02x21 - Streets Is Watching

[bunniefuu]

In the nation's largest city,

the vicious and violent
members of the underworld

are hunted by the detectives

of the Organized Crime Control Bureau.

These are their stories.

I think my father staged a sh**ting

when he was on the job.

Do you have evidence?

Not yet, but I know where to get it.

You bought a g*n

and are apparently
prepared to commit m*rder.

The man k*lled our father.

I never should've told you.

Somebody robbed Ulrich's
place before we got there.

Maybe that's exactly
what you want me to think.

Mr. Webb, I'd never double-cross you.

Raymond Moss, the owner of the print

they pulled off the rental van.

- Don't move.
- [g*nsh*t]

Who hired you to go in Ulrich's house

- and take the money?
- I'm not saying a damn thing.

A little girl went missing
this morning from a bodega...

Sara Santos.

I need to pay them
$ , to get Sara back.

So I asked Frank for the money.

The cash that Donnelly gave Rosario,

the serial numbers match the money

that you and Donnelly
dropped at Ulrich's.

Donnelly is settin'
you up to take the fall.

We gotta deal with it head-on.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[SIGHS]

What's on my agenda tonight?

Zoom with Karlo Capital at : .

Drinks with the Dubai
contingent at : .

Massage at : .

Cancel Karlo and move up the massage.

Mr. Efremov, Valerie Price.

Would you care to comment on the report

that your family's potash mines in Laos

are an environmental
catastrophe waiting to happen?

Fake news.

Call my corporate communications.

I'll be happy to sit
down for an interview

and disabuse you of my haters.

- Now, if you'll please excuse me.
- Mr. Efremov, Mr. Efremov,

just... all I need is just one comment.

One comment! One...

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

♪

[DOOR BEEPS]

Wait here, please.

One moment, sir. Thank you.

Let's go, let's go, let's go, ah?

Uh-uh.

♪

[DOOR BEEPS]

All clear.

I will reschedule the massage.

I'm across the hall
if you need anything.

I never do.

[SIGHS]

[SINGING INDISTINCTLY]

♪

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

Jet, I need your help. Got a sec?

Bring it.

These slugs, they were fired
into a tree years ago.

- years ago?
- Mm-hmm.

Wow. It's super well-preserved.

I guess the bark formed a
protective pocket around it.

Anyway, that friend
of yours in Ballistics,

think she can get anything of 'em?

- What are you looking for?
- The g*n that fired 'em.

Oh, my friend is the me
of g*ns and b*ll*ts, so...

I'll ask her.

Well, if she's half as good as you,

I know she'll deliver.

Stabler.

Nova's got something. Let's go.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪

Nova, you okay?

Look like you've seen a ghost.

I hope not.

- Webb ordered a hit.
- Okay, on who?

Detective Stabler.

Man, you've been greenlit.

♪

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪

[GRUNTING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪

- Hey.
- What the holy hell are you

- doing out here?
- I'm puttin' in that hot tub

you've been complaining about
for the last five months.

Seriously, babe? It is :
in the freakin' morning.

You're gonna wake the baby.

Honey, you know how
I've been tellin' you

I've been saving for a rainy day?

- Yeah.
- It's rainin'.

[WHISPERS] Oh, my God.

You can't tell me that I have
to move out for my own safety

and then tell me not to worry.

You're packed. It's a formality.

It's just part of the job, Mama.

Yeah, yeah, that's just
what your father used to say.

He was lying then, and you're lying now.

Dad, listen to Grandma.

We need to know why we're
being shipped off to Kathleen's.

There's cops sitting outside.

That's out of an abundance of caution.

It's just for a little while,
just to be on the safe side.

- A little while.
- Well, I'm not going anywhere

till you tell me what's going on.

Look.

[SIGHS]

There was a thr*at, okay?
And that's all there is to it.

Th... thr*at? Who threatened you?

- I can't talk about that.
- Elliot, I'm your mother!

This is a situation that's
just... it's gonna pass.

We're gonna go right back to normal.

