Boston Blue (2025) s01e03 Episode Script

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Throwing hands and your hoops away ♪
["I Know You'd Kill"
by Joy Crookes playing]
Get far, but it's
not by playing nice ♪
They got ice on their rosaries ♪
They so real,
find capital in Christ ♪
- [camera clicks]
- LENA: Huh.
What?
Didn't take you for the selfie type.
DANNY: Well, sometimes
I make exceptions.
- You do? For who?
- Mm-hmm.
Somebody back in New York.
[gasps] Somebody special?
Mm, I think that's all I'm
gonna give you. For now.
Ah, fine.
- Be like that.
- Mm-hmm.
All right, we're going right up here,
- just around the corner.
- Okay.
LENA: It's a historical
reenactment ship.
Takes tourists around
the harbor to famous
- American Revolution sites.
- DANNY: Pretty cool.
We got a few ships
like this in New York,
except we don't got all
the Samuel Adams costumes.
[laughs]
I came here on a date once.
What? What happened to the guy?
Oh, we dated for years, and then, uh,
put my life on hold for him,
then he realized
we weren't the right fit
and broke up with me.
- Sounds like a great guy.
- Mm.
[indistinct police radio chatter]
LENA: Hey there.
Is this the one who found the body?
Thank you.
Detective Silver, Detective Reagan.
Nice to meet you, Mister
- Tommy.
- Tommy.
Tell us what happened.
We were prepping the first tour
when I saw her stuck there.
[Danny sighs]
Pull her out.
HARPER: We met at a bar.
[over monitor]: He seemed nice.
I usually wouldn't go home
with him, but I-I did.
I think he put something in my drink.
The next thing I remember,
I was tied up.
I said no.
I tried to make him stop.
- But he didn't.
- Okay, enough.
She's an infinitely sympathetic victim.
She's a teacher.
The police statement's
gonna be useful, but it's
her testimony that will
take a dangerous rapist
off the street for
a very long time.
What's the problem, Bobby?
It's come out in discovery that Harper,
the victim, used to do porn.
Bondage pornography in
which she was tied up,
matching what she said
happened during the assault.
The violent sexual assault
that sent her to the hospital.
Yes, but it also lends credibility
to the defense's consent argument.
So, then, what is this video, an act?
Either way, we need to make
an offer to a lesser offense
that doesn't put him on
the sex offender registry.
If we go to trial,
the defense is gonna use her past
to discredit her with the jury,
and it'll work.
He needs to plead to a felony.
Otherwise, we're leaving
a violent predator on the street.
If we go to trial, the victim's past
will become public knowledge.
Lose, and we'll have dragged her
through the mud for nothing.
But, of course, it's your decision,
Madam District Attorney.
No, it's not.
It's up to her.
Boston PD! Welfare check!
Murray Bennett?
I'm gonna go in here.
WOMAN: Oh, thank you for coming.
Murray gave me a spare
key for emergencies,
but when he didn't answer,
I was too scared to come in alone.
You did the right thing
by calling us, Mrs. Katz.
Does Murray live alone?
- Mm-hmm.
- He's not here.
Okay, so we're gonna
call in a Silver Alert.
[chuckling]: Silver Alert?
Oh, no, no, Murray's only 24.
How long has he been missing?
He didn't turn up for, uh,
puzzle time this morning, and
No, I know what you're thinking,
but he would never miss it.
He will always call if he's
busy or if a hunt is going well.
Murray's a hunter?
Oh, scavenger hunter. On the internet.
There's a site called Bullseye.
He won a $20,000 prize last month.
[indistinct police radio chatter]
I'm sorry, ma'am, we have to go.
Oh, no, please. I have the
worst feeling about this.
We're gonna keep an eye out for Murray.
Everything's gonna be
all right, I promise.
Thank you.
Have a good day, ma'am.
Man, why did you say we'd
keep an eye out for this guy?
We're not detectives. It's not our job.
I don't know, man.
She's an old lady. I felt bad.
Let's just keep an eye out for this guy
while we're on patrol, okay?
SARAH: I'm really sorry, Phoebe.
I tried to get us out
of the house on time.
No, you were busy on the
phone with your job.
It's fine. I'm just so late.
- It was a busy morning.
- Yeah, well,
explain that to Principal Martinez,
'cause I'm gonna get a tardy slip, so
Okay, look, you're stuck with
your dad's lame girlfriend
while he's out of town. I get it.
No, you don't, so
just don't even bother trying, okay?
DANNY: Right up there.
[siren wailing]
LENA: All right, barely any decomp,
so she wasn't in the water very long.
No visible signs of trauma.
Hopefully, she's got some
I.D. on her somewhere.
Whoa!
Crab.
Shellfish allergy?
- It's not funny.
- [laughing]
My grandfather told me
never trust anything
that carries its house around with it.
Well, you're in Boston now.
