01x19 - The Harder They Fall

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Previously on East New York...

I got a transfer out
of Drug Enforcement,

and out of undercover work.

That's actually really great news.

- Mm.
- (CHUCKLES)

- Tamika?
- Hey, Marvin?

I guess if we were to try it again,

we'd probably screw it up
again, wouldn't we?

Probably.

Not a reason not to give it a try.

It's my shield.
I'm gonna give it to Tamika.

Must mean things are going
pretty good between you and her.

Mr. Azeroff, I don't think
I can accompany you

to Dubai this weekend.
I mean, I wish I could.

I mean, God knows I need the money.

- $ , here.
- Just like that?

Just like that.

Heard you're having money problems.

My dad went in
for his six-month checkup.

- His numbers are bad.
- I'm sorry.

I feel so alone, Tommy.

You're not alone.
It may feel that way, but...

you're not.

♪ ♪

♪ I've been living on your shore ♪

♪ Living on your water ♪

♪ Living on your waterfalls, babe ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I've been living on your shore ♪

♪ Living on your water ♪

♪ Living on your waterfalls ♪

- ♪ Babe. ♪
- Ooh, a sound bath.

Wow.

- Canyon Ranch?
- That's back on?

No, that is not back on...

A weekend there runs like $ , .

I told you I got it covered.

You can't afford it.

Excuse me? How do you know?

'Cause I know how much you make
like how you know how much I make.

You know what?

I don't think I like
that you're the grownup

in this relationship.

Oh, feel free to relieve
me of the responsibility

- any time you want.
- Hmm...

Touché.

Let me start by not being late to work.

Okay.

I'm gonna see you tonight?

(EXHALES SOFTLY)

I have one change of clothes left,

and it's in your room on your chair.

Well, I'm not giving you
a dresser drawer of your own,

if that's what you're hinting at.

- Too much commitment, huh?
- Way too much.

Way too... (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

♪ ♪

Mm.

Girl.

Oof. Man, oh, man.

(DOOR CLOSES)

- AZEROFF: You hunt?
- KILLIAN: Uh, no.

I'm supposed to go to
Pakistan next month.

Hunt with falcons.

That right?

They go after these birds
called bustards.

Let me tell you, when
they dive-b*mb one of them,

it is not a pretty picture.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

AZEROFF: Remember what I told you.

I know.

Hey, sorry, folks,
we got a COVID situation in here.

I'm gonna have to ask you
to take the next one.

Okay? (MOUTHING)

(CLEARS THROAT)

♪ ♪

I hate demonstrating
privilege like that.

It's not like you want
to inconvenience anyone.

Nah. I mean, what's the
alternative, you know?

I got to pack into an elevator

with a bunch of people
I don't even know?

Ah, they take the
next one. No big thing.

Yeah.

CLERK: The People v.
Isaac Jones, Your Honor.

This is the third time that
Mr. Jones has been arrested

this calendar year.

That right, Mr. Nessen?

Sorry, Your Honor,
I haven't had a chance to

familiarize myself
with Mr. Jones's record.

I'm set to be in for the assigned
public defender who's out sick.

Uh, may I speak, Your Honor?

Go ahead.

Um... (CLEARS THROAT)

One of those times I take
complete and total responsibility for.

The other was just
wrong-place wrong-time type situation,

which is no excuse and I deeply regret.

Your Honor, both of these arrests
were brought on by Mr. Jones

being physically abusive
to his girlfriend.

As we will hear from Detective Morales,

who made the third arrest,
Mr. Jones's girlfriend

required hospitalization.

Accordingly, we ask that bail be set

- in the amount of $ , .
- That to make a point?

No.

It's to increase the odds he'll
show up for his court date.

He has ties in the community, a job...

and I don't believe
he represents a flight risk.

And because I don't believe
in incarcerating people

based on their bank accounts,

I'm releasing him
on his own recognizance.

Move for a protective order
for Mr. Jones's girlfriend,

Chantal Leopold.

I'll give you that. Motion granted.

We ain't even together
no more, Your Honor.

She go her way, I go mine.

Protective order stands.

(BANGS GAVEL)

(GALLERY MURMURING)

- Diane, how do you stand it?
- How do you stand it?

You're the one that arrests them.

I don't have to listen to somebody argue

- they should be let go.
- Hey, lady prosecutor.

Chantal say she want a protective order?

Take a hike, Isaac.

