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New Haven, CT; November 15, 2000
Front steps of a courthouse. We hear 3 Doors Down’s “Kryptonite”( which my favorite radio station played, and this is a conservative estimate, forty-seven billion times that year), and see newspaper headlines reminding us all of Hanging Chadapalooza. We see officers escorting a heavyset Hispanic kid in a jail jumpsuit, as a middle-aged woman, presumably his mother, looks on, and a crowd of people protest his innocence. A well-dressed couple stands at the top of the stairs, and the woman asks the man if he knew there’d be all these cameras, and he responds that it’s a big case. The woman looks overwhelmed by the attention, and tells her husband, Greg, that he could be governor, and he should have a better wife. Greg tells her to be strong. Another lawyer comes and whisks Greg away to face the media, where he explains that two days ago, Stacy Hall was killed while jogging in the park, and as lead prosecutor on the case, he intends to prove the guilt of Antonio Mendez, who we just saw being led away. The media swarm upon Greg with questions.

On a rainy night in Philadelphia, Greg lies dead in the street. At PPD, his evidence box is rolled down the conveyor belt, and the camera pauses long enough that we learn the proper spelling of his last name (Vizcaino). It’s thoughtful of them, really.

Philadelphia, present day

Squad room. Vera and Jeffries come in together grousing about a six-hour training seminar they had to attend, taught by a purported “expert” who has never even worked a homicide. Vera adds that all the guy really had to say was that every homicide in Philly had to do with autoerotic asphyxiation. Scotty chuckles at this. Vera continues complaining as they go into the kitchen for the pizza that Scotty and Lilly so thoughtfully left for them.

Gil Sherman comes in then with Ana Vizcaino, who says softly to him that Greg wasn’t perfect, but he wasn’t a thief. Vera stops short when he sees them, and the look he gives Ana suggests that autoerotic asphyxiation is no longer at the forefront of his mind. Sherman greets the detectives, and Vera eagerly asks who the visitor is. Sherman explains that she’s from Connecticut, and her husband, Greg, was murdered in Philly in 2000, but the job was a bag of bones from the start. Sherman suggests that Scotty might want to take a look at the case because Greg was Puerto Rican. Scotty seems slightly offended by this, and/or the fact that Sherman can’t pronounce Greg’s last name correctly. Sherman goes on to explain that Greg was an up-and-coming DA from New Haven who wound up stabbed to death in Philly. Jeffries and Sherman theorize that perhaps one of the “thugs” Greg put away came back to get revenge, but Lilly correctly surmises that the widow must have something new. Sherman unfolds a newspaper clipping about Greg’s old partner, Thomas Mott, who is in a runoff for State Treasurer. Sherman explains that a reporter digging up dirt discovered that $10,000 went missing from the DA’s office in 2000, and Mott is trying to pin the crime on Greg. Scotty comments that it’s handy Greg isn’t around to defend himself, and Sherman goes on to say that Ana wants Greg’s name cleared, as there’s no way he took the money. Vera points out, though, that if Greg did take the money, that might open up new leads in his murder investigation. Jeffries comments that New Haven is the beginning, and North Philly is the end, and Lilly wonders aloud what the middle is.

“Autoerotic asphyxiation,” Vera answers. Ba-dum bum! Lilly laughs, which is something we don’t see nearly enough of anymore, in my opinion, and Scotty sulks. Hey, lighten up, Valens, that was funny.

Credits.

Evidence Warehouse. Stillman and Lilly have pulled Greg’s box, and Lilly, in explaining that Greg was a success story who grew up in the barrio but ended up going to Cornell and Yale, at least attempts a correct pronunciation of Greg’s last name. Apparently this isn’t close enough for Scotty, who pulls out his petulant six-year-old routine and starts wandering down the aisle. What is his problem? Lilly and Stillman wonder why Greg, who was supposed to be in court the next day, drove to Philly the night before, a place where he had no family or work connections. Scotty, now all the way down the aisle, pulls out another evidence box and starts looking at it, but asks why they think Greg took the money; just because some politician said so? Stillman replies that they don’t think that yet, they’re just looking at all the evidence. Scotty pouts and says that maybe he’ll look at “this” job, Thomas Sinclair. Lilly asks if there’s new direction on that one. “Just like his name,” is Scotty’s reply. Seriously, what is his problem?