We'll go to Maine. We'll get an Airbnb.

We'll fish. We'll hike.

We'll do all that nature
stuff. How does that sound?

That sounds like
something you say to get

people to stop asking you questions.

♪

How are things with your family?

[SIGHS] I moved them into Kathleen's.

I'm putting a car on her building

and a rotating tail on you / .

Cho, Maldonado, you're up first.

- Copy.
- We've got your back, Stabler.

I know you do.

So what's the latest intel from Nova?

I'm not sure,

but I'm getting a list of
Marcy k*ller triggermen.

Could be a new recruit...

you know, someone who
wants to make their bones.

What's up?

I don't know, all this talk about hits

and hitmen, I just...
I feel really weird.

No need to feel weird.
I'm not goin' anywhere.

- Good to know.
- Look, something's not adding up.

Why is Webb making this move now?

The guy got robbed three times.

He's not gettin' the money back,

he's gonna get his street cred back,

and someone's gonna pay for it.

But if we can get him his money back,

then we can fix this.

Yeah, we could, but Raymond Moss

is not giving up who hired
him, so that's a dead-end.

So let's look the other
way, the Ulrich mansion.

Who allowed Moss to gain access

and walk out of there
with all that cash?

The robbery at Ulrich's mansion...

we have reason to
believe you were involved.

That's ridiculous.

There wasn't a scratch on the safe.

We checked with the household staff.

Besides you, Ulrich was the only one

that knows the security code.

The household staff?
That's your evidence?

Well, there's also this.

- You recognize these men?
- Should I?

One of these two cops asked
you to steal the money back.

Don't deny it. I know they were there.

I know you talked to 'em. Which one?

That one.

♪

Frank, hey. We gotta talk.

- What?
- We gotta talk.

No, in here.

No, there are people in there.

In here.

Guys, I need the room. Screw.

C'mon.

What's the rush?

What's up?

What'd you wanna talk about?

Let's talk about the heist.

What heist?

Ulrich mansion heist.

Yeah, what about it?

You knew that safe was
gonna be empty, didn't you?

I thought it was a good possibility.

I didn't wanna go into
Fort Knox without a plan B.

What does that mean, plan B?

Well, I bribed Ulrich's
head of security in advance.

Made for a much easier job.

Then what the hell were we doin'?

Why did we go to all the trouble then?

Are you not listening? I just told you.

I had the head of
security in my back pocket

at a money launderer's mansion.

- I heard that.
- I figured, "Hey,

if there's money in
the safe, it's a plus."

Besides, it was a good test for you.

What... What does that mean, a test?

They said the safe was uncrackable.

You cracked it, okay?

Why do you think I
made you my number two?

Because you can handle stuff like this.

Nobody else in my crew
could've done that,

pulled it off, all right?
Any other questions?

Yeah, actually. Yeah.

- Why my credit card?
- What do you mean?

Why'd you use my credit
card to rent that van?

Oh. [SIGHS]

- Moss.
- Ah, Moss.

Yeah, Moss. He's a McCutcheon's fly.

He's a wannabe avenger.
That's how I know, okay?

I told him to find a fall guy.

I had no friggin' idea
he was gonna pick you.

- How'd he get my credit card?
- I don't know, think about it!

Maybe that night you were
buying all the rounds...

maybe he grabbed your
credit card receipt

out of the garbage or off the bar.

I can't believe you're
accusing me of this stuff, man.

We're brothers. I've
always had your back.

Am I accusing you?

Hey, Jet.

You know that charge on my credit card

having to do with the
renting of that van?

Right, right.

So what was the last
charge before that one?

McCutcheon's.

Ah, it's a bar tab.

Mm, no.

No, no. I'm just asking.

All right, yeah. All right, bye.

- [CLICKS TONGUE]
- Anything you wanna say to me?

- [LAUGHS]
- No?

We good?

What would you have done if it was me?

- sh**t you in the head.
- [CHUCKLES]

As long as you don't hold a grudge.

You...

- I need a little rest. I know.
- Yeah. You're a little tense.