How come you didn't ask
for a protective order

for your own damn self?

- Is that a thr*at?
- I wasn't talking to you.

I don't care if you were
talking to me or not.

You thr*aten an ADA,
I'll lock your ass up right now.

(EXHALES)

(EXHALES) Real charmer, isn't he?

And he's single.

♪ ♪

(SIREN WHOOPS)

(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

MORALES: Oh, my God.

Diane.

- What are we thinking?
- SANDEFORD: Diane Gould.

Last seen leaving
the Brooklyn DA's office

about : p.m. last night.

Crystal knew her.

I'm sorry.

One of her cases, a guy I collared,

had a court appearance yesterday.

Judge released him pending trial,

granted a protective order
for his ex-girlfriend.

The defendant came right up
to the line of threatening Diane

outside the courtroom.

You know where we can find him?

Witnesses?

None so far.

What do we know about her?

MORALES: Tough.

Funny.

I knew her when I was in Street Crime.

Anything about her
personal life we can go on?

From what I knew,
she didn't have a personal life.

Mostly, she worked.

SUAREZ: ADA Wexler.

Hey, Chief.

We're, uh, all very
sorry for your loss, Paul.

Thanks for saying that, John.
I appreciate it.

I... You know, as prosecutors,
we're used to...

dealing with other people's tragedies,

but this one...

One of ours.

One of ours, as well.

AIDE: Sir?

Thank you. Excuse me.

Yeah. (GROANS)

We need to get this one solved fast.

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ISAAC: So...

what's that mean, huh?

"Person of interest"?

It means your exchange
with ADA Gould yesterday

makes it necessary for us to

inquire as to your whereabouts
for the past hours.

'Cause a Black man
standing up for himself

got to be guilty, right?

'Cause ADA Gould is dead.

I didn't have nothing to do with that.

MORALES: Nobody said you did.

We know you were in court
yesterday morning.

- Where'd you go after that?
- I went to work.

Look, I swear to God I didn't
have nothing to do with it.

Where you work?

A warehouse. Secaucus, New Jersey.

Aviation Boulevard.

WEXLER: I don't need to tell you all

that the sooner an arrest can be
made on this case, the better.

Which is usually the case.

WEXLER: Not like this. This case goes

to the heart of the system.
(KNOCK AT DOOR)

- Yeah?
- KILLIAN: Uh...

Isaac Jones's alibi checks out.

His boss confirms he was working
in Jersey till : at night.

ME puts time of death
at between : and : .

We'll need to go through all of
Diane's cases, past and present.

Sarah in my office will give you
whatever you need.

We'll also be canvassing
whatever neighborhoods she frequented.

WEXLER: Whatever overtime
you need approved,

whatever anything you need,

if you are not getting it,
please tell me.

I'll march straight into the PC's office

and make sure that you get it.

The k*lling of an ADA is
a high enough priority,

so I don't think we'll have
a problem, but... yeah.

♪ Three, two, one, oh ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm trained to go ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm trained to go,
ready to work ♪

♪ So what you playing for? ♪

♪ You all talk and no show ♪

♪ I'm always trained to go ♪

♪ Trained to go. ♪

You ever deal with
this ADA? Diane Gould?

No, never did.

It's pretty unusual for a prosecutor

- to get m*rder*d, isn't it?
- Well, it happens.

I'd be asking what she was doing

in that particularly desolate area.

- She went for a run?
- Possibly.

Or was she meeting someone?
Or did she have a secret life?

A secret life? What kind of secret life?

Kind you keep secret.

See, the detectives'll
talk to people who knew her,

maybe people who grew up with her.

They'll go through where she lived,

go through her lockers, if she had any,

check her phone, bills,
her credit card statements.

See, that's the thing
about getting m*rder*d...

Whatever you kept secret
is going to get found out.

Truth.

♪ ♪

This is what she wore to court.

Suits and heels.

It's hard to think of her
picking all this stuff out and...

now it's just gonna
get boxed up and given away.

KILLIAN: Yeah, well, you hate to think

you hate to think it was
one of those court appearances

that got her k*lled.

Is it better to think
she caught the eye of

some sick bastard
when she went for a run?

KILLIAN: (SIGHS) I don't know.

Here.

I don't know which is better.

You know, we were the same age.

We both wanted to get
into law enforcement.

She went to law school,

and I went to the police academy.