Stillman and Lilly continue their discussion, Lilly wondering what Greg might need the money for, had he taken it, and Stillman points out that the brutality of the murder and the fact that Greg wasn’t robbed suggest a more personal motive. Scotty apparently decides that maybe he doesn’t want to sulk the rest of the day away, so he replaces Sinclair’s box. Vera comes up the stairs and announces that Thomas Mott took over the Hall murder case after Greg’s death, won it, and became a household name with political aspirations. Scotty, now apparently over his tantrum and fully on board, points out that Greg’s future would have looked similar had he lived. Possible motive in place, Stillman says they need to go talk to Mott. Woo-hoo! Road trip to New Haven! Lilly asks if the department will spring for Howard Johnson’s, and Stillman says they will, but the boys will have to bunk together. Vera informs Scotty of the “known fact” that the junior guy gets the cot. Scotty has a look on his face that clearly says, “We’ll see about that.”

Mott’s office. Mott waxes eloquent about “Golden Greg,” who was smart, handsome, and just an all-around good guy, but Lilly points out that Mott accused this “all-around good guy” of stealing the money. Mott says he had no choice but to blame Greg. Real stand-up guy we’re dealing with, looks like. Scotty asks why Greg might have taken it, and Mott explains that the Hall case was the “big leagues,” a slam-dunk case until Antonio recanted his confession. Mott theorizes that the stress may have gotten to Greg, as it was his first time as lead prosecutor. Greg had been pulling vice reports, making weird phone calls, and generally acting distracted, but Mott never asked him about it because Greg was first chair. But Greg would disappear for hours at a time, and the detectives speculate that perhaps he went to Philly. Mott finally says he knows where Greg went one time, but doesn’t want it to get out. Lilly assures him it won’t.

Collective Soul’s “Run” plays in Greg and Mott’s office. Mott comes in and says he heard Greg went to visit Antonio in prison, then points out that this is a serious faux pas which could wreck their case and get Greg disbarred. Greg insists that he knows what he’s doing, and then starts to leave. Mott demands to know where Greg is going, and he just says he has to be someplace, then reiterates that he knows what he’s doing.

Mott explains that Antonio is the kid who was convicted of the Hall murder, and is now serving a life sentence. Mott says he never told anyone about Greg’s visit, because that would have led to a mistrial. Mott sheds a few crocodile tears for Antonio, a tough-luck kid who attempted suicide in jail last year, but reveals a serious amount of determination during the case to see Antonio convicted. When Lilly asks what Mott thinks happened to Greg, Mott replies that Greg was brilliant, but in over his head and too proud to ask for help, so he self-destructed. We then get a nice, long look at Scotty to allow the foreshadowing to sink in.

Jail. Vera and Jeffries visit Antonio, who rolls out the welcome mat and tells them he doesn’t like talking to police. Vera takes a decent shot at pronouncing Greg’s last name, then he and Jeffries tell Antonio they know about Greg’s visit. Antonio insists that he didn’t kill Greg, since he was locked up, and Vera and Jeffries theorize that perhaps Greg bribed Antonio to plead guilty. Antonio bitterly points out that, as far as the court is concerned, he is guilty. But he does explain that Greg’s visit was after his suicide attempt, and that Greg told him he had to stay alive. When Vera points out the irony of Greg’s death, Antonio replies that it didn’t make any difference, because the cops have his confession on video.

New Haven PD. Vera and Jeffries talk to Detective Sal Martin, who got Antonio’s confession. Martin says he’s almost embarrassed how easy it was, but points out that if criminals weren’t dumb, they wouldn’t get caught. Jeffries agrees, and Martin shows them the videotaped confession, where Antonio says he waited for Stacy Hall to pass, then jumped her. Martin grumbles that of course Antonio recanted the confession.

Scotty and Lilly show up then, and Vera introduces them to Martin. He instantly recognizes Scotty as a fellow Puerto Rican, but, as Scotty explains in Spanish, he’s only half Puerto Rican, on his mother’s side, and his dad is Cuban. Lilly starts talking about how Greg seemed to be unraveling toward the end, and, when asked, Martin says Greg seemed all right, but nobody believes this, and after beating around the bush for a while, Martin closes the door and reluctantly tells them that everyone has a dark side, and that Greg’s was pretty dark.

