03x09 - Goodnight, Sweet Prince

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- Previously on
"Shades of Blue"...

- Where's the MTA footage

of Stahl on the subway?

It's not him.

- Harlee k*lled
that prost*tute.

She is calculating.

You know I may
never see my son?

Ever again?

- She's not going
to lie her way out of this one.

- What is this about?
- Make her lie to you.

Ask her if she's
ever k*lled anybody,

- Have you ever k*lled someone
and buried the body?

- The daughter d*ed
from a drug overdose

when she was 19.

- You're under investigation,
and the NYPD hates your guts.

- And you believe it?
- Does it matter?

- What's this one going
to cost me, Woz?

I've been using the credit
cards to stay afloat,

but the ship is sinking.

- You've been taking the hit
for so long for Wozniak.

Ramsey rewards loyalty

- Ramsey is in bed with Enrique
Ortiz and the Riohacha cartel.

- I think I have
something you want.

- A cartel leader's firstborn?

We can find a deal
that works for everyone.

- Cole doesn't know
we b*rned him.

Now we're just trying
to avoid Ramsey k*lling him.

- Ramsey knows your plan,
and now he has one of his own.

- This is a setup, let's go.

- Attention all units,
Lieutenant Matt Wozniak

is wanted in connection
to a t*rror1st att*ck.

♪

- Anyone follow you?
- Would I be here if they did?

Where's Woz hiding out?

- My place, he's radioactive.

- Are people buying
this t*rror1st cell crap?

It's all over the scanner.

- Be grateful
they have him flying solo.

No mention of any of us.

- Cut off the head,
the body dies.

- Not likely,
your boss is going to

have to take us all on.

- Make sure you're on time
to the precinct tomorrow.

We don't want
to look suspicious.

- Yeah, on time
might be suspicious.

- Did you pick up
that travel cash?

- You can't go.

- So you're not
my ride out of town?

- Can you just give me one day
to come up with a plan?

If you run now,
there's no play left.

- Running is the play.

- Well, Ramsey's going
to expect you to leave.

He's going
to have eyes everywhere.

One day.

Figure out your plan.

If you don't hear from me,
send flowers.

- Where?

- You weren't followed.

- They don't have to
follow me here to come looking.

It's top of the list.

- I'm not going to stay long.

- Have you spoken to Linda
since becoming a fugitive?

- She's upstate,
waiting for the dust to settle.

She's not happy about it.

- Christina refused
to miss school, too.

I gave Espada the assignment.

- Good, because
peace talks are over.

- We don't have a lot of
leverage here, Woz.

- We have Enrique.
- What we need is an ally.

Cole knows
where the bodies are buried.

- Well, where is he?

- I don't know.

I'm just weighing the options,
so far he's the only one.

- He doesn't
strike me as a hero,

so I wouldn't
count on him.

I got to take Enrique someplace

that Ramsey will never look.

It's best
if we're both on the move.

- Where will you go?
- It's my city.

I know all her dark corners.

- Time to find
one of those corners.

♪

- Detective Harlee Santos,

this is a warrant to seize
your car for forensic evidence.

- Well, this escalated quickly.

End of the line
had to come sometime.

- If Internal Affairs
wanted to squeeze us,

Verco would have
separated us by now.

All right here we go.
Deny, deny, deny.

- I look like a virgin to you?

- Hey, guys.
Sorry to keep you waiting.

Place is hopping,
there's a fugitive on the run.

- Right, Wozniak
and his t*rror1st cell.

Don't tell me you bought that
creative writing exercise.

- I try not to
jump to conclusions.

For instance, I was catching up
on this fender bender

over breakfast.

Says here you were
chasing a robbery suspect

when you crashed
into the U.S. Marshals

accompanying Enrique Ortiz,
a man arrested by your unit.

Oh, and look.

It seems Enrique was
liberated from his transport

three minutes
after the collision.

- You know, it has more pop
when we tell it.

- I'm all ears.

- Well, now that you've
ruined the ending.

- That's the point, officer.

We're about
to write the ending.

- We thought we recognized
one of the suspects

from the wanted sheets
in the briefing room.

