01x07 - Tasha

[bunniefuu]

[Hiphop music playing]

[Upbeat music playing]

Eddie: All right, last question.

- J.c.: All right.
- Eddie: You're gonna be an hour late

returning your offspring
to the custodial parent.

- J.c.: Right, right.
- A, you call.

- J.c.: Uh-huh.
- B, you call only

if you can find a phone.
C, you don't call at all.

D, 'cause the way
Chantal would b*tch,

I'd just throw some earplugs
in, then I'd drop my son off.

Eng! Wrong answer.
According to this,

you're gonna have to
try real hard getting' along

- with Chantal, baby.
- Yeah, yeah.

That's how she got
pregnant in the first place

man: Get the hell off me,
man! Where's that doctor, huh?

Pickin' his teeth off the
floor. Why don't you try

- shutting your mouth?
- I want him arrested now, man!

I want him now, you
know what I'm sayin'?

- Woman: Stop, wait a minute.
- [Indistinct shouting]

- Stop! It's not his fault!
- Eddie: Hey, chill!

Woman: What are you doing?
Come on, it's not his fault!

- Why can't you listen to us?
- Chill a minute.

Look, I'm listening to you.
Talk to me. What's going on?

They k*lled Tasha.

She didn't even turn one
yet, and they k*lled her.

Who's Tasha?

She was my baby.

She was my baby
girl, and they k*lled her,

they k*lled my baby.

Oh, they k*lled her.

Ray, she's gone.

- She's gone.
- Ray: I know, baby.

I know, I know, baby, I know.

- I know.
- Why don't you have a seat?

Come on, marah.

Says here you tried to rip
some doctor's head off his neck.

He had it comin'.

Eddie: Ain't the first time
you've been busted, right?

Man, that was two years
ago. I ain't robbed since then.

Not since...

Not since she was pregnant.

You're name is j.C., right?

My sister dawn is
friends with Chantal.

I met you guys when you
threw that party for your son.

Yeah, I remember.

So what's this all about?

Our baby woke us up.

She was coughing and
choking with this asthma.

So we rushed her
down to St. Christopher's

'cause they
supposed to be all that.

So you get there, and
then what happens?

They took one look at us and
served us some black doctor.

Yeah, if we were white
they would've given us

the white doctor. The white man,
that's who we wanted for Tasha.

Did you get him?

Yeah.

He said he was
the man in charge,

and that homeboy
was just there to assist.

I tell you, man, homeboy,
he was like bitin' down,

like you could tell
he was heated, man.

Then what?

Twenty minutes slid by,
and doctor Parker was like...

- The white one?
- Ray: Yeah.

He was like,
"y'all just chill out.

Tasha's gonna be fine."

Half an hour later,
homeboy comes back with,

"we lost her."

What went wrong?

He gave us some bunk line

about a cardiac arrest.

They see two black
kids with a baby,

and they think we dumb
enough to believe anything?

J.c.: It just doesn't
seem that impossible.

You have a sick baby,
her heart stops beating...

- No, but it didn't.
- J.C.: It could happen.

It didn't! If you guys would
just go and talk to them

and look in their faces,
you would see that they lyin'.

Even though I ain't
stealin' no more,

I know when I'm
being robbed, man!

Yeah, that black doctor,
he robbed us, man.

Yo, he k*lled my daughter.

He k*lled my daughter, man.

J.c.: So we'll keep
ray in custody.

But you know what? I
don't blame the brother.

If someone would've k*lled
my son I would've ripped

- his head off, too.
- Well, then you'd be

in the same cell, too.

So a baby ends up in a
body bag, and nobody cares?

I care. But it happens.

- So that's it?
- That's it, unless you want

to be a lawyer on
this case, detective.

If those kids are right,
this is malpractice,

- not homicide.
- J.C.: You catchin' this, ed?

- Killin' babies is not criminal.
- Cooper: Look, Williams,

I understand that you know
one of the parents on this case,

so I'm cutting you some
slack, but don't push it.

Eddie: Come on,
lieutenant. A malpractice case

could take years,
but those kids,

they need some
answers right now.

How old you say they were?

Eighteen and nineteen.

Legally, malpractice
is out of our hands.