Moby’s “Natural Blues” plays as Martin roams the streets, shooing bums away from burning trash cans. Suddenly, he sees Greg hand a wad of cash to a drug dealer, who says Greg is way behind on his payments. Martin asks Greg if the dealer is bothering him, which Greg denies. The dealer leaves, and Greg starts to try and explain, but Martin comes up with an explanation for him: that he was just walking the murder scene again. Martin sternly tells Greg to not make it so obvious, and Greg nods and leaves.

Martin reveals the name of the drug dealer, Kiki, and says that Greg’s coke habit was well-known on the street. Reluctant to speak ill of the dead, Martin does point out that coke is an expensive habit, and our merry band of detectives now decide it’s possible Greg took the money after all.

Diner. At breakfast the next morning, Lilly summarizes what we already know about Golden Greg, which is that he’s losing it at work and feeding a coke habit, but how he ended up in Philly is still a mystery. Nobody else seems to care about the case; Jeffries is busy complaining about spending the night in Siberia, and Scotty is protesting that you need the windows open for fresh air. Lilly’s sitting there, clearly amused and thinking that being the only girl on the squad definitely has its perks. She asks if they solved their cot problem, and Scotty explains that they drew straws; Vera lost, got mad, and took off. Lilly looks at her watch and asks if they’re worried, but Jeffries says Vera went with Martin to check out all of New Haven’s hot spots. Scotty doesn’t care about Vera or the case at this point, his main concern is who Lena is, and, ignoring Jeffries’ protests, launches into his best Jeffries impression, which isn’t all that good, but is extremely funny, and tells Lena to sing it “one mo’ time.” Jeffries snarls, Lil giggles, and Scotty explains that Jeffries talks in his sleep. Vera comes in then, looking like something the cat dragged in, and Lilly asks if he had a rough night. Vera grumbles that New Haven blows, and there’s nothing to do, then asks for some coffee. He does impart that the sought-after Kiki, a crazy guy with dreadlocks, can be found in Eden Park. Everyone else leaves then, and Scotty sticks Vera with the check. Hee.

A street in New Haven. Kiki and his dreadlocks have been located, and he launches into a rambling, poetic description of Scotty and Jeffries, which ends with him calling Scotty Five-O and Jeffries Five-Bro. This gets him a smile. Scotty explains, with a beautifully correct pronunciation of Greg’s last name, that they’re there about his murder. Kiki wisely avoids getting the stink-eye from Scotty by simply referring to the victim as “Greg V.” Kiki explains, in his inimitable style, that they went to grade school together, and when Greg died, the entire barrio mourned, “hysteria in the area,” as Kiki so eloquently puts it. Scotty asks about Greg’s coke habit, but Kiki insists that the “strictly botanical, always organical” incense he’s got in his hands is all he sells. I’m really starting to like Kiki. Scotty says they’re not narcs, and asks about Greg’s debt. Kiki says he and Greg were “hermanos,” and that he wasn’t worried about his debt, but his soul, because, since Greg was “light, bright, and damn near white,” Kiki was concerned that the DA’s office was just using him.

Courthouse, with “Kryptonite” playing again. Just like my college radio station! Kiki, pre-dreadlocks, meets Greg after the press conference, and they argue about the case. Kiki is convinced that Antonio didn’t do it, and that they should work to clear his name because he’s from the barrio, like they are. Kiki tells Greg to listen to the streets, and Greg asks sarcastically if he’s supposed to call the streets as witnesses. Heh. Kiki proposes a deal: Greg listens to the word on the street, and Kiki “won’t sell to her no more.”

Kiki explains that it was actually Ana who was hooked on the “incense,” that she’d been on the wagon, but the wheels came off when things got bumpy, and adds that he kept his end of the deal, but he didn’t know about Greg. Scotty asks what the streets had to say about the whole thing, and Kiki says it wasn’t Antonio who killed Stacy Hall, but “the Kennedy brothers.” Scotty asks if he means John and Bobby, but Kiki, apparently all out of poetry for now, is silent. Jeffries is irritated that Kiki has wasted so much of their time, and he sarcastically thanks him for the tip.

A coffee shop. Ana explains to Scotty and Lilly that her cocaine habit was a leftover from college, but Scotty says the way Kiki describes it makes it sound more like a meal. Ana admits her habit was out of control. Lilly suggests that, since cocaine isn’t cheap and they were in debt to Kiki, perhaps Greg took the money to pay off the debt. Ana insists that Greg wouldn’t steal, but Scotty and Lilly are looking at the facts, and Scotty points out that, when you love someone, sometimes you only see them the way you want to. More foreshadowing, perhaps? Ana says her views have changed over the last four years, because she was so ashamed.

