Boston Blue (2025) s01e06 Episode Script

1
DISPATCHER: All units, be on the lookout
for a possible prowler.
White male, dark hoodie.
Last spotted heading south from Ashcroft
- and Halifax.
- JONAH: 12-Jake-102
in foot pursuit, headed southbound
towards Centre Street.
Requesting backup.
SEAN: Police! Stop!
Police!
[horn blares]
[tires screech]
[grunts]
[music continues through headphones]
Get off me!
What the hell's your problem?
- SEAN: Didn't you hear us yell, "Stop?"
- Not over my music.
- Sorry, ma'am. We thought
- What, going out
on an evening jog,
is that illegal now, Officer?
12-Jake-102, to dispatch.
No need for further assistance.
- We're-we're good.
- You two are frickin' idiots.
PHELPS: Mass State
Police with a warrant!
All right, come on!
Mass State Police!
Police officers!
OFFICER: Clear!
- OFFICER 2: Clear.
- OFFICER 3: Clear.
All clear.
- Search warrant, coming through!
- Kitchen clear!
- Anyone here?
- Anyone here?
Go downstairs.
SARAH: Don't tell me it's empty.
Looks like they cleared out in a hurry.
And not that long ago.
There's still ice in the booze.
These guys knew we were coming.
Again.
[cork pops]
BAEZ: Ooh. Champagne?
Really?
- DANNY: Yeah.
- We celebrating?
Well, it's been almost a month
since we were together,
so, yes, I thought we should celebrate.
In your new apartment,
where the only piece of
furniture you have is a bed.
I mean, Sean took every
single piece of furniture
- when he moved out.
- It's okay.
Yeah.
To us.
- I love you.
- I love you.
[cell phone buzzing]
[clears throat] Is that yours or mine?
Mine.
Duty is literally calling. Answer it.
Okay.
Hello, Detective Silver.
Okay. You're working, I'm working.
I'm sorry.
No, it's okay.
If anyone understands
the demands of the job,
it's your old partner.
I will make it up to you tomorrow.
I have lunch planned out in
a very beautiful location.
And, uh, can spend the whole
day staring in your eyes.
BAEZ: I'm looking forward to it.
Go catch yourself a bad guy.
- Love you.
- Love you.
MAE: Today was a good day
at the office, people.
Actually, strike that.
Today was a triumphant day.
[cheering]
We reclaimed more than
14 million of the city's money.
Boston thanks you. I thank you.
So, celebrate, have a great time,
but not too much.
[crowd chuckles]
We're gonna be back here bright and
early with more cases to win, win, win.
[cheering]
The press is gonna eat this up.
Yes, they are. [laughs]
[sighs]
- Hey, Sarah, what's going on?
- Hey.
Nothing, it's just
Seth and I had a fight.
He's all like, "You need to prioritize
our relationship over your job."
Like, what, a woman can't have a career?
Is this how all you men think?
CHARLIE: Uh, I
think I should circulate.
[chuckles]
Yeah.
Okay, we both know that
Seth didn't say any of that.
He is way too progressive
and terrified of pissing you off,
so why did you scare Charlie off?
SARAH: Know why?
For three months,
my investigators have been after
a brothel that operates
out of luxury rentals.
Okay, so high-end clientele.
We can only assume.
Because every time we get
enough intel to get a warrant,
the brothel picks up
and moves locations.
Somebody must be tipping them off.
One of your detectives?
Tested my guys tonight.
Kept them in the dark
on the fresh intel,
went to the location
personally with staties
who didn't know anything.
But the brothel was
still one step ahead?
How about the judge
- who signed the warrants?
- Different judge
tonight than in all the other raids.
There's only one other place this leak
could be coming from.
Someone from this office.
Sarah, there are over 300
people who work for me.
SARAH: And right now,
every single one of them is a suspect.
SEAN: Jogging at night in dark clothing
while distracted by headphones
can be incredibly dangerous.
Yeah, you might get
jumped by a dumbass cop.
Again, I'm really sorry about that.
It's my fault. I should've known
Officer Groo was out on patrol.
Groo? As in Groo the Wanderer?
You know the comic?
It's the best Epic published, yeah.
[laughs] But if you're gonna compare me
to some idiot superhero,
I'm more like a Havok.
You wish you were Havok.
No, no, no, you're more like
- um, Longshot.
- Come on, I am nothing like Longshot.
It's too bad. Longshot's kind of hot.
Longshot at your service, ma'am.
Okay, don't "ma'am" me.
My name's Penny.
- Sean.
- Hey, partner, can we chat for a sec?
I will be right back.
I'll be here.
You having fun?
- Dude, she's amazing.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- You know what else she is?
A felon.
- She's a what?
- A felon.
- I ran her paperwork.