But if you should
investigate the as*ault,

maybe you'll find out what
happened to that baby.

[Indistinct chatter on radio]

Excuse me. We're
looking for Dr. Ross.

Haven't seen him
since this morning.

Maybe Dr. Parker can help
you. His office is right over there.

- Eddie: Thanks a lot.
- It's my pleasure.

It could be.

- Dr. Parker?
- Last I checked.

Detective torres, Williams.

- Mind if we talk?
- Got a patient to see.

Think we can walk and
talk at the same time?

We'll try to concentrate.

What's up, fellas?

We're investigating
the as*ault on Dr. Ross.

Yeah. He was pretty
shaken up. I sent him home.

- Did you witness the attack?
- No, I was having too much fun

writing "deceased"
on a medical report.

You're talkin' about
the baby, Tasha?

Yes. For a moment, we
thought she was going to make it.

Well, evidently
the father did, too.

I mean, you did tell
him that she'd be fine?

We controlled the asthma.
Thought there was nothing else

- to worry about.
- But there was?

Stress, trauma.

That's a lot for a
baby to sustain.

- She went into cardiac arrest.
- So this is while

you're in the waiting
room talking to the parents?

- Parker: Yes.
- So while you're in there

tellin' them how fine the baby's
gonna be, where's Dr. Ross?

He and nurse Warner
were with the baby.

So you're saying Ross and
Warner were alone with the baby,

all of a sudden she
gets a cardiac arrest?

I am saying those kids came
in here and offended Dr. Ross.

They offended all of us.

But we worked like
hell to save that baby.

That kid was way out of line.

J.c.: No, all we're asking
is if anything happened

that might have
provoked the as*ault.

Can't remember.

It was just this morning,
and you can't remember?

Kinda young to be senile.

I was running between
that table and another one

where a kid lost a finger.

It wasn't a picnic, you
know what I mean?

Actually, no.

Look, I didn't see a fight.

I didn't even know
there was a fight.

So I can't help you.

Ed, were we just
rude to the lady?

I thought we were
as charming as ever.

So why is she upset?

Believe it or not, I used
to wrestle in high school.

Getting my a*s kicked makes
me realize just how rusty I am.

Well, it's not every
day a brother hears

that his baby was k*lled.

He heard that his baby died.

Right. So, uh, you break
out of the emergency room,

and you tell him
that his baby died.

- Yes.
- Eddie: So just like that,

he goes for your throat?

Why don't we just drop this?

I'm not gonna press charges.

A man leaves his fingerprints
on my neck, I want his a*s in jail.

I kind of feel sorry for them.

Sorry? As in feelin' guilty?

Sorry, as in feeling sorry.

Eddie: So how'd you
feel when those kids asked

- for a white doctor?
- People are ignorant,

but you learn to deal with it.

I would think you
guys could relate.

You know, right about now
we could relate to the truth.

Look, I'm just an
intern, all right?

Come on, black. You see
"stupid" written on my forehead?

I'm supposed to
be taking it easy.

So if you don't mind.

All right.

We're wasting our time, ed.

Let's be out.

If you became a doctor
just to get paid, I understand.

But that's not what
you're all about.

Prove it.

[Dramatic music playing]

Those kids are not
imagining things.

Something went wrong, and
that intern definitely knows

- what time it is.
- No question, man.

He ain't talkin', and
that nurse has amnesia.

A match made in heaven, right?

Let's go get some
food, man. I'm hungry.

No, man, I gotta jet
to Brooklyn, baby.

My sister needs me
to do her this favor.

[Chuckles] So why
you look so happy?

'Cause my family usually
wants to break on me, man.

I'm just not used
to it, I guess.

[Upbeat music playing]

Eddie: Damn, this
is your friend's place?

Bet they even got a white maid.

Already you don't like them.

Eddie, they're doing
well for themselves.

- Does that make them so bad?
- No.

It just makes them rich, right?

Teresa: Thank you.

My sister says
your son is missing.

Sergio: It's been
three days now.

Thank you.

Uh, you report it?

Unfortunately, we've got
that down to a science.

You see, this isn't the first
time Joey's disappeared.

But it is the longest.

He's been running around
with the wrong crowd lately.