The Vizcaino house. Ana snorts cocaine from the coffee table while watching Indecision 2000 coverage on TV. Greg arrives and Ana demands to know where he’s been. He claims to have been at work, but Ana doesn’t believe him. Greg is upset that Ana is snorting coke in the house, with the girls there, but Ana isn’t done interrogating him yet. She demands to know where he goes. Greg claims to be working, but Ana wants to know who calls and hangs up when she answers. Greg accuses her of being paranoid, but Ana goes on to say that she took the car in for service, and the mechanic wanted to know how they’d racked up so many miles, then demands again to know where he goes. In a heartbreaking exchange, Greg says he won’t talk to her when she’s wired, so she asks him to kiss her. He won’t do that, either, and she finally realizes it and pushes him away. She demands to know how he plans to be governor with all his secrets.

Lilly asks if Ana knew what Greg was hiding, and she reveals that she looked through his briefcase and found ads for escort services, and not call girls, either. Boys. She says Greg was particularly fond of one named Ramon. She says she never confronted him about it, and didn’t want anyone to know at the time, but now, she says, Greg’s possible homosexuality isn’t as much of an issue as getting his name cleared. When Lilly asks, Ana lists a few of the papers she saw in his briefcase, and one of them was from Philadelphia. Ding ding ding! The long awaited Philly connect! Guess this means Jeffries and Scotty don’t have to be roomies anymore.

Squad room. Scotty and Lilly give Stillman the good news/bad news on Greg: he wasn’t hooked on coke because he was too busy prowling for boys. They wonder aloud why Greg went to Philly, when New York and Hartford are so much closer to New Haven. Clearly someone, or something, maybe Ramon, brought Greg to Philly. Scotty reminds us all that Mott said Greg was looking at vice reports, and theorizes that with all the stress, maybe Greg went looking for comfort. Not that Scotty’s getting ready to learn anything about that in the coming weeks. Stillman suggests they go back to talk to Mott, see what he knows about the vice reports, but Vera comes in just then and tells them Mott probably won’t roll out the welcome mat for them. Vera explains that, in following the money trail, he uncovered evidence linking the stolen money to Mott, and has alerted the New Haven Police.

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Exterior, PPD. Scotty’s leaving work, and who should happen to be waiting for him but Christina! She makes some comment about timing it just right, and my immediate reaction is to wonder how long she’s been hiding in the bushes waiting for him. He’s clearly surprised to see her, and Chris tells him she’s just there to drop off some gloves for Lilly since the temperature dropped 20 degrees over the day. Well, thank you, Chris, for that extremely detailed report. Maybe somebody will hire you as a weather girl! Somewhere other than Philly! Scotty says Lilly’s still up there, but Chris just plans to leave the gloves at the desk, saying Lil doesn’t like to see her at work, because it’s too friendly. Scotty smiles, tells her there are worse things, and starts to leave.

But Chris isn’t quite done with him yet. She tells him that he dresses way better than the average cop. Scotty grins and points out that that’s not saying much, and then they giggle at each other and I throw up in my mouth a little. After an awkward pause, Chris asks if Scotty’s girlfriend picks out his clothes. No, Chrissy, that’s not obvious at all. Caught off guard, Scotty hems and haws for a while, saying that he doesn’t have a girlfriend; he used to, but she’s in the hospital now, but she’s okay, she’s getting help, and even though they’re not together anymore blah blah blah, and Christina is standing there, trying her darnedest to follow the twists and turns of this rapid-fire Scotty backstory. I’m thinking this scene is a shining example of why Facebook has “It’s Complicated” as a relationship designation.

Anyway, Chris, clearly befuddled by this convoluted answer to what I’m sure she thought was a simple question, decides the safest thing to do would be to tell Scotty she works at McGinty’s and issue an open invitation for him to come by for a free beer. He gives a noncommittal answer, and Chris grins at him for a second, then goes inside. Scotty stands there looking slightly confused, and then the look changes to one that says he’s actually considering her offer. No! Bad Scotty!

Mott’s office. He’s as pleased to see Scotty and Lilly as you might expect, and grouses at them about how the press is all over him because of their snooping. Undaunted, Scotty points out that this is the price of being a public figure. Lily asks Mott again what he knows about Greg, and Mott reiterates that Greg cracked because he wasn’t ready, that he tried to help Greg, but you can’t expect the waterboy to play quarterback. Lilly asks if Greg might have been using the vice reports for personal reasons, and Mott finally tells them that, yes, he was, that Greg liked his boys young and cheap.

