Law & Order Special Victims Unit s11e22 Episode Script
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NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous, In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit, These are their stories, All done.
So how's that? BENNY: What do you want, a medal? Now, get the cable out of the truck.
Yo, by myself? What are you, some kind of wimp? Slide the damn thing out.
(GRUNTS) Damn rookie.
The hell's your problem? Rats.
Son of a bitch can't even curse like a man.
No What the hell? I think there's something over there.
You ain't going to last long, you let a couple of rodents scare you.
Where are you going? Zak! There's something over there.
Oh, my God.
(RATS SQUEAKlNG) Call an ambulance.
BERESFORD: Victim is eight months pregnant, Lucky she didn't go into labor.
Did you get her name? Did she tell you what happened? Just pointed at her belly and cried.
Is the baby okay? Ultrasound was normal.
But her pelvic turned up vaginal trauma and fluids.
Tell me something.
Who the hell rapes a pregnant woman? Yeah, well, for every kink, there's a perv with a dream.
She's behind curtain number three.
Uh Doctor? I've got to go, Detective.
Not until we find our victim.
MARLOWE: They let our victim walk out with a bruised face and an eight-month belly? A bus crashed in the Midtown Tunnel.
The E.
R.
was so chaotic, nobody noticed she left.
Well, I hope you didn't call me down here at the crack of dawn to lead your search party.
No, Munch and Fin are canvassing.
I called you because Jane Doe was the fourth pregnant woman to be raped in the city this month.
And we're thinking it's the same guy? Well, it's the same MO.
He followed each one of them out of a subway station, and then raped them at knifepoint.
Victims give a description? Yeah.
The guy wore a stocking mask.
And a condom, too, no doubt.
CRAGEN: In the first three attacks.
Either he forgot the condom this time, or it broke.
Warner is processing the DNA now.
So, am I just here to look at pretty pictures, or do you have something to show me? Okay.
The perp grabbed his first victim coming off the Q train at Prospect Park.
Second victim, last stop on the number 6.
Victim number three was raped in a cemetery in Middle Village off the M train.
Tonight's attack went down in Harlem near the number 2.
These four subway lines all intersect in only one place in the five boroughs.
CRAGEN: City Hall Station.
The subway lines all connect to his comfort zone.
Perp does the deed and only has to take one train home.
Pregnant woman's an easy target.
She'll do anything the perp wants because she wants to protect her baby.
So, you doing anything to stop him? SVU Base to Portable.
Status report? Lousy.
CSU grid-searched the park and found squat.
Hey! Anybody check that car? Stand by, Cap.
That's a lot of parking tickets.
Traffic should have moved this days ago.
This car is full of crap.
Hey-yo! Police! Anybody home? What time is it? Time for you to answer some questions.
Now, come on.
Hey.
That's my clean laundry.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
What's your name? My friends call me Flossie.
Do you have to do that in front of me? Hey, do I look like I have dental insurance? I got enough problems without gingivitis.
Between your plaque removal, did you hear or see anything unusual last night? Oh, you mean the pregnant girl getting raped? You saw the rape? I heard her screaming first.
In this crazy language (MlMlCKlNG FORElGN LANGUAGE GlBBERlSH) Something like that.
Oh, wow.
You know what that is? Spare me.
What happened? I took a look.
Bastard was doing her from behind.
He had a big-ass knife.
He waved it at me when I told him to stop.
I ran back to the car.
So, you got a good look at him? Sure did.
He walked right past me as he was taking the underwear off his head.
No.
The nose was a little smaller, and the eyes were farther apart.
Like that? Yeah.
But now the hair's not right.
Flossie's gums may be gross, but at least he's got good recall.
Send the sketch to every precinct, transit district, and subway station booth.
Where are we on the victim? Nothing from Missing Persons, but Flossie says she was speaking a foreign language.
Well, if she's illegal, that would explain why she ran from the hospital.
Take her photo over to lCE.
See if she's on their radar.
TRASK: No American embassy will give a visa to a pregnant woman in her third trimester.
So, that whole "Bring us your tired, your poor, "your yearning to breathe free" thing was bull? They sneak in, drop their litter.
The little tykes go right on the federal teat and we pay for the milk.
Spoken like a true racist.
Well, I'll be damned.
Embassy in Bulgaria made an exception.
Sophia Zorav, admitted on a B-2 tourist visa.
Sudden death in the family.
How many pounds of flesh you people take from her to prove it? Death certificate and funeral notice for her uncle.
She was staying at his house with her aunt, Lili Denkova, the widow.
In Harlem.
That's Sophia.
Oh, God, not this.
Not now.
"All that flying, you'll harm the baby," I told her.
But Sophia wouldn't take no for an answer.
She was very close to her uncle.
We're very sorry for your loss.
I was so busy with the funeral.
I never got to call her again.
Why call if she was staying here? Because she never arrived.
Sophia flew into Kennedy Airport.
Yes.
I went to pick her up.
Waited for her to come through Customs, but she never did.
I tried her cell phone, but it went to voicemail, (CELL PHONE RlNGlNG) so I just assumed she changed her mind.
Is there anyone else here Stabler.
that she may have contacted? No.
I am all Sophia has in this country.
Well, she still may try to get in touch with you.
So, please call me if she does.
(SlGHS) And call me if you find her first.
Please.
Warner got a hit on the DNA from Sophia.
Rapist's name is Donovan Black, lives right by City Hall.
Munch and Fin are on him right now.
Where are you two lovebirds going? The hell's it to you, pops? Let go of her, Black.
Why? She's my girlfriend.
He's got a knife.
And I've got a gun.
Drop it.
You okay? He said he'd cut my baby if I didn't come with him.
Donovan Black, you're under arrest for rape.
I didn't rape anyone.
Shut up, knucklehead.
We've got a witness.
That's the guy.
Number four.
Where do you recognize him from? That's the guy I saw raping the pregnant woman in Central Park.
BENSON: Are you sure? He looks exactly Iike the description I gave you, doesn't he? Lighten up, Flossie.
Let's go.
Great.
Where's the victim? In the wind.
Then so is our case.
He saw him in the act.
He's a freak.
I can't charge rape on the word of a tooth fairy.
The semen found in Sophia is a 13-point match to Black's DNA.
That's enough to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a rape occurred.
I can't take this to court without a victim statement, Iet alone without a victim.
Black's defense will rip this to shreds.
We let that creep go, he rapes another pregnant woman, the next baby may not be so lucky.
All right.
Arrest him.
But find Sophia.
ICE called.
State Department just busted a clerk at the U.
S.
Embassy in Bulgaria.
Turns out he's being paid off to issue Sophia's visa.
Paid? By whom? Well, I'll bet you Lili Denkova knows.
Her husband's funeral? It never happened.
He's still alive? She's never been married.
(KNOCKlNG) Why would Lili bring Sophia into this country and then lie to us about it? Maybe she took off so she wouldn't have to tell us.
Or something worse happened.
The place is torn apart.
SVU Portable to Central.
Request backup.
Ms.
Denkova? Police! Liv.
We've got a blood trail leading out the back.
Looks like Lili left her brains behind.
Who the hell took her body? Even without a body, it's still a murder, right? Absolutely.
No one could survive losing this much brain matter.
It's got to be Lili.
Unless Sophia came back here.
There must be a toothbrush inside with Lili's DNA that I could use to make a positive lD.
Six ballistic impact marks right where the victim's head was.
Shooter stood over her, fired straight down.
Right into the stone, so the slugs were destroyed on impact.
He had to have used a silencer.
The neighbors would have heard.
Well, he tore the place apart.
You think our killer got what he wanted before he blew Lili's brains out? No, but I did.
Found this under the bathroom sink.
BENSON: Doesn't sound like Scrubbing Bubbles to me.