Yeah? You didn't
know her from back then?

MORALES: No. But I spent
a fair amount of time with her

preparing for her trials.

Yeah.

Any idea of what
we're expecting to find in here?

I don't know, Tommy. Uh...

Something from one of
her past cases, maybe.

Yeah.

Hey. (WHISTLES)

What are you doing?

QUINLAN: I noticed the
bottom of this lamp looks weird.

And I found this.

It's a listening device.

Why would there be
a listening device here?

♪ ♪

Do you have a theory as to
Diane Gould's secret life?

SANDEFORD: I'll leave
that to the detectives.

- You ever want to be one?
- No, I never did.

I think you probably
would've been good at it.

Everything with detectives
is after the fact.

The crime's been committed.

They come along, try to figure out

who's lying and who's telling the truth.

Now, I like to be in the midst of things

before anyone has had the chance

to figure out what lie they gonna tell.

So it's not the uniform?

I happen to love the way
I look in a uniform.

(CHUCKLING): You know. Look here.

It's a good look. (CHUCKLES)

I knew I would catch you here.

- How you doing, Andre?
- I'm good, Tamika. How you doing?

SANDEFORD: Is everything all right?

It was Briermere.

What was Briermere?

The farm stand where
we got the pie that time.

I was racking my brain
for the name of it.

Sit down and join us.

No, I'm due over at the food pantry.

So you come all the way
over here to tell me

the name of the farm stand
was Briermere?

That's right.

That's right.

- This woman.
- (CHUCKLING)

Babe...

("DIBUJOS DE MI ALMA"
BY Y LA BAMBA PLAYING)

Baby.

(CLEARS THROAT SOFTLY)

You know, I never asked
you how she liked the...

the miniature shield you got her.

She liked it a lot. She, uh...

She teared up.
She teared up when I gave it to her.

BENTLEY: You got a
good one there, Marvin.

I know it. I just...

I just asked her to marry me.

♪ ♪

Taylor...

- Yeah.
- Find out when they're gonna fix

the leaking pipe under the dish pit,

and tell them the floor there's
always soaking wet.

- Okay.
- KILLIAN: Hey.

CORINNE: Hey.
I got to get over to the hospital.

Is everything all right?

My father gets chemo today
and I've got to sort

some things out with his insurance.

Called a car, but they said
it would be minutes

and then that one canceled,

so now they have to find me another one.

Come on, I'll take you.

- No, you're working.
- Come on, I got you here.

Grab your phone.

(KNOCK AT DOOR) Captain?

YENKO: Hey, I got
something for you on that bug

you found in Diane's apartment.

You familiar with SIM cards?

Subscriber Identification Module cards.

Now, each one has a unique pin

that's used to connect to the Internet.

Now, what's interesting is
you can see a whole list of

all the networks that they connect to.

This particular SIM card is
connected to a network

that's associated with a phone number

belonging to a certain
Michael C. Farris,

who I happen to know
is a private investigator.

He used to have an office
on Court Street.

He should come pay us a visit.

CORINNE: Hey, Daddy.

CHICK: Hey, baby.

Tommy just wanted to come up
and say hi, too.

Oh. Hey, Tom, how you doing?

(SCOFFS) I'm fine.

How are you doing is the question.

Well, whatever they're putting into me

is for sure taking something out of me.

That much I'll tell you.

Yeah, I bet. (CHUCKLES)

This here's a no-complaining zone,

so I best not be heard to complain.

Just get my tough-luck ticket stamped

- at the door.
- (CHUCKLES)

(CHUCKLES) Yeah.

You know, I sh...
I should, uh, be heading back.

Um, take care, Chick.

- Thanks for stopping by, Tommy.
- Yeah.

♪ ♪

MICHAEL: I'm happy to
chat with you, Detective,

but on the issue of whether
listening devices were installed by me

or on my behalf...

neither confirm nor deny.

Hey. What'd I miss?

MORALES: Mr. Farris
was just explaining to me

that he can neither confirm nor deny

if he installed listening devices

- in the home of our m*rder victim.
- MICHAEL: Oh.

I have to preserve
my clients' confidentiality.

If I'm being somewhat elusive,

I have little choice in the matter.

KILLIAN: Well, you do understand

this is a homicide investigation
of an assistant district attorney.

Okay, look...

I'm not gonna shirk
my responsibility here...

I did install the listening devices.

We need to know who hired you to do it.