We flashed our lights,
the guy took off running.

- Admission of guilt.

- So we gave chase
in our patrol car.

- Not on foot?

- I ain't sprinting
three blocks.

I rolled through a stop sign,
and this unmarked--

- Describe the suspect.

- White male, late 20's,
slim, maybe 5'8.

- Maybe 5'8? You're a cop,
you know what 5'8 looks like.

What was he wearing?

- It's all in the report.
- Then you should recall.

- A hoodie.
- What color?

Ehh, too late,
accessory charges, gray.

A gray hoodie is listed.
Listen.

Captain Pines is going to be
coming through this door

in about five to seven minutes.
He may be bringing a member

of the
Intelligence Unit with him.

They'll be looking for scalps.

Details have never mattered
like they do this morning.

- We were in pursuit
of a robbery suspect,

White male, late 20's,
slim build, 5'8.

Gray hoodie.

- They impounded my car, you
couldn't give me a heads up?

- Gina Romero's m*rder
is not my investigation.

- No, finding Stahl is,
though you wouldn't know it.

You shared information
that I confided in you.

- I was obligated to pass it on
to the investigative authority.

- I brought you the Kn*fe.

Now you're trying
to use it against me?

- You know how this works.

They have to look
into all leads.

♪

- You get
good reception in here?

- Some places.

- Like the interrogation room?

Robert Stahl.

- What about him?
- He's here.

And maybe closer than I think.

♪

- I thought Adrian
would be at school.

- I'll take him
to his cousin's after lunch.

They have a Playstation.

Food break.
- Thanks, Mom.

- Crust cut off the bread?
- Yes.

- Thank you.

♪

- They're looking for Woz
in all the wrong places.

- Did Agent Myers deliver
that subway footage in person?

- Who?
- Special Agent Myers, FBI.

You took the package for me.

- No, it was a messenger, why?

- She was in Quantico
with Stahl.

Then he saved
her life in the field,

I think she's
repaying the favor.

- What makes you say that?

- The way she was
interrogating me.

I felt like I was
sitting across from him.

The questions she asked,
the things that she knew.

And then I saw
an earpiece on her desk.

Small enough to be invisible.

- That's a long sh*t.

- The warrant I requested
for the CCTV footage

after Nava's death.

I ignored it because I thought
I had seen the footage.

- You think it was a fake?

- Agent Myers may be able
to alter a copy,

but she can't erase
the original.

- What time?
- 11:37.

I ignored my gut because
of a video I was sent

by someone I didn't even know.

- It was the FBI,

anyone would have assumed
it was true.

- There, stop.

Play it from there.

Look up, you son of a bitch.

♪

- Harlee, that's him.

- You didn't believe me.

It's okay.

I didn't believe myself.

Myers had me thinking
I was crazy,

- So what now?

- Now I give her crazy.

You pack enough for one day?

- Funny how all you need
is one day away

to make you start missing home.

- Nice of dad to arrange
a little vacation on the run.

- Well, I am not
running anymore.

♪

- Dad, you home?

- Oh, good.
- Matt?

- You're home.

- What are you doing
in my house?

- My job.
Warrant's on the table.

- Warrant for what,
what is this?

- When was the last time
you saw Matt Wozniak?

♪

- Recognize him?

Thought you might.
- I don't understand--

- No, you don't, that's why
Agent Myers is here to explain.

- I'm just as lost as she is.

- Agent Myers sent me this.

Same night, same footage.
No Stahl.

- I never sent you anything.

- Anything that
wasn't doctored.

What you're looking at
is original footage

from the transit authority.

- Why haven't I seen this?

- The lab said
it was corrupted.

- Show me the paperwork.

In fact, show me
anything that you've done

to track down Robert Stahl.

- Stahl in New York
certainly changes the focus

of the Gina Romero
investigation.

I'll make sure that
your car is returned to you.

- I don't give a damn
about my car.

Arrest her.

Gail.

She knows where he is.

She knows,
and she's been helping him.

- I want Agent Stahl
brought to justice

just as much as you do.

- You know, I've heard
that line from you.

