01x14 - Family Tithes

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Previously on East New York...

This is Adam Lustig.

Adam's the major
developer in East New York.

Do me a favor,
play Sherlock Holmes on your own time.

When people suddenly
become uncooperative,

they usually have something to hide.

- I count three.
- No, please.

- Please...
- One...

Nothing my lawyer can't handle, Ray.

Nothing my lawyer can't handle.

SHARPE: Alison Cha is
a very important addition to our team.

We could have dinner together.

As long as it's not Al fresco.

(CHUCKLES) It won't be.

What are you doing here?
You can't force your way

onto church property, Chief.

Make a plate for your brother.

- What do I always say?
- Family first.

Family last. (SPEAKS SPANISH)

I went out to the car to get my
phone, and I stayed out there,

hoping that if anybody had to get sh*t,

it wouldn't be me.

What can I do?

Nothing.

Okay.

BENTLEY (ECHOING): If
you're training me to be like you,

why don't you let me drive
every once in a while?

SANDEFORD: Think fast. (KEYS JINGLE)

(BENTLEY LAUGHS)

BENTLEY: Who's got it better than us?

MAN: What's up, man?

(g*n COCKS)

(g*nsh*t)

SANDEFORD: Bentley!

(PANTING ECHOES)

♪ ♪

(STOPWATCH BEEPS)

Seven-five indoors.

Now, that

is gonna b*at anyone that
you go against on Saturday.

How'd I do?

You did good.
That was... That was incredible.

How do you feel?

I feel good. I could definitely
do another event on Saturday, though.

You're doing the hundred
and the four-by-one.

That's enough for one meet, Georgia.

Even though she just k*lled it
in the hundred-meter hurdle?

SABRINA: No, no, no. No hurdles.

Tanya's been practicing her hand-off.

She could definitely run
the third leg in the four-by-one.

Uh, let us decide
who the top four runners are.

In the meantime,
you girls go hit the showers.

Nice work.

Is she in the top four?

Not even on her best day.

That settles that.

But I'm just so glad that I was
able to convince you to help coach.

Well, my mom used to help coach me.

I figured it was
a full circle type thing, you know?

- Hey.
- (PANTING HEAVILY)

What was my time?

I wasn't timing you.

- I was only timing Georgia, Andre.
- No. No.

(WOMEN CHUCKLING)

You did good, man.

SABRINA: Thanks for helping us out.

- He single?
- Sabrina.

- What?
- (WHISTLE BLOWS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER FROM TELEVISION)

(INDISTINCT TELEVISION CHATTER
CONTINUES)

(DISTANT g*nsh*t)

(DISTANT g*nsh*t, GLASS BREAKS)

(CAR ALARM BLARES)

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Who is it?

BENTLEY: It's me.

- Did you hear that?
- Yeah, I called it in.

What, you had to come check up on me?

If there's a situation,
there needs to be two of us responding.

sh*ts fired at Ruskin Gardens.
Two off-duty members

of the service wearing rain jackets.
Show us responding.

(LOUD METAL MUSIC PLAYS)

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

♪ It's crazy ♪

♪ Are you trying to play me? ♪

♪ You've become afraid of me ♪

♪ Nah, it's crazy... ♪

- My man.
- Yo, Lorenzo.

Hey, what up, big man?

It's : , Cody.

Party time is over.

Okay. Come on, man.

Just come have a drink or something.

I don't want nothing to drink, man.
I want to go to sleep.

Hey, I know the dude.
I know the dude just for you.

Somebody get this man a Henny.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING IN DISTANCE)

Hey, did you guys hear the g*nshots?

(CHATTER STOPS)

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER RESUMES)

You got no consideration, Cody.

You got hard-working people out here
who can't get to sleep.

You got your grandmother in the room
with her door closed.

(LAUGHS)

Yo, my grandma is chill, bro.

She sleep through anything.

I'm gonna tell you this right now, man.

I got to come out
my apartment one more time,

I'm shutting it down myself.

"Shut it down myself." (LAUGHS)

Yo, 'Renzo got a real
stick up his ass. For real.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

♪ You in the danger zone ♪

(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)

What's going on?