Oh.
Phony stash can.
The prize inside is, a cell phone.
Well, she obviously didn't want anyone finding this.
We've got 40 calls, but to only three different numbers.
Neighbor saw the body-snatchers.
Two guys carrying a rolled-up rug out the front door around 11:00 last night.
Where did they put it? FlN: An SUV.
No make, no plates, no further description of the perps.
Sorry, wrong number.
Any luck? First number was disconnected.
The second one was blocked.
The third belongs to an OBGYN, a Dr.
Stephen Elroy.
ELROY: Yeah, sure.
I remember them.
BENSON: So, it sounds like they're not regular patients.
No.
They called and they asked if I could see them right away.
Same day service.
That's impressive.
Hmm.
Well, the older one said her niece fell in the tub.
She asked me to check the baby.
I mean, what was l going to do, say no? (CELL PHONE RlNGlNG) Benson.
Did Sophia have any reason to be worried? Not really.
She had some spotting, belly pains.
I did an ultrasound, examined her.
Everything looked fine.
So, you didn't notice the pelvic trauma and the massive bruise on her face.
Of course I did.
I told you.
She fell.
On her face and her vagina.
And you didn't suspect foul play? Any sign of sexual assault or domestic violence, I call you guys.
Hey, what kind of investigation is this anyway? Homicide.
Who's dead? The woman or the girl? Why would you think it's one of them? BENSON: Thanks.
Doctor, thank you so much for your time.
If we need anything else, we'll be in touch.
Anything I can do to help.
So, why did you shut me down? Not me.
Cragen.
I pulled the death certificate for Lili Denkova's phony husband, Dmitri.
Look who signed it.
Dr.
Stephen Elroy.
Most OBs only sign birth certificates.
You don't think Stephen Elroy killed Lili.
No, I don't think Dr.
Bozo would hurt a fly.
But he's definitely involved.
He had Lili on a secret speed dial.
Why? Hundred bucks says the owner of the blocked cell number knows.
MARLOWE: I don't know.
But whatever you guys stepped in, I'm starting to smell the stink on me.
Courtesy of Donovan Black.
He blew the lid off this garbage by raping Sophia.
And Dr.
Elroy is our only link.
I think it's time to put something tighter than a stethoscope around his neck.
He'll just lawyer up.
Well, then let's subpoena the blocked cell number and see who answers the phone.
BETH: Honey? The police are here.
Police.
Is something wrong? I'm Detective Stabler.
My partner, Detective Benson.
We'd like to ask you a few questions.
(SlGHlNG) What about? Phone calls you made to Lili Denkova.
Before my clients say a word, I want it understood no crime's been committed.
Well, then I'm sure they won't mind telling us about their chat with Lili Denkova.
Beth and I got married eight years ago.
We've been trying ever since to get pregnant.
We have everything in the world except the one thing we really want.
A baby.
Did you try lVF? With Dr.
Elroy.
Artificial insemination.
Six rounds of in vitro, three with donor eggs, and nothing worked.
So, we thought we would adopt.
But Glenn was arrested back in '98 for domestic battery.
False accusation by his ex-wife during a nasty divorce.
The judge dismissed the charge.
So, that's on your record and no adoption agency will touch you.
We were just about to give up when Lili Denkova called.
Right.
Two days ago, according to your phone records.
She said she was referred by Dr.
Elroy.
That a baby was about to be available for a quick private adoption.
We were so desperate, Hey.
You get an lD on our homicide victim? DNA from the remains matches genetic material on Lili's toothbrush.
Who are they? The couple that was going to buy Sophia's baby with Lili's help.
So, Lili was a baby trafficker.
I'll say.
We hit a gold mine.
Lili used bogus death certificates to bring three other pregnant women here from Bulgaria for sham funerals.
Easiest way to traffic infants is inside their mother's womb.
A fetus isn't legally a person, so no crime is committed until it's born and a sale actually takes place.
All made to look like private adoption.
So, what happened to the other three mothers? Well, their visas expired, but they never left the country.
If you ask me, the traffickers bought them the same one-way ticket to wherever Lili is.
Which means as soon as Sophia has this baby, she's dead.
The Medical Examiner confirms Lili Denkova has been murdered.
Oh, my God.
My clients had nothing to do with this.
But the woman whose baby that they were about to adopt could be in danger.
We need your help.
STABLER: When was the last time you were contacted? (CRYlNG) This morning.
Lili was killed two nights ago.
Did Dr.
Elroy contact you? Another man, named Mr.
Brooks.
He's supposed to come to the apartment tomorrow at noon.
He said he wanted to be sure that the baby was going to get a good home.
The only reason Mr.
Brooks is making a home visit is to be sure the Butlers can cough up the big money.
How much we talking about? MARLOWE: Well into six figures.
Child trafficking is a $5 to $7 billion a year industry worldwide.
Well, now that Lili's dead, do we have any idea where our traffickers might be stashing Sophia? Yeah.
I checked with lnterpol.
These guys usually rent a space, equip it for labor and delivery, and keep some doctor like Stephen Elroy on call.
But Sophia's not due for another several weeks.
That's a long time to sit on Elroy.
Well, it sounds like this Mr.
Brooks is the guy in charge.
And we know exactly where he's going to be tomorrow afternoon.
Mr.
Brooks.
Welcome to our home.
Mrs.
Butler.
Please, call me Beth.
This is my husband, Glenn.
Hi.
Nice to meet you.
Can I get you a drink? Oh, no, thank you.
Well, I can't tell you how grateful we are.
Well, your home is magnificent.
What do you do for living? I own a confection company.
Hmm.
Uh Confections? Ah! STABLER: Candy.
Been in my family for, like, over a hundred years.
So, sweets for children pays for all this, huh? We've been very fortunate.
Mmm-hmm.
Except for Okay.
It's going to be okay.
Mr.
Brooks is here to help us.
Well, you two will be wonderful parents.
Thank you.
So, should we discuss business? It's very simple.
Half a million dollars, cash.
The first payment of half tomorrow.
The balance on delivery.
Where should I bring it? You will wait for my instructions.
Hmm? (CELL PHONE RlNGlNG) Excuse me for a second.
Oh.
Congratulations.
It's a boy.
(STABLER EXCLAlMS) BENSON: Oh, God.
He's beautiful.
Is the mother okay? She is not your concern.
I need a name for the birth certificate.
Oliver.
After her father.
Mmm-hmm.
I can't wait to tell my mother.
Oh, you will say nothing to anyone until the baby is in your possession.
Otherwise, you will never see Oliver.
Huh? STABLER: When do we get our boy? When I call you.
Any word when Brooks is going to give you Sophia's baby? Not yet.
But Sophia's rape put us on his tail.
He's got to know it.
His only choice is to kill Sophia and Dr.
Elroy and skip town.
Well, I'm Brooks, I'd keep Sophia alive to nurse the baby until I make the drop.
Well, either way, we don't have much time.
Where's Doc Elroy now? He's got to be with Sophia.
His office said that he called in sick today.
We got a bead on Brooks? Fin tailed him from the Butlers', and we haven't heard from him since.
That's because I lost him.
What happened? He changed cabs in the middle of the street.
I don't think he made me, but this guy doesn't want to be followed.
Because he's mutri, the Bulgarian mob.
Interpol lD'd him off the hidden camera photos from the Butlers' apartment as Anton Petrov.
CRAGEN: You mean our baby smuggler works with the Bulgarian National Police? Used to.
Petrov was the head of their antiterrorism unit until he crossed over to the dark side.
He vanished in '06 after a dozen people witnessed him shoot a journalist in the head six times.
That's the same way Lili Denkova got it.
I got the subpoena.
Tap on Elroy's cell phone should be up.
Okay.