We think... we know
he's gotten into drugs.

- He admit that?
- Sergio: Of course not.

It's always another
party he's going to.

But he's been driving
into the city a lot.

We figure it's to buy his stuff.

The police say they'll
do their best to find him.

But you know, a runaway
teenager isn't top priority.

Teresa: I know it's a big
favor, but we were hoping

if you can get a lead on
Joey, maybe you could get him

- to come home.
- Deborah: Deep down,

he's really a good kid.

I gotta tell you, finding
your son in the city

is like a needle in a haystack.

Anything that you could do.

[Dramatic music playing]

Okay. I'll need a photo
and a license plate number,

- all right?
- [Exhales]

Thanks, Eddie.

They're two of my best friends.

Don't thank me yet.
I haven't found him.

All right.

So then, thanks for being here.

You think this is easy for me?

You seem to be coping.

I can't change what happened.

But you can set it right.

Doctor, if you don't, I will.

If you want to set it
right, then move on.

There are more lives to save.

Or k*ll?

I guess it's the luck
of the draw with you.

Dammit, Ross, you're not
thinking about that baby,

you're thinking about
you and your conscience.

What are you thinkin' about,
payments for your Mercedes?

Man, people trust you.

Depend on you.

Look, a couple of more years
in the E.R. and you'll understand.

[Tense music playing]

Ross: Detective torres, please.

How about detective Williams?

Uh, no, no emergency.

Just tell 'em Dr. Ross called.

J.c.: So, say I'm Tasha.

- Uh-huh.
- What would you do?

First thing I'd do is
give you a nebulizer.

You want to try
speakin' English?

Oh, that's a machine that allows
you to inhale asthma medicine.

And what if I inhale too much?

Oh, you would be gone.
You know, but the chances

of dyin' like that is
like one in a million.

So what if I don't get
better with this nebulizer?

Then I'd give you a
drug called aminophyllin.

And if I take too
much of this amino...

- Aminophyllin?
- Right.

I would be careless,
and you would be dead.

You know, the correct dosage
is like three milligrams per pound.

- Tasha was what?
- Twenty pounds.

- So that's sixty milligrams.
- Right.

Anything more would
have sped up her heart rate.

Fast enough for
a cardiac arrest?

- Definitely.
- Good, good. Thanks.

Um, so I have to go.

Oh. What, Sandra
got you on curfew?

Yeah, all right. Whatever.

But I appreciate what
you're doin', though.

For real.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

[Hiphop music playing]

And he closed the
door when he left...

Or it's a suicide.

Need to get that
syringe dusted for prints.

- What you got, wong?
- There's nothing in the syringe,

but pumping air in
the vein would k*ll him.

He's also got a
bruise on his head.

Could have hit the floor
after he stuck in the needle.

Damn.

He did try calling us, too.

Maybe he had somethin'
to tell us, after all.

Yeah. Obviously something
he couldn't live with.

[Upbeat music playing]

Yo, I'm tellin' you, man,
anything is possible.

- Oh, I don't...
- Presley: Hey, torres,

that favor you wanted
on that license plate?

- You got somethin'?
- Yep.

One of our guys
spotted the vehicle.

That kid parked it
there. That's the address.

Yo, I gotta do my
sister that favor.

Can you cover for me all right?

- I'll owe you one.
- Owe me one?

You need to check your
arithmetic. "I owe you one."

- [Siren blaring]
- [Upbeat music playing]

[Coughs]

Yo, Joey.

I could give you a
ticket for doin' that, baby.

Well, who the hell are you, man?

Detective torres, NYPD.

But, see, I ain't
done nothin', right?

I ain't heard nothin',
I ain't seen nothin'.

Well, yeah, your parents
ain't seen or heard of you

- in four days, Joey.
- So, I been busy, okay?

Yeah, you must be real busy,

you're down to hockin'
jewelry at a pawn shop.

- I eat out a lot, man.
- So what do you say we eat in,

- huh? Let's go take a ride.
- I ain't rollin' with you, man.

So where you rollin', baby? Huh?

What, to that crack house?

Huh?

What's it gonna be,
five dollars of rock,

or are you down to that
one dollar a puff thing?