QUINLAN: g*n's registered to his father.

Here you go.

It's been cleared.

Young genius thought it would be funny

to leave the party
and sh**t out a streetlight.

Party central was apartment -C.

Let's check to see
if anybody there was involved.

Meantime, run him in.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

HAYWOOD: Who is it
that lives in this apartment?

I do.

And you are?

I'm her grandniece.
I live over in building H.

Who was having the party?

GRANDNIECE: That would be my cousin.

Cody. He's been living here.

Where is he now?

He's probably around here somewhere.

He can't be keeping folks up at night.

I already told him that.

It might be that a police
officer has to tell him that.

There ain't no need for that,
ma'am. Most times,

when I tell him to do
something, he does it.

All right.

We'll let you get back to sleep.

I get you back in bed, Aunt Lillie?

Well, didn't turn out to be
much of anything, boss.

Sorry to get you over here.

No, no, don't be sorry.

When there are g*nshots fired,
and two of my officers are living there,

I need to know about it, okay?

- Mm-hmm.
- All right.

How're you holding up?

Okay. I soaked in some Epsom salts.

Well, make sure you get some rest.

Yeah. She's got me running
with these youngsters

- at this track club.
- Oh.

What do you think about Georgia?

She's fast.

Who's this?

Uh, their top sprinter.

Yeah, she ran an . hundred
at her last meet. Just into the wind.

It was... You know...

(WOMAN SCREAMS)

WOMAN: Oh, my God...

Excuse me, sir. Please stand back.

Any idea who this is?

It's my cousin. Cody.

LILLIE: Tiffany?

TIFFANY: It's all right, Aunt Lillie.

LILLIE: Who was that screaming?

Just some girl.

Radio Crime Scene
that we have a homicide.

Seal off the apartment.

Okay.

(KNOCK ON DOOR) Yeah?

Ma?

They don't make it easy to get in here.

(SPEAKS SPANISH)

...let me you know were coming?

I decided last-minute

that what I got to say
is better to say it in person.

Ma, what is it?

Your brother's church is being sold.

Uh...

Sold? To-to who?

To... I don't know, somebody
who wants the property.

I don't know who.

Yeah, well, there's a lot of that
happening in East New York, Ma.

That's all you got to say?
"There's a lot of that happening"?

It's the Brooklyn Diocese,
sometimes they decide to consolidate...

That church is his whole life.

Uh, I don't think that there's
a lot that I could do, Ma.

You can call your brother
and ask him how he is.

Not for nothing,
but he could call me also.

Okay, you don't call him
and he doesn't call you?

- So you're strangers now?
- (SPEAKS SPANISH)

All right, I will call him.

Good.

(SPEAKS SPANISH)

Forget about it.
Forget call. Go see him.

All right. I'll go see him.

Okay. Well...

(SPEAKS SPANISH) Love you, too.

How do I get out of here?

Okay, come on.

Apparently, neither Quinlan nor Bentley

had any interactions with Cody.

He lived in a different
building from them.

And he has half a dozen collars.

Possession, disorderly conduct,

plus eight outstanding warrants.

I think we should talk
to the grandmother again.

Her niece said she had
to give her a sedative.

Head over there. Maybe it's worn off.

Oh. Well, lookee here.

Old Carl Lewis

- done pulled a hammy.
- No, I did not.

Just preventative measures, my man.

Who you trying to impress, Andre?

Nobody.

So you out there running sprints
with our CO just for fun?

I'm out there because
she asked me to be out there,

- And you know what?
- Hmm?

I'm still capable of respectable
times in the hundred.

You're out there trying to show her
that your head is on straight.

Now, uh, would you kindly

move your capable feet
so I can get to my locker?

- Please.
- Thank you.

So kind of you.

(LOCKER DOOR SQUEAKS OPEN)

MORALES: Did your grandson
have an argument with anyone?

Not that I know of.

The music was so loud,

and she was in her room
with the door closed.

She wouldn't have heard it if he was.

I think I would've heard it.

Okay, Aunt Lillie.

What time did you get here, Ms. Edwards?