♪

[PHONE RINGS]

Hey, bud, what's up?

Grandma's having an episode.

What does that mean, an episode?

She started talking about
the pharmaceutical industry.

That shifted to Grandpa Joe,

and... and the "Real
Housewives of Newark,"

which I don't think is a thing.

You know, they're called
succulents for a reason.

Dad?

I'm worried about Grandma.

If you give them too much
water, then they drown...

- Dad?
- Grandma's just...

she's out of her element, you know?

It's been a lot of change for her.

She's just unfamiliar
with her circumstances,

her surroundings, you
know what I'm saying?

So, um, do you know if
she's taking her meds?

- No.
- Put Kathleen on.

Wait, who's on the phone?

Put Kathleen on the
phone. I need to know...

[g*nsh*t]

What was that sound?

- Elliot, are you all right?
- Stabler!

You hit?

Ah. No, no, no.

- Stabler, you good?
- I'm good, I'm good.

- I'm good.
- Where is he?

I don't see anyone.

Are you all right? What was that?

- Call it in.
- Not yet.

- Elliot!
- Hey, Mama.

Elliot, what was that
noise? Are you all right?

- Are you hurt?
- No.

Oh, thank God. I heard a loud noise.

I'm all right.

I thought something
terrible had happened.

I'm all right.

I love you. Everything's all right.

Washed about K so far

through Kilbride's library project.

Let's keep that going.

Speaking of Kilbride...

- Give this to him when you can.
- Yes, Mr. Webb.

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Come in.

[TENSE MUSIC]

I didn't summon you.

You touch me again, I'll sh**t you.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Everybody, stand down
outside except Nova.

♪

Stabler,

you are either out of your
mind, suicidal, or both.

I had a little problem
outside my house last night.

Maybe you should move
to a better neighborhood.

I know you think I took your money.

[CHUCKLES]

You know one thing I know for certain?

You have no idea what I think.

Call it off.

Call what off?

I have a lead on who stole
your money out of Ulrich's safe.

What am I supposed to do
with that little tidbit?

You give me more time.

I will have repayment in
the currency of my choosing.

You're out of time.

♪

You k*ll a cop, everything you've built

is gonna go right down the toilet.

- Toilet, huh?
- Yeah.

Yeah, well, I was born
knee-high in a sewer.

Man, get yo' ass out my office.

♪

Where were Cho and Maldonado?

Right across the street
then right by my side.

We swept the area and
no sign of a sh**t.

- I'm fine.
- Elliot, this is real.

I know it's real.

Webb took a legitimate sh*t at you.

We need to move in on him.

What are you gonna charge him with,

hearsay evidence from an
undercover whose identity

we can't reveal for her own protection?

I'm gonna talk to Nova.

We need something,
something concrete ASAP.

Got a hit.

Crime techs pulled a slug

out of a dumpster near
Stabler's apartment.

Striations were intact.

The b*llet was traced
back to a g*n that was used

in a high-profile
k*lling a few nights ago.

High-profile k*lling where?

Blakeshire Hotel in Manhattan.

Ilya Efremov.

Global venture capitalist...

he's the latest victim in
a pattern of similar kills.

Auriel Madrid, Eugene Tucker,
Alejandro Rosales, Rohan Bhatt.

Arms dealer, drug lord.

Human trafficker and hedge-fund fraudster.

All k*lled by an unknown assassin

within a span of the last nine months.

So Webb has outsourced
to a professional hit man?

Or some kind of revenge cabal
with a social conscience.

It doesn't sound like Webb.

Why wouldn't he give
it to a Marcy k*ller?

It's a little close to home.

- [CELL PHONE BUZZES]
- You wanna whack a cop,

I think you wanna maintain
some distance, right?

Donnelly's called a
meeting of the Brotherhood.

I don't like it. Don't answer.

I kind of have to.

I'm now second-in-command.

♪

[DOOR RUSTLING]

- Hey.
- Hey.

- About time you showed up.
- I had a rough night.

Hair of the dog, bruh.

All right, so listen. I
got a announcement to make.

