01x01 - Pilot

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♪ Huh, bet you can't step like this ♪

- ♪ Bet you can't flex like this ♪
- ♪ Huh ♪

- ♪ Bet you can't do what I do ♪
- ♪ So ♪

♪ Shawty wanna do it like this ♪

- Big day for you.
- Uh-huh.

You're the boss now, hmm?

Oh, I'm a boss. I also have a boss.

I have lots of bosses. It's...

You be too busy to come see me.

No, I'll be working
in this neighborhood now.

You want to work in this neighborhood?

I love this neighborhood.

Okay.

("BOOM BAM" BY TEAM SALUT PLAYING)

♪ Team Salut ♪
♪ Look how she doing that ting ♪

♪ Boom, bam, feeling the drum ♪

♪ Boom, bam, piercing the tongue ♪

How much, please?

$ adults, $ children.

(SPEAKING GERMAN)

- Where are they, Rastaman?
- Where my money at?

- First you hand over.
- What's going on please?

Get out of my van, sucker.
I ain't handing over nothing.

(g*nf*re)

(PASSENGERS SOBBING)

(GRUNTS)

Police! Put the g*n down. Drop it now.

FATHER: You are police?

- W-What's going on?
- Stay in the van!

(WOMEN SCREAMING)

MAN: I'm a retired cop. What can I do?

Stay with them and call .

(PANTING)

♪ ♪

Hold it right there. (GRUNTS)

♪ ♪

HAYWOOD: Go inside.

Go inside and stay inside.

(MEOWS)

Someone let that cat out just now?

He in here?

(EXCLAIMS)

(DISTANT SIREN WAILING)

(OFFICER SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

HAYWOOD: Suspect was male, five-eight,

big frame,

black firearm, looked like a Glock.

Van driver's on his way to the hospital.

Other two who were sh*t, both DOA.

I didn't have a clean sh*t
or I would've taken it.

No one'll make you wrong for that.

Nice to meet you, Detective Morales.

MORALES: This is Detective Killian.

Detective.

Nice to meet you.

- What?
- Nothing.

You already got her pegged, don't you?

KILLIAN: What, you don't?

She comes from Anti-Crime,

she was in Narcotics at the Five-Five,

plus she was awarded the Combat Cross.

Yeah, none of that tells you what
it's gonna be like working for her.

She'll always be a diversity hire
as far as you're concerned, right?

- Did I say that?
- It's what you're thinking.

You got no idea what I'm thinking.

SANDEFORD: All right, Bentley,
your first crime scene.

Don't just look on
the ground for shell casings.

Look for projectiles.
Sometimes they go into tires.

That's why you want to look for flats.
You got one more over there.

Check it out.

Those are the bosses.

The one on the right is Chief Suarez.

He's the borough commander.
Our new boss... he's her boss.

- Who are those guys?
- SANDEFORD: Big sh*ts from downtown.

Whenever there are cameras,
they show up.

What are we looking at, Chief?

Got an attempted carjacking.

Driver of a dollar van
was sh*t and wounded.

Uh, two fatalities.

The new C.O. of the Seven-Four,

she happened to be on the scene here

- when it went down.
- Is that her?

Yeah.

Bring her over here.

Inspector?

SHARPE: Deputy Inspector, isn't it?

Right. Deputy Inspector.

Deputy Mayor Sharpe.

- Regina Haywood.
- How do you do?

This is Adam Lustig.

Adam's the major developer
in East New York.

We were touring his new project site.

You've had a hell of a morning, huh?

How did you let him get away,
Deputy Inspector?

SUAREZ: Oh, we're
just now starting to...

No, no, no, no, no.

I was under fire on the street,
I pursued the perp into a building

from which there was
more than one way out.

Any other questions?

Probably your strength's
in management, am I right?

I'll leave it to others
to decide what my strength is.

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

Do we have our best people on this?

Absolutely.

Wherever you need to bring them in from.

♪ But I chose ♪

♪ Yes, I chose the hard and lonely ♪

♪ Uphill road... ♪

(CHUCKLING): Okay.

- Welcome to East New York, Regina.
- Thank you, Chief.

♪ The best of me ♪

♪ Bruised but not broken ♪

♪ Mind is all focused... ♪

I'm glad to be here.

♪ It's mine and I won't back down ♪

- ♪ Oh, yeah ♪
- ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ It's mine and I won't back down ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ It's mine and I won't back down. ♪

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Thanks.