- No.
Turns out that she's on
probation right now for being
a lookout for a burglary
that happened two years ago.
You know what I'm thinking?
- You know that serial home invader?
- Yeah.
He hit another house in
this neighborhood tonight.
What if she's his lookout?
No way, that happened
five miles from here.
There's no way they're connected.
I knew that you would say that.
You're probably right, but
do you really want to be the rookies
who let a potential accomplice go?
There's no proof of a crime,
so we can't arrest or detain her.
No, but we can bring her in
to help us file the report.
Since you two have this weird comic book
mating ritual thing going on there,
you can use that to see
if she has an alibi.
Thank you.
[sighs] How did she take it?
Maria, not so good.
But Detective Baez, she gets it.
- Man, I feel bad.
- Don't feel bad.
She knows the job.
Plus, I sent her some flowers.
- Well, that's nice.
- Yeah.
- So what do we got?
- [laughs] We got
one camera here, three
cameras around the perimeter.
Security company is
emailing the footage.
We also have this.
DANNY: This doesn't make any sense.
In every other
home invasion,
our perp went around the side,
jimmied open a door, nice
and quiet, out of the way.
Now, suddenly,
he bashes in the front door
of a house, right out in the open?
Why would we change his MO?
He didn't.
Neighborhood watch guy was on patrol.
Saw the victims tied to a
chair through the window.
SAM: So the adrenaline kicks in,
and I'm all like, "It's go time."
So I just punched the glass
Fortunately, the home
invader was long gone by then,
but he did punch through
that front window,
sliced open his hand.
Classic knucklehead move.
At least he called 911 first, yeah?
Oh, so not a total knucklehead.
I haven't questioned them yet,
just so you know.
Hey, there. This is my partner,
Detective Reagan.
This is Mr. and Mrs. Merrick,
and their daughter Amy.
DANNY: Sorry this happened to you all.
Can you describe the man who did it?
He wore a mask, but he was white.
Um, had on dark clothes, a hoodie.
I don't know, all I could focus on
- was his gun.
- He took my wife's wedding ring.
It belonged to her grandma. Please,
you gotta get it back.
That's why he hit you?
You wouldn't give up the wedding ring?
No, I did exactly what I was told.
I-I gave him the jewelry, the cash.
And then he ties us up,
he just beats me just to beat me.
It's like the monster was enjoying it.
[groans]
Can we get him to the hospital?
Absolutely, absolutely.
We'll be by later to see you.
Thank you.
Two weeks we've been after this guy
with nothing to show for it.
- Yeah.
- And he keeps getting
more and more violent
with every break-in.
If we don't find him soon,
he's gonna end up killing someone.
[loud bang]
DANNY: Come on.
Come on.
BAEZ: Did you read him his rights first?
What are you doing here?
Well, I figured the coffee
in your station house
is just as lousy as the
dirty brown sock water
- in our precinct back home
- It is.
so I found a pretty
decent café, and voilà!
Thank you.
Oh, I, uh, brought
one for your partner, too.
You're too kind.
Is this the serial prowler
you've been working?
Yeah, it started two weeks
ago with Joseph Buckland,
our first vic.
Perp broke in to his home,
tied him up, robbed the place.
A week later, he hit the Anselmo home.
But he verbally assaulted Mr. Anselmo.
Four days ago,
it was the Yamayura family's
house that he broke into.
He tied up Mr. Yamayura
and terrorized him.
Last night, it was the
Merrick family's turn.
He beat the crap out of Mr. Merrick.
Sent him to the hospital.
Danny, these break-ins aren't just about
- stealing cash and jewelry.
- No.
He's got some type of issue
with the men of the household.
Any forensics, surveillance video?
- Nope, guy's like a ghost.
- Well, maybe he's been
casing the house so he knows
how to avoid the cameras.
I thought the same thing, but here.
The Merricks have security cameras
all around their property
except for one blind spot,
which is actually where
the perp broke in.
But if he was casing the house,
somebody would've seen him.
Unless he's seen the camera feeds.
What if he's someone that works
for the security company?
Well, all these families use
different security companies.
Maybe your perp hacked the cameras.
You've still got it, Detective.
Of course I do.
I'm gonna call the Cyber Crime Unit.
Detective Baez.
- Officer Reagan.
- Hey.
- You look sharp.
- Thanks.
What brings you here, Officer?
Uh, yesterday, on the
night tour, a civilian matched
the description of your prowler.
We checked her out, she's clean, but
sergeant wanted me to bring
the file by anyway, so
Okay.
Penelope Bravo.
On parole for burglary.
All right, worth taking a look at.
- I just told you we checked her out.
- DANNY: Okay.
But since your badge says "Officer"
and my shield says "Detective,
" I'm gonna do my job.