TIFFANY: After the cops arrived.

The sirens woke me up.

I saw the police cars lined
up and down the street, so...

I decided to see what was going on.

You didn't want to come over
to hang out beforehand?

Cody asked me all the time,

"Come on, cuz. Come chill with us."

I was dead on my feet last night.
I wasn't going nowhere.

LILLIE: I had two

doctor's appointments yesterday.

TIFFANY: You did.

She takes me.

She waits for me.

All right, Aunt Lillie.

They're not interested in
who takes you to the doctor.

Would you happen to know the names

of some of the people who were here?

I know Renaldo was here.

MORALES: Would you
happen to know his last name?

Briggs. Renaldo Briggs.

All right, is there, um, anyone else?

Probably that boy Draymon was there.

MORALES: What's his last name?

I wouldn't know that.

Straw.

Let's get you something
to eat, Aunt Lillie.

You haven't had anything yet today.

(SNIFFLES)

I don't want nothing.

She just needs to eat.

Okay.

Thank you for your time.

(CRYING)

Okay, okay.

Okay.

- You know what?
- Huh?

I'll never get used
to these kind of shoes.

Why not? They look good on you.

But they don't take a shine.

You gonna be wearing hard-soled shoes
walking a foot post?

I'm not saying that
they're not more comfortable.

What I'm saying is when you look good,

you do better at your job.

- Guys.
- Hey.

Hey, Brandy.

- How you doing?
- Good.

Are you sore from working out
with the girls' track club yesterday?

Okay, everybody got jokes today.

- I'll see you out front.
- All right.

I'm feeling all right.

Good.

You know, this is

the track club that Haywood's
helping out with, right?

Yeah. Yeah, I know.
I know that you're helping her help out.

Brandy?

Andre?

I ran some sprints.

It actually feels really good.

Great.

Mom told me they're selling the church.

Looks like it.

They say why?

The land the church is sitting on
is a lot more valuable to developers

than it's worth as a place
where a few aging Filipinos

and Puerto Ricans come for Mass.

So, it's a done deal?

Afraid so.

Bishop called me himself.

Wow. Well, I'm sorry, Frank.

Matthew tells us Jesus
entered the temple

and drove out all who sold and bought
in the temple.

He said "My house"
"shall be called a house of prayer,

but you have made it a den of thieves."

Why would I imagine
it could be otherwise?

KILLIAN: Renaldo, what can
you tell us about Cody's death?

Man, I'm sick about it.

You see him having an
argument with anyone?

That was the thing about Cody.
He was fickle as hell.

What do you mean by that?

- What do you mean by that?
- If you were his friend,

you were his friend.

DRAYMON: You start cracking
the wrong jokes about Cody,

all of a sudden he'd be like,
"That's my liquor you're drinking,

my weed you're smoking. Give me $ ."

You say you ain't got it, he get ugly.

And he get ugly last night?

Last night, he was chilled out.
He had his girl.

He was hanging.

Draymon, you know his girl's name?

Yeah.

Savannah Obie.

Savannah Obie.

Savannah Obie.

It's the police.
We'd like to talk to you.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Savannah Obie?

Savannah Obie?

Police. Stop.

Yo, bros, police after me.

Please, I need your bike,
I need your bike.

Hey, chill!

(SCREAMS)

You're gonna have to wait
on the bike ride, Savannah.

Now stand up.

- (GRUNTS)
- All right.

Come on, let's go.

What was the relationship
between you and Cody?

He did his thing and I did mine.

If we were both in the same place
at the same time, we'd hook up,

but I don't know who else he was into,

and I don't know what he was into.

Yeah, but you were with him last night.

Until I left.

KILLIAN: Then why'd you leave?

'Cause I was meeting
somebody else, okay?

Who?

I ain't gonna say his name.

This isn't a social visit, Savannah.

It's a homicide investigation.

That means you're gonna give us
names, times and places,

and we're gonna have to verify them.

Unless I say I want to talk
to Johnnie Cochran, right?

Johnnie Cochran's dead.

Well, somebody like Johnnie Cochran.