No, man, see, to
be honest with you,

I was just goin' there to
tell everybody, "just say no."

Now, why didn't I
think of that, huh?

- Get outta my mix, man.
- Look, I can't do that,

all right? You know Mrs. Rivera?

See, that's my sister, and
she's worried about you.

So what do you say we
go home and put a smile

on your mother's
face, all right?

Hey, man, I said
get out of my mix.

Look, I'm already
in it, all right?

So if that crack
house is callin' you,

you're gonna have
to go through me.

Oh, so it's like that?

No, it's exactly like that.

[Grunting]

- Come on.
- Now we're gonna go

for that little ride.

- Look out!
- Officer: I got him.

Put him in holding
until his parents come.

Then send some units
down to that crack house.

Presley: Torres,
gorgeous, as always.

J.c.: Your stuff, ed?

One of your girl's p*mps
slap you? [Chuckles]

My sister's friends have
this kid who's on the pipe.

So I go to his spot and try
and talk some sense into him.

Ed, you go to a crack
house to be philosophical

- with a crack head?
- I was doin' my sister a favor.

Doin' your sister a favor is
like carrying her groceries,

helping with her plumbing,

not trying to be a
puerto rican Rambo.

Oh, so when I want to help
somebody out, it's personal,

but when you do, it's
business, is that it?

Whatever, man. It's your world.

You need to take a shower.

Yo.

Williams.

Yep.

None?

All right. Thanks.

That was the lab.

Syringe was dusted off.

No prints.

What do you mean, no
prints? Not even Ross'?

Not even Ross'.

So if it wasn't a suicide,

who'd go out of his
way to take this guy out?

Yeah.

[Upbeat music playing]

Eddie: All right, where's ray?

I don't know. He went out.

That the best you can do?

When he's upset
he doesn't like to talk.

He just goes for his walks.

He take a walk last night?

Yesterday, we got a
hospital bill for $900

for what they did to Tasha.

He probably walked to Jersey.

- How long was he gone?
- [Sighs]

I don't know. Why?

Dr. Ross was found dead
in his apartment last night.

- Ray didn't do nothing.
- Oh, he tell you that?

I just know, okay?

He ain't tryin' to be
no gangster no more.

[Hiphop music playing]

Eddie: People who are
innocent don't usually run.

Black people are considered
guilty until proven innocent.

- Why wouldn't he run?
- Don't make this a race issue, Ms. Morris.

We have witnesses
at that hospital

who heard your
client threaten Ross.

Then Ross turns up dead,
and ray tries to skip town.

Come on, a third grader
could make this stick.

Look, I ain't sayin' I
shed tears for that brother.

But I ain't the one that
canceled him, neither.

Mm-hmm. And you
were just on one of those

midnight strolls
of yours, right?

Right. On Lexington av.

I was nowhere
near the West Side.

Let me ask you
something, Raymond.

Ray.

Ray.

How'd you know he
lived on the West Side?

One of y'all must've said it.

No.

All right.

I followed him, found
out where he stayed

even thought about smokin' him.

I mean, bein' a father's like...

Like bein' a man.

And marah... Was a good mother.

That doctor took
that away from us.

I'm real glad he got
his, but I didn't do it.

You have a paper-thin
theory, lieutenant.

Absolutely no physical evidence.

Oh, get real, Ms. Morris.

We have enough to give
ray here free room and board

for a real long time.

Put him in holding.

You'll be hearing from me.

Oh, I look forward to it.

[Telephone rings]

[Sighs]

I really wish that
brother's telling the truth.

Revenge is a b*tch, man.

Williams, I need you
to keep working on this.

I have to talk to torres
for a few minutes.

All right?

You don't look too
happy, lieutenant.

I mean, uh,
unhappier than normal.

You're very
perceptive, detective.

I got a call from two
parents who claim

that you brutalized their son.

I said, "oh, hell no,
not my detective.

He's too busy working on a case.

And besides, he would never
go anywhere near your son

without informing me first."

Please, tell me I'm right.

The kid's parents are
friends with my sister.

They said he was missing.

I agreed to look for him.

Lemme guess, you found him.

He was about to buy
crack. I stopped him.

Torres, you are by far the
dumbest smart person I know.