That's like half our food.
Everything out here is shellfish.
Crab cakes, lobster rolls,
shucked oysters.
And I'm guessing the seafood
isn't what killed her.
"Killer Whale."
Heroin.
No, that's a whole different
kind of fish there.
RODGERS: Hey, get all those people back.
Back.
Excuse me.
Sorry, can I help you?
Sergeant Brian Rodgers,
Drug Control Unit.
You I.D. the victim?
No. Body was in the water too long.
It's gonna be a while. Why?
'Cause this is my case.
- Come again?
- You found a bag
of branded heroin in
the victim's pocket.
Something called Killer Whale.
Ties into a long-term
DCU investigation,
so we're taking over, Detective.
Well, that's interesting, boss,
because since when the hell
does Narco trump Major Case?
Look, I know the brass
moved heaven and earth
for you to contract with BPD,
but that doesn't mean I gotta care.
Okay, so what the hell
are you trying to say?
- Look, I know who you are.
- Mm-hmm.
Daddy's not the commissioner here.
You actually have to follow the rules.
Yeah, and if you
actually knew who I was,
you wouldn't talk like that.
- Oh, yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
LENA: Rodgers.
Hey, Lee.
- It's good to see you.
- You, too.
Uh, this is Danny Reagan,
my new partner.
Danny, this is Brian Rodgers,
my old partner.
Oh, we met.
LENA: Yeah, so that's not gonna make
either one of you back down, is it?
- It's my case.
- No, it's our case.
Got it.
[line ringing]
BOTH: Who are you calling?
SARAH: Sorry I'm late, Lena.
But just because you're my sister
doesn't mean you can call my
office when you have a problem.
Sure it does.
So, you heard about this Jane Doe
that we pulled out of
the harbor this morning?
There is some dispute
over whose case it is.
M.E. said there was no water in
her lungs, so it wasn't a drowning.
Cause of death?
Acute opiate overdose.
She was dead before
she went in the water.
Which means her body was dumped,
which means it belongs to Major Case.
No, she OD'd on a branded
fentanyl-heroin mix called Killer Whale.
Drug Control Unit has
been building a case
against the distributor,
a guy named Mitchell Edgars.
There has been an uptick
in OD's this month.
- Is he behind it?
- RODGERS: Yes,
and if Major Case starts running around
like a bull in a china shop,
it'll spook Edgars
and blow our entire investigation.
I'm pretty sure we've both
worked drug cases before.
RODGERS: Okay, well, we've been working
under the new low-impact
policing guidelines, so
we want to keep this in house.
I'm sorry, the what?
We minimize negative community impact.
Meaning the fewer low-level
drug arrests, the better.
Keeps addicts out of the system.
And do you sell the drugs for them, too?
That's enough. Reagan's right.
This is an unattended death
in a popular tourist area.
It is a Major Case.
But I want DCU on it, too.
This will be a joint investigation.
The three of you will work together
out of the Major Case Unit. Understood?
Yes, ma'am.
Understood.
10-4, boss.
You know, it is a shame
you two never hooked up.
Y'all have such a vibe.
Is that why you have
us working with DCU?
You say you don't date partners.
You're not partners anymore.
LENA: Wow.
You should know
he wasn't next on the
board this morning.
Nah, he went out of his way
to be at your crime scene.
Because he "wuvs" you.
- You suck.
- I do. I know.
Now, please find who's
pushing this poison
in our city, will you?
- Yes, ma'am.
- Thank you.
- Sure you don't want a coffee?
- No, I'm good.
Man, this treasure hunt
site's actually really cool.
They post a new one on
the first of every month.
You can win money, prizes.
- This guy won a Jet Ski.
- Oh.
And there's a picture of
Murray Bennett winning
- the $20,000 prize.
- [whistles]
20k. That's real money.
I actually used to love this stuff.
I used to be such a nerd.
I even played online cartography, man.
There's nothing nerdier
than map games, brother.
What do you mean "used to be?"
You cannot talk, bro.
Fantasy sports is just
D&D with athletes.
- It's the same thing.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Are you trying to pick
a fight right now?
[stammers] What are you doing?
Man, they're really not getting this.
Somebody posted the last
clue here in the comments.
"Where water whispers in gentle dance,
in Harvard's garden,
lies a teacher's glance."
Do you really think that
Murray Bennett's missing?
Mrs. Katz seems to think so.
We take it to Missing Persons,
you know, respond and report?
Hasn't been 24 hours yet.
MPU's just gonna say there's no case.
I promised Mrs. Katz that
we would find Murray.
Mr. Cartography, come on.
Just read the clue one more time.
Maybe-maybe-maybe if we solve the hunt,
maybe we'll find Murray.
"Where water whispers in gentle dance,
in Harvard's garden,
lies a teacher's glance."
- I think I know where that is.
- No, you don't.