The phone's GPS has Elroy in Harlem.
just west of Broadway.
(BLEEPlNG) There's a lot of warehouses up there.
One of them should be Petrov's hospital.
Hold on.
Hold on.
My Glenn Butler cell phone just received a text from a blocked call.
(READlNG) That's in two hours.
If Sophia's alive, she's not going to be for long.
Let's get ESU up to that warehouse.
We'll take Petrov there.
No.
I need to catch him in the act.
Morningside is too risky.
It's wide open.
There's no cover to hide backup.
Then I am making it an order.
Morningside.
Now.
You're the boss in court, Counselor.
Not here.
And I am telling you that unless Liv and Elliot buy that baby from Petrov, I can't charge him.
Jo.
Jo.
Are you following me? Damn right I am.
What's your beef, Captain? You, throwing my people into the fire.
I'll do whatever it takes to get Petrov.
Is that what you said back in '95? Oh, yeah.
I remember why you really retired, Lieutenant.
I was tired of seeing those creeps I collared get off.
You sure it wasn't a guilty conscience? That dirt bag ordered a drive-by that murdered three children.
And to get him, you burned two of your undercovers.
Detectives with families.
Command decision.
You put your troops in harm's way.
Nothing I wouldn't have done myself.
You're not a cop anymore.
Elliot can handle himself.
Olivia, too.
I'm not betting their lives on that.
ESU will be standing by outside the park.
If Petrov sees them, it will be a bloodbath.
Command decision.
(SlGHlNG) FlN: Any ideas? Over there.
By the light.
Mr.
Brooks.
Mr.
Butler.
You have the money? Yes, sir.
Do you have our baby? Yeah, in the back seat.
Let's go.
Now put the bag on the car, please.
Hey, what are you doing? Get off me! But you've got the money.
Leave him alone.
Just making sure.
Please.
Just give us our baby.
You have our baby, don't you? The birth certificate is underneath.
Take him and go.
SOPHlA: No! No! Please! Don't do this.
Don't do this.
Who you calling, Petrov? What did you call me? Petrov, you son of a bitch.
Move and you're dead.
No! No! No! Drop it! Drop it! Police! Put your hands where I can see them! Don't shoot! Don't shoot! FlN: Turn around.
You're under arrest.
Sophia.
You okay? We're going to get you to a real hospital.
You okay, Captain? Yeah.
Police, Sophia.
Do you speak English? I have nothing to say to you.
BENSON: We're here to help you.
If I talk, I die.
And my baby, too.
No one can touch you here.
Anton Petrov is in jail.
I don't know any Anton Petrov.
I saw your baby boy.
He's beautiful.
What's his name? He doesn't have one, yet.
He is safe? Very.
We can protect you.
(CRYlNG) No, you can't.
Nobody can.
They are everywhere.
Sophia, listen to me.
If you don't help us, they're going to steal more babies and kill more mothers, just like the three before you.
Please, Sophia.
You can have a life with your baby.
Selling your baby is a crime in America, yes? Not if they forced you to do it.
Is that what happened, Sophia? Did they pay you? Did they promise you a better life in this country for your boy? Or did you owe them money? And they've made you pay them back with your own flesh and blood.
Nobody forced me.
I am a criminal in your country.
Give me my baby and send me back to Bulgaria.
Deport me.
I will never testify against Petrov.
Your government will just deport me.
STABLER: My government doesn't deport killers.
Hmm.
If I am a killer, why haven't you charged me, hmm? Who did I kill? (DOOR OPENlNG) We found what's left of Lili Denkova.
Who? The den mother for your Bulgarian baby mama operation.
And who is this whore? (LAUGHS) That woman is the prosecutor who's going to put you away.
Mmm.
I see the blood.
Did you find the body? Did anyone see me shoot this Lili, hmm? We know you killed her.
For letting Sophia Zorav escape and get raped.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
But I do hope you find the swine who raped that poor girl.
He's in jail.
And you'll be joining him.
I don't see how.
I'll tell you how.
Lili ratted you out before you whacked her.
Mmm-hmm.
She gave a full statement to a judge.
Now, that is just as good as if she were sitting on the witness stand.
Mmm-hmm.
She told us everything, Petrov.
How you snuck those women in.
How you sold their babies.
STABLER: And then murdered those poor mothers.
Just like you were going to kill Sophia and Dr.
Elroy.
And guess what, there, dirt bag, we've got them, too.
(LAUGHS) You guys.
You have nothing.
There are no witnesses.
There will be no witnesses.
Now, I would like my lawyer to join us, huh? Nice try on the bluff.
Prick thinks he's Teflon.
He's right.
Sophia's too scared to testify against him.
You can count Elroy out.
Why? He lawyer up? He refused counsel as soon as l read him his rights.
He said he'd plead guilty and go to prison before he'd talk.
Look at that poor bastard.
He's terrified.
Yeah.
Not nearly enough for me.
You're a schmuck, Doc.
You think by not talking, you're safe? Wrong.
Petrov thinks you set him up.
Set him up? How? You recruited the Butlers to buy Sophia's baby.
And now, he's convinced you sold him out to save your own ass.
You see how that works? Yeah, but I didn't sell him out.
This is what he did to Lili Denkova.
The only reason he left you breathing was to deliver Sophia's baby.
He was about to order your execution when we stopped him.
Doctor, you are a liability.
Petrov is a thug.
The only thing he cares about right now is staying out of prison.
You are a loose end that needs tying up.
Yeah? Well, he can't get to me if I'm in jail.
Honey, you could take a spaceship to Mars, and he would be there waiting for you when you landed.
Your only chance is talking to us.
Yeah Well, how? Witness Protection.
If you cooperate.
Yeah? Well, that's not enough.
This guy likes to shoot people in the head.
Now, can you guarantee that he won't know where I am? Cross my heart and hope to die.
You better hope to die if you're talking to my client without his attorney present.
John Buchanan.
Branching out to mobsters around the world? I didn't call an attorney.
It's taken care of, Dr.
Elroy.
And you have nothing more to say.
Elroy was going to turn.
We had him.
Well, now we're doubly screwed.
That's Buchanan's partner, Marty Cranston.
Here to rep Petrov, no doubt.
Well, if Elroy cooperates, he's got to tell his lawyer, who tells his partner.
It gets back to Petrov, Elroy's dead.
Along with our case.
The only thing we have left is Sophia.
Sophia's gone.
She escape from the hospital again? Two lCE agents were driving her and her baby to a detention center near Fort Dix.
The car exploded.
They're all dead.
MARLOWE: Surveillance cameras at Fort Dix caught the explosion.
Friend at the FBl passed me the tape.
(SlGHlNG) Well, Petrov said no witnesses.
He's keeping his promises.
Now we just have to prove it.
Well, we're not going to prove jack.
Sophia and her baby were our victims and your witness.
You know that Petrov murdered her.
And two federal agents on federal property.
Fibbies won't let us near it, and you two already have bull's-eyes on your backs.
I'm putting protective details on both of you.
We don't need a bunch of cops tailing us.
Undercover D.
A.
's investigators.
You'll never make them.
Okay, so what about Elroy? I mean, he's got to be next on Petrov's hit list.
He's a sitting duck in jail.
He thinks Petrov is going to let him slide if he pleads guilty and keeps his mouth shut.
John Buchanan is never going to let that happen.
JUDGE MASKlN: How do the defendants plead? Not guilty.
Not guilty.
Bail, Ms.
Marlowe? Remand.
Mr.
Petrov is wanted for murder in Bulgaria, which presents a huge flight risk, as does Dr.
Elroy.
Your Honor Sorry, Counselor.
This one's a no-brainer.
The defendants are remanded without bail.
Let's take 15.
OFFlCER: Ms.
Marlowe.
Dr.
Elroy slipped this to me back in lockup.