Okay, it was
stupid, I realize that.

But at the time, I didn't
think that it would be that big

- of a deal.
- You didn't think, period.

Now, we've been
through this before.

What is it with you?

You are not a
one-man police force.

- I know.
- There's a right way to do things,

- and a wrong way...
- Lieutenant, I know!

Well, then, act like it!

Or if I made a mistake
giving you a shield,

here's your big
chance to say so.

You didn't make a mistake.

I hope not.

'Cause I am sick
of catching heat

every time you decide
to screw things up.

Now, you're a good cop, torres,

but if you ever sneak
around behind my back again,

you're gonna be a good
cop on an unemployment line.

Do you understand me?

Understood.

If those parents decide
to file a formal complaint,

it could get ugly.

[Door slams close]

[Telephone rings]

Yeah, Williams.

Yeah, he's here. Hold on.

Yo, round two.

It's yo' sister.

Ding.

Yeah?

Oh, look, you didn't
ask me to find him

because he was out
singin' in some boys' choir.

Believe me, Teresa,
I let him off easy.

What, I haven't changed?

Well, what about you?

Yeah, all right.

Fine.

J.c.: You all right?

I don't suppose you want
to talk about this, huh?

You ever feel out of place, man?

Yeah.

Every time I'm in bensonhurst.

Let's wash this, you know?

I don't want to talk about this.

Why don't we, uh,

why don't we go check
out Ross's building?

I mean, if someone
saw ray hangin' around,

you know, maybe we
can close this, huh?

[Upbeat music playing]

Whatever it is you're
sellin', I don't want it.

Now I definitely don't want it.

You do realize
it's against the law

to break a cop's foot?

What do you want?

J.c.: We're tryin' to wrap up

a m*rder investigation.

Dr. Ross. You know him?

Lewis: We said hi and 'bye.

You ever see this guy before?

No, I ain't never seen him.

Only person I saw with Ross
that night was some white dude.

Did you get a good
look at the guy?

Enough to know he was white.

He was yellin' at some
kids for sittin' on his tan benz.

A lot of doctors own Mercedes.

How about a tan one?

Yes, well, mine is tan. Why?

Eddie: You visit Ross
the night he died?

It's not uncommon for
me to drop in on my staff.

Well, is that a yes?

Yes. I visited him.

So why didn't you
tell us this before?

I saw no reason to.

Actually, I'm failing
to see a reason

to continue this conversation.

Well, let me help you out, doc.

Reason number one,
you don't cooperate,

then we think you have
somethin' that you're hiding.

Reason number two,

you not cooperating
could piss us off.

Ross had a lot of potential.

I wanted to remind him of that.

He didn't want to
talk, so we didn't.

- So you just left?
- That's right.

Is there anything else that
you see no reason to tell us?

If so, I'll have my
attorney call you.

All of a sudden
he wants a lawyer.

- Maybe it's something we said.
- Maybe.

Or maybe it's
somethin' he ain't sayin'.

Let's go check the nurse.

See if she's feeling
any friendlier.

We'll do that.

I have nothing to say to you.

See, that's what makes us
think you have something to hide.

You're tryin' real hard to act
like you don't give a damn.

Maybe I'm not acting.

I think you are.

I think you want
to see justice done,

only you want to get involved.

I have two kids in college.

My priority is
paying their tuition

not losing my job.

So something did go wrong
in the emergency room.

I didn't say that.

Eddie: So you're
afraid of losing your job

because everything was fine?

Mrs. Warner, somebody has got

to stand up for that baby,

and for Dr. Ross.

And you don't seem
like the type of person

who's just going
to turn your back.

Look, they overdosed the baby.

J.c.: Aminophyllin?

She was given twice the
dosage she should have gotten.

You must've known
that would k*ll her.

When she came
in, we were rushed,

and Dr. Parker took charge.

He doesn't always
go by the book.

A lot of times miracles happen.

Yeah, not this time.

No.

I checked the
chart later that day.

It said cardiac arrest
due to stress and trauma.

So the baby died, and
Parker lied on the chart

to cover his a*s.

Maybe we're all to blame,

but if anyone
changed that chart,

it was Dr. Parker
and his friend kojack.