Plus, Harvard's way out
of our patrol radius.
No, "Harvard garden."
It's in the arboretum.
Jamaica Plain, which is
Technically in our patrol radius, yeah.
Want to check it out?
For Murray?
For Murray.
[exclaims]
Are we still going to trial next week?
I've already requested a
sub to cover my classes.
That's what we want to
talk to you about, Harper.
MULLINS: We found out
about your former career.
The adult films.
Oh.
Um
I was 22, and I needed
money to stay in school.
I should've told you.
I didn't think it mattered.
You don't owe us an explanation.
We just want to make
sure that you understand
the ramifications on your case.
- What do you mean?
- MULLINS: We learned this
from the defense during discovery.
They're gonna use it against you.
HARPER: I'm a middle school teacher.
This can't get out. It'll ruin me.
But we could offer your
attacker a plea deal,
in which case you
wouldn't have to testify.
It would just have to be a
non-registrable offense.
He tied you up, so it could
be felony false imprisonment.
- But not rape?
- MAE: That's correct.
He could be out in 12 months
with no sexual assault on his record.
[taking deep, shaky breaths]
I'll do it.
I'll testify.
He took everything from me.
I can't let him do that to anybody else.
MULLINS: I don't think you understand.
The D.A. can file a plea even
without the victim's consent.
If we go to trial,
you probably won't win.
Your credibility with the
jury will hurt the case,
and you'll have gone
public with your past.
I won't let him get away with this.
- MULLINS: We can't
- You heard her.
No plea deal.
We're taking this case to trial.
MULLINS: If we lose,
then he doesn't serve any time at all.
He walks.
Well, then we better not lose.
All right, thank you.
That was the harbormaster.
He's working with the Coast Guard
and the Weather Service to figure out
where Jane Doe's body went in the water.
Apparently, there's been some really
big tides, making it hard to tell.
- So, this is Mitchell Edgars?
- Yep.
- Looks like a villain.
- That's 'cause he is.
Is that my old desk?
Mm-hmm.
Still has the dent from
where you kicked it.
Does it still have your stash of Twix
because you can't be trusted to keep 'em
- in your own desk?
- It's Danny's desk now.
Oh, yeah?
Oops.
Empty.
Still don't trust him
with your Twix, huh?
What, the, uh, great Danny
Reagan not living up
to the New York hype?
Get your feet off his desk.
What are you doing?
What is your real beef with him?
I know his type.
A police legacy, thinks he
can do whatever he wants.
- He's not like us.
- Did you forget
that my mom is the D.A.
and my sister is the superintendent
- and my brother is a cop?
- You didn't come up like he did.
Before your mom had remarried,
you had never met your dad, like me.
You always had something to prove.
Well, thank you for casually
bringing up my childhood trauma.
That's what ex-partners are for.
Speaking of, I've been, uh
thinking about the list
of rules that we had
- when we rode together.
- Brian
Come on, Lee.
We're not partners anymore.
Just one date, see where it goes.
I can't.
You seeing someone?
No.
Get your ass out of my seat.
Did you get anything else from the M.E.?
Yeah, vic's a local woman
with a small-time rap sheet,
mostly possession.
28 years old. Kathleen Sullivan.
Oh, is that Kathy? Sully's sister?
Mattapan Sully or Sully from Dorchester?
Dorchester.
How many Sullys do you two know?
- LENA: Five.
- RODGERS: Four.
This one's an old CI of ours.
That means we gotta register
with the informant manager,
let him know that we're
reaching back out.
DANNY: Okay, but if the
CI knows something,
we may not have time to
wait around for paperwork.
RODGERS: Hate to say it, but I agree.
We can file the papers later.
[keys rattle]
I think he just agreed with me.
[scoffs]
[cell phone vibrates]
Hello?
This is Sarah Silver.
Oh, hi.
How's the, uh, sleepover going?
I haven't seen Becky.
Phoebe said they were going
straight to your house after school.
Are they still not there?
Uh-huh.
So, Becky said they were
staying at Phoebe's?
No, no. And you've tried calling her?
Okay. Okay.
I-I will try Phoebe,
and I'll get back to you.
Yeah.
[sighs]
[line ringing]
[sighs]: Come on, pick up.
Pick up. Pick up. Pick up.
Damn it, Phoebe, where are you?
[line ringing]
- [indistinct chatter on phone]
- I need to run a trace.
Patrick Sullivan, Sully,
he was an addict.
Dealt to support his habit.
And when he got clean,
we cut him as our CI.
Haven't seen him in a year.
Hey, just go play for
a second, all right?
- Detectives.
- LENA: Sully.
Been a minute.
Is that Grayson? He got so big.
- Yeah.
- You look well.
Been eating healthy,
boxing to stay in shape.
So what's up? Who's this?
New partner.
That's awkward.
DANNY: Mm.
Sully, we have bad news.
