
and never leave tracks.

You didn't get this from me.

- You were right.
- Great.

Now I gotta tell Liv.

Sorry to interrupt.
- Oh, not at all.

Better you than Fin or Carisi.

Can't ask them
if they like these earrings.

- Yeah, I approve.
- Good.

- You meeting somebody?

- Rob Miller.
- Really?

- What's wrong?

- It--uh...

How much do we know
about that guy?

- Aside from the fact
that he's defending the NYPD

in a case brought on
by Nikki Staines?

- And just happens to provide
us negative info on her?

I did some digging
and some of the intel

on her came from Judge Leonard,

the judge who dismissed
the charges

in the Wally Stevens
sex party case.

- Yeah.

- It turns out that Leonard

had committed plagiarism,

back in law school.

- But that didn't stop him

from getting on the bench.
- Exactly.

- Rob Miller had to have
something to do with this.

- Okay, yeah, so you're getting
the same bad feelings

about Miller.
- Oh, yeah.

From the second he handed me
that thick file on Nikki,

Why do you think I agreed
to have a drink with him?

.

- You don't like the wine?
California Red.

A little fruit forward.
Jammy.

- No, I--I love the wine.

It's just that I have to pick
up my son from his play date.

- So no chance of you joining
me for the Governor's dinner?

- Not tonight anyway.

- I'll take that to mean
I can keep trying.

- [laughs]
- Another round?

- The lady's fine.
I'll take a refill.

- You're pretty good at this,
huh?

- What's that?
- Knowing things

about other people.

Where they're from.
What kind of wine they like.

- So are you, Detective Benson.

I mean,
I know you're a lieutenant now

but you're a detective
at heart, aren't you?

- Well, sort of different
what you do, right?

It's more--
more of an accounting system.

- Oh, you could look at it
like that,

or you could see it
as helping people.

Like I'm trying to help you
with your case.

- Okay.

- You know, if you want my DNA,

you can just ask for it.

- What are you talking about?

- The busboy who took my glass,

I've never seen him here
before.

And I saw
how he was holding it.

He's crime scene unit,
isn't he?

- Very good.

[dramatic music]

- You wanna tell me
what's going on?

- Well, it appears
that there are some things

about you
and Nikki Staines that--

that you forgot to mention.

- For instance?

- For instance,
if we run your DNA

against what we found
in Nikki's rape kit,

will there be a match?

- Very likely it will.

- Wow.

That was easy.
- So was she.

- So you're admitting
that something happened?

- Ms. Staines asked me
for a ride home.

We had a somewhat drunken
but completely consensual

encounter in my limo.

- Was that before or after

you drugged her
and took her phone?

- I don't know what happened
to her phone,

and if she took drugs,
she got them from someone else.

Not me.

She'd obviously
had a few drinks.

- So you just dumped her
out of your limo

and onto the street?

- She insisted I stop the car.
She wanted to walk home.

I did what she asked me to.

Talk to my driver,
he'll back me up.

- I was in
your office yesterday

and you handed me a file
on Nikki Staines.

You knew that we were
investigating sexual assault

and somehow
you left all of this out.

- Because I'm a gentleman.

I didn't want to embarrass her
about our encounter

when she's opposing counsel
in a lawsuit.

- You know that I can call
the DA

and get a warrant
for your arrest now, right?

- Oh, really?
For what?

A drunken hookup in a limo?
Give me a break.

I'm late for dinner.

And you don't want to be late
for picking up your son.

♪

Have a good night.

- Uh,
I can't talk about this now.

I need to get to bed early.

I'm due in court
in the morning.

- Nikki, I don't understand.

You accused us of dragging
our feet with this case.

Now we have a target--
- I wanna let it go.

- What?
- Yeah, I made a mistake.

Okay? I was drinking too much
that night

and I made a bad decision.
So Rob Miller is right.

Whatever happened
was consensual.

- While you weren't conscious?

- I am a defense lawyer.