- Kojack?
- Yeah, a little joke on staff.

It means cocaine
and Jack Daniels.

J.c.: So, doc had a
thing for the bottle.

When he has to get straight...

How old you think
Dr. Parker is, huh?

Thirty-one? Thirty-two?

About that.

All right, 32 years old,
head of emergency services.

This gets out,
his career is over.

And if Parker knew that
Ross was gonna talk...

- He'd have to shut him up.
- Word.

Let's go to the bar
the nurse told us about.

Wait, wait, wait. Hold on.

Detective torres.

Eddie: I hope you're
here to pick up your son

and not file this complaint
I've been hearing about.

You should be
ashamed of what you did.

I think you're making a mistake.

The mistake was yours.

I should never have been
involved in the first place.

I wasn't out there tryin' to
hurt your son, Mrs. Claudio.

You want someone to blame?

Don't look at me or the
crowd he's been hangin' with.

- You should check yourselves.
- Same goes for you.

Look, I'm not the one that's
throwin' him crazy dollars

and jewelry just
so he can get high.

- Excuse us.
- Do you actually think

that by jeopardizing my career
you're protecting your son?

I'd like to ask you
to get out of our way.

Or are you going
to beat me up, too?

Hey, don't worry about it, baby.

Come on.

Call up Mother Teresa.

Have her clear all this up.

It's no use, man.

It's like you say, bensonhurst.

Let's go find that bar, man.

Yeah, I knew Dr. Parker.

Great tipper.

Eddie: He come here a lot?

Noon. Like clockwork.

What about last Tuesday?

Larry: Yeah, he was here.

We had a bet on Monday's game.

I put up a couple
of free drinks,

he put up a physical.

So who won?

He did.

Eddie: So Larry
the bartender says

you had drinks
Tuesday afternoon.

You and your friend kojack.

Larry is mistaken.
I had club sodas.

And as far as my friend goes,

that's a problem from the past.

I've been getting
help ever since.

Tell that to Tasha.

That was an accident.

But I have never
treated a patient

while I was intoxicated.

Mis-dosage is not
a crime, lieutenant.

I know, Mr. Elliott. m*rder is.

You were at Ross's house
the night he died, right?

Ross threatened to tell the
truth about how I screwed up.

I asked him to
keep it between us.

- J.c.: Did he agree?
- No. No, he didn't.

So I left.

But he was very much alive.

And what time was that?

Around 8:00.

I had to get back
to the hospital.

You can ask anyone, by


J.c.: Well, I don't
care what time it was.

Since when are you
leavin' people alive?

- Watch it, detective.
- You don't think

that your client knows
that he's a drunk?

He kills babies.

He k*lled Dr. Ross.

This is unbelievable.

Look, while you're
busy locking people up,

I'm trying to save lives.

Now, I have patients die on me

but I would never k*ll anybody.

Last time I checked, lying
wasn't even a misdemeanor.

Bottom line, we got nothing.

We got a witness who
says he was drunk.

What witness? We got a bartender

who serves maybe fifty,
a hundred people a day.

Well, what about the nurse?

Cooper: It's his
word against hers.

This guy's sharp.

You want him, you're
gonna have to get a lot more.

J.c.: So, the guy yells at you,

tells you to get
off of his benz...

Yeah, he was crazy mean.

Did this white guy have
anything in his hands

- when he left the building?
- His keys.

Did he have a doctor's bag?

Nah, he was just all mad
because we was on his car.

And how mad was he?

Not as mad as Dr. Ross
was when he came out.

What, he screamed at you, too?

Yeah, he said for us to shut up

'cause he has to get up early.

Was this before
Mr. Benz left or after?

It was after.

Eddie: If you had
to guess, what time

would you say it was
when Ross came out?

Five minutes to 9:00.

And how can you be so sure?

'Cause I was just
about to go upstairs

to watch "models, inc."

J.c.: Thanks.

So Parker is in
the hospital at 8:15,

Ross is alive at 5:00 to 9:00.

He couldn't have done it.

Eddie: Yo, any guy
about to commit suicide

is not worrying about
waking up in the morning.

J.c.: So you know where
this leaves us, right?