Inspector Haywood,
welcome to the Seven-Four.

Are you all right?

I'm fine. Tell me, who are you?

Jimmy Kee, patrol sergeant
on the day tour.

What happened earlier, I'm very sorry

it had to happen on your very first day.

But we managed to get your picture up

- on the wall.
- Ah, yeah. I appreciate that.

- Which way is my office, Sergeant?
- Come on, I'll show you.

A little bit of everything
here in East New York.

Yeah.

When I was a little girl,
my aunt lived on Pitkin Avenue,

so I know the area pretty well.

Oh, here, here, hold on.

- Let me help you.
- Oh, thank you.

Got a couple of stops on the L-train,

past where all the creatives
want to live at present and,

you know, we got some excellent
restaurants, nonetheless.

Better, right?

- Let there be light, you know?
- Nice.

Listen, can I ask you a question?

Have you made any determination

- as to your executive officer?
- I haven't.

Might I throw my hat in the ring?

Why do you want it?

I irritate people.
I know this about myself.

You know, people write me off because

I'll make mention of finding
a Mercury dime in my change,

or-or I'll recount the plot
of an old Twilight Zone episode.

And I'd like them to
take a second look at

what I'm capable of,
i.e. executive functions

of an executive officer.

You're on.

- (DOOR OPENS)
- Really?

Okay, great. Yeah, that's great.

I'm sure you're all aware that we had
a double homicide this morning.

At this point, we don't know
if it's a w*r between

the van drivers or what, so
special attention to dollar vans.

Generally, most of them are unlicensed
and uninspected.

Sandeford and Bentley,
notify the wife of the van driver,

and take her to the hospital.

Ten-hut!

HAYWOOD: At ease.

For those of you who don't know,
my name is Regina Haywood.

I've been a street cop
most of my career,

and like a lot of you,
I've had all kinds of ideas.

What should be done differently,

and what can be done better.

Now I get to see if some of those ideas

might actually work.

The double homicide
Sergeant Kee mentioned

was that of a German tourist
and a security guard,

m*rder*d in broad daylight.

That is totally unacceptable.

And if it were two young g*ng members,

that would also be totally unacceptable.

We, all together, are going to stem

this kind of v*olence in East New York.

I'm going to ask a great deal

of each and every one of you.

And I want you to know
that if you do your job

the way it is meant to be done,

I got your backs.

So, no more quotas on traffic tickets,

penny-ante pot busts, selling loosies

or loitering on the streets.

We're gonna focus elsewhere.

I also want members of the service

to start living near where they work.

You mean in East New York?

Who are you?

Officer Matthew Lyle.

Yeah, Officer Matthew Lyle.

In East New York.

Lyle volunteers his ex-wife.

(LAUGHTER)

I've gotten Ruskin Gardens
to provide us with two

one-bedroom apartments, rent free.

This is strictly voluntary,
but I'd want at least

a six-month commitment.

I'll do it.

Why don't you take some time
and think about it.

I don't need time, Inspector.

You asked for volunteers. I volunteer.

Building manager's Rivera.
You get the keys from him.

Okay, thank you, everybody.
Dismissed, Sergeant.

Thank you, Inspector.

(MONITOR BEEPING)

Oh...

Sorry, you can't go in there right now.

- This is his wife.
- Check back in a half hour.

There's a vending machine downstairs.

Why don't you grab her a cup of coffee.

- Yep, you got it.
- Ma'am.

Is there anyone you could think of

that your husband might have
had a dispute with?

Maybe another driver?

He's a good man, my husband.

SANDEFORD: Does he work for
himself or for somebody else?

He-he work for Beansie Sayso.

SANDEFORD: What can you tell
us about Lynton McKay, Beansie?

Good guy. No problems.

I-I was just on my way to see him.

Tough racket, these dollar vans, huh?

Probably gotta spread enough
cash around to traffic agents

so they don't bury you in tickets.

Come on, I give a stiff
from Taxi and Limousine

a twenty at Christmastime.

You're gonna crucify me for that?

No, I'll let that go.

But if you had a driver who
wasn't kicking back clipped,

that I would take an interest in.

Sandeford, on the lives
of my children...

How come these Moncler jackets
still have tags on them?

Oh, they're seconds.

A friend of mine sells them
at flea markets.

He got a disability, so I help him out.