It's for you.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Marlowe.
Too bad you're never going to make it to trial.
Suppress evidence? On what grounds? The police claim my client signed a bogus death certificate for Lili Denkova's bogus husband.
Claim? Look and see.
Ms.
Marlowe used that document to obtain subpoenas for Dr.
Elroy's phone records.
Yes.
And warrants to tap his phone.
Clever of me, wasn't it? No, it was stupid.
Dr.
Elroy's signature was forged.
Can you prove it? Our expert will testify that the signature on that certificate is not my client's.
Really? And how much are you paying your expert? Enough.
This person is available to appear at a suppression hearing? Yeah.
And Dr.
Elroy will testify that he had nothing to do with those phony documents.
I'll read your papers, Mr.
Buchanan, and I'll get back to you.
Now, I've got to go.
Your Honor.
No, I really mean it.
I have to go.
Me, too.
(TOlLET FLUSHlNG) Are you stalking me, Counselor? I need to talk to you.
In here? And ex parte? You'll understand when you read this.
It's a note from Dr.
Elroy.
"l don't trust my lawyer, help me.
" What the hell is this? It's the answer to your little cry for help.
Does my attorney know that I'm here? Trevor Langan.
I'm your attorney now.
I don't understand.
It's called a shadow counsel.
It's the only way we can keep you safe.
Yeah, but if I fire my lawyer, then Petrov will know I'm ratting him out.
And then, I'm dead.
You're not going to fire Buchanan.
You're going to do everything he says.
Your shadow counsel, Mr.
Langan, will represent your real interests.
And Buchanan and Petrov? They won't find out? Not unless you tell them.
All right, then I accept.
So, now what? I make a deal for your cooperation.
Dismissal of all charges, immunity from prosecution, and Witness Protection.
In exchange for his sworn confession.
In court? Here, in chambers.
A secret, in-camera hearing with the record sealed.
And I tell you everything? Everything except what you hear in meetings between you, Buchanan, Petrov, and his attorney.
Done.
All right.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
How am I going to testify at the evidence hearing with him as my lawyer? You're not.
Buchanan will still be your attorney.
You'll answer all of his questions.
Yeah, but if I tell the truth out there, then I'm dead.
Go ahead.
You're not going to tell the truth.
So, you want me to lie.
Under oath.
In front of a judge.
JUDGE QUlNN: In front of me.
As long as you tell the truth in here, there's no crime.
Dr.
Elroy, do you recognize this document? Well, it's a death certificate for Lili Denkova's husband, Dmitri.
That's your signature at the bottom, isn't it? It's my signature, but it must have been forged.
I've never seen this piece of paper before in my life.
Yes, I signed the death certificate.
MARLOWE: At whose bequest? Lili Denkova.
She handled the paperwork and she kept the mothers under wraps until they gave birth.
When did you first meet Lili? The day she brought Sophia in.
So, she never tried to involve you in any baby smuggling ring.
Absolutely not.
Lili offered me $20,000 in cash for every baby I delivered.
I told her to get lost, until she threatened to expose me for I'll let him answer if whatever he says is covered by immunity.
As long as it's not a violent crime.
Expose you for what? Insurance fraud.
I don't know how she found out I was double-billing, but she threatened to turn me in.
And she was still going to pay me.
Did Lili Denkova pay you to recruit infertile couples to buy children? Of course not.
I only met her once.
When was the first time you met Anton Petrov? The night I delivered Sophia Zorav's baby.
Did you see Anton Petrov murder Lili Denkova? No.
Do you have knowledge that he murdered Lili Denkova? You swore to tell the truth, Doctor.
I know where her body is buried.
There's a cemetery in the Bronx.
Petrov knows a guy from the old country who makes coffins with false bottoms.
Lili's buried under some lady who died of a stroke.
Thank you, Dr.
Elroy.
Nothing further.
JUDGE QUlNN: Ms.
Marlowe? I have no questions for the defendant, and I'm moving that the defense's motion to suppress be denied.
Not so fast.
Judge Quinn, I have a few more questions for Dr.
Elroy.
The People object.
I've just been informed that the People, in cahoots with the police, have found Lili Denkova's body.
And there's only one person who could have told them where it was buried.
Isn't that right, Doctor? Don't answer that.
Objection.
Beyond the scope of the hearing.
I was just trying to help.
JUDGE QUlNN: Enough, Doctor.
Objection sustained.
Dr.
Elroy, did you learn of the location of Lili Denkova's body in a private conference with you, Mr.
Petrov, and myself? Upon advice of counsel, I am invoking my Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
I'll take that as a yes.
Did you relay the information to Ms.
Marlowe before or after becoming her informant? I'm not their informant.
Doctor, did Ms.
Marlowe and the Judge tell you it was okay to lie under oath in this proceeding? Come on! You can tell me.
I'm your lawyer.
Or am l? You're out of order, Mr.
Buchanan.
No, you're out of order! You and Ms.
Marlowe have perpetrated a fraud upon this court.
Your Honor, the People are going to ask the Grand Jury to indict Mr.
Petrov for the murder of Lili Denkova.
Based on information from him? I am moving that Ms.
Denkova's body be excluded as evidence, as it was illegally obtained because Dr.
Elroy violated attorney-client privilege.
Counsel in chambers.
Right now.
Judge Quinn ruled Lili's body out as evidence.
Do we have any idea how Buchanan found out? Someone in the cemetery tipped him off.
Well, those attorney-client meetings were the only way Elroy could have known where Lili was buried.
Well, we told Elroy he wasn't to disclose anything he heard there.
So, instead of being helpful, he screwed us.
That's why I screwed him.
Well, we still have his sworn confession.
Buchanan claims we coerced Elroy into giving it.
He's moving to have it thrown out.
Without it, we can't charge Petrov with Lili's murder.
How much trouble are you and the Judge in? Worst we'll probably get is censure from the Disciplinary Committee.
But it's worth it.
I don't see how.
You will.
This is getting tiresome.
What now? I thought we'd give you one last chance to make a deal.
Why? You have no usable evidence, no witnesses, therefore, no case.
Hmm.
Really? MARLOWE: That's right.
The Feds found the bomb your people put under her car.
Before it exploded.
They blew up the car with no one in it.
So you'd think Sophia was dead.
You will not open your mouth.
Not a word.
I'm not afraid of you anymore.
Sophia? Tell us what happened.
This pig came to Lili's house the night after I was raped.
He took me and Lili to the patio.
He made her lie on the ground, and he said, "Watch.
" And then, he shot her in the head.
He said the same thing would happen to me if his property in my belly was damaged.
I will kill you! I told them everything! How you forced me to give up my baby to pay back you and your mobsters.
PETROV: You're dead.
You're dead.
You hear me? You're dead.
Your baby is dead.
Your parents in Bulgaria are dead.
We brought her parents here, so your people can't touch them.
You will never hurt another girl again because you'll rot in the American prison.
I never go to prison.
Never! Do you understand, bitch? Never! Never go to prison! Never! Yeah.
Tough guy.
He folded like a little bitch.
Yeah, well, life without parole looked pretty sweet when he heard the Feds wanted to fry him.
He's just lucky that Sophia didn't get her hands on him.
Aleksander and me will get asylum? You will, but this little man doesn't need it.
See, he was born here, so he's automatically a US citizen.
STABLER: Good luck.
Thank you.
For everything.
Elroy's off the hook, too.
U.
S.
Marshals are picking him up tomorrow to put him in Witness Protection.
You lied to us, Jo.
Right to our faces.
You said that Sophia was dead.
I was protecting our victim.
I needed an ace in the hole.
Why didn't you trust us? I couldn't take the chance that Petrov had his guys trailing you.
Well, you know, partners put their cards on the table.