I know a lousy case
when I see one.

- Did somebody get to you?
- I don't wanna talk about it.

- Was it Miller?
- Oh, my God, I am begging you

to please let it go.

Okay, I have too much to lose.

- What is he threatening
you with?

What? Because
we can protect you, Nikki.

- Don't you understand?

I am going through
a custody battle

and I could lose my daughter.

So you get it?

You cannot protect me.

I'm sorry,
but I want nothing to do

with going after Rob Miller.

- So Miller got to Nikki?
- Yup, looks that way.

This guy's got
a hand in everything.

- Well, you were right.

I'll talk to you
with the squad tomorrow.

Night, Amanda.

- Mommy,
there's a police car behind us.

- Yeah, I can see that.

- Are we speeding?

- Nope, not at all.

[tense music]

♪

- Ma'am.
- Hi.

- Do you know why
we stopped you?

- I actually don't.

- We observed you operating
a vehicle in an unsafe manner.

Changing lanes
without signaling.

- I'm sorry,
but that can't be true.

I have my son in the car.

- Ma'am,
have you been drinking?

- Of course not.

I--I had a couple
of sips of wine.

I'm with--
- License and registration,

please.

- Okay.

- Trooper,
with all due respect, I'm NYPD.

- Then you should know better,
Lieutenant.

- Excuse me?

- Ma'am,
do you have a weapon on you?

- Of course I do,
I just told you--

- Ma'am, put your hands
in the air and get out the car.

- Mommy,
why are they doing this?

- I don't know, honey.
Sweetie, it's okay.

It's okay.

Okay, don't worry about it.

Do we have to do
this right now?

Would you be so kind
to let me call my chief?

- Ma'am,
we're not going to argue.

You've been given an order.
Now get out

and put your hands
against the car.

- Honey, it's going to be okay.
You just stay in the car.

All right?
[kisses]

No worries.

[sighs]
- Turn around.

Hands on the car.

- It's okay, honey.

.

- Lieutenant.
- We need to talk.

Now.

- I heard
about the traffic stop.

I'm as upset as you are.
I have a phone call

to the superintendent
of the State Police

to find out what happened.

- My son, Dodds.

They did this to me
in front of my son.

Noah was hysterical.

He didn't sleep all night.

- We'll get
to the bottom of this.

- We're already
at the bottom of it.

This is about your friend,
Rob Miller.

- Why do you think Miller
is involved?

- I think that Rob Miller
raped Nikki Staines.

- Well,
I find that hard to believe.

- Well, he admitted to having
a sexual encounter with her.

He claimed that it was
consensual,

and when I threatened
to arrest him,

the next thing I know

is I'm being pulled over
by State Police.

- Okay,
let's just slow all this down.

- Slow this down?

Please don't tell me
that he's got something on you.

- What are you talking about?

- Well, that's how it works,
doesn't it?

Rob Miller finds
your vulnerability,

and then he exploits it.

He puts a marker on you
and owns you for life.

- No one owns me, Lieutenant.
- Well, then what?

You introduced me
to our target.

You directed me to speak

with him
about the investigation.

For all I know,
you could be the one

leaking details
about this case.

- Okay, Liv, stop.

You're upset?
Understandable.

- Yes.
- So I'm going to put aside

for a moment
what you just accused me of.

- Well, you're not denying it.

Help me understand.
Tell me that I'm wrong.

Miller deliberately misled me.

He manipulated a judge

and he intimidated our victim.

- Olivia,
I'm not saying you're wrong.

- Then what are you saying?

Hm?

- That if we strike at the king
and miss...

it will be both our heads
on the chopping block.

- So let's make sure
we don't miss.

- Thank you for meeting me.

- What's on your mind?

- I think we may have a problem

with this Nikki Staines
situation.

- Why?

I already told
Lieutenant Benson

the encounter
was consensual.

- You don't know Benson.

She believes Nikki
was assaulted.

- Then disabuse her
of that belief.