MORALES: So you're not interested in

helping us find who k*lled your friend,

is that right?

It wasn't me,
I could tell you that much.

Well, no one's accusing you.

I'd be looking at that fool Draymon.

Yeah? Why's that?

He was seeing Cody's cousin, Tiffany,

who Cody couldn't stand.

Cody could have got up
in Draymon's business,

Draymon could have snapped.

That's who I'd be looking at.

You're welcome.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CREAKS SHUT)

Ah.

Chief. Sorry I'm late.

You know, they told me
a representative of the LLC

buying the church would
be meeting with me.

I had no idea it would be you.

Well, it's always best not to

trumpet your personal identity
in real estate transactions, Chief.

It just gives the rabble an opportunity
to score some points,

not to mention
to thr*aten my personal safety.

(CHUCKLES)

I don't know how you managed to
stay out of prison, Mr. Lustig.

(LAUGHS) That shouldn't
be a surprise to you.

I mean, all that drama stemmed from

that crazy real estate broker
Brenda Sykes.

What, you think I'm clumsy enough
to have some Slavic steroid monster

sh**t up a van in broad daylight?

Or lucky enough to have someone
like Regina Haywood save your life.

(EXHALES) Yeah.

I am forever grateful to her for that.

So, not only aren't you in prison,

you're the principal
partner in this LLC.

It is an incredibly exciting time

to be a real estate
developer in New York.

You're looking to acquire the land
under St. Abigail's?

St. Abigail's.

Oh, you don't know.

Across from the park on Knickerbocker.

Oh, right, yes. Absolutely.

units, state-of-the-art
environmentally, which means

green roof, in-unit composting,
geothermal heating and cooling.

Hmm. You set on that location?

Well, it all starts
with the location, Chief.

It's the first rule of real estate.

I'm just wondering
if there might be, uh,

some other alternatives around there.

(CHUCKLES) Okay,
what, are you... looking for

a finder's fee from someone?

The church means a lot
to the people in the parish.

Well, there are plenty
of churches in Brooklyn.

People get attached to the ones

they've spent their lives going to.

You get attached, you get unattached.

It's the life of the city, Chief.

I'm in the mood for a burger.
They got good burgers?

It says "Goody's Hotspot."

I could make this into
a fortune, let me tell you.

All right, I'll see you later.

HAYWOOD: All right, I'll see you there.

- Oh, hey, Andre.
- How you doing, Coach?

Good. Oh, can I just let you know

that the girls really appreciate
you coming to practice?

- Oh. Well, I appreciate them.
- Mmm.

For one thing, you're closer to
them in age than me or Regina.

BENTLEY: I never thought about that

but, yeah, I guess you're right.

- QUINLAN: Hey.
- Hey.

You heading home?

Yeah, I'm just gonna swing
by the track on the way.

Okay.

- I'll see you soon.
- All right.

I meant to tell you, too,
that you're not a bad runner yourself.

- Thank you.
- Yeah, I mean,

you've got good form.

You could work on that
breath control, though.

Well, I'll work on my breath
control for next practice, then.

- All right.
- All right.

- See you later.
- I'll see you.

So, I'm gonna go handle
some business, all right?

But you roll in and you do your thing.

I'm gonna do my thing, but you just
got to remember to come pick me up.

- On time.
- That was one...

(CONVERSATION CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

WOMAN: Hey, Coach.

TANYA: Fool, just answer the question.

Nobody else seems to have
a problem with it.

If you're not already on the track,

you two are running late.

Y'all moving like you want extra laps.

My bad, mama.

Watch your mouth, Georgia.

GEORGIA: Sorry, Coach.

SABRINA: Go inside and get warmed up.

Hey, who is that guy?

I don't know.

- Okay, I'll go this way.
- Hey.

What, you guys get a call
about something else here?

Yeah, we're looking for
this guy, Draymon Straw.

If it's who I think it is, he's in -W.

You doing your own recon now, Brandy?

Wouldn't you, if you lived here?

I wouldn't live here, for starters.

Let me just take you to him.

Oh, laundry day.

Oh.

Why?

You got more questions for me?

Just making sure we
didn't miss anything.