Are you gonna help us out?

Maybe Lynton owed money. I-I don't know.

He was short a lot of the time.

Hey, I'm guessing you're
an Air Jordan guy, am I right?

- What size are you?
- I'm good, thanks.

Grab the other end. Hopefully,

these don't turn out
to be stolen, Beansie,

on behalf of your disabled friend.

Okay, okay.

I'm guessing that Lynton
owed money to the Russian.

Which Russian are we talking about?

♪ ♪

CORRINE: I've been thinking,

if we buy this place,
we should do something

different with the bar
menu, you know, like

not the usual nachos and sliders.

McKay's still sedated.

- How you doing, gorgeous?
- Mm. Get a BLT, handsome?

Lou-Ann, you wanna come
out and take some orders?

Okay, Goody.

I, uh, got an all-cash
offer this morning

from a restaurant chain,

and the number's higher
than what we agreed on.

So, what is it, we're out?

They want to close on Friday.

Come up with , by then,

- the joint's yours.
- It's hers.

Whatever you want.

How are you gonna do that?

Take out a loan.

- Hey, hey!
- Hey!

SANDEFORD: Lou-Ann.

Ooh. What's the special today?

What's the difference?
You always order the same thing.

- Don't mess with success, baby.
- (LOU-ANN LAUGHS)

- I'd like to see the specials.
- Sure thing, rookie.

The guy you want to
talk to is Nickie Dushkin.

Russian. Small-time loan shark.

It's possible that the van driver
might've missed one payment too many.

- MORALES: Forget it, Lou-Ann.
- All right.

- Love you.
- Love you.

- For lunch. Mm.
- Bye, baby.

♪ Call out the g*ons, ♪
♪ Bring out the whole block ♪

♪ Pull out the coupe, ♪
♪ Chop off the whole top ♪

♪ We going up, ♪
♪ It's about to go down... ♪

Hey.

Mr. Rivera around?

You the cop moving in here?

MAN: Don't be starting
something, Winston.

Uh-huh.

- You selling those?
- Why?

- You gonna confiscate 'em?
- Just thirsty.

Sandeford done took
everything else I was selling.

I guess I'll see if Mr. Rivera's
in the office, then.

♪ It's about that time ♪

You call six murders
in days an improvement?

No. No, I definitely do not.

(PHONE VIBRATING)

- This something you have to deal with?
- No.

I'm following a car on eBay Motors.

' Chrysler Cordoba.

The exterior is Obsidian Black,
interior, Corinthian leather,

in a color they call vermillion.

- Bidding on a Cordoba.
- Uh-huh.

You know, the ads that
Ricardo Montablán used to do.

- "Rich Corinthian leather."
- Yeah.

That one. I'll be next
door if you need me.

Yeah.

You asked for Stan Yenko
to be your executive officer?

He wants the job.

That's the first decision
you're gonna live to regret.

- We'll see.
- All right.

Right about now you're probably wishing

you would have gotten
a nice quiet command

in Bayside.

They're not gonna let me do my thing
in Bayside, you know that.

- Whereas in East New York...
- Exactly.

They're just grateful
you show up for work.

How's your head?

It's, um, it's fabulous,
stupendous. It's okay.

Doesn't have to be, you know.

If I want to make
changes around here, it does.

You might want to ease into all of that.

No, I don't have that luxury.

People keep getting k*lled at this rate,

the job's gonna dump me,
and they're gonna

give my command to someone else.

Whatever it is that I want to get done,

I've got to do it fast.

I'm right there with you, Regina.

And I'm counting on that.

How you doing, Lynton?

He's feeling better.

Can we ask you some questions?

Who's Nickie Dushkin?

So you understand, your husband

was in possession of an illegal handgun,

and he fired that handgun
in New York City.

He was being sh*t at hisself.

And if he cooperates,
they may go easy on him.

You think they won't send you
to prison because you're sh*t?

You think that cop sitting outside

your door is there to keep you company?

I tell you I don't know him.

You gonna protect us now.

Either he's gonna tell you
or I'm gonna tell you.

Hey, Lustig.

The real estate developer who was with
Herr Deputy Mayor this morning.

Yeah, he came by after the sh**ting.

How you doing, Nikolai?

Who are you?

We're detectives from
the Seven-Four Squad.

We just want to ask you some questions.
No big thing.

Ask questions, you have questions.