You put an agent
on finding Stahl

who had a personal connection?

- Okay, this is delusional.
Director Baker knows

that I was in the same
Quantico class as Stahl.

That's why she put me on this
case, I can think like him.

- God, I hope not.

You know one day, you're
going to look in the mirror

and you're going to realize
that you helped a m*rder*r

stay free
long enough to k*ll again.

You have blood on your hands.

- I'll take it from here,
Detective.

- It doesn't wash off.

- I was just
thinking about you.

- Really? Were you thinking
about the full conduct review

I was just hit with?

You sent Harlee
doctored security footage?

- Look, hey, Katie, she was...

She was getting too close.
- Well, she's closer now.

She found the original.
You made a mistake.

The whole FBI
knows you're back.

They only had
Harlee's word before.

Now they have proof
I cannot erase.

Robert, you need
to leave New York now.

You will be hunted down.

♪

- Well, Plan A didn't work out.

- You think I care?

- You got two choices, Enrique.

Give me the name of the
person in your organization

who can negotiate.

Or I let the time run out.

♪

- What happens then?

- Who knows?

One minute.

- My people don't negotiate.

Untie me
and I might let you live.

- In case you've missed it,

I'm the one whose standing in
between you and your freedom.

Now, I have a good idea about
what's going to happen next.

But I'm going
to give myself a minute

to see if I can come up
with something better.

Because mine...

Is very messy.

And I hate messes.

- Mom, I have this whole
school thing going on.

- I'm sorry,
I just wanted to tell you

that Espada will be picking
you up after rehearsal tonight.

- Okay, that sounds fun,
but that's a text.

Why did you come
all the way here?

- I needed a breath.

Always helps to see you.

- Okay, well next time take a
breath like an hour later.

Get me out of calc.

- Mom, is there a reason
you have me with Espada?

Okay, never mind, you're
not going to answer that.

How about...

are you safe?

- I'm safe.

Now go,
get your butt to calculus.

Bye.

Tell me this isn't
your one phone call.

- Enrique agreed
to give us an intro.

Now's your chance
to finish this.

♪

- You Rydel?

- For the purpose
of this conversation.

Have a seat.

♪

- Smoke?
- No.

- This one has quickly
become my favorite.

Family-owned tobacco farm.

Hand-crafted, no shortcuts.

No exceptions.

- How's Enrique?
- Alive.

And ready to be reunited
with his daddy.

- You'll be compensated
for the transaction.

- That's a start.

But money isn't the only ask.

- Two stipulations.

One, once we deliver Enrique,

your business
dries up in Brooklyn.

Two, you cut ties
with Jordan Ramsey.

- I'm afraid
you've misunderstood.

This isn't a negotiation.

- If you want to see Enrique,

that's exactly what this is.

- Just call your boss,
and let's get this done.

- There's no need.
I know the answer.

- This is his son.
- This is a business.

k*lling me doesn't
change your situation.

- If your boss wants
to see his son,

make him see the light.

Or Enrique never will.

- Take the money.

Deliver Enrique.

That's the only deal
you're going to get.

- Then we don't have a deal.

♪

- Large Kahlua cappuccino
for Tess?

Large Kahlua
cappuccino for Tess?

- Lucky guess.
- Hardly.

Routines are easy to analyze,
it's all data.

Life is much more predictable
than people think.

- I like to keep things fresh.

- I'm here to help.
Have a seat.

- Does that seem likely to you?

- I have a lot of strings
in my hand.

All I have to do
is pick one to pull.

Or I can leave it alone,
and you can go back

to worrying about little things
like the housing market.

- Doesn't seem to help.
- A shame.

Losing the house
can't help you in court.

- You're offering
to take care of my ex?

- I'm offering
to take care of you.

To the tune of
"name your price."

I want to know
where Enrique is.

And I won't hurt
any of your friends,

past what they'll wake up from.

- Unfortunately,
I can't promise the same.

- Officer Nazario,
all you have to promise

is to empty my bank account.

♪

- Your turn
to babysit, lucky you.

- I can think of
worse places to be.