Well, like my grandmother always said, "The strongest cards you have are the ones you haven't played.
"
So how's that? BENNY: What do you want, a medal? Now, get the cable out of the truck.
Yo, by myself? What are you, some kind of wimp? Slide the damn thing out.
(GRUNTS) Damn rookie.
The hell's your problem? Rats.
Son of a bitch can't even curse like a man.
No What the hell? I think there's something over there.
You ain't going to last long, you let a couple of rodents scare you.
Where are you going? Zak! There's something over there.
Oh, my God.
(RATS SQUEAKlNG) Call an ambulance.
BERESFORD: Victim is eight months pregnant, Lucky she didn't go into labor.
Did you get her name? Did she tell you what happened? Just pointed at her belly and cried.
Is the baby okay? Ultrasound was normal.
But her pelvic turned up vaginal trauma and fluids.
Tell me something.
Who the hell rapes a pregnant woman? Yeah, well, for every kink, there's a perv with a dream.
She's behind curtain number three.
Uh Doctor? I've got to go, Detective.
Not until we find our victim.
MARLOWE: They let our victim walk out with a bruised face and an eight-month belly? A bus crashed in the Midtown Tunnel.
The E.
R.
was so chaotic, nobody noticed she left.
Well, I hope you didn't call me down here at the crack of dawn to lead your search party.
No, Munch and Fin are canvassing.
I called you because Jane Doe was the fourth pregnant woman to be raped in the city this month.
And we're thinking it's the same guy? Well, it's the same MO.
He followed each one of them out of a subway station, and then raped them at knifepoint.
Victims give a description? Yeah.
The guy wore a stocking mask.
And a condom, too, no doubt.
CRAGEN: In the first three attacks.
Either he forgot the condom this time, or it broke.
Warner is processing the DNA now.
So, am I just here to look at pretty pictures, or do you have something to show me? Okay.
The perp grabbed his first victim coming off the Q train at Prospect Park.
Second victim, last stop on the number 6.
Victim number three was raped in a cemetery in Middle Village off the M train.
Tonight's attack went down in Harlem near the number 2.
These four subway lines all intersect in only one place in the five boroughs.
CRAGEN: City Hall Station.
The subway lines all connect to his comfort zone.
Perp does the deed and only has to take one train home.
Pregnant woman's an easy target.
She'll do anything the perp wants because she wants to protect her baby.
So, you doing anything to stop him? SVU Base to Portable.
Status report? Lousy.
CSU grid-searched the park and found squat.
Hey! Anybody check that car? Stand by, Cap.
That's a lot of parking tickets.
Traffic should have moved this days ago.
This car is full of crap.
Hey-yo! Police! Anybody home? What time is it? Time for you to answer some questions.
Now, come on.
Hey.
That's my clean laundry.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
What's your name? My friends call me Flossie.
Do you have to do that in front of me? Hey, do I look like I have dental insurance? I got enough problems without gingivitis.
Between your plaque removal, did you hear or see anything unusual last night? Oh, you mean the pregnant girl getting raped? You saw the rape? I heard her screaming first.
In this crazy language (MlMlCKlNG FORElGN LANGUAGE GlBBERlSH) Something like that.
Oh, wow.
You know what that is? Spare me.
What happened? I took a look.
Bastard was doing her from behind.
He had a big-ass knife.
He waved it at me when I told him to stop.
I ran back to the car.
So, you got a good look at him? Sure did.
He walked right past me as he was taking the underwear off his head.
No.
The nose was a little smaller, and the eyes were farther apart.
Like that? Yeah.
But now the hair's not right.
Flossie's gums may be gross, but at least he's got good recall.
Send the sketch to every precinct, transit district, and subway station booth.
Where are we on the victim? Nothing from Missing Persons, but Flossie says she was speaking a foreign language.
Well, if she's illegal, that would explain why she ran from the hospital.
Take her photo over to lCE.
See if she's on their radar.
TRASK: No American embassy will give a visa to a pregnant woman in her third trimester.
So, that whole "Bring us your tired, your poor, "your yearning to breathe free" thing was bull? They sneak in, drop their litter.
The little tykes go right on the federal teat and we pay for the milk.
Spoken like a true racist.
Well, I'll be damned.
Embassy in Bulgaria made an exception.
Sophia Zorav, admitted on a B-2 tourist visa.
Sudden death in the family.
How many pounds of flesh you people take from her to prove it? Death certificate and funeral notice for her uncle.
She was staying at his house with her aunt, Lili Denkova, the widow.
In Harlem.
That's Sophia.
Oh, God, not this.
Not now.
"All that flying, you'll harm the baby," I told her.
But Sophia wouldn't take no for an answer.
She was very close to her uncle.
We're very sorry for your loss.
I was so busy with the funeral.
I never got to call her again.
Why call if she was staying here? Because she never arrived.
Sophia flew into Kennedy Airport.
Yes.
I went to pick her up.
Waited for her to come through Customs, but she never did.
I tried her cell phone, but it went to voicemail, (CELL PHONE RlNGlNG) so I just assumed she changed her mind.
Is there anyone else here Stabler.
that she may have contacted? No.
I am all Sophia has in this country.
Well, she still may try to get in touch with you.
So, please call me if she does.
(SlGHS) And call me if you find her first.
Please.
Warner got a hit on the DNA from Sophia.
Rapist's name is Donovan Black, lives right by City Hall.
Munch and Fin are on him right now.
Where are you two lovebirds going? The hell's it to you, pops? Let go of her, Black.
Why? She's my girlfriend.
He's got a knife.
And I've got a gun.
Drop it.
You okay? He said he'd cut my baby if I didn't come with him.
Donovan Black, you're under arrest for rape.
I didn't rape anyone.
Shut up, knucklehead.
We've got a witness.
That's the guy.
Number four.
Where do you recognize him from? That's the guy I saw raping the pregnant woman in Central Park.
BENSON: Are you sure? He looks exactly Iike the description I gave you, doesn't he? Lighten up, Flossie.
Let's go.
Great.
Where's the victim? In the wind.
Then so is our case.
He saw him in the act.
He's a freak.
I can't charge rape on the word of a tooth fairy.
The semen found in Sophia is a 13-point match to Black's DNA.
That's enough to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a rape occurred.
I can't take this to court without a victim statement, Iet alone without a victim.
Black's defense will rip this to shreds.
We let that creep go, he rapes another pregnant woman, the next baby may not be so lucky.
All right.
Arrest him.
But find Sophia.
ICE called.
State Department just busted a clerk at the U.
S.
Embassy in Bulgaria.
Turns out he's being paid off to issue Sophia's visa.
Paid? By whom? Well, I'll bet you Lili Denkova knows.
Her husband's funeral? It never happened.
He's still alive? She's never been married.
(KNOCKlNG) Why would Lili bring Sophia into this country and then lie to us about it? Maybe she took off so she wouldn't have to tell us.
Or something worse happened.
The place is torn apart.
SVU Portable to Central.
Request backup.
Ms.
Denkova? Police! Liv.
We've got a blood trail leading out the back.
Looks like Lili left her brains behind.
Who the hell took her body? Even without a body, it's still a murder, right? Absolutely.
No one could survive losing this much brain matter.
It's got to be Lili.
Unless Sophia came back here.
There must be a toothbrush inside with Lili's DNA that I could use to make a positive lD.
Six ballistic impact marks right where the victim's head was.
Shooter stood over her, fired straight down.
Right into the stone, so the slugs were destroyed on impact.
He had to have used a silencer.
The neighbors would have heard.
Well, he tore the place apart.
You think our killer got what he wanted before he blew Lili's brains out? No, but I did.
Found this under the bathroom sink.
BENSON: Doesn't sound like Scrubbing Bubbles to me.
Oh.
Phony stash can.