Somebody told us you've been, uh,

going out with Cody's cousin, Tiffany.

What's that got to do with anything?

MORALES: Mmm, a lot.

Like not upsetting Cody
that you were kicking it with Tiffany.

(CHUCKLES) Cody's my boy.

He's the one who introduced us.

You said you left at what time?

Around, like, : ?

And by that point,
had Cody gotten into a beef with anyone?

I'm not obligated to answer anything
'cause I did nothing.

Excuse me.

Looks like we're gonna have
to knock on every door in here.

It's gonna be a real drag
when people start asking

why two detectives are
hanging around Ruskin Gardens.

Folks start talking,
one person tells the next

how we got to them.

Not only that,
they play detective themselves.

- Ah.
- They start tracking who said what

that leads all the way...

BOTH: Back to -W.

It's... (CHUCKLES)

(CLEARS THROAT)

Words get really twisted
when you're not the one

telling the whole story, Draymon.

All right, all right.

I don't want nobody to know this was me
who told you this.

All right, we'll try to
keep your name out of it.

There's a guy named Lorenzo
who lives in -P.

Big dude.

He was pissed off the noise woke him up,

told Cody if he didn't shut it down,

Lorenzo'd come back
and shut it down himself.

Okay.

Thanks.

- Took notes?
- Yeah.

Where's -P?

Why you got so many earrings?

Why she always got so
many questions, Georgia?

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

Okay, break's over.

- GEORGIA: Hey, Coach.
- Yo.

That mean you finally gonna
run with us today?

Only if you could keep up.

Yeah, we'll see about that.

Oh, all right,
we'll see about that. Yeah.

For real, though, who is this guy
over here?

You plan on finding out?

I'm gonna be over here.

Hi. Can I help you?

Just gonna watch my friends
Georgia and Tanya work it out.

This is a closed practice.

Since when?

I want to keep the athletes
focused and not distracted.

Nobody else seems to have
a problem with it.

I didn't catch your name.

'Cause I didn't throw it.

(VEHICLE DOOR OPENS)

(VEHICLE DOOR SHUTS)

(ENGINE STARTS)

- SANDEFORD: Connect Four?
- QUINLAN: Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

How about some Spades or some bones?

I don't know how to play
either of those.

Then let me teach you.

See, the worst thing
you could have at the table

is a partner who don't know
what the hell they doing.

- Hey, Lorenzo.
- How you doing, Sandeford?

- All good.
- Lorenzo.

We heard that you paid Cody Toliver
a visit the other night.

Who are you?

This is Officer Brandy
Quinlan, also from - .

Look, I'm a working man.

Most days, my feet hit the floor
at : in the morning.

I asked him to keep the noise down
out of consideration.

Yeah, that's-that's not too much to ask.

A detective put
a business card under my door,

said they wanted to talk to me.

Well, I live in Ruskin Gardens,

and I don't have a business card.

(CHUCKLES) I just figured
I'd walk up and try and catch you.

- I didn't k*ll Cody.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Nobody said you k*lled nobody,

and I ain't asking you
to snitch on nobody.

But Cody got m*rder*d,
and that ain't going away.

You her boss?

No,

but she's somebody you might
want to take seriously.

(LORENZO SIGHS)

A half a dozen people saw me
go back into my apartment.

And if that's not enough,
I was on the phone

with my ex-wife and I bought a pair

of bedroom slippers
for my mother on Amazon.

Okay.

Any idea who did k*ll him?

Tiffany did the heavy lifting,

Cody b*rned through Grandma's money.

By rights, should've been her.

That was her grandson, though.

You never wanted to k*ll
anyone in your family?

Have a nice night.

(KNOCKS)

HAYWOOD: Did you run that license plate?

Car was registered to a Dexter Harper,

who was recently collared
for credit card,

Paycheck Protection Program fraud,
among other things.

But who you probably saw was
Terrence Harper, that's Dexter's son.

Dexter ain't getting out for a while.

Terrence was arrested for car theft
last year.

Thanks, Stan.

Is this something you want me
keep an eye out for?

No, I can handle it. Thank you.

All right.