Uh-oh, somebody got their
prostate results back.

- Ha ha.
- [LAUGHS]

The reason I gathered you all here
together, my brethren, is this:

I had a kid.

Yeah, we know. Looks like Stanwood.

[CHUCKLES]

What you don't know is,

I screwed up my first batch pretty good.

Not surprising.

And I don't wanna repeat
the pattern with my new boy.

This is my last sh*t to get it right.

You know what I mean?

So what are you telling us?

I'm steppin' back.

Wait, this is a goodbye speech?

I don't want another Donnelly out there

spending the rest of
his life running around

trying to recover
from his old man, okay?

So I'm out.

What do you mean "out?"

♪

I'm steppin' down as
leader of the Brotherhood.

Don't panic.

I'm leaving you in very capable hands

because Stabler is taking over.

- No, no.
- What kind of BS is this?

Hey, it's the right move. I
thought this through, okay?

It benefits everyone.

More like you got yours,
and now you're gone.

That's exactly what it sounds like.

That's not what it
likes. Listen up, okay?

This thing of ours
was passed down to me.

Now I'm passing it down to you.

There's nobody better
than Stabler to take over.

- Frank...
- It's a done deal.

You're the new leader
of the Brotherhood.

Don't screw it up.

♪

Hey, what was that in there?

I gave you the keys to the family car.

Don't wrap it around a telephone pole.

Frank, I don't know
what you're considering,

but I'm not really ready for this,

and neither are they, for me.

Listen, forget those two, okay?

Day you start bringing the money in,

they'll be buying you
Cuban cigars by Christmas.

What if I don't want it?
You ever consider that?

What do you want, Stabler?

You know, I like the
extra money and all that,

but you saw their
reaction. They hate this.

So you sayin' no?

I'm sayin' we need to think about it.

Listen.

You're gonna love it, all right?

Believe me, being the
boss of the Brotherhood,

closest you'll ever get to playing God.

♪

Father God, I pray you release

this spirit of vengeance from my heart.

I need strength that I can't find.

Take this burden from my hands.

♪

Hey, we got the street cam footage

from the corner at Norman.

- That our sh**t?
- Time stamp adds up.

This was seconds after
the sh*t at Stabler.

Can we get closer?

The picture's washed out
'cause the cam was super dirty.

It's not much, but it's
the only sh*t I have.

Enough for facial rec?

Do I not live for a challenge?

- [PHONE RINGS]
- What's up?

So I got some news for you.

Donnelly's steppin' down.

Stepping down from the Brotherhood?

Uh, yeah, and guess who
he gave the reins to.

- No.
- Yeah.

[SIGHS] What the hell
is this guy's play?

I have no idea.

I mean, I usually can read the guy,

but this time, I'm... I just don't know.

All right, come in. We'll figure it out.

♪

Whoa.

[PHONE RINGS]

- Mm-hmm?
- Stabler.

Got something you're gonna wanna hear.

- Uh, your assassin...
- What about him?

He's a she.

Your hit man is a woman.

♪

So what do we know about this hit woman?

Name's Natalie Dumont,

- goes by Belladonna.
- Belladonna?

Deadly nightshade.

She's , lived for
ten years in Italy...

Puglia to be exact.

What's her history?

Born in Ohio. Her dad
was an army ranger.

Her mother was Ugandan. Both dead.

I pulled her service record
and was able to match her photo

with the facial rec from
the security cam on Norman.

She enlisted at , did
two tours in Afghanistan.

Then she went AWOL.

Been connected to several
mercenary units ever since.

Girl is metal.

- We gotta find her.
- Before she finds you.

I have somethin':

burner phone Webb bought yesterday.

Call log only shows one number.

So that's what you were doin'.

- You took Webb's phone?
- I was careful.

So is there any way to triangulate

where that number is now?

I can get you a general area

down to a couple square miles,

which you'll then
have to scan with this:

stingray unit.

If you're close enough,
it can locate a phone

down to a few feet.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

I'll give you a tutorial.

- Thanks.
- You're welcome.