It's your sister.
I'm so sorry.
I've been sober 18 months.
I got my son back,
I'm doing the program,
I'm doing the steps, but you
you can't beat the Sullivan curse.
- Come on, Sully.
- It's true.
Addiction took my father,
his parents before him, but
Kathy and I were supposed
to break the chain.
Was your sister sober, too?
SULLY: I thought so.
She just took her six-month chip.
I hate to ask, Sully, but do you know
who she bought the dope
from that killed her?
She ever mention something
called Killer Whale
- or a guy named Mitchell Edgars?
- Not sure.
How about a connection
down at the harbor?
I don't know, all right?
I'm not in the life.
RODGERS: All right, all right, just
look, just let us know if you
hear anything, all right?
Yeah, sure.
Sully.
Do not let this mess with your sobriety.
You know it's not what
Kathy would've wanted.
This is how we do it ♪
This, this is, this is how we do it ♪
Yeah ♪
["I Am the One" by Kali J. [Playing]
Allow me to introduce myself ♪
Yeah, I'm about to
change the game ♪
- You want some?
- I'm okay.
'Cause I make it look easy,
do what I want when I want ♪
Fo' sheezy, yeah, chillin' ♪
Uh, no, thanks.
Now I'm up like the ceiling, yeah ♪
Chillin', how you feeling? ♪
Everything I do is
like one in a million ♪
I am the one, I am the one ♪
Boston PD!
Hands up!
You, too, John Oliver.
Oh, my God, stop!
It's my dad's girlfriend.
Relax, it's not that serious.
SARAH: It's very serious.
I could arrest you right now.
Underage drinking,
sexual misconduct with a minor.
How old are you?
- We weren't doing anything!
- I suggest you two
get out of here right now
before I change my mind.
Phoebe, Becky, you come with me.
[scoffs]
Mitchell Edgars has three lieutenants.
Jason Beaches, Marco Alves,
Leonard Leroy.
And then, below them, the street boys.
No way Kathy bought directly
from Edgars or the other three,
- so we start with these guys.
- [cell phone vibrating]
Ooh, I gotta take this.
I'll be right back.
Detective Silver.
What exactly is stopping
you from bringing in
these five clowns and getting
them to rat on their bosses?
The ACLU, for starters.
Not for nothing, I could flip
any one of them in an hour.
Well, we can't all be Danny Reagan.
No, we can't, but you could at least
try acting like a cop, maybe.
LENA: Are you serious?
Really?
I can't leave you two for 60 seconds?
That was the harbormaster.
Figured out where her body came from.
- Where?
- Right here.
Same harbor where the tour boat
was docked, so she didn't drift.
There was a swirling tide from a storm
off the coast that night,
so the only way
she was there, that's where she went in.
Okay, so she OD'd and
somebody dumped the body
hoping that it would float or sink away.
LENA: So we need the names
of all the passengers
and the crew members from
that ship and all the ships
on the berths on either side.
Start with him.
LENA: Why him?
DANNY: It's the eyes.
Now just imagine it with more hair
and a goofy vest on.
And pantaloons.
Yeah, the revolutionary
tour guide, Tommy.
They call him Bones.
Came up working fishing
crews with his dad.
So, Bones works the harbor
dressed up as Sam Adams
while slinging Killer Whale
to tourists at the same time.
Makes sense.
Steady customer base
looking for a good time.
Let's go talk to Bones.
There's no way I can get a jury
to ignore Harper's past in porn.
You're a talented prosecutor.
There's gotta be an angle.
No, I watched the movies.
She's tied up the same way
on the tapes that the defendant
tied her up during the assault,
and she goes on and on about
how much she likes it.
Have you dug into the
defendant any deeper?
Any history of violence against women?
Nothing. He's a Boy Scout.
Literally. That's how far back I went.
The man is an Eagle Scout
with a crystal clear record.
Keep looking.
Harper's past shouldn't prohibit her
from seeing her attacker punished.
Due respect, why are you
pushing this so hard?
We've pled out sex crime
cases like this before.
Harper didn't break any laws.
Porn is still legal the
last time I checked,
so I'm not going to abandon her
for choices that she made
when she was too young
to really think through
the consequences.
Well, young or not,
the Internet is forever.
Unfortunately.
She used a fake name.
She covered most of her face
with a blindfold, right?
- Right.
- So how did the defense
find the video to begin with?
Send me that video.
If we can't take this to trial,
we have got to find a way
to make a better deal,
and there might be something
on that film. I just
- I got to see it for myself.
- Uh
Oh, quit clutching your pearls, Bobby.
Send me the video.
I thought the silent treatment would end
after we dropped off Becky.
At least tell me if you're okay.
- Phoebe, look at me.
- Or what?
Are you gonna arrest me?
That was so embarrassing.
You threatened to take
my friends to jail.
[groans]
- I can't even with you!