- Yo, you're late.
- I miss anything?

- Well, Sleeping Beauty's
been knocked out all day.

And Karen ran out of snacks.

- Because you ate them all.
- Ha, that's my cue.

- Good night, man.
- All right, brother.

- Any way I can convince you

to spend the night
at your cousin's with Adrian?

- You worried about me or him?

- We may be here
longer than we thought.

- Then you're buying take out.

- Whoa, let her go!

- Easy, lover boy.
Don't be stupid.

- She has nothing
to do with this.

- Open the door.

- We can't keep Enrique
hidden much longer.

There's too much
heat around us.

- Well, his father
will come around.

Even if Enrique
needs to persuade him.

- Woz!
- Where you going?

- Enrique escaped,
he can't be far.

A block, maybe less.

♪

- You hit my car.

♪

- Hey, Nate, you have a call
from Anna Kate on line two.

- Wait, what was
the name again?

- Anna Kate.

- Okay, thank you.

This is Nate.
- Hey, Nate.

Anything interesting
on the news today?

♪

- Robert, you scared me.

- You know,
lots of parents

keep their
children's baby teeth.

- Doesn't look like
a baby tooth.

- No.

No, it doesn't.

- Who's is it?

- Miguel Zepeda.

Harlee's ex.

The man she m*rder*d.

The man who's m*rder
she tried to put on me.

Katie, this is it.
This is the final piece.

The last piece of evidence
that we need.

- So why haven't you used it?

- Because it needs to be found

in the right place,
at the right time.

By the right person.

- That's not me anymore.

Do you understand
what happened today?

- You know,
I found this in a grave.

I mean...

I mean, that's kind of genius.

Saperstein's grave, no one's
going to think to look there.

Well, almost no one.

- You have to leave town today.
- Listen to me.

This proves
that Harlee k*lled Miguel.

And if I leave now,
then she gets away with it.

She gets away with everything.

- When was the last time
you saw Gina Romero?

- Don't do that, don't let her
do that to you, Katie.

She'll get in your head.

Harlee Santos
distorts the truth.

That's what she does.

She k*lled Gina.
You're not thinking clearly.

- I think I am.

Your frame job's over.

Harlee's been cleared
of that prost*tute's m*rder.

♪

- You know, one thing that
I learned from Harlee.

That the truth,
it can be manipulated.

Like a person.

It can be used to betray us.

Here you are,
you're harboring a wanted man.

You're lying
to your superiors about it.

You've been faking evidence,
and it would be a shame

if you were exposed.

- I believed you.
I was the only one who did.

- Then you
plant the tooth on Harlee.

- I can't,
Harlee doesn't trust me.

- Katie...

You can make this happen.
- No, no, it's over.

You need help.
- What I need is my life back.

- Run, Robert.

Disappear.
- I can't.

- Let me go!

- We are so close.

We're so close.

- Let me go.

- Damn it, we're so close.
- Let me go, please!

- I didn't think you'd call.

- Well, a girl
gives me her number...

- Is your phone off?
- I wasn't followed.

- You wouldn't know.

What about Wozniak,
is he still alive?

- And kicking.

Holed up with Enrique.

- It's a strange feeling,
being hunted.

I used to look at the lights.

Now I look
at the darkness between them.

It's like
some unstoppable force,

coming closer
with every breath.

- I know the feeling well.

Lived with it for a long time.

- Stahl?

- And Ramsey.

And others before him
who tried to intimidate me

into making mistakes.

Waiting for me
to let my guard down.

Sometimes, I want to run, too.

- What keeps you here?

♪

- I won't let them win.

- You know something,
Detective Santos.

- You're singular.

- You could have left.

What kept you here?

You're stronger
than you think, Cole.

You made a choice

when you gave me that lead
at the Sunrise Café.

You wanted justice
for your partner.

And I want to do things right.

But I can't do it alone.

- Okay.

Okay, if you
still want my help.

I'll come forward.

- They might not
give you a deal.

It doesn't matter.

There's no immunity
from Jordan Ramsey.

But that doesn't mean
that I have to let him win.

So what's the play?