So Ray's lawyer says you're
going to question him again.

- Yep.
- Why don't you just leave him alone, j.C.?

He's been through
enough already.

Can't do that. Look, I'm sorry.

I thought we were supposed
to be on the same side.

So did I.

Ray is really a good person.

If he did anything wrong,
I know he didn't mean to.

Still makes it wrong.

Yeah, but you
don't even know him.

When Tasha was born, I promise,

he was just as proud of
her as you are of your son.

He was good to us.

I mean, he went
out and got two jobs.

- I gotta go.
- J.C., wait a minute, please.

Losin' Tasha was bad enough.

Please, I am begging you,
do not take ray away from me.

Yo, it's time.

J.c.: You know what I wish, ray?

I wish that I could open
that door and let you leave,

so you could go
make marah happy.

So go open that door.

I'll take care of the rest.

Yeah.

- Like you took care of Dr. Ross?
- Amazing.

You can't solve this case,
so you pick on my client.

It's called process
of elimination.

I's called bull!

I wish that you were right.

'Cause I didn't want to believe

that you wouldn't k*ll anybody.

Especially a black man.

But I guess a brother's
life is worthless to you, huh?

I ain't got no brothers.

It's about me and my family.

You know what I'm sayin'?

Yeah, I know what you're sayin'.

No father, your
mom's a crack head.

So you turned
stick-up kid, right?

Pullin' what, a g a week?

And then your
girl gets pregnant,

and instead of runnin'
away, you take responsibility.

You get a job. Two of 'em.

Yeah, so what?

So you can't get a damn
break, can you, ray?

In a heartbeat,

your whole world collapses
and your baby dies.

Why don't you
ease up, detective?

Because he k*lled
an innocent man.

You hear that, ray?

That man was innocent.

Ross didn't k*ll your daughter.

Yeah, right.

What, was it the
fairy godmother?

Nope.

It was Parker.

He gave your
daughter an overdose.

And while he was kicking it
with you in the waiting room,

your daughter was dying.

How you know that?

Parker told us.

Why, ray?

No matter how
many people you k*ll,

that's not going to
make you a man.

And it's definitely not
gonna bring back Tasha.

Ray, we told you
that we would help.

Why couldn't you
just let us do our job?

Nah, I was just tryin' to do
right for my daughter, man.

I was her father.

Could I have a moment
alone with my client?

Sure.

- Cooper: You okay?
- This sucks, loo.

If it wasn't for Parker, that
kid wouldn't even be here.

Word. I bet you anything

he goes into that emergency
room high as a kite.

You know, maybe we're
not finished with him yet.

J.c.: What are you thinkin'?

That bartender says
that Parker likes to drink

about 12:00, right?

Yeah, so?

So maybe we have
a little emergency

waiting for him about 12:15.

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♪ Me and Mrs. Jones ♪

♪ we got a thing goin' on ♪

♪ we both know
that it's wrong we ♪

♪ but it's much too strong ♪

♪ to let it go now ♪

♪ we meet every day ♪

♪ at the same cafe ♪

I left messages for you, Eddie.

The least you could
do is call me back.

My phone broke.

At work, too?

Hey, I'm all out of favors.

I came to say I'm sorry.

So you're just gonna sit there.

Look, I went all
out for you, Teresa.

You said that boy was in
trouble, and I tried to help.

But when it came down to being his
word against mine, you bailed on me.

- I was wrong, okay?
- No, it's not okay!

This could cost me my job.

They decided to
drop the charges.

So...

What, I'm supposed
to be grateful?

Teresa: I think they are.

They realized you
saved Joey's life.

And I realized I should
have trusted you.

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Somos familia.

♪ Well, it's time for
us to be leaving ♪

♪ it hurts so much, it
hurts so much inside ♪

♪ now she'll go her
way and I'll go mine ♪

♪ tomorrow we'll
meet, the same place ♪

♪ the same time ♪

♪ me and Mrs., Mrs. Jones ♪

♪ Mrs. Jones, Mrs.
Jones, Mrs. Jones ♪

♪ we got a thing goin' on ♪

♪ I wanna meet
and talk with you ♪

♪ at the same place,
the same time ♪

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♪ we gonna talk it over ♪

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