She's got nothing to do with your case.
Why are you defending this girl so hard?
I'm not.
- Did you see that?
- I saw that.
You have feelings for her.
You cannot fraternize with felons.
No matter how cute they are.
I know that, all right?
No, imagine if I wasn't
here to look after him.
You're trying to show off
in front of your girlfriend.
God knows where he would be.
You know what? I'm gonna leave.
My partner's waiting, so
I'll walk out with you.
[laughs] Don't forget our lunch.
REMI: Lena.
Remi?
Hi.
Oh, how long has it been?
- Hey
- Like 12 years, huh?
- What are you
- Look,
um, I'm sorry for popping
up at your job
- No, don't be sorry.
- all out of the blue.
I just didn't know who else to turn to.
- Okay.
- You remember my little brother?
Yeah, of course, I do.
He got arrested.
- Hmm.
- It wasn't his fault, though.
He was getting a ride home
from some neighborhood guys.
Oh, man, what kind of neighborhood guys?
- Bangers. I know, stupid.
- [groans] Yancey.
But it's Yancey.
He's friends with everybody.
They got pulled over
and the cops found an unregistered gun.
And they're charging
everybody in the car with it.
He didn't even know it was there.
Lena, can you please help him out?
No.
[sighs]
But my mom can.
As district attorney, she could just
just snap and make it all go away.
Well, not exactly, but what she can do
is get him parole, with no prison time.
- Okay.
- Let me just get an okay
- from the Gang Unit first.
- Okay.
- And you've got pull over there?
- Yeah, let's just say
I know a guy who knows a guy.
Thank you.
[laughs]
CHARLIE: Someone here,
in the D.A.'s office,
is leaking warrant information
to a criminal enterprise,
and you're just now telling me?
It was only 12 hours ago.
So what does your daughter's
investigation entail?
Compiling a list of
everyone who had access
to all of the search
warrants for that brothel.
Leaker has to be in there somewhere,
and when I find out who it is,
I'm raising funds for a new prison,
and burying them under it.
You could do that.
Or, once Sarah submits her list,
shut down the investigation
and let me fire all the suspects.
- Why would I do that?
- Because you need
this mole removed from this
building as quietly as possible.
- Tell me this is a joke.
- It isn't.
However, your name could very well
end up the punchline.
Mae Silver, the D.A.
with criminals on her staff.
I'm not firing innocent people
just to avoid bad press.
I'll take a scandal over
a cover-up any day.
You went to a coffeehouse and
didn't ask if I wanted anything?
- Maria brought it for me.
- Okay.
And, as a matter of
fact, she also brought
one for you.
- Huh.
- Are you serious?
- Mm-hmm.
- She's my best friend,
even though I haven't met her yet.
- Mm-hmm.
- Hey, Joe Buckland's headed up right now.
[telephone rings]
The first robbery vic?
Reagan.
- Mmm.
- Okay, that's fantastic.
Well, not only did you not meet Baez,
but you also missed out on
me cracking this case open.
She helped you, didn't she?
- She did all the heavy lifting.
- Yeah. [laughs]
Regardless, that was
the Cyber Crime Unit.
The Merricks' home security cameras
were hacked, which is probably how
the perp knew exactly where to break in.
Can they track the IP address
to where the hack originated?
They did. It came back to a Rory Flynn.
I'm gonna do some digging on him now.
Nice. Hey, Mr. Buckland.
You had an issue with the
insurance company. Thank you.
My, uh, claim was denied.
My policy has a
"forced entry" requirement.
Oh. You know what?
This denial is based on a burglary.
Home invasions are robberies.
Resubmit as a robbery,
and if they give you any pushback,
you call me.
- Thanks.
- DANNY: Just one
second before you leave, sir.
Can you do me a favor and tell me
if you recognize this man?
Does he look anything
like the home invader?
He was wearing a mask.
Yeah, just look a little closer.
JOE: The eyes?
They were intense like his.
Thank you so much.
- Hope that works out.
- Thanks.
Danny, what are you doing?
You know that ID's not
gonna hold up in court.
Oh, the ID wouldn't hold up in
court with the mask on, but
Rory Flynn has two priors
for aggravated assault,
and our victim just ID'd him, so
So let's roll.
You, stay on her.
Go. Come on.
Shh. What's wrong with you?
He's going for a gun.
Boston PD with a warrant!
Police! Drop the gun! Now!
Don't even think about it.
Put your gun down.
Hands up where we can see them.
I thought you guys were burglars.
- DANNY: You got him?
- Yeah, I got him.
You can come cuff him.
Why are you cuffing me up?
Where were you last night, Rory?
- Maybe in the Brookmont area?
- Brookmont?
Where that home invasion was?