KILLIAN: And since you're not a lawyer,

there's no lawyer-client privilege.

(CHUCKLING)

My client could've really
come forward himself.

Mi client could've figured

I was gonna be hauled in,
put on the spot.

He could've stepped up.

But they don't do that.

They expect me to take the heat.

I work for rich people.
I work for powerful people.

Just when you think that
they're your friends,

they make it clear as day
that you're still the help.

Good to know.

MICHAEL: Mm.

MORALES: Who's the client, Mr. Farris?

Who hired you to bug that apartment?

I was working for a King's County DA...

Bureau Chief Paul Wexler.

Mr. Wexler even gave me the key.

♪ ♪

(KNOCK AT DOOR) Yeah?

- SANDEFORD: You got a minute, Captain?
- Come in.

By the way,
congratulations are in order.

What, you heard?

Yeah, I heard.

And although I don't know
Tamika very well,

I applaud you on the big move.

- It's a big move.
- YENKO: Big move.

(CHUCKLING) It's a move
I made years ago.

Anyway, what can I do you for?

Tamika wants to have
a honeymoon of some sort,

and she wanted me to come find out
how many vacation days I had.

Mm-hmm.

You took a heavy rip this year

when you went chasing after
Bentley's sh**t.

- I did.
- Mm-hmm.

Time records says I only have
three vacation days on the books.

All right, let me propose this:

You commit to working
Saturdays this summer,

- I'll front you eight more days.
- I don't expect you to

go out on a limb for me, Captain. I-I...

YENKO: No, no, no. It's no big deal.

We'll do it on the DL or the QT

or whatever nomenclature sums it up.

But I get my Saturdays covered

and you get to go away with your bride.

Hey, what's the matter?

When I asked her to marry me,

I wanted it more than
anything in the world.

Making it official, having people

stand up for me, going on a honeymoon,

at my age...

I'm feeling a little ridiculous.

I feel ridiculous sometimes.

The fact that I'm learning Italian...

At my age...

That I still have a stamp collection,

that next month I'm auditioning for

the Police Marching Band... (CHUCKLING)

all of these things
make me feel ridiculous.

You know what doesn't
make me feel ridiculous?

The fact that I love my wife...

and my wife loves me.

So I'm gonna front you the eight days,

and you let me know whether or not
you want to go on your honeymoon.

I'm hoping you're about to tell me

- you made a collar.
- Unfortunately not.

- Do you know a Mike Farris?
- Of course I know him.

KILLIAN: He said that you hired
him to bug Diane Gould's apartment.

Absolutely right.

That's a felony.

Not if you have a warrant,

and since I had reason to suspect that

Diane had been compromised,
I had a warrant.

Compromised how?

Prosecutors have a certain amount of

discretionary authority, Detective,

but whether for money or love,

Diane might've used
her authority inappropriately.

You're basing that on what?

WEXLER: A confidential informant who,

unfortunately, will have
to remain confidential.

Might we be able
to listen to those recordings?

First of all,
as with all investigations,

it's on a need-to-know basis.

We qualify as need-to-know, Mr. Wexler.

We're investigating Ms. Gould's m*rder.

Absolutely. We're in agreement.

Therefore, let me go through
the recordings

and as soon as I get them redacted,

I will send them right over to you.

This office will do
anything in its power

to help you solve this m*rder.
Believe me.

HAYWOOD: So you have
a woman in your office m*rder*d,

the lead detectives in the case ask

for recordings of the
phone conversations,

and you're really gonna
worry about redacting?

Why?

Is it 'cause of some other case?

I mean, you'd think, if you're
Wexler, there are no other cases

- that are more important.
- KILLIAN: Yeah.

Paul Wexler's a big man
in the criminal justice system.

If we move forward with
Wexler as our prime suspect,

it's got to be slow and methodical.

One foot in front of the other.
No mistakes.

No, you got it, boss.

HAYWOOD: I'm hoping we're
not right about this, but if we are...

we only get one sh*t at this guy.

So let's make it count.

♪ ♪

Hey.

- Mr. Azeroff.
- AZEROFF: Hey, Tommy Terrific.

- What's doing?
- KILLIAN: I was in the neighborhood.

- Thought I'd drop in.
- I got a question for you.

When you're getting fitted for a suit,

do they have to make
a special accommodation

for your, for your g*n?

Oh, I don't know.