The prize inside is, a cell phone.
Well, she obviously didn't want anyone finding this.
We've got 40 calls, but to only three different numbers.
Neighbor saw the body-snatchers.
Two guys carrying a rolled-up rug out the front door around 11:00 last night.
Where did they put it? FlN: An SUV.
No make, no plates, no further description of the perps.
Sorry, wrong number.
Any luck? First number was disconnected.
The second one was blocked.
The third belongs to an OBGYN, a Dr.
Stephen Elroy.
ELROY: Yeah, sure.
I remember them.
BENSON: So, it sounds like they're not regular patients.
No.
They called and they asked if I could see them right away.
Same day service.
That's impressive.
Hmm.
Well, the older one said her niece fell in the tub.
She asked me to check the baby.
I mean, what was l going to do, say no? (CELL PHONE RlNGlNG) Benson.
Did Sophia have any reason to be worried? Not really.
She had some spotting, belly pains.
I did an ultrasound, examined her.
Everything looked fine.
So, you didn't notice the pelvic trauma and the massive bruise on her face.
Of course I did.
I told you.
She fell.
On her face and her vagina.
And you didn't suspect foul play? Any sign of sexual assault or domestic violence, I call you guys.
Hey, what kind of investigation is this anyway? Homicide.
Who's dead? The woman or the girl? Why would you think it's one of them? BENSON: Thanks.
Doctor, thank you so much for your time.
If we need anything else, we'll be in touch.
Anything I can do to help.
So, why did you shut me down? Not me.
Cragen.
I pulled the death certificate for Lili Denkova's phony husband, Dmitri.
Look who signed it.
Dr.
Stephen Elroy.
Most OBs only sign birth certificates.
You don't think Stephen Elroy killed Lili.
No, I don't think Dr.
Bozo would hurt a fly.
But he's definitely involved.
He had Lili on a secret speed dial.
Why? Hundred bucks says the owner of the blocked cell number knows.
MARLOWE: I don't know.
But whatever you guys stepped in, I'm starting to smell the stink on me.
Courtesy of Donovan Black.
He blew the lid off this garbage by raping Sophia.
And Dr.
Elroy is our only link.
I think it's time to put something tighter than a stethoscope around his neck.
He'll just lawyer up.
Well, then let's subpoena the blocked cell number and see who answers the phone.
BETH: Honey? The police are here.
Police.
Is something wrong? I'm Detective Stabler.
My partner, Detective Benson.
We'd like to ask you a few questions.
(SlGHlNG) What about? Phone calls you made to Lili Denkova.
Before my clients say a word, I want it understood no crime's been committed.
Well, then I'm sure they won't mind telling us about their chat with Lili Denkova.
Beth and I got married eight years ago.
We've been trying ever since to get pregnant.
We have everything in the world except the one thing we really want.
A baby.
Did you try lVF? With Dr.
Elroy.
Artificial insemination.
Six rounds of in vitro, three with donor eggs, and nothing worked.
So, we thought we would adopt.
But Glenn was arrested back in '98 for domestic battery.
False accusation by his ex-wife during a nasty divorce.
The judge dismissed the charge.
So, that's on your record and no adoption agency will touch you.
We were just about to give up when Lili Denkova called.
Right.
Two days ago, according to your phone records.
She said she was referred by Dr.
Elroy.
That a baby was about to be available for a quick private adoption.
We were so desperate, Hey.
You get an lD on our homicide victim? DNA from the remains matches genetic material on Lili's toothbrush.
Who are they? The couple that was going to buy Sophia's baby with Lili's help.
So, Lili was a baby trafficker.
I'll say.
We hit a gold mine.
Lili used bogus death certificates to bring three other pregnant women here from Bulgaria for sham funerals.
Easiest way to traffic infants is inside their mother's womb.
A fetus isn't legally a person, so no crime is committed until it's born and a sale actually takes place.
All made to look like private adoption.
So, what happened to the other three mothers? Well, their visas expired, but they never left the country.
If you ask me, the traffickers bought them the same one-way ticket to wherever Lili is.
Which means as soon as Sophia has this baby, she's dead.
The Medical Examiner confirms Lili Denkova has been murdered.
Oh, my God.
My clients had nothing to do with this.
But the woman whose baby that they were about to adopt could be in danger.
We need your help.
STABLER: When was the last time you were contacted? (CRYlNG) This morning.
Lili was killed two nights ago.
Did Dr.
Elroy contact you? Another man, named Mr.
Brooks.
He's supposed to come to the apartment tomorrow at noon.
He said he wanted to be sure that the baby was going to get a good home.
The only reason Mr.
Brooks is making a home visit is to be sure the Butlers can cough up the big money.
How much we talking about? MARLOWE: Well into six figures.
Child trafficking is a $5 to $7 billion a year industry worldwide.
Well, now that Lili's dead, do we have any idea where our traffickers might be stashing Sophia? Yeah.
I checked with lnterpol.
These guys usually rent a space, equip it for labor and delivery, and keep some doctor like Stephen Elroy on call.
But Sophia's not due for another several weeks.
That's a long time to sit on Elroy.
Well, it sounds like this Mr.
Brooks is the guy in charge.
And we know exactly where he's going to be tomorrow afternoon.
Mr.
Brooks.
Welcome to our home.
Mrs.
Butler.
Please, call me Beth.
This is my husband, Glenn.
Hi.
Nice to meet you.
Can I get you a drink? Oh, no, thank you.
Well, I can't tell you how grateful we are.
Well, your home is magnificent.
What do you do for living? I own a confection company.
Hmm.
Uh Confections? Ah! STABLER: Candy.
Been in my family for, like, over a hundred years.
So, sweets for children pays for all this, huh? We've been very fortunate.
Mmm-hmm.
Except for Okay.
It's going to be okay.
Mr.
Brooks is here to help us.
Well, you two will be wonderful parents.
Thank you.
So, should we discuss business? It's very simple.
Half a million dollars, cash.
The first payment of half tomorrow.
The balance on delivery.
Where should I bring it? You will wait for my instructions.
Hmm? (CELL PHONE RlNGlNG) Excuse me for a second.
Oh.
Congratulations.
It's a boy.
(STABLER EXCLAlMS) BENSON: Oh, God.
He's beautiful.
Is the mother okay? She is not your concern.
I need a name for the birth certificate.
Oliver.
After her father.
Mmm-hmm.
I can't wait to tell my mother.
Oh, you will say nothing to anyone until the baby is in your possession.
Otherwise, you will never see Oliver.
Huh? STABLER: When do we get our boy? When I call you.
Any word when Brooks is going to give you Sophia's baby? Not yet.
But Sophia's rape put us on his tail.
He's got to know it.
His only choice is to kill Sophia and Dr.
Elroy and skip town.
Well, I'm Brooks, I'd keep Sophia alive to nurse the baby until I make the drop.
Well, either way, we don't have much time.
Where's Doc Elroy now? He's got to be with Sophia.
His office said that he called in sick today.
We got a bead on Brooks? Fin tailed him from the Butlers', and we haven't heard from him since.
That's because I lost him.
What happened? He changed cabs in the middle of the street.
I don't think he made me, but this guy doesn't want to be followed.
Because he's mutri, the Bulgarian mob.
Interpol lD'd him off the hidden camera photos from the Butlers' apartment as Anton Petrov.
CRAGEN: You mean our baby smuggler works with the Bulgarian National Police? Used to.
Petrov was the head of their antiterrorism unit until he crossed over to the dark side.
He vanished in '06 after a dozen people witnessed him shoot a journalist in the head six times.
That's the same way Lili Denkova got it.
I got the subpoena.
Tap on Elroy's cell phone should be up.
Okay.
The phone's GPS has Elroy in Harlem.
just west of Broadway.