Hold on now, I don't
know nothing about that.
Then explain why your IP address
was used to hack the victims' cameras.
I can't connect my cellphone to my car,
and you think I hacked some cameras?
You two got the wrong guy.
Who else has access to your Wi-Fi?
Mikey!
- Get out here!
- Who's Mikey?
My kid.
He's like my tech support.
What's going on, Pop?
DANNY: Come here.
Stand right here. Keep your
hands where we can see 'em.
Boy, did you hack some cameras?
No, that's illegal, and
I would never admit
to breaking the law in front of cops.
You seem like a smart kid, Mikey,
so now's not the time to play
dumb with your dad's freedom.
What'd you do?
I hacked home security cameras.
You work with somebody?
- Who'd you do it for?
- No one.
I-I built a program that downloads
all the cameras in the neighborhood.
I go through them and look
for bloopers and fails.
Bloopers and fails?
You know, like if someone
eats it on a skateboard.
This is for social media?
Just hit a thousand followers.
That's great. [laughs]
He just hit a thousand followers.
- Did you hear that, Danny?
- Yup.
Guess what our case just hit?
Brick wall.
DANNY: It's official.
Rory Flynn alibied out,
so the raid on his place was
a complete waste of time.
Not exactly.
Because our warrant let us
seize his son's computer,
and it is overflowing with hacked
security camera footage
from the nearby homes.
Any of that footage happen
to be from last night?
- Uh-huh.
- Great.
You know, who knows?
We comb through this,
- might spot our suspect.
- All right,
I'm gonna, uh, cancel lunch with Maria.
Oh, no. I got this.
Go be with your lady.
All right.
I guess I'm not the only
one with a lunch date.
Twix are in the top drawer.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Ooh.
You coming in for a kiss?
Uh, is there something wrong with that?
You know, 'cause we did
a lot more than that the other night.
Yes, we did. It was at my place.
And this is my work.
So, to me, this is
strictly a no-PDA zone.
- You feel me?
- Oh, is it, now?
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay.
[laughs]
Now, did you get to talk
to the gang unit about Yancey Wims?
Yes, I did, and they are okay
with you asking your
mom to go easy on him.
Yes, yes!
See, I could kiss you,
but I am not going to
because it's a non-PDA zone.
- Yeah, we-we got that.
- Okay.
But, uh, my buddy did say that
guy's gonna probably end
up right back in custody.
Why is that?
He's affiliated.
Yancey is gang affiliated? No way.
Yup, they got a file on him.
- No.
- Who is he to you?
Before my mom met my
stepdad, it was just me and her.
And with law school,
and her becoming an A.D.A.,
she was gone a lot.
Yancey's family was there for you.
Yeah, they were.
And I've lost touch with them.
But I owe them.
So, thank you for helping me with this.
Any time.
Oof, fist bump.
[laughs]
That is the sexiest thing
- Would you get out of here?
- you could do, I'm telling you.
- All right, one foot, two foot.
- One at a time.
- One foot, two
- Just keep them oh!
- Easy, pal.
- You got him?
Let's stay vertical.
I got him, I got him.
SEAN: Okay.
Oh.
Gonna name your first kid after me?
- Shut up.
- [laughs] Go.
I got Boston's man of the year.
- You sure?
- I got him.
Come on. Let's go this way.
PENNY: I'm here to file a complaint.
- Really?
- Yeah, 'cause last night,
some idiot cop broke my
headphones when he tackled me.
No, but I'm willing to settle
the matter out of court,
if that same idiot cop is
gonna take me out on a date?
I, uh, I can't.
You know, I'm a rookie,
my schedule's nuts.
I got, like no social life right now.
Uh
I can tell you're lying.
It's about my record, isn't it?
Hey, Sean, I made a mistake,
and I did my time.
Why am I still being punished for it?
- Penny, it's not that.
- Yes, it is,
because I can't get a good job
or a decent-looking apartment,
and now a cute boy
that I know is into me
is blowing me off.
Let me replace your headphones.
Don't worry about it.
Penny
It's coming together.
- Cute.
- Yeah, it is cute.
I'm thinking I could make a
little bedroom for Elena.
You know, make it her favorite color.
She would love all of that.
I'm still getting my head
around Brooklyn Danny
living in Beantown.
So am I.
I'm not used to this city.
Look, when I got the call
that Sean was hurt in a fire,
they didn't tell me how.
I made the four-hour drive to Boston
in two hours and change.
Maria, I had to move here.
You can't stop bad things
from happening to him.
No, but I can be here when they do.
[phone buzzes]
Five bucks says that's work.
No sign of our suspect
on any security footage.
What? Is he coming in and
out through the plumbing?
I don't get it.
I mean, the entire neighborhood
is on high alert,
nobody's seen this guy.