Well, they like us to do it
in the question-asking room.

Where is the question-asking room?

Someplace where everyone
won't be up in your business.

I don't have business.

We can do it loud,
or we can do it quiet.

Quiet's better.

Hey, Sandeford.

- Hey.
- Hey, I was talking to this guy

Winston over at Ruskin Gardens.
He said that

you've been doing some confiscating.

Did he tell you he was selling T-shirts
in front of a clothing store

when I told him three times
to move somewhere else?

I didn't say you were wrong.

What a relief.

Help me out here, Marvin.

I'll help you out when I have to go into

the projects and save your ass.

'Cause I'm a scared little white girl

that needs a big,
strong man to save her?

Yeah, something like that. Yeah.

The day I need you to save me
is the day I put in my papers.

Let me see you for a minute.

Hold this.

' Cordoba.

- What was that, Officer?
- You're putting a cop

with less than three years on the job

in one of the highest crime
housing projects in the city.

I'm making changes. I want to have

community policing mean something.

It's been tried other places, Marvin.

Tacoma, Washington, Portland, Maine...

There are people in that housing project

who, first chance they get,
they gonna test her.

Kinda like you're testing me, right?

Since you're a deputy inspector,
I assume you've already been tested.

Let's make this simple.

If you can't keep
your skepticism to yourself,

at least don't undermine my decisions

with younger officers
who don't share them.

Yes, ma'am.

While I don't discount
his point of view entirely,

I also don't appreciate his sarcasm.

Put in a call to the housing PSA.

Make sure the C.O. knows that

there's gonna be a cop
living in Ruskin Gardens.

Make sure they have it covered.

Mm-hmm.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Hmm.

Meeting in the Community Room
tomorrow night at :.

For what?

Just to introduce myself.

Which, I'm Brandy, by the way.

- Ah.
- You gonna be there?

(CHUCKLES) Hell no.

Well, hopefully somebody shows up.

You gonna wait a long time
for that elevator.

Been busted going on a month.

You, um...

You wouldn't be willing to give me
a hand by any chance, would you?

What floor?

(PANTING)

- Thank you, Winston.
- Uh-huh.

(WINSTON BREATHING HEAVILY)

-B. -B.

What you doing here?

- I'm gonna be living here.
- (MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYING)

'Cause you, uh, wanna come
live around Black folks?

I was born in Yonkers, man.

And not the white section of Yonkers.

You're here 'cause you police.

My boss wants to have cops living here
in the projects so that

people could get to know us.

And hopefully that helps
make the community safer.

People live here already know you.

♪ Ah ♪

♪ Y'all know what it is... ♪

(MUSIC CONTINUES FAINTLY)

♪ Get money how you like to get it ♪

♪ Live your life ♪
♪ How you like to live it ♪

♪ It's a new day ♪

♪ It's a new day. ♪

I made some calls
to check my thinking about you,

and I could not have been more wrong.

You headed up a task force
credited with taking

g*ns off the street in a year's time.

Your arrests put away
a dozen members of MS-.

As far as your initiative to put cops

in public housing, I applaud it.

I salute it.

I would only ask that you
coordinate with my office

before making any arrangements.

I went through the Borough
and the Housing Authority.

I didn't realize I had to
go through your office as well.

My office, Deputy Inspector.

Always my office.

Anyway, finding out

about your accomplishments
has put to rest

some of the rumors
that attribute your career advancement

to other factors.

What kind of factors?

- Do I have to spell it out for you?
- No.

You really don't.

I've had to deal with rumors
my whole career.

Men are threatened by powerful women.

When they're threatened,
they turn vicious.

Really, all they are is scared.

Thanks for not spelling it out.

How do you know Lynton McKay?

I don't know him.

We heard he might have
borrowed money from you.

Maybe he couldn't pay it back.

- Any truth to that?
- I already tell you,

I don't know this guy.

KILLIAN: What do you
think the chances are

we won't find your prints
in that apartment

that you ran through this morning?

Same chance I don't fall for trick.

A hundred percent.

I think now I talk to lawyer.

What do you think a lawyer's
gonna do for you?

He asked for a lawyer. Game over.

We are just getting started, Inspector.

We're gonna let him
call a lawyer at some point.

That's what you're gonna say
on the stand?

You let him call a lawyer at some point?

Look, we know what to say on the stand.