- Strike quickly,
catch him off guard.

- You can't count on a jury.
I mean, even with my testimony.

He'll find a way out,
he has contacts everywhere.

- He won't be able to use them.

Not if it's done
out in the open.

We need to do this in public.

- Try that again,

and I'll introduce you
to a shell from this g*n.

♪

Daddy doesn't want you back.

It hurts, doesn't it?

Well, guess what?

I don't want you, either.

So don't give me a reason
to send you into the abyss.

And here's a preview.

- You remembered
Jay was a realtor.

- I'm a good listener.

- No, you're not.
You just needed something.

- I'm being set up, Nate.

I'm not a criminal.

- Yeah, maybe not today.

If that's hard to hear,
it must resonate.

- It's hard to hear
because it's you saying it.

- What do you expect, dad?
Nothing changes.

You send us out of town,

and you say
that's a good day's work.

But why not choose differently?

- I don't have control
over this.

I'm not three steps ahead,

I don't even have
my pieces all on the board.

- So stop
playing the game, Dad.

Just stop.

Here.

It's an op-ed I'm working on.

Let me know
if you want to comment.

- "My father
was a police officer

as long as I can remember.

Now I'm not sure what he is."

Nate...
- I'll submit it anonymously.

I'm going to go check on Mom.

- Tell her that I love her
and I'm sorry.

Maybe add
a little poetry to it.

- You know what, dad,
whatever's going on right now,

it's only going
to come down to two choices.

You either do the right thing,
or you do something else.

- Black and white is a lazy way
to see the world.

- You've always been
a hard worker.

- This could easily backfire.

You are already
under heavy scrutiny.

- That's why I need to explain
everything on record.

- Detective, you were
just cleared of m*rder.

Your boss is a wanted man.
Do you think right now

might be a good time
to keep a low profile?

- I have a witness who can help
bring Jordan Ramsey down.

- Does this witness
have a name?

- Not until he testifies

in front of the Commission
on Police Corruption.

- What commission is that?

- The one you're pitching
to your boss.

- Top brass don't take a piss
without knowing the details.

- You have a rat.

I give you
the witness's name, he's dead.

- Even if I'm inclined to help,

this is more
than I can deliver.

- Then tell him
I want to testify.

- They're going
to ask you real questions.

You are going to be in real
legal jeopardy if you do that.

- I already have
a target on my back.

I'm not stopping.

I'll make a few calls.

- I need you
to make a few more.

I need you to broker a trade
with the Feds

for a wanted cartel member.

In exchange for what?

- No blowback,
no questions asked.

- Right.
Tell Wozniak I said hi.

- Enrique Ortiz in custody
is a win-win for everybody.

Just see this through with us.

- Like I said,
I will make a few calls.

♪

Detective.

I hope you know
what you're doing.

- Not as much as I do.

- See, I'm not alone.

- My first day,
what was the lesson?

Two is better than one.

And a crew is better than two.

Remember that?

- It's why I'm staying.

- There's a manhunt for me.

Just me.

If this place gets raided...

I'm done.

But I'm not bringing
you down with me.

That's an order.

- Yes, Lieutenant.

Okay.

♪

"My father was a police officer
as long as I can remember.

"Now I'm not sure what he is.

"I see the same blues,
the same badge,

"But I have no sense
of what they mean to him.

If anything."

He always did
have a way with words.

- Must have got it from Mom.

'Cause right now...

The only words
that I can think to say...

Are--
- Ones you don't need to say.

- I've tried to save you.

So many times.

Every case,

every girl
that gets in trouble.

- I know.

- dr*gs on the playground...

Harlee...

Christina.

It's all you.
- No, dad.

It's you.

- I can't lose you again.

- You're never
going to lose me.

But you need to find yourself.

"My father was a police officer
as long as I can remember."

- Harlee.

- I think Verco
went for the Enrique deal.

Though to be honest,
I'm not sure why you did.

- It just seemed
like the right thing to do.

- You're full of surprises.

How you holding up?

Woz?
- I'm here.

I'm here.

- I think I may have a plan

to handle Ramsey
through official channels.