- You lied to me!
And for what?
So you could go drink
warm vodka in a park
and make out with some older dude,
who, by the way, wasn't even that cute?
I wasn't drinking,
and I wasn't making out with him.
But you wouldn't know that
because you were too busy
acting like "Superintendent Save a Ho."
I was terrified!
For 47 minutes, I had no idea
where you were or what was happening!
I have seen things,
Phoebe bad things
and for a minute,
I thought that could be you.
It was one of the worst
feelings I've ever had.
So, yeah, I threatened
to arrest your friends
and embarrassed the hell out of you,
and I would do it again.
[mutters softly]
- [lively chatter]
- [hip-hop playing]
If his phone is pinging on this block,
I guarantee you Bones is in there.
I should go in alone, undercover,
keep it low-profile.
No, we should hit him hard and fast
before he knows what's happening.
If you do that,
then every addict and dealer
in the city is gonna know
that you're looking for him.
You might as well throw
a grenade at DCU's case.
Well, I don't think we have time
to use kid gloves right now.
Enough, enough, enough.
You're both wrong.
We go in quiet. And there's
no way you're going in alone.
It's dangerous.
We wear vests.
And let me do the talking.
Okay, but, technically,
if we're both wrong,
it kind of means at least
- one of us is right.
- I agree.
Would you shut up?
Uh, hey, I live down the street.
Did you know that there's
smoke coming off of your roof?
- [grunting]
- Keep your hands together.
Gun!
I'm assuming this Glock
is not registered to you,
so you're gonna do us a favor
and keep your mouth shut
and don't let anyone know we're here.
Maybe we'll help you out of this.
Smoke off the roof? Last I checked,
you're supposed to I.D.
yourself as law enforcement.
New partner's got you
- bending the rules?
- It worked, didn't it?
[shushes quietly, whispers]: It's okay.
You're not in trouble.
Just tell us where Bones is.
We're looking for Bones. Where's Bones?
- [screaming]
- Hey, no. Hey.
This is why I said low-profile.
We're cops in a crack house.
There's no such thing.
LENA: Over here!
MAN: Five-oh. Cops are here.
- Stay there. Got your six.
- On it.
He's gone.
Damn it.
DANNY: This medallion looks familiar.
Looks like somebody
didn't want him talking.
DANNY: And that someone
might be Sully.
JONAH: Yes, Mrs. Katz.
We're gonna find him.
Okay. All right. Yep, bye.
That your girlfriend?
No, that was Mrs. Katz calling
to see if we found Murray yet.
Apparently, he still hasn't been home.
She's worried that he's in trouble.
He is in trouble. He's a gamer.
He does puzzles with
his elderly neighbor.
Not the kind of guy that stops coming
home for no reason, and I would know.
- [scoffs]
- I have the same
Settlers of Catan limited
edition that he has.
Okay, we get it.
Murray is multiverse Sean,
who you would've been if
you never became a cop.
Don't worry, if he's in trouble,
we're gonna find him.
SEAN: What makes you think the
next clue's out here anyway?
Well, it's what you said:
"Harvard's garden."
"Water whispers."
- "Teacher's glance."
- Mm-hmm.
While you were busy settling Catan,
I was out here taking girls on dates.
Who knew you were such
a hopeless romantic?
You know the arboretum's free, right?
Some date.
Right up here is a plaque
for Helen Keller's
teacher Anne Sullivan.
She used water to teach Helen to speak.
"Water whispers."
You know, over there,
there's a nice bench to make out on.
Nice and quiet. Oh, okay.
- What is that? What is that?
- Oh.
Let's scan it.
SEAN: Oh, it's the next clue.
What does it mean?
I have no idea.
Lena, you know me.
Why am I here?
What is this? Is this yours?
Where'd you find that?
With a dead drug dealer.
One who sold to Kathy.
Tommy "Bones" Johnson.
You need to tell me right
now what's going on, Sully.
I went and talked to my old plug.
I asked him who was selling
dope at the harbor.
I talked to him.
But I swear, I had no idea
he was dead until right now.
He was beaten to death by somebody
who knew how to throw a punch.
Didn't you say you got into boxing
after you got clean?
Look at your knuckles right now.
You sure you two just talked?
I found him in a back bedroom.
He was all freaked out.
He was freaked out?
What do you mean? Nervous? Scared?
Pacing. He was getting high.
I asked him about my sister.
He came at me. He threw the first punch.
We fought.
I swear to God,
he was alive when I left.
[sighs]
You got to believe me.
Sully, there's too much
evidence not to hold you.
But I didn't do it.
Please.
They're gonna take my son.
Don't let them take my son.
All right.
If you're telling the truth and
you really didn't do this
I'll make sure you
get home to your son.
Barukh atah Adonai ♪
Eloheinu melekh ha'olam ♪
Hamotzi lechem min ha'aretz ♪
Amen. ♪
- All right.