- Well, maybe I could
if she wasn't convinced

that you did this
to get Nikki's phone.

- What?
- She's like a dog with a bone.

She thinks you were looking
for info on the NYPD lawsuit

and maybe the...

the underage sex party case.

- I don't even know
what you're talking about.

- She found out about your
connection to Judge Leonard.

She's not gonna let this go.

- What do you want me to do?

- If you have the phone,
maybe you toss it.

Somewhere the cops can find it.

A garbage can
in the neighborhood.

Maybe that'll get her
off the scent.

- Can't control
your own people?

- Not her.

- I think you need to relax,
Bill.

Nikki herself is saying
the sex was consensual.

She's not gonna testify.

And the damn phone, irony is,
nothing about me on it.

- So you have it?
- What do you mean?

- The phone is in
your possession?

- I found it on the floor
of my limo.

She must have dropped it.
She was completely blacked out.

She doesn't remember anything.

- What if she does?

What if Benson convinces her
to testify?

- It'll be taken care of.

- How?

- No Nikki, no case.

- What are you saying?

- What's going on here?

Are you wearing a wire?

I'm your attorney, Bill.

Not to mention,
you don't want me to release

that memo of yours.

[door slamming]

What's this?

- You're under arrest.

- Anything
I said is inadmissible.

Attorney/client privilege.

- Huh, well, Chief Dodds
waived that privilege

when he put on that wire.

Plus, and you should know this,

that does not apply

when there's
a crime fraud exception

or discussion
of further crime.

- What crime?
I was making a bad joke.

- [chuckles]
- Nikki Staines got into

my car of her own accord.

She dropped her phone.
The sex was consensual.

- Consensual?
She was unconscious.

Why?
You already had the phone.

- Let me tell you something.

You're either a wolf
in this life

or a lamb.

My father was a lamb.

He had a shop.

And every week,
the wolves in my neighborhood

would come
and pick the shelves clean,

and when there was nothing left
to steal,

they took my sister in a back
room and my father did nothing.

You know what I learned?

I'd rather run with the wolves.

- If I were you, I'd shut up.

- I'll be out of these cuffs
in an hour.

- I wouldn't be so sure.

Once word gets out
that you've been arrested,

your friends are
going to turn on you.

And nobody helps the wolf

when he's bleeding.

- You were right.

I'm sorry.

- It's over.

- Yeah.

- What was that memo
that he was talking about?

- It never went past my desk
and it never will.

- That's not an answer.

- I'll give you a copy.

- This memo that Dodds wrote.

You knew about it, didn't you?

- I didn't wanna upset you,
Liv.

It was right after
Noah got kidnapped.

- Should I be worried
about my job?

- Not for a minute.

Trust me, Liv,
I've got your back

now, then, and always.

[gentle music]

♪

- Hey, Nikki.
Come in.

How are you holding up?

- Um, aside from the panic
attacks and trouble sleeping?

- Yeah, I get it.
Believe me.

Well, if it's any relief,
Rob is being held

without bail
in the federal system.

He can't get to the judge
this time.

- That's good.
That means we have a shot.

- Yes, we do.

- [crying]

My God.

- Hey...

It's okay.

- [sobbing]

I can't believe it.

- It's okay.

It's okay, Nikki.

It's over.

It's over
and he can't hurt you again.

- No.

That's not it.
Um...

It's me.

- What do you mean?

- All the cases...

that I've done.
And all the...

All the victims
that I've put on the stand.

The way that I have...

have torn them apart.

- You were just doing your job.

- I know.

I know what I did to them now.

[sobbing]
And I don't know

if I will ever be
the same again.

And I--I don't even know

if I'll be able
to do my job again.

- You will because you have to.

And because, Nikki,
because you're damn good at it.

- I don't--I feel like
I don't know anything anymore.

[sobbing]

- Okay.

It's okay.

It's okay.

.

[dramatic music]

♪

[wolf howling]