Yeah, get some rest, I'll pick
you up in the morning.

Christina?

♪

Christina.

There's, uh...

There's only one conclusion
I can draw

from the evidence at hand,
Harlee.

You're untouchable.

You see, you lie
and you con your way

through our partnership.

You heist millions of dollars
out from under my nose.

You m*rder your ex-boyfriend
in this room.

And I can't get you for it.

You let Saperstein die.

You deceive your
own daughter.

No punishment.

- Is that why
you're doing all this?

Penance?

- Harlee, how many times
do I have to tell you?

You'll never be healed if you
don't face your transgressions.

- Gina deserved
a better ending.

- Yeah, Gina deserved
a better ending.

Gina deserved a better life.

She had a pure heart
in that used up body.

And yet you.

You're still breathing air.

Doesn't seem fair.
- Nothing is.

- What do you know about it?

You don't know what it is to
lose something that you want.

You've never experienced it.

And don't tell me
about your boyfriend,

'cause you wanted to want him.

I'm amazed
he believed you at all.

- You know
who else believed me?

Gail Baker.

The FBI knows that you're back.

And they're coming after you.

Not even Katie Meyers
can help you.

- Yeah, she turned on me.

♪

I guess we're
all out of witty banter.

The first one's for you.

And the next one's for me.
- No one has to die tonight.

- Don't you get it?

We were always
meant to be connected.

♪

This was inevitable.
- You're right, it was.

But listen to me,
because I owe you this much.

I am a better person
because of you.

I'm a better mother
because of you.

You, you have changed me.

- We've changed each other.

- When I have a choice between
what's right and what's easy,

I think of you.

I'm a better person
because I've met you.

- Harlee, you can't
even look at me.

- That's because I see
my reflection in your eyes.

I see how you see me.

Wasted potential,
sullied, dirty.

I feel it.

Just please, please.
No more blood.

- This is different.

It's going to be okay.

This is going to clean
everything away.

This is my last gift.

- Stahl, wait.

- Hi, Mom.

- Hi, sweetheart.

♪

How was rehearsal?

- Fine.
Someone was out of tune.

I had fun with Espada though.

She'll never
forget this mess.

- Stahl, just walk out of here.

I will let you go.
- No, Harlee.

I won't have that.

I won't have you letting me go.

- Sorry.

I forgot I owed you a hug.

Don't hesitate.

♪

♪

- Christina,
get behind the wall.

- Mom--
- Now!

- Don't move.

♪

I'm glad it was you.

- Mom, is he dead?

- Yes.

- Well, what
are we going to do?

- We call the police.

Don't move, get back.

- 911 operator,
what's your emergency?

- My name is
Detective Harlee Santos.

I'm an off duty police officer.

I just sh*t and k*lled
an intruder in my home.

♪

- You good?

- No.

But I'm a step closer.

- I was listening
to the scanner, keeping tabs.

Seeing if they have any leads
on the search for Woz.

- And you heard this address?

- Apartment in Greenpoint.

Homicide.

Black woman, 30's.

Identified as an FBI agent.

No doubt he was coming for you.

- I got that feeling.

- There's no gray here.

Stahl came into your
apartment with nothing to lose.

- He was never walking out.

- Good.

Just so we understand,
you did the right thing.

- Christina, you ready?

- All right,
I'll call you back.

I just spent
the last ten minutes

trying to convince Woz
not to come over here.

- Baby, get in the car.

Get in the car.

♪

♪

- I'm okay.

- I know.

And I'm sure
you have a lot of questions.

- It's over.

He can't hurt you anymore.

- Baby, I'm so sorry.

- No, mom.

I'm sorry, okay?

I'm sorry I doubted you.

And I made it so hard
for you to protect me.

- It wasn't fair that I put you
in danger in the first place.

- Mom, I need you
to listen to me.

And believe what I tell you.

This is not your fault.

None of this is your fault.

- Baby, I wish that were true.
- It is.

Believe it.
Accept it.

And move on.

You understand?

♪

Good.

You take the bathroom first.

I'm going to unpack.

Okay.

- Go.