- Let's eat.
PHOEBE: Everything looks so delicious.
No phones at the table, please.
SARAH: Mom makes the best challah.
That means you, too, Sean.
MAE: So, how was everyone's day at work?
JONAH: Fine. Can you pass the butter?
MAE: Well done. Can't have
challah without butter.
- SARAH: Mom.
- Mm-hmm?
Do you remember our first
Shabbat dinner together?
Of course I do. I don't think
I've ever been that nervous
in my life.
You were nervous?
I didn't know that. Why?
Coming to Shabbat made it feel
like things were getting real.
And don't pretend that you
didn't think the same way, too,
because you were huffing
and puffing about me
replacing your mom.
You even stained your
dad's challah cover.
You did that?
- SARAH: Yeah.
- LENA: She did.
She knocked over a wine glass.
The happy blended
family had so much drama
going on behind the scenes. Who knew?
- It was just in the beginning.
- SARAH: Yeah, it was tough
at first, but then it got easier.
You know, Mae is the
reason I became a cop.
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
Yeah, she took me to
work with her one day,
and this female detective
came in, and they were
talking through a case,
and I was just watching them.
They were both so smart and so powerful,
and by the time they
were finished talking,
I knew exactly what I
wanted to be when I grew up.
They say our childhood joys
become our adult passions.
Isn't that right, Sean?
The phone.
It's for a case.
A case?
It started out as a welfare check and
A guy disappeared doing a treasure hunt,
and we're trying to solve it.
The last clue was a string of
numbers that I don't know.
Did you file a missing persons report?
Yeah, but this guy,
Murray Bennett, he's in his 20s.
There's no sign of a struggle.
He lives alone.
No one's gonna care about the case
for the next 36 hours, so
Well, what are the numbers?
Maybe we can help.
LENA: Yeah, I'm with Phoebe.
What are the numbers?
We already figured out the first part.
We put the sequence into
an AI number generator,
and it came up with,
like, this weird cipher
for, uh, "European baby." I
What are you talking about?
JONAH: Well, you're in luck,
'cause there's more numbers.
Seven, 11 and 14.
Wait, "European baby."
Maybe it's the word for
"baby" in another language.
"Niño" in Spanish
- or "dziecko" in Polish.
- LENA: Mm-hmm.
"Tinok"in Hebrew, "enfant"in French.
Bambino? Bambino.
Uh, Red Sox fans.
- I mean, come on.
- [others murmuring, laughing]
LENA [laughing]: Of course.
Yeah, Babe Ruth, the Great Bambino,
played his first game with the Red Sox
- July 11, 1914.
- LENA: Wow.
That's it, the last three numbers.
SARAH: Oh, my gosh. Of course.
Mom.
So does that mean the next
clue is at Fenway Park?
SEAN: Could be. Could be at
his house, his cigar club.
You never really know with
these scavenger hunts.
There's usually deeper
meanings to the clues.
Yeah, the context matters.
DANNY: Try and remember
that a patrol cop's job
is to respond and report.
And that's it.
Dad
It's a dangerous game to run around
pretending to be a
detective when you're not,
especially when someone's
life is on the line.
So be careful.
And maybe pass it off
to your boss next time.
Well, that's no fun.
Danny's right.
[cell phone whooshing]
[sighs] I don't think
I'm ready for this.
You were 15 when I married Ben.
And it was intimidating,
and I was already a mother.
Nobody's ever ready.
Yeah, but most people have
a few years of practice
before the kid realizes
how bad they are at it.
- [laughs]
- She snuck out.
I found her in the park
with alcohol and boys.
What'd you do?
Made a big scene.
Threatened to arrest the boys.
- Why?
- 'Cause
I was scared to death she was hurt.
You'll make a great mom.
Stepmom.
Is there any difference?
DANNY: If you don't mind me asking,
what's up with you and your ex-partner?
You guys date before or something?
- No.
- Mm.
I didn't want to jeopardize our
partnership, so we never dated.
But he wants to?
- Yeah.
- Oh.
Why don't you give him a chance?
Maybe it'll work out.
- Are you giving me relationship advice?
- No, I'm not giving you advice.
I do have a little experience
on the subject, however.
Yeah.
Okay, so what are we doing here?
I don't think Sully did it.
Okay.
In the interrogation room,
he was telling the truth,
and he said that Bones
was nervous and pacing.
I don't think Sully was
the only one that had beef with him.
Bones sells Kathy the drugs, Kathy OD's,
Bones dumps her body to cover it up.
But the cops still find
the Killer Whale packet,
which would probably piss off
- Bones's boss.
- Bones's boss.
Mitchell Edgars.
That's who I think killed Bones,
to clean up his mess.
It's a good theory,
but how do we tie him to it?
- Witnesses.
- [lively chatter nearby]
DANNY: Excuse me. Excuse me. Police.