Greg and Mott’s office. Greg is on the phone with Ramon, telling him in Spanish to meet him on Juniper Street. Mott walks in, picks up the vice report, and gets mad at Greg for chasing male hookers while they’re working on the case of the year. Greg sarcastically agrees, saying he’s just a promiscuous Latin, and Mott adds the charge that he’s a lightweight token. Greg takes issue with this, pointing out that Mott barely graduated from Acme Law School (do they sell T-shirts?). Mott argues that growing up poor doesn’t entitle Greg to Mott’s job, and Greg retorts that being smarter than Mott entitles him to the job. My, but they’re getting along well! Mott calls Greg delusional; Greg calls Mott a cracker flunkie. Mott doesn’t have an answer for this, and storms out.

Mott tells the detectives that Greg was a disgrace to his heritage, and Scotty retorts that Mott sure would know all about that. Mott goes on to reiterate his displeasure at busting his ass on the trial while Greg is chasing hookers. Lilly asks if Mott knows who Ramon is, and Mott replies that Ramon must be “some barrio trick.” He’s really racking up the sensitivity points, this one. Scotty asks if there’s a Juniper Street in New Haven. Mott says there isn’t, and asks the detectives if they’re done. They are.

Philly; Juniper Street train station. Vera and Jeffries talk to a prostitute, asking if she knows Ramon. After sarcastically asking them if she looks like 411, she says that four years ago, when Ramon would have shown up, she was still in high school. Vera takes this is as a no. She suggests a theater on 13th Street, and Vera and Jeffries turn to go, catching Sherman on the way. They gripe about how difficult this search is without a sketch, and Vera observes that they’re always the ones chasing the marys. Heh.

They walk toward the theater, and one of the hustlers points Ramon out to them. They approach him, but he denies being Ramon. When Jeffries brings up New Haven, Ramon tries to bolt, but they catch him and wrestle him to a bus stop bench. They ask him about Greg, and Ramon denies even knowing him, but the detectives say they know Ramon and Greg hung out a lot, and suggest that Ramon killed him in a lovers’ quarrel. Ramon says this is crazy, and that he didn’t even know Greg in New Haven. The detectives ask him what Greg wanted with him in Philly, and Ramon says it was because of what he saw.

Santana and Everlast serenade us with “Put Your Lights On” while Ramon stands at a street corner. Greg drives up, and Ramon asks if he wants a date. Greg says he just wants to talk, and Ramon replies that if Greg pays, he can have anything he wants. Greg shows Ramon the money, and Ramon gets in the car. After handing over the cash, Greg tells Ramon he wants to know about the lady in the park in New Haven. Ramon denies knowing anything, but Greg insists he does. Ramon concludes that Greg isn’t gay, and therefore wouldn’t know anything about getting beaten up by bashers and left in the street for dead. Ramon says he doesn’t need those brothers mad at him, and he’s not going back to New Haven. Greg’s ears perk up at the word “brothers,” but Ramon clams up. Greg tells him that Antonio is sitting in prison for killing that woman, and tried to kill himself last week, and finally, Ramon says he saw two white guys attack her. Greg asks how he could tell they were white, and Ramon says everyone knows them, that they always come to the park to buy drugs.

Ramon goes into more detail, saying the two white guys were college kids, brothers, he thought. All the queens knew to stay away from the Kennedys, Ramon says. Jeffries catches the Kennedy reference, and Sherman asks Ramon if he ever told the cops what he saw. Ramon says he told Martin, but that Martin threatened his life if he ever saw Ramon in New Haven again.

Squad room. The detectives all sit around, lamenting the fact that Martin seems to be a dirty cop, then take it a step further, wondering if Martin killed Greg. Stillman sends Vera to talk to Antonio and see how Martin got the confession. Vera thinks this unnecessary, since he’s seen the tape, but Stillman wants to see where it takes them, and he wants Scotty to try and place Martin in Philly the night of the murder. Lilly also says someone needs to talk to the Kennedy brothers, and Jeffries realizes he’s going to be eating some humble pie, because he knows exactly who can help find them.