I'm sure you do, but as long
as I'm your boss,

you will only say it if it's true.

The lying in this precinct stops now.

You get his phone records,
you see if there are

prints on file, you let him go.

- Just like that?
- Just like that!

So she's a detective now, right? Okay.

We knew she was gonna be hands-on.

KILLIAN: Who gets heat
we don't solve this, huh?

Us. Who's standing next to
the PC at a press conference

if we do? Her!

MORALES: We gotta give her a chance.

How long you gonna put up with him?

- Depends how good a detective he is.
- Shouldn't.

Maybe in that quiet
precinct in Bayside...

I don't tolerate disrespect
no matter what precinct.

You gotta housebreak 'em.

I need them to be a lot more
than housebroken, Chief.

I need them to bust their asses for me.

- Good luck with that.
- Thanks.

♪ Boom, clap, be the best ♪
♪ There is, ain't no cap ♪

♪ Drop it down ♪
♪ And then throw it back... ♪

Wait here for me.

♪ Throw it back, boom, clap... ♪

Okay. Good sh*t.

National holiday?

- How come y'all not in school?
- Starts at :.

Come on, man,
it does not start at :.

Oh, yeah, it do.

Pass me the ball.

Come on.

School starts at :.

Oh, yeah. Come on, give me my change.

Y'all can't be ditching school, though.

Seriously.

Not if you want to graduate.

♪ Boom, clap, be the best ♪
♪ There is, ain't no cap... ♪

Uh-oh. You see, now,

free throws are my specialty.

Oh, yeah. Right here, brother.

Hey. Hey!

♪ Throw it back... ♪

Come back here!

♪ Clap ♪

I thought you said
you lived on the fourth floor.

What are you doing up here
on the sixth floor?

- My cousin lives on the sixth floor.
- SANDEFORD: Ronnie Moe.

- What's up?
- This lady cop's harassing me

for no reason, Sandeford.

I find out you're lying,

I run your name, any
felony convictions come up,

you're out of the projects.

Thank you for showing up.

I don't know what I would
have done without you.

Keep this with you.

How'd you get that?

I told 'em you were
the only cop living here,

and it's possible you may need a radio
in the middle of the night.

Now, some of what I said yesterday,
I shouldn't have said.

But I worry about people
because that's what I do.

Now, I don't want you
not calling for backup

'cause that's what you do.

Want a coffee?

(DOOR OPENS)

(EXHALES SHARPLY)

The branch manager said no dice.

What's "ramps"?

Some kind of vegetable.

"Finocchio"?

Is that the menu Corinne's working on?

Yeah. She sent it to me.

Ah, I got no idea
where I'm gonna get the money.

What about some chuletas?

Mofongo. Sancocho.

- Guess I gotta tell her.
- Yeah, and while you're at it,

why don't you tell her that
there's a lot more Puerto Ricans

in East New York than people
that know what ramps are.

(ENGINE STARTS)

Hey, hey.

Baby!

What are you doing here?

I just, um, gotta hit the head.

Okay...

And the bank turned me down.

- So it looks like plan B.
- What are you doing?

I've been working
in restaurants since I'm .

I want to own that place.

Opening a restaurant is
a risky proposition.

We take money from your father,

and this joint goes under, that's on me.

Except he offered, and he would be

- loaning the money to me.
- Don't make a difference.

Killian, if you can't come up
with the money by tonight,

I am taking my father up on his offer.

Come in on it with me or don't.

What am I doing? What am I doing?

What am I doing? What are you doing?

Ah, I'm doing this for her.

Cop walks into a bar, steals a bat.

- What's going on, Tommy?
- Hey, is Zev around?

He'll be in around :.
You bouncing tonight?

No, no, no, I think I forgot something
back in the office.

Thanks.

(FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS)

Can I help you?

This Lynton McKay's room?

- Who wants to know?
- I'm a friend.

- And what's your name?
- Didier.

- (MONITOR BEEPING)
- Didier's here to see you.

Hey.

What a-going, Didier?

DIDIER: I was worried about
you when I heard you got sh*t.

I rushed right over.
It's good to see you.

The nurse'll be by to throw
you out in just a few minutes

so, enjoy your visit while you can.

(GARBLED RADIO TRANSMISSION)

Goody. Ain't you too old
to be doing this?

I'd ask you to give me a hand,
but I'd say

you're too old
your own damn self. (LAUGHS)

Hey, you still in good standing
with Future Felons of America?