(GROANS)

Rough night of bouncing?

(SIGHS)

One of the members of some
Korean boy band came in

to the bar with his whole entourage.

I had to make sure
nobody approached him.

Didn't get out of there till : a.m.

You can't keep this going indefinitely.

You know that, right?

Yeah, well, Corinne was counting on me

to come up with the money
to keep the lights on in that joint.

She still has to be able to count on me.

'Cause that way she'll see
what a big mistake she made

- dumping you.
- Yeah.

Something like that.

What, you gonna tell me I'm stupid

- for wanting that?
- No, you're stupid

for a lot of reasons,

- and that's why I love you.
- Yeah. (DRY CHUCKLE)

Can we get to work now?

Yes, please.

MORALES: As always,
we start with the finances.

(SIGHS, CLEARS THROAT)

These are the grandmother's
credit card statements...

KILLIAN: Wow, $ sneakers.

Hmm, dinners at Mr. Chow's.

Wow, somebody's living their best life.

Grandma Toliver didn't strike me
as a sneaker head, either.

Safe to say...

...it's not Lillie Toliver.

So, I guess the trade-off was

Cody taking care of his grandmother.

I'm sorry for interrupting.

Um... could I possibly give you
my take on this?

Go ahead.

So, Cody wasn't taking care of her.

Her niece Tiffany was.

And according to this guy Lorenzo,
Tiffany does everything.

Oh, so you're conducting interviews now?

Well, I've gotten to know people
that live in Ruskin Gardens,

which, I thought that was
the whole idea behind

having members of
the service move in there.

I mean, since I see them every day

in the elevators, lobby, laundry room,

my face has become familiar enough
to them, that they open up to me.

Did Lorenzo share any insight
into who might've done the m*rder, then?

He didn't want to point any fingers.

But...

I have seen Tiffany

get her aunt from a wheelchair
into a taxi cab to go to church,

and I remember thinking that...

this was her whole life.

I think we ought to talk to Tiffany.

Pastrami on rye from Gottlieb's.

You interested?

You could twist my arm.

(CHUCKLES)

Gottlieb's, huh?

I did not expect that you
would know about Gottlieb's.

Well, being constantly
on the move with politicians

- works up quite an appetite.
- Mm.

Something I should, uh, remember, huh?

Have a seat.

Okay.

So, uh,

you met with Adam Lustig.

I did.

Adam needs frequent
reassurance that he is as important

as he thinks he is,

but he does come through

with campaign contributions
when we need him to.

So, apparently he told you that I, uh,

reached out to him. Did he tell you why?

Well, whether or not he did...

...you could assume that

I would find out.

I took a sh*t that he might be open

to leaving my brother's church intact.

Well, intact or not,
your brother's problem is with

the Brooklyn Diocese,

not Lustig.

And my brother's problem becomes

my problem, something I can't ignore.

Do you know Bishop McAllister?

Um... I think we marched

in the St. Paddy's Day Parade together,

been to a couple of cop funerals.
I don't really know him, but...

You know that he is on the shortlist

to make cardinal?

Okay, I did not know that.

If this world is going to make

any kind of sense to you at all,

that is something you should know.

Bon appétit.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

Hey, Georgia.

- Can I talk to you a minute?
- What's up, Regina?

- Hey-yo.
- You don't want to talk to me?

No, I don't want to talk to you,
I want you to do your drills, girl.

Oh, a'ight.

A'ight.

She crazy, isn't she?

(LAUGHS)

Hey, how much do you know
about Terrence Harper?

I know he's Tanya's boyfriend.

Is there something I should know?

Would it surprise you to know
that he's got a criminal record?

Not really.

We've known lots of guys
with a criminal record.

Yeah.

His father, he's serving
a -year sentence

in a federal prison, so there's that.

How is it you know all this?

Oh, I'm a cop. It's my business to know.

Okay.

Why you telling me this?

You could run track
for a Division One school.

Get a first-rate college education
on a full ride.

And you continue to be disciplined,

you stay focused, you stay healthy.

Georgia,

you don't want to look back five

or ten years or years from now

with nothing but regret
about what you didn't do.