♪

Make a left.

Okay, the signal's getting stronger.

It's coming up. Make this right.

Wait for ESU.

Yeah, I wouldn't have it any other way.

Here it is... Russell
Street, apartment ,

and I put the security
app on your phone.

♪

Are you in?

NYPD, Natalie Dumont.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

[PHONE RINGING]

She's been casing my
entire family, not just me.

- How do you know that?
- I just found a file.

It's got everything in there...
all my personal data, my...

my misconduct file.

Got a picture of Eli in school

and Kathleen coming out of her building.

Okay, doubling up security
on Kathleen as we speak.

Got a street cam hit on her.

Looks like she's headed
east towards a warehouse

at Bedford Ave.

There's some sort of
show happening there.

- You can't be a lone wolf...
- Copy that.

Stabler.

♪

[YELPS]

NYPD! Get out of the way! Move, move!

Out of the way!

♪

- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
- Yeah, come in.

[LAUGHS] Hey, Pastor, come on in.

- Mr. Webb.
- Yeah.

Yeah, thanks. Thanks, Hugo.

So you came to talk
about the foundation?

No.

Okay, so what can I do for you then?

You can tell me why
you k*lled my father.

[TENSE MUSIC]

- You m*rder*d him.
- Get that g*n out of my face!

Is that what my father said to you?

Huh?

I don't even know who your father was.

Tobias Riley.

- I don't know that name.
- Don't you do that.

Derrick! What are you doin'?

- I'm righting all wrongs.
- Your brother is confused.

It's the clearest my head
has been in a long time.

Hey, Derrick, give me the g*n.

You don't know what you're doin'. Hey.

Keep talkin' sense into him, Nova,

'cause you know how this ends.

You don't realize what
losing him did to me...

- what you did to me!
- Put that down, all right?

So do you share these sentiments?

I have no idea what he's
talkin' about, Mr. Webb.

Just... just please. Let me talk to him.

No. You leave her out of this.

So you think I k*lled your father, too,

this Tobias?

Is that why you ingratiated
yourself to me, huh?

Ate from my table?

Look, Mr. Webb, my brother
is under a lot of stress.

He's... he's not thinking straight.

Carmen made her own
bed, and that is fine!

- Stop!
- Mr. Webb, you will answer to us and to God!

- [g*nsh*t]
- Ah!

Stay down.

- You sh*t me.
- I said stay down, Derrick!

- What the hell just happened?
- Everything is under control.

Get him out of here to our doctor now,

- and this never happened.
- Understood.

[GRUNTING]

Oh, Grandma! Be careful, there's...

oh, there's broken glass.

[SIGHS] I know there's broken glass.

You think I don't see the broken glass?

Come on, Grandma. Let's
get you to the couch.

Oh, why don't you just
wrap me in Bubble Wrap

and drop me off at the
nearest antique store?

You know, Joe would
never stand for this,

not for a second.

Where is he? Where is Joe?

Here, let's get you to the couch.

Wha... wha...

Let's sit down first, and
then we can talk about Joe.

But I...

I...

[SOMBER MUSIC]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[SCREAMS]

♪

Jesus.

[PANTING]

♪

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Natalie Dumont.

Boy, you and I, we've been
through a lot, haven't we?

You know what the crime is?

We never got the chance to talk.

Get to know each other.

So I'll start. Here's the situation.

There's an army of feds
outside who want to talk to you

about a string of
murders like Ilya Efremov,

not to mention your recent
attempt to orphan my kids.

I'm an orphan.

You learn how to survive.

See that? Right now, all of a sudden,

we're sharing, we're talking.

I'm gettin' to know you a little better.

But I'm actually here to help you.

♪

Why would you wanna do that?

You have something I need.

That's a nasty cut on your neck.

But you're the one who's incarcerated.

Cooperate with my investigation,

and your future could
look a whole lot better

than it does right now.

Cooperate how?

Let's talk about Preston Webb.

♪

Belladonna's confession
along with what Jet got

from the burner phone
gives us everything we need

to close the book on Preston Webb.