What do you need?

One of them over there
at Ruskin Gardens snatched

my partner's hat.

How the hell you let 'em do that?

Playing basketball.

His sport's tennis.

Yeah, okay, Arthur Ashe.
Check back with me tonight.

(LAUGHING)

TOOTIE: Lynton? Lynton?!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

- (MONITOR FLATLINING)
- Lynton, you can't leave me now,

- Lynton. Lynton!
- Code Blue. Code Blue. Crash cart.

You have to let him do his job.
You have to let him

- do his job.
- Lynton. Lynton. Please.

- Lynton!
- Come on. Come on, let's go.

DIDIER: Brenda Sykes said
she waiting on the diamonds.

LYNTON: Let her wait.

I hid 'em in a gas t*nk.
Nobody'll find 'em.

TOOTIE: Nobody tell that
Brenda Sykes woman...

(LYNTON GASPS LOUDLY, COUGHS)

- (MONITOR FLATLINING)
- TOOTIE: Lynton? Lynton?!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Bring her in.

Please.

I'm sorry for your loss, Mrs. McKay.

I tell myself he with God now.

Every hour that goes by
makes it that much harder

for us to find the man that k*lled him.

I don't know who that man is, Miss Lady.

Who's Didier?

My husband's friend.

Who's Brenda Sykes?

Real estate broker.

Now may I please

go and tell my children
that their daddy is gone?

See she gets home.

(TOOTIE SNIFFLES)

(KNOCKING)

You wanted to see me?

That was some quick thinking...

Setting your phone to record.

I had a gut feeling that their
conversation might prove useful.

Let's talk about
another gut feeling you had.

Ronald Morrison's mother filed
a complaint with the Civilian

Review Board. Says
you threatened to evict him.

I needed him to know that I took
graffiti on my door seriously.

Why'd you volunteer to do this, Quinlan?

Because I think this is a good idea.

And a shortcut to a gold shield?

If it is, it'll mean
I did a good job, right?

The purpose of the initiative
isn't career advancement.

It's to show the people who live here

that we're a part of the same
community they're a part of.

We're not an occupying army.

If you don't believe that, it is

going to make it that much
harder for you to act like it.

I grew up in Section housing
with a drug addict mother,

and when I was , I ran away,
and I lived on the streets,

and I didn't consider myself
part of any community

at all, so now?

I'm only too happy to be a part
of whatever community will have me.

Thank you, Officer Quinlan.

MORALES: Have you spent any time
in the Ivory Coast, Ms. Sykes?

Yeah, I've been there.

I've been to a lot of countries
in Africa since I got involved

with the Save the Lions Foundation.

I'm a Leo.

Oh. I'm a Leo.

Is that so?

A kid from the Ivory Coast named
Didier Toure said he knows you.

Oh, yeah. I know Didier. Sure.

How do you know him?

Oh, we met when I was over there.

He was trying to sell me
a carving, and he has

these gorgeous eyes I couldn't
stop looking at.

So, you know, one thing led to another.

We actually stayed in touch for a while.

When's the last time you heard from him?

Oh. It's been years.

Yeah, well, he says he's been
in touch with you recently.

Well, probably he had a dream.

You know, Africans... They don't always

distinguish between
what's a dream and what's real.

Hmm.

This is Adam Lustig, isn't it?

- Uh-huh.
- They say he's going

- to transform East New York.
- Well,

if all goes according to plan,
he absolutely will.

Oh, retail on the ground floor,
units above,

and a fantastic space
for what I'm hoping will be

- a culinary school and a yoga studio.
- KILLIAN: Wow.

Wow is right.

What's your relationship
with Brenda Sykes, Mr. Lustig?

Uh, she handles my residential sales.

Any other business arrangements?

Are you involved romantically?

- No.
- KILLIAN: Well, it's just

that her name has come up with
regard to this homicide investigation.

We were wondering if you
could shed some light.

- I wish I could.
- MORALES: The name

Nickie Dushkin mean anything?

- No.
- You sure?

- You have a very accusatory manner.
- It's a little curious

you don't know who Nickie Dushkin is

since he's the site foreman
of the East New York project.

If he's the site foreman,
means he works for the GC.

I have nothing to do them.
Look, I have a conference call

starting so I'm gonna have
to wrap this up.

Do you know a Didier Toure?