I've had a lot of people
tell me this before,

mostly people who don't know me.

They think they do, but they don't.

And what about the
people who do know you?

Like Tanya? She know me.

I'm not talking about Tanya.

No, I know you're not.

She don't count, do she?

I didn't say that.

Look, I don't need nobody

to tell me how to live my life, Miss.

I'm sure you got all
the best intentions,

but I don't need nobody to do that.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

TIFFANY: Come on in.

You have good news for us?

MORALES: We're actually
kind of stuck right now.

KILLIAN: The only word we have is that

your grandson succumbed to
a s*ab wound through the abdomen,

and no m*rder w*apon has been recovered,

though the ME thinks it was scissors.

LILLIE: I don't understand how this

could happen with people around.

No one saw anything?

MORALES: We don't understand it, either.

Tiffany,

you mind taking
a ride with us? We won't keep you long.

You want me?

We were just about to go
pick up a prescription.

No, we'll get it picked up.

I still need to cook dinner.

Well, you can get something delivered.

She doesn't like take-out,

she's not gonna eat it.

LILLIE: It's all right, honey.

You don't have to worry
about me, I-I'll be fine.

Oh, okay.

Um... I'll be back.

(DOOR CLOSES)

FRANK: The frescos were
salvaged from a church in Sienna.

The brick work was done
by immigrant Italian masons,

one of them related to Nicola Sacco.

They used this church
to raise money for his defense.

I don't think she knows
who Nicola Sacco was, Frank.

Sacco and Vanzetti.

Italian anarchists ex*cuted for m*rder.

You continue to
underestimate me, don't you?

(DOOR OPENS)

Your Excellency.

Chief.

How are you, Allison?

Been well, Your Excellency.

Frank, because Allison asked me
to look into this situation personally,

because we've known each
other for a long time,

I wanted to come and tell you myself

there doesn't appear to be any way
not to go through with the sale.

Much as we believe in miracles,
we don't necessarily expect them.

If we could save the place, we would.

I understand.

Even if we were willing to
spend the million-and-a-half

necessary to repoint the masonry,

the fact remains that
the Brooklyn Diocese

is in contract to sell the building.

Has the buyer been approached?

I spoke to their representative

after I got the call from
Allison, and, in that they

made the payment
needed to seal the deal,

they're expecting us to honor
our end of the bargain.

There's no getting out of it. I...

I'm sorry.

I'll tell the parishioners.

MORALES: From everything we've heard,

you take very good care of your aunt.

I do what has to be done.

You do it.

Yes, I do it. So what?

KILLIAN: I imagine that
takes up a lot of your time.

TIFFANY: I'm not complaining, am I?

MORALES: You have a particularly
close relationship with your aunt.

TIFFANY: I don't know if it's
particularly close.

She did stuff with me when I was little

that my own mother
couldn't or... didn't.

Aunt Lillie took me out
to the botanical gardens,

she took me out on one of those boats

they have down at Sheepshead Bay,

even though she was terrified
of getting out on the water.

KILLIAN: Which is why you're
so devoted to her now.

There doesn't have to be a reason.

When I needed her to,
she took care of me.

When she needs me, I take care of her.

That's what people do for each other.

Not all people.

Right.

Not all people.

It usually falls on
one person, doesn't it?

YENKO: Where my mother was concerned,

that one person was me.

KILLIAN: So tell me, how-how
was your cousin as far as

pitching in?

He helped out sometimes.

He was living there, though.

Yeah, he was living there.

Did it get any easier
on you once he moved in?

YENKO: You run yourself
ragged, and there's...

there's never enough you can do.

Is your mom still with us?

No.

Been two years now.

MORALES: We know your cousin
was going through your aunt's money,

Tiffany.

Yeah... he was.

KILLIAN: Yeah, running
up her credit card bills,

cashing her Social Security checks...

In her eyes, he could do no wrong.

Let me tell you something
about long-term caregivers.

They start thinking crazy things.

MORALES: Did you
ever confront your cousin?

TIFFANY: I tried to have
calm conversations with him.

What about the night he was k*lled?