Like to ask you a few questions.
LENA: I'm Detective Silver.
This is Detective Reagan.
Nice to meet you.
You were here yesterday.
Did you see anything strange?
Anybody who doesn't usually come around?
You guys talking about that
chopper from yesterday?
'Cause, uh, I-I didn't do
anything to that guy's bike.
Did someone say I did?
Can I take a look at
your phone for a second?
- No, I
- You're not in any trouble.
It's okay.
I just want to take a quick look,
- with your permission.
- It's okay.
All right.
He looks like the type that might
take a selfie if a
cool chopper pulled up.
Mm-hmm. It takes one to know one, yeah?
Fair.
SKATER: I-I was just
I was just posing.
I ran as soon as he came out
'cause he looked pissed
that I was on his bike,
but I didn't actually do anything.
We believe you.
I recognize the chopper
from the DCU case file.
And look there.
Zoom in. Who is that?
DANNY: Well, and time stamp is
three hours after Sully was here.
Mitchell Edgars.
Watch your step.
Hello?
Man, we promised we'd drop the
hunt at dinner last night.
- We should go.
- No, no, no.
This has gotta be the place, man.
Like you were saying, there's always
a deeper meaning to these clues.
It came to me this morning.
Yeah, I know, you said
you found the numbers
- by the Anne Sullivan plaque.
- Uh-huh.
And Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller.
SEAN: What does Babe Ruth
have to do with Helen Keller?
"Helen" is the clue.
Babe Ruth met his wife Helen
Woodford July 11, 1914.
Seven, 11, 14. Those are
the same numbers again.
- Uh-huh.
- That's the same day Babe Ruth
- started with the Red Sox.
- Uh-huh, and they met
right here in Southie.
This used to be a café called Landers.
She worked here.
Then this could be it.
MURRAY: Help! I'm down here!
- SEAN: Wait, did you hear that?
- JONAH: Yeah.
- MURRAY: Help!
- It's over there.
- SEAN: Boston PD!
- JONAH: Murray?
MURRAY: Yes! Yes! I'm down here!
- Help!
- JONAH: He's right there.
- Murray Bennett?
- Yes. How did you find me?
Guess you could say
Mrs. Katz is a real one.
Okay, man, I'm just gonna
try to lift this up, okay?
[shouts] Ow, I think I
broke my leg and my hand.
- What happened?
- I was searching
for the treasure, and everything fell.
I woke up, and I was stuck here,
and my phone was dead.
It's okay. You're safe now.
This is Jonah Silver, BPD.
I need EMS at my location now.
Just hang in there, man,
all right? Help's on the way.
Hey.
Hey, I found it.
He found the treasure.
That means we did, too.
I guess we are a couple
of nerdy superhero cops.
- LENA: BPD!
- OFFICER: Hands up!
- Hands up! Don't move!
- LENA: Hands up!
LENA: BPD! Hands up! Hey, hey, hey!
Hands up! Hands up! Mitchell Edgars!
He's running!
- RODGERS: I'm on him!
- LENA: You got him!
DANNY: Go. I got you.
Gun.
You are under arrest for the murder
of Tommy "Bones" Johnson,
narcotics distribution, and manslaughter
in the death of Kathy Sullivan.
- EDGARS: I want a lawyer!
- Let's go.
DANNY: You're going to need one.
Your prints were all over Bones's room.
EDGARS: Get me a lawyer!
DANNY: Come on. Come on!
[siren wailing]
[indistinct police radio chatter]
I'm glad you trusted
your gut about Sully.
You were right.
Now the question is,
are you gonna trust your gut
about Detective Rodgers, too?
Wow, you are pushing this. Why?
'Cause I don't think you're afraid
it won't work with him.
I think you're afraid
it will work with him
and you'll regret it,
just like harbor cruise date guy.
I shouldn't have even told you that.
Well, I'm glad you did.
It explains a lot.
Like what?
Like why a brilliant
detective such as yourself
is still working toward
Detective Sergeant.
I'm guessing, I don't know,
you put your whole career on hold
to help him do, I don't know what,
get through college or something?
[Lena sighs heavily]
Well, first, it was
backpacking through Europe.
Oh, even worse.
And it was after college.
Then we moved back here,
and I put off joining the academy.
I did different jobs to help support him
through med school.
And then he met somebody in residency.
Mm.
So, you put your purpose on
hold for someone you love,
joined the department years
after most people your age,
and now you're afraid to get involved
with someone you might have feelings for
because you don't want to regret it.
I get it. I've been there.
You backpacked through Europe
and helped put somebody
through med school?
No, I didn't do that.
But I did refuse to date my partner,
even though there were
obviously feelings there.
But after my wife died,
I was afraid to get hurt again.
And I didn't want to regret it.
What changed?
A very wise man gave me
some very sage advice,
and I actually took it.