Street in New Haven. Jeffries has taken a couple bites of humble pie and is walking with Kiki, who gloats that his Kennedy brother theory isn’t so crazy after all. Jeffries points out that enrollment records for area colleges don’t show any Kennedy brothers. Kiki rolls his eyes and says that Jeffries just needs to forego the literal for the subliminal, that “Kennedy brothers” is a nickname. Jeffries asks if Kiki told the cops what he saw, and Kiki asks who the cops are going to believe; a dreadlocked drug dealer, or two clean-cut college boys? Plus, he astutely mentions, talking to cops is bad for business. Have I mentioned that I love Kiki? Jeffries explains that they found a witness who saw the Kennedy brothers attack Stacy Hall, and that Greg died trying to prove Antonio’s innocence. Touched, Kiki concludes that he and Greg both kept their promise, and Jeffries asks for Kiki’s help in corralling the Kennedys. Kiki mentions that they frequently come around on Thursdays, getting ready for the weekend.

Jail. Scotty and Lilly ask Antonio to tell them about Martin; Antonio replies there’s nothing to tell. They tell him that they know he’s dirty, and that he can’t hurt Antonio anymore. Antonio asks why he should believe them, and Scotty asks him who else he’s got. Lilly promises protection, but Antonio doesn’t need protection for himself. It’s his mom he’s worried about. Scotty says nothing will happen to his mom. Antonio bitterly asks Scotty where they were four years ago, and Scotty replies that they’re here now. Antonio then explains that the morning of the murder, his mom had sent him to the store to buy eggs, and he was walking by Stacy Hall’s body when Martin saw him, and asked him what he knew. He let Antonio go at first, but then came to his house later, telling Antonio’s mom he was taking him to the station. Instead, Martin took him to an old building.

The old building. Martin explains this used to be a meat packing plant, and Antonio complains of the cold and asks if they’re going to the station. Martin asks Antonio what he was doing in the park that morning, and Antonio gives him the same story, that his mom sent him to buy eggs. Martin clearly isn’t buying this, saying that Antonio’s sneaker tracks were all over the ground near where the body was found. Martin tries again, asking what happened when Antonio saw the lady running. Antonio denies even seeing her, and Martin knocks Antonio to the ground with a punch to the stomach. Antonio struggles to his feet and asks Martin why he hit him, and Martin explains that it was because Antonio lied. Antonio insists he didn’t lie, and Martin asks again what happened when he saw the lady. Antonio protests he never saw her, and Martin hits him again. Antonio gets up and begs Martin to stop, and Martin says he won’t stop until Antonio tells him how he killed that lady. Antonio protests his innocence, and Martin knocks him to the ground again, then tells him nobody can help him, and if he ever tells anyone about this, Martin will bring Antonio’s mom to the same place. He then sleazily reminds the now weeping Antonio that his mom isn’t strong like he is.

Antonio finishes his heartbreaking story by telling Scotty and Lilly that Martin hit him over and over until he said what Martin wanted him to say, and then they went to the station so he could say it to the video. Lilly looks at Antonio compassionately and tells him they’ll be back, but Antonio clearly doesn’t trust her. Scotty says something in Spanish that seems to get through to Antonio, then repeats Lilly’s promise that they’ll be back.

A dimly lit bar. Vera and Martin are swapping war stories and confession tactics over drinks. Vera eventually says that when all else fails, he takes a suspect for a drive down to the old shipyards. Martin steps into the trap flawlessly, saying they don’t have shipyards in New Haven, but they do have a lot of old buildings. Vera then shares a trick, which I hate that he even knows, where he hits someone in the stomach with a trash bag full of oranges, which doesn’t even leave a bruise. Vera laughs gleefully, and Martin is just eating it up. Then, Vera reminds him of the old buildings. Martin explains that they’re empty and quiet. Vera asks, with a sleazy smirk that would make me hate him in a heartbeat if I didn’t know what he was up to, if that’s where Martin took Antonio. Martin’s reluctant, but Vera presses him conspiratorially, saying he saw the video, that he knows what the fear of God looks like. Martin leans forward and says it only took twenty minutes to get that confession out of Antonio, that it was almost too easy. Vera’s look hardens then, but Martin doesn’t notice. He’s too busy patting himself on the back, saying that Antonio was going to wind up in the system sooner or later.

Scotty shows up then, and asks if that lets him sleep at night. Martin asks what’s going on, and Scotty takes off his earpiece, and Vera pulls out the wire he was wearing and lays it on the table in front of Martin, triumphantly announcing that he’s screwed. Martin tells them their badges don’t mean anything in New Haven, but Scotty is only too happy to inform Martin that his lieutenant is standing right over there. Busted!