I asked him if he could
contribute something.

I told him that I wanted to
hire a home health aide

just so I could find
a different job, maybe,

or have a little bit more of a life.

She's about to go for it.

MORALES: Did it get physical?

YENKO: Yeah, now is the
time you set the foundation

for self-defense. Now.

I'm going in there for a second.

MORALES: You said it got physical.

Why don't you talk us through it?

Excuse me. Ms. Edwards? Captain Yenko.

We don't want to put words
in your mouth,

nor do we want you to say anything

that isn't % truthful.

But if you did confront your cousin,

and if that confrontation
became violent,

if you were concerned for your life,

and that caused you

to grab the scissors
out of self-defense,

I think we agree that now is the time

to say that.

(CRYING):
I thought he was gonna k*ll me.

I had to defend myself.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Heard they took Tiffany away.

Yeah, I heard they wanted
to ask her a couple questions.

Be a damn shame if they charge her.

Well, they'll only do
that if there's evidence

that she committed a crime.

It was up to the people who live here,
they wouldn't do it regardless.

Well, they got to do

what they got to do.
Come to think of it,

you're one of those
people who live here.

Yeah, that's right.

Maybe sometime you'll tell me just how
that came to pass.

It's actually pretty straightforward.

(LAUGHS)

- I doubt it.
- No, really, I...

- (LAUGHS)
- Hey.

- Hey.
- I was looking for you.

I thought we could've
rode back together.

I just... The bus was right
there, so I just hopped on.

You the other cop that moved in here?

Yeah.

Um, this is Lorenzo.

What's up?

What's up?

Well, I'm gonna take a shower.

Do you want to do dinner?

Not tonight.

- I'll see you soon, Lorenzo.
- Later.

Nice to meet you, Lorenzo.

Yeah, you, too.

Now, I've extended you the courtesy

of meeting you in a bar
and coming to your office,

when I generally like to
conduct business out of my office.

SUAREZ: I appreciate.

Yeah, well, you are a two-star chief,

and word out of Puzzle Palace
has you being appointed commissioner

if Sharpe gets elected mayor,

so it'd be silly not
to act somewhat deferential.

Having attempted negotiation
with you and the diocese,

I'm left with the inescapable conclusion

that I need to be a little more direct.

I want the contract of sale
for St. Abigail's ripped up.

I want that building to remain a church,

and any repairs that are necessary...

...they're gonna be paid for
by you. Personally.

(CHUCKLES) Okay.

Uh, what, did you dream this up

in fantasy cops and robbers camp?

Compel the sale of
that church to go forward,

and you're gonna have detectives

from Brooklyn North to Manhattan
watching your every move.

So you can roll the dice,

see if you'll dodge
prison a second time,

but, uh,

Vegas odds,

they aren't in your favor.

(SIGHS)

All right, Chief.

I'll err on the side of caution.

This time.

(CROWD CLAPPING, CHEERING)

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Yeah?

Hey, I was just about to call you.

Georgia reminds me of
Allyson Felix, the way she comes

- out of the blocks.
- Regina...

And also, before I forget,
I also think that we ought to let her

give hurdling a sh*t.

I mean, if that's what she wants,

it might be good for her.

- Regina.
- Yeah?

Georgia quit.

She said she was quitting
or she already quit?

Well, she left me a voice mail
saying that she's quitting the club.

Well, let me talk to her.

I got personal with her,
and this is her way of telling me off.

I don't think so.

She wants to crush that meet
on Saturday, Sabrina.

She's not gonna give up
on that so easily.

She asked that neither
one of us contact her.

It's better if we just leave her alone.

For now.

Look, I got to go, but we'll talk.

- Okay.
- All right.

("TREACHEROUS GAME"
BY CLOVER THE CURVY PLAYS)

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh ♪

♪ There's snakes in this garden ♪

♪ There's ghosts in every town ♪

♪ But I won't raise this white flag ♪

♪ When w*r is all around ♪

♪ This is ♪

♪ w*r... ♪

♪ This is ♪

♪ w*r... ♪

♪ In this treacherous game ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh ♪

♪ It's a treacherous game. ♪