And I don't regret it.
But this is not about me.
It's about you.
You good?
- Yeah. You?
- Yeah.
Just like old times, huh?
- We going to trial?
- MAE: No.
But your attacker's going to
be a registered sex offender,
and he is going to do serious jail time.
What? How?
Well, uh Here, have a seat.
Someone told me that we often
return to childhood joys
as adult passions.
Your attacker was an Eagle Scout.
He used what's called a
struggler's knot on you.
Easy to learn if you're an Eagle Scout.
Now, when I saw that
struggler's knot in evidence,
I realized that he must've
seen your old movie
so he knew which knot to tie.
We searched,
and we found his IP address
on the web records.
So he was copying the porn I made?
His IP address visited
the website 642 times.
He was obsessed, and he even
wrote these anonymous comments
fantasizing about what
he was going to do,
which showed intent.
But I thought that I was
gonna have to testify
to make sure that he
didn't get off easy.
When we presented the new
evidence to opposing counsel,
they accepted the deal.
18 years in state prison,
entry into the sex offender registry.
And, um, my history won't go public?
Your history is safe.
Oh
You won.
Thank you.
Thank you for not giving up on me.
Thank you for coming forward.
I want you to know I am not
trying to replace your mom.
We have a very different relationship.
I understand that more than you know.
I forgot you had a stepmom, too.
I care about you,
and I'm in love with your dad.
So you're gonna
have to get used to me
being in your life, okay?
He's had other girlfriends.
Yeah, but none of them like you.
[gasps]
- You came back early?
- Yeah, and miss
my daughter's very first chain gang?
It's like a once-in-a-lifetime event.
That's what this is, right?
PHOEBE: You guys are so cute.
- It's gross.
- SETH: This is for you.
- Okay?
- You know what?
Give me one of those.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
We're all in this together, right?
Well, I mean, I didn't do anything.
Oh, okay. Well, uh,
you can go ahead and tell me about
all those girlfriends that
Phoebe's talking about.
Nah, never mind. You know what? I'm in.
I hope making Phoebe
join the park cleanup is okay with you.
Oh, are you kidding?
I think it's a great punishment.
Hey, um
so I've been thinking.
I think it's time that we make
this a little more official.
If you propose to me in that vest
while holding garbage bags,
- I
- Oh, oh.
Let's just take it a step at a time.
I want you to move in with me.
Well, uh, with us.
You know, we'd have
Phoebe every other week.
[stammers] That's a really big step.
Are you sure?
You stay over all the time.
I hate it when you leave.
You're fantastic with Phoebe.
I-I feel like things are going well.
Don't you?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah?
Find something you can hold on to ♪
Find someone who'll be there for you ♪
'Cause that's all that
really matters in the end ♪
["All That Really Matters"
by Illenium & Teddy Swims playing]
DANNY: There he is.
Oh, Sully.
You're going home.
What happened? You guys solve the case?
We caught the guy that killed Bones,
and DCU's gonna tack on drug charges.
Which also means we got the drugs
that killed Kathy off the street.
That's good. That's real good.
You broke the chain, Sully.
Go be with your little boy.
Come here.
Is love, love, love ♪
Love, love, love ♪
Because that's all
that really matters ♪
Thank you.
DANNY: Hey.
Come to celebrate?
I actually came to bring you these.
It's for your desk, Reagan.
Wow, a gift for little old me.
It's actually for me.
Rule is you put it in your top drawer.
If I ask for one, you toss it to me.
If I ask for two
RODGERS: No, don't do that.
She can't be trusted.
But I, uh
I do trust her with you, Reagan.
Hmm.
Even if you're not my vibe.
I am an acquired taste.
Hey, about that thing you asked me
Uh-huh?
Ask me again.
And what are you two doing here?
Came to tell you that, uh,
we found Murray Bennett.
He's gonna be okay.
And we found the treasure.
I know I disobeyed,
but I was right, Dad.
He needed help.
Look, as a father,
I'm proud you two saved a life.
But as a cop, you cannot
get in over your heads.
And you will if you're not careful.
- [cell phone vibrating]
- I'll be watching both of you.
Yes, sir. Uh, Sean,
we gotta hit the precinct.
Yeah.
What would you have done?
[sighs]
I would've done the same thing you did.
Just don't make a habit out of it.
- [chuckles]
- [elevator bell chiming]
[Danny sighs]
DANNY: Well, hello there, beautiful.
- Hey.
- Hi.
I should've known you'd
be working a case.
[sighs]
I just punched out,
so I am all yours all weekend.
Am I gonna get to meet your new partner?
Um
I think she's a little
bit busy right now.
- Oh.
- Mm-hmm.
Is that her old partner?
- Did he ask her out?
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
And I think she said yes.
Aw, I'm happy for them.
Yeah, me, too.
- Oh, God, I missed you.
- [laughs]
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