- No.
- Brenda Sykes knows him.

There's some discrepancy
about the last time they spoke.

Look, do me a favor.

Play Sherlock Holmes on your own time.

One thing I learned
from Sherlock Holmes was that

when people suddenly
become uncooperative,

they usually have something to hide.

I hate doing this.

- (CLEARS THROAT)
- (PHONE DIALING)

You flex, I flex back.

(LINE RINGING)

What's going on, Adam?

Sorry to bother you,
Deputy Mayor Sharpe,

but I got these two detectives here,

and I told them everything I know about

the East New York sh**ting...
Which is nothing...

But they seem intent
on trying to get me to say

something incriminating,
or intimidating me.

Put 'em on.

This is Detective Tom Killian
with the Seven-Four Squad.

Adam Lustig's a suspect,
Detective Killian?

- No, sir.
- Then it sounds to me

like maybe you could
wrap things up. Am I right?

I think so.

Thank you, Ray.

You get involved
in homicide investigations, Ray?

When my boy Lustig
asks me to do something,

I like to try to at least act
as though I'm accommodating him.

That's because
of all the wonderful things

he's going to be doing
in East New York, right?

Relationships, my friend.

You have your sites set
on becoming police commissioner.

- Which I don't.
- And even if you don't...

that's what you need
to be thinking about.

LUSTIG: Thanks, Detectives.

If you're lying,

it's not gonna matter
who you can get on the phone.

DIDIER: I work in a diamond mine
in Côte d'Ivoire.

One day, we find blue diamonds.

My boss introduce me to Miss Sykes

who want me to take them to New York.

She pay me $,,

another $, when I deliver.

How'd you get them through customs?

I swallow.

What happened when you got to New York?

It took two day to pass the diamonds.

Then I give to Lynton.

He say they can't pay us like we boys.

He hold on till they pay us like we men.

KILLIAN: These $
million worth of diamonds

got past customs in the digestive tract

of a kid named Didier Toure,
whom you admitted knowing.

Hmm. Sounds like
you have a theory, Detective.

Well, it's more than a theory, Brenda.

We know who sh*t
the van driver, and we think

you paid him to do it
and get your diamonds back.

You think you know?

We just got hold of

- this woman's bank statement.
- BRENDA: Really?

KILLIAN: I also don't think
you're telling me the truth

about your relationship with Didier.

Go get her.

You know, I get the feeling that, um,
you're protecting Lustig.

I was engaged to a detective once.

Great-looking, but not real bright.

Well, even not real bright
people get it right sometimes.

You wired $, to an account

in the Cayman Islands that belongs

- to Nikolai Dushkin.
- Stand up, Brenda.

- You're under arrest.
- (SCOFFS)

What? That...

- Really? Oh, my God.
- (HANDCUFFS CLICKING)

You know what? I have arrhythmia.

We'll be sure to get you medical
attention if you need it.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Wonder what's the real deal
between Lustig and the Russian.

- Let me look into it.
- Okay.

I got a feeling that kid
from the Ivory Coast just wants

to go home. Any reason
we can't send him on his way?

We've got the discretionary
funds to pay for his airfare.

- Cash.
- (PHONE RINGING)

That's what I was going to suggest.

(SIREN CHIRPS)

SUAREZ: After a deputy mayor

specifically asks
your detectives to back off,

- they thr*aten Adam Lustig?
- I'll talk to them.

I want you to go to Lustig
personally and apologize.

And let him at least think
that we're responsive.

How about a dozen roses?

Play the long game, Regina.

To get done what we both want
to get done.

You need your job, and I need mine.

(DOOR OPENS)

(RAPID TYPING)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Adam Lustig around?

He's not. Can I help you with something?

You know when he'll be back?

I don't. He's flying today.

Can I know what it's about
for when he calls in?

A police matter.

Okay. I'll pass that along.

I assume he'll know what it means?

I love your nails.

Oh, thank you.

♪ This changes everything, ♪
♪ This changes everything... ♪

Hey, I just got word.

According to Lustig's financials,

he'd missed his last three payments,

and the bank was getting ready
to foreclose.

What I've heard blue diamonds go for

might have been enough
to keep that from happening.

And phone records show that there were

a dozen calls to and from Dushkin
on the day of the sh**ting.

You know how to track a plane
from its tail numbers?

- Of course I do.
- My man.