I've never been fitted for a suit.

Wow. Let's let one of the
benefits of you working for me

the chance to correct that injustice.

Sal'll take your measurements
when he's done with me.

Yeah, yeah,
speaking of benefits, you know,

one of your drivers said
you got a great health plan.

Yeah. That's what
my accountant tells me.

KILLIAN: Yeah.

Eh, you know, my girl's dad...
he's been paying his premiums

for I don't know how many years.

Gets sick... Now, all of a sudden,

they're real particular about
what treatments they'll pay for,

what treatments they won't, you know.

Bobby, what do you think?

Uh, ho-ho.

Heart-stoppingly beautiful.

What does he think?

It's, um...

It's real nice. (CLUCKS TONGUE)

What's his name?

Um, whose name?

Your girl's father. What's his name?

Oh, um, it's Chick Moynahan.

Well, leave it with Petra
on your way outside.

Oh, hey...
Hey, did you have a chance to talk to

that FBI friend of yours for Darla?

Yeah, I ju... I just got
to give him a call.

Give him a call.

Yeah.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

- So, what's your story?
- MAN: Hey, Farris.

I don't have a story.

The boss sends just you
out to pick me up?

What is this, one riot one ranger?

They told me you were a
law-abiding citizen, Mr. Farris.

I didn't think there was
gonna be a problem.

And a problem there was not.

Come in, Mr. Farris.

You can have a seat.

HAYWOOD: Thanks.

Yesterday, there were just
a couple of squad detectives

tending to my every need.

Today, I get a deputy inspector
and a two-star chief.

Sometimes nothing conveys importance

quite like collar brass.

I didn't realize I was that important.

We need to hear what's
on the recordings you made

in Diane Gould's apartment.

I told your detectives
I turned them over to Wexler.

And kept a copy for yourself.

You're wrong, okay? I don't do that.

Well, if so, you'd be

the first private detective
in history who doesn't.

Guys, I don't know what to tell you.

Get the recordings off Wexler,
why don't you?

Well, for some reason,

Mr. Wexler is choosing
not to provide them.

HAYWOOD: And if you
don't provide us with them,

we're gonna head over
to the U.S. Attorney

for the Eastern District's office,

and we're going to make
what I know will be

a compelling case
to obtain a search warrant,

a search warrant that will specify

every square inch of your office,

residence, vehicles
and any other property

you have direct access to,
searched with a fine-tooth comb.

That's insane.

No judge would issue
such a broad warrant.

SUAREZ: Prosecutors don't
get k*lled every day, Mr. Farris,

and so the Feds' approach
will be a little bit more

flexible to
Fourth Amendment considerations.

HAYWOOD: Since the search of
your premises will be exhaustive,

you can expect that the confidentiality
of all of your clients

will be compromised,
leading you to consider...

a different line of work.

DIANE (RECORDING): Sarah...

Wexler is trading
reduced sentences for sex.

Why won't you let this go, Diane?

We've worked with him for years.

You know he's not capable of that.

DIANE: You refuse to even
consider that it might be true.

SARAH: Okay. Are any of
these women willing to testify?

DIANE: I'm working on it.

SARAH: When you find one
who'll testify... under oath...

That Paul Wexler traded reduced
sentences for sex, you let me know.

Until then, as far as I'm
concerned, it never happened.

(RECORDING CLICKS OFF)

It's r*pe.

If Diane told him what she suspected
or what these women told her,

he'd have all the motive
he needed to k*ll her.

Yeah, but these recordings are
from a week ago.

Diane said nothing
about going to Wexler.

Maybe she isn't the one who went to him.

I think you should go see Sarah McKay.

So, what did these recordings tell you?

One thing they told us was that
Diane was warning you about Wexler.

I think that says more about
Diane than it does about Paul.

What does it say?

Diane was a good person,
but she could be erratic.

MORALES: Uh-huh. Like when she told you

she believed Wexler was trading
sex for lenient treatment?

Yes, for one.
Uh, she was obsessed with that.

She told you she'd spoken
to one of the women?

A drug addict who wouldn't go
on the record.

Yeah, she told me.

What about the others?

I don't know of any others.

But you know about Wexler.

(INHALES)

Yeah, I do know about Wexler,

because...

we've been in a relationship
for almost two years.

His marriage is basically over.

He's just waiting till their
daughter finishes high school.