(BLEEPlNG) There's a lot of warehouses up there.
One of them should be Petrov's hospital.
Hold on.
Hold on.
My Glenn Butler cell phone just received a text from a blocked call.
(READlNG) That's in two hours.
If Sophia's alive, she's not going to be for long.
Let's get ESU up to that warehouse.
We'll take Petrov there.
No.
I need to catch him in the act.
Morningside is too risky.
It's wide open.
There's no cover to hide backup.
Then I am making it an order.
Morningside.
Now.
You're the boss in court, Counselor.
Not here.
And I am telling you that unless Liv and Elliot buy that baby from Petrov, I can't charge him.
Jo.
Jo.
Are you following me? Damn right I am.
What's your beef, Captain? You, throwing my people into the fire.
I'll do whatever it takes to get Petrov.
Is that what you said back in '95? Oh, yeah.
I remember why you really retired, Lieutenant.
I was tired of seeing those creeps I collared get off.
You sure it wasn't a guilty conscience? That dirt bag ordered a drive-by that murdered three children.
And to get him, you burned two of your undercovers.
Detectives with families.
Command decision.
You put your troops in harm's way.
Nothing I wouldn't have done myself.
You're not a cop anymore.
Elliot can handle himself.
Olivia, too.
I'm not betting their lives on that.
ESU will be standing by outside the park.
If Petrov sees them, it will be a bloodbath.
Command decision.
(SlGHlNG) FlN: Any ideas? Over there.
By the light.
Mr.
Brooks.
Mr.
Butler.
You have the money? Yes, sir.
Do you have our baby? Yeah, in the back seat.
Let's go.
Now put the bag on the car, please.
Hey, what are you doing? Get off me! But you've got the money.
Leave him alone.
Just making sure.
Please.
Just give us our baby.
You have our baby, don't you? The birth certificate is underneath.
Take him and go.
SOPHlA: No! No! Please! Don't do this.
Don't do this.
Who you calling, Petrov? What did you call me? Petrov, you son of a bitch.
Move and you're dead.
No! No! No! Drop it! Drop it! Police! Put your hands where I can see them! Don't shoot! Don't shoot! FlN: Turn around.
You're under arrest.
Sophia.
You okay? We're going to get you to a real hospital.
You okay, Captain? Yeah.
Police, Sophia.
Do you speak English? I have nothing to say to you.
BENSON: We're here to help you.
If I talk, I die.
And my baby, too.
No one can touch you here.
Anton Petrov is in jail.
I don't know any Anton Petrov.
I saw your baby boy.
He's beautiful.
What's his name? He doesn't have one, yet.
He is safe? Very.
We can protect you.
(CRYlNG) No, you can't.
Nobody can.
They are everywhere.
Sophia, listen to me.
If you don't help us, they're going to steal more babies and kill more mothers, just like the three before you.
Please, Sophia.
You can have a life with your baby.
Selling your baby is a crime in America, yes? Not if they forced you to do it.
Is that what happened, Sophia? Did they pay you? Did they promise you a better life in this country for your boy? Or did you owe them money? And they've made you pay them back with your own flesh and blood.
Nobody forced me.
I am a criminal in your country.
Give me my baby and send me back to Bulgaria.
Deport me.
I will never testify against Petrov.
Your government will just deport me.
STABLER: My government doesn't deport killers.
Hmm.
If I am a killer, why haven't you charged me, hmm? Who did I kill? (DOOR OPENlNG) We found what's left of Lili Denkova.
Who? The den mother for your Bulgarian baby mama operation.
And who is this whore? (LAUGHS) That woman is the prosecutor who's going to put you away.
Mmm.
I see the blood.
Did you find the body? Did anyone see me shoot this Lili, hmm? We know you killed her.
For letting Sophia Zorav escape and get raped.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
But I do hope you find the swine who raped that poor girl.
He's in jail.
And you'll be joining him.
I don't see how.
I'll tell you how.
Lili ratted you out before you whacked her.
Mmm-hmm.
She gave a full statement to a judge.
Now, that is just as good as if she were sitting on the witness stand.
Mmm-hmm.
She told us everything, Petrov.
How you snuck those women in.
How you sold their babies.
STABLER: And then murdered those poor mothers.
Just like you were going to kill Sophia and Dr.
Elroy.
And guess what, there, dirt bag, we've got them, too.
(LAUGHS) You guys.
You have nothing.
There are no witnesses.
There will be no witnesses.
Now, I would like my lawyer to join us, huh? Nice try on the bluff.
Prick thinks he's Teflon.
He's right.
Sophia's too scared to testify against him.
You can count Elroy out.
Why? He lawyer up? He refused counsel as soon as l read him his rights.
He said he'd plead guilty and go to prison before he'd talk.
Look at that poor bastard.
He's terrified.
Yeah.
Not nearly enough for me.
You're a schmuck, Doc.
You think by not talking, you're safe? Wrong.
Petrov thinks you set him up.
Set him up? How? You recruited the Butlers to buy Sophia's baby.
And now, he's convinced you sold him out to save your own ass.
You see how that works? Yeah, but I didn't sell him out.
This is what he did to Lili Denkova.
The only reason he left you breathing was to deliver Sophia's baby.
He was about to order your execution when we stopped him.
Doctor, you are a liability.
Petrov is a thug.
The only thing he cares about right now is staying out of prison.
You are a loose end that needs tying up.
Yeah? Well, he can't get to me if I'm in jail.
Honey, you could take a spaceship to Mars, and he would be there waiting for you when you landed.
Your only chance is talking to us.
Yeah Well, how? Witness Protection.
If you cooperate.
Yeah? Well, that's not enough.
This guy likes to shoot people in the head.
Now, can you guarantee that he won't know where I am? Cross my heart and hope to die.
You better hope to die if you're talking to my client without his attorney present.
John Buchanan.
Branching out to mobsters around the world? I didn't call an attorney.
It's taken care of, Dr.
Elroy.
And you have nothing more to say.
Elroy was going to turn.
We had him.
Well, now we're doubly screwed.
That's Buchanan's partner, Marty Cranston.
Here to rep Petrov, no doubt.
Well, if Elroy cooperates, he's got to tell his lawyer, who tells his partner.
It gets back to Petrov, Elroy's dead.
Along with our case.
The only thing we have left is Sophia.
Sophia's gone.
She escape from the hospital again? Two lCE agents were driving her and her baby to a detention center near Fort Dix.
The car exploded.
They're all dead.
MARLOWE: Surveillance cameras at Fort Dix caught the explosion.
Friend at the FBl passed me the tape.
(SlGHlNG) Well, Petrov said no witnesses.
He's keeping his promises.
Now we just have to prove it.
Well, we're not going to prove jack.
Sophia and her baby were our victims and your witness.
You know that Petrov murdered her.
And two federal agents on federal property.
Fibbies won't let us near it, and you two already have bull's-eyes on your backs.
I'm putting protective details on both of you.
We don't need a bunch of cops tailing us.
Undercover D.
A.
's investigators.
You'll never make them.
Okay, so what about Elroy? I mean, he's got to be next on Petrov's hit list.
He's a sitting duck in jail.
He thinks Petrov is going to let him slide if he pleads guilty and keeps his mouth shut.
John Buchanan is never going to let that happen.
JUDGE MASKlN: How do the defendants plead? Not guilty.
Not guilty.
Bail, Ms.
Marlowe? Remand.
Mr.
Petrov is wanted for murder in Bulgaria, which presents a huge flight risk, as does Dr.
Elroy.
Your Honor Sorry, Counselor.
This one's a no-brainer.
The defendants are remanded without bail.
Let's take 15.
OFFlCER: Ms.
Marlowe.
Dr.
Elroy slipped this to me back in lockup.
It's for you.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Marlowe.