We gonna move on him tonight?

No better time than the present.

You took down a professional hit woman.

With Nova's compiled evidence,

we'll be able to sweep the
Marcy k*ller organization.

The only thing left is a
dirty cop lookin' to set me up.

- We'll get Donnelly.
- Yeah.

Take care of your face.

Derrick, look.

- I just...
- No, you look, Carmen.

You should've let me k*ll him.

Derrick, you're not a gangster.

You're a pastor, a man of God.

Am I?

I turned to the church,
to the love of God

so maybe I could, you
know, understand the pain

of losing a father, and
to help others in pain.

That's who I wanted to be.

That's who you are.

You think I'm not in the same pain?

It's why I chose this work, Derrick.

It's why I put on a badge.

But you laid the truth at my feet

and expected me not to act on it.

That was a mistake.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

Look, Preston Webb is not your business.

He's mine.

What's this?

Bus ticket to Chicago.

You goin' home.

♪

[SIGHS]

- What?
- How much is in that?

mil, give or take.

You knew this day was coming.

Now it's here, okay? So,
you know, we gotta go.

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

Where are we going? Hmm?

I got us new passports, new names,

and a private plane to Belize.

No.

Frank, we cannot just
up and leave, all right?

- [SIGHS]
- What about my mom?

- Honey...
- What about your family?

We are building a life here.

We can build a new life
there, a better one.

No, you promised.

You promised that Junior
was gonna have a family

with all of his cousins,
all of his step-brothers...

I know, but do you want him
to grow up not knowing his dad

like you did? Is that what you want?

All right, we got one
sh*t to make this work

so we can get away clean.

All right, that means nobody can know,

and it's not forever.

Once the heat dies down, then, you know,

we can come back and visit.

When? When are we coming back?

Whenever you want.

Christmas?

Yeah. I can make that happen.

- Is that a promise?
- I promise you.

♪

What's our new name, Donnelly?

Better be a good one.

♪

You doin' okay?

Feels like a question
I should be asking you.

- Thanks for taking 'em in.
- Of course.

- I love you, Dad.
- I love you too.

- [SIGHS]
- Sorry I scared you.

I'll try not to let
it happen again, okay?

Hmm. [CHUCKLES]

- Dad.
- Hey.

Hey.

- What happened?
- I got in a scuffle.

It's nothing. You
should see the other guy.

But there is a hole
in your bedroom wall.

A what?

We'll talk later about it.

[KNOCKS ON DOOR] Mom?

[KNOCKS]

Mama.

Elliot, what are you
doing here at this hour?

Couldn't let the day end

without seeing my best girl, could I?

You really think that's
gonna work for you, huh?

It used to.

- What's that?
- Mm, it's nothing.

- It looks worse than it is.
- It looks pretty bad.

Mm.

Elliot, I just want us to
be home, where we belong.

I know.

I know.

Can we have that?

Soon.

♪

Get some beauty sleep...
not that you need it.

♪

- Jet, hey.
- Hey.

You probably should invite me in.

Yeah, you're probably
right. It's kind of a wreck,

but yeah, come on.

[SIGHS]

- Whoa.
- Oh, yeah.

- Dude.
- Mm.

- You know how to party.
- That's my reputation.

This wasn't exactly a
social gathering, though.

Yeah, I can see that.

What's up?

You're on my way home,
so I thought I'd stop by

and give you the news in person.

- Ballistics?
- Yup.

She ran the slug that
you found in that tree.

It matches the slug they
pulled out of your father's leg

in that sh**ting years ago.

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[SIGHS]

Those slugs came from the same g*n...

that was owned by my
father's partner, Gus Hanson.

So your father was sh*t by his partner?

Yeah... to cover up a dirty sh**ting.

Oh.

♪

Sorry.

It's okay. I asked for information.

You got it for me. I appreciate it.

I'm still sorry.

- Want some help cleaning up?
- No, I got it.

I got it.

No, you don't.

But thank you for
letting me off the hook.

Good night, Jet.

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