Maybe your perp's been
hiding in plain sight.
You know, maybe he's somebody
who belongs in the neighborhood.
We're getting our food to go, aren't we?
Maybe we should.
[Baez laughs]
DANNY: Lena Silver,
Maria Baez. Maria Baez
Wow. It is a pleasure
- to finally meet you, Maria.
- Aww. You, too.
[both laugh] - You, too,
but please, call me Baez.
It's weird to be called by my first name
in a station house.
[laughs]
Even one in Boston.
You got it, Baez. You got it.
And I am so sorry about this case.
Don't worry about it. But I'm starving,
so I'm gonna eat while you two work.
- You got it.
- DANNY: Yeah, we were theorizing
at the restaurant that
maybe our perp has been
hiding in plain sight.
You know, blending in
with the neighborhood.
- Mailman, maintenance worker.
- LENA: That is a great theory,
and I had it about 40 minutes ago.
- And?
- And I've already ruled out
everybody who fits that bill.
Oh, that smells delicious.
Oh, Danny got the same thing.
Here, take his.
- Thank you.
- Danny was gonna eat that.
BAEZ: Danny, she's your partner.
- Share. He's so territorial.
- Ah
- And grumpy.
- DANNY: Whatever I can do
to make you ladies'
lunch more enjoyable.
What is it?
What about the neighborhood watch guys?
I mean, nobody even thinks about them.
They're walking up
on people's houses,
they're going in their yards.
But they patrol in pairs.
Aren't you looking for a lone wolf?
We are, but there is one member
- who always goes out alone.
- DANNY: Yes, there is.
Sam Norquist.
Our Good Samaritan.
The one who found the Merricks.
Is it possible that he broke in,
beat up Mr. Merrick,
then came back later
to try to make himself
look like the hero?
LENA: It is definitely possible.
Let's go talk to him.
- You, uh, want to come with us?
- BAEZ: I'm good.
Thank you. I do not
want to get sucked into
- Boston PD like Danny here.
- [kissing]
- It's not as bad as you think.
- LENA: I'm gonna finish that.
[chuckles]
SARAH: I have narrowed it
down to three suspects.
A clerk, Hadley, and
A.D.A.s Beakman and Muñoz.
All three of these employees
had prior knowledge
of the brothel raids.
MAE: Well, how do you plan to determine
- which one is the leaker?
- Well,
I uncovered a phone number
used by a suspected client
to book appointments at the brothel.
Nice, so you have all of their
incoming and outgoing calls.
A burner phone made an incoming call
to the brothel every single time
a warrant was being processed.
That is our leaker warning them.
Can't you just ping their
location and arrest them?
The suspect is far too clever for that.
They only activate the phone
right before making a phone call.
And it's a burner,
which is basically untraceable.
The phone, yes.
The person?
Not so much.
I am mapping every cell tower
those phone calls pinged from.
Now comes the hard part.
I have to go back in time and
track all of our suspects' movements,
and find out which one
of them was in the radius
of the tower during each of those calls.
CHARLIE: Well, let's
just pray it's the clerk,
because if it's one
of these prosecutors,
every single case they've
touched will be overturned.
Wait, a bunch of convicted felons
will be set free over this?
MAE: Well, if it is one of the
A.D.A.s, then, yes, it's possible.
CHARLIE: No, it's probable. Mae?
- Please consider the political fallout.
- Charlie?
If doing the right thing
gets me voted out of office,
then I'll leave with a clear conscience
and my head held high.
Continue your investigation.
Follow the evidence wherever it leads,
no matter the political costs.
[knocking on door]
LENA: Mr. Norquist. Remember us?
Can we step in, ask you a few questions?
Yeah. Sure.
DANNY: How's that hand of yours?
- Didn't even need stitches.
- DANNY: That's good,
'cause punching that
window to get inside
the Merricks' home,
that wasn't very smart.
LENA: Yeah. Unless you purposely
wanted to cut your hand.
Why do that?
Right? Why would you want to leave
your DNA all over the crime scene?
Are you accusing me of something?
LENA: Right now,
we're asking you questions.
Like, did you know the home invader
raged out on Mr. Merrick
and punched him in his face
over and over and over again?
Which would've caused
the perp's knuckles
to cut open, like yours.
Course, then the perp
would need an explanation
as to why they were
in the victims' home.
Is that why you punched the window open?
I can't believe this. I'm the hero.
You're the hero, huh?
You got binders here
with names of all the
streets in the neighborhood.
What is this? What I didn't
give you permission to touch
Step back.
Some notes from your
neighborhood watch patrols.
Details on security systems, cameras.
This is basically a how-to guidebook
for robbing your neighbors.
Those are my security assessments.
Recommendations for improvements.