Too bad you're never going to make it to trial.
Suppress evidence? On what grounds? The police claim my client signed a bogus death certificate for Lili Denkova's bogus husband.
Claim? Look and see.
Ms.
Marlowe used that document to obtain subpoenas for Dr.
Elroy's phone records.
Yes.
And warrants to tap his phone.
Clever of me, wasn't it? No, it was stupid.
Dr.
Elroy's signature was forged.
Can you prove it? Our expert will testify that the signature on that certificate is not my client's.
Really? And how much are you paying your expert? Enough.
This person is available to appear at a suppression hearing? Yeah.
And Dr.
Elroy will testify that he had nothing to do with those phony documents.
I'll read your papers, Mr.
Buchanan, and I'll get back to you.
Now, I've got to go.
Your Honor.
No, I really mean it.
I have to go.
Me, too.
(TOlLET FLUSHlNG) Are you stalking me, Counselor? I need to talk to you.
In here? And ex parte? You'll understand when you read this.
It's a note from Dr.
Elroy.
"l don't trust my lawyer, help me.
" What the hell is this? It's the answer to your little cry for help.
Does my attorney know that I'm here? Trevor Langan.
I'm your attorney now.
I don't understand.
It's called a shadow counsel.
It's the only way we can keep you safe.
Yeah, but if I fire my lawyer, then Petrov will know I'm ratting him out.
And then, I'm dead.
You're not going to fire Buchanan.
You're going to do everything he says.
Your shadow counsel, Mr.
Langan, will represent your real interests.
And Buchanan and Petrov? They won't find out? Not unless you tell them.
All right, then I accept.
So, now what? I make a deal for your cooperation.
Dismissal of all charges, immunity from prosecution, and Witness Protection.
In exchange for his sworn confession.
In court? Here, in chambers.
A secret, in-camera hearing with the record sealed.
And I tell you everything? Everything except what you hear in meetings between you, Buchanan, Petrov, and his attorney.
Done.
All right.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
How am I going to testify at the evidence hearing with him as my lawyer? You're not.
Buchanan will still be your attorney.
You'll answer all of his questions.
Yeah, but if I tell the truth out there, then I'm dead.
Go ahead.
You're not going to tell the truth.
So, you want me to lie.
Under oath.
In front of a judge.
JUDGE QUlNN: In front of me.
As long as you tell the truth in here, there's no crime.
Dr.
Elroy, do you recognize this document? Well, it's a death certificate for Lili Denkova's husband, Dmitri.
That's your signature at the bottom, isn't it? It's my signature, but it must have been forged.
I've never seen this piece of paper before in my life.
Yes, I signed the death certificate.
MARLOWE: At whose bequest? Lili Denkova.
She handled the paperwork and she kept the mothers under wraps until they gave birth.
When did you first meet Lili? The day she brought Sophia in.
So, she never tried to involve you in any baby smuggling ring.
Absolutely not.
Lili offered me $20,000 in cash for every baby I delivered.
I told her to get lost, until she threatened to expose me for I'll let him answer if whatever he says is covered by immunity.
As long as it's not a violent crime.
Expose you for what? Insurance fraud.
I don't know how she found out I was double-billing, but she threatened to turn me in.
And she was still going to pay me.
Did Lili Denkova pay you to recruit infertile couples to buy children? Of course not.
I only met her once.
When was the first time you met Anton Petrov? The night I delivered Sophia Zorav's baby.
Did you see Anton Petrov murder Lili Denkova? No.
Do you have knowledge that he murdered Lili Denkova? You swore to tell the truth, Doctor.
I know where her body is buried.
There's a cemetery in the Bronx.
Petrov knows a guy from the old country who makes coffins with false bottoms.
Lili's buried under some lady who died of a stroke.
Thank you, Dr.
Elroy.
Nothing further.
JUDGE QUlNN: Ms.
Marlowe? I have no questions for the defendant, and I'm moving that the defense's motion to suppress be denied.
Not so fast.
Judge Quinn, I have a few more questions for Dr.
Elroy.
The People object.
I've just been informed that the People, in cahoots with the police, have found Lili Denkova's body.
And there's only one person who could have told them where it was buried.
Isn't that right, Doctor? Don't answer that.
Objection.
Beyond the scope of the hearing.
I was just trying to help.
JUDGE QUlNN: Enough, Doctor.
Objection sustained.
Dr.
Elroy, did you learn of the location of Lili Denkova's body in a private conference with you, Mr.
Petrov, and myself? Upon advice of counsel, I am invoking my Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
I'll take that as a yes.
Did you relay the information to Ms.
Marlowe before or after becoming her informant? I'm not their informant.
Doctor, did Ms.
Marlowe and the Judge tell you it was okay to lie under oath in this proceeding? Come on! You can tell me.
I'm your lawyer.
Or am l? You're out of order, Mr.
Buchanan.
No, you're out of order! You and Ms.
Marlowe have perpetrated a fraud upon this court.
Your Honor, the People are going to ask the Grand Jury to indict Mr.
Petrov for the murder of Lili Denkova.
Based on information from him? I am moving that Ms.
Denkova's body be excluded as evidence, as it was illegally obtained because Dr.
Elroy violated attorney-client privilege.
Counsel in chambers.
Right now.
Judge Quinn ruled Lili's body out as evidence.
Do we have any idea how Buchanan found out? Someone in the cemetery tipped him off.
Well, those attorney-client meetings were the only way Elroy could have known where Lili was buried.
Well, we told Elroy he wasn't to disclose anything he heard there.
So, instead of being helpful, he screwed us.
That's why I screwed him.
Well, we still have his sworn confession.
Buchanan claims we coerced Elroy into giving it.
He's moving to have it thrown out.
Without it, we can't charge Petrov with Lili's murder.
How much trouble are you and the Judge in? Worst we'll probably get is censure from the Disciplinary Committee.
But it's worth it.
I don't see how.
You will.
This is getting tiresome.
What now? I thought we'd give you one last chance to make a deal.
Why? You have no usable evidence, no witnesses, therefore, no case.
Hmm.
Really? MARLOWE: That's right.
The Feds found the bomb your people put under her car.
Before it exploded.
They blew up the car with no one in it.
So you'd think Sophia was dead.
You will not open your mouth.
Not a word.
I'm not afraid of you anymore.
Sophia? Tell us what happened.
This pig came to Lili's house the night after I was raped.
He took me and Lili to the patio.
He made her lie on the ground, and he said, "Watch.
" And then, he shot her in the head.
He said the same thing would happen to me if his property in my belly was damaged.
I will kill you! I told them everything! How you forced me to give up my baby to pay back you and your mobsters.
PETROV: You're dead.
You're dead.
You hear me? You're dead.
Your baby is dead.
Your parents in Bulgaria are dead.
We brought her parents here, so your people can't touch them.
You will never hurt another girl again because you'll rot in the American prison.
I never go to prison.
Never! Do you understand, bitch? Never! Never go to prison! Never! Yeah.
Tough guy.
He folded like a little bitch.
Yeah, well, life without parole looked pretty sweet when he heard the Feds wanted to fry him.
He's just lucky that Sophia didn't get her hands on him.
Aleksander and me will get asylum? You will, but this little man doesn't need it.
See, he was born here, so he's automatically a US citizen.
STABLER: Good luck.
Thank you.
For everything.
Elroy's off the hook, too.
U.
S.
Marshals are picking him up tomorrow to put him in Witness Protection.
You lied to us, Jo.
Right to our faces.
You said that Sophia was dead.
I was protecting our victim.
I needed an ace in the hole.
Why didn't you trust us? I couldn't take the chance that Petrov had his guys trailing you.
Well, you know, partners put their cards on the table.
Well, like my grandmother always said, "The strongest cards you have are the ones you haven't played.
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