KILLIAN: And there was no
indication that he had this

quid pro quo going with
criminal defendants?

No.

Look, I've made mistakes,
but I wouldn't be planning to spend

the rest of my life with someone
capable of doing the things

you're suggesting he did.

I told that to Diane, repeatedly,

but for whatever reason,

she kept on in this delusion.

Any idea why she wouldn't let it go?

I got the feeling something
had happened in her past.

MORALES: One more question, Sarah.

Did you ever tell Wexler
about Diane's accusations?

I did. A week ago.

He thought it was absurd,
but he also was

somewhat concerned about her.

I think he made a plan for them
to talk, next week sometime.

And then this.

I...

I really hope you find
who's responsible.

Mm-hmm.

(SIREN WAILING)

You know, the offer stands
if you still want to use

- my parent's place in St. Croix.
- Yeah?

When am I gonna do that? (CHUCKLES)

When you go on your honeymoon.

You know,

it's possible that
honeymoons are a bad idea.

Really? As a general rule?

No, I mean, people take them
right after they get married,

which usually means
they haven't been together very long.

And then they put the added
stress on themselves

of airports, and

luggage, and hotels,

and how much to tip the bellhop.

My parent's place is a condo.
There is no bellhop.

I am just saying that traveling has

a higher degree of difficulty

than staying at home.
That's all I'm saying.

So stay home.

Stay home?

What you mean? And not get married?

No, no, no, no. Sandeford.

Sandeford. You still get married.

Of course you're getting married.

You just... don't take a honeymoon.

You have answers for everything,
don't you?

- Don't you?
- I mean, I guess.

Well, answer this,
you paying for dinner?

♪ ♪

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

- HAYWOOD: What's up?
- Hey.

We went back over
Diane's old case files.

This time, not looking for
defendants with an Axe to grind.

Just women whom
Wexler had reduced charges

or sentencing recommendations.

I presume a number of those
are legitimate.

Some are, but we found five
cases that don't make sense.

B and C felonies reduced
to misdemeanors.

Serious jail time cut to time served.

Each of those,
the defendant was a woman of

limited means between and .

- No guys got that deal.
- Damn him.

None of the five women are
at their original addresses.

Diane found one. So can we.

Meanwhile, let's put a little scare

in our highly esteemed
District Attorney.

How's it going?

Thank you so much for coming.

Did you get something to eat?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Excuse me, Mr. Wexler.

We talk to you for a minute?

Can it wait?

Actually, it can't.

(CONVERSING INDISTINCTLY)

I'll be right back.
It's just a little business thing.

(KILLIAN CLEARS THROAT)

This better be good.

We'd like you to come

to the station house
tomorrow, Mr. Wexler.

Why is that?

Just to go over your
whereabouts Tuesday night.

And why is that?

We have an idea

of what Diane might've been
threatening you with.

Who said she was
threatening me with anything?

We think that she was
threatening with one

or more r*pe prosecutions.

(CHUCKLES) You're deranged.

We've been through
Diane's files, Mr. Wexler.

Not the ones she kept at the office...

The ones she kept
in her bedroom at home.

- Uh-huh.
- We've read the notations

she made regarding the women with whom

she thought that you traded
leniency for sex.

MORALES: Not that r*pe would've
been the easiest case to make,

but with Diane out of the picture,

you would've had that much less
to worry about.

Why are you telling me this?

You wanted to be kept up-to-date
on the investigation.

That's what we're doing.

- Really?
- Mm-hmm.

Well, you haven't been all
that cooperative, Mr. Wexler.

It does raise suspicion.

You have what you need
to make an arrest, Detectives?

Hmm?

No, sir.

I'm gonna go back to enjoying my evening

with my wife and my friends.

Now, unless you have
an appropriate change of attire,

and $ , per person,

I suggest that
you go back to your squad room

in East New York and search for the perp

instead of making
fools of yourselves here.

Good night.

♪ ♪

Rude.

Thank you for taking the time
to talk to us, Ms. Drew.

We were able to locate you

through the Department
of Correctional Services.

I can only be down here
for a few minutes.

Understandable.
You don't want to talk to us

in front of the woman you work for.

Miss Dorothy's probably
calling for me already.

We asked Cissy if what

Diane Gould accused Wexler of was true.

Is it?

I was in a bad spot.
He took advantage of it.

What does that mean?

It means we had sex.

- It means he r*ped you.
- I let him.