I would never hurt my neighbors.
I I've been doing my part.
I've been going out on patrols,
I've been counseling the victims,
I've been, I've been poring
over security footage.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
You counsel the victims?
- Only Joe.
- DANNY: Joe Buckland?
The first victim of the home invader?
SAM: He comes by. We hang out.
Unlike you, he appreciates my work.
- Has Joe Buckland seen this?
- Yeah. Why?
LENA: Okay, listen. This is important.
The suspect has a very
distinct victim profile:
men of the household.
He likes to beat up on the dads.
LENA: Do you know if Joe
has an issue with his father?
One night, he had too much to drink.
He started going on and
on about how his dad
used to beat the hell out of him.
Can you give us a second?
[Danny sighs]
[whispering]: Danny, this could be Joe's
twisted way of regaining power.
- Uh-huh.
- But he is smart.
He faked being a victim
to throw us off his scent,
even asked me to help him
with an insurance claim,
used his research to case the homes.
- Mm-hmm.
- It's still all circumstantial, though.
I think I know how we can catch him.
You really want to do some good?
SAM: Yeah.
DANNY: Joe Buckland
still thinks he has us fooled.
We're gonna use that against him.
So, I-I call and read this to him?
Exactly. He probably hasn't
sold the Merricks' jewelry,
but we don't have
enough to get a warrant.
So, we're gonna use your expertise
to get him to make a mistake.
Are you ready?
[line ringing]
- JOE: What's up, Sam?
- Good news.
Uh, I spoke with the cops.
They're close to arresting
the home invader.
Wait, really?
They wouldn't tell me who,
but s-said I'd be surprised
- when I found out.
- Why would the cops tell you that?
[quietly]: Neighborhood watch.
Oh, I'm on the neighborhood watch.
I'm, like, real close
with the detectives.
Uh, Lena, my boy Danny
Uh Anyways, uh,
I-I just wanted to let you know.
I got to go.
- I do all right?
- You did fantastic.
- Well, you want me to keep tabs on him?
- Please don't.
- Okay?
- Yeah.
[laughter]
- The boys are bringing out the food.
- Ooh.
I'm gonna go make sure they
don't mess it up this time.
[laughs] Good call.
Mom, I, uh, I need a favor.
Okay.
Remi came by today.
- Really?
- Yeah.
How's she doing?
Her little brother Yancey,
he's gotten himself into some trouble.
He's been hanging out with bangers
and he got collared for
a gun that wasn't his.
But thankfully, the Gang Unit
is fine with him getting parole
as long as you sign off on it.
What did Yancey have to say for himself?
Oh, well, I haven't spoken to him,
but, you know, it's Yancey.
He was always such a sweetheart.
Yeah, he was when he was four years old.
That was the last time
we saw him, right?
Mom, I, uh, I owe them.
So do I.
But in our positions,
we have certain responsibilities.
Supreme Court Justice
Potter Stewart once said,
"Ethics is knowing the difference
"between what you have a right to do
and what is right to do."
Okay. All right, okay. How about this?
I will go with your recommendation,
but only after you have
a sit-down with him.
Deal.
Just remember Yancey's crime is on him.
But you put him back on the street
and he commits another crime,
that's on you.
JONAH: Sean is in a crisis right now
- and he needs our help.
- Uh-oh.
You like her, she likes you.
Just go out with her.
I don't see what the problem is.
- She's on parole.
- You have the hots for an ex-con?
LENA: Oh, my.
You can double-date
with your dad and Baez.
And then when she runs out on the bill,
they can arrest her.
- [snorts]
- Look, I know the rules, okay?
Cops can't fraternize
with felons, all right?
So, I see what the problem is here.
He grew up in a NYPD household.
This is Boston, buddy.
The rules are a bit different here.
- Oh, yeah?
- Rule 102, section 39,
clearly states that employees
are not allowed to associate
with recent felons. Okay?
- Well, how is that different?
- Well,
I grew up in a household
full of lawyers,
so I know a thing or two
about interpreting words.
- Penny was arrested, what, 24 months ago?
- Oh.
One could argue that
that's not recent at all.
You're good. You can date her.
It's not just about the rules.
JONAH: Okay, guys,
h-he has a crush on this girl,
and he doesn't know how to tell his dad.
And since Danny is not here,
does anybody have any advice for him?
- I
- Let's not gang up on Sean.
LENA: But I have an idea.
How about we role-play?
I'll be your father.
- Oh, no.
- Just let me get into Danny real quick.
[clears throat] Oh, here we go.
[Brooklyn accent]:
New York's great, Boston sucks.
The Mets are the best baseball team
even though we haven't won
the World Series since the '80s.
I'm in.
[laughter]
Sean, my son, what's on your mind?
- [laughs]: Dad.