♪ I remember in church they ♪
♪ Said, "Boy you better sing" ♪

♪ And now I travel the world ♪
♪ To places I've never seen ♪

♪ This changes everything, ♪
♪ This changes everything... ♪

(PHONE RINGING)

Ah, this guy's such a thorn in my side.

Every time I got the highest bid,
this guy comes swooping in

last minute, bids it up
out of my price range.

And it's not just cars.
Want me to come in?

No, no, no, no, no. You stay right here.

I'll be right out.

- Hey.
- Mr. Lustig,

I understand a couple of my detectives
might've been out of line today.

- Not a big deal.
- It's the pressure

of a homicide investigation.
It-it sometimes...

Look, we're about
to take off, Inspector.

- Where you headed?
- I'm running up to Boston

to look at a...
a few waterfront properties.

Just you?

Just me, and if we're not
wheels-up in a few minutes,

then we lose our take-off window.

You read Russian, Mr. Lustig?

(GRUNTING) Take it easy.

Why you don't sh**t last time?

I try to avoid it if I can.

Oh. Please just do what he says.

There's an officer right outside.

He hears a g*nsh*t, he's coming in,

- and he's calling for backup.
- We take off now, yes?

I'm a New York City police officer.
This plane stays right where it is.

Put the g*n down,

- and we talk this through.
- All the time worry

innocent slobs get k*lled in crossfire.

I do worry about that.

Well, this one... Not so much innocent.

Please just put your g*n down.

- I count three.
- No, please. Please!

One. Oh!

(LUSTIG PANTING)

Okay. (PANTING)

So you know, my dealings with
Lustig were always above board.

Glad to hear it.

Nothing my lawyer can't handle, Ray.

Nothing my lawyer can't handle.

(PHONE RINGING)

(LAUGHING): Hey, I got it.

Good work, Detectives.

- Thanks.
- I had a chance

to look over the detective squad stats.

You're the most productive team we got.

Just so your stats are good, Inspector.

That's what we're all about.

What's with you?

Need a ride?

(SIREN WAILING)

Hey, I got your stuff back.

Make sure it's all still there.

How'd you do that?

I got my ways.

KILLIAN (LAUGHING): Oh!

Nice whip, Captain.

Sometimes it all works out, Tommy.

Sometimes it all works out.

Um, let's hope it all works out for us.

(SIGHS) Hey, Goody?

Open it.

(UNWRAPPING)

A bat?

Roy Campanella's bat.

You're kidding.

Game-used from the ' Series.

Let me get this straight.

You were supposed to be giving
me $, as a down payment.

And instead,
you're giving me a baseball bat?

And it's Campy's bat.

This is a down payment and then some.

The joint's yours.

(LAUGHING)

Oh! Oh, my God!

(SIGHING)

Oh. Oh!

All these cops in here, and
you still need a baseball bat?

It's Roy Campanella's bat.

- You're kidding.
- (LAUGHING) Oh.

Aw.

Thank you.

If you can tell me where
I can find the kid

who took it, I'd like to go talk to him.

What for?

Ask him why he did it.

He did it to show his friends
he was a badass.

Might be good to point out that
decisions have consequences.

You don't think he knows that?

He's a kid from East New York.

And you're a kid from Westchester.

Andre, sit down.

Thank you, Goody. IPA?

- He's here.
- Hey!

- What's good? What's good?
- (OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

- You can say congratulations.
- We've been celebrating. Yes.

They're the new owners of Goody's.

You got Goody's?!

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

SANDEFORD: I want a ham hock sandwich.

♪ ♪

♪ And I know you're thinking ♪

♪ We'll always come together again... ♪

So how'd it go? (LAUGHS)

It's-it's hard to tell

after these couple of days
how they'll be in the long run.

- Assuming I get a long run. I...
- Well, if the last couple of days

are any indication, I'd say you will.

You know because of the sh**ting,

you're gonna have
to go see Psych Services.

Oh, God, I know. They're also
gonna ask me how's my head.

What happened with the African kid?

I, um... I think
the embassy got him released.

- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah. Somebody must've made a call.

(LAUGHS) That wouldn't have
been something you'd have done

'cause you felt conflicted about
not taking that sh*t the first time?

What?!

- Are you kidding?
- Because as far as I'm concerned,

you made the right call then,

you made the right call tonight.

Good night, Chief.

Come on, baby. Come on.

Good baby. Good. Good.