- HAYWOOD: Mm.
- MORALES: You'd been convicted

of fraud and embezzlement,
were facing a prison sentence

of three to five years,

and based on a recommendation
from Mr. Wexler,

the judge sentenced you to time served.

I would have had my kids taken
from me and put in foster care.

By holding his recommendation
over your head,

Wexler r*ped you just as surely
as if he'd been holding a g*n.

I ain't saying I didn't do
what they convicted me of.

- It doesn't matter.
- If I hadn't stolen that money,

- I wouldn't have been in that spot.
- Cissy, it doesn't matter.

Hey, look, we think Paul
Wexler had something to do

with the m*rder of a woman

who threatened to expose
what he did to you,

and, in all likelihood,
other women, as well.

We're hoping you'll come forward
and testify against him.

So he can have something
to do with my m*rder?

KILLIAN: If he gets convicted

of r*pe and m*rder,

he's never gonna see the light
of day again, all right?

He will die in prison.

No, I seen his big office.

I've seen how many people
he boss around.

Ain't nothing against y'all,
but I don't think

you're gonna convict him of anything.

- We can protect you, Cissy.
- No, ma'am.

You can't.

(KNOCKING) SUAREZ: Come in.

Wexler's gone to the PC

about your detectives
showing up last night.

Is this really a conversation
that we should be having

- in front of the deputy mayor?
- SHARPE: You think

I'm unaware of these things, Inspector?

I'm sure you work hard
to stay current on police issues.

It's my responsibility to protect

the integrity of whatever
criminal investigations

I'm overseeing.

Well, maybe that's
the problem right there.

Maybe you shouldn't be overseeing them.

That's up to Chief Suarez to determine.

I'd say, at the very minimum,
your detectives behaved inappropriately.

I take full responsibility
for how my detectives behaved.

- As well you might!
- Is the problem

that Wexler was questioned
in a public place,

or that he was questioned at all?

Let's not dance around this.

- He wasn't just questioned.
- SUAREZ: Okay.

He was accused of r*pe.

Shall I quote to you the
statutory definition of r*pe?

I didn't come here
for a refresher course

in Criminal Law, Deputy Inspector.

- One might be in order.
- All right, that's enough!

If there's probable cause for an arrest,

then we need to get
the attorney general involved.

Regardless of that,
your detectives need to refrain

from a campaign
of character assassination

and public humiliation.

- Yes, sir.
- Deputy Mayor Sharpe will

respect the boundaries
between the police department

and City Hall and whatever
conclusions are supported

by the weight of evidence.

Make sure she does the same.

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Mr. Moynahan?

- Hmm?
- Yes?

I'm Dr. Patel.

A personal friend of Tom Killian's

has asked me to take a look
at your father's case.

There's a new protocol
I'd like to discuss with you.

Would you both come with me, please?

- Of course.
- Me?

Yeah, we're gonna
go with the doctor, Dad.

Okay.

Thank you. Oh.

- You good?
- Yeah, yeah.

- Okay.
- Okay.

(KNOCKING)

(DOOR OPENS)

- Inspector Haywood?
- I am.

I'm Sarah McKay. I got a
message you needed to see me?

Come in, Ms. McKay.

My condolences on the loss
of your colleague,

Diane Gould.

Friend. Thank you.

Over the course of the investigation

of Diane's m*rder, some information

about Mr. Wexler has emerged

that I think you should know about.

Well, I'm not sure I know why
I would need to know about it.

You told my detectives you're
in a relationship with Mr. Wexler.

I would think you would want
to know about them.

Well, I don't.

Did you know a woman named Cissy Drew?

- No.
- Your office

prosecuted her for embezzlement.

King's County prosecutes a lot of people

for a lot of things.

She told us that Mr. Wexler

recommended time served
in return for sex.

And you believe that?

I believe it.

More importantly,

Diane Gould believed it,
which is what got her k*lled.

(LAUGHS)

I don't know why people are
drawn to these wild stories.

(LAUGHS AIRILY)

Is it because they like
to bring other people down?

You know, feed
on other people's misfortune?

It might be because
they think they are true.

I'm due in court.

Excuse me. (SNIFFLES)

♪ Whoo-ooh, hoo, ooh... ♪

- You all right?
- Yeah, I'm all right.

This place looks busy.

Yeah, it definitely picking up.

Well, it's doing its thing, you know?

Yeah.