- Mm-hmm?
Do you remember Penny?
- I do.
- I want to go out with her.
Nice. Save some money.
Why is that?
Well, you'll probably be dating her
during the prison visiting hours.
- Ooh.
- You'll put money on her books,
of course, but it's still a cheap date.
- Wow.
- That is terrible.
[Brooklyn accent]: Sean.
[laughter]
My boy, you don't want to
get a rep for dating felons.
- Oh
- No. Nobody in the department
is gonna trust you.
Oh, he doesn't care about that.
- Yeah, I do, actually.
- No, he's in love,
- and he doesn't care who knows it.
- I barely know her.
- He's in love!
- SARAH: Love?
Or what about here? What if she steals
the Shabbat candles like Jean Valjean?
- Who's Jean Valjean?
- The captain of Roxbury?
Oh, my gosh.
No, that's a character
from Les Misérables.
- SEAN: Wolverine guy.
- Oh, the gladiator from the movie.
No.
[overlapping chatter]
MAE: Gladiat Oh,
I'm embarrassed right now.
You guys should be
ashamed of yourselves.
- It's your turn.
- MAE: No, I'm not gonna make fun
of Danny behind his back.
What I will say is this,
from my own personal experience.
It's your life.
Don't be afraid to declare who
you want to share it with.
[Brooklyn accent]: How you doin'?
- Oh!
- Are you kidding me?
Maria? I'm back.
You ready to dance the night away?
[keys clatter]
I got the lead on a homicide.
And you're heading back to Brooklyn.
[sighs]
I swear
even when we couldn't
be partners anymore,
we spent more time together.
I guess the distance
between Boston and New York
is a lot farther than we thought.
It's my fault.
I'm sorry.
You know, for a while now,
I've been praying
that you come to your senses
and you move back home.
But I finally get it.
You're just doing for Sean on the job
what your dad did for you.
It's a blessing that you're here, okay?
So, don't ever be sorry
about that, you hear me?
[whispering]: Yeah.
Do you have to leave
right this second
or stay maybe five more minutes?
Well, what did you have in mind?
'Cause five minutes
is not enough time
Not for that.
For this.
["Bésame Mucho" by Dean Martin playing]
- Oh
- May I?
Bésame ♪
Bésame mucho ♪
Each time I cling ♪
To your kiss, I hear music ♪
Divine ♪
Bésame ♪
Are we fooling ourselves, Danny?
I mean, we're gonna make it, right?
Hold me ♪
DANNY: Hey.
Say that you'll always be mine ♪
We're gonna make it.
I know we are.
Love me forever ♪
And make all my dreams ♪
Come true. ♪
YANCEY: Hey, Lena.
[door closes]
LENA [laughs]: Yancey, is that you?
Appreciate you bringing him down.
We're good. Thank you.
A memory just hit me.
You and Remi were
getting ready for prom.
I was still in diapers,
wouldn't stop bugging y'all.
Sis was mad as hell, but not you.
Yeah, you took me outside,
pushed me on the swing.
Anything to calm your
little hyper butt down.
[both laugh] But for real,
that meant a lot.
Well, we're a long way
from that swing, huh?
So, what happened?
What you doing messing
around with a gang?
Just trying to make a living.
[chuckles]: Oh.
Well, it's not a good one.
You're looking at serious
prison time, Yancey.
Aren't you gonna help with that?
Why would I?
You gonna leave the gang life behind?
Okay.
Hey, you got it.
I will.
You're lying.
Lena
you know how my family was
there for you back in the day?
Of course.
That's how my boys are for me.
Now, can you get me out or what?
[laughs softly] [phone buzzing]
Hold on.
Silver.
Really? Which pawn shop?
Okay, okay, I'll get Danny,
we'll head there now.
Man, I, uh
I got to go, I'm sorry. Guard!
[door opens] So, what happens to me?
[exhales]
MARCO: 60, 80, one, 110, 120, 130
[door chimes]
LENA: Mr. Buckland.
Don't move.
Whoa!
Where you going, tough guy?
Oh, you want to fight?
No.
I know you like beating up on dads.
- No.
- Especially when they're tied up.
Maybe you should try
beating up on me, huh?
- No.
- Come on.
- Come on!
- S-Sorry, Detectives.
Look, I-I've just been really
jumpy since that home invasion.
- Bet you have been. You're under arrest.
- For what?
- What's going on?
- That jewelry over there
was stolen by the same guy
who supposedly stole yours.
That's crazy, 'cause I just
found those in a dumpster
over at Johnson Park. [laughs]
Gonna have to come up with
a better lie than that.
- You don't believe me?
- Not even a little bit.
Search my house.
You're not gonna find any evidence.
We got something a lot better
than searching your house.
We got him.