Martin is shocked that they’d betray a fellow cop, but Vera points out that when Martin coerced that confession, he crossed to the other side. Martin protests that Antonio was there in the park, and Vera and Scotty fill in the gaps; that Martin thought Antonio was guilty, but when Ramon came forward, all of a sudden Martin’s case was shaky. Martin argues that Ramon was a two-bit hustler, but the detectives argue that Ramon would have shot the case to hell, and that Martin was obsessed with making Sergeant. Scotty points out that phone records show that Martin called Greg that night. Martin says it was about the trial, but Vera retorts, with this amazing menacing glare, that an hour later, EZPass shows he was on the turnpike heading for Philly.

Martin doesn’t deny anything then, just says that Antonio was going nowhere. Scotty argues passionately that Antonio was poor and slow, and now he’s destroyed. Martin then stoops even lower, resting his hand on Scotty’s shoulder and asking if Scotty is going to turn on his own kind, on his hermano. Scotty angrily slaps Martin’s hand away and says he ain’t Martin’s kind, or his brother. Vera, still glaring, orders Martin to talk about finding Greg that night. Reluctantly, Martin says that Greg called him and wanted to meet in Philadelphia, so they could find Ramon.

Outside the Philly Kwik Mart, Greg finds Martin, who is waiting for him. Greg accuses Martin of already knowing about Ramon. Martin admits to this, but says Ramon isn’t a credible witness. Greg finds this hard to believe, since Martin drove Ramon out of New Haven. Greg then appeals to Martin, saying an innocent kid is sitting in jail. Martin can’t believe how ungrateful Greg is, saying that he gave Greg the biggest case of his career. Greg disagrees, saying the case is a mess. Martin says that they can put the case away and both win, but Greg argues that Antonio will most definitely lose. Martin argues that Antonio’s going nowhere anyway, but Greg insists that they set this right. He pulls out his phone to call the judge, and Martin says this will screw their careers. Greg can’t believe Martin cares more about their careers than Antonio’s life, but Martin urges Greg to think about the big picture, how he’s headed for the top, how he could be governor, and that he shouldn’t chuck it all for a “dimwit.” Greg says that’s exactly what he has planned. Martin says Greg won’t do that with him in tow, and Martin asks Greg what he’s going to do about it; take him to an old building? He calls Martin a disgrace, and starts to get in his car, but Martin pulls a knife, stabs him several times, and runs off into the night.

Travis’s “Why Does It Always Rain On Me?” starts up. Stillman, Scotty, and Vera look on as the New Haven police officers arrest Martin. Vera turns and walks away, looking thoroughly disgusted with the whole situation. If they have to stay in New Haven tonight, I’m voting that Vera gets a bed, no questions asked. He’s earned it. That sleazy performance in the bar was simply outstanding.

Mott sits in his office, reading a newspaper whose headlines scream that he has bowed out of the Treasurer race in wake of the investigation into the missing money. He flings the paper to his desk in disgust.

The famous Kennedy brothers stop off for their weekly visit with Kiki. As they leave, they quickly discover that they are surrounded by cops, and are summarily arrested. Jeffries, who is looking on, exchanges a glance with Kiki, who looks up at the sky and then disappears into the night.

Ramon stands on a street corner with some other hustlers, smoking a cigarette and watching the cars go by.

Ana sits with Lilly, who is presumably telling her that they’ve cleared Greg’s name and solved his murder, and Ana starts to cry.

Scotty sits at a table in prison with Antonio, then gets up and opens the door to reveal Antonio’s mom. They look at each other for a moment; then she hugs him, and he starts bawling. So do I. Scotty looks on, clearly touched, then starts to leave, but stops when he sees Greg standing there. Greg looks up at Scotty, and the two lock eyes for a moment, then Greg disappears and Scotty heads out.

The five detectives sit in the diner, Lilly telling some story using a coffee stirrer to illustrate a point, and the waitress hands Vera the check. Stillman takes it from him. Like I said, Vera has definitely earned it tonight. And it looks like the guys won’t have to draw straws for the cot, since Stillman has joined them. Wonder if Vera’s going to get stuck with Jeffries’ midnight conversations with Lena, Scotty’s affinity for sleeping in the deep freeze, or whatever annoying nighttime habit Stillman has. Guess we’ll never know