Thank you for doing
what you did for my father.

There's no way the insurance companies

would have covered the treatments
that Dr. Patel is giving him.

Oh, I hope it makes a difference.

It makes a difference that he feels like
he's getting taken care of.

Good. Good, good, good.

And I feel the same way.

♪ Every little, little thing ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ We don't have to talk about it... ♪

SANDEFORD: Oh.

- TAMIKA: Hey.
- SANDEFORD: Hey.

- Hi.
- Hey, Tamika.

I'm going up to the bar.
Would you care for something?

Uh, yes, Sancerre, please.

- You got it.
- Thanks. Thanks.

- Huh.
- Andre's folks

have a condo in St. Croix,
and he says we can stay there.

It's beautiful. Have you been there?

No, but Andre's
shown me pictures before.

TAMIKA: Ah.

When were you thinking
we'd go there, Marvin?

Thinking we'd go there
for our honeymoon.

That mean you still want to get married?

I've caused you to doubt it, haven't I?

Only because you hadn't mentioned it
for a couple of days.

Oh, he mentioned it to me.

Did he?

All those hours walking
a foot post, you talk a lot.

Sometimes, you say what you're thinking.

Sometimes, you don't say
what you're thinking,

but your partner...
your partner knows anyway.

Tamika?

When I got sh*t, I saw how much love

this guy had in his heart for me.

- Oh, man.
- Hey, I'm serious.

And from listening to him,

I know how much love
he has in his heart for you.

If I didn't mention it,
maybe it was because

there was a part of me that
didn't want anything to change,

because in my mind,
everything was perfect,

and I didn't want
to risk disappointing you,

or disagreeing with you.
I didn't want to risk anything.

I didn't even want to breathe on it.

Oh.

You know it means something to
me to be married, though, right?

Yes, I do.

If it means something to you,
it means something to me.

I love you, Marvin.

And I love you.

YENKO: Now, in case you
were wondering, I happen

to be fully-credentialed

by the State of New York
as a marital officiant.

(LAUGHS)

Shall we?

What? Right here, now?

Y-Yeah. Right-right here, right now.

Yes.

(LAUGHTER)

For God's sake, then, marry us.

(LAUGHTER) All right, Bentley,
you at least years of age?

- I am.
- All right, stand up.

You're the witness. Go over there.

- You... bridesmaid. Flank 'em.
- Got it.

Here you are, young lady.

- There you go. Hey. Hey.
- Thank you.

Everybody. There's a wedding going on.

OFFICER: Oh, good.

- (LAUGHS)
- (EXHALES)

Do you, Marvin Lucian Sandeford,

take this woman
to be your lawfully-wedded wife?

To love, to cherish,
to have and to hold,

in sickness and in health,
for richer, for poorer,

as long as you both shall live?

I do.

And do you, Tamika Martin,

take this man to be
your lawfully-wedded husband?

Yeah. (LAUGHS)

(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)

Congratulations.

We did it! (LAUGHING)

♪ ♪

KILLIAN: Wexler's body's
over here, boss.

(SIREN WAILS)

HAYWOOD: Where is she?

MORALES: Over there.

HAYWOOD: We recover a w*apon?

Dropped right next to the body.

HAYWOOD: Let's go.

♪ When does it end ♪

♪ And begin ♪

♪ When does it rise ♪

♪ Again... ♪

How'd it happen, Sarah?

I pressed him

about the women he was supposed
to have taken advantage of.

I pressed him about...

the circumstances of Diane's death.

He became enraged

that I wouldn't take
his answers at face value,

that I kept pressing him.

I did what I'd learned to do
as a prosecutor.

- Who suggested you meet here?
- I did.

I thought he wouldn't get violent

if we met in a public place
where there were cameras.

I was wrong about that.

What'd he do?

He put his hands around my neck,

and he started to choke me,
and I wasn't going

to let him do to me
what he did to Diane.

So I sh*t him.

♪ Rise again... ♪

Was it self-defense, Sarah?

I think it would qualify
as self-defense, yes.

You understand we're going
to have to arrest you now?

I do understand.

I'm familiar with the process.

♪ Rise... ♪

- She says it was self-defense.
- You buy it?

A good prosecutor could
probably punch holes in it.

But would they want to?

Would they just want to let it go?

♪ And begin ♪
♪ And begin ♪

♪ When does it rise ♪

♪ Again? ♪