Give me your hands. Behind your back.
- You're under arrest.
- For what?
Possession of stolen property.
I don't see a transaction card,
nor do I see a copy of his photo ID.
- My bad. I must have forgot, man.
- [chuckles]
Maybe you'll remember
when you're indicted
for accessory after the fact.
LENA: Or we could make
a deal with the D.A.,
and that's if you come clean.
So, you want to be a
witness or a defendant?
- Witness.
- Great. Start talking.
Fine. I bought stolen
jewelry off this guy
two, maybe three other times.
Exactly. You have the
right to remain silent.
- Anything you say can and will
- Listen close.
She's talking to you, too. Come on.
Do you think these look like Penny's?
You know, the ones I broke?
I was thinking of ordering them for her.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
This is what you're gonna do.
You're gonna have them
ordered to our place
and then you're gonna
hand-deliver them to her
and you're gonna ask her out on a date.
I don't understand why
you're so afraid of your dad.
- I'm not, man, it's just
- Yes, you are.
He's sacrificed a lot for me,
and the last thing I want
to do is let him down.
You know, I was so close
to getting an MBA.
- I ever tell you that?
- No.
I got into school at, uh, Northwestern,
and then I decided that
being a businessman
was the last thing I
wanted to do on the planet.
My mom, she was cool with it.
My dad wasn't too pleased.
Told me that I should
finish what I started.
Let me guess.
You told him and, to your surprise,
he was, uh, chill about it?
He said that I was making the
biggest mistake of my life.
But he also told me that he respected me
for sticking to my convictions.
I can't even tell you
how great that felt.
And then it happened, a month later.
He was murdered.
[locker door closes]
So, uh
if you have something
to tell your father,
tell him while you can.
DANNY: Mr. and Mrs. Merrick?
We have a good-news,
good-news situation.
First, we caught the man who
did this to your family.
You will not have to worry
about him ever again.
Second, we got the D.A. to issue
an early release of your property.
Mrs. Merrick, if you wouldn't mind
signing, so you can take that home.
Mr. Merrick, I know there was one item
in particular you were worried about.
We found it.
- Do you mind?
- No. Not at all.
Go ahead. Ah, take it easy.
Take it easy.
Todd, y-you have three broken ribs.
There you go.
TODD: My love and my heart.
Forever.
Careful. [chuckles]
- Thank you, Detective, for everything.
- Here you go.
Walking down the street last night ♪
Watching strangers pass me by ♪
REMI: But I thought you were
supposed to take care of Yancey.
That's before I knew he
was affiliated, Remi.
And he has zero interest in getting out.
But locking him in prison is
only gonna push him closer
to that gang.
Lena, please.
Girl, that's my baby brother.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
What the hell am I supposed
to do with a damn "sorry"?
When I look into your eyes ♪
There's no answers ♪
Hey. You okay?
It's a feeling ♪
That I've never known ♪
[Lena sobs]
And when I'm wide awake tonight ♪
[crying]
Running circles in my mind ♪
Yeah, I don't want to ruin
the moment, but, uh
think we're in a non-PDA zone.
[both laugh]
When did your heart let me go? ♪
- Yeah. Yes. Yeah.
- Hey. Look at me. Look at me.
You did the right thing.
God, I
I hope so.
Guess some things I'll never know ♪
SEAN: Hey.
- Can we talk?
- DANNY: Yeah.
Yeah, what's up?
You know the girl from before? Penny?
Yeah, the crook. What about her?
Look
I want to ask her out.
Before you say anything, Boston PD rules
are different than NYPD's.
There's this loophole for
recent felons, and
Dad, I don't think
she should be judged
for making one mistake.
Do you like this girl?
Yeah.
No, I mean, do you
really like this girl?
Yeah.
Then don't let anyone stop
you from going after her.
Not even me.
[laughs softly]
Dad, are you okay?
- Yes, I'm okay.
- Yeah?
Want to sit down and tell me about her?
[Sean sighs]
Guess some things ♪
I'll never know. ♪
She is pretty.
- Okay.
- Okay, but not
I like, definitely not
conventional for me, like, I
MAE: Hi, Sarah.
What's wrong?
I, uh
I found out who the leaker is.
A.D.A. Philip Beakman.
All of his cases could get thrown out.
I-I've made peace with that, but
- he's a low-level A.D.A
- No, you don't get it.
He worked Dad's murder trial.
No, the attorney general
handled your father's case
Yes.
Before you recused yourself,
A.D.A. Philip Beakman
indicted Dad's killer.
Just end the investigation.
Right now. You have
the power to do that.
"Ethics is knowing the
difference between"
Who cares?
Dad's killer could be set free.
You think I don't know that?
So, what are you gonna do?
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KIDS: The Brandons.